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No new tension cracks at Site C, BC Hydro says Site C opponents say a new photograph of the contentious dam site is evidence of continued geotechnical problems and cracks causing headaches for builders of the $9-billion project, but BC Hydro says their concerns are simply remnants of routine excavation and construction. An aerial photograph taken Oct. 28 by former independent MLA candidate Bob Fedderly has been circulating widely across social networking sites, marked up to show what opponents say are new tension cracks and erosion problems on the north bank of the Peace River. “A third major tension crack and on-going erosion is evident at the Site C construction site,” a caption reads. “Clearly BCUC’s concern that the project would exceed even $10 billion due to geological unknowns and instability at the site is valid.” See TENSION on A11

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A three-year bat monitoring project in the Peace Region is entering its final year of study, and scientists are hoping to learn more about bat hibernation habits and the deadly disease that threatens to wipe out local species. Though there are eight species of bats found in Northeast B.C., biologists are focused on tracking two endangered species in particular—the northern myotis and little brown myotis. Most of the species found in the region migrate south for the winter, but the northern and little brown myotis stay here to hibernate. See BATS on A12

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Sylvia Lane and Amanda Trotter of the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society.

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The Women’s Resource Society in Fort St. John is beginning to lay the building blocks of a new safety plan for indigenous women and girls in the city. The Law Foundation of BC has granted the society $45,000 to launch the first stage of a threeyear plan the society says will identify the risks facing the community, and develop a response plan that prevents emergency response delays when complaints

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are filed to police. “Every study that has come forward, from the Highway of Tears symposium, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Amnesty International, all of that has stated a comprehensive safety plan for a community needs to be implemented in order to look at preventative measures and intervention measures for somebody of aboriginal descent who goes missing,” said Sylvia Lane, a poverty law advocate for the society. The plan was born

out of an Amnesty International forum held in the city last November exploring the impacts of resource development on indigenous women in Northeast B.C., Lane said. With the funding, the society has welcomed Shelly McPhee into the fold as an aboriginal liaison. Her job will be to bring together aboriginal communities, and form a group to develop and oversee the plan alongside first responders and social service providers. See SAFETY on A16

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Karen Mason-Bennett and Tammy Hrab of the Northern Environmental Action Team set out more than 600 jars of canned fruits and veggies on Nov. 13. NEAT, along with roughly a dozen volunteers, spent three full days canning the food over the summer and fall, and donated the food to the Salvation Army. The food is expected to be in high demand, and NEAT plans to host more canning events in the future.

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Is It Too Early For Stores To Play Christmas Music? PHIT PHARAOHS: We start our news chewing by digging up dirt in the desert. Last week, archaeologists in Egypt discovered a 2,000-year-old gym. Apparently the ancient Pharaohs were into exercise. And they liked to eat healthy. It was the Pharaohs who started that food pyramid thing. DOG DECEPTION: A new study shows dogs fake being sick or injured to get extra attention. I had a dog like that. After I threw a Frisbee, my dog would fake limping. So I had to go fetch the Frisbee.

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NURSE NEWS: There was a report a nurse training school may be established in Prevailing Prices the Peace Country. Nurses do a wonderful job, the role they play in healthcare cannot Dawson Creek 129.9 be overestimated. Plus, they have to put up with jokes about how they always make sure t St. John, BC - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada every patient gets a gown that doesn’t close Fort St. John 134.9 all the way at the back. And how they store the bedpans at sub-zero temperatures.

CHRISTMAS MUSIC: A study shows stores that play Christmas music sell more stuff. (So that’s why they start playing Christmas music in August.) A buddy of mine worked in a store at Christmas. After hearing Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree for the 10,000th time, he flipped. He ran down the mall to Santa’s grotto. He ripped off Santa’s beard, set fire to it.

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WANNA BUY SOME DIRT? The World Series of baseball wound up. The champion Houston Astros are now selling dirt they collected after Game Seven for $50 a jar. This is an idea that could catch on with NHL teams. They could sell ice from the Stanley Cup final, $10 per cube, $15 if it has genuine hockey player blood on it.

FLYING FUN: According to CBC, there are airlines planning to bring live music concerts to some flights. Oh, great. Terrific. On a plane full of loud talking and screaming babies, let’s introduce electric guitars into the mix.

MOVIE MONEY: Some movie theatres have a plan to charge more for hit movies HOWDY SAUDI: Several Saudi Arabian and less for flops. Would you pay extra to Princes https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-78_metric_e.html have been charged with bribery, see a hit movie? I would pay extra to throw fraud, and a list of other crimes. One Saudi popcorn over the lady in front of me who’s crook admitted turning back the odomet- texting on her phone all through the movie. er on a camel before he sold it. Alberta-B.C. border 118.9 FACEBOOK FIASCO: Sean Parker is the AMAZING AMAZON: Online retailer ex-president of Facebook. He helped creROYAL REPORT: In London, Prince Amazon announced teens can now shop Fort Nelson N/A ate it with Mark Zuckerberg. He says they William was criticized. Last week, the fu- on Amazon using their parents’ accounts. Home  Environment and naturaldeliberately resources designed Weather Facebook informationtobe Weather  Local forecasts British Columbia ad- ture king of Englandgave a speech warn- Times have changed. When I was a teen Groundbirch 129.9 dictive. Parker now has serious regrets, and ing about overpopulation. He is currently my mom sent me to the store with strict says Facebook is very dangerous. His exact preparing to welcome his third child. Next instructions about what to buy. When I got were: “God only knows what it’s do- week, he plans to talk about the evils of home, she triple checked the receipt—and Chetwynd 129.9 words ing to our children’s brains.” Mark Zuck- nepotism. the change. Let’s salute Amazon for figuring Observed Fortbusy St. John Airport 12:00 PM MST Tuesday 14 November 2017 erberg had no comment. He wasat:too out ways to get your money. What’s next? A Current Conditions t Nelson, BCRidge - 7 Day Forecast Canada Tumbler N/A- Environment rolling in his money. IN TVhttps://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-83_metric_e.html NEWS: The Twilight Zone is com- plan where they bill your grandkid’s creding-11.7°C back to TV. It was Wind: a 1960s Condition: Light Snow Temperature: N 9show km/habout it card—even if your grandkid hasn’t been iPHUN: It was reported some new iPhones bizarre, wacky, eerie, creepy, freaky, weird born yet. Prince George 123.9 Pressure: 102.4 kPa Dew point: -13.4°C Wind C… -17 have a glitch. When you type the letter “i” it people. But now it’s 2017. How can it comTendency: Rising Humidity: 87% Visibility: 2 km comes out as a letter “a.” I guess you can’t pete with the bizarre, wacky, eerie, creepy, Hythe 120.8 expect perfection when you’re paying only a freaky, weird people we see on TV news Bob Snyder can be reached at: measly thousand bucks for a phone. every night? chewsthenews@fastmail.com Home Prairie  Environment and natural resources  Weather information  Weather  Local forecasts  British Columbia Grande

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supporting local youth Safeway and Sobeys staff in Fort St. John donated $1021 to the local Girl Guides on Oct. 17. Store Manager Stan Parker says a fundraiser was held in August to benefit an organization that made a difference for youth in the community, and matched donations for the $1021 grand total. On top of that, Sobeys also made a $500 pay-itforward donation the Girl Guides then passed along to the Women’s Resource Society. “Such a great partnership and wonderful to see the girls make a great decision on how to pay it forward,” Parker says. submitted Photo

Alaska Highway crash victim dies in hospital One man has died following a multi-vehicle accident on the Alaska Highway on Tuesday. Dawson Creek RCMP say a Toyota Camry was travelling north near the 237 Road in Farmington when it lost control and was hit on its passenger side by a southbound gravel truck. The passenger and driver of the Camry were both taken to hospital with injuries. The passenger later died in hospital and the victim’s name isn’t being released at this time, police say. The driver of the gravel truck was not injured, police say. Any witnesses are asked to call Dawson Creek RCMP at 250-784-3700

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Clean Energy BC has named Fort St. John its community of the year. The organization is recognizing the city at its upcoming 2017 Clean Energy Awards Nov. 27 in Vancouver. The city has earned recognition for its passive house development, now home to UNBC’s Community Development Institute, it’s micro-hydro station in the Old Fort neighbourhood, and its energy literacy program, which the city has used to fund advertorials on the energy sector in provincial publications and energy and water conservation promotions locally. “I am very pleased that our city has been recognized for the work we do,” Mayor Lori Ackerman said in a statement. “In Fort St. John we understand what is behind that light switch and thermostat. We know what it takes to make and deliver energy safely every day; so we have work hard to conserve it and set an example for others.” Clean Energy BC represents 150 developers, businesses, and First Nations in the province’s clean energy industry.

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Watts looks to rebuild BC Liberal brand by focusing on communities MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Former Surrey mayor and Conservative MP Dianne Watts put communities in the spotlight during a recent stopover in Fort St. John as part of her province-wide pitch to become leader of the BC Liberals. Watts was in Fort St. John Nov. 4, speaking to a group of 30 local party members and other constituents after a party leadership debate in Prince George earlier in the day. While she admitted to having trouble staying within the oneminute time limit to answer questions during the debate, she mingled and took questions for 90 minutes on everything from Site C, the rural-urban divide, agriculture, and partisan politics. “I’ve travelled all over this province, and matt preprost Photo I have to say that it always comes back to Dianne Watts speaks to supporters and BC Liberal party members in Fort St. John Nov. 4. community,” Watts said. “Wherever we are and the differences we have, the one thing we really want is to around the table: what do we want our “What happens now is people looks make sure we have strong communities, communities to be like, what do we want at projects specific, whether it’s LNG, and that starts with being economically our province to be like?” Watts said. whether it’s oil and gas whether it’s Site C; viable, that we have jobs and job growth, “If you want a reinvestment in your and if we hate that, we don’t want that, and and a foundation to grow upon.” community, it’s our job to deliver it, plain we’re going to protest against that, and Watts’ career in politics began in and simple.” that’s fine. However, we have to look at it as 1996 when she first elected to Surrey Watts has earned the endorsement of the entire picture of energy for the future city council, serving as mayor for nearly Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman, who because we’re talking about the future, a decade before moving on to federal praised Watts for the wisdom to form the and we need to get everybody around politics in 2015. She stepped down from BC Mayors Caucus in 2012 to network and the table having those conversations. that post for an all-in run and chance to advocate for issues facing municipalities That includes the environmentalists, lead the Liberals heading into the next across the province. First Nations, industry, communities, and provincial election in 2021. “We understand as local elected mayors and councils, and people coming The Liberals need to rebuild its trust officials that if we don’t have foundational together saying here’s an energy vision for with the electorate after losing 11 seats aspects like healthcare, education, and this city. Let’s all participate and deal with in the May election, Watts said, a sign of public safety in our community, we just the issues that we like or don’t like.” disconnect she believes her skill set can don’t have the foundation to grow, and repair. I know Dianne knows that,” Ackerman On Site C: “When we look at Site C, it’s already “It’s not that MLAs didn’t work hard, or said. that ministers didn’t know their files,” she As part of her visit, Watts took in an gone through the process, it’s under said. aerial tour of the Site C dam, and met with construction, and there’s 2,300 families “The fact was we disconnected with civic and business leaders. She was also that are, right now, going, ‘OK, here’s a people and their lives, and what was joined by former leadership candidate government that’s come in and it’s going relevant in their life. We have to get back Lucy Sager, who dropped out to support to say we’re going to throw away $3.6 billion, or we might keep it.’ That’s an to that.” Watts and her campaign. unstable government. Doing so starts with bringing “What it’s doing to this area, it’s sending communities to the table and better On energy literacy: respond to their needs, she said, criticizing “We have to look at energy from a a message right around the world to any previous Liberal governments for failing 30,000-foot level. We have to have a investors that’s even thinking it might to spend its budget surpluses across B.C. comprehensive plan going 20, 30, 50,100 want to invest in British Columbia, why while social programs and community years out. Today will not reflect 50 years bother? Even if you have approval, even infrastructure languished and faced from now. As we go forward, we need if you’re under construction, it can still cutbacks. a comprehensive plan that everybody be shut down. It’s absolute insanity. This cannot go on. “We have to bring communities understands.

On uniting BC Liberals and BC Conservatives: “I’m not a fan of identity politics. I believe we should have a B.C. party, but that’s not my decision. It’s the decision of the people that are party members. “When we look at the BC Liberal party, we are a free enterprise party, we are fiscal managers, but we are also socially progressive. We want to make sure that we make a difference in people’s lives. We support social programs, we support the environment. “This is where we have an opportunity. We need to bring in the next generation, we need to make sure we have something for them so when they look at the BC Liberal party, they go, ‘Yeah, that fits.’” On marrying the technology and resource industries: “The best way to do that is developing the comprehensive energy plan. You bring the technology industry to the table. They have a wealth of information, so, when issues are put on the table for discussion, there are people in the room that have dealt with the issues or are developing technology, and you include them in the conversation and you include them in the visioning and the plan, and the strategy and the objective and your goals. That’s how you build different sectors, when you bring people together and have those elements there.” On agriculture and provincial food security: “The innovation in agriculture, there’s some amazing stuff going on. A third of the land base in the city of Surrey is agriculture and I live right next to a farm, albeit a small one. “One of things I did was develop a food security strategy for the city, looking at technology, looking at how we can better bring together the food supply to grow the industry. Through the food security strategy, we looked at different opportunities for technology, we looked at different opportunities for herbicides and pesticides, we looked at farming in a different way. How do we put our fallow farms into production?” Read more at alaskahighwaynews.ca

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A new year begins and new members have joined.

Many cool things have developed this year and new categories (clubs?) have opened up in our 4-H club, Silver Willows. I will list out the available clubs/ categories to join that are in our area, since i have been asked by some people what 4-H has to offer, • In this new and exciting year we now have a dog club, in which members will raise and train their own dog\puppy to ﬁt their needs, (i.e. service dog, stock dog etc.)

• Also new, is the self determined project in which a member gets to do their own thing and then tell us what it was like. This could be archeology or astronomy or computer coding or skateboarding. • A great project for all ages, is sheep. This can include market lamb (raised for meat, auctioned at the end of the year ), Ewe lamb, Ewe and lamb, Ewe, and Wool projects.

Bella Lucas-Jarnagin Silver Willow 4H Club Reporter

I know that there are many, many more projects that are available that I have not mentioned, but here are a few projects that I think would be great for kids in our area. If you would like to learn more about • Also a good project is horse 4-H, this can 4H in general check out the website at; include training/breaking of a young horse, http://www.4-h-canada.ca . and different levels of completion. At the Silver Willows clubs first meeting • Another fabulous project, is cattle/bovine on Monday, November 13, we elected our 4-H. This includes beef (steers fed and President, Vice President, Secretary, Trearaised for meat and sold at the end of the surer, Press Reporter, Safety Officer, and year), heifer, cow and calf, and feedlot (3 Barn Decorators. Later the beef and cattle steers raised and sold at the end of the year) members had their first weigh in of the year at Bickfords feedlot. Big thank you the Bick• One last category/club, is swine in which ford family for so generously letting us use members can do a market hog (fed, raised their weigh scale and system. and sold for meat), and sow.

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BC Liberal leadership candidate Todd Stone meets with party members in Fort St. John on Monday, Nov. 13.

Stone looks to build diversity, rural B.C. MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Like most BC Liberals, Todd Stone watched the political fallout of the province’s spring election with frustration. It started first with his party finding itself clutching for life on a political precipice, squeezing into power with a slim minority government of just 43 seats. What followed was a conciliatory throne speech by then-premier Christy Clark, whose speech became an easy target of mockery by political pundits for its about-face and cherry picking of NDP and Green policies. It ended with the party losing its power altogether when the NDP and Greens defeated the Liberals on a confidence vote, sending the Liberals back to the opposition benches after 16 years in government. “On the one hand, it was an incredible privilege to have a front row seat in one of British Columbia’s most unique times in our political history, I’m not sure we will see that kind of drama in our political system anytime soon,” said Stone during a visit to Fort St. John on Nov. 13. “On the other hand, I worked my way through those three or four months with a strong sense of frustration and concern.” When Clark resigned, Stone said he couldn’t sit idle on the sidelines for the chance to the lead a party he’s been part of for some 30 years back in power. The former transportation minister is one of six seeking the party’s top job heading into the next election, set for 2021. “I looked at it through the lens of my three daughters,” Stone said. “I want the only limits on my daughters to be their own imaginations. That means having a government in Victoria that understands the importance of growing the economy and creating jobs, so we have the resources to invest in services that people need, and so that we can be equipping our schools and universities with programs that our kids are going to need so we can compete in the world.” The way Stone sees it, thousands of jobs and billions in investments have been compromised or scrapped since the NDP took the reins of government—that includes Site C, the Kinder Morgan pipeline, and Pacific NorthWest LNG, in particular, bedrocks of his party’s economic plan over its last term in government. “British Columbia, today, is a laughing stock in boardrooms across not just North America, but across the world. Why? Because there’s this strong sense of uncertainty that is pervasive in people’s minds now about what it means to do business in B.C.,” Stone said. As part of his pitch to party members, Stone is focusing on rural B.C., emphasizing investments in internet and cell phone infrastructure, doubling rural grants, and trying to better leverage the port in Prince Rupert. Alaska Highway News sat down with Stone to expand his thoughts on rural B.C.

ON MODERATING THE ENERGY RESOURCE DEBATE/SITE C: “First and foremost, it’s recognizing these major projects are not about one particular region, they’re about ensuring British Columbia is as strong as it possibly can be. “Site C is a great example. Of the 2,400 people working fulltime at Site C today, who are all now wondering if they’re going to have a paycheque at Christmas, there are 60 jobs for people who live in Kamloops, my hometown. There’s 85 that I’m aware of that live in Prince George, there’s 42 that live in Victoria. I think that’s a piece of the Site C discussion that often gets lost. There’s massive direct benefit to the communities closest to a project like Site C, but there’s tremendous economic benefit that ripples through the entire provincial economy.” ON THE PRINCE RUPERT PORT: “One of the greatest opportunities we have is leveraging the huge advantage the Port of Prince Rupert provides by being significantly the closest port on the west coast of North America to Asia. There have been some very significant advances in technology that enables a wide variety of agriculture products, whether that be meat or other types of products, to be chilled, not frozen, and to make it across the ocean to tables in China or Korea without ever having been frozen, but to arrive fresh. This new technology and the investments that are lining up behind it are going to provide a significant opportunity for a number of agricultural producers across the central and northern parts of B.C.” ON DOUBLING THE RURAL DIVIDEND FUND TO $50 MILLION: “It’s about making sure there’s a recognition in government policy that clearly understands the tremendous amount of wealth this province is generating in rural B.C., particularly in the Interior and the North. There’s an obligation there to make sure that wealth returns and that the services that people in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Prince George, Chetwynd are there for them.” ON TECHNOLOGY: “First is supporting the expansion of the tech sector in small communities. Secondly, ensure that our kids in schools have got the best tools possible, whether that’s electronic whiteboards or iPads, certainly high speed internet. Expanding the coding curriculum we introduced to Grade 6 classes two years ago has been very successful. The third piece would be bringing more technology into government to improve and modernize and services that are provided to citizens. So, enabling British Columbians to renew their auto insurance online, for example. We’re one of only three jurisdictions where you can’t do that. Bringing more technology into healthcare, which would provide better patient care and stretch the healthcare dollar further.” Read more at alaskahighwaynews.ca

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t’s beginning to look a lot like election, everywhere you go… The City of Fort St. John has unveiled what is most certainly it’s most ambitious capital budget in recent memory, if not its history—a $57.1-million plan for 2018 so jam packed with eye -catching goodies it’s hard to know where to start. The city appears to be sparing no expense appeasing most every interest in town with municipal elections set for next fall—a fire training centre for the firefighters, a dog park for the pet owners, cultural centre upgrades and a public arts policy for the arts sector, massive redevelopments and planning for park users, extra help for police to hopefully crack cold cases. The list goes on, as the News reported in detail last week. No doubt, many of the expenditures are long overdue. Then again, some projects have been held over for years (washrooms for Mathews and Rotary Park, for example), and others can be argued as to whether they’re really needed at all (Dawson Creek did just build a fire training centre, too, for the same reasons Fort St. John is building one of its own). Still, one thing is for certain— the 2018 construction season looks to a busy one, and the city is eager to get the budget approved and projects out to tender. It’ll be impossible to miss the major

changes beginning to take shape throughout the city as residents get ready to head to the polls next November. But consider this—just four years ago, capital spending was budgeted at just $31.4 million in 2014, also an election year, I might add. So, what’s changed? Well, spending on roads and related infrastructure is down slightly from $21.2 million in 2014 to $18.9 million in 2018. Roads once dominated two-thirds of the budget, and now only accounts for about one-third. And whereas paving gravel streets was a $5 million priority in 2014, $5 million, or one-quarter of the 2018 budget, is dedicated just to extending Tahltan Road to accommodate commercial development expected to take place around Old Fort Road. The budget for new buildings and the like—paying for the fire training centre, parks, the cultural centre improvements, etcetera—is up more than 300 per cent, from just $3.5 million in 2014 to $14.4 million in 2018. More than onethird of next year’s budget will go toward Centennial Park improvements alone, while $3 million is earmarked to design a new RCMP building. The city’s equipment budget has doubled from roughly $2 million to $4 million, and water and sewer projects have jumped from

$3.8 million to $16.9 million—with most of next year’s budget eaten up by a water recycling centre and planned upgrades to the south sewage lift station. Meanwhile, the the city has set aside $2.7 million for special projects in 2018—this is the money that will buy new carts for curbside yard waste recycling, fund a staff position to help RCMP digitize and update historical cold case files, begin important urban reserve and treaty talks with the city’s First Nations neighbours, and more. And where’s the money come to pay for all this, you ask? Well, the city relies heavily on the province under the Peace River Agreement, which compensates the city for industrial development in the region, to fund the lion’s share of its capital program. Next year, the city expects to receive about $24 million under the agreement, up from $19.5 million in 2013. Those revenues are expected to climb to $27.4 million in 2022, and the city must apply for and justify the funds. It remains to be seen just how receptive the new NDP government will be. Has borrowing increased? Barely. The city had budgeted to borrow $3.9 million in 2014 and plans $4.5 million in 2018. Borrowing is mostly kept to funding residential road up-

grades through agreements with homeowners, and the money is recouped through property taxes on homeowners on the particular street where upgrades occur. The city, meanwhile, has seen its slice of federal gas tax funds rise to an estimated $2.3 million next years from $1.4 million. The city is also hoping to secure an $8.2 million in federal grants for 2018, up from $2.8 million in its 2014 plan. The grants will pay for things such as the water recovery centre, while user fees will help pay for water and sewer projects, too. The rest will be used from funds the city has been quietly stuffing away into savings—it directs between 10 and 15 per cent per year of Peace River Agreement funds into savings. The city currently has $76 million in its operating and capital reserves, and will draw on about $6.1 million of that next year. All told, the city has been fairly prudent when it comes to fiscal planning and being able to afford next year’s construction splurge— even if on the surface it looks a tad indulgent in an election year. As always, we encourage you to get involved and have your say when public meetings on the budget begin. Matt Preprost is managing editor of the Alaska Highway News.

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anadian municipalities aren’t the only ones trying to figure out how they’re going to respond when marijuana becomes legal across Canada next summer. A recent Maclean’s story shows universities across the country are also struggling with how to adapt. The University of Northern British Columbia is no different. “Senior administration is giving this issue thought and some of our operational units are discussing it as well,” UNBC provost and vice-president, academic, Dan Ryan said in a written statement. “UNBC is developing a response but we will have to consult with various people/ units around the university, including the Board of Governors, and make sure the response is framed appropriately and that we’re going in the right direction.” That’s about as cautious, politically correct and non-

committal a response as you can get. It’s too bad because UNBC, like the City of Prince George, could stand to gain by boldly embracing the legalization of marijuana, making the city and region a hub for the production of safe, quality pot in secure industrial facilities, employing potentially thousands of people. UNBC could devote research dollars and space on marijuana research, not only medically but also socially and culturally. The Northern Medical Program could carve out a real niche for important health research on marijuana use, whether as formal medication or self-medication. Canada’s Green University indeed. Yet that’s not the only issue around pot that UNBC has to think about. In its annual surveys of Canadian universities, Maclean’s also looked at student marijuana use.

Nationally, 63 per cent of respondents said they never used, 21 per cent said they were infrequent indulgers (less than once a month or once a year) and just five per cent reported frequent partaking (daily or a few times per week). Maclean’s found UNBC students are mostly typical pot users, virtually identical to the national numbers for those who never use, infrequent dabblers and daily 4:20s. UNBC, however, was double the national average of a few times per week use (six per cent) and monthly use (eight per cent). Curiously, just one per cent of UNBC students reported less than once a month use, compared to 10 per cent seen nationally. Basically, UNBC students have a black or white relationship with pot, with 85 per cent of students either never or rarely using, while the other 15 per cent partaking at least once a month or more.

That’s hardly enough reefer madness to worry about but it will be interesting to see whether use spikes among post-secondary students once legalization happens and if the social stigmas around pot use fall away. It would also be interesting to see further research into how students use pot. As the Maclean’s article points out anecdotally, marijuana use on Canadian campuses seems to mirror that of the general adult population, where people either use in social settings, similarly to alcohol, or partake to reduce stress or as a non-prescription sleep aid. Whatever happens after next summer, the data suggests UNBC students will largely fall in line with their counterparts on other Canadian campuses when it comes to marijuana. Neil Godbout is managing editor of the Prince George Citizen.

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Dam(ned) if You Do, Dam(ned) if You Don’t

he B.C. government has a tough decision to make. What to do about Site C? Should it continue with its 1,100-megawatt hydro project on the Peace River? Or should it walk away, despite having sunk $2.1 billion and facing another $1.8 billion if it shuts it down? A new report by the B.C. Utilities Commission, the provincial electricity regulator, has not made the decision any easier. The report estimates the total cost of the project will exceed $10 billion (the original price tag was $8.3 billion). While this is not yet like Labrador’s Muskrat Falls overruns, it’s a warning that things may yet get worse. The report also says BC Hydro’s demand forecasts are overly optimistic. The commission, instead favours a low growth scenario, and calls into question B.C.’s need for new supply. This is reasonable, given the history of over-forecasting by BC Hydro (and most utilities) over the past decade. However, if Canada is serious about climate action, massive electrification will be required. Where things get interesting is the report’s comparison between Site C and an ‘alternative portfolio,’ consisting of wind, geothermal, batteries, and demand-side resources. The commission finds that the cost to ratepayers of these two alternatives is roughly equal. However, a closer look shows that some of the commission’s assumptions undersell the benefits of Site C while being generous in regards to the alternative. The report values Site C’s surplus energy at $25 per megawatt hour. This price is far too low for the type of power Site C will be able to provide on demand. The commission has chosen the low end of U.S. market price forecasts for flat delivery, ignoring Site C’s ability to shape power into the highest valued hours and provide firm capacity. It also ignores the Alberta market entirely, a rich potential destination for clean electricity. The report also denigrates BC Hydro’s trading arm, Powerex, saying it doubts its ability to market the excess capacity. Yet

this is precisely what Powerex (where I once worked) has done with great proficiency since its inception 30 years ago. It also ignores the fact BC Hydro is set to improve its link to California’s electricity market. Nor does it acknowledge Alberta’s pending market reform. Both changes increase the value of Site C’s flexible power. As for the alternative portfolio, the report assumes wind and other renewables will have equivalent firmness to Site C, when combined with demand-side management programs. While that can help manage intermittency, equivalent firmness to a hydro facility is a stretch. In short, the report grossly underestimates the value of Site C’s flexible generating capacity and tends to be generous with the alternative. The report also assigns no greenhouse gas benefits from exports displacing fossil fuel generation in neighbouring regions. If B.C. and Alberta were one province, Site C would be a no-brainer. Its energy would offset pending coal retirements, and its capacity would enable greater penetration of Alberta’s superior wind resources. The tragedy here is that Site C completion remains a debatable issue, despite $2 billion in sunk costs and needing $2 billion more to terminate. It speaks to the flaws in the initial decision to proceed without BC Utilities Commission oversight. But the present-day decision requires looking forward, not backward. Everyone is building wind and other renewables. Should B.C. go all-in with that herd? Or should it use its comparative advantage and enhance its flexible resources that will be in even greater demand in a world replete with intermittent generation? Victoria must now decide. And it won’t be easy. Blake Shaffer is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Calgary, fellow-in-residence at the C.D. Howe Institute, and former director of energy trading for Transalta Corporation.

Rescued pup on the mend Re: ‘SPCA seeks support for dogs seized from hoarder,’ Alaska Highway News, Nov. 2 I noticed the picture you posted and the caption read that it is one of the dogs currently in SPCA care. I was lucky to take this one before the rest got shipped down as he was in the worst shape. Aside from the extensive mats that had to be removed under sedation, he had lots of bite marks and had lost an eye as he couldn’t defend himself because of his restricted movements from the mats. I was able to get the care he needed here and next month he will go back to the vet to take care of his eye (it has to be removed and sewn shut). The mats on his leg were so extensive, one leg was in danger of having the circulation cut off and he was lucky he got to a vet when he did. I named the little fellow Bilbo and we think he is four years old. He is the sweetest and I believe he is so lucky to have found my home. He gets along with my cat and dog as well. He is quite cuddly and loves to be wrapped and kept warm! He are some before and after pictures. The difference in this dog is nothing short of amazing. I am glad I got him when I did. I hope all his other siblings can get the same love and care they deserve! —Sheila Buck, Fort Nelson

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Top: Bilbo taking over the couch. Middle: Bilbo’s condition when he came to the rescue. Bottom: Bilbo’s two front legs.

Counterpoint

Site C opponents don’t mind saying ‘we told you so’

hirty years after the previous BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) basically shot down Site C, the latest review has come up with pretty much the same results. Essentially, the key assumptions used by BC Hydro and the former B.C. government to justify the need for Site C have been debunked. The review also clearly shows that Site C should have never been started. Despite repeated calls from many, the former government claimed there was a strong need and economic case for Site C, and denied the required BCUC review from happening. They were wrong, and we do not mind saying “we told you so.” Even with the money spent, termination is clearly the wisest choice. The panel identified a multitude of further risks associated with continuing Site C that show either a very high likelihood of further cost overruns, or future market risk for such a large lump of unneeded power. The panel also identified a cheaper “Illustrative Alternative Portfolio” that has much less risk than Site C. It is important to note that we do not need to rush out and build those alternatives to Site C right now anyway. So we can save further money

by slowly building them if and when they are needed, and avoid further losses from selling surplus into a poor market. We can also avoid spending all that money right now, and that leaves resources available now that can be used for more immediate and needed capital projects that actually create more sustainable jobs than Site C. Then we need to remember that this review did not consider all the other “cost” of flooding 107 kilometres of river valley. The previous environmental assessment of Site C found many “significant harms” that could not be mitigated. While unsatisfactory, many mitigation measures are also very costly to implement; basically a lose-lose. In the past, we have heard project proponents acknowledge with apparent regret the terrible impacts of the Site C project, but then fall back on the absolute need for the project. Well, guess what? The panel has just demonstrated that we can avoid that now. Termination will let us walk away from all the consequences of those impacts—a win-win. This government will take a hit no matter which decision they make. However, the much lesser hit will

be for a decision to terminate. To terminate is to put an end to this mess, and all blame will rest on the previous government. To proceed is to suffer many years of bad news coming out of the money pit called Site C and all the problems it brings. I notice that columnist Vaughn Palmer claims the NDP can simply blame those problems on the former government, but that is simply not true. The reason we just had a BCUC review was to make a decision on the future of Site C, regardless of the past mistakes. With the report from the BCUC, it is impossible for government to simply say that there is no choice now but to proceed, and wash their hands of the project. Should the NDP decide to proceed with Site C, they will own all the problems that come with Site C. Furthermore, I really doubt Vaughn Palmer and other mainstream media will rush to the defence of the NDP when things continue to go bad. After 40 years, it is time to terminate Site C, move on with the 21st Century, and avoid the future inevitable “we told you so!” Ken Boon is an expropriated landowner at Bear Flat.

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Views On The News Re: City’s five-year plan includes new rec centre, fire truck barbecue, AHN, Nov. 9

Excited to see the plans for this town for the near future! It’s changed so much already in the 20 years I’ve lived here, but now we’re getting nice things and more choice. Keep that in mind instead of complaining about the past.

— Josh Stokmans, via Facebook

I cant believe the plan to waste $100,000 dollars on a barbeque that will be used a couple times a year when there are real issues like homeless shelters that are much needed in the community.

— Jim Mannila, via Facebook

Re: BC Liberals’ energy plans proving to be powerless, Alaska Highway News, Nov. 9

Sounding more and more like Alaska Highway News be NDP fans these days.

— Brad Stewart, via Facebook

Jeff may be many things but an NDP puppet he is not! From the article: “Let me remind you that this is British Columbia, where party politics trump the needs of the people on a daily basis.”

— Sabrina Angelique Brooks, via Facebook

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way twice, especially in close time periods. They learn and quite likely teach each other where the hazards are.” - Ingebjorg Jean Hansen, A12

Site C employed nearly hedin’s biographer 2,400 in September followed by 250 labourers, nearly 200 engineers, and more than 200 professionals and technicians. Workforce numbers are collected monthly from contractors, which are also required under contract to report on indigenous inclusion and women participation on the project. There were at least 200 confirmed layoffs in September as main civil contractor Peace River Hydro Partners stopped portions of work on both sides of the Peace River. BC Hydro has previously said layoffs are still captured in consolidated employment statistics as anyone who worked on the project in a given month is still recorded as a worker. Site C employment numbers are publicly reported monthly. Statistics for October will be published in December.

Opponents reject job claims Meanwhile, the Peace Valley Landowner and Peace Valley Environment associations are casting doubts on BC Hydro’s employment figures. In an open letter to Premier John Horgan, the two groups argue the Site C workforce numbers “lack public verification” and are “significantly inflated.” “We are concerned that public confusion on this point may make things more complicated for decision-makers, in an already complex situation,” reads the letter, signed by 108 other opponents of the project. “Regarding the jobs claims, the fact is that few, if any, of the trades jobs at Site C would

have lasted for the duration of the project. Construction projects don’t offer the same tradesperson a decade-long job, so we feel that it is disingenuous for individuals to claim that they moved to Site C for a tenyear job. Moving from one site to the next is the nature of construction work.” The letter includes a list of 10 questions the groups suggest Horgan and his cabinet seek answers to, from how the job data is collected and reported, to verifying how much of the workforce is considered fulltime, to seeking firmer evidence of just how many of the workers are from Fort St. John and the surrounding region.

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Swedish filmmaker Viktoria Sahl was all smiles at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum Nov. 10, where residents sold out the local premiere of her documentary The Swedish Trapper. The 30-minute film chronicles the globetrotting life of Gus Hedin, best known locally for saving five U.S. soldiers from drowning in Charlie Lake during the construction of the Alaska Highway in 1942. Sahl first heard of Hedin when she was a teenager from her father, who recalled meeting an elderly Hedin in Australia in the 1980s and hearing of his adventures. “It was a snowball,” Sahl told the audience. “I started in Australia and then all of a sudden it took me to Canada.” Sahl plans a public release of the film in the new year. Watch for it on alaskahighwaynews.ca.

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The Site C workforce totalled 2,375 in September, according to BC Hydro’s latest employment statistics. The large majority of workers, 81 per cent, continued to be B.C. workers, with 1,917 employed as construction and non-construction contractors, engineers and project team staff. There were 593 workers from the Peace River Regional District performing construction and non-construction work, or 25 per cent of the total workforce. BC Hydro says there were 13 foreign workers employed on the project in July, along with 49 apprentices, 172 First Nations people, and 354 women. The majority of the project’s construction and non-construction workforce continues to be heavy equipment operators, with just under 500 employed working on the project in September,

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hat services do local appraisers offer their communities? We are at the forefront of research and analysis of local economic indicators. Appraisers can quickly identify trends good or bad. A well-qualified appraiser will offer education and advocacy when it comes to local assessments and mill rates. Appraisers are great people to show up at the city budget meetings and ask hard questions, but there is power in numbers. Municipal governments will always assume they are doing a good job when no one voices any concerns. TAX ASSESSMENTS In 2015, there was a large increase in the assessment portfolio in Fort St. John. At that time, there had been a large increase in new single-family dwellings, compounded by a trend of continued rising pricing early in the year. Unfortunately, the trend did not continue and the market began to soften by the end of the year. It was very important to start communicating with all of our business and residential clients to have the discussion whether or not they should appeal their assessments. An over-assessed property that is not appealed in one year may have a much more difficult time appealing two years down the road when pricing may or may not have stabilized. PASSIVE TAX INCREASE Fort St. John had a large increase in the assessment portfolio in 2013 through 2015. The city will have an increase in expenditures as a result of more services, however, it could be argued the tax revenue should cover those expenditures. It is very important to watch the city’s operating budget and maintain stable expenditures. A year that offers an increase in assessments with little or no decline in mill rates is truly a passive tax increase. Show up at the budget meetings in early January. Show up at the mill rate meetings in March and April. MILL RATE RATIOS The ratio of residential mill rates to light industrial mill and business mill rates in Dawson Creek is 3.24. The ratio of residential mill rates to light industrial mill rates in Fort St. John is 5.07. The ratio of residential mill rates to business mill rates in Fort St. John is 2.81. Fort St. John scores better for business mill rates, but offers a significantly higher ratio than Dawson Creek for light industrial. This has prompted me to do some deeper investigations into the differences between the two communities.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 A11

LOCAL NEWS

PEACE REGION

COURT DOCKET A summary of sentences and fines handed out in Peace Region courts for the week ending Nov. 10. Fort St John Law Courts • Micheal Ricky Andrew Stafford (born 1993) was fined $500, given 11 days in jail, handed an intermittent probation order, and assessed a $75 victim surcharge for driving with a suspended licence. • Dalphus Jason Metecheah (born 1973) was fined $1,000 and assessed a $150 victim surcharge for driving with a suspended licence. • Sam Jr Archibald Capot Blanc-Acko (born 1997) was given 13 days in jail and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for breach of undertaking, and failure to comply with sentence/surcharge/ disposition. • Branden Chase Miskenack (born 1992) was fined $400 and assessed a $120 victim surcharge for breaching probation. Miskenack was further fined $350 and assessed a $105 victim surcharge for breach of undertaking. Miskenack was also assessed a $100 victim surcharge for failing to appear pursuant to a court order. • Abdul Omar Isse (born 1988) was

assessed a $100 victim surcharge for breach of undertaking. Dawson Creek Law Courts • Lloyd Frances Campbell (born 1986) was handed a one-year probation order and assessed a $200 victim surcharge for theft of a motor vehicle. Campbell was handed a second one-year probation order with a two-year criminal driving ban, and assessed a $200 victim surcharge for fleeing from a peace officer. Campbell was further ordered to provide a DNA sample, handed another one-year probation order, and assessed a $200 victim surcharge for breaking and entering with the intent to commit an offence. Campbell was also given seven days in jail and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for mischief. • Sara Lee Stevens (born 1991) was given 74 days in jail, handed a two-year criminal driving ban, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for care of control of vehicle with a blood alcohol level over 0.08. Stevens was given 30 more days in jail, handed a two-year criminal driving ban, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for operating a motor vehicle while disqualified. Stevens was handed seven more days in jail and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for failure to appear pursuant to an appearance notice. — Tom Summer

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Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Under the Land Act The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority of Vancouver, B.C., intends to make an application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Crown Land Adjudication, for a statutory right-of-way for electric transmission power lines and substations in the vicinity of Williston Lake, Peace River District. The MFLNRO file number is: 8015946. For more information about this application, please visit the MFLNRO website: www.arfd.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp If you have any comments on this application, please send them, in writing by December 9, 2017, to: Jason Pederson, Authorization Officer, Northeast Region, MFLNRO Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 100, 10003-110 Avenue, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 6M7, 250 261 2063

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A view of the north bank of the Peace River, where excavation work has been done to stabilize the slope above the Site C dam site. 5457

TENSION FROM A1

In October, BC Hydro acknowledged to the BC Utilities Commission that two tension cracks on the north bank that emerged earlier this year had pushed back a planned 2019 river diversion to 2020 and added $610 million to the project’s cost—adding weight to opposition arguments that the dam site is too unstable to support a dam and will continue to drive the project over its budget. Construction crews have been excavating the bank to remove historic landslides in the dam site area, however, slope instability caused a work safety stoppage in July and forced main contractor Peace River Hydro Partners to file for a 435-day schedule delay in August. But BC Hydro says there are no new tension cracks at the dam site. “What is indicated as cracks on the photo circulating on Twitter are simply access roads and horizontal cuts visible in the slope that are remnants from excavating the slope with a bulldozer,” spokesman Dave Conway said. “The areas shown as erosion are locations where there has been some localized erosion which is typical during excavation activities of this size and nature.” Conway provided detailed analysis of the concerns, and added erosion due to weather, and surgical springs and sand lenses that carry water through the slope is always a possibility during construction. “This has been carefully considered and in no way compromises the final design which incorporates extensive measures for the care of water both during and after construction,” Conway said. “These measures included ditches, drainage layers, erosion control matting, revegetation and a central drainage channel designed to carry water off the left bank safely.” A 2009 engineering study of the dam site just outside of Fort St. John notes Site C is being built on shale bedrock, and that the slope of the north bank above the dam would have to be flattened to provide “adequate

stability” because of glacial sediments. The design of the slope has undergone several revisions since the initial design in 1982, when it was estimated 15.6 million cubic metres of earth would need to be excavated. That material was initially identified in 1981 to be used as impervious material for the main core of the earthfill dam, however, the 2009 study notes a subsequent reassessment in 1989 found the material to be unsuitable. “This was due to the fact that 30 per cent of the zone consists of granular material and the fine materials have a wide range of moisture contents,” the study reads. “Therefore, suitable sources of impervious materials have to be identified.” BC Hydro has since found that material in 85th Avenue industrial lands just outside the city near the dam site that will be used as a quarry. The material will be excavated and shipped via conveyor belt to the dam site. In a September 2017 construction review by Deloitte LLP, independent consultants hired by the utilities commission for its economic review, the auditors highlighted continued geotechnical risks at the north bank. Concerns were also about rock conditions where river diversion tunnels are being excavated, where the dam’s powerhouse and spillway are being built on the south bank of the Peace River, and on the dam embankment itself. “The consequences of the dam risks would involve additional time for the construction and potential costs,” the Deloitte report reads. In its submissions to the utilities commission, BC Hydro estimated the costs of further geotechnical problems to run anywhere from $10 million to $100 million. “The remaining geotechnical risk going forward for surface works has been significantly reduced, as the majority of the work zones at the dam site have been developed and largely excavated. The ground conditions are now known,” the utility said.

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bats from a1

The Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program (FWCP) has been providing $60,000 a year to researchers to understand bat ecology around the Williston Reservoir, and is primarily concerned on the spread of White Nose Syndrome, a disease lethal to bats. The fungus thrives in cool, damp conditions, and is easily found in the hibernacula—the cracks and crevices where bats make their home. Infected bats develop a white fungus on their nose and wing membranes during hibernation, and the disease killed more than six million bats in eastern North America before the first case west of the continental divide was found in Washington State in March 2016, according to the province. The disease has yet to be detected in B.C., but it can lead to mortality rates between 80 to 100 per cent in affected colonies. “As you can imagine, with a nocturnal species that we can’t hear – it’s literally like trying to study something that you cannot see and hear – who’s facing an imminent, and very deadly disease, it’s tough to study these guys,” said Ingebjorg Jean Hansen, the project lead and wildlife biologist

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Left: David Miller holds the time capsule while Rose Hanson recalls the official opening of Matthews Centennial Park in 1967. Right: The Wednesday Farmington quilting group displayed the quilt which they designed for Canada’s 150th birthday.

Celebrating 50 years of Matthews Centennial Park Linda Greene Alaska Highway News

About 50 members of the Farmington community met at Matthews Centennial Park on the Sweetwater Road on Sunday, September 24, to celebrate the park’s 50th birthday and to open the time capsule embedded in the cairn at the entrance to the park. The park was a Centennial project for the Sweetwater, Parkland and Farmington communities, with a committee formed in 1964 to plan the project which would culminate with the park being officially opened in August 1967. An early pioneer James (Jimmy) Matthews, donated 12.5 acres of land and the committee applied for available grants from the federal and provincial governments to celebrate Canada’s 100th birthday in 1967. Many community members and hours of work resulted in the site being cleared, a ball diamond built, outhouses added, and a concession stand set up. The former Sweetwater School, located 1.5 miles east of the Park was moved to the park site. The committee asked members of the community to submit ideas for a monument to be erected at the entrance of the park, and they selected the designs by Ron Stanek and Linda (Hanson) Greene to be combined, and

a cairn with a rock base completed by Joe Vopika, and ironwork welded by Ron Stanek, became the official welcome at the entrance to the park. A cavity was left for a time capsule to be added at a later date. Attending the ceremony were Donna Stanek and Rose Hanson (widows of committee members Ron Stanek and Erling Hanson), as well as many descendants of the committee and the farming community of the 1920s to 1970s—including the Millers, Staneks, Hansons, Eybens, Doonans, Straskys, Paradowskis, Mraceks. Over the last 50 years, many improvements were added: a gymkhana area, bleachers for the ball diamond, a picnic gazebo. The time capsule was opened in the schoolhouse, and an interesting assortment of memorabilia was discovered—1967 Centennial tokens, coins, minutes of committee meetings, a summary and histories of pioneer and current (1967) families living in the area, a copy of the Peace River Block News from August 1967. The afternoon was completed with visiting and a barbeque supper organized by the Farmington Community Association. The Farmington Wednesday quilters displayed a unique quilt designed for Canada’s 150th birthday.

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Blueberry River First Nation youth Trinity Desjarlais, Remington Davis, Tichia Davis, Douglas Jensen-Apsassin, Nikita Jensen-Apsassin, TJ Sochan, and Charlie Yahey took part in a four-day music workshop last week.

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A group of youth from Blueberry River First Nation got a hands-on lesson about finding their connection to the land and each other last week. The seven students were able to do that through music and film, collaborating with N’we Jinan, a mobile music and video studio that embeds itself in First Nations communities across the country. The students produced a song and accompanying video called Where Happiness Dwells—a story of the Blueberry community and how it was displaced decades ago from its sister community of Doig River in the Montney area, and how youth from the community are seeking their full potential and what it means to be indigenous. “The students are from different families, different background, different lifestyles,” said Patsy Greyeyes, who helped bring the workshop to town with Sage Birley at North Peace Secondary. “I want their voices heard. I want people to hear what they

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have to say, and how this has affected them and where they are at in their lives.” The students included Trinity Desjarlais, Remington Davis, Tichia Davis, Douglas Jensen-Apsassin, Nikita Jensen-Apsassin, TJ Sochan, and Charlie Yahey. For Yahey, the project was a chance for him to channel his great-grandfather, considered a great dreamer in Beaver and Dane-Za culture, and whose name he inherited. “The dreams he dreamt, about something in the community, or the world, would come true,” said Yahey, 17, referencing stories that have been passed down about great floods that were prevented at Charlie Lake, or helping give his community the strength to fight off a flu epidemic. “My great grandpa has passed down his name, and now I’m in a place to make a change,” Yahey says in his verse in the pop-infused hip-hop song. “In a small community where all we need is unity, our home is so resilient, we should try to see it beautifully.” For 16-year-old TJ Sochan, the project was about bringing awareness to the Blueberry community—the good, the

bad, the ugly. “Not a lot of people have heard of this place. I want people to know about it, we exist,” said Sochan, an active member of the high school poetry club. “It’s not all good, it’s not all bad, just like the rest of the world. There’s still things wrong, and I would like it to stop. We can’t do it alone, and that’s why we do projects like this.” The four-day workshop was facilitated by David Hodges, a non-indigenous educator who says art gave him a path to follow in life. The job is a chance for him to help other youth find their own paths, he said. “It’s given me a purpose and a path to harness all the energy life gives me, and develop skills to transfer to other people, and inspire them to engage themselves,” Hodges said. “It’s cool to be creative. You can have a future being a creative person.” Hodges said the workshop gives students insight into the artistic process. “It’s a huge process, but in a condensed form so they get an idea of what’s involved,” he said.

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Malt barley a pub classic

alted seeds are largely known from malt beer, whisky, and vinegar making. In this “malting” process, barley seeds are washed with water and sprouted before being fermented. The sprouted seed makes usable simple sugars for yeasts to convert into alcohol. Malted seed ferments come from the kitchens of ancient grain savers and gardeners already proficient at sprouting seedlings. Barley first grew wild near and was domesticated in Syria. Later, the Egyptian Pharaohs used it as a super food for beer, bread making, and vinegar. In the modern era, malt barley specialists from Scotland created whisky, a global success story, and also Canada’s national drink. Malted barley’s incredible story reaches from our prehistory right to our present food production, more than 5,000 years. Malt vinegar is the left overs of beer making. It’s a staple in Canadian pubs for fish and chips. After malted barley is brewed into beer, it’s oxidized wastage turns to vinegar, and is served alongside the food as table vinegar. Malt barley can also be dried and turned into many other products including maltose, malt milk, and a myriad of malt ice cream smoothies. My malt memories started in a pub. BEER BATTERED FISH WITH HOMEMADE MALT VINEGAR TARTAR SAUCE Beer battered fish: 6 pieces of cod 1 cup flour 1/8 cup canola oil 5 eggs 1 cup beer Malt vinegar tartar sauce: 50ml malt vinegar 1 whole dill pickle (possibly in malt vinegar)

Judah Koile FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE

1 lemon, zested and juiced 1:1tbs salt and pepper 5 egg yolks 1/2 cup canola oil 1 bulb garlic, diced 1tbs capers 20g diced parsley In a food processor, combine the garlic, egg yolk, vinegar, salt and pepper. Blend well into a smooth paste. Add your capers and diced pickle. Turn on the food processor to low and slowly add the oil. For thick, heavy textured tartar sauce use seven egg yolks and 3/4 cup of oil. Put a pot with four litres of hot oil on your stove, heat with a thermometer until it is 300 degrees. Combine your batter ingredients together in a mixing bowl with a whisk, wrap in plastic, and set aside. Add more water or flour to adjust for thicker or thinner batter. When the oil is 300 F, dip your fish in flour and salt, submerge in beer batter mixed with two ice cubes. With steel tongs, gently pick your fish, letting most of the batter run off. Then submerge in the hot oil. Cook until the batter is still white, and the fish is half-cooked, three to four minutes. Remove from oil with a perforated spoon and place on a plate with a towel. Cool the fish while you heat your oil to 350-365 F. Quickly dunk the fish back in to finish cooking and brown the crust. Remove and serve hot with the tartar sauce and a slash of malt vinegar. Judah Koile is a Fort St. John chef and co-owns The BEAM with his wife, Jiwon.

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Not only that, you’ll also see how much affection and love there is in your daily world. LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) If out shopping today, you will be tempted buy luxurious, elegant items. However, don’t give away your money. Be prudent. SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) Relationships with others are friendly, diplomatic and warm today. In fact, you will charm everyone you meet. People will want to be in your presence. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) You feel moved to help those who are less fortunate today. You even will go so far as to put their interests before your own, if you have the opportunity. (That’s very noble.) CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) Friendships with others are warm today. In particular, you will enjoy hanging out with people who are creative and artistic. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) A work-related romance, especially with a boss or someone in a position of power, might begin today. Others will seek out your advice about how to make something look better. PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) Travel for pleasure appeals to you today. You want to escape to wonderful places with turquoise waters and white sand.

No Consequences for Bad Behavior Dear Annie: I am inclined to ask for an outside opinion after spending time with my grandkids at their home last night and witnessing a lot of violent behavior with which they got away. It was an emotional roller coaster. I saw the eldest sibling behaving roughly with his younger siblings. The parents threatened to take away a favorite toy as punishment but then never followed through, nor did they use timeout, which I still think is smart for calming down. As a grandparent, I was glad to see the sisters, ages 3 and 4, learning to fight back against their elder brother, who is 7, when he was rough with them. But he’s still stronger, and there was still a lot of crying. Meanwhile, the 1-year-old boy is watching it all. My daughter-in-law is a stayat-home mom. My son participates with the discipline, but he mostly yells at them. The kids laugh it off, and the eldest boy even hits the parents or pounces on them when he feels like it. And again, nothing is done to punish him. The kids are simply told to hug and say they’re sorry. This has been going on for at least three years. When I spend time with the kids individually, they are sweet and very smart. I’m sure they like the calm visit with me. What will happen with them in the future? -- Worried Grandma

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Dear Worried Grandma: You are correct to be concerned. Empty threats help no one. They instill temporary fear in children that they will get something taken away, and when there is no followthrough on the threats, it teaches the children that your word is not worth paying attention to. In the end, they will continue not to listen to or respect your son and daughterin-law. They need firm guidelines about not hitting, strict enforcement and lots of love. Dear Annie: I am a veterinarian, and I have read your column since its inception. I usually agree with your advice. However, I must object to the advice you gave to the owners of the cat who got a Great Pyrenees. They believe that the dog is demanding an inordinate amount of their attention, possibly out of jealousy. Though your reply was well-intended, your recommendations may not have been helpful and could even be dangerous. Dogs and cats have their own methods of communication, with facial expressions and body language that most people aren’t

trained or attuned enough to understand. They have evolved to respond to these cues in certain ways. Trying to project human emotions, motivations or patterns of behavior onto dogs or cats is largely unsuccessful and can sometimes create even more unwanted behavior. This couple would benefit from having a professional dog trainer come to their house, observe the social hierarchy that exists and counsel them on the best way to safely modify this dog’s behavior. Thank you for your ongoing efforts to help people with their issues. I hope this information is beneficial. -- Michigan Veterinarian Dear Michigan Veterinarian: Thank you for your expertise. You make a great point about the potential pitfalls of projecting human emotion onto animal behavior. I’ve forwarded your letter to the owner of the Great Pyrenees, and I’m printing it here for the benefit of all readers trying to keep the peace among animals in their homes.

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Northern Health did refund passengers who cancelled their trips or for the portions of their trip that couldn’t be completed, Collins said. However, it’s not Northern Health’s policy to reimburse patients for travel outside the health authority’s bus service, she said. “We can’t be responsible if someone chooses to fly or take an alternate provider, that’s why we provide our service,” Collins said. “In some cases where our services are disrupted, and we have passengers at the other end of the route and unable to return, then we work with those clients to make sure that they find a way back to their home community. But that wasn’t the case in the case of the wildfires.” While Simoneau acknowledges he was refunded $80, he sees the matter differently, noting he’s on a fixed income as a senior and is adamant he was not advised of the situation. He’s reached out to MLA Dan Davies to help advocate on his behalf. He notes he spent two days in jail in Fort Nelson for causing mischief after spray painting a government sign to draw attention to his plight, and even applied for medical services in the Yukon. “The judge was most sympathetic to my plight,” he said. “I wanted to go to jail to have my medical symptoms addressed. I just want the operation done.” Davies says he’s not looking to point fingers in helping Simoneau, but wants to know if there’s something to learn from his story. “How can we improve quality of service on the Northern Health bus?” he said, adding he’s written to Northern Health to help see Simoneau reimbursed. “He’s on old age pension. Well, old age pension is barely enough to get you through on food alone in a month. It doesn’t pay a lot.”

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McPhee has a background in emergency management, including 10 years of work as an emergency preparedness coordinator for Spectra Energy, serving as an instructor for the Justice Institute of BC, and being an active part of the BC Search and Rescue Association, Lane said. “This initiative is totally driven by aboriginal insight, what the aboriginal community is wanting and needing,” Lane said. “The adage is that voices are not heard. We’re hoping this will combat that, therefore you don’t go three or four months before a report is taken, or someone is reported missing to police.” Response times are key when someone is believed to have gone

missing—from identifying whether the person is actually missing, to finding evidence and witnesses when it’s determined they are, Lane said. “Once it’s identified this is something serious, or something we need to address, that then triggers a response from the core team and cuts down the wait time of filing a missing persons report to the RCMP, and then waiting for somebody to investigate and say, ‘We can’t find her,’” Lane said. While the plan will be indigenousfocused, it will apply to all women in the city once it’s rolled out, Lane said, noting there are 13 women from the region deemed to be missing or murdered. “That’s a very high number for

a very small area,” said society executive director Amanda Trotter. Added Lane: “While we can’t do anything for the numbers in the past, we’re hoping we’ll have an impact on the numbers in the future. The society will continue to pursue funding the support the plan, and hopes it can serve as a model for other communities in B.C. “We’re hoping Fort St. John will be the prototype so that other communities and other cities can then take the plan and implement it in their own communities so that it not only works in Fort St. John, it works in Terrace, it works in Smithers, it works in Salmon Arm,” Lane said.

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U17 tourney a success for all involved DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

After a year’s worth of planning, countless volunteer hours, and 26 hockey games between two cities, the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge has come and gone—the United States taking home the gold medal in a 6-4 win over Canada Red. As in 2015, when the tournament was here last, and even more so with a year to plan instead of three months, the way the event was organized and the local people who were a part of it left an impression on those visiting the Peace Region. Fort St. John and Dawson Creek are capable of hosting world-class events. It was evident before last week and it is even more certain now. “Most host committees

want to do well, and work and do well, but this one I think does very well. They’ve gone over the top two years ago and they’ve gone over the top this year,” said Joe Drago, chairman of Hockey Canada. “When you look at a gold medal game being sold out two or three weeks ago, and the crowd tonight, they’re standing two or three deep, so the place is rocking and it’s jammed. This is a very successful event,” Drago said at North Peace Arena during Russia’s 4-3 defeat of Canada Red. Members of the host steering committee were very pleased with how it went as well. “It was very similar (to 2015). We knew that the people would do a good job and you can’t say enough about the people in Fort St. John and what they do,”

said Lee Hartman, co-chair of the Fort St. John steering committee. “It seems like Fort St. John always comes together and puts on a first-class event whenever we host anything. Whenever we put something on that brings people from out of our community into our community it’s well run and one of the best events that these teams come to,” Jeremy Clothier said, a member of the steering committee, who, along with Hartman, was on the committee in 2015 as well. The people who worked so tirelessly for more than a week are also somewhat happy to be able to get back to normal life, however. “Very happy with how it went, happy that it’s over, happy that we can go on back to work and the (Fort St. John) Flyers and everything

else. The crowds were phenomenal,” Hartman said. Though an official number wasn’t available, it’s believed there were more sold out games in Fort St. John this year than in 2015. It seemed every time Canada Red played in town, especially at the night games, there was standing room only. Hartman said there were definitely more scouts in the city than last time around as the tournament had a stronger international contingent than in 2015. Three teams—Finland, Sweden and Russia—played most of their games at the North Peace Arena, too, he added.. Scouts can see Canadian and American players any time they choose, but it is harder to watch the European players. See U17 on B3

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The expressions of the players in this photo—Mitchell Russell and Jackson van de Leest of Canada Red—summarizes the experience of all who attended the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Here, the players are celebrating a goal scored against Russia on Nov. 7. Turn to B5 and B6 for more.

Players leave town with lasting impression DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

Now that the World Under-17 Hockey Challnege, has come and gone, it’s a time for everyone involved to reflect on what just took place. All people involved, from volunteers, organizers and Hockey Canada officials seemed to have a great time. But the players really enjoyed their time at the tournament and in the Peace Region as well. “It’s been unreal. I’m loving every second of it, just soaking in the experience. Really, a once in a lifetime opportunity to play with the best guys that are 16 in the world,” said Canada White goalie Taylor Gauthier, who plays his hockey in Prince George. Once the tournament was

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over, some players could reflect on their experience and how they felt having won an international medal. “It was a great moment in my life, I’m so tired. But it’s the best moment in my life,” said Matej Toman of the Czech Republic, which won the bronze medal. “It’s great, having the chance to play for your country is such a special moment,” said U.S.A. captain Jack Hughes, the tournament’s best player with 15 points. The players also really seemed to enjoy playing in Fort St. John. “In Fort St. John, it’s a little smaller rink and the crowd is electric there,” said Canada White forward Graeme Clarke. “When we heard we

were coming back to North Peace Arena, we were pretty excited because there’s great fans here, always packed, so energetic. It was fun playing here,” said Canada Red forward Ryan Suzuki. Some players were just pleased with how well-run the entire tournament was. “Everything’s been great, the food’s been great, the hospitality’s been great,” said Canada White captain Braden Schneider. “Hockey Canada, they’re a high class organization. Obviously, I don’t think most people would pick this destination first, but they put on a show. I couldn’t thank the two towns enough and it was pretty awesome,” Canada Red captain Peyton Krebs said. “They’re small communities, they support

hockey and it’s all they have here. They supported us very well and it was a great atmosphere every game,” said Canada Red goalie Luke Cavallin. The players also reflected on their experience in Fort St. John in general. “Fort St. John I like it. Pretty small city, pretty good guys here, everybody’s smiling,” said Russian forward Egor Afanasyev. “This is a great place. Very quiet place,” Finland captain Henri Nikkanen said. The players had the time of their lives and they won’t soon forget the time in our city. “I think Fort St. John is an awesome town. They got some great people, some hard-working people, some blue collar people that love hockey,” Krebs said.

The bittersweet end of the U17s Dillon Giancola THE DILL ZONE

ll good things must come to an end, they say. I don’t know who they are, but people definitely say that. And it’s true. Whether it’s an exciting and joyful period of life, a fun time like the Christmas holidays, or a week-long international hockey tournament, it will come to an end. That’s not to be negative, it’s just the cycle of life. But it can sure feel like a bummer. That’s how I found myself feeling on Friday, Nov. 10. We were entering the final days of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, and I knew the joy and enthusiasm and busyness would soon be replaced by the slower pace of regular Fort St. John life. That feeling stuck with me most of the day, I couldn’t shake it. That’s partly because of reduced sleep all week long, and things were taking their natural toll on me. But it’s also because every day was just so much fun. I wrote last week how everybody that came near the tournament seemed to be infused by joy. Nevertheless, I slogged through Friday, enjoyed the games, and was back to work on Saturday, in Dawson Creek for the bronze and gold medal games. And it was delightful. I was able to fully enjoy the moment, this occasion that brought so many great people from our communities together. The event itself was pretty good. The bronze medal match between Canada White and the Czech Republic was a slow, mostly boring game, and the gold medal game between Canada Red and U.S.A. started to look like it would be a blowout, too. But then Canada Red, after being down 5-0 early in the second period, scored three straight goals to make a game of it. It was the loudest I had heard the crowd all week long, and was the most fun I’ve had on the job since I’ve been up here. The Canadians couldn’t pull off the upset, but it didn’t matter. Everybody went home happy, having been a part of something special. It’s very much how I feel about Christmas. Somewhere around this time of the year, I go into full-on Christmas mode. The music, the decorations, all the chocolate, and the movies. It carries over for the next month and a half, making me very happy and fun to be around. And then, just after supper time on Christmas Day, I get a little bummed out. This is it, I waited so long for this day and now it’s over. I seriously am still like this as an adult, in case you thought I was being hyperbolic or something. Then I realize there is still a bunch of time to enjoy over the next week with friends and family, and I suck it up and have a blast. And there’s still tons of sports going on every day and every week in the North Peace. So, I’ll throw on my winter jacket, get out my shovel, and enjoy what comes next. Hopefully you will, too. Dillon Giancola covers Peace Region sports for the Alaska Highway News. Email him at sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Carson wins gold for Inconnu in Grande Prairie Dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

Though the kids started swimming in the pool a month ago, the season has finally started as the Inconnu Swim Club has its first meet of the year under the belts. The club was in Grande Prairie Nov. 3 to 5, and it was a great start to the season with some good results. Titan Carson led the way for the club, winning the gold in aggregate for the boys 13-14 category. Alex McDonald got silver for the 11-12 year olds, while Julian Kemp got bronze in the same category. Nate Rogers won bronze for nine-ten year olds, and his brother Finn Rogers got silver for the seven and eight year old boys. The club had 31 kids participating, the second largest group of the five clubs that swam. Head coach Steve Carson was pleased with the way the

swimmers performed. “Overall, the kids swam really well. It’s the first time they got to stand up and really compete against other people, so just getting a taste for racing that’s all this is,” Carson said. Inconnu takes a mostly young group of swimmers to meets such as the Grande Prairie one. Carson said the kids grow a lot over the summer and are able to see results pretty quickly in the first meets of the season. “With just a month in the pool we get to work on technique and not pushing any speed yet. We’ll be getting ready for that here in the next month or so,” Carson said. The club also had four kids swim in the 50-metre freestyle eliminator, a race where the winners keep on swimming until there is one of them left. Alex McDonald was the youngest swimmer in the eliminator, while the club’s other three were in the 13-14 year

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The team that the Inconnu Swim Club took to Grande Prairie Nov. 3 to 5. They will be in Prince George competing this weekend.

old category going up against 16 year olds. Kemp finished fourth. “It was pretty fun to watch. To see them all be able to get up there and go

partake was very exciting,” said Carson. Inconnu is back on the road this weekend to the Prince George Fall Invitational Nov. 17-19.

First place Huskies host huge series this weekend Dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

After four straight road games, all wins, the Fort St. John Huskies return to the North Peace Arena this week for a two-game home series against the first place North Peace Navigators. The Navigators (11-3) have 22 points in 14 games, and the Huskes (10-1) are two points behind them in second. If all goes well, the Huskies could jump the Navigators in the standings. But Huskies General Manager Jeremy Clothier said the standings are not the team’s main concern. “Our focus is the biggest thing. If we just stick to the way we’ve been playing the last couple weeks, we’ll definitely put ourselves into good spots and situations,” Clothier said. It may seem like getting better after R0021217976

a red hot start as good as the Huskies’ would be hard, but Clothier believes there is still room to improve. One way to improvement is getting back some healthy players. The Huskies have been playing without Nolan Legace, Jeridyn Lowen, Aiden Tegart, Matthew Apsassin, and David Smith for the last couple games. “Legace, Tegart, and Apsassin should all be back this week so that’s three pretty good pieces to add back to our lineup for a tough matchup headto-head,” Clothier said. Indeed, it will be a tough matchup against the Navigators. But just because the Huskies have been winning doesn’t mean the team is taking this weekend’s games lightly. “They’re tough, always a very wellrounded team that is getting good goaltending right now,” Clothier said

about the Navigators. “They are one of the top teams every year and they know what it takes to stay at that level. It will be a good test for us.” The Navigators’ goalie that Clothier referred to is Ryan Noble, whose 7-0 record is tied for tops in the NWJHL with the Huskies’ own Jonathan Bateman. However, Noble has the slight edge, his 1.29 goals against average edging out Bateman’s 1.57. His .964 save percentage is also just ahead of Batemans .941. No matter how the games end, they are likely to be low scoring and tight. The Navigators also have Blake Carpenter, whose 26 points are second in the league. However, the Huskies have a special player of their own to counter Carpenter with in Josh Robinson. “In my opinion, he’s one of the best

players in the entire league. Whatever role he’s put in that’s what he goes out and does,” Clothier said. Robinson has seven goals and 15 points. Clothier said last Friday’s win in Fairview was Robinson’s 100th game in the NWJHL. “Along with Jarod Lang, that’s two guys we have that cracked 100 games. It’s pretty big to have guys that have been with us that long and that have been steady their entire career with us,” Clothier said. One thing to note about this weekend’s games is the start times. The game on Nov. 17 will begin at 8:30 p.m., a half hour later than usual, to accommodate the Santa Claus Parade. The Huskies will be walking in the parade handing out tickets to that evening’s game. The game on Nov. 18 will start at 3:30 p.m.

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This Week: The RSM Classic

This week, the PGA Tour will travel to Sea Island, Georgia for the RSM Classic. The tournament is held at the Defending: Mac Hughes Seaside Golf Club. Seaside was Winning Score: 17-under par originally built as a nine hole Winning Share: $1,080,000 course by legendary English architects Colt and Alison in 1929. In 1973, Joe Lee designed Marshside Nine. These two distinct nines were transformed into the current world-class Seaside course in 1999 by Tom Fazio. Seaside is prominently placed on Golf Digest’s list of “Top 100 Courses in the United States.” Seaside Course Sea Island, Ga. 7,055 yards, Par 70

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Patton Kizzire posted rounds Tournament Results of 66 and 67 on a marathon, 1. Patton Kizzire 36-hole Sunday to finish Score: -19 Earnings: $1,278,000 one stroke ahead of Rickie 2. Rickie Fowler Fowler for his first career win at Score: -18 Earnings: $766,800 the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. “It 3. Si Woo Kim was pretty nerve-wracking, but I Score: -15 felt good,” Kizzire said. “I’ve been Earnings: $482,800 in tough spots before and I drew from that from all my experiences.” Fowler, who carded two 67s on Sunday, has now finished in second place 12 times in his PGA Tour career, and three times in his last 11 starts.

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Golf Trivia

a) Jack Nicklaus b) Arnold Palmer

Last Week: Patton Kizzire won the OHL Classic

Kevin Sutherland finally broke through on the PGA Tour Champions, taking the seasonending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, and the topping the yearlong competition, too. Sutherland closed with a 5-under 66 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Vijay Singh at Phoenix Country Club. “I don’t even know. It’s like a whirlwind thing. It’s amazing,” Sutherland said. “I mean, the names on this trophy are incredible. I’ve seen it, and to be on that list is just, I can’t even put words to it, it’s just amazing.” The only player to shoot 59 in PGA TOUR Champions history, Sutherland had 15 top-10 finishes this season, finishing second three times and third twice.

Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the big faults that the amateur golfer finds is when they hit a shot into trouble. A professional can find a way to escape disaster, but the general rule for an amateur is that trouble leads to more trouble. The one shot that causes the amateur the most trouble is when a tee shot goes into the woods. We’re so mad when our shot is out of the fairway and in a tree that it usually leads to a second erratic shot. Consequently, most people race up to find the shot, just grab a club and hack away. Instead, a more sensible plan is the best course of action. Picking the right club with the proper loft is essential. Too much loft could lead to your shot going into the overhanging leaves. Not enough loft will result in the ball getting hung up in the woods again.

Player Profile

Patton Kizzire

Turned Professional: 2008 FedEx Cup Ranking: 1 World Ranking: 119 PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through Nov. 12, 2017

1) Patton Kizzire 649 pts. / 3 top tens

2) Pat Perez

646 pts. / 2 top tens

3) Brendan Steele 556 pts. / 1 top tens

4) Patrick Cantlay 555 pts. / 1 top tens

5) Justin Rose 550 pts. / 1 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued... Player Points 6) Justin Thomas 548 7) Tony Finau 453 8) Chesson Hadley 443 9) Whee Kim 411 10) Ryan Armour 341

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More players expected to make NHL from U17s than 2015 U17 FROM B1

Drago said that if there is any difference in the event this year, it is from the fans themselves. “I think what’s different is the awareness that the community has. The first one, they’re wondering because they haven’t seen a U17 before. But now they have a good understanding, they realize that the players they’re looking at are potentially our next World Junior guys and some of them eventually are going to be in the National Hockey League,” said Drago. As for the communities themselves, they have grown a lot on Drago. “As a person, what I like is the friendliness. I don’t sit much in the game. I walk around the top and talk to people and get a feeling for the pulse of things. Everybody goes out of their way to say hello and talk to you, and help you along,” Drago said. On the hockey side of things, there was

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Players like the American’s Jack Hughes and Cole Caufield, pictured here, have a good chance to be drafted into the NHL in 2019.

lots to be happy about. There were great games and fantastic players on display. “The last event here in 2015 there were 66 drafted out of the event (to the NHL).

Talking to scouts this time, they feel like that number will be significantly higher in 2019 (when this year’s players are drafted),” said Lee Hartman, co-chair of

Fort St. John’s steering committee. Hartman said 90 per cent of the players on Canada’s World Junior team this Christmas season will have played in the Peace in the 2015 tournament. What was most important to Hockey Canada was that the players grow and develop, Drago said. “I don’t know that we’re here to say, ‘We’re automatically going to win a gold medal,’” Drago said. “We want to win a gold medal and we’ve worked for it, but we’re here to look at our talent and to develop. Indeed, none of the Canadian teams won the gold medal. But all three showed promise—Canada Red made the final and gave the States a run, Canada White came up just short in the bronze medal game, and Canada Black did finish second in their group, even if they ultimately finished seventh officially.

Flyers return to home ice with first win Dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

The Fort St. John Flyers went into Falher to play the Pirates on Nov. 9 and came out with a crazy 10-7 win. It was a wild game with multiple lead changes and huge pendulum swings of momentum—but one that was needed to inject some life into the Flyers season and give the team its first win of the season. After being down 2-0 in the first period, the Flyers tied it up early in the second with Adam Horst and Jeff Shipton. However, the Pirates came back with three straight goals in under three minutes to put themselves up 5-2. Not to be undone, the Flyers got three straight of their own from Cole Calliou, Rick Cleaver, and Shipton in under two minutes to tie the game at 5. The teams would then go back and forth, as the

Pirates went up 6-5, then Cleaver tied it up at 6-6. Falher went up 7-6, but Cleaver got his hat trick with the 7-7 tying goal. The Flyers would finally take control of the game with goals from Joey Massingham, a fourth from Cleaver, and a second from Calliou. The Flyers led in shots 38-27. Cleaver finished with five points, while Horst and Shipton had four each. “Once again, we travelled with just two defenceman at an away barn, and they tried to hold on for dear life. But it’s nice to see our offence start putting the puck in the net,” said Flyers General Manager Lee Hartman. It’s not the kind of game either team would like to have played, but a win is a win, and now the Flyers finally return home for two games this week after being on the road to start the season. The Flyers host the Pirates in a rematch on Nov. 16, and welcome the Grimshaw Huskies for the first time

on Nov. 18. Both games go at 8:30 p.m. at the North Peace Arena. “What we’ve told the team is training camp starts tomorrow (Nov. 13),” Hartman said, referring to the Flyers’ practice Monday night. “It’s an awkward start to our season, but I’ve seen a lot of the guys around the rink watching games and they understand that it’s good for the community.” Hartman said the team took their lumps early on and now they’re ready to get back into the swing of things, and that the home games this weekend will make it feel like the season has started. For the season, Falher is 2-1 after winning two games against the High Prairie Regals, while Grimshaw lost their only game they’ve played this year to the Manning Comets 6-5. They play Nov. 16 against High Prairie before coming to Fort St. John.

W EEKLY P RO R ACING U PDATE Racing News, Stats & Trivia

2017 Standings NASCAR Playoffs

Xfinity Series Top Ten Points Drivers 1) William Byron 2) Elliott Sadler 3) Justin Allgaier 4) Daniel Hemric 5) Cole Custer 6) Brennan Poole 7) Matt Tifft 8) Ryan Reed 9) Brendan Gaughan 10) Michael Annett

Kevin Harvick

Homestead-Miami Speedway

Kyle Busch Points: 5000

Martin Truex Jr. Points: 5000

Brad Keselowski Points: 5000

Distance: 1.5 miles Shape: Oval Turns / Straights: 18-20º / 4º

This week is the tenth and final race in the NASCAR Playoffs. NASCAR racing made its debut in the Miami area in 1995, drawing a sellout crowd of 60,000 to its first event. The track has a $100 million annual impact on the local economy and draws more than 300,000 racing enthusiasts annually to the area. The facility covers 600 acres and has a total of 65,000 Grandstand seats and has been called the “most beautiful racing facility anywhere on the planet”. In 2005, the track installed state-of-the-art lights making it possible for racing to be held after dark. The excitement has built up for the Ford EcoBoost 400: the finale for the 10-race NASCAR Playoffs.

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Racing News

Jimmie Johnson out of title chase after flat tire results in crash Jimmie Johnson won’t vie for a record eighth NASCAR Cup championship this week at Homestead-Miami Speedway. His frustrating playoff run continued Sunday after a flat tire resulted in a crash, ending his day just short of halfway through the elimination race at Phoenix International Raceway. Johnson has had a miserable playoffs, with four consecutive finishes outside the top-10 heading into Phoenix. “It’s disappointing,” Johnson said. “I anticipated this to be a really scrappy race to the end. We had good speed. I know I wasn’t leading the race, but my lap times compared to the leaders was respectable.”

Tony Stewart could run some 2018 XFINITY races Tony Stewart, who retired from NASCAR’s premier series after the 2016 season, said he has explored the possibility of running road courses in the Xfinity Series. “I might want to drive it at some point. There’s actually some road course races that I might be interested in running,” Stewart said.

Racing Trivia How many races did Matt Kenseth win in 2003 when he became the Cup Series Champion? a) 0 b) 1

c) 3 d) 5 Answer : b) 1

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Location: Homestead, Fla. Date: Sunday, Nov. 19, 2:30 p.m. TV: NBC Last Year’s Pole: Kevin Harvick k - 177.637 mph Last Year’s Winner: Jimmie Johnson

Points: 5000

Last Weekend’s Race: Matt Kenseth won the Can-Am 500 Matt Kenseth took the lead from Chase Elliott with 10 laps remaining and captured his first win of the year in Sunday’s Can-Am 500. Kenseth’s win gave Brad Keselowski the final spot in the championship race, along with Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch. Kenseth, who earned his 39th career Cup victory Sunday, announced earlier this month that he has no prospects to race next season and would likely take the year off unless a ride opens up. “It’s been an amazing journey. Just got one race left and everybody dreams of going out a winner. We won today. Nobody can take that away from us,” said Kenseth, who won the 2003 Cup Series championship.

Matt Kenseth Born: March 10, 1972 Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff Car: Toyota

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Can-Am 500 Top Ten Drivers 1. Matt Kenseth 2. Chase Elliott 3. Martin Truex Jr. 4. Erik Jones 5. Kevin Harvick 6. Jamie McMurray 7. Kyle Busch 8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 9. Aric Almirola 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Don’t pack on the pounds this holiday season

ith the holiday season just around the corner, there’s the dread of weight gain because of too many desserts and family and friend meals. However, packing on the pounds can be prevented without depriving yourself of all those delicious treats. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you out this season. 1. Don’t save yourself for the giant buffet dinner. Eat the meals you would normally eat throughout the day so you don’t overindulge later. The hungrier you are when you show up, the more you’re going to overeat. 2. Bring healthy options to potlucks. If there are healthy options available then you don’t have to worry so much about what you are eating.

Stephenie Sutherland HEALTH HACKS

3. Save room for dessert and stop eating before you’re full. Don’t go for seconds; keep that slice of pie in mind. 4. Don’t deprive yourself of all the treats and delicious food, but do limit yourself; use some willpower. Tempting treats are everywhere, so the more you deprive yourself now the more you’re probably going to eat later. Rather than eating chocolate and treats all day, every day, limit yourself to a couple pieces. Instead of sampling every dessert available, just try one. Eat

more of the healthier options and less of the not so healthy. 5. Watch those liquid calories. Alcohol is high in calories and they add up quickly. Also, if you’re mixing alcohol with pop or juice, that causes your calorie count to jump up even more. 6. Stay active. There are a lot of fun winter activities to do around town, from snowshoeing and crosscountry skiing, to skiing, snowboarding, and going for walks. There are also a lot of not so fun winter activities, the main one being shovelling. 7. Get enough sleep. There are going to be a lot of late nights of celebrating, and that’s great—but make sure you’re getting enough sleep during the other nights of

the week. Getting enough is going to help you make smart choices and stay active. 8. Lastly, don’t sweat the small stuff. Gaining a couple pounds really isn’t that big of a deal, and it will come off quickly once you get back into your regular schedule. I’m not saying let yourself go completely and not care about the five-plus pounds you gained, but feel free to enjoy yourself and have fun. NUTRITION NEWS A biology study has shown that a father’s nutrition can contribute to the health of the baby. According to Science Daily, biologists at the University of Cincinnati manipulated the diets of male fruit flies and saw a

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Above: Egor Afanasyev from Russia lets loose at the Fort St. John bowling alley on the team’s day off from the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge on Nov. 8. Below: Team Finland also blew off steam on Nov. 8, ahead of their quarterfinal against Canada White.

connection “between poor diet and poor survivorship among their offspring.” This correlation is a huge step in understanding the significance both parents have in the health of their children. Doctors have been stressing the importance of good nutrition for expectant mothers for a very long time, but this study will help to show fathers that their health is just as important, too.

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Huskies 6, Blades 1 November 8 Huskies 7, Flyers 1 November 10 Upcoming Games Navigators at Huskies November 17, 8:30 p.m. Navigators at Huskies November 18, 3:30 p.m.

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United States wins first Under-17 gold since 2014 Dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

Canada Red and U.S.A. gave hockey fans in Dawson Creek all they could hope for on Nov. 11, as the Americans earned a thrilling 6-4 win over the Canadians for the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge gold medal. The win capped off a dominant tournament for the Americans, who never lost a single game. It was a game of two halves. After a back and forth start, Jack Hughes and Cole Caufield led a two-on-one down the ice, with Caufield finding the back of the net to put U.S.A. up 1-0. The Americans would add three more goals in the period from Hughes, Owen Lindmark, and another by Caufield—silencing the Canadian crowd with Canada Red down 4-0 at the end of the first. But the Canadians regrouped during the intermission. Caufield completed his hat trick only a minute into the second to put the U.S. up 5-0. But then it was Canada Red’s turn. Nick Wong scored the first Canadian goal that instilled confidence in the team and brought the crowd back to life. From there, it was a period dominated by the Canadians, as Bowen Byram and Alexis Lafreniere scored two more goals. The Encana Events Centre was buzzing during the second intermission, and as Canada Red took the ice in the third there was a real gold medal atmosphere in the arena. The Canadians gave it their all, firing 14 shots on net in the third, but they couldn’t get that crucial fourth goal until it was too late. With a minute left, Alex Vlasic scored on the empty net for the U.S. to put the game at 6-3. Ryan Suzuki would add Canada Red’s fourth goal seconds later. This is the first time the United States has won the tournament since 2014. The story of the game, as it was all tournament, was the play of Hughes and Caufield. Hughes led the tournament with 15 points, including five goals. “It was great for us to win and we’re really excited,” Hughes said. “We’re on a bus for six hours to Edmonton at two in the morning.” Caufield wasn’t far behind Hughes, finishing the tournament with eight goals and 13 points. “It’s unbelievable, it’s the greatest feeling right now,” Caufield said. For Canada Red, the team showed a resilience that impressed. After losing 9-1 to the Americans in the exhibition play, the team improved with every game and played much better Saturday night to capture the silver medal. “Obviously, the result wasn’t what we wanted but we battled hard. I think it showed our character in the second and third there, and it was pretty cool to be a part of,” Krebs said. Visit alaskahighwaynews.ca for more U17 coverage.

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Above: Everyone is exhausted during a stoppage of play during the bronze medal game between Canada White and Czech Republic on Nov. 11. Below: Antti Saarela of Finland fires a shot while Mithell Brewer of Canada White bravely attempts to block it.

Right: Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman, and Hockey Canada Chariman Joe Drago behind her, stand during the gold medal game for a moment of silence and the national anthems. Below: Pandemonium ensues as Canada Red scores one of their three second period goals in the gold medal game, and doubt starts to creep in to the minds of the American players.

Alexis Lafreniere had an excellent tournament for Canada Red, but his team ultimately fell short in the gold medal game.

Above: U.S.A. held off Canada Red’s comeback attempt, winning their first Under 17 Hockey Challenge since 2014. Below: This photo tells the tale of the whole tournament, as nobody could slow down American Jack Hughes all week long. Above: Fans in Dawson Creek for the gold medal game do the wave, while team Russia looks on from above, wishing they were playing instead. Below: The crowds were great at the North Peace Arena all week long, with many players saying they couldn’t wait to play there because of how loud it was.

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Pee-wee hockey players provided entertainment for the crowds between periods

Fort St. John Flyers team members, Josh Bruha #6 and Jake Ebner #18, lend a hand at clearing the ice after Finland and Canada warmed up for the opening of the game. Driving up from Sherwood Park, Alta., Scott McKenzie was all about Team Canada.

He shoots, he scores! A young fan poses with Team Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mascot for a photo.

Walker Brown was excited to cheer for his team. Walker is a huge fan of the game and happy to be enjoying it with his family. Above: Close call for Team Canada. Despite their best efforts, Finland only managed to get one goal passed Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goalie. Left: Elizabeth Morrison helps her daughter, Petra, navigate her way to their seats. Dressed in red and cheering for Canada, Petra is growing up a true hockey fan.

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“All Canadians from coast to coast suffered and shared in these losses.”

- Dan Davies

War heroes, achievements honoured on Remembrance Day MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

From the parade to the cenotaph, to the sound of the bugle and the laying of wreaths, Canada’s war heroes, soldiers, and military milestones were honoured during Remembrance Day services in Fort St. John on Saturday. And while hundreds paid tribute and respect to those universal themes, residents were reminded their remembrance also takes on individual meanings on this day. “I don’t know what goes through your mind, and what touches your heart today as you watch the parade, as you stand at the cenotaph, as you hear the bugle sound, as you see the wreaths being laid here in honour and remembrance. But, I am guessing that the image is different for each one of us,” said Gord Klassen, who served as padre and master of ceremonies at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102. “Remembering means something a little different for you than it does for me. The impact and the personal response will also likely be unique to each one of us, depending on our circumstances.” Klassen used those opening remarks to highlight wartime stories that impacted and inspired him while preparing for this year’s services, including the stories of decorated aboriginal war hero Sgt. Tommy Prince, Captain Nichola Goddard, and poet John McCrae. Prince, who served in the

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Mike King lays the first wreath at the cenotaph outside the Fort St. John Legion.

Second World War, one time found himself in full view of German soldiers in a farm field in Italy, Klassen said. Prince was dressed as a civilian and desperately trying to reconnect telephone lines severed by shelling that let him continue spying on and reporting the enemy position and artillery emplacements. Goddard was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2006, the first Canadian woman to be killed in a combat role, and one who wanted simply to be remembered as a good soldier, not a female soldier or the first of anything, said Klassen. McCrae, who wrote the famous wartime poem In

Flanders Fields, was one of 45,000 Canadians who rushed to join the army when Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, telling a friend he was more afraid to stay at home with his conscience than face the horrors of war. “As I read these stories, I was in awe of the boldness, the bravery, and the sacrifice of those in military service,” Klassen said. “I read again and again how they loved what they did, loved being a soldier, loved serving their country, and loved defending their values. And I was reminded of how important it is that we pause to remember these amazing

men and women who have laid down their lives for us.” Before the service, hundreds huddled the streets clutching coffees and warm drinks as a parade moved past the legion and around city hall before finishing at the cenotaph where Legion member Mike King placed a wreath. Back indoors, dignitaries took the time to note several anniversaries this year tied to Canada’s military history, including the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, and the 75th anniversary of the Alaska Highway. “We owe a debt to our community members who were involved in that, and the

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indigenous people who helped us find the way,” Mayor Lori Ackerman said of the highway, carved through Northeast B.C. to Alaska in 1942 as the Americans rushed to defend its Alaskan territory during the Second World War. North Peace MLA and Major Dan Davies said the Battle of Vimy Ridge—where some 15,000 Canadian soldiers pushed back the Germans’ best-defended position on the Western Front in northern France—is often argued as the birthplace of Canada as a nation, then still a member of the British Empire despite its confederation in 1867. Others, meanwhile, argue the battle wasn’t the most important during the First World War, while others note the huge number of Canadian casualties and the divide that conscription created between English and French Canada, he said. “So, why should an event that took place a century ago mean so much to us today?” Davies said. “I think what matters most is that an entire generation was deeply affected by the war. Families from one end of the country to the other either lost someone, or knew someone who was either killed or horribly maimed physically or psychologically. “All Canadians from coast to coast suffered and shared in these losses,” Davies said. An afternoon of games and entertainment continued at the Legion throughout the afternoon, followed by a turkey dinner and dance in the evening.

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Jesse Simons completed more than 300 hours of volunteer service around the community during his seven years as a cadet.

Chief Warrant Officer Jesse Simons enrolled as a cadet Nov. 3, 1998, at 12 years old, and aged out Nov. 3, 2017, after seven continuous years of dedicated service. Simons worked his way up through the ranks, excelling in the program. He attained the rank of Chief Warrant Officer, which is only available for one cadet at the corps. He earned the position of Regimental Sergeant Major, which is the most senior role a cadet can earn, where he was responsible for leading all the cadets in the corps. Simons attended summer camps each year and eventually became a staff cadet, where he was employed for the summer to teach junior cadets. He was a member of our biathlon team and our marksmanship team, and out competed cadets around Northern B.C. during

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JS: I would do it again. The development in leadership for JS: When enrolled, I thought youth, teaching them skills like it was scary and intimidating. tying a knot, common sense, Everyone seemed like there was and how to take charge of a a very high standard to meet, situation. I use the skills I have and I was nervous to meet that learned every day. standard. My mom originally made me join. I’m proud of Simons’ dedication to our program GB: Why did you decide to and would like to personally stick with the program? thank him for his service on behalf of the Canadian Cadet JS: I stayed in the program Organization. because of the benefits. I have had the opportunity Going to camps, going across to watch Simons develop Canada, overseas, the army over the years from a shy cadet challenge, the West Coast young man into a citizen who challenge, canoeing, hiking, positively contributes to our and learning about the cadet community, which is the most program during the summer rewarding part of our job as training in Vernon. a youth instructor with the Canadian Armed Forces. GB: What is the best part of the program that will stay Capt. Geoff Bough is the with you for life? Commanding Officer of the 2276 Royal Canadian Army JS: The one best thing I can Cadets in Fort St. John.

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zone competitions. Simons also completed more than 300 hours of volunteer service around the community as a cadet, assisting local veterans, Legion members, senior citizens, local charitable organizations, and fundraisers. I asked Simons about his time as a cadet.

n Vienna in 2015, a particularly moving day was spent at the only Jewish synagogue that survived Kristallnacht—the night of broken glass—over Nov. 9 and 10 in 1938. The Nazis did not burn that one Viennese synagogue because above it existed the records of the city’s Jewish families, the information needed to root out every Jew from Vienna. It also stood next to the oldest Christian church in Vienna. If they burned the synagogue, as they had the other eight, then the oldest church in Vienna would have been destroyed. The Missing Image is a bronze statue in Vienna of an elderly Jewish man scrubbing the streets, erected before two television screens that play a clip of a 1938 Viennese crowd, complete with Nazi soldiers, laughing at Jews forced to clean the streets of graffiti. That missing image dispels the myth that Vienna had been annexed by Hitler’s Nazi party. Rather, one sees that Vienna welcomed Hitler with open arms. I attended a lecture at Viktor Frankl’s apartment where he lived and worked with his second wife, Ellie. His widow was present that evening, a fragile woman with smiling eyes. Frankl was a psychologist living in Vienna at the time of the Nazi annexation of Austria. He was imprisoned for three years in Auschwitz during WWII and while there he wrote the manuscript Man’s Search for Meaning, a chronicle of his experiences as an Auschwitz concentration camp inmate. Frankl concludes that the meaning of life is found in every moment of living; life never ceases to have meaning, even in suffering and death. A man can choose his thoughts even in unbearable suffering. Frankl finds his liberation through the contemplation of his beloved. He sees her face, hears her voice, sees her smile and feels her soft touch upon his shoulder. He wonders if his wife is still alive in the women’s camp. She isn’t, but he chooses to believe that she is and he realizes that love is the ultimate goal to which man can aspire. The salvation of man is through love and in love.

Angela Griffin PEACE REFLECTIONS

I visited Mauthausen concentration camp. I wandered about the graveyards where Jews and Christians are buried together. I stood at the wall where prisoners were routinely beaten and executed, and laced my fingers through the barbed wire fence where prisoners were marched directly into its surging currents. It took days for the victims to slowly cook on the wires. The people of the town watched films at the camp cinema with SS Guards. They were spectators at the SS guards’ Sunday soccer matches as corpses were carted from the camp in wheelbarrows in full view of onlookers. Men were habitually shot in front of the surrounding homes. A woman who lived in one of those neighbouring houses wrote to the local police and asked that prisoners be shot out of sight since seeing prisoners murdered ruined her day. After liberation, most Jews continued to be captive to bitterness. Many, like Frankl, returned home to nothing; thus, their hope for an end to suffering never came. Frankl chose to put the nightmare behind him, and continue with his work. He married again and had a daughter. He did not believe in collective guilt for all German people. Instead, he concluded that there were decent and indecent people in every race. He experienced decent German guards just as he experienced indecent Jews who profited from betraying their brethren. Frankl believed that purpose in life gave man meaning. It was the memory of his already deceased wife to which he clung to survive. The Peace is a place of many peoples and many faiths. In this space, readers are invited to share their own reflections of faith in the Peace. If you have a story of faith you’d like to share, please send it to: angelamarygriffin@gmail.com.

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From the distinct sound of the Last Post to the laying of wreaths, veterans, soldiers, and members of the miltary were honoured during Hudson’s Hope Remembrance Day services. More than 150 people showed up to pay their respects to both the living and the dead. Local veterans Jackie Floriant, Merv Goodwin, Wallace Roach, and Gary Shelton stood proudly with Canadian Rangers, Junior Canadian Rangers, and local RCMP—a colourful display of service across generations, backgrounds, and organizations. The Hudson’s Hope ceremony began as it always does, the sky grey and foreboding, the air cold and somber. As is tradition in the small town, long-time resident Suzy Bach led the crowd in singing O’Canada, after the opening welcome

by Mayor Gwen Johannson. Former Mayor Lenore Harwood then presented the Canadian classic In Flanders Fields. It was followed with a prayor by pastor Tim Viers. “We mourn for the dead, and those who have lost family members, especially those with no hope,” said Viers. “Sustain them in their grief. For all who work to improve international relationships that they might find a way to reconcile. And for men and women willed over, that they may have justice and freedom, and live in security and peace.” Inside, the community hall was lined with displays of war and sacrifice, but more importantly, photos of veterans either unable to attend or no longer with us. Familar faces such as Ab Summer, Thelma Peck, Bob Curzon, Clem Reiffer, Jack Galbraith, Tex MacKeigan, and Guy Mills. A veteran’s dinner was later held at the community hall.

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Principal Derek Beam and students laying a wreath on behalf of Hudson’s Hope School.

Above: Pastor Tim Viers leads the crowd in a prayer. Right: Veteran Merv Goodwin, Veteran Wallace Roach, Veteran Jackie Floriant, Veteran Gary Shelton, RCMP Corporal Trevor Romanovych at attention.

Junior Canadian Ranger Zack Deitner presenting a wreath.

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Cadets lead the parade down 100 Street toward city hall.

Master Corporal Allysa Gass, part of the Cenotaph Honour Guard.

Left: Gord Klassen, padre and master of ceremonies. Right: Mayor Lori Ackerman welcomes the crowds at the cenotaph.

Wyatt Wieler and Presley MacKay take in the services at the cenotaph.

Fort St. John firefighters Alyn Stobbe and Aaron Tjepkema.

Left: Dave White closes out the ceremonies with Amazing Grace. Right: Wayne Cheeseman plays Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Canada. Visit alaskahighwaynews.ca/photos to see our full photo gallery of the services.

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The North Peace Community Choir set the tone for reflection with songs “After the War” (arranged by Mark Sirett) and “This is My Home” (by Robert Buckley) for the Remembrance Day ceremonies at Taylor Community Hall.

Sgt. Dave Tyreman of the Fort St. John RCMP lays a wreath at the Taylor cenotaph.

Mayor Rob Fraser shared his account visiting the memorial site of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel. This was a fight the Regiment lost 700 out of 786 men to injuries or death.

Mrs. Cooper’s class reminded all the future will remember. The small class sang “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” and recited “In Flanders Field” by John McCrae.

On behalf of MLA Dan Davies, a wreath is laid in memory of all veterans. Pastor Wally Pohlman challenged parents to keep Remembrance Day a vital and important part of family life. In a moving prayer, Pohlman asked forgiveness for the apathy about the countless lives lost to preserve our Canadian way of life. Pohlman also made a special note of appreciation to firefighters, RCMP, and all who serve their communities to keep them safe. This day, an officer is seen doing his part to keep us safe.

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Classifieds HEALY, Norm November 6, 2017 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Norm Healy on Monday, November 6 in Maple Ridge, BC after a brief battle with cancer. Beloved husband of 46 years to Dawn, loving father to Veronica, Stephanie, Joey (Lisa) and Jacinta (Brad), adored grandpa to Emma, Logan, Jared, Ella, Owen and Madelyn. Also survived by his loving sisters Pat (Skip) and Karol (Wayne) as well as nieces and nephews in BC and extended family in Australia. Predeceased by his mother, father and brother. After moving to Kamloops in 1986 to work for various automotive and heavy duty equipment parts dealers, Norm and Dawn moved to Fort St. John in 2001 where Norm worked for Inland Kenworth until his retirement in February, 2017. He and Dawn moved to the lower mainland to be closer to their children and grandchildren but sadly, Norm was only able to enjoy this time for a few months. Norm loved Christmas, going to car races, everything about trucks, snow, owls, watching the weather channel and playing with his grandkids. We were so incredibly blessed to have had such a beautiful man in our lives, so thoughtful and caring and a true representative of what every man should aspire to be. At Norm’s request, there will be no formal service. A gathering for family and friends will be held in December when all of the Christmas decorations and lights are up. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the BC Cancer Agency or the Ridge Meadows Hospice Association.

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Save the Dates July 13, 5:00 pm to July 15, 2017 at 3:30 pm for the 24rd Annual Mile Zero Cruisers Summer Cruise weekend starts with Registration held at the Dawson Co-op. Bring down your pride and joy and register for the 2018 Summer Cruise Car Show weekend. All registrants will receive access to all weekend events as well as a chance to win prizes. Check in this paper for more details closer to the show! South Peace Historical Society Meetings Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm. Sunday, Nov. 19 Farmerettes Club Annual Get Ready For Christmas Tea & Craft Sale 12:30 to 3:30 pm at Parkland School #5104 Parkland Rd in Farmington. Enjoy ribbon sandwiches, squares, and hot beverages Browse the craft tables for that perfect gift. For more information phone 250-843-7018. Sponsored by the Farmington Farmerettes Club.

Sunday, November. 19, 2017, 5:30 pm, Notre Dame Auditorium, 10th Street Entrance. Notre Dame Catholic Women’s League will host a Fall Supper. Adults$15., Under 10-$10. Contact: 250-782-3456 for tickets SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm Tuesday, Nov. 21st, 2017- 1:30pm Workshop on “Federal Government Topics” (Changes Over the Last Year). Presented by: Emily Cooper On OAS, GIS, CPP at the South Peace Seniors Access. Located at the Seniors Access Office in the Co-Op Mall. EVERYONE WELCOME!

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY COMPETITION NO. 2017-98 DEPUTY TREASURER – FULL TIME – EXEMPT The Deputy Treasurer supervises the Finance Department staff in the operation, maintenance and administration of the City’s accounting systems and procedures and assists the Director of Finance in her role as the Financial Administrator of the City Qualified candidates will hold a professional designation or be enrolled and within two years of completing a recognized professional accounting program. Candidates must also possess a minimum of five years’ related experience preferably in local government and have the ability to provide a criminal records check. The City of Fort St John offers a competitive market salary and an excellent benefits package for this full-time exempt position. Interested applicants are requested to send their resume and covering letter to the undersigned prior to 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 22, 2017: Human Resources Assistant, Amber Dyer adyer@fortstjohn.ca City of Fort St. John 10631 - 100th Street, Fort St. John, BC. V1J 3Z5 PHONE: (250) 787-8150 FAX: (250) 787-8181

Card of Thanks The Dawson Creek Kiwanis Club extends a heartfelt thank you to all the wonderful volunteers and sponsors who helped make the Spockfest at Pioneer Village a great success. Thanks to your help and support it was one of the best ever. Hope to see you all next year.

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Saturday, November 25 South Peace Christmas Tea & Bake Sale 1:30 to 3:30 pm at South Peace United Church Upper Hall, 1300104th Avenue, Dawson Creek. Enjoy sandwiches, squares, tea, coffee and juice for $6 per person. Shop for Christmas baking and treasures at “Grannie’s Attic”.For more information, contact the Church Office at 250782-2636 SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca WEDNESDAYS: COMPUTER INFORMATION -Seniors Computer Club - Dawson CO-OP Bistro 1:15pm 250-782-4668 for more information

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The land upon which the facility is situated and the discharge will occur are Mineral / Coal Tenure Numbers 417453, 417452, 417447, 417426, 417425, located approximately 13 km south of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., within the Murray River watershed. The Major Mines Permitting Office (MMPO) is leading a joint application review for the proposed Murray River Coal Project on behalf of the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, and BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development. The MMPO is currently inviting public comments about the proposed Murray River Coal Project related to the following authorizations: Authorization: Mine Act Permit for Murray River Coal Project. Act or Regulation: Mine Act. Project Component: Part 10.2.1 Health and Safety Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia. File Number: N/A (in review stage). Contact: Jen Stuart, Senior Project Lead, Major Mine Permitting Office, B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources – Mines and Mineral Resources Division, 2nd Floor, 441 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3. Authorization: Environmental Management Act Amendment. Act or Regulation: Environmental Management Act. Project Component: Waste Discharge Authorization. File No: 356642. Contact: Jen Stuart, Senior Project Lead, Major Mine Permitting Office, B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources – Mines and Mineral Resources Division, 2nd Floor, 441 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3. Mines Act Permit HD Mining International Limited has submitted, as part of a joint permit application, a proposed mine plan together with a program, for the protection and reclamation of the land related to the Project. The permit would allow HD Mining to advance construction of the mine, including: upgrades at the existing site developed as part of coal exploration (Decline Site and Shaft Site), development of a coal preparation plant and rail load out (Coal Processing Site), establishing underground access and egress, and initiating longwall mining as outlined in the mine plan. Environmental Management Act Permit Amendments HD Mining International Limited currently has authorization to discharge effluent from the bulk sample Project (Permit PE-106666,Authorization #356642) issued October 7, 2013 and last amended February 23, 2017, and is applying for amendments to this permit for a full scale mining operation, including three points of water discharge, and ten points of air discharge. The Project includes an environmental management system, air and water monitoring programs, and an adaptive management process with triggers and responses to ensure that Project discharges are protective of the receiving environment.

Location Decline Site Discharge (currently called “South Site”)

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NOTICE TO REMOVE/DELETE PRIVATE LAND FROM WOODLOT LICENCE W0614 Please be advised that Alana M. Chelle is proposing to remove 29.952 Ha of private land (located in the Northern part of DL 3147 PRLD) from Woodlot Licence W0614 in the Peace Forest District. Period of advertising is from Nov. 16, 2017 to Nov. 30, 2017. Inquiries/comments to this proposal must be submitted to Alana Chelle at P.O Box 287, Charlie Lake, BC V0C1H0 by no later than Dec. 15, 2017. Only written inquiries received by the above date will be responded to. Information regarding this proposal can be obtained by contacting Alannah Bartsch at 250-772-5710.

Obituaries

HD Mining International Limited, 2288-1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E 2K3, proposes to develop the Murray River Coal Project (the Project) as a 6 million tonne per year (6 mtpa) underground metallurgical coal mine. An Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC #M15-03) was issued for the Project on October 1, 2015.

The Decline Site Discharge is summarized below. This site was developed for the bulk sample program, and would continue to support the full mine. HD Mining is seeking to amend the location description only for this site; the current discharge limits continue to meet Project requirements and are protective of the environment.

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Doreen P. Wilcox Aug 17, 1925 - Oct 12, 2017

Doreen P. Wilcox was born Aug 17,1925 to Harry Fontaine and Phyllis Craig. Doreen lived in Manhattan, N.Y along with her brothers, Kenny and Craig. Doreen’s father was a maintenance man at Columbia University and her mother was a pub singer from the Isle of Man. Mom’s mother left the family when Doreen was 6 years old and she never saw her again. After completing high school, Doreen got a job at Macy’s and used her money to see Frank Sinatra and others for 10 cents. Her whole life she loved Broadway musicals. Doreen met her future husband at a dance. Vince Bagan was in the Navy and they married before he shipped out to Japan. Mom had her ﬁrst child Kathleen, in 1945. After the war they bought a taxi and drove west and settled in Miles City. In 1961 she and her second husband Albert Phelps moved to Fort St. John where he was a rancher and rodeo calf roper. She was an avid gambler, loved her whiskey and card games. Doreen had a kazoo band in the Bucking Horse Sale parade. She swore to genius status and corrected everyone’s grammar. Doreen was a willful, stubborn and funny with a joke for every subject. She was a wild one, extremely independent. She survived three ‘~x-husbands and broke out of a nursing home to live at home. She will be sorely missed. “Here’s looking up your old assets” mom. Enjoy your whiskey with the angels. She is survived by Kathleen Merk (Randy), Judith Bagan (Carol ), and Steven Bagan (Angie), grandsons Michael, Guy, Kevin, Scott MacLean and many great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three ex-husbands, Vince Bagan, Albert Phelps, Robert Wilcox.’

Discharge Limit 6,480 m3/day (75 L/s)

Parameter Total Suspended Solids Total Extractable Hydrocarbons Toxicity (Rainbow Trout 96 hr LC50) pH

Discharge Limit 50 mg/L 15 mg/L 50% survival in 100% Concentration 6.5 – 9.0 pH units

Predicted Effluent Characteristics Parameter Murray River Decline Site Expected value in the Receiving BC Water Quality Background Discharge Environment after IDZ Guideline Sulphate 19 36 20 309 Chloride 1.5 1,145 73.7 150 Copper 0.00025 0.00500 0.00055 0.00652 Selenium 0.0002 0.0023 0.0003 0.0020 Zinc 0.0015 0.1700 0.0120 0.0623 Dissolved Cadmium 0.000010 0.00087 0.000060 0.000303 * Decline Site Discharge based on Base Case model predictions for February 2046 The Shaft Site Discharge is summarized below. This site was developed for the bulk sample program, and would continue to support the full mine. HD Mining is seeking to amend the location description only for this site; the current discharge limits continue to meet Project requirements and are protective of the environment. Location Shaft Site Discharge

Discharge Limit

(currently called “North Site”)

1,469 m3/day (17 L/s)

Parameter Total Suspended Solids Total Extractable Hydrocarbons Toxicity (Rainbow Trout 96 hr LC50) pH

Discharge Limit 50 mg/L 15 mg/L 50% survival in 100% Concentration 6.5 – 9.0 pH units

Predicted Effluent Characteristics Parameter M20 Creek Shaft Site Expected value in the Receiving BC Water Quality Background Discharge Environment after IDZ Guideline Sulphate 9 2,927 48 429 Copper 0.00045 0.03100 0.00170 0.00739 Selenium 0.0001 0.1300 0.0010 0.0020 Zinc 0.0037 0.6400 0.0046 0.0785 Dissolved Aluminum 0.004 0.210 0.011 0.050 Dissolved Cadmium 0.000005 0.005000 0.000014 0.000332 Dissolved Iron 0.015 0.510 0.015 N/A * Shaft Site Discharge based on Base Case model predictions for August 2022 The Coal Processing Site Discharge is summarized below. This is a new proposed point of discharge. Water would be discharged to the Murray River via pipeline and concrete apron on the right bank. Location Coal Preparation Plant Site

Discharge Limit 6,480 m3/day (75 L/s)

Parameter Total Suspended Solids Total Extractable Hydrocarbons Toxicity (Rainbow Trout 96 hr LC50) pH

Discharge Limit 50 mg/L 15 mg/L 50% survival in 100% Concentration 6.5 – 9.0 pH units

Predicted Effluent Characteristics Parameter M20 Creek Shaft Site Expected value in the Receiving BC Water Quality Background Discharge Environment after IDZ Guideline Sulphate 19 36 20 309 Chloride 1.5 1,081 22.1 150 Selenium 0.0002 0.0022 0.0003 0.0020 Zinc 0.0015 0.1600 0.0045 0.0623 Dissolved Cadmium 0.000010 0.000820 0.000021 0.000303 * Coal Processing Site Discharge based on Base Case model predictions for February 2046 The proposed amendment also requests authorisation for the air discharges for sources listed in table below with corresponding emission rates and characteristics; there is no existing air discharge authorization: Source

Emission Rate (m3/hr) Parameter TSP PM10 PM2.5 NO2 SO2 CO

Coal dryer cyclone and dust collector system at the Coal Drying Plant 200,000 95 84 56 12 0.1 11

Boilers at the Coal Preparation Plant (x3)

Boilers at the Return air Decline Site shaft raise (x4) located at the Shaft Site

30,519 30,984 648,000 Maximum Annual Discharge (t/year) 3.83 5.12 34.1 0.02 0.03 29.5 3.22 4.3 164.6 0.29 0.39 11.4 0.29 0.39 11.4 0.29 0.39 8.5

Baghouse dust collector at the rail loadout 65,000 1.35 0.44 0.12 N/A N/A N/A

Note: N/A – not applicable for this source A copy of the joint permit application, including supporting documentation, is available for public viewing at the Dawson Creek Public Library (1001 McKellar Ave, Dawson Creek, BC), Tumbler Ridge Public Library (340 Front Street, Tumbler Ridge, BC), and Chetwynd Public Library (5012 – 46th Street, Chetwynd, BC).

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Any person interested in, or who may be adversely affected by, the proposed Project and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of publishing that occurred on November 17, 2017, send written comments to Brandon Lewis, HD Mining International Limited, 2288-1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E 2K3, brandon.lewis@hdminingintl.com with a copy to Jen Stuart, Senior Project Lead, Major Mine Permitting Office, B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources – Mines and Mineral Resources Division, 2nd Floor, 441 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record. Comments will be received until December 17, 2017.

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