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Gordon Durocher, with Paul Mitchell in the background, sort coho eggs at the Kitimat Hatchery last week. Coho saw a decent year for the hatchery, as did most species save for chinook salmon which is at one of its lowest levels since the hatchery opened its doors.

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Coy Cup is back in townCameron Orr

The Kitimat Ice Demons gained from a $10,000 grant from Kitimat Council.

The local men’s team, so far leading the way in CIHL West Division (and second only to the Smithers Steelheads in the Central Divi-sion), will host the Coy Cup championships for the second time in a row this coming March.

The major tournament means the Ice De-mons are looking for some support, although they have worked out a means to hold the event without seeking corporate sponsorships, which they were hesitant to do as Kitimat so recently held the Coy Cup.

Kitimat was able to host the event as no oth-er team in the league could � nancially commit to the responsibility, Ice Demons president Cliff Madsen told council.

But the Demons have set up a means that other teams may be able to host the cup in fu-ture years. That’s because even though as host the Demons would be required to put up some expenses for the other teams, the league agreed that teams would forgo their mileage expenses, which lessens the burden for the host.

With that plan in place, the league can be strengthened with more teams able to host, add-ed Madsen.

In presenting their proposal, the Ice Demons showed a conservative budget which had the team still $459 at a loss, but Madsen explained that was based only on the games that the De-mons are con� rmed to play. After the three for-sure games in the Coy Cup, the Demons stand to have more income the more games they play. And with Madsen being con� dent of the De-mons’ abilities to move ahead in the playoffs, he’s sure that difference can be made up.

“We think we’ll do okay, even without the sponsorship dollars,” said Madsen.

That proposed budget did call for a $10,000 contribution from the District of Kitimat, which was the council’s contribution when the tourna-ment was held in 2012.

On a technical basis, this year’s Coy Cup would only be eligible for $3,500, as it’s the second year in a row the event was held. The town’s ‘Major Event’ sponsorship program al-lows a maximum of $5,000 every � ve years, and down to $750 a night any years within that � ve years.

Councillors at the December 17 meeting felt $10,000 was appropriate as the Ice Demons do pay almost $10,000 for the ice time and build-ing rentals, money which goes to District staff to work the arena during the games.

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Chinook saw a bad year in KitimatCameron Orr

Acting manager at the Kitimat Fish Hatchery says most salmon stocks were good this year, with one exception; the chinook.

The popular spring salmon saw its worst return since the hatchery came into existence, said Markus Feldhoff.

“We didn’t even come close to get-ting our egg target,” he said, which is about 2.3 million eggs.

This year they couldn’t even reach one million.

“Most of the northern stocks of Chi-nooks was also very poor,” he said, not-ing it wasn’t only the Kitimat River.

However he personally has no theo-ries on why the return was so bad, but in past years they have not had any problem in reaching their egg targets.

Steelheads were good for the hatch-ery, and they collected their normal al-

lotment of 60,000 eggs. Steelheads are raised at the hatchery for two years now, a change from past years where they were housed for only one year. When Eurocan’s mill closed, the hatchery lost its source of heated water. Now the steel-head live in well water at about 8C de-grees, not warm enough to let them grow rapidly.

“That water isn’t quite warm enough to grow them to an appropriate size,” he said. “We keep them on-site for two years before we release them.”

He said they will have to wait until 2014 to see how the return is from their � rst batch of two-year steelhead.

It also looked like another good year for chum, continuing the trend of the last two years.

“We did notice they appeared in the river a bit earlier than we normally saw,” he said.

The hatchery takes in about two mil-lion chum eggs now, compared to a his-torical four million eggs from the Kiti-mat River. The hatchery also no longer enhance other rivers off of the Douglas Channel.

As for coho, they had no problem collecting their brood stock of about 600,000 eggs.

From the administration perspective he said staf� ng continues to be a concern at the facility. He said a hiring freeze remains in effect throughout the federal government and its Department of Fish-eries and Oceans, but thankfully hatcher-ies have been spared the axe in terms of layoffs.

However they can’t hire full time employees. Where they are supposed to have eight, they only have three at the moment, with the remainder � lled with temporary staff.

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I must apologize to the CFNR radio station for incorrectly using the wrong station number last week. Their volun-teers, as for the past several years, set up a truck outside Super Valu on Decem-ber 9 collecting in the neighbourhood of $600 as well as seven grocery carts over� owing with food. Thank you also to Shell for their donation of $500 worth of food plus 100 Overwaitea Gift Bags; IDL (in addition to the money noted last week) for donating a truck load of food and DL Baker for donating over 200 gifts in addition to their cash donation. Tim Hortons donated 15 $20 gift certi� cates and 15 toques.

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The delivery rate increase is estimated to be approximately $0.256 per GJ for a residential customer. This represents an increase of 2.2 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate. The delivery rate increase for a small commercial customer is estimated to be $0.203 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.1 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate. The Granisle propane delivery rate increase for a residential customer is estimated to be $0.167 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.6 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate.

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THE REGULATORY PROCESSThe Commission wishes to hear from affected parties before determining the public process necessary for the disposition of the Application.

Commission Order G-192-12 establishes a Preliminary Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application. The detailed Preliminary Regulatory Timetable can be reviewed on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com under Current Applications.

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Vehicle thefts on the downswing

Hazelton schools lock down

Cameron OrrOnce the Kitimat RCMP took

care of a group of youngsters in town who were bent on joyriding in people’s cars, vehicle thefts took a sharp dive.

That’s what the detachment’s new staff sergeant, Phil Harrison, told council as he presented the No-vember 2012 crime statistics.

Vehicle thefts had gone up near-ly seven times as many as there were in 2011, where there were only two for the whole year. This year there have been 13 to date.

The youth which Harrison re-ferred to broke into about 70 vehi-cles he said, and he pointed out they were entirely crimes of opportunity.

“I can’t impress upon people enough that we have to remain vigi-lant,” he said, saying people need to lock their doors and move valuables out of sight.

The other area of note is an in-crease in vandalism to property, which has seen a nearly 50 per cent

spike to 157 this year, compared to 105 in 2011. Harrison attributes the increase to an emphasis from RCMP for people to report vandal-ism, whereas it may have gone unre-ported in the past.

He said people need to report vandalism as quickly as possible, al-lowing RCMP to track where they are happening and to increase their efforts in those areas.

In other November statistics, there was one sexual assault and one aggravated assault for the month. There were three assaults with weap-ons or assaults causing bodily harm.

There were two businesses which were subjected to a break and enter, and six homes as well.

There were four vehicle thefts and eight cases of mischief to prop-erties.

Three files were opened for peo-ple possessing cocaine, and two for “other drugs”, but zero for marijua-na, ecstasy or meth. There was one case of trafficking cocaine.

New Hazelton RCMP re-ceived information that at least one sign was posted in the com-munity with messaging that was concerning to the RCMP and the public.

“Local RCMP had reason to believe that it was written by a male who is well known to po-

lice and the community,” North District RCMP Const. Lesley Smith said.

“As a precautionary mea-sure New Hazelton RCMP or-dered a lock down of all local schools until they were able to locate the male responsible for posting the signs.”

The male suspect was soon located in New Hazelton and ar-rested for uttering threats.

The male is being held in police custody pending further investigation and a future court appearance, Smith explained.

Earlier rumours that a male had entered a school were false.

Students at Nechako Elementary run through a dress rehearsal of their musical recital on Tuesday, December 18. The kids went live with the real performance on the Thursday, December 20, with two performances.

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After the rapid-� re devasta-tion Hurricane Sandy, the horror of the Sandy Hook Elementary school mass murders, the on-going debate on the release of people being deemed “cured” quickly after being found “not criminally responsible” for mul-tiple murders – it seems to me it takes something truly trivial to take people’s minds off the critical issues of life today.

I found something. A New Jersey girl who started an on-

line campaign calling for an Easy-Bake Oven in gender-neutral colours, has met with the people who design it. McK-enna Pope, 13, and her family met with the Easy-Bake team last Monday after-noon at the Pawtucket, R.I., headquarters of toy maker Hasbro. Hasbro invited the Gar� eld, N.J. 8th grader to listen to her thoughts and ideas after she was prompted to start an online petition when she wanted to buy an Easy-Bake Oven for her four-year-old brother and found them only in purple and pink. Several top chefs, includ-ing Bobby Flay, have since asked Hasbro to make them in more colours. No doubt they will. Mundane, but readable without rage.

It took my mind off gun control for a minute, although I marvel that 30,000 people found this inconsequential matter important enough to sign a petition.

I like America as a travel destination – but I am more likely to enjoy documen-

taries about rural and wilderness America than I am to drive there these days.

I feel for the country on a cultural and livability basis, especially in the big cities, but increasingly in the smaller formerly-believed “safe haven” communities where the events such as Newtown so often seem to surprise and shock the residents whose response is always, “who would have thought this could ever happen here?”

Americans are not a lot different from Canadians with a couple of exceptions – and gun ownership and use is one of the major differences. Clearly too, their ap-proach to mental health issues is not a strength.

We Canadians are not much better, if at all, in this area. Our ability to spot the potential dangers represented by mentally ill people leaves a lot to be desired. Read the papers if you don’t believe me.

Kitimat, for example, would be a “safe haven” community in most of our minds. Murders don’t occur with the same fre-quency as larger Canadian communities – but we have had our fair share, some of them still, essentially, unsolved.

We are also a gun-communi-ty – with a signi� cant number of hunters and even gun collectors. No doubt we’d all be shocked and stunned if all of the weapons in this community were laid on the � oor of Riverlodge’s big gymnasium. I was personally discom� ted when an old friend proudly showed me his own gun collection a few years after my

arrival in Kitimat. Perhaps I should have asked him about why guns, especially a couple of these guns, but I didn’t. In the 1980s people did not question their friends about their hobbies. This friend is dead and gone, but I sometimes wonder where the guns are.

It seems to me our current federal government has multiple blinders in place when it comes to picking up on trends and indicators in these areas we now all � nd at issue. Also, to me, its tendency for quickly designating such issues as provincial jus-tice or health responsibilities is as predict-able as it is depressing.

As parents and grandparents, resid-ing in relatively quiet Kitimat, no doubt, we have a much greater sense of comfort when our kids depart for school in the morning.

I certainly hope the recent faraway events (as unpredictable and unthinkable as they were) will spur some prompt dis-cussions about security in our own schools. It seems there may be some commonsense lessons to be learned.

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Rose-coloured glasses for 2013

Who can believe that it’s December 26 already. Boxing Day, or as I’m thinking of it, the � nal Northern Sentinel of 2013.

Of course, as I’m writing it’s really just December 20, but that’s the thing about work-ing in a deadline based environment, you continually exist as far in the future as your deadline. It’s disorienting at times.

I felt that for the column this week a look back at the year was in order, because it’s been a year of change for our readers.

That’s partly because as the year opened, this paper’s esteemed editor Malcolm Baxter announced in his � rst 2012 column that he’d be retiring from his post, and that I’d be re-turning to � ll the void.

I would begin my second life at the Sen-tinel starting the end of March, after a busy move from Smithers, leaving behind my � rst editor job at our sister paper, The Interior News.

Being back means re-learning the en-tire town again. People I knew from being a reporter are still here, except some names have gotten fuzzy in memory, or their titles changed. In some cases there are entirely new people to meet.

But what looking back at the year has shown me is that this town is hard to keep still. Things are continually changing; things lost, things gained.

There was a pit in my stomach when one of my � rst stories to write being back here was that the iconic Bookmasters store was closing. I worried that there would be more such stories, that I’d have come back to Kiti-mat just in time to see the beginning of its implosion.

Except I never truly believed that. Sure there is loss, but Kitimat is not just a town of “potential”, which I felt it was when I � rst lived here. That potential is, slowly, beginning to be realized. I sincerely think we’re see-ing the beginning of some very good times. The mayor pointed out recently that there have been over 60 new businesses opened or changed hands in 2012. That’s a lot of people who believe in the opportunities of Kitimat.

As we enter Kitimat’s 60th year of exis-tence as a town, I think we’re in line for a lot of good.

As your community reporter, it’s the good news that I want to tell.

Cameron Orr


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Dear Sir,My name is Rita

Dawson, I am Grand-mother to Garrett Daw-son of Kitimat who was the passenger in the vehicle that caught � re during the horren-dous accident on the highway into Kitimat.

I reside on Van-couver Island and am unable to afford the � ights from the Island to Kitimat to see my Grandson therefore it is with the deepest of appreciation and heart-felt gratitude that I am doing the only thing left to me in writing the people of the Town of Kitimat and those won-derfully sel� ess folk who stopped that eve-

Dear Sir,Just a note to express my

appreciation of very good neighbors who help out with keeping my wheelchair ramp free of snow — thank you! (I have been helped by the Dawsons of-ten and thank them so much.)

I have to say thank you to other neighbors who helped me out of one scary situation. My wheelchair got stuck, my leg was jammed and I couldn’t get out of the chair.

My cell phone, which I al-ways carry with me, was in the purse that was jammed at the back of my wheelchair. All I could do is sit in the chair in the snow and rain (and under

the evestrough that dripped on me) and scream for help.

It is very hard to hear people screaming for help when you’re inside.

What saved me is neighbors across the crescent were go-ing out and happened to hear me screaming. Mrs. P. Milne,

her young son (Garrett) and his friend Josh Fossl happened to be going out to � nd out what was happening to their young friend in the terrible car acci-dent.

They drove around the cres-cent to see where the call was coming from and came running up the driveway.

All I can say is one big thank you; I was totally scared, wet and cold but � nally in the house.

Sincerely,Joanne Ong

ning and helped both of the precious young men who were injured.

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You rock!Sincerely,

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Shames back for $15,000 grant from DistrictCameron Orr

My Mountain Co-Op, the group which now owns Shames Mountain, sent rep-resentatives to Kiti-mat’s Committee of the Whole meeting on Dec. 10 to update the council on their latest efforts and to again ask for an operational grant of $15,000.

First on their top-

ics of discussion was the fact that the Co-Op did make money over the last year, run-ning in the black with about $1 million in revenues, said board member John Krising-er, who was there with Dave Crater.

One of the larg-est sections of their budget is capital proj-ects, expected to cost

$140,000 next year.Their most re-

cent large project was building a new home for their diesel power generators, which used to be housed in a small shack on the mountain, but now has a proper storage facility.

They also were forced through safety regulations to replace

the cable which pulls their chair lift, which came at a cost of $80,000.

They’ll be, over the next four years, purchasing small grips for their chair lift as well which is another safety code requirement. There are 189 of those grips on their chair lift sys-tem, and each grip

costs $1,350.Krisinger was

asked how the Co-Op would use the $15,000 if they were approved for it next year, and he said that council could either stipulate how it’s spent, or else it would likely go to-wards a major ongo-ing capital project of maintaining their snow groomer.

Shipping containers solvedKitimat Council have spent months working

out a bylaw to figure out how shipping containers can be used as accessory structures and on De-cember 3 they came to a decision.

The new regulation includes numerous sec-tions — as do most bylaws — but Kitimat’s by-laws are viewable on their website, www.kitimat.ca, for those wanting to read it fully.

Council and admin-istration had been back-and-forth on the bylaw since September as council sought a clear, easy to understand policy, which councillors felt wasn’t the case in earlier drafts.

However when it came to final adoption on December 3 the council was pleased.

“I feel much better about this than the first

version proposed,” said Mario Feldhoff.Corinne Scott, who had typically been at the

forefront of concerns over the bylaw’s earlier wording, was also happy with the final product.

“I do think it’s a very good bylaw now, that’s easily followed and understood by the residents.”

There are a num-ber of qualifiers to use a shipping container as an accessory building or structure, including not using it for fenc-ing or screening, and temporary shipping containers will need a

Seasonal Storage Building Permit with a $1,000 bond.

Containers visibly corroded or that will re-quire significant alterations to its exterior will need a stamped engineering drawing.

The MESS bands held their annual poinsettia fundraiser once again this year and are thankful to the community for their support. They raised over $3m200. Here are a few kids with a few of the 700 poinsettias. They have also entered this photo in Devry nurseries poinsettia photo contest which will award a fundraising group with an extra $200 if they like the idea. If you missed your flower this year they’ll be back out next October.

Nancyjane Harness

“I feel much better about this than the first version

proposed.”

They also plan to build a new power line to their facilities.

Council moved for their request to be forwarded to up-coming budget delib-

erations, as they have with all other budget proposals.

The request has subsequently passed and the co-op will be receiving the grant.

Continued from page 1Before 2012,

Kitimat had hosted the Coy Cup in 2006, which is looked back on as a major success for the community for economic spin off. Ta-mitik Arena itself sold out several times, and in 2012 it nearly sold out on two occasions.

A major challenge still looming for the tournament is accom-modation for visiting teams. Madsen said many hotels in town have long-term agree-ments with industrial and construction com-panies meaning most rooms are booked up.

While officials and some others will likely get accommo-dation in town, he said Terrace might end up housing teams for the five day tournament.


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Dave Schiller found that a lot of people were nodding in agreement to what he was saying.

The Kitimat-resident was fed up over this past summer due to a lack of access to Kitimat’s waterfront. With Hospital Beach closed, and only one marina in operation — that being MK Bay — he was frustrated, as were many others.

He found enough of a following that he decided to just start his own Face-book group: Future Kitimat Beach.

And when Rio Tinto Alcan an-nounced that Hospital Beach would be re-opened, he let everyone know. He proclaimed on his page, “Good news!” before sharing the details.

The page just started with an opin-ion that seemed to catch on.

“[How] it started out, I wrote out a blurb on [waterfront access] and put it on my personal Facebook site. I was having a lot of ‘likes’ on it, a lot of com-ments on it...I � gured it’s starting to snowball, it’s not just me venting.”

He was given permission to post a comment to one of the Facebook Buy and Sell groups and interest kept grow-ing. When he hit about 70 ‘likes’, he started up his own page.

He thinks it was effective in at least letting Kitimat Council know people wanted action on waterfront access.

“I think it probably let city council know there are people out there who want the Alcan beach...The turn out may have been the same anyways with or without it. I don’t know,” he said. “The biggest point was to get lots of people on there and show city council that there is no access to the [Douglas] Channel.”

He said he’s not convinced that Hospital Beach will remain open inde� -nitely so the page will remain so people

don’t forget that waterfront access is a real issue locally.

He � rmly believes that the access to social media made this Kitimat topic so accessible.

“Because of Facebook you can voice your opinion immediately, and you get immediate responses from people. Without Facebook, without the Internet itself, you’d be writing � yers, you’d be trying to get a hold of your buddies to pass the message around. It would have been long and complicated,” he said.

In another corner of Facebook is Kitimat Politics, a group of 283 as of this writing.

Sandra Capezutto (you’ll see her by her pro� le name Sandra Hunter) founded the page over a year ago and it remains a busy, frequently updated page by its members on news items not just local but with local impact.

Kitimat Politics, like many other pages we’ve talked about, spawned from an already existing community page, not associated with politics. But when that original page started to get � ooded with political messages and discussion around the last municipal election, Cap-ezutto re-directed it all to this new page.

“It was just one of those spur of the moment things,” she said. “I’m not re-ally a political person.”

She said she hadn’t even voted in 90 per cent of the elections she was eligible to vote in.

“People [in the older group] were getting frustrated with all the political talk so then I saw the need for a politics page.”

Her page remains active, even with election over, and she said the debate is lively, with two camps, for the most part, � ring volleys at each other.

“There’s a lot about Enbridge and

all the different parties, and [Stephen] Harper,” she said.

Oil pipelines are an important topic for the group, but talk about Canada’s Prime Minister likely tops the charts for conversations.

“There’s a handful of regulars who are quite involved.”

Capezutto, who moved to Kitimat when she was seven, isn’t sure this group can speci� cally claim victory when it comes to her own political in-volvement, but she does note that she has cast a ballot in the last few elections.

Those on Facebook can also look up the page of town councillor Mary Murphy, who still updates her campaign page, Mary Murphy for Kitimat Coun-cil, but instead of campaign messages she includes a steady stream of relevant news items and articles which she has curated locally or nationally. She’ll also sometimes post updates on what council has done at recent meetings.

Social media connects Kitimatians to issuesPart 2 — The politics of Facebook

Facebook has gotten attention in this series while we’ve been silent on Twitter.

The format of Twitter makes in-depth conversations dif� cult, but Twitter users can indeed type in ‘kitimat’ into the search � eld to � nd references to this town.

Typically the tweets are links to news reports or articles that relate to town, such as pipeline news, or community features.

So yes, the lack of long-form communication makes Twitter more of a quick-hit type of medium but it can be a fast reference for local interest.

The Kitimat Politics group is one place where people share ideas online. Facebook has grown as a forum for discussion of local and national issues, and a place of activism. Dave Schiller used Facebook to campaign for water front access.

What about Twitter?

The gift that God sent for Christmas

John 1: 14, “And the Word became � esh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glo-ry as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Here’s a little Christmas quiz for you: What books of the Bible contain the Christmas account? You might think of Luke and His account of the shepherds going to Bethlehem to see the Savior, or perhaps your mind is drawn to Matthew and His account of the Magi who traveled from Persia to worship the Prince of Peace and offer Him their gifts. Well, those are the two most popular Christ-mas passages, but I would like to submit to you a third from the Gospel of John, “And the Word became � esh and dwelt among us.”

“The Word” — at � rst blush, this seems like an odd way to refer to Jesus, but when you dig a bit deeper it makes sense.

You see, our Lord is all about communica-tion. He spoke creation into existence. He said, “Let there be…and there was.” That spoken Word was Christ who John tells us “through whom all things were made.”

God created us to be in fellowship with Him. Adam and Eve walked and talked freely with God. But when they disobeyed God and sin entered the world, that perfect communication was lost.

For centuries after that, God spoke to people through His designated prophets, but Hebrews 1:1 tells us, “In these last days He has spoken to us by His Son.” In Jesus Christ, the Word become � esh, God was speaking to mankind; communicating His love and grace.

To do this, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to become one of us; live a sinless life and then give His life on the cross in exchange for the sins of those who would repent and receive Him as their Savior. That’s God’s Christmas gift to you and me; forgiveness and eternal life through simple faith in Jesus Christ as your Savior.

You won’t � nd another gift like that under your tree this Christmas.

This Christmas we can rejoice that we have not been forgotten; we live on a visited planet and we are not alone.

Jesus Christ, “the Word made � esh” came to dwell among us and He is communicating God’s love and forgiveness to each one of us today.

If you have never done so before, I pray that you would receive this most wonderful gift of God this Christmas and know the true peace that only the Babe in the manger can bring.

Only in Christ is there is hope, because only He can do for you what you cannot do for your-self; redeem your life both now and forever.

Amen.

From the PulpitRedeemer Lutheran Church

Pastor Clint Magnus



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Cancer has touched most of our lives, and some of us reflect while others champion. John Sorenson a science teacher at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School decided that Movember was an opportunity to educate and involve his student’s in the fight against cancer. On November 1st John put down his razor and took up a pledge. He would not shave his mustache for the month of November and he would encourage his students to fundraise for Prostrate cancer. At the end of the month John would reward his student’s hard work with an ice cream cake. His student’s showed their support for their teacher by raising $1,728 dollars. John, a humble man, said that all accolades belong to his students. “It started with an idea, and ended with $1,728 dollars being raised.” Often you hear people say “what’s wrong with kids today?”, well here is an example of “what’s right with kids today.” Photo Submitted

Continued from page 2While we only filled just over

200 hampers this year (we as-sume many of our clients are now employed or have left town) your generosity will allow the Food Bank to carry on for 2013.

Once again your have proven what a giving and caring commu-nity you are. Thank you and may you all have a very blessed and

joyous Christmas. A final article will be forth-

coming in the new year with a list of all the groups who gave so freely of their time and vehicles as well as an updated tally of dona-tions.

Thanks again to all the media for their ongoing support during this Christmas season and through-out the year.

Xmas Hampers

Shell Canada will no longer be pursuing any coalbed methane de-velopment in the Klappan, an area where the Skeena, Nass and Stikine rivers form known by First Nations as the Sacred Headwaters.

The announcement of an agree-ment between the Province of B.C., the Tahltan and Shell Canada came on the morning of Dec. 18, an agree-ment that will see Shell immediately withdraw plans to develop the area and return the 3,200 square-kilome-tres in tenure acquired in 2004 back to the government.

“Shell has a robust portfolio of

exploration and production opportu-nities in North America. Currently, Klappan is not a priority project and Shell has decided that it will not pur-sue oil and gas activities within the Klappan region of Northwest British Columbia at this time,” said manager of communications for Shell Canada Larry Lalonde in a statement.

“Additionally, Shell proposes to conduct reclamation work on sites where we were active in 2004 and 2007. This reclamation work is con-sistent with Shell’s sustainable de-velopment principles to ensure these sites return to a natural state.”

Shell ditching Klappan

10 Northern Sentinel, Wednesday, December 26, 2012A10 www.northernsentinel.com Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Northern Sentinel

General ManagerBurns Lake Native Development Corporation is a First Nations owned and driven organization. With a strong working relationship with its Board of Directors the organization is committed to promoting entrepreneurship and economic growth development within its six member first nations.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ideal candidate for this half-time position (moving to full time pending resources) will demonstrate - financial management skills - good written and oral skills - strong management skills and project management experience - experience working with a board of directors - hands-on HR management skills - familiarity with lending principles - experience in community economic development - experience in a non- profit organization - must have experience in proposal writing, forestry, logging and value added operations - good understanding of dealing with first nation communities

Responsibilities: - co-ordinating meetings of, and reporting to, Board and its committees - assisting Board formulate policies and programs - overseeing administration - planning, developing and monitoring budgets and performance targets - developing and maintaining HR policies; recruiting, training, supervising staff - leading economic development initiatives

Applicants ideally will have several years management experience, post secondary education in a business related field, familiarity with log harvesting, small business lending and an ability to work with diverse client and partnership groups. Aboriginal ancestry is an asset.

Please submit resumes by January 7, 2013 to:

Chair Burns Lake Native Development Corp PO Box 1030, Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 Fax: (250) 692-7483 Email: [email protected]

Tahtsa Timber Ltd. has full time HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

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Top rates and bene ts pac a e.Fax resumes to 250-692-7140

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THINK SAFE! BE SAFE!

Haisla Nation Councilhas an immediate opening for a:

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTThe Haisla Nation Council has an opening for a motivated individual for the position of Executive Assistant. The successful applicant will be responsible for providing administrative and clerical services in an effective and efficient manner to ensure the Nation’s operations are maintained, and will report to the Chief Operating Officer.

Duties:• Provides administrative support to Chief Operating Officer;• Planning, organizing and coordinating administrative functions;• Scheduling meetings, take minutes and arrange conference calls;• Review and edit reports;• Preparing correspondence;• Maintaining filing system;• To follow the HNC personnel policy and manual;• Other duties as requested by the Chief Operating Officer;• To serve as Interim Chief Operating Officer in his absence.

Qualifications:• Diploma or Degree in Business Administration preferred;• Five (5) years work experience in administration;• Excellent people management and facilitation skills;• Direct working experience with First Nations;• Excellent writing, research and computer skills, including

proposal writing;• Applied experience in financial management, including contracts

and budgets;• Knowledge of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada policies and

procedures, Human Rights legislation, and Labor Canada regulations.

Skills: Work flexible hours, analytical and problem solving skills, team building skills, decision-making skills, attention to detail, organizational skills, oral and written communications, computer knowledge, research skills, time and stress management skills.

Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and resume, which must include names of three references and the express permission for HNC to contact these individuals to: Stephanie McClure, Human Resources Manager

Haisla Nation Council Haisla P.O. Box 1101 Kitamaat Village B.C. V0T 2B0

Phone: 250-639-9361 Ext 109 Fax: 250-632-2840

Email: [email protected] No later than Friday, January 4, 2013 at 4 p.m.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those short-listed will be contacted.

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Positions available in Dease Lake, Bob Quinn and Tele-graph Creek. Minimum of Class 3 BC Drivers Licence with air endorsement or rec-ognized equivalent required. Wages and allowances per collective agreement. Accom-modations may be available.

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FORTUNE KITCHENis hiring a full-time/part-time delivery driver. Must have own vehicle. Drop resume off at 410 Enterprise Ave.

Phone 250.632.3828

Employment

Help WantedAn Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

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Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be will-ing to relocate to Edson, Al-berta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

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Help WantedMount Layton Hotspringshas immediate openings for FT/PT Cook, Housekeeping and Barmaid/lounge server. Resumes may be faxed, emailed or dropped off in per-son to Mount Layton Hot-springs:

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Jan. 3The Kitimat Seniors Branch 129 general meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at the Seniors Centre at 1 p.m.OngoingThe Kitimat Girl Guides urgently need new lead-ers for the local groups. For more info call Lois at 250-632-3446 or Nancy at 250-632-0135.SILLY YAKS (CELIAC) SUPPORT GROUP sup-porting gluten free eating and helping people with celiac disease feel well and healthy. Participate in discussions around safe foods, foods to avoid, cross contamination, recipe ideas, etc. The � rst meeting will be held Aug. 23 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Kitimat General Hospital. The group is open to anyone interested in learning about celiac disease. For more infor-mation please call 250-632-3063KITIMAT PUBLIC LIBRARY — Book your free one-on-one introduction to computer tutorial. Want to learn how to use a computer? Brianna will show you, just call the library and book an appointment for a morning, afternoon or evening session at 250-632-8985.KITIMAT SENIORS’ CENTRE is looking for a new leader for their Seniors’ Band. Please con-tact the Programmer (250 632 3475) for more info if you have the skills, experience and desire to volunteer your time with this group.CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Family Fun Spot Drop-In Monday and Friday afternoons 1-3 p.m., Wednesday mornings 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Ages 0-5 welcome “A Great place for fami-lies to meet over coffee and toys!” Contact 250-632-3144 for more information.KITIMAT FIBRE ARTS GUILD: Interested in knitting, spinning, weaving, or any other � bre? For more information phone Maureen 250-632-5444.KITIMAT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - 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 information contact Mary at 250-639-6016.AGLOW OF KITIMAT: All are welcome at our Care Group and Bible Study for men and women, singles or married, Thursdays at 7 p.m. For infor-mation phone Brenda at 250-632-5771 or Wendi at 250-632-5673.DID YOU KNOW that literacy is more than just being able to read? The Kitimat Adult Literacy Program provides FREE tutoring services for adult interested in improving their reading, writ-ing, math, communication, and information tech-nology skills. Is English NOT your � rst language? We provide FREE tutoring and small group Eng-lish as a Second Language (ESL) classes. For more information please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or to see what’s happening at the Communi-ty Corner check us out at www.kitimatcommuni-tyservices.ca/KALP.html or � nd us on facebook. DO YOU HAVE DIABETES? We offer individ-ual and group counseling. Certi� cation for blood glucose strips is available. Make an appointment and bring your meter. The Good Food Box is part of our program. Forms for this can be picked up at the Living Well Program or at the hospital main desk. Donations for this worthwhile program are always accepted. For more info call 250-632-8313 during operating hours - Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. - or leave message on our voice mail. We are located on the second � oor of the Kitimat Hospital in the Home Support of� ces.PRAYER CANADA KITIMAT meets upstairs at the � re hall Tuesdays, from noon - 1:00 p.m. All are welcome to pray for our city council and those in positions of authority in Kitimat, for the gov-ernment of BC and of Canada. For information call Lesley at 250-632-4554.TUTORS NEEDED — The Kitimat Adult Lit-eracy Program is looking for people interested in tutoring. They offer tutoring services for Eng-lish as a Second Language, math, reading, writ-ing, communication, and information technology. They offer free tutor training and resources to as-sist you. Only requires approximately 2 hours per week. If you would like more information on how to become a Tutor please call Brandi at 250-632-7393 or email [email protected]

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COMING EVENTS

The Terrace Canadian Tire store again contributed $1,500 to Kitimat’s Christmas Hamper program, an ongoing tradition from store owner Bryan Gascon, shown second from right at the Christ the King Catholic Church hall where hampers were being � lled on December 14 for delivery on December 15. With him are (left to right) Food Bank president Marjorie Phelps, vice-president Bill Willis and Luella Froess. Cameron Orr

SubmittedThe Kitimat Ice Demons exacted

a measure of revenge over their defeat on Prince Rupert ice two weeks ago, be overwhelming the young Rampage with a 56–17 shot performance and a 4-2 win at Tamitik Arena Friday night, Dec 14. Only the acrobatics of Keano Wilson in the Rampage net kept the score from matching the dominance of the Demons team on this night.

Veteran Kitimat Ice Demons goal-tender Brett Vilness returned to the net for the � rst time this season and after a somewhat nervous start settled down sol-idly and made some important saves in the early part of the third period when the Rampage started with a strong ef-fort to get back into the game. Vilness made several key saves before a scuf� e in front of the net sent the Demons’ Kyle Boudreault and the Rampage’s Jean Luc Fournier to the box for roughing after a great glove save by Vilness.

From then the Demons again began to take charge and the Rampage’s oppor-tunity � zzled.

Demons took a 2-1 lead into the � rst intermission, after a sloppily-played period where lots of turnover and loose pucks were bountiful. But Derek Waki-ta got the Demons ahead at 7:09 of the � rst after Terry Whelan deftly recovered a puck in front of the Rampage crease, passed to Wakita who beat Wilson clean-ly. Jordan Goncalves also had an assist on the play.

The Demons seemed to get their act together better after the goal and two minutes later Ian Coleman put home a clean shot as Wade Masch redirected a hard point shot by Adam Buick to his stick.

The Demons had the puck in the net moments later, but the referee on the far side of the ice lost sight of the still-loose puck.

An errant up ice pass, with Demons on the power play sent speedy Devon Palmer in alone on Vilness and a slick deke gave the ‘keeper’ little chance. It was one of 10 shots at Vilness in a period that did not see many chances for Rupert, while Demons directed 18 shots at Wil-son.

The Demons kept up the onslaught in the second period registering 21 more shots to eight for the Rampage, who took � ve minor penalties in the period, against three for the Demons. Kitimat added goals by Derek DeLisser, on the power play, as he got behind Wilson to redirect a pass from Dan Jerrett at 7:31 and the same two players combined with Jon Ai-ken to see Jerrett score � ve minutes later

(Aiken, Delis).The third period was more of the

same, with Demons having 17 shots to Rampage’s eight. The Demons were kept at bay by a desperate defense and some outstanding saves by Wilson and when Rupert did break though they found Vil-ness getting more comfortable with his game after so long on the sidelines.

Rupert still managed its second un-assisted goal on the game, the only goal of the third period, when Tyler Ostrom won a battle in the corner for a puck and directed it at goal. Vilness was screened and the puck found its way to the far cor-ner topside.

There were few more dramatics in the game which wound down with the Demons storming the Rampage net.

The next game for the Ice Demons is expected to be much more of a challenge

than the last three weeks. The Ice De-mons will travel to Smithers to face the undefeated Smithers Steelheads which remain in the lead in the Central Division.

The Coy Cup winners last season and the winners of their � rst CIHL playoff championships lost last to the Williams Lake Stampeders in a one goal game to launch the CIHL playoffs � nal last Feb-ruary.

The Ice Demons are promoting a fan bus to Smithers for the Dec. 29 game.

In CIHL standings, the Ice Demons lead the West Division with 22 points, ahead of second place River Kings with 13.

In the Central Division, the Steel-heads lead with most overall points in the league with 26.

The Williams Lake Stampeders top the East division with 19 points.


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Above is a common scene from the night as Rupert’s Keno Wilsoncovered up the crease, surrounded by a crush of Demons and Rupert defenders. Below, Derek DeLisser is pumped after scoring the 3-1 goal behind Keno Wilson, assisted by Dan Jerrtt rounding the net (20) and point man Dave Venman (4).

Demons tame Rampage on Kitimat home ice

No Steelheads for the Coy Cup

The CIHL’s Smithers Steelheads have opt-ed out of playing in the Coy Cup this year, as the realities of a working man’s league set in.

“This year the tournaments going to be in Kitimat again and we feel it’s going to be the same four teams, it’s a big expense for us and a week off work,” Steelheads captain, Darryl Young said.

“We just feel like if there was someone coming in from down south to make it different and more exciting I think we would.”

The Steelheads would have been the de-fending champs of the Coy Cup.

“Last year was great winning the Coy Cup but it’s a long week of hanging around playing hockey and it’s exciting to win, but I think there is a lot of commitment to jobs and families and they can’t commit to the tournament right now,” coach, Tom DeVries said.

“So we said if it’s the same four teams that are in our league then what’s the point?”

The Coy Cup has been the provincial tour-nament for the senior mens AA division for nearly a hundred years and usually consists of two best teams from the southern leagues and two best teams from the northern leagues.

However, in the past few years it seems the CIHL is the only league participating in the week long tournament.

“When we found out there was going to be no other teams in the Coy Cup other than CIHL teams we declined for a few reasons,” club pres-ident, Kelly Zackarias said.

“One being we’ll be playing the same teams that are in the CIHL playoffs and also all our guys have to take a week off work and the loss of wages for a week came into play as well as costing the club between eight and $10,000.”

Kitimat Northern Sentinel, December 26, 2012

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