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BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Phase 2 of Fairview Terminal is officially moving forward.

The expansion of the terminal to accommodate an additional 500,000 TEUs to a total of 1.3 million TEUs was announced on March 10 during an event at the Port Interpretive Centre, with construction expected to last 24 to 36 months and be complete in mid-2017.

“Today’s announcement affirms the value of the forward-looking investment in Prince Rupert’s original Fairview Terminal conversion project. The strategic vision, partnership and alignment of the original partners — Maher, CN, the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, and the Port of Prince Rupert — seized an opportunity that is still paying dividends today,” said Prince Rupert Port Authority president and CEO Don Krusel.

“We’re very pleased to see Maher Terminals continue delivering on the vision of fast, reliable container service — while creating new opportunities for the workers, communities, and nations who benefit from this trade gateway.”

The expansion will be undertaken by Fairview operator Maher Terminals, with a consortium of Fraser River Pile and Dredge and BEL Contracting selected as the general contractor. Among the work to be done is the reclamation of approximately 3.7 hectares of land, as well as the installation of crane rails. Rail services will also be upgraded with four working tracks added to the expanded terminal footprint and an extension of existing on-dock rail capacity. The end result will be an additional 155 metres of wharf added to the northwest end of the

terminal. As well as work on the terminal,

the existing viewing area will be converted to a secure storage lot for empty containers.

News of the expansion was welcomed by elected officials from all levels of government.

“The development of Prince Rupert’s intermodal gateway business has been responsible for a gradual but unmistakable transformation of our city’s economy. The expansion of Fairview Container Terminal has been hotly anticipated. Its completion will bring much-needed employment growth and additional municipal revenues to our growing port city,” said Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain.

“The growth and diversification of the port industry on B.C.’s North Coast has had a positive impact on the quality of life for those who call this region home. The expansion of Prince Rupert’s container operations is more great news for our gateway economy. The Port of Prince Rupert and Maher Terminals are not only world leaders in facilitating trade, they are good partners — providing opportunities for families in our communities,” added North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice.

As well, two First Nations leaders on the North Coast gave their public support to the commencement of expansion during the announcement.

“The Metlakatla First Nation

has experienced first-hand the positive impact of Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal operation. An expansion to the terminal will continue to help our people achieve access to the training, specialized skills and job opportunities that make Prince Rupert’s workforce the envy of Northern BC. We anticipate the Port of Prince Rupert maintaining its high standards of environmental sustainability and active community engagement as this project is developed,” said Metlakatla Chief Harold Leighton.

“Our community has demonstrated a model of economic partnership with the Port of Prince Rupert that should be a model to others. The jobs and skills training enabled by the container terminal has meant members of our nation have benefitted. We are interested in finding even more new and original ways of connecting with future benefits as the terminal grows,” added acting Gitxaala Chief Clarence Innes.

Look for more on this story at thenorthernview.com.

Prince Rupert Port Authority / Special to The Northern View

A rendering of the expanded Fairview Terminal, complete with eight cranes and additional rail tracks.

Fairview Terminal expansion moving aheadFairview Terminal expansion moving aheadConstruction to conclude

in 2017

“We’re very pleased to see Maher Terminals “We’re very pleased to see Maher Terminals continuing to deliver on the vision of fast, continuing to deliver on the vision of fast,

reliable container service.”reliable container service.”

- Don Krusel- Don Krusel

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Trade is building stronger communities.The Port of Prince Rupert is growing opportunities and prosperity by

connecting the communities of northern BC. Last year, port activity was

directly responsible for the equivalent of 3,060 permanent full-time jobs.

Watch and share our video tribute to the workers and families of BC’s

gateway industry: youtube.com/rupertport.

BY MARTINA PERRY PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Next month piles will be driven into the seabed of Cow Bay for a new itinerant yacht marina.

Announced during the Northwest Growth Conference on Saturday, the $3.8 million-project will provide moorage for 51 vessels ranging from 40 to 80 feet. A 12-foot-wide, 600-foot-long wooden breakwater will protect the private marina while also providing a public wharf extending into the harbour between the Northland cruise ship dock and the Yacht Club.

“The community has been talking about a lack of vessel moorage for 25 years now. The Cow Bay Marina is an important part of diversifying the local economy and revitalizing the tourism sector as it stands to generate direct and indirect economic benefits to the city,” said John Farrell, general manager of Community Futures of the Pacific Northwest.

The project was launched after a market study by Community Futures of the Pacific Northwest and the Prince Rupert and Port Edward Economic Development Corporation identified the high demand for slips, and was initiated by Community Futures, the City of Prince Rupert, the Prince Rupert and Port Edward Economic Development Corporation and the Prince Rupert Port Authority.

“Our market study showed we are currently waving goodbye to 1,200 pleasure cruisers every year that pass through our waters to Haida Gwaii and Alaska.

We only have about 10 available slips for these recreational boaters. That’s the economic leakage that we set out to fill,” explained Farrell.

Paul Vendittelli, Prince Rupert and Port Edward’s economic development officer, said the partnership saw the need for additional access to the harbour, with Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain saying the project is “part of a much larger strategy to open up access to our waterfront for locals and those near and far”.

“This is a major win for the City of Prince Rupert,” said Brain.

“This project illustrates that dedicated partners

working together collaboratively will undoubtedly result in moving our community forward.”

Broadwater Industries was awarded the construction tender for the marina, which is expected to be complete by the end of July and officially open to the public this fall.

“The construction is modular so pieces will be floated into place and begin to develop before your eyes. One of the piles is 200 feet long, the same size as the Highliner Plaza Inn,” said Vendittelli.

More details on the project will be released in the coming weeks, with plans for a grand opening being in the works.

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Community Futures board of directors chair Wendy Prystay, Community Futures of the Pacifi c Northwest general manager John Farrell, Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain and Prince Rupert and Port Edward economic development offi cer Paul Vendittelli were in attendance for the announcement of the new marina project on Saturday.

Construction to begin on Cow Bay MarinaConstruction to begin on Cow Bay MarinaMoorage being built

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The City of Prince Rupert is calling out for bids for the demolition and salvaging of infrastructure at the former pulp mill on Watson Island.

In September, the city announced it had awarded a contract to Stantec Engineering to arrange a course of action for decommissioning the former pulp mill and put two notices on B.C. Bid related to the work earlier this month.

The first notice was a request for proposals for the demolition, salvage and removal of structures, contents and equipment at Watson Island and the second was an invitation for offers on industrial equipment from the site.

As part of a settlement with Sun Wave Forest Products, the former owner will pay for the deconstruction project, but will be able to use funds from an asset recovery program designed to net-back some value from equipment and scrap metal sales to cover the costs.

“There’s still lots of valuable material out there that could be used for other industries,” explained Prince Rupert Mayor Lee Brain.

Although the undertaking won’t be a full shut down of the site, Mayor Brain said it’s a huge step in moving forward.

“This decommissioning isn’t necessarily a full remediation of the island. It’s just part of the process of stripping down the materials and buildings (to their foundations). Some of the buildings are still usable, so those will stay intact,” he explained.

The project will consist of three phases, the first being the demolition and salvaging of infrastructure and equipment in the terminal building where the majority of industrial

equipment with potential resale value is located. It will also include the demolition and salvaging of the power house, recaustizing and chip handling areas.

In the second phase, mechanical equipment in the pulp finishing machine room will be salvaged, along with equipment in the wood room, which will be demolished to its foundation.

The request for proposals states the first two phases would commence concurrently.

In the third phase, the hog fuel handling facilities and other structures not considered to have salvage value will be disassembled and demolished to their foundations.

Storage tanks will be prepared for demolition and salvage, but the chemicals will be removed as a separate decommissioning exercise. Brain said full remediation will take place when the city is able to pursue other economic interests of the site.

“The next step after that would be clearing out the black and green liquor tanks and the hog fuel pile. This would

make Watson Island much more attractive in terms of an investment,” he said, adding the city will be aggressive in making sure that happens.

The City of Prince Rupert remains in a legal dispute over the site with the Watson Island Development Corporation.

“Right now we still can’t clear title. But we feel confident things will move forward with that case within a few years,” Brain said.

Presently, the City of Prince Rupert is paying approximately $80,000 per month for site maintenance and monitoring fees.

Brain said the city will work to reduce the overhead while decommissioning work takes place.

“We’re hoping that the overhead of Watson Island will be significantly reduced to the point where it would actually take a burden off taxpayers,” Brain said.

The city has given groups leasing property at the site notices to vacate the premise, with Brain stating the deconstruction work could begin as soon as May.

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The city will start demolition of the Watson Island pulp mill in the coming months.

Pulp mill demolition goes out for bidPulp mill demolition goes out for bidWork could start in May


BY SHAUN THOMASPRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Economic growth can be a very positive thing for any community, but it is not without its challenges.

Perhaps no two municipalities know this better than Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, which have seen a boom unlike any other in the province in the past decade.

As part of the Northwest Growth Conference on March 6, two business professionals – Community Futures Peace Liard, executive director Sue Kenny of Dawson Creek and CCT Controls marketing manager Russ Beerling of Fort St. John – provided an outline of what residents of the North Coast can expect should liquefied natural gas proceed.

In the houseBoth Fort St. John and Dawson Creek

saw an influx of new housing and issues related to rental properties, something Kenny saw firsthand as a member of Dawson Creek city council.

“There were complexes that housed 200 families, but investors come in and they are business people. They bought up these complexes and renovated them into condos, got it into strata and the rents went up. Our core community, the ones that are stable and not going anywhere and feeding the economy, we’re losing them because they had to move. It was a problem that wasn’t identified,” she told attendees.

“We didn’t expect those people to be displaced. We just thought they were upgrading.”

Part of the problem, said the former councillor, is out of town investors looking to make as much money as they can from the economic boom.

“You get a lot of investors coming into your community and we had a lot of housing investors coming in. They were actually going to Vancouver and marketing Dawson Creek in Vancouver and they would bring bus loads of potential investors into the community,” she said, adding up to 100 houses were built in Dawson Creek each year she was on council.

“They might have had $100,000 or $200,000 to invest in a duplex. But what the developers were doing was build a duplex, but put the secondary suite included in the bylaw and took total advantage of that to create a fourplex or a sixplex because there are different levels of a duplex. They would use all three levels setup like a house. You would have this developer show you this duplex that was nicely landscaped and beautiful and they became sixplexes with the grass becoming paved for all the cars that needed to be parked ... companies would buy these duplexes and run their crews

through them, so you could have three crews in these houses.”

And while some may point to concerns around worker accommodations, such as the one proposed behind the trailer court, Kenny said those are very viable alternatives.

“There is not a lot wrong with camps. A lot of communities look at it as a dirty word, but from my perspective I would definitely go the camp way because, like in Kitimat, with houses what do you have when people leave?” she questioned.

Service overloadThousands of people coming into a

region on an interim basis can put a lot of stress on infrastructure and support systems that weren’t designed to handle it, an idea that was confirmed through the experience of communities in the Peace Region.

“I was talking to the economic development officer last week and she said we are already short 23 RCMP members for the population and the shadow population. That is huge, if you are waiting for an RCMP officer in town to respond to an accident or a domestic disturbance, you might have to wait a long time because they are attending to business that is not related to taxpayers ... the hospital is the same thing. The lineup at the hospital is sometimes two or three hours in the emergency room and it is frustrating as a local taxpayer to know the 10 people ahead of you or two hours and 55 minutes ahead of you are not taxpayers and are not contributing to your hospital,” said Beerling.

“The workers don’t contribute to your tax base because they don’t live in the community, so who is going to pay for the services? The local taxpayer.”

As a former councillor, Kenny said there were some unexpected impacts of a booming population.

“Dawson Creek just had to revamp its whole sewer and water system because the sewer system was getting older and it was getting greater use with all the new housing. We were actually having fountains coming out of toilets, literally, because of the runoff and we didn’t have the capability to get that done,” she said.

“They say it gets busy, but it got so busy in Dawson Creek that you couldn’t even make a left turn anywhere, so we had public works running around and developing four-way stops. It was

ridiculous. I used to go home for lunch because it was only a 10-minute drive, so I could have a hot lunch and still have lots of time. Now it is 25 minutes to get home so I pack my lunch and eat at work because it is less stressful.”

The solution to these industry-related issues may well rest with industry, said Beerling.

“You have an opportunity now to put your plans in place and when these industries come through, ask them for the assistance. You can welcome them because you know there is going to be population growth and increased business, but there is also some negatives with that including drugs, alcohol, policing, emergency services and so on,” he said.

“If you have the opportunity to ask industry to contribute to things like water or sewer, now is the time to ask. Don’t invite them to come in without giving you something that ensures you are left with a better city than when they got there.”

Challenges to

businessWhile many businesses in the region are

preparing to reap the benefits associated with an influx of workers, Kenny told those in the audience an economic boom isn’t entirely positive news for small-to-medium sized businesses.

“Your existing businesses can really fade into the background and those are the ones that thought a lot of really good things would happen. When we had big service companies come into our community, and I mean huge where they are hiring 200 people, things seemed really good on the outside. Our tax base

was growing, which was great, but the smaller businesses weren’t seeing a really big change in their economies,” she said.

“With the workforce, they couldn’t keep people in the shops. We had restaurants that couldn’t keep their doors open, and I’m talking about brand new restaurants that were only able to open during certain hours of the day because they didn’t have people to come in to serve or cook ... nobody thought about the workforce drain on those types of businesses – your gas station attendants, your servers, your clerks and your retail sector. All of these people were moving into the natural gas and oil industry and we weren’t having quality people in our smaller businesses to the point where the service was really starting to suffer.”

The answer for many small businesses in the Peace Region is the use of foreign workers who are willing to work the entry-level positions while the long-term residents and youth wait for a high-paying job in the oil and gas industry. Beerling and Kenny said the use of foreign workers in the service industry, a practice people in the region had to fight to keep in place and one that is not permitted in the Northwest, is the only reason some businesses remain viable.

“I was talking to someone in the fast food industry and they said they have the mirror test – when someone comes in they put a mirror under their nose and if it fogs up it means they’re breathing so they’re hired ... we have imported a lot of workers, we have a lot of people from the Philippines and elsewhere who are working in our service sector because you just can’t find those people,” said Beerling.

“If we didn’t have foreign workers, a lot of business owners would have had to reduce their hours or shut down entirely,” added Kenney.

Dawson Creek, Fort St. John provide a look into boomtown issues

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Russ Beerling looks on as Sue Kenny fi elds a question from delegates at the 2015 Northwest Growth Conference on Friday.

“With the workforce, they “With the workforce, they couldn’t keep people in couldn’t keep people in

the shops.”the shops.”

- Sue Kenny- Sue Kenny

Economic growing painsEconomic growing pains

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Nothing makes Sarah Browne happier than being around children.

“They make me laugh and see the world through their eyes, and that’s a really magical thing,” Sarah said.

The Rupertite has always been passionate about childcare, making it her life’s work to help children overcome developmental challenges.

Sarah was born in Prince Rupert and spent the first 16 years of her life in the community. She grew up in a tight-knit family, spending much of her time with her sister Jessica and their parents.

“I had a good childhood,” she remembered.

While many are pleasant, not all of Sarah’s memories from her upbringing are happy. Sarah was severely bullied in elementary school, so much so that she switched schools at one point because things had gotten so out of hand.

Sadly, the bullying continued into high school. Once again Sarah had to relocate, this time with her locker, to stop a group of girls from harassing her by way of rude notes and scratched insults on her locker.

“(Bullying) definitely shapes who you are for the rest of your life. I will always carry that with me and I’m a little more guarded whenever I meet new people,” she said.

But Sarah found a group of kindred spirits in “the outcasts” and theatre-enthusiasts.

“I definitely hung out in the drama room ... I was very involved in drama,” she said.

“For me, drama was a way of protecting myself. A lot of people who are insecure don’t want to get on a stage, but I liked it because it wasn’t me. I could do things on stage that I wouldn’t do in everyday life,” Sarah explained.

“It became an armour I could wear and still interact with the world.”

Life would change drastically for Sarah when she was 16. After her father was laid off from the pulp mill, Sarah’s parents decided to move to Doha, Qatar

in Southwest Asia, where her dad got a job.

“All I had known was Prince Rupert, so I was terrified and really angry to have to leave,” Sarah said.

Obviously the weather took some getting used to, but there were much more significant changes Sarah had to adapt to while living in the Muslim-country, such as her clothing.

While in Canada nobody would’ve batted an eye, Sarah remembers wearing bright orange shorts in downtown Doha and having an old man follow her down the street yelling at her for showing too much skin.

Although it took some time, Sarah grew to love life in Qatar and getting to learn about a new way of life.

“You learn a lot about the world when you’re a new person in a different country. It humbles you,” she said.

“Being immersed in the Muslim culture was really fascinating.”

After living in Qatar for two years, Sarah returned to Canada and started attending university in Calgary. Sarah did two years of general studies and then decided she would earn a certificate in early childhood development.

For Sarah, the choice to get into childcare was an easy one.

“From a very young age I just really enjoyed working with children,” she explained, adding she started babysitting as soon as she was old enough, and even helped with her church’s nursery group on Sundays.

Sarah wanted to touch the lives of young people while being a part of their learning progression, as those who worked with her as a kid had done.

“I think back to my preschool days, and I still remember my preschool teachers and the fun I had,” she recalled.

Despite being far away from the North Coast, Sarah took every opportunity to visit the region and her sister. About three years ago, after nine years away, Sarah decided to move back to Prince Rupert.

“I just found I was missing family. With my sister here and her having kids, it was time to come home,” she explained.

The decision to move home proved to be a smart one, with Sarah landing her dream job with the Prince Rupert Community Enrichment Society shortly after returning to the community.

This month marked Sarah’s two-year anniversary of employment as an infant development consultant with the society, working with children up to age 3 who are either at risk of, or have, a developmental delay.

“The early years are really important and to have parents allow you to be involved with their children at that age is an honour,” she said.

Sarah also provides support to the parents and guardians of children she works with, helping them make sense of everything.

“I can hold their hand through all of the craziness,” she said.

“A lot of times it’s just going into their homes and sitting down with them and sitting down and talking about what’s happening in their child’s life and what they’re struggling with. They need someone in their corner ... It can be really scary. I’m there to make it a little less scary.”

When asked what the most important thing in life is, Sarah answered “family” without hesitation.

Sarah is currently living with Jessica and her fiancé, helping the couple take care of their three young children. Sarah and her sister are extremely close, spending most of their free time together as a family.

“We’re home-bodies. We like hanging out at home and spending times with the kids,” Sarah explained, adding she also has remained close to her parents who are living in Saskatchewan.

“It’s weird for me to go a week without talking to them.”

Sarah intends to remain in Prince Rupert for the foreseeable future, as it’s where her family and friends are, along with a job that she loves waking up in the morning to go to.

Martina Perry / The Northern View

Sarah Browne plays with her nieces Priya, six months, and Piper, 4.

Browne finds magic with children“They make me laugh “They make me laugh

and see the world and see the world through their eyes.”through their eyes.”

- Sarah Browne- Sarah Browne

September 12, 2007 was a monumental day in Prince Rupert’s history and may in fact be the defining moment for the

community for decades to come. It was on this day that thousands of

residents and dignitaries from around the world gathered under sunny North Coast skies to celebrate the grand opening of Fairview Terminal, which has transformed the city from

a humble community on B.C.’s west coast to a major player on the international stage.

I remember being on the dock that day — you could feel the excitement in the air and the anticipation of what Fairview Terminal could bring. And while Prince Rupert Port Authority president and CEO Don Krusel was subdued in hinting at a phase two

expansion at some point down the road, then-mayor Herb Pond wasn’t as subtle as seen in the excerpt from a September 2007 Northern Connector:

We all need to work together as we did for Phase 1 to get Phase 2 done so the opportunities continue,’ said Prince Rupert Mayor Herb Pond, who led hundreds of people attending the public ceremony in a “Phase 2” chant directed at the government and industry leaders assembled on the stage.

As you can see, people have been anticipating the announcement of the Fairview Terminal expansion since before the first ship even arrived. Now, less than a decade later, that dream is becoming a reality as work gets underway to increase the terminal’s capacity to more than one million TEUs.

While it has not been without its challenges, Prince Rupert has come a long way since Fairview Terminal opened in 2007. The facility has exceeded all expectations and been a catalyst for the many billions of dollars in export infrastructure being proposed for the region today. The opening of Fairview Terminal was a real game-changer for the city, and if you don’t think the expansion will have a lesser but noticable impact — just wait and see.

One can only imagine what may be coming in the years ahead.

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Moving on to Phase 2

B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it.

When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices.

Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government.

Instead, it is to look for “systemic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected.

The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less annual income didn’t know they are eligible for discounts on Medical Services Plan premiums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864 cost of individual MSP premiums is waived.

Other frequently overlooked programs are a monthly rent subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modifications called Home Adaptations for Independence, drug cost assistance called Fair Pharmacare, property tax deferment and the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement program. Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest awareness of assistance designed specifically for them. But you don’t get these benefits

unless you apply and show that your income qualifies.The survey also found that the biggest fear of low-

income seniors is that they won’t be able to afford to stay in their homes. See home adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy programs above.

Awareness and usage of the SAFER program was lowest in the north and highest in urban areas, perhaps not surprising since the B.C. government exists more in theory than in fact in many remote places.

So what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The

government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s.

Clark’s government did a whack of advertising in the election year, 2013. Much of it was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that.

The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government.

A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart.

Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

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Advocating for the Seniors AdvocateShaun Thomas

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“I think they should be banned.”

“Yes, I agree. Even though it’s electronic, a cigarette is a cigarette. It doesn’t

matter how you look at it.”

“Yeah, I agree. Absolutely.”“There’s some health problems associated with [the habit] so I believe [the

ban] is right.”

Pay me now or pay me laterEditor: Re: Why cut taxes for the rich? (B.C. Views,

Feb. 25).I’m a senior with a defined-benefit pension

plan and income splitting. I’m using the tax-free saving accounts

(TFSA). I get a seniors’ discount on my property tax. I can defer my property tax if I want and at some point I may. I’m not wealthy, but comfortable.

Both the federal Conservatives and B.C. Liberals have reduced income taxes for me. Why would I disagree with their policies? We are the privileged generation – you may enjoy the same privileges, in retirement, while they last.

Why the concern? Only because we have grandchildren who

will be paying for the privileges and lifestyle that the B.C. Liberals and Conservatives think we deserve (for votes), with borrowed government money. It’s called debt, and the B.C. Liberals have doubled it in the last decade or so.

Bring back Premier Ralph Klein from Alberta, in 20 years. By then I may be gone,

and the grandchildren will be working to pay the interest on the debts. There will likely be riots, as there were in Greece. For Greece – still at 173 per cent debt to GDP after four years of austerity – it is too late for them to get out their own mess. My TFSA will suffer a bit when they default.

As my Grade 11 math teacher said, “You can pay me now, or pay me later.” “Pay me later” sounds pretty good to the privileged generation.

Hope you can join up soon – while it lasts.

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“We have granchildren “We have granchildren who will be paying for the privi-who will be paying for the privi-

leges ... with borrowed leges ... with borrowed government money.”government money.”

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Letters to the editorLetters to the editor Backhaul boxes make trade flow both waysThe geographic and

strategic advan-tages of the Port

of Prince Rupert have enabled the Fairview Container Terminal to become one of the fast-est-growing container terminals in the world.

This achievement reflects the exponential growth in volume mov-ing through the terminal during each of its first five years of opera-tion. North American demand for high-value Asian goods—as well as time-sensitive cargos like seasonal apparel—was the primary force driv-ing those volumes ever higher, but by the end of the third full year of operation in 2010, Asian demand for North American goods was esca-lating and began contributing in earnest to the growth of containerized trade through the Port of Prince Rupert.

At any container terminal on the west coast of North America, nearly every container inbound from Asia is “laden” or “loaded,” meaning it is stuffed with cargo. The same is not true for all the containers being shipped back across the Pacific. Depending on the port, a certain number of con-tainers make the return trip empty, as an equal demand for our goods in Asia does not exist. Filling these returning containers (known as the “back-haul”) poses a significant competitive challenge for ports and their termi-nals, one that the Port of Prince Rupert improves upon every year.

In its first two years of operation, only 35% of containers exported through Fairview were loaded. As the number of exported containers increased through 2010 and 2011, so did the ratio of loaded/empty con-tainers. By 2012, more than 50% of total exports were loaded with do-mestic goods, and in 2013 that figure jumped to 65%.

This remarkable growth is largely due to increasing demand for BC forest products in China and Japan, and the ability of Canadian indus-try to respond to that demand. The opening of CN’s intermodal ter-minal in Prince George meant forest products from the central interior could be stuffed into containers and sent directly by rail to Fairview Container Terminal. Quickload Logistics, a local company, has enabled this growth through its transloading operation at Watson Island, where a C-Loader machine stuffs packaged lumber into containers for export.

Today, more than 90% of Prince Rupert’s exported containers are destined for China, the majority of which are stuffed with lumber and wood products derived from spruce, pine and fir trees.

China’s booming recycling industry provides a strong market for wastepaper from North America and Europe. Chinese industries use it to create the paper and paper board products that package light manu-factured goods for export. This scrap paper represents the second-most exported product through Fairview for the last four years.

Agricultural products like wheat, soybeans and livestock feed are also exported in containers through Fairview, and this category makes up more than 20% of the Port of Prince Rupert’s containerized exports.

Scrap metal exports continue to grow, due to strong demand from developing countries like China, which alone imported more than $160 billion in non-iron scrap metal in 2011.

Other categories of goods exported in containers through Fairview in low volumes include logs, pulp, scrap plastics, textiles and chemicals.

Re:port is a collaborative promotional venture by the Prince Rupert Port Authority and The Northern View.

Photo courtesy Prince Rupert Port AuthorityFROM C TO SEA: The Quickload Logistics C-Loader, at the Port of Prince Rupert, stuffs containers with forest products before they are exported to Asian markets through Fairview Container Terminal. Filling containers on their return trip is known as “backhaul.”

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Figures lie and liars figureEditor:Re: Why cut taxes for the rich? (B.C. Views,

Feb. 25).I usually content myself with a head

shake after reading Tom Fletcher’s columns, but the column of Wednesday, Feb. 25, titled, “Why cut taxes for the rich?” is too much.

Figures lie and liars figure, and one can twist numbers to suit any end, which is what Mr. Fletcher has done.

Let me use his numbers in a slightly different way.

Fletcher says, “By 2013, the bottom 40 per cent of Canadian households were paying just 6.8 per cent of income tax and more than a third of tax filers were paying none at all.”

In other words, one third of Canadian families didn’t make $22,000, which is the basic exemption for two people (or they had deductions that reduced their tax to zero), and seven per cent (40 to

33 per cent) were paying 6.8 per cent of all taxes.

Seems fair.But let’s look at what’s left over after taxes.The richest one per cent of Canadians

made an average of $443,500 and paid income tax of $146,600, leaving them with $297,000 to spend.

The other 99 per cent made an average of $37,900, and paid income tax of $5,600, leaving them with $32,300 to spend. $297,000 versus $32,300.

Why tax the rich?Because they can afford it.

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From Haida Gwaii to Hartley Bay we have clean shrimp, cockles, salmon, crab… but if we allow oil tankers, will

we end up like the Gulf of Mexico? There are numerous reports blaming the BP oil spill and toxic chemical cleanup for continuing ruined shrimp and crab fi sheries and mutant and sick sealife.

Some people say: “We won’t make the same mistake Alaska did.” People know how

many hundreds of miles of coastline were affected by the Valdez spill and how it impacted clams, herring and salmon for years. Many think the dispersant used in the clean-up made things worse. But even though COREXIT and oil is about fi fty times more toxic than

oil alone- there are plans to use it or similar dispersants in Canada.

In Nova Scotia a local group is worried about the Grand Banks because Bill C-22, would allow the use of COREXIT if/when there is a spill. They report Shell oil has put out bids to buy COREXIT for use there.

Here in BC a February 19th 2013 letter to the NEB from Enbridge Northern Gateway specifi cally mentions COREXIT use.

Once oil spills it is lose/lose. If you leave the oil on the surface more seabirds and eelgrass die, if you disperse the oil into the water column with COREXIT more fi sh and clams die.

Whether it is refi ned, crude or bitumen, if we allow in tankers we will have problems; we will have spills. How would we handle an oil spill in the Rupert area?

COREXIT might be toxic and raise human health concerns, but it does disperse spilt oil which is impossible and expensive to clean-up. There will be tremendous pressure in an emergency situation to use COREXIT-out of sight out of mind.

During the Gulf BP spill the powerful EPA tried to limit its use but they couldn’t. The documentary fi lm, Pretty Slick found: “The EPA and the Coast Guard responded to public pressure and issued a directive, on May 25th, 2010 to eliminate the use of surface dispersants, except in rare cases, however BP found ways to circumvent this directive.”

BP dumped 7 million liters of toxic COREXIT into the Gulf of Mexico.

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7 million liters of toxic COREXIT were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico- can it happen here? U.S. Air Force refi lls a chemical dispersing aircraft in Mississippi during the BP Gulf oil spill.

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More than 20 people attended an information session on the redevelopment of a former church on India Avenue last week.

Greenwell Asset Management submitted a rezoning application to the City of Prince Rupert to allow for the creation of an executive rooming house at 1433 India Ave. The group wants to convert the former Bethel First Baptist Church building into an 18 suite-rental complex that would be known as Moutain View Executive Suites. One of the suites would be reserved for an onsite manager.

Geoff Greenwell of Greenwell Asset Management reiterated the complex would initially be accommodation for executives, senior management and consultants working in Prince Rupert on some of the proposed LNG projects during their construction phase, and would later become a semi-assisted complex for seniors.

“[The executive] market will come and go with the construction phase. It’s not going to last forever, it’s a short-term market. It will help to capitalize on that short-term market to help offset some of the initial capital outlay,” Greenwell said, adding this would make it possible to have a lower rent for seniors later on.

Greenwell said 22 people stopped by for the March 4 information session,

with “99 per cent of the comments” being positive.

“We had no negative comments. Whenever you do a rezoning you expect some negative comments, but there really weren’t any,” he said, adding some of the property’s closest neighbours attended and were supportive.

“People liked the fact that someone was going to clean up the building and put something really nice in the neighbourhood.”

However, Greenwell said parking was a concern for some.

“The site can contain 18 spaces and we’re proposing 17 suites ... We’ve done the site plan based on the city’s specifications for the size of a parking space,” he said, noting there is more room for spaces behind the building.

Greenwell Asset Management would invest $1.5 million in the project, which Greenwell said would create $1 million of spin-off income for local builders, suppliers and contractors during its

construction phase. Greenwell said other benefits include

infilling an existing property while also increasing the tax revenue for the city, along with creating two full-time jobs during the executive phase and four or five full-time positions when its turned into a seniors complex.

Greenwell noted the group would move forward with the construction of an independent seniors facility if none of the proposed LNG projects go ahead.

Prince Rupert city council gave the project its first reading on Feb. 10, asking the developer to hold an information session before coming back for a second reading.

Construction of the project is scheduled to take six months, with Greenwell Asset Management hoping to begin work this Spring.

Prince Rupert city planner Zeno Krekic will report back to council next month, with a public hearing on the rezoning being held at the end of April.


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A report prepared for the Lax Kw’alaams Band raises new concerns about the impact Pacific NorthWest LNG’s terminal on Lelu Island could have on Flora Bank.

The report, entitled A Sediment Trend Analysis of Prince Rupert Harbour and Its Surrounding Waters, was written by Dr. Patrick McLaren of SedTrend Analysis and notes that Flora Bank is unique in that the sediments are not believed to have been transported and deposited at the site but rather “must have formed in situ or are remnant from a pre-existing environment”.

“If, in fact, the sands are actually part of a larger transport regime in which sand is both arriving and leaving the bank, thereby keeping them maintained, a constantly shifting position of the bank could be expected as the availability of sand arriving could never be constant and the processes to remove it would also be variable,” he wrote.

“The amount of sand on the surface of Flora Bank has remained constant and, to date, there has been little possibility for the complex interaction of river, tide and wave processes responsible for holding the sand in place to have changed since sea level reached its present position 8,000 years ago.”

Based on the idea that Flora Bank is not a feature that is created by sediment transported through the Skeena River, Dr. McLaren said different considerations must be taken into account when examining the impact of industrial development in nearby areas.

“Any change that might alter the wave, river or tidal currents in the waters surrounding Flora Bank will inevitably affect the ability of the processes to hold the sand in place. If such a change results in a loss of sand, there will no longer be any chance either for it to return or be replenished from other sources,” he wrote.

“If, instead of losing the sand, a decrease in energy levels over the Bank increases the deposition of fine sediments the possibility of losing the eel grass will

occur.”Luanne Roth of the Prince Rupert Environmental

Society says this information must be considered by the company which she says, despite eliminating the need for dredging through the use of a suspended bridge trestle, would still create “a forest of pilings” that would impact current wave action and flows in the area.

“Pacific Northwest LNG is aware of the erosion problem with the new design. I spoke to them at their last open house and they said they were meeting with Dr. McLaren whose sediment analysis confirmed a serious flaw in the new design which threatens Flora Bank if the Pacific Northwest LNG project is allowed to proceed,” she said.

The company acknowedges they have heard the concern, but say their studies show any impact to the currents and tides around Flora Bank would not be significant.

“Based on extensive studies conducted by our environmental consultants who are experienced in this field, we are confident that the integrity of Flora Bank will be maintained. We have conducted rigorous engineering modelling and analysis, and are confident that changes to waves, river and tidal currents around Flora Bank would be minimal,” said communications advisor Krissy Van Loon.

“We fully understand the importance of, and are committed to protecting, the eel grass and Flora Bank. We have conducted wave, current and tidal studies, sediment dispersion modelling, shading analysis as well as extensive field work to better understand how our marine terminal will impact the area around Lelu Island. The conclusion of this work is that the current marine structure design and terminal operations would not adversely impact eel grass or Flora Bank.”

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After six years in the position, Sheila Gordon-Payne has decided to step down as Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii’s heath services administrator.

“I’m choosing to stay in Prince Rupert ... but a new opportunity came up for a different job in Northern Health. After six years as the administrator, I’m keen to try a new role,” explained Gordon-Payne, stating she is becoming the lead for professional practice for nursing in the Northern Health region.

“Rather than a local operations role it’s a more regional role. I get to keep working with all of the people I know, but in a new way, which is exciting,” she said, adding she will be transitioning into the new role in the next couple of weeks.

Prior to Gordon-Payne’s time as health services administrator there was a high turnover rate in the position, with Gordon-Payne being the ninth person to fill the position in the past 10 years.

“It’s been a pleasure doing that role, and I know whoever comes into it is going to find we have a very supportive and interested town around health and health care,” Gordon-Payne said.

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@IAFF18 / Ryan Stelting PhotoSmoke billows up from a container fi re at Port Metro Vancouver’s Centerm terminal.


It is a container terminal not unlike Fairview Terminal, but on March 4, Centerm was covered by a plume of chemical smoke that pushed many in Vancouver off the streets.

On that afternoon, a container carrying trichloroisocyanuric acid suddenly burst into flames launching a hazardous materials incident that prompted warnings from Coastal Health for people to stay indoors and breathe through a wet towel if necessary.

The fire had many in Prince Rupert wondering if such an incident could occur here. A

Michael Gurney of the Prince Rupert Port Authority told the Northern View that the same chemical and others have been making their way through Fairview.

“Irrespective of the quantity, however, it’s important to note that we ship a variety of cargos in the same class as trichloroisocyanuric acid,” he said, noting an exact amount was being determined.

Gurney said trichloroisocyanuric

acid and other such materials are closely monitored as they make their way to the North Coast.

“All shipments of dangerous goods are reviewed and regulated by the Prince Rupert Port Authority in advance of vessel arrivals. The Harbour Master’s office maintains awareness of the nature and location of containerized dangerous goods during their passage through Prince Rupert — including any cargo that stays on the vessel, bound for other ports of call,” he explained.

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The head of Petronas says the company anticipates making a final investment decision regarding the Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal by the end of June and may have lined up yet another international player to take an ownership stake in the terminal.

Petronas chief executive officer Shamsul Azhar Abbas said talks are underway with a new Chinese buyer to take a 10 to 12 per cent stake in the terminal, making it the sixth partner alongside such firms as Japex, SINOPEC, Petroleum Brunei and the Indian Oil Corporation.

“We said many months ago it would be ideal if we were to work out a 50 per cent farm-out of the Canadian project. So far we have achieved 38 per cent,” he told reporters at a media event in Vancouver during a Canadian visit earlier this month.

Part of the reason the final investment decision was delayed from the end of 2014 was the lack of approval from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, something Abbas said needed to be in place before approval was given. However, he told media in Vancouver that the delay has had some unexpected benefits including a sharp drop in oil prices.

“Over the past couple of months, the price of equipment has dropped, the price of steel has dropped, so we told ourselves, why are we in such a hurry?” he told the Financial Post.

“If prices are falling, we might as well wait until prices stabilize at a lower number before we commit ourselves.”

Petronas in talks to sell more of Lelu terminal


While Fairview Terminal experienced gains last month and so far this year, less product overall went through terminals within the Port of Prince Rupert in February.

Last month all terminals within the Port of Prince Rupert handled nearly 1,300,540 tonnes, down 17.6 per cent from February 2014’s total of 1,578,817 tonnes. In the first two months of 2015, more than 3,089,959 tonnes went through operations, down 4.66 per cent from the same period of time in 2014 when nearly 3,241,137 tonnes had been handled.

Last month Fairview Terminal saw 58,441.75 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) go through the operation, an increase of nearly 63.6 per cent when compared to February 2014’s total of 35,725.5 TEUs.

This brings the 2015 year-to-date total to 119,200.5 TEUs by February’s end, which is up nearly 40.4 per cent compared to the first two months of 2014 when 84,917.25 TEUs had passed through the container port.

Fairview Terminal saw just under 42 per cent more imports last month than in February 2014, with 32,212.25 TEUs coming through the terminal in February, up from 22,727 TEUs. As of February’s end, 67,233.25 TEUs were imported so far this year, up more than 26 per cent from the first two months of 2014 when 53,207.75 TEUs had been imported. Exports through Fairview were also up last month. In February, 23,729.5 TEUs went through the terminal, up more than 82.5 per cent from February 2014’s TEU total of 12,998.5. Of this, there was a 32 per cent increase in loaded TEUs and an increase of more than 233 per cent of empty TEUs going through.

So far this year, 49,467.25 TEUs have been exported at Fairview, up 56 per cent from the first two months of 2014 when 31,709.5 TEUs went through.

Westview Terminal was the only other operation within

the Port of Prince Rupert that experienced a hike in materials handled last month. In February, nearly 34,165 tonnes were handled at the pellet facility, up 13.69 per cent from 30,052 tonnes in February 2014. However, there was a 1.9 per cent decrease in tonnage year to date, going from 83,184 tonnes in 2014 to just under 81,606 tonnes.

In February, tonnage at Ridley Terminal declined by 61.6 per cent month-over-month, with the operation handling 288,734 tonnes last month compared to 752,123 tonnes in February 2014. Ridley Terminal already experienced a 44.9 per cent drop in tonnage by February’s end, dropping from 1,369,154 tonnes to 754,310.

The amount of logs going through the harbour also decreased, with 11,158 tonnes being moved last month, down more than 41.5 per cent from February 2014’s total of 19,092 tonnes. In the first two months of 2015 75,139 tonnes went through the harbour, down more than five per cent from the same time period in 2014 when 79,237 tonnes were handled.

While Prince Rupert Grain experienced a slight decrease in tonnage last month, the terminal has handled more tonnage so far this year. Last month 407,065.5 tonnes went through the operation, down 3.15 per cent from February 2014’s total of 420,285. However, in the first two months of 2015 more than 1,011,889 tonnes had been handled by Prince Rupert Grain, up 18 per cent from 2014 when 857,277.5 tonnes had been handled.

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The volunteers of the Prince Rupert Special Events Society hosted families and children of all ages for the 24th Annual Children’s Fest on Saturday.

Along with games and crafts in the Russell Gamble Gymnasium, the day featured laser tag in the Dick St. Louis Auditorium.

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Clockwise from top, Kyler Trim and Katen Cochrane take their turn in Kaijudo hosted by Good Times Games and Electronics; Kendra Lewis makes her way up the climbing wall; Ryder Rochon watches as his Angry Bird makes its way toward the castle; Breanna Sampson, Lauren Leask, Olivia Collins make some crafts to take home; Giselle McNiece puts the scissors to good use; Deacon Alexcee-Bolton explores some of the toys available for play.

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Prince Rupert Renshikan Karate Club head instructor and fi fth-degree black belt Wade Wilkins has been involved with the organization since day one when he was just 14-years-old. The club has welcomed the late Chitose Tsuyoshi, one of the martial art’s founders and ambassadors to Japan, to its dojo in the past and continues to teach kids and adults the mental, behavioural and physical benefi ts of karate today.

BY KEVIN CAMPBELLPRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

As the Prince Rupert Renshikan Karate Club members embark on 2015’s first full session – a three-month training block from March to May – they’ll be training as a part of Prince Rupert history.

The club celebrates its 40th year of operation here on the North Coast, getting its start back in 1975 when Corp. Bill Pitcher of the Prince Rupert RCMP initiated the club as a civic centre program.

In the years since, the Prince Rupert Karate Club has made the ideals and values of self-preservation come to the forefront of growing bodies and minds in the coastal city.

Now humbly located at the upper floor of Fisherman’s Hall on Fraser Street and operating on an almost nightly basis during the week, save for the summer time, head instructor and Go Dan (fifth-level black belt) Wade Wilkins provides his students with the proper training, discipline and mental attitude needed to have success in the highly-individualistic but team-reliant sport.

Wilkins is a fair instructor and a self-described tough one at that.

“I’m amazed I have any [eager and bright-eyed youngsters eager who keep on coming back],” he laughed.

“I’m pretty strict. We do play games – we do the mats with them and we do a little bit of weapons [training] with them, not much but we try to give them a good variety.”

While the club has had a variety of dojo instructors over the years, Wilkins was actually one of the kids encouraging Pitcher to start the club up in 1975 when he was just 14.

“One of my friend’s brother, Ken Low ... he knew Kung Fu, so he was in town for the holidays and he was teaching Kung Fu classes and I was taking it with all our friends,” said Wilkins.

“So we got training with him and then he went back to school and [we were left hanging], like ‘Now what?’ ... finally Bill Pitcher moved [to town], but he didn’t

start it right away. We finally convinced him to start it up.”

The Prince Rupert club’s roots even reach the Lower Mainland as Low, a ninth-degree master in the art, currently operates the Ken Low’s Shaolin Kung Fu Institute in Vancouver and serves as the promoter of the annual Can-Am International Martial Arts Tournament in Burnaby.

When Pitcher started up the organization, he kept the student cap at 25 and didn’t accept children. That changed within the next 10 years and now kids as young as eight can take part.

“We’ve gone through a few changes and had different Senseis over the years,” said Wilkins.

“At [the beginning] we were under the Tsuruoka style of karate (Masami Tsuruoka is widely recognized as the “Father of Canadian Karate”) and our head Sensei, David Akutagawa ... was trying to find someone who taught karate and Tsuruoka Sensei was pretty well it at that time. He found him in Toronto and aligned himself with him,” said the instructor.

From Shotokan (bigger motions, bigger stance) to Chito-ryu (additional strength and stability in stances from lower body muscle training and frequent rapid, rotational movements) to Shito-ryu (very fast, but still artistic and powerful), the club’s style has never remained static.

The martial art’s big guns have even visited Prince Rupert when, back in 1982, Chitose Tsuyoshi, the founder of the Japanese style Chito-ryu karate visited the dojo.

“I wasn’t there at the time but our instructor said he could grab you and [from the grab alone] it would leave bruises. She said you couldn’t touch him because he knew before you were going to attack exactly where you were going,” said Wilkins.

“And this guy’s the best in Okinawa (the birthplace of modern karate). He had been at it for 70 or 80 years [prior to passing away in 1984], since he was a young kid and he helped introduce karate to Japan back in 1921 or 1922 so

he was quite the fella ... that was one of the most exciting things to happen to the club itself.”

Wilkins has maintained his emphasis on the holistic side of the martial art versus the competitive side since he took over the club in 1990.

Along with Kevin Forssell, his training and instructing partner, Wilkins has always found that self-confidence and composure can derive straight from the teachings they continues to pass on today.

“The way I want to teach it is for the mind, body and spirit ... where you’re training for self-preservation rather than self-defence. Self-defence is a part of self-

preservation but we’ve got to think of the other things like our health and our state of mind. It’s learning how to use your body and control your mind,” said the mentor.

Countless students over the years have won regional awards from area competitions in Kitimat and Prince George and if a student wants to make Team B.C., they would have to take more than a few frequent flights down to the Lower Mainland – something that’s pretty rare based on where Prince Rupert is situated geographically in Wilkins’ experience.

The head instructor is still in the early stages of planning something to celebrate the 40th birthday of the club if he decides to, but he always keeps a momentous keepsake of the dojo’s history close to him - something he started long ago.

“I’ve got a binder at home with every newspaper clipping from since we started,” he said.

“I went to the library and went through the microfiche (a sheet of microfilm preserving a considerable number of pages of printed text) and found all the articles. I’ve got ‘em all.”

“We’ve gone through a few “We’ve gone through a few changes and had different changes and had different Senseis over the years.”Senseis over the years.”

- Wade Wilkins- Wade Wilkins

Karate Club celebrates 40 years on North CoastKarate Club celebrates 40 years on North CoastStarting as a civic centre program,

the club was founded in 1975

BY KEVIN CAMPBELLSMITHERS / The Northern View

Twenty-two Prince Rupert Amateur Swim Club (PRASC) swimmers took to the pool in late February to compete at the Smithers Spring Invitational.

While they couldn’t repeat the momentum from their first-place finish at the Terrace Northwest Regional Championships in late January, the club did finish in third behind Smithers and Kitimat and had a few noteworthy performances from its young members along the way.

Two gold aggregates were taken home by Warren Barton (12), who won all six of his events in the boys 11-12 age group 50 and 100 fly, 50 and 100 freestroke, 100 backstroke and 200 IM and Mackenzie Tweedhope (12) who claimed first in 50 butterfly, 100 breaststroke and 100 and 200 free. She took second in 100 back and 100 fly for the 12-13 girls’ age group.

Isaac Dolan (11) won 100 breaststroke, 200 freestyle and 50 breaststroke and placed second in the 50 and 100 back and third in 200 IM. Dolan won the silver aggregate medal in 11-12 boys.

Both Brandan Hagen (17) and Jacob Hall (9) nabbed bronze aggregates for 15-and-over boys and 10-and-over boys respectively. Hagen won the 50 and 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle and placed second in 50 fly and third in 200 IM. Hall was victorious in 50 freestyle, came second in 50 breaststroke and 100 freestyle and third in 100 breaststroke.

Jarred McMeekin (13) took the bronze aggregate medal for 12-13 boys – his first regional medal. He won 50 breaststroke, placed second in 100 fly and 100 breast and came in

third in 100 free, which were all personal bests. His 50 breaststroke was a new AA qualifying time.

Araya Bartlett (13) took home first-place in 50 breast, second in 100 breast and third in 200 IM while Malcolm Dolan (9) came in third in 50 breaststroke.

Kobi Franes (13) placed second in 100 backstroke, Landen Franes (11) took second in 50 free and 100 fly and third in 50 fly and 50 back and Tiffany Hepner (7) grabbed third in 100 breast and 100 back.

Kai McDonald (11) claimed third in 50 and 100 breast, Hyla McQuaid (10) swam to third in 25 freestyle and Jake Morse (11) took second in 50 and 100 breast and third in 50 and 200 free and 100 backstroke.

Kate Morse (13) was victorious in 50 freestyle while taking second in 50 breast, 50 back and 100 free and third in 100 back. Grant Slocombe (11) won 25 breaststroke and came in second in 25 freestyle and Robert Warren (15) placed first in 50 freestyle, second in 100 free and 100 fly and third in 50 fly.

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Rupert Rapids capture thirdRupert Rapids capture thirdBY KEVIN CAMPBELLLANGLEY / The Northern View

It’s water versus ice in the first round of the TELUS 2015 BC High School Boys AAA Basketball Championships.

Comprising the No. 4 vs. No. 13 matchup in the draw are the Charles Hays (CHSS) Rainmakers senior boys squad and the Mark Isfeld Secondary Ice, respectively.

The Mel Bishop-led team will try and make the Ice slip up for the second year in a row, except this time, the pressure’s on the ‘Makers as favourites.

Having recently moved to No. 3 in the Vancouver Province’s rankings – their highest position all year – the Rupert crew is set to play their first game against the Ice at 1:45 p.m on Wednesday.

The Courtenay-based team, led by coach Tom Elwood, finished in fourth last year after bowing out to Charles Hays in the semifinal 73-65. They’ll be looking for revenge over last year’s loss. The Ice’s top player in 2014, Cole Hutchings, named a provincial first team all-star and tournament most outstanding defensive player, has moved on from the squad. Two Grade 12 players will look to fill the large gap that Hutchings left behind.

Captain Nic Xylinas, a five-foot-eleven guard, will be the main threat coming from the Ice, and the ‘Makers will need to watch out for fellow graduating athlete Blaze Gailloux, a six-foot-two forward.

The Ice’s road to provincials wasn’t as flawless as the Rainmakers’ (with a 3-0 zones record). The Ice went 3-1 in their 2015 Island Zone tourney, defeating Victoria’s Reynolds Secondary 55-21, Sidney’s Parkland Secondary 62-48 and Victoria’s Pacific Christian School 52-32. They fell to Nanaimo’s Wellington 62-42. Should the Rainmakers win Wednesday’s clash, they’ll face the winner of the No. 7 Robert Bateman Timberwolves (Abbotsford) and No. 12 Matthew McNair Marlins (Richmond).

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They didn’t win any hardware but two Prince Rupert basketball teams can return to the North Coast with their heads held high after leaving everything they had on the court last weekend in Pitt Meadows and Langley.

The Grade 8 boys Prince Rupert Middle School Storm suffered a heartbreaking defeat right off the bat at the 2015 Grade 8 Provincial Basketball Championship in Pitt Meadows in their first game against Kelowna’s Dr. Knox Middle School, losing 54-53 in a game that was up for grabs right down to the wire for coach Cary Dalton and his crew.

Following the loss, the Storm played Abbotsford’s Colleen and Gordie Howe Middle School and Penticton’s KVR Middle School but fell in defeat 56-27 and 44-33 respectively. The Storm then finished the tournament with a game against host Pitt Meadows and upset the hosts 41-20.

The Storm’s Liam McChesney came away with a third-team all-star nod for his efforts and the team finished 15th.

Charles Hays Secondary School’s (CHSS) junior girls

Rainmakers were also in action at the Langley Events Centre in the 2015 TELUS Junior Girls Basketball Provincial Championship and finished 16th after facing the top teams in B.C.

Day one featured a tough Lord Tweedsmuir team from Surrey, who beat CHSS 77-14. Tweedsmuir went on to capture second-place in the whole tournament.

Next up for the girls was North Vancouver’s Seycove Secondary, who defeated the Rainmakers in a closer bout, 37-18.

Then, it was a battle of northern B.C. when College Heights from Prince George took on the Rainmakers and defeated their coastal opponents 55-16.

The final game for coach Anna Ashley’s crew had them up against Langley’s Brookswood Secondary and the Lower Mainland team took the game 35-22 in the Rainmakers’ closest-fought match of the tourney.

Burnaby South defeated Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper for the Grade 8 2015 B.C. basketball title and Surrey’s Panorama Ridge won the junior girls championship, beating top seed Lord Tweedsmuir.

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Brian Fugere throws a rock during his ‘A’ fi nal bout versus John Kennedy. Team Fugere won the Men’s Marine Bonspiel with an 8-4 win in the game.

Team Fugere wins Marine BonspielTeam Fugere wins Marine BonspielBY KEVIN CAMPBELLPRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

It was a little rough-going in the fourth and fifth ends and the shots weren’t always perfect, but Terrace’s Team Fugere pulled out a convincing 8-4 win on Sunday afternoon versus Terrace counterparts Team Kennedy in the ‘A’ final of the Prince Rupert Men’s Marine Bonspiel.

Skip Brian Fugere and his second Lee Snyder, third Rob Phillips and lead Wayne Julseth played the first three ends to perfection, garnering a 4-0 lead early on.

But a two point fourth end followed by a two point fifth end from skip John Kennedy and his team consisting of Ian Munson, Kevin Jeffrey and Andy Hoffman knotted things up at 4-4 going into the sixth end.

“We had a tough time there in that fourth or fifth [end] but the boys came through in the sixth. They finished the game off good,” said Fugere after the win.

Fugere’s sixth end was a big one as he scored three points to regain a 7-4 lead, knocking Kennedy’s stones out of the house every chance he got. His team didn’t miss much after their mid-game hiccups.

“We tried to junk it up a little bit because they’re a good hitting team. They’re a tough team to play, but they did well. He missed a couple of key shots but [that was it],” Fugere said.

A final point in the seventh end completed the undefeated tournament for Team Fugere, going 5-0 while playing together for the first time ever, with a couple members usually playing

with a different skip.It’s also the first time Fugere has won the ‘A’ event in a

Prince Rupert Bonspiel.His rink defeated Team Mayeda, Team Bernhardt,

Team Thomas, Team Green and Kennedy to win the 2015 event while Kennedy’s rink downed the 4 Amigo’s, Team Blackstone, Team Copeland and Team Morgan to reach the final, going 4-1.

“After all the losses I’ve had [here] before, it’s kind of nice,” said Fugere.

“I’ve played John before in Terrace, but not here.”Team Johnson claimed the ‘B’ event, Team B. Mullin took

the “C’ final and Team Thomas grabbed the ‘D’ throne.

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The Northern View is proud to publish at no charge community coming events. The coming events section is reserved soley for non-profi t, non-governmental or non-political groups and organizations. All events advertised in the Coming Events section must be free of charge and open to the public. The Coming Events section is published as space permits.

Coming Events

Mental Health Family Resource Centre will be offering Strengthening Families Together – a free education course for the families, friends and caregivers of individuals living with any mental illness. The course is 10 weeks long, one night per week, in Prince Rupert. You will learn about the major mental illnesses, medi-cation and treatment, the mental health system, strategies for self care, and how best to support your loved one. Registra-tion is required and seating is limited. To register or for more information, please call Noreen toll free 1-866-326-7877 or email: [email protected] *course provid-ed by the BC Schizophrenia Society

Cornerstone MB Church: Sunday cel-ebration weekly at 10:30 a.m. Coffee mornings 10 a.m. - noon on Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Mid-week meeting all are welcome!

Genealogy Club meets every fi rst Tues-day of every month. Phone Josie at 250-624-3279 for the location.

The Prince Rupert Breast Cancer Sup-port Group invites any woman living with cancer to attend our monthly luncheons every 3rd Saturday each month at 12 noon at the Crest Hotel.

P.R. Royal Canadian Legion meets the 3rd Monday of every month. Come visit the Military Museum Thursday - Sunday from 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm. Call 250-622-2917 for more information.

River and Ocean Metis Society of Prince Rupert meets the third Monday of every month at 1702 Atlin Ave. New people wel-come. Refreshments provided. For more information call 250-627-4013

This is not church! No expectations of fi -nancial support or service. Join us in a celebration of faith in Jesus Christ, Sun-days 7 pm, for praise, prayer and procla-mation at the Salvation Army, 25 Grenville Court. Friendship House of Prince Rupert Hosts: AamaGoot Power Puff Girlz Club (ages 7-12) Tuesday 3 - 5 pm, 3rd fl oor meeting room. AamaGoot Ladyz Club (18 yrs. +) Learn new artistic designs through sewing, beading, etc. Fridays 1- 4 pm, 3rd fl oor meeting room. Call Carol Doolan at the Friendship House 250-627-1717, ext. 64 for more info.

The Prince Rupert and District Hospice Society sponsors a nine week Sup-port Group, “Journey through Grief”’, Wednesday evenings, 2 - 3 times per year according to need. Our group is for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one. We believe that grief has no time limit so therefore your loss need not be a recent one. We do however recom-mend that there be at least 3 months from the time of your loss to joining the group. Learn what to expect and gain skills to manage your grief while connecting with others who share a similar journey. Pre-registration is required. For further information, to register, or for 1:1 support call the Hospice Offi ce at 250-622-6204. Please leave your name and number and your call will be returned.

Prince Rupert Seniors Centre Bingo Fri-days 1- 3 pm. Everyone 19 years and older welcome.

Calling all Musicians! Prince Rupert Community Band and Choir are seeking new members No Auditions necessary! PR Community Band meets Mon. 7:30 pm - 9 pm at PRMS (formerly PRSS) Band Room. PR Comm. Choir meets Wed. 7:30 - 9 pm at PRMS Band Room. Contact Peter Witherly at 250-624-9634

Women in Business breakfast meet on the 4th Wed each month, 7:30 am Highlin-er Plaza. We offer women in business an opportunity to network with other women in an informative and fairly informal en-vironment. Interested in attending? Call the Chamber Offi ce 250-624-2296

Volunteers Needed

The Prince Rupert Hospital Auxiliary So-ciety is looking for new members. Meet-ings are held once a month,for further information please call Lila @250-627-1886.

Meals on Wheels program needs vol-unteers to deliver hot meals to people in Prince Rupert on Mon. Wed. and Fri. from 11 am - 12 noon. Call Andrea Vogt 250-622-6375 for further info.

Become a member of the Prince Rupert Salmon Enhancement Society to get ex-citing hands on experience with Salmon at the Oldfi eld Creek Fish Hatchery and in their natural habitat. You will play a vital role in everything from community educa-tion to spawning, raising, and releasing Salmon to local streams. We welcome any level of experience and will provide the necessary training to turn you into a Salmon expert! Call 250-624-6733 or email oldfi [email protected] for more information.

Rupert & District Hospice Society is ded-icated to “The care and support of those experiencing the dying and grieving pro-cess” For more information, support or to become a volunteer please call 250-622-6204

Kaien Anti-Poverty Society is seeking persons interested in becoming mem-bers of a group who wish to make pos-itive changes for those living below the poverty line. For more info, call KAPS 250-627-5277, leave message.

Donations Needed * No cash requests.

School District 52 Band Program is look-ing for donations of band instruments! Help us bring music to all students by donating that trumpet you have in your basement or the saxophone in your coat closet! If you have an instrument no one is playing, please call School District of-fi ce @ 250-627-6717 for pick up.

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Supportive Recovery Program is a free residential program for women who want support while dealing with their addiction related struggles. One on one support as well as group sessions are offered to work towards their recovery. If you have any questions or require more informa-tion for you or someone you know, call Maru: 250-627-8959 ext.27

North Coast Victim Services Act Now! Protect yourself and your household, avoid becoming a victim. Obtain a free home security package and a free home inspection. Call 250-627-7779

From Tears to Hope Prince Rupert’s Community Grief Support Group pro-vides education and sharing. Meetings run 8 consecutive weeks, several times each year. Pre-registration is required. Contact 250-627-7779

Prince Rupert Unemployed Action Cen-tre provides a range of FREE services to unemployed/underemployed people in Pr Rupert and Northwest BC. Need help applying for CPP, Canada Disability Pensions, Old Age Security, EI, or WCB? Landlord or Social Service diffi culties? We can help! Come see us Monday - Fri-day, 9 am- 5 pm 869 Fraser St. at Fisher-man’s Hall or call 250-627-8776.

Rupert & District Hospice Society is ded-icated to “The care and support of those experiencing the dying and grieving pro-cess” For more information, support or to become a volunteer please call 250-622-6204

If you have knowledge or skills that you would like to share, we would like to meet you as we are always looking for new tu-tors. We offer a supportive environment and plenty of resources to coach and support new tutors. We offer individual and small group tutoring matching volun-teer tutors with students. For more infor-mation, please contact Karen Buchanan and Sharon Jo Scott at 250-627-7166 ext.39 or by e-mail [email protected].

Fraser Street Literacy wants to help you acquire the skills, knowledge and confi -dence to participate fully in your life! If you would like tutoring or help to achieve your goals, visit our community classroom is open Monday - Friday in Room 190 at the NWCC from 11 am until 2:30 pm. If you are a student upgrading, we can help you with your studies. We also specialize in forms, applications and paperwork.

Prince Rupert Alcoholics Anonymous If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. Prince Rupert A.A, 250-627-1119

Al-Anon Meetings: First Presbyterian Church, 233 4th Ave. E in basement. Tues. 8 pm. All are welcome. Call 250-627-4899

Narcotics Anonymous DRUG PROB-LEM? We Can Help Mondays 8 - 9 pm, 223 4th Ave East, Presbyterian Church (side door).

KAPS Pro Bono Services for people in need of free legal advice. Clinics held at 571 McKay St. If you’re needing legal ad-vice contact 250-627-5277 KAPS

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Ben was born in North Vancouver in 1933. He navigated Ben was born in North Vancouver in 1933. He navigated to Prince Rupert in 1961 with his fi rst wife Judy and youngto Prince Rupert in 1961 with his fi rst wife Judy and youngfamily; here he fi shed, beachcombed and eventually started his family; here he fi shed, beachcombed and eventually started his own tugboat/logging operation (Husky Marine Towing).own tugboat/logging operation (Husky Marine Towing).Ben leaves behind his wife Jan (34 years); his four Ben leaves behind his wife Jan (34 years); his four children Leo (Coi), Les (Lorie), Greg and Jodi (Craig); nine children Leo (Coi), Les (Lorie), Greg and Jodi (Craig); nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren; sister Kay (Lyle) and grandchildren, two great grandchildren; sister Kay (Lyle) and many neices and nephews - All loved him.many neices and nephews - All loved him.Ben’s passions were his family, fi shing, outdoors and Ben’s passions were his family, fi shing, outdoors and humming birds.humming birds.

A celebration of Ben’s life will be held A celebration of Ben’s life will be held Friday March 13, from 2 pm - 4 pm in the Friday March 13, from 2 pm - 4 pm in the

Banquet Room at the North Coast Convention Centre.Banquet Room at the North Coast Convention Centre.InIn lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to a charity of your lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to a charity of your

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You will be responsible for the maintenance and repairs of all types of forklifts (both ICand Electric) as well as a variety of Material Handling Equipment.

Suitable applicants must have a valid B.C. driver’s license, HD Mechanic, Forklift or Automotive certification along with excellent customer service skills and the ability to work without supervision at our customer’s locations. Preference will be given to those with Material Handling Equipment or HD experience.

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Maher Terminals Holding Corp in Prince Rupert is seeking qualified applicants for the following position:

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Assistant Superintendents are scheduled to cover all shifts in this 24/7 operation.

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Applications received up to and including March 30, 2015 will be considered.

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Changes coming to B.C. minimum wage

BY TOM FLETCHER VICTORIA / Black Press

Premier Christy Clark has ruled out increasing B.C.’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, but she says there will be a formula announced soon for increases to keep pace with the cost of living.

After meetings between cabinet ministers and B.C. Federation of Labour executives last week, Clark said work is underway to extend the series of increases that brought the minimum wage up to its current rate of $10.25 an hour after a decade with no increase. She said the system has to protect small and medium-sized businesses from big jumps.

“They know that it’s going to go up, but they want to know that it’s going to go up in a predictable way so they can plan for it,” Clark said.

B.C. Fed president Irene Lanzinger said it’s big businesses like fast food chains that offer many of the minimum wage jobs. Of the 120,000 people in B.C. making minimum wage, nearly half are over 25 years old, 63 per cent are women and about 10,000 are aged 55 and older, she said.

Labour leaders were more encouraged after their call for a minimum 25 per cent of jobs for apprentices on publicly funded construction projects.

Lee Loftus, president of the B.C. Building Trades, said unionized contractors have the 25 per cent rule in their collective agreements and fund apprenticeship training. But with the majority of construction now done by non-union companies, there are no quotas for apprentice positions.

Clark said BC Hydro has adopted the 25 per cent standard for the Site C dam project, but other large public infrastructure projects include federal funds. Ottawa wants apprenticeships to be voluntary for those projects, but Clark said she supports the idea in principle.

“If we’re spending this money on public projects anyway, we should be investing in apprenticeships and getting people up the ladder so they can earn more money and go and work in what we know is going to be a huge industry, in liquefied natural gas,” Clark said.

Lanzinger said the B.C. Fed has received little response from the government on its other long-standing issue, the lack of union successorship rights in health care.

A change in contractors triggered layoff notices to 240 Hospital Employees’ Union members this week at Laurel Place, a Surrey long-term care facility.

A contract change for Vancouver Coastal Health cleaning staff has triggered layoff of 935 staff effective this summer.

Lanzinger said the B.C. government’s 2002 exemption of public employers and publicly subsidized private employers from union successorship provisions in the Labour Code has resulted in many contract changes with workers laid off and rehired. The practice is designed to drive down wages and benefits for employees making little more than minimum wages, she said.

“They know that it “They know that it is going to go up.”is going to go up.”

- Christy Clark- Christy Clark


The B.C. government is tightening its regulations to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and use of the smoking substitute in workplaces, restaurants and other indoor public spaces.

Health Minister Terry Lake said changes he introduced in the B.C. legislature Thursday will treat the battery-powered devices like tobacco products, meaning they may not be displayed in stores or used in enclosed spaces where others are present. That will include private vehicles with children inside.

Lake said he expects the new regulations to be in effect within a year, after consulting with the industry and giving sellers time to adjust to the new rules.

“This doesn’t ban e-cigarettes,” Lake said. “This means that children are protected from the sale and from being exposed to e-cigarettes, and those who don’t want to be subjected to the vapours from e-cigarettes are protected as well.

“Essentially the same conditions that now apply to tobacco will apply to e-cigarettes, so in public places, indoor workplaces, school grounds and now health authorities as well.”

Lake said e-cigarettes may have potential as a quit-smoking aid, but they are currently unregulated and the liquid used in them may contain nicotine or other chemicals with health risks. The federal government has banned the sale of so-called “e-juice” containing nicotine, but it remains legal in the U.S. and Health

Canada has received numerous reports that it is sold north of the border as well.

NDP health critic Judy Darcy said she supports the restriction on e-cigarettes, but the lack of measures to prohibit flavoured tobacco products is “a gaping hole” in the government’s bill.

Lake said he has been assured by federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose that federal regulations are in the works to deal with flavoured tobacco.

“When you’re talking about the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes, it’s better to do that at a federal level, because obviously they’re not made in each individual province,” Lake said.

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E-cigarettes can be disposable like this one costing about $10, or more expensive refi llable and rechargeable units are available.

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The left-lane-hugging road hog seems to be a species that particularly flourishes in B.C. It can often be seen trailing a line of vehicles on the highway, or cutting across lanes of traffic on right turns to get to its preferred habitat.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone says he’s spent time in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario, and this inappropriate love of the left lane seems unique to the Left Coast. So he’s looking at legal changes to make it easier to enforce the practice of keeping the left lane open for passing.

Stone told reporters last Tuesday the issue came up often in last year’s rural speed limit review.

“One of the key things we heard from British Columbians all around the province was this frustration with left-lane hogs, people who tend to camp out in the left lane and seem to think that the left lane and right lane are there to serve the same purposes,” Stone said.

“They’re not.”One result of that review is a new road sign to

replace the “slower traffic keep right” and “keep right except to pass” wording used in B.C. “Keep right – let others pass” with a graphic is the new design and it seems to be having some educational effect, Stone said.

Accident studies have shown that frustrated drivers following too closely or passing on the right are risk factors. Premier Christy Clark said the problem should be dealt with, but she added a caution.

“I think we should go a little bit easy sometimes on the folks who are in the left hand lane going a little bit slow,” Clark said.

“I think about my 75-year-old mother driving

down the road, and sometimes she’s in the wrong lane, and it might be really frustrating for the people behind her. But we should try to be respectful and civil about that.”

Stone declined to give specifics about what legislative changes are coming. Police told the ministry last year the existing law isn’t clear and tickets can be overturned in court challenges.

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Prince Rupert parents Shawna McKay and Darrel Brown are turning to the community to help offset medical costs for their newborn daughter, Katelyn.

Brown and McKay welcomed Baby Katelyn on Dec. 6, who was born with a unilateral cleft lip and a hole in her palate.

The new parents recently returned from a medical trip to Vancouver to attend a consultation at B.C. Children’s Hospital for an upcoming corrective surgery for Katelyn.

The family will have to travel down south once again on March 31 for a pre-anesthetic clinic prior to Katelyn’s first surgery on April 1.

While McKay is receiving coverage from Nisga’a Valley Health to cover expenses, Brown has not been successful in finding funding. The couple hopes they can raise enough money for Brown to be able to come to Katelyn’s surgery.

McKay said the thought of Brown not being present for the medical procedure makes her anxious.

“I really need him to be there to help out with her,” she said.

“I can’t clam her down, but daddy clams her down quite well.”

The family needs to raise as much as possible, as they don’t have any relatives or friends to stay with in Vancouver and will have to stay in a hotel for the duration of the trip.

“In all, [it was about $1,400 for our last trip]. That’s just for two days,” said Brown.

For the upcoming trip, the family will have to stay in Vancouver for approximately nine days as Katelyn will remain in the hospital for two days following her surgery and gets her stitches out on April 7.

“We have to go back two weeks after surgery for a check-up. The cleft team (will reassess her) ... They determine how many other surgeries she will need,” explained McKay.

The family said all of the travel expenses will put a serious strain on their finances.

“After we pay rent and bills,

there’s really not a heck of a lot left afterwards,” said Brown, noting they also have an eight-year-old child at home.

“They had to stretch [their money] for them to go down on the one trip,” added Craig Dundas, Katelyn’s grandfather.

Dundas created a profile on the personal fundraising website GoFundMe, with the family turning to the community for assistance. McKay and Brown said any donations would be helpful and greatly appreciated.

To donate, visit Baby Katelyn’s GoFundMe fundraising page at https://www.gofundme.com/n70x6g.


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Baby Katelyn in need of helpBaby Katelyn in need of help

Seniors notesBY DONNA PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Crib Monday: 1st — Veronica and Laurel, 2nd — Lynne and Lorna, 3rd — Joanne and Marion. Thursday: 1st — Alex and Marion,

Thank you RTI Employee Community Fund for the generous donation. We are well on our way to having regular weekly sessions of chair yoga at the Seniors’ Centre. For anyone interested in chair yoga come down and see what we are doing with our DVD’s Mondays at 3:14 p.m.

Coming up in April: Sunday, April 5 it’s our Pancake Breakfast from 10 a.m. to noon. (We are closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday)

Saturday April 18: Tea and Bazaar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

P.S. Check out the Spring Active Living Guide for all our info.

Fun was had by everyone at the bilingual bingo night celebrating National French Immersion Week at École Roosevelt on Feb 25. Roosevelt parents together with the local businesses raised $510 for the bursary by the Canadian Parents for French.

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BY KEVIN CAMPBELL PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View

Country music, original songs and interpretive and acrobatic dance were the themes of the night at the fourth annual Prince Rupert’s Got Talent variety show on Saturday evening.

And the big winner of the $1,000 prize for the 18 contestants aged 25-and-under was Hannah Proksch. Hannah wrote an original song based on her recent experiences losing a couple people close to her.

“I’ve been going through some stuff,” she told the crowd before moving them with an emotional ballad, singing and playing guitar solo on stage.

Ben Cornwall played a tune by country superstar newcomer Brett Eldredge to finish the first half of the show on a western note. Cornwall had the best audience interaction element of the night within his performance, engaging the listeners with some banter and had a great introduction by MC Sean Carlson, who noted Cornwall worked part-time at Home Hardware and drove a 90s’ four-by-four pickup truck to add to his image. Cornwall won $500 and second-place.

In third was Gianna Evans, whose interpretive and flowing dance matched the lyrics of her chosen song extremely well and earned her the $250 prize.

Aside from some microphone issues which interrupted the performances of Lillian Zahri and Adrianna DesChamp, who dazzled the crowd with their professionalism and steadiness on stage while singing and having their feed come in and out (and later blowing it out of the water with performances in the second half with a working mic), the show went off without a hitch.

Carlson got better as the night wore on and went with the flow, culminating in a terrific dance number with Justina Vendittelli that left him breathless in his final MCing duties of the night.

Judges Michael Gurney, Jewel Jerstad and Bobby Tarr were proud of all the participants, thanking them for their “extraordinarily talented” gifts they were brave enough to share with the audience.

David Iverson, Karlie Fudger, Emilie Strand, Lola Clouthier, Taryn Wesley, Shade Arendt, Tala Whiting, Aspen Campbell, Assorted Goods consisting of Miguel Cachero, Ciaran Dudley, Jeric Nolos, Zac Paolo and Kyle Proksch, Derin Erinomo, Dana Chetwynd, Tien Cam, Leona Truong, Miranda Baker, Katrina Duong and Gillian Jardim all rounded out a superb night of talent and showed the North Coast a wealth of both artistic and professional stage presence as well as creativity in their performances.

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Hannah Proksch, top, wowed the judges as she played and sang her original song en-route to winning the 2015 Prince Rupert’s Got Talent competition while Ben Cornwall, below, placed second.

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The BC Schizophrenia Society is providing a course that will give hope to people coping with mental illnesses.

Starting in April, the Mental Health Family Resource Centre will be offering Strengthening Families Together, a 10-week education course for the families, friends and caregivers of individuals living with any mental illness.

The course will take place in Prince Rupert one night a week over a 10-week period, with registrants not being required to specify a diagnosis.

Noreen Spence of the BC Schizophrenia Society said frequently people who have a mental illness

refuse to get help, with the course being designed to give families, friends and caregivers a variety of information.

Strengthening Families Together-participants will be educated on the major mental illnesses, the mental health system, medication and treatment, strategies for self care and how to best support your loved one.

The course will include workshops on topics like communication and empathy building, and will also

consist of components on support and self-care.

“I am a mother of a son with Schizoaffective disorder, so ... I know how challenging it can be. That’s where I come from when I’m facilitating the course,” explained Spence.

“Often when mental illness strikes a family they feel like their the first people to go through this; they feel quite alone in the process. One of the things the course does is show them that they’re not alone. Others have walked this path. There is hope, and treatment works.”

People must register for the course as seating is limited. To register or to get more information, call Noreen Spence toll free at 1-866-326-7877 or email [email protected].

Workshop to help families cope with the mental illness of a loved one

“There is hope and “There is hope and treatment works.”treatment works.”

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