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For earlier materials see Table of Contents

March 22nd

We See

Sunshine comes to end

One of those iconic views of Rupert --- whatever happened to project looking at Waterfront and its (tourism) future?

We See

Friendship House Youth Conference in Rupert

 

Outdoors repairs

 

Vancouver Aquarium presentation at NWCC

 

Thus another look at PNCIMA area

 

 

 

Here is the web site info to Gathering Our Voices 2011

Friendship hosting Youth Conference March 21st-24th

The promo material says Aboriginal Youth Conference could attract up to 1500 1st Nations’ youth to PR --- This year’s theme “A Vision of Our Future” focuses on identified themes relevant to Aboriginal youth, including Health, Language, Culture, Employment, Education and Lifelong Learning, and the Environment

 

Visitors seen around town

This Carrier Sekani group has a useful web site etc

http://www.nakazdli.ca/communityprofile.htm

 

 

 

Lots of young people in town

Here is the Workshop agenda package as PDF

I will make more effort to copy down the Bands name as don’t show up in photos

 

Other Tourists in town

These visitors seemed to be all young non-native men in their twenties --- who were using the Overwaitea parking lot out of convenience – I suppose they park on sidewalks in Terrace too

 

 

The Sunny weather brought lots of roofing and siding repairs around Rupert

I see the building is for sale --- presumably both the buildings are to be sold as a unit

 

 

Vancouver Aquarium

From flippers to flukes: BC’s whales, dolphins, porpoises and sea turtles talk given Tuesday at NWCC by Caitlin Birdsall, Research Assistant- Vancouver Aquarium--- Here is the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network web site where links to recent publications etc --- and contact info for those that want to report sightings

 

A local fisherman was saying afterwards that in last few years Humpback whales have changed behaviour ---- females still go to Hawaii to calve – but males staying here during winter --- 20-40 seen off Ridley within last week More later

A slide from the presentation --- presumably sightings over a number of years --- good use of info

 

 

 

Which brings me back to PNCIMA

See my preliminary look at the meeting in PR on March 9th --- again they have a good web site with Videos of the local meeting – and more significant a page of downloadable background documents about the PNCIMA area --- While Birds and Bird colonies mentioned – no one brought up the issue of Cetaceans, Turtles etc --- their use of the area and what is needed to sustain them --- everything form pollutants to vessel traffic noise to significant ‘meeting’ areas for whales etc --- more later

 

Underside of Canopy

While the City has picked on the old Home Hardware building as unsightly nuisance --- the old theater building is much more of an actual nuisance --- if the canopy does not fall in heavy snow fall – looks like the underside will juist slowly ‘blow away’ in wind storms

 

And speaking of senseless rules

Why are these large trucks OK to deliver materials around town --- the OCP has quite strict ‘rules’ for loading etc --- but that is for new facilities – not ones ‘grandfathered’ in for parking and loading ---- go figure

 

 

And the sunny weather brought out lots of flowers

Here the Crocuses are ‘shining brightly’

Created by LG on 22/3/2011

Last updated on Wednesday, March 23, 2011