Haida Gwaii Observer, February 05, 2016

By Andrew HudsonHaida Gwaii Observer

Few 70-year-olds mark their birthdays with a name change and a growth spurt, but the Delmas Co-op is a special case.

Starting Feb. 24, the co-op will be renamed Haida Gwaii Consumers Co-operative Association — an all-is-land name to better reflect the fact that with a grocery store and building supply in Masset and a second grocery store in Skidegate, the co-op serves residents across Haida Gwaii.

Speaking to the nearly 100 people who packed the Masset legion for Sunday’s annual general meeting, co-op president Bob Isaacs said member-owners can look forward to a promising, prosperous future.

All together, the co-op rang in a record $13,749,700 in sales over the last fiscal year — nearly $1.2 million more than the previous year.

For member-owners, better sales also mean a boost in equity and cash returns.

Over the current fiscal year, they will see a four per cent return on their co-op purchases, which is a full point higher than last year. In total, $835,786 has been allocated for member returns.

While the bulk of the co-op’s sales still come from its larger grocery store and build-ing supply in Masset, the Skidegate store saw higher growth — its sales were up 56 per cent over last year, compared with a 32 per cent boost in Masset.

Richard Clarmont, the co-op’s general man-ager, said he was also pleased to announce that the co-op is debt-free, having fully retired the mortgage on its six-year-old Masset food store, nearly two years ahead of schedule.

That milestone was marked in September with a mortgage-burning ceremony at the co-op’s anniversary barbecue.

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Archie Stocker Sr. photo After a series of powerful storms, this tree came crashing down on the Cemetery Road outside Masset, blocking all traffic to the airport beach. Janet and Robert Baker of Masset, pictured, continued their hike to the beach, leaving their car behind. The Village of Masset soon sent out a crew to cut up the fallen hemlock and piled it up in firewood-sized blocks for the taking.

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YVR unveils Davidson masterworksBy Andrew HudsonHaida Gwaii Observer

Reg Davidson enjoys sky light a lot more than spotlights.

The celebrated Haida carver likes to get up and working in his Old Massett studio around 3 a.m., well before dawn, and way before his phone gets a chance to ring.

The studio has no windows, so Davidson can work without waking his neighbours.

“Nobody’s complained yet, and I’ve been here 20 years,” he says,

laughing.Instead of windows, the studio has

skylights — meaning the only ones likely to get a peek at Davidson’s

latest work are the eagles and ravens that fly overhead.

But after an unveiling last Tuesday, a whole new flock of high-fliers will get to see the four red-cedar works that make up Davidson’s first public art outside Old Massett.

Standing in the domestic termi-nal of the Vancouver International Airport, Davidson’s 24-foot cedar pole, two sculptures and monumen-tal bentwood box will be seen by up to 100,000 air travellers a day.

“I’m happy where I’m at today.”

- Reg Davidson

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The early morning of Friday April 24, Haida Gwaii was hit by an Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude. No tsunami warnings were issued after the earthquake. The epicentre of the quake was approximately 167 km south of the Village of Queen Charlotte.

Some residents of Haida Gwaii reported objects shaking and windows rattling, but no serious damage or injuries were reported.

As the islands of Haida Gwaii all have unique geological qualities, the effects of an earthquake can vary from island to island. Every community reported feeling the quake in different ways. Queen Charlotte Village which has a rock base didn’t feel the quake as much as the residents of the northern parts of Graham island. Tlell and north is mostly a sand based area and feels almost every quake that happens.

Shirley Wilson of Skidegate reported feeling the earthquake. “I was sitting in my bed when I heard the house creak.” After the initial creak she felt her bed start rocking and noticed her ornaments rocking. “The ornaments rocked for a while after the quake stopped,” Ms. Wilson told the Observer. “My son and brother who were also in the house didn’t feel the earthquake at all.”

Barry Pages of Masset, director of the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District said he felt the quake but because it was fairly short he wasn’t too concerned. However, he added, “This is a reminder to every one to be prepared.”

Earthquakes are nothing new to Haida Gwaii. The quake comes just weeks after a study identi ed Haida Gwaii as ground zero for the next major seismic event on the west coast.

This recent earthquake doesn’t qualify as the big one scientists predict, as it was smaller than even some of the aftershocks after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in 2012.

The same weekend that Haida Gwaii got hit by this 6.1 tremor, Nepal was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude event.

Earthquakes between a 6.0 and a 6.9 are considered a strong on the Richter scale.

Submitted photo Committee members of the Pulling Together Haida Gwaii Event demonstrate their teamwork abilities at the carving shed in the

Kay Centre. The group will be holding a fund raiser May 2. See full story on Page 3

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Search and rescue suspended after Day 3By Quinn BenderHaida Gwaii Observer

The search for Kumdis Ilsand resi-dent, Brent Hendren, was suspended last weekend following one of Haida Gwaii’s largest search and rescue operations in more than 25 years.

“I know for a fact that if he was alive out there we would have found him. There’s no chance we would have missed him. The community should know we did everything we possibly could to find him,” said Chris Ashurst, SAR manager with Archipelago Ground Search and Rescue and deputy unit leader with

Massett Marine Rescue.Mr. Hendren, 27, was last seen

rowing out to his Kumdis Island cabin rental with supplies Sunday

morning, April 18. He missed dinner plans with friends later that night. The following Tuesday Masset RCMP received a missing persons report, which led to the discovery Mr. Hendren’s boat abandoned and overturned south of Watun River near Pure Lake Provincial Park.

“It is strongly believed that Brent drowned when his rowboat capsized west of Kumdis Island,” Mr. Ashurst said. “This is based on information from witnesses, the location of the cap-sized vessel, and the distribution of his personal effects along the shoreline.

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“I know for a fact that if he was alive out there we would have found him.”

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Andrew Hudson photo Co-op director Bret Johnston reacts after winning a door prize shortly after his wife won another during the Delmas Co-op meeting on Jan. 31. Iris Jennings won the grand prize trip to Vancouver.

Name change second in historyBret Johnston, the co-op’s

vice president, said progress has been slow on efforts to enlarge the Skidegate store, which will require a new lease agreement proposal from Gwalaagaa Naay Corporation and the Skidegate Band Council.

But Johnston also reported that the co-op was able to

buy the property next to the Masset building supply.

The existing house on the property will be torn down in the next six to eight weeks, he said, giving the home centre room for a future expansion.

When it comes into effect, the Haida Gwaii Co-op’s name change will be the second one in its history.

Founded as the Masset

Consumers Co-operative Association in 1945, the co-op voted for a broader name six years later, with “Delmas Co-operative Association” referring to the Masset and Delkatla communities.

Par t of the Federated Co-operative Limited, the co-op is part of a supply and distribution network that covers much of western Canada.

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LNG consultations falling flat: SQCRDThe Skeena-Queen Charlotte

Regional District had some harsh words for Nichola Wade, executive director of the prov-ince’s Northwest Community Readiness program under the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, at their regular meeting in Prince Rupert earlier this month.

Wade, working on behalf of the province of B.C., provided the SQCRD board members with several updates relat-ing to population expectancy surveys, funding projects that have affected the region whether one or more liquid natural gas projects go ahead in the region or not.

SQCRD vice-chair and director Des Nobels offered criticism with how the prov-ince has handled preparing communities for a potential LNG boom from the outset.

“You may have learned some things in terms of how to bring

industry into communities, but I would suggest that the prov-ince, on the LNG portfolio, has fallen flat on its face in terms of how we roll this out and the planning, or lack thereof, that took place within our region,” he said.

“This place has been blown to pieces by this. There was no early consultation of the province running this out as an economic model, no previous work done ... but also a lot of other problems are going to be very tough to solve in terms of community fracturing, com-munities moving away from each other, all sorts of things that have been extremely dis-ruptive within the region,” Nobels said, adding that with any project, adaptations that must be adopted based on com-munity feedback, more often than not is the communities that are the ones adapting and changing, based on the proj-

ect’s needs and not the other way around.

“The problem is we have many ministries at different levels that are functioning at different aspects of overall projects, and it becomes very hard for those in the general public to know who they actu-ally need to speak to, and it’s becoming more and more dis-jointed,” Nobels added.

As well, the Northwest Resource Benefits Alliance (RBA), which many northwest communities have entered into, was another hot topic of discussion, with the district wanting to see progress made in terms of funding announced for the alliance (resource benefit sharing agreement), while the province holds its position that there will be no movement on its part just yet, until the major projects and investments in the area are further finalized.

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In Brief

Insurance liabilityThe School Board recently discovered that

public users of school gymnasiums lack proper insurance, forcing the board to make tougher regulations of after-school use.

During the last regular board meeting, a group of frequent users of the QCSS gym asked the School Board to pay the insurance out right to allow the groups’ continued use of the facility, promising to gradually pay it back through their user fees.

The groups have used the school gyms’ for many years without insurance, but the school district was not aware of the lack of insurance.

The School Board voted unanimously against the proposal to pay the insurance for the groups.

Haida Gwaii Recreation is fully insured and unaffected by the vote.

Eagle’s-eye viewThe School Board was treated to a rare

performance from Sk’aadgaa Naay Grades 1 and 2 classes at their last regular meeting Eight children came to the meeting and presented the findings from their Eagle View project, which consists of a camera aimed at a eagle’s nest near the school. The students, with assistance from their Haida teacher, explained in Haida what the members of the board was seeing in the pictures, the eagle who lived in the nest a raven who visited the nest and a squirrel that happend to pass by, all could be seen in the pictures.

Strategic startThe School Board passed a resolution to

begin the strategic planning process. The board has committed to participate in a workshop for the new curriculum at Sk’aadgaa Naay Feb. 5. The board has been studying other school districts strategic plans to assist them in the strategic planning process. The members would ideally like to have the new strategic plan done by June. The board would like to see the plan in place for the fall of 2017 along with the new curriculum.

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Island kindney treatment upgradedBy Andrew HudsonHaida Gwaii Observer

People living with kidney disease on Haida Gwaii will get early and more inclusive health advice once a new tele-health project arrives on island.

Starting next month in Terrace and nearby mainland towns, patients will be able to book two-hour video meet-ings with a kidney care team in Prince George.

The team includes a dietician, phar-macist, social worker, nurse, clerk and a specialist doctor.

“We’re just starting out,” says Dr. Anurag Singh, a kidney specialist at the Prince George hospital and director of kidney care for Northern Health.

“This is like the gold-standard kidney care that you would get in Vancouver or Toronto or other major centres,” said Dr. Singh, noting that Vancouver is the only B.C. city that has tried the team approach so far.

Dr. Singh has heard many patients say it’s just too far or costly to go to Prince George for appointments,

especially when a kidney problem is in early stages.

That’s a real setback, said Dr. Singh, because when people get early control over kidney disease, they can often save their kidneys, avoid dialysis, and significantly lower their risk of heart attack or stroke.

Many of the things kidney patients need at first are simple — better diet, more exercise, less smoking, drinking, or drugs — but that means changing habits.

“These are the things people struggle with the most,” said Dr. Singh.

But by speaking with a range of advisers, patients not only get details on how each step helps, they also get

a look at the big picture — the life-style changes that slow or stop kidney disease also tend to boost a person’s overall wellbeing.

And for kidney patients who do need dialysis, Dr. Sing said meeting the team early by videoconference can boost their eligibility for a trans-plant or dialysis at home.

Six or eight months after patients start booking video meetings in Terrace, which has a dialysis unit, the pilot project will expand to include Fort St. John for another year.

By the end of 2017, Dr. Singh hopes to see the program offered across northern B.C., including at the hospitals of north and south Haida Gwaii.

Video meetings can’t replace a face-to-face encounter, said Dr. Singh, but the team may be able to arrange annual sessions at ‘hub’ sites like Terrace and Fort St. John to meet more patients in person.

“We’re very excited about it,” he said. “At the same time, we want to see what works for each community.”

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Vancouver musician on a mission By Stacey MarpleObserver

Being a man on a mis-sion, Luke Wallace has spent a good part of the last two years bringing his singing voice to the stage as a folk musi-cian and environmental activist. Even amidst positive signs of an oil-taker moratorium on the North Coast, he refuses to let up on his mes-sage, and is now trying for a spot at the Edge of the World Festival. B e t w e e n t r a v e l i n g across the province and representing Canada on the world stage at the Paris Climate Summit, he has found his purpose in uniting the north and south coasts of B.C. in their fight against of industrial and oil devel-opments.

“When you hear of these threats of indus-try coming in LNG and oil pipelines you see them being proposed in towns where the popu-lations are under 1000

people and Haida Gwaii extends that for me,” Mr. Wallace said.

L a s t s u m m e r M r. Wallace was touring with the documentary Sail(ish) that follows a solar powered trek through the communities that would be faced with Kinder Morgan tanker traffic, which he had hoped to bring to Haida Gwaii. Unfortunately h e w a s n o t a b l e t o bring the movie to the islands but now he is trying to bring his music to Haida Gwaii . Mr. Wallace hopes to be

accepted into the lineup for this year ’s Edge of the World Festival, where he would play his album Little Rivers Matter too, which was the soundtrack to the documentary.

“We are running huge risks by pitching tanker traffic along the North Coast , LNG or oi l ,” Mr. Wallace said. This is a well known issue for Haida Gwaii over the past few years but he feels the distance between Haida Gwaii and the larger populated areas silences the voices trying to be heard.

“There needs to be some uni ty be tween north and south. I have taken on that role as a folk musician and story teller. My purpose for the next while is to travel north and west, travel to these isolated areas and bring these stories back to Vancouver and try to create unity between these two

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Residents hear plans for reconciliation studies in north endBy Andrew HudsonHaida Gwaii Observer

Carver Christian White says he values the days when students in the Haida Gwaii semester program visit his Old Massett longhouse.

“When I greet people at my longhouse, at my carving shed, and I talk about the totem poles, I’m trying to educate them on Haida people,” said Mr. White.

“I want them to learn something right from our own mouth.”

Six years after Skidegate began hosting university students who are learning about natural resources, a new semester program in Masset and Old Massett might invite students to learn how reconciliation is taking shape on Haida Gwaii.

Speaking Jan. 14 at a public meeting held in the cedar-walled cafe at Sherri’s Gas Bar and Grill in Old Massett, Carrie Anne Vanderhoop said if it goes ahead, the north-end semester will be modelled on the existing program, which invites third- and fourth-year university students to spend a fall or winter learning from local and off-island teachers in the Haida Heritage Centre at Ḵay Llnagaay.

Ms. Vanderhoop is the academic lead for the program, which is run by the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society and the University of British Columbia.

“We just wanted to find out what the community feels about having a semester in the north end,” said Ms. Vanderhoop at the start of the meeting.

“Is there support for that, and do we feel we have the capacity to make the program a success here?”

In May, just as Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was publishing its final report, HGES paired four local knowledge-holders and four professors to co-author a set of classes about the ongoing reconciliation between Canada and the Haida Nation.

Open not only to UBC students, but to students at uni-

versities around the country and the world, the resulting courses would be First Nations in Canada: Rewriting History; Law and Governance: Indigenous and European Traditions; Reconciliation and Resource Management; and Perspectives in Reconciliation.

Ms. Vanderhoop said the word ‘reconciliation’ means different things to different people, and none of the classes tries to set it in stone.

Students in the new semester program would look at recent partnerships and negotiations between the Council of the Haida Nation, the B.C. and the federal governments, and at case histories such as the co-management of Gwaii Haanas.

Jason Alsop (Gaagwiis), CEO of the Kay Centre, has been involved with the south-end semester since it began in 2010.

Over the years, Mr. Alsop said the program has brought a lot of good to Skidegate — the Kay Centre is full, students often rent homes from local elders, and many volunteer with the Skidegate Haida Language Immersion Program (SHIP).

Alongside the UBC professors who fly in to teach, dozens of local Haida knowledge-holders also give talks to the students, something Mr. Alsop would like to see in the north as well.

Mr. Alsop also hopes a new program can bring more local students home for a semester — about a dozen of the 180 students who finished the existing program actually grew

up on Haida Gwaii, meaning they got to spend 14 weeks studying near their families and take a break from city life.

Looking 10 or 20 years ahead, Mr. Alsop said the natural resources students who spend a semester here could one day work for government or industry.

“Hopefully there’s a whole new generation of natural-re-source managers on the other side of the table who, when we have a conversation about our concerns, our values, and where we’re coming from as Haida people, maybe they’ll understand what we’re saying,” he said.

“We also want those students to go out there and continue to spread the word about Haida Gwaii as well, and the good stuff that’s happening here,” he added.

“This is a place to learn from.”When it came time for questions, Crystal Robinson

(Kung-jaada) spoke about the harmful legacy of abuse, poverty, and separation from culture and family that resi-dential schools brought to Old Massett.

“There are so many losses, and grief,” Ms. Robinson said. “How are we going to move forward to embrace the

educational system?”Keith Moore, who co-founded the HGES, said that’s a

good question.“If it’s too early, and it’s too painful, and people are not

ready to talk about this, then I think that’s feedback we’d really like to hear,” said Mr. Moore.

“I support the concept, but you’re doing the right thing by putting feelers out,” added Arnie Bellis.

Speaking in favour of the idea, Frank Collison said while he never got a chance to attend university or finish high school — it just wasn’t allowed — he has since made many friends in the university and college community.

“I certainly learned something from them, and I thought they learned something from me,” said Mr. Collison, smiling.

“I thought that was important — to make that two-way connection.”

“We just wanted to find out what the community feels

about having a semester in the north end.”

- Carrie Anne Vanderhoop


OPINIONS

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20Years Ago

Tides and weather

F o u r p e o p l e e s c a p e d w i t h minor injur ies after an out-of-c o n t r o l s o u t h bound car crashed into a parked van at First Beach in Skidegate, push-ing both vehicles over the edge of a 40-foot embank-ment. The van landed on its roof while the brand- new car landed on its nose. The van was awaiting a tow truck when the accident hap-pened. The Queen Charlotte RCMP suspected that snowy roads were to blame.

For small communities such as ours, it’s with extraordinary regularity that national audiences celebrate Haida Gwaii’s creative output. But never have we quite seen the reaction Reg Davidson is receiving for his exquisite works unveiled last week at Vancouver International Airport.

Unless you’ve been in a media blackout the past week, you’ll know the installation features a 24-foot red-cedar pole, Raven Stealing the Beaver Lake, which illustrates an episode of the Haida creation story when the Beaver people brought Raven to their great house and provided him with meals of salmon. Two sculptures, The Blind Halibut Fisherman and Raven with a Broken Beak were inspired by a myth in which Raven attempted to play a joke on an old, blind man. And near the sculptures sits a large bentwood box crafted from a single, steam-bent cedar board.

Since we posted photos (see Page 8) of these master works on Facebook, we’ve received (as of press time) more than 18,000 views, almost

double our previous record. Comments of praise and congratulations for Mr. Davidson of course followed. As one person wrote: “We finally get to see what Reg has been working so hard on — this is amazing!”

For his part, Mr. Davidson has been gracious and humble, wasting no time to extend his own praise to fellow carvers whose assistance was instrumental in the project.

No matter how many thousands of times photos and stories of the work are shared, it is a blip compared to the 100,000 travellers who will see the carvings in person every day.

They serve as both a greeting and a testament to Mr. Davidson’s culture. And although he may prefer the solitude of his carving shed over the glare of all this praise, before it winds down we want to extend our own.

In praise of Reg Davidson and his carving team

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We look forward to serving you in the New Year.

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2015: The Year in ReviewFEBRUARY

SD50 boos t s Sandspi t assistance

School District No. 50 voted in favour of boosting Sandspit’s trans-portation assistance from $10 to $13 per family.

SD 50 made the decision at their regular board meeting in Masset Jan. 27. The increased assistance went into effect this month

The rise of automated defibrillators

Every islands community was fur-nished with at least one automated external defibrillator (AED), which can increase the chance of surviving a heart attack by as much as 75 per cent.

“I think it’s extremely important for all communities everywhere to have access to AEDs. There’s a lot of research out there indicating that they save lives,” said Skidegate emergency coordinator Mary Kelly, who helped allocate the eight AEDs purchased by the Skidegate Band Council last year.

According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, having defibrillators acces-sible in public locations decreases the amount of time it takes for a responder to begin CPR and defibrillation, which increases chance of survival.

AEDs work best in conjunction with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (C.P.R.) and, although many of the devices will talk a rescuer through the motions, the best way to ensure accurate technique is to take a first aid course.

Saints demand end to oil sponsorship

Members of the Skidegate Saints appealed to organizers of the All Native Basketball Tournament to ter-minate its relationships with sponsors from the oil and gas industry.

In an emotional letter to the tour-nament committee, 14 signatories of the three-time defending Seniors Division champions wrote the indus-try’s presence is an attempt to gain social license in a tournament that once filled a void created by genocide and colonization.

They wanted tournament organizers to reject sponsorship from companies planning to export oil or liquefied natural gas from the North Coast, as well as those planning to construct pipelines to carry the product to the terminal.

“The tournament is special for so many reasons and we strongly feel the committee’s fundraising direction is eroding the spirit and soul of this once great event,” read the letter.

Province shuts down after-death service

Consumer Protection B.C. ordered the only islander providing funeral services for grieving families to immediately cease his activities or face legal action. For many years, Queen Charlotte resident George Westwood had volunteered his time to help friends and family dealing with the loss of loved ones by handling and transporting the bodies and offering emotional support to families.

Acting on a tip last October, Consumer Protection investigated Mr. Westwood and concluded his activities were in violation of at least three provincial Legislation Acts and ordered the imme-diate halt to his activities.

Haida Gwaii was told to spend large amounts of money and time to either ferry bodies to Prince Rupert for funeral preparation, or somehow recruit a licenced funeral director.

In a letter to the Observer Mr. Westwood expressed frustration over the matter.

“To occasionally help neighbors or friends at the time of a death in the family is allowed,” he wrote, “but to do so on an ongoing basis, one is deemed to be acting like a funeral director.

“It has been a privilege and honour to have been of help when it is most needed, but I must refrain in the future.”

Tsunami debris piling up on western shore

It had been four years since the tsu-nami that devastated Japan, but debris from the disaster was still piling up on the shores of Haida Gwaii.

Calm winters delayed the debris from making its way to the islands, but it was now coming in regularly, appearing on the beaches in waves. Some tides brought hundreds of pieces of Styrofoam and some bring count-less plastic bottles.

A r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f J a p a n Environmenta l Act ion Network (JEAN) and Kate Le Souef of the Vancouver Aquarium visited Haida Gwaii on a research trip to investigate the environmental impacts. The Haida Gwaii Debris Committee gave the researches a tour of affected beaches of Haida Gwaii.

After the tour of the islands, Ms. Le Souef said she was impressed by the Haida Gwaii Debris Society and all the hard work they have done to clean up the beaches of Haida Gwaii.

“They are doing a amazing job” she stated.

The piles of rope, foam, shoes, bot-tles and the odd tire on remote beaches is a growing problem on Haida Gwaii.

“It just shows how connected we all are and how the ocean connects us all.”

Archie Stocker Sr. photo Haida artist Reg Davidson, not pictured, packed up three totem poles in Old Massett destined for raising at YVR’s international terminal.


Max CollisonMasset

“It sounded like a freight train

coming… We’re kind of protected

from the southeast, but you could hear it coming through

the trees.”

Tide has turned on tar sands transition

Dear Editor,When the tide goes out in one part of the

world, it comes in another.A decade ago, explosive growth in the tar

sands attracted workers from every corner of Canada, unintentionally costing thousands of workers in tourism and manufacturing their jobs as the value of the loonie soared.

Today, the tide has turned and jobs are being redistributed away from the tar sands towards businesses which can thrive with a devalued Canadian dollar.

Rather than attempt to resuscitate the tar sands, far better to view the low price of oil as a market driven opportunity — a golden opportunity — to transition workers into industries such as manufacturing, tourism, infrastructure repair, construction and green energy projects, which do not threaten the planet.

If Canada is to do its part to limit warming to less than 1.5 C, the Alberta tar sands and their attendant pipelines must be allowed to die a natural market death as low oil prices weed out the most expensive, GHG inten-sive operations on the planet.

Our only concern should be to do every-thing possible to help yesterday’s oil work-ers transition to other fields.

The tide has turned, and it couldn’t have come at better time.

Sincerely,Mike Ward

Duncan

Sunny ways don’t extend to taxes

Dear Editor,Prime Minister Trudeau promised us sunny

ways. This is certainly not taking place in our tax system. Aside from a measly one per cent tax increase on the incomes of the very rich, there is no planned tax increase on corpora-tions. These corporations are stealing millions of dollars from Canada and depositing them in off shore accounts. I don’t see any Liberal promise to stop this thievery.

Canadians For Tax Fairness estimates, reli-ably, that $199 billion is hidden in tax savings accounts and that every year an additional $10 billion is added to that. Canada ranks as the third largest loser of taxable corporate income among the G20 countries. I haven’t been aware of our new government making any changes to this thievery. So much for sunny ways..

Sincerely,Bob Abrahams

Nelson

Robin BrownOld Massett

“We got one that blew down all the power lines on the causeway — we

were standing on the dock when they went flat. The winds come so fast. I’ve had the windows smashed in

on my boat, out in the ocean.”

Chrissy KienzleQueen Charlotte

“Last year in Masset. The wind was blowing 140

km/h and rattled our front window, ”

Dave BlanchetteSkidegate

“ In 2002 I was riding my dirt bike on East beach in 120-130 km/h

winds. . People were being sandblasted. It

was wild.”

Q Tell us about your windiest day on Haida Gwaii.Question of the Week

Letters to the Editor

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Meet Graham Island North director Fran Redick

By Carla lutnerChief Operating OffiCer

Fran Redick remembers the exact day she first set foot in Mas-set. It was Sept. 3, 1973, and she was a young military wife and mother, newly arrived from Inuvik. Fran, who grew up in Van-couver, had enjoyed her first taste of small town life in Inuvik, but it was Masset that was destined to become her life-long home.

Fran soon became closely involved in her community. She volunteered for the Masset fire department’s ladies auxiliary, the

hospital auxiliary, the Delmas Co-op, Cubs and Scouts, and the Animal Help Line. She worked at several part-time jobs, including at the RCMP office and the clinic, and the combination of work and vol-unteer time brought her into contact with most of Masset and gave her a good insight

into the village’s strengths and challenges. “I used to say, you can look at it like I’m a very knowledgeable source of information, or you could say I’m just a nosy old bee,” she says with a laugh.

Eventually, Fran was elected to Masset council, an opportu-nity she says she would never have had if she had stayed in the big city. In her role as a village councillor she became in-volved in the Gwaii Trust Interim Planning Society, the group that worked together in the early 1990s to form what is now the Gwaii Trust. Fran recalls that in those days, relationships between Haida and non-Haida communities were very differ-ent than they are today; many community leaders weren’t used to cooperating, but their shared desire to bring $38 million of federal funding under islands control as a perpetual trust fund brought them together. “We worked hard,” Fran said. “We made a plan that worked and it’s still working. And we’re all still talking to each other.”

About six years ago, Fran became involved in the Gwaii Trust once again after she was appointed as the director for Graham Island North. As a director, she often has strong opinions, and doesn’t shy away from sharing them. She also listens closely to what her fellow directors have to say. In her many years of ex-perience at board and council tables, she has changed her own mind and seen others change theirs after listening to another point of view. “People learn things from listening to other peo-ple,” she said.

In the coming year, Fran is looking forward to seeing what happens as a result of the new Vibrant Communities program, which will distribute up to $1 million to each of the islands’ villages or areas over the next four years.

“It puts the money more in the hands of the communities,” she said. “They know it’s coming, so it gives them the ability to be more forward-thinking and forward-planning... I’m hoping they will be creative with it and we’ll see some really positive things come out of it.”

Meanwhile, Fran challenges all islanders, especially the younger generation, to get more involved in their communi-ties, saying that volunteering is incredibly rewarding and pro-vides many opportunities people living in larger communities would never have. “You get a lot back. It’s a lot of work, but you help build a better life for everyone on Haida Gwaii. Think about it, because it can be absolutely eye-opening.”

The Gwaii Trust update is a collaborative promotional venture by the Gwaii Trust Society and the Haida Gwaii Observer.


Ben Nelms photo Artist Reg Davidson stands in front of Raven with a Broken Beak, The Blind Halibut Fisherman, and a monumental bentwood box at the Vancouver Airport on Jan. 26.

Reg Davidson’s work reaches from Old Massett to the world

The unveiling made headlines in Vancouver and across the country.

Here on Haida Gwaii, Davidson’s Facebook lit up with local shout-outs of “beautiful!” and “stunning!”

One person said the Vancouver airport is looking pretty siijuu (classy) with all its Haida art — Reg’s four sculptures join works by his brother Robert Davidson, and others by Bill Reid.

Robert was on hand at the opening, where he sang a Haida song to commemorate his younger brother, who he taught to carve when Reg was in his late teens.

Later, the brothers co-founded Tuul Gundlas Cyaal Xaada, or the Rainbow Creek Dancers, named for a creek that flows at the north end of Old Massett in the rainy winter season, the traditional time for potlatches.

“I got kind of embarrassed the last couple days, because it’s so overloaded with the whole project and that video,” said Reg Davidson, talking about the ‘likes’ on his Facebook page and a behind-the-scenes video that the Vancouver Airport posted online.

“This my home, you know, so it makes me feel good because I look at everybody as my friends,” he said, adding that when-ever a local person succeeds in something, everyone here shares in his or her accom-plishment.

“We’re a small community, helping each other.”

Davidson hired several other carvers to help with the large-scale project, much as his brother once took him on as an appren-tice when they carved a housefront and houseposts to honour Charles Edenshaw, the father of their grandmother, Florence Davidson.

Oliver Bell and Cori Savard worked with Reg Davidson full-time on the project, and were joined by carvers Tyson Brown and Sgwaayaans Young. Even Robert did a little work.

“He’ll be mad I mentioned his name, but it’s okay,” said Reg. “He’ll say, ‘I didn’t do that much,’ but he helped.”

The 24-foot totem pole in the airport display is called Raven Stealing the Beaver Lake, and it tells the story of how Raven rolled up the salmon lake of the Beaver people and flew it to the Haida along with a fish trap and a great house.

Asked when he first heard the story, Mr. Davidson laughed and said, “Oh, that’s been around forever.”

Two sculptures, The Blind Halibut Fisherman and Raven with a Broken Beak, tell another Raven tale — the story of a blind fisherman who happens to yank off Raven’s beak just as the prankster tries to steal halibut off the old man’s line.

Standing just behind the sculptures is a huge bentwood box made from a single, steam-bent cedar board. Relief carvings on the front and back show Raven stealing the moon from a great Chief as a gift to the Haida people.

Mr. Davidson said the pole was carved

from a 500-year-old red cedar that grew by the Awun River, close to Juskatla.

“This is some of the nicest wood I’ve carved in a long time,” he said, noting its very tight grain. Every foot of width rep-resents about 100 years.

At 61, Mr. Davidson is enjoying where his art has taken him: home.

From the beginning, he said it was always his goal to be established enough that he could live and work in Old Massett.

That hasn’t changed, and the wider art world is having no trouble finding him.

The English artist Damien Hirst ordered a 40-foot pole a few years ago (“I’m just fascinated by him — I mean, who makes a formaldehyde shark and sells it for $18 mil-lion?”), and Mr. Davidson’s website brings loads of questions from art students keen on Haida style (For the record, Mr. Davidson said he is happy to point out books to read, but won’t do anyone’s homework).

“When I’m recognized, it makes me happy, but I’m not looking for that,” Mr. Davidson said.

“I’m happy where I’m at today.”

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Ben Nelms photo Marking Reg Davidson’s first public works outside Old Massett, the four pieces are displayed in the domestic terminal of the Vancouver Airport.




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The seed catalogs are starting to arrive just on the heels of the spring and summer catalogs. Not that I need commercial signs of spring this year since nature has been providing them aplenty in spite of our west coast style wintry bluster. I spent all of one of those stormy evenings poring over the seed catalogs plan-ning my garden for this spring. It will be much smaller since Stevie is taking over the big one. Mine will be the kitchen garden and hers for the market.

Caylen came and carefully felled the huge willow that has been leaning over and shading my garden before the wind did the job, not so carefully, on my fence and apple tree. The willow has pussies already; the earliest I have ever seen them. Those branches will

be saved to dry or sprout for new trees somewhere other than the garden. To be fair, the willow was there first and I will miss it but it will surely sprout from the trunk and become a nuisance again in another twenty years.

The tentative date for Sara’s Seedy Saturday is confirmed for March 12 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the Port Clements Hall. Our GIECFI secretary, Linda, pointed out that it’s actually going to be the 7th annual, and not the 5th. Where did the two years go? I’m not the only one getting spring planting fever as folks have been asking about Seedy Saturday since New Years. If you want a table, call Linda at 250 559 8975. The PC Grade 7 students are providing lunch to raise money for their grad.

My February school board calendar is filling up already from local events to a trip to the provincial council meeting in two weeks. There will be a pre-sentation of the new curriculum today (Feb. 5) and this weekend, inspired by that, the school board will meet to initiate its strategic planning process. The board is hoping to involve the whole community of Haida Gwaii in deciding on the future of education

for our children. Contact your trustee and see how you can get involved.

My woofer from Norway left last Thursday after a number of construction improvements to both my and Kim’s little farms.

As he left, Mark arrived. Taro and Darrel have also returned home while Celina and Yoshi have stayed on in Panama but they will also be returning soon. Silviculture work begins early on Haida Gwaii so I expect Darrel will be back to work immediately as is Mark.

Ever since I first heard Buffy St. Marie some 50 years ago she has been my favorite female vocalist for more reasons than her beautiful unique voice. I have admired her ideals, the songs she wrote as well as the art she created to express them, and her life that she lived by those ideals.

So last week a chance meeting with Roland made my day and began the next six months of anticipa-tion. As the director of the Edge of the World Music Festival, Roland was pretty excited himself to have booked Buffy St Marie and her band as headliner for this summer’s festival. Are you as excited as we are?

Seed planning amidst the wintry west-coast bluster

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By Andrew HudsonHaida Gwaii Observer

We’re heading for a basketWe’re running for the floorWe a r e t h e M i g h t y

Gigantopithecus,And we are going to score!Gigantopithecus is real

enough, though the 10-foot ape went extinct long before it got to try basketball.

But that cheer is for an imag-inary team at an imaginary high school — one that happens to look a lot like Masset’s George M. Dawson Secondary.

Written by Taylor Lantin for the pilot episode of Ballers & Scholars, a comedy series made by students in a GMD drama class, the cheer and the cheerleader who performs it on the show are funny because they seem at least a little bit true.

Take Solas Reynolds, the show’s super popular, extra confident Grade 8 kid.

Like all the students and teachers who star on Ballers & Scholars, Solas plays a cartoon version of himself.

In the opening shot of the pilot, he tells a Star Wars joke — “Why did Anakin Skywalker cross the road?” — and doubles over laughing at his own punch-line — “To get to the dark side.”

Speaking with some of the Grade 10 to 12 students who create the show, they said that’s kind of what Solas is like.

Likewise, when Dion Lewis rattles off the Gigantopithecus cheer in character, he throws in a cheese-y lay-up move that wasn’t in the script.

Teacher Derek Seifert said that officially, the class is called Drama, Film, and Television

Production, but everyone at school calls it GMD-TV.

“It’s been a learning process for us, because it’s the first time this class has run,” said Mr. Seifert, although it’s not the first time GMD students have had success with video.

Last summer, a group of GMD students produced a documentary short called Body Image, based on interviews with adults and students from Tahayghen Elementary.

The film won a Reel to Reel scholarship, sending the cre-ators to a summer workshop at the Gulf Island Film & Television School, where they shot another doc about island food that featured local farmers and chefs.

Among the memorable scenes is a shaky, hand-held shot of the students running from some Galiano goats.

“All of a sudden, one of them starting coming closer,” said Zaya Zaleska, laughing.

“All of them walked toward us and then they were like, charging.”

After the workshop, several students already had experience with film editing software and setting up well composed shots.

They also took cues from TV shows that owe a lot to real high-school stories, like the original Degrassi High and all too short-lived Freaks & Geeks.

Switching from documentary to a script-based comedy took a couple tries before it went smoothly, but the GMD-TV team has three episodes done, and two more written and ready to shoot.

So far, they’re on track to pro-duce one episode a month, and Mr. Seifert hopes a new class will keep the show rolling next school year.

Already, the writers are push-ing at the boundary of fact and funny.

Principal Bernadette Marie Ouillette is cast as a tyrant who calls students vermin and dreams of a school with daily

tests, white walls, blasting water fountains and zero win-dows.

But even in character, the principal has her limits, said student Cora Camire.

When the script called on her to say a student was ‘dumb,’ Ms. Ouillette refused because it was something she would never say, even as a joke, said Camire.

“She changed it to ‘useless.’”

Andrew Hudson photo Some of the student showrunners working on Ballers & Scholars pose for a photo last week at GMD.

Ballers & Scholars gets real laughs with fun take on GMD“It’s been a

learning process for us, because this is the first

time this class has run.”

- Derek Seifert


For centuries, fasting or the voluntary abstinence from food has been a

spiritual and alternative medi-cal approach to gaining mental clarity and ridding our bodies of toxins, chemicals from our foods and environment, and any extra weight we are carry-ing. The literature that promotes this practice has shown us that clearing the mind and body makes way for energy and good health! It is important to take in abundant clear fluids—water and occasional herbal teas is what most of them advocate— but if you go a step further as I did then buy yourself a juicer. Some feel that using a blender is the way to go, and I agree it does have its benefits, the obvious one being the amount of fiber being added to your diet is high. Different practice tho... Juicing has the benefit of supplying our bodies with the extracted nutrients of fruits and vegetables, which allows us to actually ingest those 7-10 servings of raw fruits and veg-etables comfortably without constantly reaching for a carrot stick! My experience has been positive in every way with this practice, lots of research and

trying it out for myself have made me a firm (and becom-ing firmer) advocate...lol! But before beginning a juice fast do some research. Check out “Juicing Radio,” to find out how others have been success-ful, and you will too. Different times of the year are better than others, some feel that 4 times a year for 3-7 days as we move from one season to the next is a good way to be mindful of our bodies and our needs. As with any practice that involves radical change in our diets, you should check with your doctor if you have serious health issues that may change the way you approach this practice. Now is a good time for me to undertake a good long juice fast as I have an abundance of greens still in the garden. Any greens are good right now. Kale, chard and arugula are still producing, and my favourite, spinach, is up thank goodness, as it was half of my grocery budget last week at the store! My own personal experience has shown me that after 3 days of juicing, I wake up in the morning and nothing hurts! All those little aches and pains that after the age of 40 seem like a constant reminder of the “getting older is not for the faint of heart” mantra, is for the time being in respite. This alone keeps me in the game.

My morning drink begins with half an organic lemon with

a touch of honey (like half a teaspoon) and warm water in my cup. Then I reach for my coffee, which is not technically very good for me says the lit-erature, but then again neither is the week long headache if I don’t partake of my brew every morning!

This week my juicer has made me some pretty exotic and delicious drinks involving pineapple, ginger, spinach or other greens. A new book from the library called the Best Green Smoothies on the Planet by Tracy Russell has recipes which call for a blender, which I glean for new recipe ideas for juicing or you can just drink the smoothie. Depends on how I’m feeling on any given day. It’s important to keep motivated, but you have to listen to your body. Hunger means you need nutrients, not chips! Do it for your health. Your energy levels I promise will increase, your skin will become clearer, your eyes will sparkle, heck what’s not to love about all that? A clear winner this week partly because I already had the ingredients in my fridge is the;

Spiced Pineapple smoothie1 c. cubed pineapple1 frozen banana- peeled½ tsp. grated ginger2 c. fresh spinach6 ounces chai tea, brewed

and cooled.

This is a great blender drink! The spinach is pretty much obliterated and makes for a very green drink, and you will be pleasantly surprised how good this tastes! Drink immediately for optimum nutrition. That being said, you can also pour this in your to-go mug (I use a canning jar with a lid), and take it to work with you!

Everyday Just-for-the-Nutrition Juice

1 inch piece of ginger3 carrotsStalk of celeryHalf an apple¼ of a beet –peeledSeveral hands full of spinach,

kale, chard, romaine lettuce etc.I run this through my juicer;

it’s not the best one on the market (actually under $100 from Canadian Tire last year), but it’s affordable and it does the job! There are many on the market, from my little affordable one which does an adequate job and it’s easy to clean, to veritable Cadillacs of the juicing world (read expen-sive), which I will admit do a superb job of extracting the juice. There is something for everyone in this arena depend-ing on your level of interest and tax bracket!

And so I wish you all a great week.

A drink to your good health everyone... Cheers!

Juicing: good for the mind, soul and palateCooking on the

Rising Tideby Kris Leach

There are a few places in our commu-nity and neighbouring communities that are closing for awhile, and others that have been closed that are re-opening. Funk It, in our own village, for exam-ple, is now closed, but will re-open on Tuesday, March 1st. Andrea and Dell are going shopping for us! Isn’t that great? Yes, they are going to a trade show, and soon more funky good stuff will wind up in their store. Andrea is also going to be getting her spring nursery ready in Tlell, with mixing soil and propagating roots and stuff. (I am not a very good gardener, as is quite evident.) So get ready to pick up roots, seeds and plants to plant in your garden or deck pots.

Charters Restaurant in Masset has been closed for the month of January, and opened this past week. That is one of my favourite places to eat, and we are lucky to go shopping for a day in the north of the island, and fuel our tummies up before driving home again.

Sun Studio in Charlotte re-opened

last month, but there are a few ongoing and new classes and events happening right now and in the future. On Sunday, February 21st Brogran Kiss is offering an intensive Vinyasa class, which will review fundamental poses, improve your body’s alignment, build strength and balance your arms. Prior Vinyasa class experience is suggested. The workshop runs from 1 to 3 p.m., and the fee is $30.00.

The same day, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Karen Walhout is offering a Song Circle, which will include chanting medicine songs of awakening, with the themes of oneness, gratitude and love for the earth and each other. The songs act as positive affirmations, and you do not need any prior experience. This class accepts the pay-what-you-can fee.

Ceitlynn Epners is doing creative move-ment classes on Saturdays, February 6th and 13th for four- to six-year-olds. The time is 10:45 to 11:30, and there is a $12 drop-in fee for this class.

The last Sunday of each month, Liz Wouters will offer Move Me! from 10 until noon. All you need is the will to move to music, anyway that you can. Wear your most comfortable clothing, and bring your water bottle. This class is open to adults and teens, and accepts the pay-what-you-

can fee.Starting on Sunday, February 23rd, from

7:30 p.m. To 8:30 p.m. is the Jive and Swing dance, offered by Dolores Davis. The fee for this class is by donation.

Isn’t it great that the name change for the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District is beginning? After all, the name Haida Gwaii was changed from the Queen Charlotte Islands in 2010 so it only makes sense to bring that organization up to speed in reflecting that change, don’t you think?

We have all heard of the overdosing among people in B.C. who have taken oxycodone and fentanyl in the past year. For people who have overdosed on those drugs (opioids), 370 deaths were avoided by naloxone, the antidote to oxycodone and fentanyl.

The province is giving naloxone kits to firefighters in Surrey and Vancouver, to administer when necessary. Hopefully these kits will be offered to our local volunteer firefighters, as fentanyl is now on the islands as well. Anytime we can prevent drug overdoses is a good day.

This coming Monday, February 8th is a B.C. holiday named Family Day. So, don’t forget to stay home from work, or go to work and get holiday pay, if you work in that kind of place.

Time once again for the seasonal slowdown

by Evelyn von Almassy

Charlotte Communiqués

by Evelyn von AlmassyCharlotte Communiqués

It is amazing the amount of food that Skidegate makes for teas or feasts — often seven or eight

tables full of food with more left in the kitchen to replenish the spread as guests serve themselves. When Nuni E’s Girls are cooking at com-munity events you know that you are going to be well fed.

When your baked goodies, your sandwiches, or your cooked casse-role is brought to the kitchen your name is marked down on a list for the hosts as part of the protocol associated with the event. When you leave you can also count on having a clean dish to take home because of the work done in the kitchen.

To have so much food is a bless-ing. It is something to look forward to for sure. Sometimes the meal happens before the business is conducted. Other times a meal hap-pens afterwards to help celebrate and give thanks to those who have witnessed a ceremony. If the meal is delayed it is usually a given that you have eaten beforehand espe-cially if you are diabetic or need to stave off hunger pangs and a noisy tummy.

I have been fortunate to cook with Nuni E’s Girls of the Raven Wolf clan: Vi Husband, Dodie Zeller and Heda Kelly and their daughters and friends. They do not take payment for their skills because they cook for the love they have for the com-munity. They have it down to a sci-ence and make it look easy but it’s hard work that begins in each lady’s home days prior to any event.

It is always nice to hear Uncle Roy bless the food with a Haida prayer. Elders — like Auntie Pearl and Auntie Lorna (thank you both for your encouragement and sup-port for Jingles) — are invited first to serve themselves or are served by younger members of the commu-nity. There are often over 150 com-munity members to feed. Once the meal is over there are sometimes only one or two cakes left. It’s nice to see people leave the hall with a meal or dessert with tea for the next day. It’s always a sign of generosity and wealth in the community.

I am sure that Nani E is always in the kitchen watching over her girls and loving how the commu-nity comes out to take care of each other. Howa’a to the cooks!

Howa’a to the cooks!

Jingles fromSkidegate

by Rhonda McIsaac


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Parks Canada photo University of Victoria researchers may have discovered one of Canada’s oldest archaeological sites on Haida Gwaii.

In Brief

A Celebration of Life for Port Clements mayor Wally Cheer is being organized for Saturday, Oct. 4.

The ceremony will be held at 2 pm at the community hall, the village office said in an emailed invitation.

Mr. Cheer died in mid-August after serv-ing almost three years as mayor. He was first elected as a councillor in 2005 and again in 2008, before running successfully for the mayor’s seat in 2011.

14,000-year-old fishing weir discovered

on Haida GwaiiUniversity of Victoria research-

ers may have found one of Canada’s oldest archaeological sites on Haida Gwaii, after their autonomous underwater vehi-cle (AUV) photographed what appears to be a fishing weir deep underwater in Gwaii Haanas.

“It is a very emotional expe-rience,” researcher Dr. Quentin Mackie said, “to look at these images and think that what we might be looking at is evidence that people were living on this land and catching salmon before there was even a forest here, when it was still grassland almost 14,000 years ago.”

He and a research team were in Gwaii Haanas for 10 days in August, using a Bluefin Robotics AUV to search for evidence of ancient villages that were sub-merged when sea levels rose as much as 150 metres when the most

recent ice age ended.Sonar images from the trip show

a line of boulders 122 metres under the water’s surface near Huxley Island, believed to be a stone fishing weir.

A seafloor geologist will investi-gate the boulder images further to determine if it is, in fact, a human-made weir and not something caused by a geologic event.

Dr. Mackie said he plans to return to Haida Gwaii next summer to continue the project.

“It is a very emotional

experience.”

- Dr. Quentin Mackie

Remembering Wally

The Kwuna crew is still available for emergency transport after 1 a.m.

However, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 1 a.m., the BC Ferries crew is not available for emergency call-outs, but the Coast Guard has agreed to transport emer-gency patients.

If the Coast Guard is unavailable and the call is considered a “life and death situa-tion,” BC Ferries manager of public affairs Darin Guenette said the Kwuna crew will be available to transport, although it may effect sailings the following day.

Life-saving transport

People living on Moresby Island will be able to vote for members of their manage-ment committee this November, although the event won’t be called an election.

Under the terms of the new Moresby Island Management Standing Committee bylaw adopted by the regional district Sept. 19, the committee will have five members, selected by a voting process on the same day as the local government elections, Nov. 15.

Those who acquire the most votes will be appointed to the committee by the regional district chair.

Moresby gets the vote

Port Clements council voted Monday to order a KOB biomass boiler for $112,138 as a first step to switching two village build-ings to a biomass heating system.

The KOB boiler, once installed, will burn locally-produced biomass to heat the multi-purpose building and the fire hall.

Council considered two quotes for the boiler. The other quote was for a Herz model that would have cost $98,750. In a report to council, village staff recommended the higher-priced KOB, saying it is in wide use in Canada and customers were happy with its long-term performance.

Port switch to biomass

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Parks Canada photo University of Victoria researchers may have discovered one of Canada’s oldest archaeological sites on Haida Gwaii.

In Brief

A Celebration of Life for Port Clements mayor Wally Cheer is being organized for Saturday, Oct. 4.

The ceremony will be held at 2 pm at the community hall, the village office said in an emailed invitation.

Mr. Cheer died in mid-August after serv-ing almost three years as mayor. He was first elected as a councillor in 2005 and again in 2008, before running successfully for the mayor’s seat in 2011.

14,000-year-old fishing weir discovered

on Haida GwaiiUniversity of Victoria research-

ers may have found one of Canada’s oldest archaeological sites on Haida Gwaii, after their autonomous underwater vehi-cle (AUV) photographed what appears to be a fishing weir deep underwater in Gwaii Haanas.

“It is a very emotional expe-rience,” researcher Dr. Quentin Mackie said, “to look at these images and think that what we might be looking at is evidence that people were living on this land and catching salmon before there was even a forest here, when it was still grassland almost 14,000 years ago.”

He and a research team were in Gwaii Haanas for 10 days in August, using a Bluefin Robotics AUV to search for evidence of ancient villages that were sub-merged when sea levels rose as much as 150 metres when the most

recent ice age ended.Sonar images from the trip show

a line of boulders 122 metres under the water’s surface near Huxley Island, believed to be a stone fishing weir.

A seafloor geologist will investi-gate the boulder images further to determine if it is, in fact, a human-made weir and not something caused by a geologic event.

Dr. Mackie said he plans to return to Haida Gwaii next summer to continue the project.

“It is a very emotional

experience.”

- Dr. Quentin Mackie

Remembering Wally

The Kwuna crew is still available for emergency transport after 1 a.m.

However, between the hours of 7 p.m. and 1 a.m., the BC Ferries crew is not available for emergency call-outs, but the Coast Guard has agreed to transport emer-gency patients.

If the Coast Guard is unavailable and the call is considered a “life and death situa-tion,” BC Ferries manager of public affairs Darin Guenette said the Kwuna crew will be available to transport, although it may effect sailings the following day.

Life-saving transport

People living on Moresby Island will be able to vote for members of their manage-ment committee this November, although the event won’t be called an election.

Under the terms of the new Moresby Island Management Standing Committee bylaw adopted by the regional district Sept. 19, the committee will have five members, selected by a voting process on the same day as the local government elections, Nov. 15.

Those who acquire the most votes will be appointed to the committee by the regional district chair.

Moresby gets the vote

Port Clements council voted Monday to order a KOB biomass boiler for $112,138 as a first step to switching two village build-ings to a biomass heating system.

The KOB boiler, once installed, will burn locally-produced biomass to heat the multi-purpose building and the fire hall.

Council considered two quotes for the boiler. The other quote was for a Herz model that would have cost $98,750. In a report to council, village staff recommended the higher-priced KOB, saying it is in wide use in Canada and customers were happy with its long-term performance.

Port switch to biomass

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VILLAGE OF MASSET2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF NOMINATION

Public Notice is given to the electors of the Village of Masset that nominations for the offices of:

MAYOR – ONE (1) TO BE ELECTED

COUNCILLOR – FOUR (4) TO BE ELECTED

for a four (4) year term will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows:

Nomination documents are available at the Village of Masset Office 1686 Main Street from Sept 2, 2014 to October 10, 2014 during regular office hours 9:00am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local govern-ment if they meet the following criteria:• Canadian citizen;• 18 years of age or older;• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination

papers are filed;• not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election

in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office.•

ELECTOR REGISTRATION

RESIDENT ELECTORS:• age 18 or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and• a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registra-

tion; and• a resident of the Village of Masset for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registra-

tion; and• not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified

by law.• NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS:• age 18 or older; and• a Canadian citizen; and• resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; and• a registered owner of real property in the Village of Masset for at least 30 days immediately

before the day of registration; and• not entitled to register as a resident elector; and• not disqualified by any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified

by law; and• if there is more than one registered owner of the property, only one of those individuals may,

with the written consent of the majority of the owners, register as a non-resident property elector.•

FURTHER INFORMATION on the foregoing may be obtained by contacting:Trevor Jarvis, Chief Election Officer Jo-Ann Brown, Deputy Chief Election Officer 250-626-3995

Chief Election Officer

By hand, mail or other delivery service:Village of Masset1686 Main StreetMasset, BCV0T 1M0

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By email to: [email protected]

From 9:00 am September 30,2014To 4:00 pm October 10, 2014

Excluding Statutory holidays and weekends


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Port ClementsBarbeque and time capsule internment centennial eventMillennium Park/St. Mark’s, Mon. Aug. 4, 3-6 pmPilates circuit fusion Tues/Thurs., 7-8 pm.Yoga, Seniors’ Rm, Tues. 1-2 pm, Ruth BellamyS e n i o r s ’ y o g a , Multiplex, 1-2 pm, Tuesdays.

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Masset appoints electoral officersIn preparation for the upcoming munici-pal elections, Masset council appointed election officers when it met Monday night (July 28).

Village of Masset Chief Administrative Officer Trevor Jarvis and Chief Financial Officer Jo-Ann Brown acted as elections officers three years ago, and will do the same this year.

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with Michael Pond, Mon. Oct. 6, 7-9 pm, Wellness House. Info 626 3911

Sahaj Marg (Raja Yoga) meditation, Thurs. 5:30, Sun. 7:30, 626-5400


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Puppet show, Sat. Oct. 4, 2-3 pm, Sun Studio, $5 per family

Banff Mountain Film Festival Tues. Oct. 7, Wed. Oct. 8. Doors 5:30 films

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Margo Hearne photo A Long-tailed Duck tucks its beak.

The barometer rises and falls and birds tough it out on the edge of things. Three injured

sea birds showed up this week. Two Long-tailed Ducks, dappled black and white with long tails, and a Black Scoter, all black with a bright yellow bill. The latter sat by the heat all day and survived. The Long-tails were let go in the river. Leila, who had rescued one, said that “it was a calm day, it had cover and shelter and it went off and stayed close to the Mallards. We saw it next day, so it’s a good news story.

“What’s not such a good news story was the dead Red-shafted Flicker we found in someone’s wood-stove,” Leila continued. “The stove hadn’t been used in some time and the flicker had fallen down the chimney and couldn’t get out. The home-owner had asked me to come and get a live flicker out of the stove and it survived, but it was sad to see what had happened to the first one. Who knows how long it had been there? I’d just like to say that if there are any other empty homes with open chimneys they should be

blocked to prevent further deaths and I’d be happy to work with others to get the open chimneys covered.”

In many ways these are the down days of winter. The Bird Counts are designed to catch the last throes of fall migration and now it’s a story of survival for the wild winter residents. Fortunately we have a reasonably mild climate and are surrounded by water. Out on Masset Inlet, where the tide runs in and out at the same time, hundreds of Pacific Loons feed just offshore. The nutrients washed out from the rivers circulate there and food is plentiful.

Even in mid-winter there is always a run of something. Our fishing neighbour Robert explained about the early herring run now occurring. The adult herring feed on the bottom but the juveniles are smaller and feed near the surface, which is probably what the eagles, gulls, loons and murres have been feeding on these past few weeks. If not herring, then sandlance or euphausiids, those tiny shrimp that baleen whales feed on.

Whales have been seen in Skidegate Inlet, a few Ocra, two Humpbacks and what could have been a Fin Whale which grows to a length of 22 metres. “It was huge and almost as long as the Kwuna,” the Al, the

Skipper explained. “We couldn’t believe the size!” Fin Whales usually travel offshore but they have been seen in Hecate Strait and they follow the food. From tiny shrimp to huge whales, the ocean feeds them all.

Meanwhile back in Masset Inlet, close to shore, more Long-tailed Ducks float by and further out flocks of healthy Black Scoters fly inland. They land, then let the tide take them back out again. Among the flocks were winter-plumaged Pigeon Guillemots returning to their nesting grounds. We had only seen a few during the Bird Counts but upwards of forty in various colours sped by. Some were clean white with just a little black, some were light grey and some were almost black. In summer plumage they are all black with a white oval wing-patch, so they are beginning to show their summer colours.

Pine Siskins come skipping down out of the sky to land at the feeder and juncos continue to spar and argue. A lone, quiet Varied Thrush, the orange and black ‘swamp robin’ comes in quietly, feeds, and just as quietly flits away again. Mid-winter survival.

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Haida Gwaii Management Council and the Secretariat of the Haida Nation Job Posting

Administrative Assistant

The Haida Gwaii Management Council (HGMC) and the Secretariat of the Haida Nation (SHN ) Stewardship Director is seeking an experienced Administrative Assistant to join their team in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, BC. The Administrative Assistant reports to the Stewardship Director and supports the Haida Gwaii Management Council operations and is responsible for coordinating all aspects of HGMC meetings including minutes, agendas, and development of outputs for HGMC review. The HGMC Administrative Assistant will provide project management and administrative support to all of the HGMC members for regular quarterly meetings and teleconferences and is accountable for all aspects of maintaining the functions of the HGMC throughout the year which include data management, storage and upkeep of the HGMC Website and internal SharePoint. In a similar capacity, the Administrative Assistant position will also provide executive and administrative support to the Stewardship Director.

e are loo ing for someone with the following uali cations a diploma in communications, public or business administration or related eld

and/or three years of related experience; considerable experience in a fast paced, multi tasking environment providing

operational support and expertise in project management; good oral and written communication skills, considerable business writing

experience in a variety of formats and for a variety of audiences; website maintenance, tracking budget expenses, budget and workplan development, managing processes, planning and carrying out meeting functions, supervision, developing standards, promoting process Improvement, and reporting skills. Good knowledge of Microsoft Of ce software is required and experience with

Microsoft Project software would be an asset. Demonstrated experience working effectively with irst Nations, provincial and

federal government representatives, professionals, and special interests groups. Preference will be given to persons of Haida Ancestry.

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Through financial support from School District 50, Literacy Haida Gwaii and BC’s Artstarts in Schools, 70 students in the school district, Chief Matthews Elementary and Living & Learning Elementary Schools, from kindergarten to grade two, worked with Kiki and Alison to create 13large felted moons as illustrations for the poem.

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the fact that that program did not actually exist yet. What is that program? 3. Prime Minister Stephan Harper began his first official visit to this country on January 19th. Name

this country. 4. Archeologists believe they have found a 13,800-year-old object in the ocean near Haida Gwaii.

What is that object? 5. Justin Trudeau kicked Liberal Senators out of his caucus on January 29th. How many Senators

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years. What is that whale? 12. What was 2014’s biggest grossing movie in Canada and the United States? 13. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened in September. In which city is it located? 14. Name the 135-metre Russian cargo ship that went adrift off the west coast of Haida Gwaii in

October. 15. Which magazine named Haida Gwaii as one of the world's 20 Must-See Places?

2014 Year In Review of Canada

Send your answers by January 23rd to Literacy Haida Gwaii at Box 235, Queen Charlotte, V0T 1S0

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Haida Child and Family Services Society are seeking contractors to provide short term workthat can provide supportive services for children, youth and their families on Haida Gwaii.

The Contracted Aboriginal Family Support Worker will:• Meet contract specific goals• Have proven skills and be available to work with Crisis Intervention• Support youth and or their families to learn life skills• Support youth to participate in life skills and recreational opportunities• Have a respectful awareness of the Haida culture, community, and beliefs• Liaise knowledgeably and collaboratively with valued community partners• Possess the ability to work independently and as a part of the team• Maintain confidential records, submit reports as directed by team leader• Must clear the criminal record check and criminal record review to work with children and vulnerable adults• Must have a clear valid driver’s license• A personal vehicle is an asset• Be available to work flexible hours• Sign an Oath of Confidentiality• Sign a Standards of Conduct

Qualification:• A Community Social Service Diploma /or equivalent in Social or Human Studies discipline or a combination of experience, education and training.• Experience working with vulnerable children, youths and families.• Experience and ability to work with Family Groups• Possess Computer Skills Windows 7, word• Excellent written and verbal skills• Display clear knowledge of Child protection laws; such as CFCSA and Duty to Report• Pursuant to Section 41 of BC Human Rights Code: preference may be given to applicants with qualifications who have Aboriginal Ancestry.

Wage will be dependent upon experience and employee criteria.

Please send your resume by Jan 26, 2015 to:Attention:[email protected] Resource OfficerHaida Child & Family Services SocietyBox 86247 Eagle RoadOld Massett, BCFax: 250-626-5287 or Phone: 250 626-5257

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Haida Gwaii Management Council and the Secretariat of the Haida Nation Job Posting

Administrative Assistant

The Haida Gwaii Management Council (HGMC) and the Secretariat of the Haida Nation (SHN ) Stewardship Director is seeking an experienced Administrative Assistant to join their team in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, BC. The Administrative Assistant reports to the Stewardship Director and supports the Haida Gwaii Management Council operations and is responsible for coordinating all aspects of HGMC meetings including minutes, agendas, and development of outputs for HGMC review. The HGMC Administrative Assistant will provide project management and administrative support to all of the HGMC members for regular quarterly meetings and teleconferences and is accountable for all aspects of maintaining the functions of the HGMC throughout the year which include data management, storage and upkeep of the HGMC Website and internal SharePoint. In a similar capacity, the Administrative Assistant position will also provide executive and administrative support to the Stewardship Director.

e are loo ing for someone with the following uali cations a diploma in communications, public or business administration or related eld

and/or three years of related experience; considerable experience in a fast paced, multi tasking environment providing

operational support and expertise in project management; good oral and written communication skills, considerable business writing

experience in a variety of formats and for a variety of audiences; website maintenance, tracking budget expenses, budget and workplan development, managing processes, planning and carrying out meeting functions, supervision, developing standards, promoting process Improvement, and reporting skills. Good knowledge of Microsoft Of ce software is required and experience with

Microsoft Project software would be an asset. Demonstrated experience working effectively with irst Nations, provincial and

federal government representatives, professionals, and special interests groups. Preference will be given to persons of Haida Ancestry.

or a more detailed job description please contact the SHN Administrator [email protected]

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the fact that that program did not actually exist yet. What is that program? 3. Prime Minister Stephan Harper began his first official visit to this country on January 19th. Name

this country. 4. Archeologists believe they have found a 13,800-year-old object in the ocean near Haida Gwaii.

What is that object? 5. Justin Trudeau kicked Liberal Senators out of his caucus on January 29th. How many Senators

got the boot? 6. Jim Flaherty resigned as Finance Minister on March 18th. The next day, another prominent

politician announced her resignation. Who is that politician? 7. Which province hosted the Premier's Council of the Federation meeting this year? 8. How many female premiers were there at the start of 2014? 9. What is the fixed date of the next Federal Election? 10. Which Hollywood star challenged Stephen Harper to do the ice-bucket challenge? 11. A rare and endangered whale was spotted west of Haida Gwaii for the first time in more than 60

years. What is that whale? 12. What was 2014’s biggest grossing movie in Canada and the United States? 13. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened in September. In which city is it located? 14. Name the 135-metre Russian cargo ship that went adrift off the west coast of Haida Gwaii in

October. 15. Which magazine named Haida Gwaii as one of the world's 20 Must-See Places?

2014 Year In Review of Canada

Send your answers by January 23rd to Literacy Haida Gwaii at Box 235, Queen Charlotte, V0T 1S0

1st prize: $25 Co Cop Gift Card & a copy of Margaret Atwood’s Year of the Flood 2nd prize: $10 iTunes Gift Card & a copy of Richard van Camp’s Godless But Loyal to Heaven 3rd prize: a copy of Richard van Camp’s Godless But Loyal to Heaven & a copy of Margaret Atwood’s Year of the Flood

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Haida Child and Family Services Society are seeking contractors to provide short term workthat can provide supportive services for children, youth and their families on Haida Gwaii.

The Contracted Aboriginal Family Support Worker will:• Meet contract specific goals• Have proven skills and be available to work with Crisis Intervention• Support youth and or their families to learn life skills• Support youth to participate in life skills and recreational opportunities• Have a respectful awareness of the Haida culture, community, and beliefs• Liaise knowledgeably and collaboratively with valued community partners• Possess the ability to work independently and as a part of the team• Maintain confidential records, submit reports as directed by team leader• Must clear the criminal record check and criminal record review to work with children and vulnerable adults• Must have a clear valid driver’s license• A personal vehicle is an asset• Be available to work flexible hours• Sign an Oath of Confidentiality• Sign a Standards of Conduct

Qualification:• A Community Social Service Diploma /or equivalent in Social or Human Studies discipline or a combination of experience, education and training.• Experience working with vulnerable children, youths and families.• Experience and ability to work with Family Groups• Possess Computer Skills Windows 7, word• Excellent written and verbal skills• Display clear knowledge of Child protection laws; such as CFCSA and Duty to Report• Pursuant to Section 41 of BC Human Rights Code: preference may be given to applicants with qualifications who have Aboriginal Ancestry.

Wage will be dependent upon experience and employee criteria.

Please send your resume by Jan 26, 2015 to:Attention:[email protected] Resource OfficerHaida Child & Family Services SocietyBox 86247 Eagle RoadOld Massett, BCFax: 250-626-5287 or Phone: 250 626-5257

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The Masset Lectures. Every other Monday, from 7-9 p.m. NWCC Campus at Tahayghen Elementary.

Masset Roller girls Open skateWednesdays 5-7:30 p.m.at the J. Lalonde Roller Rink$2 drop-in.

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aa meeting, Skidegate Firehall, 8 p.m., every Friday.

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Haida Gwaii Coffeehouse on Friday Feb. 29 QC Legion 7:30

Canadian Firearms safety CourseStarts Wed. Feb. 10 at QCSS runs Feb.10, 11, 16 and 18 from 7-10 p.m. Ron at 557 4255

The Queen Charlotte Har-bour authority society aGM March 2, 7- 9 p.m. at the Youth Centre. Society will be accept-ing new membership.

Gwaii singers Choir practice every Tues., new members wel-come, info 250-559-8418

Bethel assembly regular ser-vice Sundays 10:30 a.m.

FLK taoist tai Chi, Mon. noon, Wed. 7 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.. Call 559-8252

ukulele Jam, Wed. 5-7p.m., Community Hall, Seniors’ Room.

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FLK taoist tai Chi Mon. and Thur., 7-8 p.m. 637-5463

aa. Meetings Mon. and Thur.

WorldReadAloudDayJointhecountdowntoFebruary24th,2016

Everyyear,WorldReadAloudDaycallsglobalattentiontotheimportanceofreadingaloudandsharingstories.

World Read Aloud Day is celebrated by millions of people in more than 100 countries! World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words and creates a community of readers taking action to show the world that the right to literacy belongs to all people. Check out litworld.org for more details. There are reading activities for classrooms, for families, and you can even download a picture book and share the reading at home or in class.

For those who are interested in sharing their reading with children in other countries, you can schedule a virtual read aloud session with another classroom of children from another country.

www.haidagwaiiobserver.com16 Friday, February 5, 2016

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2011 DodgeCaravan Stk #TBR726208. 130,569 kilometers.

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2007 KiaRio Stk #C76236282. 106,746 kilometers.

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2012 GMCSierra 1500 Stk #TCZ166865. 87,945 kilometers.

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2012 GMCTerrain Stk #TC6359688. 77,047 kilometers.

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2008 PontiacG5 Stk #C87309888. 91,752 kilometers.

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2012Chevrolet Cruze Stk #CC7177192. 112,487 kilometers.

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2010 FordFocus Stk #CAW194572. 80,769 kilometers.

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