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Get used to new carbon fuel tax: Pren ier AUTUMN MacDONALD

Observer Reporter

He told them to send in their list. Premier Gordon Campbell met with city council and

staff Tuesday morning. O n the agenda? West Quesnel Land Stability, community development

initiatives and transportation problems. "I'm encouraged by the city's vision," Campbell said

after an event in downtown Quesnei. "It's all about where you want to bc in 20 years. It was

a very constructive meeting." Campbell told city officials to provide government

with their priorities in an effort to align projects with provincial programs.

And yes, Coun. Hon Paull quizzed the premier on the fast-appronching carbon fuel tax.

"This is part of what we're doing," C^ampbcli said. "We've lost SO per cent of our forests due to the

mountain pine beetle. It's obvious we're facing climate

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Premier Gordon Campbell officially opened Qucsnol's Spirit Square Tuesday morning,

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Campbell stressed government's revenue neutral promise.

"Let's say, there's • .,•>•••«•«•,»•,».>•»lit•••••>.•>>>• a family of four

driving an SUV," he said.

"At the end of the year that family will have an extra $440 in their pocl<et from income tax cuts."

When questioned about options for truckers, he point­ed to transportation programs and initiatives currently under construction to help with the transition.

"But this is the beginning of our discussions," he said. "We don't pretend to have finished the job. The whole

point is to wori< in partnership." One collaboration highlighted was the grand opening

of Quesnel's Spirit Square, the first to be completed in IVC.

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Pump problem bears solutions

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AUTUIVIN MacDONALD Observer Reporter

With the shutdown of its only gas sta­tion. Wells and area is suffering.

"People are getting trapped out there," Cariboo-North M L A Bob Simpson said.

Simpson was parr of a community meeting in the riny town which saw Wells Chamber of Commerce, the District of Wells, Barkerville Heritage Trust, an Inte­gris Credit Union loan officer. Wells Gas Station and Store owner and Mayor Jay Vermette, Bob Graham, Quesnel Mayor Nate Bello and concerned community members coming together to hash out a solution.

"We brainstormed some options to get things going," Simpson said.

With the station closed now for just more than a month, the historically rich area began witnessing the effects of the gasoline shortage.

So why not just fill them up? Because the tanks need to be replaced,

at a cost of close to $60,000. A figure that could take 40 years td make up.

So for now, the town's dry. And that's a problem. "The tourists, especially the non-Eng­

lish speaking tourists aren't reading the sign," Simpson said of the posted placard just beneath the kilometre indicator at the mouth of Highway 26.

"People are heading out and then have no way back."

Simpson said residents of Wells and area have been great, helping stranded tourists out with their own emergency supply of fueL But that's not much of a long-term solution, he said.

Because stats are also showing the number of added, non-planned overnight stays in the area are dechning.

"People head out there and hear about Becker's Lodge," Simpson said.

"And they'd love to spend an extra day or two, but they only have enough gas to get them back, so they don't."

And what about the people who live there? he asked.

"You don't want to have to drive 170 kilometres round trip to buy a tank of gas," he said.

"Especially in the winter on those roads."

And with the progress made on the cir­cle routes, connecting Highway 16 with the Barkerville Highway, the pump prob­lem is putting that project at risk.

Which is why the meeting was called and why the people involved combined resources for the continued viability of a Cariboo jewel.

Temporary ground tanks are being in-Stalled at the general store, courtesy of Bob Graham and the Barkerville Heri­tage Trust.

Fuel is expected to flow by this week­end.

"This left us open to concentrate on a permanent solution," Simpson said.

"Which we hope to have active by fall." -

Currently the group is completing a detailed business case, involving partner­ships for the capital cost of the tanks.

The proposal will be handed to North­ern Development Initiatives Trust.

"Typical of this community," Heritage Trust C E O Judy Carripbell said.

"They saw a problem and fixed it."

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Premier unveils pre-election cabinet By Tom nefcher

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VICTORIA - Premier Gordon Camp­bell reshaped his government Monday, promoting five backbenchers to cabinet posts and moving veterans into key jobs including finance and forests.

With high-profile female ministers Car­ole Taylor and Olga llich choosing not to run again next year, Campbell promoted Langley M L A Mary Polak to a new min­istry of Healthy Living and Sport, and West Vancouver-Garibaldi M L A Joan Mclnryre to Minister of State for Inter­governmental Relations.

Regional as well as gender politics ap­parently played a role. East Kootenay M L A Bill Bennett, the only B.C. Liber­al M L A in the southeast, returns to the cabinet at Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts. And Iain Black, who holds the hotly contested seat of Port Moody-Westwood, replaces llich as Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services,

Vancouver-Quilchena M L A Colin Hansen moves from Economic Develop­ment back to Finance to replace Taylor. Hansen held both the finance and health portfolios during Campbell's first term in office.

As expected. Prince George-North M L A Pat Bell takes over as Minister of Forest and Range, replacing Fort Langley-Al-dergrove's Rich Coleman at a time of cri­sis in the industry. Veteran Comox Valley

M L A Stan Hagen takes over from Bell as Minister of Agriculture and Lands.

But it will take much more than a cabi­net shuffle to resolve the forestry crisis created by Gordon Campbell's failed policies, Cariboo-North M L A and NDP forestry critic Bob Simpson said.

"Gordon Campbell is tinkering while forest communities are hit with the most profound crisis the industry has ever faced," said Simpson.

"If Campbell was serious about trying to fix the havoc he has created, he would act now to restrict the export of raw logs, stop allowing forest land to be Converted into real estate and do more to encour­age value-added manufacturing."

Simpson said former Agriculture Min­ister Pat Bell does not represent a signifi­cant improvement at the helm of the for­est ministry.

Coleman keeps responsibility for hous­ing in a new ministry of Housing and Social Development, which encompass­es the Employment and Income Assis­tance portfolio that was held by retiring Kamloops M L A Claude Richmond.

Peace River-South M L A Blair Lekstrom is promoted to another new job. Minis­ter of Community Development. That includes the former community services role with additional responsibilities of mountain pine beetle mitigation and "community adjustment."

For a full cabinet run down check out www.bclocalnews.com.

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RCMP Const. Leo Rojas participated In the opening of the Bryce Road Connector trail off of North Star Road last spring. Observer fiJe photo

City has designs on new bike routes $25K grant would help extend cycling networks

AUTUMN IVIacDONALD J Ohsenxr Reporter

Council approved moving forward ()n an application grant to update rhe city's bicycle network plan.

Monday night, ax^ii were given the green light to npply for $2.S,000 for the Built Envi­ronment and Active Transportntion Commu­nity Planning Cirant.

"The grant does not require matching fund­ing and will bc allocated in two payments," city planner Tanya Turner explained.

"Seventy per cent will be i/eceived up front at approval of the application with the remain­ing .30 per cent to bc received when the project is completed and the Union of British Colum­bia Municipalities has received all required re­ports and a financial summary."

Activities pertaining to the grant monies must commence by July LS and completed by Dec. .31, with required final reporting

submitted by Jan. 3 1 2009. The Built Environment and Active Trans­

portation C^ommunity Planning Grants are available to local governmenrs to develop new plans or amend existing plans for active trans­portation infrastructure.

The intent of the grants is to better position local governments to secure and more effec­tively urili/c existing funding opportunities of­fered through provincial and federal programs and other funders that require a local govern­ment to have a plan in place.

"As required by this funding scheme an ex­pression of interest was submitted by the city to the evaluation committee to assess the ba­sic suitability of rhe proposed project," Turner said.

The city was notified May 27 of their ap­proval to submit a full application.

The following activities are proposed to up­date the existing plan.

• Traffic counts on arteriajs leading to

employment districts. Tliis includes preparing a job posting for

temporary employment of students to com­plete traffic counts (to commence July 15).

It also includes hiring a student to complete traffic counts on arterials leading to employ­ment districts (to commence July 30).

• Survey of proposed routes. (vity staff will check out potential routes (ro

commence July 15). • Public consultation with user groups and

adjoining/adjacent property owners. This includes identification of user groups

and property owners and advertising an open house for community members to review proj­ect plans to commence Sept. 1.

• Preparation of detailed site/design plans. The final report will be completed by Jan. 1,

2009. While council approved the application pro­

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Cariboo-North MLA Bob Simpson was an outrider along with six horse-drawn wagons In a unique carbon tax protest around Wil­liams Lake Saturday and Sunday.

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Protest rides through lake City GAEILFARRAR

Black Press

"Wagons ho!" a happy and rested Gilbert Murphy called to his wag­on train as it headed home Sunday morning after a symbolic stop for shopping at Save On Foods.

Six horse-drawn wagons loaded with several dozen passengers and about a dozen outriders made the 31-kilometre ride from Miocene to Wilhams Lake Saturday to protest Victoria's new carbon tax.

"J did this so that maybe my grandkids will have something, be­cause right now they don't have a hope in hell of owning anything the way things are going," Murphy said after putting his horses out to pas­ture Saturday night after the ride.

"Today made a lot of people think. I'.veryone was giving us the double thumbs up all day long."

Riders and draft horse enthusiasts came in from as far west as Clhezacut and north of Quesnel to join Mur­phy's protest wagon train.

Murphy says more people from

//not a fair tax." Bob Simpson, Cariboo-North MLA

Alberta and Prince George wanted to join the protest but said they couldn't af­ford the fuel to get here. ' C a r i b o o - N o r t h M L A Bob Simpson and Cariboo-South M L A Charlie Wyse joined the wag­on train in both directions. Simpson rode horseback with rhe outriders. Wyse stood most of the way waving to passersby from Murphy's wagon to bring attention to the signs on the wagon protesting the tax. One sign simply said: "Born I^ee, Taxed to Death."

Simpson said he talked to some people who praised Murphy for his efforts but they didn't think the pro­test would amount to much in con­vincing Victoria to drop the carbon tax.

"At least he's doing something positive about it...mayl-)e people will write letters now. This gas tax doesn't work for rural ll.C. It's not a (air tax," Simpson said.

Spirit Square's ribbon cut front front

"It IS V I I ) i X L i l i i i g lo hr licrr lo see the completion ot tlu' prov­ince's first Spirit Siiuare, the first oi many lo IK- fimslied aiul opi-netl this year,celebrating t)ur provmte's |.S{) anniversary, and reintorcmg the special spirit tliat ticiincs ovw cities, towns and villages," (^amp hell said prior to cutting tlie riblioii with local dignitaries. Ministers Itla (-"hong ((^omiminity Services) anil Blair Lekstrom (Clommunity Development), Sunrise Rotary president-elect Kit Collins and Quesnel Do\vim)wn Association president Carole Pitkin.

"I Ilis square is a place tor ()ii('siul to sliovvi.ise Its coiiiiiui nity strengtlis ami achievements, and a centre tor people to meet, to celel)rate, aiul to coniuvi with one another."

And m keepiiif; witli his gri-en tlicnie - (^ampiifll surprised tlu' crowtl of inorr tl).u) 300 wlu-n lie haiuled Mayor Nate lU-llo a chevjue for $4'>4,.S63 to connect Soiitli (Quesnel with the rest »)f the community's trail system.

"I Ins IS symliolic," Ik'llo saul, "It shows we're facing the future

with confideiui'. (.Jiiesnrl will con timie to prosper."

Simpson said it's "This gas tax doesn V about providing com-

1 r 1 n munities with the work for rural B.C. implemem

change. "We want to be a

part of the solution," he said.

"But help us out here."

Many of the other wagon train participants shared similar views of the tax.

They said the tax — which will add 2.4 cents to a litre of gasoline, start­ing July 1 — will push fuel prices up so high that the logging and ranch­ing industries will be pushed to the breaking point.

They also didn't think it was a fair rax for rural people who don't have a bus they can hop on ro go shop­ping or to work.

Murphy's protest train left Mico-cene about 9 a.m. Saturday morn­ing and with just a short stop at 150 Mile House arrived in the lake city about 3 p.m., an hour earlier than expected.

"The horses all worked good. No­body got hurt. It went like clock­work," Murphy said.

"We didn't block tin- highway and there wasn't any confrontation with the cops."

Saliiril.iy night many of thf rul­ers ».amped t)ut in the Stampede drouiuls where the Old lune I ui diers vvlieir scheiliiled lo pc'rform.

Ihe two M L A s als*> sponsored a breakfast for the protesters Siuulay mornini', at the Long House. Mem­bers of the L.tker's Car tlluli c.uered ihe event along with other volun­teers.

After breakf.ist Sunday mormng a tew of llie wagons aiul riiiers made a symbolic shopping trip Save On loculs before heading out.

Most tii the horses and wagons were taken home Sunday by truck and trailer but a few hartly riders and two wagons make the uphill trek back to Miocene.

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Quesnel driver assaulted after picking up hitchhiker

ERIN HrrCHCOCK Black Press

A hitchhiker assaulted and tried to rob a driver just north of Williams Lake Fri­day night.

Williams Lake R C M P had received a re­port about tbe incident that occurred on Highway 97, about 10 kilometres north of the city, around 9:15 p.m.

According to R C M P investigations, the driver, a Quesnel resident, was heading south with his child who was in a car seat in the back seat.

The man had pulled over his vehicle to help a distressed male hitchhiker stand­ing at the side of the road. The hitchhik­er told the driver that he was hurt and needed a ride to Williams Lake.

"The hitchhiker made the driver believe he was in some sort of accident," Sgt. Bri­an Hunter of Williams Lake RCMP.

The hitchhiker got in the vehicle, sat in the front passenger seat and was given a ride.

He then turned toward the driver and

starred to punch him. He told the driver he was taking the car and that he was going to kill him.

The hitchhiker then reached for the child.

The driver's wife was following in a separate vehicle with their teenage son.

"She saw it all happen," Hunter said. "She could see the activity of a strug­

gle and the vehicle was swerving on the road."

The teenage son. Hunter said, then called 9-1-1.

The driver managed to defend himself and pulled over his car and subdued the hitchhiker until police arrived.

R C M P found the assault victim re­straining the suspect.

The hitchhiker was then taken into po­lice custody. The suspect is a Vancouver man of no fixed address.

"The suspect in this case was high on drugs," Hunter added.

He faces charges of robbery, assault and uttering threats. He remains in po-hce custody.

Harper apology opens door: Harris

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BANKING - WITH A HUMAN FACE. Integris Credit Union is pleased to introduce Julie Carlson as our new assistant branch manager.

We've got a new assistant branch manager and we couldn't be more tfirilled. Of course we know that Julie Carlson is pretty excited too. Julie tias been with us for more tlian a dozen years working first as a teller then later as loans clerk and loans officer.

Bom and raised in Quesnel, Julie is eager to bring her skill and passion to her new position and that's good news for our members and for us. Way to go Julie!

ARTHUR WILLIAMS Black Press

Cariboo-Prince George M P Dick Har­ris hopes the formal apology to former residential school students by Prime Minister Stephen Harper two weeks ago will open a new chapter in First Nations relations.

June 11, Harper became the first prime minister to offer an apology for a centu­ry-long policy of forcibly removing ab­original children from their homes and making them attend residential .schools. ' The schools were aimed at assimilating aboriginal children in Western culture, and there are many cases of alleged and proven abu.se at the schools.

"It's a piece of our history that went ter­ribly wrong in many cases," Harris said.

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"What we all seek is a better life for all | of us, and this was something that need- ; ed done." \

Approximately 80,000 children were i forced to attend the schools between the j i 1870s and 1960s. In addition to a formal apology m parliament, the government initiated the Indian Residential Schools Settlement agreement Sept. 19, 2007.

"The apology is certainly one that was long overdue. I'm pleased Prime Minister Harper delivered it," Harris said.

"Otiier governments had the opportu­nity to do it, and they didn't."

Harris called the apology a "landmark moment" in Canadian history.

"It's time now to try and move beyond that and move ahead without this piece of history between aboriginal people and the government," he said.

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Behind the big wheel Randal Gelinas Fontaine sits in the drivers seat of an old fire truck Satuniay at Antique Machinery Park's Family Day. Between 350 - 400 people attended the event that featured blacksmith, planer saw and old-time sawmill demonstrations. Al Hildeman brought his team of draft horses for wagon rides that were loaded for every trip. About 200 businesses donated to silent auction Items.

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The Gold Pan City has been awarded $10,000 from the province to help in green infrastructure plan­ning.

The project will look ar susrain-able mitigarion of increased flows ar the Fraser River, Quesnel River and Baker Creek junctions.

Sixty-six local governments share the $890,000 from the first round of the province's $2-million annual Infrastrucrure Planning Grant pro­gram, helping rhem to plan greener, healthier infrastrucrure, (lommuni-ry -Services Minister Ida Chong an­nounced Friday.

"By helping U)cal governments plan and enhance infrastructure, communities can be more vibrant, susrainable and more active places in which ro live and work," Chong said.

"Planning is key ro ensuring our infrastructure and resources will ef­

fectively support residents and the community."

The Infrastructure Planning Grant Program offers grants up to $10,000 to help local governments plan, de­sign and manage infrastructure.

The grants support projects that improve infrastructure sustainabil­ity such as long-term comprehensive plans and studies needed to assess the economic and environmental feasibility propo.sed for water, sew­er, drainage and transportation in­frastructure.

"Whether it is carrying out a water rreatment feasibility study in Castle­gar or assisting with the Alberni-Clayoquor Regional District's liquid waste managenienr plans for Sproat l.ake and Bamheld, we are helping communities to find solutions so they are able ulrimarely to offer ber-ter, more efHcient and sustainable infrastrucrure to rheir residents in the future," Clhong added.

These grants arc among a series of provincial funding iniriatives avail­

able to local governments to help improve community infrastructure, providing the research and basis for some of the follow up work through the other programs.

For example, almost half of the projects submitted to the Canada-B.C. Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund for funding were initiated with Infrastrucrure Planning Grants.

Tbe second round of Infrastructure Planning Grants will be announced in rhe fall, based on applications re­ceived by July 1.

This funding builds on addition­al provincial programs including Towns for Tomorrow, l.ocalMotion, B.C. Spirit Squares and the Green Ciry Awards, with a total of $8.1..S million available to invest in local green cities infrastructure projects that improve htness, reduce pollu­tion and encourage conservation.

A further $47 million in 2008 Small Community and Regional District grants are helping provide local services in communities.

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