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There’s a dichotomy when it comes to Jeff Richert. At 36 years old, he has the laid-back, relaxed mindset of a Gen-Xer, with a Millennial drive to get things done and make change happen. Like many adults his age, he’s on the cusp of both and belongs to neither. Something of an outsider candidate, Richert walks the line of potential politician and everyday guy in a way that those towing the party line can’t quite achieve. This was apparent during an all candidates forum at North

Peace Secondary, where he chose to remain seated when it was his turn to talk, unlike his older counterparts that stood to address the students. “I’m on your level because I work for you,” he said at the time, making him seem like the “cool older brother” who can still remember what it was like being a teenager, but with the age-comes-wisdom of a seasoned grownup. He acknowledged this while sitting at a table in the North Peace Cultural Centre concourse, chatting about his platform, his work ethic, and his more relaxed stance to the campaign. See RICHERT on A10

Fate has had different plans for Rob Fraser, who had wanted to be a military man as a kid BRONWYN SCOTT Alaska Highway News

“I had it in my mind that I was going into the military,” Rob Fraser says, reminiscing about his youth and sipping a freshly brewed mug of coffee in his little campaign office on 100 Avenue in Fort St. John. “I come from a military family,” he explained. His father, grandfather and greatgrandfather were all veterans, as well as his grandfather on his mother’s side. As a boy, Fraser was a cadet. He joined the marksmanship team in high school, and won medals at the BC Winter Games in Prince George in 1978. He

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also practiced martial arts, and won medals in that same Winter Games for judo. “These things that I was doing as a child, well, as a young adult, was aiming at going to the military: martial arts, the marksmanship, great. I wanted to go to RMC, the military college. I had good grades in high school because I was preparing myself to become an officer and get into officer school,” he said. That plan didn’t work out for the now 57-year-old Mayor of Taylor, but the path he’s taken— in health and safety, as an entrepreneur and a politician— has “worked out just as well,” as far as he’s concerned. See FRASER on A9

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The 1st Fort St. John Cub Scouts dropped by for a tour and history lesson at the Alaska Highway News office on April 19. Here, they peruse the news of the day from November 1977. MATT PREPROST PHOTO

Asteroids, potato chips, and frog snot UK LOL: We start this week’s news chewing session in London, England. It was announced the UK will have a national election in June. I’m no expert, I don’t know much about British politics, but I’m pretty darn sure Queen Elizabeth will be re-elected.

CHIP CHUCKLE: In Japan, last year’s potato crop was destroyed by a typhoon, so now they have a national shortage of potato chips. Without his daily diet of potato chips one Japanese Sumo wrestler’s weight is down to only 800 pounds.

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SUGAR SHOCK: Meanwhile here in Canada, a medical expert said kids should consume no more than one sugary drink per week. By the way: You can reduce your kid’s intake of sugary drinks by shaking the can before you hand it to them.

frog snot could be a flu cure. This is true. If you don’t believe me, Google it. Nasal mucus from a rare species of frog contains a chemical that fights flu germs. The hard part is persuading the frog to sneeze on the person who has the flu. Scientists say the chemicals in frog mucus should be handled with care, some of them are toxic to humans. Hey, I know I’m always extremely careful when I handle frog mucus.

PRESLEY POSTS: In an interview last week, Elvis Presley’s widow Priscilla said Elvis would never have been on Facebook. People on Facebook like to post pictures of what they just ate. Gee, that would have kept Elvis very busy.

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Residents push for new city dog park Current park suffering in size, design, and maintenance proposed for the 2018 capital budget, city manager Dianne Hunter said. Fifty-one per cent of households in and near Fort St. John have dogs, according to the parks plan. The plan recommends adding new offleash areas for dogs within city parks, listing Garrison Park, Estates Park, Energy Park, Duncan Cran Park, and Centennial Park as potential locations.

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Fifty-one per cent of households in and near Fort St. John have dogs, according to the city’s parks and recreation plan. It recommends adding four new offleash areas for dogs within city parks to build upon the existing park, seen here, at Toboggan Hill.

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Fort St. John’s only off-leash park has gone to the dogs, and a group of residents are pushing the city for a new park for their pups. Lisa Bergman, Kira Baines, and Nicole Sztabkowski brought their concerns to city councillors on Monday, saying the city’s off leash park at Toboggan Hill is suffering in size, design, lack of parking, and poor maintenance. The current park is little more than a small fenced area filled with gravel and a few muddy mounds topped with hydrants or rocks. “The existing dog park in our community is not sufficient in size for the number of dogs that reside in Fort St John, nor is it welcoming to dogs or their human counterparts,” Bergman said. Bergman and her group said they’d like to see an interim park established while they work with the city on a longterm solution for a proper park. They’ve already been talking about potential locations with the city’s community services department. “We understand that it takes time to plan and construct a new dog park, this is why we come to you to ask for an interim dog park that is adequate in size,” Bergman told councillors. “As new bylaws have been introduced, it limits the areas where owners are permitted to have their dogs off leash. The designation of a temporary area will help with the over crowding of the current dog park, as well as assist in bylaw compliance.” The group is willing to form a society to raise funds and work with the city on establishing a larger, permanent park that includes benches, water access, and shade, Bergman said. Councillors were quick to jump on board with the idea, with Mayor Lori Ackerman proposing a task force to help guide public consultations for the development of a park. “What we need to do is make sure the community is part of the conversation when it comes to creating something of this nature,” said Ackerman, who owns two Bichon Frise. “The reason for that is because not everyone on council has pets, has dogs, and even those who are on council who have pets may not use a dog park.” Fort St. John’s current dog park was established in 2012 after a similar request from the community, however, that was never intended to be a permanent park, according to

city staff. “Definitely the immediate fix to this would be something interim and if we nail it right it might turn long term,” Ackerman said. “So we need to get it right the first time because there would be a cost to it.” The development of a permanent dog park is listed as a priority item in the city’s new parks and recreation master plan, with funding

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Fort St. John city councillors unanimously passed a new beekeeping bylaw on Monday. The bylaw allows residents to keep two colonies in their backyards on parcels of land less than 1,000 square metres, along with two nucleus colonies. Residents with land more than 1,000 square metres in size would be able to keep four each. “The bylaw is in force and we’ll see how much interest there is in this,” Mayor Lori Ackerman said. Beekeepers will be subject to inspection and the bylaw sets out fines up to $10,000 for those breaking the rules. During a recent public consultation in February, 79 out of 177 respondents said they were interested in keeping bees in the city. Another 156 said they had no objections to their neighbours keeping bees. However, some residents brought up concerns regarding stings and allergic reactions, and that urban hives would pose a nuisance for their property, while others believed beekeeping should be kept to rural areas. In B.C., beekeeping bylaws are currently in place in New Westminster, Vancouver, Maple Ridge, Vernon, Delta and Surrey, according to the Urban Bee Network. Ackerman brought the idea of a bylaw to council last April, believing the city’s prohibition on urban beekeeping in its animal control bylaw was worth revisiting. “I have a fruit garden and a vegetable garden, I have fruit trees, and the importance of the bees for pollination can not be (understated),” Ackerman said Monday.

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Fort Nelson man not criminally responsible for stabbing landlord Joshua Edward Dillon was suffering from schizophrenia at time of attack

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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has found a Fort Nelson man not criminally responsible for stabbing his landlord to death in 2015 because he was mentally ill. Justice Catherine Murray told Joshua Edward Dillon she was satisfied he caused the death of Beverley McLeod on July 29, 2015, but was also satisfied he was not criminally responsible because he was suffering a psychotic episode of schizophrenia at the time of the attack.

“After considering all of the evidence and all of the circumstances, I conclude Mr. Dillon was, as a result of his mental illness, unable to rationally consider whether his act was wrong,” Murray said in delivering her verdict in a Fort St. John courtroom on April 21. Both the Crown and Dillon’s defence counsel called forensic psychiatrists to testify during the two-day trial last week. Both psychiatrists, the only two witnesses called, concluded Dillon was actively psychotic

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leading up to and after the attack, and had been suffering delusions that made him fear for his life, Murray noted in her ruling. “Mr. Dillon knew that what he did was legally wrong. That is clearly evidenced in fleeing, discarding his bloody clothes, and hatching the ill-conceived plan to hitchhike to Whitehorse with his woefully inadequate survival pack,” Murray said. “However, the doctors agree that because of his mental illness Mr. Dillon was unable to appreciate the moral wrongfulness of his actions. Mr. Dillon was so disturbed that he thought he was morally justified to kill Ms. McLeod. He truly believed as a result of his delusions that he had to kill or be killed.” Dillon had been renting a basement suite from McLeod on Spruce Avenue in Fort Nelson for a couple months prior to the attack, court heard in an agreement statement of facts.

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On several occasions, Dillon had broken into McLeod’s suite to clean dishes or steal medicine, court heard, leading McLeod to set traps to confirm her suspicions and sleep with a baseball bat next to her bed. The day before the attack, the two had a confrontation over the spiders McLeod had been keeping as pets in a terrarium in her upper-level suite, court heard. Dillon had broken into McLeod’s suite and killed the spiders because the “house was infested with them.” Dr. David Morgan testified that Dillon had a family history of schizophrenia that left him susceptible to the disease. Dillon believed McLeod was using the spiders in the terrarium in her suite to harm him, and perceived that she intended to kill him, Morgan said. Prior to the attack, Dillon had been suffering “bizarre delusions” of thought broadcasts, had recurring dreams that his organs were being harvested, and

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believed McLeod’s spiders were crawling through the vents and laying eggs in his ears, among others. He had also apparently tried to commit suicide prior to the attack, Morgan said. When Dillon hid behind his door and attacked McLeod, stabbing her 13 times, fear was the driving motivator, Morgan said, adding he believed Dillon knew his attack was legally wrong and that he would be sought by police. “The thing that drove this is not symptoms. The thing that is driving this is fear,” he said. “When the source of the fear is removed, the fear is gone: ‘I’m safe, I’m not going to be killed.’” Both Dillon’s lawyer and McLeod’s family declined comment outside the courtroom. Dillon has been remanded in custody until a disposition hearing on May 5. He will likely be ordered into strict custody at a secure psychiatric facility for treatment and monitoring.

The Fort St. John Hospital Foundation has a new executive director. Jennifer Moore, former regional economic development officer of the North Peace Economic Development Commission, has taken on the role with the hospital foundation. “Working with community members and organizations to support this important infrastructure for our region is vital, it’s the future development,” said Moore in a release. “I can’t think of work that is more fulfilling in community development.” Moore will be taking on the foundation’s mission of ensuring patient care and comfort at the Fort St. John Hospital Peace Villa. “We are very excited that Jennifer has joined our team,” said board chair Chris Maundrell. “She brings a wealth of experience from the not-for-profit and community enhancement sector.”

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Councillors hold the line on 2017 tax rates MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Fort St. John city councillors have held the line on tax rates for 2017 in the face of slumping property assessments. On Monday, council approved holding residential tax rate at $4.7577 per $1,000 of assessed value, while business tax rates were held at $13.3859 per $1,000 of assessed value. Homeowners in Fort St. John saw an average decrease of around five per cent on their 2017 property assessments, used to calculate municipal taxes, according to BC Assessment. Assessments for the average singlefamily home in Fort St. John dropped from $404,000 to $387,000 year-over year. “It’s been a tough economic time for the community in general, for the residents that are here, the businesses that are here,” Mayor Lori Ackerman said. “Council was doggedly determined to ensure that we were a part of that conversation in a positive way.” Tax rates for major and light industrial properties were held at

$26.4021 and $24.1184 per $1,000 of assessed value, respectively, while rates for recreational and farm properties were held at $10.0279 and $1.4273. Up until 2016, the city had been cutting residential tax rates for four consecutive years due to rising property assessments. While assessments were down in the city, most homeowners in Northern B.C. saw increase in property assessments this year, with some of the largest increases seen in 100 Mile House, Houston, Mackenzie, Port Edward, Prince George, and Valemount. Total assessments in Northern B.C. increased by more than $1 billion last year from $59.2 billion in 2016 to $60.3 billion for 2017. Nearly $800 million of the region’s updated assessments were from new construction, subdivisions and rezoning of properties, according to BC Assessment. Despite the drop in Fort St. John, the city still has top-four highest valued residential properties in 2017, from an acreage at 7516 259 Road with a taxable value of $2.7 million, to an acreage at 11335 86 Street with a taxable value of $1.9 million.

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Fatal drug overdoses, including those from fentanyl, are much lower in the Northern Health region than other areas of the province. New data released by the B.C. Coroners Service show there were no fentanyl-detected deaths in the health authority in the first two months of 2017. Northeast B.C. itself had no fentanyldetected deaths in January and February, but the coroner did record 12 deaths by illicit drug overdose where fentanyl wasn’t detected. One death occurred in January, five in February and 6 in March. In 2016, the Northeast saw 12 fentanyldetected deaths, the highest it’s been for the area since 2012. In 2015, there were four deaths, in 2014 there were six and

in 2013 there were just three. The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority had the highest number of fentanyl-detected deaths in the first two months of 2017, with 48 deaths recorded. The Fraser Health Authority saw 39 deaths, Vancouver Island saw 29, and the Interior saw 23. Overall there were 139 fentanyl-detected deaths in B.C. in January and February, a 90 per cent increase over the same time period last year. Vancouver has the highest number with 43, followed by Surrey with 15 and Victoria with 14. A toxicological finding for 325 of the fentanyl-detected deaths in 2016, at least one other substance was detected. Fifty per cent of those deaths saw cocaine, 38 per cent had ethyl alcohol, 34 per cent saw methamphetamine/amphetamine, and 32 per cent saw heroin.

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Letters to the Editor SITE C ELECTRICITY WILL BE NEEDED Much has been made about Site C and whether it should it be sent back to the BC Utilities Commission for another review, and another point of view on when Site C’s energy will be required. From my past experience with BCUC, I say no, please do not send it back to them, and here is why. In one of my former occupations, I was the mayor of the District of Chetwynd, and in the mid-2000s, Teresan (now part of Fortis), applied for a rate increase to which the district wrote a letter of objection and was granted a written hearing. The basis of our objection was simple: Terasen was charging the district and its residents/businesses the same rate as their customers in the Lower Mainland, even though they could deliver this gas cheaper in the Chetwynd area and that some of their charges were not applicable in this area. After a lengthy and very formal process (letters and explanations), the BCUC decided, with Terasen’s support and agreement, that it was way too complicated to charge Chetwynd less for their gas than what it charged those customers who received gas off of the Southern Mainline. Therefore, for “administrative simplicity,” the BCUC denied the district’s appeal, and further, we were informed, that if the district (ie. mayor), did not sign Teresan’s “agreement” as directed by the BCUC, that I could be sent to jail. I never did sign that agreement, never did go to jail, and I think Chetwynd still pays for those bogus charges.

As to the need and future use for Site C’s electricity? Just think, if Mayor Gregor of Vancouver wants them to be fossil free by 2050, what replaces it? Although this maybe a noble idea, and certainly one that would take years to accomplish, a lot of electricity needs to come from somewhere to replace all that “fossil” energy that currently heats Vancouver and powers their vehicles. As Spectra Energy (now Enbridge) pointed out during the BC Climate Action Committee hearings in 2015 on the reduction of carbon in B.C., if one company, such as Spectra, converted all their operations to electricity, they would need more electricity than Site C is scheduled to produce. If we were to begin to convert our homes, our vehicles and our industries to electricity, all within the same time frames, we will have a problem if we don’t have that electricity available from sources such as Site C, and likely, many others. Eventually we will convert most of B.C. to “non-fossil” fuel energy sources, and some of this conversion will be done in the “near” term (I don’t think anyone completely understands what time frames we will actually accomplish this in), but who knows what would happen if we elected a government that said we are going to get rid of fossil fuels. We are going to increase the need for electricity and at the same time see if they can get the BCUC to tell them to cancel Site C. Go figure, as we all have differing opinions. —Evan Saugstad, former Mayor of the District of Chetwynd

HOPE OVER FEAR I have a six month old grandson. It pains me to think of the struggle he will have to survive in this world we have messed up so badly. The extreme capitalism and unconscionable resource extraction of liberal and conservative governments has put us on a one-way road to oblivion. Christy Clark heads one of these governments. Allowing her to govern is like “putting the fox in charge of the hen house”. The outcome is clear. She will continue to enrich the select few, especially her corporate supporters, at the expense of the many, our environment, and our future. With the NDP there is hope,” a speck of light at the end of the tunnel.” With liberal/ conservative governments there is nothing but inky darkness. I quote some of Jack Layton’s last words for the public: “Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one - a country of greater equality, justice and opportunity. We can build a prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures for our children. We can do our part to save the world’s environment. We can restore our good name in the world. Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done. Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful, and optimistic, and we will change the world.” —Edward Pitt, Dawson Creek

Trolls belong under a bridge, not in an election

here’s been a lot of American-esque behaviour during this provincial campaign season. There have been attack ads, trolling, memes and more which make me wonder if I’ve landed in an episode of the Twilight Zone where Canada is actually America, (Canerica? Ameranada?) because this kind of thing isn’t Canadian. I mean, I’d like to think it’s not, but the number of people acting as keyboard warriors on social media, attacking the followers of other candidates and generally being not cool is making me wonder. I’m definitely not the only

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one in this boat—there’s more and more people calling out the bad behaviour and asking the question as to what the hell is going on this election? We haven’t reached Trumpian levels of trolling by any means, but it’s still pretty bad. It’s one thing to disagree with someone’s policies, it’s a whole other matter to go out of your way to find those people commenting on

other posts and attacking them. I’m not going to change any minds out there (I never do) but could folks just dial it back a bit? I know this is a heavy election— there’s a lot riding on the ridings and whether we end up with a majority government, minority government or outright anarchy is going to have a lasting impact, at least for the next four years. I don’t know which way the wind is going to blow this time around and I’m not looking at any polls as indicators— considering what happened in 2013, polls have become less and less reliable. It’s more of a research the candidates, cast my vote and see what happens. If I

like the way it turns out, great. If not, I can still complain since I actually voted. Advance polls open in Fort St. John this weekend, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 29 and 30, and again May 3-6 at The Current on 100 Street. Beat the line ups and avoid the rush on May 9! I always look forward to the end of campaign season because then I don’t have to read about this kind of stuff for awhile. Also? To the people trying to “meme” the candidates? That’s not how these things work. You can’t force a meme, they just happen. Follow Aleisha on Twitter at @aleishahendry

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LOCAL NEWS

Baldonnel residents have a long road ahead of them BRONWYN SCOTT For the Alaska Highway News

It’s been a rough ride for Baldonnel residents trying to turn the Ministry of Transportation’s attention to the broken down state of their roads. About 75 community members turned up at Baldonnel Elementary gymnasium on Monday evening to share their stories, pool their ideas together and try to come up with a strategy moving forward. “My license plate was at a 90-degree angle last week when I hit a bump,” said resident Laura Westgate. “Sometimes driving in the ditch, when it’s not this saturated...is the better option.” The young mother expressed her concern should emergency vehicles ever need to tend to someone in the community. “I have an 18 month old boy, and if we needed emergency services I don’t know what would happen,” she said. Others shared stories of school buses getting stuck and not able to get kids to school. One teacher in attendance said Baldonnel children had missed four days due to buses getting stuck this past winter. Resident Karin Carlson and her husband Cliff Shore, who moderated, started organizing community meetings specific to Baldonnel Road a year and a half ago, with attendance numbering roughly 30 residents. Not much progress has been made, and now, with increasing industrial traffic in the community, the problem has gotten worse. “Tonight there’s a lot more people here than just people that lived on the Baldonnel Road because the problems have expanded to our entire region here,” Carlson said. The wet fall and precipitation-heavy spring haven’t helped. “That whole freeze thaw cycle has not been good, lots of the culverts were blocked and so when it did start to melt there was no place for the water to go and so it was running over the roads,” she said, adding that one road “was just totally washed out, it wasn’t passable.” That one’s since been fixed, but others who live in the community are barely making it in to work in the mornings. One woman in attendance, Louise Mhor, resorted to hiring a private company to fix a stretch of road near her house so that visiting family would be able to make it safely to her home Another resident stood up to share that with the increased industrial activity – a gravel com-

pany, an oil company with a new well site in the community, and pulp mill traffic—that “it’s now an industrial road, we’re not a rural road anymore,” and that the ministry should treat it as such. Shannon Lucas shared a summation of community members’ comments and complaints when she said, “I think we want pavement. That’s the only answer.” Carlson, as organizer, has heard that desire expressed several times before, she said. As Shore took comments from the public, he shared a strategy that has worked for him in getting the Ministry of Transportation to do small-scale work done on the roads. “I don’t know if it was just off chance that they were going anyway, and I just happened to get frustrated enough that I finally put a complaint in, but then I saw a grader in a day or two. And that’s on a couple of different roads that I’ve been on. “Now, I don’t know how many of you who tried that online

thing, I guess it’s maybe a kind of experiment, but for me it’s worked a few times,” he said, encouraging the public to use the ministry’s online complaint system. MLA candidates Rob Fraser, Bob Fedderly and Dan Davies were in attendance at the meeting and took notes on the issues residents shared, and spoke to how they would respond should they be elected. Fedderly commented on how the realignment of Highway 29 is “soaking up just about every capital dollar we’re going to see,” and said that decision is indicative of party priorities – “that’s why I’m running as an independent,” he said. Fraser, also running as an independent, stressed the need to set the maintenance standards locally, and shared residents’ concerns about emergency vehicles that might be required to travel on such poorly maintained roads. Davies, with the BC Liberals,

clearly stated that the road is beyond repair, and that it needs to be rebuilt. Carlson urged those in attendance to vote for the candidate they feel is most committed to improving the state of rural roads in the Peace.

Officials with the Ministry of Transportation were not able to provide information on the state of Baldonnel’s roads and any plans for improvement due to the election, according to Danielle Pope, a media relations representative with the ministry.

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hopeful five, maybe 10 years—Bourdon and her board members would like to see a new indoor arena in the future. “We’d love to have another arena sitting beside our other one, so that we have more capacity there,” she said. Although the facility is open to anybody, adults and youth alike, the main focus is for youth. “We’re here to improve knowledge about any equine avenue. It’s enlightening, I think it’s really important in the community,” Bourdon said. “It helps keep young kids out of trouble, it gets them some good skills . . . our aim is for the youth because that’s our up and coming, so it’s very important for us,” she said, adding “it’s a good place to be, it’s very positive, and animals are great with the kids.” Nola Grieve, a volunteer who’s boarded her horses at the North Peace Light Horse Association for five years in a row, is committed to the association and what it does for the younger generation. “I think the greatest thing is the young girls and boys that really have a love for it, whether it’s Western or English, and getting them really off the streets and something to do, so that they don’t get involved in the wrong part of life,” she said. In addition to a new rodeo this summer, the association has two shows planned for this year, one in May and one in September. “We’ve got lots of plans in the making,” Bourdon said, including potentially partnering to create a program for at-risk youth. Anyone interested in becoming a member or volunteering with the association can reach out to the group through Facebook.

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THE RACE FOR PEACE RIVER NORTH

IT’S A BEAR THING

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Taylor Mayor and independent MLA candidate Rob Fraser lays a wreath at the cenotaph in Taylor last November. “I had it in my mind that I was going into the military,” he says.

After years in business, Fraser found political calling in Taylor FRASER FROM A1

The independent candidate, who plans to be the “subject matter expert for the north” in the legislature if elected, has been living in the region for 42 years. His family settled in Fort Nelson when he was 15. Before that, he was skipping around the country with his parents from military base to military base—Ladner to Calgary, Shilo to Petawawa—living at each “never for much more than 16, 18 months,” he said. It’s no wonder that Fraser directed his adolescent self on that military path. “As soon as I graduated high school I sent my registration in, my recruitment papers, because I was going to recruit to the armed forces. I went to Edmonton and went through the recruiting school. They were happy with everything. I’d set myself up. I was that typical military kid. This was the kind of guy they wanted,” he said. “And then I went for my medical.” Fraser has a glass eye, and has had it since he was four years old. “The doctor looked at my eye, and he looked at this eye, and he said, ‘You only have one eye, you have a glass eye.’ He said, ‘I can’t let you into the military with only one eye.’ “They crushed me.” Fraser went home to his parents, who knew he wouldn’t get in but had nonetheless let him run with his ambition. They sat him down and encouraged him to contribute to society in other ways, explaining that all the skills he’d acquired were transferable. “Looking back now, how could you resent it? I was motivated, they just let me go with it, knowing that one day I would be disappointed, but that they would be prepared to set me up for the future,” he said. At that turning point, Fraser considered his options and decided he’d put his experience assisting the visiting veterinarian—when he came to town—to good use. He enrolled at the University of Calgary. “I thought, yeah, veterinary school . . . let’s do all of the courses that I need to do pre-med, and then I was hoping to get to Saskatoon to get into the vet school there,” said Fraser. Once again, fate had other plans for the small town boy who was suddenly surrounded by an exciting city scene. He immersed himself in the nightlife instead of his studies, and after a year he dropped out. He returned to Fort Nelson, where he met a young woman named Colleen who would become his wife. They married when Fraser was 23, had three children together, and now have five grandchildren. Fraser took jobs where he could find them, starting out at the sawmill in Fort Nelson before eventually winding up at the Worker’s Compensation Board in

Fort St. John. His family relocated there for five years, but finding the city too crowded, they moved to Taylor, where they’ve been ever since, for 23 years. There, Fraser opened up a health and safety consulting business, Tartan Loss Control Ltd. He also found his calling in politics in Taylor, where he sat on council for 12 years and now serves as mayor. Helping him with his latest political pursuit is campaign manager Michelle Turnbull, who worked as Christy Clark’s administrative co-ordinator from 2003 to 2005. “He’s a smart man, he’s done a great job as mayor for our town,” said Turnbull, Fraser’s neighbor in Taylor, and like him, hails from Fort Nelson. “He tells you exactly how it is, and he’s very much willing to listen to you, but you know where he stands. That’s one thing I like about him.” Despite the fact that Turnbull describes herself as a “card-carrying Liberal,” she’s behind Fraser every step of the way and will be voting for him on May 9. “He’s well spoken and he thinks for himself. There’s nobody telling him what he needs to say or how he needs to think. He’s his own person and he gets stuff done,” she said. According to supporter Curtis Rogers, who’s known Fraser for more than 20 years, Fraser’s current political move as MLA candidate is simply an extension of his well-engrained sense of civic duty. “His father always said, if you see a situation and nobody’s doing anything about it, then you should step up and do it yourself. The reason he’s running, I think, is he didn’t have confidence in anybody that he could vote for to represent us, and so he felt that he had to jump in there,” Rogers said. “He told me before, everybody’s civic pride is keeping your lawns mowed and your house (presentable); he thinks civic pride goes a little further. And that’s why he ran for mayor in Taylor … he felt it was his obligation to, because he felt that he could be of value that way.” Running for MLA is no different. “He thinks that he can be the stronger voice,” said Rogers. It would seem that Fraser has followed through on his family’s wisdom when they sat him down and encouraged him to use the skills he’d learned in pursuit of military school to serve in other ways. “My granddad said to me, ‘Don’t just be that guy that stands in the corner and screams in the aisles, like the old guys do, with their suspenders. Roll up your sleeves and get in. Be involved,’” Fraser recalled. “My dad said, don’t just join service clubs, be on the executive of service clubs . . . use those leadership skills. “And so I do. I did what they said.”

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www.fsjarts.org 250-787-2781 info@fsjarts.org Celebrating 50 years of the Arts Council in 2017

Seven Decades of Music, Dance and Drama The Peace River North Performing Arts Festival has 600 entries in the 2017 annual dance and music competition in Fort St. John. Parking in the downtown core these two weeks is at a premium with the central location of the Festival at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Music and dance participants did not always have a proper theatre in which to perform. The early festivals were held in the Carlsonia Theatre which was also a movie house. And when that burned down, the Elks Hall, school gyms and the Legion Hall became makeshift theatre space for decades. The 1st Annual Music Festival in Fort St. John was sponsored by the Elks in 1946 and had 136 entries from the entire region. Previous to WW II, Pouce Coupe had held a Music Festival which was such a success that communities decided to hold their own festivals after the war was over. 1946 was also the year that the Alcan Follies originated in Fort St. John. Miss Diana Sandy and Miss Mary Anne Lohman tap danced their way into everyone’s heart. Miss Lois Stokke sang and the rest of the troupe kicked up their heels for the appreciative crowds. They were soon sought after to tour Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson. The Music and Elocution Festivals added drama which expanded quickly to feature over 23 plays in one outstanding year. Classical dance lessons for young

people with Mrs Dorothy Foster increased the numbers of dance entries. The Festival became so big that drama separated to hold their own festival from 1953 on. In 1954, the Fort St. John Players won the coveted BC Hamber Award along with sweeping the BC Drama Festival competition in Penticton with an original play written by Rudy Schubert. Like many volunteer organizations, the Music, Dance and Elocution Festival had challenging years. From 1959- 1960, Fort St. John did not hold their own festival. Local talent travelled to the Peace Country Arts Festival in Dawson Creek or Grand Prairie. The Festival was revived again in the mid ‘60’s when Dawson Creek and Fort St John alternated years. Two more resurgences, one in 1975 led by Dorothy Pickell, and again in 1987 led by Margaret Fox seemed to have sealed the fate of the Peace River North Performing Arts Festival because they have continued to ﬂourish for the past 30 years. The hard working Festival Board was proud to have hosted the BC Festival of Performing Arts Competition in Fort St. John in 2016. Only one time before had the entire Performing Arts of BC come to Fort St. John and that was in 2001 for the BC Festival of Arts. The Performing Arts Festival of BC was one of the 5 main organizations that made up the BC Festival of the Arts. Sue Popesku For more information www.fsjarts.ca

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“It’s a very grassroots campaign,” he said. “I am my own financial agent, my own campaign manager, my own strategist, communications; I’m doing everything. My wife is helping me a bit and I have a few volunteers helping with digital graphics, but that’s it.” Being an outsider candidate, the underdog one might say, Richert says there’s no pressure for him to win—he’s not beholden to any person or party. That’s an advantage. “There’s nothing else pushing me. It’s not donors; it’s not a political party. It’s a guy in his mid-30s who’s pissed off at what he’s seeing and wants to do something about it,” he said. However, he still wants to represent this riding in Victoria. “I’m demonstrating my ability and work ethic through this campaign. I’m not relying on other people, I don’t have other people talking for me, I’m going out and talking to people and listening to their views and crafting my platform as the result of what they’re telling me,” he said. “I’m doing the job of an MLA as a candidate.” Taking the initiative to handle his campaign on his own is one of the reasons Taylor resident Destiny Ashdown is voting for Richert. “He has campaigned openly and honestly for realistic goals that are perfectly aligned with the biggest issues facing both our region and the province as a whole,” she said. Richert calls money the “root of all evil” in politics, and as such is keeping his campaign costs down as much as possible. “I decided I’m not going to accept any donations. I think I need to put my money where my mouth is,” he said. “A small budget, which is difficult to pull off a campaign on, but I’m doing it anyways because I’m going home and sleeping very well at night because I’m keeping to my values.” Richert isn’t a life-long resident of the Peace Region as some of the other candidates are—he grew up in Vancouver and lived all over the province before settling in the resource rich Peace Country. “He’s seen the comparison as to what goes on down past the Fraser compared to what goes on up here, and he sees how there’s an imbalance between the benefits to the province,” said Ashdown. Continued on A11

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Site C workers get own polling station

Re: Liquor Control and Licensing Act Application for Permanent Change to a Liquor Licence: • Food Primary Entertainment Endorsement • Change to Hours of Liquor Service

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The Applicant, The Canadian Brew House (Fort St. John) Ltd., located at Unit #104, 9203 - 100th Street in Fort St. John, has applied to amend their Food Primary Liquor Licence (#307348) as follows: • Entertainment Endorsement to allow for patron participation entertainment (dancing, DJ music and karaoke). • Change to hours of liquor service. Current hours of liquor service are Monday through Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight and the proposed hours are Monday through Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

Elections BC will set up a mobile polling station at the Site C work camp, seen here overlooking the Peace River Valley.

for a certain population,” explained Andrew Watson, communications manager for Elections BC. “Accessibility is a key focus for us, so if there are special areas in the district that they feel would be well served by a mobile team then they’ll identify those and send election officials to administer voting there.” The polling station will be promoted with posters provided by Elections BC, which will be posted in BC Hydro’s construction office, Peace River Hydro Partners’ construction office, and throughout the Two Rivers Lodge.

Advance polls this weekend The election takes place on May 9, with advance voting scheduled for this weekend, April 29 and 30, and May 3-6. In Fort St. John, advance voters can cast a ballot at The Current, at 10044 100 Street, in Taylor at the community hall at 9896 West Cherry Avenue, in Hudson’s Hope at the Pearkes Centre at 10801 Dudley Drive, and in Fort Nelson at the Peace River North Satellite Office at 4903 51 Avenue West.

Residents and owners of businesses located within a 0.8 kilometre (1/2 mile) radius of the facility may comment on this proposal by writing to: City of Fort St. John Attention: Laura Howes, Deputy City Clerk 10631 – 100 Street Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z5 Email: lhowes@fortstjohn.ca PETITIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. To ensure the consideration of your views, your letter must be received on or before Friday May 12, 2017. Your name(s) and residential/ business address must be included. Please note that your comments may be made available to the applicant or Government Oﬃcials where disclosure is necessary to administer the license change process.

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Workers at Site C who might not otherwise have a chance to cast a ballot in the upcoming provincial election due to long working days and distance from town have not been forgotten. A ‘special voting opportunity’—a mobile polling station—has been arranged for May 4 in the lobby of the Two Rivers Lodge from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., according to Site C spokesman Dave Conway. “Elections BC approached us in regards to offering the workers a ‘special voting opportunity,” he wrote in an email. Hydro agreed to comply with the request, he said, adding the opportunity “is for people who are working on the project and have site security access.” The camp—more like a small town, with its capacity for 1,600 workers—has a greater population than both the District of Taylor with its 1,469 residents and the District of Hudson’s Hope with 1,015 residents. “Usually they’re (mobile polling stations) done in places where another voting opportunity may not be as accessible or convenient

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Living in other areas has given Richert a unique perspective on the area, and how Victoria takes advantage of it. “There’s all these different benefits: there’s a lot of extractive industries going on, a lot of hydro electric, and they create jobs, and I’m not going to sit here and say that’s a bad thing. But that’s where it stops, in my opinion,” he said. “The longer I’ve lived here, the more I’ve come to the realization that we’re being ripped off.” Just because he grew up in the big city doesn’t make him the stereotypical city slicker. An avid fly fisher, Richert likened his work ethic to that of his favourite hobby. “You’re eight to 10 hours on the water, you’re observing all of the different conditions of the lake environment, trying to figure out what the fish are eating and intercept them. You’re using skills and observation; you’re putting blood sweat and tears dealing with the weather,” he said. “Persevering through issues, all these things, I think that kind of work ethic to me is the secret to success. But it’s also doing your homework, it’s all these different skill sets and values that I’m trying to meld together and market myself as the guy who can help.” He knows that the resource industry is the bread and butter of this area. Being a biologist, agrologist, and resource management advisor, Richert says he’s more than aware that we can’t switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy overnight. “We can’t just stop using natural gas,” he said, adding it should be used as transition energy—keep using it while work on developing wind, solar, and geothermal power, and then gradually wean ourselves off it. The topic of vote splitting is often on voters’ minds during a campaign—major parties liken voting for an independent as throwing a vote away. “If the political parties want you to talk about vote splitting, these are the same parties that want to control British Columbia and have for a long time to meet their own interests, not the interests of residents,” he said. “My message to everyone on that is vote for whomever you think best represents you.”

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Former mayor Jim Eglinski, now Alberta MP, endorses Davies BRONWYN SCOTT Alaska Highway News

Former mayor of Fort St. John and Conservative Albertan MP Jim Eglinski has endorsed Dan Davies in his bid to become MLA for Peace River North. Davies was on council with Eglinski from 2005 to 2009 when Eglinski sat as mayor. “Dan Davies will be a strong representative for Peace River North,” said Eglinski, in a press release. “I loved working with Dan on Fort St. John council when I was mayor, he was a strong councillor ... I know Peace River North will prosper under his leadership.” Eglinski was born and raised in Alberta, but spent most of his career—35 years—in B.C. with the RCMP. He later served two terms on city council in Fort St. John, first as councillor and

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Jim Eglinski (left) shakes hands with Dan Davies after announcing his endorsement of the BC Liberal candidate’s campaign for Peace River North.

later as mayor. “We did a lot of long term strategy planning, we moved the city to looking at 20 year periods of where we were going versus short term. I think that was very important for the long term viability of the city,” Eglinski said in a follow-up

interview. When asked why a federal Albertan MP would meddle in provincial politics, Eglinski explained that he still has roots and connections in the North Peace. “My two daughters live up in Fort Nelson, and I lived here

longer than I lived any place in my life, so it’s still important to me . . . I wanted to endorse him because I think a lot of people still know who I am and what I did when I was here so I thought it was important,” he said. One of the bigger accomplishments they

achieved as a council was the Pomeroy Sport Centre, Davies recalled. “We see today the use of that building gets, the compliments we get on it, so that was probably one of the big ones that we did,” he said. The MLA candidate is “honoured” by Englinski’s support. Eglinski now calls Yellowhead County, Alberta, home. He was elected to represent the Alberta riding of Yellowhead in a federal byelection in November 2014, and was re-elected to the House of Commons in October 2015. Eglinski’s endorsement follows on the heels of local federal Conservative MP Bob Zimmer, who has announced his support for Davies. Davies ran for the conservative nomination with Zimmer in 2011, and identifies as a Conservative.

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NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. TOWERBIRCH EXPANSION PROJECT (Groundbirch Mainline Loop and Tower Lake Section) Notice of Proposed Detailed Route Pursuant to Section 34(1)(b) of the National Energy Board Act IN THE MATTER OF the National Energy Board Act (the Act) and the regulations made thereunder; IN THE MATTER OF the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity GC-127 approving the general route of the Towerbirch Expansion Project (Groundbirch Mainline Loop and Tower Lake Section), a proposed expansion of the existing NGTL System to meet existing and incremental firm service contracts for the receipt of sweet natural gas on the NGTL System as well as supply forecast requirements. The Project components are located in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, consisting of two pipeline segments: • Groundbirch Mainline Loop – 55 km of new 914 mm nominal pipe size (NPS 36) sweet natural gas looping NGTL’s existing Groundbirch Mainline from the existing Gordondale Receipt Meter Station in SE 12-79-12 W6M and terminates at a proposed valve site in NE 27-78-17 W6M. • Tower Lake Section – 32 km of new 762 mm nominal pipe size (NPS 30) sweet natural gas pipeline connecting to the proposed Groundbirch Mainline Loop in NE 27-78-17 W6M and extending north to tie into the proposed Dawson Creek North and Dawson Creek North No. 2 Receipt Meter Stations, and then terminating at the proposed Tower Lake Receipt Meter Station in SW 7-81-17 W6M. NGTL proposes that the detailed route for the Towerbirch Expansion Project is as shown on the map in this notice. This notice is being published to comply with the requirements of paragraph 34(1)(b) of the Act. The pipeline section routes are proposed to cross those lands noted in those lands noted in the accompanying tables. If you anticipate that your lands may be adversely affected by the proposed detailed route of the Towerbirch Expansion Project, you may oppose the proposed detailed route by filing a written statement of opposition with the Board within 30 days following the publication of this notice. Any such statement must set out both the nature of your interest in those lands and the grounds for your opposition to the detailed route. A copy of any such written statement of opposition must be sent to the following addresses: National Energy Board, Suite 210, 517 Tenth Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A8 Attention: Sheri Young, Secretary; Toll Free Fax: 1-877-288-8803; Website: www.neb-one gc.ca Phone: 1-800-899-1265 NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd., 450-1st Street SW, Calgary, AB T2P 5H1 Email: steve_campbell@transcanada.com Attention: Steve Campbell; Phone: 403-920-8441; Fax: 403-920-2486; Where a written statement is filed with the Board within the 30 days of the publication of this notice, the Board shall forthwith order, subject to certain exceptions as noted below, that a public hearing be conducted within the area in which the lands to which the statement relates are situated with respect to any grounds of opposition set out in any such statement. The Board is not required to give any notice, hold any hearing or take any other action with respect to any written statement of opposition filed with the Board and may at any time

disregard any such written statement if the person who filed the statement files a notice of withdrawal, or it appears to the Board that the statement is frivolous, vexatious or is not made in good faith. If the Board determines to hold a public hearing, the Board will fix a suitable time and place of the hearing and publish notice of the hearing in at least one issue of a publication, if any, in general circulation within the area in which the lands proposed to be acquired are situated. The Board will also send such notice to each person who files a written statement of opposition with the Board. The Board or a person authorized by the Board may make such inspection of the lands proposed to be acquired for or affected by the Towerbirch Expansion Project construction as the Board deems necessary. At the hearing, the Board will permit each person who filed a written statement to make representations and may allow any other interested person to make representations before it as the Board deems proper. The Board will take into account all written statements and all representations made at the hearing to determine the best possible detailed route of the Towerbirch Expansion Project and the most appropriate methods and timing of constructing the Project. The Board may impose in any approval such terms and conditions as it considers proper. Where the Board has held a hearing in respect of any section or part of the Towerbirch Expansion Project and approved or refused to approve the plan, profile and book of reference respecting that section or part, it will forward a copy of its decision and reasons to the Minister and to each person who made representations to the Board at the hearing. The Board may fix such amount as it deems reasonable in respect of the actual costs reasonably incurred by any person who makes representations to the Board at such a hearing and the amount so fixed will be paid forthwith to the person by NGTL. The Board may approve a plan, profile and book of reference in respect of any section or part of a pipeline where no written statement under subsection 34(3) or (4) has been filed with the Board in respect of that section or part. A copy of the plan, profile and book of reference for the detailed route for the Towerbirch Expansion Project is available to you for inspection at the following locations: CALGARY National Energy Board Library 2nd Floor, 517 Tenth Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0A8 Toll-free telephone: 1-800-899-1265; www.neb-one.gc.ca

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Please contact Steve Campbell or the National Energy Board offices at 1-800-899-1265 should you have any questions concerning this Notice, the Plans, Profiles and Books of Reference or the detailed route procedures. Dated at Calgary, Alberta this 24 day of April, 2017. NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.

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Fedderly slams provincial carbon tax, signals LNG support MATT PREPROST & TOM SUMMER editor@ahnfsj.ca

The provincial carbon tax has harmed northern businesses and farmers, and the government must do more to diversify domestic markets for natural gas from Northeast B.C., Bob Fedderly says. The independent candidate for MLA renewed his call last week for developing a “robust” liquefied natural gas industry in B.C. amidst growing criticisms on social media that he is opposed to the industry. At the same time, he criticized the BC Liberals for the province’s carbon tax, introduced in 2008 and currently capped at $30 per tonne. “We must develop new overseas markets and diversify our domestic markets for natural gas, but we cannot do so effectively when we are held back by a carbon tax that is

anything but revenue neutral in the North,” Fedderly said in a statement. “As an independent MLA for Peace River North, I will make it a priority to ensure we are not held back by NDP opposition to LNG and not unfairly taxed by a Liberal government’s carbon tax.” Fedderly is being criticized on social media by the Fort St. John for LNG group for his protest of the Site C dam at the group’s LNG rally last spring. Fedderly was at the event to protest the dam, carrying a sign promoting the use of the Burrard Thermal facility, a natural gas power plant shuttered for use under the province’s current Clean Energy Act. “Our abundant natural gas holds enormous potential for creating thousands of jobs and ensuring BC is an energy leader for decades to come,” Fedderly said. Meanwhile, Fedderly

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Bob Fedderly speaks in Hudson’s Hope on Tuesday, April 18.

visited Hudson’s Hope April 18 for a meet and greet with constituents. Success in politics without the threat of being muzzled by the party line was just one of the many messages Fedderly presented alongside outgoing independent MLA Vicki Huntington. “I think there is a growing interest in seeing independent voices, especially in ridings

where people feel hard done by from government policy,” said Huntington. After eight years of sitting in the British Columbian legislature, Huntington was keen to share her insights and criticisms of party politics and the democratic process. “I’ve seen the best of people, the best of men and women; there are some really intelligent individuals in the legislative assembly. They cannot speak a single word outside the caucus, or outside the party policy,” Huntington said. Fedderly is one of the three independents running for Peace River North. A long-time resident of the Peace Region, Fedderly spent a significant portion of his youth in Hudson’s Hope, before settling in Fort St. John with his trucking business. A topic of utmost concern to Hudson’s Hope residents was that of Site C, a project whose business case was never made,

Fedderly said. “We have too many other cheaper ways to get our electricity,” Fedderly said. On other energy fronts, Fedderly is interested in replicating biomass processes found in Scandinavian countries. “Everyone that I talk to in the forest industry has an issue with how much wood is being left in the bush. Most of the contractors tell me 40 to 50 per cent, some say it’s high as 60. That’s unacceptable to me, as a resident here. We can use that biomass to generate electricity.” Keeping in line with his promise to “clean up politics,” Fedderly commented on the prevalence of excessive political donations by special interest groups. Part of his platform aims to limit donations to $5,000 in the hopes that political influence stays in the hands of citizens and small businesses.

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A14 THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017

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SD60 looking at 24 new classes for September ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

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Peace River North Teachers’ Association President Michele Wiebe speaks at a School District 60 board meeting on April 24. She suggests redrawing catchment boundary lines in the district to address expected class size issues next school year.

Teacher recruitment and retention is an ongoing issue for the School District 60. With the restoration of the class size and composition language in the BCTF contracts, SD 60 is looking at as many as 24 new classes next school year. There is an ongoing need for additional classroom spaces as the class size limits change, and as projected enrolment continues to expand. SD 60 Superintendent Dave Sloan gave a brief update during his report to the board at its regu-

lar meeting on April 24. “We look forward to attracting lots of new quality teachers to the Peace area, and retaining those quality teachers we already have in place,” he said. Peace River North Teacher’s Association President Michele Wiebe gave the board an update on its activities and suggested looking at redrawing the catchment boundary lines to even out the number of classes at each school, as some schools like Robert Ogilvie and Ecole Central are using portable classrooms, while Alwin Holland has empty classrooms.

With the new contract language, the province is expecting to need anywhere between 1,100 and 3,000 new teachers for September. Board trustee Jaret Thompson said it’s not looking like all the positions will be filled by then. “There’s a huge amount of effort going into recruiting and retention, they’re looking at all sorts of things,” he said. Sloan noted he was planning to head down to Vancouver to look at doing more recruitment, and looks forward to getting more applications in for teaching positions.

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NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. PROJET D’AGRANDISSEMENT TOWERBIRCH (doublement de la canalisation principale Groundbirch et tronçon Tower Lake) Avis de proposition de tracé détaillé, conformément à l’article 34(1)(b) de la Loi sur l’Office national de l’énergie AU SUJET DE la Loi sur l’Office national de l’énergie et des réglementations établies sous son régime; RELATIVEMENT AU certificat de commodité et de nécessité publique GC-127 approuvant le tracé général de la Projet d’agrandissement Towerbirch (doublement de la canalisation principale Groundbirch et tronçon Tower Lake), une extension du système NGTL proposée pour satisfaire aux contrats de service ferme existants et incrémentiels pour la réception de gaz naturel non corrosif sur le système NGTL ainsi que les prévisions de l’offre. Les composantes du projet sont situées dans le nord-ouest de l’Alberta et le nord-est de la ColombieBritannique, est constituée de deux tronçons pipeliniers: • doublement de la canalisation principale Groundbirch – 55 km de pipeline d’un diamètre extérieur de 914 mm (36 po) à partir la station de comptage Gordondale existant aux coordonnées SE 12-79-12 O6M et se termine à un emplacement de valve proposé dans NE 27-78-17 O6M. • tronçon Tower Lake – 32 km de pipeline d’un diamètre extérieur de 762 mm (30 po) se raccordant à la doublement de la canalisation Groundbirch proposée dans le NE 27-78-17 O6M et s’étendant vers le nord pour établir une liaison entre les stations de comptage de réception proposées Dawson Creek Nord et Dawson Creek North No. 2 et terminer à la station de comptage de réception Tower Lake proposée en SO 7-81-17 O6M. NGTL propose que le tracé détaillé pour le Projet d’agrandissement Towerbirch soit présenté comme sur la carte qui accompagne cet avis. Cet avis est publié afin de satisfaire aux exigences de l’article 34(1)(b) de la Loi. Il est proposé que le tracé du pipeline traverse les parcelles de terre qui figurent dans les tableaux ci-joints. Si vous pensez que vos parcelles peuvent être affectées par le tracé détaillé proposé pour le Projet d’agrandissement Towerbirch, vous pouvez vous opposer à ce tracé détaillé en remplissant une déclaration d’opposition écrite que vous devrez soumettre à l’Office national de l’énergie (l’Office) dans les 30 jours suivant la publication de cet avis. Toute déclaration doit décrire à la fois la nature de votre intérêt par rapport à ces parcelles et les motifs de votre opposition au tracé détaillé. Une copie de toute déclaration d’opposition doit être envoyée aux adresses suivantes : Office national de l’énergie, 517, Dixième Avenue S.-O., bureau 210 Calgary, AB T2R 0A8 À l’attention de : Sheri Young, secrétaire Téléphone : 1-800-899-1265; Télécopie sans frais : 1-877-288-8803 Site Web : www.neb-one.gc.ca NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd., 450, Première Rue S.-O., Calgary, AB T2P 5H1 À l’attention de : Steve Campbell, représentant du service des terres Téléphone : 403-920-8441; Télécopieur : 403-920-2486 Courriel : steve_campbell@transcanada.com Si une déclaration écrite a été déposée auprès de l’Office dans les 30 jours suivant la signification de cet avis, l’Office ordonnera sans délai, sous réserve de certaines exceptions

énoncées ci-dessous, la tenue d’une audience publique au sein de la zone dans laquelle se trouvent les parcelles concernées par la déclaration, en ce qui concerne les motifs d’opposition décrits dans de telles déclarations. L’Office n’est pas obligé d’émettre un avis, de tenir une audience ou de prendre une quelconque autre mesure en ce qui concerne une déclaration écrite d’opposition déposée auprès de l’Office, et peut, à tout moment, ignorer une telle déclaration écrite si la personne qui a rempli la déclaration dépose un avis de retrait, ou si l’Office estime que la déclaration est frivole, vexatoire ou qu’elle n’a pas été faite de bonne foi. Si l’Office décide de tenir une audience publique, il déterminera un lieu et un moment adapté pour l’audience et publiera un avis d’audience dans au moins un numéro d’une publication, s’il y en a, largement distribuée dans la région dans laquelle les parcelles proposées à l’achat sont situées. L’Office enverra également un avis à chaque personne qui dépose une déclaration écrite d’opposition auprès de l’Office. L’Office, ou une personne autorisée par ce dernier, pourra effectuer l’inspection des parcelles proposées à l’achat ou affectées dans le cadre de la construction du Projet d’agrandissement Towerbirch, si l’Office le juge nécessaire. Lors de l’audience, l’Office permettra à toute personne qui a déposé une déclaration écrite de présenter des observations et pourra autoriser toute autre personne intéressée à présenter des observations devant lui, si l’Office le juge pertinent. L’Office prendra en compte toutes les déclarations écrites et toutes les représentations faites à l’audience afin de déterminer le meilleur tracé détaillé possible pour le Projet d’agrandissement Towerbirch, ainsi que les méthodes et le calendrier les plus appropriés pour la construction du projet. Office pourra imposer les dits termes et conditions à toute approbation, s’il le juge pertinent. Si l’Office a tenu une audience concernant une section ou une partie du Projet d’agrandissement Towerbirch et qu’il a approuvé ou refusé d’approuver le plan, le profil et le livre de renvoi relatif à cette section ou partie, il transmettra un exemplaire de sa décision et de ses justifications à chaque personne qui a fait une représentation à l’Office lors de l’audience. L’Office pourra déterminer le montant qui lui semble acceptable en ce qui concerne les coûts réelsraisonnablement subis par toute personne qui présente des observations à l’Office lors d’une telle audience, et le montant déterminé sera payé immédiatement à la personne par NGTL. Un exemplaire du plan, du profil et du livre de renvoi pour le tracé détaillé est disponible pour votre inspection aux endroits détaillés à droite: CALGARY Bibliothèque de l’Office national de l’énergie 2e étage, 517, Dixième Avenue S.-O. Calgary, AB, T2R 0A8 Téléphone sans frais : 1-800-899-1265 www.neb-one.gc.ca (régulateur documents) CHETWYND Bibliothèque publique de Chetwynd 5012, 46e Rue Chetwynd, C-B, V0C 1J0 Téléphone : 250-788-2559

NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. 450, Première Rue S.-O. Calgary, AB, T2P 5H1 Téléphone : 403-920-2486

DAWSON CREEK Bibliothèque Publique de Dawson Creek 1001 avenue McKellar Dawson Creek, C-B, V1G 3V7 Téléphone : 250-782-4661

FORT ST. JOHN Bibliothèque publique de Fort St. John 10015 – 100e Avenue Fort St. John, C-B, V1J 1Y7 Téléphone : 250-785-3731

HUDSON’S HOPE Bibliothèque publique de Hudson’s Hope 9905, chemin Dudley Hudson’s Hope, C-B, V0C 1V0 Téléphone : 250-783-9414

BONANZA Bibliothèque Municipale de Bonanza 80104 route 719 Bonanza, AB, T0H 0K0 Téléphone : 780-353-3067

TAYLOR Bibliothèque publique de Taylor 10008 104e Avenue Taylor, C-B, V0C 2K0 Téléphone : 250-789-9878

Veuillez communiquer avec Steve Campbell ou avec l’Office national de l’énergie au 1-800-8991265 pour toute questions concernant cet avis, les profils de plans, les livres de référence ou les procédures de tracé détaillé. Fait à Calgary, Alberta ce 24 jour de avril, 2017. NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.

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Wet weather no favour to dam construction conditions BRONWYN SCOTT Alaska Highway News

A snowier than usual spring, following on the heels of a wet summer and precipitation-heavy fall, has not only pushed Fort St. John residents’ backyard barbecue plans aside for the time being, it’s adding complications to Site C work. According to Environment Canada meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau, between September 2016 and April 19, 2017, an estimated 314 mm of precipitation fell in Fort St. John, when normal for that period is 215 mm. That’s 145 per cent of the typical amount of precipitation—almost oneand-a-half times. Although Dave Conway, spokesperson for Site C, was limited in terms of how much information he could give the Alaska Highway News due to

Precipitation numbers up 145% between September and April the fact the writ period for the election is underway, he indicated there have been difficulties associated with the wet weather. “We have experienced some excess water challenges over the last year, most recently in February after heavy rainfall and the warmest winter weather for the region in 30 years,” he wrote in an email. He added, “We have a Construction Environmental Management Plan in place that includes detailed measures for erosion and sediment control. This plan provides specific actions to prevent the erosion of soils and the transport of sediment.” BC Hydro is currently in hot water for excessive sediment runoff into the Peace River, and faces fines of

up to $200,000 if it does not come into compliance with conditions outlined on their environmental certificate. For subsequent offences fines increase to up to $400,000. The Crown utility faced a similar problem last April when provincial inspectors determined they failed to adequately control sediment runoff into the river. Hydro was ordered to develop a new plan to combat erosion and runoff. This month, as of April 19, Fort St. John had already seen three times the normal precipitation levels for the month with 61.2 mm. Normal for the month of April is 20 mm, according to Charbonneau. The wet weather has been a trend since about last June, when 91.8 mm fell in Fort St.

John, which is 26.62 mm more than the normal 65.6mm. July was dryer than normal, with just 37.8 mm falling as compared to the normal of 75.2, but August was much wetter with 121.9 mm falling, when normal is 51.2 mm. As for what’s driving the wet weather? “It’s hard to say,” Charbonneau said. The fact that there was a weak La Nina in play for the winter could have something to do with it, as could the fact that the northeast had a warmer than usual winter, in contrast to the rest of the province. “Normally we get a lot of cold Arctic air coming in over the Peace, and it seems this winter that wasn’t as present. That cold arctic air is pretty dry as well, so it may be a case

where we weren’t getting that outbreak of really dry air . . . so that could have contributed to there being a little bit more storm systems coming through that were bringing more moisture.” One thing for is for sure, though: “It has been a wetter extended period of what is normal,” she said.

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LOCAL NEWS

Get breakfast, help build Rotary Spray Park

TOTS IN A TRUCK

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Two-and-a-half-year-old Knox Morrell rides along in a tiny truck with his brother, four and a half year old Trace Morrell, while they tow their bikes on a tiny flatbed trailer on April 19.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and the Rotary Club of Fort St. John want to make sure everyone gets theirs this week. Rotary is hosting a Drive Through Breakfast on April 27 to help raise funds for the Rotary Spray Park. Scott Wisdahl, president-elect of the Rotary Club of Fort St. John, said the club “appropriated” the idea for the event. “It was an idea being used in Prince George that no longer is… that’s where we stole the idea from,” he said. The Drive Through Breakfast will take place in the empty lot at the corner of 100 Street and 96 Avenue. People will get a reusable lunch bag containing water, juice, fruit, a muffin and a coffee to take with them for a minimum donation of $5. “We’re hoping people will be generous and donate more if they can,” said

Wisdahl. Businesses can also arrange to have the bagged breakfasts delivered to their offices that day as well. The plan was to originally have the spray park done this spring, but Mother Nature had other plans. Due to the early snowfall in October and the seemingly late spring destined for Fort St. John this year, not much work has been done since last fall. Wally Ferris, the city’s director of community services, says he’s aiming to have it ready for use by Canada Day, if not sooner. Both the Rotary Club and the Sunrise Rotary Club of Fort St. John are doing fundraising for the park and have committed to raising $200,000 over the next five years to pay for the park. The Drive Through Breakfast goes from 7 to 10 a.m. on April 27. To order breakfasts for a business, call Marva at 250-785-0654.

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The following persons have been nominated as candidates for Peace River North for the 41st Provincial General Election.

Peace River North Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Dan Davies BC Liberal Party

Susan Durban 102-10130 100 Ave, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 1Y6 (250) 262-6563

Official Agent:

Rob Dempsey BC NDP

Olu Fajemisin 10407 88A St, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 5X6 (250) 787-0568

Bob Fedderly Independent

Rhonda Zeunert 10612 106 St, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 5N6 (250) 262-6170

Jared Giesbrecht 10107 101 Ave, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 2B4

Rob Fraser Independent

Margaret Alexander PO Box 693,Taylor, BC, V0C 2K0 (250) 789-9255

Michelle Turnbull 9723 96th St,Taylor, BC, V0C 2K0

Jeff Richert Independent

Jeffrey Richert PO Box 418,Taylor, BC, V0C 2K0 (250) 787-2914

General Voting Places: Baldonnel Elem School 5836 Baldonnel Rd, Baldonnel, BC

Hudson’s Hope Comm Hall 10310 Kyllo St, Hudson’s Hope, BC

Prespatou Elem/Sec School 22113 Triad Rd, Prespatou, BC

Buick Creek Comm Hall 15288 Rodeo Rd, Buick, BC

Liard Hotsprings Lodge 497 Alaska Hwy, Liard River, BC

Prophet River Comm Multiplex 233 Alaska Hwy, Prophet River, BC

Charlie Lake Comm Hall 12717 Charlie Lake Hall Ave, Charlie Lake, BC

Montney Rec Hall 12401 256 Rd, Montney, BC

Taylor Comm Hall 9896 W Cherry Ave, Taylor, BC

Clearview Arena 13786 223 Rd, Flatrock, BC

North Peace Cultural Centre 10015 100 Ave, Fort St. John, BC

Toad River Comm Hall 422 Alaska Hwy, Toad River, BC

Elks Lodge No 400 5431 50th Ave S, Fort Nelson, BC

Pink Mountain Buffalo Inn 143 97 Hwy N, Pink Mountain, BC

Upper Pine School 16242 Rose Prairie Rd, Rose Prairie, BC

Fort St. John Seniors Hall 10908 100 St, Fort St. John, BC

Pomeroy Hotel 11308 Alaska Rd N, Fort St. John, BC

Wonowon Elem School 19211 Petrocan Subdiv, Wonowon, BC

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Flyers trio making provincial waves Three local players moving on to provincial U15 camp in Penticton

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Hunter Brown, left, Henry Kehl, and Wyatt Millner are all representing Fort St. John at the 2017 U15 Provincial Camp in Penticton from May 11 to 14.

spread out over eight teams for the four-day tournament and tryout. Both Kehl and Millner play defence, and play on a pairing together for the Flyers. Brown plays left wing and had 22 points on the season, including 12 goals. Two other players from the Flyers, Devan Minard and Johnny Herrington, made the cut for the U16 provincial camp, which occurred this past weekend in Salmon Arm. “It says that our team was

so strong in every position, we had two defenseman and three forwards, that’s one whole line,” Brown said. For Kehl, this season continues to be a very fun experience. “I live in Hudson Hope and there’s not a lot of people here, so going to Fort St. John it’s much more bigger and there’s lots of opportunity,” he said. For Brown, he thinks he played his best hockey of the year at the Prince George

tournament. “I felt I did good, I felt like I threw the body more than the regular season with the Flyers, and took more shots. I felt I was more comfortable out there,” Brown said. The players are all busy training for the upcoming challenge, whether it’s running and gaining weight, or taking as many shots as their bodies allow. “I’m really excited, its going to be a good experience,” Brown said.

Catching up with Mark Hartigan DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

Mark Hartigan, the local boy who grew up to be a two-time Stanley Cup winner, was in town last week to speak at the community awards banquet. He stopped by the North Peace Arena to play some hockey and sign autographs, and took some time to answer a couple questions for the Alaska Highway News.

things do you do to keep busy? MH: I coach my seven-year old daughter’s team and help out with the junior team in Fort McMurray. I run some practices once and a while up there. But other than that I play some morning hockey to get a sweat and that’s about it, and run around after my three kids at home.

AHN: Have you been Alaska Highway News: watching the NHL playoffs? What’s it like for you coming back to Fort St John? MH: Yeah, it’s kind of hard not to with these five Mark Hartigan: It’s a little Canadian teams out there. It’s nostalgic. Coming back and fun to get out there and cheer driving around, it definitely for them. I love watching the flares up a lot of memories, Oilers, the Canadiens not and just driving up and down so much. It’s been a great some of these streets—it’s playoffs so far and every night been so long. I was back here there’s something exciting. for the Crystal Cup just over a year ago, but it was just a AHN: What teams and quick in and out. I had a little players impress you? more time today to drive around and really take it in MH: It’s hard not to and see everything. A lot of be impressed by Connor different memories come McDavid, he’s just an absolute flooding back. phenom. You hear that word being thrown around a lot AHN: How often do you and he’s well deserving as get out on the ice, and what he’s a truly amazing hockey

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Dillon Giancola covers sports in Northeast B.C. for the Alaska Highway News and Dawson Creek Mirror. Email him at sports@ahnfsj.ca

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had never heard of Mark Hartigan. I didn’t know about his two Stanley Cup rings or that he hailed from Fort St. John. And I was quite a big fan of his 2007 Anaheim Ducks team that won it all. Or maybe, apparently, I wasn’t. Either way, when I met him this week, I wanted to know him, and wished I was a fan. His smile, his composure, (his rings), were enough to make me realize why Fort St. John loves him, and asked him to speak at it’s community awards. Heck, if my hometown was legit enough to have community awards, I would suggest that we get Hartigan to speak too. I’ve got half a mind to get him to speak at my wedding. If and when I get married, that is. But I digress. Although I do lament my hometown of Boyle, Alta., and its lack of community awards, I do miss the Boyle Rodeo. I hadn’t been to a rodeo in years, but have fond memories of going to them as a kid. I have now covered two rodeo-like events since I’ve been in the Peace Region, and they have been a blast. I have also continued to learn on the job. This past weekend, I had the pleasure of covering the Chetwynd High School Rodeo, and got the opportunity to witness a little goat tying. Yes, there’s an actual event called goat tying. The gist of the event is a contestant rides super fast towards a helpless goat who is tied down and not able to go anywhere. The rider then jumps off the horse, for reasons not known to me, only to pick up the goat and slam it on it’s back. Now, I don’t mean to go full PETA here, but a part of me did feel bad for those goats. What did they do to deserve having the wind knocked out of them? But then part of me was also just super entertained by the cowgirl’s ability to tie the goats legs together that fast. I can still barely tie a solid knot, much less tie a struggling goat’s legs together. I must admit one thing though, they do give the goats a breather after three runs of the event. They bring in a backup goat to get slammed while the other goat catches its breath. I thought that was nice. Sooner than later I will know all things rodeo, just as I now know all things Mark Hartigan, and my life will be better off because of it.

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Mark Hartigan in his Anaheim Ducks jersey, the team he won the Stanley Cup with in 2007.

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They skated and checked their way through the regional tryouts, and now three players from Fort St. John are headed to the 2017 U15 Provincial Camp for hockey. Henry Kehl, Hunter Brown, and Wyatt Millner will be representing both their city and their team, the Northern Metallic Flyers, at the camp in Penticton from May 11 to 14. “It’s going to be super fun. I’ve never been to a tournament this big before,” Kehl said. All three players expressed their excitement about the event. They just competed in the regional tournament in Prince George, which was full of great players, they said. A sense of nervousness was also expressed by all three players, as the competitiveness ramps up and the talent level becomes greater. “I’m a little nervous, all the kids will be even better than at the last tournament,” Millner said. A total of 160 players from across the province will be participating in the provincial camp. The players will be

THURSDAY APRIL 27, 2017

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LOCAL SPORTS

“Snowiest spring stage ever” finishes this weekend DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

With the worst of the weather out of the way, the Blizzard Bike Club Spring Stage Race continued as planned. Stages five to seven took place last week, with the eight stage happening tonight and the final stage taking place Sunday. “It might be the snowiest spring stage race, ever,” Pat Ferris said. There has been some frustration as the cold and snowy conditions have resulted in lower turnouts, but the race has continued regardless. Kristine Bock continues to lead the women after seven stages, while Dan Webster is in first in the men’s category, and Josh

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Racers take shelter at Baldonnel School before taking part in Stage 6 in the snow.

Telizen leads the juniors. Stage five was a 25-kilometre road race from Wood’s Corner to the Beatton Park Road intersection and back. It was the coldest ride yet out of all the stages. Six riders took part in the course, which featured a lot of hills. Josh Telizen edged out Nick Guliov three seconds to win the stage. The sixth stage was a 16km time trial beginning at Baldonnel School. Irvin Tang took home the win with a fast time of 26 minutes and 28 seconds. Stage seven took place in Taylor, and took place on gravel roads for the whole race. It features the nasty two km Peace View hill. Darren Guliov was the winner. Tonight’s stage is a time trial at Baldonnel.

Inconnu swims into wall at westerns DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsjn.ca

The Inconnu Swim Club met a tough challenge at the 2017 Speedo Western Championships. Three swimmers from Fort St. John made the trip to the long and grueling meet. “All in all, it was not the best,” head coach Steve Carson said. “They competed, they tried their best, but it was a big

learning experience, knowing that sometimes we’re not going to be ready to go all the time.” Things were not all bad for the team, as Eric Louie swam three personal best times, and made three B finals. Brittany Welsh also made three B finals, while Tate Haugan made the B finals in the 400m freestyle. “Every time you go to a meet there’s always that growth and experience that you gain,” Carson said. Both Welsh and

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Haugan have one more year swimming with the club and Louie has three, and all hope to learn from this meet and to be back at it next year. Carson said that it wasn’t just the team’s swimmers but also the majority of the swimmers at the meet who had a tough time. Some thoughts from the coaches as to why times were down were the high altitude of Calgary, and the way Swim Canada times the meet.

One challenge unique to Inconnu is that they swim in a short course pool, or one that is 25m. Swim meets like the Western Championships are in 50m long course pools. “You could see that as soon as they hit about 30 meters they’re expecting a wall to be there and its not there,” Carson explained. Another challenge is the timing of the event, which was moved to April this year

from its usual February time slot. The team has a week off in March for spring break, and the pool is closed for Easter, so there is not as much time to train leading up to the meet. Overall, the Inconnu Swim Club finished in 43rd spot out of 52 swim teams with 23 points. The team will be looking to rebound with a strong showing at Prince George this weekend.

PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE Golf News, Tips, Trivia & Stats

This Week: The Zurich Classic of New Orleans

This week, team competition returns to the PGA Tour for the first time in 3 ½ decades, going back to the 1981 Walt Disney World Team Championship. Defending: Brian Stuard Tandems will play alternate-shot on Winning Score: 22-under par Thursday and Saturday, and best-ball Winning Share: $1,260,000 on Friday and Sunday. New Orleans has had an on-again, off-again relationship with the PGA Tour. In 1922, the Southern Open had a one-year stay with Gene Sarazan winning the event. It wasn’t until 1938, when golf returned to New Orleans as the Crescent City Open. After a hiatus from 1949-1958, a golf tournament has been hosted every year since. TPC Louisiana Avondale, La. 7,341 yards, Par 72

Golf TV Schedule Zurich Classic of New Orleans Day Time Thu, 4/27 3:30pm-6:30pm Fri, 4/28 3:30pm-6:30pm Sat, 4/29 1:00pm-2:30pm Sat, 4/29 3:00pm-6:00pm Sun, 4/30 1:00pm-2:30pm Sun, 4/30 3:00pm-6:00pm

Last Week: Kevin Chappell won the Texas Open

Kevin Chappell made an Tournament Results eight-foot putt on the final 1. Kevin Chappell Score: -12 hole to earn his first PGA Earnings: $1,116,000 Tour win on Sunday at the 2. Brooks Koepka Score: -11 Texas Open. Chappell finished Earnings: $669,600 the tournament at 12-under par, Player Score Earnings -9 $359,600 edging Brooks Koepka by one T-3. Tony Finau T-3. Kevin Tway -9 $359,600 shot at TPC San Antonio. It was Chappell’s first PGA Tour victory in his 180th career start. “A big relief,” said the 30-year-old Chappell, who turned pro in 2008. “There’s been quite the monkey on my back for some time now about getting that first win.”

Golfing News

Last week, one day after saying his back was progressing, Tiger Woods had a fourth back surgery to alleviate pain. The surgery, described as “anterior lumbar interbody fusion”, involved removing the damaged disc and lifting the collapsed disc space to normal levels. The announcement on his website said typical recovery from the surgery is six Golf Trivia months. “The surgery went well, and I’m optimistic this will relieve my back spasms Which left-handed golfer has the most PGA and pain,” Woods said. Woods’ bottom disc Tour victories? in his lower back had severely narrowed, a) Phil Mickelson c) Mike Weir causing sciatica and severe pain in his back b) Bubba Watson d) Bob Charles and legs. Woods opted for the surgery when Answer: a) Phil Mickelson has 42 PGA Tour victories. more conservative therapy, such as rest and Only five left-handed golfers have posted two or more injections, failed to solve anything. victories in PGA Tour competition.

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Turned Professional: 2008 FedEx Cup Ranking: 21st World Ranking: 23rd PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through April 23, 2017

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3) Justin Thomas 1,793 pts. / 5 top tens

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5) Adam Hadwin 1,201 pts. / 4 top tens

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Killbillies go undefeated at Northern Exposure ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

The Killbillies had themselves another winning weekend in Prince George. Playing in the fourth annual Northern Exposure roller derby tournament, the Killbillies faced some old friends and new faces, and found themselves undefeated after it was all said and done. The pink and black attack played their first bout of the tournament against Jane Deere from the Calgary Roller Derby Association. It was a hard-fought match, with strong walls and quick jammers keeping the score fairly even to start. However, the Killbillies were able to pull away about half way through and held the lead until the end, coming out on top with a score of 153-117. Becca Gunna Wreck Ya got to wear the MVP helmet for that bout. The second bout of the tournament found the Killbillies facing off against their old derby friends in Gold Pain City from Quesnel. It was a more lighthearted match, as

these teams have been playing each other for years. Gold Pain fought as hard as they could, but the Killbillies had a comfortable lead through the whole bout. The team gave some blockers a chance to try jamming, and they did very well playing a position they hadn’t before. Because of that, Nutshell and Mini Reaper shared the MVP helmet. The final bout of the tournament for the Killbillies was against their northern rivals, the North Coast Nightmares from Terrace. The Nightmares had an early lead, but the Killbillies readjusted their strategy and managed to hold them off and pull well ahead in the end. The final score was 222-83 for the Killbillies, with Jennacide donning the MVP helmet. Up next for the Killbillies is a double header against the Nightmares on May 6 at the North Peace Arena. There will be a 3:30 p.m. bout for families to come check out some great roller derby action, then another bout at 7 p.m.

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(Above) The Killbillies took on Jane Deere from Calgary in the first bout of the fourth annual Northern Exposure roller derby tournament in Prince George April 22 and 23.

Rouble fights at Canadian championships DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsjn.ca

Ashley Rouble has fought her way to the 2017 Canadian Championships in boxing. She is ready to prove herself and show that she belongs on this stage.

“I feel good, this week we’re going to push it really hard and just get me in top shape,” Rouble said the week prior to the tournament. “I’ll be ready to go next week,” she added. Rouble will be competing in the youth womens category, in the 64kg weight class. She will

not fight until Friday, and there are only three fighters in her division. The fights began April 25. For an update on Rouble’s progress, check www. alaskahighwaynews.ca.

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Location: Richmond, Va. Date: April 30th, 2:00 p.m. TV: FOX Last Year’s Pole: Kevin Harvick Last Year’s Winner: Carl Edwards

Richmond International Raceway Shape: D-shaped oval Distance: 0.75 miles Turns / Front / Back: 14º / 8º / 2º

Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) William Byron 3) Justin Allgaier 4) Ryan Reed 5) Daniel Hemric 6) Darrell Wallace Jr. 7) Blake Koch 8) Brennan Poole 9) Matt Tifft 10) Michael Annett

Points: 315 Wins: 1 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 5

2) Chase Elliott

Points: 298 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 5

3) Martin Truex Jr.

Points: 275 Wins: 1 Top 5: 2 Top 10: 4

4) Brad Keselowski

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Points: 274 Wins: 2 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 6

Erik Jones claimed back-toback Xfinity Series victories on Saturday, at both Bristol Motor Speedway and for the season. Jones also won at Texas Motor Speedway on April 8, and he was the defending race winner at Bristol from last year. With 20 laps remaining, Jones moved Ryan Blaney out of the lead to take over the top spot in a race that had a lengthy interruption for rain.

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Points: 243 Wins: 0 Top 5: 4 Top 10: 6

6) Ryan Blaney

Points: 224 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 3

7) Kyle Busch

Points: 211 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2 Top 10: 3

8) Jamie McMurray

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Points: 209 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0 Top 10: 4

Who is the last driver to have won the Toyota Owners 400 in back to back years? a) Jimmie Johnson c) Denny Hamlin b) Carl Edwards d) Kyle Busch

9) Clint Bowyer

Points: 204 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 3

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Answer : d) Kyle Busch won the Toyota Owners 400 in the back to back years in 2011 and 2012.

Year after year, Richmond International Raceway puts on the best short track show. Richmond’s unique, 3/4-mile layout produces tremendous side-by-side racing, yet drivers can obtain high enough speeds to give it a superspeedway feel. That rare combination allows for the beating and banging that fans always love, with the drivers’ skill playing a major role in winning. Current points leader, Kyle Larson, finished 15th in last year’s race. A Toyota car has won the last 3 races at Richmond International Raceway.

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Points: 198 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 3

Last Weekend’s Race: Food City 500 Rain Delayed The Food City 500 was postponed because of heavy rains in eastern Tennessee. Scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway, the race was moved to Monday at 1 p.m. ET. “We are close to home so it will be fine,” points leader Kyle Larson said Sunday morning. “Our car was good in practice and I don’t think the track will be too different.” Larson will start from the pole position in his No. 42 Chevrolet, the result of rain canceling Friday’s qualifying and the field being set per the rulebook by owner points.

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LOCAL SPORTS

Rodeo fever in the South Peace Chetwynd hosted its first of two high school rodeos last weekend. DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

Dirt was flying and horses were cruising at the first of two rodeos to take place in Chetwynd this past weekend. Kids from Charleie Lake and Fort St. John were among the 80 competitors at the two day event, which is a part of the B.C. High School Rodeo Association (BCHSRA). The BCHSRA is returning to Chetwynd this weekend for another twoday event. “We really appreciate having the Pine Valley Exhibition indoor arena. We really like it when it’s snowing to have this,” Lynn Peck said of the venue.

Peck says that the community has been very supportive, and that lots of locals from Chetwynd come out to watch the kids compete at the rodeo. About 150 people were there on Sunday, with even more attending on Saturday. There were no injuries to kids or livestock, Peck said. Each day of the event is its own separate rodeo, with points being tallied on a daily basis and added to the overall standings. On Saturday, April 22, KaliClare Atkings from Fort St. John led the junior girls in the all-around category. Auzyn Corr from Sexsmith was first in the junior boys. For the senior divisions, Kevin White from Dawson Creek finished first and Sierra Jones, also from Dawson Creek, was first for the girls. Rylee Peck, from Charlie Lake, was second in the junior girls all-around heading into last weekend’s rodeos.

“I’m happy with that, I’ve improved a lot,” Peck said. Peck finished second in goat tying at Saturday’s event, and fourth in barrel racing. She also completed in the breakaway race and pole bending. The regional rodeos such as the ones in Chetwynd are all leading towards the junior finals in Williams Lake, and the provincial championships. The top contestants will go to Lebanon, Tennessee, and represent B.C. at the national world championships. Last year, 22 contestants made the five-day drive from B.C. to Lebanon. The BCHSRA has a couple things to be proud about lately, as they had several alumni members go to the national finals in Las Vegas last year. Jake Watson from Hudson Hope finished in second in average for the saddle bronc event. “It’s the big kahuna,” Lynn Peck said of the Vegas competition.

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Rylee Peck of Charlie Lake was second in the junior girls allaround category entering the Chetwynd rodeo.

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It’s Daniela Buerge reporting for the Wonowon 4-h club. It has been an interesting month in terms of weather but generally warm and suitable for the animals. Already the beef animals are being groomed and halter broken in preparation for the 4-h events coming up in a few months. Also, calving has begun on several ranches and is has been going very well so far. Today I want to report what we did for Club Level Communications last meeting. The Communications meeting was held at the Trask’s house on February 4. All the 4-h members did a very good job presenting and appeared to have been well prepared ahead of time. The presentations were widely varied, with two speak and shows, three educational displays, three speeches and one

demonstration, and all of them were good and interesting. When they were all �inished we enjoyed a very delicious hot lunch! There was going to be an additional meeting later but it couldn’t work out that day. We still plan to have on hopefully the same day District Communications is held. I hope all of you have a great week. I would like to thank the leaders and all the judges who were there on February 4th. Without you the 4-h Communications events would not even be possible! This 4-h program has been such a wonderful way to learn and develop valuable communication skills. District Communications will be held on March 11 at the Northern Lights College. Thank you to FSJ Co-Op Petroleum Debt for sponsoring this page.

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“The new Northern Groove is more about celebrating all the awesome parts of the community.”

— Russell Eggleston

Getting back into that Northern Groove Five years after the magazine’s last issue, Northern Groove is back with relaunch party ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Russell Eggleston has worked hard to bring musicians out of the basement and into the spotlight. Eggleston, who on April 20 was handed the Cultural Award at the Fort St. John Community Awards, was the brainchild behind the original Northern Groove magazine, which showcased arts and culture in the community from 2010 to 2012. Five years later, Northern Groove was relaunched as a website, and to celebrate that milestone, Northern Groove Fest takes place April 29. “It’s kind of a throwback to the old Northern Groove parties,” said Eggleston. “I think one of my favourite parts of the parties, and the magazine brought this out, was the diversity of people who are involved in arts and culture.” There are 10 bands in the lineup for Northern Groove Fest, which Eggleston said he had to pair down from the 30 that applied. “That was difficult,” he said. “There’s so much talent in this community.” The bands that made the cut include Rose Prairie Romance, Jordyn Busche, Last Horse Standing, Road Side Distractions, Columbia Hotel, Travis the Farmer, The Montney Coulees, Scarlet Sway, The Pasties, and The

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Russell Eggleston and Eric Clark are ready to rock at Northern Groove Fest at the Fort St. John Curling Club on April 29.

Boreal. “We would have had to go until four in the morning but I don’t think the liquor people would like that,” he said. The music scene in Fort St. John was still finding its footing when Northern Groove first launched. There was plenty of musical talent in the community, but they had limited opportunities to get

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out into the public. The main hub of this activity was Egan’s Pub at the Super 8 Hotel. Open Mic nights started there and gave those with a voice a place to showcase their abilities. Now, enthusiasts would be hard pressed to find a place in town that didn’t have live music. But Northern Groove wasn’t

just about music—it looked at local artists, writers, community events, and issues that impacted those that live here. “The new Northern Groove is more about celebrating all the awesome parts of the community, same amount of arts and culture but more diverse,” said Eggleston. Eggleston hopes to see

people come out not only for the nostalgia, but also to celebrate what the community has to offer. “There’s something for everyone,” he said. Northern Groove Fest takes place April 29 on the lower floor of the Fort St. John Curling Rink. For more information, email russ@ northerngroove.com

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Luke Wallace, centre, surrounded by dozens of Site C opponents at Bear Flat on April 23. The 24-year-old was in the Peace Region last weekend to film and record his song, Give A Dam, the first in a nine-song project Wallace has planned for communities across B.C.

Musician Luke Wallace raising community voices through song MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

The coastline of the Lower Mainland and the sprawling Peace River valley stand in stark contrast to one another for Vancouver musician Luke Wallace, but it’s the valley that’s playing the muse for his latest creative inspiration. The 24-year-old was in the Peace Region last weekend to film and record his song, Give A Dam, an ode to the Peace River alongside dozens of Site C opponents. “Most of the inspiration I would draw from it, and have drawn from it, has to do with the sense of scale,” said Wallace, who has been campaigning against the dam since taking part in a Paddle for the Peace event last summer. “Just the size and the endlessness of both the river as well as the valley as well as the plateaus. They really just are

huge and broad.” The song is the first in a nine-song project Wallace has planned for communities across B.C., one he says he started here to galvanize the dam as an election issue. Wallace dismisses the dam for its impact on First Nations treaty rights and landowners in the valley, as well as its business case. “I’ve been working away at trying to use my music as a platform to raise the voices of communities threatened by unjust projects around the province,” Wallace said. “And the Site C dam is probably the most unjust project I can think of so far.” He filmed and recorded the song at Bear Flat, outside the former home of Ken and Arlene Boon, whose thirdgeneration farm was recently expropriated by BC Hydro. He plans to release the song and video on May 2 to attract

provincial attention ahead of the May 9 election. Funds being raised from the song’s release will go to the Yellow Stakes Campaign that is supporting the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nation legal challenges of the dam. Wallace, who studied environmental geography at university, plans to take his project on the road to Lelu and Digby Islands to where liquefied natural gas developments will serve as the backdrop to more songs. He’ll also be visiting locations in the Lower Mainland to record songs about the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. “I’ve always seen music as something to bridge and connect people and communities,” Wallace said. “I hope through these nine songs in this project I can tell one unified story of nine independent stories.”

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Jodie Ponto and Noah Walker make up the dynamic duo of Kitty & The Rooster, who played the Lido Theatre on April 22 with Twin Peaks.

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Gracie English THE YOUNGER VIEW

other bands, though not at the same time, of course. I can’t imagine trying to write songs and play shows for one band, let alone four or five. Noah on the other hand has played, and still plays, with some 40 other bands, but for the next couple months it’s all Kitty & The Rooster. When I talked to them, they describe their music as “surfy rock and roll” and say that they like writing “silly songs with silly words.” After going to their show I can assure you that their music is entertaining to say the least. They really look like they’re just having fun with their music, jumping around onstage and singing. This isn’t the first time they’ve played a show in Fort St. John as they performed at the Paddle For The Peace after party last summer. Although they haven’t done a lot of travelling through Kitty & The Rooster yet, they are planning to play lots of festFor Thursday April 27, 2017

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ivals across B.C. and Alberta this year. They are also backing up Twin Peaks, a local band, on their current tour. “It’s going to be a lot of fun,” they said of the experience and after seeing the show, and how much all the bands love each other, I’m sure it will be. While they don’t have an album out right now they have lots of songs written that are just waiting to be recorded. They do have a handful of songs released that you can check out by going to their website, including their just released single Paid A Million Dollars To Live Like You’re Poor.

When they played on April 22 at The Lido, they had plenty of awesome songs to sing, that I would highly recommend checking out, although I would probably not recommend bringing small children to the show. They might learn a few new words by the end of the night. Anyone who doesn’t mind a few colourful words will love their music since they really are just silly songs with silly lyrics. Everyone at the show was dancing and having a great time. So if you’re interested in checking out some of their songs and keeping up

to date on all things Kitty & The Rooster you can go to kittyandtherooster.com or you can keep an eye out for tickets to the Twin Peaks tour. You won’t regret going to one of their shows because you will be totally entertained and laugh, and maybe even learn a few new words by the end of the night. Gracie English is a 13-yearold student, born and raised in the Montney/Fort St. John area. She enjoys writing, horseback riding, and competitive volleyball.

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t’s like Romeo and Juliet started a band.....” except it’s a bit PG 13. Jodie Ponto and Noah Walker, or Kitty & The Rooster, had been a couple for five years when they decided to start a rock and roll band. Jodie Ponto is a Taylor girl, born and raised, while Noah Walker calls East Vancouver home. At first, Kitty & The Rooster was a joke, but one year ago the duo decided that it wouldn’t be just a joke anymore. The stories of how Jody and Noah got into music are very different. While Noah grew up with musicians as parents and learned from them, he didn’t really get into music until he was nine years old. “My next door neighbour came over and taught me Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne. I was hooked,” he said. Jody on the other hand started playing the drums just last year, after they started their band. They purchased their website and came up with a name when she realized she would have to learn to play an instrument for this to work. You wouldn’t be able tell she’s a new drummer when you see her play though. She’s already playing in a couple

An Old Flame Flickers Dear Annie: I recently reconnected with an old girlfriend. We had not spoken, texted or seen each other in almost five years. She broke my heart about five years ago, and my mother was killed shortly after that. I’ve not dated or wanted to have a serious relationship since. About three months ago, I told my daughter that I was ready to meet someone. So she brought up Match.com and signed me up, just so I could browse. The very first profile I saw was my ex-girlfriend’s! My daughter said, “Text her, Dad. It’s a sign.” After debating it, I did. And I came to find out that she really had not dated anyone in five years, either, and that she had stopped browsing Match. com more than a year and a half ago. Well, we started texting and then meeting for lunch and then dinner, and next thing I know, we are spending almost all our time together. I was not the best boyfriend years ago, but I changed so much after my mother’s death. And this woman really noticed a huge change in me. She even got emotional about how well I treat her and how much I spoil her and how amazingly sweet I am now. She said, “No one has ever treated me as well as you do now!” That’s exactly how I promised myself I

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

would try to behave. I’ve fallen in love with her. I’m so scared to tell her, and I’m so scared to lose her. But I want her to know I’ve fallen for her now much differently than I did in the past. I always ask her now, “Were you like this before -- funny, smart, witty?” She says, “Yes, but you were blind to it before!” And I was. I was going through a very bad divorce and losing a business, just to name a couple of things. How do I convince her of this? I always tell her I’m insanely crazy about her. She tells me she feels the same. We are almost 50, and I’m not sure I can go through another heartbreak. -- Lost Love Dear Lost: Anything worthwhile comes with some risk. To win big, you have to bet big, and from the sound of this love affair so far, I’m betting on you. Just tell her you love her. Even if she doesn’t say it back, telling people you love them is great for their soul and yours. Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our mid-80s and don’t eat nearly so much as we did

in our younger years. When we go out to eat, we usually share a meal. If we take guests out, we expect to pay for their meal. We try to allow the guests to order first, as it can make for an awkward situation if they order a full meal each and then we split a meal. I think this makes them feel uncomfortable. What is your take on this? -- W.C. in Waycross, Ga. Dear W.C.: My take is that you’re very considerate, generous people. Based on that fact, I’m sure that however you’re handling the situation now is the correct way to do so. Insisting that your guests order first is a good tactic to ensure that they don’t downgrade their order after seeing that you two are splitting one entree. But don’t feel bashful about politely explaining, “We simply don’t have the appetites we used to, and we enjoy sharing a plate. But please, order whatever you’d like. Our treat.” Such a warm statement, said with a smile, will surely melt away any awkwardness.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM

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Community

“I apologize for father and son taking all the awards tonight.”

- Faisal Rashid

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Residents shine at 10th Annual Community Awards ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

The Lido was packed as residents came together to celebrate the accomplishments of their peers at the 10th Annual Fort St. John Community Awards. The mood was upbeat as people mingled and the Northern Winds Community band played an array of familiar tunes, including the theme to The Simpsons, Beauty and the Beast, Jurassic Park and Star Wars. Five awards are handed out each year, including Cultural Award, Recreation Award, Literacy Award, Humanitarian Award, Youth Award, and Mayor’s Citizen of the Year. Taylor DeVos went to give a talk, but found her notes missing from the podium. After a quick search, it turned out MC Adam Reaburn had them in his files. DeVos talked about her group 1 Kid Making a Difference, and the club that spun out of it, KIDS Making A Difference. “If you have a dream, follow it. You can and will make a difference,” she said.

The first award of the night was the Youth Award. The winner was Mustafa Faisal, who kept his acceptance speech short and sweet. Up next was the Humanitarian Award, who went to Faisal Rashid. “I apologize for father and son taking all the awards tonight,” he said, ringing laughter through the audience. He spoke highly of DeVos, and how we are all part of a global community. The Recreation Award went to Bo Hedges, the wheelchair basketball Olympian who hails from Wonowon. Hedges is out of the country, so his parents, Marilyn and Bill Hedges, accepted the award on his behalf. “Bo is a much better speaker than I am,” said Bill. After a short intermission, the second guest speaker for the night, former Fort St. John resident and NHL star Mark Hartigan gave a talk. “Trying to follow Taylor, that’s going to be tough,” he said. He spoke with fondness of his youth in at the Kids

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Cindy Dettling receives the Mayor’s Citizen of the Year award from Mayor Lori Ackerman at the 10th annual Fort St. John Community Award on April 20.

Arena and North Peace Arena, and demonstrated how he developed the slapshot he became known for in the

NHL. He fired pucks into a net on stage, then turned to send one out in the audience. It was a foam puck, and

was caught by one of the waitresses on their tray. See AWARDS on B11

FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY

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Mustafa Faisal received the Youth Award at the 10th annual Fort St. John Community Award on April 20.

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Faisal Rashid was handed the Humanitarian Award at the 10th annual Fort St. John Community Award on April 20.

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Marilyn Hedges accepts the Recreation Award on behalf of her son, Bo Hedges, at the 10th annual Fort St. John Community Award on April 20.

ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Lutheran Church 9812 108 Ave Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Sundays 1:30 p.m. Rev. Enid Pow ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 9:30 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 3:00 p.m. Holy Communion BAHA’I fAITH BAHA’I fAITH National Baha’i Information 1-800-433-3284 Regular Firesides Mondays @ 8:00 p.m. Deepenings continued Wednesdays at 250-7870089 Next Feast Info. 250-787-0089 ********** BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 9607-107th Ave., fSJ Ph. (Office) 250-785-4307 Pastor: Michael Hayes Associate Pastor: Doug Janzen SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE 10:30AM ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Vener Sabacan Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjcatholic.ca MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 10:00 a.m. oNLY OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism. MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 3 months before the wedding. ********** ALLIANCE CHURCH 9804-99 Ave., fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8 Ph: 250-785-4644 fax: 250-785-8932 e-mail: office@fsjalliance.ca www.fsjalliance.ca SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE: 9:15am & 11:00am KIDVILLE: for ages 2yrs.-Gr.6 @ 9:15am **********

CoMMUNITY CHURCH CHARLIE LAKE CoMMUNITY CHURCH Associate Pastor: Jared Braun 250-785-1723 fax: 250-785-4136 clcc@pris.ca SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP: 10:40am 1st left turn off Alaska Highway past the Charlie Lake Store. ********** PEACE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 10556-100th Street, Taylor, BC Pastor: Wally Pohlmann Phone: 250-789-3045 HoURS: 9:00am-Noon Monday-Wednesday & friday Email: office@taylorchurch.ca Website: www.taylorchurch.ca SUNDAY ADULT CLASS - 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE - 10:30am ********** EVANGELICAL foRT ST. JoHN EVANGELICAL MISSIoN 8220-89th Avenue, fSJ Pastor: Andy Wiebe Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings. Worship Service - 10:45am Phone: 250-787-2550 ******* INTERDENoMINATIoNAL UPPER PINE GoSPEL CHAPEL Church Phone: 250-827-3833 Email: upgc@pris.ca Board Chairman: Andy Burkholder 250-827-3811 Box 66, Rose Prairie, BC ********** LUTHERAN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 9812-108th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 2R3 Office Phone: 250-785-2718 Pastor: Rev. Kebede Dibaba Regular Worship Schedule: 9:00am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School ********** PEACE RIVER MUSLIM ASSoCIATIoN Information: 250-787-1264 Jumm’a (Friday) Prayer @ 1:00pm 203-10903-100th Street, fort St. John, BC email: tahermorsi@shaw.ca ********** MENNoNITE NoRTH PEACE MENNoNITE BRETHREN CHURCH North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church 10816 106 St. fort St. John, BC V1J 5V2 250-785-3869 Lead Pastor: Andrew Eby Associate Pastor of Youth &

Young Adults: Don Banman SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES: 9:15am & 11:00am ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome! Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3231 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years. Christian Life Centre is “Home of Christian Life School” ********** foRT ST. JoHN NATIVE BIBLE fELLoWSHIP Sunday Worship: 11:00am Wed., Night Bible Study: 7:30pm Pastor John A Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** GIDEoNS INTERNATIoNAL Fort St. John Camp Ray Hein 250-827-3636 John Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** NoRTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH INTERNATIoNAL (Rose Prairie, BC Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30am Worship Service: 11:00am Everyone Welcome ********** THE SHELTER CHURCH “...the Lord will be a shelter for His people” Joel 3:6 9808-98A Ave. fort St. John, BC 250-785-3888 SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am Pastor: Oral Benterud 250-785-9151 ********** PENTECoSTAL THE PENTECoSTALS of foRT ST. JoHN Phone: 250-787-9888 Pastor: Jason McLaughlin Sunday 10am Service, Sunday School Youth Sunday 11am Worship Service Tuesday 7pm Prayer Wednesday 7pm Bibile Study Friday 7pm Youth

********** PENTECoSTAL ASSEMBLIES of CANADA EVANGEL CHAPEL 10040-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-3386 Fax: 250-785-8345 Lead Pastor: Tony Warriner Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:00am www.evangelfsj.com ********** The Journey 10011-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-6254 Pastor: Larry Lorentz Services: Sundays: 10:30am Tuesdays: 7:00pm ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 12:30 p.m. - Pie and Coffee 1:00 p.m. - Worship Service Everyone is invited to participate ********** REfoRMED TRINITY CoVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service: 10:00am Meets at the North Peace Cultural Center fort St. John, BC Elder: Mike Donovan Phone: 250-787-7702 matthew@trinitycovenant.ca Affiliated with C.R.E.C. ********** THE SALVATIoN ARMY THE SALVATIoN ARMY Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am 10116-100th Ave., fort St. John, BC Come Worship With Us. For information; Phone 250-785-0506 or food Bank 250-785-0500 ********** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 9008-100th Avenue, fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-8632 Pastor: Cavin Chwyl Phone: 250-719-7949 Saturday Service: 9:30am ********** UNITED CHURCH of CANADA ST. LUKE’S UNITED 9907-98 St., fort St. John, BC Office: 250-785-2919 fax: 250-785-2788 Email: stlukeuc@telus.net Sunday Worship Service @ 10:00am All are Welcome! The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925.

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Small legs to hold body at shell opening.

This growing hermit crab is feeling cramped. He has outgrown his borrowed shell home and is looking for a new home. When he finds an empty shell, he uses his claws to check out the size. If the size is right, he cleans the shell carefully and quickly pulls his abdomen out of the old shell and sticks it into the new one! Standards Link: Life Science: Students know animals inhabit different kinds of environments.

Which shell will the hermit crab pick? He’ll pick the one with numbers that add up to an even number.

Draw a line from each body part to its description.

Abdomen Antennae, used to feel, smell and taste things.

Front claws

Eyestalks

Walking legs, two on each side. Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival and reproduction.

4 + 13 + 8

Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums; recognize even and odd numbers.

ermit crabs are different from true crabs in one important way. True crabs have a short abdomen that is folded up under the large shell on its back. A hermit crab has a long abdomen that sticks out at the rear end of its body. Because its abdomen does not have a hard covering, it must borrow a shell to protect this part of its body. The abdomen’s curled shape fits inside the spiral of a shell.

Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the story below and circle the eight errors you find. Then rewrite the story.

Tide Pool Cycles Creatures in tide pools need water to survive. When the sun evaporates tide-pool water or a tide is lower than normal, the animals must take action to save themselves. To kep from drying out, sea anemones pull in there tentacles and turn into soft blobs. Sea cucombers sometimes curl into bawlls or cover itself with mud. Clams and barnacles snap their shells tightly closed, traping water inside that keeps them wett. When the water level in in a tide pool drops, some seaweeds make a slimy mucus that coats their fronds.

Find the Hermit Crab Twins!

11 + 6 + 2

9+5+3

3+9+5

6+4+2

The word hermit describes someone who lives alone. Yet, hermit crabs live and travel in colonies of a few dozen to more than 100! Both as a larva and an adult, a hermit crab grows by molting. A hermit crab has a hard outer covering called an exoskeleton. This hard covering doesn’t grow like human skin. Instead, it must be shed when a new, larger exoskeleton is ready. The new exoskeleton is soft at first, and the hermit crab must stay in its shell until it hardens.

Which picture goes with each sentence telling about how a hermit crab grows? 1. Mother hermit crab carries eggs inside shell. 2. Mother hermit crab releases eggs that are ready to hatch into the ocean. 3. The hermit crab larva has large bulging eyes and a long shrimp-like body. 4. After its third molt, the hermit crab looks more like an adult hermit crab and will move closer to the shore and find a shell home.

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know sequential stages of life cycles are different for different animals

If a predator tries to grab a hermit crab, the crab must pull into its shell quickly. If a predator manages to catch a claw, the crab can break it off, leaving the predator holding the claw and nothing else. The hermit crab will grow a new claw to replace the missing one!

ome hermit crabs carry sea anemones on their shells. The sea anemone’s __________ tentacles keep ________ away. In return, the anemone, an animal without ________, gets carried to new ________ supplies. Sometimes the anemone gets to ____ the hermit crab’s _______________! Replace the words missing from this paragraph. Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have structures that serve different functions in survival.

LARVA TENTACLES HERMIT ANEMONE CRAB MOLTING ABDOMEN SHELL HOME SKIN SHED CLAW ALONE HATCH PREDATOR

Read some of the Houses for Sale ads in the newspaper. Then, create a House for Sale ad for a hermit crab! Standards Links: Writing Applications: Write brief expository descriptions.

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

S N E M O D B A E R

O E F C L A W N M O L A L Y R G M E O T

H L O C D N A M H A C A E S A I L O E D T R U H H T O N R E

This week’s word:

ABDOMEN

The word abdomen means the part of the body between the chest and the hips.

A V C E S L N E M R

The kangaroo had a pouch in its abdomen.

J N I K S M W R T A

Use the word abdomen in a sentence today when talking with your friends, parents or teachers.

H A R D K O E E I P

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Community Adviser

When I am crabby I …

Imagine you have been selected to advise on the growth of your neighborhood. Look through the newspaper for news articles showing things that your community is concerned about. Make a list of ways you think you could help your community.

Finish this story.

ANSWER: You can’t tuna fish!

Standards Link: Social Science: Students understand the ways in which individuals and groups interact to solve problems in a community.

... exploring new places and learning the customs of the people who live there.

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COMMUNITY

Russell Eggleston accepts the Cultural Award at the 10th annual Fort St. John Community Award on April 20. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

1920s on

Dennis Nels

AWARDS FROM B9

Going back to the awards, the Cultural Award was handed out next. The winner was Russell Eggleston, who was also at the back controlling the lights and sound for the event, as he often does. Eggleston said there were plenty of people deserving of the award, as the city’s cultural community is made up of countless individuals that all contribute in some way. The Literacy Award was handed to Morgan Churchill, who was unable to attend the gala as she was away at a literacy conference. Her husband, Brant Churchill, read a text message from Morgan, thanking everyone and inviting all to come out to tabletop game night at the North

Peace Cultural Centre on April 29. The final award of the night, the Mayor’s Citizen of the Year award, was a difficult one for Mayor Lori Ackerman to choose. All the nominees were winners to her. In the end, after much deliberation, she gave the award to Cindy Dettling, for her tireless work at promoting school bus safety in the community. A school bus driver, Dettling worked with the city to get provincial legislation changed to increase the fines for those that drive through the flashing red lights on school buses. She has worked tirelessly at this for the last few years, and as a result has made the community safer.

Brant Churchill accepts the Literacy Award on behalf of his wife, Morgan Churchill, at the 10th annual Fort St. John Community Award on April 20. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

Get out and vote

o one is going to give you a medal for not voting in the upcoming Provincial Election. I know, I know—it is a hard pill to swallow, but it’s true. You don’t get a medal for not participating in the process. Nope! There is no such thing as a “non participant” ribbon that you can hang on your fridge. Unless there is a ‘shame on you’ ribbon that I am unaware of, but I think not. The only votes that count are the ones that are actually cast at a polling station. All of the puffer fish postulating that you do on WTF Facebook groups saying, “I refuse to vote until……” is like a tree falling in the forest and no one is there to hear or see it fall. It doesn’t make a difference. You have to vote. Are you scared to make a decision? Okay, I can understand that fear—it is scarier to say yes than it is to say no. ‘Yes’ has responsibilities and consequences and many believe that saying ‘no’ absolves us of all expectation. Do you feel like you need more information before you vote? I read one Facebook post where someone was lamenting that there was “no information about the candidates anywhere!” (that should be read with a whiny voice and maybe stamping your feet like a child). What about online? What’s that? You don’t have the Internet? What about the newspaper? What’s that? You don’t read the

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paper? What about the radio and listening to interviews? What’s that? You don’t listen to the radio? What about going to the candidates’ offices and asking them questions? What’s that? You don’t have time. Seriously? Laziness is no excuse. You have absolutely no excuse to not vote in the upcoming election. Every citizen in the Province with voting rights is given the privilege in participating in the process. Each of us are responsible for finding out about the candidates even if that means going to the library and logging onto a free, internet capable computer to learn more; even if that means calling your candidate and asking if they can stop by your home and speak to you in person. Come on, make an effort (that should be read in the same voice as your mother reminded you to clean your room). Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can read her book “Naked Tuesday” or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @ judylaine

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Classifieds ATTENTION: BIGSTONE CREE NATION MEMBERS AND AFFLIATES Please take notice that voting for the Bigstone Cree Nation Trust(s) 2017 proposals will take place at: POMEROY HOTEL & GAMING CENTRE Fort St John, Thursday May 4, 2017, from 12:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. 11308 Alaska Rd, Fort St. John BC V1J 5T5 Tel: (250) 785-8566 Information and ballot package will be mailed to those that have a current address recorded at the BCN Membership Department. You can choose to vote and mail your ballot in to us or drop by and vote in person. All materials needed to vote will be available at the voting venue. For information, you may contact • Yvon Jeannotte @ 780-999-5532 or • Mabel Gladue @ 780-891-4805

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COMING EVENTS ART CLASSES UNTIL JUNE 30: Each day a different skill for after school youth DAWSON CREEK ART GALLERY: 3:30 to 5:00PM 250782-2601 SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca

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for full time employment in the Fort St. John area. Hourly wage is $35.00 plus full benefits. Application forms are available at our main office, Mile 49 - Alaska Highway, fax (250-785-8727) or mail resumes to: Box 6937 Fort St. John BC, V1J 4J3 email: miker@yrb.ca For more information, contact Mike Riswold - Equipment Manager 250-262-2600

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JOB TITLE: Infant Development Consultant JOB SUMMARY: Under the direction of the IDP Supervisor, the Infant Development Consultant will provide services for infants and toddlers (birth to three years) and their families to facilitate the children’s development. The Consultant works in accordance with the philosophy, policies and guidelines of the Child Development Centre Society and the Provincial Infant Development Program. CLASSIFICATION/PAY LEVEL: Health Sciences Paramedical Collective Agreement Diploma - Grid Level - 6 Degree - Grid Level - 8 SKILLS AND ABILITIES: 1. Effective oral and written communication 2. Strong interpersonal skills with children, families, staff and others 3. Demonstrated planning and organizational skills 4. Ability to collaborate with members of the multi-disciplinary team 5. Knowledge of the principles of early intervention and family-centered care 6. Sensitivity and a non-judgmental attitude towards children and families 7. Physical ability to perform duties of the position QUALIFICATIONS: • Must possess a minimum of a diploma or degree in a field related to early childhood development, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience • One year, recent, related experience working with infants and toddlers (birth to 3 years) with developmental delays, their families, and other professionals • Must hold a valid driver’s license and have access to roadworthy vehicle • Must complete a Criminal Records Review Applicants must submit a letter of interest and resume to Tana Millner, Executive Director Child Development Centre 10417 106th Avenue Fort St. John, BC V1J 2M8 Telephone: 250-785-3200 Facsimile: 250-785-3202 tana.millner@cdcfsj.ca

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Looking for a new opportunity? Submit your resume today! Warranty Clerk: Our clients are seeking a Warranty Clerk to hire immediately. This is a full-time, permanent position for a great company in the Fort St. John, BC area. You will be apart of a great office team and earn competitive wages and benefits. Responsibilities: Enter vendor invoices into WO system and submit service/parts warranty claims. Requirements: Good MS Office skills, advanced data entry skills, & previous experience in warranty/parts

of Charlie Lake will be held Saturday, April 29th at 1:00 pm from the Fort St. John Seniors Hall. In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of Kay to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation. Cremation arrangements entrusted to the care of Hamre’s Funeral Chapel.

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ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF B.C. WORKSHOP Friday, May 26, 2017 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Fort St. John Hospital Callahan Rm, Main Flr. Donations gratefully accepted UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA: WHAT TO EXPECT ALONG THE JOURNEY. An education session for family members who are caring for a person with dementia. Learn about: The process of getting a diagnosis, types of dementia and what to expect as the illness progresses. Myths and misunderstandings of dementia. Understanding the changes regarding communication and affects those changes have on behaviours. Changes in personality and abilities. www.alzheimerbc.org Farmington Farmerettes Annual Strawberry Tea & Craft Sale Saturday May 13 12:30- 3:00 pm Featuring: * Hand quilted items * Assorted homemade crafts and ceramics * Angel food cake with strawberries & ice cream * Raffle: Handmade spring wall hanging $2/ticket * Door prize: Assorted Spring Goodie Basket Cost: $4 per person Children 5 & under free Saturday, May 6th 1:00 pm Dawson Creek Royal Canadian Legion Branch#141 will be holding its Monthly General Meeting at the branch located at- 900-102nd Ave, (side entrance) across 9th Street from Lakeview Credit Union). All members are urged to attend. South Peace Historical Society Meetings Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

of Fort St. John who passed away on April 17, 2017 at 76 years of age. Funeral services for George will be held in Dalmeny, SK. If so desired expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of George to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation. Service arrangements entrusted to the care of Hamre’s Funeral Chapel.

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Saturday, May 13, 2017- 8:00 am- 2:00 pm- Pouce Coupe Museum Pancake Breakfast & Yard Sale. Breakfast Cost: Children $3, Adults $5. Breakfast: 8-11 AM at The Senior’s Hall- Donations for Yard Sale may be made at the museum. Please phone if you need items picked up. 250 - 786 5555. Yard sale: 8 AM-2 PM

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at 2:00 pm, April 29, 2017 at the Fort St. John Legion Auditorium 10103 105 Ave.

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Save the Dates July 7, 5:00 pm to July 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm for the 23rd 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 2017 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 MeetingsThird Wednesday of the month in Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm. SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm The Gathering Artisan Market Saturdays from May 6 - Oct 14 8:30am - 1:30pm 1444 102nd Ave, Dawson Creek, BC All Homemade Market WEDNESDAYS: COMPUTER INFORMATION -Seniors Computer Club - Dawson CO-OP Bistro 1:15pm 250-782-4668 for more information

For Hire: caregiver to look after my 2 children; 4 year old girl and 3 year old boy. Permanent, full time at a rate of 11.50/hour for 40 hrs/week. Completion of Secondary School : some college/CEGEP/ vocational. 1 to 2 years experience supervision or care for children. Accommodation available on a live-in basis at no cost, but is not a condition of employment. Main duties include: supervise and care; assist/guide children on personal hygiene; meal preparation; organize and participate in children’s activities and may perform light housekeeping. Applicatant may apply via email: joan24garcia@ yahoo. Ha Hea Enterprises Inc, dba Redwood Esso 10216-100St, Box 30, Taylor, BC V0C 2K0 Job Title: Convenience Store/Gas Station Clerk N0C 6421 (3 positions Available) Duties: Assisting customers. Conducting sales by cash register (cash, debit, credit transactions). Monitoring inventory levels. Assist in display of merchandise. Stocking and maintaining product shelves. Requirements: Prior retail experience is an asset. Secondary School or equivalent. Salary & Benefits: $12.50/hour, Subsidizing housing, 10 days paid holidays. Permanent-Full-time position (40 hours per week) Location of work: Redwood Esso Station at 10216-100St, Taylor BC How to Apply: By Fax: 250-789-3195 By Email: redwoodesso@hotmail.com SUNSET PRAIRIE LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION is looking for a part-time pasture rider for the 2017 grazing season. Interested parties contact Michael Graff at 250-719-8392 ANNOUNCEMENTS

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VOLUNTEERS “Better at Home is looking for Volunteers who can help local seniors by driving them to shop or to appointments. Please Call 250782-2341 or stop in to the Better at Home office in the Co-op Mall.

Saturday, May 13, 2017- 9:00 am- 2:00 pm MDT-Conference with BC Seiors Advocate- Seniors Citizens Hall-1101 McKellar Ave. Adults- $15.00 includes lunch. Hosted by South Peace Seniors Access Service Society. Join us for an informative and entertain day with BC seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie and local humorist, Judy Kucharuk. Tickets available at Simple Pleasures, Seniors Access in Co-Op Mall ((1:00 to 3:00) and at the door. Website: www.seniorsaccess.org EVERYONE WELCOME!

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Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 Time: Supper 6:00 pm, Meeting 7:00 pm Location: Pomeroy Hotel 72nd meetingMeeting Notice 70thAnnual Annual General 11308ofAlaska Rd (By Chances Casino)

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Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 To Consider Time:statement. Supper 6:00 pm, Meeting24.6% 7:00 pm Review 2014 ﬁnancial Sales increased to $101.8 million and Location: Pomeroy net savings of $7.9 million or 7.9% of sales. Hotel 11308 Alaska Rd (By Chances Directors recommendation of a patronage allocationCasino)

Consider • Election of 2 Directors for 3 yearToterm • • Review 2016 financial statement. Sales decreased 18.0% to 60.7 million Review 2014 financial statement. Sales increased 24.6% to $101.8 million and Guest Speaker Directoror 7.9% of sales. • and a net savings of 3.4 Million or 5.6% net savings of FCL $7.9 million •• Co-op Giftrecommendation Certificates and Door Prizes Valued at $500.00 Directors of a patronage allocation • Election of 3 directors for 3 year term • Election of 2 Directors for 3 year term tickets or be supper be picked upatprior to May 19 at Complimentary tickets forDirector supper must pickedmust up prior to May 11 the Co-op Cardlock May 19 •Limited GuestComplimentary Speaker FCL the Co-op Cardlock. Sorry no children please. Sorry no children please. • Co-op Gift Certificates and Door Prizes Valued at $500.00

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Complimentary ticketsyour for supper picked prior of to May 11 at theofCo-op Interested in letting name must standbefor theup Board Directors Fort Cardlock St. John Sorry noparticipate children please. Co-operative Association? Directors jointly with a total of 7 Directors in planning and controlling the affairs of the co-operative, guided by Association CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Bylaws and Policies, so that it effectively moves toward achieving the objectives Interested in letting your name the Board of Directors Fort St. John of the Co-operative. Please pickstand up afornomination form at the of Administration Co-operative Association? Directors participate jointly with a total of 7 Directors Office. The form should be dropped off at the office prior to May May 17, 15, 2016. 2015. in planning and controlling the affairs of the co-operative, guided by Association Bylaws and Policies, so that it effectively moves toward achieving the objectives of the Co-operative. Please pick up a nomination form at the Administration Office. The form should be dropped off at the office prior to May 15, 2015.

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A TWO STOREY OFFICE BUILDING , IN A GREAT LOCATION. THE MAIN FLOOR IS 3145 SQ FT OF OFFICE, KITCHEN AND BATHROOMS. THE SECOND FLOOR OF 3145 SQ FT HAS CLASSROOMS & BOARDROOMS. AN ADDITIONAL 3098 SQ FT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY A RADIO STATION TENANT. THE TOTAL USABLE SPACE IS 9388 SQ FT. THE BUILDING COULD BE USED AS MULTI-TENANT OFFICE RENTALS. PRICE $1,100,000.00

ESTATE SALE, 3 BR BUNGALOW, 1144 SQ FT, RECENT UPGRADES: NEW FURNACE, NEW FLOORING, KITCHEN COUNTER TOPS, NEW PAINT IN KITCHEN, AND MAIN BATHROOM NEW TOILET & SINK. 100 AMP ELEC SERVICE. LISTED AT $235,000. MLS #2123243

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Application for a Permit Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act We/I, Lehigh Inland Cement, 8955 Shaughnessy Street, Vancouver, BC V6P 3Y7 intend to submit this application to the Director to authorize the discharge of air emissions from a transloading bulk storage and distribution facility of cement and fly ash by truck and rail. The source(s) of discharge are four (4) silos equipped with dust collectors. The land upon which the facility will be situated and on which the discharge will occur is Lot 28 Sec 33 Township 83 Range 18 West of the 6th Meridian, Peace River District Plan BCP 39567, located at #110, 9503 72nd Street, within the City of Fort St. John, BC. The maximum rate of air emissions discharged from each baghouse will be 2.17m3/sec. The operating period for this facility will be (12 hours/day, 7 days/ week). The characteristics of the air emissions are as follows: particulate matter and the type(s) of treatment to be applied to the discharge is/are: baghouse dust collector on each of the 4 silos. Silo

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Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed air emissions of waste and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Regional Director, Environmental Protection at authorizations.north@gov.bc.ca and reference the applicant name, the location and/ or the authorization number in the subject line. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record. Dated this 20th day of April 2017. Contact person: Sophie Mullen, Director, Sustainable Resource Development Email address: Sophie.Mullen@LehighHanson.com Phone: 604-269-6571

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ANTIQUES ANTIQUE SALE! ORIGINAL 8 YEAR RUNNING ANTIQUE SALE! APRIL 28-29. D-Company Armories 9005-101 St, Grande Prairie, AB. Great Selection of Furniture/Jewelry/Coins/Stamps/ Toys/Dolls/ Fine China Glass/Records/Rustic & Country Collectibles & More! Show Hours: Friday, April 28 Noon-8pm. Saturday, April 29: 10am5pm. Admission: $4/person For info call: 780-987-2071 or 780-908-5790

GARAGE SALES Garage Sale!! Everything must go 10404-101St Ave. Lots of stuff. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm Saturday 10am-2pm Garage Sale May 6, 2017 at the Senior Hall: DC 9:00am-1:00pm All donations will be gratefully accepted *No furniture or TVs please. But anything else will be gratefully accepted. Thank You. You may start bringing donations to the hall on May 1, 2017 after 12pm. *Please save us your grocery bags

BUSINESS SERVICES Arctic Duct Cleaning, Furnace & duct cleaning, Chimney sweep. 250-787-7217 (FSJ) Express Pawn Ph 250-785-2232. We Buy Gold! Broken, stones missing, any condition. We also pawn jewelry. Free estimates.

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NOTICE TO REMOVE PRIVATE LAND FROM WOODLOT LICENCE W1791 Please be advised that Murray Caven is proposing to remove 135 hectares of private land from Woodlot W1791 located in the vicin− ity of Chetwynd. Inquiries/comments to this proposal must be submitted to Box 1437, Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0 by May 15, 2017. Only written inquiries received by the above date will be responded to. Information about this proposal can be ob− tained by contacting 250−788−3895.

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Riley Jordan Zimmerman October 13, 1993 ~ April 18, 2017

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With deepest sadness the family of Riley regret to inform you of his passing at the age of 23. Riley is survived by Kristen ConohanRodgers (finace) Greison Zimmerman (son 4.5months old) David Hayes (father) Josh Hayes (brother) Cindy Zimmerman (mother) Kelly Conohan (mother in law) Kayla Conohan (sister in law) & numerous Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles & Cousins. A Celebration of Life for Riley will be held at the Charlie Lake Hall on April 28, 2017 at 2pm. In lieu of flowers an Account for Kristen & Greison has been set up at the CIBC Bank as well as Gift Cards for Walmart/ Grocery Stores would also be greatly appreciated. Rest in Peace Sweet Boy, your legacy will live on through your son Greison.

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The Peace River North Festival of the Arts has been running at the North Peace Cultural Centre since April 20. Kids and adults have performed in a variety of categories, including dance, vocals, strings, piano, and more. The festival will wind down April 28 with the Best of the Fest Honours Concert, where adjudicators select the best performances of the week for one epic evening of spectacular performances.

(Right) Alexis Mackenzie does her solo interpretive dance on day one of the festival. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

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Your minimum donation of $125 to the FSJ Hospital Foundation will not only purchase a flower petal, but the money raised will also go towards much needed medical equipment that will help to provide the best healthcare and service possible.

o you ever wonder why cravings usually involve chocolate, candy, and chips rather than broccoli, carrots, or cauliflower? Many studies have shown that foods high in sodium, sugar, and fat are likely to prompt addictive eating. Ultra-processed foods like chips, candy, and chocolate are broken down quickly and rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. The quick absorption means that they are hyper rewarding and trigger the pleasure centers of the brain, which causes a release of dopamine and a feeling of satisfaction. This may lead people to overindulge in unhealthy, fattening foods. Researchers at the University of Michigan have stated that food addiction is “a real disease that is just as bad as drug addiction or alcoholism.” Processed food according to the International Food Information Council Foundation “is any deliberate change in food that occurs before it is available for us to eat.” This means frozen food, canned food, and candy are all processed, but that does not mean that all processed foods will negatively impact your health; that depends how the food has been altered. The Washington Post recently released an article describing four different groups of processed foods; explaining that “the more processed a food is from its original state, the less healthy it becomes.” Group one contains unprocessed and minimally processed foods. This includes all whole foods such as, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and eggs. The only processing that happens in this category is to maintain freshness. Group two contains processed culinary ingredients. Foods in this group are added to cooking and baking to enrich flavour; examples

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are sugar, oils, salt, and dried herbs. Group three contains processed foods. In this category foods contain more than one ingredient; such as, salted nuts, canned fish, and pickles. Lastly, group four is ultra-processed foods. These foods contain five or more, usually cheap, ingredients. They are typically high in sugar, fat, and salt and low in fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Examples of ultraprocessed foods are candy, ice cream, cereals, hot dogs, pre-made meals, and chips. Processing foods is not necessarily negative; it can preserve freshness, enhance nutrients, and add flavour to your home cooked meals. Unfortunately, majority of North Americans are turning to groups three and four because of their price, ability to save time, and accessibility. Group one is where majority of our food should come from. Read ingredients labels, make meals at home, and buy basic whole foods, and food items with few added ingredients. Overeating and food addiction are greatly reduced when eating healthy, basic food. Stephenie Sutherland is a Fort St. John student studying nutrition and food sciences. She can found at the gym, hiking local trails, and serving up a hot cuppa joe at Whole Wheat and Honey. Have a question? Email her at stephenie.sutherland13@ gmail.com

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athering honey has been a farm and hunting practice for thousands of years. Since then, a large variety of techniques has been developed for increasing the ease of gathering honey. Beekeepers, both orthodox and industrially modern, span the globe, surrounded by the buzz of productive farms. In B.C., there are 2,300 beekeepers farming 47,000 colonies either as a hobby or as a business venture, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry notes beekeeping has been practiced in the province for more than 150 years, explaining how agricultural enterprises depend on bees for crop pollination. Basically, farm fields depend on bees for productivity. The influence of apiary on farm efficiency comes down productivity. The concentration of spring bee pollination contributes to the overall productivity of plants commercial and otherwise. Research has shown that many of our most important crops depend on the concentrations of bees available for pollination. Some would call crop pollination the greatest function of honeybees comparable only to actual honey. The estimated contribution of bees to agribusiness is more than $250 million per year in B.C.; honey products accounts for only $12 million. Bee populations that are kept healthy and viable play a massive monetary role in current agricultural productivity. The Peace River valley’s agricultural abundance is in large part owed to a healthy honey bee population. The City of Fort St. John has now adopted local bylaws allowing homeowners to keep backyard beehives. During this economic downturn, we can use all the help we can get. GATHERING LOCAL WILD HONEY Three or more people for hiking safety. Full apiary suit Bee smoker Containers for honey

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Judah Koile FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE

The ParticipACTION 150 Play List is coming to Fort St. John. The event takes place April 29 at Centennial Park and encourages Canadians to get active by trying the 150 activities on the play list.

I can’t get you true wild honey, nor is there a recipe or map to find it. Its taste, smell, and look is better than farmed honey but it can be dangerous to collect. Although farmed bees are not as aggressive, wild bees attack first and ask questions never. If you choose this wild mission, wear heavy boots to cover your feet and ankles. Tuck your pants into your boots. Tie down any entrances to your outfit. Start looking for honey bees in an open field popping with floral life. Bees build their hives in caves, dead tree stumps, even the foliage of a tree. I was once attacked by wild bees while hunting in a field like this. In seconds, our group threw down their weapons and jackets while running in hysterical circles trying to escape. Wear heavy gloves as this may be your last line of protection. We were bitten in the face, stomach, chest, and groin first, So cover those areas very well with stingproof material. A bug net hat will help you see what you are doing. Once well covered, blow smoke on the beehive before approaching or touching it. Once the smoke deprives the bees of oxygen, they are unable to communicate with their queen and become docile. This makes for a much easier search of the hive. Try a wild bee hunt. If nothing else, it will show you how easy it is to farm honey. You will see what a precious and painstaking commodity honey can be. You may even find your next back yard project for this summer.

The FSJ Soccer Club will be on site to get people trying the sport, as well as other activities. Participants can track their list online to win prizes. For more information, visit www. participACTION.com/150

Pest Management Plan Notification of Intent to Treat Notice is hereby given that BC Timber Sales, Peace-Liard Business Area intends to treat the following openings in the Dawson Creek and Fort St. John Timber Supply Areas (TSA) under Pest Management Plan --/ using Vision Max, (Glyphosate) during the expected spray operating window of August - , . Proposed Locations in the Dawson Creek TSA are as follows: Rainy Creek, Lone Prairie, Boot Lake, Kelly Lake, Salt Ridge, Itis Creek, Willow Creek, Little Johnson Creek, and Hasler Creek. Proposed Locations in the Fort St. John TSA are as follows: Ettithun River, North Blueberry, South Blueberry and Aitkman Creek operating areas. Copies of the Notice of Intent to Treat, detailed site assessments and maps may be examined in detail at the BC Timber Sales office in Dawson Creek or Fort St. John. To make an appointment to view the material for locations proposed in the Dawson Creek TSA contact: Regan Dickinson, R.P.F. by phone: 250 784-1252 or by email: Regan.Dickinson@gov.bc.ca. For locations proposed in the Fort St. John TSA contact: Walter Fister, R.P.F. by phone: 250 262-3328 or by email: Walter.Fister@gov.bc.ca.

Judah Koile is a Fort St. John chef and coowns The BEAM with his wife, Jiwon Kim. Koile has more than a decade of culinary experience, and has worked in restaurants across Canada and South America.

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Eastern Star members transform 2nd lab room The Order of the Eastern Star Alcan Chapter #91 donated $625 to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation to transform a second lab room to a more welcoming place for children. This project was initiated by Kelly Ballard in 2016 by taking on the transformation of the first lab room. She brought forward the idea that in the eyes of children, a hospital can be a scary place, and wanted to create an environment that soothes, entertains, distracts, and relieves some of the fears of our young patients. It was such a hit that the Foundation received a request to outfit a second one. This time the Order of the Eastern Star Alcan Chapter # 91 was thrilled to fund this endeavor.

Foundation receives $50,000 towards Bluey Day fundraising efforts

Foundation welcomes Jennifer Moore as Executive Director

The Fort St. John Hospital Foundation is pleased to kick off the Bluey Day fundraising efforts with a $50,000 donation towards the Cancer Diagnostic and Treatment Fund. On April 7, the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation was excited to accept a $50,000 donation from Giovanna Mucci, in honour of her late husband Edmondo Mucci, a long-time resident of Fort St. John, who passed away from Leukemia in 2001. Edmondo and Giovanna arrived to Fort St. John in 1959 from Italy. Together they were long time and hardworking business owners in the community for 50 years; starting with Westend Grocery, and then went on to own and operate 4M Furniture for 35 years. Giovanna indicated that it was important to both herself and Edmondo that they give back to the community in which they live.

The board of directors of the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation are thrilled to announce the appointment of Jennifer Moore as the Executive Director of the Foundation effective April 24th. Jennifer brings with her a wealth of knowledge and fresh ideas on ways to grow the Foundation and ensure the mission of enhancing patient care and comfort at the Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa continues to be the main focus of the Foundation. Jennifer Moore

Giovanna Mucci presents Jessica Kalman, FSJ Hospital Foundation Chief Development Officer with $50,000 donation.

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