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The vision of Kitimat’s future is effectively what was up for debate, as crowds converged on Mount Elizabeth Theatre to voice their opinion on pro-posed work camps within the District of Kitimat.
Well over 100 people attended the District of Kitimat town hall, estab-lished to address a concern in the community over whether or not people want high-density worker accommodations in town, and more speci� cally downtown.
Stuck in the centre of the debate is the PTI Group, the company which has bought and is in the process of buying land in the Strawberry Meadow’s subdivision with the intention of building what they dub a ‘work lodge’ to eventually house up to 2,100 people.
But their proposed location is just east of the hospital, effectively abut-ting the downtown core, which has some people worried.
At nearly two hours of conversation and comments, it appeared the ma-jority of those who spoke didn’t have any concern with the PTI Group itself or a work lodge within town necessarily, but many took exception to the loca-tion, and others wanted to ensure the town was taking into consider-ation all other factors, such as how sewage would be handled with such a development.
“I am a construc-tion worker, I am part of the community of Kiti-mat,” said one town hall participant who had concern with the location. “We will deal with nothing but traf� c, traf� c, traf� c.”
He later added, “The camp just is in the wrong place.”Another member of the public said economic gain shouldn’t be the prime
factor when talking development.“I don’t want to see stuff destroyed just to have economic progress,” she
said, adding she wants a community she feels comfortable in, with people she knows.
More comments covered issues such as needing a second crossing of the Kitimat river to questions on how infrastructure would be handled with the proposed lodge.
One retiree who recently moved to Kitimat said the town should consider slowing down and considering development thoughtfully, suggesting there was no rush to bring everything to town at once.
“These companies are not coming here because they love Kitimat, they’re coming because of the sea port,” he said. “Lets build something we can all be proud of.”
However, there was some optimism as well. One long-time Kitimat resi-dent, who said he recently signed for some acreage in Strawberry Meadows himself, is worried that the town, by turning down PTI, would be saying no to more development.
“For the � rst time in years I went into our mall and I saw something, you guys should check this out; there are stores in there,” he said. “Now we have a situation where someone wants to set up a tax-based business in this com-munity and instead of something positive for this community, there’s nothing but negative.”
He admits being a reluctant Terrace shopper, and said if the town con-stantly turns things away, the “Alcan dollars” will continue to be spent out of town.
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Nechako Elementary Philanthropy students, as well as documentary � lmmakers from Beyond Boarding, take to the Kitimat River to clean up litter.
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“The camp just is in the wrong place.”“I think as a community we want to be careful. We don’t want a ton of vacant properties.”“I don’t want to see stuff destroyed just to have economic progress.”
Nechako students keep the river’s shore clean
Students from Nechako Elementary School’s Philanthropy Club took to the banks of the Kiti-mat River on April 25 to clean up its litter.
The event was to coincide with the national Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up, a national program which has run since 2002 and is an ef-fort between the Vancouver Aquarium and the World Wildlife Federation.
The students took to collecting and record-ing litter on the shores of the river just beyond the Giant Spruce tree.
The students may receive a little extra no-toriety from their efforts than they expected. A chance meeting between Nechako teacher Pat Mouland and travelling environmental docu-mentarians means some video of the clean up may eventually make it into a documentary slat-ed for an October release.
The group, called Beyond Boarding, has sent a small group of surfers and snowboard-ers on a tour of the province in a modi� ed small school bus, which has been retro� tted to run on used vegetable oil.
Proving such an engine still has its kinks, the bus broke down the day before while they were in the Overwaitea parking lot, but that’s when
Mouland found them, and asked them to par-ticipate in the river clean up, an offer which they gladly accepted.
Jasper Snow Rosen, one of the Beyond Boarding � lmmakers, said their trip is to high-light some of the dangers of natural gas extrac-tion, while also promoting alternative fuels.
In the case of their vegetable oil bus, he ad-mits that may not be a mass solution to fossil fuels but it was important to show there are op-tions.
“We’re checking out different sustainable farms and other places that are doing things that are helping the environment,” he explained.
Rosen said it was important to look at Kiti-mat on this trip because of all the proposed proj-ects for the area.
“When you look at eastern B.C. where they’re actually extracting the fuel, the fracking is polluting all the groundwater,” he said.
The group had actually wanted to do some school presentations when the opportunity to help clean the river came along.
The group has been to Vancouver Island, the sacred headwaters and they do plan to hit north-eastern B.C. before they’re done.
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There was a healthy attendance of community members at last week’s town hall meeting regarding temporary work camps within the District of Kitimat.
Continued from page 1Kitimat Chamber
of Commerce president Derick Stinson said a balanced approach is needed, and said the camp is a realistic op-tion to handle additional people.
“I think as a com-munity we want to be careful. We don’t want a ton of vacant prop-erties,” he said about developing permanent homes instead of tem-porary housing. “We need to be realistic with the type of infrastruc-ture we have in place.”
An employee of Strawberry Meadows developer Jack Oviatt spoke as well, reading aloud a letter written by Oviatt, who couldn’t at-
tend in person. Oviatt’s letter was largely the same as a recent presen-tation he gave to Kiti-mat Council. (Sentinel, April 10, page 3.) At that meeting Oviatt said he was very comfort-able with the plans by the PTI Group for their lodge.
Tina Perreira also spoke in favour of the plan. Identifying her-self as one of two part-ners working to open a Mr. Mikes restaurant in town, she said busi-nesses could prosper with operations like the lodge.
The town hall was a venue to gather feed-back. Kitimat Council had not at the time con-sidered any bylaws for
readings and only has an application from PTI Group so far. When by-
laws do come before the council a public hear-ing will eventually be
scheduled for on the re-cord comments, ahead of any policy decisions.
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With the writ dropped, the 2013 election season for B.C. is officially underway.
Our Skeena riding has four candidates as of press time.The fourth candidate, the British Columbia Party’s
Trevor Hendry, was a late arrival to the race, and unfortu-nately we had no chance to connect with him ahead of our press deadline.
Meanwhile the other three candidates are incumbent Robin Austin, representing the NDP government; the BC Liberals’ Carol Leclerc; and the BC Conservatives’ Mike Brousseau.
We spoke to them to overview what it is they stand for and how they envision the province under their governments.
Robin AustinAustin is promising that when it comes to the major
Liquefied Natural Gas projects slated for the north, the NDP government is not against them, but will approach such de-velopments with a higher level of care.
“We have to take care of the fracking issue, we have to take care of the greenhouse gas emissions,” said Austin.
He said on LNG that he doesn’t expect, in the end, to be as many LNG projects going forward as proposed.
“I can’t see us having five or six LNG plants in the northwest of B.C.”
Austin promised to run his election in the way that BC NDP leader Adrian Dix had, which was to go with positives and not spend time on attack ads and negativity.
Among the issues facing the riding, he listed off En-bridge’s Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal, the affect of the HST, and inequality, meaning the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor.
“Even here [Kitimat], poverty is a huge issue.”Skills training also heads up his priorities, saying that an
NDP government would put a financial capital tax on banks and credit unions to fund post-secondary training.
“Why didn’t we spend the last 10 years upgrading the skills of the local population so they could take many of these jobs?” he asked.
Carol LeclercThe Liquefied Natural Gas industry is top of mind for
the Liberal candidate.Leclerc says that when considering the big issues facing
the riding in this election, LNG tops them all.“Liquefied natural gas has got to be on top.
Number one, number one,” she said.She spoke about attending the LNG Confer-
ence in Vancouver earlier this year and was “blown away” by how much people from around the world were talking about Kitimat.
“I don’t think that we realize, living in the northwest, the significance of the LNG opportuni-ties for Kitimat and for Prince Rupert,” she said.
Revenue sharing will be what comes from these projects for the people in the region, she said.
“There’s a lot of capital debt that’s happen-ing across Canada,” she said, and projects like this will help with covering that gap.
For example there are needed expansions for the local hospital, to account for an aging popula-tion.
She suggested money from these projects would also flow to benefit things such as Kitimat’s ice arenas.
She said that both the Liberal and the NDP govern-ment want to get royalties and revenues from LNG, but the difference is that the NDP would tax right away, while the Liberals would allow the companies breathing room to get established in the first place before collecting.
Under an NDP government, she said, companies may be hesitant to set up or turn away all-together.
“It’s going to give LNG an opportunity to get its feet on the ground.”
She said there is so much opportunity in B.C. right now and “we certainly don’t want to change horses in mid-stream.”
At the April 15 regular council meeting coun-cillors passed three readings to a sewage disposal charges amendment bylaw.
The changes would affect dwelling units in un-developed subdivisions which are not serviced by a cooking facility.
It means, per unit, a property owner would have to pay $300, mon-ey that will be collected at the building permit stage of development.
The memo to coun-cillors from staff notes that the reduction from an initial $1,000 fee is in advance of “the an-ticipated large number of such dwelling units being built in the com-ing years.”
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Mike Brousseau
Robin Austin at the opening of his office at the Upper City Centre.
Carol Leclerc, centre, with supporters at her ‘open office’ inside the Lower City Centre.
Mike BrousseauHave a government with integrity is crucial for Mike Brous-
seau, who’s running for the B.C. ConservativesHe said he’s running on a platform of five key areas: commu-
nity, economy, education, health care and integrity.He said integrity is the most important from
that list.He said he has not enjoyed at all what he calls
rhetoric which has come from current politicians and leaders.
As for the biggest issue in politics these days, he says it’s corruption.
“The biggest issue is corruption in govern-ment,” he said, pointing to high costs for the In-surance Company of B.C., and what he describes as the bankrupting of BC Hydro.
He feels the government hasn’t been doing its job, which includes protecting citizens from for-eign control.
The high cost of the Northwest Transmission Line is another area he has problems with.
“We have the high voltage line going from Terrace to the north,” he said.
“What is it going to cost when it’s all said and done?”
He said estimates he hears keeps going higher.Brousseau points to his track record to prove he’s someone
who can accomplish much for the riding.“If you look at my track record, I’m an open, honest business
man who serves the community,” he said.“I don’t rule over people like some government’s dictate.”He wants a government that knows there is more to the prov-
ince beyond the town of Hope.“My motto is I’m the only hope for the north,” he said. “I ask
questions, I find out, I do stuff.I’m not a couch potato.”
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There’s differences between Canada and the United States when it comes to the rule of law and reaction to terrorism plots, current, past or future.
Both countries express the principle of “innocent, until proven guilty.”
But in 2013, with the shad-ows of accompanying principles of freedom of information com-peting with the incredible ability of the internet to provide extensive informa-tion virtually instantly, there arises the question of what the police and the Canadian courts can really do to keep material matters protected - including facts, � ction and social media exchang-es relating to possible evidence in an alleged crime.
I thought of this as I watched the hours of the myriad of developments in the aftermath of the Boston marathon bombing and then tuned in to the pecu-liar joint RCMP, FBI, CSIS (and other authorities) press conference to an-nounce the thwarting of an alleged Al-Qaeda inspired and supported terrorist conspiracy to attack and derail a Via Rail train somewhere between Toronto and New York State.
Details of the scant material to be presented at the press conference was already available from many sources on the Internet (and elsewhere on TV)
prior to and during the heavily-bilin-gual press conference. CBC and CTV and other media covered the conference live and have been “on the case” dog-gedly and continuously ever since.
The authorities at the time, and since, would not discuss the nation-alities of the two accused and at time of writing, to my knowledge, still had not made this information available in court or elsewhere.
Had I missed watching the live press conference, I would not have missed very much for very long, oth-er than the “heart-warming” mutual admiration society display of verbal back-slapping and the exchange of self-congratulations among the people who are paid in North America to defend the populace against terrorist activities.
That’s not to put them down, it’s just a re� ection of a level of irritation at the amount of time spent on politi-cally-correct glad-handing and repeti-tive thanking one another for doing
their jobs, compared to the amount of time spent advising the public of details of a possible plot which might have seen many innocent rail travellers endangered.
Within a day, I was able to identify for myself the national origins of the two men, one from Montreal and one from Toronto, facing the numerous conspiracy
and terrorism charges, from various reports emanating from non-Canadian sources.
I was also able to learn a lot more about the individual lives, beliefs and backgrounds of the two from their friends, neighbours, family and others lining up to provide information and opinions to TV cameras and reporters across Canada and overseas.
Now, despite the fact that noth-ing has been proved in court about the charges against the surviving Chech-nya-born brother allegedly involved in the Boston Marathon terrorism bomb-ing and subsequent murder, carjack-ing and shootout with a massive police presence, that left the younger brother � ghting for his life in the same Boston hospitals as critically-injured victims of the Marathon bombing attack he has been charged with, I wager most North Americans, have no doubt about his guilt and eventual conviction.
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Some creativity may be needed to see benefits
In keeping with the format from last Tuesday’s town hall meeting, I feel I should begin by express-ing my appreciation of construction workers. In fact some of my favourite houses were built by construc-tion workers.
Now that that’s out of the way, I enjoyed the op-portunity to digest the comments from last week’s town hall meeting.
Was also keen on reaching out to the mayor in Fort Nelson following a remark by a resident at the meet-ing. Mayor Bill Streeper had, at a time passed, been a speaker at a panel, and said back then work camps wouldn’t be allowed within his municipality.
Taken all together there’s a great wealth of opin-ion and information about work camps, and what role they play in a town.
I have to admit that I’m still not opposed to the idea of it so close to town, despite a large number of people who clearly disagree with me.
I do think it’s fair to point out that I live on La-hakas Boulevard, so me and my family would be just a few hops from the proposed work lodge by PTI Group.
Clearly there’s an infrastructure element that needs to be addressed, such as water and sewage, electricity, and others, but that is a problem that would face even residential subdivision development. This proposed lodge would just be, admittedly, a highly concentrated development.
Now the question is, would a camp so close to town bene� t the businesses? Would that offset any po-tential social issues?
Some say no, including Bill Streeper, who has a lot of history with the work camp environment.
Perhaps I’m just being a stubborn mule but I feel opportunity still exists.
And even if we don’t see a large rush of 2,100 people coming into town to eat at a restaurant or shop in our stores, I still think there is hope for improved business.
Could a local stationary store provide paper and pens for the lodge’s residents and staff? Could a local coffee shop sell some of their baked products in the fa-cility’s food court? Can the golf course sign up 2,100 people on a bulk membership rate?
These are just ideas, but even if the workers won’t come into town as some argue, what’s stopping our businesses from going to them?
Kitimat’s quality of life is practically unmatched in B.C., which is why I was so happy to move back last year. I know the feeling of wanting to know who are neighbours are.
But at the same time I also don’t want Kitimat to wait to take advantage of its potential. I want a place open to new businesses and ideas. If the alternative might be nothing for us, we should see how we can do something, not ensure that we can’t.
Cameron Orr
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Continued from page 4The likelihood of this accused being released
on bail, if he survives his injuries, is in� nitesi-mal.
In Canada, where allegations concern con-spiracy and planning (but no actual terrorist ac-tion) dates are already being set for bail hearings, long before we have even heard speci� cs of the allegations against the two men arrested or any further information about the international na-ture of the plan, which of course is being denied by the accused.
I guess this is not seen to be unusual, and of course debate rages.
Meanwhile, the Tunisian born Montreal ac-cused, Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, also made it clear in a self-requested statement to the court, he feels charges under the criminal code are really not applicable in his case since they do not come from a Holy book. Now there’s a good starting point for a prosecution. He was warned by the Judge to be careful what he said.
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Dear Sir,Re: Chinese bank signs on to re� nery plan
[posted 18 April].Mr. Black’s proposal would
seem to � t nicely with the Right Honourable Stephen’s plan to keep Canadians in their traditional ‘place’ in the world — hewers of wood and drawers of water (to which we can now add ‘pump handle repairmen’).
We are not looking at ‘development’ here, at
least not in terms of human development. Mr. Black promises that “Chinese compa-
nies will be involved in the engineer-ing and construction of the re� nery which, if the project proceeds as planned, will be manufactured else-where and shipped to Kitimat for on-site assembly”.
In other words, for Canadians, a Fossil Fu-ture. God bless us, every one.
Sincerely, John How
Dear Sir,The March 27 Terrace Stan-
dard on the “Mail Bag” page had two interesting articles, Mr. Gregg’s and Mr. Baxter’s. (Edi-tor’s note: Malcolm Baxter’s same column ran in the Sentinel on the same date.)
I believe they were intended also to inform the public on B.C. politics, which is good.
However, there are many changes in the past 35 years in politics, population’s age (many last election were only 14-years-old) and migration.
In my opinion, election in-formation for all concerned is the responsibility of media to give us unbiased, detailed and balanced reports, all parties and its leaders competing for the leadership of this province, their achievements, and screw ups. Their vision of British Columbia for the next 50 years. Not their pension and party politics.
And most importantly are they prepared to bring back the principal and character into poli-tics?
Sadly the information is pro-
paganda today, provided by the political parties and media and of-fers very little to the electorate in order to make a sound choice.
Especially those who do not follow our politics regularly.
Today in Canadian politics some parties, I believe, lack vi-sion, principal and character. They do not use the Canadian � ag at their gatherings, while others try to resurrect themselves by name.
Voter beware: a wolf changes only its fur, not its nature.
Sincerely,Leon Dumstrey-Soos
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Councillors discussed a com-munity grant at their last Committee of the Whole meeting, and resolved to write a letter to the Ministry of Health and the Minister of State for Seniors asking for more money.
The grant comes from the Better at Home program, and Kitimat and Terrace jointly received $100,000.
The goal of the program, ac-cording to a Kitimat staff memo to
councillors, is to help seniors con-tinue to live independently in their own homes.
That is accomplished by provid-ing non-medical assistance with dai-ly activities, such as housekeeping and getting rides to appointments.
The program is managed by the United Way, which distributes the money to non-pro� t services in the awarded communities.
The program will run for one-and-a-half years, meaning Terrace and Kitimat are in line for $150,000 total.
But the town noticed that some communities actually get 100 per cent of a grant, without having to share with other communities.
“As northern communities, the needs of both towns are potentially greater than southern, urban neigh-
bourhoods due to weather, isolation and medical travel concerns,” states the staff memo to councillors.
As the program has not identi-� ed the � nal communities to take part, staff believes there was still time to apply for individual funding.
The United Way’s community developer for the area will be rec-ommending which organizations should get the funds.
Cameron OrrThe � nal adoption of a Revital-
ization Tax Exemption bylaw hit a slight delay after councillors ques-tioned some of the content.
After months of discussion on the bylaw, which would give a break on taxes for the increased values of properties following renovations, there were a few questions regarding the dates used in the wording.
Corinne Scott questioned why the terms of the bylaw stated, for in-stance, that if a property receives a certi� cate before October 31, 2013, that the tax exemption would start in the 2016 calendar year, and so on.
Instead of pursuing the ques-tioning at the meeting though, coun-cillors opted to vote for staff to re-turn with a report on the bylaw with clari� cation on the dates.
Cullen questions fedsIn a press release sent out on April 22, Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Na-
than Cullen said that the federal government is falling short in protecting the environment.
The release came as Cullen � nished his questioning of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Environment Canada, during review proceedings for the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project.
He said those two departments are failing “in two of its primary and essential duties to consult Canadians, and to scrutinize potential impacts.”
His release says that through cross-examinations the Fisheries and Oceans department had not consulted First Nations or commercial users of � sheries to understand the possible effects of an oil spill in the region.
The Joint Review Panel, hearing arguments for the pipeline, are in Prince Rupert until May 18, hearing � nal arguments and questions before deliberating on the project.
The number of people working in the north-west dropped slightly in March compared to Febru-ary, reports Statistics Canada.
The agency says there were 39,500 people working in March, a drop of 300 from February’s total of 39,800.
An increase in the number of jobless people, from 3,200 in February to 3,500 in March helped push the unemployment rate to 8.2 per cent from 7.4 percent.
The labour force, de� ned as the number of people working or looking for work, dropped from 43,000 in February to 42,900 in March.
Overall employment in British Columbia was down 15,000, offsetting most of an increase expe-rienced in February, indicated Statistics Canada, pushing up the provincial unemployment rate to 7 per cent.
Compared with 12 months earlier, employment in the province was little changed, said the agency.
A year ago in the northwest, the labour force stood at 45,900 with 40,500 people working and 5,400 people not working in March 2012, a fac-tor that pegged the unemployment rate at 11.8 per cent.
The northwest continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the province with the next highest being the lower mainland and the Thomp-son/Okanagan, tied at 7.1 per cent.
The Kitimat Employment Centre, which runs under the banner of the Kitimat Community Services Society, raised $526 which they handed over to the Kitimat Community Humane Society. The money, which will help pay for things such as pet food and animal transfers, was raised by staff donations on Fridays, their ‘fee’ for wearing jeans that day. Each year staff will choose a non-pro� t organization or charity to donate the money too. From left to right is Geraldine LaHue, Maryann Ouellet (humane society manager), and Lesley Nunes.
The toast of the townThe local Nechako Toastmasters
group hosted a speech and evalua-tion competition at the Kitimat Gen-eral Hospital recently.
The event drew in participants from all over the region, from as far as Smithers.
In the speech contest, partici-pants were given free range of po-tential subjects.
Laura Ross from Terrace took � rst place, which meant she got a ticket to attend higher level compe-titions. In second place is Kitimat’s Reg Barnes, the local Toastmas-ters’ president. Third place went to Smithers speaker Rob Boyce.
Results from the evaluation competition were not immediately known.
Top three speech winners, (left to right) Reg Barnes, Laura Ross and Rob Boyce.
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One resident has a different town visionA long-time resident of Kitimat wants to see the PTI
Group work lodge move further away from residential ar-eas, which he says would, among other things, allow for future developments of the downtown retail sector.
Bill Kearley, who spoke to the Sentinel ahead of a pre-sentation made to councillors at the April 22 Committee of the Whole meeting, would also like to see a light industry area on the east side of the Kitimat River, across from the old Methanex site, which would in that scenario become, essentially, a second Service Centre.
There are a lot of components to his vision. Moving the lodge would take away some people’s concerns that the lodge is too close to existing housing, as well as freeing up the land east of the hospital to provide more space for small business; land which is in short supply currently, said Kearley.
Kearly also freely admits he’s not a fan of having the lodge “in his back yard.”
A crucial aspect to his plan would be the construction of an additional road which would bypass Haisla Boule-vard, taking heavy traf� c from near the top of Kitamaat Vil-lage Road, behind the Kildala neighbourhood, to the river,
where, he said, a second river crossing could be built.Having the existing Haisla Bridge and Boulevard han-
dling the potential traf� c that could come to Kitimat could be a “disaster waiting to happen,” he told councillors.
“The infrastructure we have in town, in some senses, is completely inadequate,” he earlier told the Sentinel.
Kearley feels that installing the lodge where they want would restrict further land developments for the town’s business potential.
“We can’t be choking off the business sector of the town,” he said.
Kearley also proposes that a large swath of land on the east side of a proposed new crossing would allow for light industry development. He believes land will be challenging to come by to expand the current Service Centre because of the land needs for several proposed pipelines, including all the LNG supply pipes, as well as proposed oil pipelines and fuel pipelines from the proposed Kitimat Clean re� nery.
Kearley has taken his ideas about a potential road and relocation of PTI’s lodge to Jack Oviatt, the land developer who owns Strawberry Meadows and who
sold the land to PTI Group, and Kearley said the discussion did go well.
Reached for comment, Oviatt said that Kearley’s ideas are good, but he has little con� dence his suggestions will be implemented anytime soon.
“Without the bypass road in place, I would never rec-ommend that PTI move,” said Oviatt, adding he’s had con-versations with the District of Kitimat about that idea, and said he was told that a bypass road wouldn’t happen.
“If we move PTI deeper into my subdivision and there is no access across the river, all we’ve done is put PTI deep-er into a residential subdivision, which I don’t want,” he said.
He also says business land development isn’t in that parcel’s future even without PTI’s presence.
“The area proposed now will not be City Centre expan-sion. If PTI doesn’t come, then we’re gonna go ahead with a 36-lot subdivision in that location,” said Oviatt.
The mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality has seen � rst hand the effects of work camps in a community.
So when asked for his thoughts in regards to the proposals facing Kitimat, he warns the ben-e� ts are unlikely to materialize for local busi-nesses.
The Sentinel sought Bill Streeper out after a resident at last week’s work camp town hall meet-ing recalled hearing a set of speakers from a few years back, which included Streeper. She said Streeper, talking of development and expansion, told the attendees that his community absolutely did not let large work camps into Fort Nelson.
Streeper con� rms that is his perspective.“The value for the community out of this [lo-
cal camps] compared to the de� cit to the com-munity was vast. They carried no value,” he said.
He spoke primarily of industry-created work camps rather than worker accommodation com-panies such as PTI Group.
“When camps of this size are too close to the community they carry too many social prob-
lems,” he continued.He used the example of a large group of men
all deciding to go to the bar at once to have beers, with the potential for things like � ghts to break out.
But is there bene� t to the community be-yond liquor establishments? Not from temporary workers, he says.
“You get a lot of the retailers say ‘no, we want the business.’ Well, there is no business. They’re not going to town shopping, they’re not buying a gift for their wife or girlfriend back home,” he said.
He said his community has accepted smaller scale accommodations for local companies who need a place to house their workers when no oth-er place is available. But with local companies it’s easier to deal with them if there are issues, and their accommodations don’t run higher than about 50 typically.
So what’s the solution? Focus on the perma-nent workers.
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Continued from page 7“You’ve got to start working to make sure
you’ve got housing, subdivisions they [perma-nent workers] can go in,” he said.
The money for a community is not made from temporary workers, he said, but from the people who will stick around for a project’s op-erations.
“If you end up, for example, getting 50 peo-ple...you’re going to need another 150 just to ser-vice them guys,” he said.
“You want to start hitting the ground with them and say ‘no, we won’t allow your camps in the community because we don’t want you � ying
the permanent people in and out of here.”As far as the community goes, it needs to
know upfront how many people will be needed to run a facility like an LNG plant, how many support workers they expect (tug boats, for in-stance), and if the company has a plan to house these people, and what that plan is.
Once a town can get a handle on what to do with permanent workers, then it will see the ben-e� ts, he said.
The Sentinel is seeking out comment from PTI Group about their experiences operating within communities as well, however we could not reach them by our press deadline.
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COMING EVENTS
Haisla prepare for homecomingCameron Orr
In what is planned to be a major celebration come August, a committee in Kitamaat Village is preparing the way for the � rst Haisla Homecom-ing in decades.
To get there, they are planning a fundraising event on May 5.
From 6 p.m., live music, a bake sale and loo-nie auction will � ll the Haisla Recreation Centre.
Organizers regret a last minute cancellation of this same event in mid-April, explaining that a small number of deaths in the community meant they had to shut down their plans, as per cultural tradition.
This evening fundraiser will help provide the resources for the Homecoming Committee to host the headline event in August, from the 9th to 11th.
Committee member Kimberley McKenzie said it has been since 1981 that the community hosted a Homecoming, and they’re seeking to hold to the same format as in past.
The three day event is meant to be open to anybody, not only for Haisla members, and is de-
signed as a showcase for the culture and commu-nity.
“We are proud of our culture and we want to showcase that to everybody,” said McKenzie. “We understand there are a lot of new people in town and we understand that the Haisla have been in the media in the last little while so we wanted to have people come out, join us and see what it’s like to live in our area and just see how we do things, day-to-day.”
The celebrations will be an affordable fare, with organizers offering evening meals.
Live music will be performed throughout each day.
They plan for a lantern release over the Doug-las Channel as well, in honour of people who have passed away.
“The elders have really stepped up and are re-ally excited,” said McKenzie. She adds that there are a lot of people who have left the community who know that they are from here but not who they’re related to. There will be elders on hand to guide people through their family history.
The Northern Sentinel is proud to showcase the winners of our draw following our Kitimat’s Beautiful Babies showcase. These two families were picked randomly to receive a baby sleep sack prize, donated by MarilynJean.com. Above, mom Jennifer Gray with her daughter, Jayda. With them is older brother Joshua, who clearly loves the camera. Not in the photo is father Jamie. At left is Ashley Readman with her baby Landon, who is helpfully holding up his prize. Not in the photo is father John.
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Misc. WantedTrue Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accu- mulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-778-281-0030
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Real Estate
For Sale By Owner
5 BDRM HOME IN TELKWA
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Homes for RentHOUSES / Townhouses for rent in Kitimat B.C. contact Stan - 780-974-3945 or at [email protected]
Kitimat - Updated clean, bright 3 plus bedroom home. 5 newer appliances, new deck, closed garage. Spa tub bathroom, Bow fl ex gym. Close to schools and bus route. No smoking, no pets. Refs req. Utilities not includ-ed. Damage deposit re-quired. Enquiries:250-632-5547 or 250-639-6342
After 6:00pm
TownhousesTOWNHOMES in KITIMAT3 bdrm, 1 ½ bath, carportStart $700. Sorry no Pets.
Call Greg 639-0110
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Recreational/Sale1978 Surfside 14’6” Triple E Fibreglass light-weight Trailer. Three-way fridge, propane stove/furnace. 12’ awning, double bed, two sin-gle bunks. Electric brakes. Dry weight 1,300lbs. Exc. cond. Very clean. $4,400.
250-632-5715 or250-639-4534
1986 Travelaire 28’ motor home. Many new updates in 2012. Call 250-632-2303 for
more info. Kitimat $10,500 obo.
2004 Travelaire TT299 Travel Trailer. Slide with awning, front awning, AC-MW-Hotwater electric & gas. 6.3 cu ft fridge, solar panel, skylight. Great condition.
250-632-3486 (Kitimat)
2009 Springdale 266RLSSR Travel Trailer
Like new condition. Rear liv-ing space. Large windows, air conditioning, couch, u-shaped dinette slideout. Queen bed. 3 years of war-ranty left. For more informa-tion please call:
250-632-6927
2009 SpringdaleTravel Trailer
Queen bed plus Jack & Jill bunks. A/C, full bathroom. Awning. Outdoor shower hookup. Lots of storage. Only used two seasons. $15,000 obo. Please call Seana Lee
250-632-7270
2010 Arctic Fox 5th WheelTV/stereo/surround-
sound/DVD/CD and fi re-place. Very spacious
and clean.Tri-pod and hitch included.
Asking $38,900Please leave message
250-639-9769
21’ Tahoe Travel TrailerImmaculate condition. Load-ed. Sleeps 4. $10,000 o.b.o.
250-632-7958
5TH WHEELMoving must sell. Deluxe 33’ Fleetwood with toy hauler, sleeps 8. Used only once to Arizona. Originally purchased for $40,000 in May 2008. Re-cently serviced asking $24,000. (306)673-2323 or(250)-643-3777
Kitimat2003 Starcraft Travelstar
21SB Hybrid Ultralite. Rarely used, very good condition.
$9,800. 250-639-3858
Legal
TendersLAND PARCEL sale by ten-der SW 17-28-29W1 RM of Shell River, MB. 80 acres. hay/pasture/bush for farm/rec-reation/acreage. Highest or any Tender not necessarily ac-cepted. Closes May, 17, 2013. Call 204-937-7054 (Roy).
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District of Kitimat
Public Notice
The District of Kitimat will undertake the annual water main flushing.The scheduled dates for flushing water mains will be April 8 to May 17, 2013. This operation may cause temporary discolouration of the water supply and should clear up soon after the operation is completed. If the problem persists please contact the District of Kitimat.Thank you for your cooperation and patience in this matter.For further information please call 250-632-8930.
april 8 to may 17, 2013
annual Water mainflushing 2013
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Above, Clark O’Flynn from Quesnel � ghts Kitimat’s Arius Woytowich in the Aluminum Gloves Tournament’s � rst bout of the evening.
Cameron Orr
Kitimat boxers host QuesnelCameron Orr
The Kitimat Boxing Club hosted Quesnel in the return of the Aluminum Gloves Boxing Tour-nament.
Even though one Quesnel boxer had to bow out of the event due to health, three bouts still went ahead with � ve boxers from Kitimat and one from Quesnel.
The � rst � ght had Arius Woytowich from Kiti-mat take on Clark O’Flynn from Quesnel.
O’Flynn would go on to win after a high en-ergy match.
The evening’s second match-up was an exhibi-tion match, with Kitimat’s Jordon Craven against fellow local boxer Nathan Furtado.
Kitimat coach Bill Franklin said even though it wasn’t competitive the two gave it their all and had to be warned not to get too heated.
“The referee had to keep telling them to cool it,” said Franklin. “They de� nitely didn’t have to win it, but these guys, they did a good job. The crowd liked it.”
The evening wrapped up with Aaron Lee tak-ing on David Wilson.
“A real tall guy versus a short guy,” said Frank-lin describing the event.
It would be a notable match from the tourna-ment, with Wilson going on to win the Kitimat City Belt for the evening.
“It was a really good battle,” he said. “Aaron had a good black eye, and a bleeding nose.”
Overall Franklin is very pleased with how his club did that night.
“I’m very happy with the way my guys per-formed,” he said, noting it was disappointing more clubs couldn’t attend.
But locally the club had two primary objec-tives which they met. The � rst was to train two lo-cal referees.
He said up to now they’ve always relied on � ying up referees for competitions. At the Alumi-num Gloves event on April 20 their referee was Ian Gibson, a B.C. Chief Of� cial, who � ew in from Vernon.
“He gives up three days of his life,” said Franklin. “Here’s a guy who’s totally dedicated to the youth...so we trained two referees, Landon Bel-mont and Cody Anderson.”
The club’s second objective was simply to give Kitimat’s boxers experience in a tournament, which of course was met.
Right now the Kitimat Boxing Club enjoys a membership of 17, even though that’s low by his-torical standards, said Franklin.
But he points out not everyone in the club is there for the boxing, some are there just for exer-cise.
He said highlights from some events are posted to the boxing club’s of� cial Facebook page which people are welcome to see.
Meanwhile he’s looking forward to getting back into things with next year’s season, which will be a rebuilding year for the club as at least half of his club will be moving on to college and university.
That just means more room if you want to join. People are encouraged to call Franklin at home if there are questions about the club or if you want to join. His home number is 250-632-3917.
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