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Ruth LloydCaledonia Courier

An independent investigator is looking into the allega-tions of sexual harassment filed against Fire Chief Rob Ben-nett.

Paul McKivett of James R. Craven and Associates Ltd. was hired by the District of Fort St. James to take on the investigation.

Bennett has been accused of incidents of sexual harass-ment against two female firefighters on the Fort St. James Volunteer Fire Department.

Kirstin Rudolph is one of the firefighters who brought forward a complaint, hers resulting from an incident after fire practice at the fire hall on July 18.

Since the complaints became public, the District of Fort St. James met with firefighters and asked for no one to speak publicly about the allegations.

Rudolph said McKivet’s experience was apparent during his interview with her.

“He really chose his questions well to really get back into the heart of the matter,” said Rudolph.

She said so far three women have provided information but she is hoping other women who had concerns regarding Bennett’s behaviour will come forward.

“If they do not wish to be identified, we can keep their identities secret, but we need to hear from them,” she said.

While the investigation helps to reassure her something will be done, Rudolph was also questioning the District’s handling of previous concerns regarding Bennett’s behav-iour. A fellow firefighter came forward in January and a letter was submitted in April detailing concerns regarding alleged drinking and unprofessional behaviour.

“The problem now is optics,” she said. Rudolph said firefighters at the hall did not see any re-

sults of bringing forward their concerns, even though some-thing may have been done to try and address the problems.

“There’s a silence on the part of the District.”The District of Fort St. James’ policy on harassment

states: “The council will treat all incidents of harassment seriously. We undertake to act upon all complaints and to ensure that they are resolved quickly, confidentially, and fairly.

We will discipline anyone who has harassed a person or group of people or who retaliates in any way against anyone who has complained of harassment, given evidence in ha-rassment investigations, or been found guilty of harassment. … The council of the District of Fort St. James will not tolerate harassment.”

The investigation was expected to be completed last week and a report with recommendations submitted on or before the end of this week to the District.

“I’m really curious to see what the recommendations will be,” said Rudolph.

She also said the atmosphere at the fire hall is under some strain as everyone adjusts to “the new norm” but she believes the investigation will help the dust to settle eventually.

“Hopefully the department will be better,” she said.Mayor Rob MacDougall declined comment as did the

District of Fort St. James Chief Administrative Officer Kev-in Crook.

Fire Chief Rob Bennett did not respond to messages prior to press time.

Single vehicle accident

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A single vehicle rollover occurred on Highway 27 near Dog Creek on July 31. The morning accident was attended by fire rescue, ambulance and the RCMP.

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Ruth LloydCaledonia Courier

RCMP, ambulance and firefighters all re-sponded to an accident on Highway 27 near Dog Creek on July 31.

At 8:40 a.m., RCMP received the call and attended the accident scene about one kilo-metre south of the Dog Creek Forest Service Road.

A Ford Escape travelling northbound had

rolled over, crushing the vehicle’s roof and then landed back on its wheels in the southbound lane.

The female driver was the lone occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident.

No serious injuries appeared to result from the incident, however the vehicle was believed to be a write-off.

Driver inattention appeared to be the cause of the rollover and no charges were recom-mended in the case.

Court report

For files appear-ing before the Fort St. James Provincial Court on July 23, 2013.

Herbert A. Felix was given a conditional dis-charge and 12 months probation with 12 months conditions for fraud under $5,000.

Erik L. Makonin was sentenced to 25 days in jail for failure to comply with a proba-tion order and 25 days in jail for failure to comply with a condi-tion of undertaking.

Dean R. Sam was fined $400 and charged a victim surcharge of $60 for failure to com-ply with a probation or-der and also one day in jail and charged another victim surcharge of $50 for a second count of failure to comply with a probation order.

PST webinars

Free webinars are being made available to help businesses return to the Provincial Sales Tax (PST).

Businesses that want to learn more about the Provincial Sales Tax can join interactive webinars offered by the provincial government in August.

The interactive webinar will cover the general principles of the PST and the new eTaxBC online business registration service. Registration and information is available at: www.gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach

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NEWSCourierAround the world

L-R Ava Burgart and Shelby Gibson. For the District of Fort St. James’ Summer Rec Program’s Around the World in Five Days week of activities, partici-pants built igloos out of sugar cubes for their visit to Alaska.

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RCMP reportOn July 25 at 10:16 p.m., RCMP

responded to an incident in Tache Re-serve in which three men reportedly chased some teens into a residence.

The men then attempted to en-ter the residence but left after others came.

They then left but allegedly re-turned with a hammer and a knife and an argument again ensued. The men eventually left and while residents had called police, they did not want to pur-sue charges against the men, but asked they be given a warning.

On July 26 at 12:20 a.m., RCMP on patrol on the Tachie Road came across a 2009 Chevy Silverado along-side the road, high-centred in the ditch.

The driver was attempting to free the vehicle and was reportedly im-paired at the time.

The man was arrested and taken into custody and his vehicle impound-ed, and he was issued an administra-tive roadside prohibition. He also re-fused to provide a breath sample.

The man will appear in court on Oct. 22 and police are recommending charges of impaired driving and fail-ing to provide breath samples.

On July 26 at 3 a.m., a complain-ant reported his son had smashed the inside of a house.

The RCMP attended and found extensive damage to the house, food all over and items in the house smashed.

The adult male suspect was ar-rested and will appear in court in Oc-tober, with the police recommending charges of mischief.

On July 26 at 6:35 p.m., someone in the Mt. Milligan camp reported having three rings stolen from her room.

The investigation determined as many as 200 or more people could have had access to her room, and therefore RCMP have no suspects at this time.

On July 27 at 4:29 p.m., there was a report of a hit and run vehicle ac-cident in the Overwaitea parking lot around 4 p.m.

A witness reported seeing a red Ford pickup backed into her grand-mother’s car. RCMP are reviewing video surveillance from outside the building to identify the vehicle and driver.

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• Guest EditorialB.C. aboriginal

agreements progress fragileTom FletcherBlack Press

The ceremonies have become com-mon at the B.C. legislature. Govern-ment officials and aboriginal leaders gather to celebrate resource sharing agreements that allow economic devel-opment in areas that need employment but are hampered by a century of uncer-tainty and dispute over treaties, or lack thereof.

This approach emerged a decade ago with forest agreements. The B.C. Lib-eral government bought back timber cutting licences from big forest firms and made them available for community forests and aboriginal communities who claimed the areas as their traditional territories.

Recently the approach was extended to mining revenues and water licence fees paid by private power developers. 

These are substantial steps for-ward for the only province in Canada in treaty limbo. A 2010 sharing deal worth more than $30 million in royal-ties for the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine north of Prince George helped the

McLeod Lake Indian Band recover from the pine beetle and forestry slump that devastated its business base.

After many years of struggle, Mount Milligan expects to go into produc-tion this year.  Another agreement with Kamloops-area communities shared revenues from an expanded Afton mine.

Perhaps the most ambitious agree-ment was concluded in March of this year when the government signed a deal with the Tahltan Nation for mining and hydroelectric development in remote northwestern B.C. The deal clears the way for a major extension of the BC Hydro grid to power the Tahltan village of Iskut and also the Red Chris metal mine, opening up the region to other mining and hydro potential as well.

To get that deal, the province put up $20 million last year to buy back Shell Canada’s coalbed gas leases in the Klappan region, headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers. Those leases had become a target of interna-tional protest.

Even after these expensive conces-sions, it would be an error to conclude that all is well between the Tahltan and

the province. Stikine MLA Doug Don-aldson questioned Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad on this point dur-ing the recent legislature session.

The Tahltan Central Council was pleased about shared decision-making on resource projects, until they found out that B.C. had handed the environ-mental assessment of a new open-pit coal mine over to the federal govern-ment. The proposed mine is in the Klap-pan, known around the world as the Sa-cred Headwaters.

Rustad said shared decision-making deals such as the Tahltan agreement do not cover activities of the B.C. Environ-mental Assessment Office.

Whether the review of that coal mine is federal, provincial or combined, it requires extensive consultation with af-fected parties.

That’s great, but all that goodwill could evaporate quickly if a coal mine ends up getting a permit despite Tahltan objections.

Rustad’s Nechako Lakes constitu-ency is also a focal point for oil and gas pipeline proposals. Donaldson highlighted another problem. Last year

the government signed a reconciliation agreement with the Gitanyow First Na-tion near Terrace, one of many commu-nities struggling to get through the B.C. treaty negotiation process.

That agreement included a joint land-use  plan. Then the Environmental As-sessment Office asked the Gitanyow for its input on proposed gas pipelines through its territory, to feed the gov-ernment’s liquefied natural gas plans. Again, the joint  land-use  plan has no provision for pipelines.

The Gitanyow hereditary chiefs wrote to the B.C. government in July, threatening to go to court over the pipe-line proposal and questioning the value of their hard-won reconciliation agree-ment.

Resource revenue sharing agree-ments and shared  land-use  plans are well-intentioned and represent real progress. But these situations show how fragile they are.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and  BCLocal-news.com

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Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Na-than Cullen came for some face to face time in Fort St. James last week.

Cullen, also house leader for the of� cial opposition, had meetings with the District of Fort St. James, RCMP, Mt. Milligan and others while in town for the day.

Cullen took a bit of time out of his busy day to chat with The Cou-rier about some of what was on his mind and say a few words on some issues.On Mt. Milligan:

Cullen said he is "trying to get as much bene� t as humanly pos-sible for this community" from the project. While he thinks the company has done a good job with training (for which he also credits

the Fort St. James College of New Caledonia) and the environment, he said he would like to see them do better on their promise to have more people live here.

Housing issues in the commu-nity make this dif� cult, and while Mt. Milligan owns lots which could be developed, this is not hap-pening.

Cullen said Mt. Milligan is one of the � rst companies to have to go through what he called "the new reality" in terms of expecta-tions from communities to leave a legacy.

"I want to see this town pros-per."On energy and energy projects:

"We need a map," said Cullen, who wants to see a "polluter pay" system at the heart of a na-tional energy

policy."These re-

sources, you only get to do them once, so do them well."

Cullen said industry, the provinces and First Nations are all calling for a national energy strategy and he called the huge numbers of pro-posed projects in the region a "wild west" with little forethought.

He said with the large num-ber of proposed liqui� ed natural gas pipelines and projects being looked at to take

the natural gas from northern B.C. and Alberta, there is still no plan for a corridor for the pipelines to go across the province in order to minimize the overall impact. Included in these is the impact to forestry as each one would re-quire clearing a large area over the length of a pipeline.

Cullen likens the role of gov-ernment in these situations to a referee managing competing teams.

"You protect the integrity."On the proposed referendum on the decriminalization of marijuana in B.C.:

"The Conservatives are locked into a tough on crime mantra," he said. "Even when

the policy has been a failure." While Cullen's party's of� cial position is decriminalization of marijuana possession under cer-tain amounts, Cullen said he's not necessarily convinced the public is ready for the drug to be legalized, but he also doesn't think what is currently in place is effective.

"The status quo is terrible."On Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau:

While he admits Trudeau gets a lot of attention for his name and celebrity status, Cullen doesn't think Trudeau will necessarily lead the Liberal Party back to of� cial op-position status.

"We're interested in celebrity, I think that's natural."

"Some of his � rst and only real poli-cies have not been really thoughtful," said Cullen, using Trudeau's support of unlimited Chinese ownership of Cana-dian companies as an example.On The KEY Re-source centre:

Cullen was very excited about the

potential impact of the new centre in downtown and applauded the College of New Caledonia's efforts in making it happen.

But he also said he also under-stands why people would be con-cerned when a large company like Enbridge is providing � nancial support for projects and the poten-tial for concerns over the motiva-tion or possible strings.

"It forces us to � gure out what we're about," he said, adding com-munity's need to think about what they are willing to do for the fund-ing.

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ABOVE: Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen sat down for a chat at The Soup Wallah during a summer visit to Fort St. James.

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

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

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

Tuesday 11:30-8:00Wednesday 11:30-4:30Thursday 11:30-4:30

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

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

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

month. Contact (Sue) at 250-996-7728 (h) for more information.

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

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

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

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

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

***FIREwEED SAFE hAVEN...a safe place for women and their children leaving violence or abuse. 24 hour access - please call 996-8000.

***

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

***DROp IN AT ThE LEGION... for fun darts. No charge. Every Saturday 2:30 p.m.

The Sensible BC tour is coming to town!Meet Dana Larsen and join the campaign

for a marijuana referendum.

Sunday August 11Fort St James - 3pm, St James Restaurant

(338 Stewart Dr)

Vanderhoof - 5:30pm, A&W (113 1st St)

Fraser Lake - 8pm, Subway (416 McMillan Ave)

Find out more at http://SensibleBC.ca

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NASHEIM, Kay (Jessie Ellen Kay)April 22, 1923 - July 25, 2013

It is with saddened hart we announce the passing of Kay Nasheim at the age of 90 years only July 25, 2013. Kay is predeceased by her beloved husband Harold and her daughter Diane. Kay is survived by her sons Larry and Ben; daughters Audrey and Kyla; along with numerous grand-children, great grandchildren, and other family and friends. Kay will be remembered for her love of life, feisty spirit and active lifestyle. No service will occur at her request. In lieu of flowers, those wishing you may make a donation to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, #4 - 1551 Sutherland Ave., Kelowna, BC V1Y 9M9. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneral.com, 250-860-7707.

COLLEGE OF NEW CALEDONIA - Fort St. James Campus

The College of New Caledonia is looking to fill the following sessional faculty positions:

ACADEMIC ADVISOR – KEY RESOURCE CENTREThe Academic Advisor – Key Resource Centre assists students to set educational goals, provides information on skills require-ments, suggests appropriate counselling, testing and career exploration. Qualifications include minimum of two years post-secondary education in the field of education or social sciences or a related field. Considerable experience in a related field(four years minimum, five years preferred). Demonstrated knowledge of Aboriginal cultures, especially the Métis and local FirstNations. Knowledge of social issues in Aboriginal communities, especially those issues that directly impact Aboriginal students.Understanding of Aboriginal philosophy of education.

WELDING PROGRAM INSTRUCTORSuccessful candidate will need experience working with Aboriginal students and an understanding of learning styles is anassetLevel “A” British Columbia Certification. Five years experience working as a Journeyperson Welder in a number of industrialsettings. Preference will be given to those candidates who are current in the trade, with an Interprovincial Trades Qualificationand who have proven teaching and/or supervisory experience. Ability to deal effectively with students on an individual or groupbasis. Completion of the Provincial Instructor’s Diploma Program (PIDP) would be considered an asset.

CLASSROOM AIDE – TRADES ACCESS (2 positions)This position will assist the Instructor with preparation for the program. Duties will include obtaining necessary materials asrequired for class use. Assisting the instructor with preparation for the course. Organizing of classroom facilities and classactivities. This position requires a person of Aboriginal ancestry who also meets all other necessary qualifications. Should aqualified Aboriginal person not be available for the position, the College will consider non-Aboriginal applicants with other nec-essary qualifications. Must be familiar with the content in the program.

To find out more information about these and other opportunities, and directions on how to apply, please check our websiteat: www.cnc.bc.ca/tools/employment

Join us. We offer a supportive workplace, great benefits, and competitive salaries. And we have opportunities to grow,both within our college, and within our communities.

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Com a Nak’azdli Band provides Housing and Commer-cial Space on six reserves in and around Fort St. James BC

Jo es ri o our main responsi ili es ill e repairs and renova ons it in Nak’azdli. n a da -to-da asis ou ill e expected to complete ousing repairs and

renova ons to Na onal Building Code Specs. o ac ieve t is ou ill lead a team o cer ed level carpenters. our ork ill ena le Nak’azdli to provide ealt and sa e ousing or all Nak’azdli communit mem ers.

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Cer ed Car e ter. le to supervise t o level carpenters. e uired to report to standards. irect mentor level carpenters to reac next levels o pro ession

a es commensurate it experience

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Carpenter Nak’azdli Band . . Box Fort St. James BC J Fax - - c l nakazdli.ca Nakazdli.ca en on ete rickson

The Mount Milligan copper - gold mine is located 155 km northwest of Prince George and mid - way between the communities of Fort St. James & Mackenzie. The state-of-the-art process-ing plant will be built around a 40-foot Semi-Autogenous Grinding (SAG) mill – one of only six mills of its kind in the world, and the largest in North America.

MILL INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:• Must have Interprovincial Journeyperson Instrumentation certifi cation • Knowledge of Delta-V & ABB 800XA DCS systems, Outotec on-stream analyzer considered assets• Metso Vision Systems would be considered an asset• Proven safety record• Must have own tools• Excellent written & verbal communication skills• Self-motivated, team player with a positive attitude and the ability to work with minimal supervision

WORK SCHEDULE:The schedule for this position will be 7 days on and 7 days off, 12 hours per day. While on rotation, dry -camp facilities are provided.

This position will be required to work inside the Mill and Crushing facilities or in the fi eld as required.

This position offers a Competitive Salary &

Benefi ts Package, in line with qualifi cations

and experience. Please reply with resume

to: [email protected]

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Fort St. James Community Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP)

The Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) amendment #3 for the Fort St. James Community Forest License K1D is available for review and comment. This amendment is for the addition of the Witch Forest Development Unit. This plan can be reviewed Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm at the KDL office @ 561 Stuart Drive, Fort St. James B.C. or at the District of Fort St. James office @ 477 Stuart Drive West, Fort St. James, B.C. Questions or comments are received by John-Paul Wenger, RPF @ [email protected] (250) 996-8032 ext 33.

CLOSE TO SCHOOLS AND ALL AMENITIES.

Secluded and on their own private street backing onto Nahounli Creek.

First home has 1,736 sq. ft., three bedroom, 2 full baths, with air conditioning

and wood burning stove. Second home has 2,300 sq. ft. of living space,

four bedroom, 2 and 1/2 bathrooms, bonus room and 540 sq. ft. attached garage. Features air

conditioning and natural gas fi replace. Smaller of the two homes is priced to sell at:

$249,800, and the second is listed for $329,000. Call:

(250) 996-3621 during the day, or (250) 996-8981 evenings.

TWO BRAND NEW HOUSES LOCATED IN THE CENTRE OF FORT ST. JAMES

2635 SQ.FT. LOG HOUSE ON STUART LAKE5.7 ACRES 230’ LAKE FRONT5 bedrooms - 3 bathroom, open fl oor plan with new laminate fl ooring in living

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$398,000

room, dining, kitchen & bathroom. 6 appliances, new metal roof.Stuart Lake is 60km long. Excellent Rainbow, Trout & Ling Cod fi shing. 3 blks to elementary school. 10 min. to town

CALL: ED SCHWARTZIN 250-692-0007CEL: 250-996-1071

NECHAKO VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY

Administrative AssistantJOB POSTING # 2013 – 85

Fort St. James, Part-Time Permanent

JOB SUMMARYProvides a variety of administrative, secretarial, clerical and receptionist duties in an office; prepares correspondence and other documents, operates a multi-line phone, maintains filing system and produces reports from a variety of information sources and databases.

DEPARTMENT LOCATION NVCSS Fort St. James Office

Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent; Post-Secondary business or Administrative Assistant Certificate

Reporting Skills, Administrative Writing Skills, Microsoft Office Skills, Managing Processes, Organization, Analyzing Information, Professionalism, Problem Solving, Supply Management, Inventory Control, Verbal Communication

A Valid BC Class 5 Driver’s Licence, Clean Drivers Abstract and a Satisfactory Criminal Record Check will be requested from the applicant

SALARY Community Living Services Collective Agreement Grid 10 - $15.93 - $18.54

HOURS OF WORK Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

POSTING DATE July 28, 2013

CLOSING DATE August 23, 2013

START DATE As Soon as Possible

This position is open to female and male applicant and requires Union membership. Please apply for this job only in the manner specified by the employer. Failure to do so may result in your application not being properly considered for the position.

Please send a cover letter of interest and current resume outlining your skills and qualifications for the position and include the job positing number:Via email: [email protected] 250-567-3939Mail: Tyrell Arnold, Executive Director Nechako Valley Community Services Society Box 1249, Vanderhoof, BC VOJ 3A0

Nechako Valley Community Services Society is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a

diverse workforce.

We thank all our applicants, however, only those invited to an interview will be contacted.

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Real Estate

Acreage for Sale2.98 acres for sale $138,000. Acreage nestled in beautiful Meadowbrook area Kimberley, BC. Water & septic hookup in place. Property backing onto a creek & views of the Kimberley Alpine Resort Ski Hill. As-sessed value $151,000. Zoned RR4. Minutes from Ski Hill & golf courses. Please contact 250-342-8334 [email protected]

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Recreational/Sale1999 Damon Challenger Class A Motorhome, Ford V10, 33’, one slide, 92,000 km, new tires, brakes & batteries, $27,500 obo. (250)365-7152 Castlegar

Trucks & VansFOR Sale: 95 Chev 2WD PUstd green & 97 Chev 4WD std crewcab white & 98 GMC 2WD auto fl atdeck white. View at public works Fort St. James M-F 7am-3pm. Sealed offers to municipal offi ce by Aug 21 3pm. Vehicles sold as is, where is. Must be removed by Aug 28. Dave 250-996-1472.

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Tachie Road workRuth LloydCaledonia Courier

The Tachie Road will see some much-needed improvements taking place next week.

The Fort St. James Transportation Committee was approached at the beginning of this year by Tl’azt’en First Nation to help work with the Min-istry of Transportation and Infrastructure to make resurfacing the Tachie Road a priority.

Sixteen kilometres of the road will be repaired or resurfaced, with the hope more will be done in the future.

“It’s actually gone really fast,” said Councillor

Joan Burdeniuk, a member of the committee. “It’s a good indication that they recognize that they have some issues there.”

While the heavy logging traf� c on the road could be reduced if a connector from the Leo Creek Road to the North Road proposed by Can-for goes through, sections of the road are in poor condition.

The Transportation Committee was also instru-mental in making sure North Road improvements were a priority. There is still crush being laid down as part of $2.5 million in upgrading work being done to the road, which was in rough shape due to heavy industrial use.

Aboriginal group vows to � ght permitsSam Redding Omineca Express

The Yinka Dene Alliance, has vowed to � ght the B.C. government’s move which could allow Enbridge to tem-porarily enter First Nations territory and cut down trees for a land survey.

If approved, the permits would allow Enbridge to oc-cupy three sites within Nak’azdli territory for a few days according to a letter written by a First Nations relations of� cer.

“The reason we were very strong in our response is because Enbridge is trying to do permits and trying to create a momentum which we are bound to stop,” said Yinka Dene spokesperson Geraldine Thomas-Flurer.

According to an email from Brennan Clarke in the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, the consideration of the permits is separate from the assessment of the entire project.

Enbridge spokesperson, Ivan Giesbrecht, said that the permits are for information requested at the Joint Review Panel hearings and that, even though those hearings are closed, the data to be collected is still needed.

He said that the permits are not pushing the Northern Gateway pipeline forward, that they are just assessments that must be completed.

But the Yinka Dene, and therefore the Saik’uz and the Nak’azdli are committed to not allow-ing any Enbridge workers at all in their territories. Thomas-Flurer said that they will start � ning any Enbridge people they � nd on their lands and that there is signage up in the territories saying as much.

“They [Enbridge workers] will have to appear to our traditional governments and they will determine what restitution or � nes will have to be paid,” she said.

The permits would allow 361 cubic metres of brush and timber to be cut and nearly 400 metres of trail to be cleared.

According to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources the permits are for inves-tigative works only such as geotechnical surveys. They are not for construction of the pipeline.

Thomas-Flurer knows that her organization is not equipped to � ght a billion dollar company in court. She said that they are receiving hundreds of pages of referrals at a time, too many for a small, local government sized, organization of people.

“They’re bombarding our of� ces,” said Thomas-Flurer. “Knowing that we’re facing a mult-million dollar company that probably has a person for every page and a lawyer for every page. We’re out-resourced in money and people.”

They also have to keep up with the short deadlines to respond to the referrals.In an email from Clarke in the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Op-

erations:“The Province is legally required to consider the permit applications, and upon ac-

ceptance of the applications is required to consult First Nations. Regardless of whether First Nations respond or not, the decision maker must consider all available, relevant information in making a decision to issue the permit or not…Consultation does not imply veto power.”

So if the Yinka Dene fail to respond by a certain date there is a possibility that En-bridge could be allowed to proceed anyway.

“Christy Clark has said that she has � ve conditions and we respect that she is not going to be bullied,” said Thomas-Flurer. “But one condition we feel hasn’t been addressed is Aboriginal rights and titles.”

Nechako Lakes MLA and Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Rustad was asked to comment on the situation but he was unable to. He said that he wasn’t the right person to ask and after explain-ing the process the permits must go through, he said that was all he knew about it.

Thomas-Flurer said that the First Nations people here have wanted to meet with Christy Clark, “we were � rst in line” she said. But Clark has yet to visit their traditional territories and no meeting is scheduled.

“Throughout our history we are given low level authorities in government that meet with us and it goes nowhere and nothing ever gets done,” she said. “I think that time and time again a lesson has been learned… We are tired of sitting down with people that are unable to make decisions.”

Nathan Cullen, NDP Member of Parliament for Skeena-Bulkley Valley, said if a First Nation has said under no circumstances will they allow Enbridge on their traditional lands “it’s offensive” that the province is looking at these temporary use permits to allow Enbridge to continue to work on Crown land. He expressed doubts on whether the premier will be able to stick to her � ve condi-tions.

“I have a very low con� dence in the Premier right now,” he said. “We judge people by their actions and not by their words alone.”

“They cannot guarantee that there is not going to be a spill and looking at their track record its quite obvious,” said Thomas-Flurer, citing the Kalamazoo spill which will cost millions to clean up. Thomas-Flurer stressed that with any spillage it could seep into the ground and ruin drinking water that will be needed for generations to come.

Thomas-Flurer brought up the tar sands in Alberta as an example. Thomas-Flurer has seen the tar sands she said. And she described the devastation there in the landscape and the animals and the sad, defeated look found in the eyes of those First Nations people.

“Our people love our neighbours,” she said. “We are not here forever and the land doesn’t belong to us. We have a responsibility to protect the land for others and for future generations and we take that responsibility very seriously.”

Yinka Dene protesters at the tar sands.Photo courtesy of the Yinka Dene Alliance

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