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Goal met for new playgroundCameron Orr

After careful consideration of their policies and procedures, Kitimat Council were almost trip-ping over themselves trying to offer more money to the Kildala Parent Advisory Council.

The PAC were asking for up to $20,000 to-wards their fundraising goal to construct a new school playground to replace their aged and small one.

Council had sent the request back to town staff to re� ect and comment on policy and to look for ways to offer cost saving measures.

Ultimately staff recommended that the town offer a grant of just over $15,000, even though there were efforts to simply pony up the full $20,000, both to bene� t the PAC and to save time in the future if they still needed a bit of extra money.

The $15,457 does bring the PAC to their fun-draising goal, which caps off years of fundraising efforts by the parent group.

“We’re at the goal and ready to proceed to the next level which will be the installation,” said PAC President Kim Wasyleski. “We hope to have it in the ground before the next school year.”

She said everyone on the PAC is “elated” that it’s all almost over.

The playground was a project started by the past PAC executive, which managed to raise $4,000 before the new committee stepped in.

Wasyleski said between them and the current group it’s been about two-and-a-half years to get to here.

She said each person has taken on commit-ments of time, from selling treats in the school to organizing Subway orders to bottle sorting every weekend, all of which went towards getting the children a new playground.

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Students get immunized from meningitis in clinics

Janet Munro has been leading the charge over the past 10 years to have comprehensive meningitis vaccines brought to B.C.’s youth, and even as the campaign to have them incorporated in to the public health system moves on, she’s brought clinics to Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary to get the ball rolling.

Munro and her husband lost their son Bradley to the Y-strain of meningitis while he was studying at Thompson Riv-ers University.

The incident kicked off a major push by the family to raise awareness and get other youth protected.

The Munros are part of a coalition of parents advocating for the vaccines, called MeningitisBC.org.

The recent clinic on May 20 was the second of three taking place in Kitimat.

Two are for the two doses of the B-

strain vaccine while the third is for the four-strains of meningitis.

Munro says the B strain takes two doses because of the complicated nature of its make-up.

“The B is the hardest of the strains to curve because there are so many different bacteria that make up the B,” she said.

The four strain covers A, B, W135, and Y.

Through the efforts of these school-based clinics, Kitimat is at the forefront of protection against the disease.

“These kids here in Kitimat will be the � rst kids in the entire province of B.C. that’ll be vaccinated against all � ve common strains of meningitis,” said Munro.

These meningitis strains are not covered under the public health system in B.C., although eight other provinces

have incorporated them.Their existence outside of the public

system does create cost barriers for par-ents.

A single shot of the B strain vaccine, for instance, costs $120.

Certain health care providers will cover the cost of the four-strain version.

This cost barrier is something Men-ingitisBC is looking to overcome for par-ents and offers some � nancial assistance for parents who need it.

Three Kitimat students were eligible for assistance.

“When the parent is not covered you’re looking at $360 to get these vac-cines before they go off to university,” she said. “We’ve been trying to raise money so we can support some parents to cover the cost of these vaccines.”

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Grade 12 student Derek Hickman looks on as he get immunized against the B strain of meningitis. Cameron Orr

Continued from page 1Munro says she’s still work-

ing to get the clinics in to Terrace schools.

Because she’s not known in that community she said it’s harder to get Northern Health endorsement to run them, even though it’s all done safely.

“These clinics are dealt with with the highest, strictest regard for everybody’s public health concerns.”

A Kitimat pharmacist adminis-tered the vaccines here.

She’s hopeful of a large uptake in the vaccine, and hopes the clinics

go a ways to setting that foundation, and of course ultimately inclusion in the provincial system.

“Unfortunately with these vac-cines not being publicly funded it’s a cost to the parents,” said Munro. “But the ultimate price is you take your chances. With this, because it mimics the flu, you could be gone within 48 hours. That’s how deadly it is.”

She continued, “We look at it as we know what happens. Look at my son, you know?”

The four-strain vaccine clinic takes place June 17 at MEMSS.

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Another OD on fentanyl-laced pillsMay 11Police were called

on what was later deemed a consensual fight between two women at City Centre Mall.

May 13A complainant told

police of dump trucks near Kuldo and Liard Streets that were using

their engine brakes and throwing gravel every-where. Police spoke to a nearby foreman who said he’d address the issue.

May 14A stolen Dodge

Caravan was recovered at 9 a.m. after being reported stolen at 5:50 a.m. Police are still in-

vestigating.Charges are pend-

ing against two women who allegedly stole or attempted to steal bottles of liquor from a store in Nechako Cen-tre.

May 15Police attended

after a vehicle on the highway near Cablecar

struck a moose. The moose did not survive and there was minor damage to the vehicle itself.

May 16Through the course

of a roadblock on Hais-la Boulevard at Euro-can Way, one Red Deer resident was given a roadside prohibition, as

was a driver from Pow-ell River, both for con-suming alcohol.

May 17Another road check

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driving prohibition for failing the screening.

Police are inves-tigating an overdose which they say they’ve determined relate to fentanyl-laced “oxy”

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with Geoff McFarlane at his side as vice-pres-ident. Louise Avery is the treasurer, and Jen-nifer Lagace is the re-cording secretary.

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Continued from page 1“Every penny has helped

us get there,” said Wasyleski. “Whether it’s a can or a thousand dollar cheque.”

She said the most thanks goes to the community of Kitimat, where the bulk of all their donations came from. Very few came from compa-nies not based locally.

“Without them we wouldn’t have a hope,” she said.

At the May 19 council

meeting, councillors ultimate-ly decided not to provide an even $20,000 — which was the PAC’s original request before further fundraising was done — because they only needed the $15,000 by the time the staff report came back to them.

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There’s a lot of pressure on people to go “green.” Not so much in the po-litical sense, but in a personal way; re-duce, reuse, recycle, oppose over-use of oil, coal and other fossil fuels, gen-erate your own electricity, and so on.

I do think most people are, to vary-ing extents, environmentally aware. They want development to provide jobs but also to be safe, sustainable and not harmful to air or water.

Mostly I’m there but I hate to be pushed and I dislike it when people step over the line and try to force me to agree with their point of view and when I don’t, well, just call me a mo-ron or worse. Frankly, it kinda runs off my back, mostly.

But there is almost always so much controversy associated with advice on “going green” that I tend to try to avoid the phrase. Eco-conscious living, re-ducing my carbon footprint, things like that somehow tend to irritate me when its accompanied by a lecture.

The Internet is packed with what I call “do-gooder sites” or green liv-ing blogs. Browsing a few of them can promptly lead to an attack of apoplexy.

Here’s an example: writer Andrea D. from Michigan has a site she calls “sustainable baby steps.” Baby steps for beginner hippies. I thought they all grew up at the end of the 70s.

Andrea suggests “after you wash your hands at a restaurant, hospital, school, etc. and dry your hands with paper towels, DONT THROW THEM AWAY! They are clean! The water was wiped away from your clean hands! Instead take them home and use them around. I use them to clean the bath-room mirrors and any glass. For exam-ple: The bathroom mirror is dirty, so I spray some windex and wipe it with those used paper towels.”

Yes I’d classify that as a baby step OK.

Another of the Top 100 sites for

going green is Environmentalscience-degree.com, which describes itself as a comprehensive resource for those interested in working in the � eld or ad-vancing their education. From salary information, career paths, and updates from the � eld, “you’re sure to � nd an-swers to all your questions – and some you’d never think to ask”.

Such as “Fifteen ways to go green on a budget.” Example one is, “use power strips around your home. You can cut off power to chargers and small appliances when you’re done with them with power strips.” Fascinated? Here’s number two, “Keeping your freezer fully stocked is key to saving time, money, and stress when putting together meals, but did you know it’s also the most eco-friendly use of the space? That’s because it takes a lot more energy to cool an empty space.”

There are more but I knew about not rinsing dishes before using the dishwasher (saves 20 gallons of wa-ter a year) and sharing my magazines. Suggestion, give them to doctors’ of-� ces.

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It’s not easy being green

Being preparedMy knowledge of meningitis was limited, if not

non-existent until a few years ago when I was fol-lowing the story of Kitimat’s Janet Munro who has been advocating for the province to get the � ve com-mon strains of the virus included in the vaccination programs.

She and her family began advocating on this is-sue after her son died, very suddenly, while at uni-versity.

It’s a story shared in detail on MeningitisBC.org’s website, along with stories of other young peo-ple who fell to the illness.

What’s the saddest, the more I learn about this, is that not only are there vaccines available for the strain that took Bradley, but that B.C. isn’t the norm as far as not offering it. Eight other provinces pro-vide it through their public health services.

Munro explained to me that due to the cost of the vaccine it’s not a matter of ordering it from your pharmacist. Pharmacies won’t order it individually because the costs are too burdensome, even for them.

That’s why Munro went ahead with the clinic system running right now at Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary.

When the teachers strike last year impacted schools, she tried to batch order, with parents bring-ing their kids in individually to pick up their dose but hardly anyone did in the end, resulting in a lot of expiring vaccine.

Now with the clinic the full batch can be ordered and the kids get an organized and safe way to get the dose.

She pointed me to news reports from Nova Sco-tia, where the Acadian University this year has dealt with an outbreak of meningitis as well, which result-ed in one student dying and another becoming very ill, although recovering.

As a result of that outbreak that province’s pub-lic health system was setting up free B-strain clinics for students.

I never mean to put words in to people’s mouths but I can only imagine Janet Munro is thinking about the life that could have been saved if those vaccines got to students quicker.

I’ve personally been convinced of the risk.Case numbers may be few, relatively, but its se-

verity is hard to ignore.I can only think of my son and the idea that, now,

I know of some new but preventable risk.There’s no fairness that the Munros had to lose

their son to spark their efforts in pushing for others to get protected.

But, for the greater bene� t, now they realize those risks and share their knowledge to whomever asks.

I’m certain that because of them and other par-ents like them lives will be saved.

Cameron Orr

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Baron Rothschild, an 18th century British noble-man and member of the Roth-schild banking family, is cred-ited with saying "The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets."

Clearly Royal Dutch Shell is of like mind, as evi-denced by its takeover offer to British company BG of US$70 billion.

That translates to a premi-um of 52 per cent on what BG shares were trading at when the announcement was made, making it an offer BG's share-holders can hardly refuse.

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Predictably the all-know-ing, all seeing analysts are di-

vided, some saying the price is way too rich, others that it makes sense.

Not that I think Shell much cares about what the analysts say.

It clearly thinks this is a smart move and, given its long, successful track record, who am I to disagree?

One interesting develop-ment in the wake of the an-nouncement was the ringing endorsement the deal got from a surprising source, Qa-tar, the number one LNG ex-porter in the world.

The state-owned Qatari Investment Authority bought 67 million shares in Shell and another 12 million in BG at a total cost of $US2.3 billion.

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So what does this take-over mean to proposed LNG export projects in the North-west?

Obviously the proposed BG plant at Prince Rupert is dead given that Shell's LNG Canada project in Kitimat would be signi� cantly less expensive - it would be built on an established industrial site (former Methanex metha-nol plant) and the length of pipeline needed to feed the plant would be considerably shorter.

That said, I never thought the BG proposal was likely to come to fruition, dismissing it as another example of piling on.

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Piping hot coffee not associated with piping oilCameron Orr

Kicking Horse Coffee Company may be kicking themselves over an innocent naming of one of their coffee blends which has some people confused.

Named for the tube-shaped waves pop-ular for surfing, the company has a line of coffee called Pacific Pipeline.

On Twitter the company received some negative at-tention from a small handful of customers who felt the name im-plied the company was associating with pipe-line projects in B.C.

Namely the simi-larly named Pacific Trail Pipeline, a natu-ral gas pipeline pro-posal which would supply the proposed Kitimat LNG terminal in Kitimat by Chevron and Woodside Petro-leum.

The company is quick to point out that their coffee product is not intended to be associated with these kinds of industrial projects.

“Pacific Pipeline is a Kicking Horse Coffee blend that’s been on the market for nearly 20 years, and is in no way connected

to the proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline or petroleum industry,” said Elana Rosenfeld, CEO of Kicking Horse Coffee. “The blend name is derived from surf culture, and is in homage to the Pacific’s perfect tube-shaped waves.”

The company said they had seen some

confusion on the name over the past year.One of the more colourful Twitter re-

sponses to the blend is a photo taken by a person showing them extending the middle finger to a bag of the coffee beans.

Pacific Pipeline is a medium blend, de-scribed as full bodied and smooth.

June 9DAVID SUZUKI is coming to Kiti-mat. We want to hear from coastal residents about the challenges facing your commu-nity and B.C.’s coast-al waters, along with your hopes for the future. Starts at 7 p.m. at Mount Elizabeth Theatre.September 1SPORTFISH ADVI-SORY COMMITTEE meeting, 7 p.m. at Kit-imat Rod & Gun Club. Topics for discussion: Fish possession limits and transporting; and Steelhead plan. For more info call Jack Riddle 250-888-8202.OngoingHOSPICE: Do you have a couple of hours a month to make phone calls, plant flowers, share memo-ries, play cards, etc.? Hospice can provide you with excellent training. Call us now at 250-632-2278.Continued on page 7

Coming Events


Shaun ThomasThe provincial government and Pa-

ci� c NorthWest LNG signed a project development agreement that both par-ties say moves the project closer to be-coming a reality.

"For Paci� c NorthWest LNG and Progress Energy, the issue of the high-est importance was stability and pre-dictability in relation to an investment decision on a $36-billion project...this is a good day for stability and predict-ability," said Paci� c NorthWest LNG

president Michael Culbert."This is extremely good news and

is indicative of the B.C. government's commitment to develop an LNG indus-try."

The agreement, which includes a long-term royalty agreement that covers 2016 through to 2038, is anything but � nal as it will need approval from both.

"The agreement is subject to inter-nal approval from Paci� c NorthWest LNG and Petronas and it will then be introduced into the Legislature," said

Premier Christy Clark."It will not come into effect until ap-

proved by the Legislative Assembly and all of its members.

Once the agreement is tabled and debated, it will be available for pub-lic viewing and scrutiny and I am sure that there will be no stone left un-turned."

Once approved the agreement will not come into effect until Paci� c North-West LNG reaches a � nal investment decision.

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Economic Benefits for Northern British Columbia

Through April 2015, TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project team hosted public question-and-answer sessions in nine northern B.C. communities. We’d like to thank everyone who attended, and take this opportunity to respond again to some of the questions that were asked.

How is Coastal GasLink providing business opportunities for northern B.C.?

• Over $4 billion is estimated to be spent on pipeline construction, a third of which is estimated to be spent in B.C.

• Opportunities for qualified businesses include the supply of construction materials, services and labor, and increased retail and commercial activity in the area of the proposed project.

• Most direct business opportunities during construction will be provided through prime contractors or their sub-contractors. Each prime contractor will develop a local and Aboriginal participation plan to cover local contracting and employment. We will monitor and enforce the implementation of these plans and require regular progress reports.

• Four categories of activity are designated as opportunities for qualified Aboriginal businesses including right-of-way clearing; camp management; security; and medical.

• Coastal GasLink representatives are already working full-time to explain the qualification process to local businesses.

• During project planning, since mid-2012, we have spent over $34 million on goods, services and wages in northern B.C.

What about hiring and training?

• Coastal GasLink estimates there will be 2,000 to 2,500 people directly employed through the main construction period. Most job opportunities will be provided through prime contractors or their sub-contractors.

• There will be opportunities for welders and mechanics, equipment operators, drivers, labourers, flagpersons and more. Openings will be communicated in northern B.C. communities. We expect there will also be a need to attract qualified workers from other parts of B.C. and beyond.

• Coastal GasLink and TransCanada have launched a “Pathways to Pipeline Readiness” training program with northern B.C. colleges and training institutions, with $900,000 in funding announced to date.

What is Coastal GasLink doing for local communities?

• Coastal GasLink engages with, listens to, and acts on feedback from communities. From the onset of the project, the project team held numerous meetings with First Nations, local governments, landowners, other land users and community residents.

• Coastal GasLink has invested in community projects and services in a dozen communities, from fire/rescue equipment to restoring rivers and streams to summer programs for children.

• Notable recipients of recent contributions include the Chetwynd Health Clinic and Wellness Centre, the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Skeena Salmon Program, and the Houston Search and Rescue Society.

• Coastal GasLink and TransCanada are active members of 14 local Chambers of Commerce across northern B.C., and regular sponsors of community events.

• During operation, Coastal GasLink will support local services far into the future. Judging from current assessment rates, the proposed pipeline will generate more than $20 million every year in property taxes across four regional districts and the municipal District of Kitimat that will support services like fire protection, schools and hospital districts.

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. is proposing to develop an approximately 670 kilometre pipeline to safely deliver natural gas from the Groundbirch area, near Dawson Creek, B.C., to the proposed LNG Canada gas liquefaction facility at Kitimat.

Coastal GasLink is committed to meeting or exceeding regulatory requirements, and to working with regulators through construction to achieve the highest standards of environmental protection. Once in operation, the proposed pipeline would be subject to ongoing regulatory monitoring by the BC Oil and Gas Commission.

Coastal GasLink will provide numerous benefits to B.C. including property taxes, local contracting and business stimulus, community investments and more.

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If you hadn’t already noticed, a night of camp-ing is a bit more expensive than last year.

As of March 15, a night at Lakelse rose three dollars, from $25 to $28.

Fees at 40 provincial campgrounds in the Kootenay-Okanagan, Northern, South Coast and West Coast regions increased at least $3 a night, and 141 of B.C.’s 204 provincial campgrounds saw a $2 increase.

The Ministry of Environment said earlier this year that this is the first province-wide increase in fees since 2010. Rates for backcountry camping and use of sani-stations remain at $5, and fees for mooring buoys, picnic shelters and group camp-

ing are unchanged. Parking fees for day-use lots, a failed experiment from 10 years ago, are not being reintroduced.

The ministry says the varied rate increases take into account local demand and economic con-ditions as well as private camping availability.

The province collected about $17 million from its park and recreation fees last year, while spend-ing $22 million on direct park operating costs.

Campsite use is on the rise in B.C. since the introduction of an online reservation service called Discover Camping, which opened for the season at 9 a.m. on March 15. The system handled 133,000 reservations last year, nearly a 10 per cent increase over 2013.

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CAREGIVERfull-time, permanent requiredby the Van der Merwe Family for two boys, in their rural homestead at 1st Ave., Lakelse Lake, 40 km North of Kitimat, BC.Duties: help with child care;meal preparation; generalhousehold chores; transport-ing the children to school, sports activities etc.; help with children’s academicprogram etc.; accompany children on outdoor activities Skills required: high school diploma, profi ciency in English, mathematics and computer literacy. Wages: $10.50/hour, 40 hours + per week.

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COASTAL Logging Company looking for an experienced grapple yarder operator. Town job with the possibility of a la-bour contract to the right indi-vidual. Email resume [email protected]

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Fentanyl leads to OD in Rupert

Seniors’ advocate calls for housing reforms

Tom FletcherPremier Christy Clark and officials of B.C.’s largest liquefied natural gas

project are moving ahead with legal restrictions that the NDP says may tie the hands of future governments to change tax and royalty revenue from the industry.

Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG and the B.C. government signed agreements to ship LNG from the port of Prince Rupert to Asia (See page 7).

NDP leader John Horgan said the agreements appear to give the inves-tors what they need, but lack job guarantees and assurances that if the natural gas price improves, B.C. taxpayers will receive an adequate share of the resources they own.

“My biggest concern is that we’re tying the hands of future governments because a desperate government made commitments that they over-prom-ised on and now they want to get a deal at any cost,” Horgan said.

Pacific Northwest LNG hit a roadblock in recent weeks with a vote by the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation to reject the port site at Lelu Island, despite revenue sharing totalling more than $1 billion over 40 years of LNG ship-ments.

Culbert said answers to the community’s questions about changes to the project to protect Flora Bank, a shallow bed used by young salmon, were presented to the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency the day before Lax Kw’alaams members began voting.

Clark said there have been agreements reached with 14 of 19 aboriginal communities along the pipeline route, and she is confident that differences can be worked out with the rest, including the Lax Kw’alaams.

Shaun Thomas and Cameron OrrPrince Rupert RCMP say a le-

thal overdose last week is being attributed to heroin laced with fen-tanyl.

At approximately 6:13 p.m. the British Columbia Ambulance Ser-vice called police to report they were treating a man who was suspected of using Heroin mixed with Fentanyl. Due to the potency of this mixture the man succumbed to the overdose and died, prompting a warning from police.

“It is with sadness that we have to advise the community of Prince Rupert about this tragic event and

our sincere condolences go out to the family and friends that have been affected. At this time we are not re-leasing the name of the deceased, out of respect for the family,” said Const. Matt Ericson, spokesman for the Prince Rupert RCMP Detach-ment

Fentanly-laced products have been circulating in Kitimat in recent months, prompting similar warnings from Kitimat RCMP. Fortunately there have been no deaths in Kiti-mat linked to the drug however there have been a few incidences of over-doses. The most recent incident is at-tached to the police report on page 2.

Tom FletcherToo many seniors

are going into resi-dential care when they could still be accom-modated in assisted living, due to rules that are “outdated and too restrictive,” B.C. Se-niors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says in a new report.

The report found a 10-per-cent vacancy rate for assisted liv-ing facilities, meaning space is usually avail-able, at least in urban areas. It calls for a “fundamental rede-sign” of regulations for registered assisted liv-ing, to change spousal eligibility and reduce

the number of higher functioning seniors moving to residential care.

More than 90 per cent of B.C. seniors live independently and 80 per cent are home-owners, who should be able to apply for a provincial loan against equity to pay for re-pairs, the report rec-ommends.

“A new roof or the need to fix a dilapidat-ed deck may be a cost that forces a senior out of a house they have loved for decades,” Mackenzie said. “Liv-ing in a house that is worth $500,000 or even a million dollars

does not mean much if you’re living alone on $24,000 or less, which is the median income of seniors in B.C., and you can’t find the cash to pay the bills.”

Health Minister Terry Lake said he supports the direction of Mackenzie’s 18 rec-ommendations, and the ministry is working on assisted living chang-es. Some recommen-dations, such as pro-viding private rooms with ensuite bath for residential care beds, have “wide-reaching implications for health authorities” and re-quire more study, Lake said.

The Northern Sentinel will publish all neatly handwritten, faxed or emailed coming events if space permits. Coming Events must be free to the public (no money exchange of any kind).

• by mail, 626 Enterprise Ave., Ktimat, BC V8C 2E4;• e-mail: [email protected]; or• by fax 639-9373.

SubmittedLapointe Engineering Ltd. (LEL) hosted, in

partnership with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Northern Branch (APEGBC), the fourth annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Competition on May 2 at the Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School.

LEL was able to design and fabricate a Bridge Breaker Machine for the Northern region, which presses up to 300 lbs of force on to the model bridges to see how they stack up to the pressure.

This year marked the highest turnout in the event’s history, with a total of 119 teams partici-pating from Hazelton, New Hazelton, Prince Ru-pert, Telkwa, Terrace, and Kitimat.

The Most Innovative Bridge Award was presented to a Category 1 team “The Maple

Arch” from Ecole Mountainview School inTerrace, BC.

The Strongest Bridge in Category 1 went to “K & N Bridge Company” from Kildala Elemen-tary School in Kitimat. Their bridge held 154 lbs of force.

The Strongest Bridge in Category 2 and the Overall Strongest Bridge went to “Dream Iron Crossing” from Prince Rupert Middle School in Prince Rupert, BC. Their bridge withstood 264 lbsof pressure.

“Team Phenomenon” from MEMSS and “Bob’s Builders” from Kitimat City High tied for Strongest Bridge in Category 3 at 141 lbs.

The Strongest Bridge in Category 4 went to “Cop My Mix Tape Next Week it’s Gonna be Fire” from MEMSS, holding up to a force of177 lbs.


Sports & Leisure

A group watches as the Bridge Breaker makes quick work of their popsicle bridge structure, May 2.

SILVEREmporium Builders

Supplies Enbridge Northern

Gateway Zanron Fabrication &

Machine Co.Maher Terminals Holding

Corp.Stantec

Ridley Terminals Inc.Viking Construction Armtec

THANK YOUTo all those involved in making the

4th Annual

Popsicle StickBridge Building

CompetitionA HUGE SUCCESS!

Again, a BIG THANK YOU toall participants, teachers, parents, sponsors and volunteers.

Looking forward to seeing you all again next year!

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LEGACY APEGBC

Lapointe Engineering Ltd.

Tetra Tech EBA Rio Tinto Alcan

PlatinumBG Canada

Prince Rupert Grain

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Oviatt Contracting Ltd.Prince Rupert Port Authority

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LEGACY

Enterprising engineers craft popsicle stick bridges

Kitimat LNG invites you to attend a Community Open House Date and time: Tuesday, June 16 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Location: Kitimat Valley Institute, 1352 Alexander Ave, Kitimat

For more information please email [email protected]

chevron.ca/KitimatLNG

Alexander Ave

Kitimat Valley Institute

Stickney St

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Chevron and Woodside are committed to protecting people, the environment and to being a good neighbour in communities where we work.

We’d like to hear from you. Please join us for an update on the proposed Kitimat LNG project and to share your thoughts and ideas with us.

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A compromise may be in the works to restore 24-hour access between the commu-nities of Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska with Canada’s border ser-vices agency confirm-ing it has been looking at alternative service options for the border crossing.

“We have been consulting with stake-holders in and around Stewart, B.C., as well as with first responders and law enforcement partners to explore additional alternative service options,” said Canada Border Ser-vice Agency (CBSA) spokesperson Robin Barcham in an email last week. Barcham said the agency didn’t have anything specific to report, but “we look forward to further en-gagement at the com-munity level.”

Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP Nathan Cullen said he spoke with CBSA officials and indicated that the solution could come by way of a 24-hour ac-cess phone.

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Kitimat Northern Sentinel, May 27, 2015