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The Valemount Visitor Information Centre has paired up with Spruce City Wildlife Association out of Prince George to help rehabilitate the Chinook Salmon in BC. The Valemount Visitor Information Centre will get a large fish tank in late August or early September to hold salmon eggs. The eggs will be arriving from Prince George in late September and will be at the Visitor Information Centre on display until they are released back into the water in the Prince George area where they came from at the fry stage, says Cassandra Knelsen from the Village of Valemount. The Valemount Visitor Information Centre was not able to use the eggs from Swift Creek this year because they were unsuccessful in collecting Chinook eggs last fall, Knelsen says. They are going to try to collect eggs again, and hopefully they will Reiner Thoni gives a be successful this year and be able to release thumbs up. /VCF PHOTO CONT’D ON P3

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UBCM discussion topics, sand discoloration explained and village office hours changed

By: Andrea Arnold UBCM Executive – was also added to the hours on Monday to facilitate staff the municipality or another position June 15th meeting. meetings. The new Monday hours will be appointed by the municipality; (i) Mayor Gene Runtz called the 10:00am- 4:30pm, effective July 12, 2021 the receipt of advice that is subject June 8, 2021 meeting to order (changed from an 8:30am opening). This to solicitor-client privilege including at 7:01pm. Also present were Sand Discoloration mystery solved motion was passed with a vote of 4-1, communication necessary for the councillors Smith, Hruby, Council passed the motion to receive the with Councillor Hruby objecting. purpose; (k) negotiations and related Frederick and Green. report Sand Discoloration in Fraser River Council passed the motion to discussions respecting the proposed and direct administration to prepare a proceed to an in-camera meeting for provision of a municipal service that are news release. The purpose of the release consideration of matters per section 90 in their preliminary stages and that in UBCM Conference topics of is to inform and educate the public of the (1) of the Community Charter related the view of Council, could reasonably discussion results of sand testing conducted along to: (a) personal information about be expected to harm the interests of the MCBRIDE COUNCIL NOTES MCBRIDE COUNCIL Council passed the motion the Fraser River. Extensive testing was an identifiable individual who holds municipality if they were held in public. to postpone all agenda items done in March and April of this year, and or is being considered for a position The regular meeting was adjourned at pertaining to invitations to submit the report was received in May stating as an officer employee or agent of 7:35pm. topics of discussion for the week prior that the area in question contains a high to the 2021 Union of British Columbia level of iron. The iron bacteria in the sand Municipalities Convention in September, reacted with the iron creating the rusty to a Special Meeting scheduled for June colour. Also, the location of this film as 15, 2021 at 6:00pm. These invitations far upstream as the bridge as well as the came from Premier Horgan, Minister groundwater flow direction away from Josie Osborne, and BC Hydro. Also to be the lagoons helps eliminate any lagoon discussed at the special meeting, which leakage as the source of the issue. cabinet ministers Council members would like to meet with, along with specific topics of discussion. Item 11 (b) Village office hours changed further on in the agenda – Report to Council passed the recommendation Council – 2020 Resolutions Referred to to approve to change the Village Office

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We welcome all letters to the editor Letters/Op-Ed Write to us! [email protected] Support for Kamloops New apartments Residential School not “luxury” With the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children rest of my life. In a recent letter to the editor about wood stoves and buried on the grounds of the Kamloops Residential I am asking you as friends and neighbours to stand with air quality, one line caught our attention: “We spent over School, Valemount Schools would like to recognize and us in our time of unspeakable grief and shock, to give us four million dollars building 13 luxury apartments for honour these lost lives. room and time to heal, forgive and grieve in our own way. ‘low income subsidized’ individuals.” We are not sure We are working with a local Elder, who had family This must be treated with respect and dignity but most of what connection Joseph Nusse is making between air members attend the Kamloops Residential School, and all, with forgiveness. quality and the new building, but he is clearly talking are looking for community support. I am asking you, on Aboriginal Day, June 21, 2021, about Juniper Square Phase 2, the project being built by On June 21, National Aboriginal Day, we are asking come to the Valemount Secondary School and place a Valemount Affordable Rentals Society. The board would anyone interested in participating, to place a pair of shoes pair of shoes In memory of a child, his or her parents, the like to clarify some misinformation in his comments. in memory of a lost life on the front lawn of Valemount grandparents, the aunties and uncles, and the siblings. We The 13 units are not “luxury,” but they are nice. The new Secondary High School. Please have your shoes in place need to know that you are supporting us. We will find a BC Building Code and BC Housing regulations require by 8:30am and please collect them again at 5:00pm. way to walk through this with respect, honour and dignity. a lot more out of new buildings than they did 40 years I am deeply grateful for the swift and thoughtful help from ago. The units are energy efficient, and there are no wood Letter from an elder: our local schools and the Aboriginal education workers. I stoves installed. As an Aboriginal Elder, I have been deeply shaken by am thankful for the community of Valemount who have The units are for families and seniors in a variety of the discovery of the 215 dead Aboriginal children at the already shown a commitment to do something meaningful. income levels, including up to approximately $113,000 site of the Kamloops Residential School. My mother was a Thank You and Blessings, per year for a family. Some units will be rent-geared-to- resident there for a short time. I know that not only myself Irene Blackman income, and some deeply subsidized, but some will be but the rest of our nation have been greatly disturbed as near-market rents for median income families. well, both non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal equally. This If you have any questions please contact either school. The total construction cost of the building is around horrible crime has the potential to split our nation and Thank you for your support. $4 million, some of which VARS received in grants even our community of Valemount: divide us, shame us Sherry Nicholas, IEW Valemount Secondary (250-566- from the provincial and federal governments, including and blame us. I realize that for First Nation Peoples to heal, 4431) Columbia Basin Trust, and fees waived by the Village of we need time to grieve, forgive and heal. We will never Cheri Dehnke, IEW Valemount Elementary (250-566- Valemount. But the remainder is a mortgage from BC condone nor forget the murder of our children yet we do 4427) Housing, which will be paid back over 30 years from not want to continue to blame Canadians that were not Derrick Shaw, Principal Valemount Secondary rents collected in the building. part of this genocide. We don’t want to leave a legacy of Karen Shaw, Acting Principal Valemount Elementary bitterness and hatred toward our fellow man. Personally, Pamela Spooner, Director of Instruction, Indigenous CONT’D ON P7 I offer forgiveness to those who committed these terrible Education atrocities. I can’t carry a burden of unforgiveness for the

Gwynne Dyer is a Canadian-born independent journalist whose column is published in more than 175 papers in 45 countries. Iran: Giving Up On JCPOA

There are quite a few people in the Biden Iran in 2018. Since then, Iran has repeatedly said that if him in the White House last January, it became possible administration, and particularly in the State the US just cancelled Trump’s sanctions and rejoined the to repair all the damage. However, the new secretary of Department, who can count to twenty without even treaty, all would be well. Now it’s probably too late. state, Antony Blinken, then announced that Iran must taking their shoes off. So they must have realised that All the other parties to the treaty (Britain, France, roll back all its post-2019 changes BEFORE the US lifts there was going to be an election in Iran next Friday (18 Germany, Russia and China) agreed that Iran was its sanctions. June). not violating it, but none of them wanted to get into a The question of who goes first is childish if there is They would even know that this time the election has showdown with Trump by breaking US sanctions. So trust, but America has forfeited the right to demand been rigged so that the ‘hard-liners’ are bound to win it. when Trump tightened the sanctions further in May that Iran trust it. Biden and Blinken must know that Joe Biden therefore only had five months to reverse 2019, crushing Iran’s remaining oil exports, Tehran demanding Iran go first dooms the negotiations, and Donald Trump’s deliberate wrecking of the 2015 treaty started going beyond the treaty limits – a little bit. that a rigged election in Iran will shortly close the door that prevented Iran from working on nuclear weapons. It began to enrich its uranium beyond the treaty limit of on the deal for good. So they must have decided that this After the June election, the wreckers would be in power 3.67% (far below weapons-grade). It allowed inspections is the least bad outcome (for them). in Tehran, and they would sabotage the talks. to continue, it kept nothing secret, but every three or They can’t say so publicly: better to delay the So why didn’t Blinken’s people move faster? six months it moved the enrichment up another notch negotiations and let a new Iranian government break It was the Trump administration that unilaterally pulled to give the others an incentive to sort their American them off. And it will break them off, because Iran’s out of the JCPOA treaty (Joint Comprehensive Plan of problem out. Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has arranged Action) and slapped crippling economic sanctions on When Trump lost the 2020 election and Biden replaced for his faithful supporter Ebrahim Raisi to win the presidency by banning more open-minded candidates from running at all. 1st Place 2021, 2019, 2018, 2015, 2nd place 2016 1st Place 2019 Best Feature Both men are fiercely anti-Western conservatives, but for Newspaper Excellence B.C. & Yukon <2000 Story circulation 3rd Place 2018 Best THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT is one of they wouldn’t have got away with rigging the election Historical Story just a few locally-owned community like this four years ago, when the treaty was new and Other Ma Murray Awards (BC & Yukon) 2nd Place Best Website newspapers in BC. Thank you for helping Newspaper Excellence 2nd place Best Photo Essay 2021 to make this publication a success! popular hopes were still high in Iran. It was Trump’s 3rd place Best Outdoor Recreation writing 2021 & Best Front Page: Blue 3rd place Best Ad Design 2021 Ribbon 2016, renewed sanctions killed those hopes. 3rd Place 2015 Biden may be wrong to let the JCPOA treaty die. An immediate end to US sanctions and a quick roll-back of The Rocky Mountain Goat serves a population base of approximately 5,000 residents from Iran’s changes might have been done the trick. Even a CONTACT US Valemount to McBride to Dome Creek and Blue River. It is 100% locally owned. RETURN UNDELIVERABLES TO: The RMG, Box 21, Valemount, BC V0E 2Z0 new hard-line government in Iran would have found it CALL 250-566-4606 The Goat is a member of the National NewsMedia Council, an independent org established to deal with hard to unpick that sort of done deal. acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, EMAIL [email protected] contact [email protected]/566-4606. If you are not satisfied with the response, you But it would have been a gamble, and Biden seems to can file a complaint at mediacouncil.ca/1-844-877-1163. have decided that he couldn’t afford to risk his political VISIT 1170 5th Avenue, Valemount The Rocky Mountain Goat is produced and distributed by Rocky Mountain Goat Media Inc. and is subject to copyright. Reproduction, or distribution of any content must get prior consent from Laura capital that way. It will be years before we know if this MON 9am - 4pm | TUES 11am-2pm Keil. was a fatal mistake (and who it was fatal for).

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A Big WELCOME

Some students from the Valemount Elementary School kindly placed a welcome banner on the school fence, across from the new home of Jim and Terry Stewart. The Stewarts have recently retired from their farm and settled into town. They say everyone has helped with the transition, and they would like to thank everyone for that! They also enjoy the children’s laughter and especially their energy! /GRACE MICHAUD Province lifts more restrictions as it enters Step 2 Apartments ... By Laura Keil and high-intensity fitness with safety CONT’D FROM P5 plans. On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the Province All other capacity limits and guidelines Our building is nearing completion, and we have a number of applicants for transitioned to Step 2 of BC's Restart listed in Step 1 stay in place unless noted the 1-bedroom units, but we are hoping to encourage more families to apply, plan, including lifting travel restrictions in the list above. as we don’t yet have enough local applicants to fill the units. Please apply within B.C. The earliest target start date for Step 3 is through the Housing Registry on BC Housing’s website, or you can pick up a "Thanks to our collective efforts and July 1, and Sept. 7 for Step 4. printed application from the Valemount Learning Centre, or from one of the commitment to get vaccinated, we are Step 3 would involve the Provincial state VARS board members. ready to take another step forward in of emergency lifted, return to normal for The board of Valemount Affordable Rentals Society: our careful restart," said Premier John indoor and outdoor personal gatherings, Riette Kenkel, Horgan. 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we intend to look after them right the whole valley was dead—years through. It’s in our best interest to dead. So it was dry, it was ready to VCF forecast ... CONT’D FROM A1 make sure they continue to grow and burn.” not stagnate.” Pryor said VCF doesn’t have any access to Yellowjacket drainage right Herbicide spraying now because it’s brushed in, the road The Community Forest has 100 is washed out in a few spots and hectares of manual brushing to do the bridges aren’t in good shape, so (removing deciduous trees and other improving that access is their first brush from planted stands) using priority. local contractors. “We want to have access in case the “Herbicide we don’t do very much,” bugs do come in there so we can get Pryor says. “We didn’t do any last on it quick.” he said. “We want to year. We keep the herbicide to the avoid what happened up the Hugh worst of the worst. If you have a Allen where the whole valley is hit really, really heavy aspen block and there’s nothing you can do.” (where) you brush it and three years later it will look exactly the same, and VCF Mill update then you have to brush it again and Pryor said they are holding back on again, it’s too much.” any harvesting plans too far into the He sais there’s a rule where you can future to see what happens with the spray up to 20ha a year without a community forest’s new mill, which is major permit. nearing completion. “We tie into that sometimes. We’ve “It’s supposed to get power within a only done that maybe four times month, and then we’ll start turning since I’ve been here.” things on and playing with it, and just He said they hire a professional see how it goes.” Helicopter lift UP UP and away to company to do the spraying and they The mill will be one of the closest bush crew to unload. /VCF PHOTOS are required to put up signage on the B.C. mills to Alberta, which will site. likely be a big market for them. the mill at a good price. The target for the new mill is Summer harvesting / road oversize spruce and hemlock and Fir Beetle Traps building possibly some fir. The community forest has been With the road bans off now, the “We may need to go into a specific tackling a fir beetle problem in stands community forest is beginning with stand type for different markets so close to Valemount, specifically from road work and logging a small block I’m trying to hold back on long-term Swift Creek to the Selwyn. ABOVE: one on the West Canoe FSR at 11-12km. planning for the summer just to see They have felled trap trees that tree before stand how things go.” tending They are also building a road nearby attract beetles, and that together with to get to another area where they’ll The community forest has two traps and a specific pheromone lures employees already working on RIGHT: Workers target spruce, cedar and hemlock. them in and won’t let them back out. constructing the mill who are meant only cut where Mickelson Investments is carrying “You put the trap trees and the traps required, so they out the work. Following that, to stay on as regular staff once it’s together and it works really well— move through Mickelson will move down to 46km operational. Once completed, they scary well,” Pryor says. “You get so the bush, on West Canoe where they’ll spend hope to have 7-10 people working many. All the trees that we fell are just following specific about a month cutting a fir, cedar, parameters. hemlock stand. Right: John Pryor says two other regular VCF McKirdy. /VCF contractors—Spaz Logging and PHOTOS Plummer Logging—are both logging for private individuals for the next month. Once that other work is completed, Spaz Logging will be working on cedar right-of-way wood (cedar taken from a new road right-of-way) that would go to Cedar Valley Specialty Cuts mill. “We’re trying to build a whole bunch of roads—get him volume— and then we’ll have a whole bunch of blocks with pre-built roads waiting for them,” Pryor says. LEFT: Dawson Those cedar blocks are scattered Heigh working between 6km and 54km on the West in the bush. Canoe. “The West Canoe is the main area we have cedar.” He said they’ve caught up with their inventories and Lidar for both Community Forest licenses and their woodlot (the Community Forest acquired a second license from Carrier Lumber). The woodlot is split into two 300ha areas—one is near Crystal Ridge south of Valemount, and the other part is near Castle Creek. The community forest also has VCF Alana Duncan stands hear a fir bark beetle trap set up last week in April. a separate Forest License that allows Fir beetle flight is continually being monitored. /VCF PHOTOS them to cut 2300 cubic metres a year anywherein Carrier’s operating area. This can allow them to target stands five days a week, year-round and to littered. And then you get boatloads in the McBride area for wood for emulate the business model of the of bugs from this pheromone.” Valemount’s mills. former Hauer Brothers Mill, creating “We’ve done some really good things They are also building an access products like cants and timbers. these last two years and we’re hoping road into the Yellowjacket drainage in Pryor said a 6x6 Hemlock piece is the numbers have fallen.” case the area gets hit by spruce beetle. very popular in industry, but the saw A meeting with the Valemount Pryor says the disastrous wildfire up logs are hard to sell prior to being Community Forest and Industrial the Hugh Allen three years ago that milled. Park Co. Ltd. for June 22, 2021 at destroyed millions of dollars worth of “Last year we were selling all that 7:00pm, prior to the regular council logging equipment was due in large beautiful Hemlock sawlog for pulp, meeting. 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Pete Amyoony has lived, worked Pruning Tomatoes – & gardened in the Dunster area for 35 years. He tries to deal with the “down to earth nuts and bolts of (Early is Best!) organic gardening” in his columns.

Every year around the middle of July, I get quite a few for yourself. A vine tomato has a fruit spur, three or more The main things to watch out for are: calls from local gardeners about their tomato plants. They leaves, and then another fruit spur. If there are less than 1. Too many leaves usually give you less fruit usually claim that there are too many leaves and very few three leaves between fruit spurs, you have a bush tomato. 2. Too few leaves give you sunscald on the fruit and can’t tomatoes and the fruit is not ripening. The main problem FOR BUSH TOMATOES – I prune out the first two or produce food for the tomatoes. is usually from lack of pruning and now (the middle of three suckers and then let the plant grow. This seems to 3. Pinch or cut the suckers and leaves with a sharp blade June) is the time to begin that process. Therefore, I am get the fruit up off the ground a bit so there is less rot and being careful not to tear or rip the stem. going to re-run my column on tomato pruning much disease. If the bush plant gets too thick in mid summer 4. Prune suckers and old leaves every week. earlier this year, and suggest that you cut it out and pin so no sun is reaching the middle of the plant, then I thin 5. Don’t be afraid to prune! it up beside the mirror where you shave or put on your out a few more suckers and leaves to encourage ripening. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call at make-up every day so you will be reminded to get out and I stake or train all my tomatoes to hold the fruit off the 968-4334. prune, prune, prune! ground. (Slugs, mice and voles seem to like tomatoes as First I want to define some terms so we are all speaking much as we do.) the same language: FOR VINE TOMATOES – I prune them to a single TURNING DREAMS INTO REALITY, ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME! STEM – The main stalk of the plant. stem and train them up a twine to a height of 6 feet. Sherri CALL ME! SUCKER - The branches that grow in the axil of the From the time they are 6 – 8 inches high, I prune off all MALONE leaves. suckers so all that is left is a single stem with leaves and 1-250-566-1022 AXIL – The point where the leaf joins the stem. fruit spurs. Once the fruit is set (small tomatoes where DETERMINATE TOMATO – This is the shorter bush the flowers were) I prune off all leaves below that spur. Realtor at type plant. Flower clusters grow on the ends of the stems When the second spur sets fruit, I remove the leaves ROYAL LEPAGE and suckers. Usually grow 1 to 3 feet high. below it too. By mid-summer, the vine tomatoes are 6 ASPIRE REALTY INDETERMINATE TOMATO – Vine tomato, which feet tall with 3 to 6 spurs of fruit on a bare stem with can grow 6, 10, or 50 feet! Flower clusters grow out of the a canopy of leaves at the top of the plant. These leaves stem and the stem keeps on growing. manufacture the food to feed the tomatoes and also SEMI-DETERMINATE – Have some characteristics of shade the tomatoes from sunscald. The filtered sunlight both of the above. (Just to mix us up!) and warm air moving around the fruit help to ripen FRUIT SPUR – The stem of flowers, which will become them. tomatoes. From mid-August on, I pinch off all new flowers, as EMAIL: [email protected] It is best to check on the seed package or ask your most of these won’t have time to develop into decent size WEB: propertiesinvalemount.com bedding plant grower if you have a bush or vine tomato. fruit. I find it best to let the plant direct its energy into OFFICE: 1275 5th Ave, Valemount BC V0E 2Z0 Once the fruit spurs begin to form, you can check it out ripening the fruit that is already there. Little workers

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986 75 48 49 50 the world. For instance, if you find out what others are 51 52 53 Answers on P17 thinking and inquire about their experiences before sharing your own, you’ll W T A Across Down have every advantage. This Fill in the grid so that every row, includes the advantage of every column and every 3x3 box contains 1 The whole kit and caboodle 1 Basic particle the numbers 1 through 9 only once. 4 “What ___ ...” (cry of surprise) 2 Beatles: “A Day in the ___” having more information, the perk of standing out Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You 7 Casual time to start work 3 Hightailed it already have a few numbers to get you started. 10 Item with a clip or a pin 4 Judo move from an incurious crowd and Remember: You must not repeat the numbers the boon of being liked. 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box. 11 Injured 5 Lilac or lemon, e.g. Answers on P17 13 “A long time ___, in a galaxy far ...” 6 Past times THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS: 14 Not functioning 7 Football positions 23 Gs by Myles Mellor The reason people know 15 Kind of admiral 8 This may be inflated or bruised how to celebrate you is 16 Sleeping accommodation 9 Common Commandment word 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 that you know yourself so 17 Paris subway system 12 Speak badly of well that you’re able to 12 13 14 15 19 Big container for potatoes 18 Curl creator guide them in the direction 16 17 18 21 Night flier 20 It may add up that will delight you. The 23 ___ plexus 22 Young guy education of you has been a 19 20 21 26 Golden calf, e,g, 24 “Thanks, but I already ___” process of courage, of trying 22 23 29 Team player 25 Wine list choice new things and challenging 31 Crash or clash 26 Break the ___ the old ways. You’ll be 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Worked with 27 Slip on rewarded for your bravery 33 34 35 36 34 Cut short 28 Of yore to the tune of experiences 35 Estuary 30 Hot or cold drink you wished for but never 37 38 39 40 37 TV’s “Star ___” 32 Starts of inventions thought you’d actually 41 42 43 39 Concerns, suggestions, criticisms, etc. 36 Foolhardy have. Sharing and bonding 43 Proceed from a chairlift 38 Boy Scout badge item 44 45 46 47 48 fortifies you. There’s an 45 Members of some armies 40 Rate of movement intense push for a financial 49 50 51 47 Gorilla or gibbon 41 Once follower leg up, and you’ll have the 48 Height of fashion 42 Keep an eye on success you work for. 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 49 Get very wet 43 Vixen or dam 59 60 61 62 50 Shell game 44 Vital Write Holiday Mathis at HolidayMathis.com. 63 64 65 51 Look at 46 Gooey black stuff 52 Apply oneself COPYRIGHT 2021 CREATORS. 66 67 68 53 Defensive footballer COM

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Valemount. Email [email protected] jill@rvcsbc. View room $10 cash. A flow of easy yoga & qi gong & VALEMOUNT & MCBRIDE org or call 1-844-324-2004 if the music moves you just free form dance whatever moves your soul! No yoga, qi gong experience TUES. (Jun 9 & 23, Jul 7,21 & 28) - Telling our life necessary. It’s about connecting, moving, breathing & stories. 6 - 8 pm. Interested in wrinting a memoir, but VALEMOUNT having fun! don’t know when to start? This program will introduce THURS: Drop by the Valemount Community Garden you to the guided autobiography process. No writing Thursdays between 4-6pm to volunteer. Help produce process necessary. Registration is required. To register MON Jun 7 - 18 - Free Vehicle Pick Up. Rich healthy local food for folks in the community who are or for more info, contact Hollie @ hblanchette@cbal. Boyz Towing, in partnership with the Village of experiencing food insecurity. Work outside with your org or learn more at www.cbal.org Valemount, are scheduling free removal of derelict hands and learn about growing your own food, or share vehicles from residences or businesses within the your passion and wisdom with beginner gardeners. Village of Valemount. A bylaw campaign to remove We have a range of tasks for all abilities. Children are WEDs. Attn: Women! “Reframe for Confidence” welcome and encouraged to come. If you are interested derelict vehicles will commence soon, this is a Workshop Series start July 7th (Wednesdays 11.30am in helping out but this time doesn’t work for you, contact prime opportunity to have them removed at no cost. – 1pm, Jul 7th – Aug 25th). Learn how to transform Rebecca at [email protected] or call 778 763 *Vehicles must not contain household or other garbage. fear, build confidence, set & meet goals, communicate 1319 and she can facilitate a time that does. Dependent on conditions set out by Rich Boyz Towing. with impact and let go of excessive expectations. Call 250.566.4435 to coordinate vehicle removal. THURS. Every Thursday Valemount Farmer’s Register now! https://cfdc.bc.ca/events/reframe-for- Market 4-7pm in the field next to the Valemount Visitor MON. Jun 21 - Indigenious Day - Every child confidence-10/ Information Centre. matters. From 10am - 7 pm. Location: 5th Avenue, across from the Fire Department. THURS. (From Jun 3 - Jun 22) - CYMH Team *Honoring residential school survivors presents Taming Worry Dragons Children’s MCBRIDE Program, 3:00-5:00pm. This is a FREE, psycho- WED. June 23 at 7 pm Valemount Senior Citizens educational, 8-week program for children 8-12 years Housing Society AGM by Zoom video conferencing. of age to learn how to cope with anxiety. The program Zoom link will be available on www.vschs.ca/ before the WEDs. Family Place Drop In Program from 9:00am teaches children about anxieties and worries using meeting. Mail-in ballot and nominees for the new board -12:00pm-If you have questions, are looking for the concept of the ‘Worry Dragon”. Children will learn will be mailed to society members by Wed. June 10th. parenting resources, or just need to chat, you can join to “trap” and “tame” their “Worry Dragons” using fun us virtually or in person. Call Charlene 250-569-2266 (McBride) to pre-register for any of the events below, projects and materials! Contact Jessica to register at FRI. - SAT. June 25/26 - 10am-3 pm Roadside clean- up from Old Tete Jaune Rd. to Valemount. Keeping our and for mor àe information: 250-569-2266 or email [email protected]. - Jun 23- introduction to Circle of Security in the Park environment clean and supporting the Robson Valley - Jun 30- Canada day Celebrations Spay and Neuter Society. Come help us so many hand THURS. Jun 17 - Digital Safety for Parents make light work! Phone 250-566-9198. FRIs. Jun 25 - Sept 3, McBride Community Market. Workshop- Join Sara, our PEACE program facilitator WEDs. Family Place Drop In Program from 9:00- from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. All Covid rules will be from 4:30-5:30pm via Zoom, addressing digital and followed. Vendors please contact Jackie Edwards technology safety awareness for parents/caregivers. To 12:00-If you have questions, are looking for parenting [email protected] or 250 569 7101 in register please contact Sara at 250-569-2266 or email resources, or just need to chat, you can join us virtually advance to ensure available space. [email protected]. or in person. Call Hannah 250-566-9107 (Valemount) to pre-register for any of the events below, and for more TUES. June 29 - McBride Community Forest information: Annual General Meeting 7:00pm at the Robson Senior’s Tech Café FRI. Jun 18 - @ 8:30-10:00 in - June 23 – National Indigenous People’s Day – Valley Community Centre, 441 Columbia Street. McBride & 10:00AM-noon in Valemount. Technology Stories, making Dream Catchers. Maximum capacity 50 people due to COVID-19 rules and masks and social distancing required. There are getting you down? Do you need some basic help with - June 30 - Canadian Multiculturalism Day –families to your personal device? Join us in-person in McBride or two director openings. MCFC Director application forms bring a special family recipe from their own culture. now available at the Village office or on the Village Valemount, for FREE assistance and 1:1 support with Wednesday nights yoga, movement, dance website (applications must be in by Wed. June 23rd your devices. Contact Charlene in McBride, and Jill in WEDs. class 6:30-7:30 pm @the Best Western upstairs Eagle 4pm.

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GOVERNMENT WORK OPPORTUNITIES FROM... BC BID

ORGANIZATION BID DESCRIPTION CLOSING Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and R.D. McBride Peaks Forestry Service Road Reconstruction 21 June 2021 - 10am

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Robson Valley Region Marketing 22 June 2021 - 2pm

School District 57 Prince George Supply & Install Playground System, McBride Centennial School 22 June 2021 - 2pm

Please note this is NOT a comprehensive list of bid opportunities, but an attempt to post local bid opportunities within the Blue River-Mt. Robson-Dome Creek region. The Goat does not guarantee the accuracy or comprehensiveness of any information. If you are interested in government bids, please visit the BC Bid website bcbid.gov.bc.ca to learn more. Valemount | McBride | Dunster | Blue River Thursday June 17th 2021 19

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The Corporation of the Village of McBride Career Opportunity – PW2 or PW3 (1 position) Casual/On Call Opportunity - PW2 (1 position) Village of McBride Temporary Part-Time Employment Opportunity The Corporation of the Village of McBride is looking to fill 2 positions in Public Works. Administrative Assistant (22.5 hour/week) 1. Public Works Laborer and equipment operator (Permanent/Full-time): This is a permanent, full-time union (CLAC Local 501) position with benefits. Successful The Corporation of the Village of McBride has an immediate need to fill a Temporary candidate position and wage will be determined based on qualifications set out in job Part-Time Administrative Assistant position. Reporting to the Chief Administrative descriptions PW2 and PW3 as per collective agreement. Officer, you will be a key member of the administration team, performing general office 2. Public Works Laborer and equipment operator (Casual/On-call): duties and providing exceptional customer service and information to the public. This This an on call position for limited hours as required to cover absences of a permanent position may also include the handling ICBC transactions for motor vehicle licensing. employee or augment staff during peak periods. The Village is also looking for an interim Grant Writer, which could offer additional For full job descriptions, rates of pay, and details on how to apply, visit Village of hours for a suitable candidate. McBride website at https://www.mcbride.ca/business/local-career-opportunities Visit our website at www.mcbride.ca/business/local-career-opportunities for We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those more information, including rates of pay, please see the job descriptions or call us at selected for interviews will be contacted. 250-569-2229. Applicants must send a resume and cover letter to [email protected] before 4:00 pm on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Police Based Victim Service Worker Starting Wage is $23.10 per/hr (Steps 1-4 are $23.10-$26.91)

Robson Valley Community Services (RVCS) has a regular part-time (11.0 hrs/week) position for a Police Based Victim Service (PBVS) Worker in Valemount. Travel to surrounding areas in STV Counsellor the Robson Valley may be required. Starting Wage $33.83 per/hr (Steps 1-4 are $33.83-$41.32) The PBVS Program provides support services, practical assistance, information and referrals to clients who have been victims of crime. Robson Valley Community Services (RVCS) has a regular part-time (16.5 hrs/week) position KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: • Assist clients’ in completing legal forms such for a Stopping the Violence Counsellor. The primary office location is based in Valemount; • Conduct client intakes; provide information as Criminal Injury Compensation Applications however, travel to surrounding areas in the Robson Valley will required. The anticipated start regarding the PBVS role and services offered and Victim Impact Statements. date for the position is July 05, 2021. by the society, assist clients’ in completing • Participate in public education to raise The STV Counselling Program provides group and individual counselling for Women who intake forms and explaining issues related to awareness of physical or sexual assault and/ have experienced sexual assault, violence/abuse in relationships, or childhood abuse, and confidentiality. or abuse. who reside in the Robson Valley area. • Provide emotional support to clients who • Maintain and provide statistics and reports have been victims of crime. regarding service delivery as required. KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: with other professionals as required. • Assess clients’ need for external referrals such • Perform other related duties as required. 1. Assesses the safety of the clients and their 7. Maintains related records and statistics and as counsellors, legal aid lawyers, physicians children and supports clients in reducing produces reports as required. and mental health services. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: safety risks. 8. Maintains current knowledge of issues • Provide crisis response and intervention as • Diploma in a related human/social service necessary. field. 2. Interviews clients, prepares case histories, and resources related to abuse and violence. • Support clients’ interests and rights by • Current Criminal Record Search assesses problems and outlines services Conducts presentations and public awareness performing duties such as liaising with the • Current Criminal Record Check or ability to provided by RVCS. activities about services and issues. Police and Crown Counsel to obtain obtain a CRC 9. Performs other related duties as required. 3. Provides individual and group counselling information about clients’ cases including • Current RCMP Security Clearance or ability to clients from a feminist and trauma-based case status and hearing dates. to obtain a clear RCMP Security Clearance. perspective using techniques such as QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: • Provide information on legal and medical Preference give to applicants who currently therapeutic group counselling and self-skill • Bachelor’s degree in a related human/social systems in general and specific to hold a RCMP Security Clearance. workshops. service field, or an equivalent combination clients’ case and needs. Provide information 4. Provides information on and referrals to of education, training and experience. on crime prevention. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: other community service providers, resources Bachelor’s Degree preferred. • Provide court support services such as • Two (2) years recent related experience; or and professionals as required. • Current Criminal Record Search. explaining court processes and an equivalent combination of education, 5. Facilitates the creation of group counselling trial procedures. Provide court orientation training and experience. / therapeutic groups in office and in the TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: and information on court preparation. • Proven ability to work independently with community. • Two (2) years recent experience. • Provide accompaniment and/or minimum supervision and work well within 6. Participates in or initiates case conferences transportation to court, Police and medical a team environment. appointments as required. HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please submit your Cover Letter and Resume by e-mail to Lina Thompson HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please submit your Cover Letter and Resume by e-mail to Lina Thompson at [email protected] in confidence, prior to June 18, 2021 at 4:00pm. at [email protected] in confidence, prior to June 25, 2021 at 4:00pm. www.robsonvalleycommunityservices.org www.robsonvalleycommunityservices.org 20 Thursday June 17th 2021 In Print | Online | therockymountaingoat.com

NEW! MCBRIDE 3325 Eddy Road ASPIRE REALTY - Approx 525 acres - minutes from town - pasture, hayland and some in natural state - backs onto crown land Irene Berndsen - some fencing - water license [email protected] $1,100,000 2018 [email protected] MLS AWARD www.mountainviewrealty.ca WINNER TEL: 250-569-7397 SERVING MCBRIDE, VALEMOUNT ACRES & ACRES OLD HOMESTEAD BARN AND THE ROBSON VALLEY

MCBRIDE MCBRIDE 3115 River Bend Road 2235 Hwy 16 E - Mobile home park on 4.3 - Fraser river access - fabulous acres - beautiful setting on the views - beautifully renovated 5 Dore River Bdrm 3 Bthrm rancher - large 2 car garage - plus totally - 10 rental pads - great tenants finished shop - over 4 acres - Within 911 Fire response area. - minutes from McBride $298,000$189,000 $590,000

MCBRIDE MCBRIDE SOLD! REDUCED! 896-4th Avenue 841-2nd Avenue - 2 Bdrm 1 bath -large open - centrally located building lot kitchen - services on the property - Full unfinished basement - R2 Zoning - good views - Fenced back yard - wheelchair - ready for your home or cottage access - Being sold ‘as is ‘ $145,000 $27,000

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Spacious Foyer Large Living Room Open Concept Living Large Guestroom

This pretty little acreage won’t last long. The large Spacious and bright, this half-duplex will surprise family home will give you room to grow while the private you with its size. At just under 2,400 sq. ft., the four acreage will soothe your soul. The main floor has bedroom, two bath home is a great family space. generous proportions and is flooded with light from all Just a short distance from parks, shopping, and the large windows. Mature trees, an established garden, schools, you can’t be located much better. This and a supersized workshop round out this rural gem. home has great value and is worth a closer look.

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