‘legs in'a subsequent attack on a LAV-III in

“comparison with those suffered by his peers. .

‘(your fellow: soldier) has been shot in the

you break down crying.”

a hero,” Hull says of those killed. “There's

. cies.”

~ “shoulders and said it was nothing, it was insignificant,”

A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September ¢ 20, 2006

From front

Soldier home from Afghanistan |

None of the eight in the vehicle died and
Hull, despite his injuries, kept working.

He doesn’t even want his injuries revealed -
because one of his company lost both his .

June, while his other good friend, Pte. Kevin
Dallaire, 22, was killed by a rocket-propelled
grenade attack on Aug. 3.

Hull says his injuries don’t even warrant -

“It's like being stung by a mosquito and

face,” said Hull.

-The infantryman says losing his peers
“sucks” and that everyone deals with it in
their own way. Jf

“It’s either, ‘That sucks, rest in peace’ or

“Straight up, everyone of those guys is. .°s .

a mourning phase but that doesn't stop you
from doing your job. °
“You do everything you ¢ can to make their sacrifice worth

it.”

Hull says he decided to join the military after the Septem-

_ ber 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington

D.C. °
“Sept. 11 is the kicker that made it happen,” he said. “I

. thought, if I’m going to take a job defending my country, .

there’s no better time.”
He can’t discuss his feelings on the mission in Afghani-

_ © stan but'says he and his soldiers do “talk politics.”

Despite mixed: opinions: ‘from politicians and the Cana-

dian public on the war in Afghanistan, Hull is adamant about
the support he has received not only while abroad but since
o he’ s:come home. = ;

From front:

ee aiieetod at blockade

. Smith said the amount was insignificant and far under the
amount that companies: must report to environmental agen-

“A conservation, officer was there and he shrugged: his
said
Smith.

” He added that the Red Chris project and: the planned new

drilling has the support of the Tahltan National Development
“Corporation, which is the economic development arm of the

Tahitan. The Red Christ project itself is conditional upon the

~ '< provincial government extending -hydro power up Hwy37
' North. Generating power by diesel or other means isn’t eco-.
. nomically viable so beMetals would then need to run a line i in °

from the larger one on Hwy37.

. >... A formal road also needs to be built to the Red Chris prop-_
erty but its construction is conditional upon approval for the -

hydro line. In the meantime, bcMetals is fighting off a hostile

take over bid by another mining company, Imperial’Metals.
It is the’half. owner of the Huckleberry copper/molybdenum

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“The amount of support there and. here
has been awesome,” Hull said.

‘Christian School class, a group of preschool-
ers in Kitsumkalum and some local nurses.

“I'd love to thank those people — it’s not
me they know, they just acknowledge what
I represent,” Hull said. | —

Those gifts offered a respite from’ the
daily grind — both mental and Physical — he

' endured’on the job.

And despite the rigourous experience,
Hull can recall some beauty in the mission
besides the bonds formed.

-“There are some amazing views. in the

think - you could see the whole world from
up there.”

split between. Egypt and Australia during
the mission. And’ when his mission was done, a further five

“days in “decompression” in Cyprus before the return trip to

Canada.

‘He returned to Terrace in carly September, much to the 7

relief of family.

His mother, Nancy Hull, says her son’s time in ‘Afghani-
stan was the, hardest time for her, especially as the Canadian
tally of dead soldiers began to mount.

Getting her son back physically uninjured was a great Ce,

lief. 0° "
“I feel like I'can start to breathe again...

said.
Hull plans: to sign on to the military for three more years
through 2009. ;

Ni]

mine near Houston, B.C. and the owner of the copper/bold Mt.
Polley mine near Williams Lake.

Imperial i is offering 95 cents a share for beMetals stock, a
figure Smith says is far below value:

- “We have 278 million tonnes of proven reserves at Red
Chris and they have 40 million tonnes at Mt. Polley,” he said.

Correction
Last week’s issue of The Terrace Standard contained
an error regarding proposed spending on Phase One of .
the proposed sportsplex project. - we 2
Money budgeted to pave the “snow. dump” is not for
the area where the ice cleaner will dump snow. Rather,
the snow dump refers to an area of land immediately -

north of the skate park.where city workers: dump snow —

pected to be paved over to provide additional parking.

He received packages from a Centennial .

country,” he said. “You can hike for hours..
or days but when you get to the top, you..

Hull spent two weeks of paid holiday °

it feels like Pye.
been holding my breath, for the last four to’ six months,” she

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