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REBECCA BILLARD

Nominations for chief and council of Lake Babine Nation flooded in following nomina-tion meetings held last week.

Lake Babine Na-tion holds its elections for council every three years.

Up for election is the seat of chief, two seats on Tachet coun-cil, two seats on Fort

Babine council, one seat on Old Fort coun-cil and four seats on the Woyonne council. There is 26 nominated candidates for chief, nine candidates for Old Fort councillor, 15 can-didates for Tachet coun-cillor, 31 candidates for Fort Babine Councillor and 35 candidates for Woyonne councillor.

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Under B.C.'s manda-tory no fault system, workers relinquish their right to sue their em-ployer and in turn em-ployers agree to fund the no fault insurance system.

According to Megan Johnson from WorkSafe B.C., the no fault sys-tem is in place so that approved employees can receive fast access

to compensation, rather than having to sue an employer through the court system.

She said the no fault system is standard for all employees in B.C. and falls under the Workers Compensation Act.

"This is not some-thing that has just been developed for Babine Forest Products, it is something that is appli-cable to everyone," she said.

WorkSafe B.C.'s pay-out system is compensa-tion based and Johnson said injured workers

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TWO THUMBS UP FOR 2012 GRADSLakes District Secondary School Grade 12 students celebrated the end of their high school year’s last week. A total of 106 Grade 12 students graduated this year and were each presented with their graduation certificates during the Commencement Ceremony held last Friday. Principal Mike Skinner wished students well and encouraged them to enrol in higher education. The school’s Grand March, with the theme of ‘An evening in Paris’ was held on Saturday night. For more photos turn to pages 14 and 15.

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If you’re passionate about rebuilding a sustainable forest industry in our community, make your voice heard. Contact MLA John Rustad ([email protected]), MLA Adrian Dix ([email protected]) and Premier Christy Clark ([email protected]), and urge them to back the timber supply necessary to rebuild the Babine Forest Products Sawmill. Let them know that rebuilding the mill is central to ensuring a strong, diverse local economy and a healthy and thriving community.

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That saying from the movie Field of Dreams ... ‘build it and he will come’... doesn’t seem to work for council as not one person showed to give public input to the municipal

goals and objectives meeting. I just want people to remember that during the up coming year if they have a beef with coun-cil.

Regardless of public participation, it is great to see the idea of partnership and co-operation between the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) and the Village of Burns Lake be suggested in the goals and objectives for the village’s 2013 plan.

It brought into question the idea of mak-ing this a municipal goal ... I think that sometimes council has to step out of the chambers and take a look at the bigger pic-ture.

Whether it be a council goal or a RDBN goal, if they work together to combine their forces, so much more could be achieved.

Both local and regional governments should always be working together for the benefit of the people they are elected to serve.

While there is set boundaries between the RDBN and the village for taxation, both local governments, while independent of each other, are really still interrelated through the people that they represent.

This is the same for all spheres of gov-ernment.

The RDBN and the village are tasked with providing effective, transparent, ac-countable and coherent government for the area and cooperating with one another fos-ters friendly relations between them.

It also requires consulting one another on matters of common interest, as well as coordinating certain actions and legislation with one another.

I think both governments should meet with each other on a regular basis.

The village has started having scheduled joint council meetings with the Burns Lake Band and Lake Babine Nation, so why not meet with the RDBN too?

The benefits of municipal and regional government collaboration not only includes the potential for improved cost effective-ness, but also allows a combined force to get project approvals and funding, as well as ensuring increased accountability and communication.

Political boundaries are fixed, yet func-tional or service boundaries are not.

As is the case with the Tom Forsyth Me-morial Arena. It is located in, and operated by the Village of Burns Lake, but is open to all resident of the Lakes District.

Intergovernmental collaboration creates a strong local government system, so why not include the RDBN in the village’s goals and objectives?

The local governments are joining forces to hire an economic development officer, perhaps that relationship can be taken fur-ther to other projects too.

In Febru-ary 2012, this column asked the question: “Are B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets his-tory?”

The an-swer is con-

tained in a new draft plan from BC Hydro on how to meet future power demand.

And while it’s not explicitly stated, the answer is yes.

The draft plan was released in May for discussion purposes, but so far there hasn’t been much dis-cussion.

This is surprising given some of the recommendations, such as firing up the Burrard Thermal natural gas power plant more of-ten and buying fossil fuel power from the North American market to keep up to demand.

The plan confirms a few things that have been evident for a while.

Dreams of exporting B.C. hy-droelectric power are gone for the foreseeable future.

And with mining ramping up along with natural gas develop-ment and population growth, BC Hydro now projects electricity demand could rise by 50 per cent over the next 20 years.

The emergence of huge shale gas sources in B.C. and across the United States has changed the North American energy picture dramatically, as U.S. electricity producers replace coal by burning cheaper and cleaner gas to ramp up power production. B.C. is los-ing gas market share in the U.S., its only export customer for heat-ing fuel and electricity use.

Former premier Gordon Camp-bell’s climate goals officially re-main in place: 33 per cent green-house gas reduction by 2020 and a whopping 80 per cent by 2050.

If the gas boom proceeds as planned, B.C. domestic emissions will not be down, but up consider-ably by 2020.

Premier Christy Clark has a new target for 2020: three lique-fied natural gas production lines feeding high-pressure tankers at Kitimat, for export to Asia.

Not only will B.C. need to buy gas-fired power from outside the

province to keep up to industrial and residential demand, but the natural gas industry will need its own new gas-fired electricity to produce LNG for export.

Natural gas passed forestry as B.C.’s top resource revenue source many years ago.

In 2005, the volatile gas price spiked up and produced $1 billion in windfall profits that allowed the B.C. government to buy a rare pe-riod of public sector labour peace through the 2010 Olympics.

Now a glut of shale gas has pushed the North American price down from its historic range of $4 to $6 per thousand cubic feet to about $2.40.

Despite that low price, gas pro-ducers in B.C. are going flat out to develop the Horn River and Montney shale gas deposits in northeast B.C.

I asked David Pryce, vice-pres-ident of the Canadian Associa-tion of Petroleum Producers, why so much gas is being developed now.

He said producers have made huge investments in B.C. shale gas drilling rights, and are in an international race to supply LNG to Asian countries where the price is currently four times higher than in North America.

Whatever the domestic price, B.C. gas producers have to show LNG investors such as Mitsubishi and Korea Gas that they can fill a steady procession of LNG tankers at a competitive rate.

If LNG doesn’t fly here, B.C.’s gas export market soon evapo-rates.

Currently gas producers pay about $400 million a year in roy-alties, and that much again to buy up shale gas drilling rights.

The industry already employs about 12,000 workers in B.C.

The B.C. government has little choice but to redefine its climate targets.

Instead of cutting domestic emissions, it will try to take credit for displacing coal power in Asia.

Fortunately, B.C.’s main coal exports are for high-grade coal used in steel-making.

Tom Fletcher is legislative re-porter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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No members of the public turned up to hear the Village of Burns Lake council's goals and objectives for 2013.

The special public meeting was held re-cently in council cham-bers.

Mayor Luke Strim-bold said to councillors that he hoped members of the public would have attended the meet-ing, but that he under-stands people are busy.

"We were hoping for some feedback from the public," he said to council.

The 2013 goals and objectives were devel-oped by council follow-ing a number of recent

strategic planning ses-sions.

According to council, the objectives set out an attainable plan for long term municipal asset management.

Among the goals, council plans to build relationships with members of the public in an open and trans-parent manner, encour-aging public input and

engagement.They say this will

be achieved through engaging the business community in regular scheduled roundtable breakfast meetings with Mayor Strimbold, as well as by develop-ing a communications strategy and conduct-ing an internal review of village corporate procedures.

Council say they will also continue to build on relationships with local organizations, such as Comfor Man-agement Services Ltd. and First Nations.

Goals also include exploring the possibili-ty of expanding munic-ipal boundaries in order to provide services to an expanded area of the Lakes District as well

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as promoting the devel-opment of social health and wellness resources through the newly formed Lakes District Health Network and by working cooperatively with Northern Health.

As reported in the Lakes District News edition of Feb. 29, 2012, the Lakes Dis-trict Health Network was formed earlier this year following the re-structuring of the Lakes District Health Advi-sory Committee (LD-HAC). At that time, council cited difficulty reaching quorum at LDHAC meetings over recent months, which they said slowed the progress of community initiatives, resulting in the need to restructure the committee.

For recreation, coun-cil is set to begin the implementation of the Lakes District long term recreation plan, in partnership with the Re-gional District of Bulk-ley Nechako and they also plan to develop an annual recreation and event guide to support the recreation plan.

Councillor Susan Schienbein expressed concerns about in-cluding the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) in municipal goals and objectives. She said,

"It is important that we capture our intent and desire to work with the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako for recreation. It is critical that we find a way to

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Back in the 40s Francois Lake was commercially fishedVIEWPOINT BY HUGH NEAVE

It’s early Tuesday morning, June the 5 and it’s raining and has all night. As I look out my office window it’s the kind of day you like to curl up in your best chair and sleep away the day. In about 15 days we will have our longest day and we start back again. It seems that we have missed sum-mer or at least it’s been shorter than it should have been. Last week we had three days of minus three. Some folks have lost their bedding plants. One good thing there will no doubt be a good hay crop with this rain today.

Good fishingI have just got off the

phone with Sandy’s Re-

sort and they report very good fishing, especially trout. But on their open-ing week they had a 20 lb. Char come in. That’s just a nice eating size.

The lake is coming up but very slowly so if all goes well there will not be a danger of flooding. Tchesinkut Lake has reached its high point and is going down again. If the cool-er weather keeps up the runoff will slow down in our lake.

I am going to go back a long time over 70 years that’s when we first came to Francois Lake. The char fishing was very poor and the reason was we were told that a Prince Ru-pert fishing company had pretty well fished out the lake of char. We were told they had left in 1940. They reported seeing huge loads of fish go out and it no doubt effected any local fishing. G. B. Stanton was still allowed to net and ship our char. It was called the Francois Lake Fishery. As he was local

he could still fish. Stan-ton’s lived about 15 or so miles down the lake but they had moved to Mill Bay where he kept on fishing. He hired me to haul out his fish boxes once a week and I met the early train in Burns Lake and shipped them out for him. There was a rule four boxes and they would weigh about 150 pounds. The fish were opened up and packed in ice. They were going to New York city to a very fancy hotel dining place. The boxes of fish were unloaded in Winnipeg and repacked in ice and sent along their way. This lasted until George could not handle the boxes and the fishing anymore. I hauled out the fish boxes for about three years. This was the end of any commercial fish-ing in Francois Lake. Hauling out the fish to catch the train I had a time set to catch the train and it was close. The east Francois Lake Rd. was terrible and rough to the Mill Bay

and I had to make time. Low and behold about a mile from the highway I dropped a tie rod so I had only one wheel to control the steering. So I jumped out, stuck it back on, found a big rock and beat it on and I made the train. Every corner I made I said a prayer that I would not lose the steering. Was I ever glad to see the sta-tion come up and the train still there. Once I asked Mr. Stanton if he ever caught any stur-geon in his nets and he said once in a while his net would be destroyed so he would know that a sturgeon had got caught up in the net and had torn itself loose. He told me they were just too big to hold.

Pinnacle PelletThank you Rebecca

for your article in our last news. I think we have got the ball roll-ing which is very good news. As you have headlined in the paper ‘Burns Lake Pinnacle Pellet emissions fol-low up’. At least it has

drawn some attention and this is very impor-tant. Clean air is so im-portant for every living thing, it’s our life blood. Without clean air we are lost.

GraduationWhat a treasure this

last paper is with the pictures of the grad class of 2012. How handsome they all are and how proud they must all be. What an ac-complishment. A new page open for a new life ahead for them all. And how proud the parents must be to see their chil-dren into start out a new life. It’s like opening a book and seeing what’s on the next page.

I never had the great pleasure of being a grad. I missed out due to an accident but as I look back it no doubt would have changed by life or would it? I have had a good full life and as I look back I would not change it. I loved the range and I loved horses and I loved to ride so what more could I ask for. Miles of open

range and I got to know every piece of it.

CheslattaI have at hand a bro-

chure written by Ste-phen Hume and very kindly given to us by Mike Robertson, it is under the title of ‘Dis-covery of Bones of a B.C. Lake resurrects one of the darkest tales in Canadian history.’ This all happened with the flooding of Ootsa Lake now 60 years ago. The heart break-ing and the confusion these carrier nation’s people must have gone through. See their Sca-tchola village burial grounds destroyed with the flood waters.

This whole story is told in the centre page of the last L.D. News and I think in all respect to the First Nation people everyone should get a copy and read all about it as it’s an eye opener and something we must never forget.

I have this brochure at hand and I will con-tact Mike Robertson and ask if we could run

off some copies as it will give something for us to digest as it tells the whole story.

ShellsHas anyone by any

chance got a 20 gauge shot gun? I had one that was damaged in an ac-cident. But I have found a number of shells. So if you have one let me know and you have them for the asking. They have been high and dry so should be still active

A little story A small barn burnt

down on an elderly couple’s farm. It was insured for $50,000 so the wife called the in-surance company and asked to send a cheque. The insurance agent said, “We will come and replace the barn.” “Oh” the farmer’s wife said “If that’s how you do business, I had better cancel the insurance on my husband.”

Take care and have a safe week, slow down and enjoy. Always re-member God loves you and so do I.

LETTERS

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]

Editor:In response to the letter to

the editor submitted by Paula Van Tine published in the Lakes District News on May 30, 2012, I would like to express my sup-port for the Burns Lake Medical Clinic Society (BLMCS).

I was a patient of two of the best MD’s I have ever known, specifically Dr.’s Purdon and Pretorius, both of whom have left the community.

They were the progressive type of doctors that the BLMCS wishes to recruit. After Dr. Pre-torius left for Kamloops, I had my medical file transferred to the Southside Health and Wellness Centre so that I could use their nurse practitioners as my pri-mary heath provider as I was fed up with the Burns Lake Medical Clinic.

The Village of Burns Lake and surrounding area deserves a lot better in the way of health ser-vices.

It’s wonderful that a new hos-pital will be built, but unless the attitudes of many health profes-sionals and management chang-es, you will have nothing but a new building with fancy equip-ment. People matter first, then facilities.

My wife, a nurse with 30 years of experience in operating room, intensive care, emergency room and other areas of expertise would love to work for this new clinic, or in this area for that matter, but due to financial constraints, time frame and a lack of support from the existing medical community, will be working permanently elsewhere where her skills will be appreciated.

We have lived in the Burns Lake area for over nine years and she has worked a total of five months in the immediate area.

Burns Lake, you deserve much better.

You are losing medical pro-fessionals who get that it is the patient/client who is the priority, not the whims of so-called man-agement types or my 'poor wal-let' types.

Historically the behaviour re-flecting the values of the local medical community are suspect, given that health is comprised of 'caring' professions.

I hope for the sake of the com-munity that we will be leaving behind that the BLMCS will be a roaring success and that some other much needed changes take place.

Dave Williams

Burns Lake, you deserve better

Editor:Unbelievably, my 20

year old niece, Madi-son Scott, remains missing after mysteri-ously disappearing on May 28, 2011, from the Hogsback Lake forestry campsite 25 kilometres South of Vanderhoof.

She was camping with a group of young people who were new found friends, from Vanderhoof.

The group was cele-brating a friend’s birth-day and at the end of the evening Maddy was left on her own in her tent. Everyone else left the party by about 4 a.m.

Something happened between 4 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. that led to Maddy’s disappearance and foul play is suspected.

Maddy remains miss-ing despite a vigorous and in depth RCMP investigation and ongo-ing efforts by family and friends. Someone knows where she is but they have not come for-ward with the truth.

I am appealing to all

British Columbians and visitors to be watch-ful for and mindful of anything suspicious as they head out into the outdoors as summer ap-proaches.

Our family needs ev-eryone’s help.

Our hearts are shat-tered by Maddy’s disap-pearance.

Further information, including photos of Maddy, can be found on www.findmaddy.ca, www.madisonscott.ca or the 'Help find Madi-son Scott' Facebook page.

If anyone knows any-thing or sees anything please call the Vander-hoof RCMP at 250-567-2222 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

You can also write to Madison Scott Search, Box 1190, Vanderhoof, BC, V0J 3A0. Please help us to find Maddy helping to put our fam-ily back together again.

Sincerely and grate-fully,

Sandra Kelly Klassen (aunt)

Please help us find Maddy

Editor:The emerging LNG

industry in Northern B.C. is reportedly going to require an amount of energy well in excess of the entire output of the long proposed Site C Dam.

How, then, can the B.C. NDP be opposed to the Site C Dam and other renewable energy projects, while also

claiming to be in sup-port of developing an LNG industry in B.C.?

Site C and these other projects are essential to powering a clean LNG industry in this prov-ince.

LNG exports to Asia have the potential to add $2 billion per year in new revenue to the provincial treasury; funds that can go a long

way toward paying for health care, education and other needs in this province.

LNG exports also have the potential to considerably reduce coal consumption, pol-lution and carbon emis-sions in Asia.

In fact, the abundance of untapped, carbon-free, renewable energy that B.C. has available

from sources like the Site C Dam is unri-valled, giving B.C. a distinct competitive ad-vantage in attracting an LNG industry.

It’s time to get on with building the Site C Dam to ensure we have the energy we need to sup-port a B.C. based LNG industry.

Fred ReemeyerCoquitlam

LNG exports will add revenue to B.C.


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can claim for wages lost while they are recovering for their injuries.

"If the injury is permanent and a person is no longer able to return to work then they may be eligible for a pension," she said, adding that each applica-tion is individually assessed.

"They may also be eligible for payments relating to re-training for another type of job," she said.

Johnson said payments would continue for the dura-tion of the injury and would cover all medical costs associ-ated with recovery.

"Medical costs for any work-related injury are cov-ered for the duration treatment is required, even if an injured worker resumes some or all of their work duties," she said.

In the case of an accepted work related fatality claim, WorkSafe B.C. pays benefits directly to dependants and pays toward funeral costs. "Those benefits can include a pension for a surviving spouse/dependants and additional as-sistance can include support from WorkSafe B.C.’s Family and Critical Response Unit, counseling, and educational upgrading and job training," Johnson added.

While she said she could not provide specifics, Johnson said there have been claims for compensation mad by Babine Forest Products employees that have been accepted by WorkSafe B.C.

"We can only compensate for accepted claims ... only if there is an injury," she added.

According to Johnson, when a worker is initially injured they receive a wage loss compensa-tion based upon their earnings at the time of the injury.

"After 10 weeks, a new long term rate is set, which is based on the average of the employ-ees earnings the year prior to their injury. It could be higher,

lower or the same, so the rate is individualized and is going to be different for everyone."

"Those on a long term rate would have received a letters with the name and phone num-ber of a wage rate official, so if they have any questions they should call. Also they have the right to appeal that rate if they feel it is not correct," Johnson said.

She advised any claimants that have a form they don't understand to WorkSafe B.C. for help or alternately contact the Ministry of Labour, Work-ers Advisors Office. "They can help people with their claims and they are independent of WorkSafe B.C.," she added.

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to cross fund recreation programs, but in saying this, we want to be care-ful about making this a municipal goal when we don’t have control over the RDBN’s par-ticipation. On the other hand, we need the fund-ing base to be broader than what it is.”

Council’s goals and objectives also include developing an asset management plan for municipal services and facilities, creating a

financial plan to en-sure that infrastructure replacement is tied to taxation and investigate grant funding opportu-nities to contribute to the downtown revital-ization project.

They also plan to continue to lobby the provincial government for infrastructure re-placement and carbon credit programs as well as encouraging the clean up of CN Rail properties and local brownfield sites.

Municipal goals for 2013

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Dusty the dog inspects the great job done on one of the 15 dog houses presented to the Lakes District Animal Friendship Society by the College of New Caledonia recently. The houses were built by the Southside class of the Residential Building Maintenance Worker level two course and were painted by the Grassy Plains Elementary Junior school students in Grade 2 to Grade 6.

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New members welcome.

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Father Albanus Ogowuiheand Father Vinie JamesStaff Sergeant Macdonald and Constable Sondergaurd, RCMPThe Louie Family SingersThe Louie Traditional DancersAbel Peters and Anthony Peters for fi ring the signal shots Chief Wilf Adam, Lake Babine NationChief Albert Gerow, Burns Lake BandChief Martin Louie, Nadleh Alan and Marion BlackwellNigel Bestor, Surespan Construction for sponsoring the fi lm crewLeon Leween and catering crew for the wonderful foodCraig HooperLisa R. SmithJacqueline Cusack McDonaldTheresia LeeCatherine PalmerBarbara Gale, John Rustad’s offi ceRegional District Bulkley Nechako representativesMinistry of Forest and Range representativesBard Tom and Cindy Shelford of Burns Lake Native DevelopmentRon Robichand and Wendy Curtis, Huckleberry MinesThomas Blank, First Nation Emergency ServicesHenry Klassen, Nechako Watershed CouncilDon Peterson, Fresh Water Fisheries Society of BCFred and Mary GruenCarrier Sekani Family Services

Patricia PedersenMabel LouieJohn BertaccoSharla MartensRachelle VanZantenFabian Michell, Hampton/BabineNicole PresseyKelly Friesen, Southside Economic Development AssociationSteve Freeman, RDBN Area “E”Gus Gum GootPauline GoertzenScott ZayakStephen SchatzLisa MooreChristina Patry and Jocelyn KellerSharon MarrWes BohmerRebecca BillardDave BelfordKathy and Merle HoesingSarah from CFTKHans and Barbara Buch and familyGarth O’Meara and others.All our brothers and sisters from Nadleh, Lake Babine, Neetahibuhn, Skin Tyee, Burns Lake, Wetsuwet’en, Taysie Lake, Francois Lake, Cheslatta, Mollice lake, Ootsa lake, Clululz Lake, Wistaria, Vanderhoof, Nechako River, Saikuz, Sinkut Lake, Prince George, Vancouver, Calgary,Fraser Lake, Montana, Tatalrose, Decker Lake, Smithers, Endako, Stellat’en, Kamloops, Babine Lake, Tahtsa Lake, Marilla, East Ootsa, Williams Lake; Uncha Lake; Kelowna, Huckleberry Mountain, Tchesinkut Lake, Fort Fraser, Victoria and beyond!!

You presence honored us greatly, as we all together, remembered the60 Cheslatta people whose bodies are somewhere amongst the waters of Cheslatta Lake and also the 140 other Cheslatta t’en who remain buried, between 1880-1952,

in the remaining cemeteries at the Belgatse and Scatchola cemeteries.

May, someday, they rest in peace.We also extend our gratitude to Richard Cannon and Harold Clark for alerting us to the bones on the shore of Belgatse on May 21, and to Constables Chris Pathin and

Bill Larsen of the RCMP who recovered the remains on May 22.

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"The province is working in partnership with other levels of gov-ernment and communi-ties to help end home-lessness and to create housing that helps peo-ple move off the streets permanently," said Rich Coleman, British Co-lumbia's Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing.

"This new building is now a safe home for 24 individuals and will provide interim hous-ing for people seeking medical treatment."

The recently complet-ed housing development provides 24 affordable housing apartments for those who are homeless or at risk of homeless-ness. The building also provides 18 healing lodge apartments for Aboriginal individu-als and their immedi-ate family who need to travel to Vancouver from rural and remote communities for medi-cal services.

Funding for Skwa-chàys Healing Lodge comes from a variety of sources. Federal funding includes $2.7 million under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund as well as $451,500 through the Building Communities Through Arts and Heri-tage program of the De-partment of Canadian Heritage.

The province pro-vided a $4.32-million grant, as well as land equity valued at approx-imately $2.8 million.

The City of Vancou-ver provided $490,000 and has waived devel-opment cost charges valued at approximately $156,000. Vancouver Native Housing Society is fundraising and con-tributing in kind funds of $261,000 and will be financing the remaining capital budget.

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Affordable homes for patient travel to VancouverHomes with Aboriginal support open for low income patients

BALANCING ACTA local resident managed to launch a vehicle onto the retaining wall at the Lakes Artisan Centre on Friday. A number of helpers arrived at the scene soon after and managed to raise the vehicle off the wall and back on solid ground. Rebecca Billard photo


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Steve Zika Hamp-ton Affiliates chief ex-ecutive officer said to Lakes District News that Decker Lakes For-est Products was re-cently voluntarily shut down by Hampton Af-filiates for a couple of days to deal with clean up issues.

As reported in the Lakes District News edition of May 30, 2012, Decker Lake Forest Products was recently with a number of inspection orders by WorkSafe B.C. that re-quired further action be taken.

The orders were in-cluded in a WorkSafe B.C. report following the inspections of saw-mills that took place after the Babine Forest Products tragedy oc-curred in January this year.

WorkSafe B.C. offi-cers inspected 36 saw-mills in the region and from that, a total of 59 inspection reports were issued, 23 of which in-cluded orders requir-ing further action to be taken.

WorkSafe B.C. noted that wood dust build up at Decker Lake Forest Products was in contra-vention of the Occupa-tional Health and Safety Regulations and subse-quently a corrective or-der was issued.

Hampton Affiliates then reported plans to improve sawdust col-lection and removal in the sawmill, how-ever sawdust conditions found during a follow up WorkSafe B.C. in-spection appeared un-changed and the saw-mill was issued with an order of continued non compliance as on site conditions were still in contravention of the Occupational Health

and Safety Act.A follow up inspec-

tion of housekeeping measures was then con-ducted at the sawmill on May 1, 2012, and WorkSafe B.C. noted improvements in the overall housekeeping and reduction in com-bustible wood dust.

Zika said, "There has been a lot of extra time spent on clean up at Decker Lake Forest Products. We want to make sure the sawmill is safe and we have put in extra fans [to deal with sawdust] and have some more fans on order. We do everything we can to make sure it is a safe en-vironment."

Zika said the clean up

crew works continually to ensure a safe envi-ronment. "Our practice is not just waiting until Saturday to clean, we are doing things during shifts ... it's constant cleaning."

He said at Decker Lake Forest Products and Babine Forest Products both use suc-tion systems that lead to a bag house, fans and misters in an effort to combat sawdust. "We use misters to keep the levels of dust in the air down," he explained.

Zika said extra clean-ing shifts at Decker Lake Forest Products has also been scheduled.

"We have now dou-bled and tripled our clean up efforts ... we

have the all clear to op-erate from WorkSafe B.C. .... we didn't get shut down by WorkSafe B.C. like other sawmills did following the in-spections ... Hampton Affiliates is working re-ally hard to make sure that people are safe."

Megan Johnston, communications officer from WorkSafe BC said there is still outstand-ing issues that need to be addressed at Decker Lake Forest Products. "We’re continuing to work with this employer to achieve compliance with the outstanding or-ders," she said adding, that Hampton Affiliates is making reasonable progress to address the

issues.In response, Zika

said, "We continue to take short term actions to clean up the sawmill and overall mill site. We have installed some new ventilation equip-ment and will continue to evaluate additional equipment that can be ordered and installed at Decker Lake Forest Products as needed. We have submitted our plan to Work Safe as re-quired by June 6, 2012, which is consistent with all the other sawmills in British Columbia. We are also participating with the industry group to address mill safety in relation to combustible dust."

Clean up efforts tripled at Decker Lake Forest Prod.WorkSafe BC say

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Bill Matichuk from Encorp Canada's ‘Return It’ electronics recycling program said there was an increase in the amount of electronics that were recycled during last weekend's local drop off event. Everything from outdated computer monitors, record players, phones and radios were disposed of.

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Lake Babine Nation

Date of Notice: April 30, 2012The Lake Babine Nation is holding an election for the following ten (10) leadership positions:• One Chief• Two Tachet Councillors• Two Fort Babine Councillors• One Old Fort Councillor• Four Woyenne CouncillorsKey dates and Election activities are as follows:• June 4, 2012: Nomination Meetings at Woyenne’s

Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. At the Fort Babine Health Clinic from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and at Tachet Community Hall from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

• June 11, 2012: All Nominees must sign and fi le their form to signify their intent to allow their names to appear on ballots. The deadline for fi ling is on or before June 11, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. If Nominees fail to fi le by 4:30 p.m. on June 11, 2012, their name shall not appear on the ballot.

• June 11, 2012: The Fort Babine Councillor Candidates and the LBN Chief Candidates meet for the all candidates forum starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Fort Babine Interpretive Centre.

• June 12, 2012: The Tachet and Old Fort Councillor Candidates and the LBN Chief Candidates meet for the all candidates forum starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Tachet Community Hall.

• June 13, 2012: The Woyenne and Old Fort Councillor Candidates and the LBN Chief Candidates meet for the all candidates forum starting at 4:30 p.m. in the Margaret Patrick Community Centre.

• June 18, 2012: Advance Polls in the following locations: Fort Babine (Health Clinic); Tachet (Health Clinic) and Woyenne (Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre). The time for the advance poll voting is from 12 noon until 8:00 p.m.

• June 28, 2012: General Election with polling stations in the following locations: Fort Babine (Health Clinic); Tachet (Health Clinic); Woyenne (Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre); Smithers (Dzel Kant Friendship Centre)3953 3RD Ave. Smithers; Prince George (Prince George Native Friendship Centre)1600 3rd Ave Prince George; and Vancouver (Vancouver Native Friendship Centre)1607 E Hastings St. Vancouver. The time for the voting is 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

• June 29, 2012: LBN Chief and Council Elect sworn into offi ce.

All Lake Babine Nation members participating in this election as candidates or as voters should bring their status cards with them to any election meeting they attend, as well as to the Polling Stations on Election Day. The LBN Voters List will be available for viewing only at the LBN administration offi ce and at polling stations. Copies of this list will not be distributed to members. For further information please contact the following persons: Loreen Suhr Electoral Offi cer (250) 964-1016 • Fax: (250) 964-9604 Email: [email protected] Ruby Adam (inquiries about the Voters List) LBN Membership Clerk (250) 692-4700 • 1-888-692-3214

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How can timber supply in BC’s central interior be increased?Forests make up nearly two thirds of the province and are an important economic, social and environmental resource in the lives of many British Columbians.

Over the last 13 years the outbreak of mountain pine beetle has affected an estimated 18.1 million hectares of forest throughout BC. The effects of the infestation continue to present major challenges to the forest industry and communities in BC’s central interior.

The all-party Special Committee on Timber Supply was appointed by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia to examine and make recommendations to address the loss of mid-term timber supply in the central interior. Specifically, the committee must consider recommendations that could increase timber supply. A discussion paper describing the issue and outlining possible options is available online to inform and focus public input.

The committee will be holding a public hearing in Burns Lake on Tuesday, June 19.

British Columbians may also participate by sending a written submission, or a video or audio file. The deadline for public input is Friday, July 20, 2012.

For more information, including meeting dates, locations and times of public hearings and to view the discussion paper, please visit our website at: www.leg.bc.ca/timbercommittee

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Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees

ANDREW HUDSON

Moose in the Bulkley Valley and Lakes Dis-trict are still recovering from a hard winter five years ago.

That is the most like-ly reason why a recent survey shows roughly 12,600 moose in the region, a 20 per cent decline from the 15,800 estimate of 2004.

The decline come as no surprise to Skeena hunters or biologists.

"The good news for us is that basically these are the numbers we've been using for two years," says Mark Wil-liams, a senior wildlife biologist with B.C.'s natural resources min-istry.

"That meant that we didn't really need to make big changes to the hunting regulations."

While the survey re-port doesn't point to any one cause, Williams said moose surveys in the Omineca and Cari-boo show similar de-clines, suggesting that environmental causes such as the hard winter of 2006 and 2007 is the most likely culprit.

"That winter, the snow came early and it came hard," he said.

Ron Fitch, a guide outfitter based in Hous-ton, remembers what a tough winter that was, especially for moose in the alpine.

"The calves just couldn't move around," he said. "There was five or six feet of snow up higher, and even four feet here in the lower el-evations around Hous-ton."

Since then, Fitch said he's seen and heard more wolves than he has in 38 years of guiding.

"Every wolf cub had lots to eat that winter," he said.

Denys Bell, a Burns Lake hunter and cochair of the Skeena Hunters

Advisory Committee (SHAC), said that while tags are slightly down for limited entry hunt-ing, especially in areas around Burns Lake, bow hunting and general open season for moose remain the same.

"Yes, there's been an adjustment to the popu-lation of moose, but we shouldn't be surprised," he said.

"Mother Nature works on peaks and val-leys. She doesn't work like taxes do, which go up nicely all the time."

Looking ahead, Bell

and Fitch expect moose will recover, especial-ly after extra logging in beetle-killed pine stands creates more of the open habitat where moose thrive.

To track such chang-es, Bell hopes the prov-ince funds a moose sur-vey every five years, a pattern it slipped out of with the last two.

"They were seven years apart, which was an unfortunate thing," Bell said.

"We really did push the government to do it in 2009, but they had

other priorities."While he can't fore-

cast where the budget will be five years from now, Williams said moose inventories are a particularly high prior-ity for the Bulkley Val-ley and Lakes District areas.

Not only is there strong demand for hunt-ing, he said the amount of other human activity in the back country here requires some of the closest management in B.C.

"For all those reasons, I'm pretty confident that

five or six years from now there will be lots of support to do another moose inventory," he said, noting that each survey costs about $100,000.

When that next survey is done, Williams said he expects it will show area moose doing well.

"I feel that the moose population is healthy. We've got a good calf to cow ratio," he said. "Based on that, I feel that the population is probably stable or slow-ly increasing."

Study shows a decline in local moose populationRegional studies

also point to a moose population

decline

Lakes District News file photo

Moose surveys in the Omineca and Cariboo regions point to a declining moose population.


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June 18, 2012School Board Offi ce, Vanderhoof, BC

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Darlene TurnerSecretary-Treasurer

REBECCA BILLARD

The Stuart Necha-ko Regional Hospital District received an $81,625 boost in fund-ing recently according to a Village of Burns Lake in camera release.

The money was willed

to the hospital district to go towards the funding for a new hospital by the late Evelyn MacE-wen.

Sheryl Worthing, vil-lage chief administra-tive officer said, "Ev-elyn MacEwen was the widow of Dr. E. Bruce MacEwen, a man who practiced dentistry in Burns Lake for many years."

According to Wor-thing, Dr. MacEwen was one of the founders of the Burns Lake Ro-tary Club.

"Dr. and Mrs. MacE-wen lived in Burns Lake for around 60 years and were very active members of the com-

munity. This was their home," she added.

"I am told by a close friend of the MacE-wen’s that given the combination of these bits of history, it seemed most appropriate that Mrs. MacEwen willed her estate to the com-munity since there were no direct descendants to fall heir to the estate."

MacEwen also willed her home and its con-tent to the Burns Lake Rotary Club.

As reported in the Lakes District News edition of April 18, 2012, the cost of the new hospital is estimat-ed at approximately $55 million dollars, requir-

ing a 20 per cent capital contribution from the Stuart Nechako Region-al Hospital District.

Usually 60 per cent of the project's cost is funded by the province and a 40 per cent con-tribution is required from a hospital district, however with more hospitals needing re-placement and a small tax base, John Rustad, Nechako Lakes MLA said it would be unre-alistic for the province to request a 40 per cent contribution.

Hans Berndorff treasurer of the Stuart Nechako Regional Hos-pital District said the ac-count holds $4 million,

not including the dona-tion from MacEwan, which he says has not been received yet.

The approximate con-tribution required by the district totals $11 mil-lion, minus $2.2 million that has already been spent for the planning costs associated with the project.

According to Bern-dorff, aside from MacE-wen's donation, a fur-ther $60,000 has come from donations made by community members.

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Support Burns Lake. Shop Local.GREAT LOOKING UPGRADESRoot 16 restaurant, Health In Order and New Leaf Cafe as well as the Burns Lake Band’s Rainbow Motel site have all gone through recent renovations. The three local businesses are doing a great job helping to beautify Burns Lake with their updated exteriors. The Burns Lake Band is still working towards updating their gas station after demolishing the Rainbow Motel earlier this month. They are also considering constructing an Interpretive Centre at the site to boost Burns Lake’s ability to attract tourists.

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Jose Varghese is en-thusiastic about the piz-za business.

An ex-employee of Hampton Affi liates, Babine Forest Products who lost his job follow-ing the tragic explosion and fi re earlier this year, Varghese was ready to follow a new career path and had always been interested in the pizza business.

He had worked at the sawmill for 26 years, working his way up from labourer and clean up to a management po-sition in 1992.

According to Var-ghese, he was the shift supervisor in the planer on the night of the trag-edy.

"I was there when it happened. I wasn't in-jured because I was in the planer but I heard a big boom."

Varghese said af-ter the mill closed he received a call from Hampton Affi liates say-ing his job was no lon-ger available.

"I have been in Burns Lake for 28 years," he said adding that he ar-rived in Canada straight out of high school, from a small village in India.

He said he came to Burns Lake because other family members had immigrated to the

area."I took a courses and

got my lumber grading ticket ... I didn't know anything about saw milling when I arrived here," he said.

Varghese, who has a family to support said he knew he would need to fi nd another job and said he received an of-fer of a job in Fort St. James.

"I didn't take that job because my family is here and I have a house. My son is graduating from Lakes District Secondary School this year so I decided to stay and look for other jobs in town. This is when I heard that Ruby Hayes was selling her Pizzara-ma business."

Varghese said his kids cautioned him about go-ing into the pizza busi-ness. "They said 'dad, you don't know anything about making pizza's' and I told them I didn't know anything about lumber either before I came here. I learned everything I had to and took loads of courses through the company. I asked Ruby about the business and my wife Elizabeth and I talked it over."

Hayes was in the process of changing the Pizzarama business

over to Canadian 2 for 1 Pizza, which is a fran-chise, so Varghese said he also had to contact the company to make sure there wasn't going to be any issues.

"The company was willing to give me the opportunity to run the business, so I purchased the equipment off Ruby and opened up on May 1, 2012."

As for any concerns about the local econo-my and taking on a new business Varghese said he was initially a little concerned but said since opening he has had great support from his Babine Forest Products colleagues and from the community.

"We have been quite busy," he said.

Varghese said his sons, aged 17 and 14 both help out at the business and Hayes is now an employee.

"I needed all the help I could get," he said laughing.

"I was nervous and didn't know what to ex-pect. Before I opened I spent a couple of days with Ruby. My wife is also a home care nurse in Burns Lake and the people she knows have been supporting us [buying pizzas] as well so it has been working out really good. I am

very happy."Varghese said he is

enjoying his new career more than his previous job at the mill.

"I see more people and there is more inter-action with the commu-nity."

Since taking over he said he has made some changes to the menu and to the pizzas with the franchise's help. "I've made the pizzas better. My pizzas are great," he said.

Varghese has also worked for the B.C. Ambulance Service in Burns Lake as a para-medic for 13 years, but said he is content focus-sing on his pizzas for now.

As for going back to work at a sawmill again, he said he won't rule it out.

He said only after the Lakeland Mill explo-sion occurred on April 23, 2012, did he begin to question whether he would work at another sawmill again.

"When I saw the news it was like I was stand-ing in from of Babine Forest Products again. Both incidents were so similar. I am not going to say that I wouldn't go back, but I am happy with this job for now."

Varghese said he is happy to call Burns Lake his home and will

be in the community for at least another four years until his children

graduate from high school.

"After that, my wife

and I will have to decide what we want to do," he added.

Tragedy prompts a career change for ex-sawmill employeeNew owner Jose Varghese steps in for Burns Lake’s Canadian 2 for 1 Pizza

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career discovery and indie bands like Acres of Lions, plus other local acts.

Check out JOBFEST2012.CA for the full tour schedule.

JOBFEST 2012 WILL BE TOURING YOUR AREA ON THESE DATES:

Smithers: June 15 Houston: June 18 Burns Lake: June 20 Fraser Lake: June 22 Fort St. James: June 24 Vanderhoof: June 27

REBECCA BILLARD

More than $400,000 has been given to Babi-ne Forest Products em-ployees by the Burns Lake Tragedy Fund Society during the five months following the sawmill tragedy.

The fund started from donations that flowed in from around the world and there is now ap-proximately $200,000 remaining in the fund.

Spokesperson for the fund, Laura Blackwell said, "We are still try-ing our very best to get money out in a timely fashion. Sometimes we run into problems, such as the applications are not completely filled out. We then have to call the applicant and ask some follow up questions, which delays approval."

The committee meets every Thursday and goes through applica-tions. Blackwell said once the application is okayed, a cheque is mailed to the applicant shortly after.

"If there is anyone who has not filled out a release form, we must have that in hand before we can send any money to them. Also if any ap-plicant is denied, it may be because they have found temporary work. If this is the case, the applicant can reapply later, when their circum-stances have changed," she said.

The committee is still asking people to be pa-tient with the process. "We are all volunteers for this job and it is a very time consuming position. Not only do we want to show due diligence to the work-ers, but also to the do-nors."

Blackwell said the committee has received lots of support from various people. "Anne Curry from Babine For-est Products has been great helping us and the workers with the pro-cess."

Committee members

Burns Lake Tragedy Fund updateOver

$400,000 given out in five months

say they also appreciate the support of the Bulk-ley Valley Credit Union (BVCU) Lakes District branch. "The BVCU has been so helpful in being the pick up and drop off location for ap-

plications. Sandy Dore, branch manger has been a huge help to the trag-edy fund," Blackwell added.

Applications can be downloaded online and can be accessed

at www.burnslaketrag-edyfund.org.

If you would like to make a donation to the Burns Lake Tragedy Fund, an account has been set up at any CIBC bank across Canada or

you can send a cheque to Burns Lake Tragedy Fund Society, c/o Vil-lage of Burns Lake, Box 570, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0. Tax receipts are available upon re-quest.

WET’SUWET’ENFIRST NATION

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CONGRATULATIONS& BEST WISHES

to all the Graduates in theLakes District area as well as our

own graduate

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National Aboriginal DayYou are invited to join in the National Aboriginal Day

Celebrations at Spirit Square, Radley BeachParade Time: 10:00 am • Opening Ceremony 11:00 am

Entertainment – Food Vendors – Arts & Craft Vendors – Games & Contests!

Aboriginal Day is co-sponsored by Carrier Sekani Family Services and Burns Lake Na ve Development Corpora on and with generous support of the Burns Lake Band, Chesla a Carrier Na on, Lake Babine Na on, Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band, Skin Tyee First Na on and

the Wet’suwet’en First Na on, BC Hydro, CSFS, Babine Forest Products, Alta Gas as well as the support of the very generous Burns Lake community… so an excellent Aboriginal Day is expected!

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Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Burns Lake Band Cheslatta Carrier Nation

Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band

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Lake Babine NationBurns Lake NativeDevelopment Corporation

Events include:Parade Contest with Prizes (To register contact BLNDC at 692-3188) Parade starts at 10:00 am at Burns Lake Na ve Development Corpora on to Event Site at Spirit Square

Opening Ceremonies at Radley Beach’s Spirit Square 11:00 am Introduc ons – Six First Na ons Burns Lake Band – Chief Albert Gerow Chesla a Carrier Na on – Chief Richard Peters Lake Babine Na on – Chief Wilf Adam Nee Tahi Buhn Band – Chief Ray Morris Skin Tyee Na on – Chief Rene Skin Wet’suwet’en First Na on – Chief Karen Ogen

Carrier SekaniFamily Services

Lunch (tradi onal menu) at 12:00 noonCSFS – Aboriginal Youth and Mental Health Dept – Fruit StandOverwaitea Foods – Watermelon StandBabine Forest Products – Hotdog Stand

Infant and Toddler Events:11:30 am – 12:30 pm(Sponsored by College of New Caledonia)

Entertainment starts at 1:00 pm Lake Babine Na on Hereditary Singers Stacy Reynolds with Special Guest

Children’s games: 1:00 – 3:30 pm(Sponsored by Carrier Sekani Family Services – Child Welfare Department)

Six First Nations Youth and Adult games:1. Leg Wrestling (Hosted by Wet’suwet’en First Na on) .....................1:00 pm-1:30pm2. Ul mate Bannock Contest (Hosted by Chesla a Carrier Na on) ....1:00 pm-2:30pm 3. Niwis Contest - Indian Icecream (Hosted by Skin Tyee Band) ..........1:30 pm-2:30pm4. Lema’dek Dance (Hosted by Nee Tahi Buhn Band) ..........................2:30 pm-3:30pm5. Tug-o-war (Hosted by Burns Lake Band ) .........................................3:00 pm-4:00pm

Spirit Square Closing Ceremonies at 4:00 pm

Talent Show (Hosted by Lake Babine Na on and Sponsored by BC Hydro)from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre

Burns Lake Na ve Development Corpora on wishes to advise and remind residents of Burns Lake and surrounding area to expect an intermi ent closure of Highway 35 at the intersec on of Francois Lake Drive

between 10:00 am and 11:30 am on June 19th to accommodate the Na onal Aboriginal Day celebra on parade. Please plan to schedule any travel on this route accordingly.

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ARTSFEST 2012...is on display at Process 4 circle arts Gallery

for the month of June. Stop by and see the winning entries in the juried art exhibition held in Vanderhoof in May. Artwork from

around the region from 100 Mile House & Bella Coola to MacKenzie, and from McBride to Burns Lake.

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are featured in this travelling show.

Don’t miss this Art exhibit at Process 4 circle arts gallery open 10am to 5 pm Tuesday to Friday, Saturday 10am to 3 pm

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This exhibition is sponsored by the Lakes District Arts Council, Process 4 Gallery and C.I.R.A.C. (Central Interior Regional Arts Council).

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GREEN FEES: 9 holes $19 • 18 holes $26Season Passes Available

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REBECCA BILLARD

A fire at Huckleberry Mine on June 6, 2012 sent four people to Lakes District Hospital by ambulance for treatment of smoke inhalation.

The copper and molybdenum mine is located 123 kilometres Southwest of Houston.

The mine's human resources specialist Wendy Curtis said the fire began about 4

p.m. when employees were restarting one of the regrind mills in the mill processing building.

According to Curtis, the clutch did not release, which then created friction, heat and smoke, resulting in a small fire.

She said the fire was extinguished with-in in a few minutes by Huckleberry Mine personnel. A total of 15 employees were evacuated from the mill.

The mill was cleared of smoke and back in production in an hour.

Of the four employees taken to Lakes District Hospital for treatment, one was released soon after and returned to work the same day and three were held for fur-ther observation. Those three have since been release from hospital.

Curtis said the incident has not impact-ed mine production.

The fire is under investigation by on site mine personnel and it has been reported to the Ministry of Mines.

With files from Houston Today

Huckleberry Mine fire sends four to L.D. hospital

Employees treated in Burns Lake for smoke inhalation

REBECCA BILLARD

Through an intern program, the Village of Burns Lake is encourag-ing university graduates to become involved in municipal government.

Jessie Singer recently started a nine month po-sition with the Village of Burns Lake as the Corporate and Develop-ment Services Intern.

Singer, who is origi-nally from Victoria, is set to graduate from the University of British Columbia in November 2012 with a masters degree in planning, in addition to a bachelor of arts degree in inter-

national development studies and politics from Queens University.

Sheryl Worthing, Village of Burns Lake chief administrative officer said that so far the village's program has already had two successful interns pass through.

"We are very happy to welcome Jessie to Burns Lake and we will draw on her skills and knowledge to help achieve the municipal goals that have been set by council," Worthing said.

"We have an exciting year of projects ahead of us and Jessie is ready

to assist."Funding for the intern

position comes from the Village's budget, as well as from a contribution from the Regional Dis-trict of Bulkley Necha-ko and the Northern Development Initiative Trust.

Singer said she is ea-ger to enter the work-force and gain practical experience.

She has previous ex-perience in working on sustainability and cli-mate change adaptation projects and has spent time in Kenya com-pleting community and economic development work, which Worthing says will help assist her as she moves through

the world of municipal governance.

Singer will be working closely with Worthing, as well as Stephanie Beerling, the village’s director of cor-porate Services and Jeff Ragsdale the village's development services coordinator to assist with project develop-ment and implementa-tion.

She will be searching for funding opportuni-ties to contribute to ma-jor projects and will be conducting research to develop new and more efficient village proce-dures.

Northern Develop-ment Initiative Trust worked with the Village

of Burns Lake to coor-dinate the hiring for the intern program.

Two Northern mu-nicipalities, as well as Northern Development Initiative Trust were in search of recent gradu-ates to complete six to nine month terms focused on municipal governance and eco-nomic development in the North.

New intern at the Village of Burns LakeNine month intern program being offered again this year

Jessie Singer, from Victoria, will be working at the Village of Burns Lake for nine months as part of their intern program.

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More Up-Coming Programs...

Village of Burns Lake15 3rd Ave / P.O. Box 570, Burns Lake BC, V0J 1E0Phone: 250-692-7587Email: [email protected] our Facebook Page

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Summer is approaching and Village Recreation is gearing up with a

summer full of camps.

Ball Hockey Leaguecontact the Village offi ce for more info

Drop-In Roller Hockey(for Ages 18 and Up)

June 7 • Puck Drops at 7:00pm sharpTom Forsyth Memorial Arena. Must wear

complete set of hockey protective equipment.

After School Skate Sessions(for ages 13 to 18)

Every Friday starting June 83:30pm to 4:30pm

Tom Forsyth Memorial Arena.Helmet must be worn. Village Recreation will

provide helmets & skateboards.

This program has been made possible by theProvince of BC and Rayz Boardshop

CanoeKids Camp(Youth aged 8 to 14)

July 9th to 13th, 2012Half Day: $125 (Morning or afternoon sessions available)

Full Day: $195 Online Registration:

http://canoekayakbc.sportical.com/events/921

Radley Beach. CanoeKayak BC will offer CanoeKayak Canada’s signature Day Camps. No experience is needed and participants work at their own pace to

develop paddling skills. Registration in each session is

limited so sign up early!

Village Recreation

Rental Shack

Aboriginal Day

Special Opening:

June 21 at 1pm

Open for the summer

on July 1st

Location: Concession Building

beside the playground at

Radley Beach

Rent kayaks, canoes and

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OlympicsCanadian boxer Mary Spencer will find out today if she will head to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Grand PrixMcLaren-Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix for the third time in five years.

Ladies fastball

Burns Lake ladies are scheduled to play Houston at the Burns Lake baseball field on Richmond Loop, Thursday, 7 p.m.

Soccer drills and skills

GOLFGOLFJUNIOR DAY CAMPJUNIOR DAY CAMP

July 16 to 19 orAugust 13 to 16

(sign-up by June 30th)4 days, 5 hrs per day, includes Lunch

10 AM to 3 PM, Ages 10 to 17Cost $ 100.00 per student, Taxes extra

(Max 8 students per camp)

Phone: 250-698-767716180 Highway 16 , Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E1

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Over 3500 BC 55+ Seniors Expected!

Go to our website and click on “Zones” to find someone in your area who can

help you become part of our

25th Anniversary Celebration!

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Aug. 21 to 25, 2012

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Burns Lake Youth Soccer Club members brushed up on their soccer skills last week. Under the guidance of coach Pat Brochez, club members practised their ball handling skills, along with practise kicking goals. Push ups and fitness drills were also part of the afternoon practise.

Rebecca Billard photos


Congrats 2012 Grads – a good beginning never ends!

LDSS 2012 grads Justin Peters, Nikki Maher, Brooke Boychuk, Blade Spenst, Ellen Graham and Syrina Murray were also grads of my very first Young Child class in 2001. Best wishes for the future! – Jacqui Graham

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THANK YOU!THANK YOU!We would like to thank all our volunteers

and sponsors for making our 37th Annual1000 yard shoot a success.

Our sponsors:Len Andre, Hirsch Precision, Omineca

Source for Sports and Nechako Outdoors, Stevenson Knives, Outdoor Adventure, Burns Lake Auto Supply,

Blackwell Trucking, Lino’s Sales, Starland Supply, Napa, Kaltire, Lakes

District Maintenance, Purely H20, Home Hardware, Pharmasave, Burns Lake Post Offi ce, Hampton Affi liates,

Ron Ball and Rolf Johnson, Jack Anderson Contracting, Cross Creek

Logging, Pine Ridge Holdings, Beaver Brook Contracting, Pacifi c Truck and Equipment Inc., Tiretech Auto Center,

Rio Tinto Alcan, Jims Ultra Auto Service, Bighorn Sales, Benchmark Barrels,

Minute Muffl er and Break, Bulkley Valley Machining and Fabricating.

We had a great shoot this year. Thank you for your continued support.

1000 Yard Shoot Committee,

Tweedsmuir Park Rodand Gun Club

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Seniors picnic

Lakes District Seniors Society is hosting a BBQ at Spirit Square June 20 at 11 a.m..

LDSS playLakes District Secondary School Grades 9 and 10 are putting on a production of ‘Go Ask Alice’ at the school this week.

Ain’t it nifty -my sweetie’s

fi fty!

Happy 50th Larry

REBECCA BILLARD

The Arts Fest 2012 exhibition has arrived at Pro-cess 4 circle arts Gallery in Burns Lake and features the work of three local artists.

Of the 10 works of art chosen to travel in the ex-hibition this year, three of them are by Burns Lake residents.

Thomas Johnson's painting the 'Viking Horse', Lynne Martin's graphite sketch entitled 'Lori', and Tom Dean's 'Iscariot'.

The annual juried travelling art exhi bi tion fea-tures the work of emerging artists and is coor di-nated by the Cen tral Inte rior Regional Arts Council (CIRAC).

This year Vanderhoof hosted the show, which was juried by professional artists, Annerose Georgeson and Sandra Nahornoff.

From there the pieces chosen for the exhibition will travel to communities across the North, stop-ping for a month in each community.

Wayne Brown from Process 4 circle arts Gallery said the exhibition is in Burns Lake for the month of June and is free to view. Most of the art is also up for sale.

He said that if someone does purchase one of the works of art, they won't be able to take it home for about a year until the exhibition has finished.

"This is great for the artists as it gives emerging artists the opportunity for exposure and to have pro-

fessional artists jury their works and tell them ways of improving," Brown said.

Any visual art piece can be entered, however only the 10 best pieces are selected to travel.

Local artists Ronnie Berndorff, Liz-Anna Waugh, Diana Brown and Ed Martins also entered works of art to be juried.

Brown said arts coun-cils help to fund the trav-elling exhibition by pay-ing shipping fees to the next community.

"The Lakes District Arts Council is paying the shipping to Bella Coola, who will be hosting the exhibition for the month of July," Brown said.

"Each arts council tries to help each other out, the biggest prob-lems, as with anything, is funding," he said.

Brown said people can stop in at the store this month to view the exhi-bition. "It's totally free and there are no obliga-tions to purchase any-thing."

Arts Fest arrives in Burns LakeThree Burns Lake artists chosen for the top 10


The work of three local artists has been chosen to travel in the ‘Arts Fest 2012 exhibition.’ The exhibition is on display this month at Process 4 circle arts Gallery and is free to view.


We couldn’t breathe without you.All our love, The children

Happy 60th Birthday Gramma

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Training session

Burns Lake Search and Rescue will be holding a training session on June 19 at 7 p.m. at the southeast corner of Overwaitea.

CNC

graduationThe College of New Caledonia graduation ceremony will be held at the First Mennonite Church on Friday from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

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The fabulous local la-dies of the Burns Lake 'Red Haute Swans Soci-ety' a chapter of the Red Hat Society, dressed in their best last week for a social gathering and luncheon at Homeside Antiques.

According to Janet Macadam, the sister-hood society is an in-formal group of local women that gather to-gether in a social set-ting.

Worldwide, the so-ciety has over 80,000 members in 20,000 chapters in 30 coun-tries. The society sup-ports and encourages women to pursue fun, friendship, freedom, fulfillment of lifelong dreams.

Society members wear red hats and pur-ple outfits if they are 50 or older and pink hats and lavender outfits if they are under 50.

Macadam, who goes by the name of 'Princess Paparazzi' at society events said every lady chooses a name for her-self.

"I chose Princess Paparazzi because I al-ways carry my camera with me," she laughed.

Macadam said the Burns Lake chapter started about four years ago and is always look-ing for members to join in on the fun.

"We get together for Christmas parties and special gatherings throughout the year, everyone takes turns at

Luncheon fit for a queenBurns Lake’s Red Haute Swans Society gather

hosting an event," she said.

Macadam said the ladies always have a lot of fun. "There is no rules, we do whatever we want," she said.

The group has also

combined forces with society members from Prince George and Smithers.

"We went to a big Red Hat Society dinner in Prince George."

Macadam added, "It

is a great opportunity for us to dress up in bling, have fun and be fancy, like queens."

For more information on the society, or to join, phone Janet Macadam at 250-698-7686.

It’s all about fun for the members of Burns Lake’s Red Haute Swans Society. Members say they hold a ‘no work, all play, our turn’ attitude to life.

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GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, for some reason you feel compelled to get started on something new in the next few days. This may be a job or a relation-ship -- only time will unveil the secrets.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you will need to take an intellectual approach to solving what has been troubling you recently. Lists and careful consid-eration might be necessary.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 You have to approach some-one who hasn’t been doing his or her share of the work, Leo. Tread gently because there could be a very good reason why this person has been floundering.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Open yourself up to a new line of thinking, Virgo. There are many different possibilities that you may have overlooked before now. Try to expand your horizons.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Embrace spontaneity this week, Libra. It could turn out to be something excit-ing and fun, which is just what you need at this time in your life.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, take a step back and allow an upset family member a little breath-ing room this week. It’s best not to add fuel to the fire in this particular situation.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Get out and try to meet some new people, Sagittarius. Constantly add to your collection of networking contacts, because you never know when you’ll need to call in a favor.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, though you can see quite clearly what you need to do this week, you may have to refrain from taking any action for some time. Try to be patient a little longer.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, things have been going your way and you are getting more and more excited about the future. This influx of enthusi-asm is just what you need.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Your big ideas are highly valued, Pisces. Let others know what you are thinking and don’t be surprised if others ask for your advice.

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, your ambition will take you to new places this week. Channel your en-ergy in a constructive method to make the most of this renewed vigor.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, now is the time to do slow and steady work, rather than experiment-ing with new methods. You’ll have time for fun and some trial and error later on.

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RightsTwo US politicians who played a major role in stopping the proposed SOPA and PIPA antipiracy legislation earlier this year are now calling for the creation of an Digital Bill of Rights. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif) are hoping that this Bill will prevent further efforts to restrict the free, open and, equality use of the Internet by all users. Issa and Wyden are still in the process of framing their proposed Digital Bill of Rights, so if you feel you have something to contribute you can post your thoughts at www.opengovfoundation.org. Though this law is currently in the works for the United States, it may create a legal precedent that other countries, including Canada, may wish to copy sometime in the future.

Friday, June 15th

Seafood Nite $14A little bit of everything

Friday, June 22nd

Lemon Chicken $14Mediterranean Rice, Greek Salad

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& EliminationWith

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June 16th & 17th

Fishing Derbyat Pinkut LakePhone Legion for more info.

FOURTH ANNUALBurns Lake and District Seniors Society

BBQ and Live Music Event!Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

11:30 to 3:00 pm in ‘Spirit Square’ Radley Beachand Nourse Park in Burns Lake

12:00 noon: LunchMusic by ‘The Tweedsmuir Fiddlers’ and ‘Lone Spur’

All seniors (50+) in the region and theirguests are invited to attend!

$8.00 will get youa hamburger, salads,

desserts, coffee, tea, water -and... all the live music

you can enjoy!

Bring your Lawn

Chairs!

Music, food and

fun!

And a fun time visiting with neighbours and friends


LAKES DISTRICT

NEWS

MOVING?Come to the newspaper offi ce... we have bundles

of newspapers for sale.

$2/bundle

Answers on page 27

CLUES ACROSS 1. Computer screen material 4. Doctors’ group 7. Last month (abbr.) 10. Walked along 12. Without (French) 14. Swedish shag rug 15. Extinct fl ightless birds 17. Showing sound judgment 18. Hungarian Violinist Leopold 19. Stone of W. Ireland 22. Appeared to be true 23. Feet of two syl-lables 24. Point that is one point E of SE 25. Foray 26. Anno Domini 27. Doctor of Nursing 28. ___ ‘n Boots 30. Southern California Assoc. of Government 32. Sight & sound information 33. Pa’s partner 34. Cozy 36. Measurement unit 39. Acute abdominal

pain 41. Zigzag skiing 43. Study of unortho-dox psych. 46. Epochs 47. Pintado 48. Palm starches 50. Br. Univ. river 51. A minute amount (Scott) 52. Fr. military cap 53. Helps little fi rms 54. Perceive with the eyes 55. Woman making her debut CLUES DOWN 1. Confi ned condition, abbr. 2. Lots of crocodiles 3. Alt. spelling of 15 Across 4. Elected Syrian Pres. 1971 5. Low volcanic crater 6. The Piano actress Paquin 7. A severe thrashing 8. Protective fold for vision 9. Am. releif organi-zation

11. The recipient of funds 13. A tractor-trailer 16. Brazillian ballroom dances 18. Fleet 20. Recompenses (archaic) 21. Swiss river 28. The visual percept of a region 29. Soft palate fl aps 30. Mediterranean ricegrass 31. Panama and Suez 34. Egyptian beetle jewel 35. W. Virginia town 37. Loose outer gar-ment 38. Took more than your share 40. Hyperbolic cosecant 41. Young pig 42. A nearsighted person 43. Two large muscles of the chest 44. Affi rmatives 45. Algonquian people of Central Canada 49. A person’s brother or sister

Phone: 250-692-3805Highway 16 West, Burns Lake, B.C.

EagleAutomotive Center

ICBC Accredited Collision Repair Shop

Factory recommended service interval forchanging your oil and oil fi lter is typically once

every 5,000 kms. Call for an appointment today...

TIME FOR AN OIL CHANGE?TIME FOR AN OIL CHANGE?

Artsfest 2012 on display at Pro-cess 4 circle arts Gallery. The winning entries in the juried art exhibition held in Vanderhoof in May. Artwork from around the region. Admission is free! This exhibition is sponsored by the Lakes District Arts Council, Process 4 Gallery and C.I.R.A.C. (Central Interior Regional Arts Council). Three pieces by local artists Thomas Johnson, Lynne Martens & Tom Dean are featured in this travelling show. Open 10am - 5pm Tue. to Fri., Sat. 10am - 3pm & Mon. Noon to 5 pm

Have a family member affected by Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar. Be a part of a group advocating for bet-ter services for Burns Lake, in housing, counseling, education and job oppor-tunities. Next teleconference meeting (Mental Health & Addictions Advisory Committee) on June 14 1:30-3pm, at the Hospital Conference Room. Ques-tions? Heather @ (250) 692-7500.

Southside Health & Wellness Cen-tre: June 2012: Chair Yoga every Tues. & Fri. (cancelled for the 15th) 10-11am. June 14 & 21 Foot Care by appt. June 14 Dental Varnishing. June 15 Wom-en’s wellness, mammography unit on site - call ahead to book. More info (250) 694-3270.

The Lakes District Offi ce of the Canadian Cancer Society will be reducing their hours for the month of June. Tue. and Wed., 11am to 2pm. Over the summer months - July and August - the offi ce will be closed. If you require assistance or have questions, please call Rhoda at 250-692-3690 or Karen at 250-692-3001. For Cancer Information Service and Cancercon-nection, the toll free number is 1-888-939-3333.

ChurchDirectory

Lakes District& Area

The newly renovated

Omineca Ski Club Day LodgeIS AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL

for meetings, conferences and events. With a brand new kitchen featuring two stoves as well as dishes and utensils for up to 120 guests,

the lodge is a great spot to host your next event or get together.

To book a rental: please contact Terri Dickson at (250) 695-6684, (250) 692-6684 (cell), or work at

1-877-695-6635. Email: [email protected]

website: www.ominecaskiclub.com

Open 7 Days a Week 11:00am - 9:00pm Highway 16, Burns Lake • 250-692-3020

StudentSpecial

$399

includes snack box& medium

drink

Island GospelFellowship

Gerow Island, Highway 35Sunday School for all ages

begins @ 9:15 amWorship Service begins @ 10:30 am

Pastor Ed Peters Phone: 250-692-7551

Grassy Plains Gospel Church

Sunday Service:10:45 am

250-694-3329 (Church)

ST. PAUL’SUNITED CHURCH

136 - 4th Avenue, Burns Lake

Sunday Worship 10:30am

ALL ARE WELCOMEMinistry led by lay leaders

Phone 250-692-7202

IMMACULATA-Catholic Church

248 - 3rd Avenue,Phone: 250-692-3568Saturday 7:30 p.m.Sunday 10:00 a.m.

~ Everyone Welcome ~

FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH

Kerr Road, Burns LakeChurch Service at 10:30 am

Sunday School at 9:15 am for all ages, Youth Group Fridays 7-9 pm

250-692-3259

Sunday 10:00AMPresident Lambert 694-3748

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

THE CHURCH OF

JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

DECKER LAKE MENNONITE CHURCH

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

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

Everyone Welcome Hwy 16, Decker Lake

Seventh Day Adventist Church GroupMeets Saturdays at

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

250-695-6586

24 Hour Service

Competitive Prices and Contract Rates available

Call Branislav 250-692-1812

Complete Commercial/Residential/Industrial Janitorial ServiceAll Floors, Carpets, Windows,

Upholstery, made like new

Burns LakeCommunity Church

(a Calvary Chapel)Meeting on Sunday’s

at Decker Lake Elementary School @ 10:30 a.m.

Contact John Neufeld - 250-692-7949

OLD LANDMARKSCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

At Muriel Mould Primary School

SUNDAY, 10:30 AMContact: Roland & Lisa Cataford

250-692-9196 ~Everyone Welcome ~

OUR TOWN

COFFEE

CORNER

MEET US AT THE HERITAGE CENTRE

Farmer’s MarketEvery Saturday from

9:00am-3:00pm9:00am-3:00pm

For more info or table rental call For more info or table rental call 250-692-9799250-692-9799

Lots of goodies to buy... crafts, comforts, Lots of goodies to buy... crafts, comforts, throw rugs, baked goods, canned goods, jams throw rugs, baked goods, canned goods, jams

& jellies, woolen sweaters, socks & bags& jellies, woolen sweaters, socks & bags

Burns Lake

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH724 Babine Lake Road

Sunday Services: 10:30 am

Celebrating the Love of GodPastor Henry Washington

250-692-7464

The F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids’ Mental Health will be offering a social for parents, caregivers and professionals to share tips for surviving the summer. June 13 @ 7pm-8pm. As refreshments will be offered, we ask that you RSVP no later than June 12. Rm #113, (Muriel Mould School). Questions? Heather @ (250) 692-7500.

June 16, 8am. NBCQHA hosting an All Breed Schooling Horse Show. More info: Kristi at (250) 692-5721 or email [email protected].

Burns Lake Search and Rescue will be holding a training ses-sion on tracking June 19 at 7pm at the southeast corner of Over-waitea. More info or are planning to come contact: Steve at 250-692-7335 or Bob at 250-695-6364


Attention: Tahltan MembersTahltan Central Council

Annual General Assembly 2012 June 30 to July 4

Telegraph Creek, BCRecreational Centre

Executive Election: An election will be held for the seats of: president, vice-president and secretary treasurer. Voting will take place at the Telegraph Creek Recreation Centre.Nominations will be accepted from June 30 at 10:00am until July 2nd at 5 pm.Appointment of the 10 family representative seats will also be held.Visit www.tahltan.org or call 1-855-TAHLTAN (824-5836) for more information.

JOB POSTINGLake Babine Nation

YOUTH COUNSELLORThe Youth Counsellor will be working with children and young adults. Youth Counsellor will report to the Health Director will undertake the planning, development and implementation of support services.

JOB DUTIES are as follows, but not limited to:

• Support individual and group counselling sessions.• Provide intervention and prevention services.• Promote healthy lifestyles and relationships for youths.• Assist in the coordination of community development and educational services.• Document daily activities, and submit detailed reports on a regular basis.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Grade 12 Dogwood Diploma & recognized Post Secondary Counselling Training• Criminal Record Check• Possess a valid class fi ve (5) Driver’s License and reliable vehicle

WAGE: Commensurate with education and experience

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2012

Submit cover letter & resume to:

Beatrice MacDonald, Human Resources P.O. Box 879, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0 Fax: 250-692-4790 Email: [email protected]

PARTS PERSONLicensed or Apprentice needed for General Motors dealerships. Must have Automotive/Mechanical aptitude, computer experience, be a team player with good people skills and experience in shipping/receiving.

Please apply by email to [email protected]

Sullivan Motor Products Ltd.2760 Highway 16 West

PO Box 478 Houston B.C. V0J 1Z0www.sullivangm.com

Announcements

In Memoriam Gifts

ALL FUNDS DONATEDto the

Burns Lake Health Care Auxiliary

are used to provide fi nancial support, equipment plus

comfort and care for patients in our hospital, the

Pines and all other community healthcare

services.

Mail a donation on behalf of yourself or a loved one to:

B.L. Health Care Aux.Box 812

Burns Lake, BCV0J 1E0

A tax deductible receipt will be issued

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: Tuesday 7:30 pm Catho-lic Church, Saturday 7:30 pm - Catholic Church. For informa-tion or transportation call (250) 692-6867 / (250) 698-7325 / (778) 669-0070

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 information 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 9a.m. to 4p.m. (250) 692-3010

FOOD BANK Summer hrs: distribution days will be the fi rst and third Tuesday of each month from June through Au-gust 2012. 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, Box 777, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0.

Lakes District News250-692-7526

Announcements

InformationLOCAL HOSPICE Services are available by contacting the Hospice Coordinator at (250) 692-2448. The Hospice offi ce, located in the Lakes District Hospital, is open every Thurs. from 10am - 4pm. A lending library of videos, books and information on be-reavement is available. Please make donations to the local hospice and palliative care program payable to the Burns Lake Hospice Program, Box 7500, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1EO

NECHAKO RIVER FLOW FACTS May 23, 2012

Reservoir Elevation: 851.13m (2792.42 ft)SLS Discharge: 231 m3/sCheslatta Falls: 230 m3/sNautley River: 130 m3/sVanderhoof: not availableIsle Pierre: 733 m3/sFor more information please call Rio Tinto Alcan at 250-567-5105. A recording of Flow Facts is available 24-hours in Vanderhoof at 567-5812

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 pri-mary source and resource of the latest print and electronic information, programs and ser-vices about arthritis. No matter where you live, you can ac-cess us at the touch of a but-ton. Toll free 1-800-321-1433 or visit www.arthritis.ca/bc

The Chronic Disease Educa-tion Clinic at the Lakes Dis-trict Hospital is open Tuesday & Wednesday from 8am-4pm. The clinic provides information and teaching on various chronic illnesses such as Dia-betes & Heart Disease. A doc-tors referral is not needed. To speak with the nurse call (250) 692-2440

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Career Opportunities

AIRLINES ARE Hiring- Train for high paying Aviation Main-tenance Career. FAA ap-proved program. Financial aid if qualifi ed- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783.

Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

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IMPORTANTPUBLIC NOTICE

If you are experiencing delays in the processing of your EI, CPP, OAS, Veterans

Affairs, or CIC claims, please call the

“Offi ce For Client Satisfaction”

1–866-506-6806

Your community. Your classifi eds.

250.692.7526

fax 250.692.3685 email [email protected]

TO REACH THE MARKETFirst advertise in the Lakes District News! ALL WORD ADS go on the Internet forthe whole world to see!www.bcclassifi ed.com

REACHING USCall 250-692-7526 or come by our offi ce. Hours are 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday thru Friday. Fax in your ad to 250-692-3685 or email: [email protected]

HOW TO PAYCome to our offi ce at 23 - 3rd Avenue, or you may pay with Visa or Mastercard over the phone. All ads must be prepaid.

CLASSIFIED AD RATESREGULAR WORD ADS1 issue, 3 lines $8.50 per week

FREE ADSFor anything under $50.00 value. 15 words or less. Ad must contain one item and price. Misc. for Sale category only. Private party ads only (no commercial). Ads cannot be accepted over the phone.

$5 ADSFor anything worth $50 - $500. 15 words or less. Ad must contain one item and price. Misc. for Sale category only. Runs for 4 weeks. Ads must be prepaid - cash only.

LEGAL ADS$16.01 per col. inch

HWY 16 REGIONAL ADS3 lines - No changes - ad runs in: Burns Lake, Vanderhoof, Prince George, Houston, Smithers, Ft.St.James, Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Northern Connector, Northern Daily(1 week) .......................................$78.88

BC BEST BUY ADS25 words- No changes - ad runs one week, all papers covering:Lower Mainland .......... $102.28BC’s Interior ............... $124.95Vancouver Island ........ $119.00All of the Above .......... $299.00Extra cost for additional words

RUN IT ’TIL SOLD ADS1x1 classifi ed ad. For $31.50 we will run your ad UNTIL IT SELLS,any category, max. 30 wordsNo Real Estate or commercial ads

Please call if you need more information on any of our

classifi ed packages.

HAPPY ADSTo announce birthdays, weddings, births etc.2 col. x 2” - $202 col. x 3” - $302 col. x 4” - $40

ALL ABOVE PRICESDO NOT INCLUDE HST

DEADLINESClassifi ed Word & Display:Friday @ 3:00 P.M.

OUR POLICYLakes District News reserves the right to edit, revise, classify or reject any classifi ed ad not meeting our standards.

No refunds onClassifi eds Ads.

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770 W. Highway 16

24 Hour Grocery Store& Almighty Gas

We now sell Propane!Bring your tanksin to be fi lled.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

LAKES DISTRICT & AREA

250-692-6019

PumpsWater Treatment

Plumbing Repairs

Sullivan Motor Products Ltd. Highway 16, Houston

1-800-665-3151 • www.sullivangm.comWe’re the largest Duramax Dealer in Northern BC!!

Need a fuel effi cient vehicle?

Let me help you withyour next purchase

Loren NeilsonPhone: 250-845-8785

B’s Free Enterprises Ltd.

Box 420, 28540 Colleymount Rd., Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E2Phone: (250) 692-4353

Cell: (250) 692-6569 • email: [email protected]

Bill & Wendy ImusCertifi ed Appliance Repair& Computer Technicians

Computer Training, Sales & ServicePersonalized In Home Service

Delivery of Ink & Computer Supplies

Call Mark for more info 250-692-9731

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JOB POSTINGLake Babine Nation

HOME CARE NURSEReporting to the Health Director, the Home Care Nurse is responsible for the provision of quality homecare nursing services.

Job duties:

• Executing home care client services.• Providing on-going supervision and monitoring of home care attendants.• Participating in the management of the Home Support/Care Program.• Initial client assessments, update assessments, coordination of care, maintain professional relationships with care providers.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Registered with College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC).• Registered Nurse of Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from recognized Institute.• Experience in a public health or community based setting.• Criminal Record Check.• Valid Level C First Aid and CPR Certifi cation• Possess a valid class fi ve (5) Driver’s License and reliable vehicle.

WAGE: Commensurate with education and experience

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012

Submit cover letter & resume to:

Beatrice MacDonald, Human Resources P.O. Box 879, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0 Fax: 250-692-4790 email: [email protected]

The Village of Burns Lake is currently seeking a

Communications Project Coordinatorfor temporary full time employment.

Applications must be received by June 25 , 2012 at 10:00 am. More information and a full job description can be found at www.burnslake.ca or stop by the Village Offi ce at #15 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake.

JOB POSTING

Lake Babine Nation

SENIOR ACCOUNTANTThe Senior Accountant responsibilities include, but are not limited to, general ledger accountability, and fi nancial reporting, as well as fi nancial profi tability analysis and other special projects as assigned. The Senior Accountant must comply with Canadian public sector accounting standards, Generally Accepted Ac-counting Principles, fi nancial by-laws and, policies and procedures of the Lake Babine Nation.The Senior Accountant reports directly to the Finance Controller.Job Duties are as follows, but not limited to: Liaising with fi nance clerks in maintaining the Lake Babine Nation accounting system. Prepare periodic fi nancial statements, reports and records by collecting, analyz-ing and summarizing account information. Respon-sible for general ledger. Assists with budget activity, proper expenditure coding, document preparation, and other accounting-related activities. Participate in annual audit of fi nancial statements and review of the accounting system Maintains Tangible Capital Inven-tory list of all LBN assets Perform other related duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, fi nance or related

fi eld or education plus experience. Accounting designation preferred. 5+ years of experience in fi nancial management. Experience with computer-ized accounting system required. Highly effi cient Computer Skills

Salary:Commensurate with education and experience

Closing Date: June 15, 2012Submit Resume and cover letter to:

Beatrice MacDonald, Human Resources 225 Sus Avenue, P.O. Box 879 Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0 Fax: 250-692-4790 Email: [email protected]

Only those short listed will be contacted.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted Help WantedEmployment

Help WantedAn Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck opera-tors. Preference will be given to operators that are experi-enced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Al-berta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

EXPERIENCED PARTS Per-son required for progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wag-es, full benefi ts and RRSP bo-nuses plus moving allowanc-es. Our 26,000 sq.ft. store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Ed-monton, Alberta. See our community at:LacLaBicheRegion.com Send resume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email:[email protected].

P & D LOGGING Operations in Grand Forks BC is looking an experienced Feller Bun-cherman, as well as Experi-

enced Lim-mit Processor Operator plus Logging Truck Mechanic/Welder all posi-tions are F/T with Benefi ts. call Gerry 250-469-1695 or Dan 250-469-1694 after 6 pm. Or email Resume to:

[email protected].

Home Care/SupportNURSES, Care Aides, Home Cleaners - Bayshore Home Health is hiring casual, on-call RNs, LPNs, certifi ed care aides and experienced home cleaners. If you are: empathet-ic; personable; possess an outstanding work ethic; posi-tive attitude; a passion for su-perior client service, and a re-liable vehicle, forward your resume to [email protected].

Medical/DentalMARIPOSA GARDENS (in Osoyoos BC) seeking RCAs. ($17.34/hr) email: becky.marlatt @balticproperties.ca

Trades, TechnicalREQ’D Jouneyman Automotive Technician for Penticton Kia. Import experience required. Gov’t Inspec-tion an asset. Fastest growing Deal-ership in South Okanagan. Com-petitive wage and benefi t package. E-mail Resume to Service Mgr. Dave Hehr [email protected]

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Greg KingcottDistributor for the Lakes District area

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Phone: 250-692-7789Visit our website for door style options and colours:

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Payne SepticService (2010)

250-698-7964Still serving the Lakes District

Owner/Operater

KeithWilson

LAKES DISTRICT & AREA

Starting a Business?Expanding Your Business?

The Comfor/CFDCDevelopmental Lending Program

can help!For more information, call 1-800-556-5539

www.superiorpropane.com

TOLL FREE1-877-873-7467

Need a vehicle?I am here to serve the

Lakes District and area.

Call

Dawn Burns250-845-8959

Northwest’s Largest Volume Dealer for a Reason!!

Sullivan Motor Products Ltd. Highway 16, Houston

1-800-665-3151 • www.sullivangm.com

Phone: 250-692-3294Cell: 250-692-0184Fax: 250-692-0058

Email: [email protected]

SALES AND SERVICE

FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED

Serving the Lakes District,Houston & Fraser Lake

Plus many items too numerous to mention.Consignments welcome until sale time.

Terms CashNo buyers fees

Persons paying for major items with uncertified cheque may be re-quired to leave the item on the grounds until cheque clears the bank.

Kerrs’Auctions21693 Kerr Road, Telkwa, BC • Lunch on the GroundsPhone: (250) 846-5392 • Not responsible for accidents

Hesston PT 7 Swather, Teak Desk, N.H. 273 Square Baler, Antique Dutch Cuckoo Clock, Owatonna 8 ft Swather, Dutch Dolls - Authentic Dress, Bale Stooker, 3 Dutch Carpets, Bale Forks, Antique Delft Blue China, MF 7 ft 3 pt Mower, Seigler Propane Wall Furnace, MF 3 Bottom 3 pt hitch Plow, Wood Futon, MF 7 ft 3 pt Disc, Round Wood Dinning Table & 4 Chairs, 9 ft Seed Drill, Grain Grass, & Fertilizer, China Cabinet, Rema Hydraulic Post Driver, Coffee Table, Teco Grain Grinder, 2 End Table. MF PTO Pulley, Chest of Drawers, 1992 Ford F-250 PU, Dresser & Mirrors, 12 ft Fibre Glass Boat & Trailer, Computer Desk, Honda XR Dirt Bike, 8 Setting Dishes, Mini Bike, Lamps, Farm Wagon with Rack, Cook Books, 3 pt Bucket, Weider Weight Set, Hand Garden Seeder, Building Supplies, Lead Soil Heater, Electric Supplies, 4x4 ft Turn Buckles, Doors & Windows, Electric Calf De-Horners, Cement Blocks, Burdizo Castrators, T+G Pine, 2 Plastic Corner Troughs, Fencing Material, Cow Activated Waterer, PVC Tiles, Oxy-Acet Outfit, Show Shoes, Old Wood Wheels, Bottles & Capper, Aluminum Nest Boxes, Crossbow, Gardening Tools, Iron Railing, 3 Point hitch, 24”, 26 & 28” Tractor Tires.

Saturday June 16, 2012 at 12:00 Noon at Kerrs’ Pit, Leave Highway 16 10 miles East of Telkwa Follow Kerr Road and the Auction Signs

12 x 40 Atco Trailer with offi ce, living room, kitchen,

full bath, on natural gas

250-847-7928 Cell 250-877-2434

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100% Financing available O.A.C.

Mobile Homes & Parks

Mobile Homes & Parks

Pets & Livestock

EquestrianHORSE FOR SALE 19 year old sorrel gelding, well trained, not a beginners horse. Used for penning at one time. $2500 obo. (250) 695-6972

Merchandise for Sale

AuctionsUNRESERVED AUCTIONS- June 16 & 17, Redwater, Al-berta. Collector vehicles and tractors, 1300 die cast toy tractors, wagons, buggies, show harness; old gas upright gas pumps; original case ea-gle; antiques. Thursday, June 21 - Harry Shapka, Vilna, Al-berta. Phone 780-636-2165. JD 8650, 4440, 4240; Concord air drill; 1977 & 87 Kenworths; Cat 966C loader; Komatsu D85; lowboy; 8820 & 860 combines; haying equipment. Saturday, June 23 - John Baranec, Innisfree, Alberta. Phone 780-592-2308. Steiger ST250, 9030 Bi-Directional; 4640 & 4320; MF 8450; Claas 98; 1980 Ford tandem; Kello 24’ disc; JD 820 & 830; plus full line-up. View full lists on-line: prodaniukauctions.com.

Garage SalesGARAGE SALE every week-end in June on Saturdays, 10am - 2pm. Moving, must sell, new stuff each week. #275 - 9th Ave.

THRIFT SHOP Yard Sale (weather permitting) and In-Store sales. Monday, June 18th and Tuesday, June 19th. 10am - 4pm. Proceeds for Health Care.

Heavy Duty Machinery

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /

Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

STEEL BUILDING - Blowout sale! 20x26 $5,199. 25x28 $5,799. 30x42 $8,390. 32x56 $11,700. 40x50 $14,480. 47x 76 $20,325. One end wall in-cluded. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedCOIN Collector looking to buy Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins. Bulk Silver coins, bills etc. CallChad 250-863-3082 (Local)

Real Estate

Business for SaleLIVE THE Dream. Harbours End Marine, 27 year history on beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC “the best place on earth!” Owner retiring, well-estab-lished business only $129,000 email: [email protected]

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

12 ACRE HOBBY FARMAND KENNEL

Potential for ambitious folk, close to Burns Lake, large upgraded one fl oor home, no rugs with wood, oil & electric heat, deep abun-dant well, lagoon, outbuild-ings, lawns, gardens, wood-ed privacy, fenced paddocks for horses & dogs.

DECENT OFFERS UNDER $140,000

(250) 692-34037pm - 9pm eveningsFor Sale By Ownersbecause of old age

No Leans

Auctions

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

2700 Sq Foot Waterfront home

6.88 acreson beautiful

Tchesinkut Lake.114ft Lakeshore, Lakeview

Three bedrooms; two bathrooms; walk out basement. Easy highway access. Landscaped, treed. 16 kms South of Burns Lake on Hwy 35. 24 x 26 shop. Can be viewed on property guys.com under Leona Peden.

Call 250-695-6628Asking $295,000.

Auctions

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

UNCHA LAKE LAKESHORE PARADISE

2 level, 2,200 sq. ft., 4 bed-room, 2 bath home. Mani-cured lawn and fl ower beds. Detached garage, work shop/wood shed, plus a sec-ond detached garage, stor-age shed and covered RV storage. 80 ft. dock, boat launch. 280 ft. of lakeshore, 3.8 acres, very private set-ting located at the end of Un-cha Lake Road.Priced for a quick sale

$295,000Larry or Vi Russell

(250) 694-3780Email: [email protected]

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentLARGE BRIGHT 2 bedroom suites in a safe and secure building. Close to school and hospital. Large patio, in-suite storage and storage lockers available. On site manage-ment. Heat, hot water and cable included for $700 per month. Call (250) 692-3959 and leave message.

Modular HomesJUNE SPECIAL

Brand New 16’ Wide ModularHomes. From $69,000.00

[email protected]

Homes for RentTHREE BED, 2 Bath home in Burns Lake. W/D, F/S, Incl. New NG furnace & wood stove. Close to schools & hos-pital. $900/mo + utilities. June 1, 2012 (250) 635-0226



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“A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIESWITHIN OUR REGION”37, 3RD Avenue,

PO Box 820,Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0

www.rdbn.bc.ca

PH: 250-692-3195TF: 800-320-3339FX: 250-692-3305

E-MAIL:[email protected]

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a Public Hearing affecting “Burns Lake and Francois Lake (North Shore) Rural Offi cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 1514, 2009” and “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” will be held on Tuesday June 19, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako offi ce at 37, 3rd Avenue, Burns Lake, B.C.

“Burns Lake and Francois Lake (North Shore) Rural Offi cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 1514, 2009” is proposed to be amended by Bylaw No. 1640 by re-designating the application area from Rural Residential (RR) to Commercial (C).

“Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” is proposed to be amended by Bylaw No. 1641 by rezoning the application area from “Small Holdings (H1)” to “Highway Commercial (C2)”.

The subject property is located at 1810 Peterson Rd, at the junction of Highway 16 and Peterson Road (bordering the Village of Burns Lake) and is legally described as “District Lot 4175 Range 5 Coast District except Plan 3332, 4623, 5153, 8142, 8303, 10041”. The application area is approximately 0.6 ha (1.5 acres) in size and shown cross-hatched and labelled “Application Area” on the location map below. The purpose of the application is to allow the application area to be used as a motor vehicle repair shop, automobile dealership, or other uses permitted in the C2 zone.

LOCATION MAP FOR BYLAWS NO.1640 & 1641

At the Public Hearings all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present a written submission respecting matters contained in the bylaws that are the subject of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions sent by mail to P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0; by fax to (250) 692-1220; or by e-mail to [email protected] must be received by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako no later than June 19, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. to be ensured of consideration at the Public Hearing.

The Public Hearing on Bylaws No.1640 and 1641 will be chaired by the Director or Alternate Director of Electoral Area ‘B’, as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation, copies of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information may be inspected at the offi ce of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from June 6, 2012 to June 19, 2012 inclusive. Copies of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information will also be made available at the Burns Lake Public Library.

For further information please call the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Planning Department at 250-692-3195 or 1-800-320-3339.

This is the second of two publications.

JANITORIAL/CUSTODIAL SERVICES

Canfor – Houston is currently entertaining bids for contract services for the following:

Janitorial/Custodial Services for the Canfor – Houston main of ce building located at 1397 Morice River Rd.

Contractors are expected to supply their own equipment.Interested parties can contact Robbyn Emberley at250-845-5215 to review the scope of duties prior to bidding.All bids must be submitted no later than July 15, 2012 to: Canfor – Houston Attn: Robbyn Emberley Box 158 - 1397 Morice River Rd. Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 Or faxed to: 250-845-5291 Attn: Robbyn Emberley

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