burns lake lakes district news, february 17, 2016

Some residents are questioning if taxpayers should be the ones paying

FLAVIO NIENOW

Lakes District residents will soon decide whether or not they approve a proposed tax in-crease to resurface the runway at Baker Airport.

With a little over a week left before the pub-lic referendum, some residents are questioning if taxpayers should be the ones paying for the proposed project.

“Considering the average person does not

own an aircraft, I find it interesting that prop-erty owners are being burdened with this tax in the first place,” said Burns Lake resident Kris Shively in a recent letter to the editor. “Should the province not be financially responsible for maintaining this facility?”

“I feel that our income taxes and MSP pre-miums should be enough to cover the airport maintenance costs,” she added.

Shively also questioned if the Regional Dis-trict of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) has consid-ered other options aside from increasing taxa-tion.

“I will vote ‘no’ to the purposed tax increase until I am certain the RDBN has made a dili-gent effort in compelling the province to fulfil its healthcare obligations.”

Burns Lake resident Robin Sindia, who will also be voting ‘no’ on Feb. 27, said that although she is not necessarily against the re-

paving of the runway, she is against taxpayers paying for it.

“It is only right and fair that there would be some type of user based fees [as opposed to raising taxes].”

Sindia also worries that increasing taxation might become a local trend.

“What other issues will there be in the future which are not going to go away and will re-quire more tax increases to our already high tax rates?” asked Sindia. “We love Burns Lake; we chose to live here and we are worried it’s going to just get too expensive to afford to live here.”

Sindia also questioned how vital the resur-facing project really is, considering that mede-vac aircrafts can safely land on gravel airstrips.

In order to verify if this is true, Lakes District News spoke with Ron Limoges, General Man-ager at Alkan Air - a flight solutions company

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Representatives from the two lo-cal governments and six First Na-tions groups involved in the Chinook Community Forest gathered on Feb. 12, 2016, to sign the Chinook Commu-nity Forest agreement.

During the event, which took place at the Burns Lake and District Cham-ber of Commerce, it was announced that the community forest licence for the Chinook Community Forest has been issued.

Bill Miller, Director of Electoral Area B of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, acknowledged the impor-tance of the new community forest.

“This community forest will help maintain the social and economic fab-ric of the Burns Lake area by giving many families peace of mind through sustainable employment, keeping dol-lars in our region, and opening up opportunities for local forest manage-ment,” he said.

“Today is a momentous day and I would like to thank all the chiefs for all their hard work,” added Miller. “It’s been a long road; it’s been four years.”

The Chinook Community Forest board has recognized that the process to get this project up and running has been much slower than anticipated.

Greig Bethel, a Spokesperson with the B.C. Ministry of Forests, said it’s not surprising that this process would

Forest license has been issued; harvesting is expected to begin this summer

Chinook Community

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take so long, considering that there are six different First Nations involved, and in addition to the proposed community forest, areas for First Nations’ woodland licenses also needed to be identified.

The Chinook Community Forest is a partnership of two lo-cal governments - Village of Burns Lake and the Regional Dis-trict of Bulkley-Nechako – and six local First Nations groups - Burns Lake Band, Lake Babine Nation, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Skin Tyee Nation and Nee Tahi Buhn First Nation.

Nee Tahi Buhn Chief Ray Morris said the name Chinook was chosen because the Chinook language was used on the eula-chon grease trail as a trade language.

“The Chinook language will live again in Burns Lake,” he said. ”I am very happy with today’s signing and it will be a great op-

portunity for our community.”Wilf Adam, Lake Babine Nation’s Chief, mentioned the 2012

explosion at Babine Forest Products that killed two workers.“It’s been a long time coming out of a momentous tragedy that

happened to this town, and I would like to thank Hampton Affili-ates for sticking with us and the provincial government also for sticking with us with this agreement; the community of Burns Lake will benefit.”

Karen Ogen, Chief of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, said the Babine Forest Products mill is vitally important to the economic stability of First Nations in and around Burns Lake.

“Many of the mill’s employees are members of the surround-ing First Nations, and this community forest will keep those peo-ple working with meaningful employment - reducing economic hardship and increasing quality of life for all our communities,” she said. “I want to thank Ken Nielson and Mayor Luke Strim-

bold for their tireless work on this project and I welcome the new board of the Chinook Community Forest,” she added.

John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes, said the new commu-nity forest will help the community heal.

“The tragic events at Babine Forest Prod-ucts altered life for many families and First Nations in Bulkley-Nechako,” he said. “The creation of the Chinook Community Forest is part of the healing process, a step towards reconciliation with area First Nations, and will protect jobs for many.”

The proposed Chi-nook Community Forest

Second community forest for area

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(Back L-R) Ted Jack Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Eamon O’Donoghue - regional director Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Skeena Region, Chief Karen Ogen - Wet’suwet’en First Nation, MLA John Rustad, Chief Wilf Adam - Lake Babine Nation, Albert Gerow - Burns Lake Band, Mayor Luke Strimbold, Adele Gooding - Skin Tyee First Nation, Bill Miller - director Area B, Region District of Bulkley Nechako and Chief Ray Morris from Nee Tahi Buhn First Nation.

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started when stakeholders at Hamp-ton Affiliates were deciding wheth-er or not to move forward with the rebuilding of the Babine Forest Products sawmill after the 2012 explosion. One of the main con-cerns back then was the amount of timber available to supply the mill. The stakeholders stated that, to jus-tify a rebuild, enough timber in the Lakes timber supply area needed to be available. The need for enough timber to supply the mill led local officials to propose to the provincial government that a second commu-nity forest be added to the area.

The community forest agreement will also help support the Pinnacle Pellet mill’s continuing operation in the community.

According to Strimbold, the Chi-nook Community Forest is unique in many ways since it is currently the largest community forest in the province and the only one to have a partnership between six First Na-tions and two local governments.

Back in March 2015, the village withdrew from RDBN’s Chinook Community Forest economic devel-opment function. In a subsequent in-terview, Strimbold said the decision was prompted by council’s desire to have direct representation on the Chinook Community Forest board and hold its own shares in the new company.

The Chinook Community Forest will run with the same legal structure as the Burns Lake Com-

munity Forest, with an annual allowable cut of 150,000 cubic metres per year. The agreement has an initial term of 25 years, and is renewable for an-other 25-year term after 10 years.

Harvesting is expected to begin this summer.

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Map of the Chinook Community Forest, a partnership between two local governments and six First Nations groups. The new community forest covers 90,670 hectares.

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An event held at Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre last week helped bring awareness to violence against women and children. Lake Babine Nation has declared February ‘family violence awareness month.’ The event included keynote speakers from the community and a march from the Burns Lake Native Development Corporation office back to the community hall. During the event, the family violence prevention program collaboration committee alongside the staff at the New Vision Wellness Center hosted the ‘moose hide campaign,’ which aims to end violence towards women and children.

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Housing Minister Rich Coleman was flabber-gasted at the angry re-sponse to his solution to the Victoria courthouse “tent city,” the latest tarp-covered camp to spring up in southern B.C.

Coleman announced two temporary shelters with three meals a day and medical supports. One is a former nursing home close to the court-

house squat, conveniently located near panhan-dling and drug dealing spots as well as taxpayer-funded services. The other offers indoor or outdoor tent space at a former youth custody centre, with a dedicated downtown shuttle bus so these “victims” of “homelessness” don’t have to endure B.C.’s most generous transit bus system.

We weren’t consulted, said the indignant spokes-people for those bringing new-looking tents to take

advantage of food and other handouts, offered in B.C.’s warmest climate by the province’s most naïve local government. But this was just a show for the media by our resident profes-sional protesters, some of whom aren’t really “homeless.”

After the reaction, which Coleman described as “bizarre,” the combined 88 housing op-portunities are being snapped up. Those on welfare will have to fork over their $375 monthly housing allowance, as the province continues to convert more housing and offer more rent subsidies. It’s no wonder that southern B.C. is the destination of choice. Coleman said it’s always been a seasonal thing, but this winter has been the highest in a decade, largely due to an exodus of economic migrants from the downturn in Alberta, naturally heading for B.C.’s most desirable real estate.

I asked him about two other homeless hotspots. In Abbotsford, campers have ignored a city deadline to take down structures in a three-year-old camp, after temporary shelter and costly provincial supports were brought on. A courtroom and street confrontation looms with self-styled “drug war survivors” and their Vancouver legal help.

In Maple Ridge, a tent camp sprang up next to the local Salvation Army shelter, with people cycling through the shelter’s 15-day limit, camping and being fed until they could go back in. Mayor Nicole Read, who has worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, said Maple Ridge took on its own outreach, shelter and housing effort because the province’s $1 million-a-year Salvation Army operation isn’t working.

Coleman is not amused. He said he’s had no complaints about Abbotsford’s Salvation Army shelter, and Read is the only one griping. And no mayor is going to tell him how to spend provincial dollars. Maple Ridge now has two shelters with accompanying street drugs, prostitution and crime. I asked Coleman about the 10-year-study led by Simon Fraser University researcher Julian Somers on the housing, outreach and services in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This is the heart of B.C.’s “housing first” strategy, where the province has bought and renovated 30 “single room occupancy” buildings, built another dozen and poured in every possible support, including the buyout of high-living executives at the Port-land Hotel Society. The study found that the hardest cases are worse off than ever, based on court, hospital and other service records, while the influx to the notorious Vancouver drug ghetto have tripled in 10 years.

“I haven’t had a chance to go over that report yet, but I disagree with the assumption I’ve heard already, because I walk the Downtown Eastside,” Coleman said. “I don’t know if they do every few weeks to a month, but I’ve been doing it for about nine or 10 years and I can tell you it’s a whole lot better down there.” The question is whether problems are being solved, or just better hidden from view.

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As Lakes District residents are deciding whether or not they will approve an increase in taxation to resurface Baker Airport’s runway, some residents are ask-ing if this project is re-ally necessary.

Most importantly, some residents are ask-ing why taxpayers should be the ones pay-ing for it.

Coincidently, last week the federal Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities announced it was granting $4 million for expansion and moderniza-tion of the Smithers’ airport. According to the In-terior News, this is the largest grant the town has ever received. The $6-million expansion project requires Smithers to chip in $2 million, expected to come from the airport improvement fee, which charges flyers $25.

Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach said none of Smithers’ share would come from property taxes, and that the airport improvement fee was brought exactly for this purpose.

The Smithers’ airport expansion project is one of the 57 projects that are being funded through the strategic priorities fund – the same grant that the Village of Burns Lake applied for last year in order to repave Eighth Avenue. However, the village’s grant application was not successful.

Sure, the Smithers’ airport offers commercial flights, and maybe charging a similar kind of user fee in Burns Lake would not be enough to offset the cost of resurfacing the runway. But the question remains – was proposing to raise the tax limit the last alternative?

Reg Blackwell, President of the Lakes District Airport Society (LDAS), admitted that it would be ideal if the funding came entirely from the government. He told Lakes District News that LDAS has made “every attempt” to secure any potential grant funding and added that grant opportunities will continue to be sought.

The total cost of the resurfacing project is quoted at $1,585,619; grants cover about $1 million of the total cost. Other residents have questioned if the resurfacing project is really necessary, considering that medevac aircrafts can safely land on gravel airstrips.

Although this is true, Blackwell explained that since the Baker Airport’s runway is already paved, if the runway is not resurfaced the existing asphalt will need to be ripped up and taken off. He says this would be “hugely expensive” since it would require purchasing crushed gravel and then turning the subgrade into an acceptable level. He added that while a gravel airstrip would require regular maintenance, an asphalt runway is relatively maintenance free.

Blackwell also noted that the proposed project would address both the subgrade and the repaving of the runway.

What everybody seems to agree is that having a functional airport in Burns Lake is crucial. Even the people I spoke with recently who were against the resurfacing project said they thought having an airport in town was important.

The Baker Airport has not only been saving lives by allowing medevac aircrafts to rescue people who need urgent care in bigger centres, but it has also played a vital role during forest fire season - when the fast movement of equipment and personnel is necessary. Not to men-tion, the airport is also important for economic development activities in the region.

Whether or not local government and LDAS have done everything they could before ask-ing residents to pay more taxes, what residents will have to ask themselves on Feb. 27 is, ‘Is it worth paying a few more dollars every year to have a functional airport in town?’

Yes, the money will come out of your own pocket, but the price of not having a functional airport in town could be much higher.

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Regular Board Mee� ngs of the Board of Educa� on of School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) for the months of February and March 2016 will be held as follows:

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based in the Yukon that provides air ambulance services in North-ern B.C.

“Our medevac aircraft at Alkan Air can land on prepared gravel airstrips that are plowed and have a length of at least 3000 feet or greater,” explained Limoges. “For our primary medevac aircraft, a King Air 350, we usually need at least 4000 feet.”

Limoges said some examples of runways in B.C. that are not paved include the airports of Telegraph Creek, Fort Ware and Atlin.

According to the B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), BCEHS’ dedicated fixed-wing air ambulances, which currently fly into the Baker Airport, do not land on gravel airstrips. However, if medically necessary, one of BCEHS’ 45 pre-qualified chartered fixed/rotary-wing air ambulance providers could be tasked to assist BCEHS paramedics with critical patient transport.

Reg Blackwell, President of the Lakes District Airport Society (LDAS), said it would be fair to say that some medevac aircrafts can land on a gravel surface. However, he says that if the runway in Burns Lake is not resurfaced, it means that the existing asphalt will need to be ripped up and taken off - which would be “hugely expensive.”

In addition, he explained that this would require purchasing crushed gravel and then turning the subgrade into an acceptable level.

“The airport would also require a grader and regular maintenance to maintain the runway to an acceptable safety standard whereas the asphalt runway is relatively maintenance free.”

Blackwell explained that the proposed project addresses both the subgrade and the repaving of the runway. In addition, he noted that neighboring towns - including Houston, Smithers and Vanderhoof – also have paved runways. The total cost of the runway resurfacing project is quoted at $1,585,619. Grants only cover about $1 million of the total cost. Blackwell said it would be ideal if the funding came entirely from the provincial government, adding that LDAS has made “every attempt” to secure any potential grant funding.

“These grant opportunities will continue to be sought to reduce any loan amounts,” added Blackwell.

In 2013/14, there were 52 medevacs out of the Burns Lake air-port, according to LDAS.

Burns Lake resident Randi Amendt said the Baker Airport means a lot to her and her family as it helped save her daughter’s life when she was just one and a half years old.

In 2009, Amendt was in Southside when her daughter had a fe-brile seizure and started having difficulty to breath.

“Luckily we were only minutes from the ferry landing and the ferry was just docking,” said Amendt. “The amazing ferry crew whisked us across the lake and off we sped to meet the ambulance who would take my baby to the Burns Lake hospital.”

However, the Lakes District Hospital did not have the proper equipment to help save her daughter’s life, so she needed to trans-ferred to the British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Amendt said the medevac arrived quickly in Burns Lake and moved her daughter to Vancouver.

“Without this airport we could have easily lost our little girl since nowhere in the north could help her.”

Burns Lake doctor Greg Norman said that in his 30-year history as a doctor in Burns Lake - coupled with his experience in working with remote communities in the Arctic - has taught him the value of a functional airport for timely evacuation of serious medical patients.

“Our significant distance from Vancouver is greatly magni-fied when you just had a heart attack or broken your neck; Prince George is not a big enough centre to definitively handle problems such as these,” said doctor Norman in a recent letter to the editor.

The Burns Lake and District Chamber of Commerce has called the resurfacing project “crucial,” and has been encouraging its members to support the project.

According to the chamber, the airport is vital for emergency air ambulance services and plays an important role during forest fire season, when the fast movement of equipment and personnel is necessary. In addition, the chamber says the airport is crucial for future economic development activities in the region.

The Burns Lake Airport is owned by the Village of Burns Lake and operated by the Lakes District Airport Society (LDAS) under a long-term lease. The LDAS is funded by the RDBN through a sub-regional service that taxes properties in the participating ju-risdictions, which are the village and Electoral Areas B and E. The proposed tax limit increase is from $93,750 - equivalent to a residential tax rate of $20 on a $100,000 property - to $190,000 - equivalent to a residential tax rate of $41 on a $100,000 property.

Medevacs save lives in Burns Lake

Canada’s forest sector: the sunrise

industryWhat should we expect of the forest in-dustry in the next five years?

Flavio NieNow

The global commodity slowdown has affected several industries in Canada and has led to the closure of mines in Northern B.C.

The Endako Mine, which is located near Fraser Lake, was placed on tempo-rary suspension in December 2014. Since then, over 300 employees have lost their jobs.

The Huckleberry Mine, which is located 88 km from Houston, has recently told its employees that it plans on shutting down all operations by Aug. 31, 2016.

What about the forest industry? Could Canada's forest sector be struggling as well?

According to Susan Murray, a Spokesperson with the Forest Products As-sociation of Canada, the answer is no.

“It [the forest industry] may not be at the peak situation it was at one time, when it was the largest industry in Canada; how-ever, right now, the industry has been growing, ex-ports are increasing and the sector is hiring again," she said.

The Forest Products Association of Canada set the goal of hiring 60,000 people between 2010 and 2020. In the first four years of that period, 16,000 people were hired.

“Some of these [workers] are replacing retir-ing baby boomers, some are new hires,” explained Murray. “If anything we are having trouble finding

Have an Opinion? Write to the Editor!Letters should be brief and to the point, with a maximum of 300 words. We reserve the right to withhold from print any letters which may be libelous, racist or sexist, and may edit for brevity and clarity. Letters MUST include the signature of the letter writer, a mailing address and a phone number. Only the name will be reproduced in the newspaper.Send letters to: The Editor, Lakes District News, Box 309, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0. Fax to 250-692-3685 or email to [email protected]


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Pursuant to Section 66 of the Transportation Act, and to provisions of the Commercial Transport Act, notice is hereby given that load restrictions may be placed on short notice in the near future on all highways within the Bulkley Stikine District, including areas from Burns Lake west to Kitwanga and north to the Yukon border, including Atlin. Restrictions will be imposed in each service area as conditions warrant.

The restrictions will limit vehicles to 100 per cent, 80 per cent, 70 per cent or 50 per cent legal axle loading. Overweight permits will not be granted and all term overweight permits are invalid for the duration of the restrictions.

Trucking and transportation companies, as well as the general public, should govern themselves accordingly. If you normally receive bulk deliveries of water, fuel, livestock feed or other produce, please plan ahead so interruption to your deliveries will be minimized.

Your cooperation in adhering to the above regulations is appreciated.

Dated in Smithers, British Columbia, this 3rd day of February, 2016.

Carl Lutz, District ManagerMinistry of Transportation and InfrastructureBulkley Stikine District

For more information about load restrictions,please contact the District Operations Technician at 250 847-7403

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DRIVE TO WINTER CONDITIONS• Slow down and use extra caution on weekday mornings for school buses and kids at their bus stops;• Keep four seconds rather than two seconds between you and the car you are tailing;• Watch out for areas of black ice such as shaded areas, overpasses or bridges. One extremely bad area to always use caution is the overpass near Bednesti on the way to Prince George; • Avoid sudden moves with your vehicle and know how to handle a skid;• Plan extra time to get to where you want to go;• Read the owner’s manual regarding the maximum speed your vehicle can travel in four wheel drive;• Be extremely cautious when approaching highway maintenance vehicles such as snow plows and salt or sand trucks.

And remember that winter driving is all about traction.Use winter tires, sand bags and whatever else is at your

disposal to get more traction!

Safe driving from Burns Lake Community Forest

Bill Konkin Citizen of the Year Nominations

Nomination forms are available at local schools, banks and businesses. Please take the time to � ll out a nomination form for a

deserving individual or couple and send it to:

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Nominations deadline is March 1st, 2016

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Editor:I would like to weigh in on this whole airport, airevac thing.I've been a paramedic in B.C. for nearly a decade, having spent

five years serving the Lakes District as one of the local paramed-ics and firefighters.

Living in the north people have limited access to medical cov-erage as it is. Air ambulances are staffed with critical care para-medics who can provide pretty much everything short of surgery to their patients. They are a vital link to the rest of province's medical system.

There is no dedicated medevac helicopter in northern interior B.C. (the nearest are in Prince Rupert and Kamloops). There will not be to be any helicopter showing up to transport you from the Burns Lake hospital, you will be traveling by ground.

Be very mindful before shooting this down the repaving of a

community airport as an unnecessary service. This shouldn't even be a debate about whether or not the airport

is an important service, because it unequivocally is. It should be a question about how it was allowed to get to this state.

Why wasn't it budgeted for years ago? Who was responsible for this poor management? And why are they allowed to continue in that position? This situation doesn't affect me directly, but it will definitely affect my friends and family if they were to get sick or injured.

Everyone in this community deserves the same access to medi-cal services as the rest of the province.

Let's stick together as a community, repave the airport, and put solutions in place to ensure that something like this does not hap-pen on the backs of taxpayers again.

Greg Giles

Editor:This airport means a lot to me and my family as it helped to

save Gabrielle's life when she was just one and a half years old. Like some of you are, I was in the mind set that I would never use the airport, bad things happen to other people not me and my family.

Well boy was I wrong!! My little girl had a febrile seizure (to-tally common in little kids) but hers went one step farther... she was not coming out of the seizure and was starting to have a hard time breathing. We just happened to be on the Southside when it began but luckily we were only minutes from the ferry landing and the ferry was just docking.

The amazing ferry crew whisked us across the lake and off we sped to meet the ambulance who would take my baby to the Burns Lake hospital. When we arrived Gabrielle was blue/grey in color from not breathing.

The wonderful Dr. Graetz managed to fit a huge tube down

her throat (they didn’t have tubes for little people) and while trying to figure out what was wrong with my baby they called Prince George Hospital who had no idea how to help this little girl who was now nearing half an hour seizing-nothing seemed to be working.

The only place that may be able to save my baby's life was Childrens Hospital in Vancouver. The medevac jet arrived (mov-ing her to top priority) very quickly and the amazing staff on the jet had to work on my baby the whole way to Vancouver. By the time they got her seizure to stop she had been seizing for 49 minutes. It was a very quick trip (if I remember right it was like a half hour flight).

Without this airport we could easily have lost our little girl since no where in the North could help her! Please vote to save our airport, you never know when you or someone you love may need it.

Randi Amendt

Editor:When the media prince announced a 700 million

dollar infrastructure expenditure for the province of Alberta he missed an opportunity to announce to Canada that he would have the best interest of Canada in mind by announcing that any pipeline already approved by the Canadian Energy Board is getting the green light and that construction would commence as soon as possible and other proposed pipelines would be fast tracked.

Sometimes you have to stand up all the way and not bow down to special interest groups. He didn't do that instead he announced more road blocks for

any pipeline construction. His words were "Pipe-lines must be constructed in a safe sustainable man-ner."

Well here is news for you, I know you come from the east and I can almost understand your ignorance on pipelines. There have been hundreds of miles of pipelines constructed in Canada, in a safe sustain-able manner.

Stop catering to the bark eaters and leaf lickers and the Buffet puppets and do something that will create jobs and create revenue for Canadians for many years in the future.

Gary Hemmerling

Editor:The Lakes District Airport So-

ciety was formed in 1997. The airport society's primary man-date is to maintain the runway and facilities to allow the air ambulance (medevac) to respond and transfer medical emergen-cies.

The runway lights were in-stalled in 2002 allowing the medevac to respond 24 hours a day. Since 2002 there have been (on average) 25 medevac trans-fers per year.

We do need this facility. Let's consider past patient trans-fers. I'm sure their families and

friends realize the value of the medevac service. As for the rest of us, it's likely that at least one of those families is known to us.

If our mindset is "it will never happen to me," we need to give our heads a shake. We really do need this facility.

It's not about whether you have a personal interest in aviation, it's much bigger than that.

I agree that more could be done by the provincial govern-ment to assist with funding of municipal runways, but for now, we're on our own.

I support the Lakes District Airport Society in their decision

to repave the airport runway.On Feb. 27, is it import to

vote? Yes.Sincerely,

Gordon Douglas

P.S. It should be noted that:1) The air ambulance (mede-

vac) fleet is contracted to the B.C. government. This is a ma-jor financial contribution to our medical system and is covered by the Medical Service Plan.

2) Non property owners (rent-ers) will not be affected by this referendum.

Why weren’t we budgeted for airport?

Having medevacs saved our daughter

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LBN has been against the proposed mine since it was first proposed in 2003 Flavio NieNow

In the story ‘Still undefined if Morrison Mine will move forward’ published in the Lakes District News’ July 15, 2015 issue, environment minister Mary Polak and en-ergy and mines minister Bill Bennett had ordered the proposed Morrison Copper/Gold Mine to undergo further environmen-tal assessment.

The scope of the supplemental as-sessment includes further engagement with Lake Babine Nation (LBN), which has continuously opposed the project since it was first proposed in 2003.

The proposed mine is adjacent to Morri-son Lake, which lies within LBN territory 65 km northeast of Smithers.

“I want to make clear that LBN is not opposed to working with corporations and governments to sustainably develop our re-sources in a manner that strengthens our nation, but this proposal is neither sustainable nor in the best interests of the Lake Babine people,” said Chief Wilf Adam said in a press release.

Morrison Lake is home to a genetically distinct population of sockeye that are critically important to LBN.

“We can’t risk trading a renewable, sustainable fishery for a non-renewable mine that will leave a legacy of contaminants and toxins in our territory,” said Chief Adam.

The supplemental assessment required Pacific Booker Miner-als – company that owns the proposed Morrison Mine - to pre-pare a 'Lake Babine Nation engagement plan.'

The engagement plan was submitted to the B.C. Environmen-tal Assessment Office (EAO) on Dec. 23, 2015. However, last week the EAO responded with some questions and comments on that document.

“Given that your early attempts to meet with Lake Babine Na-tion have not been successful, how will you seek to ensure that the potential adverse effects of project impacts to Lake Babine Nation’s rights will be appropriately identified and addressed?”

In the letter submitted to Pacific Booker Minerals last week, the EAO says it received numerous comments, questions and concerns with respect to the design of the Morrison Mine from Lake Babine Nation.

“As EAO under-stands these comments and concerns are cen-tral to the issues raised by the Lake Babine Na-tion, your plan should provide details on how these issues will be ad-dressed.”

The next step in the process is for Pacific Booker Minerals to prepare a document called ‘supplemental application information requirements’ (SAIR), which includes further engagement with First Nations.

Once received, the document will be re-viewed by the EAO, which will determine if the document has provided a reasonable response to the SAIR requirements. The EAO will then convene a working group com-

prised of provincial and federal agencies, local governments and First Nations to review the document.

Chief Adam has told Lakes District News that there will be consequences if the project moves forward.

“We will fight it vigorously as it’s not right to put a mine right in the middle of our last wild salmon area,” said Chief Adam. “That's how strong we feel about this proposed mine.”

Pacific Booker Minerals questions decision to undergo further assessment

Pacific Booker Minerals has filed

two separate requests to access re-cords under the freedom of informa-tion and protection of privacy act.

The company says the requests are to obtain further information relating


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Spring Granting Cycle

The Burns Lake and District Community Foundation is very pleased to announce that the spring granting cycle is now

open. We are looking for local community groups who need a little extra funding for their upcoming projects or events. Last year we gave out over $40,000 to local groups for their training camps, facility upgrades, and new equipment. Visit the Village of Burns Lake office building at #15 3rd Avenue, or online at www.blcommunityfoundation.org to get your application!

Applications are due April 15th, 2016 at 4:00pm. Submit to:[email protected]

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Community FoundationBurns Lake and District

The Burns Lake and District Community Foundation is very pleased to announce that the

spring granting cycle is now open. We are looking for local community groups who need a little extra funding for their upcoming projects or events. Last

year we gave out over $40,000 to local groups for their training camps, facility upgrades, and new equipment. Visit the Village of Burns Lake office

building at #15 3rd Avenue, or online at www.blcommunityfoundation.org

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NOTICE: Morrison Mine questioned over engagements with Lake Babine

The proposed Morrison Mine is adjacent to Morrison Lake, which lies within Lake Babine Nation (LBN) territory 65 km northeast of Smithers. The mine was ordered to undergo further environmental assessment, which includes further engagement with LBN.


Burns Lake & District Rebroadcasting Society to add CBC TV to its

Distribution at Boer MountainThe Burns Lake & District Rebroadcasting Society would like to inform residents of Burns Lake, Decker Lake, Palling, Rose Lake, Tintagel, and Priestly that in the next few months there will be a change regarding channel 4, CBC TV.

Bell Media, owner of CFTK-TV and distributor of CBC programming has made application to the CRTC to discontinue broadcasting CBC from the Boer Mountain facility on channel 4. The Burns Lake & District Rebroadcasting Society, which has a tower on Boer Mountain, will take steps to add CBC TV to its current distribution. Initially, the Society will temporarily remove a program from channel 7 and put CBC TV in its place. This can be done off site. When favourable weather conditions make access to the Boer Mountain facility possible, the Society will install equipment to ensure that CBC TV is available.

If residents have questions, comments or concerns they are welcome to provide feedback to the Society.

This can be done by: • Sending an email to [email protected], or • Leaving the completed form below at the Regional District Office in Burns Lake, or • Attending the next General Meeting 6:30 pm March 8, 2016 at the Francois Lake School

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FRENCH IMMERSION Info & Movie Night

Tuesday, March 1st 5pm to 7pm

William Konkin Elementary SchoolCanadian Parents for French invite interested

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to the July 2015 decision of the ministers that Morrison Mine un-dergo further environmental assessment. In addition, the com-pany wants to obtain the professional qualifications of three reviewers involved in assessing the environmental assessment certificate application.

These requests were submitted in January 2016 and September 2015 to the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Energy and

Mines, the Environmental Assessment Office and the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Over the last few months Morrison Mine’s environmental assessment was suspended

in June 2014 after the Mount Polley Copper/Gold Mine disaster – when a massive dam holding the toxic waste water from the Mount Polley Mine collapsed, releasing 25 million cubic metres of contaminated water and mining waste, contaminating lakes,

creeks and rivers.In June 2015, the sus-

pension was lifted, and a decision on the Mor-rison Mine’s environ-mental assessment was expected to be reached by July 9, 2015. How-ever, on July 8, the mine was ordered to undergo further assess-ment.

The ministers con-cluded that the ap-plication information submitted for decision did not provide them with a sufficient level of confidence that the mine’s design could adequately protect the environment.

Pacific Booker Min-erals said in a state-ment that the company is committed to con-structing and operating the Morrison Mine in compliance with indus-try best practices, us-ing proven technology and in full compliance with all permit require-ments.

The proposed $517-million project is a conventional open-pit mine with an extraction rate of approximately 30,000 tonnes per day. If approved, the project is expected to bring in close to $900 million in tax revenues over its 21-year life span.

The company is committed to operating in compliance with industry best practices

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SAVE OUR AIRPORT!Vote on February 27th, 2016YES

MEDIVAC• In 2013/2014, there was 52 medivacs out of the

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important. The time saved during these emergency situations can be the difference between life and death.

FACILITIES• 5,000 ft. fully lit runway • automated weather system • on site fuel - Jet A Fuel and 100 low lead • open meeting area - kitchen, dining and entertainment area, beverage centre, phone • two suites for overnight accommodation • rental van

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FIRE PROTECTION• We are surrounded by dead, dry, pine - increasing

the odds of wildfires.• During the 2014 China Nose fire there were 54 fixed

wing movements, 299 helicopter movements and 6 medivacs - all of which contributed to the quick containment of the blaze.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Business people use the airport as quick access to the

Lakes District.• Natural resources can be explored using the airport as a base. • Recreational opportunities are endless from private planes

to sightseeing tours.• During 2013/2014, 815 aircraft used the facility.

SECURITY• In an emergency situation the airport could be a

lifeline for the Lakes District.

THE CURRENT SITUATIONAfter years of maintenance, the surface of the airport runway has fallen into disrepair - the only remaining option is to resurface the entire runway. If this does not happen, the airport could be forced to close.

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workers.”Dana Collins, Executive Director for the Cana-

dian Institute of Forestry, agrees that the Canadian forest industry is on the uprise again after years of a hard downturn.

Between 2005 and 2009, the forest industry’s contribution to Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) declined sharply year-over-year as a result of a consumer shift to electronic media and the U.S. housing crisis.

According to The Globe and Mail, in September 2004, 308,664 Canadians earned a living from log-ging, paper making and wood products manufac-turing. A decade later, the industry employed just 190,651 people.

Since its sharp rebound in 2010, the forest indus-try has consistently accounted for approximately 1.2 per cent of the total Canadian GDP, with wood product manufacturing offsetting declines in pulp and paper manufacturing.

Unlike the energy, mining and many other indus-tries, the forest products industry has been grow-ing in size. According to the federal government, in 2014, the value of Canada’s forest product exports increased by 9.8 per cent over 2013, rising to $30.8 billion from $28.4 billion.

In addition, forest product exports have done well with the low Canadian dollar, with sales to the U.S. return-ing to historic levels after the collapse of the

U.S. housing market in 2008.Collins says the forest sector is now considered

Canada’s “sunrise industry.”She said the forest industry overcame its chal-

lenges by adapting and innovating, and is no longer narrowly defined by pulp and paper.

“It’s now a diverse, dynamic, innovative, green, and sustainable sector that supports science, re-search and development."

The industry’s traditional products - pulp, paper and lumber - are being used to create new products such as renewable bio-fuels, green bio-plastics, bio-pharmaceuticals, bulletproof vests, car parts and even airplane wings.

Collins explained that the emergence of new products also includes the application of nanotech-nology - the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale.

“The application of nanotechnology creates a product that's as strong as steel, but lighter,” she said. “We can replace steel in cars, for example, us-ing forest products.”

“We're also seeing bylaws to support this [tech-nology], for example, changes to building codes to allow for wood construction in high or midrise

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Forest industry on the uprise and growing in sizebuildings,” she added.

Since the industry has become more innovative, diverse and technically ad-vanced, there is also a growing need for new types of skilled workers. The long list of workers that the industry now requires includes biologists, millwrights, electricians, engineers, sales staff, truck drivers, foresters, chemists, economist and risk analysts and IT specialists.

In the story ‘Millennials, these career sectors are worth considering’ pub-lished in The Globe and Mail on Aug. 24, 2015, the forest products industry was selected as one of the most promising industries for young Canadian pro-fessionals.

Collins said this innovative path of the industry has also attracted a more diverse workforce, encompassing more women and Aboriginal people.

When asked what we should expect of the forest sector in the next five years, Collins said the industry will continue to see an emphasis on innovation.

“We'll see new product development, innovation in long-lived, durable forest products, and hopefully more of a social acceptance and understanding of the environmental benefits of using wood to replace heavy carbon-emitting mate-rials such as concrete or steel.”

Collins added that forest jobs are now popping up all over the country and that this trend is expected to continue for the next five years and beyond.

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Unlike the energy, mining and many other industries, the forest products industry has been growing in size. Since its sharp rebound in 2010, the forest industry has consistently accounted for approximately 1.2 per cent of the total Canadian GDP, with wood product manufacturing offsetting declines in pulp and paper manufacturing.


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Las week Rio Tinto announced a part-nership with Indspire, an Aboriginal-led

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The award is designed to offer financial

support to Aboriginal students who are enrolled or would like to enrol in post-sec-ondary studies. It gives young people the chance to obtain a diploma, degree, certif-icate, academic upgrading, or apprentice-ship program with financial assistance.

“Through our partnership with Indspire, we aim to provide the chance to all In-digenous youth in the areas we operate to pursue further training and/or studies af-ter high school so that they are equipped for leadership positions in the future,” said Alf Barrios, Chief Executive of Rio Tinto’s Aluminium Group.

Rio Tinto’s $1 million contribution to establish this award is being matched by the Canadian government, for a total of $2 million.

The award prioritizes students in sci-

ence, technology, engineering and math disciplines but is also available more broadly to students in any discipline, in-cluding trades. The award is available to students of any age pursuing post-second-ary education, including adult learners.

Kevin Dobbin, a Spokesperson with Rio Tinto, explained that Rio Tinto will pri-oritize students in communities where the company operates. However, the award is available to students from across the coun-try.

Dobbin said there is no limit to how many awards will be available per area or region.

“It will all depend on the number of ap-plications and the needs of the students,” said Dobbin.

There are three application deadlines for the award: Feb. 15, June 1 and Nov. 1, 2016. Successful applicants are eligible for the fund-ing upon completion of high school. Applica-tions can be submitted online once registered on the Indspire web-site at www.indspire.ca.

The village will keep maintaining Eighth Avenue until another grant comes along

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In the story ‘Burns Lake council deals with budget deficit’ published in the Lakes District News’ Feb. 3, 2016 issue, Burns Lake council was informed that the grant application to fund the repaving project of Eighth Avenue was not successful.

Last year the municipality applied for the strategic priorities fund under the federal gas tax fund to undertake phase one of the proposed repaving project. Even though the grant applica-tion was not successful, Burns Lake Mayor Luke Strimbold told Lakes District News that the repaving project of Eighth Avenue remains a priority.

During the village’s last budget meeting, council decided to keep maintaining Eighth Avenue until another grant comes along.

According to Sheryl Worthing, Chief Administrative Officer for the Village of Burns Lake, other grants that the village could possible apply for includes the next round of the strategic priori-ties fund in 2016 or 2017. However, no other grants are available

at the moment.In the meantime council decided to allocate $160,000 a year

to go towards repaving projects, and an additional $42,000 for repair work.

“The goal with Eighth Avenue was to do a complete replace-ment, but at this point we won’t put a lot of money in it other than a portion of the $42,000 to do patch repair,” explained Strim-bold. “Water, sewer, roads, and other infrastructure are a priority for our council, which is why we have allocated the additional $160,000 to paving each year as well as reallocating revenue to our general capital reserves and our water and sewer reserves.”

“At this point staff will be prioritizing what portions of our roads will take priority based on our asset management plan,” he added.

During a council meeting in August 2015, council asked staff to look into borrowing options to fund the Eighth Avenue repav-ing project in case the strategic priorities fund was not forthcom-ing. This decision was reconsidered in a later meeting as it would involve a substantial increase in taxes and would reduce the vil-lage’s borrowing capacity for up to 25 years.

The Union of B.C. Municipalities administers the federal gas tax fund in B.C. in partnership with the federal and provincial governments. The reason given for declining the village’s grant application was that the fund was “considerably overprescribed” in 2015, with 222 applications - of these, only 57 projects were approved.

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investigation and subsequently into a controlled drug and substance act investigation.As a result of the investigation, two men - aged 49 and 39 - were taken into custody.The two men appeared in the Vanderhoof Provincial Court on Feb. 9.Dave Tyreman, a Spokesperson with the RCMP, said the matter is now before the courts and that he

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On Feb. 8, 2016 a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant was granted for a residence in the 27000 block of Hwy. 16 near New Hazelton.

Officers executed the warrant on the resi-dence and located be-tween 200-300 mari-huana plants, several pounds of dried bud, growing equipment and approximately $2000 in cash.

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Local biathletes come home with medalsOver the weekend, Omineca Ski Club biathletes competed with over 100 biathletes from British Columbia, Washington and the Yukon at the Whistler Olympic Park. Cole Bender is coming home with one silver in the sprint and one gold in the pursuit. With his overall performance this winter, Cole received the award for the 2015/2016 BC Cup Series top juvenile biathlete. His sister, Adrienne, won the award for the 2014/2015 BC Cup Series top midget biathlete and demonstrated her precise shooting skills this weekend. For her part, Nicole Hamp earned herself a third place during the sprint race while her father, Randy, and her sister, Julia, had a great time racing.

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A great evening was held at DADS Restaurant last Saturday with a tribute to David Bowie. Talented local residents Garth Schienbein, Mark Price, Bob Mills, Len Hall and Tyree Parkin all sang David Bowie songs all night as the crowd of over 50 danced and enjoyed the evening. The group raised just under $500 and will be donating locally to a good cause.


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If you were to call me in to a court-room to give one ultimate piece of evidence that God exists, I would bring the 10 Commandments. My first argument would show the uni-versal acknowledgement of the Ten Commandments as “good”. History attests that philosophers and judges, the world over, have agreed to the moral excellence of “loving others as ourselves” as the epitome of justice, morality and good.

But we have a disconnect. Every person, when looking into the mir-ror of the 10 Commandments, falls short. And worse, courtrooms, schools, governments and leaders,

seek its removal, while acknowledging its excellence. It makes no sense. I would argue that this proves a judicial source, alto-gether righteous and good, far higher than mankind. Our abso-lute moral failure to uphold it, and our desire to hide from the gaze of its virtues, proves its source is divine.

Now if a law is just and good, and people remove it because they can’t keep it – or don’t want to keep it - doesn’t it prove the people themselves are corrupt? Is this not a double-sided truth? If we remove what is good, just because it shows we are not, doesn’t it reveal a stubborn dishonesty, unwilling to face facts? Who removes their bathroom mirror just because they don’t like what they see in the morning?

And this is the point of the 10 Commandments and my final argument. It is a mirror to show us that we have dirt on our hearts which only Christ can clean. God desires to save us, not con-demn us. His laws were intended to make us run to the pardon he offers in Christ. Yes, God is both real and good, but mankind is corrupt, yet God wants to save us through his son.

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The province is currently developing a landscape fire man-agement plan in the Nadina Forest District, which includes the Burns Lake area.

The purpose of a fire management plan is to provide support to decision makers for integrated wildland fire response and re-source management activities.

According to Greig Bethel, a Spokesperson with the Min-istry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, fire management plans at the landscape scale identify priority fuel management areas that will mitigate the fire threat to communi-ties, as well critical infrastructure and natural resource values including timber supply. In addition, the plan outlines mitigation activities over time.

Bethel said fire management plans at the landscape scale are done in consultation with local governments, and they often in-clude the establishment of shaded fuel breaks and thinned, open forested areas on Crown land near communities where the wild-

fire risk is high.In order to develop these plans, government

holds consultations with communities, First Na-tions and stakeholders to identify landscape fire management actions. The province will also form a local committee which will include First Nations, forest industry, community members, local wild-fire management branch staff and the regional fire management specialist.

As of January 2016, three landscape fire man-agement plans have been completed - in the Stuart Nechako portion of the Prince George timber sup-ply area (TSA), the Merritt TSA and the Soo TSA.

Landscape fire management plans are also being developed in the Rocky Mountain Forest District and the forest districts within the Cariboo region - Quesnel, Cariboo Chilcotin and 100 Mile House.

According to Bethel, the landscape fire manage-ment plan in the Nadina Forest District will take approximately two years to be developed.

The Met: Live in HD presents “The Magic Flute"

The second performance in the 15/16 series of operas co-presented by The Beacon Theatre and the Lakes District Arts Council is Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The show starts at 1p.m. sharp on Feb. 21, at The Beacon.

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Program in Burns Lake provides essential skillsTwenty First Nations students celebrated their graduation last week at Wet’suwet’en Hall

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A graduation ceremony and tradition-al feast helped celebrate the successful completion of a bridging-to-trades, skills training program by members of the Burns Lake Band and Wet'suwet'en First Nations communities.

More than 100 people joined the 20 graduating students at the Wet'suwet'en

First Nation Hall on Feb. 12, 2016.“I want to congratulate our students

on this milestone of success; a job well done by all the people involved in making this training a reality for our people,” said Wet'suwet'en First Nation Chief Karen Ogen. "We believe our people have the potential and it takes someone to believe in them; I challenge them to continue go-ing and go after what they want.”

The program, which was delivered by the Lakes District campus of the Col-lege of New Caledonia, included eight weeks of practical shop time and one week of blended trades experience in five construction and mechanical trades: car-pentry, piping, welding, electrician and millwright.

The graduating students now have the basics needed to seek an apprenticeship

with an employer or to begin college-level trades training.

John Rustad, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, explained that the training of-fered in Burns Lake will ensure that more First Na-tions members have the skills they need to take ad-vantage of job opportunities, especially the direct and indirect jobs created by the emerging LNG industry.

Burns Lake Band Chief Dan George said build-ing capacity within local communities is essential in meeting the needs derived from economic devel-opment agreements.

“It is imperative that while we create opportu-nities for generating wealth, that it is our people who are benefitting directly,” he said. “The oppor-tunities are endless and I'm glad to see our people finding a place in the workforce and our economy."

Provincial funding for the program was provided through the Aboriginal skills training development fund, which is investing up to $30 million over three years for new Aboriginal skills training proj-ects and partnerships.

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The graduating class from the bridging-to-trade program held a ceremony last week out at the Wet’suwet’en Hall. They sang and drummed a song they wrote themselves for those in attendance.

Should government also increase the minimum legal drinking age?

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Last week the province announced that new regulations are in place to clarify and toughen the consequences of drinking and drug affected driving in British Columbia.

Under the new program, drivers with certain serious prohibi-tions for drinking and drug affected driving are now required to participate in mandatory remedial programs.

Once a mandatory referral is made, drivers will be required to participate in the responsible driver program, which focuses on education and counselling, and/or the ignition interlock program, for which a device is installed in the vehicle to prevent drivers from driving if they have consumed alcohol.

Mike Morris, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, said these measures will help both deter and prevent unsafe driv-ers from getting back on B.C. roads.

"Let me be clear. If you are caught drinking and driving and therefore putting your life and the lives of others at risk, it will cost you,” said Morris. “Driving while affected by alcohol or drugs is reckless and selfish behaviour for which this province has no tolerance.”

The new regulations apply to drivers caught driving while af-fected by drugs or alcohol who accumulate between six to 16 remedial program points within five years. There is no reconsid-eration process for mandatory referrals.

But should government also consider increasing the minimum legal drinking age?

At present time, the minimum legal drinking age is 18 years of age in Alberta, Manitoba, and Québec, and 19 years in the rest of Canada.

Recently, the Canadian Public Health Association and a nation-al expert-panel working group not only recommended that the legal drinking age be raised to at least 19 years, but also identified

21 years as the ideal.A new study led by a northern medical program researcher

supports the position that raising the minimum legal drinking age would likely reduce alcohol-impaired driving crimes.

The study shows that alcohol-impaired driving crimes spike immediately after the minimum legal drinking age is reached.

“As soon as youth are given legal access to alcohol, there are immedi-ate effects on the road,” said Dr. Russ Callaghan, the study`s lead author and an associate professor in the northern medical program.

In the study, published this month in the international journal ‘Addic-tion,’ Callaghan and his research team looked at national Canadian po-lice-reported crime statistics between 2009 and 2013.

The team found that drivers just older than the legal age had signifi-cant increases in commission of al-cohol-impaired driving crimes com-pared to those immediately under the restriction. Release from drinking-age restrictions was associated with increases in alcohol-impaired driving offenses perpetrated by young drivers in Canada, ranging from 28-43 per cent among males and 19-40 per cent among females.

Callaghan said the research pro-vides current information for both Canadian and international policy-makers to draw on when considering alcohol policy reform and the effec-tiveness of minimum legal drinking age legislation.


PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20: Pisces, take some time off if your job seems like a headache this week. If you have the time, enjoy a long week-end or a short jaunt during the week.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20: Aries, if you assumed you were right on track, you soon will see why it isn’t safe to assume. Do not take anything for granted and consider all potential outcomes.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21: Interpersonal dy-namics are constantly changing, and you may have a challenging time wrangling in your re-lationship to where it feels comfortable, Taurus.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21: Gemini, even if you are uncertain about someone’s intentions, it is best to give that person the benefit of the doubt. However, an ounce of skepticism never hurt anyone.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22: Cancer, it is better to make your choices sooner rather than later this week. Putting decisions off only complicates matters. It may be an anxious time, but you will pull through.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23: Stop worrying about how others see you, Leo. This week own up to your beliefs, even if they seem to go against the norm. You may be surprised at the support you receive.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22: Virgo, a hectic week leads to lots of demands on your time. Take things one task at a time and do not be afraid to say “no” if you feel you are overwhelmed.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23: Libra, frustration at work may not be directed at any one person, and you can’t let it consume your life. Make the frustration work to your advantage instead.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22: Romantic thoughts this week will have you on a mission to spend quality time with a loved one, Scorpio. You may do everything in your power to be near your sig-nificant other.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21: Don’t try to erect barriers, Sagittarius. This week you have to let someone in and unburden some of the problems or thoughts that have been weighing you down.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20: Accomplish something important based on what you learn this week, Capricorn. Keep your eyes and ears open to all of the possibilities around you.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18: Try not to take the easy way out, Aquarius. When faced with some tough questions, stay strong and true to yourself. You will be happier in the long run if you do so.

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Fall Fair meeting, Cancer Society building on main street at 7:00pm March 3. 2016.

Southside Health & Wellness Centre: February 2016. Chair yoga

every Tues. & Fri. 10-11am. Foot Care Feb. 25. More info (250) 694-3270.

The Lakes District Community Ini-tiatives Office of the Canadian Cancer Society office hours: Tuesdays from 10am to noon; Wednesdays from 10am to 2pm; and Fridays from 10am to 1pm. Drop in and browse through our on-going garage sale items and our arts & crafts tables (donations gratefully accepted). Contact us at (250) 692-7203 or email us at [email protected] and inquire about joining our group as a volunteer! For cancer information or Cancer Con-nect: 1-888-939-3333. Website: www.cancer.ca.

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As of the beginning of this month, Microsoft has shifted its Windows 10 Upgrade from Optional to Recommended. This means that the upgrade to the new OS may download by itself on systems that are set to receive updates automatically, though users will still be required to give their consent before the upgrade will actually install. So for those of you on restricted Internet packages, or ones with low bandwidth limits, be prepared to see some unexpected traffic over the next few weeks and months as your computer tries to download the 3+ GB upgrade package. If you would like to avoid this, or delay it until you can bring your computer to a different Internet connection, you can do so by changing your Windows Update settings from automatic to Manual (or Never Check) under the Control Panel. Microsoft has also made the Windows 10 Update available for download off their website, so you can always have a friend make a disk or USB Stick that you can take home.


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DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH

Sunday Morning Services:Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Services: 10:30 a.m.Pastors - Ken Dyck 250-698-7629 David S. Burkholder 250-692-7057

Everyone Welcome Hwy 16, Decker Lake

Seventh Day Adventist Church Group

Meets Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. at the United Church on Centre Street.

250-695-6586

Lakes Fellowship724 Babine Lake Road

Sunday Services: 10:30 amCelebrating the Love of God

www.lakesfellowship.caPastor Matthew Westergard 250-692-7464

Royal Canadian Legion

Branch #50

If you love your freedom, thank a Veteran.

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“Members and bona � de guests welcome”

email: [email protected]: 250-692-3232

Burns LakeCommunity Church

Pastor John Neufeld 250-692-7949

New location: Burns Lake Band (old highschool): 10:30 am

ST. PAUL’SUNITED CHURCH

136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake

Worship Service at10 am Sunday mornings

Ministry led by lay leadersPhone 250-692-7202

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Kerr Road, Burns LakeSunday School for all ages andWorship Service at 10:30am

Pastor Steve Swires 250-692-3259

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Gerow Island, Highway 35

Sunday Morning Worship Service begins @ 10:30 am

Pastor Ed Peters Phone: 250-692-7551

Grassy Plains Gospel ChurchSunday Service: 10:45 am

250-694-3756 (Church)

IMMACULATACatholic Church

248 - 3rd Ave. • Phone: 250-692-3568Saturday 7:30 p.m.Sunday 10:00 a.m.~ Everyone Welcome ~

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Hwy 35 & Francois Lake • 250-695-6316 Everyone Welcome

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Please come and fellowship with us on:Sunday at 11:00amTuesday at 7:00 pmSaturday at 7:00 pm

email: [email protected] • James Kim 250-692-0031 PAOC

Regular Hours: Tues-Thurs: 4-8pmFriday & Saturday 2-8pm

General MeetingFebruary 22nd

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It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing away of Jim Minger.Jim was predeceased by his parents George and Joyce Minger and his brother Roy. He is survived by his wife Kay of 53 years and his children Shane, Holley, Pam (Sam), and Cole (Kim). His grandchildren Natalie (Sean), Colin, James, Kyle, Jordan and Madison. Great grandchildren Heather, Benton, and Anna. Jim’s heart belonged to the community of Burns Lake. Th ere was never a volunteer more devoted than he was. He never was one to sit back and let others do the work. Jim volunteered with Meals on Wheels, plowed driveways for the seniors, he went to Th e Pines, and checked in with the Residents, lending a hand with a meal, if he could. He served as a Trustee for the School board, President for the Curling Club, and a director with the Rotary Club. He was a man with a passion for his hometown and he tried his best to make a diff erence. He was an unsung hero that did odd jobs not expecting praise but doing it because it needed to be done. And often doing it when no one was looking. Jim spent a great portion of his life playing hockey and baseball, and when he wasn’t playing, he was coaching. He devoted many years with Burns Lake Minor Hockey coaching his two boys Shane and Cole! And when he wasn’t busy with hockey, he was watching Holley and Pam in skating competitions. He was most proud when sitting in the stands, watching the girls perform their skating solo’s at the local skating extravaganza. In his senior years, he was still seen standing in the rink, this time watching his grandchildren, playing hockey and fi gure skating.His lifetime of dedication and self-sacrifi ce serve as a monument to the exemplary man that he was.

Jim Minger November 10, 1942 -

January 15, 2016

“Th ose we love don’t go away,Th ey walk beside us every day.

Unseen, Unheard, but always near,Still loved, still missed and very dear!”

would like to thank the following businesses for their support of our 2016 AGM. If I have missed anyone please

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KYLE DANIELSDec. 1, 1989 - Feb. 19, 2011Always loved - never forgotten

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In Memoriam GiftsBurns Lake Health Care Auxiliary are used to provide fi nancial support, equipment plus comfort and care for pa-tients in our hospital, the Pines and all other community healthcare services. Mail a do-nation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to: B.L. Health Care Aux. Box 812, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0A tax deductible receipt will be issued

ObituariesValentine Arnel MunroFeb. 14, 1937 - Jan. 12, 2016

Valentine ‘Val’ Munro of Sor-rento BC was born on 14 Feb-ruary, 1937 near Melfort, Sas-katchewan. He passed away peacefully on the evening of 12 January 2016 at the Shus-wap Lake General Hospital in Salmon Arm, aged 78. An IBEW electrician by trade, Val’s work took him to many parts of BC and also to Onta-rio where he lived for a time.In retirement he enjoyed his hillside property in Sorrento with the spectacular lake view and many extended winter trips to Mexico.Val is survived by his children, Laureen Munro and Scott Munro; sister Margaret Smith of South Surrey, BC; nephew Greg Smith and niece, Carol Granstrom.Predeceased by his mother Ida Munro and father Don Munro.Respecting Val’s wishes there will be no formal service.

InformationALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

If you want to keep drinking that’s your business - if you want to quit drinking that’s our business. Burns Lake meet-ings: Tue. & Sat. 7:30pm Im-maculatta Church. Women’s group meets Wed., 108 - 2nd avenue at 7:30pm. For info. or transportation call (250) 692-9104 / (250) 692-3024 / (250) 698-7325

Only requirement for AA is a desire to stop drinking.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSSouthside Meetings: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm at Grassy Plains Gos-pel Church. For more informa-tion: (250) 694-3682

ANYONE NEEDING informa-tion on Alzheimer’s please call 1-866-564-7533

BURNS LAKE RCMP Vic-tim/Witness Assistance Pro-gram. 201 Hwy. 35, Box 759 Burns Lake. Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm (250) 692-3010

Canadian Cancer SocietyMake a gift in honour or in memory of a loved one im-pacted by cancer. Please in-clude the honouree name as well as the name and address of the person you would like notifi ed. To donate please call or mail Box 1301 Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0, (250) 692-7203.

CRISIS PREVENTIONCall 1.800.SUICIDE or 1.800.784.2433 is a confi den-tial, toll-free service that is available to anyone, any-where, any time in B.C. Youth support line 1.888.564.8336 (TEEN). 24 hour crisis line for northern BC 1.888.563.1214. In addition, several crisis lines also provide support through online chat services so young people have a web-based way to reach out. These services can be reached through www.northernyouthonline.ca. 4-10pm. daily or www.you-thinbc.ca.

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FOOD BANK INFORMATION Distribution days will be the fi rst and the third Tuesday of each month. LD Food Bank will provide a warm waiting room at the Beacon Theatre. Clients will go fi rst to the thea-tre. Doors open at 10:45am. This is available until the end of April. The food bank closes at 1pm. The Lakes District Food bank continues to oper-ate due to the outstanding generosity of the community. If you would like to make a do-nation and receive a tax de-ductible receipt, please mail your donation to: Lakes Dis-trict Food Bank, P.O. Box 777, Burns Lake, BC. V0J 1E0

HIP OR knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions or COPD? Restrictions in walking/dress-ing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply today for assis-tance: 1-844-453-5372.

LOCAL HOSPICEThe Hospice offi ce, located in the Lakes District Hospital, has a lending library available. Please phone before dropping by. All donations to the Burns Lake Hospice Program are greatly appreciated! Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 (250) 692-2448

PLANNING a wedding or an-niversary party? Looking for plastic fl owers for decorations. Call OPTIONS at Nourse House 9am- 3pm Mon. to Fri. Francois Lake Drive. Operated by residents of 8th Avenue Group Home. (250) 692-7845

THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY B.C. and Yukon division is your primary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and ser-vices about arthritis. 1-800-321-1433 or visit www.ar-thritis.ca/bc

THE CHRONIC DISEASE Education Clinic at the Lakes District Hospital is open Tue. & Wed. from 8:30am - 4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic ill-nesses such as Diabetes & Heart Disease. A doctors re-ferral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 692-2440

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BAND MANAGERSALARY: Negotiable Dependent Upon Experience On behalf of, and under the general direction of the Kispiox Band Council, the Band Man-ager, manages, directs, organizes, implements and controls the provision of a wide variety of programs and services to the Band membership. As the Band’s chief administrative of-ficer, is directly responsible to Council for the effective and efficient operation of the band administration and for ensuring the implementation of Council policies and directives. Education/Professional Requirements:Must have a post-secondary degree in Business or Human Resources;Must have three (3) years of Senior Management working experience;Must have working/education experience in managing finances and budgets Consideration will be given to individuals possessing a combination of an undergraduate degree, within similar disciplines and relevant working experience. Qualifications/Abilities:

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NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTINGPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the Village of Burns Lake that a referendum by voting is necessary to obtain voter assent for the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako Lakes District Airport Contribution Local Service Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 1751, 2015.

REFERENDUM QUESTIONTHE FOLLOWING QUESTION will be submitted to the electorate: “Are you in favour of Lakes District Airport Contribution Local Service Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 1751, 2015 which would have the effect of increasing the annual taxation limit from $93,750 (equal to a residential tax rate of $0.20 per $1,000 on improvements only, based on 2015 assessments) to $190,000 (equal to a residential tax rate of $0.41 per $1,000 on improvements only, based on 2015 assessments)?”

SCRUTINEER APPLICATIONScrutineers for and against the question must be appointed if applications are received from persons who wish to volunteer for the positions. Only persons entitled to vote as electors on the question shown above are entitled to act as scrutineers. If sufficient applications are received, three scrutineers for and three scrutineers against the question will be appointed for each voting place. One scrutineer for the question and one scrutineer against the question will also be appointed to be present at the determination of the official results and, if necessary, at a judicial recount.

Applications to act as a scrutineer will be received by the Chief Election Officer at the office of the Village of Burns Lake, 15 3rd Avenue, from 8:00am February 1st, to 4:00pm February 10th. Applications will only be received during regular office days and hours.

Application forms are available at the same location. Interested persons can obtain information on the requirements and procedures for making an application by contacting the following persons at the Village of Burns Lake Office: Sheryl Worthing, Chief Election Officer, or Cameron Hart, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 250-692-7587.

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONSGENERAL VOTING will be open to qualified electors of the Village of Burns Lake on:

Saturday, February 27, 2016 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the Lakeside Multiplex at 103 Flogum Dr.

ADVANCE VOTING will be open to qualified electors of the Village of Burns Lake on: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm at the Village of Burns Lake Office at 15 3rd Ave.

A SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY WILL BE PROVIDED to residents of local senior’s housing on February 24th, 2016 at the following dates and times: Carol Cottage, 17 4th Avenue, Burns Lake, BC, from 9:30am - 11:00am Heritage Manor, 23 9th Avenue, Burns Lake, BC, from 1:00pm - 2:30pm Tweedsmuir House, 53 9th Avenue, Burns Lake, BC, from 3:00pm - 4:30pm

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGA public meeting will be held to discuss the proposed increase in the tax limit on

February 15th at 7:00 pm at the Burns Lake Chamber of CommerceResident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. At least one piece of identification must prove the resident’s address, and at least one piece of identification must include the resident’s signature.

Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners.

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NOTICE OF ASSENT VOTINGREGIONAL DISTRICT OF BULKLEY-NECHAKO

BYLAW NO. 1751A bylaw to amend the tax limit of the Lakes District Airport Local Service

from $93,750 per annum to $190,000 per annumWHEREAS:A. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has established by Bylaw No. 1084, a service for contribution to the costs of the Lakes

District Airport operated by the Lakes District Airport Society;B. The Regional Board of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako wishes to increase the tax limit for the service from NINETY-

THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($93,750) per annum to ONE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($190,000) per annum;

C. The approval of the Inspector of Municipalities has been obtained under Section 801 of the Local Government Act.D. The approval of the electors in Electoral Areas “B” and “E” and the Village of Burns Lake has been obtained under Section 801 of

the Local Government Act.NOW THEREFORE the Regional Board of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 1. Section 6 of Bylaw No. 1084 is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefore: 6. The maximum amount of taxation that may be requisitioned for the cost of this service shall be

ONE HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($190,000). 2. This bylaw may be cited as the “Lakes District Airport Contribution Local Service Establishment Amendment

Bylaw No. 1751, 2015.”READ A FIRST TIME this 19th day of November 2015READ A SECOND TIME this 19th day of November 2015READ A THIRD TIME this 19th day of November 2015I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of Bylaw No. 1751.

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APPROVED BY THE INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES this 9th day of December, 2015ASSENT OF ELECTORS OBTAINED this day of , 2016 ADOPTED this day of , 2016

Chairperson Corporate Administrator

TAKE NOTICE that the above is a true copy of “Lakes District Airport Contribution Local Service Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 1751, 2015” on which the vote of the electors within Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural) and Electoral Area “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako will be taken.The question that is to be voted on is: “Are you in favour of Lakes District Airport Contribution Local Service Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 1751,

2015 which would have the effect of increasing the annual taxation limit from $93,750 (equal to a residential tax rate of $0.20 per $1,000 on improvements only, based on 2015 assessments) to $190,000 (equal to a residential tax rate of $0.41 per $1,000 on improvements only, based on 2015 assessments)?”

The tax rate referred to above does not include the 5.25% fee charged by the Province to collect taxes for Regional Districts.GENERAL VOTING DAY General Voting Day will be open to QUALIFIED ELECTORS between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday,

February 27, 2016 at the following locations: Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural)

• Lakeside Multiplex, 103 Flogum Drive, Burns Lake, B.C. • Rose Lake Hall, 27239 Highway 16 West, Rose Lake, B.C.

Electoral Area “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural) • Grassy Plains Elementary-Junior Secondary School, 34310 Keefes Landing Road, Grassy Plains, B.C. • Trout Creek Hall, 39630 Colleymount Road, Francois Lake, B.C. • Francois Lake Elementary School, 860 Francois Lake Road East, Francois Lake, B.C. • Lakeside Multiplex, 103 Flogum Drive, Burns Lake, B.C.

ADVANCE VOTING Advance Voting will be open to QUALIFIED ELECTORS between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday,

February 17, 2016 at the following locations: Electoral Area “B” (Burns Lake Rural)

• Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Office, 37, 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C. Electoral Area “E” (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural)

• Southside Economic Development Association, 1246 Uncha Lake Rd. Southbank, B.C. • Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Office, 37, 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C.

Any qualified elector may vote at an advance voting opportunity.ELECTOR REGISTRATIONThere is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this referendum will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:• you are a Canadian citizen; and• you are, or will be on General Voting Day, age 18 or older; and• you have been a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day; and• you have been a resident of OR registered owner of real property in the jurisdiction for at least 30 days immediately preceding

voting day; and• you are not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting, or not otherwise disqualified by law.Resident Electors will be required to produce 2 pieces of Identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.Non-Resident Property Electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the other property owners. If there Is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those Individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.Proof of ownership of the property must be provided including the legal description and physical address (tax notice, utility bill, or recent copy of the Land Title Search).It is recommended that Non-Resident Property Electors contact the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako in advance of General Voting Day to be certain that all requirements have been met.RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS ARE ALLOWED ONLY 1 VOTE REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF PROPERTIES OWNED.

Companies/CorporationsProperties registered in company/corporation names do not qualify under the Local Government Act to vote.

Accepted I.D.Classes of documents that may be accepted as evidence of identification are: a British Columbia Driver’s License, a BCID card, an ICBC Owners Certificate of Insurance and Vehicle license, A British Columbia CareCard or GoldCareCard, a Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security Request for Continued Assistance from SDES8, a Social Insurance Card, a Citizenship Card, a real property tax notice, a credit card or debit card, or a utility bill.If you have any questions in this regard, please contact Cheryl Anderson, Chief Election Officer or Geraldine Craven, Deputy Chief Election Officer at (250) 692-3195 or 1-800-320-3339.Given under my hand this 28th day of January, 2016.

Cheryl Anderson, Chief Election Officer

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It’s wINter carNIvaL tIme at wKe About 15 volunteers helped feed 209 students during William Konkin Elementary School’s pancake breakfast last week. The event, organized by the group Canadian Parents for French, was held on Feb. 12 to celebrate the Québec Winter Carnival. The school’s annual event even had a special guest this year - Bonhomme, the festival's mascot. laura Blackwell photos

burns lake lakes district news, february 17, 2016

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