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Clockwise from top left: Rio Tinto celebrated their first hot metal pour July 7. Councillor Rob Goffinet speaks to Unifor 2300 picketers outside a council meeting March 2. BC Hydro crews work to restore power February 7 after a massive snow storm shut down power to Kitimat/Kitamaat for days. More on pages 7 and 9.

2015: A whole year of ups and downs

RTA gets approval for Terminal ACameron Orr

The provincial government has given their thumbs up to an application from Rio Tinto to extend their Terminal A.

The company had been seeking the approval due to an agreement Rio Tinto has with LNG Canada for their use of Rio Tinto’s Terminal B (Eurocan’s former wharf), which means capacity has to be built up in Terminal A for the smelter’s operations.

That said, Rio Tinto spokesperson Kevin Dobbin says they’ll wait until LNG Canada proceeds before advancing the terminal project.

“While this is an important milestone, Rio Tinto would only advance to con-struction of the proposed Terminal A Ex-tension Project should the LNG Canada project proceed,” he said.

The province gave their nod on Mon-

day, December 21, issuing an environ-mental assessment certificate which in-cludes 12 conditions.

Among those conditions are: avoid or mitigate impacts to fish and fish habi-tat; monitor marine water quality from dredging and take action if thresholds are reached; monitor marine mammals dur-ing pile driving and take action to prevent injury to marine mammals; manage and monitor the dredge disposal site, includ-ing adaptive management measures in the event that the effects of contaminants are not mitigated to the extent predicted; retain the services of an environmen-tal monitor throughout the construction phase, with the authority to stop work if necessary to prevent or reduce adverse ef-fects; and implement measures to protect marine mammals during construction.

Extending the terminal will mean

adding 250 metres to the facility to ac-commodate bulk carriers.

The decision was made after consid-ering a review led by British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office.

The ministers have issued the certifi-cate with legally enforceable conditions that have given them the confidence to conclude that the project will be construct-ed and operated in a way that ensures no significant adverse effects are likely to oc-cur from the project, says a news release from the province.

B.C. also noted in their release that the environmental assessment is not the only approval the project would need.

“The proposed Terminal A Extension project requires various other federal and provincial authorizations, such as a dredge disposal permit and a disposal at sea per-mit. Rio Tinto is committed to continuing to work with the Haisla Nation, communi-ty stakeholders and regulators to advance plans to obtain these authorizations,” said Dobbin.

Overall though Rio Tinto is pleased with the community input on this project, he said.

“The positive outcome would not have been possible without the involvement from the Haisla Nation, the community of Kitimat, and other stakeholders who took the time to participate in the review and share their important views.”

“Rio Tinto would only advance (the project)

should the LNG Canada project proceed...”

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A Kitimat RCMP vehicle patrolling the community slid off the road and collided with a power pole December 20 at around 11:45 p.m.

The driver of the RCMP’s Chevrolet Tahoe was taken to Kitimat General Hospital but was released with minor inju-ries.

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snowing at the time. There was significant front-end damage to the vehicle.

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Pre-modernization crime statsCameron Orr

The Kitimat RCMP Staff Sergeant James McLaren says that the level of crime in Kitimat has lev-elled off to pre-Kitimat Modernization Project levels.

Common assaults themselves are notably down, with just eight cases in November this year versus 15 for the same in 2014. There would also have to be a gigantic spike in De-cember to make up the difference from 2014 when there were 185 cases. So far there’s been just 99 for 2015.

Sexual assault investigations are slightly down with 12 for the year, or two for November specifically. There were 18 in 2014.

Shoplifting is a crime which has seen a

dramatic drop as well. There have been seven cases this year, one in November, compared to 2014 which say 19 in total.

Residential break and enters are fairly comparable, with 29 so far for the year. There were 31 last year.

Under drug of-fences, there have been just four investigations relating to cocaine pos-sessions in 2015. In 2014 there was a total of 20.

Even marijuana possession cases are down to just seven for the year from 36 last year.

Vehicle files are another that are main-taining for the year. In fact Motor Vehicle Act tickets are at 451 this year, which is notably higher than 2014’s 375.

There have been 117 collisions reported in the year, 12 in No-vember alone.

There were 140 in 2014.

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Application submitted to develop new home parkCameron Orr

Kerkhoff Con-struction has decided they plan to pursue strata title lots for their proposed manufactured home park adjacent to the existing project of the Riverbrook Estates properties off Liard and Nadina Streets.

The number one concern from council-lors to adding such a development in that neighbourhood is traf-� c concerns.

Leonard Kerkhoff says that they had the traf� c engineers study the development, ap-

plying the same hous-ing density in the origi-nal Riverbrook plan to the new manufactured home development as well, and the engineers found that traf� c in-creases are still well within acceptable lev-els for that area.

Riverbrook and the manufactured home development would exit on to Kuldo Bou-levard from both of Li-ard streets.

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B.C.’s popula-tion reached 4.7 million by Oct. 1, a gain of less than one per cent from the same time last year.

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I � rst met Stephen Harper when he was running for the Canadian Alli-ance leadership in 2002.

Speaking to a group of Fraser Valley members, Harper didn’t mince words.

He explained his prediction that no matter who leads the conservative movement the national media would work against it.

“The press is owned by big-L lib-erals and staffed by small-L liberals,” Harper said. “Preston was too cere-bral; Stock was not cerebral enough. I’m not sure where I will be, but the media will always be on the other side.”

Harper’s cold war with national media is a theme that runs through his decade as prime minister, peaking in 2015 with the most slanted election coverage I’ve ever witnessed.

The dying tradition of owners looking up from their accounting led-gers to endorse a political party con-tinued, with the Postmedia chain and the Globe and Mail pointing out that Trudeau’s rash promises didn’t add up.

Endorsements were a brief inter-ruption in the media assault on Harp-er’s record. His government’s plan to

welcome 10,000 refugees, unveiled way back in January 2015, was por-trayed as heartless and feeble, while Trudeau’s 25,000 by Christmas repre-sented the generous character of the true Canada.

As it turns out, the Liberals have been hard pressed to reach even the 10,000 mark.

But they’ve put out a rash new promise to make it 50,000 at some point in the future, so the media’s new-found message of sunshine, hope and change continues.

Those modest $10 billion annual de� cits that Trudeau promised, and Harper warned against? Borrowing and spending will far exceed that, but we’re assured that’s because they were based on in� ated Conservative � nancial forecasts.

In fact, independent private sector forecasts are now the key reference for government budgets at the federal

and provincial level. None of them predicted the further slump in energy prices that continued through 2015.

And that Trudeau pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest Canadians and use the proceeds to � nance a tax cut for the middle class? That one didn’t add up either.

For one thing, wealthy people have a variety of legal ways to reduce their taxable income.

Trudeau’s star turn in Paris, where he pronounced that “Canada is back” in the battle to control the world’s weather?

The of� cial submission from his bloated delegation to the UN climate meetings was actually the existing Conservative plan, which includes phasing out coal-� red electricity.

Harper generally represented a preference for the individual over the state, a concept that at one time was known as “liberalism.”

This was illustrated by his prefer-ence for parents rather than a nanny state to administer child care.

He advocated free trade, small government and low taxes.

We’ll see how that legacy sur-vives the new government and its me-dia cheering section.

Passages of 2015: Stephen Harper

What a yearIt’s the end of year. It’s always a fun time to re-

� ect on the year we’ve had and what year we would have expected.

Basically, the start of 2015 feels like a lifetime ago. It was pre-LS, or pre-Labour Strike. The Gyro Christmas tree still stood at the old hospital site. There was no Microtel hotel you could book into.

It was a time almost outside of memory.Yet it was also a time of subdued hopefulness

too. As much as the community was in the throes of the construction boom, the issues were beginning to settle and � ngers were still crossed that an LNG company would break ground.

Expectations were tempered going in to the new year though. No one believed it was a given, and those people must be congratulating themselves on not getting too swept into the craze.

Today, the price of oil has dropped faster than the Wile E. Coyote after looking down and realizing he wasn’t standing on ground anymore. With it was dashed most expectations of LNG business for the year in Kitimat.

Even the fairly sure� re bet of small-scale Alta-Gas’ Douglas Channel LNG project has been put on shaky ground due to a tariff issue which has slowed them down.

LNG Canada says they’re still looking toward a � nal investment decision the � rst half of the year but it’s anyone’s guess what will happen to it. I’m certain the project isn’t going anywhere but whether a full-on project is set to begin or not, only time will tell.

But I’d say 2015 was marked by the individual moments more than the issues. In 2014 I re� ected that housing was the biggest issue facing the com-munity.

This year those pressures have eased off, if just a little bit.

But then we were hit with a prolonged strike of municipal workers in the early part of the year which was a painful go for everyone.

Then there was good news too, when Rio Tinto Alcan announced they’d poured the � rst hot metal from their smelter, meaning all of their work was paying off.

Then other things happened, like the Gyro Christmas tree had to be cut down to allow for ser-vicing in to the future Haisla Town Centre site. For a relatively new buck like me to the town I didn’t quite see what the big deal was but I understand it has long had a place in the community.

And oh geeze, I can’t forget Snowmageddon 2015. The snowtrastrophe was a snowpacolypse of immense snowportions.

I say 2015 is the year that wouldn’t let up. One after the other events just piled on. For better or worse, lots happened. Lets hope 2016 is busy to, for all the right reasons.

Cameron Orr

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Taking up where we left off, Joanne Monaghan's introduc-tion to Kitimat's local politics came when husband Paul was elected mayor. She says she attended ev-ery council meeting and, after two years of watching how council worked, decided she had something to offer Kitimatians.

After a rush course in Canadian citizenship in Vancouver she was ready to throw her hat into the ring which she did despite a former mayor warning her, "You'll never make it." Like British PM Mar-garet Thatcher, whom she admired, she would just have to show him. And she did, being elected councillor in November 1980. As Joanne says, she wasn’t meant to be a bystander so once elected she got involved beyond the basic job of council-lor duties and com-mittee work that were part of that. That in-cluded being Kitimat's representative on the Kitimat-Stikine board where she served a total of eight years as its chairman. Spread-ing her wings further she served as presi-dent of the Union of B.C. Municipalities for

two years.And the next natu-

ral step was the presi-dency of the Federation of Canadian Munici-palities (FCM) where she again served two years. She remembers at the FCM working with an upstart Toronto councillor named Jack Layton who eventu-ally went on to lead the federal New Democrat Party to Of� cial Op-position status. They eventually became a working duo with Joanne president and Jack vice-president. Joanne recalls that they got on famously de-spite their political dif-ferences.

Her position in FCM meant many long air � ights, including travelling with a soft-wood lumber trade mission to the United States. It also meant hobnobbing with na-tional � gures like prime ministers Jean Chretien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper.

Joanne’s connec-tions enabled her to serve in other ways beyond the political

sphere of the North-west. She was recog-nized for her leader-ship role as a woman and was able to work in Ecuador, Ghana, South Africa and other locales successfully mentoring women in politics, some of whom went on to become MPs in their own coun-tries.

Joanne also served in CIDA, the Canadian International Develop-ment Agency.

Talk about travel, she was a frequent � yer in the extreme.

Joanne estimates she made about 5,000 � ights over the years with only � ve of those being free of political commitments. That meant being away from home a lot which she notes was not con-ducive to long term relationships: it just wasn’t fair on a spouse or a family to be gone so much and it wasn’t good for establishing long and lasting friend-ships. But this life of advocating for her community is what she had chosen.

After 28 years as a councillor, running for mayor just seemed like what she was destined to do and in 2008 she successfully ran for the big chair and was re-elected three years later. Joanne admits be-ing mayor had its mo-ments, especially for one who never made her dyslexic tendencies an excuse. Over her two terms she faced the inevitable barrage of critics but through it all remained on call night and day.

And she can today look back fondly on the accolades she received and her achievements over the years: be-ing named Northern Woman of Distinction, elected Yellowhead Association president and receiving the pres-tigious Order of B.C. while at home she was named Citizen of the Year and Lady of the Year. The accomplish-ment she is proudest of is her work to gain � nancial clout and sta-tus for municipalities, which was achieved in September, 1996 when the province enacted municipal protocols, providing legal sta-tus for communities. As president of the

UBCM, Joanne helped to establish a guaran-tee of municipal fund-ing throughout our province.

Then there was her work with the commit-tee on the Highway of Tears, getting post-secondary college and university instruction in the north, getting 911 service to Kitimat, gaining superior Class A road designation for our highway and work on provincial incentives for enhanc-ing home based busi-nesses.

She even found time to work for the Heritage Trust and all this while providing for her elderly mother who lived with her for a decade. Locally, establishing both the Giant Spruce and Ke-mano parks are lasting green space accom-plishments, a 15-year sponsorship of the Miss Kitimat pageant was satisfying and securing provincial grants for both the Luso and Sikh facilities was at times a challenge. She trea-sures the Sikh sword which was given in gratitude.

Joanne will always be proud of her town and she hopes that with

greater development we won’t have to rely on Terrace for every-thing. She also hopes that someday Kitimat will be a destination for conventions and clinics and just maybe we will have stronger salt water connections to First Nations to our south including Hart-ley Bay, Klemtu and Bella Bella.

Joanne’s 34-year public service career ended on November 15, 2014 when she ran for a third term at the helm. As so often hap-

pens in politics, a wind of change was blowing through the municipali-ty and the voters decid-ed to pass the torch on to another generation. But her achievements during that career are a � ne testimony to what women can achieve - and her advice to all is if you see an opportu-nity, seize it.

In retirement we can bet Joanne will be busy enjoying her pass-time of feeding birds and squirrels while continuing to advocate for our community.

Joanne Monaghan wearing the mayoral chain of command.

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Northwest residents and businesses will be paying more for natural gas as of Jan. 1, 2016 because of an interim rate increase approved by the BC Utilities Commission for Pa-cific Northern Gas (PNG).

This is an interim increase for delivering natural gas and a final decision won’t be made until the spring when formal hearings are planned.

While the interim deliv-ery hike for residents is 1.8 per cent, from $11.755 a gigajoule to $11.987 a gigajoule, add-ons push the increase higher.

Those add-ons allow PNG to charge more to recover the overall delivery costs if not as much gas is consumed as fore-casted, and to charge more for the cost of the commodity itself in the event gas is priced higher than in the forecast.

In both cases, however, those costs can be refunded should delivery revenues be higher than forecast and should the price of the commodity itself not be as much as forecasted.

PNG does not add to the cost of gas it purchases for its consumers and that cost is ad-justed to meet market prices throughout the year.

In asking for increased rates, (PNG) says wage increas-es, increased inspections, gen-eral business costs and inflation are part of the reason its expens-es are scheduled to rise by 14.5 per cent or $2.3 million.

And it’s also not adding in any option payments made to it to hold space in its northwest-ern pipeline, as has been the practice in past years, to feed a planned small liquefied natural gas plant near Kitimat.

But the utility also has some good news for its balance sheet – an additional estimated $2.4 million from natural gas sales to Rio Tinto Alcan now that it has completed its Kitimat smelter modernization project and is shifting to full production.

When increased income is weighed against additional ex-penses and loss of other income, the utility is projecting a reve-nue deficit of nearly $600,000 if it can’t implement the rate increase.

Northwestern B.C. natural gas consumers pay more to have gas delivered here than else-where in the province because they shoulder more expenses to maintain the delivery system. That dates back to the loss to PNG of large industrial custom-ers beginning in the last decade.

Without those large cus-tomers and their revenue, the cost of maintaining the PNG pipeline has fallen to residents and remaining business and in-dustrial customers.

In past years delivery costs to PNG customers had been buffered by income from the sale of its interest in the planned Pacific Trails Pipeline which would provide natural gas to the

proposed Kitimat LNG project at Kitimat. Those payments have now concluded.

PNG customers had also benefitted from option pay-ments paid to the utility to hold space in its pipeline for the planned Douglas Channel LNG project, also at Kitimat, in which PNG’s owner, AltaGas of Calgary, is a partner. But for 2016 PNG is holding off on ap-plying option payments until, as it states in its rate increase application to the utilities com-mission, “there is greater clar-ity and certainty that the project will proceed.”

That’s because Douglas Channel LNG’s partners had been expected to make a final decision by the end of 2015. When that is to be now made is not known, something made more complicated by a decision by federal customs officials to charge a duty of $100 mil-lion for the Asian-built floating platform on which the plant to liquefy natural gas would be placed.

That decision is being ap-pealed.

The Douglas Channel LNG project is also the one great hope for reduced delivery charges for PNG’s other northwest custom-ers.

The plant would take up the remaining capacity in PNG’s pipeline, adding substantial op-erating revenues to the utility’s bottom line.


Curl powerThe high school girls curling team received plaques from the District of Kitimat’s Leisure Services department to recognize their status as provincial champions for 2014-2015. Mayor Phil Germuth poses with the team and its representatives which includes coach Laurel deGoeij, skip Taylor Reese-Hansen’s mom Sussi (standing in while Taylor is away for her studies) and the team Micaela Stevenson, Leah Anthony, Emma Baker and Jordan Zanella.

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Unifor 2301 President Sean O’Driscoll and 2301 Business Agent Martin McIlwrath present Kitimat Food Bank President Marjorie Phelps over $14,000 from union members and retirees, including matching funds from Rio Tinto as well.

January 9The January Community Fun Run will start at 9:30 a.m. from the Riv-erlodge. Distances are one, three, or five kilometres. Event is free and everyone is welcome. Bring your whole family and the neighbours. Dogs are welcome too. Join for a jog or stroll through the Kildala neighbourhood. Free refreshments after.OngoingROYAL CANADIAN Legion Branch 250 in Kitimat holds mem-bership meetings the third Tuesday of each month.. Meat draws every Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. Members and bona fide guests are welcome.PRAYER CANADA. We meet each week on Tuesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m. For location and further information please call 250-632-4554. Or e-mail [email protected] you or someone you know have bladder cancer? You’re not alone. It’s the 5th most common cancer in Canada. Bladder Cancer Canada

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Visually it’s been an exciting year.Starting below, Spirit of Kitlope Dancers perform in the Haisla Rec-

reation Centre during a celebration of the Haisla’s acquisition of the MK Bay Marina. The Haisla purchased the facility from the Regional District of Kitimat Stikine and the deal was made formal in January.

At left, Kitimat’s Public Works had their work cut out for them after a huge drop of snow in February. The weekend snow storm, from February 6-7, knocked out power and triggered an evacuation of Kitamaat Village due to the road closure.

Bottom right, Unifor 2300 workers at the picket lines. The strike of mu-nicipal employees would eventually last over 100 days.

More highlights from the year on page 9.

The year in Photos - January to April


Pacifi c Northern Gas Ltd.Applicati on for Approval of 2016-2017 Revenue Requirements

for the PNG West Service AreaOn November 30, 2015, Pacifi c Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) fi led its 2016-2017 Revenue Requirements Applicati on (Applicati on) with the Briti sh Columbia Uti liti es Commission (Commission), pursuant to secti ons 58 to 61, 89 and 90 of the Uti liti es Commission Act (UCA) seeking Commission approval to, among other things, increase the 2016 delivery rates. The Applicati on also seeks relief to allow PNG to amend its rates on an interim and refundable basis, eff ecti ve January 1, 2016, pending the regulatory process for the review of the Applicati on and orders subsequent to that process.

PNG is requesti ng a delivery rate increase on an interim and refundable basis of 1.8 percent from $11.775/GJ to $11.987/GJ for residenti al service, a 1.7 percent increase from $9.941/GJ to $10.109/GJ for small commercial service, and a 2.2 percent increase from $6.678/GJ to $6.822/GJ for Granisle propane service.

Based on the gas cost recovery and Gas Cost Variance Account (GCVA) rate riders eff ecti ve April 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, the overall average bundled rate increase for a typical residen-ti al customer consuming 70.5 GJ per year is 4.3 percent, an increase of $56 per year. Similarly, the overall bundled rate increase for a typical small commercial customer consuming 316.4 GJ per year is 4.7 percent or $235 per year and for Granisle residenti al propane customers consuming 38.8 GJ per year the overall average bundled rate increase is 0.7 percent, an increase of $6 per year.

PNG is also requesti ng an increase in the Revenue Stabilizati on Adjustment Mechanism (RSAM) rate rider on an interim and refundable basis applicable to residenti al and small commercial cus-tomers of $0.608/GJ from $0.243/GJ to $0.851/GJ.

REGULATORY PROCESSThe Commission wishes to hear from aff ected parti es before determining the public process nec-essary for the dispositi on of the Applicati on. Commission Order G-207-15 establishes a prelimi-nary Regulatory Timetable and a Procedural Conference on Friday, January 29, 2016.

HOW TO GET INVOLVEDPersons wishing to acti vely parti cipate in the proceeding must register as an intervener through the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com or in writi ng by Friday, January 15, 2016. Registrants must identi fy the issues they intend to pursue and indicate the extent of their anti cipated involve-ment in the review process. Interveners will each receive a copy of all non-confi denti al correspon-dence and fi led documentati on, and must provide an email address if available.

Persons not expecti ng to acti vely parti cipate, but who have an interest in the proceeding, should register as an interested party through the Commission’s website or in writi ng, by Friday, January 15, 2016, identi fying their interest in the proceeding. Interested parti es receive a copy of the de-cision when it is released. Please note that only those parti es who register on the Commission’s website will receive electronic noti ce of submissions.

Lett ers of comment may also be submitt ed. All submissions and/or correspondence received re-lati ng to the Applicati on are provided to the panel and all parti cipants in the proceeding. Submis-sions are placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s website. By parti cipati ng and/or providing comment on the applicati on, you agree that all submissions will be placed on the public record and posted on the Commission’s website.

If you wish to att end the Procedural Conference please register with the Commission Secretary using the contact informati on provided at the end of this noti ce.

VIEW THE APPLICATION The Applicati on and all supporti ng documentati on are available on the Commission’s website on the “Current Applicati ons” page. If you would like to review the material in hard copy, it is avail-able to be viewed at the locati ons below:

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTERFor more informati on or to register please visit www.bcuc.com or contact the Commission Secre-tary at [email protected] or Philip Nakoneshny, Director, Rates, as listed above.

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Procedural ConferenceThe Commission will consider the regulatory process to be followed, the scope of the review and the contents of the Updated Applicati on.

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A big thank you to all the vol-unteers who donated time sorting and wrapping gifts, sorting out food and packing hampers, setting up and taking down tables at the hall, driv-ing and delivering the hampers.

We had lots of drivers this year so deliveries were completed very quickly – “many hands make light work”. Fortunately the weather co-operated quite well for delivering hampers.

We have had some hefty dona-tions come in this past week boost-ing our total dramatically. Donations include Anonymous $20; L. Meeds $100; N. Snyder $50; Kati’s Knook $100; D. Kelly $200; L. Kelly $100; G. Kastoris $100; Anonymous $20; Gareen Ball “Sharing Tree” on lo-cation at City Centre Mall $715; R. Brady $50; Dr. ECA Feldhoff Inc. $150; Anonymous $100; Catholic Women’s League $250; Kitimat Pentecostal Fellowship $969.70; LNG Canada Kitimat Food Bank Challenge $10, $350; Anonymous $20; A. Harris $40; Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary $250; H&C Borralho $100; Loblaw's (Kyle’s No Frills) $1000; J. Pilkington $75; Northern Gateway Pipelines $750; Canadian Tire – J. Bryan Gascon In-

vestments $1500; RTA Gate Collec-tion $7121.85; RTA Company Con-tribution $7,200; Civeo $500; Santa Visits Collection $175; Envision Fi-nancial (Full Cupboard) $910 and Lander General Power $200. Our to-tal to date is $43,172.85 – thank you so much to all who donated.

I would like to thank the Ham-per Committee core group who, with their host of volunteers, make the annual Kitimat Christmas Ham-per Appeal such a success, Marjorie Phelps, Pearl and Brian Lennox, Lois Godfrey, Sally Rigoni, Sandra Knowles, Sheila Reeves, Liz and Woody Waddell, Janet and John Scrivens and anyone I may have missed who worked extra hard dur-ing “hamper week”. Thank you.

Last but not least our thanks to all the media who supported our ap-peal and gave us the much needed publicity to bring this to fruition. Thank you all again for “Caring and Sharing” and making Kitimat and Kitamaat Village wonderful com-munities to live in.

We wish you all a blessed Christmas.

SincerelyLuella Froess

Publicity Chair

Reflecting on a hamper success

For the food bankDL Baker Construction Canada’s Wendy Hagen-Dennill presents Kitimat Food Bank President Marjorie Phelps with a $2,000 donation, a contribution which will help maintain the food supplies as the Food Bank wraps up its Christmas Hamper program.

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White washed memory of February

Cameron OrrIt was no secret the Haisla had ambitions to purchase MK

Bay Marina but the sale was made formal January 14 when a celebration was held in Kitamaat Village.

There will be changes and upgrades planned for the future, and while the Haisla Nation Council has committed money to seeing it done Chief Councillor Ellis Ross at the time said the finalized plans aren’t ready, but early diagrams of the future fa-cility show an expanded breakwater, an extension to the store and restaurant, and there may be more berths as well.

Even the name is on the table.

“We haven’t really had time to take a breath yet, but I think that’s probably one of the next things we’ll have to do with our business partner and our community,” he said about the pos-sibility of changing the name of the marina.

Speaking to all who attended the event, he said that while LNG may provide a big opportunities, he said there are side opportunities the Haisla also need to get a handle on, and ac-quiring the marina is a major step for the community’s eco-nomic independence.

- From the January 21 Northern Sentinel

After a January of rain, rain and more rain, Old Man Win-ter unleashed a ferocious snow storm the likes of which had not been seen here for many a year.

After a gorgeous sunny day Wednesday, February 4, heavy powder snow began falling overnight and continued to come down throughout the day February 5.

Even then it wasn’t anything we wouldn’t see in any nor-mal winter storm.

But as darkness fell the full fury of the storm was un-leashed and increased through Friday, February 6 as a fully fledged blizzard.

The first power outages started Thursday night and their number grew on Friday as the snow load brought down trees and power lines, especially on the Kitamaat Village Road as the village lost all power.

At 10:21 a.m. Friday the city’s public works operations manager Brian Krause, in a release, said, “Our employees are

doing the best they can and we ask all Kitimatians to bear with us as the snow continues to fall.”

By then the city’s recreation facilities had already closed.They were to be followed by the City Centre Mall, other

businesses and even the bus service.At 7:40 p.m mayor Phil Germuth issued a statement the

city was doing the best it could in the circumstances.“Our employees have been working around the clock to

get streets cleared but the extremely heavy snowfall, combined with power outage, has made these efforts challenging.”

The Fire Department says 29 calls for service came in over the weekend including three fire calls.

The event also caused lots of damage at MK Bay Marina, including a boat which sunk under the weight of the snow and resurfaced taking much of the marina dock with it.

- From the February 11 and 18 Northern Sentinel

Kitimat discovered it was not im-mune to a rising prevalance in fake oxy-codone pills in the province.

Then-Kitimat Staff Sergeant Phil Harrison said there were two incidents of people overdosing on the pills in Kiti-mat in one week.

On March 11, the second of the two incidents, the RCMP detail that officers found 45 bluish pills near the victim while paramedics conducted first aid.

The pills were identified by the let-

ters CDN pressed on one side and the number 80 on the other. That branding is how RCMP determined what the drugs likely were.

Around this same town Lower Mainland police forces made a major drug bust which included the fake oxy.

A spokesperson for the Combined Special Enforcement Unit in B.C. (CSEUBC) said the drugs confiscated by them were known to be supplying com-munities up to Dawson Creek, but were

not known to be sent Northwest, includ-ing to Kitimat.

“The connections that we know of start at Williams Lake and work their way up to Prince George and then go in the direction of Fort St. John and Daw-son Creek, which were the terminus of the drug lines for this group,” said Sergeant Lindsey Houghton, a media spokesperson for the CSEUBC.

- From the March 25 Northern Sentinel

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The spring all about the strikeCameron Orr

Strike notice was issued in late February so the municipal labour issue was top news throughout March and in to June.

Unifor 2300 members voted 95 per cent in favour of strike action, but Unifor 2300 at the time was waiting for an essential services hearing before issuing a strike notice.

Even then the union was hoping for a peaceful resolution.

“We’re still trying to avoid a labour dis-pute, for sure,” said Unifor 2301 business agent Martin McIlwrath.

McIlwrath says it had been a struggle getting the city’s negotiators to the table to bargain but assured that no snow clearing efforts were compromised due to collective agreement negotiations.

The situation got tense at the March 2 council meeting when Unifor members pick-eted the muncipal Council meeting.

Several council members opted to re-spect the line, and later in the meeting the union members filled the gallery and present-ed their concerns to the mayor and council.

A later council meeting with Unifor rep-resentatives also got heated when the mayor issued a statement, continuing to stand by the town’s offer which through its wording seemed to set the town’s heels in the sand on any potential wiggle room.

Later efforts of mediation were initially unsuccessful too.

It wouldn’t be until June 9 that the Dis-trict and the union would announce they had reached an agreement which would end the strike.

In all the strike, by its end, would have lasted 102 days.

- From various Northern Sentinels from February to June

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Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Corporate Services Officer is responsible for corporate administration as stated under Section 148 of the Community Charter. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated professional with excellent written and verbal communication skills, have a working knowledge of local government legislation and procedures along with education and experience relative to this position. An ability to maintain positive relations with the public, coworkers, various committees, Council and senior levels of government is essential.

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Robert (Bob) James ColesDecember 2, 1940 to December 19, 2015

Bob passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 19, 2015 after a long, valiant struggle with cancer. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Annemarie (Mary) Coles, his daughter Suki Feltis (Scott, Blaise), mother-in-law Maria Kovacs, sister-in-law Janette Kovacs, his sister and brothers Audrey, Ken, Art, Harry, Gordon, George and Frank.Bob loved � shing and his garden. Most of all he loved his friends. He was a wonderful, kind and gentle soul.

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Elsa TormeneSeptember 3, 1929 to December 13, 2015

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother.Elsa was born in Cassola, Italy and passed away on December 13, 2015 in Kitimat, BC at the age of 86. Elsa arrived in Kitimat in 1956 to join her husband and start her new family.Predeceased by her husband Vladimiro. She is survived by her loving family; sons Ferruccio (Carol), Franco and daughter Nancy (Alan); her grandchildren Nichole (Darren), Michael (Laurel) and Theresa (Hayden) and her fi ve great-grandchildren Lauryn, Benjamin, Raegan, Milania and Hudson; her sister Bianca and many nieces and nephews in Italy.Elsa left a lasting impression on everyone she met, always greeting people with a warm, friendly smile or a loving hug.Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, December 19 at 1 pm at Christ the King Catholic Church.In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation or the BC Cancer Society.

Our heartfelt thanks to Dr. West, Dr. Wahl, Dr. Van Wyk and their staff for their care and compassion towards our mom and our sincerest appreciation and

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peted at the Terrace regional swim December 13. With strong results from all Kitimat swimmers the Marlins were able to win the swim meet tak-ing the team aggregate award for highest team point total.

Zachary Dumas, 16, broke five Terrace pool records in the 15 and over boys division on his way to a gold medal in the category. In the 1500 meter freestyle Dumas broke the 17 year record by a whopping 51 seconds. Dumas also reached the 17-18 year old boys quali-fying time for Canadian age group nationals in the event. If Dumas reaches two more times this season he can at-tend the age group nationals in Calgary in July. Dumas also broke another 17 year record in the 400 freestyle breaking Terrace Bluebacks swimmer Garth Coxford’s record by four seconds. He also broke former teammate’s Brander Pacheco record in the 200 meter butter-fly by two seconds from Janu-ary of this year. Finishing off his record breaking Dumas low-

ered his own pool records in the 800 free by 18 seconds and the 400 IM by 4 seconds.

Also breaking pool records Kleanza Cathers, 16, competing in the 15 and over girls division broke two pool records. She broke the 15 and over girls pool record in the 50 meter back-stroke.

The old record was held by Bulkley Valley Otters swimmer Gabrielle Correia from last Jan-uary. Kleanza shaved off 4/10th of a second off the old record. Kleanza also lowered her own record in the 50 free by 2/10th of a second. Cathers took the gold medal for overall points in the division.

Three Marlins swimmers achieved new provincial quali-fying standards. Olivia Pearson, 11, achieved her first AAA qual-ifying time in the 11 and under girls 200 meter backstroke. Pearson is fully qualified to at-tend the AA Provincial champs this season and now may at-tend the AAA provincials if she reaches two more AAA quali-fying times. Pearson took the bronze medal for overall points in the 11-12 girls division. Also

in the 11-12 girls division Emi-lie Krabes, 11, fully qualified for the AA provincial cham-pionships by meeting the time standard in six events. Krabes took the silver medal for overall points in the division and was one of only two Marlins at the meet to swim to personal best times in all seven of her races.

Also achieving his first AA provincial qualifying time was Ewan Thomopoulos, 11. Ewan qualified in the 11 and under boys 200 meter backstroke. Un-fortunately Ewan will age up to the next age category before the AA Champs in Penticton in February.

Other medalist for overall points for the Marlins were An-nika Desousa, 10, her first gold. Gavin Thomopoulos, 9, took gold in the 10 and under boys. Jadyn Johnston, 11, took silver, Leah Desousa, 13, took gold, Hannah Pearson, 13, earned bronze. Laurence Boucher, 15, took silver in the 15 and over girls.

Joshua Reis, 11, joined Em-ilie Krabes in earning personal best times in all seven of their races.

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