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An air tanker drops a load of fire retardant on the wildfire at Beatton Airport Road behind Shepherd’s Inn last week. Hot, dry and windy weather helped fuel the fire, which began April 18, forcing a brief evacuation order for residents in the area. Cool, wet weather helped prevent the fire’s spread on the weekend, but as of May 10, the fire was still burning at an estimated 15,000 hectares. Officials are bracing for a return to hot, dry weather. For more on the wildfires, turn to A3.
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Residents from Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Prince Rupert and Kitimat plan to hit the road to Ottawa Sunday, May 22, to deliver a stack of petitions to federal lawmakers and appeal for the creation of a liquefied natural gas industry in Canada. The Fort St. John for LNG group is spearheading the “LNG or Bustâ€? road trip alongside its Northern B.C. counterparts. After attracting national media attention for its 600-truck rally in March followed by a visit by Premier Christy Clark at a rally in April, group founder Alan Yu said it’s time to meet federal officials on their own turf. “There’s nothing we can do here anymore ‌ it’s preaching
“It’s about time the federal decision makers hear the voice of the unemployed here in Fort St. John and Northern B.C.�
to the choir. We need to bring the unemployed people, the workers, to Ottawa,� Yu said, noting several business associations and local politicians have already made the trip to Ottawa to share their voices. “It’s about time the federal decision makers hear the voice of the unemployed here in Fort St. John and Northern B.C.� Yu said the bus plans to build support and speak with local media in resource towns along the way. See OTTAWA on A6
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Alan Yu of FSJ for LNG stands next to the bus he and a half-dozen others will call home for 11-day road trip to Ottawa starting Sunday, May 22.
Councillors want a new coat of arms for the city Coun. Davies and Klassen don’t see need for redesign, question $2,400 spend BRONWYN SCOTT peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca
Despite objections from two city councillors, the City of Fort St. John will purchase an official, newly designed coat of arms from the Canadian Heraldic Authority to replace the unofficial one currently on display in council chambers. The maximum cost for the creation of the new design is $2,400, according to a staff report to council.
On Monday, Coun. Gord Klassen nor Coun. Dan Davies voted against the purchase, preferring instead to continue using the existing coat of arms that was designed for the city in the 1970s. “I know it’s not a huge amount, but the total cost is $2,400 to get something that we already all seem to like,� Klassen said. “I understand it would be the official thing, but is there any way of getting around just saying, look, we want this one,
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How to name a baby PAWTERNITY LEAVE: We start our news chewing tour of the world with a true story from the UK. Some British companies now give employees paid time off when they bring home a new pet. There’s a sliding scale: If you have a new puppy, you take a week off while the doggie settles in. Bring a new cat home, you take two days off. Bring a new goldfish home, you go to work five minutes late.
will include Sticky Toffee Bug Balls (That’s bugs, as in insects). In July you’ll nibble on deep-fried dough balls drizzled with toffee sauce and topped with worms and crickets. Eating bugs doesn’t worry me. I swallowed plenty on the highway, back in the days when I rode a motorcycle.
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BEATTON AIRPORT ROAD Location: Forty-five kilometres north of Fort St. John Discovered: Monday, April 18, 2016 Size: 15,000 hectares (estimated) Status: Active Evacuation Alert is in effect. Details and maps available at prrd.bc.ca Resources: 133 firefighters, seven helicopters, 16 pieces of heavy equipment. More information: At least one structure was destroyed by the fire last week-the former Texaco gas station and restaurant at Mile 73. According to reports, the building was being lived in, however, attempts to reach the owner have not been successful. BC Wildfire Service says crews will continue putting in control lines and preparing to conduct a series of burn offs. Although fire behaviour has been less active over the last few days, this fire is not extinguished. Fire Suppression crews are advising any members of the public to remain away from the area. Equipment and crews will be travelling in the area and visibility
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As if the wildfire frenzy that was flared up last week wasn’t enough, the BC Wildfire Service says 10 of the fires have been forwarded off for arson investigation. The BC Conservation Officer Service has taken the lead on the investigations. However, officials have so far refused to disclose which of the wildfires are being investigated. Chris Posthuma says officers have been brought in from across the province to investigate 10 fires sparked in three areas around Fort St. John. “As of right now, we’re looking for all information regarding the whole area,” he said. Anyone with information regarding possible arson-caused fires in the Peace Region are asked to call the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277. Tips can be made anonymously, Posthuma said. Last week, hot, tinder-dry conditions gave fuel to fires burning at the region, with fires at Beatton Airport Road and Siphon Creek demanding the most attention from wildfire crews. The fires prompted the evacuation of residents in both areas, and shut down the Alaska Highway for a brief period of time. As of Tuesday, May 10, the Peace River Regional District had two evacuation alerts in place for Siphon Creek and Beatton Airport Road covering 227 civic addresses. The Blueberry River First Nations had one alert with 71 civic homes affected. Cool, wet weather settled over the Peace Region last weekend, helping fire crews on the ground get a better handle on containing four wildfires of note in the North Peace. However, a return to hot and dry conditions is expected. As of Tuesday afternoon, the BC Wildfire Service reports:
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Liberal nomination meetings rescheduled After postponing last Saturday’s planned nomination meetings for Peace River North due to the wildfires, the BC Liberals have announced new dates for local party members to vote for who will represent them on the ballot in 2017. The new dates are: FORT ST. JOHN Pomeroy Hotel & Conference Centre • Thursday, May 12 (Breakfast Room), from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. • Friday, May 13 (Kenny Room), from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Saturday, May 14 (Sterling Room), from 10:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Staff and students at Duncan Cran Elementary got their hands dirty with the Northern Environmental Action Team on May 4 to build a community garden at the school. The garden beds benefit students and their families, along with local food banks, NEAT says. The organization will be at Robert Ogilvie Elementary on May 11 to build garden beds for staff and students at that school.
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PRRD will accept gas drilling near Blackfoot Park parcel, with caveats JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca
The Peace River Regional District is softening its tone on fracking for gas near one of its regional parks. At its April 28 meeting, PRRD directors voted to reverse a previous resolution asking the province not to lease oil and gas rights beneath a parcel that includes Blackfoot Regional Park. The popular recreation area near Clayhurst was set to be included in B.C.’s oil and gas land sale last September as part of a 2,500-acre parcel stretching across the Peace River. Directors are concerned about the impact on drilling near Blackfoot Park, which is popular with birdwatchers, boaters and fishers. It is often booked every weekend through the summer months, according to a regional district report. The land also includes a potable water well owned by the district.
Energy companies acquire drilling licences and subsurface rights at the monthly petroleum disposition. Earlier this year, the regional board moved a resolution asking the natural gas ministry to remove the parcel from the sale, saying they could not support leasing the land without guarantees that surface drilling would not occur in the park. “This whole thing irritates me tremendously,” said Electoral Area B Director Karen Goodings. “We have one little area that we spent a lot of money on for the residents. (The ministry) refuse to put any caveat in place that says no surface access. They could drill under the park from a distance and not impact the park but they will not do that.” Late last month, the board withdrew its opposition to sale of the parcel, but only with the caveat that oil and gas companies consult the regional district before any drilling takes place.
Directors said they will insist on no drilling in the park itself, according to the resolution. Some parcels controversial The Blackfoot land is one of several controversial parcels that have come up for sale in recent years, including one beneath Swan Lake. While B.C. prohibits drilling in provincial parks, energy companies can access natural gas and oil thousands of metres beneath those parks through directional drilling. Regional parks are not covered by the ban. With the current downturn in exploration, it remains to be seen whether the Blackfoot parcel will sell. Land auction revenues have dropped to new lows amid one of the worst oil and gas downturns in a generation. The February land sale brought in zero dollars—a first for the province.
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Peace Region has plenty to offer youth, Resource Works leader tells students Local high school students got to connect with resource expert Stewart Muir on Tuesday, May 3, to talk about career goals and the opportunities available in the Peace Region. Muir is executive director of Resource Works Society, a small non-profit based in Vancouver that strives to “build a more informed conversation” about resources, Muir said. “We’re not really out to be in the argument about resources, because that can be a really heated one,” he told the Alaska Highway News. “Industry, environmentalism, these are both values that we think are important. We think that having a good economy that creates jobs, that keeps families together, and give people a pathway in life, is important. “We also think that protecting the environment, having the right laws, regulations, making sure they’re enforced, being a global citizen, doing our part, providing a cleaner form of energy to the rest of the world is (important).” Muir spoke to Grade 11 and 12 students at North Peace Secondary to share how his organizations works to build an understanding about resource development, and learn what youth in the northeast think about the place they call home, and where they see themselves in the future.
“We should be so proud of what happens in the northeast, and young people should, in my opinion, see this as a place that is so full of those opportunities for them.”
“When I look at the economic data that we’ve been preparing, examining … what I see is a story of the northeast of B.C. as the economic engine room of British Columbia, not just today or tomorrow, but really for decades to come,” he said. “It’s a place that will be reliant on innovation in all kinds of trades and professions. It will require, I think, increasing regulations that protect the air, the land, the water ... We should be so proud of what happens in the northeast, and young people should, in my opinion, see this as a place that is so full of those opportunities for them.” But when Muir asked whom among the group of 60 or so students planned to leave for a city centre like Vancouver after they graduate, a sea of hands flung into the air. Why? As one student suggested, and most agreed with, they felt that they, in the northeast, were the “havenots” of the province. It’s not a reaction Muir was unprepared for. But, for Muir, it served as a cue that young
people in the northeast aren’t aware of just how many opportunities there are in the Peace. “At that age, you’ve got the grass growing under your feet, you want to go and see what’s in the world. Everyone needs to go and do a little bit of scouting around, but I think when they go out there they’re going to probably, for a lot of them, realize how good it is here,” he said. He sees the Peace Region as a place where energy decisions – about natural gas, wind farms, hydroelectric power – are happening. After his talk he told reporters he was “surprised” by the students’ perception. “I thought there should be more awareness of what those opportunities are, because from my perspective, they are great family building opportunities,” he said. “There’s so many reasons to build a life here and keep the kids here, keep them coming back. “It looks like the parents of these students need to do some work at home to make sure everyone understands what the facts are, because there is so much that this region has to offer.” Muir was in the area for a tour of the Peace with 40 mayors from across BC to visit hydraulic fracturing sites, gas plants, water management, waste disposal and Site C. He also gave a public talk at Northern Lights College.
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Consider • Election of 2 Directors for 3 yearToterm • • Review 2015 financial statement. Sales decreased 28.5% to 74.1 million Review 2014 financial statement. Sales increased 24.6% to $101.8 million and Guest Speaker Directoror 7.9% of sales. • and a net savings of 5.9 Million or 8.0% net savings of FCL $7.9 million •• Co-op Gift Certifi cates and Door Prizes Valued at $500.00 Directors recommendation of a patronage allocation • Election of 3 directors for 3 year term • Election of 2 Directors for 3 year term
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Rooting out Peace Region ecosystems Royal BC Museum scientists look to plant region’s biodiversity in the history books BRONWYN SCOTT The living landscape of the Peace is making its way into the history books thanks to Dr. Richard Hebda of the Royal BC Museum and his team that’s researching the region’s biodiversity with the help of locals. Hebda, curator of botany and earth history at the provincial museum in Victoria, has been studying plant life in the Peace for several years. He’s now working to make sure the Royal BC Museum is not just telling a Lower Mainland story, but a true British Columbian story, incorporating the unique ecosystems and vegetation of the Peace Region. “Our main interest is the high elevations and what kind of plants grow there and what they can tell us about whether, or how covered, the area was by the last glaciation,” he said in an interview with the Alaska Highway News. “Then that tells us something about how deep our roots of the life of our landscape go: How long have those plants been here? Do they represent some kind of lost worlds of the ice age?” For the first time – “because very few people have done any collecting”—researchers are documenting what plants grow where in the Peace, and essentially “putting dots on maps where there were no dots, not because the plants weren’t there, but nobody ever looked,” he said. On Wednesday, May 4, about 75 people crammed into Peace Gallery North in Fort St. John to hear Hebda give a free public lecture on the biodiversity of the region. The following day, in the atrium at Northern Lights College in Fort St. John, he led a discussion about the region’s living landscape, and encouraged the community to contribute their knowledge of the species that live and grow here.
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Dr. Richard Hebda, curator of botany and earth history at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, presents some of his findings on the biodiversity in the Peace to a crowd of about 75 people at Peace Gallery North in Fort St. John on May 4.
“I really enjoy being here and meeting the people of the Peace, and we hope to hear their stories on a regular basis,” Hebda said. “We’ll be coming here more often and trying to work with the people in the region, we’re looking forward to it.” Some of the team’s findings will be on display in the permanent gallery in the Royal BC Museum, but the more detailed accounts will be found in scientific papers and in magazines. “It’s an exciting area for new discoveries,” he said. Hebda also gave a talk at the Tumbler Ridge Public Library on Thursday, May 5. Hebda has been with the Royal BC Museum since 1980. He also holds a faculty position at the University of Victoria’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. With his graduate students, he’s written more than 120 scientific papers, and 250 popular articles. He’s co-authored and co-edited several books. Residents interested in contributing their knowledge to the project are encouraged to email peaceproject@royalbcmuseum. bc.ca.
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Bess Legault, Mike Vanzandwyk and Emmalea Davis of Hip Peace Produce are working to engage the community in helping to cultivate, plant, weed and harvest seven acres of mixed chemical-free vegetables grown in the Class 1 soils of the Peace River Valley at Bear Flat. The group will be growing 31 different types of fruits, vegetables and herbs this season and will be planting multiple varieties of each, including nine different varieties of melons. The group expects to have radishes, scallions, spinach, arugula and baby salad greens ready for the June 11 Farmers Market. The group plans to open a market stand at Bear Flat, and sell its produce at the Farmers Market on Saturdays from 9-3 p.m. and Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. in Centennial Park. For more, visit facebook.com/HipPeaceProduce.
Charlie Lake clean up runs May 28 Volunteers are needed to help clean up the shores of Charlie Lake on May 28. The Charlie Lake Conservation Society is again partnering up with the Northern Environmental Action Team and other community sponsors to help raise funds through volunteering efforts. The clean up runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and meets at the Rotary Park boat launch. Gloves, bags and refreshments are provided. “It is an opportunity for folks within the community
to gather and work together to keep the area clear of debris after the winter season,” said Bess Legault, one of the event’s organizers. Bat trackers needed Legault adds the Conservation Society’s Peace Bat Conservation Project continues. “With the Peace Bat Conservation Project, we have started to collect population data within the region and we should be receiving some species identification
through bat guano samples that we submitted to us by participants and were sent to a lab for analysis through the BC Bat Conservation Project,” she said. Those looking to help track bats in the region can also pick up a bat house at the clean up. For more information, contact Legault at bess@ roynorthernbc.com, or Glynnis Maundrell at gmaundrell@ prn.bc.ca, or Tammy Hrab at tammy@neat.ca. —Staff
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Brian Boresky, McDonald’s franchise owner, Trinity Lang, 5, and her mother Yvett helping out at McHappy Day on Wednesday, May 4, at the Fort St. John location. The Langs had just returned from the Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver earlier that day.
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Local children and their families will benefit from $10,000 brought in on McHappy Day, which took place in May 4 at the Fort St. John and Dawson Creek McDonalds. Over the course of the day, one dollar from every Big Mac, Happy Meal and hot beverage sold was channeled into children’s charities. Public donations were also accepted, and proceeds from McDonald’s merchandise sold also supported the cause. This year, franchise owner Brian Boresky, who owns both the Fort St. John and Dawson Creek locations, decided half of the proceeds will go towards the Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon, with the other half going to the Dawson Creek and Fort St. John Child Development Centres. “A lot of people don’t know much about Ronald McDonald House, and a lot of people think, well, you know, I’d like to support a local charity. But we are the people that use it (the Ronald McDonald House),” Boresky said. The Ronald McDonald House is a home away from home for seriously ill children and their families who need a place to stay while receiving major medical treatment in Vancouver. It saves families the hassle and cost of hotel accommodations while their child receives the medical care he or she needs. Yvett Lang and her fiveyear-old daughter Trinity returned from Vancouver’s Ronald McDonald House on Wednesday, and were at the Fort St. John location promoting McHappy Day alongside Boresky and other community members, including Alaska
Highway News Publisher William Julian and Dawson Creek Mirror Associate Publisher Nicole Palfy. “We didn’t know about Ronald McDonald until last year, and that’s the biggest thing, that’s why I want to be a part of this awareness,” Lang said. “Because even us, being in the medical part of Trinity’s life, we didn’t even know about it,” Lang said. They’ve been travelling for Trinity’s medical needs since she was just seven months old, when she started having seizures. Doctors still don’t know what’s causing them, but they’re trying to find out. Last year alone the family made nine trips to the south of the province for Trinity. “It’s very expensive. You’re talking about thousands of dollars,” Lang said. They learned about the Ronald McDonald House last year, and just wrapped up their second stay at Vancouver’s Ronald McDonald House. “The people there, they are so amazing,” Lang said. “You can talk to somebody that is going through exactly what you are, and sometimes it’s hard because you can have friends, but they don’t understand to that certain level. So it’s nice to be around people that (are going through the same thing). You can comfort each other.” The Langs are one of 45 families from Fort St. John and Dawson Creek that stayed at the Ronald McDonald House in 2015. The Vancouver house, located on the grounds of the BC Children’s Hospital, is comprised of four buildings, and has 73 units for families. Almost 2,000 families stayed at the Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver in 2015.
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The group plans to stop first in Edmonton, with other stops planned for either Saskatoon or Calgary, White City near Regina, and Winnipeg. They hope to arrive in Ottawa on June 1. “We would like to share our experiences here in Fort St. John and listen to theirs,” Yu said. Taking part in the trip so far are Kristi Leer, Monica Joan Mcmillan and Jeff Rodrigues from Fort Nelson; Yu and Chris Lafratta from Fort St. John; and Judy Fraser from Prince Rupert.
Participants from Kitimat are still being lined up. The group has budgeted $20,000 for its trip, and is fundraising to help cover costs. As of Tuesday afternoon, the group had raised $8,350 through a GoFundMe online campaign. “It’s important so we can proceed with this trip,” Yu said. The Alaska Highway News will be carrying a road diary from the group as they embark on their trip. For more, visit gofundme. com/2hztstas.
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“You have a lot of input within their guidelines,” Hunter said. Because the city’s current coat of arms is not protected in any way, it could be altered or copied and used by others. Currently, the city does not use its unofficial coat of arms on important correspondence, annual and financial reports because it is not official. The city’s logo is used instead. City spokeswoman Julie Rogers told council that staff has not been able to find any original artwork of the coat of arms. “We don’t have anything that we could use electronically or to print,” she said. The only evidence they have
of it hangs in city hall. “Because it’s not registered, there’s nothing stopping someone else from also using it. There’s nothing preventing it from being changed, it’s not protected in any way. And we have to recreate it to use it, which will have a cost, which may be similar to the cost of having a registered one,” said Moira Green, the city’s economic development officer. Klassen and Davies were the only two council members who were opposed to purchasing a new heraldic design. The motion passed with a majority in favour. Coun. Bruce Christensen was absent from council.
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Site C protesters target mayors Protesters gathered at the entrance to the Site C construction site on Wednesday, May 4, in hopes of getting their message across to a tour bus filled with mayors from the North Central Local Government Association. “We want to let them see that there is obviously opposition to it, and just remind them of that,” said Ken Boon, president of the Peace Valley Landowner Association. “On their tour of the project, they’re going to be receiving a totally different message than what we would be giving them, so we’re just here to remind them of that.” Site C came up at the Union of BC Municipalities Convention and many of the dignitaries on the tour bus would have expressed their opinion on the project at that time. “(It) basically was given a resounding ‘No’ by every municipal government in BC, unanimous,” said Bob Fedderly, who was protesting. “It’s not a project that local mayors and those kinds of people want.” This year’s NCLGA Convention took place at the Encana Events Centre in Dawson Creek from May 4-6. —Bronwyn Scott
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Kim Pedersen was forced to flee her home with her two grandchildren after a fire broke out late in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 3. Firefighters were called to the home at 104 Street and 106 Avenue shortly after 5 p.m. Pedersen said she and her husband were set to mark their fourth year of living in the home this July after pouring countless hours into renovating it into their ‘dream home.’ She says: “We were quite proud of ourselves, we were finally finished. This was going to be our summer to not have any reno projects, to just enjoy those and actually do some camping.” Fire officials have not yet determined the cause of the fire.
4,000 unemployed in northeast JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca
April was a good month for job growth in B.C.—with one glaring exception. B.C. outperformed the other provinces on job creation in April, adding 13,000 jobs and cutting the unemployment rate by 0.7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey. “This is the first time that British Columbia has had the lowest unemployment rate among all the provinces since comparable data became available in 1976,” the survey states. But in the northeast, the picture remains grim. The Peace and Fort Nelson had B.C.’s highest unemployment rate as the oil and gas downturn
After more than 50 days, a Site C protest camp outside BC Hydro’s corporate office in downtown Vancouver is coming to an end. On Saturday, May 7, the protesters issued a statement saying they are packing up instead of fighting the Crown utility in court. The camp began March 13. “The decision was made to settle with BC Hydro outside of court to stop the large civil suit, which named the hunger striker, Kristin Henry, as well as three others, charging them with costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” the campers said in a statement. “While the civil suit filed against them was clearly a SLAPP suit, those named do not have the resources to fight BC Hydro in court.” Henry, who began the camp and was taken to hospital during her hunger strike, said campers didn’t want to distract from existing court cases against the dam. “This in no way means that this movement is ending, but rather that we have chosen to focus our energies on continuing to raise awareness across BC and here in Vancouver, rather than spend that time and energy in court,” she said.
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THE PREMIER AND HER ‘DINOSAUR THINKING’ While reading your interview with Premier Christy Clark and her reference to the ‘forces of no’ (‘Is Site C Canada’s last megadam?’ Alaska Highway News, April 28, 2016), it occurred to me that it is the Premier and Energy Minister Bill Bennett who represent the ‘forces of no’ with their dinosaur thinking. They refuse to focus on energy saving, and instead are focusing on energy expenditure, resulting in the destruction of a beautiful, food-producing river valley in their blind determination to build the Site C dam. It has not occurred to them that $9 billion spent on grants to help people retrofit and upgrade insulation in their homes, plus investing in thermal and solar energy, would eliminate the need for the dam and provide time for further innovation. It would also prevent the heart-breaking loss of homes and land for people who have farmed in the Peace for generations – and spare us the garbage about sacrifice for the common good! The Premier has insulted First Nations people by ignoring the Treaty 8 injunction that is before the courts, which is unconscionable. She is continuing with dam construction while thumbing her nose and in effect saying “You will fail anyway so why not go ahead?” The Prime Minister’s tacit consent is a further insult to First Nations. As for the Premier’s statement that she is concerned about the Chinese expanding the use of coal, she has encouraged the export of U.S. low-grade dirty coal through B.C. port facilities, so she is part of the problem. Equally, bitumen is a dirty product that must eventually be eliminated if we are to get off fossil fuels – and that is why the ‘rag-tag’ group, as she calls them, were protesting on Burnaby Mountain. The Premier has now begun to make excuses for the failure of her LNG promises. We should remember her exaggerated claims of prosperity to make it look as though LNG plants would blossom within a short time of her taking office. We must also remember Minister Bennett’s claim that Site C is “the best of all options” and that its construction will “honour the
people of B.C.” It must rank as one of the most fatuous statements ever made by a politician. The Premier and Minister Bennett will most likely be drawing their pensions by the time this white elephant is found to have become an unnecessary burden on B.C. taxpayers. —Ray Eagle, West Vancouver USE COMMON SENSE WHEN LAWMAKING This is in response to Aleisha Hendry’s article ‘Bathroom blunders,’ (Alaska Highway News, May 5, 2016). As usual, liberals can’t see past their own agendas. We don’t think transgender people are going to attack kids in bath and change rooms, but sexual predators using the law to attack women and children. Why endanger millions for a very few? Abuse of the law is already happening. I have no ill will for transgender people, live and let live. When making these laws you have to use common sense and look how it affects everyone. You have to be responsible. — Jim Vestner, Fort St John AN OPEN LETTER ON TEACHER SHORTAGES IN B.C. [Editor’s Note: The following is an abridged open letter sent to Education Minister Mike Bernier, Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson, and Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Minister Shirley Bond. The full text can be read at alaskahighwaynews.ca.] We would like to bring to your attention a systemic challenge facing the supply and demand of public school teachers in our province. One year ago we sent your offices a report we commissioned on the shortage of qualified French teachers. This was in response to a growing call from school districts that were finding it increasingly challenging to hire qualified French immersion teachers. As a small non-profit dedicated to promoting quality and accessible French language programs in our public education system, we felt compelled to study the nature and scope of this problem and to make recommendations to decisionmakers and stakeholders.
Over the past year, we have met with representatives from your ministries, the post-secondary institutions, educational stakeholders, community partners, and academic researchers. As a result of these discussions, it has become apparent to us that the French immersion teacher shortage is endemic of a larger structural problem. Namely, too many teachers are being certified with certain teachable disciplines, and too few are being certified in others. Even though some teacher education programs are shifting the focus from training teachers exclusively for K-12 classrooms to educating educators for a variety of school, and non-school-based contexts, there are still teachable areas where there is excess; in others significant shortages. The impact of this lack of alignment is felt across the province. School districts have too many applicants for certain job postings, and too few in others. New teachers who have a teachable discipline in demand are actively recruited and quickly employed, while others can spend many years on Teacher On Call (TOC) lists underemployed, underproductive, and discouraged. This also impacts the quality of instruction. Where a school is unable to recruit a teacher with certain credentials -- for example, a Math 10 teacher -- exceptions are made and teachers who may lack the confidence in such a subject may be compelled to teach it. This undermines the professional recognition of teachers. Our own study, which was commissioned two years ago and focused on French second language teachers, found that 86% of school districts which offer French immersion programs (48 in total) indicate that it is “challenging” or “very challenging” to fill French immersion teaching positions with qualified applicants. The lack of qualified French immersion teachers is now one of the top reasons school districts give for being unable to expand programming, despite strong province-wide demand from families. In response to our report from last year, the French Programs Department at the Ministry of Education is convening meetings in the near future to study and
propose recommendations vis-àvis the shortage of French second language teachers. We also understand the Government of France has initiated conversations with the Ministry to explore teacher exchange opportunities. We believe these are important steps and look forward to putting forward “significant impact” ideas. We have been following the shift in the provincial government’s approach to in-demand jobs and post-secondary training with interest. Through this process it appears, for whatever reason, the teaching profession has been oversimplified and therefore overlooked. In truth, the situation is more nuanced and requires a more deliberate approach. — Patti Holm President, Canadian Parents for French BC & YK TRUDEAU MUST HALT SITE C Dear Prime Minister Trudeau: I request that you act immediately act to reverse all federal permitting which allows work on the Site C Dam in British Columbia to go forward, or at the very least put into place a moratorium on construction until legal actions by local First Nations have been fully resolved in the courts. This dam is not coming from a place of necessity, but from a place of political grandiosity and greed on the part of the British Columbia government. There is clearly no justification for ignoring the treaty rights of local First Nations, nor for the rape of the earth that is about to occur. It is high time for the abusers to learn that “no means no.” I am a non-Native rancher in the B.C. southern interior and it is my belief that Site C is a clear statement from the provincial and federal government that the centuries-old racist colonial power structure is firmly entrenched, and willing and able to recklessly continue abusive exploitation at the point of a gun as it might wish. I predict Site C will go down in history as a shining symbol of hypocrisy about “truth and reconciliation” in Canada for all the world to see, and that it will be harmful to all Canadians, Native and non-Native alike. — John McNamer, Kamloops
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ire season hit Western Canada this spring with a ferocity few of us have ever witnessed. Our hearts go out to the people of Fort McMurray, and also those closer to home in vicinity of Fort St. John, in the aftermath of the recent fires. People, homes, businesses, and ways-of-life have been devastated in a matter of a few days as infernos have ripped through the tinder-dry forests and communities. As a result of the fires, many production facilities in the oil patch have shut down. What may now come to light as a consequence of these shut downs is the limited ability of remaining suppliers to ramp
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up production to fill the resulting voids. It’s a good time to recall our lessons in supply and demand – and reflect on how events like those we have all just witnessed or lived through may affect markets. Two years ago, crude was selling at more than $100 a barrel as suppliers worldwide held production in check to support prices. OPEC producers (like Saudi Arabia)
consciously put production capacity on hold and then enjoyed generous pricing for the millions of barrels that they did produce every day. As non-OPEC producers like the United States ramped up non-conventional crude production, they put increasing pressure on OPEC to keep supply in balance with demand. As we all know, this induced a significant strategy change from the major conventional oil producers who opened up the taps and flooded the world with oil. With supply significantly exceeding demand, inventories grew and pricing collapsed. No one has been willing to act decisively first to restore
supply into balance with demand. In the last year, rig counts in North America have plummeted and crude production is now finally starting to show signs of decline. Despite the continuing record large crude inventories in North America, crude oil pricing has recovered about 40 per cent from the February lows. This price recovery highlights two observations worth reflecting on: 1) At current production levels, there is very little “spare capacity” that can be brought on line on short notice. Indeed, given the urgent need for cash flow, most producers are maximiz-
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and the Health Ministry of British Columbia. At this point in time we think we are very close to getting the equation right for all. Just to be very clear, this is an internal system between the doctors and the Health Ministry and will have absolutely no affect on the average person receiving care - you will not know there is any change whatsoever. • We are currently in the process of developing a society to oversee the healthcare operations in the clinics that will be under the new physician compensation model, and this society will have a representative from all three of the clinics, one representative from Northern Health, one representative from the Division of Family Practice, and one community representative that will be myself as the local MLA. • The FSJ Family Practice Clinic and the FSJ Primary Care Clinic will be moving to the new physician payment model as of July 1, 2016, while the ABC Clinic is going to be operating exactly as they are today, under the same payment model they have been using for years. This has been a huge amount of work that has been happening over the past year and I am so proud of everyone that has put such an effort into getting a system in place that will serve our region well for many years. I am almost certain that there will be a few internal adjustments that will be required along the way and that is exactly why the Society is being set up—the society will help work through each situation as they arise, and hopefully allow for a very smooth transition. Pat Pimm is the MLA for Peace River North.
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would like to give everybody a bit of an update on what has been going on in our healthcare system in Fort St John. We currently have three clinics within Fort St John and they are: 1) ABC Clinic, which is operating with six general physicians and is also continuing to run a daily walk-in service for their registered patients as well. 2) Fort St. John Family Practice Clinic, which is operating with seven general physicians and also doing a daily walk-in service for their registered patients. 3) Fort St. John Primary Care Clinic, which is operating presently with five general physicians and one nurse practitioner. This clinic is taking walk-ins that are both attached to their physicians as well as patients that present and are not attached to any physician. The projection for this year is as follows: • We have two GP physicians who have indicated they will be leaving and two physicians that have signed contracts (International Medical Graduates) that will be arriving in August/ September. • We have been fairly successful with our specialist recruitment program as we have a second general surgeon arriving mid-May, an OBGYN has arrived and has already started to practice, one psychiatrist has arrived and is now working as well, while a second psychiatrist has signed, but has an unknown start date at this time due to immigration. And, for the first time, we have a pediatrician as of February now working in Fort St. John. • We are continuing to try to recruit internists due to the fact that we lost both of our internists, however, to this point we have not been successful in that recruitment. Our Northeast recruiter is going to be attending an internist convention in May so hopefully that will be successful for us. • We have been very busy since our last update and there have been many changes that have occurred. Northern Health has purchased the Fort St. John Medical Clinic from the PottersHolding Group and so that has gone a long ways to the security of our doctors in the future. We have also been working extremely hard with all of the physicians in the region to come up with a payment system that is going to work for new doctors arriving to the community, for the doctors who are in their best earning years, and also a system that will allow doctors who are looking at slowing their practices down as they near retirement. This has involved a great deal of work between the doctors, the Division of Family Practice, Northern Health
ing production already. This leaves the supply side of the equation vulnerable to unexpected disruptions (like the fires in Fort Mac) – despite the very large crude inventories in the southern U.S. 2) Market participants always tend to “look though” immediate supply /demand balances and try to anticipate future trends. If there were another significant crude oil supply disruption elsewhere in the world now, production will not be able to keep up with demand and price spikes would be very likely. Tim Maryon is vice-president of sales and business development at Peace Country Petroleum in Fort St. John.
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“There is a misconception that there is no First Nations and Métis support for Northern Gateway. This is not true.” - Aboriginal Partners, Northern Gateway
Credit Union delays expansion plan until economy steadies Work continues on cemetery plans on old St. Martin’s Anglican Church lot ALEISHA HENDRY
“The credit union is very sound financially, we don’t wish to jeopardize that with spending a pile of money in an uncertain time.”
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The North Peace Savings and Credit Union (NPSCU) has decided to delay the building of its expansion in Fort St. John. Originally slated to have shovels in the ground this year, NPSCU Vice-President Ken Dickson says the company is now going hold off and reassess in the fall. “Because of the slowdown in the oil and gas industry, we want to make sure we’re doing it at the right time,” said Dickson. “We said was let’s assess this fall … because maybe there will be more certainty around LNG and how long the downturn will last.” The NPSCU is planning to build a new office on the site of the old St. Martin’s Anglican Church on 100 Street in an effort to bring its city employees
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A rendering of plans for the cemetery at the old St. Martin’s Anglican Church site. North Peace Savings & Credit Union says this what they will be transforming the site into throughout the summer and into the fall.
under one roof. The expansion has been designed, and the NPSCU is
finalizing the interior themes and colours so that when the project does go to tender, it
will be ready to go. “The credit union is very sound financially, we don’t
wish to jeopardize that with spending a pile of money in an uncertain time,” said Dickson. He emphasized that the expansion will still be built, hopefully next year. “We’re not going to wait until everything’s booming, because we want to be ahead of that,” he said. “But it will get done.” However, Dickson did say the company would be fixing up the cemetery at the back portion of the lot in the meantime. “We’ve contacted all the relatives we could locate and got their input on what they’d like to see,” he said.
Enbridge seeks three-year extension to start Northern Gateway construction MIKE CARTER, MATT PREPROST dcreporter@dcdn.ca, editor@ahnfsj.ca
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Northern Gateway’s B.C. communication manager Donny van Dyk revealed the companies plans to apply for an extension to its environmental certificate during North Central Local Government Association meetings in Dawson Creek.
Northern Gateway has applied to the National Energy Board for a threeyear extension to the sunset clause for its Northern Gateway pipeline project. The company had until the end of 2016 to begin building the pipeline as part of the 209 conditions outlined in the project’s environmental certificate. However, Enbridge says more time is needed “to receive legal and regulatory certainty” while continuing to build support with First Nations and B.C.’s coastal communities. NEB approval is set to expire at the end of the year if construction on the project has not begun. “Northern Gateway believes projects like ours should be built with First Nations and Métis environmental stewardship, ownership, support and shared control,” Northern Gateway President John Carruthers said in a statement. “Based on collaboration with First Nations and Métis peoples we are building a project partnership in a way and on a scale that has never been done before. This is a true partnership between industry and First Nations and Métis peoples.” He added: “Northern Gateway has changed. We are making progress and remain open to further changes. We believe this is the right course of action for Northern Gateway and the right thing to do as Canadians. We know this process requires time and we are committed to getting it right.” Included in the request to the NEB are signatures from 31 Aboriginal equity partners with a stake in the project. Enbridge says it, along with other project proponents, have reduced their ownership of the project to increase First Nation and Metis ownership from 10 per cent to 33 per cent. Benefits from the project have also doubled to $2 billion for First Nations and Metis com-
munities, the company says. The Aboriginal partners in the project say the application to the NEB is the “first time a project certificate holder has made a joint application to the National Energy Board with its First Nations and Métis partners.” “There is a misconception that there is no First Nations and Métis support for Northern Gateway,” they said in a statement. “This is not true. In fact, support for our project has grown from 26 to 31 communities over the past two years and is continuing to grow.” An Enbridge official first broke news of the extension to the North Central Local Government Association conference in Dawson Creek last week. When the project was approved in the summer of 2014, now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to reverse the decision if elected, saying the project threatens B.C’s coastal economy and the jobs of thousands of people who live on the ocean. During his election campaign, Trudeau promised a moratorium on crude oil tankers on B.C.’s north coast. But according to a report by the Financial Post last month, Transport Minister Marc Garneau, who is responsible for implementing the moratorium, said it was premature to assume that Northern Gateway was dead because of the measure. The project would carry diluted bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands through northern B.C. to an export facility in Kitimat via a 1,177-kilometre pipeline. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley recently confirmed to the National Post that she has discussed the possibility of re-routing the project to a different port with members of the federal cabinet. The project still faces continued opposition from environmental groups and some First Nations, along with a number of conditions set out by the B.C. government.
Feds expected to make decision on Pacific NorthWest LNG this summer The federal government expects its decision on whether to approve Pacific NorthWest LNG to come by “mid- to late summer,” according to a report from Bloomberg News. In an interview last week in Japan, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said Petronas is expected to file the latest set of information to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency soon. “Very shortly after that, the clock begins to tick,” Carr told a reporter. “The government of Canada has given its assurance that a decision will be made within 90 days of that moment.” Canadian officials with Pacific NorthWest LNG couldn’t be immediately reached for comment. As of May 10, no new information had been filed with CEAA.
In March, the federal government pushed pause button on a final decision for the project, delaying it by three months after requesting more information on the project’s environmental and Aboriginal impacts. The CEAA wants more information about the plant’s effects on fish and fish habitat including the Flora Bank, effects on marine mammals, effects of construction noise and light on human health, and effects on current Aboriginal use of lands and resources for traditional purposes. The project would source gas from the North Peace to an export terminal at Lelu Island, and has a total valuation of $36 billion. —Staff
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Oil and Gas Commission issues final approvals for Coastal GasLink TransCanada Corporation says it has received the last of the permits it needs from the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission to build and operate the Coastal GasLink pipeline. On Thursday, May 5, the company said it received the last two of 10 pipeline and facilities permits needed for the project. Eight of those permits allow for pipeline construction, while the other two are for pipeline-related facilities: a natural gas compressor station and meter station in Groundbirch, and a natural gas metering station in Kitimat. The 670-kilometre pipeline would bring gas from an the Groundbirch area to the proposed LNG Canada project near Kitimat for export to Asian markets. “This is a significant regulatory milestone for our project, which is a key component of TransCanada’s growth plan that includes more than $13 billion in proposed natural gas pipeline projects which support the emerging liquefied natural gas industry on
the British Columbia coast,” said TransCanada President and CEO Russ Girling in a statement. “Acquiring these 10 permits demonstrates our commitment in developing this project to the highest standards of environmental protection while delivering benefits to British Columbians and Canadians for decades to come.” According to TransCanada, the pipeline’s customers, the joint venture partners of LNG Canada, are expected to make a final investment decision on the LNG project in late 2016. If a positive decision is made, pipeline construction would begin in 2017. The Royal Dutch Shell PLCled LNG Canada partnership includes Mitsubishi, PetroChina, and Korea Gas Corp. Mitsubishi is a member of the Cutbank Ridge partnership with Encana, one of the most active driller in the South Peace area. C r e w s broke ground on the LNG Canada site in
early December. The permits for Coastal GasLink include some 70 conditions including including ongoing reporting to the OGC, First Nations engagement, heritage conservation, stream crossings, land clearing, engineering, wildlife and terrain stability. In January, the West Moberly First Nations and the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation west of Prince George reached an agreement with TransCanada over construction of the pipeline. The agreements outline benefits and commitments that will be provided to these communities during the pipeline’s lifetime, however, specific details weren’t released. The Blueberry River First Nation north of Fort St. John, had signed a similar agreement in December. Saulteau First Nations, West Moberly’s neighbour, have also signed
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COURT DOCKET Here is what happened in Peace Region courts for the week ending May 6. No cases were up for disposition in Chetwynd, Tumbler Ridge, Hudson’s Hope or Fort Nelson. Fort St. John Law Courts: • Grant James Belanger (born 1986) was sentenced to two years of probation, banned from owning firearms for 20 years, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and handed a $200 victim surcharge for one count careless use or storage of a firearm and one count of assault. Dawson Creek Law Courts: • Raymond Francis Leo Sanche (born 1987) was sentenced to 413 days in jail, seven years probation, and handed $1,100 in victim surcharges for four counts of theft $5,000 or under and three counts breach of probation.
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In light of the economic downturn, the City of Fort St. John is trying to improve access to its bus system for families in need of affordable transportation options. Council unanimously voted on Monday, May 9, to have staff review the value of the bus pass program, and the feasibility of increasing utilization of the bus system during the current economic situation. At the request of Save Our Northern Seniors (SONS), a local group that lobbies
for the interests of the elderly, part of the review will include the HandyDART service, available for transit users who require assistance getting to and from their destination. Advocate Jean Leahy, with fellow SONS board member Sheila Barker, was in council Monday to request extended HandyDART service hours. “We would like to see more hours on Saturday,” she told council. “Threethirty, that’s the last pickup... everything shuts down at four (o’clock).” Many seniors aren’t able to access the Saturday
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HandyDART bus service because often times the service is pre-booked, Leahy said. Further, she told council she and her peers would like to be able to go for dinner one evening per week. With the current service ending so early in the day, many seniors can’t enjoy dinner out. City Manager Dianne Hunter agreed to “have conversations” with BC Transit and take a look at what the cost would be for extended services, and prepare a report for council to consider. “It does provide a quality of life service for those that need to use it,” Hunter said.
Fort St. John could be a-buzz with bees by next spring thanks to a new bylaw city staff is drafting that will allow for beekeeping within municipal boundaries. During its regular meeting on Monday, May 9, council passed a motion directing staff to create a bee bylaw to be in place by spring 2017, a process that will include an education program for council and the community, and enlist the help of local experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and other apiaries. Keeping bees “has bros and cons,” staff note in a report to council. “Research and studies have shown that neighbours have been swarmed and attacked by active honey bees. The myth that honey bees are not aggressive is not true. Honey bees, when active, are territorial and aggressive. Bees can pose a danger to residents and pets while in their active stage.” As such, an increase in training and education for bylaw enforcement officers will be required.
Knappett awarded $3M sewer contract A Fort St. John company has been awarded the tender for a storm sewer project valued at more $3 million. The company, Knappett Industries Ltd., will be responsible for constructing and installing a 2.1-metre diameter storm sewer along 93 Avenue from just west of 96 Street to 100 Street, installing a sidewalk on the north side, and street light-
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ing along 93 Avenue, as well as a full asphalt overlay of the entire street. The project also includes a storm sewer system installation on the North Alaska Frontage between 102 Street and 104 Street, with road reconstruction, curb, gutter, sidewalks and streetlights, according to staff’s report to council. The work is the third and
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final phase of improvements outlined in the city’s Storm Water Master Plan prepared by Urban Systems in 2013. The city received two bids for the third phase of work: Knappett Industries Ltd., which listed a price of $3,050,802.30; and Jakes Construction Ltd., based out of Chilliwack, with a price tag of $3,715,950. —Bronwyn Scott
RCMP in Fort Nelson are searching for a 65-year-old man who went missing after a boating accident on the Liard River May 2. Mounties are assisting family, friends and North Peace Search and Rescue members in the search after three men were thrown into the river when their jet boat capsized. The three were navigating a stretch of river known as Hell Gate when the boat capsized. Two of the men swam to shore but the other remains missing. A search
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has been on since May 3. Police are not releasing the identity of the missing man. “This is a tragic accident and our focus at this point is working with an unbelievable number of volunteers who are fully engaged in locating the missing man,” Staff Sgt. Steve McLeod said. On Thursday, North Peace SAR tweeted that swift water rescue members were headed to Fort Nelson to assist in the search. —Staff
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See more at: alaskahighwaynews.ca Stephen Bertoria, a construction officer with BC Hydro, in a trailer that serves as a lounge for staff while the main worker camp is being built. BC Hydro expects to acquire a liquor licence for the camp this summer. JONNY WAKEFIELD PHOTO
Inside Site C’s ‘hotel-like’ worker camp
$470M project built to compete with lucrative oilfield competitors JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca
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ith a movie theatre, licensed lounge, running track and basketball court, physiotherapy, massage and hairdressing services, it’s clear the Site C dam worker camp was designed in an age of $100 a barrel oil. The first phase of the $470-million worker camp, which will eventually house as many as 2,000 workers on the dam, was completed late last month. The three-story modular structure is still bare bones— there are currently beds for 300 workers—but will eventually feature amenities that wouldn’t be out of place at a hotel.
Two downturns later When the B.C. government approved the controversial $8.8-billion project in December 2014, unemployment in Northeast B.C. was virtually non-existent, and many questioned whether enough skilled workers could be found for the project. Now, with the region experiencing some of the worst joblessness in a generation, the camp JONNY WAKEFIELD PHOTO stands as a reminder of just how Breanna Palmer staffs the front desk choosy workers could be. at the Site C worker lodge. To compete with lucrative oilfield competitors, ATCO Two ing to happen with the economy, Rivers Lodging Group designed so you have to plan for tighter the camp with amenities top of workforce conditions, and the mind. Site C spokesperson Dave amenities is one of the choices Conway said economic times workers make in choosing where have changed since Site C was they want to work.” taken off the shelf in 2007. Construction finished last “We’ve seen two economic month on Phase One of the prodownturns in that period,” he ject, which includes beds for said. “You never know what’s go- 300 workers. At full capacity, the
camp will be able to house 2,000. At first, BC Hydro planned to build separate work camps on either side of the river, connected by a construction bridge completed earlier this year. Eventually, the decision was made to go with one massive work camp on the dam’s North Bank. Camp just a part of workforce housing Not all Site C employees will live at the camp. Local hires can continue to live in Fort St. John or the surrounding area, while at least one long-term stay campsite has been expanded for workers who choose to live in RVs or trailers. Planning for the camp was taking place when Fort St. John had one of the lowest vacancy rates in the province. Now, it has one of the highest.
“We were hearing a lot from the city and the region at the time about the impacts on housing in the city and their availability,” Conway said. “We looked at a combination of things: work camp for some of the workforce, (and) in-town housing for local and regional hires.” BC Hydro also paid to expand long-term stay RV sites near Taylor, as well as fifty housing units in the city of Fort St. John as part of a community measures agreement. Ten of those units have been set aside for social housing, while the other 40 will house BC Hydro employees during construction. When construction is complete, the 50 units will be managed by a social housing non-profit. An Alaska Highway News reporter toured the camp in early May.
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The temporary construction camp will be taken down once the $470 million main camp is complete. At its peak, the camp will be able to house 2,000 workers.
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Chetwynd man to walk across Peace Region for mental health Stan Fraser hits the road from Hudson’s Hope to Fort St. John June 2 MIKE CARTER dcreporter@dcdn.ca
Chetwynd’s Stan Fraser is planning to do something remarkable this summer. On June 2, he will start a walk around the Peace Region, blazing the hot pavement from Hudson’s Hope to Fort St. John, Fort St. John to Dawson Creek and on to Chetwynd where he will end the loop on June 11 during the town’s annual international chainsaw carving championship. He’ll do it all on his time off, while working a full-time job at Caribou Road Services (CRS). But it’s not just for exercise. Along the way, Fraser hopes to raise awareness about mental health issues. He joins the chorus of voices trying to turn the tide against the stigma surrounding mental illness for those who suffer mostly in silence. It’s a symbolic journey. Dealing with depression is something that has to be done one day, one hour— one step at a time, he says. His daughter, now 35, a long-
time sufferer from depression and anxiety, is his inspiration. “It’s never held her back,” Fraser said. “She is a go-getter. She doesn’t let anything stop her. She’s a big inspiration for me and a whole lot of others. “Some days just getting out of bed is a huge effort for a lot of people,” Fraser added. “To watch your child go through (something) like that and wanting to help, but knowing you have to be patient and understanding— it’s hard.” Fraser says he was also inspired by Nelson Mandela’s autobiography: A Long Walk to Freedom. “That book set the tone of me,” Fraser says. “It’s a long walk, one step at a time but thats how we get to where we want to go.” The Peace Region walk is only a warm-up. Fraser hopes to walk from Prince Rupert to Halifax in 2017. CRS has already agreed to give him a seven-month leave of absence for the cross-country journey. He has been prepping for the Peace Reigon walk since Christmas with a personal trainer and
lately, with the weather a bit warmer, he has been getting out on the highways to walk 35 kilometres a day, three days a week. “I’m finding some things out about myself being alone for hours at a time on highways,” he said with a laugh before some seriousness returned to his face. “A lot of people who are going through depression hide it,” he said. “That’s why you don’t know if your friend is depressed or just being a ‘whiner.’ We all have to learn. I think once us so-called ‘normal Canadians’ start realizing that this is not a weakness, we can start to understand what folks are going through.” Fraser is challenging all of the area schools to bring their kids out to walk with him for the last few kilometres of each day. “Don’t talk about me; walk with me, talk with me,” he says. “Because you’re young, old, rich —no one is exempt. (Mental illness) has no biases whatsoever. We all suffer. It’s how we want to act, how we want people to look at us. Being an ostrich and sticking your head in the sand doesn’t make the problem go away. I think we’ve learned that.”
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Fraser draws inspiration from his daughter who battles anxiety and depression. He was also inspired by Nelson Mandela’s autobiography: Long Walk to Freedom. “The book set the tone for me,” he says. “It’s a long walk, one step at a time but thats how we get to where we want to go.”
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SHELL OPERATIONS MANAGER UPDATE It has been a memorable year since I joined the Shell Groundbirch team last June. Being from the Netherlands and having spent the past years in Houston, my family is proud to have “survived” our first Canadian winter, although I appreciate that some might say it wasn’t a real winter! We will play an important role in supplying affordable energy, feeding a growing world population for generations to come. It’s with that long term view that we look at all our priorities.
Founding members of the University of Alberta’s Shell Eco-marathon team
MATTHEW SPONIAR IS AN ENGINEER IN SHELL’S NEW GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SHELL GROUNDBIRCH’S FORT ST. JOHN OFFICE. Five years ago he assembled a team of like-minded young innovators to build a fully functioning hydrogen powered urban concept car made from fully biodegradable materials. Even as a university student, he has always been driven to find innovative solutions for the future. “It’s worthwhile as it’s the way the world is going,” Matthew says, reflecting on his team’s journey. “Steve” the car competed in the Shell Eco-marathon, a global competition that challenges high school and postsecondary students to design and build energy efficient cars of the future. “Participating in the Shell Eco-marathon means learning to operate in a non-linear world where getting the technology right was only one part”, says Matthew. “We had to manage people with competing priorities of having school, jobs and lives as well as finding the funding for our
University of Alberta’s Shell Eco-marathon winning hydrogen fuel cell car with body made from bio degradable components
car and adapting to last minute changes that occur in the real world.” In their first year the company commissioned to manufacture the car’s body notified the team that it would not be completed in time. Facing the options of not competing or giving it their best try, the whole team rallied over sleepless nights to create a body from scratch in only one week leading up to the competition.
One of the things that I’m personally passionate about is education and training. Science is my background, so I’m always eager to share that with my children. Science and innovation can help realize the dreams of our future. Helping to create that early spark of interest is a focus for Shell. Education and hands on learning unlocks the tremendous potential of our youth and fosters a talented local workforce.
Since Matthew first started the team, the team has gone on to win first place. Today, at Shell, he manages the day to day operations of Shell’s water handling facilities and applies the same innovative mindset and drive to find long term solutions in a changing world with multiple constraints. Matthew comments that it may have been stressful at times, but the experience was all worth it. “I encourage students to take on something new outside of their school work. It opens up experiences for deeper learning and exposes you to a greater understanding of the world.” Interested in how you can play a role in energy innovation? Visit http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation.
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Mud flies at Mother’s Day race over 200 riders entered race day at the Peace Motocross Association season kickoff in Taylor BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
The kind of mud treatment riders got at the annual Taylor Mother’s Day motocross race, was not quite the loving holiday spa gift you give to your mom. The Mother’s Day race in Taylor has been a tradition for at least the last 30 years, when it started with no more than 30 riders hitting the track. These days, the race is part of the Peace Motocross Association (PMA) tour that will travel to Fort St. John and Dawson Creek later this summer. Sunday marked the first race of the PMA season and despite rain, snow and extremely muddy conditions, more than 200 competitors took to the track in their first chance to accumulate points for the 10-race circuit across Alberta and B.C. “She’s chaos, absolutely chaos. They’re tough kids, everybody is tough and they want to roll,” Taylor Motocross track executive John Lind said
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Young riders in the 50cc class eagerly anticipate their race during Sunday’s Mother’s Day Peace Motocross Association race in Taylor.
on race day Sunday. “That’s the whole PMA, it’s all a big family thing and everybody is here and you can only do their best, everybody is loving it. It is what it is, it’s motocross, it’s not street racing.”
Trentyn Calloway rips through the motocross track in Taylor with ease on Sunday.
That sentiment was echoed by 24-year-old Connor Capelle, who finished second in his second race of the day and caked in mud he said there’s one of these types of races every year and while it’s tough racing, there’s still a lot of fun to be had. “It was really muddy today, pretty hard, definitely a struggle just to not crash,” he said. “Best thing to do in this is to just look ahead. Juts look at the next corner and try and keep your head up… they don’t really rain out races very often, if it rains or snows or whatever you just have to deal with it. This maybe happens once or twice a year… I was looking forward to this race, too bad it rained all day but it was still fun.” The faces of the young riders who enthusiastically took to
the track after the weather warmed up and the track dried told Lind everything he needed to know about the day. “We cut a bunch of the track out and spread a bunch more woodchips and cleaned up a
bunch of the ruts and cleaned the jumps up. Shortened it up, just to get the small guys through,” Lind added. Capelle, a veteran on the PMA circuit, has some significant experience on tracks of all different conditions throughout western Canada, including several races on the pro circuit last season. He said his time at local races helped him understand what he need to do to compete on a bigger stage. “Around here there’s usually between 5 to 7 guys that you can compete with. Sometimes there’s three or four guys that are really competitive. A lot smaller classes and a lot less pressure, not as much stress (here), just practice for the big races,” Capelle added. The next race of the circuit will take place on May 15 in Beaverlodge before hitting up Dawson Creek on May 29. For more information on the circuit, check out www.peacemotocrossassociation.com
Alex Farquhar slogs through the mud at the Taylor Motocross track on Sunday.
Keeper clinic hits on finer points of tough position Three-day soccer clinic teaches goalies the right way to play from top level coach BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
Gaetano Mauro treats goalkeeping like it’s the key to unlocking that old treasure chest hidden in your grandparents’ closet. Mauro is unabashedly passionate about the position that most think is an afterthought in the soccer world, the place where you stash players who don’t have great skill or athletic ability. For three days last weekend, the longtime soccer coach from Prince George taught 23 Fort St. John soccer goalies the ins and outs of the position, with an emphasis on how important the keeper has become in today’s game. Along with that, he said the days of a passive goalkeeper are long gone and the only way to be successful is by being assertive in the net. “Angles; attacking and challenging for the ball. Being aggressive on the ball, sometimes they hesitate and when you hesitate you are giving the attacker all the chances of scoring,” he said Saturday at the Kids Arena Fieldhouse about what advice he has for the future goalies. “You need to be challenging and attacking the ball. Because if you get there before they do then you minimize the chances of scoring. Simple rule—that
works out well.” Mauro, who has spent the last three decades coaching soccer and has been coming Fort St. John for the last several years said he’s starting to see a network of passionate goalies emerge in the community. A few kids who have since graduated from the youth soccer program have expressed interest in becoming instructors, which is encouraging for Mauro. “They would have somebody here throughout the season to pass what they learned this weekend…the positive is that we’re gaining some coaches, that can actually do a year round training for specific goaltending training. That is what I’m looking for,” he noted. Mauro added that one thing he sees from young players all the time is the inability to learn for their mistakes, something that can hinder development if it’s not addressed in the early years of goalkeeping or sport in general. “First of all they need to develop at their pace. You cannot push them into becoming big goaltenders all at once, we need to be patient and they need to make mistakes and learn from the mistakes,” he said. “Are they going to make mistakes? They definitely are. Are they making the same mistakes, that’s what I’m worried about. Because if they are making the
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(Above): Teigen Wandler protects the ball and looks for a pass during a drill at the Kids Arena Fieldhouse on Saturday in Fort St. John. (Below) Gaetano Mauro (right) educates young keepers in Fort St. John on the finer points of the position.
same mistakes, that indicates that they are not learning.” That rule not only goes for players, but coaches who typically see the last line of defense as the point where the problem starts. “Coaches need to learn things as well,” Mauro explained. “Not to point fingers at the goaltender when he has made a mistake, when before that there has been three or four mistakes on the field that created the problem for the goalkeeper. That’s a key thing.”
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Bowie taken in WHL Bantam Draft Fort St. John native Connor Bowie was selected in the WHL Bantam Draft last week BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
Connor Bowie was sitting in a place where most 15-year-olds dread, trying to focus on a science problem at school ahead of the impending distraction that sat on his cell phone. Last Thursday, May 5, Bowie was in line to be drafted in the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, the pipeline that lands many young players under the wings of strong hockey programs and hopefully to the ultimate dream– the NHL. The Fort St. John native knew of the interest in him– a few scouts had talked to him and watched him play this season, but when his phone buzzed out of control Thursday, he knew it finally happened. “My phone was going off, I was trying to finish my worksheet,” Bowie said sheepishly. “I finally pulled out my phone and it just said ‘congratula-
tions, good job in the draft, you deserve it’ and all these texts. Then my dad said ‘meet me outside’... [then] he asked me how it felt to be a Winterhawk.” The Portland Winterhawks took Bowie in the seventh round of the bantam draft, making him the fifth player from the region in the last two seasons to be drafted, and just the second from Fort St. John. The Calgary Hitmen drafted Tristen Nielsen, who played at Edge School for Athletes for the last two years and is originally from Fort St. John, in the first round in 2015. “I feel pretty proud, excited just to get the opportunity to be drafted and maybe get the chance to go play for them. It feels pretty cool to be one of the people representing Fort St. John that got drafted,” he said. While the seventh round is still a long way from earning a spot on the Winterhawks,
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Last season, Connor Bowie racked up 39 goals and 23 assists for 62 points including four game-winning goals, seven power play goals in 28 games with the Fort St. John Northern Metalic Bantam Flyers to lead the Edmonton Rural Bantam Hockey League.
with Bowie’s size, at 6-1, 185 lbs and still growing, there’s a solid opportunity for him to turn some heads when he ships off to rookie camp in Portland in August. “I just think I’m going to go out there and do everything I can, being a younger guy always try to pass older guys. Just showing them I can play at their level,” he said. “I think I’m going to try and impress people with my speed and skating ability and my shot. I’m going to try and skate and shoot as fast as a can.” Bowie also had a last chance opportunity to impress some scouts in Salmon Arm last
month at the U16 B.C. Cup, an experience that he said will really help his development down the road. “We had a Junior A assistant coach with us and he gave me some pointers on how to protect the puck better. That was a really positive thing,” Bowie said. “Coming from what I played this year, to going to that, it was a big jump but that’s something I’d like to be doing all the time, playing at the best level. It was nice to see where I have to keep working towards.” Last season, he racked up 39 goals and 23 assists for 62 points including four game-winning goals, seven
power play goals in 28 games with the Fort St. John Northern Metalic Bantam Flyers to lead the Edmonton Rural Bantam Hockey League. For now, Bowie plans on acting like any other teen this summer, playing some baseball and just getting in better shape for next season. “Just starting to get back into it, get the training going for August so I can be at the top of my game… (working out) in the mornings with Phil (Hiscock) and then shooting pucks and roller blading, really anything I can do just to get better,” he said.
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This Week: THE PLAYERS Championship
THE PLAYERS Championship is generally referred to as the 5th major championship on the PGA Tour. This event began in 1974 as the Defending: Rickie Fowler Tournament Players Championship Winning Score: 12-under par with Jack Nicklaus winning the first Winning Share: $1,800,000 event. Nicklaus would go on to win this tournament two more times (1976, 1978) and is the only player to have won this tournament on three separate occassions. The tournament became known as THE PLAYERS Championship in 1988 and will boast one of the largest purses on the PGA Tour ($10,000,000) this season. TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. 7,220 yards, Par 72
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Last Week: James Hahn won at Quail Hollow
James Hahn defeated Tournament Results Roberto Castro with a par 1. James Hahn Score: -9 *won in playoff on the first hole of a playoff Earnings: $1,314,000 Sunday in the Wells Fargo 2. Roberto Castro Score: -9 Championship to earn his second Earnings: $788,400 PGA Tour title. On the first playoff 3. Justin Rose Score: -8 hole, Castro’s tee shot found the Earnings: $496,400 creek on the left side of the fairway and his third shot landed in a spectator’s shoe on the side of the green. Castro was able to remove the ball from the shoe and managed to get up and down for bogey. Hahn, though, struck a beautiful second shot in the heart of the green and two putted to win the tournament.
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John Daly’s debut on the 50plus PGA Tour Champions circuit ended in a T-17. Daly shot a final round 1-under 71 on Sunday, finishing at 2-under par for the tournament, 10 shots behind winner Jesper Parnevik. “It was a solid week and I played Golf Trivia better than I thought I would,” Daly said. What is the record for most balls in the “I hit a lot of fairways this week. The irons water at the hole #17, this island green, weren’t all that great. I was really close to at the PLAYERS Championship? being good. But for not playing, I’m pretty a) 25 c) 74 pleased. I’ll just go home this week and b) 51 d) 93 work on the things I need to work on.” Daly Answer: d) 93 balls found the water in 2007. averaged 315.8 yards off the tee, nearly 50 Fifty balls found the water in just the first round yards longer than the tour average, while managing to hit 35 of 42 fairways. that year.
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Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the most common problems that the amateur golfer has on the green is not having the proper setup before hitting the ball. Most golfers set their weight toward the forward foot when putting. From this position, you have to take the putter back with a slightly upward motion and not allow the putter to swing back low to the ground. Here are a few tips to try and alleviate this problem. Center your weight so you feel balanced over the ball and not bearing too much weight over either foot. You also want your head to feel positioned more to the back side of the ball than the front side. This slight adjustment will result in your arms being more free. Consequently, you will swing the putter back lower, keeping the putter on the ground longer. Therefore, you will make a purer swing than before.
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James Hahn
Turned Professional: 2003 FedEx Cup Ranking: 26th World Ranking: 55th PGA Tour Wins: 2
FedEx Cup Standings Through May 9, 2016
1) Adam Scott
1,782 pts. / 4 top tens
2) Jason Day
1,440 pts. / 5 top tens
3) Brandt Snedeker 1,300 pts. / 5 top tens
4) Russell Knox 1,300 pts. / 3 top tens
5) Kevin Kisner 1,182 pts. / 4 top tens
FedEx Cup Standings continued... Player Points 6) Patrick Reed 1,161 7) Jordan Spieth 1,132 8) Kevin Na 1,130 9) Hideki Matsuyama 1,054 10) Justin Thomas 1,051
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Black Sox out of WBL for 2016 season
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The field down the road from Northern Lights College, the only one suitable for senior baseball, sits noticeably idle these days. The Fort St. John Black Sox, who usually occupy the diamond and sling on their cleats this time of year to compete in the seven-team Wheatbelt Baseball League that plays largely in Alberta, won’t field a team this summer. The Black Sox are long removed from their WBL title in 2008 and with player numbers dwindling in the last few years along with the departure of mainstay Ryan Stickel, who handled who a lot of the organizing in the last several years, the players who remain in town felt there wasn’t enough interest to continue on this season. The Black Sox also haven’t made the playoffs the past two seasons. The team told league commissioner Dave Allan in mid-April that they wouldn’t compete in the league. “This year with the departure of [Ryan] Stickel and Craig Stewart we’ve lost our two main pitchers. Having to play a double header every other weekend and losing our two main arms, it just wasn’t going to work unfortunately,” infielder Ryan O’Connell said, as one of the players who has been with the team on and off since day one.
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Turnouts have been sparse for the Fort St. John Black Sox the last two seasons, so in 2016 they won’t field a team in the Wheatbelt baseball League.
“Pitchers aside, the last few years the number of guys who can commit to playing ball has dwindled. We have a group of about 6-8 guys who can commit for most weekends, but we’re still about 6 to 8 guys short. This team is a commitment as there is a lot of travel and there is just not enough guys that want to play ball with their summer.” O’Connell added that while the Black Sox are taking the year off, he hopes the continued development of minor baseball helps keep the passion for the sport in the community and they can make a return to the WBL soon. “The last few years some guys only want to come out and play if they’ve got nothing better to do. Unfortunately, you can run a team like that,” he added.
“It’s tough because there isn’t really much of a feeder system in town either. Minor ball has huge registration numbers this year, which is really exciting to see, but as far as the 17-18 year olds who are going to be ready to play men’s baseball in the next year or two, those numbers are quite low.” The plan for the Sox going forward is to try and organize a few practices a week during the summer for players who are interested and some of the players from last year’s squad. If hardball players are interested in getting their swings in, contact O’Connell at or Jon Tighe, jm.tighe24@gmail.com. The team is also in the hunt for a coach/coordinator to help facilitate practises.
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Kids from all across School District 60 gathered at North Peace Secondary School on Thursday and Friday last week for the district badminton tournament. Charlie Lake School was once again crowned the champion and Baldonnel School took home the Barry Bourdan award based on the number of students in their school and the number of points they earned at the tournament.
TRACKING THE TRAP
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Matt Preprost does his best gunslinger impression at the Dawson Creek District Hospital Foundation Fun Trap Shoot Sunday, May 8. A dozen trap shooting enthusiasts turned up for the annual event despite a rainy and wet conditions.
W EEKLY P RO R ACING U PDATE Racing News, Stats & Trivia
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2016 Standings Sprint Cup Series Top Ten 1) Kevin Harvick
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Location: Dover, Del. Date: May 15th, 1:15 p.m. TV: NBCSN Last Year’s Pole: Denny Hamlin - 160.121 mph Last Year’s Winner: Jimmie Johnson
Dover International Speedway
Points: 390 Wins: 1 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 9
2) Kyle Busch
Points: 386 Wins: 3 Top 5: 9 Top 10: 9
3) Carl Edwards
Points: 367 Wins: 2 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 8
Xfinity Series Top Ten Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) Daniel Suarez 3) Ty Dillon 4) Justin Allgaier 5) Brendan Gaughan 6) Brandon Jones 7) Erik Jones 8) Brennan Poole 9) Darrell Wallace Jr. 10) Ryan Reed
4) Jimmie Johnson
5) Kurt Busch
Points: 350 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 9
6) Brad Keselowski On a lazy Fall afternoon in 1985, 22,000 people watched as Harry Gant, driving the Mach 1 Chevrolet, won NASCAR’s Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway. On that same afternoon, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart were teenagers. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was only 11. Now, those 1985 grandstands have been replaced by a more modern steel and concrete edifice, seating more than 140,000 race fans. Twice a year, they pack the stands for NASCAR tripleheader weekends featuring the Truck Series, Nationwide Series, and Gordon, Stewart, and Earnhardt Jr. going fender to fender in the Cup series.
Points: 332 Wins: 2 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 6
7) Joey Logano
Points: 320 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 6
8) Austin Dillon
Points: 307 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 6
9) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Racing News
Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a new format for the May 21 NASCAR Sprint AllStar Race. The unique format includes two 50-lap segments with mandatory green-flag pit stops destined to shuffle the field that culminates with a 13-lap final segment to win the race. Prior to the start of the final segment, a random draw will decide whether the top nine, 10 or 11 cars will enter pit road for a mandatory four-tire pit stop. The rest will stay out on older tires and lead the field to green for the final segment. Cars with four new tires will line up behind those with older tires. It all adds up to a gripping fight-to-the-front finish for $1 million.
Racing Trivia
Points: 305 Wins: 0 Top 5: 4 Top 10: 5
Which driver won the first Sprint All-Star Race in 1985?
10) Martin Truex Jr.
a) Darrell Waltrip b) Bill Elliott
Points: 303 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 4
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c) Terry Labonte d) Dale Earnhardt
Answer : a) Darrell Waltrip also won the Sprint Cup Championship that year.
Shape: Oval Distance: 1.0 miles Turns / Straights: 24º / 9º
Points: 353 Wins: 2 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 6
Points 314 314 282 280 279 274 264 251 229 221
Last Weekend’s Race: Kyle Busch won the GoBowling 400 GoBowling 400 Top Ten Driver Points Kyle Busch 44 Kevin Harvick 39 Kurt Busch 38 Matt Kenseth 38 Ryan Blaney 36 Austin Dillon 35 Ryan Newman 34 AJ Allmendinger 33 Chase Elliott 32 Brad Keselowski 32
Kyle Busch finally overcame his gremlins at Kansas Speedway in a race that left Martin Truex Jr. overcome with frustration. On Saturday night, in stark contrast to many of his prior misadventures at the 1.5-mile track, Busch waited until after the GoBowling 400 to destroy his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, a feat he accomplished during his celebratory burnout. Busch took the lead for good on Lap 231 of 267 after Truex, who led a race-high 172 laps, brought his car back to pit road on Lap 215 because of a loose wheel. With the fastest car out of contention, Busch held off Kevin Harvick’s charge to win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Kansas, his third of the season and the 37th of his career.
Kyle Busch Born: May 2, 1985 Crew Chief: Adam Stevens Car: Toyota
Year 2016 2015
Wins 3 5
Top 10s 9 16
Avg. Finish 12.0 8.2
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U17/18 NBCVC Ice battle tough at Nationals
BRIDGING THE GAP
BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
The Fort St. John Ice Volleyball Club (NBCVC Ice) represented at Nationals in Edmonton last weekend from May 5-8 as the girls U17/18 team competed against the best in the country. The Ice started the tournament out strong with two wins in their first three games on Friday in Division three, but struggled on Saturday and Sunday losing all four games. The Ice opened the tournament with a loss to Durham Attack from Ontario in straight sets (25-22, 25-22), before coming back with wins against Elevate of B.C. (17-25,25-20,17-15) and SLVC Wave of Alberta (25-17,25-21). In the power pool portion of the tournament on Saturday, the Ice dropped
their opening game to the Cochrane Jaguars (18-25, 13-25) and the second match to the Thunder (8-25, 18-25). In their third game of the day, the Ice pushed the Predators from Alberta to three games, but couldn’t quite pull out the win (14-25,25-16, 11-15). The Ice lost their final game of the weekend to the eventual tier 2 champions Apex Avalanche of B.C. (15-25,16-25).
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James Bridges takes a kick during a rugby game against Grande Prairie Composite May 4 in Dawson Creek. It was an eventful game for Bridges, who lifted his team 33-26 over Grande Prairie in a comeback in the last two minutes with a try off a scrum. Bridges broke through three defenders, earning him the Man of the Match distinction, Coach Mark Rogers said. The girls side, meanwhile, won their game 30-10.
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On May 3, Fort St. John Olympic speed skater Denny Morrison held a short press conference at the Olympic Oval in Calgary to update his condition after suffering a stoke in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 23. Following his return to Calgary, Morrison met with a stroke specialist as well as Canadian Long Track Speed Skating Team doctor, Dr. Victor Lun. “Denny Morrison is doing well overall,” said Dr. Victor Lun. “He still has some mild symptoms from his stroke and is feeling more tired than usual. He will be seeing the stroke specialist again next week to review his progress and to consider further treatment options. He will be resting from training for at least six weeks to allow his brain to recover from the stroke.” The 30-year-old was hospitalized following a bike ride on the Arizona Trail and was given computerized tomography (CT Scan) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans that confirmed a brain blood clot and a carotid artery dissection had occurred. No surgery was required and no blood thinners are being used. Morrison spoke briefly at the press event, but is confident he will be able to return to speed skating quickly. “I feel lucky that I will be able to be back on my skates after this once again life-threatening episode,” Morrison said. “This setback is frustrating and a bit terrifying because I consider myself in above average to very good health, yet I still experienced a stroke, proving that it can happen to anyone, at any time, at any age and anywhere.” The four-time Olympic medalist has been cautioned to take time with his recovery, but still feels like the 2018 Olympics are an achievable goal. “Even if I feel like I’m ready to get back to training, I’ll take all the necessary time to get back in shape,” added Morrison. “Of course, I’m anxious to continue training and to get back into things after finishing off last season with a good
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Denny Morrison was hospitalized following a bike ride on the Arizona Trail and was given computerized tomography (CT Scan) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans that confirmed a brain blood clot and a carotid artery dissection had occurred. The Fort St. John native is now recovering in Calgary.
race. I’m happy I was able to go on the Arizona Trail this offseason, as I think it provided me with an excellent training base and some momentum heading into this upcoming summer of training. “I wanted to see how far I could go after recovering from my motorcycle accident; but with this newest twist, once again it’s more about safety for the time being. My goal is first to limit my risk of having another stroke, then I’ll worry about getting back in shape and continuing my recovery, both from my motorcycle accident and my stroke, so I can work towards proudly representing Canada at the 2018 Olympic Games.” Following a serious motorcycle accident which occurred on May 7, 2015, Denny Morrison only took part in the last national competition of the 20152016 season.
SCOREBOARD 1 Chi White Sox 2 Cleveland 3 Kansas City 4 Detroit 5 Minnesota
MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Team 1 Baltimore 2 Boston 3 Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 5 NY Yankees Central
W 18 19 17 15 12
L 12 13 17 15 12
GB 3.0 3.0 4.5
PCT 0.600 0.594 0.500 0.500 0.400
West 1 Seattle 2 Texas 3 Oakland 4 LA Angels 5 Houston NATIONAL LEAGUE
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10 14 16 17 23
0.697 6.0 0.517 7.0 0.484 8.0 0.452 14.0 0.258
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0.594 0.545 0.424 0.419 0.394
East Team 1 NY Mets 2 Washington 3 Philadelphia 4 Miami 5 Atlanta
W 20 20 18 17 7
L 11 12 14 14 23
GB 0.5 2.5 3.0 12.5
PCT 0.645 0.625 0.563 0.548 0.233
Central 1 Chi Cubs 2 Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 5 Milwaukee
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Stage North’s latest production, Outlaw, brings the audience back to the Old West ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca
It’s a case of mistaken identity that may very well end in the hanging of a Canadian cattle driver working in Kansas. Stage North is bringing its latest production, Outlaw, to the North Peace Cultural Centre for a three-night run starting Thursday night. Director Blair Scott, who stepped away from theatre for a few years, says he’s always wanted to do western. When he discovered Canadian playwright Norm Foster had one in the saddle, he jumped at the chance. “It’s a very dark comedy,” he said. “I’ve been out for four years, so I think it’s a great play to get my feet wet again.” The four-man play has a Canadian named Bob Hicks, played by Donny Truscott, who has just finished up a three-month cattle drive and is eager to get back home to Manitoba. He’s woken by a ranch hand by the name of Will Vanhorne, played by Cody MacGillivray, pointing a gun in his face saying he’s to hang for killing his boss’s brother—a crime Hicks swears he didn’t commit. Bob and Will are first joined by the corrupt sheriff Dupius Tarwater, played by William Smith, then by the man who ordered the hanging, Roland Keets, played by Kyle Behrens, a wealthy rancher who doesn’t have much need for getting to know people on a personal level. The show plays into stereotypical American and Canadian thoughts on guns, with Hicks not believing in carrying a gun and his American captors in utter disbelief that a man wouldn’t have
a gun on his person at all times. Truscott spends a good portion of the show trying to convince the others that he’s an innocent man, but it’s mostly in vain. “There’s a noose around my neck for a period of time,” he said. Hicks does manage to convince MacGillivray’s ranch hand to let him down, where the two men get to know each other and their motivations. MacGillivray says his character is “a pretty straight edge guy, I don’t get involved in things that don’t involve me, not a trouble maker, just an honest, hard worker.” Which makes it difficult when he’s dragged into the whole hanging mess. Smith says playing a dirtbag sheriff is a new thing for him, but he’s enjoyed the experience so far. “If I do my job, everyone will hate me by the end. They will just despise me,” he said. How does a dirtbag become sheriff? He’s appointed by Behrens’ resident cattle baron to help keep things going his way. His main motivation, says Behrens, is getting justice for his murdered brother, even if it means hanging an innocent man. The show has its share of colourful language, so parents should be aware of that before deciding to bring their kids to the performance. Outlaw runs May 12, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the North Peace Cultural Centre, with a special matinee performance on May 14 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the Cultural Centre box office by calling 250-785-1992. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO
William Smith, Kyle Behrens and Donny Truscott star in the Stage North production of Outlaw.
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ARTS & CULTURE
The Laramie Project leaves lasting impression North Peace Secondary students tackle bigotry in pulled-from-theheadlines play ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca
A story about a gay university student that was beaten and left for dead has resonated with students at North Peace Secondary School. The Acting 10/11/12 class recently put on a three-night run of The Laramie Project, a show based on the true story of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming. “They spent time analyzing the play, seeing why it’s important,” said acting teacher Nadine Aulin. “I think for a lot of these students, it applies to their lives too. I know a couple of them it deeply applies to their lives.” Two men, Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, both of whom expressed their hatred of gay people in their statements to police and during their trial, picked up Shepard at a gay bar and took him to a remote location where he was tied to a fence and beaten within an inch of his life. Shepard was later found and taken to hospital, where he died six days later. The play itself is a series of monologues from the people who were interviewed about Shepard’s death, from those at the bar he was at the night he was beaten, to the very people accused in his death. The students all played more than one character in the show. Grade 11 student Alex Collins plays both a limo driver, who was the last person to see Shepard before is death, and a DJ at the bar who was the last person to speak to Shepard before he left that night. Both were intense roles, as both characters had to deal with the “what ifs.” “I’ve never really done anything this dark, I’m usually very happy, song-and-dance,” said Collins. “It may be dark, but it’s real, and it’s something that people really need to know is out there and it could
HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) This is a tricky day because you have great moneymaking ideas, but you should wait until tomorrow to act. Today’s overconfidence might trip you up. TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) You are persuasive today. Naturally, you can use this advantage to go after what you want. However, what you want might be different by tomorrow! GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) You want to seek out answers today. You also have patience and motivation to find what you’re looking for. In fact, you feel like a sleuth! CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) Discussions with artistic, creative people will please you today. You might admire what they can do. (Don’t spend money on anything other than food or gas today.) LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) This is a tricky day. The Moon is in your sign, but it’s a bit wobbly. This means that what you initiate might not fulfill your objective. Easy does it. VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) This is a loosey-goosey day. Nevertheless, you will love to kick around ideas about travel to distant lands or doing something “different.” Just dream; do not act today. LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) Resist the urge to make important decisions about inheritances and shared property today, because this is a poor day to do so. Ironically, people are in agreement. Go figure.
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Students in the Acting 10/11/12 class at the North Peace Secondary School did a three-night run of The Laramie Project, a show that deals with the aftermath of the murder of a gay university student in Wyoming.
“A bunch of us were like, ‘It should be done right or it shouldn’t be done at all.’ We were all a little intimidated by it because it is a deep, dark play, but it has a silver lining.” be a really good learning experience.” The show hit a few bumps along the way, and almost didn’t happen. About a month ago, the students were second-guessing themselves on performing the show—not because they didn’t want to tackle the subject matter, but rather they were worried they wouldn’t do the show justice. “A bunch of us were like, ‘It should be done right or it shouldn’t be done at all,’” said Grade 12 student Joey Cooper, who plays the bartender who worked the night Shephard was attacked. “We were all a little intimidated by it because it is a deep, dark play, but it has a silver lining.” After regrouping and discussing their concerns, the cast decided the play would go on as scheduled.
For Thursday May 12, 2016 SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) This is a lovely day to hang out with partners and close friends, and just schmooze. Take a long lunch. Enjoy the company of others. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) Although it’s easy to get along with co-workers today, your efficiency might suffer because you don’t feel like working. Warning: Don’t initiate anything new. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) This is a wonderful, creative day! People who work in the arts, the entertainment world or the hospitality industry will be full of clever, original ideas! AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Go ahead with redecorating ideas for your home in the next few weeks, because this will please you. This is also a good time to be open to realestate opportunities. PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) Resist the urge to initiate or suggest new ideas at work today, because it’s a poor day to do this. However, you can research and get further information about what you hope to do. BORN TODAY? You can get recognition when you least expect it, because you have the ability to influence others. Meanwhile, something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will end now or diminish in order to make room for something new this year. Although this will be a year of service to others, it also is a great year to travel. Get ready for a fresh, new cycle waiting in your future!
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From left: Jacob Chmelyk, Alex Collins and Sam Lundin in a scene from The Laramie Project.
In the third act, Henderson pleads guilty to felony murder and is given two consecutive life sentences. McKinney is convicted of first- and second-degree murder, which could mean the death penalty. However, Shepard’s father, Dennis, gives an impassioned speech, which saves McKinney from death row. Grade 12 student Tristan
Ranger played Dennis Shepard and found that while “the play itself is a little difficult at times because it is emotionally exhausting,” the speech he gives at the end of the play is worth it. Shephard’s murder was dubbed a hate crime, and brought attention to the serious lack of hate crime laws in Wyoming and other states
at the time. While a tragedy, Shephard’s death made sweeping legal reforms possible. “The play isn’t centered on making people afraid of homophobia or disgusted by homophobia. It’s the idea that there’s still hope,” said Aulin. “I think it’s important for Fort St. John not to center around hate, and it’s such an applicable topic for right now.”
Bragging brother has sister fed up Dear Annie: After my mother died 10 years ago, Dad asked his four daughters what to do with the small cabin he owned upstate. Three of us told him to sell it. My oldest sister, “Charlene,” however, asked if she could use it as a vacation home. She said she would help pay the property taxes and make sure it was taken care of, in exchange for exclusive use and enjoyment of the property. Dad agreed. Well, Charlene rarely paid the taxes and did not take care of the property at all. Dad retired three years ago, and told Charlene he needed to sell the place. In response, she placed two mechanics liens against it, stating that she’d put thousands of dollars of “work” into the cabin and that Dad had promised her the deed. Neither of these things is true and she has no documentation to support her claims. When we finally gained access to the house, there were holes in the floor and the roof was falling off. We took pictures of the damage. There was a hearing and a dismissal, then an appeal and more liens and more hearings and more appeals. We thought it was over last year, but we just received another summons to appear before a different judge. Meanwhile, we cannot sell the cabin until this is resolved. My father is a fair man who had planned to split his estate
ANNIE’S MAILBOX equally between his daughters. Since this lawsuit started, he has disowned Charlene and now lives in near poverty due to all of the legal fees. This is so hurtful. Dad supported Charlene, paid for her college education and two weddings. Now she is killing him one lawsuit at a time, all because she is so greedy. How can we protect him? -- Sisters Dear Sisters: As long as Charlene keeps filing new lawsuits, your father is stuck. She, too, is incurring legal fees, but may believe Dad will give up first. If the cabin is worth substantially more than the liens, it might be possible for Dad to get a clean title and sell it, as long as money is left in escrow to pay for litigation. (Talk to Dad’s attorney.) But we hope you will report Charlene for elder abuse, because forcing Dad into poverty fits the bill. Contact Adult Protective Services in Dad’s area, or call the Eldercare Locator at 1-800-677-1116. Dear Annie: I am responding to “Fed Up Sister,” whose younger brother only contacts her to brag about how much money he has, how great his kids are, etc. She’s
ready to cut off ties. I grew up with a friend like that. He alienated everyone with his bragging, and as the years progressed, I became one of the very few he could still call a friend. It takes great effort to listen to a person who is so insecure, but it is extremely generous to continue. I know my friend isn’t likely to change. He may mellow for brief periods, but his lack of confidence will take over eventually. Please tell “Fed Up” not to try to force her brother to be someone else. She should take him in the smallest doses she can, and chuckle to herself later about his insecurities. -- S. Dear S.: We agree that she should try to take him in “small doses,” and maintain the relationship in a way that doesn’t make her resentful. Thanks. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators. com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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DANCING INTO SPRING
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Studio 2 Stage Dance Academy held their Spring Recital on May 7 at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Above, dance group the Accelerated Rec. Tap took to the stage to dance to a song called Big Chief.
Highland Group A& B performed an entertaining number to a song called the Beaumont Rag. BRONWYN SCOTT PHOTO
Piano man Rod Russell returns to the Peace ROB BROWN editor@dcdn.ca
Rod Russell will be entertaining Dawson Creek next Monday with piano-led songs from what he calls the golden era of music—the 50s through 70s. While piano-based, the styles are a mixed bag of old fashioned rock n’ roll, country, Latin, blues and swing. Russell is a pianist, singer and music coach when he isn’t performing. He began his career with the piano while still in his teens. “In Grade 9, I started taking piano, classic piano, but it didn’t really stick. Then I joined a rock and roll outfit around the same time and never looked back,” he says. Russell opened the first music store on the Alaska Highway in Fort St. John.
Rod Russell will be performing at the Kiwanis Performing Arts Theatre at the Kruk Centre on May 17.
“I’m from up in that neck of the woods. I opened the first music store in Fort St. John in the 60s and did lots of playing in that area before building a restaurant in Kelowna in the mid 70s,” he says. “My band played in Dawson Creek for about a year and a half in Di’s Pizza and Steak House as well as at many other events in DC.” He is also a teacher of piano, reaching more than 70,000
people with his lessons. He breaks them down simply. “This is really an easier way to read music. There are a million notes on each and every page, but playing a melody line with your right hand and chords with the left has always worked for me.” Russell opens his Monday show with a 50s medley before hitting such touchstones as the King, Piano Man Billy Joel, Neil Sedaka, Dan Hill, Floyd Cramer and Glenn Miller, to name a few. He promises a laid back affair. “My concerts are very casual and friendly as if the audience is sitting around my living room.” The show goes Monday, May 17, at 7 p.m. at the Kiwanis Performing Arts Theatre. Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets are available at the KPAC box office, by calling 250-782-9325 or at the door.
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Musical theatre instills confidence, leadership skills ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca
What do you do when you come across someone who looks exactly like you? You switch lives with them, of course. A group of about 35 homeschooled kids from around the Fort St. John area got together to put on a musical production for their parents on Friday, May 6. The show was a gender swapped version of the classic tale, The Prince and the Pauper, changed to Poppy and the Princess by coordinator for Heritage Christian Online School, Joey Clarkson. “I always choose an adapt-
ation of a show and then write the script because I like to make sure that all the kids within the program have the opportunity for a bit of a showcase,” said Clarkson, who has found that many of the scripts available for purchase often don’t have many lines for a group this size. “I like to keep that as fair as possible so that each kid has their moment and their chance to shine.” The story follows the same thread as the original story, with a poor girl and a princess discovering they look identical and decided to try living each other’s life, though they quickly find it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. The play also included a mu-
sical element, featuring sings from other musicals including Annie, Mary Poppins and Oliver, as well as some music from Elvis Presley. Clarkson, who is also a professional singer and songwriter, said she chose to use classic songs rather than write original songs for a reason. “If this is their only musical theatre experience, I want them to get hooked on it,” she said, hoping that once the kids hear songs from those musicals, they’ll be inspired to see them. Clarkson also noted that having kids perform in shows like this is helps them develop important skills for later in life. “I think this is important
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Thirty-five home school students from around the Fort St. John area took part in Poppy and the Princess, a gender swapped version of The Prince and the Pauper, through a program by Heritage Christian Online School.
not just for homeschool kids, but for any kids, because it’s such a big confidence booster and self-esteem booster,” she said. “People don’t realize how much of a team sport musical theatre is, so it’s very physically active and it’s great for team building skills and leadership
qualities.” When you instill confidence in kids to get up on stage, to say their lines, and sing and dance, it changes their perception of themselves, says Clarkson. “It’s a beautiful thing to watch, that’s why I love the job so much.”
Northern Strong in the face of adversity
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ast week I spoke with an oil and gas company employee as he was getting ready to fly out to his camp job. We were discussing Fort McMurray and how the community managed to evacuate so many thousands of people with no injuries reported (during the initial evacuation, tragically there were two young people who lost their lives in a car accident). He said (matter of factly), “most of those men and women are oilfield workers and they are highly trained in emergency drills.” He was correct. The hours and hours of training, the tailgate meetings, the safety drills, the PPE that is worn and at the ready, and the “we do what we need to do” mindset of many of the residents of Fort McMurray was a game changer. Had it not been for the vocation of most of these individuals, the story might have been different, devastatingly so. I use the word vocation for a reason. Some folks have a “job,” others have a vocation. Many of the men and women who work in the energy sector consider it a vocation and they are darn proud of what they do and what they are capable of doing. They proved that these past few weeks. You know who else proved that? The farmers, water truck operators, logging operators, and oil and gas companies in Northeast B.C. who stepped up big time as fires licked at homes and property in our region. No panic, just preparation and action. The generosity and commitment of the men and women who live and work in our region is stagger-
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ing: Calls were made, phones were answered and equipment was sent immediately with no hesitation. This is the Northern way—it is a genetic code that is activated in many of us living in the North. Selfless and generous, caring and giving; We look after our own. We also look after those around us. As a little girl growing up in Northern Alberta, I remember when my father suffered a massive heart attack and was unable to complete harvest. Friends and neighbours interrupted their harvest and came over en masse to finish ours. Combines and grain trucks working until the wee hours to ensure that our crops were cleared before theirs. I like being a Canadian girl, but I love being a Northern Canadian girl—I love being a part of a community that does not know the meaning of the word “no.” I love being a part of a community that comes back time and time again and says, “what else can we do?” Northern Strong. Always. Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can follow her blog at www.judykucharuk.com or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @judylaine
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The fire burning near Shepherd’s Inn last week.
FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Lutheran Church 9812 108 Ave Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Sundays 1:30 p.m. Rev. Enid Pow ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 9:30 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 3:00 p.m. Holy Communion BAHA’I fAITH BAHA’I fAITH National Baha’i Information 1-800-433-3284 Regular Firesides Mondays @ 8:00 p.m. Deepenings continued Wednesdays at 250-7870089 Next Feast Info. 250-787-0089 ********** BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 9607-107th Ave., fSJ Ph. (Office) 250-785-4307 Pastor: Michael Hayes Associate Pastor: Doug Janzen SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE 10:30AM ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Vener Sabacan Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjcatholic.ca MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 10:00 a.m. oNLY OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism. MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 3 months before the wedding. ********** ALLIANCE CHURCH 9804-99 Ave., fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8 Ph: 250-785-4644 fax: 250-785-8932 e-mail: office@fsjalliance.ca www.fsjalliance.ca SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE: 9:15am & 11:00am KIDVILLE: for ages 2yrs.-Gr.6 @ 9:15am **********
CoMMUNITY CHURCH CHARLIE LAKE CoMMUNITY CHURCH Lead Pastor: Alfred Reschke Associate Pastor: Jared Braun 250-785-1723 fax: 250-785-4136 clcc@pris.ca SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP: 10:40am 1st left turn off Alaska Highway past the Charlie Lake Store. ********** PEACE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 10556-100th Street, Taylor, BC Pastor: Wally Pohlmann Phone: 250-789-3045 HoURS: 9:00am-Noon Monday-Wednesday & friday Email: office@taylorchurch.ca Website: www.taylorchurch.ca SUNDAY ADULT CLASS - 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE - 10:30am ********** EVANGELICAL foRT ST. JoHN EVANGELICAL MISSIoN 8220-89th Avenue, fSJ Pastor: Art Voth Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings. Worship Service - 10:45am Phone: 250-787-2550 ******* INTERDENoMINATIoNAL UPPER PINE GoSPEL CHAPEL Church Phone: 250-827-3833 Email: upgc@pris.ca Board Chairman: Andy Burkholder 250-827-3811 Box 66, Rose Prairie, BC ********** LUTHERAN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 9812-108th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 2R3 Office Phone: 250-785-2718 Pastor: Rev. Kebede Dibaba Regular Worship Schedule: 9:00am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School ********** PEACE RIVER MUSLIM ASSoCIATIoN Information: 250-787-1264 Jumm’a (Friday) Prayer @ 1:00pm 203-10903-100th Street, fort St. John, BC email: tahermorsi@shaw.ca ********** MENNoNITE NoRTH PEACE MENNoNITE BRETHREN CHURCH North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church 10816 106 St. fort St. John,
BC V1J 5V2 250-785-3869 Lead Pastor: Andrew Eby Associate Pastor of Youth & Young Adults: Don Banman SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES: 9:15am & 11:00am Kids Zone During Both Services ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome! Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3131 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years. Christian Life Centre is “Home of Christian Life School” ********** foRT ST. JoHN NATIVE BIBLE fELLoWSHIP Sunday Worship: 11:00am Wed., Night Bible Study: 7:30pm Pastor John A Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** GIDEoNS INTERNATIoNAL Fort St. John Camp Ray Hein 250-827-3636 John Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** NoRTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH INTERNATIoNAL (Rose Prairie, BC Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30am Worship Service: 11:00am Everyone Welcome ********** THE SHELTER CHURCH “...the Lord will be a shelter for His people” Joel 3:6 9808-98A Ave. fort St. John, BC 250-785-3888 SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am Pastor: Oral Benterud 250-785-9151 ********** PENTECoSTAL THE PENTECoSTALS of foRT ST. JoHN Phone: 250-787-9888
Pastor: Jason McLaughlin Sunday 10am Service, Sunday School Youth Sunday 11am Worship Service Tuesday 7pm Prayer Wednesday 7pm Bibile Study Friday 7pm Youth ********** PENTECoSTAL ASSEMBLIES of CANADA EVANGEL CHAPEL 10040-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-3386 Fax: 250-785-8345 Lead Pastor: Tony Warriner Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:00am www.evangelfsj.com ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 Sunday Worship Times 9:30 a.m. - Regular Service Everyone is invited to participate ********** REfoRMED TRINITY CoVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service: 10:00am Meets at the Quality Inn Northern Grand 100th Ave & 98th St., fort St. John, BC Elder: Mike Donovan Phone: 250-787-7702 Affiliated with C.R.E.C. ********** THE SALVATIoN ARMY THE SALVATIoN ARMY Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am 10116-100th Ave., fort St. John, BC Come Worship With Us. For information; Phone 250-785-0506 or food Bank 250-785-0500 ********** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 9008-100th Avenue, fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-8632 Pastor: Cavin Chwyl Phone: 250-719-7949 Saturday Service: 9:30am ********** UNITED CHURCH of CANADA ST. LUKE’S UNITED 9907-98 St., fort St. John, BC Office: 250-785-2919 fax: 250-785-2788 Email: stlukeuc@telus.net Rev. Louise Hart Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School @ 11:30am. All are Welcome! The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925.
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Breathe Safe
Inside your body are warrior cells that find and attack harmful germs. Some people have warrior cells that get confused. They attack things that are not normally harmful to people, such as pollen, cat dander or mold.
If the air near your home is polluted, their are ways for you to lower you’re risk of health problems caused by pollution. You can played outdoors at the times of day when hair pollution levels are lower. In the summer, this is often in the morning or in the evening. Another good way to lower your risk is by taking it easier if me do play outdoors when air pollution levels is high. Also, if your chest ever feel strange or it is hard to breathe, stop playing outside, and tell your parents or teachers.
When this happens, the place where the warrior cells are fighting swells up, turns red and gets itchy. This is called an allergic reaction. These confused warrior cells are looking for things to attack. Can you find: strawberry
peanut
cat
egg
dog
pollen
milk
grass
wheat
Jacob, Amanda and Sasha have allergies. Yet their allergies are all different. If Jacob pets his friend’s cat, he starts to sneeze. If Sasha eats strawberries, she breaks out in an itchy rash.
Amanda’s first taste of a peanut butter sandwich made her vomit, wheeze and struggle to breathe. Amanda cannot eat things with nuts. Do YOU have any allergies? Does a member of your family suffer from allergies?
Standards Link: Health: Students understand the causes and symptoms of diseases in the human body.
Look at each row of things that can cause allergies. Draw what comes next in each pattern. The best way NOT to suffer from allergies is to stay away from what causes them. This is easy if you know you can’t eat strawberries or peanut butter. But if you are allergic to pollens and other things in the air around us, you may need to see a doctor for help. Standards Link: Health: Students understand the treatment of diseases in the human body and the behaviors to reduce the risk of disease.
Look through the newspaper to find words or pictures of things that belong in one of the following groups: • Things we breathe. • Things we eat. • Things we touch. Put a star next to things you know can cause allergies.
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Everyone feels better, even people with allergies, when they eat right, exercise and get plenty of rest. Look through the newspaper for things that are good for your body. Choose three or more things.
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... eating right and getting lots of exercise.
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What happens when you tell a doctor that you are allergic to perfume?
This week’s word:
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The noun asthma means an ailment in which the symptoms include difficulty breathing, wheezing and coughing. The smoky environment brought on Devon’s asthma attack.
Try to use the word asthma in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.
What if I were allergic to …
Pick something silly to be allergic to. How would this change your life?
ANSWER: You get SCENT to a specialist.
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Five-year-old Ezra and seven-year-old Benaiah Jarnagin let a pair of Icelandic lambs stretch their little legs outside the Mennonite Brethren Church on May 6. The boys’ mother said the lambs’ mother wasn’t interested in taking care of her babies anymore, so the family takes the lambs with them so they can be bottle fed regularly.
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Taylor resdient Fred Trace had a display of colourful lawn ornaments, which he handcrafted himself. Trace said he’d be at the outdoor Fort St. John Farmers’ Market at Centennial Park every few weeks over the spring and summer. He plans to set up at the Dawson Creek Farmers’ Market as well.
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Hello Readers! There are only eight weeks left until Achievement Day, and the members of the Lakeshore 4-H club are busy preparing their projects for show day! Beef projects are well in progress, and the Sheep and Swine clubs began their projects in April. This year, we have several new swine members, and they were particularly excited to begin their projects. The first weigh-in was held at the beginning of April, where the animals were tattooed as well as weighed. For those of you who have never handled pigs before, the main words I’ll use to describe it are dirty and loud. The feisty nature of a pig, combined with their ear splitting squeals makes any handling a bit of a process, and by the time it was all said and done, our pig wranglers were almost as grubby as the pigs!
All in all, there was a wide variety of weights, with the animals ranging from about 27 to 145 pounds. Knowing the weight of each animal is very important, because it gives the members a chance to determine how well their animals are doing, and how much feed will be necessary to get them up to market weight by Achievement day.
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In the end, the weigh-in was a lot of fun, and we really enjoyed seeing each others’ animals! Good luck to everyone as you raise your animals and prepare them for Achievement Day! See you next month! Thank you to Smith Fuels for sponsoring this page!
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The Fort St. John Farmers’ Market on Saturday, May 7, was a success. Saturday was the first time the market was held outdoors at Centennial Park, rather than indoors at the Fort St. John Curling Club
The Fort St. John Farmers’ Market is changing things up this year. The market is choosing open sky over an enclosed building by setting up shop in Centennial Park, as well as adding an evening market. “It’s going to be a little shorter season; we’re only going to go until Thanksgiving, obviously because we’re outside,” said market manager Marie Bernardin. Bernardin said there were a few issues with their last home—the Fort St. John Curling Club—with ice going into the facility early, which would have some of the vendors moved upstairs and make it difficult for some patrons to get to
the market. “The overwhelming majority was to move it outside,” said Bernardin. The new outdoor market will take place on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will follow the cement path that winds through Centennial Park, with vendors on both sides of the path. Bernardin said. She also noted that the market will go on, rain or shine, unless the weather turns extreme. They’re also going to try out an evening market on Wednesdays from 5-8 p.m. “A lot of people are happy it’s going to be more like a down south kind of market,” said Bernardin. There will be some new vegetable vendors this year, said Bernardin, as well as a buffalo meat vendor and a coffee vendor.
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With heavy hearts and lives suddenly diminished we announce the passing of a gentle and loving husband, father and Opa. Heinz was born an only child to Ada and Ernst Goldbach in Aussig (Usti nad Labem), Czechoslovakia. His lifelong love of adventure and travel began in September 1939 when he and his family fled to Canada from the threat of Nazi occupation of Sudetenland. After being raised on a farm in Gundy, BC., he met the love of his life, Herta Pilz, at a dance in Tomslake and they were married in the fall of 1954. His love of the railways and trains began when he worked on the railway at a young age. Most of his career was spent in the newspaper business in Fort St. John where he started as a photographer and then became advertising manager. In 1983 Heinz and Herta moved to Dawson Creek where he became publisher of the Dawson Creek Peace River Block News, a position he maintained until 1995 when he retired. He was very active in the Dawson Creek community where he was a member and then president of the Dawson Creek Rotary Club, a volunteer for the BC Winter Games, and an avid bowler. Heinz was an honorary member of the Legion where he regularly attended ‘meetings’ with his friends, until Herta phoned to say dinner was ready. He loved the solitude of the Goldbach homestead in Gundy where he enjoyed tinkering with his tractor and farmed part time well into his 70’s. Heinz instilled the love of travel in his children by taking yearly summer vacations and excitedly sharing his meticulously planned itineraries. Heinz and Herta continued to travel with family and friends in North America and abroad after the kids left home. Heinz loved opera and classical music and every Sunday the house was filled with operatic arias. He was an avid photographer and chronicler of family life and loved telling funny stories about his life growing up on the farm. He was interested in astronomy, current events, discussing politics, foraging for wild mushrooms and vegetable gardening. Heinz was a kind and generous man and loved spending time with his family. He had a full and happy life and will be dearly missed. He is survived by his loving wife Herta, daughter Carla (Richard), son Mark (Rita), daughter Diana (Allen) and grandsons Aidan, Sean and Ryan. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family at https:// sandsfuneralvictoria.sharingmemories.ca/site/Heinz-Goldbach.html. Heinz’s ashes will eventually reside at the Tomslake Cemetery.
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other devices: cell phones, tablets, laptops. Huh? What made all this magic possible? It has quite a large built-in rechargeable lithium battery, that’s what. It can supply energy storage for itself as well as other portable devices. A small improvement, you might say. I disagree. Advanced battery technology will revolutionize the way we use and even think about energy, and this little hi-tech radio is a hint of what’s to come. ENERGY STORAGE THE KEY If you’ve been reading Watt’s Happening, you know that solar and wind power are coming on strong, much more quickly than anyone thought possible. Everyone from the U.S. Department of Energy to Greenpeace has consistently underestimated the growth of both wind and solar. Global investments in renewables outstripped investment in new fossil energies for the first time in history two years ago, and is expected to capture two-thirds of new investment dollars by 2030. Installed capacity of solar
is doubling roughly every 2.5 years (now at 220,000 megawatts) and will quickly catch up to and exceed installed wind capacity (currently at about 440,000 megawatts). With all this solar and wind coming on-line, our 1960’s-era electrical grids are going to need help. Eventually we’ll all have “smart grids” that are up to the challenge of the on and off nature of renewables, but for now, the big answer will be utility-scale energy storage that will smooth out energy supply and keep our old-fashioned grids happy. South of the border, Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much, but they do agree on energy issues. Their new Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 provides $500 million a year for 10 years to research and develop grid storage technology. Good move. But the energy storage revolution has already begun, and the winners will share this brand new multi-trillion dollar market. All electric vehicles (EVs) contain large lithium batteries, which account for about one third of their cost. As lithium battery production ramps up (which it is), prices will fall (which they are). By 2020, battery costs will drop EV prices to be competitive with internal combustion engine cars. At that point,
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Just another portable radio? No, it’s much more. It is a portable power supply for other electronic devices, and can charge its lithium battery with DC power, AC power, mechanical crank power or with sunlight from its large built-in solar panel. EV sales will jump from their present 60 per cent increase per year, to right off the scale.
then run back down through generators, carbon nano-tube capacitor batteries can be recharged essentially instantly, millions of EVs when plugged in can be used to store grid power while earning their owners some cash . . . Cheap battery storage will take many forms, it will change everything and it’s advancing at breathtaking speed. It will be the final link in the chain that will create a strong, stable economy based on clean energy. And I may never have to plug in my portable radio again. Don Pettit, a resident of Dawson Creek, is a founding member of the Peace Energy Cooperative. He can be reached at dpettit@pris.ca
NEW STORAGE TECH Every month or so, it seems, a new energy storage technology is announced, each to fit a special need. Solar or wind power is used to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. When the sun goes down or the wind decreases, the gases are recombined in a fuel cell to produce more electricity. This is already available in home size and grid-scale. Flywheels are storing energy in commercial vehicles, compressed air is being pumped underground then released through compressed air generators, water is pumped high
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ll right. I admit it. I’m bit of a gadget guy. My most recent one, a portable emergency radio, amazed me more than usual. Here’s why. Our old portable kitchen radio was well past its useful life: broken antenna, power cord held in place with duct tape, scratchy reception. What with all the fire threats around, I happily had an excellent excuse to buy a new portable radio. What I got was quite a surprise. Being a solar guy, I was pleased to see a large solar array covering the entire back of the radio. Put it in the sun for a few hours and it charges itself with sunlight. It will also charge from a car cigarette lighter outlet, a normal wall socket, a rugged hand-crank, or a set of regular penlight dry-cell batteries (if you choose to be so primitive as to use disposable batteries). But the real surprise was this little radio’s ability to charge
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Appreciation BBQ and potluck planned for fire fighters BRONWYN SCOTT & ROB BROWN peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca editor@dcdn.ca
Fire crews, first responders and other volunteers who have been battling the wildfires in the North Peace are invited to an appreciation barbecue hosted by the Charlie Lake Community Church on May 15. Also invited are members from the rural communities who had their properties saved from the threat of wildfire to come and express a thank you to all those who helped keep the flames at bay. “Our church has people living up the Alaska Highway in the areas that were affected, all along Hudson’s Hope Road, out in Baldonnel, in Taylor, in many of the areas where the fire has been. So I thought it would be an appropriate thing for us to take the lead on,” said
Pastor Alfred Reschke. “I know that there’s a good number of people in the community that have been looking for ways to show appreciation to all those involved.” Those fighting the fires, as well as the many individuals and companies that helped with equipment and personnel, or who helped in any way, are encouraged to attend the event at Centennial Park on May 15 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. POTLUCK FOR ARRAS FIRE FIGHTERS South of the river, a potluck dinner was planned as a community thank-you for those that fought the flames in Arras during a run of fires that ravaged the area. The firefighter feedbag was planned for May 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Devereaux Elementary south of the John Hart Highway south on Road 239.
“We were hoping for as many as 500 people, but you never know how many could turn up,” said organizer Kim Erickson. “The potluck is for anyone who helped out during the fire fighting.” The Arras wildfire was one of 44 that broke out across the Peace Region April 18. Many say the sudden start to the fire season left the B.C. Wildfire Service flat footed, forced to triage multiple dangerous fires.
Pastor Alfred Reschke and the Charlie Lake Community Church will host an appreciation barbecue May 15 to give thanks to the firefighters, first responders and other volunteers who have helped keep the recent wildfires under control.
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