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Boat kit program saves sturgeonREBECCA WATSONOmineca Express

Endangered white sturgeon are being saved from gill nets thanks to a boat kit program.

The Emergency Sturgeon Live Re-lease Boat Kit program is offered to all First Nation fi shers that may incidentally encounter a Nechako white sturgeon during their fi shing operations. The kit is small enough to remain in the boat at all times and contains all the necessary tools for a successful live release.

“The reality of the situation is First

Nations fi sh with gill nets. There is no fi shing for sturgeon at all but these fi sh are still accidentally being boycott. With the population so low, even a few re-leased back is still a huge percentage of the population being saved,” Lana Ciarn-iello, recovery co-ordinator for NWSRI.

The Nechako White Sturgeon Recov-ery Initiative (NWSRI) and the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CSTC) would like to thank the First Nation fi sher fami-lies that participated in the live release of Nechako White sturgeon during 2014. Participating Firsts Nation communities include Saik’uz, Nak’azdli, Tl’azt’en,

Takla, Nadleh Whut’en, Stellat’en and Lheidli T’enneh.

The Emergency Live Release Boat Kit program has seen the return of 49 sturgeon released back to the Nechako since it’s pilot phase in 2011. In 2014, 12 sturgeon were live released by First Nation fi shers. The fi rst reported stur-geon by-catch of the year was six feet in length and live released at the end of July near Stoner Creek south of Prince George. Large sturgeon especially are important to maintaining the breeding stock of the endangered fi sh. About 600 mature Nechako white sturgeon remain

in the Nechako Watershed. “Forty-nine sturgeon live released

over four years may seem like an insig-nifi cant number, but with so few stur-geon left, every fi sh counts,” Ms. Ciar-niello said.

If you are a First Nation Fisher in the Nechako or Upper Fraser water-shed and are interested in participating in the program contact the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative at [email protected]. For more information on the program or any NWSRI activities visit www.nechakow-hitestrugeon.org.

FISH: 49 Sturgeon have been live released since the boat kit program pilot phase in 2011.Submitted by Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative

The deadline for applications to the Nechako Valley Festival of Perform-ing Arts was Jan. 15, 2015. Late applica-tions will be ac-cepted on the website until Jan.31, 2015 subject to a late pro-cessing fee. www.musicfestivalweb.com/nechako.

Un-missing overdue snowmobilersREBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

Byron Riopel and Troy Stringer (owner of Giver A Yank Towing in Vanderhoof) were feared missing Friday after not returning Thursday night from Powder King Mountain Resort in Pine Pass. They failed to check in with their wives after spending the day snowmobiling during a high-risk time for avalanches.

Out on the trails the two men were faced with a deci-sion to go left or right and mistakenly choose left. They dropped into a chute where there was no going back up. They kept their eye on the sun to fi nd direction but it was snowing and nightfall came all to quickly, said Mr.

Stringer. “This is when the sad reality set in..we are staying the

night,” Mr. Stringer said in an online post. The two found a large dead tree about 24 feet by 20

feet long.“I jokingly gave it a shove and ‘crack’. We looked

at each other and gave it another shove and ‘boom’ fi re-wood,” Mr. Stringer said.

It took them about three hours to build camp around the tree’s stump and by the time they were done they were both soaked. They crawled into the den they made for warmth but since the wind was strong it pushed smoke down making it hard for them to breath. “But we were warm,” Mr. Stringer said. “Sometime during the night the

wind and snow let up so thanks again for all the prayers,” The two woke early and left camp at about 8:30 am.

They tried heading to the trail out but no one had been down it yet.

“It was impossible, and believe me we tried,” Mr. Stringer said.

At about 1pm the two fi gured they would start build-ing their camp early this time and that’s when they heard the whoop whoop of the helicopters coming to rescue them.

“Let me tell you, I really felt the love….I just about cried,” Mr. Stringer said.

The two were not severally harmed in the process and have since been reunited with their families.

Virgil Hum-mingbird Thomas of Fort St. James was arrested in Delta after failing to make a court appearance in Fort St. John. He was arrested for two outstanding warrants, one for manslaugh-ter and the other for failing to appear in court, which spanned across B.C. Alberta and Yukon.

The North District Major Crime Unit and Fort St. James RCMP requested the public’s assistance in locating the 31-year-old until he was picked up last week.

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It was a new ex-perience for Fort St. James perform-ing arts patrons last week.

In an effort to cre-ate a more intimate and cosy atmosphere, the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James’ presentation of the Wolak-Don-nelly Duo took place with chairs in a semi-circle up close and personal on the stage in the Fort St. James Secondary School.

So sharing the stage with two musi-cians, the baby grand piano and the clari-net were 76 audience members, creating great views of fast-moving fingers over

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Kornel Wolak (left) and Chris Donnelly (right) of the Wolak-Donnelly Duo, performed classical and jazz pieces for a very appreciative audience at the Fort St. James Secondary School on Jan. 13 as part of the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James’ concert series.

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piano keys and along the clarinet.

The stage curtains were closed and the atmosphere, tem-perature and acous-tics were greatly improved. The light-absorbing black walls and low lighting (in-

cluding some small space heaters) made it feel like an under-ground club show of some kind.

The musicians charmed their audi-ence with a classical

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and jazz repertoire which included some better-known pieces such as Ger-shwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Oscar Peterson’s Hymn to Freedom.

Each musician did some solo pieces, the pair joked their way through an infor-mal question and answer ses-sion and they also surprised the audience with the novelty of Donnelly accompanying Wolak’s clarinet with a pair of spoons.

The evening’s atmosphere was also bolstered by the ad-dition of the Fort St. James Secondary Semester One art show in the school library.

Patrons of the event had the opportunity to view some of the art produced by the stu-dents and enjoy refreshments before the show began and during the intermission.

There were paintings, drawings, jewelry, woodwork, clay creations and photoshop images to take in.

The arts council’s third and fi nal presentation for this con-cert series will be the presen-tation of Ballet Jorgen’s Cin-derella in February.

Kornel Wolak, originally from Poland, has paired up with Chris Don-nelly to create the Wolak-Donnelly Duo performing classi-cal and jazz clarinet alongside Don-nelly on piano. Both musicians now live in Toronto. The duo brought some musi-cal entertainment to Fort St. James on Jan. 13 as part of the Community Arts Council of Fort St. James’ concert series.

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Direct fl ight to Victo-ria now offered out of Prince George airportPrince George Free Press

For local provincial government staff, doing business in the province’s capital got easier Monday night.

On Monday, the fi rst direct fl ight between Victoria and Prince George touched down at the Prince George airport.

The inaugural fl ight, originating in Victoria, landed in northern B.C. at 6:40 pm. The non-stop service, offered by Pacifi c Coastal Airlines, operates six days a week on a 30-seat Saab 340A.

“I fl ew in on the new non-stop service and it was a very comfortable, quick fl ight,” said John Gibson, president and CEO of the Prince George Airport Authority. “ The cabin is very roomy and we are extremely excited locals can get to the Island in only an hour and a half. We look forward to working with Pacifi c Coastal on this making this new service a success.”

“We’ve had our eye on Prince George for many years, so today is a very exciting day for us,” said Pacifi c Coastal Airlines’ director of sales and marketing Kevin Boothroyd. “We look forward to planting and growing roots in north-ern B.C. and creating relationships with those who live in the region.”

Welcoming celebrations took place in both Victoria and Prince George on Monday. Prince George Mayor Lyn Hall along with representatives from Tourism Prince George, Initiatives Prince George and the BC Construc-tion Association were in attendance welcoming the fi rst fl ight into YXS. The fl ight between Prince George and Victoria operates Sunday to Friday. It departs Victoria at 5 p.m. arriving into Prince George at 6:40 p.m. The aircraft depart YXS at 7:05 p.m., arriving in YYJ at 8:45 p.m.

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Dear Editor,Can you imagine an activity like camping and hiking bringing in hundreds

of millions of dollars into BC’s economy? Well that’s what happens when ge-ologists spread out all over BC looking for mineral deposits. It’s crazy but I can’t think of an economic activity that has a lower environmental impact than mineral exploration. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent by explorers each year in communities in every part of the province; at local hotels, motels, restaurants and stores. The economic impact is deep, widespread and positive while the environmental impact is virtually non-existent. Whatever we can do to support more mineral exploration activities and multiply the low environ-mental impact, high economic benefi ts it generates is defi nitely okay with me.

Jason WaltersBurnaby, BC

Dear Editor,The recent spate of earthquakes off the B.C. coast reminded me that we

live in a geologically active part of the world. It also reminded me that B.C. is blessed with geological riches just waiting to be found to improve our econo-my. The trick is fi nding those deposits.

Mineral wealth contributes heavily to B.C.’s economy. Each year, in ad-dition to the billions of dollars of minerals such as copper, gold, silver, and molybdenum mined across the province, there are hundreds of millions of ad-ditional dollars expended into the B.C. economy searching for new deposits. In 2013 those direct expenditures into the B.C. economy from mineral explo-ration totaled $476 million – amazingly, about double the value of the Pacifi c salmon industry. Every region of the province benefi ts from mineral explora-tion: Omineca, Skeena, the Northeast, the Thompson-Okanagan, the Cariboo, the Coast, the Kootenay-Boundary. And the unsung heroes of this story are the prospectors and geologists who quietly comb the vastness of our province in search of minerals. These explorers are the start of all the economic activity that takes place before very few mines actually open, and they deserve our support and our thanks.

Jessica VerheydenNorth Vancouver

Mining deserves our support

Camping brings in moneyDividends offer global warming solution

Is the public mood shifting on climate change? Polls indicate that people have felt for a long time that global warming is an important issue. Now it seems they think it’s time we do something about it.

On New Year’s Day I placed a petition on Care2 calling for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-dividend. Within 2 1/2 days there were 100 names on it. This compares with the seven months to reach 100 names it took a similar petition I placed on Care2 in 2013.

Despite what the tobacco salespeople tell us, the science on climate change is rock solid. Human beings are warming the planet. The consequences will be serious and they could be catastrophic. The sooner we act, the better. James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, has advocated carbon fee-and-dividend for many years as the best approach to control global warming.

The fee would be similar to a carbon tax, in that it would be charged on fossil fuels at source. Rather than going into general revenues, however, the money would distributed as equal and recurring dividends to every adult. A Canada-wide carbon fee set at the same level as B.C.’s carbon tax of $30 per tonne of carbon dioxide would generate about $20 billion per year – enough to give every adult living in Canada an annual fossil fuel dividend of about $1,000.

Economists estimate that 2/3 of the population

would receive more from the dividend than they would pay in carbon fees. My petition calls for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-divi-dend. Imposing such a system would be a major step and deserves national debate.

In Switzerland (population 8 million), a petition of 100,000 names is enough to bring an important question to national referendum. In Canada (popu-lation 35 million), an equivalent number would be about 400,000. My petition will be on Care2 for one year – all of 2015. If we are going to reach the 400,000 target, we will need more than 1,000 names per day. Care2 is a social networking web-site with close to 30 million members that offers convenient and secure petition-hosting. Care2 part-ners include World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Defense Fund and Human Rights Campaign.

I would greatly appreciate it if you would con-sider putting your name on the petition, and if you would encourage your friends and neighbours to do the same. I believe that your children and grand-children will thank you as well. The URL of the petition is: www.thepetitionsite.com/850/161/365/petition-for-a-referendum-on-carbon-fee-and-div-idend-for-canada/If you want more information about carbon fee-and-dividend, go to the Citizens Climate Lobby-Canada website at: http://citizen-sclimatelobby.ca

Keith McNeillClearwater, B.C.

REBECCA WATSONOmineca Express

Love knows no bound-aries of age or time and can even fi nd it’s way into the most unlikely of places.

Riverside Place se-niors residence will host a marriage ceremony next month for live-in residents Rose Vellieux 87 and Bob Ray 92.

“I think she’s the love-liest women in the world and I love her,” Bob said. “Age don’t mean a thing,” Rose said, with a hum-bling smile.

The couple met two years ago after Rose moved into the seniors home. Playing cards with a group of mutual friends proved to be the fi rst thing they had in common.

“We play crib too,” Rose said. “ He’s skunked me and I’ve skunked him, it’s always a good time.”

Yet at fi rst, they always sat on opposite sides of the table. Since both of them are a little hard-of-hearing, they were always reaching across the table to get each others attention.

“So I got them to start sitting beside each other so they didn’t have to reach across,” Shirley Reeves 61 said, mutual friend and live-in resident. “That’s when I started noticing them getting closer.”

One day after dinner Rose noticed Bob didn’t look so well. She asked if he would like a cold cloth on his forehead and he ea-gerly replied yes.

“He was so happy, he looked like he won a pot of gold,” Rose said.

From then on, Rose and Bob started to court each other. They would secretly hold hands un-

der the table while play-ing cards and were even caught a few times by staff necking outside under the gazebo or on the couch in the laundry room.

“We all feel they were meant for each other be-cause they just came to-gether so nicely and truly love each other,” Shirley said.

Together, the couple has six children, 15 grand-children, 13 great grand-children and two great great grandchildren. Both of them were married just

once before. Similarly, Bob was married for 62 years, Rose for 60 years and both lost their previ-ous spouses to dementia.

“I know we’ll be happy because we are so much alike in our old age. The way we think and our idea of things is so close,” Rose said.

The two plan to spend the rest of their days to-gether and once married, Rose will move into Bobs room in the home.

“It would be nice to have Rose for another 60

years but time goes by so fast it’s hard to believe the last ten years and how fast it’s gone. The older you get the faster time goes. You’d think it would be the other way around but it’s not,” Bob said.

Playing cards, bingo, holding hands and loving one another continue to be some of their favourite

past times. “I can’t believe every-

one is so happy for us. I’ve never had a life like that, I’m just so happy,” Rose said. “Right now is pure joy and it will be joy as long as we’re both alive.”

The honeymoon is booked for room 108 at Riverside Place.

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The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is seeking applicants for the position of Sustainability Assistant within the Environmental Services Department. The position is permanent, full-time, and situated in Burns Lake, BC. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is a non-union organization.

Responsibilities of the Sustainability Assistant include: • Overseeing the development, implementation and evaluation of waste reduction initiatives; • Development and implementation of public education programs; • Assisting in the development, implementation and reporting on the RDBN’s Corporate Energy and Emissions Plan and other sustainability initiatives as required; • Contract administration and report preparation; • Maintaining and developing databases, clerical work; and • Overseeing the RDBN’s invasive plant program.

The successful applicant must have a positive attitude and be willing to be challenged. Although this position is an essential part of a team, it will be important for the successful applicant to work independently and take on a high level of responsibility for assigned tasks. The position offers a competitive salary range and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

Applicants for the Sustainability Assistant position should possess the following: • Education and training related to community sustainability issues, waste reduction initiatives and policies including extended producer responsibility programs and a minimum of two years job related experience; • General knowledge of local government operations, authority and jurisdiction as well as environmental legislation and sustainability programs of senior government; • Knowledge of procurement processes, contract administration; • Superior ability to communicate, both orally and in writing; • Proficient in the use of computers, desktop software, spreadsheets; • Excellent attention to detail and strong administrative skills; • Good time management and priority assessment as well as good organizational skills; • Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, complete assignments in an effective manner; • Ability to maintain effective relationships with public, staff, officials and outside agencies; • Experience or knowledge surrounding invasive plant management would be an asset; • A valid BC Driver’s Licence must be maintained.

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Taekwon Do students double promoted

Master Barker works with students of Fort St. James Family Taekwon Do. Photo submitted by Vera Poole

REBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

It’s hard work to move up a belt in Taekwon Do but some Fort St. James students make it look easy.

Fort St. James Fam-ily Taekwon Do graded nine of it’s members Dec. 16 2014 which resulted in all nine students being promoted, fi ve of which double promoted.

“[Master Barker] didn’t ask us everything because there is a fair bit [of theory material] but you have to be prepared for anything,” said Mar-tina Jones, green belt who was double prompted at the December grading. “It was nerve racking per-forming in front of some-one brand new and know-ing all the things we need to know but he felt we new everything required from both belt levels and everything previously.”

To be graded students are required to train for a minimum of three months at least twice a week. Once students have trained for the re-quired amount of time their skills and abilities are assessed. If they qual-ify they’re scheduled for grading which not only means a physical spar-ing is pre arranged, but a theory portion must also be memorized. Questions such as what each belt means, who fi rst intro-duced Taekwon Do and what are theories of pow-er are asked. The physical and oral test is completed in front of the class, the instructor and the instruc-tor’s master.

“It is a very stressful intense procedure. It’s no small accomplishment to be promoted one belt level so when someone is promoted two belt lev-els at one grading it’s a phenomenal accomplish-ment,” said Vera Poole, head instructor FSJ Fam-ily Taekwon Do and own-er of The Energy Connec-

SPORTSCourier

THE CHURCHESOF

FORT ST. JAMES

OUR LADY OF THE SNOWSROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

SUNDAY LITURGY: Saturday 7:30 pm & Sunday 10:30 amDAILY MASS: Monday - Friday 9:00 am

PASTORAL TEAM: FATHER FRANK SALMON 250-996-8343SR. MAURINE BARZANTNI, SR.RENEE RICHIE

250-996-2275

(Across from the Petrocan Station)

tion Health & Fitness Ltd.Master Barker, 7th

Dan, is Master Poole’s instructor. When a stu-dent is double promoted, it means they met the cri-teria to grade and Master Barker deemed them skil-ful enough to move for-ward another level. Out of the two instructors he is the only one who can do that, Master Poole said.

“It’s very rare and its’ like a pop quiz. They didn’t even know they were eligible to go up two belts. It means they have been training on their own time and have the skills and knowledge to go up two belts without the training time,” Master Poole said.

Master Barker 7th Dan & Vera Poole 2nd Dan, would like to ac-knowledge and con-gratulate the following

students. Bryan Caldwell to yellow belt, Bergan Jones to Green Stripe,

Cela West to green Belt, Jeff Jones to Green Stripe, Jeff Grondin to Yellow Belt,

Martina Jones to Green Stripe, Mina Jones to Green Stripe, Roma Jane

Boschman to Green stripe and Samuel Trebula to Green Belt.

Master Poole has been training in the martial art of Taekwon Do for elev-en years and has been an instructor at FSJ Family

Taekwon Do for seven. This past December FSJ Taekwon Do and The En-ergy Connection Health and Fitness amalgamated into one entity. For more information contact Vera Poole at 1-250-996-1300.

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