By Flavio NienowBlack Press
At the July 23, 2015, meeting of the Regional District of B u l k l e y - N e c h a ko (RDBN), the board of directors passed a mo-tion to implement a region-wide cardboard ban starting July 1, 2016.
This means that be-ginning July 1, 2016, cardboard will no longer be accepted for disposal as garbage at any RDBN solid waste management facility including land� ll or transfer station.
The ban will apply equally to all residents, businesses, municipali-ties, industries and in-
stitutions including educational facilities and hospitals.
According to the
RDBN, the overall in-tent is to minimize the amount of waste that is ultimately land� lled,
as waste reduction is a priority of the board of directors.
Bill Miller, Director
of Electoral Area B, explained that card-board, although not heavy, constitutes a “very high volume” for RDBN’s land� lls. He added that when cardboard degrades in the land� lls, it pro-duces methane, which has signi� cant more impact than carbon dioxide.
In a press release, the RDBN said they will work to ensure that, at minimum, drop-off cardboard re-cycling opportunities are available for resi-dential customers.
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Regional district takes over landfill
Regional district implements region-wide cardboard ban
By Xuyun ZengHouston Today
Away with the con-tractors; for the � rst time, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako will take over the management of the Knockholt Land� ll which serves Burns Lake, Houston, Smithers, Telkwa and Granisle in September.
The District’s spokespeople believe that by taking the work in-house, tax-payers will save any-where from $75,000 to $180,000 yearly while maintaining services at the same level. They also predict work ef-� ciency and service quality will increase as in-house employees will take further own-ership of their work.
“The staff that are hired by the Regional District, they’re long-term sustainable jobs,
and because of that and because we have a good working rela-tionship with our staff, they buy in to the fa-cility,” environmen-tal services director Janine Dougall said. “And this facility be-comes part of them, and so they’re proud of working at our fa-cilities.”
Dougall spoke to this topic using her experience of taking transfer station and
““By taking the work in-house, taxpayers
will save...” -Janine Dougall
““According to the RDBN, the overall intent is to minimize the amount of waste that is
ultimately landfilled.”
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Houston’s new Constable Jason Wong values community and says he already likes Houston.
“I like waving to people and chatting with them. Houston is a nice change,” he said.
Cst. Wong grew up in Burnaby and after high school he went to Douglas College in New Westminster and Coquitlam where he studied business administration.
He earned his diploma in two years,
studying part-time and working part-time at Safeway working as a clerk and stocking shelves.
He continued working at Safeway after that and took more part-time studies at the BCIT Institute of technology.
He earned a diploma in human resource management and a certi� cate in
mediation arbitration. “I just enjoyed it,” Cst. Wong said
when he was asked why he took those programs.
“I found it really interesting... I liked it and thought it might be applicable for my future career.”
After his studies, Cst. Wong ran his
own small business, where he built and sold computers.
He also started volunteering at the Vancouver Community Policing Centre, doing community background policing work.
Cst. Wong says he worked at Safeway 16 years and was ready for a change when he applied to the RCMP.
“I wanted to upgrade myself... RCMP came up and I said ‘hey, I’ll give it a try,” he said.
He says he had applicable skills and it interested him and his � ancé, now wife, was supportive.
Cst. Wong’s � rst post was in Thompson Manitoba, a city of 13,000 people, where he did general duty policing for six months.
As soon as he could, he transferred into rural policing in Thompson, which meant � ying out with one partner to do policing in rural aboriginal communities.
“It seemed like a good challenge,” said Cst. Wong.
“Rural really promotes independence because it is just you and your partner and not much chance to talk to supervisors. You kind of have to � gure things out yourself.”
Even communication with dispatch was a challenge, as they were often out of range for radios or cell phones. Cst. Wong says there were times they knocked on people’s doors and borrowed home phones.
The job taught him independence, the importance of building partnerships and how to think outside the box, he said.
After � ve years in Manitoba, Cst. Wong transferred to Houston.
“I really wanted to get back to B.C.” he said.
When he and his wife arrived, Wong says it felt fresh and was great to see the mountains again.
He enjoys � shing, boating, video games, sports and reading.
As an of� cer, Cst. Wong says he seeks to be honest, involved, and approachable.
“I like to be someone that people feel comfortable coming up to and talking to,” he said.
“I believe general duty members have to be involved with the people and get to know them... We have to be community minded.”
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waste haul work back in-house.
“Whereas under contract, typically our contracts are only � ve years,” Dougall said. “And it’s not a long-term sustainable job, sometimes there’s just challenge with keeping the enthusiasm of the employees.”
The District came up with its cost predictions by considering depreciation, repair costs, wage in� ation,
operating costs and interest rates. The worst-case scenario put all of these factors together, and documents reveal that the District expects annual costs to run $559,445, whereas the lowest contractor bid stood at $633,840.
District area chairman Bill Miller also predicts this change will allow � exibility for future changes.
“There [are] some very new strict guidelines and new rules around land� lling material
that are coming out that are becoming a lot more onerous and a lot more costly to actually bury garbage,” Miller said.
He also sees society moving towards land� lling less, making it dif� cult to predict future garbage quantities.
“ C o n t r a c t o r s predominately want a secure contract that tells them that they’re going to make this amount of money when they invest in their equipment and
manpower,” Miller said. “As Janine says, we’re more cost-effective at doing it within our own organization.”
The current contractor, Hoban Equipment Ltd. will move all its equipment and staff out with the coming expiry of its contract. They were unavailable for comment.
In preparation for making the switch, the District is training staff, receiving new equipment and hoping for a seamless transition. The
land� ll’s � eet will consist of two trucks, a CAT heavy work vehicle and an excavator.
“We’ve also applied through the federal government gas tax, which is a grant opportunity for infrastructure and we’ve applied for a fairly signi� cant percentage of getting the money to put the equipment in here,” Miller said.
If that goes through, Miller says taxpayers will see a reduction in the expense of buying the heavy machinery.
Cardboard ban begins July 2016
Xuyun Zeng/Houston TodayThe Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako is receiving new equipment. See above story for details about the changes at the Knckholt Landfill.
provide recycling services. It will be the responsibil-ity of ICI sector customers to arrange for cardboard recycling services directly with local collectors and recycling service providers.
The RDBN said it ac-knowledges that this initia-tive may “initially cause some challenges and raise concerns” on the part of businesses and residents in service provision and cost.
“The RDBN hopes that providing suf� cient advance notice of the cardboard ban will spur the development of local business opportunities that will add to and enhance the green economy in the RDBN,” said a press release.
Christopher Beach, owner of the Burns Lake Return-It Depot, said his business has already been collecting residential card-board. Beach hopes that the Burns Lake Depot will
start collecting commer-cial cardboard before the region-wide ban is in effect.
“The Burns Lake Depot would like to be the central location for all cardboard in the area,” said Beach.
For additional infor-mation on the cardboard ban, contact the RDBN en-vironmental services depart-ment at 250-692-3195, toll free at 1-800-320-3339 or e-mail [email protected]
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Moses is a dog that was adopted five months ago from Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue, a no-kill group foster home and rehabilitation centre situated in Topley, B.C.
Just when it seemed that Moses had finally found a nice family home to live in, he was brought back to Turtle Gardens.
“He is just too big, unruly and knocks the small children over,” explained manager Yvette Labatte. “He may find another family once he is balanced and has gained manners.”
Although Turtle Gardens still accepts dogs such as Moses – dogs that used to live in the facility and have been returned -, the facility is no longer accepting any new dogs.
The reason? A lack of support from the community, says Labatte.
Labatte said that when she asked the community for help with fencing and cleanup, nobody showed up.
“We advertised on Facebook, blog, posters, radio, e-mails all locally,” she said.
According to Labatte, the family-
operated group needs more “physical support.”
“We don’t need your money; we need your time and your muscle,” she said.
Most of the support Turtle Gardens receives originates from the Lower Mainland. The volunteer base in Vancouver consists of over 80 people that can help organize events such as fundraisers.
“Donations have never been depended upon locally,” she said.
Although 98 per cent of all the adoptions are family homes in the Lower Mainland, Labatte said Turtle Gardens has helped many animals and families in Northern B.C.
“We feed a lot of low income dogs and supply dog and cat food to anyone who need it; we quietly spayed female dogs and returned them to their owners while adopting out the pups into great homes; we paid medical bills for injured dogs and returned them to their homes; but when we needed physical help, there was no one; that is why we closed.”
In addition, there is the issue of safety.
Severson Road, a 50 km/h highway
that bisects Turtle Gardens, has created an unsafe environment for dogs and visitors, said Labatte.
“Even with good fences, dogs do get out and are at risk as are people who walk on the road,” she said. “It is not safe for volunteers to come here when the road bisects the property and cars are whizzing by; a child could be killed when people come here.”
Labatte said she has tried to reach out to different g o v e r n m e n t agencies over the years including the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Regional District of B u l k l e y - N e c h a ko and Lakes District Maintenance; but her problem has not been resolved.
Labatte said that, in order for the facility to reopen, the speed limit would have to be reduced.
The Village of Burns Lake has only recently become aware that Turtle Gardens hasn’t been accepting new dogs.
Sheryl Worthing, Chief Administrative Officer for Village of Burns Lake, said that although the village still hasn’t been affected by the
closure, it does creates a “major concern” as the village has no other place to take impounded dogs.
“Staff are researching options and will report back to me with some alternatives and the costs associated with those alternatives,” said Worthing. “If this [closure] causes an increase in costs, we will bring a report to council to discuss options.”
Opened in 1988, Turtle Gardens began like any other non-profit animal shelter, but has since evolved into a group foster home and rehabilitation centre.
“We live with the dogs as a family group; sharing our home so they [the dogs] learn to be a family companion,” said Labatte.
The family-operated group home specializes in stray/feral dogs from First Nation Communities
and municipal pounds. Most of the dogs are first and second generation strays and they have never been in a building or a home.
Although the facility is not accepting any new dogs, Turtle Gardens makes an exception for the so-called sanctuary dogs - dogs that come from abusive homes and are showing signs of aggression.
Currently, Turtle Gardens has 35 sanctuary dogs.
“We take in the worst of the worst - the dogs that no one else will take - and we rehab them and get them family-safe and ready for adoption.”
According to Labatte, the facility has adopted over 6000 dogs and cats over the years.
“When we take responsibility for a dog, we do so for his/her lifetime.”
Turtle Gardens closed for intakes
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Too hot not to have a
real debateKim Campbell was infamously quoted (or
misquoted) as saying that a 47-day election was no time to discuss serious issues.
Fortunately, we are in the early days of an election campaign that is almost twice that long, and will stretch on into late October.
It’s also unusual to have an election campaign during the height of summer, when the weather is often top of mind.
So let’s have a debate about global warming.Not whether or not it exists, which has
been thoroughly established. There is a worldwide scientific consensus,
and every major political party accepts that it is happening, whether grudgingly or not.
There is also ample anecdotal evidence in the form of temperature records that have fallen by the score across B.C.
We also have the raging wildfires and water restrictions to show us what global warming will mean for us on a local level.
We need to determine what the best course of action is towards change.
There are dozens of options, including changing the way we generate power, increasing energy efficiency, tax incentives, more spending on public transit, and changes in urban planning.
Depending on how we choose to proceed, we could find ourselves in a future with electric cars springing up everywhere, as in Norway, and with solar farms popping up across the Prairies, or we could pioneer a new generation of safe, efficient nuclear power projects, or we could simply hunker down and concentrate on using less energy and using what we do create more efficiently.
Any of those options are better than our current course, which is barely better than nothing.
Our major opposition parties may be willing to attack the government on the environment, but they are still following rather than leading the debates on energy and climate change.
As usual, it’s up to Canadians to push for the changes we need in Ottawa.
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The grass is not always greenerLori WelbourneOn a brighter note
Have you ever cov-ered a pimple with a make-up stick, dyed your grey hair back to it’s original shade, or painted your brown grass to a healthier looking green?
While lots of us have tried the first two, not to mention many other things to improve the aesthetics of ourselves and the things we own, fewer of us have tried the latter.
My friend who re-cently sold her house did, and she was thrilled with the re-sults.
“We’d worked hard getting ready for the sale - inside and out,” Jen said about her L.A. home. “But with-out being able to wa-ter the grass, our curb appeal was lousy.”
That didn’t make any sense to me since California has been struggling with a record-breaking drought. Surely every-one must be sporting the same dead lawn
look? “No,” she sighed.
“All our neighbours had their grass paint-ed awhile ago. We were the last hold outs.”
Seems lawn paint-ing is all the rage in California and other drought affected ar-eas where people want to restore their lovely yards but can’t turn on their sprinklers.
For $375 she had the light brown grass in both her front and back yards painted a natural looking green and she’s convinced that’s what helped sell their home for more than she and her hus-band were expecting. There was no need to inform the buyers of the cosmetic trickery either. It’s commonly understood and ac-cepted that if your grass is green there, it’s either spray-paint-ed or synthetic.
After another dry, hot summer in the Okanagan Valley where I live, there’s plenty of brown grass here as well because of our water restrictions and all the people who
choose not to turn on the taps even when they can. But with the exception of golf courses, lawn paint-ing has been far less common. That’s start-ing to change thanks to people like Lee Coulthard, a young man from Kelowna who’s now out there with his sprayers.
Lee had watched the trend grow in the U.S. and educated himself on the envi-ronmental ramifica-tions, doing research on different products that could accomplish the goal of improving the appearance of a yard while not caus-ing any damage. His results ended with him starting up a busi-ness called Okanagan Lawn Painting last month, and he’d been revamping yards ever since.
“The reaction has been very positive,” he said. “Everyone’s been happy to end up with green grass.”
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On completely dor-mant grass, some cus-tomers have reported the green lasting four months, but Lee says it will likely need re-touching anywhere from two to 14 weeks depending on weath-er, grass growth and lawn traffic. His mini-mum charge is $150, which covers about 600 square feet. Every square foot after that is 25 cents.
Overly fond of bright colors myself, I couldn’t help but ask what options there were for folks wanting a more creative paint job - perhaps a sea of blue or some rainbow stripes.
“Sadly, the distrib-utors haven’t devel-
oped other colours be-sides green, white and bark mulch,” he said. “However, I could foresee some color-ful lawns in the future once people catch on to the potential of this applicant. That is some uncharted ‘turf ’ at the moment.”
Of course there are alternatives to what we’re tradition-ally accustomed to for anyone wanting to conserve water and display something dif-ferent. My friend Kim transformed her yard with some gorgeous, low maintenance rock work last summer, and another couple friends plan to tear up their sad looking lawns and replace them with drought toler-ant plants and ground coverings that might not be ideal for kids to roll around in, but they’ll be gorgeous to look at.
More gorgeous than a sea of blue grass or rainbow stripes? Depends who you ask. Beauty is most definitely in the eye of the beholder.
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Dear Editor,Breaking down on
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amazing trip but for-tunately for us, we broke down in hospi-table Houston!
We managed to pull into the Farm-house Country Gifts Shop and before we
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Jeff NagelBlack Press
Gas prices remain stubbornly high in B.C. despite the slide in crude oil prices, and motorists are feeling gouged.
Gasoline is down only slightly from $1.40 a litre a year ago, while crude has plunged more than 50 per cent from around $98 a barrel to less than $44 in early August.
But petroleum industry analysts say it all boils down to supply and demand. Crude oil accounts for less than half of the end cost of a litre of gasoline, with government taxes and refining
charges the other big factors.
“I wish there was a simple explanation,” said Jason Parent of the Kent Marketing Group. “There isn’t much of a relationship on a day-to-day basis between crude oil and retail gasoline.”
Expecting gas to move in lockstep with crude oil is somewhat akin to expecting house prices to follow lumber prices, without recognizing scarce land or an influx of buyers might have an influence.
Parent said crude and gas prices can go in different directions for different reasons,
and gas prices in B.C. can diverge from what other Canadians pay.
Most of the difference between B.C. prices and the rest of the country is explained by the higher 17-cent-a-litre TransLink tax in Metro Vancouver as well as B.C.’s carbon tax.
Motorists are paying just over $1 in Alberta, a few cents more in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and $1.10 to $1.20 in most of Eastern Canada.
But even after taxes are factored out, Vancouver prices are 5 to 15 cents a litre higher than most other cities across
Canada.The reason,
Parent said, is that Va n c o u v e r - a r e a prices follow those along the U.S. west coast, where the wholesale gas supply has been constricted by
refinery problems in California, driving prices up.
“ W h o l e s a l e prices have been high there relative to the rest of the U.S. for a month
now,” Parent said.Some gasoline
comes to B.C. through the Kinder Morgan pipeline, but the rest comes from Washington State or other U.S. refineries.
If prices were
sharply higher in Vancouver than cities to the south, Parent said, gas would flow back to the U.S. – resulting in shortages here – or wouldn’t be
shipped north in the first place.
Another “huge” factor behind why Canadians in general aren’t yet seeing much relief at the pumps is the drop in the loonie over the past year.
Crude and wholesale gas are priced in U.S. dollars, so Canadians are paying with a devalued currency that simply doesn’t
go as far as it did a year ago.
So who is profiting from the persistently high pump prices?
“Right now, refiners are the big winners,” Parent said.
They’re running close to capacity, demand is up because of lower gas prices and therefore refiners can charge more than usual.
If crude oil prices get even cheaper – potentially as sanctions against Iran end and more oil pours onto the world market – there’s no guarantee gas prices will follow because of the refining constraints in North America.
Gas prices stubbornly high despite oil’s dive
The � rst, and perhaps the only complete English-language debate in this long federal election campaign has helped de� ne the issues, and the non-issues.
I’m not going to try to tell you who “won” or “came out swinging,” because this is not a sporting event. If you’re paying attention in August, bless you, and you probably have a favourite already.
First, let’s deal with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s diabolical scheme to extend the length of the formal election period. This, according to national pundits, is an extension of his evil
plot to attract more � nancial supporters than the other parties, and spend the money. In other words, it’s a non-issue and any opponent who dwells on it looks like a whiner.
This is the � rst election in modern Canadian history to follow a four-year schedule. National pundits spent months telling us Harper was going to use a loophole in his own election law to call a spring vote before the economy tanked. Didn’t happen, and now the Conservatives are rightly under scrutiny about their economic m a n a g e m e n t . I n c u m b e n t manipulation of
election timing is over, and that’s good.
Scheduled elections by their nature create longer campaigns, as demonstrated in B.C. and the United States. So they should be conducted under formal campaign rules, which limit the noise of public sector unions and other special interests.
Another non-issue is the non-existent de� cit and recession that supposedly grips Canada. On actual results, there is a slim surplus, and if – a big if – Saudi Arabia continues to depress world oil prices, there may be a modest de� cit by next spring.
The Bank of Canada’s recent move to devalue the dollar
has already produced a rebound in exports and tourism, which any government would appreciate. Have you tried to � nd parking at the mall lately?
Of particular interest to B.C. voters is the contest between NDP leader Thomas Mulcair and Green Party leader Elizabeth May. May used what may be her only national debate appearance to press Mulcair to oppose the TransMountain pipeline expansion project before hearings are complete.
Mindful of Adrian Dix’s disastrous 2013 decision to do the same in B.C., Mulcair insisted he would wait for the federal
review, even though he considers it to be inadequate.
This is, of course, all theatre. Based on their actions, the NDP, Green Party and Liberals are all opposed not just to oil pipelines but export gas pipelines as well. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau wants to cancel capital cost allowances for lique� ed natural gas investment that have been granted by B.C. and Ottawa, which could be a deal-breaker for LNG.
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan formalized his opposition to the T r a n s M o u n t a i n expansion last week, in a letter � led with the National Energy
Board. But we’re expected to believe that Mulcair has a different position, for now.
Harper was forced to admit that his long effort to persuade U.S. President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline has failed, and the project will have to wait until Obama leaves of� ce next year.
The debate also con� rmed positions on Canada’s modest role in bombing Islamic State terrorist positions in Iraq and Syria. The Conservatives are for it, and the Liberals, NDP and Greens are against it.
Trudeau set the stage for the contest in Quebec, which B.C.
voters can only watch from afar to see if it once again decides the shape of their federal government. Trudeau pushed Mulcair on his cynical bid to court the separatist voters who suddenly swung to Jack Layton’s NDP in 2011.
Like petroleum prices, it’s beyond our control.
““Another ‘huge’ factor behind why Canadians in general aren’t yet seeing
much relief at the pumps is the drop in the loonie over the past year.”
B.C.Views
Tom Fletcher
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Council considers staircase optionBy Xuyun Zeng
Houston Today
Town council is stepping up to the challenge of finding a way for residents to climb or descend the hill at the end of Tweedie Avenue, during which installation of a stairwell was proposed.
C o u n . T i m Anderson first proposed this at the town council meeting saying that he has seen people slipping and getting injured as they go through the steep right-of-way.
“Last year, an elderly lady broke her ankle is what I was told going down that hill there,” Coun. Anderson said. “I’ve slid down it too. You see kids walking down, they’re sliding down, they’re slipping especially winter time.”
“I think that’s a good idea,” Coun. Jonathan Van
Barneveld said to council.
Van Barneveld would like the town to
look into how they can build a staircase that lasts through winter, including building open-frame stairs that allow snow to fall through.
However, Coun. Dawn Potvin has heard dissent from residents, as that right-of-way leads people
through a residential neighbourhood.
“I’ve already heard from community
members that live on that street that they’re not in support of it because they figure it will increase traffic,” Coun. Potvin said to council.
Local resident Jim Highstead said he has seen many children fall down the hill, but doesn’t have a strong
opinion on building a staircase.
“They’ve talked about it once before
and the thought about the liability was so great that they didn’t want to do it, from what I was told, from years ago,” Highstead said. “I don’t have an opinion one way or the other. Traffic still comes down, I don’t think it will change, and I don’t have a
problem with that.”“I don’t mind, if
they want to, it’s been good on the other one over the years, so I don’t see a problem with it.”
Highstead says his neighbours rarely make a fuss about the hill and its traffic.
Some of BV Foods’ customers also use the hill to come to his store. Its owner, Sanj Sadhir, sees a benefit in building a staircase on the hill.
“They won’t fall in the winter. Some come sliding down here when it’s too icy. Sometimes a lot of the kids do fall off, so they would benefit greatly,” Sadhir said.
Back at council, councillors agreed to move forward by looking at other options.
“Maybe the best way to move forward is to have staff have a look at a few different options, prices,” Mayor Shane Brienen said to council.
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The National Energy Board has released a draft list of 145 conditions for approval of Kinder Morgan Canada's oil pipeline expansion project, including envi-ronmental protection plans for land and marine opera-tions.
Conditions include the possibility of dredging for the expansion of the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, where the original Trans Mountain pipeline has delivered crude oil and refined products since 1953.
Kinder Morgan is proposing to twin the line to ramp up shipments of diluted bitumen from northern Alberta that began intermittently in the late 1980s. The $5.4 billion expansion project would nearly triple the line's capacity to 890,000 barrels per day, resulting in a seven-fold increase in oil tankers entering and leaving Vancouver harbour.
Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson said Thursday the company will be seeking clarification on the timing of some of the conditions, and will file its comments to the NEB review panel Aug. 20. Most ma-jor conditions, including plans for watercourse crossings along the route, are to be filed at least 90 days before construction begins.
"Our initial review of the draft conditions is that they are rigorous but achievable," Anderson said.
NEB hearings are to resume Aug. 24, where the B.C. government is expected to formalize its position, based on Premier Christy Clark's five conditions for new heavy oil pipelines. They include a "world-class" spill response
capability on land and sea, approval and benefit shar-ing by affected First Nations, and a still-undefined "fair share" of benefits for the province.
Those conditions were included in B.C.'s position op-posing the Enbridge Northern Gateway project, which the federal government approved with its own list of more than 200 condi-tions. The province does not have authority to veto either pipeline proj-ect, as each would run from Alberta to B.C.
Draft conditions for Trans Mountain include identification of all sites on the proposed second line affected by earthquake, including the "Holocene for Sumas
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Conditions also include submitting records of land-owner consultation on the route, and a plan for aborigi-nal participation in monitoring construction.
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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today
Houston’s new Constable Jason Wong values community and says he already likes Houston.
“I like waving to people and chatting with them. Houston is a nice change,” he said.
Cst. Wong grew up in Burnaby and after high school he went to Douglas College in New Westminster and Coquitlam where he studied business administration.
He earned his diploma in two years,
studying part-time and working part-time at Safeway working as a clerk and stocking shelves.
He continued working at Safeway after that and took more part-time studies at the BCIT Institute of technology.
He earned a diploma in human resource management and a certi� cate in
mediation arbitration. “I just enjoyed it,” Cst. Wong said
when he was asked why he took those programs.
“I found it really interesting... I liked it and thought it might be applicable for my future career.”
After his studies, Cst. Wong ran his
own small business, where he built and sold computers.
He also started volunteering at the Vancouver Community Policing Centre, doing community background policing work.
Cst. Wong says he worked at Safeway 16 years and was ready for a change when he applied to the RCMP.
“I wanted to upgrade myself... RCMP came up and I said ‘hey, I’ll give it a try,” he said.
He says he had applicable skills and it interested him and his � ancé, now wife, was supportive.
Cst. Wong’s � rst post was in Thompson Manitoba, a city of 13,000 people, where he did general duty policing for six months.
As soon as he could, he transferred into rural policing in Thompson, which meant � ying out with one partner to do policing in rural aboriginal communities.
“It seemed like a good challenge,” said Cst. Wong.
“Rural really promotes independence because it is just you and your partner and not much chance to talk to supervisors. You kind of have to � gure things out yourself.”
Even communication with dispatch was a challenge, as they were often out of range for radios or cell phones. Cst. Wong says there were times they knocked on people’s doors and borrowed home phones.
The job taught him independence, the importance of building partnerships and how to think outside the box, he said.
After � ve years in Manitoba, Cst. Wong transferred to Houston.
“I really wanted to get back to B.C.” he said.
When he and his wife arrived, Wong says it felt fresh and was great to see the mountains again.
He enjoys � shing, boating, video games, sports and reading.
As an of� cer, Cst. Wong says he seeks to be honest, involved, and approachable.
“I like to be someone that people feel comfortable coming up to and talking to,” he said.
“I believe general duty members have to be involved with the people and get to know them... We have to be community minded.”
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Water use restrictions, inland � shing closures and a close watch on the warming Fraser River continue as drought conditions extend into a fourth month in B.C.
The Fraser River discharge at Hope mea-sured 31 per cent lower than normal Aug. 10, with the temperature at 19.2 C, one degree high-er than average. The Canada-U.S. Fraser River Panel projected a temperature of 20.4 by Aug. 16, with all commercial salmon � shing closed in Canadian waters regulated by the panel.
The B.C. government extended stage four drought restricted to the Okanagan region, al-lowing local of� cials to suspend water licences depending on stream conditions. The South Thompson, Similkameen, Kettle and Skagit, South Coast and Vancouver Island regions are also at stage four.
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Vanderhoof Machine Works is seeking a certified welder. Must have previous experience in maintenance/repairs. Will be able to work independently. Service truck experience an asset.
Wages negotiable. Benefits & Pension Package After 3 Months.
Fax: (1)-250-567-2382Email: [email protected]
WELDER
Announcements
InformationAL-ANON Are you affected by someone’s drinking? Al-Anon meetings are Monday, 7pm at the Houston United Church. Contact number: (250) 845-7774.ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Meetings are at the Houston United Church, Monday and Thursday at 7:00pm. Contact number is:1-877-644-2266CANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canada benefi t.ca/free-assessment.
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Employment
Business Opportunities
HIP OR knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dress-ing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For As-sistance: 1-844-453-5372.
Lydell Group Inc.
Career Opportunities
MARINE ENGINEERING and Deck Offi cers required for civil-ian positions with the Depart-ment of National Defence Ca-nadian Forces Auxiliary Fleet in Victoria and Nanoose Bay BC. Online applications only through the Government of Canada website jobs.gc.ca. Applicants must meet all es-sential qualifi cations. Engineer Reference# DND15J-009781-000048, Selection Process# 15 -DND-EA-ESQ-394701 , Link https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?poster=820743. Deck Offi cer Refer-ence# DND15J-013566-000006, Selection Process# 15 -DND-EA-ESQ-394258 , Link https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?poster=817589&toggleLan guage=en. Possibili-tés d’emploi Mécaniciens de marine et offi ciers de pont re-quis pour des postes civils à la fl otte auxiliaire des Forces canadiennes du ministère de la Défense nationale à Victoria et à Nanoose Bay en Colom-bie-Britannique. Postuler en ligne seulement par le site em-plois.gc.ca du gouvernement du Canada. Les candidats doi-vent posséder toutes les qualifi cations essentielles. Mé-canicien
Employment
Career Opportunities
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION!In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: Career-Step.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!
DistributorsINDEPENDENT Distributor Oppor-tunities! We are looking for an Inde-pendent Distributor for the following areas: CASTLEGAR & OKANA-GAN AREAS. Weston Bakeries Limited is proud to be a bakery leader in Canada, specializing in producing a wide variety of baked goods. There are excellent busi-ness opportunities in the Castlegar and Okanagan areas for an ener-getic, motivated, self-starter to pur-chase a route as an Independent Distributor of Weston products with-in a defi ned geographic territory. In-cluded is a solid customer base and exclusive distribution rights to a growing business. Interested indi-viduals please contact: Dave War-ren 250-979-8006 or via email [email protected] and or: Scott Craig 250-317-9099 or via [email protected]
Employment
Education/Trade Schools
START A new career in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Infor-mation Tech. If you have a GED, call: 855-670-9765
Help WantedHOUSE PARENTS for chil-dren’s residence. Looking to contract a couple to support children in a live-in home set-ting. Go to www.inclusionpr.ca - careers for more information.
Career Opportunities
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Employment
Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services
ServerHouston Pizza Factory
Now requires wait staff for an immediate start. Experience preferred, willing to train.
Please apply in person with resume Attention Brian 3486 9th Street
Employment
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250.845.2890
fax 250.845.7893 email [email protected]
The Houston Mall, Box 899, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0 Phone: (250) 845-2890
Fax: (250) 845-7893 email:
[email protected] Every Wednesday
TO REACH THE MARKETFirst advertise in the Houston Today! ALL WORD ADS go on the Internet for the whole world to see! www.bcclassified.com
REACHING USCall 250-845-2890 or come by our office. Hours are 9:00 - 11:00 am & 1:00 - 3:00 pm Mon. & Wed. thru Fri. (closed Tuesdays). Fax in your ad to 250-845-7893 or email: [email protected]
HOW TO PAYCome to our office in the Houston Mall, or you may pay with Visa or Mastercard over the phone. All ads must be prepaid. No refunds.
CLASSIFIED AD RATESREGULAR WORD ADS 3 lines (one week) .............$9.95
LEGAL ADS $12.60 per col. inch
HWY 16 REGIONAL ADS 3 lines - No changes - ad runs in: Burns Lake, Vanderhoof, Prince George, Houston, Smithers, Ft. St. James, Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Northern Connector (1 week) ............................... $78.88
BC BEST BUY ADS 25 words- No changes - ad runs one week, all papers covering: Lower Mainland .............$102.28 BC’s Interior ..................$124.95 Vancouver Island ...........$119.00 All of the Above .............$299.00 Extra charge for additional words
HAPPY ADS 2 col. x 2” or 1 col. x 4” To announce birthdays, weddings, births etc ............................$20.00Please call if you need more information on
any of our classified packages.
ALL ABOVE PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE GST
DEADLINESThursday: 5:00pm
OUR POLICYHouston Today reserves the right to edit, revise, classify or reject any classified ad not meeting our standards. No refunds on Classifieds Ads.AGREEMENT - It is agreed by the advertiser requesting space that the liability of the Houston Today (Black Press Group Limited) in the event of failure to publish an advertisement in or the event of an error appearing in the advertisement as published shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for only one incorrect insertion or the portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect or omitted item only, and that there shall be no liability in any event greater than the amount paid for such advertising. All claims of errors in advertising must be received by the publisher within 2 days after the first publication.All advertising is subject to the approval of the publisher.The Houston Today reminds advertisers that under Provincial legislation, no person shall use or circulate any form of application for employment, publish or cause to be published an advertisement in connection with employment or prospective employment, or make any written or verbal inquiry of an applicant that (a) expresses, either directly or indirectly any limitation, specification or preference as to race, religion, colour, sex, martial status, age, ancestry, or place of origin or a person; or (b) requires an applicant to furnish any information concerning race, religion, colour, ancestry, place of origin or political belief. In order to be credited for any mistakes the Houston Today is responsible for, corrections must be made before the second insertion.
INDEX IN BRIEFFamily Announcements .......... 001-007Community Announcements ... 008-076Children ................................ 080-098Employment .......................... 102-165Services ............................... 170-387Pets/Livestock ...................... 453-483Items for Sale/Wanted .......... 503-595Real Estate ........................... 603-696Rentals ................................ 700-757Transportation ....................... 804-860Marine.................................. 903-920Legals ....................................... Legal
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Re/Max Houston 2436 Poulton Ave., Houston, BC
e-mail: [email protected]
Lia Long250-845-1147
Call 250-845-7325www.realtor.ca
The Hometown Experts with a World of Experience®
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Locally owned and operated
• Cozy 3 bedroom home with a completely updated kitchen and main bathroom!• Dark cherry cabinets with an island eating bar and built in gas range.• Living room features a gas fi replace.• 2 spacious bedrooms on the main fl oor and 1 in the basement. 2 bathrooms.• Offi ce, storage and a family room in the basement.• Single garage, storage shed, fenced yard, and a deck with a hot tub!• Located close to the schools.• All appliances, window coverings and hot tub included!• Call Lia to view 250-845-1147.
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BETTER HAVE A LOOK!
$189,000
$149,000
$149,900
$169,900
WELCOME TO LIFE’S BETTER HALF!
• Extremely well kept manufactured home with a spacious kitchen with oak cabinets and an island as well as a large sky-lite.• Patio doors out to a 10 x 36 covered deck.• Huge, bright dining room features a pellet fi replace and new draperies.• Living room on the addition is bright and cozy with the woodstove.• 2 bedrooms & a den/3rd bedroom. 2 full baths. Ensuite has jetted garden tub. • 24 x 40 concrete block shop with a woodstove for heat.• Huge RV storage shed as well & a carport. All appliances included.• Call Lia to view 250-845-1147.
STYLE, QUALITY, VALUE!
• Bright, well kept 4 bedroom home on a huge lot with an outdoor swimming pool! Beautifully landscaped lot with trees for privacy.• 16 x 32 in ground pool heated by boiler system.• Greenhouse, wired storage shed, large garden area. • Spacious, open kitchen/dining. 2 full baths.• Bright fi nished basement with a huge family room.• Updated fl ooring throughout.• Tastefully decorated. Garage, lots of parking. All appliances included.• Really must be seen to be appreciated! Call Lia to view 250-845-1147.
• Gorgeous 4.97 acre lot with an older 1248 square foot modular home and a 28 x 30 detached workshop located minutes from Sunset Lake!• Great mountain views as well. Fenced yard, and fenced for horses.• Doublewide features many updates including vinyl windows, laminate fl ooring & tile and shower in the en-suite.• Spacious kitchen, 3 bedrooms, new fl ooring in the mudroom, metal roof and a drilled well. Fridge, stove, dishwasher, window coverings and pellet stove included.• Priced to sell! Call Lia to view: 250-845-1147.
MOUNTAIN VIEW MOTEL“GREAT NIGHTLY RATES”!!
WE ALSO OFFER DISCOUNTED RATES FOR WEEKLY & MONTHLY RENTALS
Bachelor and 1 Bedroom Suites/ Fully Furnished with Full Kitchen
Call Terry@ 778-210-1703 email [email protected]
Services
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Services
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Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928.
Pets & Livestock
Livestock
Fully qualifi ed butcher
Will come to your home to cut meat or can be
dropped off at our shop.
Cut and wrap.Wild game or farm
livestock.Call Michael at 250-698-7533
Merchandise for Sale
AuctionsONLINE AUCTION COMMERCIAL RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT- OPENS WED AUG 12 - CLOSES WED AUG 19......... COMMISSARY BAKERY & STEAM EQUIPMENT incl. Doyon Bakery & Cleveland Steam Equipment, Pizza Oven, Electric Convection Ovens, Dish-washers, Canopies, Freezers, Cool-ers, Fryers, Ranges, sinks AND MORE!!!!! View Weekdays 9am to 4pm @Active Auction Mart - Unit 295 - 19358 96th Ave, Surrey, BC--- view ONLINE & REGISTER to BID @www.activeauction-mart.com --- Tel: 604-371-1190 - email: [email protected]
Real Estate
Houses For SaleDON’T OVERPAY! Website: www.rtmihomes.com “Your Smart Housing Solution” Canada’s largest provider of manufactured housing. Text or call (844-334-2960). In stock 16’/20’/22’ Homes on sale now!
Rentals
Homes for RentTHREE BEDROOM house. 1/2 acre, fenced yard. $800/month plus damage de-posit. Utilities not included. Available immediately. Call (250) 342-1094
Motels,HotelsMotels,Hotels
Rentals
Offi ce/Retail
FOR RENT 2000 sq. ft. offi ce space. Two fl oors, 3404 9th St. downtown Houston. Available September 1. Call (250) 845-4450 for details.WHERE DO
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KIDS TRIATHLONSaturday, August 22nd, 2015
9:30am to 1:00pmSwim, bike and run your way
through the annualKids Triathlon.
Race distances vary by age category:4-5years, 6-8 years, 9-11 years and 12-14 years. Race packages available now at theLeisure Facility.
Registration/Check in: 9:30-10:15am. Participants receive a t-shirt, pizza and prize.
Activity Fee: $30.00, from June 22, 2015 - August 22, 2015
Activity Fee: $30.00, from June 22, 2015 - August 22, 2015
Early Registration Fee:
until August 17, 2015
$20.00
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399
Western FamilyTaco Shells468 g, 36 count
497
KrusteazPancake Mix4.53 kg
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100
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