Houston Today, July 24, 2013

By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

RCMP Sgt. Rose reported quarterly sta-tistics to the Houston council last Tuesday.

Sgt. Rose says this quarter, April 1 to June 30, had decreased assaults and theft from vehicles, and increased traf� c enforcement,

breach charges, and charges for drinking in a public place.

Sgt. Rose gave the following statistics:

Common assaults went down from 20 in the � rst quarter of 2012, to 9 this past quarter.

Property crime - including theft over $5,000, theft under

$5,000, mischief, and possession of stolen property - went down from 38 in 2012 to 29

this year. Breach probation

charges went up, from 5 in 2012 to 15 this

year.“We’d like to be-

lieve, and the only thing that really sug-gests the decrease in assaults, is the increase in breach probations that we’re pursuing,” said Sgt. Rose.

He said � ve percent of the population ac-counts for 95% of the calls for service.

“If we’re ensuring that they’re complying with their court ordered conditions, or spending time in custody, then they’re not out committing those additional offences and assaults,” he said.

Sgt. Rose says there has been an increase in impaired driving

charges this quarter, from eight in 2012 to nine in 2013.

Charges for being drunk in a public place has gone up from 13 to 18.

“Primarily that’s because of the enforcement that we’ve turned our attention to,” said Sgt. Rose.

Credit Union funds Irrigation

Police focus efforts on road safety enforcement


The Bulkley Valley Credit Union is paying the � rst $10,000 for the engineering study to save Irrigation Lake.

“Irrigation Lake is an integral part of our community,” said Tanya Amonson, Manager of the BV Credit Union in Houston.

The Irrigation dam doesn’t meet safety standards so the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations sent a letter to stakeholders June 26 saying that if they don’t have a new water licence holder and an engineered plan in place by July 29 they will start plans to pull out the dam.

Steve Page, representative for Irrigation Lake stakeholders, talked to the Houston council last week

Tuesday about Irrigation.

Page said that with the funding promised from the Credit Union, he signed a contract with Carl Pentilchuk, Water Resources Engineer with Pentilchuk Engineering in Kamloops.

Pentilchuk is coming in August or September, Page said, adding that he thinks it’s fairly likely that the Ministry will extend the deadline.

““I’ve asked the Ministry to look at extending

the deadline.” - MLA John Rustad

“Speeding chargesnearly double.

- RCMP Sgt. Rose

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Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayBILLOWING BurnoutKyle Thomson burns rubber off his 500 horsepower Camero at the Houston Drag Races last Saturday. Racers came from Kitimat to Grande Prairie to Prince Rupert to Terrace to compete in the drags last weekend. See page 7 for more photos.

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District of HoustonNewsletter ~ July 24, 2013 edition

Where the welcome is warm

and the wilderness beckons!

Website: www.houston.caPlease visit the website

for info on:

• Council Meeting Agendas• Pool Schedule• Arena Schedule• Important Public Notices• Tenders & Job Opportunities• Lost Dogs

Municipal Of� ce HoursThe Municipal Office located at

3367 – 12th Street is openMonday to Friday,

8:00 am to 5:00 pm(closed on statutory holidays)

Email: [email protected]: 250-845-2238Fax: 250-845-3429

For Public Works Emergencies

(example: water main break)Call the Municipal Office

@ 250-845-2238 for a recordedmessage with the contact number

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Pool & Gym Phone: 250-845-7420

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Arena Phone: 250-845-7432

Burning PermitsRequired

All open burning within the District of Houston requires a Burning Permit all year round. To obtain a permit contact the

Fire Department at 250-845-2250

Upcoming Council Meetings:Tuesday, August 6, 2013Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The above meetings are held at 7:00pmin Council Chambers, 3367 – 12th Street.

The Agendas can be viewed on the District’s website: www.houston.ca

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Phone: 250-845-2256email: [email protected]

Website: http://houston.bclibrary.ca

Houston Public Library

Summer Reading Club• Ages 3 to 5 – Wednesday mornings from 10 to 11am (until Aug. 14th)• Ages 6 to 8 – Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 2pm (until Aug.14th)• Ages 9 to 12 – Thursday afternoons from 1 to 2pm (until Aug. 15th)

Summer Reading Club Wind-up Party Wednesday, August 21st from 11am to 1pm.Mark Zagwyn Photography – Thursday, August 22nd from noon to 6 p.m.

Leisure Facility News & Events

Water RestrictionsAnnually from May 1 to

October 31 the use of water supplied through the District of Houston Water System, for other than domestic requirements, is restricted due to seasonal increases in water consumption and to ensure adequate water supplies for � re � ghting and domestic demands. Restricted uses include lawn/garden watering and will be imposed as follows:

EAST OF BUCK CREEK (example: Butler Ave) MAY water on even calendar days between the hours of 6:00 am to 10:00 am and 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm ONLY

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(July 31st )Property owners are remind-

ed that taxes are due by 5:00 pm on July 31, 2013. Any amounts outstanding after July 31, 2013 will be subject to a 10% penalty. The Home Owners Grant must be claimed by July 31, 2013. If it is not claimed by this date the 10% penalty applies to it as well.

Interim Urban Planner wants your feedbackMr. John Guenther has joined the District team on an interim basis to help update the

Zoning and Subdivision & Development Services Bylaws and to provide advice regarding incidental updates to the Houston Offi cial Community Plan. Mr. Guenther and the District of Houston want to hear from you!

Have you wondered how municipalities plan for: • Places for streets, parks, houses, or businesses? • Protecting sensitive areas such as river banks or parks? • Enhancing spaces with landscaping?• Secondary suites/carriage cottages (detached dwellings)?• Livestock – chickens, sheep, goats, etc.?Join us to provide your comments by participating at our public meetings. Meetings

will take place this summer and fall. Everyone is welcome to attend the public meetings on: July 25, August 15 and August 29, 2013 in the District Council Chambers, 7:00 p.m. - Refreshments will be served. For more information or to share your ideas, please contact Councillor Michalle Jolly at 250-845-4201 or [email protected] or John Guenther at the District of Houston 250-845-2238; [email protected]; or check us out on our website at http://www.houston.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp or our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jjguent

This is our Town Houston!This is our Town Houston is a local volunteer group whose main goal is to restore, enhance, and maintain the beauty

of Houston. It is just one project of many that has been started by the Houston ACT Committee. ACT stands for Action Changes Things. ACT is a Healthy Communities initiative between Northern Health and the District of Houston.

Local community people have been investing their efforts into cleaning up our town, one vacant lot at a time! It’s all purely voluntary and it’s open to anyone who wants to help.

The photos below show the fi rst vacant lot that was tackled for clean up on Thursday July 11th, across the street from Brewstirs. If you’re interested in joining us in our efforts, please contact our spokesperson Councillor Shane Brienen at [email protected] to fi nd out where the next clean up challenge will be or checkout out our Facebook group called: This is our Town Houston!

Last chance for summer swimming lessons!Register today for our August 12-23 (Mon-Fri) lesson set.Not sure which level to register in? Come on down to the Houston Leisure Facility for a free swim assessment!

Junior Lifeguard Club (ages 8-12)Mon/Wed/Fri August 12-23 5:30-6:30pm $40

Houston Leisure Facility Annual ShutdownThe pool will be closed from August 24 – September 8, 2013The gym will be closed from August 31 – September 8, 2013

Like us on Facebook!Go to Leisure Services – District of Houston to get all the latest information on programs and events around town! https://www.facebook.com/Houston.LeisureServices

The District of Houston has many projects underway this summer:Arena Netting – Has been installed at the Claude Parish Memorial ArenaBrushing Along Dyke – The brushing of the dyke along Buck Creek will commence in August with a

proposed completion date of September 16thWater Treatment Plant – Proposals have been received and are currently under review. A professional

engineering fi rm will be selected and design drawings and tender documents to be started in August.Zamboni Floor – Was replaced. Project Complete!Steelhead Park Log Rails Replaced - The new logs have been installed at Steelhead Park!

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SHOP LOCALLY“As we see the

breaches of probation and the booze enforce-ment go up, the as-saults are going down, and that’s really good news.”

Sgt. Rose says one of the key priorities of council was road safety, so police have focused a lot of atten-tion there.

Sgt. Rose says there has been an increase in vehicle accidents, which tends to happen in the summer because there are more people on the roadways.

Speeding charges along Highway 16 have gone up from 39 in the full 2012 year, to 59 in the first quar-ter this year, Sgt. Rose said.

He says police have also issued 83 violation tickets in general traffic enforcement, and 132 warnings in the last quarter.

Sgt. Rose said another council priority was reducing property crime, specifically theft from vehicles, and he thinks they are seeing some success.

He said reports of theft from vehicles initially spiked due to increased reporting, but they are starting to see the numbers decrease.

In 2012, police got 18 reports of theft from vehicles and in the first quarter of

2013, they’ve gotten 10 reports.

In 2012, there were three thefts of vehicles, and in 2013 so far, there have been zero, Sgt. Rose said.

“I can’t really explain what accounts for that, other than it’s the locked vehicles - preventing them from getting stolen,” he said.

Sgt. Rose told council there is a lot of police attention on one address in town.

He says that last year the address accounted for 12 calls for service in the first quarter and 48 total in the year; but this year police have been there 52 times in the first quarter and 97 times in the year so far.

“That’s quite a constant drain because if we’re spending all our time there, dealing with charges that come out of it, that’s time we’re not doing

proactive controls, enforcement, and policing initiatives, we’re turning our attention just to a single address,” Sgt. Rose said.

RCMP issue traffic tickets and warningsRCMP from Page 1

MLA John Rustad said he is hopeful that the Ministry will extend the deadline if stakeholders take steps forward and have a plan in place as to how they will bring the dam to code.

“I’ve asked the Ministry to look at the possibility of extending the time period, but it’s based on the commitment that [stakeholders] take some steps forward,” Rustad said.

Page says they’ve had good progress.

“The only requirement we won’t meet is that we won’t have the design completed, but we have a signed contract with an engineer, and

funding for that, so I think we’ve done the best we could,” he said.

He adds that no one has yet taken on the water licence, but stakeholders are meeting with the water stewardship branch to discuss the water licence.

Talking to Houston council last week Tuesday, Page invited council members to join the discussion.

“It would be nice if the council could hear the responsibilities and the rights of whoever takes over the water licence,” Page said.

Houston Deputy Mayor Shane Brienen said the main concern of council is liability, but several councillors

agreed to attend the upcoming meeting to discuss the water licence.

Page said the park on the east side of the lake, owned by the District of Houston, is what would be most affected if the dam

was pulled out and the lake dropped two to four metres.

“Even conservative measurements say that there will be at least 30 metres of mud and then the start of the water,” said Page, adding that

there could be up to 80 metres.

He says the amount of mud would be much less on the west side by Rock Nest Ranch and Rough Acres Bible Camps because the lake is deeper on that side.

Page says he has talked to engineers again, and now estimates that the dam upgrades will cost $70 to $80,000.

“We’re hoping that the water management branch will allow us to work on a design this fall, and raise funds and get people on board who want to donate, and then construction will actually be in very early September 2014,” Page told council.

MLA asks Ministry to extend Irrigation deadlineLAKE from Page 1

Rock Nest Ranch Bible Camp is one of two camps nestled on Irrigation Lake.

In our opinion:

OpinionHOUSTON TODAY “Member, B.C. Press Council”Published by Black Press Upstairs Houston MallP.O. Box 899, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0

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Locked outRecently, I was waiting in my vehicle for

my wife who was shopping in Safeway, and I saw four people walk over to a

vehicle. They stood around it, giving one of the guys the gears. It seems he locked his keys in the vehicle.

Locking your keys in your vehicle is not a problem if you carry a spare set, or if you have an extra set of keys at home and you have a friend nearby who can drive you home to get them.

Unfortunately, in this situation, neither of the above scenarios applied. So the owner went to look for a coat hanger to put down the inside of his truck window. Because one of the windows had been left an inch or two open, the girls with their slender arms tried to reach in far enough to turn the window further down. No luck!

Having been in similar situations many times myself, I went over to help them. As an exercise in sympathy, I gave them a string of rope and a long piece of rubber with a hook on the end. I couldn’t get my arm through the gap in the window, so I let the girls work at it. Soon after that, I had to leave.

I don’t know how long it took them to get into the vehicle. With the window partway down, it probably didn’t take too long. However, this situ-ation does point out a basic necessity—carry a second set of keys.

The set doesn’t have to have all your keys on it—just a simple vehicle door-key.

An old trick that a lot of owners used to do was to purchase a magnetic key holder, insert the extra key, and place it under the vehicle in a place fairly easy to get at. That way if you locked your � rst set of keys in your car, you simply needed to crawl under the chassis and grab the extra key.

Nowadays, I carry an extra set of keys in my pocket—just in case. I wish I had done so in the past. I guess I left my keys in the ignition or on the car seat at least a dozen times over the years. Many times I had my family with me, and because in those times we weren’t rolling in money, I al-ways tried to get into the vehicle myself—usually using a coat hanger.

Most of those times, I did get into the vehicle to retrieve my keys. Sometimes it took an hour or so working that coat hanger up and down in-side the window. Often the seal around the win-dow would be damaged and the paint on the door might be scraped a bit. The task was extremely frustrating and time-consuming.

It’s interesting that when you’re in the locked out dilemma, a crowd usually gathers to watch. In some instances, one or two guys insist on help-ing. They often work at the window from a dif-ferent angle. Many of them had stories to tell about times they were locked out and how dif� -cult it was. Their stories passed the time while we probed and pried to get inside the vehicle.

Perhaps the best way to ensure you are not stuck for too long with your keys locked inside the vehicle is to become a member of BCAA, an organization that is set up to bring help your way quickly. Don’t, however, leave your cell phone in the vehicle, too. That would be double lock out.

- Gord Turner, Black Press

Don’t take anything personallyA couple of weeks

ago I wrote about my positive experience with Facebook and en-couraged people - my father, grandmother and in-laws in particu-lar - to join. Later I re-ceived a lengthy email from a Facebook friend that called the article “crappy and mindless” and me “ig-norant and � aky” for writing it.

Typically I’m not bothered when people give me negative feed-back. It’s just part and parcel of the gig when-ever you put yourself out there. It doesn’t matter if you’re a highly paid superstar or a starving artist, if you’re releasing your work for public con-sumption, you have to be prepared for harsh, impolite criticism. But for some reason, on this occasion, it stung for a few minutes.

I tried to � gure out why this particular cri-tique would affect me when most others were

easily brushed aside. Perhaps, I thought, it was because it was coming from a fellow artist who I’d per-ceived as supportive of other artists and their freedom of expression.

But after scold-ing me for promoting Facebook during “the recent spy revelations,” I could see he wasn’t willing to accept that I had a different percep-tion of it than he did. He blamed the social media tyrant, and peo-ple like me who post our work on it for free, as the reason people’s attitudes toward me-dia and art had been negatively in� uenced.

Was it because I didn’t completely dis-agree with him that his message affected me? I started to doubt my-self, wondering if may-be he was right and I was just a � oozy writ-ing drivel and hurting artists with my careless recommendation.

I would have re-read my article about

Facebook if I didn’t have such an aversion to revisiting my work. Instead I sent him an email explaining that I agreed the Internet has been a devastating blow for artists and writers in many ways, but since it wasn’t go-ing anywhere, we, like everyone else, would have to learn to work within our changing world.

And since I’ve had an overwhelm-ingly positive experi-ence with Facebook, I strongly stood by my promotion of it, point-ing out that it could be a terri� c tool for sever-al reasons. Connecting with fellow artists like him for example.

Unfortunately, he had already de-friend-ed me.

In a moment of weakness, and with-out naming him, I posted my feelings on Facebook and received an immediate and tre-mendous amount of support from friends

I know personally, as well as friends I only know online.

For me this con-� rmed a few things. Number one: my skin isn’t as thick as I thought it was. Number two: I’m only human, so it’s okay to get affected some-times. And number three: my Facebook friends are wonderful.

I don’t always agree with the opinions they post, and I love that, but what a privilege to have such a cool com-munity of friends to laugh with and learn from.

So much wisdom, advice and encourage-ment was posted by so many of them when I needed it last Saturday morning.

My author friend James C. Tanner said: “A writer writes be-cause it is a natural voice for them, the same way a bird sings. There are those who will enjoy the sound of a bird while others will

look for a stone to try and strike it down.”

And my cartoonist friend Bob D’Amico wrote: “The way peo-ple freely � ing around their opinions is equal to being a dog walking down the block, pee-ing on everything it passes.”

See, Dad? It’s not just pictures of the grand kids you’re missing out on by not being on Facebook. If you join, just remember to keep your social insurance number to yourself and prepare for a few messy mutts.


On a brighter note

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“The adrenaline!And it’s a nice place to get to know people and meet new people - there

are always new drag racers who come out.”

Torin RoperHouston

“This is my first time, but I like seeing all the old cars, because you

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New B.C. Hydro investment neededEditor:Re: Get ready for

Hydro rate hikes (B.C. Views, July 10).

While NDP energy critic John Horgan asserts there is no business case for a nation building project like the Northwest Transmission Line, a line that will bring power to a huge part of the province currently running off diesel generators, our government believes investments such as this are exactly what BC Hydro should be doing.

This project will open up world class mineral deposits and support new mines, like Red Chris, one of the top 10 copper gold deposits in the world. In fact, the Mining Association of BC estimates the line could attract more than $15 billion in mining investment, creating up to 10,000 jobs and generating $300 million in annual tax revenues. None of this happens unless we build the line to provide the power these mines need.

We need to ensure we have a diverse

grid that can provide reliable power today, and into the future. That’s why we continue to support new, cleaner sources of power such as wind and run of river. Do

these sources produce power at a higher cost

than what our heritage assets do? Of course they do. Like most other things, it costs more today to produce power than it did decades ago. But these sources are cleaner

than alternatives such as coal or gas and

less expensive than building brand new hydroelectric dams.

We are investing in projects that are powering our needs today and ensuring we will have the power we

need for our future. The unprecedented opportunity in lique� ed natural gas and other growing sectors such as mining must be supported with stable, secure power. This is what we are building.

You can’t make these kinds of legacy investments that will bene� t all British Columbians without putting pressure on rates. Contrary to some reports, BC Hydro is managing their capital projects within their planned

budget. There are a couple of projects over budget but most are under budget.

I have been very clear that my mandate, as given to me by the premier, is to minimize rate increases while continuing to make historic investments in Hydro’s infrastructure to grow our economy. I am committed to accomplishing this goal.

Bill BennettMinister of Energy

and MinesVictoria

Letters to the Editor

Editor:Re: Get ready for


Yes, the BC Hydro rate increase tsunami is coming after the earthquake of BC government debt. This will hit lower income people – hard. All levels of government are increasing fees and service rates rather than raise income taxes on those

who can contribute more and pay more property tax.

I don’t want to see any drastic action to increase job loss, but governments at all levels need to limit their spending growth to the level of inflation and get borrowing under control.

Phil HarrisonComox

Control borrowing

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On theStreet...

By Jackie LieuwenJackie LieuwenBy Jackie LieuwenBy Jackie Lieuwen

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End electric car subsidiesEditor:Re: Get ready for


Tom Fletcher’s article reiterates what we have been told for some time. A large part of the future BC Hydro rate increase is caused by the fact that expansion of generating facilities delivers new power at a rate higher than today’s rates.

However, the government is bribing people to switch to electric cars, contributing to consumption

increases which will cause rate increases for us all.

P r o v i n c i a l

consumption is also high because, although the E-Plus contracts with residential customers expired decades ago, the government

is choosing to grandfather the “half-price electric heat” offer for

political reasons. Also, some large g o v e r n m e n t buildings are still being heated this way.

At the same

time, the minister is telling us that we are producing more natural gas than we

need, so we should be consuming large amounts of energy to compress it and ship it overseas. Should the first step not be to switch to

natural gas-powered cars, natural gas heating for almost all homes where possible, and for all large government buildings? The grant money for electric car purchases should be diverted to incentives for this move. Right now, electric cars are causing the burning of fuels at distant power plants anyway, because that is where our “last watt” comes from.

Rein NienaberSaanich

“The Northwest Transmission Line will

open up world class mineral deposits and support new mines.”

““A large part of future rate increase is caused by the fact that expansion of

generating facilities delivers new power at a higher rate”

NEWS6 www.houston-today.com Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Houston Today

forTodayHOPEIn the Image of God

A few years ago, while walking down a street in Vancouver, I came across a construction site. They had the sidewalk narrowed so only one person could walk through. As I approached the narrowing, I noticed a beautifully dressed Asian lady approaching the same narrowing in the sidewalk, from the opposite direction. As she came to the obstruction she looked up and her eyes caught mine, she immediately stepped aside and with a serious look on her face she looked down, it was obvious she was giving me the right-of-way. I almost kept going, but something stopped me. She is a woman created in God’s image, she is someone’s daughter, she is probably someone’s mother, someone’s wife, I thought. I will stop and give her the right-of-way.

As I spoke to her that she should go � rst, her head lifted and her eyes lit up. She walked through and she said “thank you” with a cheery voice as she passed by.

This to me was a special moment. It is a special moment whenever two people meet. Why is this? I never met this woman before, I did not know her name, I did not know where she lived, I did not know her country of origin, all that happened is that we met for a moment on the street.

I believe every human being is special because we are all created in the image of God. The Bible, God’s word to us, says “From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live” (Acts 17:26 NIV). Every person is unique and stands apart from the rest of creation, because we bear the image of God. The Bible says “So God created man is his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27 NIV). Every person deserves respect.

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B.C. government funds skills gap project By Jackie Lieuwen

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The Government of B.C. is funding a proj-

ect to look at the skills gap in the labour force and give recommen-dations about how to improve things going forward.

“We need to understand why we have people unemployed, but yet we have companies who cannot find people to fill jobs,” said Trudy Parsons, Director of Workforce Development.

The Regional Skills Gap Analysis is orga-

nized by the Bulkley-Nechako Regional District and guided by a Project Management Committee made of

local representatives from business, govern-ment, non-for-profit organizations, eco-nomic development and education, said Parsons.

Parsons and several Regional District staff had a public meeting in Houston last week Monday to discuss the project and talk with local people about re-gional assets and chal-lenges involving the labour force.

Parsons says they

are looking at data about the supply and demand of the labour force, as well as travel-ling throughout the re-

gion talking and meet-ing with groups and individuals to learn what is happening on the ground.

They are work-ing with people in the Regional District and partnering with Chambers of Commerce to try to bring the business community together, she said.

Parsons says a big part of the project in-volves engaging First Nations, who make

up 40% of the popula-tion in this region and could give a huge em-ployment base.

“We need to do a

better job of engaging First Nations commu-nities and making sure that we’re tapping into that available labour force,” Parsons said.

Parsons said they will also look at the fly in, fly out system, ask-ing why employees are choosing to do that in-stead of relocating to the area of work.

She adds that they want to look at strate-gies to help shift that pattern over the long term.

The project will culminate in a com-munity information session Oct. 25 in Fort St. James where they will present everything they’ve learned, high-light themes that have emerged, and give pro-posed actions.

Parsons says they will want feedback on the proposed actions from anyone who comes to that meeting and they hope there will be individuals to partner or champion the proposed actions.

“This is not the Regional District strategy as an entity. This has to be a re-gional district strate-gy,” said Parsons, add-ing that the Regional District entity doesn’t have the capacity to implement all the pro-posed actions.

There will be rec-ommendations for education, industry, business and local gov-ernment, she said.

Anyone interested in giving input to the project is asked to com-plete an online survey: See www.rdbn.bc.ca/regionalskillsgap and find links to Employer and Resident surveys under “Provide your input.”

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako held a public meeting at the Houston Library last week Monday, to discuss the Regional Skills Gap Analysis.

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an accident on Highway 16 and Nadina Ave. at 3:41 pm July 12.

Sgt. Rose says a west-bound vehicle rear-ended a vehicle that was stopped on Highway 16 waiting to turn left onto the Hamblin Frontage Road.

Damage was estimated at $600, occupants of both vehicles complained of stiff necks, and no charges were laid, Sgt. Rose said.

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ing approached by an un-known male at 7:42 pm July 12.

Sgt. Rose says the un-known 20 to 30-year-old male asked the 14-year-old female if she was interested in hanging out, and left in a blue or green pickup when she said no.

Police could not locate the male, Sgt. Rose said.

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9:49 pm July 12 to help the ambulance with a ten-year-old boy, injured while in a wilderness camp at 66 km on the Morice River West Road.

Sgt. Rose says the boy was playing with other kids on an embankment and fell, and may have suffered a concussion. He was taken to the Smithers hospital for observation.

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harassing text messages from someone known to the complainant at 4:24 pm July 13.

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yelling and screaming at 2035 Sullivan Way at 12:18 am July 14.

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threats at a home in Topley at 11:34 am July 14.

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15 of a theft two days prior in the Ambassador trailer park.

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Alaskans have been hitting these � sh just across the border,” said Greg Knox, Executive Director of SkeenaWild Conservation Trust.

Paci� c salmon from British Columbia rivers spend their adult lives feeding in the North Paci� c Ocean and swim through Alaskan waters as they make their way back to spawn in their natal rivers. Commercial net � sheries in southeast Alaska catch up to 20% of all sockeye returning to BC’s Skeena River, often as “by-catch” in � sheries targeting local Alaskan pink and chum salmon. The Canada/US Paci� c Salmon Treaty, which covers � sheries on both sides of the

border, does not prohibit the capture of depleted BC stocks in Alaskan � sheries.

“The Alaskan � shermen could still � sh for the more abundant local stocks they are targeting, without harming depleted stocks from BC,” said Aaron Hill, a biologist with Watershed Watch Salmon Society. “They just need to move their � sheries out of these open areas where the BC-bound salmon are being caught.”

“It is interesting to note,” added Knox, “that the Alaskan State constitution would require Alaska to take action were these to be Alaskan stocks of concern. We hear a lot about how well-managed these Alaskan � sheries are, but when it comes to BC salmon swimming through their waters, they’re not walking the talk.”

The groups are also calling on Ottawa to defend Canada’s interests by doing more to protect vulnerable salmon runs from over� shing in US waters.

“The federal government talks a good game about protecting Canadian interests abroad,” said Hill, “but it seems that BC salmon haven’t made it on to that list.”

“Commercial net � sheries in southeast Alaska catch up to 20% of all sockeye

returning to B.C.’s Skeena River.”

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1420 Morice River Road, PO Box 1446, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0Phone: 250-845-3240

www.monsterindustries.ca

Congratulationsto Canfor on your 75th Anniversary!

We are proud to support industry in the North!

• Full Service Machine Shop• Equipment & Tool Rentals all over the North

• Serving our Resource & Energy Sector• Machining; Fabrication: Steel Erection• Mechanical Construction

District of HoustonMayor and Council

Congratulations Canfor

Your 75th Anniversaryis a signi� cant milestone...

The future looksso bright!

We salute one of the world’s largest and most respected forest product

manufacturers.

Thanks for yourcontributions to this

community andbest wishes in the future!

www.houston.ca

3487 - 9th Street, Houston Fax: 250-845-3566

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Phone: 250-845-2944

Congratulations Canfor...

We look forward to many more years of your continued involvement

in Houston.

Congratulations CANFOR on your75th Anniversary

From theStaff & Management

at LB Paving


Investors bullish on forestryInvestors from all

over the world met in New York this past week, discussing timberland and the forest industry in terms of short and long term investment, at the 11th annual IQPC

World Timberland Investment Summit. Attendees included senior decision‐makers from the entire timberland investments value chain including pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, family of� ces, private landowners, TIMOs, REITs, forest products companies, forestry organizations,

law � rms, and banks. Countries represented included Israel, Colombia, Brazil, China, New Zealand, Australia, Britain, Germany, Canada and the US.

CILA Executive

Director MaryAnne Arcand was among the presenters to the conference, responding to a request to information about the labour shortage in the harvesting sector, and how that will affect production and inventory supply.

Keta Kosman, of Madison’s Lumber Reporter, set the

scene, discussing the resurgence of the US housing market, and rising lumber prices, and noting the lack of current inventory throughout North America.

Arcand then

highlighted statistics from the 2012 report released by the Forest Products Sector Council, “Renewing Canada’s Greenest Workforce,” which forecasts the labour demand over the next decade, in a variety of scenarios.

The report noted that among the most “dif� cult to hire” forestry workers will

be logging contractors and equipment operators. Arcand’s p r e s e n t a t i o n , entitled “Obstacle or Opportunity,” highlighted the need for timberland and forestry investors around the world to invest in people, not just land and infrastructure, if they want to capitalize on the tight supply chain, and therefore, higher returns on their investments.

The forest harvesting labour shortage is not limited to BC, or even Canada. A Google search shows shortages noted in New Zealand, Australia, South America, the US, and even Africa.

Having timber available for harvest in a strong market is one thing, � nding the people to do the work will be a different story.

“Timberland and forestry investors around the world need to invest in people, not just

land and infrastructure.”



SALES • PARTS • SERVICE • FINANCING West Highway 16, Houston 250-845-2213 • www.finning.ca

We salute Canfor on their Milestone 75th Anniversay!

We provide service to customers in

• Forestry

• Mining

• Construction & Power Systems

Congratulations...on your longstanding commitment

to the community of Houston.Your contribution to our area has been invaluable.

P.O. Box 396, Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z0Tel: (250) 845-7640 • Email: [email protected]

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Congratulations CanforA job well done, looking

forward to another 75 years.

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John Himech Logging Ltd. extends

Congratulationsto Canfor on their 75th Anniversary!

Over 50 years of logging and contracting in

Houston and the Bulkley-Valley.

Our most valuable asset is the people

who live here and we are proud to offer

local employment to support families and

this community.

By Jerome TurnerBlack Press

The Toboggan Creek Fish Hatchery is putting the call out to people catching Coho and Chinook in the area to turn the heads in to local shops.

Doing so will enter the person in a draw for a multitude of prizes, but also allow for a more accurate count of returning salmon, Mike O’Neill, manager at TCFH, said.

“We’re just trying to make people aware to watch out for hatchery � sh,” O’Neill said.

“If they don’t have a lot of room they don’t have to take the whole head.

“Just cut behind the eye and keep the upper jaw.”

Toboggan Creek tags each � sh in the hatchery before releasing them, but a visual indicator of a TCFH � sh is a

missing adipose � n, which normally resides between the dorsal and tail along the spine.

“We expect returns of around 200,000 Chinook this year,” O’Neill said.

“Those � sh will range from three to six years old.

“Plus we expect

returns from the 35,000 Coho we released in 2010.”

The Chinook will weigh up to 30 pounds and the Coho will average eight pounds, O’Neill said.

“We would especially like the Morice River heads,” O’Neill said.

“We haven’t been able to collect much data because the rivers have been so high.”

The TCFH will have two draws this year.

“One of the draws will be for First Nations who catch for food,” O’Neill said.

“The other will be for any angler.”

The � rst place winners of the draw will receive $250 each and there will also be smaller prizes for others who win down to 10th place in each group.

“We expect our � sh to be coming through to the middle of August,” O’Neill said.

Fish can be returned to the Toboggan Creek Hatchery, Department of Fisheries and Oceans of� ces and most tackle shops from Terrace to Houston.

Fish will be accepted up until September, O’Neill said.

Toboggan hatchery hold competition

File photoJacob helps Bev Lyons with an over 30 pound Chinook salmon that she caught last year in the Morice River.

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Demand for sustainable forest products continues to grow….

We congratulate Canfor on their

75th Anniversary!Our membership is pleased to

partner with Canfor, working for success and prosperity for everyone.

We welcome your investment and con� dence in Houston.

Canfor continues to grow and prosper!

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A provincial gov-ernment move to pass enabling legislation that will open the door to area-based tenure instead of the current volume-based forest licenses held by forest companies raises a lot of questions – and a predictable amount of political controversy.

The idea of shifting to area-based forest tenures is nothing new. The argument has been that such tenures pro-vide forest companies with even more long-term security over tim-ber-harvesting rights. With that comes the anticipation that there will be greater commit-ment to more-ef� cient forest management. There will undoubtedly be implications to the log-harvest sector, but until terms and condi-tions of the rollover from volume-based to area-based tenures is made clear, it’s a guess-ing game.

Passing this en-abling legislation will allow government to companies with even more long-term secu-rity over timber-har-vesting rights. With

that comes the antici-pation that there will be greater commitment to more-ef� cient for-est management. Meet the commitment it has made to Hampton Af� liates in Burns Lake – to provide an adequate long-term timber supply that will prompt that company to build a new Burns

Lake sawmill.Good news to some,

but critics of the mea-sure argue it will give too much power over the forest land base to forest Companies, cre-

ating tenures akin to or in the form of Tree Farm Licenses that are valuable assets that can be bought, sold and traded between com-panies with little or no public input.

In the Burns Lake situation, the area-based tenure to Hampton is a trade for the commitment to

build the mill and em-ploy local people. Will that same condition apply to other com-panies that will hope to bene� t by the area-based tenure shift? Or will they simply gain more control over for-ests with no require-ments for increased commitment to refor-estation, to commu-nity employment, or to greater consultation with First Nations?

Area-based tenure could be a tremendous tool for government, and the Burns Lake situation offers a partial example. Why not use this assurance of greater control over long-term timber supply as a lever to accelerate reforestation efforts, build local employment stability and encourage upgrades to mills to keep them competitive?

Such measures would mesh well with a key recommendation.

Area based tenure questions

““A lever to accelerate reforestation efforts, build local employment stability and encourage upgrades

to mills.”

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The District of Houston will receive quotations for the2013 Gravel Crushing program:

Contractor to provide quote to produce the following product: 2,000 m³ - 16mm Winter Sand 2,500 m³ - 19mm Crush Gravel

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Photos submittedOver 60 local kids came out for the Vacation Bible School program at the Houston Fellowship Baptist Church last week. Kids painted rocks, designed t-shirts and Bible covers and made stress balls, as well as enjoyed snacks, games and Bible study. With flashing lights, black light and a smoke machine in the church sanctuary, kids jumped and danced to music to open and close each of the five days of the program. The VBS theme, ‘Gotta Move,’ taught kids about how having faith means taking action and showing love, peace and kindness.

Top left: Brielle jumps rope out in the sunshine with her Mom Dorene and friend Naomi. Above: Jacob and Abigail run around under a rainbow parachute, which kids played with in the sunny field last week. Below: The group of five and six year old’s gather on the stairway for a picture.

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Irrigation dam removal threatens fish stockingBy Jackie Lieuwen

Houston Today

If the Irrigation Lake dam was removed, the lake would stop being stocked with � sh, unless it was proven to be a closed system.

Irrigation Lake is typically stocked with Coastal Cutthroat Trout once a year but due to a hatchery shortage this year, was

stocked instead with 3,000 Rainbow Trout on June 4.

Brennan Clarke, Public Affairs Of� cer for the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations says that the � sh are stocked for recreation and it doesn’t change the situation with the dam.

“Public safety has to come � rst. As nice

as recreational � shing is, if there’s a safety issue the province has a responsibility under the Water Act to take steps to ensure public safety,” said Clarke.

Clarke says that if the dam was removed, the lake would no longer be stocked unless it was shown to be a closed system, with no inlets or outlets for � sh.

“[In a closed

system] hatchery � sh may be released, but

they cannot escape [or] interact with wild stocks,” said Clarke.

He says the lake is stocked with sterile

� sh, not able to reproduce, because such � sh divert energy

into growth and are larger, and it reduces the risk of negative genetic interactions with natural stocks.

“The loss of habitat associated with dam removal would have no impact upon wild sport � sh species,” he said.

He adds that if the dam was removed it would lower the lake level, reducing available � sh habitat

and the waterbody may be recolonized by native � sh species.

Clarke says that the Ministry is working with stakeholders in hopes of securing a new licence holder for the dam, and at press time, no one has stepped up to take on the licence.

“Regardless, the dam will remain in place this summer,” said Clarke.

“Public safety has to come first.”

- Public Affairs Officer Brennan Clarke


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