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Mayor Rob Fraser makes a splash during the Class A speed round at the World Invitational Gold Panning Championships, Aug. 4, 2019. Fraser found his gold nugget in a time of 21.65 seconds.

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Sarah Campbell tries her hand at gold panning during the World Invitational Championships, Aug. 3, 2019. Watching on are husband, Ryan Benson, and 10-month-old son, Griffin. The North Vancouver family was returning from the Yukon when they saw the event sign on the highway and decided to stop by.

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Second time proved to be the charm for Michael Gunderson of Edmonton, whose name will grace the trophy as winner of the 2019 World Invitational Gold Panning Championship.

In just his second appearance at the 47th annual event at Peace Island Park in Taylor, Gunderson earned 20 points over three rounds on his way to claiming the Class A title on Sunday, Aug. 4.

“It’s great, I had so much fun here this year,” Gunderson said.

“I was really nervous when I saw Scott Rea show up. He beat me out at Klondike Days back in 2006, and I kind of never forgave him for that. It was my turn to win this year. I was really happy about it.”

Gunderson isn’t a first time gold panner, starting at the age of 13 with his parents at the Klondike Days exhibition in Edmonton.

He started competing in his 20s in 2003. From there, he took part in the Klondike Days invitational for a number of years; his secondplace finish behind fellow gold panner Scott Rea in 2006 was his best finish there.

When the invitational stopped running, Gunderson looked to new horizons for a new contest and a new challenge, where he found Taylor. This was his second year competing here, finishing in second place in 2018 behind champion Barry Scott.

This year, Gunderson found 12 of 15 gold flakes in 155.07 seconds in the first fine round, and found five of five flakes in 103.44 seconds in the second skill round.

In the third and final speed round, he found his gold nugget in 21.06 seconds.

“Last year, in the fines, where you have to get the 15 flakes, I lost a couple pieces,” Gunderson said.

“So, I knew I had to just take my time on that one, and then I could have it.”

Rea, an eight-time World champion from Quesnel, had a 17-point finish Sunday, good enough for fourth place. He claimed first in both the fine and skill rounds, finding all 15 gold flakes in 124.52 seconds in the fine, and all five gold flakes in 83.45 seconds in the skill. He did not score a time in the speed round.

Barry Scott finished second, Trina Barrette finished third.

Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser kept the Class B championship in house, with an 18-point finish.

Fraser won both the fine and skill rounds, finding 13 gold flakes in 391.19 seconds in the fine, and all 5 flakes in 148.83 seconds in the skill. He found his gold nugget in 89.97 seconds in the speed round.

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A Royal Canadian Air Force CT-155 Hawk jet made a pit stop in Fort St. John on Friday, Aug. 2, fuelling up en route to a training exercise in Alaska.

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“They took advantage of the open airspace to do some low-level training runs,” said Gordon Duke, managing director for the North Peace Regional Airport. “It was fun to watch.”

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The Hawk is a “highly advanced jet trainer” used by student pilots during the final stages of the NATO Flying Training in Canada program, according to the air force. Student pilots training for combat graduate to the Hawk after learning how to fly a CT-156 Harvard II. After logging 125 flight hours with the Hawk, pilots are ready to join 410 Squadron, which flies CF-188 Hornets.

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There are 17 Hawk jets in the force’s fleet, stationed in Moose Jaw and Cold Lake.

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JOKE JEST: This week, we start news chewing in London, England. Archaeologists excavating a Roman site found a 2,000-year-old carving with an ancient joke inscribed on it. Wow, a 2,000-yearold joke! That’s older than some of the jokes I tell in this column!

CASINO CASH: Peace Country casinos generated $28.9 million in revenue last year. If I was running a casino I know Fort St. John 129.9 how I would attract customers: I would make the place as scuzzy and grungy as possible. Faded decor, dirty floor, the B.C. Average 138.6 staff wearing worn-out shabby uniforms.

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ROBOT REPORT: A top Canadian scientist says intelligent robots will turn humans into slaves. “That will never happen to me,” said millions of humans, as they took a brief break from 12 continuous hours of staring at their phones.

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DRUG DETAIL: The U.S. has a plan to import cheap prescription drugs from Canada. Many Canadians don’t like the plan, they say it will cause drug prices here in Canada to increase. In the teeter-totter of international economics, it is better to be the teeter, not the totter.

ROTATION REPORT: Last week, scientists announced the Earth’s rotation is slowing down. Five million years from now, days will be ten seconds longer.

I’m hoping we can add those during the night, I could use some extra sleep.

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RCMP search for suspect after kidnapping attempt on Highway 29 matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

RCMP in northeast B.C. and northwest Alberta are searching for a man wanted in connection with an alleged kidnapping attempt of a road flagger on Highway 29.

The incident happened on Sunday morning around 9 a.m.

Sunday near Szoo Road, around

40 kilometres west of Fort St. John. Police say a dark blue van with silver striping approached the lone female flagger, and an unknown man jumped out of the back doors and tried to pull her in.

After a struggle, the man got back in the van, which drove off toward’s Hudson’s Hope, police said. The victim did not recognize the man, police said.

Fort St. John RCMP is investigating and canvassing property owners in the area for information and video surveillance.

The detachment has partnered with RCMP in Hudson Hope, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, and Grande Prairie, and traffic services members throughout northern B.C., to help identify and find the suspect and suspect van.

The van is described as: - dark blue with silver striping - chrome on front grille - barn style rear doors The suspect is described as: - caucasian male - approximately 5’9 - no accent when he spoke

“We’re asking for anyone who was in the Charlie Lake area to try to remember if they saw a vehicle matching this description to call the RCMP,” Sgt. Joelle LaChance said.

“Your dash cam footage may be able to help us identify the suspect in this crime.”

Anyone with information is asked to call RCMP at 250-787-8140.

RCMP scale down hunt for murder suspects in northern Manitoba matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

Police are scaling down their search for Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky in northern Manitoba, and still aren’t ruling out whether the teen fugitives have fled the area, or are dead.

Jane MacLatchy, assistant commissioner and commanding officer for the Manitoba RCMP, said last week that despite an “extraordinary effort” to find McLeod and Schmegelsky, it was time for the force to reassess how it was deploying resources to the search.

Specialized RCMP investigators and Canadian air force personnel were withdrawn over the last week in phases, while some frontline and tactical officers will remain in the Gillam area, she said.

“To be clear, we are not ending this search,” MacLatchy told reporters in Winnipeg during a press conference Wednesday, July 31.

“I know that today’s news is not what the families of the victims and the communities of northern Manitoba wanted to hear. But when searching for people in vast, remote, and rugged locations, it is always a possibility that they are not immediately located.”

Over nine days, police and military logged thousands of hours in what has been a 24-7 search effort, MacLatchy said.

Investigators have chased nearly 300 tips, canvassed more than 500 homes, and searched 11,000 square kilometres of northern Manitoba wilderness by foot and air, she said.

The military remains on standby if and when needed, as do other RCMP resources that will be deployed should new information emerge, MacLatchy said.

McLeod, 19, and Schmegelsky, 18, are wanted on Canadawide arrest warrants for the murder of Leonard Dyck, a Vancouver university professor, near Dease Lake on July 19.

They are also suspects in the fatal shootings of Lucas Fowler

and Chynna Deese, both international tourists, near Liard Hot Springs on July 15.

They were last confirmed to have been seen on July 22 in Gillam, where they torched and abandoned the vehicle they were last seen driving.

MacLatchy said Manitoba RCMP was informed on July 23 that the fugitives may have been in the province, and immediately deployed a search team.

She could not speak to reports on social media that the pair have been spotted in Ontario. She also didn’t rule out that they had long fled the area, or are dead.

“Everything is possible at this stage,” MacLatchy said.

“The north part of the province is a very unforgiving place.

We’re keeping all possibilities in mind.”

MacLatchy told Canadians to remain on alert, and encouraged them to keep submitting tips.

“Something that might seem insignificant to you may be extremely valuable to our investigators,” she said.

Dive team called in A dive team was briefly brought in to Gillam over the weekend after a damaged boat was found along the banks of the nearby Nelson River. But divers surfaced empty-handed on Sunday. The abandoned aluminum boat was spotted on a river bank by a search helicopter on Friday, prompting the dive team to be called in.

Other tips investigated Meanwhile, Ontario Provincial Police have established a team to follow up on dozens of tips that the two have been spotted throughout Ontario.

Most of those tips have been quickly debunked.

RCMP also debunked the possibility that a vehicle with Manitoba licence plates found near Halfway River was connected to the search for the two suspects, and belonged to visitors in the area.

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The RCMP underwater recovery team searched the Nelson River near Gillam on Aug. 4, 2019.

Court halts release of alleged online ISIS supporter The Federal Court has temporarily halted the release of an alleged ISIS supporter while it reviews a decision ordering him to be freed to a small town in British Columbia.

A judge granted the urgent interim stay after the Immigration and Refugee Board said Othman Hamdan could live in Enderby, B.C., with a friend who had agreed to post a $2,000 bond.

After IRB member Geoff Rempel’s release decision was handed down late Friday, the Canada Border Services Agency asked the court to delay freeing Hamdan so it could appeal the ruling. The court said it was “satisfied that the circumstances warrant the issuance of an urgent interim stay to be granted” and said Hamdan would remain in custody until a hearing was held.

Justice Martine St-Louis ordered that a transcript of the IRB hearing and decision be delivered to the court within four days and that a hearing take place “as soon as practicable.”

Hamdan, a 37-year-old Jordanian citizen, has been declared a danger to Canada’s security over online posts that supported ISIS, encouraging “lone wolf” attacks and identified specific targets in Canada.

He was arrested in Fort St. John in July 2015, where he worked as a construction contractor.

Othman Hamdan covers his face after leaving the Fort St. John courthouse July 16, 2015.

He has been stripped of the refugee status he was granted in 2004 and ordered deported back to Jordan, but on Friday the IRB nonetheless decided release him from detention.

Rempel said the more than two dozen conditions he had imposed on Hamdan — including a ban on driving, possession of weapons and posting on the internet — would mitigate the risks.

“The fact that, in this case, the danger articulated and argued by the minister, the fact that that danger relates to possible or potential terrorism, with all the strong visceral reactions that that word evokes, should not and cannot affect what I’m required to do, which is a dispassionate analysis of the level of risk,” he said.

His decison acknowledged “there is a level of danger to the

public that exists,” but referred to the “change in circumstances in Syria and Iraq” and the failure of ISIS. The CBSA had argued that Hamdan needed to remain in custody while the agency took steps to deport him, and questioned releasing him to Enderby, which is less than 90-minutes from the Revelstoke Dam. The dam was “specifically identified as a potential target for a terrorist attack” in Hamdan’s Facebook posts, said the CBSA, which called his release plan “woefully inadequate.”

The bondsperson who Hamdan is to live with had been his roommate when he made some of the online posts that led to his arrest, and testified that Hamdan had showed him violent ISIS videos.

Hamdan was born in Abu Dhabi but is a citizen of Jordan.

He crossed into Canada from the United States in 2002 and was accepted as a refugee in 2004 on the basis he feared persecution because he had converted to Christianity.

A Federal Court judge later called him an “unmitigated liar,” and wrote that: “One must wonder if he has uttered one truthful word since he came to Canada in 2002.”

Hamdan fears he will be killed if Canada sends him back to Jordan.

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New manual for missing persons

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Five-year-old Lily Stretch of Fort St. John picks up a granola bar after walking in the annual Taylor Hill Climb, July 20, 2019. There was water, juice, and plenty of snacks for everyone who took part venturing up the steep hill. It was one of the community’s landmarks featured in the 10-part CBC TV series “Village on a Diet” back in 2011.

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Re: Liquor Control and Licensing Act Applica�on for Permanent Change to Liquor Licence – Hours of Liquor Service The Applicant, Lonestar Nightlife FSJ, located at 9830 – 100 Avenue in Fort St. John, has applied for a Permanent Change to their Liquor Licence to amend the hours of liquor service. Lonestar Nightlife FSJ currently holds a Liquor Primary Licence.

Current hours of liquor service are Monday through Sunday from 12:00 pm (noon) to 2:00 am.

Proposed hours of liquor service are Sunday to Thursday from 12:00 pm (noon) to 2:00 am with Friday and Saturday from 12:00 pm (noon) to 4:00 am. These hours are consistent with the hours of liquor service allowed by the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch for a Liquor Primary Licence.

Residents and owners of businesses located within a 0.8 kilometre (1/2 mile) radius of this business may comment on this applica�on by wri�ng to: City of Fort St. John A�en�on: Janet Prestley, Director of Legisla�ve and Administra�ve Services 10631 – 100 Street Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z5 Email: jprestley@fortstjohn.ca PETITIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. To ensure the considera�on of your views, your le�er must be received on or before Friday, August 30, 2019. Your name(s) and residen�al/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 licence applica�on process.

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A new manual is now available to help guide Fort St. John families and residents in the event a loved one goes missing.

The community safety manual was developed in response to the numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in the area, and through a partnership between the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society, aboriginal community liaison Connie Greyeyes, and the Law Foundation of BC, which supported the project with grant funding.

Response times are critical when someone is believed to have gone missing—from identifying whether the person is actually missing, to finding evidence and witnesses when it’s determ-

ined they are.

“It was important to help create a guideline for community members to follow so that a thorough process happens in the event a loved one goes missing,” Greyeyes said.

“After years of working with families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, I understand the importance of keeping track of all information that may be needed.”

The manual was developed over the last 18 months, and information sessions were held in communities across northern B.C. over the last year to help inform its content. The manual includes information about how to file a missing person report, including a template, a list of key

social services contacts, a communications log, and other information to guide families through the crisis.

The manuals have been made available to Treaty 8 First Nations in Northeast B.C. They’re also available to the public at the Women’s Resource Centre, or by emailing Greyeyes at conngrey@telus.net.

“It is hugely important for families who are experiencing the trauma of trying to locate a missing loved one, to feel supported, the manual was created to help family’s navigate through those difficult times,” Greyeyes said.

“I encourage any community members to reach out if you would like a digital copy of this manual.”

Rotary district governor visits Tracey Vavrek, district governor for Rotary District 5370 for 2019-20, will meet with the Sunrise Rotary and Fort St. John Rotary clubs August 7 to 8 to learn about their activities, tour local Rotary projects, and promote her vision for the district in the year ahead.

“What I most look forward to during my visit is learning more about how Rotarians in Fort St. John are serving their local communities and people in need around the world,” Vavrek said in a statement. “These are people of action, people who get things done.”

Vavrek, a Rotarian in Grande Prairie, oversees 60 clubs in Northeast B.C., northern Alberta, northwest Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. She’s spending the summer and fall visiting all of them.

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International theme is ‘Rotary Connects the World,’ so I will be listening to Rotarians’ stories of how they are connecting the world, both in their communities and through international projects,” Vavrek said.

The two clubs in Fort St. John are active, and were key to the building of the Rotary Skate Park and the Rotary Spray Park.

The Sunrise Club just held and celebrated its third annual Colour Me

Run on July 28, raising $6,000. The Fort St. John Rotary Club’s Mother’s Day Run raised $18,900 for the Women’s Resource Society in May. Sunrise Rotary’s annual Evening Under the Stars gala in February raised over $20,000 for local and international projects.

The clubs also provide scholarships, student exchanges, and leadership and career programming to local youth, as well as works with its local Interact Club based out of North Peace Secondary.

Rotarians in Fort St. John have also connected internationally through their involvement in the initiative to end polio, and other peace building and betterment projects such as sending a fire truck to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, or helping to supply water filters and build school safety infrastructure in impoverished countries around the world.

Gold panners honour late mayor

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING District of Taylor Zoning Bylaw No. 783, 2014, Amendment Bylaw No. 835, 2019.

Public Hearing Date: August 19, 2019 at 7:00 PM District of Taylor Municipal Hall – Council Chambers 10007 – 100A Street, Taylor, BC

NOTICE is given in accordance with Section 466 of the Local Government Act that the District of Taylor Council is considering amendments to District of Taylor Zoning Bylaw No. 783, 2014 (as amended). A Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw is scheduled for August 19, 2019 commencing at 7:00 pm in the District of Taylor Municipal Hall at 10007 – 100A Street. The public hearing provides an opportunity for the public, including individuals who believe their interest in property may be affected by the proposed bylaw, to speak or submit written comments about it.

The proposed amendments in District of Taylor Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 835, 2019 would, if they are adopted, permit Micro (Craft) Brewery, Craft Distillery, and/or Cannabis Retail uses but only on properties located in the District of Taylor's Commercial (C-1) and Service Commercial (C-2) Zones (for reference please see following map).

Written submissions regarding the proposed amendments may be submitted to the District of Taylor Municipal Of�ice until August 15, 2019 at 4:30 PM for inclusion in the meeting agenda. After that time, written submissions will generally be accepted until 4:00 pm on the date of the public hearing. All written submissions will be read at the Public Hearing. Oral and written submissions will also be received at the Public Hearing. All written and verbal submissions will become part of the public record.

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A copy of District of Taylor Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 835, 2019 may be inspected at the District of Taylor Municipal Of�ice, 10007 – 100A Street, Taylor, BC between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm Monday to Friday inclusive, excluding statutory holidays. A copy of District of Taylor Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 835, 2019 can also be inspected on the District of Taylor website: www.districtoftaylor.com. Telephone inquiries should be directed to District staff at 250-789-3392.

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Class A gold panner Len Novak builds a campfire with his granddaughter, Georgia, during the bannock baking competition at the World Invitational Gold Panning Championships, Aug. 3, 2019. gold pan from a1

A moment of silence was held before the Class A competition in memory of late mayor Fred Jarvis.

Jarvis was a regular and a 10-time celebrity challenge winner. He won the Class B championship in 1995 and placed second in the Class A championship in 2009.

“Regardless of how he finished, he always wore the smile of a champion,” said fellow panner Kelly Gejdos.

Jarvis was key to helping put on the event, Gejdos said, and key to its reboot in 1987 after a lack of volunteers and organizers scuttled the event the year prior. Jarvis was the first to arrive in the mornings to set up, and the last one to leave at night after clean up. Often, he would be up at 3 a.m. to plant coins for the metal detecting events, Gejdos said.

“Fred wasn’t just a fellow panner, he was our friend and part of our gold panning family,” Gejdos said.

Sheena Taillefer said she often asked Jarvis for advice when she began organizing the event nearly a decade ago.

“That first year was pretty stressful, but he gave me some great advice. The first couple of years, at the end of the event he would always say, ‘You know you did a pretty good job, but…’” Taillefer said.

“By about the third or fourth year, he didn’t have anymore ‘buts’. He would say, ‘You did a really great job, I really liked this.’ That was an amazing thing.”

A ceremonial pan, filled with crush rock, black sand, and gold, along with a water barrel were placed in this year’s Class A competition in Jarvis’s honour.

Mayor Rob Fraser called it a great tribute. “It all makes us feel really good that Fred was our friend and is watching over us,” Fraser said.

The 2020 championships will take place next August long weekend.

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volunteer awards Fort St. John & Area Senior’s Care Foundation Want to say

Thank You To all of the following sponsors, donors and volunteers who are helping us in our goal to keep seniors in our community stay independent in their own homes and to improve quality of life.

A Special Nod to Pembina Pipeline Corporation for their on-going Financial & Volunteer Support!

• Accent Hearing Staff • Bill & Heather Bickford • Bill Wiebe Family • BC Hydro (Northern Development Initiative Trust) • Canlin Resources Partnership • Canada Forest Products Ltd. • CNRL • ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp.

• D. Sinclair Services Ltd. • Derrick Dance Club • Ewart Loucks • Fort St John Co-operative Association

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Fort St John Senior Citizens Association Fort St John Sunrise Rotary Lila Belt • Marion J. McMahon Marion & James Sodergren Mike & Angie Pomeroy North Peace Savings and Credit Union Peace Hydro Partners Provincial Employees CSF Rick & Sharlene Kantz Roxanne’s Interiors • WestJet United Way of Northern British Columbia

Also, Thank You to all the volunteers, donors and the wonderful musicians that play at all our events and at our very successful Annual Jamboree this past June. district of hudson’s hope

Hudson’s Hope held a celebration and volunteer appreciation night at Beattie Park, July 30, 2019.

Steve Metzger and Grace Okada were named adult volunteers of the year, while Brenna Rice was named the youth volunteer of the year. Pictured: Coun. Mattias Gibbs presents Rice with her award.

ATV campground gets $20K Hudson’s Hope has received a slice of $200,000 in provincial funding for off-road recreation.

The district received $20,000 for the building of an ATV campground at Dinosaur Lake that will connect ATV users to the local trail network, the province announced Friday.

The funds are coming from the ORV Trail Fund, funded from a portion of

registration fees collected by ICBC under the Off Road Vehicle Act. In all, 22 organizations received funding.

Other northern B.C. groups to receive funding include the Prince George ATV Club, which received $7,940 to develop a programs related to promoting ORV safety and training.

The Valemount and Area Recreation Develop-

ment Association received $6,000 for the maintenance of two winter snowmobile shelters along the Upper Westridge and Lower Westridge Family Loop trails there.

The Quesnel Cross Country Motorcycle Association received $8,929 to replace two bridges on the Hangman Trail network.

The next intake of applications will begin in early 2020.

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Dog park now open top of Toboggan Hill Park off 96 Avenue or at the Pomeroy Sport Centre and walk to the park using the trail along 94 Avenue behind the fire hall.

The city has offered these etiquette tips: • Dogs must be accompanied by people • Maintain verbal control of your dog at all times • Dogs must wear a collar or harness – no spike, prong, or pinch collars allowed • No aggressive dogs – this includes posturing or mounting behaviour • If your dog gets in a fight, exchange contact information and leave the park • Dogs must be licensed and immunized • No dogs in heat allowed • Monitor un-neutered dogs closely • Children under 10 should be accompanied by a parent or guardian

• Use caution bringing food into the park and leave glass at home The development of a permanent off-leash dog park was listed as a priority item in the city’s new parks and recreation master plan, which suggests building up to four new dog parks. Fifty-one per cent of households in and near Fort St. John have dogs, according to the plan.

City council earmarked $500,000 for dog park development in their 2018 capital plan after dog owners raised their complaints of the current temporary dog park at Toboggan Hill in 2017.

Knappett Industries built the dog park, with a budget of $868,000.

Most of the project will be funded through Peace River Agreement monies from the province, which compensates the city for industrial development outside its boundaries.

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Hearing for beer and cannabis zoning New rules to allow for cannabis, brewery, and distillery businesses in Taylor will go to a public hearing Aug. 19.

Council gave first two readings July 2 to zoning bylaw amendments that will allow retail cannabis, craft distillery, and micro brewery businesses to operate in commercial and service commercial zones.

Those zones are confined to 100 and 100A streets along the Alaska Highway.

Under the amendments, cannabis retailers won’t be allowed within 200 metres of a day-

care or school, or within 100 metres from the golf course, park, or a place of worship.

Last year, council voted to ban legal cannabis sales and production, punting the issue for reconsideration post-legalization. It reopened the discussion this spring, along with a broader look at its zoning rules, after a local group of prospective investors approached the district about opening a craft brewery.

“We are not looking to attract anybody in; we’re not actively engaged in

trying to attract a cannabis retail outfit, for instance.

But because the three … all fit into the same sort of mold, that’s why we decided to do all three at the same time,” Mayor Rob Fraser said at the July 2 council meeting.

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Written comments will be accepted at the district office until Aug. 15 at 4 p.m., though late submissions will be accepted until 4 p.m. the day of the hearing.

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The new dog park in Fort St. John opened at noon on Aug. 1, though one section will remain off-limits for now.

“This truly is an example of how positive community input can develop an attractive amenity for our community,” stated Mayor Lori Ackerman said.

The nine-acre park at Toboggan Hill includes three separately fenced areas for miniature, small, and large dogs. The park will also feature a yearround public walking path, a new parking lot, picnic areas, and watering sites.

The largest area of the park will remain closed to allow grass to seed and establish itself, the city said. An all-dog area will be available temporarily along with the mini-dog enclosure.

Due to construction in the area, residents are suggested to park at the

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When it comes to Taylor Bridge, Peace be damned

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he Peace River country has faired poorly when it comes to waiting in line for provincial handouts for our

roads.

On May 30, the Fort St. John Chamber sponsored a luncheon where Scott Maxwell, executive director for the ministry of transportation in the north, reported on the problems related to our highways and infrastructure here in the Peace.

Regarding the 700-metre Taylor bridge, the replacement is either a two-lane or four-lane choice. The two-lane option would be at least $250 million; add at least another $100 million if you want four-lanes.

A third option, resurfacing the present deck, would eliminate the yearly welding program. The issue with that, however, is problematic, Maxwell says, as “the structure itself right now can’t take the weight load.”

So, there you have it.

Meanwhile, repairing the Rose Prairie Road through the Montney coulee might be a billion-dollar project — according to Maxwell, that is with a capital ‘B’. The road connects Fort St. John with North Pine, Rose Prairie, and the Doig River First Nation.

So, the ministry clearly has its hands tied.

According to Maxwell, this year’s entire provincial budget for capital improvements across the board stands at a meagre $800 million for all projects, period.

Leaving the Peace aside for a moment, consider that the heavily populated Lower Mainland has been eyeballing that available

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cash for significantly higher-end projects, including the Massey Tunnel replacement in Richmond, or repairs or replacements for a number of other bridges. Let us not forget the numerous twinning projects in the planning stages to alleviate traffic congestion in the Fraser Valley and Okanagan.

Meanwhile, in the Peace, we see Highway 29 realignments taking place on the stretch of highway between Fort St. John and Hudson’s Hope due to the Site C project.

There is the need for at least four new bridges on this 90-kilometre stretch of Highway 29: a 580-metre-long bridge at Cache Creek/Bear Flat; a kilometre-long bridge at Halfway River; a 170-metre bridge at Farrell Creek; and a 160-metre bridge at Lynx Creek. Other causeway crossings will also be required at both Farrell and Lynx Creek.

We know that building bridges is an expensive proposition, even at two-lanes, based on the recent Taylor bridge cost estimates. The costs for these bridge crossings must be growing exponentially as their overall lengths have also increased. The

door is open for some serious overruns.

You may recall that the latest “prediction” for the overall cost of the Site C project stands at $10.7 billion. We don’t know how much of this is allocated to road and bridge realignment and construction. Again, BC Hydro has not revealed any new additional information about any of these incurred costs to date.

Regardless of whether the ministry of transportation or BC Hydro pays for the various costs of highway construction, one thing is certain: The taxpayers of this province will be on the hook for both.

One more thing is certain: We here in the Peace really do need to expedite a deal regarding a new Taylor bridge and yet it may well be put on the back burner once again for many years to come.

So, let’s get this straight — the ministry of transportation cannot commit to replacing one badly needed Taylor bridge, while BC Hydro can proceed with the building of at least four new bridges for Highway 29 realignments, without any financial constraints whatsoever?

Peace Country be damned — in more ways than one.

Mike Kroecher is a long retired resident of the Peace, expressing his deep roots in the land through his art. Rick Koechl is a recently retired teacher of the Peace with an enthusiasm for politics and energy.

Thoughts and prayers, tragedy after tragedy

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e all have that friend on social media; the one who consistently feels the need to brighten our day with a motivational or inspirational quote.

Quotes like, “Dance like no one is watching”; or, “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop” are popping up on social media regularly, generally accompanied by a grainy photo of a night sky, or perhaps two elderly individuals sitting on a stoop, watching a sunset.

I stop scrolling for a moment, read the quote, and then carry on scrolling. Seconds pass, and I see another one that jumps out at me. Lit up on a bright pink background, it reads, “It is always darkest before the dawn.” Okie dokie!

My scrolling finger has nary a moment to engage before there is another one telling me to “seize the day.”

I scream. Don’t they know I am trying to seize the day by filling my head with Facebook nonsense, and are interrupting

Judy Kucharuk my process? Coffee, laptop, glasses, and go!

I have a moment of panic: Why so many inspirational quotes this morning? Wait! Did Betty White die? I frantically check my Twitter trending feed to see what on earth happened that would generate so many.

Whew! Betty is OK – thank goodness. But wait! Something happened in Dayton, Ohio? Was there another mass shooting?

Didn’t one just occur in El Paso, Texas?

I find that inspirational or motivation posts triple in frequency following an upsetting world event or tragedy. We see a few “You have to be your strongest when you are feeling at your weakest” following events like the recent horrific mass shootings in the United States

last week. There are also many, many “Thoughts and Prayers” on muted yellow backgrounds interspersed throughout our timeline.

The inspirational quotes are a result of feeling helpless and confused. They are posted on social media like screams from someone drowning. They are written as a reminder to “just keep swimming” because the waves of violence should stop, will stop. They have to stop eventually. Right?

On Sunday, I was one of those individuals silently screaming on social media. I felt bludgeoned by another wave. I wrote, “The first wave left us breathless and unsteady. As we tried to regain our composure, the second wave hit - knocking us off our feet.

Then came the third wave, which completely engulfed us and we found ourselves fighting to reach the surface, our brain confused as to what was up and what was down, our lungs burning from lack of oxygen. Do we fight to survive?”

What happens to those in

society who simply cannot recover from these constant waves of gun violence? What happens to those people who become anxious and depressed because they cannot emotionally handle hearing about another mass shooting?

I had gone to bed reading about the tragedy in El Paso and woke to read about Dayton. This was on the heels of the shooting at the garlic festival in Gilroy, California.

It’s more than humanly possible to handle, these waves.

Watch closely those around you who might be having a particularly difficult time processing this information.

It doesn’t matter if we are in a different country, heartbreak and empathy know no borders.

Meanwhile, I am going to “cry like no one is watching” as “thoughts and prayers” clearly aren’t making a difference.

Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can follow her on twitter @judylaine

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Duncan Cran drew up the map for the Northeast

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his article is the completion of the schools in the Fort St. John area that were named after local citizens. They all contributed in one way or another and we will not forget them.

Duncan Cran was born April 1, 1892, in Paris, Ontario. His grandparents made their way from Scotland to Canada in 1855 by ship, sailing around the Horn and arriving in Victoria. The family moved to Ashcroft, and young Duncan and his brother Robin spent a few years logging on Vancouver Island.

Cran joined the army when the First World War broke out, fighting with the 88th and 25th Battalions. He was in the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, which was one of the most celebrated military victories of that war.

Cran received his education and training as a surveyor at Aberdeen, Scotland. This served him well when he arrived in the Peace in 1930. There had been extensive surveying in the area for many years and there was much surveying of the Dominion lands yet to do.

Under the Dominion system, a quarter section could be filed on if two corners were set. This work had been taken up previously by Knox McCusker for the Dominion of Canada. In 1930, the Peace River Block became the jurisdiction of the Province of B.C. The north boundary of the Block was surveyed as a straight line, right angles to the Alberta-B.C. border, which

Larry Evans complicated the surveying process as it didn’t acknowledge creeks and hills, etc.

In 1931, Duncan Cran continued these surveys under the newly formed B.C. Land Survey and pitched the first survey camp on an old pack trail.

They surveyed quarter sections taken up by squatters under the Dominion government. This included areas like Upper Cache and Goodlow (Jim Good), etc. Transportation to and from camp was by pack-horse and supplies brought in by Bill Pickell.

During the Hungry Thirties, Cran filed on a section west of Deep Creek, and the fertile soil kept him in food until surveying continued. He worked again for the Surveyor General of B.C. in 1938 by keeping up with applications for Crown lands.

Cran was employed by the Department of Transport to take levels for the Beaton River emergency landing field (Beaton River Airport). Access was by the old Fort Nelson Trail, which had been widened by a bulldozer. This trail was navigated by pack horses owned

by Bill Simpson from Upper Halfway.

Remember this was before the Alaska Highway existed!

Duncan Cran

The next trip to that site was in 1943, after the opening of the Alaska Highway. Cran was to survey a parcel six and a half miles by two miles for the Department of National Defense, which was part of the North West Staging Route. He was fortunate to arrive by aeroplane instead of the pack horses on this trip, although the trip was turbulent. Cran assisted in much of the surveys prior to the Alaska Highway as well as the onslaught of surveys that followed this opening up of the north.

Following instruction from the Surveyor General, Cran named a few creeks in preparing plans. One

is Flatrock, which flows into Alces or Moose River. Cran noticed a quantity of large flat rocks. In the Chmelyk area, he asked the name of a village in the Ukraine and was told Zhoda, which is the name of a small creek also flowing into Alces River.

He marked a stream Golata Creek after a man who had trapped in its vicinity. He heard how sleighs were upset while negotiating a creek on the old Fort Nelson Trail and so the creek is named Upset Creek on survey maps.

By his surveying, Cran made it possible for homesteaders to come to the Peace and buy land. This created farmland and many businesses in support of the influx of people.

He had a great interest in Fort St. John itself by being involved with decision making. He was the chief organizer for the Red Cross in the area, was on the Hospital Board for 30 years, was on the Royal Canadian Legion Board and the Friendship Society, was founder of Senior Citizens Society, and was a member of the Anglican Church.

There is a school named after Duncan Cran, and rightly so.

Mr. Cran passed away on February 10, 1978, and was one of the first citizens of Fort St. John to be buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery.

Larry Evans is a former fire chief, city councillor, and lifelong historian living in Fort St. John.

Will the Yellowstone to Yukon vision prove to be our future?

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f you followed the great South Peace caribou conservation caper this past winter, you may have seen the acronym Y2Y. Ever wonder who they are and what they’re trying to accomplish? Does it matter, or do you even care?

I’ve tried to understand what it is that they are trying to accomplish. In short, from what I understand, if their vision for our resource lands came to pass, our economy would be in tatters. So, what they’re trying to do actaully does matter for those who live and work in the B.C. Peace.

The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) is anenvironmental non-government organization (ENGO) based in Canmore, Alberta, and Bozeman, Montana. It was created in 1993 by a group of conservationists, scientists, and activists with a desire to conserve wildlife habitat at a large scale. Their vision was to create a “movement” corridor along the Rocky Mountains

from Yellowstone National Park to Yukon, a distance of some 3,200 kilometres.

Y2Y is not a small organization. In 2018, Y2Y Alberta’s income was $3.66 million, most of which ($3.4 million) was transferred from Y2Y Montana and designated for contract work in Canada. Y2Y Montana’s 2018 income was $4.5 million. Y2Y is also registered as a Canadian charitable organization and had a 2018 income of around $820,000. The 2017 annual report shows Y2Y sees 66% of its total income comes from foundations; 24% from individuals; 6% from governments; and 4% from other sources.

Recognizable donors are RBC, TD, BC Real Estate Foundation, Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), and Patagonia.

The stated vision for Y2Y is for “an interconnected system of wild lands and waters stretching from Yellowstone to Yukon, harmonizing the needs of people with those of nature.”

Its goal is for complete pro-

Evan Saugstad tection of millions of hectares from Yellowstone to the Yukon, and one of its current focuses is on the Peace region, hence its involvement in the failed caribou conservation caper.

The Y2Y’s ultimate goal is to eliminate extractive industries from this corridor. How these lands are designated are less important, as long as our government eliminates extractive industries.

So, what does this all mean for the Peace?

Well, we are clearly in their crosshairs, and what we saw during the caribou caper is really what they are all about.

The Peace area represents a zone between the Muskwa-Kechika protected areas to our north and the

national parks and protected areas to our south. The Y2Y calls this the “Peace River Break” — its eastern boundary extends into Albeta near Grande Prairie, and its western boundary is just north of Prince George. It’s huge.

The Y2Y have tried to make the argument that not enough is protected here, as they have made sure to exclude the vast areas of parks and protected areas both north and south of this zone. They are now trying to convince government that only 4.2% of this area is protected, and that this injustice must be fixed.

The desire is to have this area protected and off limits to all extractive industries, so critters such as grizzly bears, wolves, and wolverines are free to travel to visit their cousins in either Yellowstone or the Yukon without fear of crossing a mine, a seismic line, or cut block, or being shot in a legal hunting season.

The Y2Y isn’t going away

anytime soon. They are here for the long haul and what they do not achieve this year they will try to accomplish in the years following.

In summary, Y2Y’s view of our resource management areas is “a narrow, but relatively intact, wildlife corridor along the spine of the Rockies … which presents opportunities for conservation ... To preserve this refuge we must manage human use better and development as a whole.”

My flat earth perspective: narrow? Not even close. It takes you four hours to drive across it. But, who needs a job anyways, when we could spend all our time watching grizzly bears and wolves frolicking in an environment with no mines, no cut blocks, no well sites, no wind farms, and no roads that spoil the view and disturb the critters.

Evan Saugstad is a former mayor of Chetwynd, and lives in Fort St. John.

Alien Messages: The brave face of Syria We are interviewing our Syrian friend Ibrahim at his restaurant, the Mid Orient Café, in the mall. The sweet scent of the spiced meat sizzling on the grill makes us fly to the exotic and, alas, devastated Middle East. Ibrahim is a confident young man who radiates charisma, bravado, and charm.

unfair and brutal world. I am a peaceful man and I am a Muslim, but I don’t know if people look at me and think I’m a terrorist. I hope not.”

Kalpana: “Tell us about life after that.”

Ibrahim: “Well, I built up my own life here in Canada.

I am a business owner and, as such, I’ve seen all sorts of luck. I’ve made a huge profit, I’ve lost everything and then rebuilt. But after what I went through, I’m not easily scared. You’re not gonna starve, not here in Canada.

Worst case scenario, they take you to the Salvation Army, you have a good sleep, and the next day, you start to build your life again.”

Kalpana: “What’s home to you?”

Ibrahim: “Home is where your family is. Where your work is. This is definitely home. Canada is home because where I came from it all went down, man, that’s all a war zone. It’s all destroyed. No memories anymore.

I just miss the human contact, the familiarity, the bantering. I can’t stand seeing families sitting together at a dinner table checking their cell phones. That’s not how I was raised as a child.”

Charo: “Do you have any words for people in your situation?”

Charo: “And how was your childhood back in Syria?”

Ibrahim: “It was beautiful. Beautiful and rough. Back then, it was not a war zone. It was corrupted but safe.

Then I moved to Canada when I was 13 because my father was living here. But I had to go back. I had to go back to pick up my mom out of the war in 2012. You cannot be the same after that. I was a different man when I came back.”

Kalpana: “But you got your mother out of the war zone?”

Ibrahim: “I could save my mom, but I couldn’t convince my aunt to leave. Even though the missiles had downed her side of the building, she cried: ‘I am 89, where am I going to go? This is my house, this is where I’ve lived all my life, and I’m staying here.’ What are you gonna do? I could hear the missiles whistling in the sky and I had my mom to save. I had to leave my aunt. I had to leave. People were just being sniped in front of us.”

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Charo: “Do you have hopes for Syria? I mean, do you believe it will recover some day?”

Ibrahim: “No, that will never happen. That’s a mountain of rubble now. It was the nastiest war you’ve ever seen. Whole families dying in front of your eyes. Assad stuck with the Russians, but the Russians massacred us and the Americans killed us too. Everybody was killing us. We got screwed big time. And it all comes to religion in the end. The Hindu, Buddha, the Jewish, Christ, Muslims… all religions pretend to come to the same point: peace. Islam means peace. Simple. But we don’t put it into practice. We have created a profoundly

Ibrahim: “Keep their spirits up. This is a great city, Fort St. John. I really love it. It’s home. Even meeting people like you, the multiculturalism. That’s a treasure we need to appreciate. We got to learn to communicate, not divide. Connections, not boundaries. I know some people look at refugees and think, ‘Why do they have to come to Canada?’ Tell you what: It was not for fun. They have a really tough life behind them. Respect them, if only for that.”

Ibrahim stands up and gestures at a friend to come and sit down with us. He is a big blond man, born in Fort St. John. Ibrahim asks him what he think about multiculturalism, and the man answers, laughing: “No matter what your race is, you can always be a hillbilly.”

We all laugh out loud. Then, Ibrahim greets another Philippine friend entering the mall from the heavy rain, and he says, pointing at each of us, “See? Fort St. John, Philippines, India, Spain, Syria. We are Canada. All of us.”

And that, we are.

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Business Trans Mountain cleared to restart terminal work The National Energy Board has given Trans Mountain the green light to resume construction at two of its terminals in B.C. The board approved the company’s request Aug. 1 to resume work at its Westridge Marine and Burnaby storage terminals, as well as the tunnel that connects the two.

“We’re pleased that the NEB has confirmed that we’ve met all the pre-construction conditions required to get construction underway at Burnaby Terminal, Westridge Marine Terminal and the Westridge Tunnel Portal site,” Trans Mountain said in a statement.

“Meeting pre-construction conditions is one of several things that we need to have in place before getting shovels in the ground.”

The company has yet to be given approval to continue work at its terminal in Edmonton. The NEB said it is still reviewing pre-construction conditions.

The board has also cleared the company to build temporary infrastructure sites in Kamloops, Merritt, Hope, Chilliwack, and Abbotsford.

The federal government reconfirmed its decision to expand the pipeline in June, nine months after the federal appeals court ripped up the government’s original approval, citing incomplete Indigenous consultations and a faulty environmental review.

Two Fort St. John pipeline contractors have been selected to build nearly one-third of the 1,100-kilometre expansion through southern B.C.

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“The carbon tax burden is significant and is substantial.”

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Business tax bills balloon by $5 billion since 2013 Provincial sales tax, the new employer health tax, and higher corporate taxes have cost B.C. businesses additional billions over the past six years.

A new report from the Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC) calculates that businesses are paying nearly $5 billion more per year in taxes than they were in 2013.

The sky isn’t falling, explains BCBC chief economist Ken Peacock. But he says the layering on of various tax policies is a burden for business, and the real cost goes beyond additional billions.

“Not investing, not choosing to update or upgrade facilities, not expanding operations, not opening a new branch or a new facility or a new site, and just adopting a bit more of a way-and-see-what’s-happening-in-other-jurisdictions approach,” Peacock says of the tax burden implications that are difficult to quantify.

The report examines six years of policy changes and their financial impact on businesses – a period that includes policies enacted by BC Liberal and NDP governments.

During that time, it pins the single largest tax increase on a return to a PST system in 2013 after a failed attempt to shift the province to a harmonized sales tax regime. BCBC calculates that under a PST system, businesses are paying an additional $3 billion in sales tax on inputs – costs that would have been eliminated under the HST. The second biggest tax increase is B.C.’s new employer health tax, which took effect at the start of this year and replaces medical services plan premiums, which will be eliminated in 2020. BCBC estimates the net tax impact on B.C. businesses to total $800 million per year.

A two-percentage-point increase in the province’s corporate income tax rate since 2013 is the third most significant tax hit for businesses. A one-point increase came under the BC Liberals, and the BC NDP matched it in 2017.

A rising carbon tax was also highlighted as a contributor to businesses’ tax burden.

After thawing a $30-per-tonne freeze in 2018, B.C. implemented two $5-per-tonne increases, bringing the tax’s total to $40 per tonne. BCBC estimates that $10 increase will cost companies an additional $170 million to $175 million in aggregate costs.

“The carbon tax burden is

significant and is substantial,” said Peacock, noting that land-based operations, B.C.’s resources sector and the province’s export sector in general are particular areas of concern.

“We are in a circumstance in B.C. where we have done nothing to shield, protect, provide any offsets to our exporting companies who are energy-intensive operations, and pay significant amounts in carbon tax. Every other jurisdiction in the world… has taken steps to protect their export sector.”

“That’s going to prompt companies to be more cautious about deploying capital.

And if you look to the resource sector and the forest products sector, they already are not spending and not investing much, if anything. And most of the big investments that these companies are making are south of the border in the southern U.S. states,” he said, noting that businesses are responsible for between 40% to 50% of B.C.’s carbon tax revenue.

After personal income tax ($11.1 billion), taxes on sales ($7.6 billion), corporate income ($4.2 billion) and property ($3 billion) will be B.C.’s greatest sources of tax revenue for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

They are followed by property transfer tax ($1.9 billion), the EHT ($1.9 billion), the carbon tax ($1.7 billion) and tax on fuel ($1 billion), according the province’s 2019 budget.

New policies are responsible for around $5 billion of the tax revenue that will be generated by businesses this year, according to BCBC. Peacock explains that while those extra funds will help support the province’s ambitious social spending mandate, B.C. has also benefitted from years of strong economic growth – and greater tax revenue as a result.

The report notes too that governments have afforded businesses some tax cuts over the past half-dozen years.

Under the BC NDP, the province’s small business tax rate was reduced to 2% from 2.5%. The report calculates that change resulted in a yearly tax savings of $70 million for very small firms. The PST exemption on electricity used by businesses saves companies around $80 million annually.

Temporary federal tax relief around capital cost allowances is also expected to cost B.C. $800 million over three years in foregone tax revenue, to the benefit of businesses.

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The federal government is spending $13.1 million to help grow capacity at northern B.C.’s newest port.

Transport Canada announced the funding for the Stewart World Port on Friday, Aug. 2, for bulk loading conveyor systems and power and control facilities. The project will increase capacity for wood, mineral, and agricultural export products from northern B.C., the Yukon, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, the government said.

“Our government is investing in Canada’s economy by making improvements to our trade and transportation corridors,” Transport Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement.

“We are supporting projects to efficiently move goods to market and people to their des-

tinations, stimulate economic growth, create quality middleclass jobs, and ensure that Canada’s transportation networks remain competitive and efficient.”

The project will create an estimated 275 jobs during construction, the government said.

The port opened in 2015, the first commercial wharf on B.C.’s coast in more than 30 years. It’s owned and led by Ted Pickell of Fort St. John.

“I have known Chairman and CEO Ted Pickell for many years, and I know how important it is to him and the region that we in the North have greater access to international markets,” said MP Bob Zimmer.

“Before we were working to put Stewart World Port on the map, now we will work to make it a major port on that map.”

Building a kinder city for our children’s future

I

have avoided this topic on so many levels. I hope to sit a seat of neutrality to invoke conversations and accountability. I, like most people, take a claim of civility and think that I fall into a category of consideration, respect, gentility and so much more. I did learn a long time ago that life will always show me more areas of growth. I am not an expert the matter of racism. I am a student of life.

I will apologize in advance for those I may trigger. I will also say with authority that I do not get up on any given day with the intention of causing another human harm. I am grateful in advance for the people who will comment on my shortcomings and show me more areas I can improve.

I will do my best to keep this simple. Racism is defined as prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. I will say that I, at times, have been prejudiced or discriminated. I am not proud of that, but it is true. These beliefs were handed down to me, but at the end of the day I am responsible for my shortcomings. I am doing my best to clear them away. At times, my attempts fail miserably.

At others, my attempts are misinterpreted, and things get murky. There are also times where I know racism is not present because there is no separation between me and you, us and them. We are able to participate together as community – all different pieces of people who are a part of the healthy whole.

Fort St. John is filled with many people who are racist and many who do their best not to be. There are some minds you will never change.

I would hope that everyone would consider the opportunity to participate in an indigenous blanket ceremony or perhaps a multi-cultural event such as Taste of Fort St. John to educate themselves before stereotyping and discriminating.

I am mindful that my children learn from me. I just love the millennials as they really do appreciate inclusivity and

Edwina Nearhood LIFE AT GROUND ZERO

want no one left behind.

When someone who has been discriminated against speaks up, please do not belittle their voice by undervaluing their point of view.

You have not walked in their shoes. You have no right to expect how they should experience their world. Racism and discrimination can create intergenerational trauma.

To those people who have been victims of racism – I am underqualified to respond adequately. I can say that I will do better. I can say that I will speak up against any racism I witness. I will not turn the other eye. I will do my best to understand. I will make mistakes. This is a journey that happens together in kindness.

Together we can build a better future for our children.

One day, there was an indigenous woman at a crosswalk. I stopped and waited for her. She waved me to go.

Out of respect to her, I waved her to walk across. She began to do so with her head down.

When she reached the middle of the crosswalk, she picked up her head and looked right at me with a great big smile and a wave. I am not really sure what happened, but I do know that I also smiled on both the inside and outside. The world needs more of this, both sides giving and receiving. I am certain it must be hard not to be wary of kindness when one has been treated poorly in the past.

Remember, in a world where you can be anything, be kind. There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who love and those who need love. Perhaps the community needs a civility project? Any volunteers?

Edwina Nearhood is a lifelong resident of Fort St. John. Her 30year experience in the appraisal industry offers a unique lens on the challenges associated with the economic forces impacting real estate and the community.

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PEACE REGION

COURT DOCKET Sentences handed out in Northeast B.C. courts for the week ending August 2, 2019: Fort St. John Law Courts • Trenton Kelsey Fox (born 1997) was sentenced to 15 days jail for assault causing bodily harm.

Nichole Marie Simituk (born 1989) was granted a conditional discharge with a one-year probation order for mischief under $5,000.

• Cody Lorne Howes (born 1983) was fined $500 and given a one-year driving ban for driving while prohibited/licence suspended.

• Ryan Donald Addison Percy (born 1990) was fined $250 for breaching probation.

• Eugene Kenneth Charles Tsakoza (born 1976) was sentenced to four days jail for breach of undertaking.

Tsakoza received the same sentence on a second charge of breach of undertaking.

• Raylene Roberta Carson (born 1970) was sentenced to five days jail for personation with intent to avoid arrest. Carson was sentenced to five days jail for breaching probation.

Dawson Creek Law Courts • Darcy Todd Beckman (born 1989) was sentenced to 258 days in jail and given a two-year probation order for theft over $5,000, and possessing/using a stolen credit card. Beckman was sentenced to 60 days jail and given a two-year probation order for fraud.

Beckman was sentenced to time served, given a two-year probation order, and ordered to provide a DNA sample for possession of stolen property over $5,000.

• Mark Roth (born 1975) was sentenced to 80 days in jail, given a oneyear probation order, and given a one-year criminal driving ban for dangerous operation of a vehicle. Roth was sentenced to 80 days in jail and given a one-year probation order for possession of stolen property over $5,000.

Roth was sentenced to 80 days in jail, given a one-year probation order, and given a one-year criminal driving ban for fleeing from police. Roth was sentenced to time served, fined $500, given a five-year driving ban, and assessed a $75 victim surcharge for each of four counts of driving while prohibited/licence suspended.

• Justin Paul Steinke (born 1986) was fined $1,500, given a one-year criminal driving ban, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for impaired driving.

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Writer’s festival returns this fall From September 26 to 29, writers from across the country working in genres ranging from poetry, prose, story telling, and song writing will converge in Fort St. John to participate in the second annual Wild Words North Writing Festival and Art Exhibit.

With 17 different events including readings, panel discussions, presentations, performances, and workshops, the festival is sure to have something for everyone.

The three-day festival, administered by the Peace Liard Regional Arts Council, will feature writers such as internationally renowned storyteller and author, Richard Van Camp, Rhodes scholar and 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize winner Billy-Ray Belcourt, and Erin Moure, one of Canada’s most eminent

and respected poets and translators.

Audience members will have the opportunity to listen to these writers, along with many regional writers, as they share their work and knowledge.

And that’s not all. Wild Words North will also showcase the region’s visual artists by displaying work inspired by the words of the festival’s feature writers.

The opening of the Wild Words North Art Exhibit will take place Thursday, September 26 at 7 p.m. at Peace Gallery North. The exhibit will be held in conjunction with the opening of Wild Words North, and is open and freel to all.

Full festival details and schedule, along with ticket and registration information, are available on the PLRAC website: www.peaceliardarts.org.

Proposals requested for new Indigenous art at UNBC “BC-based Indigenous artists at any stage of their career with any preferred medium can apply,” says Meletis. “The committee purposely did this to attract diverse proposals. We could get a new majestic piece along the lines of some of the more traditionally inspired works in the halls of UNBC, or we could soon be hosting a video performance, a large graffiti-style piece, or a pop-art influenced installation.

“Either way, it’s exciting that we will have a new piece of contemporary Indigenous art to appreciate, whether we’re showing a guest around campus, teaching a class gathered around it, or reflecting upon it with friends.”

Further details are available in the request for proposals, available on UNBC’s Aboriginal Resource Dati page.

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Erin Moure, one of Canada’s most eminent and respected poets and translators, is just one of the many writers who will take part in Wild Words North in Fort St. John in September.

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“Indigenous art is about celebrating Indigenous peoples, cultures, and contributions,” says Zoë Meletis, a faculty member on several committees that have been pushing for a new prominent piece of Indigenous art at UNBC. “Having Indigenous art is an amazing source of knowledge, history, representation, and inspiration.”

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ee populations are declining worldwide due to pesticides, climate change, and intensive agriculture practices. Besides honey production, bees have so many other important jobs in the world. Many food crops rely on pollinators such as bees to be able to produce. Almonds, cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, pears, apples, blueberries, red currants, and raspberries are just a few of these crops that would not be possible without bees.

Bees are remarkable insects. They have the ability to fly at speeds up to 25 kilometres per hour. When out collecting nectar from flowers, they are able to fly back to the colony with nectar weighing up to 90% of their body weight. This is comparable to a 200 pound person flying with 180 pounds of extra weight strapped onto their body!

Bees require a colony environment and social setting for survival. Bees work hard to protect their colony, even if it means death of an individual bee – such as what occurs following stinging in most instances. A typical bee colony is made up of one queen, worker bees, drones, and developing brood.

The queen bee has one job in the hive: to lay eggs. She is able to lay up to 1,500 eggs per day. The queen can live for up to four to five years in a healthy colony, although most people with domestic hives replace the queen every year or two.

The worker bees are responsible for all the work in the hive, which includes taking care of the developing brood, cleaning the hive, storing the honey, and foraging for nectar, pollen, water, and propolis. The average lifespan of a worker bee is four to six weeks during the spring to fall season. Most bees die out in the field at the end of their life.

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Over the winter in the hive, most bees survive the entire winter as long as the colony is healthy, otherwise loss of the whole colony is possible.

Drones are the male bees of the colony. Their sole purpose is to leave the colony to find another queen to have the existing colony’s genes passed on. They cannot collect nectar, sting or have any other duties in the hive.

Although many people avoid bees due to the potential of getting stung, others may want to create a beefriendly environment. Planting lupines, lavender, sweet clover, snap dragons, holly hock, sunflowers or poppies will attract bees and other pollinators.

Many people have taken an interest in honey production, and have one or several honey producing hives. Before becoming a beekeeper (also known as apiarist), a large amount of knowledge is required to keep a successful hive.

Overwintering, disease control and proper nutrition are a few aspects that can be challenging for a new beekeeper.

With the proper tools and knowledge, a thriving hive and successful honey crop is possible year after year!

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Temerarious Tabias

Brace Face NORMA RRAE Tabias was told all his adult teeth had come in.

“But there’s still a baby tooth left,” the dentist explained. That mischievous little tooth crowded his adult teeth and now he needed braces. The dreadful ‘B’ word so many classmates had fallen victim to; Joey got braces and the kid never smiled again, giving away his Halloween candy on with tearful eyes.

“Dad, I can’t get braces,” Tabias said, pleading. “I’ll have even less than my half friend now.”

The complaints didn’t stop the metal gear from going into his mouth. His lips stretched too far and his tongue was dry and scratchy.

The dentist gave him a piece of paper. It said: “Don’t eat anything sticky, crunchy or chewy. No gum, licorice, candy, toffee or melty cheese.

No gobstoppers, carrots, apples or candy coated peanuts. No popcorn, pretzels or potato chips. Nothing too sugary, like candy or otherwise tasty.”

Tabias crumpled the paper and threw it into the trash. He thought he heard a muffled sound as the lid dropped but he was already out the door.

The dentist hollering about soup and soggy toast behind him.

Of course, the first day back to school it happened.

The cute girl sitting next to him at lunch offered to trade fruit snacks for his saltine crackers.

“No thanks,” he replied without showing his new gear.

She shrugged but suddenly she smelled like fruit snacks: Sweet, chewy, juicy candy, artificially flavoured like strawberries and blueberries.

Tabias inched closer and

basked in the scent. She moved away but he moved with her.

“Weirdo,” she snarled and got up, leaving Tabias alone with his plain old crackers.

At recess, a teacher walked past Tabias with a bag full of licorice nibs, handing them out to children who asked politely, or cleaned the playground voluntarily.

The air was filled with the smell of his classmates eating sweets. Licorice, red fat candies, sweet yet slightly stale blue whales.

Tabias could smell every treat he imagined.

He grinned. His braces glinted in the sun, and somewhere a ball fell from someone’s hand.

“Look at those teeth...” It came as a whisper at first before the kids of the playground burst into cheers.

Tabias smiled his silver toothy smile and a girl blushed next to him. Another fainted, and the teacher took a picture.

“That’s yearbook worthy, right there.”

The teacher gave Tabias a handful of soft taffy. The girl who blushed took his hand and they walked into the school.

Norma Rrae is an author based in Fort St. John. Read more of her works at notmewriting.com.

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Controlling Daughter-In-Law Dear Annie: The problem is not with our son, but his wife.

They dated in high school and college, and she was friendly and nice to us during those periods, visiting us quite often. They were married after living together for more than five years, and during that time we had good relations with them. They would visit us once a week.

My son and daughter-in-law SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) are well-educated, and they now Travel for pleasure will delight have two young daughters, ages 6 you today. You also might strike and 3. The girls are very attached up a romantic relationship to us. But our daughter-in-law with someone who is different controls the girls and they rarely or perhaps from another visit us.

background.

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When they do visit, their mother won’t let the kids out of her sight. The other day, my wife showed the children the strawberries that had grown in our backyard. Their mother immediately told them not to eat them, even though my wife had said they would be washed. Their mother said no.

We helped our son and his wife financially to buy their house. They live around 10 minutes’ drive from our house. Yet we go to their house only two times a year to attend our granddaughPISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) ters’ birthdays. Otherwise, they This is an upbeat day at work never invite us. Being in our 60s, for you. Work-related travel will we are not young. It seems odd, please you. You might see ways but even when we want to babyto make your work station sit, she refuses to have them stay

more attractive.

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

with us. Yet her parents babysit all the time.

When he is alone with us, our son is happy to chat, but once she arrives, he becomes a totally changed person -- as if he is her puppy.

Once a week, we insist that our son have lunch with us at a restaurant during his lunch break from work. But if we bring up any issues involving his wife’s attitude toward us or our grandchildren, he gets very mad, so we don’t even discuss it.

We have another son and we have no problems; he and his wife let my wife babysit, and we meet with them often.

We are sad about the son whose wife has become unfriendly, and we are turning to you for advice. -- Questioning Grandparents Dear Questioning Grandparents: Keeping your grandchildren away from you and your husband not only hurts you, but it also hurts the children. Grandparents can provide security and wisdom

to their grandchildren. They can tell them stories of what their dad was like when he was their age. Kids always get a kick out of that. It is understandable that you crave a loving relationship with them. Grandkids can help grandparents to stay mentally sharp and stave off depression or loneliness.

Your daughter-in-law seems to be a controlling person, and that is creating problems for your relationship with your and for your son. So continue to tread lightly and appreciate the time you get with your son and his children, however limited it is. Also, watch that you don’t try to control your own son by saying “we insist” that he have lunch with you once a week.

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2019 World Invitational Gold Panning Championships results Results from the 47th annual World Invitational Gold Panning Championships held Aug. 2 to 4, 2019, at Peace Island Park in Taylor.

3. MP Bob Zimmer 4. Matt Preprost 5. Dan Davies 6. Dillon Giancola 7. Tristan Hynes 8. Lori Ackerman 9. Muna Saeed 10. Rob Brown

Class A: 1. Michael Gunderson 2. Barry Scott 3. Trina Barrette 4. Scott Rea 5. Brenda Gejdos 6. John Novak 7. Kelly Gejdos 8. Becky Scott 9. Mike Barrette 10. Matt Ruddell 11. Alicia Scott 12. Crystal McNaughton 13. Megan Giebelhaus 14. Garrett Gejdos 15. Chris Kuchmak 16. Rob Fraser 17. Rod Scott 18. Kimberley McKillop 19. Cameron Argo 20. Len Novak Fine: Scott Rae (15 of 15 gold flakes in 124.52 seconds) Skill: Scott Rae (5 of 5 gold flakes in 83.45 seconds) Speed: Barry Scott (gold nugget found in 10 seconds) Most Sportsmanlike: Becky Scott Class B: 1. Rob Fraser 2. Mike Barrette 3. Andrew Enns 4. John McNaughton 5. Seamus Power 6. Donna Finnie 7. Andrew Barrette 8. Lexi Rea T9. Shelby Vandenberg, Sheena Taillefer, Lloyd Finnie, Gilbert Hull

Claimstaking adult: 1. Chris Kuchmak 2. Heather McAleney 3. Trina Barrette

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Blake Brown from Dawson Creek (centre) won the World Invitational Gold Panning celebrity/media challenge championship trophy, Aug. 3, 2019. She beat out nine others, including Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser and MP Bob Zimmer.

Other participants included Andrew Barrette, Cameron Argo, Trevor Schoenenberger, Wayne Shoenenberger, Barry Scott, Laura Lee Schoenenberger, Rod Scott, Sheldon Wardill, Agatha Fehr, Lloyd Finnie, Terri Schoenenberger, Mike Barrette, Tammy Argo.

Juvenile claimstaking:

Fine: Rob Fraser (13 of 15 gold flakes in 391.19 seconds) Skill: Rob Fraser (5 of 5 flakes in 148.83 seconds) Speed: Mike Barrette (gold nugget found in 19.82 seconds) Class C ADULT: 1.

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Lexi Rea Jennifer Finnie Hunter Smiley Kenis Vandenberg Riley Enns Reba Vandenberg

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Other competitors included Chris Kuchmak, Dorri Larstone, Brenda Gejdos, Lloyd Finnie, Donna Finnie, Rod Scott, Ryan Benson.

Metal detecting juvenile: 1. Hunter Smiley

1. Mataya Howells 2. Payton Huk 3. Seth Giesbrecht

1. Chris Kuchmak 2. Rob Fraser 3. Michael Gunderson

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Tim Zimmer wins Western Canadian Rugby Championship DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

Tim Zimmer’s rise to the top of the youth rugby world is complete, or at least it feels that way. By winning the 2019 U18 Western Canadian Rugby Championship as a starter on the B.C. U18 team on August 4 in Regina, just two years after he began playing the game, Zimmer showed what can be achieved if you’re willing to set your mind to something and put in the work.

“To represent Fort St. John and win the Western Canadian Championship is an honour. It always

feels good winning a championships, but to have two this year is an even greater feeling,” Zimmer said. He won the 2019 Peace Country High School Championship with NPSS earlier this year.

To say the B.C. U18 team dominated the tournament would be an understatement. They went 4-0, allowing just five points (all in the final), to go with three shutouts.

They opened the tournament with a 46-0 shellacking of Manitoba on August 1, before narrowly beating the tough Alberta White team 7-0 that same

day.

“Our second game was a bit of an eye-opener for us. Alberta White is a good team, but we know we had to do better and score more points,” Zimmer said.

In the semifinal, Zimmer and his team squared off the B.C. U17 team. In the 2018 tournament, as a member of the B.C. U17 team, Zimmer lost to the B.C. U18 team by five points in the final. This year, on the senior squad, Zimmer’s team won 46-0.

“We had a much better team, and absolutely blew them out. It just shows how good the skill was on our team and the experience we

had,” Zimmer said.

In the final, on August 4, the B.C. U18s took on the other and higher-ranked Alberta team, Alberta Black.

“We fell behind 5-0 about five minutes in. They came out strong and kicked our rear-ends, but from there we turned it around and took it to them the rest of the game,” said Zimmer.

The final score was 19-5 for B.C. Zimmer said they showed the other teams what B.C. Rugby was all about.

“We never quit, we can win in any fashion, and always keep playing regardless of the score.”

Fort St. John runners survive Canadian Death Race DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

All Laurie Cardinal wanted to do at this year’s Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache August 3 and 4 was to finish in under 24 hours. Not only did Cardinal do just that, but she shaved 94 minutes off her time from 2018, finishing in 23 hours and 28 minutes.

“I was so close last year (24 hours, two minutes), but to take off more than an hour and a half this year is beyond anything I ever expected,” said Cardinal.

Her accomplishment was a year in the making, as she trained extensively since the 2018 Death Race.

The Canadian Death Race is a 125-kilometre ultramarathon in Grande Cache, Alberta. By finishing in under 24 hours, Cardinal goes down as an official finisher of the race and received an official Death Race medal, something she didn’t get a year ago.

“I changed up my training this year, spending a lot more time in the hills, and doing the longest distance possible whenever I would enter a race,” Cardinal said.

Another thing she focused on was mental training.

“I focused on my self confidence, keeping my mind clear, and accepting myself as I am. It makes a huge difference, just being

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Cardinal needed that persistence as this year’s race saw extreme conditions that pushed the runners to the limit.

“The conditions were nasty, with every weathertype possible. There were two downpours of rain, with heat pockets in between.

There were 65km/hr winds at the top of the largest summit blowing sideways, and muddy slopes on the hills. There was even wildlife, a cougar followed a group of runners and growled at them, so that was something we had to deal with as well,” she said.

Cardinal wasn’t the only runner from Fort St. John in the mix. Phillip Phelan ran a remarkable time of 18 hours and 16 seconds, good for 44th overall.

Jayme Morrison was 82nd with a time of 20:13:54.

Father and son duo Steve and Dan Toews finished the 42km Near Death Marathon in 6 hours and 38 minutes to finish 35th and 36th, respectively.

In the 125km team relay race, the All the Right Places team of Nicki Haugan, Bailey Haugan, Rachel Fell, Joanna Esau, and Jackie Miranda were the third fastest ladies team with a time of 17:35:56, and 43rd place of all teams.

very once in a while,a weekend comes along where I get to try my hand at several new sports.

It’s very exciting and fun, unless I do poorly, which, unfortunately, is most of the time.

The August long weekend was the latest, and it started off with me testing my luck at the 2019 Celebrity Gold Panning Challenge at the Taylor World Invitational Gold Panning Championships.

You may recall I took part last year, when I came in 10th place. I was sure that 2019 would bring a different result, and a podium finish. I had a new technique — carefully scrape away the top layer of gravel and sand, advice given to me by editor Matt Preprost — and newfound speed.

The competition began and I furiously washed the water around my pan, scraping the top off as fast as I could to find my golden nugget.

“Gold!” cried the winner, just 60 seconds in. That winner was not me.

Instead, it was six-year old Blake Brown. That’s right, I lost to a six-year old. Now, I wasn’t the only adult to lose to a six-year old that day, but I was the only one to come in sixth place.

Sixth sounds almost respectable, if you leave out the fact that it took me two different sessions to find my gold.

So, three sessions over two years and I’ve only found gold once. I have no choice but to conclude that I’m not good and will never be good at gold panning.

I am, however, still pretty good at tennis. Tennis isn’t new to me — I’ve been playing most of my life — but this was my first time playing in three years. I started off badly — doublefaulting on soft serves into the net and getting killed repeatedly on short balls at the net.

However, they don’t call me Dillon “Federer” Giancola because of my good looks. I stormed back, found a hard and consistent first serve, and made steady shots to place the pressure on my opponent, who made unforced error after unforced error.

I did so well, I even had four match points. Did I win? Heck no. I wasted those match points like Roger Federer did in the Wimbledon final last month against Novak Djokovic — but, I regained my confidence in my tennis skills, and am available to be challenged any day for the rest of the summer.

Lastly, I went fishing for what felt like the first time in 15 years. I still didn’t catch a fish (much like gold panning), but I did eventually find the entrance to Boulder Lake. It took about an hour, and plenty of debate about where it could be with two other parties who were also lost and searching for the lake, but we found it.

It wasn’t what I hoped for, but it was a win of sorts. Considering how my weekend had gone up to that point, that was just fine by me.

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Aiden Craig-Steele struggles at Canadian Amateurs dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Aiden Craig-Steele, seen here golfing in the 2019 Lone Wolf Classic, was seven strokes back of the lead at the Canadian Amateur Championship after the first round.

Aiden Craig-Steele started strong at the 2019 Canadian Amateur Golf Championships in Hammond’s Plains, Nova Scotia, on August 5. Unfortunately, his hot start didn’t carry over to round two.

He turned in a round of 74 in round one to sit at +4 for the day, tied for 36th and seven strokes back of leader Johnny Travale.

That’s pretty impressive, considering Craig-Steele finished tied for 36th at the B.C. Amateur Championship on July 12 just to qualify for the Canadian Amateur.

However, he struggled in round two, shooting a 16-over-88 to slip into a tie for 192nd place. He didn’t make the cut.

“My goal at the B.C. Amateur was just to make the cut, and I did that,” Craig-Steele said.

Craig-Steele didn’t set an expectation for the Canadian Amateurs at the start of

the tournament, and was just hoping to play solid golf and put up a good score.

“I’m pretty excited, but I’m not sure what I expect from myself. I just want to play well,” he said prior to the tournament.

Craig Steele took the provincial tournament much more seriously this year, practicing and preparing before and after the tournament in a way that he didn’t for the 2017 tournament.

He began the B.C. tournament with an even-par 72, but struggled the next day, shooting a 78. He rebounded in the last two days and was happy wtih the 74 and 76 he shot.

“I’m still getting used to playing in these tournaments, my heart was pounding each time I stepped up to hit the ball. The more I play at these big tournaments the better I’ll get,” said Craig-Steele.

The 115th Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship takes place at Glen Arbour Golf Club. The tournament features four rounds, and runs until August 8.

Pro Tips

How to practice and improve your golf game

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ith a short golf season and a busy summer, most people have a hard time finding the time to hit the driving range or short-game area to practice. The odd time golfers do find spare time they want to hit the course instead of the practice area.

But for those who want to take some time to improve, here are a few things you can do to get over that plateau and get your handicap down.

First and foremost, practicing on the range is important because you are able to hit a high number of shots in a short time. On the golf course, even the best golfers will hit 70 to 80 shots in four to five hours. On the range, you can hit 80 shots in half an hour. So, even though it may not be as enjoyable to go to the range, it will help lower your scores and enjoy the game when you to play.

Once you find the time to head out

Ryan Galay to practice, it’s important to think things through on what you’re trying to accomplish. Too many people are guilty of going to the range, pulling out their favourite club and only hitting that club for their entire practice session. When you get to the range, it’s important to start with your wedges and shorter irons, and then move into the longer irons and woods.

When you start to practice, make sure you hit each shot with intent; pick a target and try to execute a shot. Just standing on the range and hitting balls

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down the middle makes it hard to tell if you’re missing where you are lined up.

To take it a step further, make sure you do some research or ask your local PGA of Canada Professional for drills you can do when you’re at the range.

After the range, it’s important to spend time at the short game practice area. When you head to the short game area, start with hitting different chip shots at different holes. Don’t get in the habit of hitting the same chip shot every time or too many in a row.

Although this gets you in a rhythm, you don’t get practice hitting new shots in new situations.

After chipping, spend some time putting. There are a number of drills or games you can play to keep it fun.

My favourite drill is the ladder drill.

In this drill, you set up tees at threefoot intervals. Every time you make a putt, you move one rung back on

the ladder; if you miss short or more than three feet past the hole, go back to the very first rung. Once you make it through all the rungs on the ladder, the drill’s over.

One other good habit most golfers don’t take part in is warming up before heading to the course. When warming up, it’s important to start with short irons, moving to your longer irons and woods. Instead of hitting every club, use even clubs one day and odd clubs the next to make sure they wear more evenly.

Once you feel ready to hit the course, pull the club you will hit on the first tee and visualize the shot you want to hit. Keep hitting balls until you hit the shot you want to hit off the first tee. Once you hit that perfect shot, it’s time to head to the first tee to start your round.

See you at the range!

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

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Last Week in Pro Golf

The FedEx Cup Playoffs and the $15 million bonus that goes with it begin in the shadows of the Statue of Liberty The Northern Trust is held this week at the Liberty National Golf Club. Adam Scott was the winner of the Northern Trust when it was last at Liberty National in 2013. The course has the best skyline in sports with views of downtown New York City and the Statue of Liberty. Last year, Bryson DeChambeau opened the FedEx Cup Playoffs with a big win at Ridgewood Country Club.

Some big names among notable golfers to miss the FedEx Cup Playoffs The season-long race for the FedEx Cup began last October at the Safeway Open and ended on Sunday with J.T. Poston’s win at the Wyndham Championship. The top 125 in points for the season have qualified for The Northern Trust, but there are a handful of notable names who won’t be playing for the ultimate $15 million prize. Martin Trainer, who won the Puerto Rico Open in February. Jim Herman, who won the Barbasol Championship in July. Zack Sucher, whose second-place finish in the Travelers provided a long-awaited financial windfall. Adam Svensson, the only golfer on Tour to post a 61 twice this season.

Zach Johnson, winner of the 2007 Masters and 2015 British Open. Martin Kaymer, winner of the 2010 PGA Championship and 2014 U.S. Open. Jason Dufner, winner of the 2013 PGA Championship. Jimmy Walker, winner of the 2016 PGA Championship.

J.T. Poston won the Wyndham Championship

J.T. Poston won for the first time on the PGA Tour with a bogey-free tournament, capturing the Wyndham Championship Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club. Poston’s finalround 8-under 62 gave him a one-shot victory, finishing at 22-under 258 for the tournament.

The last time a player won a PGA Tour event without a bogey was Lee Trevino in 1974 in New Orleans. Past tournament champion Webb Simpson shot 65 for second place for the second year in a row.

Lessons from the Golf Pro

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We are used to practicing shots from the fairway, sand or rough to try things on different surfaces, but one of the areas that most golfers have little to no practice on is some hard pan.

Hard pan refers to a path of rock-hard ground where there is no grass for the ball to prop up on. This shot is very difficult because we try to be too cute and the predominant shot is skulled and runs forever. To play the shot correctly, a sand or pitching wedge is the club of choice according to the trajectory you desire. The trajectory is solely determined by the position of the ball in your stance. For a high soft shot, place the ball forward. A standard pitch requires the ball in the center of the stance. If you are looking to hit a low, running shot, place the ball back in your stance.

Through Aug. 4, 2019

Course Stats Yards: 7,370 Par: 71 18-hole record: 61 72-hole record: 261 Defending champion: Bryson DeChambeau

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Pro Golf Trivia Which golfer leads the PGA Tour this season in strokes gained off the tee? a) Dustin Johnson b) Jon Rahm

c) Bubba Watson d) Rory McIlroy

Answer: d) Rory McIlroy

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Tournament Results Player Score Earnings 1. J.T. Poston -22 $1,116,000 2. Webb Simpson -21 $669,600 3. Byeong-Hun An -20 $421,600

1) Brooks Koepka 2,887 pts. / 8 top tens

2) Rory McIlroy 2,315 pts. / 12 top tens

3) Matt Kuchar 2,313 pts. / 8 top tens

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Player Points 4) Xander Schauffele 1,858 5) Gary Woodland 1,795 6) Patrick Cantlay 1,730 7) Dustin Johnson 1,686 8) Paul Casey 1,629 9) Webb Simpson 1,619 10) Jon Rahm 1,447

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John Stokes wins IMCA Invitational, Taylor Speedway Season Championship The Taylor Speedway held the IMCA Modified Invitational August 2 to 4, its season finale.

John Stokes won the main event, and won the IMCA season points title as well. The other season champions crowned were Matt Burdock in the bomber division, Jamie Legal in the mini adults division, and Cody Willis for the mini juniors.

Here are the results:

Mini Juniors 1. Cody Willis 2. Eddie Scarfo 3. Meagan Davis

Mini Sprints 1. Carissa Elliott 2. Tyson LeClerc 3. Colton Beaumont

Mini Adults 1. Rich Hildebrand 2. Dave Harrison 3. John Ramsey

Mini Juniors 1. Cody Willis 2. Eddie Scarfo 3. Meagan Davis

Bombers 1. Matt Burdock 2. Dylan Beaumont 3. Clint Mason

Mini Adults 1. John Ramsey 2. Jamie Legal 3. Justin Legosse

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Friday

IMCA Modified 1. John Stokes 2. Johnny Beaumont 3. BJ Clarke 4. Chad Roode

Bombers 1. Dave Rounds 2. Matt Burdock 3. Devon Beebe

IMCA Modified 1. Johnny Beaumont 2. Gord Beaumont 3. Brian Roode 4. John Stokes

2. John Stokes 3. BJ Clarke 4. Chad Roode Mini Sprints 1. Tyson LeClrec 2. Alyssa Elliott 3. Carissa Elliott Mini Juniors 1. Cody Willis 2. Chase Skoreyko 3. Anthony Seguin Mini Adults 1. Rich Hildebrand 2. Jeremy LaFountain 3. John Ramsey Bombers 1. Devon Beebe 2. Russell Duncan 3. Clint Mason

Sunday IMCA Modified 1. Brian Roode

NPHL denis La Crete team’s bid to join

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Fort St. John driver John Stokes (right) poses with Taylor Speedway President Kelly Hildebrand after winning the IMCA Modified Invitational on August 4, 2019.

Premier’s Award nominations

The NPHL executive and its team’s held a conference call on July 30 to determine whether or not to accept a bid to join the league by a team from La Crete. At the end of the call, the league held a secret vote, and the majority of the votes were against the team joining.

The La Crete team was informed on August 1 that their request had been denied. NPHL President Jack McAvoy told the La Crete President Ryan Becker that “travel was the concern most teams cited.”

While the amount of votes for and against the bid is unknown, the NPHL said in a press release that there was enough interest from teams to warrant a conference call and a vote.

The trip to La Crete would take more than six hours for some teams, such as the Fort St. John Flyers and Dawson Creek Senior Canucks.

Do you know an indigenous athlete who deserves to be recognized for their sporting ability?

The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Council (ISPARC), along with B.C., is accepting nominations for the 2019 Premier’s Award for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport.

The award celebrates “the outstanding achievements of Indigenous athletes who excel in performance sport and who are using their experiences in sport to shape their future,” ISPARC said in a news release. It is open to First Nations, Metis and Inuit

athletes under 25 years of age who show strong leadership through sport, are role models on and off the field, and are pursuing higher education.

Nominations must be submitted by September 19, 2019 at 5 p.m. PST. For nomination forms, go to aboriginalsportbc.com.

There will be 36 regional awards handed out around the province. Of those 36 athletes, 10 will be selected to receive the provincial award, and will be invited to Kamloops on March 16, 2020 to attend the Gathering Our Voices: Indigenous Youth Leadership Training opening ceremony.

Faceoff with friends tourney rescheduled The first annual Faceoff With Friends Ball Hockey Tournament has been rescheduled for September 21. The tournament, put on by Fort St. John Minor Hockey, was originally scheduled for August 17.

This tournament takes the place of the former Youth Ball Hockey Tournament, which was held inside the Centre the last five years. In the case of poor weather, the tournament will be held inside the Centre.

One key difference of this tournament compared to the youth one is that there is both a youth (9-13) and adult (14+) division.

To register, call 250-785-4592. Proceeds from the tournament are going towards the North Peace Family Superpark.

PRO RACING THIS WEEK Racing g News,, Stats & Trivia Race Preview

Location: Brooklyn, Mich.

Date: Sunday, Aug. 11, 3:00 p.m.

Last Year’s Pole: Denny Hamlin - 202.794 mph.

Last Year’s Winner: Kevin Harvick

Michigan International Speedway hosts some of America’s best racing action on its 1,400-plus acres in the scenic Irish Hills.

The raceway has 18 degree banking and 73-foot wide sweeping turns on a two-mile speedway. The wide corners often feature three distinct grooves which allows for t exciting racing. In 2005, the seating capacity was increased to accommodate 137,243 w fans.

Races at Michigan often come down f to t fuel mileage battles as the long green flag runs make pit strategy critical to finding f victory lane. David Pearson heads the allv time victory list at Michigan with nine wins. t Last week’s winner, Chase Elliott, finished 9th in last year’s race.

Michigan International Speedway

Shape: D-shaped oval Distance: 2.0 miles Turns / Front / Back: 18º / 12º / 5º

Last Weekend’s Race: Chase Elliott won at Watkins Glen Chase Elliott put an emphatic end to his summer-long struggle, making a statement with a dominating win on the road course at Watkins Glen International. A year after racing to his first career NASCAR Cup victory at The Glen, Elliott won a second time in the No. 9 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday, besting Martin Truex Jr. just as he did a year ago. “I think it’s huge,” Elliott said after his fifth career win. “We’ve had fast cars at times, but one thing or another ended up for a bad weekend. The way we did it was the biggest thing.”

Chase Elliott Born: Nov. 28, 1995 Crew Chief: Alan Gustafson Car: Chevrolet

Year 2019 2018

Wins 2 3

Top 10s 8 21

Avg. Finish 14.3 12.2

2019 Standings Cup Series Top Ten Drivers 1) Kyle Busch 2) Joey Logano 3) Kevin Harvick 4) Denny Hamlin 5) Martin Truex, Jr. 6) Brad Keselowski 7) Kurt Busch 8) Chase Elliott 9) Aric Almirola 10) Ryan Blaney

Points 851 838 777 771 753 728 679 676 640 633

Xfinity Series Top Ten Top 10s 18 14 14 14 14 12 12 8 10 10

Drivers 1) Tyler Reddick 2) Christopher Bell 3) Cole Custer 4) Justin Allgaier 5) Austin Cindric 6) Noah Gragson 7) Chase Briscoe 8) Michael Annett 9) Justin Haley 10) John Hunter Nemechek

Points 857 811 760 704 650 629 625 600 594 573

Top 10s 17 14 13 12 14 12 15 14 14 11

AJ Allmendinger disqualified from second place at Watkins Glen NASCAR officials disqualified the second-finishing Kaulig Racing No. 10 Chevrolet of AJ Allmendinger for a technical violation after Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International. Allmendinger had led a race-high 24 of 82 laps in the Zippo 200, crossing the finish line 1.168 seconds behind first-time winner Austin Cindric on the 2.45-mile course. The Kaulig Racing entry was found to be too low on both the right-rear and leftrear corners in post-race inspection, dropping Allmendinger to a last-place result in the 37-car field. Xfinity Series director Wayne Auton said that the No. 10 car was inspected for damage in post-race inspection. He also added that the Matt Kaulig-owned organization has until noon Monday to file an appeal.

Allmendinger, a former regular in the Monster Energy Series, has returned to NASCAR competition this season on a partial schedule in the Xfinity Series.

Both of his starts thus far, however, have resulted in disqualifications. Officials threw out Allmendinger’s apparent thirdplace finish at Daytona International Speedway in July, demoting him to last place. Auton said that the Kaulig team’s second offense would not necessarily result in a stiffer penalty. “No, we’ll obviously talk about it, but whenever you get DQ-d, I think that’s a pretty big penalty in itself,” Auton said. “So we consider this race closed now. The other cars have passed inspection.”

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2019 Doig River Rodeo results Doig River First Nation held its annual rodeo on August 3 and 4.

Here are the results from each day of competition.

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Above: Tyrel Roberts gets set to rope his calf at the tie down roping event at the Doig River Rodeo on August 3, 2019. Below: Brady Thurston hangs on to clock in a saddle bronc run at the Doig River Rodeo.

Saturday

Sunday

Ranch Rough Stock 1. Ty Jones 2. David Thompson 3. Colton Lepine

Ranch Rough Stock 1. Fred Jansen T2. Leeland Spence T2. Ty Jones

Saddle Bronc 1. Justin Harrell 2. Colton Crook 3. Chance Bolin

Saddle Bronc 1. Colton Crook 2. Brady Thurston 3. Tyrel Roberts

Tie Down Roping 1. Tyrel Roberts 2. Brady Thurston 3. Wyatte Copeland

Tie Down Roping 1. Ingram Pederson 2. Mac Leask Jr. 3. Ben Jackson

Bareback Riding 1. Steve Hohmann 2. Ralph Achla

Mini Broncs 1. Virgil Pale 2. Trace Lizotte

Mini Broncs 1. Virgil Paley

Steer Wrestling 1. Wade Roverts 2. Brady Thurston

Steer Wrestling 1. Justin Harrell 2. Colton Crook 3. Chance Bolin Breakaway Roping 1. Kelsey Drinkall 2. Alicia Copeland 3. Kate White Peewee Barrel Racing 1. Hanna Leitch 2. Cali Schippman 3. Virgil Paley Junior Barrel Racing 1. Brittany Ollenberger 2. Gracie Chapple 3. Julia Woods Ladies Barrel Racing 1. Frankie Harrell 2. Fallyn Mills 3. Nicole Guard Team Roping 1. Chad Cooper/ Tyrel Roberts 2. Dusty Johnson/ Kolton Johnson 3. Darryl Mills/ Fallyn Mills

Local cowboys ready for Dawson Creek

Junior Breakaway Roping 1. Chad Cooper

The Finning Canadian Pro Tour comes to Dawson Creek this weekend, August 9 to 11, for the 2019 Dawson Creek Stampede.

Four local cowboys will be competing for a large sum of cash and to rise up the Canadian rankings.

Fort St. John’s Jacob Gardner is currently third in bull riding, and having an excellent season. He tied for fourth place at the Frog Lake rodeo on

Junior Bull Riding 1. Storm Noskye

August 4, taking home $834.78 and 90 Canadian tour points.

The 2018 steer wrestling tour champion, Stephen Culling, is currently ninth in the standings. Clayton Moore of Pouce Coupe is one spot ahead of him.

Hudson’s Hope’s Jake Watson currently sits in 11th spot in saddle bronc.

— Dillon Giancola

Bull Riding 1. Desmond Lambert Ladies Undecorating 1. Jennifer Pederson 2. Kelsey Drinkall 3. Lara Kelly

Breakaway Roping 1. Shinelle Cooper 2. Frankie Harrell 3. Alicia Copeland Junior Steer Riding 1. Jeffrey Murray Peewee Barrel Racing 1. Calli Schippman 2. Hanna Leitch 3. Virgil Paley Junnior Barrel Racing 1. Brittany Ollenberger 2. Gracie Chapple 3. Trace Lizotte Ladies Barrel Racing 1. Lara Kelly 2. Nicole Guard 3. Kim Babcock Team Roping 1. Danny Moore/ Ben JAckson 2. Carson Johnson/ Dusty Johnson 3. Jerry Lalonde/ Lara Kelly Junior Breakaway 1. Chad Cooper 2. Carson Johnson 3. Carson Gunderson Bull Riding 1. Wyatt Howes 2. Chris Harris Ladies Undecorating 1. Shinelle Cooper 2. Jennifer Pederson 3. Alexia Copeland

2019 Blueberry River Rodeo results Blueberry River First Nations held the 2019 Blueberry River Rodeo from July 27 to 28. Despite the rain on Saturday, the rodeo went ahead smoothly with two exciting days of riding and roping with local and provincial competition.

Below are the buckle winners of each went (best weekend score), and the payouts given for each event over the two days.

Bull Riding Chris Meshue - 141 points (68, 73) Chris Meshue - $2,450 (1,4) Desmond Lambert - $782 (1) Eric O’Flynn - $598 (2) Team Roping Header - Ken Babcock - 42.40 Heeler - Mick Collett - 68.30 Keaton/ Mick Collett - $544 each (1) Ken Babcock/ Mick Collett - $528 (2,5)

Buckle Winners and Payouts Bareback Riding Christoph Muigg - 145 points (71, 74) Christoph Muigg - $1,122 (2,1) Jared Marshall - $834 (1,3) Keifer Larson - $774 (3,2) dillon giancola, supplied photos

Above: Charlie Park, during the breakaway roping competition at the Blueberry River Rodeo on July 28, 2019. Park finished in fifth place. Below: Christoph Muigg receives the buckle for bareback champion from Randy Yahey on July 28, 2019.

Tie Down Roping Ingram Pederson - 31.1 seconds, $1,400 Saddle Bronc Colton Crook - 136 points (71, 65) Colton Crook - $1,119 (1,2) Brady Thurston - $663 (1) Christoph Muigg - $633.75 (2,4) Steer Wrestling Tyler Pederson Breakaway Roping Keaton Collett - 10.4 seconds (4.6, 5.8) Keaton Collett - $770 (1,4) Fallyn Mills - $595 (1) Lara Kelly - $910 (2,2) Barrel Racing Fallyn Mills - 35.513 seconds Joleen Seitz - $799 (1 Lara Kelly - $611 (2, Fallyn Mills - $1,021 (3,2)

Jr. Steer Riding Gordie Lambert Jr. - 138 points (75, 63) Gordie Lambert Jr. - $560 (1 Issac Gordon - $455 (2,1) Clay Gordon - $325 (3,2) Jr. Bull Riding Gordie Lambert Jr. - 77 Gordie Lambert Jr. - $346.80 (1) Issac Gordon - $265.20 (2) Kurt Kipling - $346.80 (1) Jr. Barrels Molli English - 37.508 (18.36, 19.142) Molli English - $694 (1,1) Hailey Forrester - $299 (2,4) Ranch Bronc Riding Josh Thiessen - 149 (76, 73) Justin Bovee - $663 (1) Josh Thiessen - $1,153 (2,1) Fred Jensen - $541 (3,4) Sid Wager - $613 (4,2) Peewee Barrels Cali Shippman - 39.778 (20.815, 18.963)

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Above: Ronan Cullen of Fort St. John suited up for the Grande Prairie Reds at the Baseball Alberta AA Tier 1 Provincials in Provost, August 2 to 4, while Dillon Neufeld and Kalen Hynes (below, left to right) were in Edmonton to play in the AA Tier 3 Provincials with the Jasper Place Jays. Their team finished in fourth place.

Fort St. John Huskies 2019-20 schedule released The Fort St. John Huskies will begin their quest for a third-straight NWJHL championship when the 2019-20 season opens on Friday, September 20. The Huskies will play the Kings in Grande Prairie on opening night.

The first game of the rivalry between the

Huskies and Canucks is Fort St. John’s second game of the season, in Dawson Creek on Friday, September 27.

The following night, September 28, the Huskies’ play their home opener against Sexsmith at 8 p.m.

— Dillon Giancola

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Wyatte Copeland tries to rope the heel of the calf after Andy Copeland successfully roped the head in the team roping competition at the Doig River Rodeo on August 3, 2019.

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Laurie Cardinal, at the end of the second leg of the 2019 Canadian Death Race on August 3. She would finish the 125km race early in the morning on August 4 with a time of 22 hours and 28 minutes, beating the cut-off time of 24 hours.

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Ben Jackson ropes his calf during the tie down event at the 2019 Canadian High School Rodeo Finals.

Jackson had an excellent finals, winning the Canadian All Around Cowboy title.

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David Johnson shifts his weight to keep from falling off his horse in the saddle bronc event at the Doig River Rodeo on August 3, 2019.

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Matt Burdock gives a big thumbs up after clinching the Taylor Speedway Bomber Division season points championship on August 4, 2019.

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The IMCA Modifieds roar to the start for the main event of the IMCA Invitational on August 4, 2019.

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Kolton Johnson hops off his horse after he ropes his calf in the tie down roping event at the Doig River Rodeo while his fellow competitors look on.

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South Peace Historical Society Meetings Third 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

BLASTERS. ROCK requires blasters for BC. Must have WSBC and BC Mines tickets. Travel to various locations is required. Industry best wages and benefits.

Please send resumes to resume@rcmi.ca

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TOPS 3907: Take Off Pounds Sensibly Meet Thursday mornings 9:30 am New Beginnings Baptist Church 10221-18th St. Phone Marge 780-8645205 for more info.

TOPS Evening Sessions Meet Thursday at 6:00 pm New Beginnings Baptist Church in DC, 10221-18th St Phone: Judy 250-782-9540 or Gail 250-782-7208 for more info.

General employment

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CommerCial

Vipond Controls Ltd. Instrument and Electrical Professional Vipond Controls Ltd. is in need of an experienced Instrumentation and Electrical Technician.

The ideal candidate will have dual instrumentation and electrical ticket and be a firm believer in the Red Seal Program. careers@vipondcontrols .ca www.vipondcontrols.ca

Trades Help BLASTERS. ROCK requires blasters for BC. Must have WSBC and BC Mines tickets. Travel to various locations is required. Industry best wages and benefits.

Please send resumes to resume@rcmi.ca DRILLERS. ROCK requires experienced Down Hole Drillers for work at a mine project in Ontario, Canada. Industry best wages, benefits, travel and camp accommodations.

Please send resumes to resume@rcmi.ca HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS. ROCK requires a Heavy Duty Mechanic for work at a mine project in Ontario, Canada.

The successful candidate must be experienced with hydraulic systems and CAT engines. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in Atlas Copco drills. Must have the ability to work independently and diagnose problems. Industry best wages, benefits, travel and camp accommodations.

Please send resumes to resume@rcmi.ca

Arctic Duct Cleaning, Furnace & duct cleaning, Chimney sweep. 250-787-7217 (FSJ)

ApArtments/ Condos for

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Li-Car Management Group

We have a variety of apartments, town homes, executive homes, and duplexes for rent. To apply for these,please email reception@licar.ca or visit our website at www.licar.ca

Phone: 250-785-2662

51421

For More Information jim@powderking.com • 1-866-769-5464

Skilled Help

MANUAL MACHINISTS. Certified and experienced. Required immediately in Fort St. John.

Relocation bonus, competitive wages. Large, busy shop servicing all industries. Email info@pnmi.ca. www.pnmi.ca.

R0011352381

2030 sq. ft Mountain Front Property 3 bedrooms 4 bathrooms

CommerCial

HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS. ROCK requires a Heavy Duty Mechanic for work at a mine project in Ontario, Canada.

The successful candidate must be experienced with hydraulic systems and CAT engines. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in Atlas Copco drills. Must have the ability to work independently and diagnose problems. Industry best wages, benefits, travel and camp accommodations.

Please send resumes to resume@rcmi.ca In-Home caregiver for Hire: To look after my 2 children; 7 year old girl and 6 year old boy.

Permanent, full time at a rate of $14/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.

Applicants may apply via email: joan24garcia@yahoo.

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ApArtments/ Condos for BIRCHVIEW MANOR Furnished and Unfurnished 1 Bedroom Suites. Adults Only, Senior Discount. Bus Stop at Front Door.

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Basement suites Furnished Basement Suite for Rent in Dawson Creek. Includes utilities/wi-fi/TV/laundry/private-entrance/parking. No Pets/Drugs. 250-7820001. Accept Short or Long Term.

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Trucks & Vans

For Sale: 17ft Edson Boat with 170HP Inboard Engine. Phone 780-356-3606 Cell: 780-978-0514

House for Rent September 4 in Baldonnel. Call Rick 250-789-3662

FOR SALE: 2008 Dodge Minivan. Phone: 250782-0001

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Request for Standing Offer No. 2019-10 SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES Issue date: July 29, 2019 Tender Packages Tender packages can be picked up at the District of Tumbler Ridge Town Hall, or by download from the District’s website: www.districtoftumblerridge.ca Closing Location Respondents may submit a Response by hand/courier delivery to: Aleen Torraville, Director of Corporate Services District of Tumbler Ridge 305 Iles Way Tumbler Ridge, BC V0C 2W0 Contact for Inquiries and Clarifications Doug Beale, Director of Operations and Infrastructure Phone: 250-257-1504 Email: dbeale@dtr.ca Closing Date and Time Responses must be received at the Town Hall Office no later than: 2:00 p.m. Local Time, Thursday, August 15, 2019

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9916-98 St., Fort St. John, BC

FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Peace Lutheran Church @ 1:30pm Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Reverend: Christopher Samson Sundays 1:30 p.m. ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 10:00 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 4:00 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 250-787-0089 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 ********** BAPTIST CHARLIE LAkE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 12731 244 B Road, Charlie Lake (1st left turn off the Alaska Hwy. past the Charlie Lake Store) 250-785-1723 office@charlielakechurch.com www.charlielakechurch.com Lead Pastor: Joshua Goetz Associate Pastor: Jared Braun Sunday Worship: 10:40 AM Sunday School during the service nursery-grade 6 ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Aruldhas Lucas, SAC Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjresurrectionchurch.com MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m.

Sunday - 10:00 a.m. oNLY OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 -12:00 noon & 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism.

MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 6 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: 10:00am ********** CoMMUNITY 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 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: 9:00am & 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: 9:00am, 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 The Plaza 8111 100th Ave fort St. John, BC Elder: Desmond Jones Phone: 250-785-8289 www.trinitycovenant.ca 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 Rev. Rick Marsh 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.