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Volunteer Fort St. James

A $25,000 grant from New Horizons for Seniors will help get Volunteer Fort St. James up and running.

The federal funding will allow for organiza-tions in the community who rely on volunteers to list volunteer oppor-tunities in a database.

People interested in volunteering will also then be listed in another database, and Volunteer Fort St. James will then be able to match up op-portunities with people whose interests or skills fit the bill.

Judy Greenaway will be coordinating the initiative, and it will be run out of the Stuart Lake Seniors Activity Centre.

The group is still in the early formation stages, but for further information and to get on either list, contact Judy Greenaway at [email protected]

RCMP return

Two new arriv-als will help fill in the ranks of the local RCMP detachment, but the new arrivals are actually returns.

Corporal Johnathan Lechky and Constable Laura Lechky are transferring to Fort St. James from Prince Ru-pert and should arrive in May.

Both had previously been posted to the Fort St. James detachment.

The cross-country skiing on Stuart Lake has been phenonmenal this year thanks to track setting by Paul Inden, president of the local cross-country ski club. Track has been set from the waterfall at Stone’s Bay all the way down to the Fort St. James National Historic Site. While the sunshine will be melting the tracks quickly, it is a great way to get out in the sunshine before the snow is gone and while the streets turn to mud.

Photo courtesy of Paul and Kelley Inden

Blue sky over white water

Suspicious death

in Fraser LakeThe death of Destiny Rae

Tom, 21, on Nautley First Nations reserve has been deemed suspicious by RCMP.

At around 5:25 a.m. on March 23, RCMP were called to the Fort Fraser-area re-serve where they discovered a woman’s body outside a home.

RCMP arrested an adult male upon arrival, but have since released him without charges.

The North District Major Crime Unit are not disclosing further details citing an ongo-ing investigation.

An autopsy is scheduled for this week to assist with determining a cause of death.

Anyone with possible in-formation about the death is being asked to call Fraser Lake RCMP at 250.699.7777.

To remain anonymous, the RCMP advises the public to call Crime Stop-pers at 1.800.222.8477 (TIPS).

The death of Destiny Rae Tom has been deemed suspicious by RCMP.

WIDC finally gets go-ahead

DeLynDa PiLonPrince George Free Press

The contract has been awarded for the tallest wood structure in North America to be constructed on Fourth Avenue and George Street with con-struction expected to begin in April.

PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc., the same company that build Prince George’s cancer centre, is the chosen proponent to build the $25.1 million Wood Innovation and Design Centre.

Michael Green will be the archi-tect, the man who designed the addi-tion for the airport.

Prince George-MacKenzie MLA Pat Bell said the building, set to be six storeys though the first contains an atrium housed in a double layer, will have world-wide influence and is set to display innovative new styles of construction. The design will use a variety of different species of wood found province-wide. With commer-cial and office space, the WIDC will be home to a Masters degree program in engineering, specializing in tall wood buildings.

“There is definitely a demand out there for it,” Bell said, both of tall wood buildings and the program. “We will be able to deliver it not just here in Prince George but across the world.”

The WIDC has been in the works for several years, first announced in a throne speech in 2009. Recently, ru-mours have swirled around the valid-ity of the land procurement process and various aspects of the process.

However, Bell said he’s excited to be finally announcing the company which will take on the process, the starting date of construction and, fi-nally, the finishing date.

Though sometimes a complex and difficult task, Bell said the WIDC was worth it and will be a world-re-knowned asset to the city for a long time.

He added though he is excited by today’s announcement, that will be compounded in July of 2014 when he will be at the grand opening of the building, not as a politician but rather a city resident.

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Unplug and playRecent Wednes-days this month parents and children enjoyed Story Time @Your Library led by teacher-librarian and library aide, April Hilland. After-wards many moved upstairs to partici-pate in our brand new program: Un-plug & Play where they constructed towers, bridges, castles, cars and so much more with Lego, Duplo, Blocks, and a vari-ety of other materi-als. This program was a pilot program for Spring Break to gauge interest and need for children and family library programming.

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Ruth LloydCaledonia Courier

Fort St. James will become a little more friendly for seniors soon.

A Union of Brit-ish Columbia Munici-palities Age-Friendly Communities grant for $20,000 will allow for the development of a transportation service for seniors by seniors.

The funding will take the program through to December 31, 2013, so further funding sources will be needed to maintain the program in the long-term.

Similar to the de-livery service started last October which helps those with mobility issues to take care of some ba-sic errands, the transportation service in the works will be directed at low-income seniors and those with mobility issues who do not have access to transportation.

While still in the development stage, an action commit-tee is being formed which will be in charge of determining how to execute and articulate the program.

The aim is to help get seniors out and about in the com-munity, forming social bonds and being part of the com-munity as a whole.

Yvonne Sam will be the coordinator for the new service with the District of Fort St. James providing support for her and the action committee.

“Let’s hope that this is as successful as the delivery service has been,” said Sam.

While living in a small, rural community can be diffi-cult for people with mobility or transportation challenges, this could help to improve the quality of life for those people.

“This is neat to see the community progress into ways to dealing with things,” said Kris Nielson.

LEFT: Yvonne Sam (right) will be the coordina-tor for a new transportation service for seniors in Fort St. James.

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• Guest editorial

Follow the moneyBill PhillipsPrince George Free Press

When Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Pat Bell ranted in the Legislature about Brian Fehr being an NDP supporter, it brought into question who are the Liberal supporters as well.

Bell, in his rant, tried to diminish Fehr’s criticism of the Wood Innovation and Design Centre bid process by point-ing out that Fehr, and his companies, have donated $50,000 to the NDP. Bell, somehow, forgot to point out that Fehr had previously donated $122,995 to the BC Liberals over the years.

Fehr has cried foul that his company didn’t make the shortlist for the Wood Innovation and Design Centre project.The $25.1 million project is going to be done by PCL Constructors Westcoast, who are no strangers to Prince

George, having built the cancer centre.So how much money has PCL Constructors Westcoast given to political parties? According to Elections BC, it has

given $110,489 to the BC Liberals since 2006. It also gave Wally Oppal $500 when he was a candidate in 2009.Of the other contractors named to work on the project - Michael Green Architecture Inc., Equilibrium Consult-

ing Inc., B.R. Thorson Consulting Ltd., RDH Building Engineering Ltd., MMM Group Ltd., Opus DaytonKnight Consultants Ltd., Equity Plumbing + Heating Ltd., and Houle Electric Limited, only Houle Electric has contributed politically. It has given the Liberals $24,300 since 2005, nothing to any other political party.

The PCL Constructors political contributions fall short of $122,995 Brian Fehr has given over the years, so I guess we can say the projects wasn’t awarded solely on who has been greasing the Liberals’ palms.

However, of the other two proponents who were shortlisted for the centre, neither WIC Design and Build nor Maple Reindeers/Cree contributed anything to the Liberals.

Once again, it’s an argument for eliminating corporate and union donations to political parties.In fact, Integrity BC has just released a poll suggesting that a majority of British Columbians support a ban on

corporate and union donations to political parties.When asked: “Do you believe that corporations and unions should be prohibited from donating money to B.C.’s

provincial political parties?,” almost two to one were in favour (59 per cent yes, 31 per cent no, 10 per cent undecided).The BC NDP, Conservative party, Green Party and BC First support a ban on corporate and union donations. B.C.’s

three Independent MLAs seeking re-election (Vicki Huntington, Bob Simpson and John van Dongen) called for a ban in February.

It seems the Liberals are the only ones in British Columbia who seem to think it’s still a good practice. One only has to look at the numbers above from only a handful of businesses to understand why.

It’s time that changed. British Columbia will be a better place for it.

• LetterHonour

the heroesEditor:

Our association recognizes Canadians who have risked their lives to save others. Each year we watch the news media to find true Canadian heroes, many of whom are police officers and firemen. Please have a look at our web site to see more about the work we do. http://www.canadabraveryawards.com/index.html

To accomplish this task we rely on local police and fire reports and media articles to verify exactly what took place as we try to get a clear picture before we give out the awards.

This year, at our Investiture in April, the Lieutenant Governor will be rec-ognizing approximate 40 provincial heroes. We do feel that we are indeed missing rescues. Our territory encompasses all of British Columbia and the Yukon. I am sending this letter to all of the services that interact at ground level with many of these incidents in the hope that you or your organization could relay incidents you witness where the citizens of British Columbia and the Yukon risk their lives to save others.

If you become aware of rescues that warrant recognition I would be thrilled if you could forward information to me, so that I can initiate the award process. Here is what I would need: The names and contact information for each of the rescuers, your report on the incident, or your summary of the res-cue and who did what, and your recommendation on the degree of risk each rescuer took.

Any copies of media stories you have, or links to media storiesAll of the information we receive is kept confidential. If it is possible we

need the names and phone numbers of the rescuers (heroes), so that we can contact them when we decide an award is being given. Any help you can pro-vide would be sincerely appreciated. All of the members of our organization are volunteers.

Ron KirsteinRoyal Canadian Humane Association (British Columbia)

British Columbia RepresentativePhone: 1-888-472-2143

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Super Sale!

Bike to work comes to Fort St. James


The District of Fort St. James will join up with other communities from across the prov-ince this year to help celebrate Bike to Work Week.

May 27 to June 1 of this year will be Bike to Work Week across B.C., an initiative which started in Victoria back in 1995.

This year will be the first year the District of Fort St. James is signing up the commu-nity and organizing events around the week "to build awareness and to promote cycling as a form of commuting," said Mel Chesnutt, event coordinator for the District.

Chesnutt herself is already biking to work when she can, which from where she starts on Sowchea, is 8 km each way, but it only takes her from 12 to 20 minutes to make the trip, and she gets exercise and fresh air on the way.

The District received a $1,000 grant to-wards their events from the Bike to Work BC Society, which will be used to promote bike safety and awareness, for prize incentives for both maximum kilometres and participation.

Chesnutt said they have applied for more grants and are also hoping to get more bike

racks for the community to help people choos-ing to cycle.

While participating in Bike to Work Week and registering online allows participants to track kilometres and carbon emission reduc-tions and other statistics, Bike to Work Week can also help remind motorists to be more aware of cyclists on the roads while they're driving.

There will even be a Bike to Work Week art display at the Integris Credit Union lead-ing up to and throughout Bike to Work Week. The bike-related art show is being organized by the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James.

"As a bike enthusiast, anything that will help promote safe sharing of the road," said Chesnutt. "I bike as much as I can and I've had a few close calls."

For anyone interested in more information around Bike to Work Week and registering as an individual or as a team, call 996-8233 or go to biketowork.ca

Fort St. James is on-line as part of Bike to Work Week in B.C., where people can register to participate and get involved by finding alternative ways to commute to work. The program is a province-wide initia-tive.Ruth Lloyd/Caledonia Courier

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***FORT ADULT CENTRE FOR EDUCATION...Suite 221-250 Stuart Drive, in the Goodwin Building. Open daily 8:00-4:00. Call 250-996-7712 for more information.

***FIREwEED STOppING ThEVIOLENCE & OUTREAChSERVICE For those who believe all is possible!...Provides free Confidential, Safe, and Supportive counselling and outreach services for women. Hours of Service: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. Location: Room 203, 349 Stuart Drive, Fort St James, BC Phone: (250) 996-1214 Fax: (250) 996-7647 Email: [email protected]

***ST pATRICk’S ANGLICAN ChURCh... hosts a free lunch every Tuesday from 11.00am - 1.00pm. All are welcome. This lunch is made possible through the generous giving of time and resources,by many people in the region, including Sylvia Isaac, The Roman Catholic Church, Camp Living Water, and many other individuals.We wish to

thank all those who contribute their labour to this program as well as those who provide food and other necessities. We also run a small food bank on Tuesday morning, and are very thankful for all who contribute to this endeavor. For further information please call Gwen Andrews 567-6744.

***SERVICE TIMES... at St Patrick’s Anglican Church, Fort St James, will be 10:30 am every Sunday. Free lunch every Tues between 11-1pm with music and Prayer. Please come and join us.

***FIREwEED CLOThES DRIVE...The Fireweed Safe Haven is doing a winter clothes drive. We are looking for jackets, boots, snow pants, mitts, hats, scarves, fleeces, etc, for men, women and children. The items will then be given to families in the community that need them. If you do not have anything at home that you can part with but still wish to contribute, you can purchase mitts, socks, or thermal underwear. Please drop items off at the Fireweed Safe Haven. For more information please contact Talia at (250) 996-8081. Every little bit helps.

***AUxILIARy TO STUART LAkE hOSpITAL... Monthly meeting 2nd Wednesday each month. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 p.m.

***FORT ST. JAMES pUBLIC LIBRARy hOURS...

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Friday 11:30-8:00Saturday 11:00-3:00

***NEChAkO VALLEy COMMUNITy SERVICES SOCIETy...Child and Youth Mental Health and Counseling Services available at no cost. Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Call 996-7645 for appointment.

***FORT TRAp AND hANDGUN CLUB... meets last Sunday of every

month. Contact Sharon at 996-8373 for more information.

***FORT ST. JAMES SEARCh & RESCUE... steering committee meetings first Tuesday of every month. 7:00 p.m. above the Fort St. James Firehall. Training is the third Tuesday of every month at the Firehall at 7 p.m. New members welcome.

***MUSIC MAkERS...New members always WELCOME. Not everyone has to be on stage, there is lots of work behind the scenes. Call Rosemary Allan at 250-996-8997 for more info.

***ThE ThRIFT STORE...has a new name! “The Bargain Basement”. We are still at the same location, across from Shoppers Food Mart. Donations of clean clothing and small housewares are greatly appreciated. Please, no books or magazines. Proceeds are used for community needs. Open Wed-Sat, 12 noon to 4pm.

***pUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT...If you know anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmed by a psychiatrist call the Citizens Commission on Human Rights at: 1-800-670-2247.

***ALCOhOLICS ANONyMOUS... Every Thursday, 8 p.m. at the United Church Hall on 2nd Avenue. Contact 996-8290.

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FORT ST. JAMES pARENT ADVISORy...3rd Tuesday every month 7 p.m. at High School.

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mayor for the City of Prince George, said the day was a long time coming, but he is thrilled with the result. He said he be-lieves the building will create a synergy to positively affect the culture, social and environment of the city.

“We are going to see a Prince George rebirth we’ve been waiting for for decades,” he said.

Vice-president of PCL, Anibal Valente, explained the company makes the best use of local products and labour. He said he expects construction to begin at the end of April and be completed in July of 2014. It will include 350,000 man hours of labour, and at its peak there will be about 50 people on-site constructing the building.

Valente said one require-ment was the bidder had to use at least 800 cubic metres of wood in the project.

“We are at 2,000 cubic me-tres, so we exceeded the minimum wood require-ment by quite a bit,” he said.

In spite of that, Green explained the build-ing meets the same � re codes as one made of concrete.

He likened it’s ten-dency to easily catch � re to someone trying to light a big stump with a tiny lighter.

Green added cutting-edge innovation will be used creating the struc-ture, and it will lead to taller buildings in the future, though at 27.5

metres it will be the tallest in North America.

By using wood rather than concrete, Green said, 2,000 tonnes of carbon did not go into the atmosphere, or the equiva-lent of 500 cars on the road per year.

“We wanted the ground � oor to be about the community,” Green said.

That is why there will be big windows passers-by can look into, catching site of the variety of activities happening within.

“We really wanted to acti-vate the street,” he said.

He added the lighting will make the wood glow at night.

Inside the mezzanine, a set of stairs will take you up to a theatre designed for students. The building has ‘shoulders’, allowing for a second � oor deck. There will be a feature wall at the heart of the build-ing and another wall with slats made of all the different types of wood available in the coun-try so people can see, smell and

feel its texture.A distance learning theatre

will allow students to share course work across the prov-ince, country or internationally.

Bell said Advanced Educa-tion is currently currently in discussions with a European university expert in tall wood building design, and will likely work with them.

Green said the design is the most unique and innovative of its kind, and will be a stepping stone for future mass timber projects.

“Make no mistake about it. This is a historic structure, the � rst of its kind,” MLA and At-torney General, Shirley Bond, who acted as MC, said.

Neither Bond nor Bell would comment on the controversy surrounding the project, how-ever Bond reiterated that there was “nothing inappropriate” about the procurement process, as has been alleged by local businessmen Brian Fehr and Dan McLaren.


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Good HopeLEFT: A painting by Peter Corbett of the sky over Stuart Lake and the Church of Good Hope on it’s shore, with Mt. Pope bluffs in the back-ground is one of many paintings Cor-bett made while in Fort St. James with fellow painter Glenn Clark. The pair are painting the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline route as a way to help bring the landscape to life. The pair hope to bring a show of some of their works on tour to the area this fall.

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The day started out � ne for Jen-ny and her three children, two boys and a daughter.

Her oldest boy William (age 12) was from her former husband, Jack, and the two youngest Timmy (age 3) Jenna (age 1) are from her cur-rent husband, Vince.

Her husband was home because he worked the night shift, it was a Thursday morning. Her best friend Mitchy decided to drop by and dis-cuss her daughter’s birthday party, which they were going have on Sat-urday, at Jenny’s house, which was bigger because Mitchy lived in a small trailer.

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Vince looks at her and then Mitchy and says: “Why can’t you ask your family, they all work? This is my money I worked for it and I won’t hand it over just like that!"

Jenny looks at Vince and says: "What ever happened to our money, our van/truck, our home and our children eh! Why is it always your this, your that etc! You wonder why I leave every now and then - some-day I will leave and will not return!"

"It’s okay Jenny, I will ask my grampa, I already owe him money, but he does not worry about it, I need to leave now, I will probably have the party at grampa Carl and Betsy’s, I know they won’t mind, thanks anyway Jenny, see ya later girlfriend," said Mitchy.

While she was getting ready to leave with her young ones, Jenny glares at Vince, and he looks at her and says: "Go ahead, leave, you have no money, no car, no family to help you, go you’ll be back, like you always do."

He continues to watch tv. Jenny goes to the room and

starts packing, crying thinking same old same old, nowhere to go and no one to help me, what the heck do I do? I don’t own any thing or have a place to call home, I am just here for what, I don’t feel like it’s our home!

She returns to the living room and Vince ask’s: "Do you want to order out for supper? You seem tired , so you don’t have to worry about cooking." Jenny look’s at him and thinks, just like nothing hap-pen here, same old, same old. She says: "Yeah sure, order what ever you want."

The next day Jenny bumps into Janis, her other good friend, ex-cept she was on the other side of the tracks, into her addictions. Janis asked: "How’s it going Jenny bear, still pretending to be a princess, there girl friend?"

Jenny says: "I guess I am but it never goes any good, I feel that I am stuck in thick mud,and people keep walking by and just staring at me, I just can’t get out because the mud’s so thick."

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kind of person, what you gonna do about it? Nothing as usual," said Janis.

She gets ready to jump in her friends’ vehicle and she invites Jen-ny along. "Want to come for a ride, you look like you need a change here."

Jenny thinks about it, and knows that her gramma will care for the kids for awhile: "Sure why not, I don’t have no one important to look forward to." Janis looks at her. "Not even Vince?"

Jenny says: "No he has his house, his vehicles, his money, his everything, what the heck, I need a break from this fairy tale lifestyle, let's, rock and roll here."

This story will continue next month….

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LEFT: Shana Labatch creates some book spine poetry. The library, in partner-ship with The Learning Hub (CNC) hosted a poetry night at the Fort St. James Public Library. Shana LaBatch & April Hilland led this fun workshop where par-ticipants explored group writing, altered and found poetry, Haiku, and created poems using book spines (Many thanks to Wayne the head librarian who helped put those books back on the shelves!).

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I would like to introduce the inaugural Ditnikwun vol-leyball and cultural exchange club.

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2) To introduce the sport of volleyball to new and enthusi-astic members

3) To travel and share their knowledge of both the Carrier First Nations and Volleyball with other cultures.

The concept behind the team was created by Winnie Sam and Leon Erickson who saw a need for our locals to be-come more active.

“We needed a reason to get healthy in a safe and fun learn-ing environment” Erickson said.

Too many grow up in Fort St. James and do not have an opportunity to leave for things such as school or on ‘high performance’ teams.

As a result, many do not get to see the opportunities the world has to offer and resort to other avenues to seek solace.

Sam states simply, “we wish to give them a reason to get active and learn about the Car-rier Culture”.

The team is open to all members of the pub-lic and travel is generat-ed to those over the age of 16 and even for those, parents are strongly urged to attend.

The team has recent-ly begun practising and their � rst trip is con-� rmed for Aug 30, 31 and Sept 1, 2013 as they are making arrange-ments to attend a tour-nament in Los Angeles.

“For our next trip, we hope to send a team to Germany” said Erick-son, hopefully in early 2014.

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Court reportFor � les appearing before the Fort St. James Provincial Court on

March 26, 2013.Michael E. Baynes was released on recognizance with a $500 bond and

one year of conditions to keep the peace.Gary L. Felix was sentenced to 17 days in jail, with credit for time

served, for causing a disturbance, indecent exhibition or loitering and two counts of failure to comply with conditions of undertaking.

Brent M. Guillet was given 25 days in jail for assaulting a police of-� cer, and one day in jail for failing to comply with a probation order.

Yulanda S. J. Monk was released on recognizance with the allegation of a $500 bond and nine months of conditions for assault.

Arlene Prince was also released on recognizance with the allegation of a $500 bond and one year of conditions for a surety to keep the peace.

Shauna L. Sam was given a conditional discharge for nine months and nine months probation for causing a disturbance, indecent exhibition or loitering.

Donald E. Service was � ned $500 and prohibited from driving for one year and charged a victim surcharge for driving while prohibited.

Victor S. West was given a conditional sentence of 12 months, 12 months probation, charged a victim surcharge of $50 and ordered to pro-vide a DNA sample for sexual assault.

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project, the delivery service to help seniors with grocer-ies, prescriptions, library books or bill payments will now

be able to continue on, hopefully indefinitely.Though current funding was scheduled to

run out at the end of March, the funding will already allow for the program to continue through April, and Emily Colombo, economic development officer for Fort St. James, said there should then be further funding to keep it going beyond this.

The initial startup costs have been taken care of with the purchase of the delivery van and the hiring of a coordinator, and operating costs to continue the program are not high.

The funding was through a New Horizons for Seniors grant which allowed the District of Fort St. James to hire on Yvonne Sam as the program coordinator and purchase a van to do the deliveries with.

An action committee of seniors operates the program, which helps provide the service to a client list of 15 seniors or persons with mobility issues so far in the community.

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STUDENT GROUNDSKEEPERS

School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) requires student groundskeepers for summer employment from May 1, 2013 until August 30, 2013 (two in Burns Lake, two in Vanderhoof, one in Fraser Lake and one in Fort St. James). Hours of work will be eight (8) hours per day between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. as determined by the supervisor, Monday to Friday, at a rate of $14.45 per hour.

referred uali cations: ❏ enrolled in a post-secondary education program and returning in September ❏ previous experience relevant to the position required would be an asset ❏ competent in the use and care of tools and equipment common to the position ❏ valid unrestricted Class 5, BC Driver’s License is desirable ❏ an exemplary driving record as demonstrated by a current driver’s abstract ❏ the ability to perform physically demanding job duties ❏ a current HM S certi cateA complete job description is available on our web site www.sd91.bc.ca.Please note: Incumbents who successfully complete this work assignment will be quali ed to receive a $1,000 scholarship to a post secondary program of their choice.Please complete a general application form which is available on the website at http://www.sd91.bc.ca/ or from the School District Administration f ce in Vanderhoof or from any district school.Please indicate on the application form the location you are applying for and submit by 4:00 p.m., Thursday, April 11, 2013 to: Human Resources School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) P.O. Box 129 Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 Phone: (250) 567-2284 Fax: (250) 567-4639 Email: [email protected] District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) would like to thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

SUMMER RECREATION LEADERThe District of Fort St. James is now accepting applica-tions for the Temporary Full-time position of Recreation Leader to work from May to August 2013, 40 hours per week, some evenings and weekends. The Recreation Leader is responsible for planning, organizing, and leading games, crafts, sports, songs, drama and small special events for children aged 5-12 years in addition to supervising recreation assistants.Applicants should possess strong interpersonal skills, be energetic and organized, and have previous expe-rience working with children. This position requires current First Aid Certification, and a valid BC Driver’s license. Applicants should have academic training and experience in recreation/leisure programming, or rel-evant experience.

SUMMER RECREATION ASSISTANTSThe District of Fort St. James is now accepting applica-tions for Temporary Part-time Recreation Assistants to assist the Summer Recreation Coordinator throughout the months of July and August 2013.Applicants should possess strong interpersonal skills, be energetic and organized, and have previous experi-ence working with children.

For all the above positions, please submit resumes by 4:30 p.m. on April 15, 2013, to the attention of:

Kevin Crook, Chief Administrative Officer District of Fort St. James

PO Box 640 / 477 Stuart Drive WestFort St. James, B.C. V0J 1P0E-mail: [email protected]

Preference will be given to local students who are registered to return to school in the fall.

We appreciate all applications but only short listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

STONES BAY HOLDINGS LTD.

SBH is an expanding logging company based in Fort St. James, now delivering to Canfor-Plateau, Canfor PG-Polar, and Canfor PG-Chip. SBH is now accepting applications for the following full time positions: . Experienced Equipment Operators (all Phases)

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These are full time positions with an expected season of June – March of each year. The successful candidates will have a strong work ethic, a commitment to safety, and will be reliable. Operators must have a minimum class 5 license.

Stones Bay Holdings offers a competitive wage/rate and bene it/pension program. Equipment and Truck Subcontractors are eligible and expected to oin the bene it/pension program.

If you want to become a member of the SBH team, forward a resume to [email protected] or call 250.996.8912 for further information. Thank you to all applicants; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

JOB OPPORTUNITIESSUMMER STUDENT PARKS WORKERS

The District of Fort St. James is now accepting appli-cations for temporary full-time Student Parks Workers to work from May to August 2013, 40 hours per week, some evenings and weekends.

The job consists of maintaining the lawns at the munici-pal parks, gardening and garbage pickup in town and other related duties as assigned.

Preference will be given to local students who are re-turning to school and have a Class 5 driver’s licence.

Please send resumes by 4:30 p.m. on April 15, 2013, to the attention of:

David Stewart, Public Works SuperintendentDistrict of Fort St. James

PO Box 640 / 477 Stuart Drive WestFort St. James, B.C., V0J 1P0

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GREENHOUSE MANAGER

Nak’azdli First Nation is currently constructing a commer-cial greenhouse and is in need of a Commercial Greenhouse Manager. This is a full time, seasonal position funded in part by the Aboriginal Agriculture Initiatives Program through Agriculture Canada. Training will be provided for the suc-cessful candidate.

Qualifications • Strong communications and computer skills • Valid BC Driver’s license • Diploma or grade 12 • Superior leadership, team building and negotiation skills • Bookkeeping or accounting experience • Greenhouse or gardening experience an asset • OFA 1, WHMIS

Wages will commensurate with experience

Closing date: April 19, 2013@4:00pm

Inquiries for this position can be directed to Leonard Thomas at the Nak’azdli Development Corporation 250-996-0088 or Kirstin Rudolph at SIF’s Grove 250-996-7131 (Weekdays 9:00am to 1:00pm)

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BID OPPORTUNITYMARINA MANAGER

The District of Fort St. James is now accepting bid ap-plications for the position of Marina Manager to provide 24-hour supervision of the wharf for the 2013 boating season (from mid-May to end-September). The Marina Manager will also oversee the municipal campsite at Cottonwood Park and open, close and clean the wash-rooms at Cottonwood Park and Goodwin Park each day.

The District will provide a cabin for on-site accommoda-tion, as well as hydro and telephone services.

Interested parties must be willing to work with the public. Boating experience would be helpful but not required.

An information package with sample contract is avail-able at the District Office. The bid price for the contract will be only one of the criteria for the successful bidder. The District is also interested in innovative proposals for collection of fees and provision of additional services at the marina.

Please submit sealed proposals by 4:30 p.m. on Mon-day, April 15th, 2013 to the attention of:

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AuctionsAUCTION SALE

Saturday, May 11, 2013at 10 a.m. Decker Lake Hall.

Large selection of good furni-ture. Large dining room set, patio furniture, antiques & col-lectable’s. Limited edition prints. Large commercial freezer. Snowblower, tools, tack, vehicles and equipment.

For more information:Richie at (250) 698-7377

or (250) 698-7351Watch future papers for

more details.


AuctionsANTIQUES, FURNISHINGS

& COLLECTIBLESAUCTION

Sale conducted on behalfof several Estates

SALE 1April 20, 2013 Saturday @

10:00 am. Francois Lake Hall, Francois Lake, B.C. South of Burns Lake @ Intersection of Hwy 35 south & Colleymount

Road.ANTIQUES: The sale will have some of the nicest an-tique furnishings ever offered by us at auction. We have a beautiful selection of large an-tique furnishings such as: Ta-bles, sete, couch, sideboards, piano stool w/ bear claw feet, end tables, side tables, curio cabinets, grandfather clock, buffet, bedroom suites, dining room suites, marble top satin wood wash stand, antique oak table 6 chairs, buffet & hutch suite, misc. antique dining room chairs and other occa-sional chairs. This sale will have a beautiful selection of Victorian & Eastlake antiques and other beautiful antique Oak & Mahogany furnishings. ANTIQUE HORSE GEAR: There is a very large selection of antique horse gear that in-cludes sleigh bells, spreaders, scotch tops, bridles, and hames etc. NATIVE & TRADI-TIONAL ART: Nice selection of native art including hides, drums, face masks, leather art & clothing, moccasins, pad-dles (exact items will be post-ed on the website). HOUSE HOLD & MISC COL-LECTABLE’S: Very large se-lection of hockey, baseball & football cards, clocks, lamps, candelabra’s, brass, pewter, wrought iron collectable’s, plate ware, glassware, china & vases, sword, coal oil lamps, very old antique leather horse collectable, violin, banjo. Sale will include a few modern fur-nishings, deep freeze, fridge & furnishings. ANTIQUE TOOLS & MISC: Antique tools, an-tique survey transit, large an-tique brass gold scale in glass cabinet, antique bamboo fl y rod.This Sale has a large & excel-lent selection of antiques & collectable’s. This is a partial listing, so look for future adver-tising as there are more items & consignments to come. Please view website for pic-tures of exact items and a list of all of our scheduled auc-tions. Consignments welcome! If you would like to consign any items contact Mikes Auc-tion.Condition of Sale. Terms: Cash & cheque with identifi ca-tion, sorry no credit cards. Items are as is condition ~ not responsible for accidents.There will be a concession on Site.

SALE 2INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY,

EQUIPMENT & TOOLAUCTION

May 25, 2013 Saturday @ 10:00 am. Topley Garage, To-pley, B.C. Intersection of Hwy 16 & Hwy 118 to Granisle.

SALE 3ANTIQUES, FURNISHINGS

& COLLECTIBLES AUCTIONJune 8th, Saturday @ 10:00 am. George Dawson Motor Inn, Banquet Room, Dawson Creek, B.C.Any question Please Contact:

Mike Steinebach

@ (250) 694 - 3497 orCell (250) 692-6107 or

Egon Steinebach@ (250) 694-3319 orCell (250) 570- 2055

E-Mail: [email protected] & Website

www.mikesauction.net

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.SPECIAL

44’ x 40’ Container Shopw/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!Also Damaged 40’

$1950 Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh. 1-866-528-7108

Free Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com


Misc. for SaleAT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com or Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.

CHOCOLATE LAB PUPS for sale. 5 males and 3 fe-males ready to go by May 12 $550 each. Call (250) 847-4203 or (250) 643-0358.

HOME PHONE reconnect. Toll Free 1-866-287-1348 Cell Phone Accessories Catalogue Everyone Welcome To Shop Online at: www.homephonereconnect.caHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.STEEL BUILDING - Blowout clearance sale! 20x22 $4,188. 25x26 $4,799. 30x34 $6,860. 32x44 $8,795. 40x50 $12,760. 47x74 $17,888. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. or visit us online at: www.pioneersteel.caSTEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or see us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Coin Guy: 778-281-0030

Real Estate

Mobile Homes & Parks

RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Af-fordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Kere-meos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-462-7055. www.copperridge.ca

Other AreasAMERICA’S BEST Buy! 20 acres, only $99/mo! $0 down, no credit checks, money back guarantee. Owner fi nancing. West Texas, beautiful moun-tain views! Free color brochure 1-800-755-8953.www.sunsetranches.com

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentHILLCREST apts. Lg. 1 &

2bdrm suites. Clean and quiet. Adult orientated,Security sys-

tem,Strict Management,no pets ph# 250-996-7854

Lakeview Apartments752 Stuart Dr. W. Fort St. James. 2bdrm apt. Newly renovated. Quiet, clean build-ing. Adult oriented. no pets R.R. Avail. now 250-996-4073 or 250-996-7598

TownhousesStuart Lake Townhouses Newly renovated, family oriented, 3 bdrm, 2 bath with basement, 2 parking stalls, No dogs. Ref Req’d 250-996-4073 or 250-996-7598

Legal

Legal NoticesYellowhead Road &

Bridge (Vanderhoof) Ltd.is compiling its

HIRED EQUIPMENT LIST

For the 2013/14 SeasonPersons or companies

with equipment Such as Excavators, Trucks,

Backhoes, Loaders, Graders, Rollers or Tractors, which are

available for work and wish to be included on

the list should contact the Main Office located @ 545 Spruce Street - Vanderhoof

567-3114.Registrations will be

accepted up to April 30, 2013.Didier Brard,

General Manager Yellowhead Road & Bridge

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2009 GMC SIERRA –SLT 2500HD

R1110R1054

R1186 R1144 R1035

R1163R0995R0832

• 86,222 KMs• AWD, automatic• cloth interior, OnStar• power windows• power door locks• remote start• trailer hitch• satellite radio

Price $36,900

• 65,911 KMs• AWD, auto, box liner• canopy, fully loaded• entertainment pkg• heated leather seats• OnStar, remote start• sunroof, tow pkg• sliding rear window• step bumper

Price $35,800

• 31,740 KMs• AWD, automatic• cloth interior, OnStar• power door locks• power windows• running boards• short box• trailer hitch

Price $31,800

• 29,478 KMS• FWD, automatic• cloth interior• daytime running lights• deluxe AM/FM Radio• OnStar• power door locks• power windows

Price $22,900

• 28,450 KMs• AWD, automatic cloth interior, OnStar• power windows & door locks, remote start, running boards• trailer hitch• satellite radio

Price $38,400

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Price $19,900

• 135,760 KMs• AWD, auto, box liner• crew cab, heated leather seats, fully loaded, entertainment pkg, sunroof• remote start, OnStar• short box, step bumper• tow packagePrice $42,800

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SALE PRICE!

R0832R0832

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R0995R0995



R1163R1163


$25,80000

SALE PRICE!

R1186R1186


$27,60000 SALE PRICE:

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SALE PRICE:SALE PRICE:


R1035R1035


$36,60000

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R1054R1054



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$59,90000

• 147,350 KMs• AWD, auto, fully loaded, heated leather seats• entertainment pkg• navigation system• OnStar, sunroof• rear view camera• remote start, running boards, trailer hitchPrice $27,900

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2011 CHEVROLET EXPRESS – 2500

2011 GMC ACADIA– DENALIR0870 R0935

• 21,724 KMs• RWD, Automatic• air conditioning• leatherette interior• power steering• reclining seats

Price $26,900

• 23,940 KMs• AWD, automatic• fully loaded• entertainment pkg• heated leather seats, OnStar• panoramic sunroof• power lift gate

Price $47,800

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R0870R0870


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2005 PONTIAC SUNFIRE – SL R0728

• 119,660 KMs• FWD, manual• cloth interior• daytime running lights, deluxe AM/ FM radio, fog lights• power steering• power brakes, rear window defoggerPrice $7,900

R0728

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R0728


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