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Students at NVSS have been working hard to eliminate bullying from their school and will be painting Vanderhoof pink on Pink Shirt day Wednesday, February 26.

Rayna Thiessen is an outspoken member of the ERASE bul-lying initiative. Her and several other students come together and plan activities and innovative ideas to stop bullying.

“I got into it because I was bullied myself,” said Thiessen.”And I started teaching the classes and Mrs. Ziler asked if I wanted to take part in it and I said yes. [Bullying] was invisible last year but after we started getting out into the school a lot of bystanders started coming forward with their stories.”

The anti-bullying group, which consists of around 30 peo-ple, has worked on a few big ideas in the past such as a sticky notes project where the students would write positive things on notes and post them around the school.

Painting the town pink will involve going around to a few businesses in Vanderhoof and seeing if they can have some sort of display in their window. The students will also take pink surveyor tape and cover some lamp posts and telephone poles.

All this will help spread the anti-bullying message.The ERASE bullying group was formed in 2013 to combat

some growing bullying problems in NVSS and it came out of a program called Stand Up which encourages people to take a stand if they see something wrong or tell someone if they see a victim of bullying.

Bullying is de� ned as harassment that happens again and again, it can’t be just a one shot deal.

The students also attended � ve days of training with people from the Stand Up program

“The premise is to improve the culture of the school through connections and belonging,” said Barb Ziler, coun-selor at NVSS. “So the students then identi� ed concerns and areas in the school and then came up with their own intitia-tives to try to improve the culture.

“I think they’re starting small, with those feelings of caring and connection in our school,” said Ziler.

“I’m here because I was bullied but other people might be here for their own different reasons,” said Thiessen. “The oth-ers are just those honest caring people that just want to make a difference.”

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Warrior dance of Victory

Charlie Bulamaibau danced the Fijian warrior dance of victory in between gospel music from the Eagles Wings group that performed at Northside Christian school. The child almost started dancing with him but decided there were too many people to do anything but cry.

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Passed away peacefully on Feb. 9, 2014 at the Nechako Stewart Manor. She was born in Fort Macleod, Alta. She returned to England at age 4 with her parents and two siblings. Alice was predeceased by husband Jack 1989 and brother Jim. She is survived by 5 children Robert (Jackie) Jim (Gary) Charlie (Lucille) Allen (Linda) Irene (Bob Fuller) several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces & nephews.Their will be no service at Alice’s request.

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Steve, Shawn and staff at Kal-Tire raised $1,000 for the St. John Hospital Auxiliary So-ciety from the Hooterville Hoot burger stand in the summer of 2013 as well as odds and ends sold at a garage sale and from selling river rafting tubes all summer. The Hospital Auxiliary Society thanks you Kal-Tire.

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Twenty years ago (1994)In the Omineca Express, twenty

years ago, there was much discus-sion about a pool/recreation facil-ity in Vanderhoof. Current councillor Brian Frenkel was a spokesman in the article.

According to the article, several years before local voters had turned down a pool-complex proposal be-cause it would involve a tax hike.

But Frenkel said other communi-ties have raised the money for their pools without using tax money.

The paper also wrote about some poor bloke who lost his dog to a snowmobiler. Heinz Dube lost his eight year old lab and found him dragged for 150 feet away leading him to believe the driver must have been speeding.

“Apparently, Buddy did not die immediately,” the paper said. “That could have been a kid” said Dube, worried about more people being hit.

The driver was running the machine on a public roadway, which is illegal, near Sinkut Lake Road when the dog got hit on edge of driveway.

Forty years ago (1974)In the Feb. 28 issue of the Nechako

Chronicle, the newspaper published an article titled “Ban that French” with a comment from Reg Worthing, a director for the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako in Burns Lake.

“The parents in my area are re-ally unhappy,” Mr. Worthing stated. “They are quite incensed that our sons and daughters are being forced to learn French as a second language when it is apparent that in Quebec they are now banning the teaching of English.”

CBC News published stats show-ing that three years earlier, in 1971, 599,000 English speakers left Quebec because of legislation establishing French as the only of� cial language in the province.

Sixty years ago (1954)

History and facts around VanderhoofIn 1954 the Nechako Chronicle printed a letter

from a subscriber who was living in California at the time. The publishing date was Saturday, Feb. 27, 1954.

“During 1917 I homesteaded in the area be-tween the junction of the Nechako and Stuart Riv-ers. Vanderhoof was a very small village at the time. I remember meeting some of the old timers at that time, among them being Bob Reid, Geo Snell, Steve Holmes, Tom Hunt and many others. Some of the above mentioned have passed on.

I have read with interest the progress Vander-hoof has made in the last few years. It seems quite evident Vanderhoof is destined to be one of the im-portant interior towns.”

That letter was written by R. D. Belyea.

Patience in the cold

Travis Himmelright, instructor at NVSS, took several of his stu-dents on an ice � shing trip as part of the Outdoor Pursuits class.

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JM Lamb – Michelle Roberge – 250-570- 8560 – [email protected] * Currently sold out but will have more in the future. * Pre-order for future Lamb, as well as Wool which will be available in the spring.

Ewe on clogs – Ankie & will Nellen 250-567-4141- [email protected] * Lamb – raised pasture year round, winter they get hay. Get minerals but no antiobiotics, hormones etc. you can buy whole or ½ lamb. * Feb and March a fresh supply is expected. Can buy them on the rails (custom cutting available from Country Locker) pick up from Country Locker or arrange a pick up or delivery just call for more information. * Supply to Revelstoke and Smithers from time to time. May be at the Vanderhoof farmers market this summer to sell cuts or wool products. * Wool blankets - Wool socks - expect to see them at the farmers market.

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Parent and Community Session with Dr. Nancy Doda

Sinkut View Elementary SchoolTuesday, March 4, 2014

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Join us for a lively, entertaining and informative evening with internationally celebrated middle grades expert, Dr. Nancy Doda.

In all of the challenges we face in parenting, talking with our children in helpful ways ranks as one of the most important. Join me to explore the conditions that support helpful talk and the approaches that lead us to healthy, helpful and satisfying conversations.

There will be a question and answer period following the session.

Members of the public are invited to attend.

The Vanderhoof RCMP detach-ment experienced 52 calls for service from Feb. 13-19.

On Feb. 13 the RCMP received re-ports of a vehicle driving erratically and at high speeds through the streets of Vanderhoof.

The young driver of the vehicle nearly hit a pedestrian on the cross-walk near Douglas Street on Burrard Avenue at approximately 5:30 p.m.

The ride almost ended with a near collision at Scotts Foods but the driver kept going to stop at Ex-tra Foods.

The driver was issued a violation ticket for driving without consider-ation and for failing to yield to a pe-destrian. The vehicle was impounded for seven days for stunting.

On Feb. 14 a resident on Alder Av-enue noticed that a vehicle had been parked there for some time. The resi-dent tried to wake up the driver inside to see if he was alright but the man wouldn’t respond.

So the RCMP were contacted and members came to investigate. The RCMP of� cers roused the sleeper and found him intoxicated after the use of a roadside screening device.

The driver was issued a 90 day roadside suspension and the vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Interim detachment commander Justin Thiessen commented that the number of calls was a little lower than average but he attributed that to the cold weather season stating that it is normal for this time of the year.

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The Eagles Wings, a singing and dancing gospel group from Fiji, played a show at Northside Christian school on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

The group employed a mix-ture of percussion instruments and sounds for the � rst segment of the performance. The � ve members of the group were clapping, stomping and slapping the ground in perfect synchronized harmony to eventually build a wall of sound that washed over the gym full of listeners.

The group is made up of the Bu-lamaibau siblings Dii, Christine, Marama, Charlie and Ben.

“It’s a family group, we’re a traditional contemporary musical group and so we travel a lot so we do a lot of our traditional music but in a gospel way,” said Dii Bulamaibau” It’s like an ancient chant, it consists of all these sounds and rhythms that go along with it.”

Eagles Wings incorporates the

chanting and percussive sounds of the Fijian Island to create music very different from anything heard on the radio in Vanderhoof.

The group was dressed in tradi-tional island garb similar to what might be expected in Hawaii. Grass skirts, bare feet and Charlie was dressed to look like a � erce warrior.

The � rst three songs were taken from the bible including Psalms and parables as well as the story of Jesus Christ.

Charlie was jumping and yelling while his sisters chanted harmoni-ously and he performed warrior dance of victory after the � rst three songs.

There was also a performance of Let it Be as well as special dances and songs speaking of having the gratitude to serve others more than yourself and various other mes-sages.

The exotic and interesting dance came together with familiar sub-ject material for the audience who seemed appreciative of the entire performance.

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The Bulamaibau’s sang their island gospel songs with smiles on their faces.

Milligan reaches commercial production

After a difficult start-up period, with new technology and a developing work-force, Thompson Creek Metals has announced full com-mercial production at Mount Milligan Mine.

Thompson Creek said the mine achieved commercial production on Feb. 18, 2014, which they defined as having been at 60 per cent or more of mill design capacity for 30 days.

Thompson Creek Metals has been struggling with low molybdenum prices, as its operating mines Thompson Creek in the United States, and Endako near Fraser Lake, both are pri-marily molybdenum operations.

Mount Milligan represents a major diversification of Thompson Creek’s operations.

During the release of their full 2013 financials, Thomp-son Creek reported producing 10.4 mil-lion pounds of copper and 20,374 ounces of gold from Mount Milligan.

The new copper-gold mine took nearly three years to con-struct and cost more than expected, but has managed to find the workers necessary for operation despite skilled worker short-ages.

Mount Milligan Mine is located be-tween Fort St. James and Mackenzie.


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The � nal “standard” deduction available to post-secondary students is the so-called “textbook amount”. The name is something of a misnomer, as neither eligibility for nor the amount of the credit depends on expenditures made for textbooks. Rather, the federal textbook amount is a � xed monthly amount (currently $65 for full-time and $20 for part-time students) which, like the tuition and education amounts, is converted to a credit by multiplying by 15%, and which can be claimed by any student who is eligible for the education amount.

Non-refundable tax credits, like the tuition, education, and textbook credits outlined above, work by reducing the tax which the individual claiming the credits would otherwise have to pay. However, post-secondary students generally have relatively low income and, consequently, relatively low tax bills, and so they may not be able to “use up” all of their available credits in a single tax year. Two solutions are possible. First, the student may transfer the unused credit to a spouse, parent, or grandparent (and it’s not necessary for the parent or grandparent to have actually paid the tuition bill in order to claim the transferred credit). Second, the student can keep the excess credit and claim it in any future tax year, when his or her income and tax bill will presumably be higher. There are some restrictions and limitations on the transfer of student tax credits, but generally speaking, most students should be able to transfer credits to parents or grandparents without dif� culty.

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This year’s gradu-ating students took part in the annual graduation transition presentation and inter-view on Feb. 19-20.

Every grad student must come up with three main areas of accomplishment and provide evidence in each area that that skill or accomplish-ment has improved them and set them up to survive as an adult.

They must also present a plan on what they want to do after high school, even if that plan is to just fig-ure out what they want to do.

The students pres-ent these plans and accomplishments to a panel of four people. These people include members of the com-munity, teachers, and one grade 11 student who watches to see what they will have to do when it is their turn.

Several students chose their family or friends as one evi-dence of their accom-plishments, those that have had to take care of siblings learned re-sponsibility early on.

Other students chose their church,

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Grad transitionssaying that it gives them somewhere to volunteer and it ad-dresses their emotion-al and mental well-being.

The students were all impressive in their own unique ways. Some people were more academic in their presentation, showing their school accomplishments and

where they plan to go to continue their edu-cation.

Other students showed their accom-plishments through their ongoing careers as mechanics or farm-ers and hunters.

Everyone had something special to show the judges who appreciated the ef-fort and courage that

it takes to stand up in front of strangers and let them ask questions about your life.

For their part the judges try to help the students express their goals and competen-cies by asking ques-tions designed to get the shy students talk-ing and thinking about what they will do with their life.

Top: Brianna Loewen showed the panel her skills in sewing by presenting blankets and pil-lows that she made herself. Bottom: Dalton Penner brought in his hunting equipment as well as a coyote pelt that he shot and made himself in order to demonstrate his skills and interests.


Aboriginal business award winner


This story origi-nally ran in Novem-ber 2012 and is be-ing rerun as part of Black Press Aborigi-nal Business Match to recognize excellence in First Nations busi-nesses.

George Lacerte is a resident of Fraser Lake whose business, LHI Tutl’it Services Inc. has been active in the community and Prince George for over five years.

He recently won a citation for the Aborig-inal Business Awards for Joint Venture busi-ness of the year. He started LHI Tutl’it and since it partnered with Stephen Bros. Contracting and TBD Consulting in 2008 it has grown in size and stability.

“I’m proud but it’s mostly due to the hard work, efficiency and dedication of our employees,” said La-certe. “I share it with them. Plus I share it with their wives and their families be-cause a lot of the time they’re away from home working in oth-er parts of the prov-ince. It’s definitely a contribution from all our employees and our families.”

He attended the awards ceremony on December 5, 2013 in Vancouver.

LHI Tutl’it is a company heavily in-volved in resource management in the area. It has contracts with BC Hydro and logging companies and Lacerte has said that they would be in-terested in working on the Liqui� ed Natural

Gas pipeline “which is destined to come through our territory, it’s work that hits close to home for sure.”

Lacerte is a mem-ber of the Nadleh Whut’en band and he strives to make sure that his workforce is always First Nations friendly.

“Whenever we go into another terri-tory we always try to make use of the First Nations subcontrac-tors in the area,” said Lacerte. “There’s a good opportunity for First Nations here, we’re run well to compete with the other businesses that are out there and we definitely try to use them when we go into their territories but we have a very stable crew so we’re never having to lay anyone off to hire others.”

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Nadleh Whut’en First Nation (NWFN), just east of Fraser Lake, re-leased documents recently that show the B.C. ministry of environment is re-evaluating the impact Thompson Creek Metals’ Endako Mine is hav-ing on the area’s watershed.

The Endako molybdenum mine has been in operation since the early 1960s.

Nadleh Whut’en First Nation Chief Martin Louie said NWFN is concerned the mine may be oper-ating according to standards which would not be acceptable if the mine were to go through a fresh environ-mental application today.

A recent expansion to milling capacity at the mine leaves NWFN concerned that increased uptakes in fresh water from Francois Lake, combined with increased ef� uent discharge, could have a negative im-pact on the local watershed.

“We are concerned about the environment, and it seems like the government is allowing industry to pollute,” said Chief Louie. “We are the stewards of our lands and wa-ters... We are extremely concerned that the Endako Mine is affecting our water and fresh water � sh including salmon and the endangered Nechako White Sturgeon.”

The Jan. 6, 2014 ministry docu-ment that ef� uent from the mine, although within B.C. environment permit levels, are having a measur-

able affect on aquatic life in Francois Lake, the Endako River, and smaller streams in the area of the mine site.

The same document goes on to say that authorized discharge levels from the Endako mine will be recon-sidered under the mine’s environ-mental permit.

An earlier Oct. 22, 2013 docu-ment from a B.C. ministry of envi-ronment biologist warns that elevat-ed levels of contaminant are having an effect on a bottom-feeding � sh species, the prickly sculpin.

The report identi� es the prickly sculpin as a ‘sentinel species’. Sen-tinel species are early warning crea-tures when it comes to detecting potential human hazards. Another sentinel creature, although not in its natural environment, would be the proverbial canary in a coal mine.

The same report also indicated that, “Chronic guidelines for the pro-tection of aquatic life were exceeded in the Endako River in both refer-ence and exposure areas for total aluminum, total cadmium and total iron. Federal and provincial drink-ing water guidelines were exceeded in both reference and exposure areas for colour, and total phosphorus, alu-minum, cadmium, iron, manganese, mercury, and zinc.”

The Endako mining operations were identi� ed in that report as being the likely source of contaminants.

These documents provoked NWFN to go public with its concerns over the mine’s continued operation.

“If it was a new mine it would be under higher, and better standards,

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Fraser Lake area First Nation leaks contamination documentbut it seems that Endako is being allowed to op-erate using outdated practices, [and] old baseline information,” said Chief Louie. “This mine com-bined with all the other proposed developments in the region, including forestry and natural gas pipelines will put a lot of pressures on the local ecosystems.”

The B.C. ministry of environment has con-� rmed that it is currently re-evaluating permitted discharge limits at the Endako Mine under the mine’s Environmental Management Act permit.

According to comments made to the Vancou-ver Sun by David Bailey, director of environment for Thompson Creek Metals, the company agrees ongoing testing could include a reevaluation of permit levels.

But Bailey, the Vancouver Sun reported, said the company wants any regulatory changes to be made based on good science and further analysis.

The Endako mine was given permission to ex-pand in early March 2012. The $600 million ex-pansion was reported at the time to create about 160 new jobs, while doubling the mine’s milling capacity.

At the time, mining reserves were considered capable of sustaining the mine until approximate-ly 2028, while creating $90 to $100 million per

year in direct economic activity in the form of wages, purchases, and taxation.

Since then, molybdenum prices have stumbled. In August, 2012, Endako announced a temporary scaling back of operations which resulted in the temporary lay-off of 17 permanent employees, and 40 temporary workers.

Thompson Creek Metals also owns B.C.’s new-est mine, the Mount Milligan gold and copper mine midway between Fort St. James and Mack-enzie. About 20 of the employees laid off at Enda-ko found employment at the Mount Milligan mine during its construction phase.

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Dear Editor,

Thank you for publishing the article about dresses for the poor in the Express in September and Janu-ary. The response from the community has been over-whelming. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed. Thank you to Integris Credit Union for your donation, to the Vanderhoof Department Store for contacting the Express regarding this project. Chris Simrose is using the scraps to sew quilts for people

who need them, so nothing is going to waste.So far I have completed 130 dresses. Two apple

boxes full have already been sent away, and two more are almost ready. This would not have been possible without your article and the generosity of the commu-nity.

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VICTORIA – A little-noticed protest tent sprouted up on the rain-soaked B.C. legislature grounds earlier this month.

Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver spoke, asking whether B.C. residents would tolerate trophy hunting of killer whales. That would be a federal matter, but the point is vividly made about the onset of B.C.’s traditional spring grizzly bear hunt.

It’s bigger this year, with Kootenay and Chilcotin wildlife man-agement regions reopened after closures were enacted to preserve grizzly populations. In all, more than 1,000 grizzly bears are up for grabs. As with limited-entry hunts for deer and other animals, only about a third of those hunts are successful in an average year.

The rally was sponsored by the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, the partnership with U.S.-directed environment groups Si-erra Club, Greenpeace and ForestEthics that has become so in� u-ential in B.C. affairs. It produced a survey showing that 88 per cent of B.C. residents oppose trophy hunting, and its California experts calculate a 10-fold increase in value when bear hunting gives way to bear watching.

The Raincoast Conservation Society has bought up half a dozen guiding territories on the remote B.C. coast. Combined with govern-ment restrictions, more than half the coast is now off limits to bear hunting. Naturally, activists want the whole province shut down.

Wildlife management is the responsibility of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson. He’s heard plenty from all sides and he maintains that bear watching and bear hunting will continue to coexist in B.C.

Thomson has just introduced legislation to permit hunting guide territories to be operated by corporations as well as individuals. This is a long-sought change, allowing First Nations companies and others access to bank loans to expand the industry.

Non-resident hunters are required to hire a licensed guide-out� t-ter. Resident hunters pay $32 for a one-year hunting licence and $80 for a grizzly bear tag. Non-Canadians pay $180 for the licence and $1,030 for a chance at a grizzly.

Hunting in general is making a comeback in B.C. Ministry data show hunting licenses had declined to 85,633 in 2006, but recovered to reach 97,828 by 2013.

Thomson credits the work of the B.C. Wildlife Federation, which runs hunter training courses. Another program, Becoming an Out-door Woman, has helped revive hunting and camping as a family ac-tivity, he said.

Growing up hunting in northeastern B.C., I was taught not to shoot anything I’m not prepared to eat. I also remember the struggles to protect caribou and other endangered prey species that at one time

Grizzly hunt isn’t going away

had B.C. biologists resorting to shooting wolves from helicopters.

The reopening of grizzly bear territories is market-ed to urban residents as a horrible crime against nature. In fact, it’s a sign of increasing population.

Problems in B.C. wildlife these days include the fragile mountain caribou herds of the Kootenays, which have been subject to intensive management in-cluding relocation of animals.

The ministry has also begun a � ve-year study of declining moose populations across a vast area of the Interior subject to salvage logging in the wake of the pine beetle epidemic.

Vancouver media recently highlighted a grizzly

hunt by NHL journeyman Clayton Stoner. Typically, U.S. enviros promoted the deceased bear by name, “Cheeky,” and photos showed its carcass stripped to the skeleton by scavengers after Stoner left with the hide, paws and head.

They don’t mention that the same fate awaits ani-mals that die of starvation or other natural causes, which increase when animals overpopulate. As with many B.C. issues, there’s a cartoon version sold to im-pressionable city dwellers, and then there’s the truth.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and col-umnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tom� etcherbc

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Rayna Thiessen stands in her ‘take a stand’ shirt next to anti-bullying posters in honour of Pink Shirt day on Wedesday, Feb. 26.

Stabbing nets two arrests in FSJRCMP were left try-

ing to sort out the details in relation to an alleged stabbing last week.

Initially, police re-ceived a report from a female on the morning of Feb. 15 a man had showed up at her resi-dence and said he had been stabbed.

The caller told police the man had told her the stabbing had taken place the night before.

Then police received a call from staff at the Stuart Lake Hospital a male patient had been treated for wounds which appeared to re-sult from a stabbing and he had then been dis-charged.

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female involved in the incident and not to be in Fort St. James.

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The victim did have wounds under his arm and on his stomach consistent with a stab-bing.

Eventually, the man disclosed to police who allegedly stabbed him and where the incident took place.

RCMP then went to the residence and ar-rested the female sus-pect for assault with a weapon and executed a search warrant on the premises the same eve-ning.

Police said they did � nd evidence of a stab-bing.

The suspect has been charged with assault with a weapon, but her

name can not be re-leased because the inci-dent involves domestic

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court on March 17.

Entertaining withMarionettesRoger Dallaire presented to several ele-mentary schools in Vanderhoof last week. He sung and performed with his mario-nettes in both French and English and told the story of a little shoemaker.


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Kerry Vital / Black PressNames such as Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh Par-sons are sadly well-known to many Canadians. Both teens committed suicide after years of bullying at the hands of classmates. On Feb. 26, Canadians will recognize Pink Shirt Day, a day devoted to preventing bullying and helping children and teens who are being victimized.For some people, bullying hits very close to home. Tad Milmine, now an RCMP constable, is one of them.As a child, Milmine was

bullied relentlessly by classmates and locked in the basement by his stepmother every day for 12 years. His father, an alcoholic, never tried to help him, even when Milmine’s stepmother verbally abused him.“I always held out hope that one day an adult would see that I was in the basement and per-haps ‘rescue’ or ‘save’ me,” he says. “No one ever came.”At 17, Milmine ran away from home and cut all

ties with his father and step-mother. Still, he struggled with being extremely introverted and emotional. While he had dreamed of being a police o� cer for much of his life, he didn’t feel con� dent enough to act on that dream. At 33, he � nally felt able to take that step and do what he loved after encouragement from an o� cer he met while playing baseball.“I never acted on my dream because I truly believed it was just a dream,” he says. “I thought that dreams weren’t meant to be achieved.”Milmine was moved by the 2011 suicide of Ontario teen Jamie Hubley, who killed himself after years of bullying for being gay and a � gure skater, to start Bullying Ends Here, a website that tells Hubley’s story as well as his own. Milmine has travelled all over Canada and the U.S. speaking to students and encouraging them to contact him if they need help. In the presentations, he shares his own story and that of Hubley, and tells the students that he understands what it’s like to be an outcast, and that he too is gay, just like Hubley. He shares this information to point out that he is no dif-ferent than the people listening to him in the audience.“I never let my sexuality stand in the way of liv-ing out a dream,” Milmine says. “I never let the negativity while growing up stand in my way.”Milmine’s presentations are done on his own time and with his own money.

“I always wanted to ‘help’ people and today I am lucky enough to be in that position,”

says Milmine. “Youth need to know that nobody can help them if they don’t

speak up. You have to share, have to ask for help. Give us a chance to

help.”Sixty-four per cent of Canadian

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of Canadian employees are bullied at the workplace

on a weekly basis.“Pink Shirt Day gets

people talking,” Milmine says. “People are talking about

it leading up to it, and on the day itself. You’re going to talk about why you’re

wearing a pink shirt that day, and youth are reminded of the resources available to them.”Pink Shirt Day was started in Nova Scotia by two teenage boys who, after seeing another male student bullied for wearing a pink shirt, decided to gather their friends and all wear pink to school. CKNW AM 980 was inspired by their action, and since 2007 has raised over $650,000 for anti-bullying programs in B.C. through the sale of their pink shirts. You can purchase your own shirt at London Drugs or

online. � is year’s campaign is being presented by Coast Capital Savings, with Black Press as a media partner.For more information about Pink Shirt Day, visit www.pinkshirtday.ca. Milmine’s website can be found at www.bullyingendshere.ca.

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The website and smartphone app Ask.fm is a social-networking site where people can ask other users questions. It’s extremely popular with pre-teens and teens, but recently it has become well-known for facilitating cyber-bullying instead. It has been refer-enced in several suicide cases around the world as part of the bullying the victim experienced that led to their suicide.The biggest issue with Ask.fm is that questions can be submitted anonymously, and content is not moni-tored, so abuse of the service can be rampant with no repercussions to the user. Even if someone is blocked, that person can still view pro� les and see other inter-actions, and privacy settings cannot be increased as they can on Facebook and Twitter. According to RCMP Const. Tad Milmine, the Latvia-based website also sends daily spam with messages suggesting users kill themselves and calling them ugly, among others, with no name attached.Parents are urged to monitor all social media accounts and talk to their children about their online activities in an effort to prevent cyberbullying, and remember that the terms of service of Facebook, Twitter and Ask.fm require users to be at least 13.

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Here are the Vanderhoof Peewee Bears who were matched up against Terrace last weekend to decide who will go to the provincials. The Bears won the � rst game on Saturday, Feb. 22 with a score of 3-2 and won again on Sunday with a score of 3-1. The boys will be off to Nelson now for the provincials on March 16.

Wrestling at Nechako Valley Sec-ondary has been around for a long time and has had a long history of success. On Feb. 15 the team brought home the North Central Zone Championships for the 16th time in its history capping a very successful season.

The championship was held in Mackenzie. Rival, PGSS, were fa-voured to repeat as Zone Champions, but key victories by NVSS wrestlers secured the zone title winning by a sin-gle point over PGSS with 48-47 team points.

Training began in November 2013 with a competition schedule beginning in December. The team consistently put in solid results and novice wrestlers gained valuable experience. In Janu-ary the team traveled to Grande Prairie and Edmonton posting great results, including a 4th place team � nish in the highly competitive tournament in

Grande Prairie.The wrestlers were led by grade

11 students and team captains Jen-nor Nohr with his second and Sara Ebert with her fourth straight zone title. Grade 11 student Jason Yee and grade eight Wyatt Mueller also went undefeated and returned with their � rst zone title gold. Grade 11 Jonah Mosher won the silver in the 66 kilo-gram division. Skyler Smith Clark and Charles Xue brought home bronze medals.

The Provincial Championships will be held in Prince George this year. Nine athletes from NVSS have quali� ed to compete on February 27 to March 1 at UNBC.

The wrestlers were Eran Bach, Jere-my Derkson, Sarah Ebert, Jonah Mosh-er, Wyatt Mueller, Jennor Nohr, Mason Schmidt, Skyler Smith-Clark, Charles Xue and Jason Yee.

Wrestlers win Zones

Canada took home 25 medals from the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

Ten gold, ten silver and � ve bronze medals were awarded to Canada making this nation the third in gold medal standings and fourth in total medals won.

Russia and Norway come � rst in golds and the United States has three more medals in total than Canada but we have more gold medals than the Americans.

The medals Canada was awarded include four gold, four silver and one bronze in freestyle skiing. Two gold medals in curling and two more in ice hockey. One gold, silver and bronze medal for short track skating.

One gold was awarded for bobsleigh, three sil-vers for � gure skating, one silver and one bronze in snowboarding.

One silver and one bronze in speed skating and one bronze in alpine skiing.

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It was a great racing experience for the two younger skaters, Connor Ebert and Emily Prestmo, accord-ing to Nicole Ebert who was down in Mission with the rest of the zone seven athletes.

“They met and skated with skat-ers from all areas of the province, which was invaluable,” said Ebert by email. “Lots of great interaction on and off the ice!”

The older kids Jessica Sewell and Matthew Ebert had fantastic race experiences. Matthew and Morgan Bennison, a zone skater from Fort St. James, were in a 3,000 points race. Morgan was tripped acciden-tally and Matt somersaulted over him when he fell.

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this kind of race. If you are lapped you’re out, and if you fall you al-most always get passed before you can get back up to speed.

The zone seven relay team came back with a bronze medal. This team was made up of Matthew, Morgan, Emily Sulyma and Jessica Sewell.

“It was neat to have all the top skaters from the province staying in one school- great networking oppor-tunities,” said Ebert. “Mission did a great job hosting the 1,300 or so athletes!”

The skaters now wait for the B.C. provincials in Burnaby in two weeks as well as the Northern Regionals in Fort St. James.

In skiing, Vanderhoof’s Charlie Borek took � rst place in the juvenile � ve kilometre individual start clas-sic.

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Top: The relay team that took home bronze. Bottom, left to right: Mat-thew and Connor in the 3,000 points race. Next is Jessica Sewell and lastly is Matthew Ebert again.


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Watoto Children’s Choir Wed. March 12 @ 7:00pm

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PICTURE THIS....Your activity could be featured in “Picture This.” Snap a photo at your groups’ fundraiser. It could be anything from a car wash to cleaning up our streets. It could even include school activities. Basically people making a difference in our community. Send us your photo by e-mail ([email protected]) or drop it off at the Omineca Express (150 W. Columbia Street). Please provide a brief description accompanied with the photo.This week’s submission....

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Calling all SeniorS... come and join us for carpet bowling, pool or snooker - Monday and Thursday afternoons at the Friendship Centre. We also have cards or bingo on Wednesday evenings. Music nights are also popular and these are the last Friday night of the month. Come and have some fun! Everybody welcome young or golden agers. Call Oscar for more info: 250-567-4582.

***al-anon...Has your life been affected by someone elses drinking? The Al-Anon is for you! Meetings held on Mondays at 7pm in Community Room at Omineca Safe Home Society. For more information contact Gail at 567-4318.

***The norThSide Women’S inSTiTuTe...meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Newcomers always welcome. For more information call Brenda, 250 567-9705.

***V’hoof hoSpiCe SoCieTy... Do you have a few hours a month to give? Are you sensitive to the special needs of those persons at the end stages of life? Want to be part of a great organization that makes a difference in our community, then we are looking for you. The V’hoof Hospice Society is a not-for profit charity looking for new volunteer members. Our Society has a desire to help others. We are sensitive to the special needs of the dying patient and their families. We do not have personal agendas or “missions” to our Hospice work. Our main fundraising come in the form of donations to our Tree of Life. We are looking for new members to continue this great service. For more info contact Debra-Ann at 250-567-0623 or email [email protected]

***The food BanK... is in serious need of food donations. Specifically the following is needed: “Chunky” soups and stews and canned milk.

***BadminTon aT fleSS gym... Every Thursday at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. come out and have some fun!

***The Vanderhoof CanCer SupporT group...meets the first Friday of every month @ noon at the The Reid. For more info call Karen @ 567-4828.

***endaKo hall SoCieTy...meets every THIRD Wednesday of the month in the hall at 7:30pm.

***The yelloWhead drafT horSe aSSoCiaTion...is an organization for those interested in light and heavy horse driving. Monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month. For more info contact: Jon 250-567-8484.

***neChaKo QuilTerS guild... meets the third Tuesday of the month 9:30 am (Sept. - May) at Nechako View Seniors Common Room. Fran Sheeley 567-5254.

***The fraSer QuilTerS guild... meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Fort Fraser Community Hall. Newcomers welcome.

***hoSpiCe Tree of life... is to honour the living as well as to remember and honour those who have passed on. For more info call Debbie @ 250-567-7956.

***The fraSer laKe CanCer SupporT group... meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12 noon in the New Fraser Lake Restaurant. For further information call Judy at 250-699-7763.

***neChaKo Valley hiSToriCal SoCieTy...meets every second Thursday of the month 6:30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce office.

***Vanderhoof 899 air CadeT SQuadron...Cadets will meet every TUESDAY night – 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel. Anyone age 12 to 18 interested in the Cadet Program is welcome to attend. Any adult interested in assisting in anyway, please contact the officers at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel Tuesday night. For more information call: Capt. John Callaghan - 250-640-0218, Yvonne Melo - 250-690-7496 Evenings.

***aa meeTing... Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. United Church Hall. 567-8087 or 567-4588

***fraSer laKe aa meeTingS... Tues & Thurs 8:00 p.m. at St. Wilfred’s Church just across from police station.

***ST. John hoSpiTal auXiliary SoCieTy... meets second Tuesday of the month (with the exception of July & August) at 7:00 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. For further info contact Edna 567-9759 - New members welcome.

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Thursday 10:00am to 5:00pmFriday 10:00 am to 6:00pm

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Wednesday & Thursday3pm - 8pm

Friday 10am - 4pmSaturday 10am - 2pm

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Coming eVenTS....Will appear, as space is available, free of charge in this section. Coming events are available to non-profit organizations only. This area is not intended for thank you submissions or selling products. It is simply a place for non-profit organizations a place to announce upcoming free activities. You can e-mail your item to [email protected] or by fax (567-2070). Your organizations’ announcement can also be dropped off at our office located at 155 W. Columbia. Decision of the publisher is final.

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NEW EVENTS....

The angliCan, CaTholiC, lu-Theran and uniTed ChurCh memBerS...invite you to their Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at the Elks Hall on Victoria St. Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m. Final serving will be at 6:30 p.m.

***The neChaKo WaSTe reduCTion iniTiaTiVe...invites you to a free film screening of “Tapped”. This award-winning film takes you on a behind-the-scenes look at the bottled water indus-try and the people, communities, and environments it impacts. This free film will be shown on Wednesday, February 26, 6:30 - 8:30PM at the Vanderhoof Public Library.

***The neChaKo Valley feSTiVal of The performing arTS...has a new website. www.musicfestival-web.com/nechako. Please visit the website for syllabus and registration information. You can view the syllabus online. If a paper copy is required, there is a limited number available at the Vanderhoof Public Library. Reg-istration for the festival is online. The festival will take place from Apr. 12-25, 2014 with the festival concert happen-ing on Apr. 27, 2014.

***VolunTeerS needed for idi-dalap4CanCer...For more infor-mation please contact Carrie Smith. Email: [email protected] Next meeting March 11 7pm @ the Vanderhoof Fire Hall.

***neChaKo Valley hiSToriCal SoCieTy...meets at 7pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the OK Cafe.

***adulT BadminTon...every Thursday at 8pm at NVSS gym. Bring your own racquet. Indoor runners required. For more info call Ann at 250-567-9908.

***STuarT neChaKo manor...looking for volunteers. Help needed with outings, Serving meals, entertainment and visits for the residents. Please contact Marnie at 250 567 6290 for more information.

***VolunTeerS needed....Would you like to become part of a team working together to improve the quality of life for stroke survivors? The Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery Group is looking for volunteers to join their team. Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery’s goal is to encourage stroke survivors to improve their lives through education, exercise, work groups, crafts, outings, etc. No special skills required; training and orientation are provided. Patience and caring understanding a necessity. Volunteers share responsibilities: assisting with activities, exercises, education, crafts, outings, fund raising. Time commitment: 3 hour meeting each Monday morning (excluding stat holidays), from September through mid-June.

Please contact Penny (250) 567-3966

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***SeniorS ConneCTed... is looking for Seniors in need of Outreach & Transportation. We are also taking applications for Volunteers wanting to take part in the VSC Program. Vanderhoof Seniors Connected is a program dedicated to improving the quality of life for Seniors/Elders in our community through Companionship and Transportation Assistance.For more information contact Debra-Ann Bishop at 250-567-0623 or email

Nechako Notes

Kids at Northside Christian school most likely joined many of their peers across the country in watching Olympic hockey in class. The picture was taken right as a goal was scored.

Here is Sydney Siemens in the final game against Duchess Park on Saturday, Feb. 22. The senior girls basketball team took home a silver medal at the Zone tournament. Teigan Miller-Gauthier won the Doug Harshbarger Commitment Award and a second team all star. Siemens and Katie Friesen were both first team all stars.

Senior girls basketball

The senior boys at Northside Chris-tian school won first place at their bas-ketball tournament hosted in Vander-hoof from Feb. 13-15.

Northside started out the Zone tour-nament with a strong win against Ac-wsalcta from Bella Coola at 80-28. On Feb. 14, Northside took another heavy win from Tumbler Ridge with a score of 81-25.

For the final game on Saturday, Feb. 15 Northside continued its winning streak with a score of 80-10 against

Mountain Christian school from Daw-son Creek.

The most valuable player was won by Clayton Unger and the best defen-sive player for the tournament was Jon-athan Schultz.

Vanderhoof took fourth and fifth honourable mentions for the tourna-ment which Jordan Unger and Travis Byers won respectively.

Northside also took home ninth and tenth for all tournament team from the players Luke Louis and Tristan Martens.

Senior boys win tournament

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DURATION OF THE POSITION: April 28, 2014 to August 29, 2014 WAGE: $17.48 PER HOURHOURS OF WORK: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 7:30 AM TO 4:00 PMMAY INCLUDE MINIMAL OVERTIMEREQUIREMENTS: ■ ENROLLED IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR SEPTEMBER 2014■ VALID CLASS 5 BC DRIVER’S LICENCE■ PHYSICALLY CAPABLE TO PERFORM THE JOB DUTIESDUTIES: ■ PLANT FLOWERS, MOW GRASS, CLEAN PARK WASHROOMS, PAINT, RAKE, AND OTHER DUTIES AS MAY BE ASSIGNEDAPPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 4, 2014APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO: VILLAGE OF FRASER LAKE BOX 430 FRASER LAKE, B.C. V0J 1S0 PHONE: 250-699-6257 FAX: 250-699-6469 EMAIL: [email protected]

NECHAKO VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY

JOB POSTINGCHILDREN WHO WITNESS ABUSE COUNSELLOR

Posting Number 2014-013

Vanderhoof

Job Summary:Provides assessment, treatment planning and implementation for clients who are eighteen years and younger who are experiencing the effects of witnessing violence and abuse. The clients will be aided in identifying, understanding and overcoming personal/family problems, and in establishing and achieving realistic goals.

Qualifications:A Bachelor’s Degree in the human services or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Credentials:One year experience in a similar environment. Must demonstrate an understanding of theory, principles and practices in the field and have knowledge of child development and age appropriate behaviors.

Salary:Based on Para-professional wage grid 13, $21.60-$25.17

Hours of Work:Part Time/15 Hours per week

Start Date: March 17, 2014

Closing Date: March 3, 2014

How to Apply:Forward resume and cover letter stating Job Title and Posting Number to: Danny Scoular, Program Manager Cc Paula Wylie, Clinical Supervisor Nechako Valley Community Services Society PO Box 1249, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 Phone: 250-567-9205 Fax:250-567-3939 E-mail: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]

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Community Support Worker-Part Time

Job Summary:The Community Support Worker reports to the Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) Program Manager and assists clients living independently and/or semi independently with their physical, economic, vocational, recreational, social, emotional and daily life skills development, assists clients to achieve the greatest degree of independence and quality of life possible.

Department Location: Vanderhoof

Qualifications/ExperiencePost-secondary training – Diploma or Certificate

in a related Human/Social Service Field or the equivalent combination of education and experience

A minimum of one (1) year of experience in a similar environment.

Must possess a class 4 driver’s license.

Salary: Community Living Services Collective Agreement

Grid 10 - $16.17- $18.82

Hours of Work: 16 hours per week

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Posting Date: February 21, 2013


Start Date: As soon as possible

This position is open to female and male applicants

This position requires Union membership

Please apply for this job only in the manner specified by the employer. Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered for the position.

Please send a cover letter of interest and current resume outlining your skills and qualifications for the position and include the job positing number:

Via email: [email protected]

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Hub International Barton Insurance is currently seeking a career minded individual for our Vanderhoof office.

We offer a competitive salary, benefit package and pension plan.

You will be handling a wide variety of insurance transactions along with issuing motor vehicle documents.

You will required to take courses and to obtain your insurance license.

A criminal record check is required for your insurance license.

Please forward your resume to our office located in the Co-op mall or mail to Box 2180, Vanderhoof, BC, V0J 3A0 or email to John Murphy at [email protected]

Closing date: March 14th, 2014

We thank all applicants, but only those short listed will be contacted.

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INTERNAL/EXTERNAL JOB POSTING JOB POSTING # 2014 –007

Community Support Worker-Part Time

Job Summary:The Community Support Worker reports to the Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) Program Manager and assists clients living independently and/or semi independently with their physical, economic, vocational, recreational, social, emotional and daily life skills development, assists clients to achieve the greatest degree of independence and quality of life possible.

Department Location: Vanderhoof

Qualifications/Experience ●Certificate in a related Human/Social Service Field or the equivalent combination of education and experience ●A minimum of one (1) year of experience in a similar environment. ●Must possess a class 4 driver’s license.

Salary: Community Living Services Collective Agreement

Grid 10 - $16.17- $18.82

Hours of Work: 16 hours per week

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Posting Date: February 21, 2013


Start Date: As soon as possible

This position is open to female and male applicants

This position requires Union membership

Please send a cover letter of interest and current resume outlining your skills and qualifications for the position and include the job positing number:

Via email: [email protected]

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Village of Fraser LakeVILLAGE OF FRASER LAKE

JOB POSTINGSUMMER RECREATION STUDENT

DURATION OF THE POSITION: May 20, 2014 to August 29, 2014WAGE: $17.48 per hourHOURS OF WORK: Typically Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pmMust e e i le ith hours, days and ee endsREQUIREMENTS: ■ Enrolled in at least 2nd year Post-Secondary Educa on program for September, 2014 ■ Age 18 or older ■ Training in Child De elopment, Elementary Educa on, ■ Early Childhood, Recrea on or similar elds ■ E perience in a day camp, recrea on or school age care se ng ■ Customer ser ice or public rela ons e perience and training ■ Valid Class 5 BC Dri er’s Licence - no restric onsDUTIES: ■ Provide a safe environment for youth ■ Supervise and par cipate in a variety of indoor, outdoor sports and ac vi es ■ Plan and lead organized games and other age appropriate ac vi es ■ Wor as a team and other group leaders, instructors and supervisors and other du es as may be assignedAPPLICATION DEADLINE: April 04, 2014APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO: VILLAGE OF FRASER LAKE BOX 430 FRASER LAKE, B.C. V0J 1S0 PHONE: 250-699-6257 FAX: 250-699-6469 EMAIL: clinton.mauthe fraserla e.ca

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DISTRICT OF VANDERHOOFNOTICE OF SITTING

FRONTAGE COURT OF REVISIONThe Court of Revision shall sit at the time and place shown below for the purpose of reviewing the water frontage tax and the sewer frontage tax rolls and any appeals received against the levy so charged.

THE FRONTAGE COURT OF REVISION SHALL BE HELD AT 5:00 PM MARCH 10, 2014 IN

COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 160 CONNAUGHT STREET, VANDERHOOF, BC

A complaint will not be heard unless written notice pursuant to Secion 205 of the Community Charter is received by the Collector at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time of the first sitting of the court. The Frontage Tax Assessment Rolls will be available for viewing for fourteen (14) days prior to the sitting of the Court. The District of Vanderhoof office hours are 8:30 am to 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a Public Hearing affecting “Endako, Fraser Lake, Fort Fraser Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1487, 2008” and “Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” will be held on Monday March 10, 2014 at 7:00 P.M in the meeting room at the CH Foote Memorial Arena (Fraser Lake Arena), 30 Carrier Crescent, Fraser Lake, B.C.

“Endako, Fraser Lake, Fort Fraser Rural Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1487, 2008” is proposed to be amended by Bylaw No.1685 which changes the designation of the application area from Agricultural (A) and Resource (RE) to Industrial (I)

“Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Zoning Bylaw No. 700, 1993” is proposed to be amended by Bylaw No. 1686 which rezones the application area from Agricultural (Ag1) and Rural Resource (RR1) to Heavy Industrial (M2). The applicants wish to be allowed to pursue the following uses:

• a log and hog fuel storage yard • a storage area for forestry equipment (such as culverts and bridges) • a landfill for wood waste ash (approximately 5 ha in size) • grinding wood into hog fuel.

The subject properties are located on the south shore of Fraser Lake, adjacent to the West Fraser Sawmill site, approximately 5.5 kilometres east of the Village of Fraser Lake town-site and are legally described as District Lot 2009, Range 5, Coast District Except Plan 12285; The W1/2 of District Lot 2032, Range 5, Coast District; and District Lot 2008, Range 5 Coast District. The application area is 65 ha in size and is shown cross-hatched and labelled “Application Area” on the map below. The remainder of the parcels will keep the current zoning.

LOCATION MAP FOR BYLAWS NO. 1685 AND 1686

At the Public Hearing all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present a written submission respecting matters contained in the bylaw that is the subject of the Public Hearing.

Written submissions sent by mail to P.O. Box 820, Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0; by fax to (250) 692-1220; or by e-mail to [email protected] must be received by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako no later than March 10, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. to be ensured of consideration at the Public Hearing.

The Public Hearing on Bylaws No. 1685 and 1686 will be chaired by the Director or Alternate Director for Electoral Area D as a delegate of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation, copies of the proposed bylaws and other relevant information may be inspected at the office of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from February 26 through March 10, 2014 inclusive. A copy of the proposed bylaw and other relevant information will also be made available at the Fraser Lake Public Library.

For further information please call the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Planning Department at 250-692-3195 or 1-800-320-3339.

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Fraser Lake Sawmills, a division of West Fraser Mills

Rezoning Application Open House

When: March 5, 2014 -7:00 PM

Where: Fraser Lake Sawmills Main Office.Tell Us What You Think!

Fraser Lake Sawmills is proposing to rezone a portion (65ha) of their properties east of the mill. You are in-vited to attend an open house to learn more about the proposed changes and to provide your feedback.

The purpose of the rezoning is to allow the follow-ing uses: expansion of log and other fiber storage, grinding of wood into hog fuel, a storm water treatment area, equipment storage, a snow dump area and a non-hazardous wood waste landfill.

Attend the open house to learn about the proposal and give your feedback. Fraser Lake Sawmills staff will be available to answer questions.

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Chona Dick has lived here in Van-derhoof since she was seven and in that time she has worked as a nurse and has helped build Vanderhoof’s Cancer treat-ment facilities from the ground up.

“The idea was to bring the same kind of cancer care you could get in Vancou-ver or anything like that closer to home,” said Dick. “They opened up a few clinics along the way and now there’s nine new clinics for Northern Health.”

Vanderhoof’s oncology ward is set up by Northern Health to be nearly ex-actly the same as the others in Ques-nel, Smithers, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, Haida Gwaii, Fort St. John and Dawson Creek.

The facilities in Vanderhoof have about 30 people who receive chemo on a regular basis at the moment. When the patients need palliative care the ward will also follow up on them.

The official start date for the oncology ward was in March of 2008, it has been going strong for six years.

Dick was instrumental in the formation of the ward, she even painted the walls herself. She started work in 2007 just to get things rolling here.

Nearly everything in oncology was paid for through the donation of one man.

“Henry VanAndel, an older gentleman from town, do-nated $200,000 to get us started,” said Dick. “All the fur-niture, all the equipment, everything in there we bought from that money. The only thing Northern Health paid for was the computers.”

The oncology rooms are some of the most pleasant and most like home rooms in the hospital. The chairs are leather and the room has a warm comfortable feeling a lot of the regular hospital things are camouflaged which is perfect for people that might spend three to six hours sitting there.

The room can only fit up to four patients at a time. It can make it a bit difficult to schedule but the staff works hard to accommodate everyone.

Dick said that she was a little scared when they first got started, that her and her co-worker just sat beside their first patient and stared as the chemotherapy started.

But she had seen how Smithers ran their program and she took an eight month course online.

“We knew we didn’t have any other support,” she said. “So we wanted to make sure we knew what we were doing.”

Five people work in the oncology department, three doctors a nurse and Chona Dick.

Working in this position brings people to put a lot of trust in health care professionals like Dick.

“I know so many people because I’ve lived here so long and working in Fort St. James and Fraser Lake and having family in Burns Lake I just seem to know al-most everybody that comes in. I think it’s really good, they feel comfortable right away and it seems to make it easier.”

“One lady even said that as soon as she knew it was Chona she was so glad, and I didn’t even know her,” Dick said.

But how does Chona do it? How can she not be burned out after six years?

“I never thought about the job until last year. We had a tea and invited everyone who donated and various sup-port groups and patients and everything so I thought that I had to come up with something to say.

Everyone asks me all the time, ‘how can you do this Chona? how can you do this all the time?’ For six years now and I don’t even feel burnt out yet.

I decided that it was because the patients are so cool, to be honest. They’re fighting for their life, their life is completely upside down, sud-denly you’re going from working and maybe kids and busy and all of a sud-den you get the cancer diagnosis and now it’s about doctor’s appointments, CAT scans, blood work. It’s just so upsetting and they’re so strong and resilient and even if they’re upset they come in here and they’re gracious and thankful and happy and we have fun in here. There’s no doom and gloom, even if they’re having a rough go we just sit with them and we can get through it.

What I said at the tea was, every-one asks me if I’m tough you know, I must be tough. But I just said it’s my patients that are tough and that gives me strength. I think they’re doing ok so why am I falling apart? It’s some-thing that I didn’t realize at first and

now I realize that that’s what it is. They’re just really awesome people.

Out there you’re so busy and we get busy in here too. You see them so often with only me and the part time nurse and they see me a lot. It’s that consistency, if they’re upset I’ll talk with them or if they get admitted to the floor then I’ll go visit them just to see how they’re doing.

You just have more time to get to know them person-ally. And I’m pretty open, they know about my kids, they know if I have a hockey tournament this weekend and they’ll ask me ‘Chona how did they do at the hockey tournament?’”

Chona said that she used to think that there was no way that she could go through with the treatments if she was given a terminal diagnosis. She said she used to think that she would just sell everything and fly around the world.

“Now that I’ve seen people go through it, I’ve only had one person do that,” she said. “People can be cal-lous and ask why are we giving all these drugs to this guy, he’s 75 years old! And it’s because they want it and they can. And you know, sometimes they rally and they do well and they get that extra birthday or holiday with their grandkids. The chemo isn’t as bad as it used to be.”

vanderhoof omineca express, february 26, 2014

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