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Haisla feel JRP didn’t address their concernsCameron Orr

As news of the Joint Review Panel’s recommendation to the government of the Northern Gateway Pipelines approval sinks in, reaction con-tinued to come out following the an-nouncement. (Sentinel, December 25.)

The panel, to summarize portions, said there would be significant effect on some populations of woodland caribou and grizzly bear, and un-certainty remains over the effectiveness of En-bridge’s plans to mini-mize the disruption the pipeline would cause.

“It is our view that, after mitigation, the likelihood of signifi-cant adverse environ-mental effects resulting from project malfunc-tions or accidents is very low,” the report stated.

Conditions include protection plans for whales and other ma-

rine mammals, mea-sures to protect caribou and other land animals and development of methods to track and deal with diluted bitu-men spills.

Ahead of speaking to us directly, the Hais-la Nation issued their official response, say-ing that they were dis-appointed with the JRP, but like many lacked surprise at the decision.

“The Haisla Na-tion did not have faith that this Panel or the process would take our rights and title in-terests seriously in the face of big oil money,” they wrote. “We will be reviewing the report in detail in the coming days to try to under-stand how the Panel could reach its conclu-sions, and to determine what our next course of action will be.”

Speaking to the Sentinel, Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross said that the JRP’s rec-ommendations seemed

to be more preoccupied with mitigation for po-tential spills rather than remediation, which was the focus of the Haisla’s presentations.

He said the Haisla have spent months pre-paring for what could be in the JRP report.

“We were hoping for something more positive in terms of the evidence we put forward, in terms of the possible spill re-sponse,” he said. “But this is exactly what we expected unfortu-nately.”

He said the interest in remediation was cru-cial for them because he has never been

aware of any technol-ogy that could properly remediate an oil spill.

“We’ve been through mitigation clauses more than once in more than one proj-ect and we understand the objective in terms of mitigation attempt, but that doesn’t mean anything when you’re talking about an oil spill,” he said. “You can mitigate all you want. Once an oil spill hits, all that mitiga-tion doesn’t mean any-thing.”

He said the Haisla have always been care-ful to approach the project scientifically to avoid tying up their po-sition in politics.

“We took the sci-entific approach. We spent approximately $2.5 million... to actu-ally ensure that tech-nical, professional re-ports were submitted on our behalf, and I don’t know that it actu-ally made any impact at all,” he said. “We

didn’t go with rhetoric, we didn’t go with po-litical statements. We said lets bring in the professionals to look at what happens when a spill actually happens with this product.”

He added there’s an understanding that comes through the rec-ommendations that he doesn’t like.

“To me it sounds like ‘yeah, it might be in the interest of Can-ada to actually sacri-fice our territory in the event of a spill,’ and that’s just not accept-able to me or to the Haisla people.”

Ross also took is-sue with a lack of at-tention to rights and title. He said the JRP report may have refer-enced and mentioned rights and title but it was never effectively addressed. And as for the 180 day limit for the federal cabinet to respond to the JRP re-port, Ross suggested that too is a violation.

“We’re going to see an interesting six months in relation to this arbitrary time limit imposed on our rights and title which is basi-cally an arbitrary time-

line on consulting and accommodating rights and title. That goes against case law and in fact I question whether or not that has to be abided,” he said.

“You can mitigate all you want. Once an oil spill hits all that mitigation doesn’t mean

anything.”

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CityWest has closed down the customer service portion of their of-fice in Kitimat as of December 24.

The company says it was a diffi-cult decision but the store didn’t reach the levels of foot traffic and exposure they were looking for.

“The decision to make the closure ul-timately came down to the storefront’s location, which just wasn’t giving us the exposure in the resi-dential and business community as we anticipated,” said Sean Carberry, Di-rector of Customer Service at CityWest. “We have also found in our customer sur-veys that people pre-fer to contact us by phone, so we expect minimal customer impact when the storefront closes.”

There will be no job losses as a result of the closure. The closure allows CityWest to re-or-ganize its Kitimat workforce, which will result in a better customer experience for installations and troubleshooting.

And the City-West presence won’t be disappearing from the commu-nity of Kitimat. The company said they are planning a va-riety of events for 2014, when it will set up temporary selling booths in more central loca-tions in Kitimat.

In other City-West news, the company an-nounced that it will transition out of the cellular business and has partnered with Telus to deliver the service instead.

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What was Kitimat’s biggest 2013 story?

1. Panel says ‘yay’ to Enbridge

What’s next?

More stories on page 8

It’s crazy to think 365 days have passed since the calendar turned to 2013.

In the news world a remarkable amount of things can happen through the course of 52 edi-tions of your weekly paper.

The editor at the Sentinel has compiled a short

list of what he thinks were the biggest local stories of the year.

(Local trends are another matter, and you can see his pick for the biggest news issue on page 9.)

So, in no particular order, here’s the most sig-nificant things we followed throughout the year:

(Northern Sentinel, December 25)After what seems like an eter-

nity, the joint review panel, an ap-pointed panel of people set with the task of hearing arguments for and against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines pro-posal, have made their recommenda-tions to the federal cabinet.

In recommending the project is approved — so long as they adhere to a strict set of conditions — the federal government effectively now has to decide whether or not to actu-ally issue the environmental permit to the project.

In terms of time, the National Energy Board Act sets that there are

180 days for the government to de-cide on that, although they can ex-tend that for basically any amount of time they want.

Naturally the decision set off a firestorm of reaction. The com-pany itself said they’ll be looking at building trust from here, during a press release after the JRP announc-ment on December 19.

However environmental groups who have long been critical of the project, including Kitimat’s own Douglas Channel Watch, were natu-rally disappointed with the recom-mendations.

However for the most part peo-ple seemed unsurprised.

Like we say, the JRP’s recom-mendation doesn’t automatically give the company the environmental certificate they are seeking.

The government will now, either shortly or months from now, decide if they agree with the JRP’s final re-port.

The Enbridge story is definitely far from over, however. Even if ap-

proved, many groups have promised fights right to the end, and the com-pany may likely find themselves tied up in legal challenges if they try to proceed, which could hold up the project.

So in short you’re unlikely to see any oil moving in pipes tomor-row, but the JRP recommendation clears a regulatory hurdle.

Public Hearing January 6

WHat:A public hearing will be held on Monday, January 6 at 7:30 pm at council chambers, 606 Mountainview Square to consider the ‘C5 Zoning Amendment, 633 Dadook Ave. Bylaw No. 1838, 2013.’

WHat iS it? The proposed bylaw amendment changes land use, density and building height in the C5 Zone.

WHat cHangeS?Council is considering an application to amend the C5 Zone to enable redevelopment of 633 Dadook Ave. The applicant is seeking to make three amendments to the C5 Zone: add ‘hotel’ as a permitted use; increase permitted height from 9 metres to 17 metres; and increase maximum allowable density from 0.5 to 0.8 Floor Area Ratio (FAR). These changes would apply to all properties in the C5 Zone.

c5 Zoning amendment, 633 Dadook ave.bylaw no. 1838, 2013

HoW can i SPeak?All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw amendments may provide written comment to Mayor and Councilc/o 270 City Centre, V8C 2H7; fax 250-632-4995; or e-mail to [email protected] be included in the report to Mayor and Council written comment must be received by 8:30 am thursday, January 2, 2014. Written comment received up to 4:30 pm Monday, January 6 will be read before Council at the Public Hearing. You may also speak in person, or deliver written comment, to the Council Meeting on Monday, January 6 at 7:30 pm, 606 Mountainview Square.

neeD More info?The bylaw, Council resolution, staff report and other background material are available for review at www.kitimat.ca and at Municipal Hall, 270 City Centre. Office hours are 8:30 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

WHo can i SPeak to?Darcy Roszell at 250-632-8910 or [email protected].

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A view of the Rio Tinto Alcan work site in August 2013. The company is currently handling an appeal of their emissions permit. Rio Tinto Alcan photo

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One of Canada’s great en-trepreneurial success stories in recent years is WestJet, the Cal-gary-based airline that is expand-ing across the country and taking on European routes.

Clive Beddoe, the founding CEO of Westjet, was famous for helping the cabin crew tidy up the plane before getting off a � ight. And the company is also known for its pro� t-sharing program, with all employees referred to as “owners” who have a stake in the success of the operation.

I thought of this management ap-proach when news emerged that the B.C. government was offering pub-lic service unions a new kind of con-tract, with a � ve-year term and wage increases tied to improved economic growth.

The surprising thing is that unions are accepting the idea, even though provincial growth must exceed the government’s independent economic forecast council projections before it can take effect in a given year.

The generally non-militant Health Sciences Association was the � rst to recommend acceptance of a � ve-year agreement with only 5.5 per cent rais-es guaranteed. Then they were joined by negotiators for 51,000 health and

social services employees, represented by the B.C. Government Employees’ Union and other unions that have long been adversaries of the B.C. Liberals.

John Fryer, negotiator for the BC-GEU going back to the epic battles with Social Credit governments and now a professor at University of Vic-toria, wasn’t impressed when he heard the news.

“These deals re� ect what happens when public sector unions back the losing party in a provincial election,” he said. “Union bargaining power takes a trip down the pooper.”

I think there’s more than that going on. Perhaps today’s union leadership is beginning to accept that its wage, bene� t and pension arrangements look pretty good compared to the harsh re-ality of private businesses competing in a global economy.

I asked Premier Christy Clark if this new approach is inspired by pri-

vate-sector pro� t sharing. She agreed that is the model.

“I think that’s a great prin-ciple for all of us to work from,” Clark said. “Until now, the growth of public sector wages has been completely insulated from chang-es in the private sector. And this is the � rst time we’ve ever been able to successfully link those two things. At this point it’s still a

small increment wage growth, but it’s a big change, and I hope we can con-tinue to build on it.”

From an employee perspective, it is indeed modest. If real gross domes-tic product increases one per cent be-yond the independent forecast used in the provincial budget, employees get an additional half of one per cent raise for that year.

Contrast this labour relations de-velopment with what’s happening on the federal scene. A classic confron-tation is brewing between the Harper government and the Public Service Al-liance of Canada.

Looking through my � les each December for the B.C. story of the year, I consider what is likely to matter � ve or 10 years from now.

This partnership approach to building the provincial economy is my pick for 2013.

Fletcher’s big idea for 2013

Bigger, higher, strongerIt’s January 1st, so you all know what that means.Well for me at least that means I’m well into bat-

tling myself to keep on my new year’s resolutions which is typically eat less and exercise more. (Some-times I think I might as well take up smoking just so I can quit right away and claim one victory.)

Of course it also means I’m closing in on 700 days since returning to work at the Northern Senti-nel, after a departure to Smithers for a few years.

Time in Kitimat is a conundrum of sorts. It doesn’t feel like anywhere near 700 days, yet there’s been so much that has happened in that time, both personal and professional.

But like each year-end I get the chance to look back at the year that was. In part to compile the big stories of the year for this issue — and hope-fully you’ve liked the slightly different way we’ve compiled them this year — and to also do what all papers do in this season, submit works to the award programs.

Of course I don’t come to work each day with the mindset to do anything just for awards (although for any judges reading this, it’d be nice!) but it’s a good moment for myself to re� ect on any good work I did and see where I could do better.

If you’re reading this right now it means you al-ready value local news and supporting us both as a news gathering organization and — as it’s sometimes easy to overlook — an actual local business. Read-ing us is easily part of any new year’s resolution to buy local.

But, just as with any operation we have to earn your business, and that’s why this moment of re� ec-tion is important to me and to us.

So as I look back at the year, I hope that we earned your attention through 2013.

The year saw mail interruptions, air-shed emis-sion concerns, and, most recently, a regulatory hur-dle overcome by a controversial pipeline company.

It’s been a busy year, and unmercifully didn’t slow down as we approached the end of it.

Even so, we’re all happy to make sure you have a newspaper in your mailbox each Wednesday and hopefully we’ve done at least a little bit to connect you even more strongly to your community.

And while I’m on that subject, if you really wanted to prove your attention to detail, look to pag-es eight and nine in today’s paper. There you’ll � nd two news quizzes. One a provincial quiz, assembled by Black Press provincial reporters, and another lo-cal quiz, assembled by us here from stories which have run in the Sentinel.

Fill them out and get them back to us for a chance to win a year’s subscription.

Meanwhile, Happy New Year and all the best for 2014.

Cameron Orr

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The Spanish connection Hidden within

historical documents world-wide, are nu-merous unsung heroes. These ancestors paved the way for those who followed. Some have been overlooked. One forgotten hero was the Spanish navigator Cap-tain Jacinto Caamaño. (No connection to Kemano, southeast of Kitimat.)

One of Caamaño’s spheres of operation in 1792 was right in our back yard at the ap-proaches to Douglas and Whale Channels near Campania Island. Those are familiar wa-ters to Kitimat fisher-men and the oil and gas industry as they plan their tanker routes. The area has also been a concern to the Coast Guard as they scramble to update soundings and data there. Caa-maño’s expedition was the second European expedition to our area. It came just three years after the Colnett and Duncan expeditions of 1789. Caamaño’s expedition was just one season ahead of George Vancouver’s.

Caamaño was a contrast to his Brit-ish opponent and ac-claimed successor, George Vancouver. Caamaño was a noble-man of high birth from Madrid, in central Spain. His was a name of great status and suc-cess in his homeland. Vancouver, although unquestionably tal-ented, was a man of common birth who had made his way up the ranks on merit alone.

Caamaño was also a mariner of skills and success who left a legacy of names on our maps. He was meticu-lous with charting, cau-

tious with his ship and crew, and considerate of First Nations people. Not all navigators pos-sessed these attributes.

In 1792, 33 year old Capitan Jacinto Caamaño took com-mand of a large, multi-sailed frigate, Arán-zazu. From Spain’s colony in the Philip-pines, where it had been built, they sailed the Aránzazu to San Blas in New Spain (now Mexico). San Blas is 160 kms north of Puerto Vallarta. From there he was in-structed to sail north seeking the elusive Northwest Passage. He and his Spanish crew started their summer search and charting in Alaskan waters. As the summer waned they drifted south. By Au-gust they had reached our north coast wa-ters at the entrance to Douglas Channel. Caa-maño successfully nav-igated and named Prin-cipe Channel, between Banks and Pitt islands, before arriving in the vicinity of Calam-ity Harbour, which had proven so disastrous to British Captains Col-nett and Duncan. Caa-maño was particularly wary of the submerged rocks and reefs. He had been warned of these by Captain Duncan who had had to surren-der his ship Princess Royal to the Spanish at Nootka a few sea-sons previously. Even with double lookouts and constant sound-ing of fathoms, he too narrowly averted disas-ter on Betton Rocks in Squally Channel.

Within his ship’s log and reports, he ad-mitted that his large three-masted frigate was unsuited to con-

fined water operation. Being alone, without a consort, made him vulnerable, but, like Vancouver, he had life-boat sized vessels aboard, which could be sailed and manned by oars. No doubt, he would have preferred Vancouver’s arrange-ment of sailing with two smaller vessels. Vancouver’s ships Dis-covery and Chatham were certainly more appropriate.

After his near catastrophe on Bet-ton Rocks, Caamaño securely anchored his frigate and assessed his surroundings. He dispatched marines and sailors in the smaller lifeboats, where they navigated by wind and oar. He spent a month at anchor, from where he confirmed the ex-istence of a large First Nations settlement. This Tsimshian vil-lage was on Pitt Island not far from Calam-ity Harbour. Caamaño described the large village as “Havitacion de Indes Bravos”. This village was known as Citeyats. Apparently, Caamaño traded fairly, and avoided the vio-lence which character-ized the British expe-dition led by Colnett and Duncan.

T h r o u g h o u t months of travel Caa-maño charted posi-tions. Author Richard Wells compared a few of Caamaño’s 221 year old maps and modern

day charts. He found them to be remarkably correct.

Caamaño was a skilled navigator who paved the way for those who followed. Vancouver used Caa-maño’s charts and notes extensively, and he further honoured his Spanish opponent by retaining many of the names he had placed on the marine charts. The Spanish legacy in-cludes Principe Chan-nel, Caamaño, Nepean, Estevan, and Laredo Sounds, Campania Is-land, Aristazabal Is-land, Aránzazu Bank and Estevan Rocks all in our area. Also Zayas Island in Alaska and Caamaño Island near Seattle are all named for the great Spanish navigator.

In later life, Caa-maño was rewarded with various promo-tions, including the title Pacific Viceroy. In this position he served

Caamaño’s ship the Aranzazu, by painter Mark Myers. Photo submitted by Walter Thorne, sourced from the Internet

from headquarters in San Blas. Clearly, Capitan Jacinto Caa-maño was a navigator overlooked by his-tory. Perhaps some-day, when his journals

are readily available in English, his full ac-complishments will be recognized. Certainly he made an impact on the north coast waters which we call home.

His findings helped to ensure the success of subsequent expedi-tions like Vancouver’s. Aránzazu, Caamaño’s ship, has been immor-talized in a painting by

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Public Hearing January 13

WHat:A public hearing will be held on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm at council chambers, 606 Mountainview Square to consider the following Official Community Plan (OCP) and zoning amendment:WHat iS it?

The Bryton Group has submitted an application for Council to consider a proposed development consisting of (1) commercial development featuring a hotel on land adjacent to Highway 37; and (2) a 1,000 bed temporary worker housing facility on the eastern aspect of the land.

WHat cHangeS?The western aspect of the property would be rezoned to C11 - Highway Commercial Zone to include hotel and service station as permitted uses and to increase the maximum allowable height from 9 metres to 18 metres. A new Development Permit Area will govern form, siting and character of development on the western aspect of the property.The eastern aspect of the property would be rezoned to a newly created zone: C12 – Commercial Transition and Interim Residential Dormitory Zone. This would allow low intensity commercial uses on the property, and a 1,000 bed temporary worker accommodation facility until August 31, 2035.

crossroads residential Dormitory OcP and Zoning amendement bylaw no. 1836, 2013

HOW can i SPeak?All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw amendments may provide written comment to Mayor and Councilc/o 270 City Centre, V8C 2H7; fax 250-632-4995; or e-mail to [email protected]. To be included in the report to Mayor and Council written comment must be received by 4:30 pm thursday, January 8, 2014. Written comment received up to 4:30 pm Monday, January 13 will be read before Council at the Public Hearing. You may also speak in person, or deliver written comment, to the Council Meeting on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm,606 Mountainview Square.

neeD MOre infO?The bylaw, Council resolution, staff report and other background material are available for review at www.kitimat.ca and at Municipal Hall, 270 City Centre. Office hours are 8:30 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding holidays.

WHO can i SPeak tO?Daniel Martin at 250-632-8910 or [email protected].

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Proposed HotelHighway 3

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Subject SiteProposed 1,000 bed Temporary Worker Accomodation

A milestone year for DoKThe end of 2013 marks the closing of Kiti-

mat’s 60th birthday.In our March 27 edition of the Sentinel we

took a look back at the community’s 60 years, from its start to where it may be going from here.

One thing that really stuck out for the early pioneers of the community was how incredibly muddy the town was.

And the intial reactions were typically of a sort of dread of moving to this frontier town, only accessible by boat or float plane.

But from the people we spoke to the town bonded with them and many remained in Kitimat entirely, even if their plans were to move on after

a few years had passed.The milestone for the District didn’t go un-

noticed, and the Kitimat Council called for a cele-bration committee to be formed to organize events throughout the year.

Notably, March 31, the anniversary of incor-poration, was celebrated with free admission to town facilities and other activities, while later in the summer an outdoor movie screen was brought in for two-nights of movies. (The first night done inside Tamitik Arena due to the weather.)

The fireworks display on Canada Day was also just slightly more explosive this year as well, in commemoration of the town’s birthday.

Post changes could cost seniors highlyWelcome to the

new Canada Post.That’s the upbeat

message at the end of the corporation’s re-cently announced Five Point Action Plan.

But I am certain that a segment of our society is not going to welcome one of the main planks of that plan - getting rid of home mail delivery.

As in people who have mobility prob-lems.

Now Canada Post

might argue that they can simply drive to their community post box and pick up their mail.

Sounds lovely, but the reality is that many of these people, seniors in particular, either can-not afford to run a car or are unable/not allowed to drive for medical reasons. Never fear, says Canada Post, those community mailboxes will be “close to home”.

So how close is close?

Canada Post offers assurances that it will abide by the charter under which it operates and make sure they are within 2.5 kilometres (about 1.5 miles} for 78 per cent of its custom-ers.

So picture this: a

senior on a walker has to trundle their way as much as one and a half miles to pick up their mail and one and a half miles back.

With no guarantee when they set out there will even be any mail there.

Further in the event they are not part of that 78 per cent.

I suppose they could always take the Handy-DART but I am not sure whether run-ning people back and forth to the mailbox falls within its mandate.

And even if it does the walker-bound se-nior is possibly going to have to pay a minimum of $5.50 - $2.75 there and $2.75 back - for the privilege of picking up their mail.

Absurd, and insult-ing.

Now it is entirely possible that Canada Post could provide sta-tistics showing how few people in Kitimat would be adversely af-fected by this change.

Fine. So if it is so few, why can’t it cre-ate a registry, just as Kitimat’s HandyDART does, of those with mobility problems and provide them with home delivery?

Its vehicles are

going to be running around town every day filling community mail boxes so what’s it hurt to make a detour or two?

Heck, just piggy back on the Handy-DART registry if it’s worried about the cost of setting up its own.

Ah, the cost word - that’s the justification for the planned demise of home mail delivery and rocketing charges for stamps.

Continued on page 10

by Malcolm Baxter

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Picture perfect

Throughout the year we occasionally take really neat photos and put those neat photos onto our Facebook page.

Of course as you see, these photos don’t often fit in the criteria of a ‘news’ photo and therefore rarely sees print in your weekly.

So this week, as we begin our journey into the new year, we wanted to give these photos a chance to see the light of day away from a computer screen.

At top, the clouds over the Douglas Channel reveal some interesting colours following a lightning and thunderstorm in

June. Below left, we used a photography trick to take three exposures, and combine them into one in Photoshop. (And admit-tedly we added a special colour filter.)

The result is a stylized look at the rock wall along the walkway leading into the Service Centre.

Below right: Leading up to Hallow-een, a foggy morning made the Haisla Bridge a little spooky. Below left center, Minette Bay Marina provides some spec-tacular views, and this sunset was no ex-ception. Bottom, Mount Elizabeth on a cloudy morning.


1) In January, the Kitimat LNG project underwent some changes in its corporate structure. Today, who are the two main proponents of the Kitimat LNG project?

A) Korea Gas, NintendoB) Shell Canada, MitsubishiC) Chevron, ApacheD) Methanex, Rio Tinto Alcan2) Since we’re on the subject, who is the major proponent

behind another natural gas project in Kitimat, Canada LNG?

A) Black PressB) Shell CanadaC) PetronasD) Paci� c Northern Gas3) The Research Universities’ Council of BC released a

report saying, based on government fi gures and other statistics, how many jobs would go unfi lled in B.C. by 2020. How many jobs did they say?

A) 12B) None, we’re � oating to a golden age of employmentC) 18,800D) 500,0004) PTI Group has proposed building a housing facility in the

Strawberry Meadows subdivision to house workers for the area’s projects. Once fully built, how many people, approximately, will the facility support?

A) 1,000B) 2,000C) 10,000D) The sky’s the limit5) 2013 was a milestone year for the District of Kitimat. How

many candles were on the town’s birthday cake this year?A) 55B) 75C) 60D) 806) With Kitimat’s wading pools getting older, the town has

considered alternate plans for them. What might the District do with them instead?

A) Ice rinks for cats and dogsB) SandboxesC) Spray parks

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D) Emergency supplies caches in case of earthquake7) It was a provincial election year with candidates vying for a

seat in the provincial legislature. Who were the candidates?A) Robin Austin, Carol Leclerc, Mike Brousseau, Trevor HendryB) Nathan Cullen, Tom Mulcair, Adrian DixC) Joanne Monaghan, Todd Stone, Coralee Oakes, Doug

DonaldsonD) Stephen Harper, Pamela Wallin, Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau8) Which candidate won the election in the Skeena riding?A) Nathan CullenB) Robin AustinC) Joanne MonaghanD) Pamela Wallin9) Thanks to a grant, the District of Kitimat installed two

electric car charging stations. Where are they located?A) Upper City Centre Mall, Nechako CentreB) Overwaitea parking lot, Kitimat General HospitalC) Envision Financial, RiverlodgeD) Kitimat Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centre, RTA

Construction Village10) It was an election year as well in Kitamaat Village. Following

the election, who is the Haisla’s Chief Councillor?A) Taylor CrossB) Ellis RossC) Gerald AmosD) Dolores Pollard 11) The proponents behind the Kitimat LNG project have a plan

for Clio Bay. What do they want to do with it?A) Build a lique� ed natural gas export terminal thereB) Store marine spill response equipment in the bayC) Dump marine clay into itD) Dump surplus Miley Cyrus CDs into it12) Mail delivery was an issue all year for a particular street

in Kitimat, due to a specifi c dog. Which street had service interruptions?

A) Finch StreetB) Fulmar StreetC) Margetts StreetD) Farrow Street13) After the Sea Cadets returned from hiatus, it was eventually discovered there may be more interest in a different kind of Cadets unit. What have they tried instead now?

A) Air CadetsB) Army CadetsC) Space CadetsD) Mouseketeers14) Turns out there’s a growing population of this out by Gil

Island.A) Chinook salmonB) Humpback whalesC) OolichanD) Alberta tourists15) The Kitimat Economic Development Association hosted

a forum in October for the public. It even brought out country singer Aaron Pritchett. What was the forum focus?

A) HousingB) Climate changeC) EnergyD) Jobs16) The Rio Tinto Alcan smelter rebuild will mean a

reduction of most of their emissions save for one. Which one is it?

A) Sulphur dioxideB) Polycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsC) Carbon monoxideD) Garlic breath

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Another moment from 2013, firefighters outside a burning home in Cablecar from August.

2. RTA emissions permit appealed

3. Mail delivery resumes to residents on Farrow St.

What’s next?

What’s next?

(Northern Sentinel, November 6)

Rio Tinto Alcan is heading into the final stages of its multi-billion dollar project to modern-ize their aluminum smelter.

The company boasts that the new facility will see an overall 50 per cent reduction in emis-sions, leaving cleaner air than their old technology allowed.

However, while most emis-sions are indeed going down, Sulfer Dioxide (SO

2) is the sin-

gle area where there is a signifi-cant — or any — increase.

Specifically SO2

is rising by 56 per cent, to 42 tonnes a year. Other emissions are going down, like Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which is being re-duced by 98 per cent.

The rise on SO2

has some concerned, and the application has been appealed by a handful of people.

SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, and Lakelse Watershed

Society are also joining the ap-peal with individuals, which includes Kitimat and Terrace residents. The appellants be-lieve SO

2 scrubbers should be

installed by the company to re-duce their emissions.

The company had respond-ed that the only proven scrub-bing technology would use sea water and would mean that SO

2 just gets deposited into the

ocean along with all the water they had to process.

(Northern Sentinel, November 27)An issue that had been ongoing since Novem-

ber 2012 — and earlier, in a sense — had regular door-to-door mail delivery suspended on Farrow Street.

The cause was a particular dog on the street which had acted aggressively towards mail car-riers.

To protect their employees, Canada Post sus-pended mail delivery to the street until a resolu-tion could be worked out.

A solution took a long time however, as mail didn’t return until November 18, 2013.

The District of Kitimat and the Humane So-

ciety had worked to provide assurances to Canada Post that the street would be safe again.

The town even beefed up its animal control bylaws to better be able to respond to dangerous dogs.

Finally the town, on Council’s approval, of-fered to install a temporary community mailbox if the dog became a problem again.

That’d mean mail could still get to the street, if not door-to-door, and regular service could re-sume at a later date once the dog was no longer on the street.

Canada Post ultimately rejected that proposal, but agreed to return mail delivery to the street.

RTA’s environmental permit is now going through the Envi-ronmental Appeal Board.

There are appeal hearings scheduled for January 27 and into early February.

As of this date a hearing lo-

cation was not yet listed.A decision is expected with-

in a reasonable amount of time once hearings are concluded.

It’s unsure what RTA will do if the board does uphold the appeal, however the company

did say that there is room in the engineering of the smelter to install scrubbers. It was to re-main an option as they said they would continually monitor their emissions once the rebuild was complete.

Canada Post hasn’t forgotten what started the issue in the first place. They told the District that if that particular dog caused them further problems and menaced their em-ployees, they’d install a

permanent community mail box on the street.

That means the street would not get door-to-door service back. Canada Post spokesperson Eugene Knapik said that deci-sion was made to elim-

inate any further possi-ble service disruptions in the future. So if the dog caused more trou-ble, they’d just find a new way to get people their mail but without door-to-door service.

Continued on page 8


Low vacancy a top issue in 2013Cameron Orr

Even with our selection for individual news story highlights starting from page three, news trends, as we noted, is slightly different.

There’s no single story to point to on hous-ing, but as far as community conversations and concerns go, living arrangements is certainly the biggest issue in our community today.

The year 2013 certainly saw the matter come to the forefront. It has been decades since Kitimat has faced such low vacancies, and the community seems unprepared to handle this sudden surge of residents.

And this is before any project — save for the Kitimat Modernization Project — has any green-lights.

For us at the Sentinel the idea that people could be homeless in Kitimat really came to the forefront through our February 27 edition.

“It’s actually a growing need and it’s almost a hidden need,” Don Read of the Kitimat Minis-terial Association told us in that February issue.

Funds set aside to help people without homes which most if not all churches have were running out, he added.

The situation has seemingly gotten dire enough that Kitimat, as winter set in, established a cold weather emergency shelter.

It’s a stop gap measure being as there are no dedicated homeless shelters in Kitimat, and even Terrace’s is too full to accept many more people.

The cold weather shelter was formed with $15,000 in assistance from BC Housing, and is set up in the former council chambers, which is upstairs in the Public Safety Building (the fire hall).

Of course a cold weather shelter is a reaction-ary bit of preparedness, but it doesn’t solve the long term issues.

There are future concerns, such as the one from the Kitimat housing resource worker Anne Moyls who told the Sentinel in a December 18 story that even as people in the current two build-ings deal with evictions and find new homes, there are still other apartment blocks in Kitimat looking towards renovations in the near future.

Mayor Joanne Monaghan, who years ago helped formed the Kitimat Housing Commitee, said she has worked closely on the issue of evic-tions from the Kuldo Apartments — the latest af-fected by what is being dubbed “renovictions” in the community — and together with Moyls, said they believe to have found alternate homes for ev-eryone who had been affected.

Meanwhile there are some housing projects on the horizon, including a townhouse complex at the site of the former Baxter Apartments, which burned down years ago.

And Don Read is heading a project to create a housing project for 12 duplexes, or 24 units.

He reported on that project to the November 27 Housing Committee.

A nearly non-existent vacancy rate has spiked market values for rentals, creating a wave of ‘renovictions’ and cost

restrictive rents.

1. When Premier Christy Clark took the stage after her upset election win May 14, the fi rst thing she said was:

A: I’m going to Disneyland!B: Well, that was easy!C: Oh no, now I have to pay off the debt!D: Socialism is dead!

2. How many proposed liquefi ed natural gas export proposals are there on the B.C. coast, according to the premier’s latest estimate?

A: fourB: sixC: eightD: ten

3. After winning $25 million in the lottery, Terrace construction worker Bob Erb gave six-fi gure donations to:

A. Local anti-poverty and other community groupsB. Pay for $300,000 in dental work for locals who

couldn’t afford it.C. Provide cars and trucks for people he considered

needy.D. Sensible BC marijuana legalization campaignE. All of the above

4. How has the province said it would raise money to pay for a promised new bridge to replace the Massey Tunnel?

A. Tax increasesB. Toll like the Port Mann Bridge.C. Small tolls on all Metro Vancouver bridges and

major roadsD. It hasn’t

5. What admission to U.S. border guards did some B.C. residents fi nd can be deemed a “crime of moral turpitude” and result in America barring your entry?

A. AtheismB. Past use of marijuanaC. Past conviction for impaired drivingD. Past or present membership in the NDP

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A: Licensing alcohol sales at farmers’ marketsB: Letting children into pubs with their parentsC: Serving alcohol for slot players on BC FerriesD: Selling hard liquor in grocery stores

7. Burnaby’s Tung Sheng (David) Wu was convicted and jailed for performing illegal:

A. ProctologyB. TaxidermyC. Electronic waste recyclingD. Dentistry

8. Since his triumph in the HST referendum, former premier Bill Vander Zalm has campaigned against:

A: An alleged secret global surveillance system using smart meters

B: An alleged secret global climate control scheme using “chemtrails”

C: An alleged secret European Union plot to control world � nance through consumption taxes

D: All of the above

9. What’s the transportation ministry’s solution to prevent the new Port Mann Bridge from dropping more ice bombs onto cars?

A. A system of scrapers and brushes along each cable to remove ice

B. Aerial drones that spray the cables with de-icing solution

C. A � ock of seagulls trained to peck loose ice chunksD. Closing the bridge and waiting for ice to melt

10. What did Metro Vancouver mayors propose in 2013 as a new way to raise money for cash-strapped TransLink?

A. $5 toll at the border on all vehicles heading south to the USA

B. Regional sales tax of up to 0.5 per cent C. Adding magnets to new SkyTrain fare gates to suck

loose change out of pocketsD. Forcing SeaBus passengers to row to help save on

fuel costsE. Installing slot machines in SkyTrain stations

11. The government is considering spending $6 million to stop the B.C. legislature dome from:

A: CrackingB: PeelingC: TwistingD: Sinking12. Which was NOT a 911 call received by E-Comm

operators who begged cellphone users to be more careful about declaring emergencies?

A. Asking who won the hockey gameB. Broken TV setC. Big spider in living roomD. Politician breaking election promise13. B.C. pharmacies were ordered by their

regulating body to stop doing what?A: Offering wine tastings at the pharmacy counterB: Issuing reward points or other “kickbacks” to

customers buying prescription drugsC: Refusing to sell prescribed medical marijuanaD: Refusing to act as supervised injection sites14. In 2013, the B.C. government approved:A: Enbridge’s Northern Gateway oil pipeline to KitimatB: Twinning Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil

pipeline to BurnabyC: A pipeline to carry fuel from tankers on the Fraser

River to Vancouver airportD: A pipeline to transport glacial water from Garibaldi

Park to Squamish for export15. The poaching of what prompted Vancouver

Island aboriginal groups to post a $25,000 reward?

A: Roosevelt elkB: AbaloneC: SealsD: Easter eggs16. Which B.C. municipal council fended off a court

challenge (and death threats) over its deer cull program?

A: Oak BayB: CranbrookC: InvermereD: Penticton

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Students support hampersSubmitted

Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School has always supported the annual Hamper Appeal through donations of non-perishable food items and unwrapped toys.

This year, however, the grade nine team of teachers wanted the mid-dle school to add a different element to this event.

Each class was provided with a shopping cart that was to be filled with their contributions.

It was expected that classes would come up with a theme and deco-rate their shopping cart accordingly. Ranging from “ugly Christmas” to a reindeer to a present, shopping carts were colourful and creative.

On December 9, students held a shopping cart parade around the school with classes watching in the hallway and singing Christmas carols.

By collection day 100s of items were donated for this worthy cause. SuperValu provided the shopping carts for the plan.

A few of Ms. Lawlor’s grade nine Science students and their gingerbread house cart. Submitted


Continued from page 6Canada Post reports that it

lost $109 million dollars (pre-tax) in the quarter ending Sep-tember 28 and says those losses won’t go away unless it follows its plan.

It says the big problem is the evil Internet. “Steady growth in mail volumes quickly turned to dramatic declines as people shifted to digital alternatives to mail.

Canada was no different than the rest of the world,” it says.

So let’s take a look at the rest of the world, or at least one country.

Britain privatised the Royal Mail last year. So how is it do-ing?

Well, its half-year � gures to September 29 this year showed

a pro� t of $233 pounds sterling - that’s just shy of $400 million.

Now I fully recognise that the Royal Mail doesn’t have to cover the vast area Canada Post does so its costs will be lower per address.

But it also has about double the addresses to deliver to so on that side its costs would be higher.

Bottom line is that there is a rather startling contrast between the � nancial performance of the two entities.

Obviously, being a wicked private company, the Royal Mail must be charging an arm and a leg for their services.

Not really. True the cost of � rst class stamps is $1.04, but you can get second class, three-day delivery - which I would happily accept - for 85 cents, the

same as the price proposed by Canada Post for its regular mail (it does not offer a cheaper ver-sion as far as I can see).

Well then they must have gutted delivery service.

Nope. Their charter speci� es that basic postal service must be delivery to “any address (not a community mail box) through-out the United Kingdom sixtimes a week.”

And in case you might think they must be oppressing the workers, Royal Mail and the union just signed a contract that provides for an increase of 9.06 per cent over three years. And employees have shares in the company so bene� t from its � nancial performance.

Maybe we should ask Roy-al Mail Group to take over our postal system.

Post

A semi-truck clipped the overpass near Rio Tinto Alcan on Haisla Boulevard on December 20, spilling some material onto the roadways. Traf� c controllers were alternating one-way traf� c while crews dealt with the incident.

January 9The Kitimat Seniors, Branch 129, will hold their monthly meeting at 1 p.m. at the Seniors Centre.OngoingThe Kitimat Public Library Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-schoolers ends Mon., Dec. 23rd and re-sumes January 20th. Please register your pre-schooler in early January for felt stories, bounces and giggles!PICKLE BALL. Every

Tuesday and Thurs-day, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the River-lodge. For those aged 50+. Call the Kitimat Seniors’ Centre at 250-632-3475 for further information.The Kitimat Quil-ters Guild meetings are the � rst Thursday of every month, held at M.E.S.S. Sewing room. All experience levels welcome. (19+) Call Aileen at 250-632-6225 or Wanda at 250-632-4458.

HEALTHY BABIES drop in is held every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kitimat Child Devel-opment Center. They welcome families throughout pregnancy and up to one year (older siblings wel-come). Come meet other parents and in-fants over light refresh-ments with support from the CDC staff and a Public Health Nurse. For more information call 250-632-3144.The Kitimat Public Li-brary’s Friday morning StoryTime! for pre-schoolers has ended for the summer. It will

resume in early Sep-tember.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or fe-male, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. To-tal con� dentiality. For more information con-tact Mary at 250-639-6016.DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Pro-gram provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in im-proving their reading,

writing, math, commu-nication, and informa-tion technology skills. Is English NOT your � rst language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group Eng-lish as a Second Lan-guage (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happen-ing at the Community Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommu-nityservices.ca/KALP.html or � nd us on face-book. AGLOW OF KITI-MAT - All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men

and women, singles or married, Thursday at 7:00 P.M. For infor-mation phone Brenda at 250-632-1616. DO YOU HAVE DI-ABETES? We offer individual and group counseling. Certi� ca-tion for blood glucose strips is available. Make an appointment and bring your meter. The Good Food Box is part of our program. Forms for this can be picked up at the Liv-ing Well Program or at the hospital main desk. Donations for this worthwhile program are always accepted. For more info call 250-

632-8313 during oper-ating hours - Wednes-days 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. We are located on the second � oor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support of� ces.PRAYER CANADA KITIMAT meets up-stairs at the � re hall Tuesdays, from noon - 1:00 p.m. All are wel-come to pray for our city council and those in positions of author-ity in Kitimat, for the government of BC and of Canada. For infor-mation call Lesley at 250-632-4554.

COMING EVENTS

Douglas Channel Watch hopes Council changes tuneCameron Orr

Murray Minchin speaking for the Douglas Channel Watch fol-lowing the JRP’s ruling on the Northern Gateway project empha-sizes the project is far from a done deal.

And he says the 209 condi-tions shouldn’t reassure anyone.

“It sounds impressive...but a lot of those conditions are, ‘well, if you’re going to change a valve station you have to give us 90 days,’ or different policy things. So there aren’t that many condi-tions that actually have meat on them.”

One condition that did grab his attention though was one that stipulated conditions for Enbridge or its contractors to hire tempo-rary foreign workers.

“So much for jobs for Canadians,” he said.

But the whole document pro-vided some inconsistencies for him, including a portion in the report that claims affects to First Nations’ use of the land in the event of an oil spill would be tem-porary.

“How can they make the claim it’s just going to be a tem-porary thing and it will recover?” he asked.

“And they still haven’t done the studies yet.”

The DCW’s plans now will be them stepping back to allow First Nations groups to � gure out their course of action, as First Nations have the best legal ground, said Minchin.

But they will continue to keep the issue alive and will continue to ask questions.

“People really appreciate the honest, straightforward questions we’ve been asking [Enbridge],” he said.

As for the District of Kitimat’s forthcoming survey in January, Minchin said he’ll be watching

to make sure it’s done properly, in terms of asking informed ques-tions.

“My � rst concern is the sur-vey itself because I believe the last poll that Enbridge and it’s supporters were trotting around were actually sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce for B.C. and I think they may have only asked their membership,” he said. “On top of that they didn’t include anything on the marine aspect on marine spills or supertank-ers in the poll, so my concern is if they do a survey for the people of Kitimat they give crystal clear description of the probability of spills on land and also the dan-gers to supertankers in the Hec-ate Strait and that section from Kemano Sound to Whale Chan-nel which is zig-zag turns...it’s a lot more dangerous than even the Douglas Channel is.”

But even with those concerns that it’s done properly, he hasn’t lost hope that the District of Kiti-mat Council may decide to take a position against the project in the future.

“I actually have hope for council to come around and take a position against this because it’s hardly any bang for the bucks for risks,” he said.

Meanwhile, DCW is hunker-ing down for the long haul.

“We are prepared for the long haul. We know this is going to be years and years down the road and we’re looking forward to it becoming a political issue during elections.”

“I actually have hope for council to come around and take a position against this

because it’s hardly any bang for the bucks for risks.”

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What kind of year will we have next?

There’s a lot on the horizon for Kit-imat in the new year and Mayor Joanne Monaghan is hopeful the community will continue to grow into a good place to live and work.

To that end she hopes to see solu-tions to Kitimat’s housing shortage.

“We’re getting affordable housing, I hope as quickly as we want it before too many people get ‘renovicted.’”

She also says that all-types of hous-ing are needed too, not just affordable.

In other areas, she’s optimistic there will be at least one final investment de-cision from an LNG company as there is a lot of development hinged on those announcements.

She’s also looking ahead to a pos-sible 24/7 clinic opening in Kitimat and a trauma centre.

Meanwhile the council will still be putting efforts into developing the West Side Road, as well as looking for im-provements to the Haisla Bridge.

A quick peek at the issues and challenges for 2014

Kitimat’s top stories continued from page 8

Mayor Joanne MonaghanOur provincial representative looks

forward to a full plate of issues that will have direct impacts on Kitimat, from economy to environment.

“This biggest issue coming for the community of Kitimat in 2014 will ob-viously be where we go with LNG,” he said, adding he’s expecting the provin-cial budget coming in February to set the taxation and royalty structures.

“We would assume if everything goes well and they can find some long-term sales contracts that we might see a decision being made from one of these proponents, either here or in Prince Rupert.”

Housing issues in Kitimat are huge and he said Kitimat does need more social hous-ing and he said the province will have to step up to prevent Kitimat from having housing “chaos” like in Fort MacMur-ray.

MLA Robin AustinThe very relationship of the Govern-

ment of Canada and First Nations could hang in the balance over the next six months.

When Ross spoke to us on the issue of the Joint Review Panel recommendations, he had mentioned how the Haisla have re-fused to speak to Enbridge about economic accommodation because the JRP process wasn’t the time, but that said he doesn’t ex-pect either side to pick up the phone in the future either.

It’s the Crown, he explained, that has the duty to consult and accommodate and he’ll see what they do during the 180 period following the JRP report.

“We’re going to base our future rela-tionship with Canada...on how they con-duct themselves in the next six months and this has nothing to do with Enbridge, it’s got nothing to do with any private compa-ny. It’s been a long time coming where us as a First Nation start to be treated fairly and openly by the federal government.”

Chief Councillor Ellis RossIt’s a busy time for our member of

parliament Nathan Cullen, who is also the official opposition’s House Leader in Ottawa.

We tried to reach him to get his forward-looking thoughts but were not able to reach him by our early deadlines for this issue.

MP Nathan Cullen

4. Building worker’s housing downtown

What’s next?

PTI Group re-ceived zoning ap-proval to construct an up-to-2,100 bed worker accommoda-tion facility in the Strawberry Meadows subdivision.

Not affiliated with any particular

project, it’d house a portion of Kitimat’s flux of workers to town to work on things from LNG to modernization.

The proposal stirred up a lot of de-bate in the commu-nity, many worried

by such a concentra-tion of people right next to the downtown core.

The company will, among other agreements, pay $500 per bed into an affordable housing fund.

Zoning approval is given and engineering work has been ongoing, but no one is moving in quite yet.

PTI Group still hasn’t made their announce-ment that they’ll for sure build the facility, mean-ing it is still a proposal as yet. The company hasn’t said when to expect any announcement.

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