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Some area residents prepared to evacuateBY MIKE CARTER

Chetwynd Echo Reporter––––––––––––––

CHETWYND – Smokefilled the air like thickcoastal fog near the StoneCreek Sub on Saturdayevening, as a wildfirewhich consumed 34hectares of land burnednot far from the road alonga half-kilometer longstretch of Highway 97South, roughly 16 kilome-ters west of Chetwynd.The blaze began around

2 p.m. The cause is stillunder investigation,according to Northern FireAttack Crew (NFAC)supervisor Darren VanHorn. Residents can expect to

see smoke over the nextfew days as the now con-trolled burning brushsmolders.NFAC responded with a

quick five-person attackand were able to subduethe blaze before it got out ofcontrol. “It was a fairly simple

spring grass fire,” VanHorn said. “It’s under

investigation. It went upthe side of the mountainand we protected the struc-tures to the east of the fire.[They] were never reallythreatened, the fire wasmainly above [them] and tothe west, but we had ourguys hang out around thebuildings and we did a littlebit of a burning off just toburn the [fuel] up, let it goup the hill and keep it awayfrom the buildings.”Nearby residents

watched with concern asfire approached theirhomes, but was then direct-ed away by the crews onsite. Some reported going

through a list of valuablesin their heads they wouldneed to bring should theyneed to evacuate.

Chetwynd EchoPublisher/Editor, NaomiLarsen who lives in theStone Creek Sub was awayfor the weekend, butexchanged text messageswith her husband and chil-dren as the couple decidedwhat they would bring.“It was surreal,” Larsen

said. “Here I was sending alist of things to remember totake if we had to evacuate –photo albums, computerhard drive, importantpapers, clothing, pets,etcetera. It was really ahelpless feeling.”Larsen’s five-year-old

daughter Aayla had decid-ed she would bring herfavourite dress up dress,her Leapster and somecolouring books. On Monday evening

Aayla sat down in the liv-ing room with markers inhand – on her own accord –

and made a thank you cardfor the firefighters for “sav-ing our home and ourneighbour’s homes.”The crews used a tech-

nique called “back burn-ing”, sometimes alsoreferred to as controlled,prescribed or hazardreduction burning orswailing, while fightingthe fire. This is done bystarting a burn near thestructures they want toprotect that proceeds inthe direction of the initialblaze, using up the “fuels”that could potentially lead

the fire to the structures. “We usually come up

with a quick plan on wherethe fire is going to go, theseare areas that we want toprotect so how we aregoing to do that – we find acontrol line to go from,maybe we make our own.Using [water] we can wetdown a perimeter and thenburn from that,” Van Hornexplained. “There were some trails

and such there that we wereable to use as a barrier tothe fire and [we] burnt formthose, let our fire burn backinto the main fire. We usethe burning technique a lotin the springtime; it worksquite well to suppress thefire. We’re actually addingextra fire but in the end itworks out in our favourmost times.“Van Horn went on to

explain that fires like theseare actually more beneficialthan detrimental to thearea, as was the case waswith this particular event.“They’re beneficial as

they are going to removeold material – the growth

from last year burns up.This time of the year theground is still frozen under-neath so the fire just runsalong the top, burns off allthat material so later on inthe summer when every-thing is dry it helps withthat situation,” he said.“Once it ever warms up

around here, you’ll noticethat the hillside there willturn green really fast.”While the Chetwynd

NFAC is not fully opera-tional for the season yet,this fire posed no problemfor the crew that was avail-able. Over the next few weeks,

Van Horn expects the teamwill be running with a fullcomplement of personnel. “Quite often we don’t

have all of our crews upand running yet, so theyare just starting to comeonline now,” Van Hornstated. “We’re about prob-ably 50 – 80 per cent capac-ity right now throughoutthe province. Here wehave one crew out of three,so in the next two weekseverybody comes online.”

HORN

It went up theside of the

mountain and weprotected thestructures...

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West Fraser to begin Pine salvagein the LP Community Forests

BY MIKE CARTERChetwynd Echo Reporter

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Chetwynd ForestIndustries, a division ofWest Fraser Mills, is final-izing its plan for a five-yearpine salvage harvest in theLittle Prairie CommunityForest with a series of openhouses in the town andsurrounding areas to gath-er local input.Open house meetings

were held in Chetwynd,Saulteau and WestMoberly from April 24 –30. The company plans to

take what input they getfrom these meetings intoconsideration while theycarry out the remainingfieldwork. Harvesting of selected

areas will begin in the sum-mer of 2013. Late in the fall of this

year West Fraser plans tobring more informationback to the communities ina second round of openhouses after which, theyhope to continue the har-vest areas of dead pineuntil 2017 when the agree-ment expires. Blair Lekstrom first

announced the LittlePrairie Community Forestin 2005 as a partnershipbetween the communities

of the West Moberly andSaulteau First Nations andthe District of Chetwynd. The original plan for the

management of the com-munity forest looked at ahealthy stand of trees to beharvested in smallamounts over time.Since 2011, the board of

Little Prairie CommunityForest Incorporated(LPCFI) has been lookingfor a suitor to salvage theareas within the 14,000hectares of land north ofChetwynd and south ofMoberly Lake, which hadbecome infested with themountain pine beetle in theyears since 2005.

Last July, LPCFI reachedan agreement withChetwynd ForestIndustries (CFI).Jason Mattioli, a regis-

tered professional foresterand planning superintend-ent with CFI, presented anupdate to District ofChetwynd council aheadof the public open housesto keep councilorsinformed on the prelimi-nary plan for the pine sal-vage that the company hasbeen working on since thisagreement was signed.“There has been a lot of

work in the backgroundgetting ready finding outexactly what’s out there,”

Mattilloi said. “We’re in astage now where we’ve gotour work done and we’regoing to start doing someopen houses.“We’ve had to amend

our forest stewardshipplan and that process isjust about done [and] that[will allow us] to actuallymanage the area, we’vebeen doing a bunch ofmapping work; we’ve hada number of flights. We’vegot a bunch of field workin there determining wherethe pine is, how much pineis actually out there.”With this work, the com-

pany was able to preparevisual models and map-

pings of the area to showwhere the pine beetle hasaffected the communityforest and have begunsharing this informationwith the West Moberly andSaulteau First Nations.“A lot of the pine is con-

centrated on the south-westerly side of the com-munity forest with the oddpatch up in other areas,”Mattioli explained. “Quitea bit of the area has beendead since 2008/2009, sowe’re looking at four orfive years old now. Thosetrees are starting to dry outquite a bit. There is only anumber of years left wherewe are going to be able to

get value out of them andturn them into lumber, sowe’re looking at the nextfour and a half years to bedoing large salvage opera-tion within the communityforest.”During the fieldwork

stage, Mattioli mentionedthat a couple of conflictsregarding sensitive areas ofland were identified andthese areas will be avoidedas the harvest begins.“We’ve picked an area in

the southwest portion thatdoesn’t have a lot of con-flicts in there, there’s not alot of different interests, itsnot a visual area, its not acritical First Nations areaand that’s where we wantto start harvesting and weplan on doing that thissummer and also start tobuild a little bit of road to[help] with access into theareas.”After the agreement

expires in 2017, WestFraser holds the obligationto reforest and manage thecut block areas with pinetrees until the areas are freegrowing, meaning they areroughly ten meters tall. After this, Mattioli

expects the LPCFI will goback to the original planfor management from the2005 announcement, witha small harvest over a fewyears.

It’s a tough ethical deci-sion that most peoplehave never even

thought of until faced withit this week.Canadian company Joe

Fresh is owned by theLoblaws Chain. The fac-tory in Bangladesh where

the clothing is made col-lapsed last week killinghundreds of workers.The owner of the build-

ing (not Loblaws or JoeFresh), but ratherMohammed Sohel Rana,a local leader of rulingAwami League's youthfront was arrested earlierthis week after trying toflee to India. He hadordered the workers tocontinue to work evenafter police had told themthe day before to evacu-

ate, that the building wasnot safe due to deep, visi-ble cracks in the walls.One day later the eight-story building whichhoused multiple factoriescollapsed. According to reports,

numerous constructionregulations had been vio-lated including theadding on of three addi-tional illegal stories. Thelocal police chief saidpolice and the govern-ment's Capital

Development Authorityhave filed separate casesof negligence against thebuilding owner.So now the discussion

everywhere is whether ornot to continue to pur-chase Joe Fresh items orboycott them altogetherand take a stand against“sweat shops.”Since the factory col-

lapse, Loblaws has comeforward and has beenvery transparent withtheir information stating

they were deeply sad-dened and that their pri-orities now lie in helpingthe employees and theirfamilies and admittingchange must be made.They have sent officials tothe site and haveannounced they would beoffering some sort ofmonetary assistance andbenefits to the familiesand will be taking a stand

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to create change. (Checkout their website or face-book page to find outmore.)While it may not be

‘right’, these companiesare providing criticalemployment to the peo-ple of Bangladesh whoare desperate for work. Some say if you boycott

these companies, anindustry collapses andturns into unemploy-ment and starvation. Buton the other hand if youcontinue to purchasethese items, not only areyou keeping peopleemployed (yay!), you’realso condoning the workconditions. (boo!)It seems like you’re

damned if you do anddamned if you don’t. At the end of the day

should you decide toboycott Joe Fresh, justkeep in mind there aredozens of other clothingcompanies (some thatyou or your children areprobably wearing rightnow and may have beenmade in the same build-ing) you’ll have to boy-cott as well. So if you justswitch your shopping to

another offshore source,you're not changing any-thing. But by writing a letter

to Loblaws, you couldencourage change. Email them or log onto

their page or dig out thepen and paper and astamp and send a mes-sage to the company thatperhaps they should takemore care with theiryearly 'audits' of theirfactories. We, the con-sumer can put a lot ofpressure on companiesto, in the very least, makesure that people aren'tstuck in terrible condi-tions. No, we may not be able

to change their salaries,but surely we can stopthem from hiring youngkids that are sold into theindustry and deplorableconditions that causemass casualties like thefactories in Bangladeshhave seen recently. In the meantime, if

you’re still concernedabout ethical fashion,check outwww.goodgu ide . comyou can look up specificproducts and the labourpractices of the compa-nies that make them.

Continued from page 4

If you boycott one,there are others

To the Editor,Canadians should get ready to

pay more for everyday goods. MPBob Zimmer and the Conservativegovernment are imposing a taxgrab on families by hiking tariffs oneverything from coffee makers tobicycles.

A tariff is a tax, and many of thegoods sold in Canadian storescome from countries that will soonget caught up in higher tariffswhen they are brought intoCanada, raising prices. Costs forbaby cribs, vacuum cleaners, barbe-cues and more will go up by anaverage of 3%.

All in all, it amounts to a $330million a-year tax grab from fami-lies struggling to make ends meet.It will drain our businesses anddrive consumers across the border.

The measures also hit digitalmusic players too—despite solemnConservative pledges to neverintroduce an “iPod tax.”

Other tax hikes in the federalbudget—on everything from hospi-tal parking to life insurance—willcost Canadians hundreds of mil-lions more.

Incredibly, Mr. Zimmer and theConservatives deny up and downthat they are raising taxes—as if

your wallet somehow just getslighter all on its own. Their dishon-esty is disproven by all the revenuebooked in their own budget num-bers.

Canadians understand that gov-erning sometimes requires difficultchoices. But Mr. Zimmer might findthat when his constituents can’tcount on their own MP to givethem the straight goods on taxes,they start looking for someone whocan.

Yours sincerely,Wayne Easter, MP

Liberal Party of CanadaInternational Trade Critic

Conservative MP Bob Zimmerʼs tarriff tax-grab

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In the first quarter, Teckreported an adjusted prof-it of $328 million, or $0.56per share, compared with$544 million in 2012.Despite failing to make

as much as last year,(missing the mark byabout the equivalent ofThe Dark Knight Rises),Teck is still doing well.“I'm pleased with our per-formance so far this year,"said Don Lindsay,President and CEO. “Salesof steelmaking coal wereup 24 percent over thefirst quarter of 2012, a newrecord for first quartersales, while sales volumesfor copper and zinc weresimilar to last year despitevarious operational chal-lenges. However, with

continuing uncertainglobal economic condi-tions, prices for all of ourmajor products weredown compared to thefirst quarter of last yearresulting in lower profitsand cash flows.”Teck’s gross profit

before depreciation andamortization was $994million in the first quartercompared with $1.2 bil-lion in the first quarter of2012.Profitability was down

from the same period lastyear as prices for copperand steelmaking coal havedeclined, says Teck’s Q1report. Coal prices weredown 28 percent from a


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Association SocietyDate: Thursday May 9 2013Time: 7:00 pmPlace: Moberly Lake Community HallNature of Business on the Agenda

- Financial Reports- Report on Years Activities - Moberly Watershed update- Report on progress re: cell phone service at MoberlyLake- Set membership fee for 2013/14- Nominations and Elections of Officers and Directors- Other Business which is placed on the agenda at thestart of the meeting

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Please see "QUINTETTE,"page 25

Director of CorporateServices Jannene Disherswears in new District ofChetwynd Councillor

elect Larry Vezina duringa special meeting of

council this week. Vezinawon the District’s by-elec-tion this month takingover a vacancy made byCoun. Don Harris whoissues his letter of resig-

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VICTORIA - When it comes tonewborn wild animals, motheralways knows best, and so withfawning and calving season under-way, provincial biologists arereminding people that newborndeer, elk or moose should not betouched or moved when encoun-tered. People who find these new-borns alone often mistakenlybelieve they have been aban-

doned, but usually they haveonly been left there temporarilyby their mother, who will return.Intervening in these situations by"rescuing" the fawn or calf israrely necessary and will usuallydo more harm than good.It is normal for mother deer, elk

and other ungulates to leave theiryoung alone for long periods,returning a few times a day tonurse and relying on the new-born's lack of scent to protect

them from predators. Returningmothers that find humans or petsnearby may leave or can becomeaggressive to defend their off-spring from the perceived threat.The mother will return if theyoung is left alone. Althoughthese newborns may appearabandoned, it is rarely the case,and if they are removed they willbe orphaned. While professionalwildlife rehabilitation facilities insome areas of B.C. can successful-

ly rear these newborns, there isno maternal care and theirchances of survival are far lessthan if they had been raised bytheir true mother. This is true notjust for deer; many mammalsleave their young alone for longperiods of time, only to return tofeed them at regular intervals. So,if you encounter a young deer orcalf in the wild at this time of theyear, appreciate the experience,but don't approach or intervene.


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has been speaking out infavour. It has been a gov-ernment initiative for 35years. This isn’t just aboutLNG in Kitimat. What SiteC is looking at is how dowe plan for the future?Now, everybody has tohave a power bar on everysingle plug in every singleroom to power what weneed and that’s going toget worse. Our provincehas estimated to double insize in the next 20 years. In

high peak times in thewinter we have to buypower from the US. Wewant to be energy self-suf-ficient in BC. When wetalk about needing Site C,LNG is definitely part of it,but there is natural gas inthe short term we can usefor power generation.Personally I sit on the SiteC advisory board I amreally in tune to what ishappening there and thequestions being asked.There are people who havecome forward about howto do it better or how notto do it at all and have hadother initiatives come for-ward. I think all those peo-ple need to be heard.”

BC ConservativeCandidate Kurt Peats: “I’vecome out against Site C fora couple of reasons. One –Gordon Campbell told usthat we are going to have apower shortage that we

need power. Christy Clarkthen said, no no, we needpower for LNG. The reali-ty is, what are our options?Who owns the resourcesout there? You do. Youelect a government andyou say we give you thatpower; we give you thatauthority to make deci-sions on our behalf. Thegovernment needs to haveall the information at thetable. We need to bringoptions to the table be itnatural gas, wind power. Itdoesn’t matter if you agreewith it or not, that’s notthe point. The point is youneed to have all of theinformation on the table sothat the government canmake the most intelligentdecision because these arelong-term decisions thatare going to effect genera-tions.”

Independent CandidateTyrel Pohl: “I’ve done a lot

of looking into the costsfor Site C. I am against it.Site C is going to costabout eight billion dollars,probably closer to 16 bil-lion. My big issue is howmuch debt is BC Hydro in?They have 13.5 billion dol-lars in debt, plus another6.5 billion now. That is alot of money. You tackanother 16 billion on top ofthat you’re looking at 36billion. How do you let acrown corporation go thatfar into debt? I believe thatbecause it will cost somuch we should be look-ing at a different avenue.Natural gas generation -that is a good idea. TheUnited States is doing a lotof research on that, and itis probably how they aregoing to power their coun-try. That is the way weshould go. On top of the 26billion that is in BC Hydrothere is another 30 billionthat is owned to independ-ent power producers.When you look at it theyhave about 50 billion dol-lars in debt, how do youpay that off? Well you sellit. And that’s what Ibelieve. They are going toeventually sell it so wehave privatized powerand we will be payingdouble, triple what we paynow.”

NDP Candidate DarwinWren: “We are definitelynot in favour of buildingSite C at this time. We haveall heard that Site C needsto be built to power theLNG, well in fact that’s nottrue. We’ve done theresearch; we have anabundance of natural gasthat can produce hydro ifneeded. Beyond that welook at the cost of Site C, ifwe are building it for an

LNG facility, but we areasking the tax payers tospend eight or 10 billiondollars of your money fora resource that is going tobe used for three naturalgas processing plants onthe west coast that are notowned by the people. Whyare we asking the peopleto pay for this? I thinkthere are better ways for usto spend eight or 10 billiondollars to change the livesof the people who liveright here. I’m not findingvery many people sayinglets build Site C.”

ON ENBRIDGE’SNORTHERN GATEWAY

PIPELINE:NDP Candidate Darwin

Wren: “Our position onthat is extremely clear, weare against it. Thepipeline, if it were builtwould certainly be a bene-fit to Alberta. Right now,British Columbians, weneed to focus on buildinga pipeline to get our ownnatural gas to the port toget the LNG facilitiesbuilt. That is what is goingto make BC wealthy andstrong. Building a pipelinefor Alberta to bring bitu-men through our area,putting our environmentat risk with very few jobsand a long term burden ofthe environment is simplynot worth it.”

Independent CandidateTyrel Pohl: “The pipeline isan issue for me. I believeyes we need it but we needto have things in place tomake sure that if it doesrupture that we have pro-cedures and quickresponses because withoutthat we can ruin our forestand BC.”

BC Conservative

Candidate Kurt Peats: “Weare for the pipeline, we arefor development. Whenraw oil or heavy crudebegins to ship, we knowthat’s far safer than ship-ping it by truck, or ship-ping it by rail. We knowthat as technology beginsto develop, we know thatwith emergency shut offvalves you can isolate akm section of pipe withina millisecond. It’s the bal-ance that is critical. As Ilook out here that babyboom generation, we areaging. We are going toneed some help; seniorhousing, additional med-ical care, how are yougoing to pay for it?”

BC Liberal Candidate MikeBernier: “I think the 10 bil-lion dollars that DavidBlack is talking aboutspending in Kitimat isactually a lot of money inBC. It is also going to bringin a lot of jobs. It is some-thing that I have been outspeaking on for aboutthree years now. How dowe get to a point wherethings can be done safely?If it can’t, than we have tostand up and stay no. I am100 percent behind envi-ronmental process andmaking sure all risks areidentified. We know therevenues that can comefrom this. At the end of theday if it can’t be done,that’s when we say no.”Election day is May

14th. Voters in Chetwyndcan register and cast bal-lots at the ChetwyndFellowship BaptistChurch, 4817 53rd St. NW.Advanced voting will beheld May 8-11.

With files from LynseyKitching, Tumbler Ridge

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Site C and Northern Gateway lead the nightʼs debate

Election day isMay 14th. Votersin Chetwynd canregister and castballots at theChetwynd

Fellowship BaptistChurch, 4817 53rdSt. NW. Advancedvoting will be held

May 8-11.


–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – Kurt

Peats, BC Conservativeparty candidate for PeaceRiver South, ramped uphis campaign this pastmonth, making twoannouncements withdirect relevance to thecommunity of Chetwyndand the surroundingareas. The former Dawson

Creek RCMP Sergeant andTumbler Ridge detach-ment commander knowswhat he is up against in ariding that has been dom-inated in the last threeelections by the Liberalparty, and his campaignhas been hard at work toshow that he is a worthyalternative to the status-quo since he was electedas the party’s candidatelate in 2012.In early April, Peats

announced a plan to bring150 jobs to Chetwyndthrough the creationMinistry of Energy, Minesand Natural Gas andResponsible for Housingadministration office inChetwynd. Later thatmonth, Peats and the BCConservatives voicedtheir opposition to the SiteC dam.The Ministry of Energy,

Mines and Natural Gasand Responsible forHousing is the govern-ment agency responsiblefor all matters relating toresource extraction.“Chetwynd is such an

important centre for coalproduction in BritishColumbia, and it is onlyfair that the ministrywhich oversees this indus-

try has a presence here,”Peats said at theChetwynd Trade ShowApril 3.“It makes sense that the

ministry establish anoffice here which canserve the South Peacemines that have thou-sands of employeesbetween [Chetwynd] andthe mines in TumblerRidge.”In an email interview

with the Chewtynd Echo,campaign manager Bert

Chen, speaking on Peats’behalf because the candi-date had lost his voicewhile campaigning – elab-orated on the proposedproject. The office does not nec-

essarily mean the con-struction of a new build-ing in Chetwynd.“This would be up to

the Ministry of Energy,Mines and Natural Gas todetermine if an existingfacility suited theirneeds,” Chen wrote.“The Ministry of Energy,

Mines and Natural Gasoffice in Chetwynd wouldimmediately be strategi-cally associated with theentire Peace Region,

notably the mining thatoccurs around theChetwynd area. We haveestimated that the core ofsuch a satellite officewould require a dozenengineers, managementand analysts. 25 or so[other positions] will beentry level, with anotherdozen full time positionsas immediate support andadministration staff.”The remaining number

of jobs would be filledwith support roles Chen

explained, such as theconstruction or renova-tion of a facility to housethe office. In compliancewith provincial standards,these jobs will be open tocompetition should theoffice be approved inVictoria when a new gov-ernment is establishedwhich is no gurantee.The cost to the taxpayer

was not specified byPeats’ campaign.However, Chen pointedout that potential moneyfor the project alreadyexists. “The provincial govern-

ment has $490 millionworth of revenue from theenergy and mining indus-

try. The [ministry] has abudget of $424 million forthe year, [of] which only$27 million has been spenton capital expenditures. Ashocking total of $344 mil-lion is spent on housingfor the ministry, whichcan be reallocated for thecreation of this office.”Because the ministry is

also responsible for hous-ing, what the plan to real-locate these funds will dofor existing BC Liberalgovernment housing ini-tiatives like “HousingMatters BC” is unclear.In 2012, “Housing

Matters BC” providedroughly $32 million inprovincial funding to sup-port subsidized housingand rent supplements formore than 4,800 low-income individuals, sen-iors and families in north-ern BC, which is close to 5per cent of the householdsin the region, according tothe government.“After studying the

dynamics of numerousaspects of the public serv-ice in Victoria, [we found]many provincial min-istries and affiliateddepartments are too cen-trally concentrated and inrecent years with telecom-munications advances,many satellite offices haveopened up around theprovince,” Chen wrote. “These offices, serving

many different needs suchas provincial tax process-ing and environmentaloversight have beenopened up in strategicareas associated with theirjurisdiction. The BC con-servatives support thedevelopment of the northin a way that allows for

less reliance on the cen-tralized bureaucracy onVancouver Island.”Peats and the BC

Conservatives later broad-casted their opposition to

the Site C dam. In a release to the media

on April 22, Peats made

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY NAOMI LARSENChetwynd Echo Editor

–––––––––––––– DAWSON CREEK –

One of the world’s mostnotorious rock bandsMotley Crue took thestage Friday night inDawson Creek at theEncana Events Centre.The band is in the midst

of winding down yetanother world tour thathas been stretched overthe past year and a halfand as frontman VinceNeil told the CalgaryHerald last week after 33years on the road, it was“time to do Canada.”And do Dawson Creek

they did. The sold out

show treated fans to theiconic 360 degree rollercoaster drum kit whereTommy Lee even took afan with by the name ofEric, erotic dancers onstage and twirling onropes, and hits like GirlsGirls Girls, Shout at theDevil and Dr. Feelgood.Concert goers also said itwas the loudest concertthey had ever been too. Sobasically, it was a dreamcome true for every Cruefan out there.The band has undertook

an 18 city stop which alsoincludes Estevan, Sask,Brandon, Man., andSudbury, Ont.Opening for the crew

was 90s Boston quintet BigWreck who really warmedup the crowd.

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Known as the World’sMost Notorious RockBand and one of theworld’s best sellinggroups of all time, MotleyCrue lead singer VinceNeil and his iconic band-mates Nikki Sixx, MickMars and Tommy Leetook the stage Fridaynight in Dawson to a soldout show, above.Opening for them wasCanadian band BigWreck with Ian Thornley,right.

Photos by Naomi Larsen

Chetwy nd Echo Friday, May 3, 2013 13

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CCAC Paint the TownGreen contest winners


–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – The

Chetwynd CommunityArts Council’s (CCAC)Paint the Town Green con-test in celebration of BCArts and Culture Weekwound up Saturday after-noon with Tim Horton’sbeing awarded first place.Their patriotic maple

leaves fit the theme wellwith their bright greenleaves.“The judges (including

local artist Donna Ony,CCAC president BrendaMaisey and local artisanPatty Demeulemeester)found their paintings to bevery strong in compositionand overall effect,” CCACtreasurer and judge JuliaNelson said. “Anyonewho has walked into TimHorton’s over the lastweek can attest to thebeautiful trees the staff haspainted. “We found that these

paintings evoked strongemotion in all of us.”

Nelson said when thejudges presented thisproud team with their tro-phy and cheque for $250;the owners and entireteam exploded inapplause. “There was cheering

throughout the restau-rant,” Nelson said.

“Further, in a wonderfullyselfless act, they donatedtheir cash winnings to TheTim Horton’s Children'snetwork.”Second prize went to the

Pencil Box/Coffee TalkExpress, who depictedenvironmentally themedwindow painting. “With Oscar the Grouch

encouraging all passers byto recycle and appreciatethe environment, thispainting adhered to thetheme well, and was tech-nically very well execut-

ed,” Nelson said.Third prize was award-

ed to the crew at Subway –who also celebrated theirwin with a big cheer.“Their painting depicted

a gorgeous sunny daywith flowers growing andtrees all a-glow in green,”Nelson said. “We allagreed that this paintingjust made us want tosmile.... even amidst theblustery snowy Aprilafternoon.”Honourable mentions

went to Little LightsDaycare, DWBConsulting, Surerus Placeand Buds & Baskets.With nearly 20 business-

es participating in thePaint the Town Green ini-tiative, the CCAC is veryproud to see the wonder-ful community involve-ment for Arts and Cultureweek 2013. They are plan-ning a similar initiative fornext year, so get readywith your paintbrushes.

Tim Hortonsto donateprize moneyto charity

Top, the owners and staffof Tim Horton’s wereawarded First Prize.Middle, the staff ofCoffee Talk/Pencil Boxwere awarded secondprize and bottom, theowner and staff ofSubway accept thirdprize.

Photos by Becki Korhonen

We found that thesepaintings evoked

strong emotion in allof us.

BY TRENT ERNSTTumbler Ridge News

–––––––––––––– TUMBLER RIDGE –

The Emperor’s ChallengeMountain Run, set forAugust 10, filled upextremely quickly this

year. Registration openedon March 15, and the 800spots filled up in onlyseven days, which tookorganizers by surprise. According to a note

posted to the Emperor’sChallenge Facebookpage, because the racefilled up so early, “therewill likely be a largernumber of people whoregistered but won’t beable to make it to the racein August due to othercommitments or injury.”While there are always

some people who are

unable to make it, organ-izers plan to havebetween 700 and 750 peo-ple on the mountain onrace day. So the Emperor ’s

Challenge OrganizingCommittee has decidedto open 100 extraentrance spots. But thesewon’t be done in the tra-ditional ‘first come, firstserved’ manner. Instead,the committee has decid-ed to offer them in a lot-tery. “This is good newsfor many people whowere too late to register

in March,” says racedirector JerrilynSchembri. In order to participate

in the lottery, interestedparties need to sign upbetween May 1 and May15, before 10 pm, PDT atthe Stride & Glide Sportsw e b s i t e ,www.strideandglide.caAnyone wishing to par-

ticipate in the lottery willneed to pay a ten dollar,non-refundable fee. The random draw for

100 successful entrants tothe 2013 Emperor ’s

Challenge 20k race willtake place on ThursdayMay 16 at 10am.The 100 successful

entrants will be emailed,letting them know thatthey are now able to reg-ister for the race. Thisentails paying theremaining $50 of theentrance fee online.There will also be a listposted of the 100 success-ful entrants.Those who are success-

ful will have until May26th to finalize their reg-istration by paying the

remaining fee online.Schembri says that all

proceeds from this lot-tery will go towardsWNMS trail improve-ments in the TumblerRidge area, includingbridge replacements andtrail signage.People looking to game

the system take note:photo ID is required topick up your race pack-age, so if your name isdrawn you may not deferthis entrance to a friend.Only one entry per per-son will be accepted.


SPORTS

A trip backin time

• Chetwynd Echo: July 11, 1973

Emporer’s Challenge opens extra 100 spotsOrganizersexpectingaround750 racers


LOCAL NEWS

Please be advised that the District of Chetwynd is accepting nominations forthe Chetwynd Youth Leadership Scholarship. This $5,000.00 scholarship isintended to recognize and reward outstanding contribution to the communityby a person who is graduating from secondary school in 2013 and isintending to pursue post-secondary education.

Scholarship Criteria:• Confirmation of registration at a post-secondary academic or trade institu-tion in the 2013 Fall Semester.• The candidate will have demonstrated consistent behaviour over time inthe following key areas:

➢ Kind and generous behaviour toward the elderly.➢ Effective leadership in the area of encouraging healthy behaviouramong peers.

➢ Effective leadership in the area of discouraging unhealthybehaviour among peers.

➢ Mentoring of younger persons.➢ Protecting younger persons from growing-up hazards such asdrug activity, bullying.

➢ Behaviour that demonstrates respect for the order of society.➢ Volunteer activity.➢ Other (to be described by the persons making the nomination).

A one-time event demonstrating extraordinary courage and/or perseverancein the face of extreme peril may qualify a person for the award provided thepost-secondary registration requirement is met.

Nomination forms can be picked up at the District Office or are available onthe District of Chetwynd website at www.gochetwynd.com. Please submitcompleted nomination forms by 4:30 p.m. on May 24, 2013 to:

District of Chetwynd5400 North Access Road, PO Box 357, Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0

Fax No.: 250-401-4101Email: [email protected]

For further information, please contact the District Office at 250-401-4100.

CHETWYND YOUTHLEADERSHIPSCHOLARSHIP

Pitch-In WeekMay 6 to May 12, 2013

Mayor & Council are urging all Chetwynd residentsto participate in the annual Spring Clean Up in an

effort to maintain the beautification andrevitalization of our community.

24th Annual Most Amazing Yard sale this weekend


–––––––––––––– CHETWYND – Fay

Asleson, director of theChetwynd Public Library,and her team of dedicatedboard members have beenbusy preparing for the24th annual “MostAmazing Yard Sale” sinceMarch and they could notbe more excited for theday to approach. “You can expect to see a

curling rink full of oppor-tunities,” Asleson said. The popular community

event is scheduled to runthis Saturday, May 4 from8 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the curl-ing rink at the ChetwyndRecreation Centre. May 3 is the final date to

book a table for anyoneinterested in hawkingtheir wares. The fee is $15per table, $10 for a secondtable. Anyone who is inter-ested can call the library at250-788-2559 before Fridayevening.“We usually have 50 – 70

tables and stuff every-where, it’s very good thatway,” Asleson chimed.“It’s amazing. People cancome in Friday afternoon

to start setting up theirtables and bringing theirstuff in so that they’reready for [the morning].”In addition to organizing

the event itself, the libraryteam has been selling raf-fle tickets for the severalprizes available to be won.The draw will happen atthe end of the yard sale asa finale to the morning’sevent.

Four cash prizes areavailable, one $2,000 andthree $1,000 draws. Also, adraw will be held for twomini iPads, two bicycles, abarbeque that is currentlyon display at the library,and a variety of otherprizes. Tickets can be pur-chased from any of thelibrary’s staff or boardmembers. “It’s a really great com-

munity event, people lookforward to it now andright now people arephoning in with tablesbecause its always lastminute. We generally gen-erate around $8,000 [and]it goes into all the pro-grams that we provide forfree to the community,”Asleson said. Last year’s event coin-

cided with the ChetwyndInternational ChainsawCarving competition andthe towns 50th anniver-sary celebrations.“It was well attended but

it wasn’t as good for us. Westill made $8,000 however,we didn’t do as well as wewould have because some-times we make $10,000. Wejust felt it wasn’t as goodalthough we did ok, so weare back to our usual firstweekend in May.”Asleson has been around

for every single yard salein the library’s 24-year his-tory of hosting the event.“We started out in the

parking lot for the first twoyears and then we movedinto the curling rinkbecause we couldn’t trustthe weather and the windand the rain. It’s justgrown from that. We start-ed out just small and pret-ty soon [we got] big.”Planning for next year’s

yard sale will begin almostimmediately after theclean up is done Saturdayevening.“Next year will be our

25th so we are really goingto go do something fantas-tic if we can think of it.”

Looking for some great deals? Be there bright andearly! File Photo

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Can It, Sort It, Stack It....RECYCLE IT!

Located at 4824 54th Street (behindtheTownPlaza) in Chetwynd the LionsRecycling depot is the sole provider forrecycling drop off services in thecommunity.They offer many services to keepChetwynd clean while helping theenvironment green.Recycling isa loteasier thanpeople thinkand it is an easy habit to get into.First, get as few as three bins for yourkitchen or porch – plastics, tins andpaper. Rinse out your yoghurt cups,break down your cereal boxes andwash out those cans. Then bag themup and bring them to the Depot wherestaff will help you sort.If you are a business call them to havea free recycling box placed outside andfor a nominal –and tax deductible – fee

they will come and pick your recyclingup.The depot accepts a variety ofrecyclable items including:• paper (office paper, newspaper,cardboard, boxboard)• tin cans• All hard and soft plastic (milk jugs,yogurt cups, juice boxes and plasticbags)• Electronics (old stereos, computers,photocopiers)• Small appliances• Car batteries• Oil and oil containers• Cell phones• Batteries• Smoke and carbon dioxide detectors• Spray paint cansThe depot also utilizes a used paint

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When you hear“Commun i t yForest,” it

probably generates vaguenotions of trees, trails,and bugs. Maybe you’renot quite that informed.Maybe your concept endswith a fleeting glimpse ofa picnic shelter near thehighway, close to the topof the hill as you go toMoberly. Maybe youhaven’t seen that.Chetwynd has a com-

munity forest in partner-ship with Saulteau andWest Moberly. It’s a real,working forest, coveringthousands of hectares of

timber land on top of themountain betweenChetwynd and Moberly.It stretches fromWildmare Creek in thesouth west over themountain to MoberlyLake. From there it fol-lows the high countrynorth to a point some-where directly west of BigLake. It’s a large territory,home to three mer-chantable species: pine,spruce, and aspen, as wellas other tree species toonumerous to list. Bearsand squirrels also livethere.When I call it a working

forest, I mean that. It isnot a park or naturereserve; it is not a place tobuild houses; trees mustbe cut; it is intended toturn revenue for the part-ners. An annual allowablecut is required by the

Ministry of Forests.Harvesting plans must beprepared; roads will haveto be built, maintained,and perhaps decommis-sioned at the end of use.Logged areas will have tobe replanted. It’s for real. The forest is managed

by an independent, volun-teer board of localforesters and representa-tives from West Moberly,

Saulteau, and the Districtof Chetwynd. The morewe go forward, the morewe understand the com-plexities of putting logs onthe trucks that move thetimber to the mills. And the revenue? There

will be revenue, and therevenue increases accord-ing to a formula that con-nects log value to the priceof lumber. You do remem-

ber that lumber prices aregoing up.The Saulteau-West

Moberly-District ofChetwynd partnershiphas negotiated a furtherpartnership with WestFraser Mills to do initialharvesting. Naturally, thismeans that West Fraserwill take the harvestingfrom the planning, map-ping stages through layingout the cut blocks and ten-dering logging contracts,through replanting, roadbuilding, and decommis-sioning of roads. Theresponsibility of the part-ners is to receive paymentfor the timber. It won’tmake us rich but, perhaps,in years to come the part-ners could get moreactively involved in thework of the forest.The first harvests, com-

mencing in the pine-bee-

tle-killed forests nearWildmare Creek, will takeout approximately sevenyears of allowable cutwithin the first couple ofyears as we attempt to sal-vage the dead wood. Alarge area, mostly coveredin old-growth spruce willbe managed as an old-growth reserve and willnot be harvested in theplannable future. Twopercent of the land area isin aspen, part of the annu-al allowable cut but notnow to be harvested asthere is no local market. Ineverything we do, weendeavour to retain thevalues shared by the part-ners.

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

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TThhaannkk yyoouuWe worked hard. We learned a lot. We had fun. Wemade new friendships and supported one another. Wefinished off the week with an entertaining public

performance. We are already planning for next year.

Thank you very much for the very generous support ofall our community sponsors! - From Circus NorthChetwynd Elks Lodge No.500Lake View Inn and SuitesDistrict of ChetwyndAll West GlassThree Nations VenturesWalter Energy WesternCoalSpectra EnergyTansi Friendship CentreChetwynd Community ArtsCouncilCentral Mountain AirLake View Credit UnionChetwynd IGASuper ValuSchool District #59 (PeaceRiver South)Sukunka Group (ChetwyndSocial Planning Society)

Chetwynd Public LibraryLittle Giant Figure SkatingClubPeace FMCoffee Talk ExpressAnd a special thank you to our

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Circus North wows crowdsCircus North participants spent the week of April 8learning all there is to know about performing underthe Big Top. Children from all over Chetwynd preparedfor the big show at the week’s end, which includedacrobatics, juggling, clowning and stilkwalking.

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100% Legal Axle Loading is permitted:• North Access Road (business area)• South Access Road (business area)• Nicholson Road• Industrial Park

All other Municipal streets and roads are restrictedto 70% of Legal Axle Loading.

The District thanks you for your cooperation intheir efforts to minimize the damage to our streetsand roads during this spring thaw.

Land Act:No�ce of Inten�on

to Apply for a Disposi�onof Crown LandTake notice that TMMobile Inc of Burnaby, BC,has made an application to the Ministry of Forests,Lands andNatural Resource Operations (MFLNRO),Peace Region, for a Licence of Occupation for

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Ready, set...Grow!"On your Mark...Get Set...Grow!" sponsored by theChetwynd Social Planning Society and their request tomake connections with the schools. The event's pur-pose was to celebrate spring plants, local food produc-tion and food sustainability. Betty Deck, a local green-house owner, offered to do a Heritage Tomato projectwith the schools. The students transplanted a tomato plant and weregiven instructions on care, so that each student couldtake a tomato plant home and share the yield with theirfamily. Teachers and students found it to be a valuablelearning experience that will continue to grow as theplants grow. A special thank-you to Marcie Fofanoff forfacilitating this rich experience for the students of LittlePrairie Elementary.

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the announcement whileacknowledging the envi-ronmental and physicaltoll on the Peace Riverthat the proposed damwould present.“There is no way that

we could support the con-struction of this dam atthis stage,” Peats said. “The fact is, while we

may require additionalpower generation capaci-ty in light of our increas-ing consumption, some-thing that comes at a cost

of such high environmen-tal and physical damagewould be irresponsiblewithout looking at all theoptions.”Peats supports a com-

prehensive study of allexisting options thatwould include not only

BC Hydro and the provin-cial ministry of energy,but also private industryspecialists and alternativeenergy advocates.“This is to ensure that

we have the best value forour dollar, and ensure thatwe have the most appro-

priate and least impactivemeans of meeting ourpower requirements.”Peats’ focus is on natu-

ral gas power generation,following the model of theShepard Energy Centre inCalgary. “It would make sense in

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Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) meetsevery Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the PineValley Seniors Centre Call 250-788-3306

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Baby’s Best Chance Pregnancy OutreachProgram Drop in : Mondays 10am to

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Saulteau Rodeo Club 2013 Open IndoorRodeo May 11 and 12 at the Pine Valley

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Alanon meetings 6:30 pmTuesdays Mickey’s Place

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year ago while copperwas down 5 percent fromthe same period.“Substantially higher coalsales volumes in the quar-ter partly offset the weak-er prices,” says the report.“These declines havereduced our revenue byapproximately $440 mil-lion based on 2013 salesvolumes.”Cash flow from opera-

tions, before working cap-ital changes, was $776million in the first quarterof 2013 compared with

$1.1 billion a year ago.Profit attributable to

shareholders was $319million and EBITDA was$902 million in the firstquarter.Teck achieved all-time

record first quarter coalsales of 6.6 million tonnesdespite relatively weakmarket conditions andshipping constraints dueto repairs at Westshoreterminals, which contin-ued into early February.Teck says they have

sales to the tune of 5.4million tonnes of coallined up already for the

next three months, at anaverage price of US$154per tonne. At that rate,total sales in the secondquarter, including spotsales, should weigh in at6.0 million tonnes ormore. Teck had $2.95 billion in

the bank as of March 31,2013, after dividend pay-ments, share repurchases,capital expenditures andinvestments totalingapproximately $1.0 billionin the first quarter.In an effort to maximize

profits, Teck has beenworking at reducing costs,

a program that is goingvery well for theVancouver based compa-ny. “Our finance expensewas down 40 percentfrom a year ago,” reportsTeck, “primarily as aresult of the full benefit ofour debt refinancingtransactions undertakenlast year.”The Quintette re-start

project continues toprogress, with an estimat-ed capital cost of approxi-mately $860 million, ofwhich $188 million hasbeen spent to date. TheMines Act Permit

Amendment (“MAPA”)application process is pro-ceeding and Teck expectsto receive the permitapproval in the secondquarter with first coal pro-duction expected in thefirst half of 2014. Earlyworks activities, procure-ment of long-lead equip-ment and engineering, areprogressing. During the first quarter,

a five-year labour agree-ment was ratified with theunion. By the fourth quar-ter of 2014, Quintette isexpected to be producingat an annualized rate of

three million tonnes.On April 15, Teck

received an Area BasedManagement Plan Orderfrom the British ColumbiaMinistry of theEnvironment, providingclarity around watershedprotection and miningactivities in the Elk Valley.“We consider this a posi-tive step that will providea regulatory basis to dealwith effects of mining onwater quality in the ElkValley and will establish aregulatory context for per-mitting of future miningactivity,” says Teck.


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BERNIER POHL PEATS WREN

South Peace candidates face-off at forumBY MIKE CARTER

Chetwynd Echo Reporter––––––––––––––

TUMBLER RIDGE – With theprovincial election looming onthe horizon, the stage is set forwhat some political pundits arecalling “the battle of the mayors”in the riding of Peace RiverSouth. Each of the parties candidate

lists were finalized by ElectionsBC last Friday, April 26, but herein the South Peace, we knew ofthree candidates who were inthe running before the campaignwas officially underway. Afourth has since joined the race.With incumbent Blair

Lekstrom not seeking re-elec-

tion, the riding is up for grabs.The BC Liberals have held

this electoral district since 2001,without any real serious compe-tition – or so it appears whenyou look at the numbers alone.In the 2009 general election,

Lekstrom’s Liberals gathered 63per cent of the vote, more thandouble that of the second placefinisher, the NDP’s Pat Shaw,who brought in 27 per cent. In2005, Lekstrom recorded anoth-er convincing win with 57 percent, to the 32 per cent garneredby the NDP. And in 2001,Lekstrom’s inaugural victorycame with his highest total voteof 64 per cent, crushing theSocial Credit Party’s candidate

Grant Mitton, who finished sec-ond with only 17 per cent. With Lekstrom choosing not

to throw his hat in the electoralring this time around, thechange of the guard makes thePeace River South riding aninteresting one to watch. Some media outlets, like the

Tyee, an independent BC dailyonline magazine, are saying it islikely the Liberals will onceagain reign supreme - running astrong candidate in DawsonCreek mayor Mike Bernier. But,we can’t forget thatConservative candidate KurtPeats’ campaign has been work-ing long and hard to garner sup-port.

The NDP’s Darwin Wren,mayor of Tumbler Ridge is alsohaving a strong campaign, andto make things interesting wehave a young independent can-didate running in 24-year-oldAndrew Tyrel Pohl.In this election – anything

goes for the South Peace. It is worth noting that in the

past this riding has electedMLA’s from the Social CreditParty, BC Reform Party,Progressive Conservatives andthe BC Liberals but never theNDP.Things on the campaign trail

have been heating up in the lasttwo weeks. We saw some actionin the riding including a visit

from Christy Clark to DawsonCreek on April 18 (see lastweek’s Echo for coverage). Andan all candidates’ forum wasalso held in Tumbler Ridge atthe Community Centre onWednesday April 24.Based on the all candidates

forum, and with help fromLynsey Kitching and Trent Ernstof the Tumbler Ridge News,here is where the candidatesstood on two of the riding’smost contentious issues.

ON SITE C:BC Liberal Candidate Mike

Bernier: “The BC liberal party

Please see "SITE C," page 10

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