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Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. and the Saik’uz First Nation are pleased to announce the joint signing of a Letter of Intent and a Traditional Knowledge Protocol Agreement regarding the development of a wind energy project at Nulki Hills near Vanderhoof, British Columbia.

The Nulki Hills prospective wind project, representing up to 210 MW of clean renewable power, is currently undergo-ing a BC Environmental Assessment. The partners will work together to obtain an Environmental Assessment Certi� cate from the province and an electricity purchase agreement from BC Hydro for this project, which could deliver power to the grid by late 2018.

In the agreements, Saik’uz and Innergex highlight their commitment to meaningful consultation during all stages of project development and to establish and determine the terms for a long-term cooperative and mutually respectful relationship throughout the life cycle of the project. The par-ties have agreed to a process to gather, document and pre-serve Saik’uz traditional knowledge and to address the own-ership, protection and integration of traditional knowledge in the development of the project.

“We are extremely pleased to have entered into these agreements with the Saik’uz First Nation,” said Richard Blanchet, Senior Vice President - Western Region of Inn-

ergex. “They provide a foundation for a strong relationship that re� ects the commitment between Innergex and Saik’uz to work together, respectfully and collaboratively. The an-nouncement today emphasizes our intention to bring sus-tainable economic development opportunities to Saik’uz and the District of Vanderhoof.”

“We look forward to continuing our positive relationship with Innergex,” said Stanley Thomas Saik’uz First Nations Chief. “We trust that Innergex will work within our tradi-tional territory in a manner respectful of the environment, our culture and our constitutional aboriginal rights, titles and interest.”

Innergex and Saik’uz agreement

Enbridge pipeline will

hit wall in B.C., critics

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Environmental groups and First Nations quickly condemned the National Energy Board’s recommen-dation to approve the Northern Gateway oil pipeline project and predicted it will never be built.

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs president Grand Chief Stewart Philip said the battle will likely move into the courtrooms as First Nations mount legal chal-lenges to Enbridge’s project – assuming it is approved in the months ahead by the federal government.

“This is about the environmental integrity of the watersheds we all share and we are willing to go to any lengths to defend our watersheds,” he said. “We are prepared to go to the wall against this project. We have no choice.”

Wilderness Committee policy director Gwen Bar-lee called it a reckless, foolish, disappointing decision

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Churches in Vanderhoof came together to present a nativity scene in the park on Saturday, December 21. Similar to the annual Pumpkin Walk this was a Christmas walk where reveler could tour the campground and watch Christmas scenes play out.

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The RCMP has been struggling to meet their caseload here in Van-derhoof but no more re-cruits will come in until an audit is completed by the Superintendent.

“We are continuing to ask Chief Superin-tendant Rod Booth of the E Division of the RCMP to do an audit of our staffing situation here,” said Gerry Thies-sen, Vanderhoof mayor. “We believe that we have been short-staffed for a very long period of time.”

The Vanderhoof de-tachment received an ad-ditional person last year on a semi-permanent basis pending the au-dit but that still doesn’t solve the problem.

For 2011-2012 the RCMP released a report detailing a reduction in 1,791 employees in two years and $280 million to be cut and Vander-hoof may pay a price for that.

The detachment is re-sponsible for 90 kilome-ters of highway 16 and a large area of wilderness. The RCMP imprisons approximately 75 pris-oners in a month, a large number considering the small community.

“When you look at the size of the commu-nity and the case load which we have in Van-derhoof and then when you look at neighboring communities and their size and their staffing, we’re in a much differ-

RCMP short-staffed in Vanderhoofent situation,” said Thiessen. “The only way that we’ll be able to affect crime in a timely manner is if we have adequate staffing levels.”

The Vanderhoof detachment has 11 officers in to-tal. One commander, two supervisors and eight con-stables and one of those constables is dedicated to working on Saik’uz cases. So Vanderhoof has seven officers working in the community and they are of-ten on call.

Vanderhoof is a very anti-crime community ac-cording to Sgt. Jason Keays commander of the Van-derhoof RCMP detachment. Residents speak up when they see something wrong and try to keep the police informed on everything. This helps bond the RCMP to the community.

“My eight officers are responsible to provide po-lice services, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for a large geographical area including Saik’uz First Nations. They work a heavy caseload compared to other areas of the province, they are required to at-

tend court and they need to update their training. We also have to consider any injuries and maternity or paternity leave” said Sgt. Jason Keays, Vander-hoof RCMP. These and many other duties keep the detachment very busy. “What helps is that the vast majority of people in Vanderhoof support the police by reporting crimes and providing information on criminal activity.”

The RCMP, much like the healthcare industry and many others, is always told to “do more with less” and while officers are ready and willing this can cause burnout, injuries both mental and physical and lower priority cases are less worked.

If someones house is broken into and their chain-saw is stolen the RCMP can’t be there right away, in the lower mainland they wouldn’t show up for at least three days. They’d tell the owner to try and not touch anything, but of course that often doesn’t work. This is because the RCMP is focusing on their prolific offender program.

By focusing on prolific offenders the RCMP forc-es them to either seek treatment, leave town or go to jail. The offenders realize that if they keep doing what they’re doing they have to choose one of these options and since the prolific offender program is expanding across the province these individuals are being targeted so much that they have to consider their other options.

The reason why Vanderhoof is understaffed and neighbouring communities are not is because it was off the radar for mayor and council until about five years ago. And if the situation isn’t fixed soon then it could get much more difficult for RCMP.

“I forecast that the town is going to get busier what with New Gold’s Blackwater project starting up in the next few years and other industrial develop-ments that will start to really boost the economy in Vanderhoof,” said Sgt. Keays. Keays said that if he had to put a number on it, four more RCMP officers might be enough to police Vanderhoof properly.

Neale Bacon and critters captivate at library

Bacon and his puppet named Clarice.

Bacon and Clarice entertained over 50 parents and kids at the library.

Ventriloquist and all-age friend-ly comedian Neale Bacon was at the Vanderhoof library Wednesday, July 10 and he brought a few of his friends.

There was a puppet named Cla-

rice, a chicken who managed to lay three eggs for the audience of more than 50 kids. This summer, as part of the summer reading club, the li-brary’s theme is Up, Up and Away, so a chicken who needed to learn

how to fly fit perfect-ly.

“Now sometimes people don’t know how to describe my show,” Bacon said to his audience. “Are you a magician? No I’m not. Are you a puppeteer? No.” Well Bacon first started out as a magician at age 13 and brought ventriloquism into his repertoire because so few people were do-ing it.

Bacon has been en-tertaining families for over 35 years and has performed on YTV on the children’s show Zoink’d.

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The British Columbia Search and Rescue Association has had a record year in call-outs for at least the last two years and is in need of evaluation according to recent press releases.

Chris Mushumanski, the Nechako Valley Search and Rescue team leader told Omineca Express that the num-ber of tasks they were called out to last year was around 14 and already they have surpassed that number with barely half of this year gone.

According to Mushumanski, the local team averages between eight and 12 call-outs a year but this year they have been called out approxi-mately 17 times. This is a situation which begs the question, can B.C., one of the best search and rescue operations in the world, sustain this model of operations?

“In terms of sustainability we are concerned in two areas, one is the funding sources that we get to pur-chase our equipment necessary to do a safe search and rescue as well as the training needed for that,” said Mushu-manski. “There’s literally hundreds if not thousands of hours trying to get the funds together then you have to purchase the equipment and find the training.”

The second concern is paying the volunteers. Search and rescue opera-tions are run completely by volun-teers.

“To ask volunteers first of all, to go out and search or rescue some-body is one thing but then to ask them to go about trying to fund the equip-ment and training they need to do that seems a little excessive and has increased hugely in the last few years compared to the expectations back when I joined search and rescue in the 90s,” said Mushumanski. “When you look at how much time and effort

is being put into making those teams able to be funded and trained, it’s ex-pecting too much from volunteers and that is first and foremost what search and rescue is for the province, they’re all volunteers.”

A news release stated that there have been evaluations of the SAR teams’ needs in 1996 and 2004 which resulted in changes to the service. They also conducted a two year con-sultation process titled “Leveling the Playing Field” where search and res-cue groups met to “discuss issues and identify solutions” according to press release from the BCSARA.

Asking volunteers here to possibly take time off from work and donate their wages to do a training course that could take up to three days as well as be available should someone need rescuing is a huge operation for which an employer may not compen-sate the rescue worker.

But the reason behind the increase in call-outs can’t be pinned down to any one source.

“In Vanderhoof our bread and butter used to be from May long weekend (date) to the end of hunting season in November and inside that it was mainly recreational people and a lot of activity in the fall with hunting,” said Mushumanski. “Now you’re seeing all sorts of different kinds of people in the forest, mush-room pickers, berry pickers, indus-tries other than forestry like mining. There’s more people out doing dif-ferent things.”

The Nechako Valley Search and Rescue covers the entire Vanderhoof Forest district and a few kilometres west towards Fraser Lake. They have a little under 50 members who can be called out to anywhere in the prov-ince, as needed, and they are always looking for more. They had members helping in Bella Coola, Terrace and Chetwynd recently.

Search and rescue overhaul discussed


The Stellat’en First Nations of Fraser Lake have continued to build and improve on their community garden that is running for the third year now.

The garden is much larger than Vander-hoof’s and is arranged such that it provides a higher yield than Van-derhoof’s might due to their ability to ro-tate the crops and de-cide what plants grow where.

But that is because healthy food is much needed in a community where the risk of dia-betes is high. Because unhealthy is cheaper and easier to make, many low income communities face the risk of developing some form of diabetes.

Cynthia Munger, the Community Health Representative for the Stellat’en First Na-tions, has worked to organize the commu-nity garden and with the help of some local organic growers, she is bringing healthy eat-ing to the community.

“I’m trying to get our communities back to their traditional ways,” said Munger.

Fraser Lake community garden

“It’s too much com-mercial food, too much junk and it’s my aim to make it so we don’t have to go to the store to get food.”

Janet Romain is the chief gardener for the community garden, she is the one work-ing hard almost every morning to nurture and gather the fruits and vegetables. Romain gets teased a lot over her name but lettuce isn’t the only thing she’s bringing to frui-tion in Fraser Lake.

Romain works to keep the garden pesti-cide free, maintaining organic food standards as much as possible. All the food is meant to be grown in adher-ence to traditional Ab-original ways.

“I’d rather have a

salad from a garden, know-ing there’s no pesticides and that it’s grown natural, than buy something from the store,”

said Romain. “What I want to say about it is how effortless it is, because I only spend four hours at the most two days a week. It’s a community effort and the community reaps the benefits.”

Munger is in charge of organizing the gar-den and organizing the collection and de-livery of the produce. Munger always makes sure to go around and drop off care packages to feed the elders in the community. She also makes sure that any-one with children or anybody with a physi-cal or mental disability gets some extra food every week.

The deliveries work on a rotation basis and if a family got some produce one week then

they might not get any the next, and so on.

Munger has worked as a care aid, a com-munity health rep and is dedicated to eradi-cating diabetes in her community. She said she gets her inspira-tion from her family who suffered from the disease.

The community garden is also an op-portunity for Munger and Romain to teach the next generation of community mem-bers healthy living skills and knowledge. There are classes ev-ery week at the health centre where mothers can learn how to make baby food and kids can learn how to grow their own food.

Cynthia Munger poses with friends and family at the Fraser Lake community garden which brings lots of healthy food to the community and teaches kids valuable skills.

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NVSS Outdoor Pursuits class takes an instructive canoe trip down the Sinkut River. This is instructor Travis Himmelright’s passion, he loves to teach what can be a lifelong sport.


Around last January or March, Patti Chesley felt compelled to get into making dresses for the poor.

“God just placed upon my heart one Sunday, I heard somebody talking about making dresses and I was blessed with material and had a good response to the dresses,” said Chesley.

Her friend Diane DeWaal had put her name on Facebook so that people could drop off the materi-al with her. Chesley also wanted to put her address out there so that people could come and donate any bits of material to make more dresses.

Chesley and DeWaal do not want any bed sheets, they will only accept material donations.

Chesley doesn’t discriminate with who needs which dress, she just sends them to whoever needs them.

“Some people want them to go to one place and some people want them at another,” said Chesley. “I didn’t want anyone’s feelings hurt so we sent them down to a conference in Abbotsford and they can decide where the dresses should go.”

Her pastor takes the dresses down to Abbots-ford whenever he finds the time to go, which is quite often according to Chesley.

Although Patti has never seen any of the kids wearing her dresses she hopes to one day.

“I call [the dresses] my babies and people say ‘Patti you’re going to have to let go of your ba-bies,’” said Chesley. “And so it was really hard, be-cause each one is so personal. I practically almost name them!”

“It was so hard because I can see children wear-ing them. You take a piece of material and you can get something beautiful out of it. It goes to little girls who probably never had a dress. To have a

Dresses for the poor

brand new dress, we think that would be re-ally special.”

Patti makes dresses for children sized from two to 14 and can finish a dress in one day de-pending on the pattern. She usually makes up to three dresses a week but she can make more depending on material and time. She’s made 40 of them so far.

“Nothing is wasted, none of the material is thrown away,” said Pat-ti. She gives the mate-rial to two other ladies who make quilts. One lady makes them for the needy and the other lady, Donna Lesley, is making them to try and raise money for Van-derhoof’s future com-munity pool.

You can find De-Waal’s information on facebook but her ad-dress for donations is 2933 Burrard Avenue or send any material to

Patti Chesley at 2943 Victoria Street.

Donations will also be taken at Sew Rite Designs in the Co-Op mall and at the Necha-

ko Community Church.Chesley would like

to thank the community for all the donations and hopes to see lots more.

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The construction of the long awaited Necha-ko White Sturgeon Con-servation Centre in Van-derhoof has reached the 50% completion mark and is on track to begin operations in the spring of 2014.

The conservation centre is one of the key components in a multi-pronged recovery plan for the Nechako White Sturgeon. The Necha-ko White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative’s (NWRSI), Technical Working Group (TWG) has prepared a recov-ery plan for the species that includes not only a sturgeon conservation hatchery but a compre-

Nechako White Sturgeon Conservation Facility reaches the 50% completion mark

Honorary Fire Chief

Vanderhoof children kindergarten to grade four entered a draw to become “Fire Chief of the Day” during Fire Pre-vention Week October 6-12 and Callum Johnny from McLeod Elementary School had his name drawn. Johnny, and his mom, rode around town in the fire truck, visited the fire hall and had lunch all while hanging out with Fire Chief Joe Pacheco.


The Northern Or-chestra performed in Vanderhoof on Sunday, October 20 with special guest Robert Silverman on piano.

Gordon Lucas, con-ductor for the Northern Orchestra, explained the significance of the performance which were all royal pieces pertaining to emperors and kings.

Lucas declared that pianist Silverman should be considered royalty and that the small auditorium in NVSS had never seen anything like what he was about to play. Lu-cas has known Silver-man for close to 40 years, ever since Silver-man taught at UBC.

Silverman, 75, has been playing for most of his life and it shows in his quick but fluid movements during the Emperor Concerto. He strives to produce mu-sic that is as close as possible to the source material that he can get it. Which he said is extremely difficult to do.

“It’s one of the greatest of Beethoven’s works,” said Silverman before his performance of the Emperor Con-certo. “It’s very heroic and magisterial and I love it. It has every-thing that Beethoven is known for, his ability to communicate with his audience, to dazzle them, he knows how to compose wonderfully. I’ll be looking forward to doing it.”

The first half of the performance was all about the North-ern Orchestra with pieces by composers

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Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederich Handel. Each piece was a royal waltz or a min-uet or something that brought to mind maj-esty and old royalty.

Arianne Nelles, flut-ist, could be heard well before Lucas pointed her out and said she was an anchor because her playing of the flute was so perfect. Her notes could be heard clear and above the rest of the orchestra, especially during her solo portions on Bach’s Suite #2 for Orchestra.

Lucas also took care to point out several of his other perform-ers including Jonathan Schultz on violin who will be playing all of the Four Seasons of Vivaldi for their performance in December. A feat Lucas has never had a student do before.

The second half of the show was all about Silverman and his per-formance on piano with the orchestra.

“I think a musician has a very deep seated need to create music and a performer needs an audience,” said Sil-verman. “Especially with classical music in these times. I feel I have a mission to convey its power and excellence and its ability to move you and that’s what I try to do.”

hensive research program that aims to identify and remove survival bottlenecks for wild sturgeon and improve the health of the Nechako watershed for sturgeon and other species.

Community Working Group (CWG) Chair Bri-an Frenkel said, “We are pleased with the progress of the facility and I’m very excited that this coming spring the Conservation Centre staff will be cap-turing brood stock (mature male and females) and raising the group of young sturgeon.” While it is an exciting time for the NWSRI Frenkel wants to let the public know that the fight to rehabilitate stur-geon spawning habitat is far from over. “While the Sturgeon Conservation Centre is a key component of the sturgeon recovery plan, it alone will not save the species. It is important that all the research and habitat projects continue with the goal to identify

issues that can be resolved” The construction and operation of the Conserva-

tion Centre is the responsibility of Freshwater Fish-eries Society of BC, a private, non-profit fisheries services organization. Cory Williamson who is the Facility Manager for Freshwater Fisheries BC stated “I am excited to see this project well on its way, not only will the new facility produce young sturgeon to rebuild the population, it will serve as a centre for white sturgeon research in the north.”

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VANCOUVER - Premier Christy Clark announced the B.C. government’s support today for a second set of key liquor changes that will create opportunities for small businesses and legions and open up new dining op-tions for B.C. families, while continuing to protect public safety.

To create more consumer convenience and give busi-nesses more � exibility to grow, government will be intro-ducing happy hour to B.C. To make sure liquor rules bet-ter re� ect how British Columbians live, families soon will have the freedom to eat together in B.C.’s pubs, legions and restaurants. To enhance health and public safety, the Province also will improve and expand B.C.’s responsible beverage service program, Serving it Right (SIR).

“These changes are about updating antiquated licens-ing rules to re� ect what British Columbians actually want, while continuing to protect public safety,” said Premier Clark. “Families should be able to dine together in their neighbourhood pub. Consumers should be free to order whatever they want in a restaurant. These are exactly the kind of common-sense changes to B.C.’s liquor laws we promised to make - and we’re keeping that promise.”

Speci� cally, with the Liquor Policy Review recommen-dations announced today, government is supporting:

* Small businesses and the hospitality industry, through changes like common-sense licensing and happy hours.

* Places like pubs, legions and membership clubs by making changes to create more family-friendly environ-ments.

* Health, safety and social responsibility by enhancing B.C.’s SIR program.

With minimum drink pricing consistent with the views that Parliamentary Secretary John Yap heard from health advocates during the B.C. Liquor Policy Review, the B.C. government will be opening the door to time-limited drink specials - such as happy hours.

Other changes that will bene� t the hospitality industry include simpli� ed, common-sense licensing rules. If pa-trons do not wish to eat, they will no longer be required to order food when they are in a food-primary establishment. Also, customers will be permitted to move freely with their beverage from one adjoining licensed area to another.

“At Cactus Club Cafe, we know how important it is to provide an enjoyable and safe environment for all of our guests,” said Richard Jaffray, president and founder of Cac-tus Restaurants Ltd. “We applaud Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. government for taking positive steps to mod-ernize our province’s liquor laws and regulations.”

The B.C. government will further increase � exibility

around licensing by giving liquor-primary establishments and clubs, such as legions, the option to accommodate mi-nors up until a certain hour in the evening. This means, for example, that parents will be able to take their kids for a bite to eat at a pub or to enjoy some music at a legion that chooses to be family friendly.

“We’re thrilled to hear government is making positive changes in liquor regulations impacting The Royal Cana-dian Legion and other membership clubs, so we can hold gatherings that safely accommodate minors, like commu-nity events, anniversaries and birthday parties,” said Angus Stan� eld, president of the Royal Canadian Legion BC/Yukon Command. “These changes will help us strengthen our charitable giving for veterans, youth, seniors and the communities we serve.”

Balancing these changes with health and safety in mind, the Province will extend SIR to all hospitality indus-try workers who serve alcohol. This will include, for the � rst time, all servers in B.C.’s 5,600 licensed restaurants, as well as staff at BC Liquor Stores and rural agency and wine stores. A specialized version of SIR will be required for licensees and personnel who serve at special occasion licensed events, such as banquets or weddings.

“We welcome the opportunity to evaluate, expand and enhance our Serving it Right program so we can build on our comprehensive information and provide well-rounded knowledge about responsible beverage service,” said Ar-lene Keis, CEO of go2, B.C.’s human resources association for the tourism industry. “Drawing on the success of our current program, these changes will further instil effective skills and techniques for hospitality workers to promote re-sponsible consumption.”

These changes align with recommendations put for-ward in Yap’s report. Government’s support for these eight recommendations builds on a set of 12 others announced last week by Premier Clark that will bene� t tourism, small businesses and liquor manufacturers.

“I heard throughout my consultations - from pubs, res-taurants, legions and British Columbians - that licensing rules have become complicated and onerous over the years, and that they need to better match modern expectations,” said Yap. “These changes will address that call and strike a balance, as we increase convenience for families and the industry, ensure continued growth of B.C. businesses and continue to safeguard health and safety.”

It is anticipated that Yap’s report on the review will be publicly released prior to Feb. 15, 2014, once Cabinet has had the opportunity to fully consider its 70-plus recom-mendations.

B.C. toasts liquor changes

I understand the concern of many people across the region about Canada Post and their decision to phase out door-to-door mail ser-vice. It is a service that Canadians in many cities have enjoyed and are accustomed to receiving. But in the world of instant and elec-tronic communication, there is simply not enough postage being paid to sustain the current model.

Business needs to adapt in order to stay competitive when technol-ogy changes the landscape. The carriage building industry needed to adapt when horses were replaced by the internal combustion engine. Live theatre had to adapt when movies came onto the scene. The newspaper industry is learning to adapt to online competition, and Canada Post is doing the same.

Canada Post had a $130 million loss in the latest quarter, and proj-ects an operating loss of $1 billion by 2020 if nothing changes. That is an extra billion dollars of your tax dollars which will be spent to make up that shortfall, even though most Canadians do not have their mail delivered right to their doorstep.

I remember going down to the Post Of� ce in Dawson Creek as a child with my grandfather to pick up the mail. That mail tradition still continues in many small communities across Canada, like Pouce Coupe. Two-thirds of urban and suburban households across Canada already pick up their mail from community mailboxes. Updating the way mail is delivered to that remaining one-third is expected to save Canada Post upwards of $500 million over the next � ve years. Rural residents who have their mail box at the entrance to their property will not be affected by this change.

Simply put, the current mail delivery structure cannot support it-self. There has been a 25 per cent drop in mail volume since 2008, and Canada Post is losing hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Canada Post is a Crown Corporation and operates as an arms-length agency from Government, but they understand something needs to be done to adapt to a changing environment. Our Conservative Govern-ment is encouraged to see Canada Post shares our vision for more streamlined public sector services. They are taking an important � rst step to ensure that reliable postal service remains available and af-fordable.

Zimmer defends Canada Post

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Year End Revue - November 2013

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Four suspects have been arrested in relation to the murder of Fribjon Bjornson.

Three men and one woman will be facing charges and are in custody in Prince George after a lengthy in-vestigation.

Tw e n t y - s e v e n year-old Wesley Den-nis Duncan is facing a murder charge.

Teresa Ma-rie Charlie, 21, is charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder.

Jesse Darren Bird, 31, is charged with accessory after the fact to murder and in-terference with a dead body.

James David Ju-nior Charlie, 23, is charged with in-terference with a dead body.

“Our Major Crime investigators have been working extremely hard over the past year in order to identify and charge those responsible for this horrific crime. They have been work-ing closely with the Bjornson family and though these arrests cannot bring Fribjon back, it can give some much

needed closure to end the nightmare they have been living,” said Cst. Les-ley Smith, North District media rela-tions officer in a release today.

The investigation is still ongoing and RCMP say more arrests are still possible, so no further details will be released.

Bjornson’s murder has been hanging over the community of Fort St. James/Nak’azdli, with rumours swirl-ing ever since the young man’s severed head was found in a vacant house on Nak’azdli Reserve (which borders Fort St. James) on Feb. 3, 2012. His body was never found.

Bjornson had been missing since Jan. 12, 2012, after he was last seen leav-ing a 7-11 in Vander-

hoof and the house on the reserve was searched following the location of his abandoned truck in the area. Bjornson lived in Vanderhoof but had been working north of Fort St. James and had friends in the com-munity.

The charges in the case have not been proven in court.

Four arrested for Fribjon Bjornson murder

Fribjon Bjornson


With the National Day of Rememberance and Action on Violence Against Women coming up, the Omineca Ex-press spoke to Sylvia Byron, who runs the Omineca Safe Home, about the possibility of creating something similar for the men of Vanderhoof.

“I think there’s a need for a men’s shelter everywhere,” said Byron. “Definitely. I think that men’s services don’t get the appropriate response. We have men struggling. There’s a need for men’s services in this community, there’s a need for housing in this communi-ty. Violence and addiction is complicated. It’s not just be-cause people want to choose that. It’s because they’ve learned it, they’re struggling and they’re in poverty. They don’t feel there’s any options. So unless we have an option for people to reach for help, they may choose to reach for addiction.”

Byron wants to look at a prevention strategy that in-cludes advocacy for both men and for women. She is a

feminist, but she believes that things won’t get better unless both sides are taken care of.

“There’s not a lot of op-tions for men,” she said. “And I don’t think that’s fair.”

Another thing Byron would like to see is permanent, long-term housing for single peo-ple.

“We have B.C. Housing for people with families,” she said. “But if you have a really big family, there’s not many options and if you are just a single person, there’s basical-ly nothing. And they’re get-ting less and less available, all the time.”

Byron would like to see something in place that would be almost exactly the same as the shelter available from the Safe Home.

At the Omineca Safe Home, women are provided with ad-vocacy, counselling, child-care, referral, and accompani-ment. As well as a safe place to stay away from violence or violent households.

“You can’t force people to do stuff, they need to be able to access it on their own time. You need a place for men to go, when they feel unsafe or

unsafe in their community. Or if they feel like they’re going to be unsafe to be around.”

Vanderhoof RCMP Detach-ment Commander Sergeant Jason Keays believes that a men’s shelter is desperately needed in Vanderhoof, es-pecially during the next few months when it will be so cold for anyone forced to live on the streets.

“We have apprehended people before for fear that they would succumb to alco-hol and the cold,” said Sgt. Keays. “I would welcome a men’s shelter, at least a cold weather shelter that could be unisex.”

“There absolutely is a need for a men’s shelter,” said Sgt. Keays. “The Omineca Safe Home does a terrific job, what I’d like to see is a place where men can warm up and know they’ll be safe. Let’s start the ball rolling.”

Byron estimates that there are maybe 200 homeless peo-ple in Vanderhoof. There are varying degrees of homeless-ness but about 200 people in Vanderhoof could benefit from some sort of shelter and the services it could provide.

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On November 2nd, 2013 sixteen of the best runners from Nechako Valley Sec-ondary school took part in the 43rd an-nual BC High School X-Country Cham-pionships at Alder-grove Lake Park in Langley.

The weather was terrible in Langley, with 50 to 80 mil-

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limetres of rain that fell during the four championship races.

First, the girls’ team ran 4.3 kilome-tres and placed fifth overall making it the fourth time in the past five years that they have placed in the top six overall at the provincial level. Which made history for NVSS said coach

Brian Nemethy.On the girls’ team:

Cierra, Kaitlyn and Georgia Verduzco, Julia Steinebach, Ali-son Desmarais, Brid-ian James-Schneider, Anika Wallace and Taryn Stephen.

“This is a huge accomplishment for a small school such as NVSS,” said Ne-methy. “My girls

have to compete against school popu-lations of 1,200 or more students and to have a team of girls run almost as fast as the teams in front of them, just shows what a small school can do if the right team dynamics are in place.”

Anika led the way for the girls and

placed 74th out of about 250 girls. Ju-lia placed 75, Geor-gia was 92, Kaitlyn was 98, Alison was 110, Cierra was 147, Bridian was 179 and Taryn was 172 in the Junior race.

The girls placed fourth in 2009, sixth in 2010, fourth in 2011 and fifth in 2013.

As for the boys team, they were 19 last year and made it to 13 this year, most of the scores were very tight though.

Alexander Ne-methy placed 20 overall. Charlie

Borek placed 78, Kelton McKee was 127, Jonathan Muel-ler was 172, Pat-rick Harraway was 173, Kyler Boucher was 198 and Tristal Buller was 223. Linus Jia ran the Ju-nior race and placed 201.

“Overall it was a fantastic effort made by all members at the Championship race. They stepped up to the line and gave their best,” said Ne-methy. “What more could a coach ask for. I was very proud of them all.”


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Richard Wruth, director for the Vanderhoof Children's Theatre, had the premier pro-duction Alice in Wonderland opening last Thursday, No-vember 28.

The play runs about one and a half hours with an intermis-sion and is filled with the small but confident voices found in children's theatre.

It is the classic story of Al-ice making her way through Wonderland and meeting all of its strange inhabitants until es-caping at the end. All the while children are singing and laugh-ing and sometimes scrambling around on stage to get to their

places.The children's theatre has

been practicing this play since the middle of September and now they will do two weeks of plays here in Vanderhoof and two weeks in Prince George.

"It went really good," said Wruth after the first perfor-mance. "It really did. I mean there were a few mistakes but if you're in the audience you would never know they were mistakes. It's a lot of work to figure out what to do with 40 children, you have to figure out who's going where and do-ing what," said Wruth.

Adding to the confusion was the fact that everyone has a second role that they switch to every second night. So all

the children can get a good role. This means that there are six Alice's, three per group.

"It can get a little confusing when you have it set up like that," said Wruth. "I have to remind myself which night is which."

This performance is the 32nd production for the Van-derhoof Children's Theatre since it was set up in 1999. And Wruth has been involved in over 40 productions since 1997 as an actor, director and stage manager.

It was a great show on Thursday night and the audi-ence of parents and children found the antics of the young kids hilarious at times.

Wonderland in Vanderhoof

Top: Leah Irvine as small Alice meets the Caterpillar played by Jonah Legere, both actors in grade three. Bottom: The singing cast of Wonderland try to impart some lesson on Alice and the audience.


After several weeks of waiting, Vanderhoof has a Greyhound of� ce agent again. Services such as package trans-portation and the distri-bution of tickets will � -nally resume when the of� ce opens on either Monday or Tuesday next week.

Ankie Nellen has worked in the commu-nity for eight years, she started out as a sales as-sociate at 7-Eleven and worked her way up to assistant manager and certi� ed store manager. She applied about three weeks ago because there wasn’t much growth for her available at 7-Eleven and she hopes to apply her skills to the Grey-hound of� ce.

“There will be a steady opening of the of� ce again and the parcel pick up and de-livery will be starting up again,” said Nellen. “I will do my best to open at the times that the community would like me to so long as it’s doable with the delivery and pickup services. And hopefully I will supply some other ser-vices also.”

Greyhound reopening“I’m really glad that

somebody has taken over that job,” said Van-derhoof Mayor Gerry Thiessen. “That’s cer-tainly a job for the pri-vate sector. Transporta-tion in the north is such a priority and you see it now without having a taxi service and a spo-

radic train service it’s really important to have the bus service across the north.”

Nellen has plans to also sell some products out of the store either on commission or other-wise depending on what can be worked out with Greyhound.

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Wednesday Morning Worship7:30 am

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From frontthat will run into a wall of opposition in B.C.

“It’s going to be tied up in courts for many, many, many years,” Barlee said. “Environmental organizations will be standing with First Nations and standing with the hundreds of thousands of other British Columbians who oppose this proj-ect and don’t want to see it proceed.”

Barlee said the recommendation of approval flies in the face of a newly re-leased federal report that flagged an insufficient capability to respond to an oil spill on the coast.

“This is a project that’s dangerous to our climate, dangerous to our coast and dangerous to our rivers and our salmon,” she said.

“We vow to stand shoulder to shoulder with First Nations, and the thousands of others who oppose this project,” said Murray Minchin of Kitimat-based Douglas Channel Watch, which was an intervenor in the hearings. “We are determined to keep the north coast of B.C. bitumen-free.”

The twin pipelines, carrying diluted heavy bitumen from northern Alberta to Kitimat and condensate used to dliute the heavy oil in the opposite direction, would carve across hundreds of creeks and rivers and send oil tankers out through the narrow passages of B.C.’s north coast.

Ecojustice staff lawyer Barry Robinson said the NEB ignored a huge volume of evidence indicating Northern Gateway is unsafe, unsustainable and unnecessary.

Others argued Enbrige has not proven itself competent to be trusted with B.C.’s environment, citing its 2010 spill of diluted bitumen into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.

Most environmental campaigners said they were not surprised, citing federal government moves to weaken environmental standards and gut protections for habitat in the Fisheries Act.

Ninety-six per cent of written comments to the Joint Review Panel, including the submissions of the province, opposed the Northern Gateway pipeline.

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B.C., critics sayPICTURE THIS....Your activity could be featured in “Picture This.” Snap a photo at your groups’ fundraiser. It could be anything from a car wash to cleaning up our streets. It could even include school activities. Basically people making a difference in our community. Send us your photo by e-mail ([email protected]) or drop it off at the Omineca Express (150 W. Columbia Street). Please provide a brief description accompanied with the photo.This week’s submission....

***AL-ANON...Has your life been affected by someone elses drinking? The Al-Anon is for you! Meetings held on Mondays at 7pm in Community Room at Omineca Safe Home Society. For more information contact Gail at 567-4318.

***The NOrThside WOmeN’s iNsTiTuTe...meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Newcomers always welcome. For more information call Brenda, 250 567-9705.

***V’hOOf hOspice sOcieTy... Do you have a few hours a month to give? Are you sensitive to the special needs of those persons at the end stages of life? Want to be part of a great organization that makes a difference in our community, then we are looking for you. The V’hoof Hospice Society is a not-for profit charity looking for new volunteer members. Our Society has a desire to help others. We are sensitive to the special needs of the dying patient and their families. We do not have personal agendas or “missions” to our Hospice work. Our main fundraising come in the form of donations to our Tree of Life. We are looking for new members to continue this great service. For more info contact Debra-Ann at 250-567-0623 or email [email protected]

***The fOOd BANK... is in serious need of food donations. Specifically the following is needed: “Chunky” soups and stews and canned milk.

***BAdmiNTON AT fLess Gym... Every Thursday at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. come out and have some fun!

***The VANderhOOf cANcer suppOrT GrOup...meets the first Friday of every month @ noon at the The Reid. For more info call Karen @ 567-4828.

***eNdAKO hALL sOcieTy...meets every THIRD Wednesday of the month in the hall at 7:30pm.

***The yeLLOWheAd drAfT hOrse AssOciATiON...is an organization for those interested in light and heavy horse driving. Monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month. For more info contact: Jon 250-567-8484.

***NechAKO QuiLTers GuiLd... meets the third Tuesday of the month 9:30 am (Sept. - May) at Nechako View Seniors Common Room. Fran Sheeley 567-5254.

***The frAser QuiLTers GuiLd... meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Fort Fraser Community Hall. Newcomers welcome.

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hOspice Tree Of Life... is to honour the living as well as to remember and honour those who have passed on. For more info call Debbie @ 250-567-7956.

***The frAser LAKe cANcer suppOrT GrOup... meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12 noon in the New Fraser Lake Restaurant. For further information call Judy at 250-699-7763.

***NechAKO VALLey hisTOricAL

sOcieTy...meets every second Thursday of the month 6:30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce office.

***VANderhOOf 899 Air cAdeT sQuAdrON...Cadets will meet every TUESDAY night – 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel. Anyone age 12 to 18 interested in the Cadet Program is welcome to attend. Any adult interested in assisting in anyway, please contact the officers at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel Tuesday night. For more information call: Capt. John Callaghan - 250-640-0218, Yvonne Melo - 250-690-7496 Evenings.

***AA meeTiNG... Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. United Church Hall. 567-8087 or 567-4588

***frAser LAKe AA meeTiNGs... Tues & Thurs 8:00 p.m. at St. Wilfred’s Church just across from police station.

***sT. JOhN hOspiTAL AuXiLiAry sOcieTy... meets second Tuesday of the month (with the exception of July & August) at 7:00 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. For further info contact Edna 567-9759 - New members welcome.

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Thursday 10:00am to 5:00pmFriday 10:00 am to 6:00pm

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cOmiNG eVeNTs....Will appear, as space is available, free of charge in this section. Coming events are available to non-profit organizations only. This area is not intended for thank you submissions or selling products. It is simply a place for non-profit organizations a place to announce upcoming free activities. You can e-mail your item to [email protected] or by fax (567-2070). Your organizations’ announcement can also be dropped off at our office located at 155 W. Columbia. Decision of the publisher is final.

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The NechAKO VALLey fesTiVAL Of The perfOrmiNG ArTs...has a new website. www.musicfestivalweb.com/nechako. Please visit the website for syllabus and registration informa-tion. You can view the syllabus online. If a paper copy is required, there is a limited number available at the Vander-hoof Public Library. Registration for the festival will be online starting Jan. 1, 2014. The festival will take place from Apr. 12-25, 2014 with the festival concert happening on Apr. 27, 2014.

***VOLuNTeers Needed fOr idi-dALAp4cANcer...For more informa-tion please contact Carrie Smith. Email: [email protected]

***NechAKO VALLey hisTOricAL sOcieTy...meets at 7pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the OK Cafe.

***AduLT BAdmiNTON...every Thursday at 8pm at NVSS gym. Bring your own racquet. Indoor runners required. For more info call Ann at 250-567-9908.

***sTuArT NechAKO mANOr...looking for volunteers. Help needed with outings, Serving meals, entertainment and visits for the residents. Please contact Marnie at 250 567 6290 for more information.

***VOLuNTeers Needed....Would you like to become part of a team working together to improve the quality of life for stroke survivors? The Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery Group is looking for volunteers to join their team. Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery’s goal is to encourage stroke survivors to improve their lives through education, exercise, work groups, crafts, outings, etc. No special skills required; training and orientation are provided. Patience and caring understanding a necessity. Volunteers share responsibilities: assisting with activities, exercises, education, crafts, outings, fund raising. Time commitment: 3 hour meeting each Monday morning (excluding stat holidays), from September through mid-June.

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***seNiOrs cONNecTed... is looking for Seniors in need of Outreach & Transportation. We are also taking applications for Volunteers wanting to take part in the VSC Program. Vanderhoof Seniors Connected is a program dedicated to improving the quality of life for Seniors/Elders in our community through Companionship and Transportation Assistance.For more information contact Debra-Ann Bishop at 250-567-0623 or email at [email protected]

***cALLiNG ALL seNiOrs... come and join us for carpet bowling, pool or snooker - Monday and Thursday afternoons at the Friendship Centre. We also have cards or bingo on Wednesday evenings. Music nights are also popular and these are the last Friday night of the month. Come and have some fun! Everybody welcome young or golden agers. Call Oscar for more info: 250-567-4582.

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Teams from Smithers, Houston, Prince George and Mackenzie were in attendance at the wrestling competition at NVSS on Saturday, Dec. 14.

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Community Futures Stuart Nechako has an opening for a CED Project Coordinator. The CED Project Coordinator position is a part time (25hrs. per week) and will support the organization in the development of Community De-velopment projects. Job Description:Reporting to the General Manager, the CED Project Coordinator will work to develop various Community Development projects initiated by Community Futures through engagement with the community, establishing partnerships and guiding the process to completion. The successful candidate must be a self-starter and have an interest in Community Development.Position Requirements: 1. Strong (oral / written ) communication skills 2. Sound knowledge of Community Economic Development 3. Experience working in partnership with other agencies 4. Experience assisting in the development and implementation of programs 5. Experience promoting Community Economic Development programs and services 6. Experience promoting and supporting program delivery, including special projects 7. Experience assisting clients in conducting business / market research 8. Combined relevant education and experience 9. Strong computer skills in Microsoft environment 10. Ongoing interest in development of new business opportunities 11. Valid BC Driver’s License and reliable vehicle 12. Experience with the development and maintenance of Social Media.

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Help WantedCellular Telephone Technician req’d. Sal: $29.00/hr. 40hr./wk. F/T, Pmt. 2+ yrs. exp. Duties: Install, arrange, remove and maintain telephone equipment, wiring and associated hard-ware. Test telephone systems. Locate transmission faults. Repair or replace defective and damaged parts to telephones. Lang: English. Contact: Kashif from Star Accessories in Prince George, BC. Please apply at: [email protected]

Employment

Help Wanted

Dental clinic seeking a full time receptionist. Tasks include schedul-ing and confirming ap-pointments, processing payments, knowledge-able with computers, prefer experience with dental program; willing to train right applicant. We are looking for someone with good communica-tion skills, reliable, work well as a team member, friendly and professional disposition a must, be detail oriented with abil-ity to prioritize and multi-task. Submit resumes to Nechako Valley Dental Clinic at 240 Stewart Street West in Vander-hoof, or mail to Box 1106, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0.

Employment

Help WantedCleaning Supervisor req’d. Sal: $18.00/hr. F/T, Pmt. 1+ yrs. exp. Duties: Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of cleaners. Inspect & ensure of established safety and cleanliness standards are met. Recommend and arrange additional services. Hire, train and schedule staff. Estimate and optimize budget. May receive payments or perform cleaning duties. Lang: English, Contact: Shyama, Dependable Janitorial Services in Burnaby, BC. Work at various locations in Prince George, BC. Apply at dependable_janitorial@yahoo. ca or fax: 604.630.7275

Employment

Help WantedExperienced parts person re-quired immediately for James Western Star in Williams Lake. Full time, competitive wages, benefi ts and signing bonus. Fax resume to 250-398-6367 or email: [email protected]

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Trades, TechnicalJOURNEYMAN AUTOMO-TIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrys-ler Ltd. offers competitive wages, relocation allowance, negotiable depending on ex-perience. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefi ts. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban cen-tres. More info at: hannachrys-ler.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Or send by email to: [email protected]

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PLUMBINGJ.C.’s WATERWORKS LTD.))))))))))))))))))))))

Plumbing & HeatingRural Water & Sewer Systems

Water Treatment & Filtration Systems

INSTALLATION & REPAIRS

“Your Water Professional”250-567-5888

ACCOUNTANTS

EXCAVATINGPRAIRIEDALE EXCAVATING

Tandem dump truck, 4x4 Backhoe, gravel sales, general hauling, foundations,

water & sewer lines and snow removal.

All jobs BIG or small, give us a call!FRANK TEICHROEB

3393 Sinkutview Rd, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A2

567-2029

IF YOU WOULD

LIKE TO ADVERTISE

HERE

GIVE US A CALL:

250-567-9258Serving Vanderhoof, Fort St. James,

Fort Fraser and Fraser LakePam Berger

Publisher150 W. Columbia StBox 1007, VanderhoofBC V0J 3A0

Tel: 250-567-9258Fax: 250-567-2070


vertiserReaching Every DoorADSTUART

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Chartered AccountantsProviding a Full Range of Business Services

● Accounting● Computers● Financial Planning

● HST● Income Tax● Payroll

KPMG Prince George#400 - 177 Victoria Street

Prince George, BC, V2L 5R8250-563-7151

Serving Fort St. James and area since 1972

Pam BergerPublisher

996-8482Fax: 996-8451

Advertising: [email protected]: [email protected]

Website: www.caledoniacourier.com


Pam BergerPublisher


Tel: 250-567-9258Fax: 250-567-2070



THE STUART NECHAKO ADVERTISER CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

VANDERHOOFOmineca Express office

Vanderhoof Co-opCo-op Mall

Vanderhoof Co-op C Store Extra Foods

Vanderhoof Post OfficeRiverside Place

Nechako View Senior’s HomeSpeedway Road

MapesCJ’s Trailer Court

Loop RoadPrairiedale

Braeside RoadJones Road

Sob Lake RoadRedfern Drive

Sinkut Frontage RoadKenny Dam & Lakes Road

J&S Restaurant

ENDAKOEndako Bar & Grill

CLUCULZ LAKE

BROOKsiDE REsORt

FRAsER LAKEPar 3 Sports

Fraser Lake RexallFraser Lake Building Supplies

ENGENEngen Road

Giesbrecht Frontage Road

FORt FRAsERFort Fraser Petro Can

FORt st JAMEsLakeshore Realty Sana’aih Market

Overwaitea Foods Fort Loonie Bin

Fas Gas Plus Lakeside Pharmacy

Burns Lake Of� ceBox 597

Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0Phone: 250-692-7595

Fax: [email protected]

from

Prince George Of� ce204 – 688 Brunswick St.

Prince George, BC V2L 2C1Phone: 250-562-8477

Fax: [email protected]

Certi� ed General Accountant

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Best Wishes

Sending best wishes your way for a happy and prosperous new year. May you and your family � nd health and happiness now and

throughout the coming year.Happy New Year!

The cadets sang old time carols for the resi-dents at the Stuart-Nechako Manor. This is an annual event that the Cadets do for people who may not be able to get out in the community to attend Christmas concerts themselves.

Photos submitted by Cathy Ray

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