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All Native TournamentThe Kitamaat Ladies team came close to a top � nish but still walked away with a respectable silver in the � nals at the All Native Tournament in Prince Rupert. Through two quarters, Kitamaat matched the Bella Bella ladies basket for basket, as there was no bigger lead than the four-point cushion Kitamaat had at the halftime buzzer, 31-27. In the � nal a big three-pointer by Bella Bella’s Lisa Grant pulled that team to within one point of the Haisla ladies starting the third and it wasn’t until Denise White and Yvonne Campbell hit back-to-back shots inside the box that the Heiltsuk team pulled away. It ended 71-59 for Bella Bella. Kevin Campbell

Promises not being delivered for Alexander townhome tenantsCameron Orr

Despite promises from the developer, the residents at the Alexander townhomes have yet to receive any real formal relo-cation plan and the group of residents at the complex are con-cerned by the company’s behaviour.

It’s not a matter of being against a redevelopment of the property that would result in all the residents being evicted — in fact renter Steve Everitt, who had expressed his concerns to council, agreed the plan to redevelop is a good thing, and he says his fellow neighbours in the complex agree, but he and others began receiving eviction notices even before any other contact with the property owners.

The property is planned to be developed by company Coast to Coast, who has partnered with ROI Land Investments. The registered owner of the property is a numbered one, 1016566 BC Ltd Inc, based in Quebec City.

Since Everitt spoke to councillors on his concerns at a pub-lic hearing regarding rezoning of that property, he said the land-lords have come back with altered eviction terms.

Now, instead of a $500 return if a tenant promises to leave early, Everitt said promises are being given for $1,000 to those who have to leave, and they’ve also been given numbers to oth-er landlords in town for potential new places.

Everett said they’ve called the two numbers provided, one to the Whitesail townhouses next door to Alexander and to Kiti-corp, and only Kiticorp had since returned his call, and was told there was no immediate openings.

Everitt and his wife Connie say they won’t stay in Kitimat once they’re eventually out of their home. He will retire and head somewhere south in the province, as it’s just too expensive to keep living here.

Even so he said he’s worried about the other tenants who will be looking for a new place.

“It is a bit more appropriate,” he said about the improved $1,000 offer.

Yet that money doesn’t tend to go very far in Kitimat these days, he said, given the various moving expenses and hook-up fees associated with a move.

Tenants were expected to meet with a representative of the property owner on Monday for further information.

Perhaps the most important thing tenants need though is time, said Everitt.

At the time of the February 9 public hearing for the prop-erty rezoning councillors were concerned with the residents’ treatment so far.

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Service levels named if a strikeCameron Orr

The good news is that negotiations were still ongoing as of press time and no strike notice had been issued even as essential services levels had been set by the Labour Relations Board.

Unifor 2300 said they wouldn’t issue any strike notice until an essential services ruling was made, but with the ruling made of� cial last Tuesday, it’s been silent from both them and the District as they try to work out a new Collective Agreement.

The ruling states that normal snow clearing operations would take place if � ve inches or more of snow accumulated in Kitimat.

Bargaining unit members would also be de-ployed in tandem trucks if snow begins accumu-lating on arterial roads or on hills, the decision also says.

Management staff, however, will be in charge of 24-hour coverage when it’s not snowing, which includes sanding and salting the roads and keep-ing drains clear.

The essential services order says that the employer will have to use management to the best extent possible but union members could be called in to operate machinery for large snowfalls due to the increase in safety from those employ-ees’ experience.

Sewer and water systems will see crew mem-bers called out only for emergencies, quali� ed employees only for Tamitik Sports Complex will respond to any property alarms, and there is no essential services necessary for Riverlodge, the order states.

For interments at the cemetery, the order states one heavy equipment operator for a back hoe, one labourer and one exempt employee will be called out.

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Loud talker at KGH brings out police on Valentines DayFebruary 9Security at the

Kitimat Modernization Camp found an intoxi-cated male in a snow bank, and called the RCMP. Police arrived to find the man being treated by camp medi-cal persons, and the person was then trans-ported back to their room without incident.

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February 10Called on a driv-

ing complaint at 12:55 p.m., the RCMP went to Oolichan Avenue and Highway 37S, where a complainant said that as she turned on to the highway heading to-wards Kitimat a driver in a pick-up heading in the opposite direction was overtaking a semi-trailer. Police patrolled for the vehicle but it was not found.

At 11:50 p.m. the police were alerted three possible wolves in the area of Albatross Avenue and Cormorant Avenue. The complain-ant said the wolves were not aggressive. Sgt. Graham Morgan added at last week’s council meeting that the animals haven’t of-ficially been identified as wolves.

February 11The Kitimat

RCMP were called at 6:07 p.m. on a report of a disturbance. Police found that items had been thrown out of the front door. Police were told by a person at the

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February 14A male patient

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February 15A drinking-driving

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PromisesContinued from page 1

Council opted to continue the public hearing on February 23, with councillors uncomfortable with moving the process forward at the time.

“It [postponing the process] sends a very subtle message to the owners that people from Kitimat can’t be pushed around. You will treat us decently, with honesty and respect,” said Larry Walker. “Obviously this has not been met so far.”

Even the developer’s architect for the site Dan Condon, who attended the pub-lic hearing to give technical information about the site, said he would be speaking to the owners because what he had heard from residents at the meeting was con-trary to promises made in the past.

At the public hearing Housing Re-source Worker Paul Lagace noted exam-ples of what could be in a relocation plan, including covering moving expenses and

actually securing alternative housing.Meanwhile Everitt also encourages

any residents who are facing evictions or other tenancy issues to take advantage of the workshops being held in Kitimat on those subjects.

He said he and his wife wouldn’t have had the confidence to address the is-sues they’re facing if they hadn’t gone to ones in the past, and added it also proved to them they aren’t alone.

Cameron OrrExtend a proposed

Quatsino walkway straight to the soc-cer fields, and while you’re at it spend a bit more money on Kil-dala neighbourhood paths rather than up-the-hill.

That was a mes-sage from Kitimat resident Mary John to town council, as she presented an over 600-signature petition to get a walkway along Quatsino constructed.

The presentation followed a walkway tour John gave to coun-cillors in the area the weekend prior.

She says her con-cern is truly a safety issue.

“I’m afraid some-one’s going to get hurt and then we’ll be go-ing ‘oh, why didn’t we do something?” she told the Sentinel.

She said her 625-signature peti-tion became a success through little real cam-paigning by her, prov-ing there’s a big inter-est in the community as well.

“We really, really want a sidewalk,” she says in reference to the community petition.

Kildala, she says, is an under served neighbourhood as far as walkway ac-cess. In connection to the downtown cen-tre, there are only two walkway arteries in to Kildala, one behind the bus depot along the drainage canal and another between town-houses which she said is in ill-repair.

The walkway that runs to Columbia from the Saguenay junc-tion, in particular, is in such rough shape she doesn’t walk it at night.

“Please consider [a Quatsino walk-way] an urgent matter that should be dealt

with immediately,” John told council.

She encouraged the town to look at building a walkway for the entire stretch to the soccer fields. Existing plans propose a walk-way just to Columbia.

The safety angle on having a walkway is a real one, says Sgt. Graham Morgan of the Kitimat RCMP.

He said he’s seen people frequently us-ing the side of the road along Quatsino even in the absence of a real walkway.

He’s not aware of any injuries along that stretch but admits it’s not the safest place.

“I was very sur-

prised there wasn’t one there, even before this came about,” he said.

The trouble is notable in the winter too because the snow forces people on to the road shoulder, in a time of year where there is limited daylight.

Councillors re-ferred the proposal for a Quatsino walkway to their final budget de-liberations for the year.

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On February 19 the Prime Minister announced the plan, which gives a 30 per cent allowance rate to capital costs for equipment used in liquefaction and 10 per cent for buildings at a facility which liquefies natural gas.

The tax relief on those capital assets is avail-able for those acquired after February 19 and be-fore 2025.

The release from the Government of Canada marks notes the government’s belief that LNG is an “important new market” for Canadian gas.

“Our Government is committed to providing the right conditions so that industries and busi-nesses can succeed and compete in the global economy, by lowering taxes, cutting red tape and encouraging entrepreneurship.” said Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper through a media release. “ Today’s announcement builds on our low tax plan for jobs and growth, strengthening the already strong case for business investment in Canada.”

The government says most equipment and structures for LNG has a capital cost allowance of about eight per cent so this deal bumps that 22 per cent.

“Unlike current expenditures such as wages, the cost of capital property generally cannot be fully deducted in the year the property is ac-quired,” explains a Tax Policy Branch reference document on capital cost allowances.

The government doesn’t anticipate there will be a great reduction in tax revenues.

The Tax Policy Branch says it is projected that the accelerated CCA treatment will reduce federal corporate income tax revenues by less than $50 million over the from 2015 to 2020.

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It’s easy to get a little confused about North American late night tele-vision talk-variety shows.

First, there’s a lot of them, second there’s a kind of an accepted hierarchy among the shows themselves and third, it’s all changing and some of the top hosts are on the way out. But not all for the same reasons.

This is a very competitive time on television. The old mixture of pro-gramming is changing rapidly and the late night talk shows are caught up in the tide.

Cue those in the support roles, people like Stephen Colbert, Craig Fer-guson, Seth Myers, Chelsea Handler, etc. Even Arsenio Hall is back.

It’s happened before and really not all that long ago. For all intents and purposes, going back to the departure of Johnny Carson from “The Tonight Show” is probably, historically, far enough.

Now, Dave Letterman, who was Carson’s chief opposition over most of my late night TV-viewing life in Cana-da, is retiring his acerbic “aw shucks” wit. He will be replaced by Stephen Colbert who recently left his Colbert

Report show on Comedy Central.Conan O’Brien not long ago

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Told you it was confusing and it’s going to get a lot more confusing in the next while. It’s not only dif� cult to keep up to date, it’s getting even more competitive, at least if you have major cable or satellite programming.

Jon Stewart just shocked his in-tensely loyal audience and his millions of fans on “The Daily Show” by an-nouncing he was “restless” and mov-ing on to un-detailed “new ideas” after 16 years at the top of the phony news comedy show.

There’s lots of talk about who, if anybody, can replace Stewart, with a lot of that focussed on John Oliver, who spent 10 years as Stewart’s top correspondent, earning a great follow-ing of his own. He successfully hosted the show while Stewart took time off.

However, he has launched his own immensely popular four-days-a-week show “Last Week Tonight” on HBO which, when it heard of Stewart’s plans, extended Oliver’s show for two years.

Oliver has an irreverent tongue-in-cheek comedic approach to some fairly serious news issues like usurious pay-day loan companies, lotteries, tobacco advertising in third-world countries, civil forfeiture by the police and other issues that torment democratic think-ers.

I probably would not be far off the mark in claiming that some of these major late night shows have or have had similar success to that attributed to the UK’s Monty Python group, prob-ably one of the world’s most-watched and iconic TV-comedy shows over the years.

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Late night TV lately a revolving door

Perils of plansThere’s always a danger for anyone not from

Kitimat planning to do business in Kitimat because the town’s boom/bust cycle has certainly hardened residents to any promises from the outside.

Basically, as I’ve come to see being, by de� ni-tion an outsider myself, is that Kitimatians are mili-tant against anything which would affect the town’s vision.

A planned townhouse complex on King� sher proved too dense for neighbours’ liking, and the worker lodge in Strawberry Meadows had to jump through a lot of hoops, although they did eventually succeed.

The housing-side also saw a lot of headache, which Kiticorp experienced as rentals rose and they were held publicly to account for renovictions and displacement.

The current problem now is the plan to rebuild the Alexander Townhomes in to a much more pleas-ing facility. And really no one necessarily objects to the plan in general. Even the people who live there, who will have to move, aren’t against it. It’s a notori-ous eyesore and, word is, quite dilapidated.

However the project developer behind it had promised on occasions that plans would be made for residents of the complex who would be affected.

Yet eviction notices have been sent with no plan to get them out in a planned manner.

Even the proposed development’s architect said the way the residents are being treated isn’t how he was told it would be handled.

Now I don’t want to go too far in criticizing the land owners right now, just because it sounds like there will be some meetings between the owners and the tenants soon which, � ngers crossed, will resolve some issues.

It speaks to a larger issue though. Councillor Larry Walker had it right when during discussion of the matter recently said Kitimat can’t be pushed around, and a message should be sent to that effect.

A company promising improvements to the town, any company, needs to play by local rules.

A message needs to be delivered to proponents promising one thing and doing another.

If a company is clearly not respecting the town they want to do business in they should be held up in bureaucratic hell of some kind.

In this case it’s not about tearing down an eye-sore or adding to the town’s construction values. If a proponent won’t live up to their promises and sup-port Kitimat’s residents then they’re not acting the way a good corporate citizen should.

It’s frustrating when companies try to take the easy way out.

Kitimat is not against development, but we need to look out for each other. Hopefully the Alexander renters get their due respect soon.

Cameron Orr

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Snowstorm was nightmareDear Sir,

Angry and upset.Taxes go up, services going

down!In all my 54 years living

in Kitimat the last few days, February 5-8, were the most horrible days of my life. They were a nightmare that won’t be forgotten.

We had harsher winters with much more snow, power outages too, but were able to get around.

We were warned prior, so what went wrong?

This disaster could have been avoided with proper snow clearing. This service is essen-tial.

Do you know how much heartache was caused to many people?

People could have lost their lives.

Hope you learned from it, and we the community hoping it will never happen again.

Sincerely,Elsa Hofer

Dear Sir,I would like to

thank my wonder-ful son Chris and his girlfriend Lindsay for snow blowing my driveway for me, for bringing comfort food and coffee in our time of need.

I also thank my other son Steven for calling all the way from Fort McMurray to make sure his dad and I were OK.

I would also like to thank my family and neighbours for your love and concern for

the devastating loss of my best friend and be-loved cat Smokey. He gave us 13 wonderful years of joy and happi-ness and our lives have been bless and enriched in those 13 years.

Sincerely,Mrs. E. Jenster

Dear Sir,To the two young ladies and

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A season for personal, spiritual housekeeping(Editor’s note: This column’s subject is Ash Wednesday, which was a week ago today, February 18.)

Joel 2: 12, “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping and with mourn-ing...this is our text.”

What would happen if you locked up the doors of your house and didn’t come back for five years?

What do you think your house and yard would look like after five years of no up-keep?

The grass would be waist high, the eaves-troughs would be full of five years worth of bugs and leaves, the interior would smell like mould and mildew. In short, there would be a lot of cleaning up to do. Well, that is what this season of Lent that begins with Ash Wednesday is all about; cleaning up our Spiritual house.

Lent and Ash Wednesday are all about repentance, change. That house that was

neglected for five years is you and me. If we take an honest look at our lives we see that often we are more interested in the things of the world rather than the things of God. We can become so busy earning our livings and shuttling the kids around to all their activities that we neglect the one thing that is truly necessary. Christ.

Well, it’s Ash Wednesday and so this is the perfect day to do some spiritual house cleaning.

The sixth word in the verse above is: “Return!”

If you’ve been away for a while, God wants you to come back. If you haven’t followed Him as vigorously as you know you should, God is calling out to you to, “Return: “return to me with all your heart.”

When a husband and wife get married they commit themselves to each other. Can you imagine being married to someone who only promised to be faithful to you once in a while? No. So too, when we ne-glect our relationship with the Lord to sow our oats, we miss out on all the blessings our Lord desires to shower down upon us.

When God invites you to return to Him it’s because he wants to bless you.

He wants you to receive the direction and purpose in your life that can only come through a committed, saving relationship with Jesus Christ, who was faithful to each one of us, even to death on a cross.

He wants you to return to forgive you and give you the assurance of eternal life through faith in Christ.

The next verse after the one above, verse 13 says, “Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and He relents from sending calamity.”

As impossible as it sounds, after all the horrible things we have done in our lives, on account of Christ, God will relent from giving us what we deserve. That’s called Grace and that’s what He wants you to have in Christ. Does your life resemble a build-ing that requires some upkeep? The Lord wants you to return to Him. Ask him and He will give you the power to do just that.

He will point you to His son Jesus and remind you that though this life is a struggle, Jesus won the ultimate struggle for you in His death and resurrection from the grave. Return to the Lord and He will make you into a new building in Christ that will be properly kept up all the days of your life and on into eternity.

Amen.

From the PulpitRedeemer Lutheran Church

Pastor Clint MagnusFrom the Pulpit

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Continued from page 4There’s big money

in it. TV Guide’s annu-al survey of star sala-ries currently posts Jon Stewart as “king of late night,” salary-wise, with earnings of an es-timated $25-30 million per year. Just behind him with $20 million plus per year were for-mer late night leaders the Tonight Show’s Jay Leno and the Late

Show’s Letterman.Their third net-

work rival Jimmy Kimmell lags distantly with $10 million per year.

However, just a year ago TV Guide published a similar list that showed Letterman in the lead with $28 million, Leno second with $25 million and Stewart third with $16 million. The mag at-

tributes the changes to the ascendance of cable over broadcast.

So? What now? Well, this is a battle that’s going to con-tinue to be shared be-cause each of these guys do things differ-ently, have great egos and, we know, that’s sometimes what they trip over.

Let’s hope it con-tinues to be fun.

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• Youth who are bullied suffer more headaches, stomach aches, depression and anxiety. Mental health problems associated with bullying tend to last until later in life (PREVNet).

• 85% of bullying incidences happen in front of people (Canadian Red Cross).

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Bullying happens when there is an imbalance of power; where someone purposely and repeatedly says or does hurtful things to someone else. Bullying can occur one on one or in a group(s) of people. � ere are many di� erent forms of bullying:◼ Physical bullying (using your body or

objects to cause harm): includes hitting, punching, kicking, spitting or breaking someone else’s belongings.

◼ Verbal bullying (using words to hurt someone): includes name calling, put-downs, threats and teasing.

◼ Social bullying (using your friends and relationships to hurt someone): includes spreading rumours, gossiping, excluding others from a group or making others look foolish or unintelligent. � is form of bullying is most common among girls (Canadian Children’s Rights Council).

CyberbullyingCyberbullying involves the use of communication technologies such as the Internet, social networking sites, websites, email, text messaging and instant messaging to repeatedly intimidate or harass others.Cyberbullying includes:• Sending mean or threatening emails or text/

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with texts, phone calls and/or emails.• Sexual Exploitation - sharing videos or

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• Report the bullying to school administrators.

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assaults and sexual exploitation to the local police detachment.

• Report unwanted text messages to your telephone service provider.

• Report online bullying to the social media site and block the person responsible.• Facebook

• YouTube - Safety Centre • Twitter • Instagram – block a user or report

something • Tumblr – how to “ignore” (block)

someoneIf you know someone being bullied...Most types of bullying go on as long as someone is watching and laughing. As a bystander, know that you have the power to stop the bullying. 60% of the time, bullying stops in less than 10 seconds when someone steps in (Kids Help Phone).• If you feel it’s safe to do so, tell the

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Premier’s Kitimat joke ill-timed, says MLACameron Orr

How many Pre-miers does it take to tick off the Skeena MLA?

Just one.At a dinner event

in Victoria two weeks ago Premier Chris-ty Clark reportedly cracked a joke about Kitimat, around the time Kitimat was get-ting over its major snowfall.

“Premier Clark tells 860 people at Vic-toria leader’s dinner it’s so cold in Kitimat she saw a New Demo-crat with his hands in his own pockets,” reads a Tweet from Times Colonist report-

er Les Leyne.Robin Austin

caught wind of the joke through Leyne’s ac-count and tells the Sen-tinel that it’s fair game to crack jokes about the

opposition but drag-ging Kitimat in to the picture while it was dealing with snow-re-lated emergencies was not right.

“I don’t think she

should be making a joke at a time when people were in a cata-strophic state. We had [168 centimetres] of snow, people couldn’t get out of their drive-

ways, we were in a real state up in the north-west. Meanwhile in the Lower Mainland she was making a joke,” said Austin. “It’s inap-propriate to be making

a joke about a commu-nity or referencing a community when they are in a state of abso-lute emergency and ca-tastrophe. That’s what I think is wrong.”

A call to the Pre-mier’s communications department did confirm the joke was made however the office had no further comment to make on the matter.

We asked our loyal Facebook readers what they felt about this joke; was it a usual political jab or did it cross the line?

It crossed the line. Politicians in the lower mainland don’t “get us” in the North, they don’t understand our challenges and liveli-hoods, she should not make jokes at our ex-pense. - Hilary

Well she never had my vote..so not really surprised by her com-ments. - Carin

No offense taken here. It was just a typi-cal political jab except it was a tired worn out joke and she confused a lot of snow with ex-treme cold. - Ryneld

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We have now selected our preferred option for carrying out this project, which is to build a new line along the west side of the Kitimat Valley. This decision was based on environmental, archaeological, design, cost and other studies, as well as feedback received during consultation with First Nations, local governments and interested members of the public.

You are invited to attend a public meeting to find out more about the preferred option and the next steps BC Hydro will take in carrying out this project.

Terrace KitimatTuesday March 3 Wednesday March 4Best Western Hotel Riverlodge Recreation CentreSkeena Room Community Room4553 Greig Ave 654 Columbia Ave West

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The Kitimat Museum & Archives andthe Kitimat Northern Sentinel proudly present

THE EXHIBITION

FEBRUARY 28Available for viewing until

The Northern Sentinel celebrated 60 years of bringing the community of Kitimat their local news in April of 2014. To commemorate this milestone, the Kitimat Museum and Archives,

together with the Northern Sentinel, have prepared an exhibition of various newspapers,

photographs and artifacts.

at the Kitimat Museum and Archives • 293 City Centre

~ Refreshments will be served ~

Kitimat Museum & Archives

Hotels preparing for openings this yearCameron Orr

Two hotels in Kiti-mat are slated for com-pletion by the year’s end.

The Microtel ho-tel on Dadook Avenue, near Rosarios, is still shooting for an August opening as construction crews worked through the heavy snow.

The hotel, which will be branded Mi-crotel Inn and Suites by Wyndham once opened, has even opened up for job ap-plications for their gen-eral manager as they shoot for an August opening.

The company is sticking to that opening in six months, accord-ing to Eric Watson, MasterBuilt Hotels’ chief operating officer.

The plans for a sec-ondary hotel on the site is up in the air while the company awaits news on what happens with a liquefied natural gas industry in Kitimat.

“We’re certainly waiting to see what happens with LNG projects, in terms of our second hotel,” he said, which would in-clude a restaurant.

The current hotel

under construction will have 87 rooms, a meet-ing space, a small store for guests and will in-clude extended stay suites.

This is among the first hotels by the com-pany with this look in Canada.

The weather, be-yond snow storms, hasn’t hampered con-struction, said Watson.

“The rain is one thing because you get the moisture...that’s just part of building in those climates, but so far we’re still on sched-ule,” he said.

As for the snow, “Weather was really good up until you guys got a couple inches of snow...Our guys were back at work pretty quick.”

While employment levels depends on busi-ness, he said typically their hotels have about 15 to 20 employees, and there will likely be job fairs in the near future to get staff to op-erational levels.

Meanwhile the MStar Hotel will open before the year closes, says City Centre Mall owner Jerry Minni.

“All the concrete

work in there has been completed,” he said. “We’re waiting for the weather to break and then they’ll start fram-ing up top.”

The snow storm didn’t slow down the work at the MStar Hotel since work was mostly interior in the basement and main floor but as they move towards working on the roof bad weather could slow them down, but it’s otherwise a pretty fast process once work begins, said Minni.

The hotel is still planned for 42 rooms, and about four months before opening they’ll begin the hiring pro-cess, including seeking a general manager.

The hotel will em-ploy about 10 people in total, he said.

The hotel will be attached to a restau-rant, and he said the space will be turned over to them sometime in October for them to set up.

Minni says im-provements to the mall itself will directly fol-low the hotel, includ-ing flooring, lighting, and facade improve-ments to the front.

“That will just hap-pen right after the ho-tel. We’ll just move the crew across,” he said.

At left, the snow is shovelled off the roof of the under-construction Microtel on Dadook Avenue. Above, the exterior of the future MStar Hotel at City Centre Mall. Both locations should be open by year’s end.

SubmittedAs February

marks Toastmasters Month — proclaimed such locally by Mayor Phil Germuth — the area governor for this region Randy Norman re� ects on the value of the club.

The total inter-national membership is 313,000 strong, he said, and members im-prove their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the

14,650 clubs in 126 countries that make up the global network of meeting locations.

T o a s t m a s t e r s International is cel-ebrating 90 years of providing members the opportunity to en-hance their leadership and communications skills.

“I am proud to have the privilege to be a part of an orga-nization that enhances the lives of people who

desire to be the best they can be. People who choose or by need have become leaders in the community, in the workplace, in ser-vice clubs and the list goes on,” he said.

And even more importantly, he adds, it is an organization where friendships are built that last for a lifetime, and relation-ships where mentoring is ongoing and well received, encouraging

one another to bet-ter themselves in the skill set they are de-veloping. Being there to support when the challenges arise, shar-ing tools of the trade to meet those challenges and more.

“I have had the privilege of being awarded the Area Governor of the Year in District 21 dur-ing the year of 2011. I received this award with pride, not only

because of my accom-plishment, but because of the District Leaders who supported me, the Club executives who walked alongside and were successful in their roles.

It was a team ef-fort that allowed me to be blessed with an award that I share with all today,” he said.

He said he encour-ages anyone with an interest to stop by a Toastmasters meeting.


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All individuals or companies registered this past year through the District Office in Terrace will have received invitations by mail to re-register their equipment for the coming fiscal year. If you have new equipment to be added to your profile, you can register online or contact the District Office at the address listed below.

Any individuals or companies who were not registered in 2014, but wish to have their equipment listed, are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in personor by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.

Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance, or up-to-date WorkSafeBC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects.

All owners of dump trucks or belly dump trucks must provide a current weight scale slip to the District Office which will be used to calculate hourly rates.

Only owned or lease-to-own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment can only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.

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Kitimat’s Nechako Toastmasters President Reg Barnes reviews the club’s achievements with fellow member Angus McLeod.

A look at the club for Toastmasters month

Coming Events

March 5ART CLUB of Kitimat meets at 7 p.m. in Room 113 at MEMSS. Re-lief Printing with Gelli plates: Bring acrylic paint, natural objects for re-lief ie. leaves, petals, objects of vary-ing shapes, and thicker paper. For more information contact Katherine Johnsen at 250-632-6888.March 7THE KITIMAT MULTICULTUR-AL SOCIETY presents the Multi-cultural Potluck Dinner and Perfor-mance at the Luso Canadian Hall at 5:30 p.m. People asked to bring one main dish and one salad or dessert. March 26THE KITIMAT FOOD BANKwill be holding their Annual Gen-eral Meeting on at 8:00 p.m. in the lounge at the Presbyterian Church (corner of Nalabila and Lahakas Blvds). Interested persons are wel-come.OngoingNECHAKO TOASTMASTERSmeets on the � rst and third Thurs-days of the month at 7:15 p.m. at the Kitimat General Hospital commu-nity room. Norman welcomes con-tact directly to him as well at [email protected] or 250-635-2151. ZONE 10 OF THE B.C. SENIORS GAMES SOCIETY will be taking memberships for 2015 on Mon-days from 1 to 3 p.m. Registration is at the Kitimat Seniors Centre. For more information call Bill Whitty at 250-632-2710, or call Margaret Ferns at 250-632-2862.

PRAYER CANADA KITIMATmeets weekly on Tuesday at noon at Northwest Community College. All are welcome. Contact Lesley for info at 250-632-4554.FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LI-BRARY To join, contact Luce Gauthier at [email protected] or Virginia Charron @ [email protected] or call 250-632-8985.KITIMAT QUILTERS GUILD: If you are interested in joining the Kit-imat Quilters Guild please contact Aileen Ponter at 250-632-6225 or Janet Malnis at 250-632-7387.KITIMAT POTTERY GUILD meets every Thursday in the Riverlodge arts wing, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Interested in playing with clay? All experience levels welcome. For more information call Anne at 250-632-3318.THE KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARYoffers the highly engaging Mother Goose StoryTime for pre-school-ers Monday mornings from 10:30 -11:15 am. Please register for this free program.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLERO-SIS - I have M.S. but M.S. does not have me. You are not alone, male or female, and the Kitimat M.S. group would like to be here for you. Total con� dentiality. For more informa-tion contact Mary at 250-639-6016.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD:Interested in knitting, spinning,etc.? For more info call Maureen 250-632-5444.

No rush by council to get replacement generatorCameron Orr

It’s either protection against future power outages or an ex-pensive addition to the town bud-get that has no pressing need.

However you may feel about it, the � re department was not successful in receiving a pre-bud-get approval for an emergency back-up generator.

Fire Chief Trent Bossence says he’s had the generator in mind for replacement for a few years but other projects have bumped it from budgets.

The impact of that postpone-

ment came to a head during Kiti-mat’s intense snowstorm when the power generating part of the

generator failed while the depart-ment was trying to get it’s Emer-gency Operations Centre going. It’s tested regularly and the � re chief said it would have success-fully passed its weekly test the Thursday before it failed on Fri-day.

After working with the Dis-trict’s electrician it was deter-mined a new, higher capacity generator should be purchased.

One caveat: it would cost $120,000.

Among those against, Larry Walker suggested looking further

in to the matter, perhaps doing a bulk buy with Public Works and even the hospital to save money.

He didn’t believe it was an urgent buy.

Mario Feldhoff said he leaned in favour of the purchase but wanted to know more, includ-ing the cost of the rental back-up generator currently being used.

He also threw out the thought that saving the $120,000 expense now could mean more money on projects like the Quatsino Walk-way proposal.

Claire Rattée, meanwhile,

supported the expense, saying the snowstorm was unanticipated.

“We were screwed over,” she said about the issues that came attached to the storm, particularly the � re hall losing power. She didn’t want to see a repeat if there was another storm.

To a vote it was Edwin Em-pinado, Walker and Feldhoff against, and Mary Murphy, Rat-tée, and Rob Gof� net in favour.

Not receiving pre-budget ap-proval brings the request to the main budget debate in the weeks to come.

The � re hall’s current rental back-up generator.

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Haisla Nation Council Haisla PO Box 1101 Kitamaat Village BC V0T-2B0

Tel. (250) 639-9361 Ext. 204 or 1-888-842-4752 Fax (250) 632-2840

Elementary School Principal has an immediate opening for

Summary: Haisla Community School requires a School Principal. As the successful applicant, you will be responsible for the overall administration and operation of the school in a manner consistent with local policies, federal guidelines, and consistent with the values, beliefs, and protocols of the community. The school principal supervises and provides direct educational leadership to school staff, assigns school roles and duties, oversees the school budget and spending priorities, and re-ports accurate information to the Education Manager and funding agencies.

DOCUMENTED QUALIFICATIONS MUST INCLUDE:The successful applicant will meet the eligibility requirements and will have:

-tials, and transcripts to:

Stephanie McClure, Human Resources ManagerHaisla Nation Council

Haisla PO Box 1101Kitamaat Village, B.C. V0T 2B0

Phone (250) 639-9361, ext. 204 Fax (250) 632-2840Email: [email protected]

only those short-listed will be contacted for interviews.


Tel. (250) 639-9361 Ext. 204 or 1-888-842-4752 Fax (250) 632-2840

Seasonal Full-time Fisheries/Natural Resource Technicians

Haisla Nation Council has potential openings for:

Duties:

Qualifications:Valid BC Class 5 Drivers License

Stephanie McClure, Human Resources ManagerHaisla Nation Council,

Haisla PO Box 1101Kitamaat Village, B.C. V0T 2B0

Phone (250) 639-9361, ext. 204 Fax (250) 632-2840, Email: [email protected]

No later than 4 pm on Friday, March 6, 2015.

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The opportunity We are looking for a Casting Metallurgical Technician, to be responsible for controlling one or more processes, major projects, complex equipment maintenance, scientific analyses or administrative techniques involving several technical disciplines and requiring considerable coordination and extensive consultation with internal and external parties. This role will work on a rotating roster of a 12hour day shift. The position is based in Kitimat, British Columbia.

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progressing to the interview stage.

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GLAZIERSAll-West Glass in Kitimat seeks a mature, self motivat-ed team member for Kitimat & the surrounding area.

Competitive Wages and benefi ts package

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Natural Resource Projects Field SupervisorHaisla Nation Council has a position available for:

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Stephanie McClure, Human Resources ManagerHaisla Nation Council, Haisla PO Box 1101

Kitamaat Village, B.C. V0T 2B0Phone (250) 639-9361, ext. 204 Fax (250) 632-2840, Email: [email protected]

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Red Seal Auto Technician

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Real Estate

Real EstateFURNISHED and Non Fur-nished accommodationavailable in Kitimat for Feb. Call Stan 780-974-3945 or email [email protected]

Rentals

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Homes for RentBUNGALOW for RENT

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1998 GMC 1 TON DUMP TRUCK

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Jason CathersFour of the six

swimmers who quali-fied for the AA pro-vincial championships from the Kitimat Mar-lins Swim Club at-tended Chilliwack last weekend.

There were over 300 swimmers from across B.C. and the Yukon in attendance at the championships.

The Marlins swimmers swam ex-tremely well and all

posted personal best times throughout the meet.

Leading the way for the Marlins was Alex van Horne (11) who achieved his first AAA provincial quali-fying time on his way to the gold medal in the 11 and under boys 100 meter backstroke.

Adrianna Florit (10) had her best re-sult in the 11 and un-der girls 200 meter breaststroke with a 5th

place finish. Hayden dobbin

(15) placed in the top 8 in two events for 14 and over boys.

Dobbin placed 6th in the 1500 meter

freestyle and 7th in the 400m.

Ethan Velho (14) had his best results in the 14 and over boys 200 backstroke with a 14th place finish.


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The Kitimat Community Foundation annually grants to ongoing arts, culture and community service programs.

KCF was also able to support the Kitimat Marine Rescue Society in their efforts to purchase

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