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Mayors react to Smithers letter Town serves SedazBy Alicia BridgesSmithers/Interior News

The mayors of Hazelton, New Hazelton and Telkwa have explained why they have not taken an official position on LNG at Lelu Island, after Smithers town council voted to oppose the project location.

The Town of Smithers last week agreed to write to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) opposing the location of the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG processing facility at Lelu Island, near Prince Rupert.

Councillors voted 6- 1, with Coun. Frank Wray opposed, in favour of sending a letter written by Phil Brienesse in response to the CEAA’s draft report.

The letter raises concerns specifically about the location of the proposed facility and its potential impact on juvenile salmon habitat at Flora Bank.

The CEAA’s draft report concluded the project would not have significant negative impacts on Flora Bank’s fish habitat, and fish habitats in general, as

long as the proponent completed mitigation works. The public comment period for the report ended on March 11.

Some Smithers residents have used social media to express their belief that town council should not speak on behalf of the community when it comes to major development.

Coun. Brienesse told The Interior News it was within council’s role to support or oppose projects that could impact the Smithers economy.

“Sometimes when you do these more controversial ones people will say ‘Well I don’t think they have the unanimous support of the public, they shouldn’t be making this sort of a decision,’ ” he said.

“We don’t have the unanimous support of the public on anything.

“Really anything that we make a decision on, somebody is going to be happy with it and somebody is going to be unhappy with it so I’m sure there will be both opinions in the community.”

By Chris GareauSmithers/Interior News

The Town of Smithers has served Sedaz Lingerie with papers ordering it to remove its flag signs in the middle of a sign bylaw review.

Owner Amy Brandstetter feels singled out and has vowed to fight the Town, even if it means being forced to go to court. The deadline to remove the signs has passed.

The signs were put up in October after Sedaz reopened on Main Street, across from its former location that was destroyed by last July’s fire. Brandstetter said she asked about putting up the signs before they were installed and was told it would not be a problem, but that she may have to pay an encroachment fee.

The current bylaw states any sign that projects over the sidewalk must be at least 2.6 metres off the ground.

But, as Brandstetter pointed out, the Town is holding off on enforcing the sign bylaw unless there is a safety or operational issue. The Town insists the signs are a hazard and are in the way of snow clearing equipment. Brandstetter disagrees.

Things culminated on Thursday with Mayor Taylor Bachrach posting on Facebook that he is willing to buy a new sign that conforms with the bylaw out of his own pocket.

Brandstetter had told him over the phone she did not accept that offer just before the post went up.

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“He did that knowing I already rejected it, and that’s why I will no longer have respect for him because it was sheisty, I thought. I thought it was just a tactic to save face,” said Brandstetter.

Bachrach said the forum of discussion had become public after the injunction from the Town to Sedaz was posted on Facebook.

“I wanted to talk to her first,” said Bachrach.“She said it’s not about the sign. It was fairly clear she was

not accepting it.”The mayor said the offer still stands.“Every business on Main Street has promoted their business

very successfully using a hanging marquee sign that hangs perpendicular to the street over the sidewalk. Because of the confusion and the conflict around this, I’m willing to help her get a new sign that fits the bylaw,” said Bachrach.

The disagreement on safety and operations has lead Brandstetter to remove the lower braces on her signs, allowing them to move if someone were to run into them. A photo posted by Brandstetter shows the path of a snow clearing machine far from where her sign hangs.

But Bachrach said that was one pass and that the machines go “right up to the edge of the brown stone.” He also said vandalism was a concern. Another businesses sign across the street was removed after Town Prevention and Community Safety Officer Matt Davey asked the owner to take it down.

“We tend to have a compliance-based enforcement, meaning that we’re not very heavy on violation tickets and injunctive measures,” said Davey.

Enforcement is done when there is a complaint from the public, or a when there is a safety concern, according to Davey.

“Touch wood, I have not had to walk through a courtroom ... the reason being we have been able to achieve compliance

almost in every case. I can think of three or four cases where we have not had 100 per cent compliance after nine years of doing this.,” said Davey.

Brandstetter said she has been treated poorly by Town staff and council, and that there is a lot of misinformation circulating, but added she has seen a lot of support from the community.

“I’m feeling bullied and singled out, which is where I was before. I had reached out to them prior, wanting to communicate, and they just were never willing to communicate with me,” said Brandstetter.

The sign bylaw review is to be completed in May, with a yet-to-be-schedulted public meeting in April to review the draft. In a review survey, 395 people voted on whether to allow projected signs below eight feet off the ground: 53.4 per cent said no, 37.2 per cent said yes and 9.4 per cent had no opinion.

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Lake Kathlyn meeting in MoricetownBy Chris GareauMoricetown/Interior News

The second of three meetings on the future of Lake Kathlyn Elementary School was in Moricetown last Tuesday.

The meeting with about 50 members of the public in attendance at the Moricetown Multiplex was more intimate, but drove home the same point: Bulkley Valley School District 54 has some hard choices to make.

A surprise that came out of the presentation by secretary treasurer Dave Margerm was the news that Quick Elementary School had been sold at the end of last month.

The 7,123 square foot wooden structure on Kerr Road had been up for sale since January 2014, first listed at $549,000 and most recently listed by RE/MAX at $459,000.

The school was shut down at the end of the 2007-08 school year.

The actual cost and to whom it was sold was in-camera, which means the details are not publicly available from the school district, according to superintendent Chris van der Mark.

What was made public are the responses from the district on questions posed by concerned residents at the last meeting in Lake Kathlyn’s gym in February.

While Margerm acknowledged the financial strain caused by the $380,000 in administrative savings over the next two years ordered by the province, he did not point to it as the main money problem the district faces.

He pointed to the loss of the $385,772 enrolment decline grant last received in the 2014-15 school year, and the looming loss of the funding protection grant of nearly $850,000 received this school year.

That funding protection grant goes away as soon as school enrolment goes up. So while the district would receive more money in one pot for having more students, it would actually lose money in another.

Margerm said closing Lake Kathlyn would likely save in the

higher part of the estimated range of $350,000-$500,000.The public comments in Moricetown again stressed the

“uniqueness” of Lake Kathlyn, this time with more of a focus on the Wet’suwet’en cultural aspect.

“It is so important to me [and] other parents that I’ve talked to, that our children are going to school with your children; the fact that my kids are learning about First Nations culture without first learning about racism,” said Vern Wright, speaking to the Moricetown parents in the room.

“My kids are coming home and telling me how proud they are that they were learning to drum. This school provides something that the other schools currently do not.”

Concern about the capacity of Moricetown schools was also brought up. Moricetown Elementary and Secondary School principal Diane Mattson responded that none of the three schools in the community are at capacity.

The final public consultation meeting on the possible closure of Lake Kathlyn is on April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the school. Public input can also be given to the board through the District website at sd54.bc.ca by email, or by written submission. More information and the slideshow presentations by Margerm are also available on the website.

A final decision will be made at a special meeting of the school board at Lake Kathlyn school on April 12 at 6:30 p.m.

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to Lines West Ltd., including $2,480 for the rainbow crosswalk.

On Sept. 8, 2015, council voted to install a rainbow crosswalk at the corner of Main Street and Second Avenue.

Council voted unanimously to award the contract at the recommended price.

Heartstrings wins fashion show permit Town council granted a temporary use permit for

Heartstrings Home Decor, Gifts & Furniture to run evening fashion shows and liquidation sales at its warehouse on Railway Avenue.

Although the property is in a light industrial zone, which prohibits retail sales, the permit allows the business to sell merchandise there for one to two days, up to six times per year.

It lasts for three years but can be renewed once for another three years (six max).

Prior to the decision, councillors weighed the possible risks of approving the permit, such as congestion and parking availability.

Discussion was primarily focused on whether the permit would set a precedent that takes retail sales away from the downtown core.

Ultimately, councillors voted unanimously in favour of granting the permit.

Town of Smithers development services director Mark Allen said his department would do its best to monitor the permit use as it was on the bylaw officer’s regular route.

The decision comes nine years after councillors rejected an application from the same retailer to rezone the property to allow furniture sales in 2007.

Zamboni replaced Council approved the purchase of a $187,000 ice

resurfacer to replace its 2001 model Zamboni. The 2016 Olympia Electric was the lower-priced

of two electric options considered by the Town of Smithers.

The 2001 model Zamboni was being kept as a spare until it was discovered the Town’s newer machine, a 2010 model, could not be used in both the old and new arenas.

The new machine will be able to be used in both. The Town has not yet decided what to do with the old Zamboni.

Community policing office Councillors voted 6-1, with Coun. Brienesse

opposed, against moving the Smithers Community Policing Office from its First Avenue location into the town building.

The pro’s and con’s of relocating the office were the subject of a staff report requested by councillors at the Feb. 2 Finance Committee meeting.

The report listed two benefits and 12 drawbacks to the move.

Airport loan discussionsAfter lengthy discussion, council decided against

increasing the amount it will borrow to upgrade and expand the Smithers Regional Airport Terminal building.

Regarding the third reading of Bylaw No. 1788, councillors discussed increasing the loan amount to provide flexibility in case more funds were needed.

They voted unanimously not to change the amount from a maximum $2,000,000 for the $6,000,000 project.

The remaining $4,000,000 will come from a federal government gas tax grant.

Mayor Taylor Bachrach suggested council should make sure it sticks to its publicized budget.

In brief: town councilMarch 8, 2016 meeting

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A group of 130 scientists and academics have signed a collective letter urging the federal government to reject the $11.4-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal.

The letter, posted Wednesday and sent to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), suggests the CEAA’s draft report released last month is flawed in its conclusion that the project would not have a severe impact on fish, and that the methods it used to draw this conclusion were not based on sound science. The comment period for the project closed last Friday and a decision by federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna and other members of cabinet is expected soon.

The report concluded that the project design would not adversely affect Flora Bank adjacent to Lelu Island, the tidal area full of eelgrass where young fish congregate, “taking into account implemention of the key mitigation measures.”

The Lelu Island site has been rejected by the Lax Kw’alaams

First Nation, which set up a protest camp at the location last year. The Lax Kw’alaams turned down a benefits package last year that would have amounted to $1.4 billion over the life of the project.

Pacific NorthWest LNG, which is majority owned by Malaysia’s state-run Petronas, said the federal approval is the last condition to be met before it moves forward. The proponent submitted its comments to the Minister’s office on March 4 to address some of the environmental concerns that were raised in the draft report.

It said there is an alternative habitat available for the harbour porpoise to avoid “a significant adverse effect.” On greenhouse gases, it said “effects must be assessed in isolation from effects caused by existing and future activities, other than those associated with the project.”

All new information from the proponent and the 30,000 public comments are available online at ceaa-acee.gc.ca.

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along the Bulkley River that responded to the CEAA report, however the District of Houston has previously expressed its support for LNG overall.

“We didn’t see a lot of problems with LNG coming through our area, and it may be a little bit that we’ve lost a lot of jobs the last while through some of the mines like Huckleberry and for sure the West Fraser mill in Houston,” said Houston Mayor Shane Brienen.

In 2015, his council wrote a letter of support for TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline.

Village of Hazelton Mayor Alice Maitland said her council had informally agreed not to take an official position on the overall project, partly because its members had differing opinions for and against the facility.

She felt that staying neutral would give the community a better chance of benefiting from the project if it went ahead.

“We just decided that we will each personally keep our own ideas to ourselves because we represent people on both sides and the sides here are really defined,” she said.

Maitland said she did not understand Smithers town council’s decision to formally oppose the Lelu Island site.

“I know there are lots of people in Smithers who really support the pipelines and want them and yet their council is saying no, so that’s not really a true representation, depending on the councillors themselves who voted for it and who voted against,” she said.

District of New Hazelton Mayor Gail Lowry said she would not speak on behalf of the community.

“I don’t know personally how the people in New Hazelton feel about it so I don’t think I have a right to speak on their behalf, it was not something I was voted in to do or talk about,” she said.

Telkwa Mayor Darcy Repen said his council was too busy with other projects to consider its stance on the Lelu Island site.

“It takes a substantial amount of time and research to be able to go into that,” he said.

“I think the difference between ourselves and Smithers is I think some of these projects and environmental issues were part of their platform and their campaigning when they were running at

different times.”Smithers town council has previously written

letters supporting Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project, and the previous council opposed the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

Coun. Brienesse’s letter regarding Lelu Island questions the CEAA science, referring to studies by Simon Fraser University, Skeena Fisheries Commission, SedTrend Analysis geologist Patrick McLaren and a 1973 report by the federal Fisheries and Oceans department.

He also writes that building the facility would put the Northwest economy at risk, with possible impacts to commercial fisheries, sport fishing and food security for First Nations.

“While the Town of Smithers recognizes the potential for employment and economic benefit to the region this project may bring, we feel it is out-weighed by the likely detrimental effects to other established and important sectors of our economy, our residents’ quality of life, and bio diversity (sic) of the Skeena River system,” the letter reads.

Coun. Frank Wray, who voted against sending the letter, disagreed that councillors should weigh in on the subject, saying they were not qualified to interpret science.

“From what research that I could do in the limited time that we’ve had, makes me suggest there’s a lot of BS from both sides and I couldn’t sort through it,” he said.

“I have a good BS metre but when it’s going off on both sides I don’t know what to believe, so this is the kind of thing where I think that it’s best that we stay out of it.”

He was also concerned the letter would send a message to the public that Smithers town council opposed the project itself, not just the location.

Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach said at the March 8 council meeting that he recognized there were a lot of people in the community “hungry to see activity in the region” due to current economic challenges.

“However I think that it’s actually at those times when we’re most in need of opportunity, that we have to be careful to make wise decisions because the pressure is on us to accept anything is going to be greater,” he said.

“I’ve had conversations with people in the scientific community and I am comfortable with the fact that the risks out there are real.”

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Forty-seven sport fishing guides and anglers from the Skeena Region sent in a joint letter last Wednesday to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) voicing their concerns and opposition to the Pacific NorthWest (PNW) LNG project proposed for Lelu Island:

Dear Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency,

Wild salmon are essential to life in the Skeena and to our economy. When the salmon and steelhead are running, motel signs say “No Vacancy.” People wearing waders fill up their rental trucks with gas. The airport is busy with people carrying rod cases and speaking many different languages. They have flown halfway around the world to get a chance to experience Skeena fishing. The Skeena River is the second biggest salmon watershed in Canada and is one of the top fishing destinations in the world.

We, the professional fishing guides, guiding proprietors, and lodge owners from up and down the Skeena watershed, rely on the healthy wild salmon and steelhead that return to this beautiful river every year. Our way of life depends on healthy fish populations. This is why we are deeply concerned with the draft assessment from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) on the environmental risks of the PNW LNG project. We, the undersigned, collectively voice our concerns about the PNW LNG terminal proposed for the Lelu Island and Flora Bank area in the Skeena river estuary.

The PNW LNG terminal is proposed for one of the most critical and sensitive habitats for juvenile salmon imaginable. Since the 1970s, scientists have repeatedly designated the areas around Flora Bank and Lelu Island as critical and sensitive habitat for juvenile salmon. It is well known that previous projects and proponents have identified this region as the worst possible option for developments. Both the proponent

and recent independent science has demonstrated that the Flora Bank eelgrass and surrounding area supports more fish, including higher numbers of juvenile salmon than found anywhere else in the estuary. The Flora Bank region represents a physical bottleneck, a place where 80 per cent of Skeena salmon must swim directly past the proposed PNW LNG terminal on their migration to the ocean. Genetic analysis of these salmon has shown that this area supports salmon from all over the Skeena watershed. Destruction of juvenile salmon habitat in the estuary could ultimately affect salmon and steelhead populations from every river in the Skeena, including rivers that support some of our most productive freshwater fisheries — the Morice, Bulkley, Kispiox, Zymoetz and Babine Rivers to name a few.

This region is inarguably important for juvenile salmon and other fish species and should not be developed.

The CEAA environmental assessment fails to adequately address the risks to fish and fish habitat associated with the

proposed Lelu Island location. We firmly believe the potential impacts of this project pose an unnecessarily high risk to the fish that depend on this estuary habitat. Potential risks to this sensitive estuary habitat include destruction of shoreline and eelgrass habitat, long-term sound and light pollution, accidental spills of fuels and other contaminants, dispersal of contaminated sediments, acid rain and seafloor destruction by dredging the gas pipeline into the ocean floor. For example, sediment modelling submitted by independent science found that the marine infrastructure may cause erosion of the Flora Bank. However, the proponent found contrasting results. Surely these incongruent results highlight the uncertainty that exists when predicting these impacts. Since the consequences of an incorrect decision may result in the destruction of the Flora Bank, impacting the fish that depend on this area, we urge the Government of Canada to reconsider the risks of building this project in this location.

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LETTERSPNW LNG location poses risk to local economy

The location of this terminal poses an unimaginable risk to our local economy and our livelihoods. Wild Skeena salmon support all three major fisheries: commercial, recreational and First Nations. We, the sport fishers, represent only one of these groups, although damage to our salmon stocks will heavily affect all fisheries. In a 2003 report commissioned by the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, experts found that wild salmon contributed $110 million a year to the regional Skeena economy through the commercial and recreational fisheries. Since this report was released, wild salmon have generated over $1 billion dollars. Wild Skeena salmon and steelhead attract anglers from all over the world to our upriver freshwater and downriver ocean fisheries. As a part of our tourism economy, these salmon bring in revenue through local hotels, grocery stores, gas stations, fishing and camping outfitters, restaurants, professional guiding services and lodges. The CEAA environmental assessment does not address the potential economic risks posed to our fisheries.

We, the undersigned, strongly disagree with the Lelu Island and Flora Bank location proposed to support the PNW LNG facility. We believe that the CEAA environmental assessment fails to properly address the risks posed to salmon habitat and our regional economy.

Cody Haggard, Guide, Kispiox River Fishing Company

Dave Evans, Owner, Bulkley River LodgeKen Moorish, Owner, Fly Water Travel

Chad Black, Operations Manager, Nicholas Dean Lodge

Glen Kilcup, Owner, Fish Hawk GuidingAndrew Rushton , Owner, Head Guide,

Kalum River LodgeDr Deanna Taylor, Lodge Manager,

Kalum River LodgeRon Wakita, Owner, Reliable Guide and

ChartersJim Allen, Owner/Head Guide, Kispiox

River Fishing CompanyBob Clay, Owner, River Watch Rods

Todd Stockner, Owner, Mykiss Guiding, Kispiox

Brian Niska, Guide, Skeena Spey Wilderness & Lodge

Denise Maxwell, Owner, Maxwell Steelhead Guides

Tom Lee, Owner, Hook and LineDonnie Williams, Guide, Kispiox River

Fishing CompanyBob Hull, Owner, Steelhead Excursions

Malcom Haggard, Retired guideGordon Mitchell, Resident fisherman

Tommy Thompson, Guide, Bulkley River Lodge

Kevin Kish, Guide, Bulkley River Lodge

Pat Baehen, Guide, Bulkley River LodgeDave Hughes, Guide, Bulkley River LodgePierrot Bernier, Guide, Kalum River Lodge

Darren Wright, Owner, The Steelhead House

Melissa Macdonald, Owner, The Steelhead House

Gordon Wadley, Guide, Kispiox River Fishing Company /Hook and Line

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ChartersSamuel L. Harrison, Guide, Sunset

ChartersBrian Sterritt, Guide, Kispiox Fishing

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Sedaz sign enforcement perpetuates Smithers’ reputation as unwelcoming to business

Editor:

The ongoing battle between Sedaz

Lingerie and the Town of Smithers has finally culminated in Sedaz being served with papers. Following the comments on social media, it is easy to see that this situation has brought out strong opinions from many community members.

I don’t want to delve into the details of the battle, as most of the information available is a he said, she said situation and there is no way to verify the facts. Instead I want to focus on the fact that the town is very unsupportive of its local businesses and local businesses are unsupportive of each other.

The decision to enforce bylaws selectively, and to do so in such an aggressive manner, shows little support for the business community and really sends the message that the Town does not want to work with its merchants.

Situations like these help perpetuate Smithers’ reputation as unwelcoming to businesses. Already our town is often called unfriendly towards industry and new business development; but now to expand that towards existing business is extremely unwise.

Driving away business, both small and resource-orientated, is only hurting our economy and undermining the potential Smithers has for diverse growth. Small boutique businesses like Sedaz rely on well-paying jobs to enable people to spend their disposable income at their stores. The economy is dependent on diversity and the elected officials in our Town have completely failed to recognize this.

At this rate, Smithers is at risk of becoming unaffordable to the average citizen. As a small community, we need to work together to survive and not hold one another back.

While Sedaz’s signs have become the main target in the bylaw debate it could have easily been another business, and for that reason the merchants of Main Street really should be working as a group to resolve this and support one another. The downtown merchants are a small group that should be working together and not just competing. By applying the neighbour principle, local

businesses would greatly benefit and build a network that includes not just a select few.

The message that the Town and local businesses are sending to the community is that everyone is looking out for themselves and that we don’t need to work together.

Everyone involved in this situation needs to take a step back and consider the broader message that is being sent.

Kayla KapelariSmithers

It doesn’t take long for the hogs to get into the trough

Editor:

Re: The cartoon in the March 9 edition of The Interior News of Premier Christy Clark’s use of jets to get around the province, to do the province’s work.

I really take offence to this. Yes it’s expensive, but she is expected to travel to various places as part of her job. Do you not realize how hard it is to get around the province?

Most towns in the North have very limited air service, and to travel by road takes forever. The news media have been flogging this for the past six weeks.

I would like to bring your attention our rockstar Prime Minister, who was barely in office two months when he used a government jet to take himself and his family on a Christmas holiday to the Caribbean.

I attended our MP’s office in early January to ask him if he could find out the cost of this trip. A young lady took my request and I waited three weeks, but no answer.

So I again attended the office with the same request. Later that day I received an email telling me that this information would not be available and that I could contact the Canadian military, as they operate this aircraft. Lots of luck there; so I did some digging on my own and I found it costs $14,400 an hour to operate this aircraft, and as near as I can find it was about a seven hour trip. This equates to $100,800 for the taxpayers to send him on a Christmas holiday.

I would also like to know if the crew stayed there until he was ready to come home, or did they come back to Canada and go back to get him — but lo and behold, not one word in any of the news media about this.

It sure doesn’t take long for the hogs to get into the trough.

Carman GrafTelkwa

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DESTINATION: GREENER PASTURESA moose that hoofed it to the Smithers Regional Airport delighted social media users last week. Facebook users shared this photo more than 500 times after it was posted by Smithers Mayor Taylor Bachrach. Airport staff say the moose was attracted by the buffet of red osier dogwood plants in the terminal garden. Staff eventually shooed the animal away.

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Refugees adjust to life in the Bulkley ValleyBy Alicia BridgesSmithers/Interior News

One month after they arrived, two community-sponsored Syrian refugee families are adjusting well to life in Smithers, according to the volunteer group that fundraised to bring them here.

Starting last September, the Bulkley Valley Refugee Sponsorship Group (BVRSG) raised more than $80,000 to help two Syrian families escape civil war by settling in Smithers.

On Feb. 8, Saied Assaf, his wife Eviet Danbar and their children Gessika, 15, Jolie, 12, and Yousef, 5, were greeted at the Smithers Regional Airport by a crowd of supporters.

Two days later, Zakaria Ramadan, his wife Nojood Aziz and their three daughters Gharam, 8, Ghoroub, 2, and Nada, 1, received another warm welcome when they stepped off the plane in Smithers.

BVRSG spokesperson Pauline Mahoney said the families had immediately dived into English language training.

As well as receiving lessons from Smithers Community Services Association (SCSA) and Northwest Community College, the families are developing their English with volunteers in the home.

“Our conversations are often full of laughter and gesticulating, and gestures and trying to use Google translate on our phones, which works sometimes and other times it is hilarious,” said Mahoney.

Volunteers are also helping the

families navigate small things like grocery shopping, budgeting and using bank cards, which Mahoney said were made more difficult by the language barrier.

One of the individuals has secured part-time work and all of the children are attending school.

A younger child has also had a chance to try ice skating and cross-country skiing for the first time.

Mahoney said both families had talked about the beauty of Smithers and how friendly the community has been.

Their first month in the Bulkley Valley has been an intense period for BVRSG volunteers, Mahoney said, but Mahoney said the group was starting to develop a routine.

The SCSA has also been challenged by the influx of newcomers.

The organization provides a number of English language training and settlement services for new immigrants, including refugees.

Petra Kost, the English language and multicultural services (ELMS) program manager, said meeting the demand for English services was a challenge.

“It’s probably the first time we discussed wait-listing,” said Kost.

“We’re just about to restructure classes so it’s a bit early to say.

“After spring break we will see if we can accommodate everybody in classes.”

She said the SCSA was considering increasing the number of 10-person English classes it runs from two to three, if possible.

The ELMS program currently has between 60 and 70 clients.

Flutter of activity as spring approachesGood morning to

you! It is a grand one! The sun

shines, the snow melts and the birds are singing. I do not remember seeing so many different birds at this time of the year.

As I talk to you this morning there is a flutter of activity at the kitchen window feeder. Evening grosbeaks! Must be about 50 in this yard. A platform feeder nearby has seed

scattered for the siskins and redpolls. Since the snow has a hard crust, I have scattered seed on clean areas. So many little birds feeding. Looks like specks of pepper on a white tablecloth. All this means another trip to the Feed Store for more seed.

Also on scene are the downy and hairy woodpeckers. They are eating peanut butter. Black capped chickadees stake out a spot on the other side of the log feeder. I was almost sure I saw a red-breasted nuthatch doing the same. Maybe not. The window needs a cleaning for that.

Lots of reports coming in about robins. They will seek out seeds and dried saskatoon berries. You can also put half an apple on a branch.

Red-winged blackbirds reported from Hazelton and Round Lake. Carmen from Quick says she has noticed crows packing sticks to make a new nest. I

have seen the same thing here.A pileated woodpecker was interrupted by the

dogs and I as it worked at the bottom of a very tall pine tree. The woodchips left behind could do for kindling. What a splendid bird! The dogs did not bother with the bird because there was a rabbit that needed their attention. The rabbits are changing back to gray now.

This morning as I went to visit and feed my very old silver pheasant, I found him looking at himself in a mirror. Thirty years old and that is his companion. Other than me of course.

Last night, the one-eyed deer came in for a wee snack. This deer must be 15 years old or older. That is how long she has been coming here. She looks quite pregnant.

Sharon from Telkwa called to say she has seen an American dipper in the river (the bird variety of course). Fun to watch as they dip and dive looking for tidbits of food.

Swans and Canada Geese have been reported from the Prince George area. I am sure they will be here as well.

By the time you read these words, you will have changed your clocks. Nice to have a longer evening. Then by golly, it will be St.Patrick’s Day! I will have to get out my green hat. Next on the calendar will be the first day of spring on March 20. Busy time.

Thank-you so much for taking the time to report your spring happenings. Those friendly calls came to 250-846-5095. Email notes came to mallory@bulkley.net.

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By Chris GareauSmithers/Interior News

The Smithers District Chamber of Commerce held its annual New Business reception last Friday.

New members were celebrated at the Bulkley Valley Rod and Gun Club this year, with tasty samples from new Chamber members Tandoori Bistro, Northern Fusion Curry House, the renamed Blue Water Sushi, and Granny’s Olde Fashioned Kettle Popcorn.

Some of the new members include (clockwise from bottom left) Granny’s Arlene Huisman,

Woven Interiors’ Roxy and Paddy Hirshfield with Studio 16’s Mike Sawyer, web designer Emily Hashemi, Bulkley Valley Adventures’ Peter and Stephanie McGuiness and Ryan Bateson, and interior designer Janet Benson.

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If someone from Mars l a n d e d

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not one is of a woman. I think it is much the same here in Canada. They are going to change this, even looking at a statue of a suffragette who died when she stepped in front of King George V’s horse. I wonder who will be picked here. The craft-ivist duo Warp & Weft has crocheted masks of notable female scientists and put them over four all-male busts.

Speaking of crochet, have you heard of yarn bombing? Amsterdam is a city of bicycles, also crafters. They have begun to crochet, wrapping different parts of a bike, and it looks pretty good. One way to use up that extra yarn.

Bulkley Valley Hospice Society is offering an eight-week Support Group for Grieving Parents. The goal is to create an atmosphere of warmth, trust and compassion for those grieving

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A spring break challenge from the Smithers Public Library. Send in photo entries of people, animals, showmen or whatever practising extreme reading by email to contact@smitherslibrary.ca with the subject line “extreme reading.” They will be placed in a folder on Facebook. On April 2, at the end of spring break, a prize will be awarded to the two photos with the most likes. Prizes are $25 SpeeDee gift certificates.

Seeking volunteer program leaders for self-management programs. Training and support is provided. A four-day training workshop will be held at the Healthy Living Centre, April 5–8, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To register or for more information call 1-866-902-3767 or visit selfmanagementbc.ca.

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By Alicia BridgesSmithers/Interior News

Smithers’ Main Street will be without its famed wooden alpenhorn statue for several months starting this fall, when town staff will try to mend the ailing health of “Alpine Al.”

The figure was installed on Main Street in 1973 as a tribute to the town’s newly adopted alpine theme, which was introduced by town council the previous year.

It was last repaired in 1996, when a fibreglass coating was added to protect it from further weather damage.

However, that shell has also deteriorated, allowing moisture to expand the wood and form cracks in the fibreglass.

To rescue the mountain man, the Town of Smithers will need to bring him inside and out from the elements.

Town staff plan to remove the statue for repairs early this fall, then put it back on display in spring 2017.

In a report to town council last week, works and operations director

Roger Smith said the statue needed to dry out completely before staff could restore its fibreglass shell.

He told the March 8 council meeting the repairs would extend the figure’s lifespan about another ten years.

Since its installation in the ‘70s, the alpenhorn man has become a Smithers town icon.

Now the Town of Smithers logo, the statue was originally erected as a symbol of the alpine theme adopted by council on March 21, 1972.

According to information collected by Tourism Smithers, that resolution urged the business community to ensure its architecture reflected the town’s mountain culture.

“Whereas Smithers is well known in the Pacific Northwest for its fine winters for skiing, snowmobiling, skating, curling, jam pail curling and other winter sports, and whereas Smithers is known far and wide as the friendly Town and for its good shops and good people,” read the 1972 resolution.

“And whereas it is desirable to retain this facet of our character though our population grows, and whereas tourists to our mountains and rivers is a natural desirable and welcome industry to support our Town and its people.”

“Therefore it be resolved that we encourage this trait by adopting an alpine theme in our business district architecture to relate to our mountain and winter sport heritage.”

The Town set about finding a physical symbol of its newly adopted theme.

Then councillor Andy Stalker, who had pushed for the introduction of the alpine theme, first saw the alpenhorn man in a Vancouver newspaper.

The story about the Edelweiss Motel fire, which destroyed the business in 1971, mentioned that a wooden statue of a man blowing an alpenhorn had survived the blaze.

Stalker tracked it down in Christina Lake and, funded by the Smithers Lions Club, drove southeast to pick it up.

“We found it standing in a grove of jack pine

trees,” Stalker wrote in a letter in 2013.

“We loaded it into the station wagon with the horn strapped to the carrier on the roof.”

Back in Smithers, the statue was placed in the local mall for residents to view while it dried out.

It was then painted and repaired.

According to Stalker’s letter, deciding on where to put the statue was a challenge.

“We wanted [the figure] away from any vandalism,” he said.

“Finally, with the

Smithers Chamber member Nick Sikkes suggestion, it was placed on the [median] on Main Street close to Highway 16.

“It stayed there with little harm except someone thought a little grass (hashish) in the pipe would enhance its looks.”

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By Alicia BridgesHazeltons/Interior News

The selection process is underway for a new committee set up by Northern Health to close gaps in aboriginal and non- aboriginal health care at Wrinch Memorial Hospital.

The Upper Skeena Community Health Improvement Committee is being established as the condition of a settlement agreement, which ended a human rights lawsuit against the hospital last September.

Pauline Cole and Vernon Joseph, the latter of whom died while the case was still active last April, filed a class action lawsuit with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal on behalf of First Nations groups in the hospital’s service area.

They claimed Northern Health, United Church Health Services and the Ministry of Health were discriminating against the area’s high First Nations population by providing a lesser service than areas with smaller aboriginal populations, such as Smithers.

When the case was settled out of court last September, the agreement included a commitment from Northern Health to launch a committee comprising members of nine communities serviced by the hospital.

Its goal would be to ensure services at the hospital “are comparable to the results

achieved in surrounding hospitals, taking into account relevant differences.”

Last month, Northern Health invited band councils and municipalities from nine communities and one Regional District to appoint one representative to the new committee.

Elected officials in Hagwilget, Kispiox, Gitanyow, Gitanmaax, Gitsegukla, Hazelton, Glen Vowell, Kitwanga, New Hazelton and the Regional District of Kitimat Stikine have until March 26 to appoint a committee member.

Northern Health has not placed any restrictions or requirements on how the representative is selected, leaving it up to individual communities to choose how they appoint a member.

A letter inviting the District of New Hazelton to select their representative provided some advice on the selection process.

“Please do not assume that representatives require expertise in health care – as noted in the proposed terms of reference, the Committee is to be comprised of individuals who are a reflection of health consumers,” reads the letter.

New Hazelton district council appointed councillor Braunwyn Henwood to the committee at their March 7 council meeting.

District chief administrative officer Wendy Hunt said council discussed using a public process to select the representative but concluded they would not

have time before the March 26 deadline.

“Council only meets once a month so by the time the council got to talk about it they really only had a few days before they wanted an answer of who was going to be on it,” said Hunt.

“We wanted to make sure that we had representation so at this time we appointed Coun. Henwood.”

Henwood hoped Northern Health would provide more information about the committee’s mandate at the first meeting.

She said she was not familiar with the extent of the gap between aboriginal and non-aboriginal health outcomes at the Wrinch Memorial Hospital.

“I never really talked with anybody in the First Nations

community about how they are treated at the hospital,” she said.

“It’s never been on my radar to actually talk about it and I guess that’s why, when I look through the terms of reference and it talks about how people were treated, that was certainly of interest to me to see if there really was a difference.”

Communities choose health committee

A new committee is being set up to close the gaps between aboriginal and non-aboriginal health outcomes at the Wrinch Memorial Hospital.

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The Ministry of Transportation says repairs to the Hagwilget Bridge are preventative. Alicia Bridges photo

The Village of Hazelton planned to discuss who, if anyone, to appoint to the committee at its council meeting yesterday.

Kitwanga and Hagwilget band councils both planned to make a decision on who to appoint in meetings this week.

The Interior News was unable to obtain representative information from the Gitanmaax Band, Kispiox Band Council, Gitanyow Band Council, Glen Vowell and Regional District of Kitimat Stikine.

Northern Health spokesperson Jonathon Dyck said his organization had left it up to the individual communities to choose their own selection process.

“They know their individual communities and they know the processes that work best, and so we want the groups that were going to take part in this committee to select a representative in the way that they felt was appropriate for their specific organization,” he said.

Dyck said the committee members would be

named by April 1.Under the draft terms of reference, Northern

Health will assign a staff member to provide information requested by the committee and report back to the CHIC about implementing recommendations.

That person will also provide liaison with the First Nations Health Authority.

Senior roles such as chairperson and vice chairperson will be appointed at the committee’s first meeting, which Northern Health said should happen in April.

Norm Smith, a hospital employee who assisted Pauline Cole with the human rights lawsuit after Vernon Joseph’s death, was pleased the selection process was underway.

“First Nations are extremely happy with the CHIC and the First Nations came up with the idea of the CHIC,” he said.

“It was their idea, they liked it, they signed off on it and that is a happy ending in my books.

“The truth is that Northern Health signed off on it, so I think Northern Health deserves a pat on the back as well.”

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Bridge repairs cost $5.2MBy Alicia BridgesSmithers/Interior News

Repairs to the Hagwilget Bridge will cost the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure $5.2 million in 2016.

Last summer, the Ministry spent $570,000 repairing steel and concrete bases and the bottom of the bridge’s steel support legs.

It said this work was part of routine maintenance to keep the bridge in good working condition.

This year, repairs to the bridge will include replacing steel “caps” and steel bracing on both of the main towers.

They will also replace “gusset” and “batten” plates, which are used to connect parts of the bridge.

A statement provided to The Interior News said this year’s repairs were the second and final phase of works that started in 2015.

It would not provide an engineer’s report, saying the documents were not available to the public.

“However the information contained within these reports have informed the work to date,” reads the statement.

“Based on this information and engineering analysis, the work has been prioritized and scheduled to ensure the bridge remains safe and reliable for the Hazeltons and surrounding communities.”

The Ministry also said there were no safety concerns about the bridge, which was built in 1932, and that the repairs were preventative.

“A bridge of this age does require increased maintenance and rehabilitation,” said the Ministry’s statement.

“This is why we closely monitor all of our provincial bridges and work to ensure they it is safe and functional well into the future.”

It said the repairs would allow the bridge to continue to carry standard highway loads.

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LNG opponents last Tuesday gathered at either end of the Hagwilget Bridge to hand out information pamphlets to motorists waiting to cross.

The event was aimed at raising awareness about the argument against LNG and pipelines in northwest B.C.

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Roy Henry Vickers has been shortlisted for two BC Book Prizes for his illustrated story entitled Orca Chief.

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artist and storyteller Roy Henry Vickers has another chance at winning a BC Book Prize, after missing out on a win at the 2015 event.

Vickers’ book Orca Chief, which was co-authored by Robert Budd, has been shortlisted for two awards in 2016: the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award and the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize.

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Expect world-class athletes at this week’s back-to-back ski cross competitions in Smithers.

“There’s not many times that you can say we have world-class athletes that have competed in multiple Olympic Games and World Cups, competing for a national championship right in our backyard,” said race chief Philippe Bernier.

Among the 50 registered competitors are Olympic gold medallist Marielle Thompson, silver medallist Kelsey Serwa and X Games gold medallist Chris Del Bosco who are in Smithers to compete. Local ski crosser Jason Oliemans and Prince George’s Tiana Gairns will also participate.

“What spectators or the general public can expect is to see some high-calibre ski racing and have a good time,” said Bernier.

Starting Tuesday, the Hudson Bay Mountain ski hill will host two Nor-Am Cup events and the SportChek Ski Cross Canadian National Championships. The Nor-Am Cups run Thursday and Friday, while the nationals run Saturday.

Thereafter, fans can meet their favourite skiers at Bovill Square, where organizers will hand out awards and host

an autograph session, starting at 5:30 p.m.“We would just want to capitalize on

the fact that we have some Canadian ski team members in Smithers, and so we’re bringing everybody down after the national championships on Saturday,” said Bernier. “We’ll have local musician Mark Perry do a few songs and we’ll also have Moose FM plug in and do a bit of background music while the national ski team sign autographs for anyone who’s willing to come out after.”

The Nor-Am Cup is a race series where athletes accumulate points based on how they placed in various events. The champion of that Cup will receive a World Cup spot in the next year.

The Canadian nationals is a single event for various snow sports.

“It’s basically an opportunity for the [cream of the crop] to receive the crown of being the national champion, male or female,” said Bernier.

Eight members from the Smithers Ski and Snowboard Club form this year’s committee to oversee the execution of the event, including course chief Jan Wenglin.

Last year, Smithers became the Canadian nationals host at the last minute because Prince George’s Tabor Mountain Ski Resort suffered from a lack of snow and could not host it.

This year, the organizing committee could take a breather. They started organizing it just after Christmas.

“We have a lot more time to properly

organize the event and get volunteers and to keep positions, and to advertise and market the event; try to get the community engaged,” said Bernier.

The Canadian ski cross team pose for a photo after winning medals at the World Cup in Switzerland. The three circled athletes will race in the SportChek Ski Cross Canadian National Championships this week. From left to right is Kelsey Serwa, Marielle Thompson and Chris Del Bosco.

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Ski crosser Jason Oliemans steps up gameBy Xuyun ZengSmithers/Interior News

For the past month, local skier Jason Oliemans has kept busy, and it does not look like he will have any respite for the next few weeks either.

He recently participated in two Nor-Am Cup races in Sugarloaf Mountain Resort in Maine and Colorado’s Ski Cooper ski resort, finishing ninth in both events. Oliemans then raced in Mont Ste. Marie, Que. March 5-7 in the National Junior Championships, finishing second and third.

To cap off this month, Oliemans will head off to Val Thorens, France to race in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Cross Junior World Championships March 23-24.

“I’m very excited to be going to World Juniors,” said Oliemans. “It was the kind of thing where I was right on the line, not sure if I was going to make it or not, and when I got the email that said I qualified and I’m going to be there, that was of course very exciting.”

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Oliemans is currently placing fifth, but because someone in the top four could not go, Oliemans got this break.

However, he knows the competition there will challenge him.

“I think it’s going to be very tough competition,” said Oliemans. “But I’m also excited that it will be a well-built course with lots of possibilities for passing, and depending on how the start is, how the course is, I can potentially do very well in it.”

Oliemans will also compete in this week’s Nor-Am Cup events and the SportChek Ski Cross Canadian National Championships in Smithers.

“I’m thinking there’s going to be quite a lot of competition there, and there’s going to be some of the Canadian National Team as well as the most of the Canadian Development Team,” he said. “But I’m excited and looking forward to it because I know Smithers is going to have a really good track.”

As part of his training, Oliemans, who returned last

Tuesday, will head up the mountain to get some pre-race practice.

Oliemans has ramped up his racing and training this season and has started a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to offset his costs, a fundraising method he learned while training with the national development team in Switzerland.

Potential donors can visit gofundme.com/myskijourney.

He currently has $2,340 of his $3,500 fundraising target.

“I think the crowdfunding was a big success for me,” he said. “It was a bit different than I expected. There were more people donating large amounts and fewer people donating small amounts.”

He is also raffling off a ski pass, at $20 per ticket to raise another $3,500. Tickets are available at Local Supply Co. or the Hudson Bay Mountain Resort downtown office.

Beyond March, a podium win at the National Juniors means that Oliemans has received an invitation to a national development team training camp this spring.

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The time has come for Jason Oliemans to face some of the toughest competition in ski cross. This week, he will race in the Nor-Am Cup and the Canadian National Championships in Smithers, and then he takes off for the World Juniors in France.

Xuyun Zeng photo

Bantam provincials nals happening today

After the opening ceremony, the Smithers Hoskins Ford Storm takes on the North Island Eagles last Sunday evening.Xuyun Zeng photo

By Xuyun ZengSmithers/Interior News

Four games today will decide which team from British Columbia gets to call themselves the Bantam champions.

The semi-finals will happen at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Civic Centre.

Teams will then proceed on to the bronze medal match at 5 p.m. and the championship game at 8 p.m.

Since last Sunday, eight Bantam minor hockey teams representing different regions of British Columbia have competed against each other in the playoffs at the Civic Centre.

Smithers Minor Hockey Association president Suzanne Rourke said they are sending off scores to BC Hockey period-by-period.

You can view the latest scores, schedule and live video feed at smithersminorhockey.com.

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By Alicia BridgesSmithers/Interior News

The sport of parkour is about moving from A to B in the most efficient way possible.

That’s what Smithers Secondary School students heard at a parkour presentation and display at the school last Friday.

Wyatt Chandler from the Smithers Saltos Gymnastics Club started his presentation by breaking a series of misconceptions about the sport.

He said parkour, which is also called free running or urban running, was considered to be more dangerous than it was.

Chandler said the sport was all about self-evaluation.

“It’s not about trying to be the biggest or the best, it’s not an outward look, it’s an inward look for yourself and trying to be better than the person you were yesterday,” he said.

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High school provincialsBy Xuyun ZengSmithers/Interior News

Basketball provincialsLast week, Bulkley Valley

Christian School (BVCS) and Smithers Secondary School (SSS) finished seventh and 15th in the Langley basketball provincials, in the A and AA divisions respectively.

The SSS Gryphons lost against Lambrick Park Secondary 100-54, Cambie Secondary 82-65 and Westsyde Secondary 79-64, but won against Prince Charles Secondary 103-85.

Trent Monkman received a second Team All Star award after averaging 46.5 points per game.

The BVCS Royals won against Deer Lake School 77-67 in overtime

and Osoyoos Secondary 78-71, but lost against Kelowna Christian School 71-46 and Duncan Christian School 78-65.

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Turney, consisting of skip Sean Turney, third Matthew Steventon, second Evan Doyle, lead Oliver Kildaw and fifth Spencer Walton recently participated in the B.C. High School Provincials.

The team ended up fourth, playing eight games and losing two games to the team from Grand Forks, who won the provincials.

“Overall, it was a great end to the season for them, with everyone playing incredibly well, especially when we were considering this year a building year for the team,” said coach Laurence Turney.

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Steelheads clinch ve of six regular season awardsBy Jackie Lieuwen and Xuyun ZengBlack Press

The Smithers Steelheads won the Central Interior Hockey League title, and players were honoured with five of the six awards in the league, including MVP, top scorer, top forward and top defenceman.

They won the league title

in two straight games in a final best-of-three-game series against the Williams Lake Stampeders.

When the game concluded, the arena exploded with cheers as Steelheads threw their gear all over the ice and captain Ian Smith held the trophy high in the air.

Centreman Brendan DeVries was honoured with a handful of awards, recognizing him as a

standout player in the CIHL.

He won the title of MVP for the CIHL playoffs and MVP for the entire season.

He also won top scorer and top forward in the CIHL season with an impressive 40 points for 24 goals and 16 assists, in a total of 16 games played in the regular season.

Defender Zach Davies won top defenceman and was also the second top

scorer in CIHL regular season scoring 28 points in 11 games, with 17 goals and 11 assists.

Steelheads forward Adam DeVries was third top scorer with 28 points, 10 goals and 18 assists in the 15 games he played in the regular season.

In addition to the top three goal scorers for the regular season, the Steelheads also had the second top goalie.

David Little ranked second with a 90.6 save-percentage and 2.78 goals against average.

Little played nine games, stopped 242 shots, and let in only 25 goals in the season.

Terrace River Kings’ goalkeeper Patrick Leal won the award for top goalie.

The Steelheads will head to the Coy Cup next week in Terrace.

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A20 www.interior-news.com The Interior News Wednesday, March 16, 2016

By Xuyun ZengSmithers/Interior News

Nearly 100 skiers attended the Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Club’s marathon skiing event last Saturday — the biggest event on their calendar.

Classic and skate skiers set off from a mass start at 10:30 a.m. Children could choose to ski one, three or six kilometres, while adults could choose between nine to 36 km.

“It’s growing every year, we get more and more people to it,” said Club president Daryl Wilson. “It’s a really great event for the club.

“There’s so many volunteers that help get this thing together.”

The event was such a draw for Erica Lilles that she could not miss it.

But she had one problem: she had no one to take care of her almost two-year-old daughter.

Lilles decided to go skiing while pulling Bergen in a baby carriage sled.

“It was either that or nothing,” she said. “I just did 3km with my daughter, so it was just enjoyable.”

“Kids are having a great time, and my baby was happy, so that’s all good.”

The marathon started in 1988.

“It started down in town, at Hug’s Farm, and it came here in the mid-90s, early-90s, to the trail,” said Wilson.

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Participants of the Wetzin’kwa Loppet take off from a 10:30 a.m. mass start last Saturday.Xuyun Zeng photo

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For further information please check our Online Community Calendar at www.interior-news.comPerspectives. Mar 8-Apr 9, Smithers Art Gallery. Oil painting show by Pashan Bassett. Scenes of Northern Canada and India. Tue-Sat 12-4 pm. www.smithersart.org. info@smithersart.org. 250-847-3898.Northern Saddle Club Bingo. Thu, Mar 17, 7 pm, The Old Church. Fundraiser for repairs and maintenance of facilities.BV Naturalists Exploring Spaceship Earth. Thu, Mar 17, 7:30 pm, NWCC. An enlightening photographic journey of discovery and exploration of remote regions of our planet by Danny Catt.Smithers Film Society Rams. Sun, Mar 20, 6 pm, Roi Theatre. Set in a remote farming valley this tells the tale of two estranged brothers. Regular admission.Kerouac – King of the Beasts. Wed, Mar 23, 7 pm, The Old Church. Join the Smithers Public Library and the BV Museum for a screening of the classic documentary. Refreshments.Northern Saddle Club Bingo. Thu, Mar. 31, 7 pm, The Old Church. Fundraiser for repairs and maintenance of facilities.

Affordable Art Workshops. March & April, registrations now open for Throwing & Hand-Building with Clay, Painting for Dummies 1 & 2, Watercolour Basics, Beginning Silversmithing. Check website for details. www.smithersart.org.Chronic Pain Self-Management Workshop. Wed, Mar 2 to Apr 5, 1-3:30 pm, Healthy Living Centre. CPSMP is a six-session workshop that helps people living with chronic pain and their caregivers. jamurphy@uvic.ca, 1-866-902-3767, www.selfmanagementbc.ca.Easy Online Contest. Deadline Friday, Oct. 7. You could win $500 for watching a 20 minute video on concussion. Email tanya@bvbia.ca or visit Bulkley Valley Brain Injury Association’s Facebook page for details.BV Museum Winter Exhibits: Skating Though History, Pre-Emption 1915, and our Artifact of the Month. Scavenger hunt for kids. Mon-Fri, 9 am to 5 pm.BV Toastmasters Club Meetings. Every second & fourth Mon, 7-8:55 pm, NWCC, Room 109. linden_buhr@hotmail.com. Sep to Jun.

A22 www.interior-news.com The Interior News Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Monty Bassett (right) with his crew at the premiere of Sacred Grizzly (screen shot above) in Smithers March 4.

Contributed and Chris Gareau photos

Local lmmaker looks for funding internationallyBy Chris GareauSmithers/Interior News

The world premiere of Sacred Grizzly in Smithers March 4 was not a premiere of local documentarian Monty Bassett’s talent.

Bulkley Valley residents are familiar with the filmmaker’s skills. Bassett brings some of the most inaccessible places in the world — which happen to be in our own northern B.C. backyard — to the comfort of our living rooms for our education and wonder.

But the process of capturing those sweeping vistas and intimate moments of 360-kilogram grizzly bears is an expensive and arduous one. Bassett announced at the premiere that he is done seeking funding in Canada.

“We used to be one of the world leaders in documentary film making, and now it’s got to the point where nobody can afford to do just a broadcaster film because broadcasters put up so little money,” explained Bassett.

“Consequently, you have four or five different players in every film, and if one of the players pulls out it’s like this house of cards — it all folds.”

Fans need not fret, Bassett said he will continue to do Canadian content. He added that he would likely head over the pond to Europe to find financiers, but still work with The Knowledge Network as his distribution base.

That means we will likely still see the results of

Bassett’s cameramen facing down bear or hanging out of helicopters — though he may give them a break and use drones in the future.

“In the canyon footage, all of that where we’re going down through the walls, all of that was shot out on the skid. And to really get the good stuff, you have to put the camera below the skid,” said Bassett of the measures his crew goes to for the perfect shot.

He said the bears, for the most part, behaved well for the cameras.

“We have this procedure that when the bear shows up, we turn on the cameras first, and then we’ll worry about the bear spray ... and all of that stuff later,” laughed Bassett.

People who watched Sacred Grizzly might recognize one of the crew’s camp visitors: the bear scratching on the boulder.

“It was like we hired her the way she came to us,” said Bassett, adding she seemed to almost charge only once.

The production team for Sacred Grizzly included production manager Lynnda McDougall, Taylor Fox, Dan Mesec, Robert Debastian on graphics, and artwork from Roy Henry Vickers.

Bassett’s crew usually goes out into the bush five to seven times per film.

“You get a totally different, identifiable perspective working with local people if they have the talent, as opposed to me hiring a cameraman in Vancouver ... It’s much nicer to have people who love to be out in the bush. They’re willing to sit out in the rain for two weeks,” said Bassett.

Vancouver’s We are the City play in Smithers this Saturday at 7:30 p.m.Kirsten Huculiak photo

We are the City brings electro pop rock to SmithersBy Chris GareauSmithers/Interior News

Smithers Community Radio CICK 93.9 and the Bulkley Valley Concert Association are teaming up to bring a sound meant for a younger audience’s ear.

“We want to create a scene here,” said CICK station manager Glen Ingram.

Saturday’s We are the City all ages concert is being promoted to high school students by some of the radio station’s 40 volunteers in the hopes that enough show up to make similar shows a regular occurrence.

This is the second joint venture by the two music promoters. The first was last February’s visit to Smithers’ Della Herman Theatre by The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer.

Ingram said his radio station’s goal was to

share all genres of music, and a number are ticked off just by bringing in We are the City.

The Vancouver three-piece band blends pop, rock and electronic sounds to, according to CICK and the BVCA, “build beautiful melodies that often explode into crashing crescendos that will have you bouncing in your seat.”

They have just returned from a European tour, where they have been making a name for themselves with songs like Keep on Dancing.

CICK says it is going beyond standard publicity avenues with playful outreach to younger audiences to invite them into the theatre, perhaps for the first time. DJ Brennan Anderson, a teacher at Muheim Elementary, worked with students to create a radio program reviewing music and had a draw for We are the City tickets. There are plans in the works for a youth air guitar contest for tickets and backstage passes.

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Smithers artist Pashan Bassett at the opening of her exhibition, Perspectives, at the Smithers Art Gallery last Friday.

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Light and PerspectivesFrom Trinidad, West Indies, to Paris,

France and back to Smithers, local artist Pashan Bassett has seen the world from a variety of perspectives.

Her new exhibition of oil paintings at the Smithers Art Gallery draws on those experiences and artistic influences from her various homes.

The works in her solo show, “Perspectives”, capture landscapes from the point-of-view of an artist inspired by light.

“I paint because the journey of a canvas into a painting suits every

aspect of my being,” said Bassett of the exhibition.

“The challenge of trying to translate the ephemeral moment is both inviting and daunting.

“I love light. I find the essence and transcendence of the subject in the light.”

“Perspectives” runs until April 9. The gallery is open from 12 to 4 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday.

Visitors to the show can enter their names in the draw for one of Bassett’s paintings, entitled Moon Morning, valued at $150.

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