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THURSDAY, december 13, 2018 Vol. 75, No. 50

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Area seniors filled the seats at Taylor Hall for the Kin Club’s annual Seniors Supper on Friday, Dec. 7. There were 300 people served a delicious turkey and ham supper with all the fixin’s, along with a side of entertainment from local cowboy poets, dancers, and band students. It’s the kinship and sense of community that brings Taylor resident Ed Amendt back to the supper year after year. “Your circle of family gets a lot bigger,” Amendt said.

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Volunteers from a handful of local clubs and businesses started cooking at 7:30 a.m. to prepare the supper, and the food and desserts were generously donated

by Save-On Foods. Excited seniors were lining up to snag their seats 45 minutes before the doors opened, said organizer Teressa Cotton. The supper is one of the most anticipated events on the senior social calendar, and for many this is the only event they’re able to attend all year. “It’s a very big heart event,” Cotton said. “You have to be able to look at these faces and know what it means to them. Once you do this event, you never look back.”

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CLIMATE CHAOS: Is Fort St. John ready to handle the challenges presented by global warming? In a report published last week by the University of Waterloo, many Canadian municipalities are unprepared for climate change. I believe global warming could be a positive thing for the Peace Country economy. We’ll see thousands of Americans passing through, on their way to enjoy their vacations at the new summer resorts on the hot beaches of Alaska.

BALLET BULLETIN: Two hockey players with the Toronto Maple Leafs will dance on B.C. Average 126.9 stage with the National Ballet of Canada in The Nutcracker. Usually when we see the words “hockey” and “nutcracker” in the Alberta Average 99.7 same sentence, it’s a story about a player t St. John, BC - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada who got hurt when he was bodychecked.

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that’s bigger than the Aussie cow. His cow is 6 feet 5 inches tall. Personally, I believe these stories about huge cows are FAKE MOOS.

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RECALL REPORT: What’s the deal with all these contaminated food warnings? Recently we’ve seen contaminated romaine lettuce. Cucumbers are contaminated.

Captain Crunch cereal is contaminated.

Duncan Hines cake mix is contaminated.

Plus, somebody recently found traces of meat in a pack of hot dogs.

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invention: It’s a fake thermostat you guys can stick over the real thermostat. Your wife can adjust the fake thermostat all she likes.

RESCUE REPORT: Last week in Florida, a teenage boy was rescued from an abandoned bank vault before the air ran out.

No big deal. Teenage boys don’t need air to breathe. They prove this by using Axe Body Spray.

MEANWHILE IN SPACE: NASA says antibiotic resistant germs have been found on the space station toilet. OK, let’s be honest here: It’s not easy for a guy astronaut to aim at a toilet while he’s floating in zero-gravity.

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GIRLS AND BOYS: Next stop on our RUDOLPH REPORT: Rudolph the Red SABER SALE: Up for grabs at an auction news chewing tour is Colorado, where a Nosed Reindeer was voted the World’s Most in Hollywood later this month: The original kid named Alec Greven is a fourth grader. A Famous Animal Character. Let’s imagine if Manitoba Average 97.9 lightsaber used by Mark Hamill in the 1977 publisher has picked up a book young Alec the Rudolph story happened in 2018: Star Wars movie. It has an estimated value wrote titled, How To Talk To Girls. I guess it’s • Rudolph sues Santa for allowing the Ontario Average 103.3 of $200,000. Plus nine bucks for batteries. just a matter of time until a girl in the fourth reindeer to exclude him from their reindeer Home  Environment and natural resources  Weather information  Weathergrade  Local forecasts  British Columbia writes a book titled, How To Hang Out games; MATTHEW MEMO: Also in Hollywood, With Boys Without Catching Cooties.

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Expanded cultural camps and tribal park, new housing and retail developments — they’re all part of an ambitious legacy plan for Doig River First Nation as it winds down treaty land negotiations with the federal and provincial governments.

The nation held an open house in Fort St. John on Wednesday, highlighting its plans for some 20,000 acres of land it’s selected as part of an outstanding land debt Canada still owes from the signing of Treaty 8.

It also showcased early concept plans for 20 acres it plans to develop inside the city of Fort St. John.

“It’s a very exciting time for our nation,” Chief Trevor Makadahay said.

Doig River is one-half of the former Fort St. John Beaver Band, which was to be given 128 acres for each of its members as part of the provisions of Treaty 8. However, many members were out on seasonal rounds and were missed when land was allocated in 1914.

The band, along with the Blueberry River First Nations, the other half of the Beaver Band, launched a claim in 1999 to settle the difference.

Kema, a place to find peace The land selections involve 13 rural parcels near the existing Doig River reserve, including 1,000 acres at Big Camp and 860 acres at Petersen’s Crossing, culturally significant areas Doig River wants to preserve and enhance. A map for Big Camp proposes a new camp and dayuse area with cabins, fire pits, and dry meat racks. A map for Petersen’s Crossing calls for new homes and cabins.

Doig River has also selected

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five parcels covering around 4,900 acres at K’ih tsaa?dze near the Alberta border, which Doig River declared a tribal park in 2011. Another 5,000-acre parcel in Alberta was selected as part of that, and encompasses the seasonal rounds of Doig River.

“As settlers came in and fences were built, it pushed us back,” Makadahay said.

“That’s pretty much the last of our seasonal round that we used to do, and we want to preserve some of those areas.”

Makadahay calls these areas Kema (pronounced ‘kay-ma’), places of peace the First Nation wants to keep pristine for generations to come.

“Kema is a pure place in nature where, when you go to that place, you can ... feel that peace,” he said. “We’re not opposed to development, but there has to be a balance between the environment and industry. There’s many different ways to make something happen, but at the same time, our kids and our future children, they’re not going to have any pristine places to go.”

Doig River has selected another 8,400 acres in four parcels around its existing reserve to accommodate future growth.

“Our community should have been larger in the beginning, it’s not sustainable for our

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population,” Makadahay said.

“We just really need that land base to make anything work for our people.”

City development plans Doig River has another seven urban parcels in and around Fort St. John, including three covering 330 acres in the Old Fort area.

Most ambitious are plans to develop an eight-acre parcel across from Margaret ‘Ma’ Murray Community School into a mixed-use hub that could see a gas station, a handful of office and retail complexes, and even a new four- to six-storey apartment.

Doig River also hopes to turn two three-acre parcels of light industrial laydown yards off the Old Fort Road into two new office buildings.

“We just want to be part of the economy and have prosperity for our people,” Makadahay said. “We want to have something we can wave in Fort St. John as a legacy piece for our people because this is our original home. We’re not just coming into town now, we’re actually coming home.

“It’s a great opportunity for our people to become part of the economy, it’s the biggest thing.”

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Police have made an arrest in the 2017 death of Troy Streeper. Jessie Romeo Fougere was arrested Saturday, Dec. 8 at a home in Charlie Lake on a charge of manslaughter, North District RCMP said Monday.

Streeper, 55, was found dead in Pouce Coupe on Feb. 16, 2017, and his death was treated as suspicious at the time. The Dawson Creek RCMP and North District Major Crimes Unit had been investigating. On Friday, Dec. 7, Fougere was charged and an arrest warrant was issued, police say.

It led police to a home in Charlie Lake, where Fougere was arrested after an “extensive attempt” at negotiation before officers moved in and arrested him.

Streeper was from Fort Nelson but had been living in Dawson Creek at the time of his death. Fougere and Streeper were known to each other, police say.

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Drilling activity has been suspended for at least 30 days in the Septimus area southeast of Fort St. John as the BC Oil and Gas Commission continues to investigate a series of earthquakes that rattled the region last week.

In an update issued Dec. 7, the Commission said it narrowed down the location of the three earthquakes, which measured between magnitude 3.3 to 4.5 on Nov. 29, to an area near Canadian Natural Resources hydraulic fracturing operations.

The Calgary-based company was the only operator working in the area at the time and it immediately suspended operations, said Commission spokeswoman Lannea Parfitt, adding the company has shut down its two wells there.

“We don’t want to speculate as we are continuing to investigate,” she said when asked what the commission will do if fracking is found to have caused the earthquakes.

CNRL operations remain suspended in the area until the company receives written consent to continue from the Commission.

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City slides past freezing rain record, sees 17 hours in November Fort St. John started November with snow plows and ended with ice skates in a whacky month of weather that proved to be rainier, snowier, and warmer than normal.

The city recorded a remarkable 17 hours of freezing rain for the month, more than three times the average of 5.5 hours per year. The bulk of it fell over a 10-hour period between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday,

Nov. 27. The city recorded four hours on Nov. 26, and three hours on Saturday, Nov. 17.

The freezing rain came, interestingly enough, in the currents of an “atmospheric river” streaming across the province, Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald said.

This plume of warm, moist air primarily affects the coast, MacDonald said, but got carried from the southwest on a

ure,” MacDonald said.

This November was milder than normal, with average temperatures at -4.4 C, more than two degrees above normals of -6.6 C for this time of year.

The city recorded 42 centimetres of snow for the month, up from normals of 32.5 cm, with most of that falling on Nov. 4. That day saw 24 cm of snow, which set a new record.

No major injuries were reported. Meanwhile, school buses were cancelled four days in a row, which the district says is unprecedented.

Fort St. John recorded eight millimetres of normal rain this month, up from monthly normals of 3.4 mm. Environment Canada does not have accumulation totals for the freezing rain the city received.

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Co-Op gas station plan approved MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Fort St. John city councillors have approved zoning amendments that will allow a new Co-Op gas station to be built on 100 Street near Northern Lights College.

The amendments create a new comprehensive development zone for the property, located at 100 Street and 114A Avenue, which sets out site specific regulations on the station’s visual impact, noise, traffic, and pedestrian safety.

Plans for the station call for a 10-lane gas bar, propane sales, a car wash, and convenience store. Brad Lussier, general manager for the Fort St. John Co-operative Association, called it an exciting development that fills a business need in the north end of the city.

The company has worked with the city to engage neighbours and address their concerns, Lussier said during a public hearing Monday evening.

“We feel we’ve come up with a plan and a drawing that shows how our business will be inviting and least invasive to the residents,” Lussier said.

The property had been zoned neighbourhood commercial, which allows for a car wash and convenience store but not a gas station or for propane to be sold. The new development zone allows for both.

“As our city grows, the Co-Op feels these types of services are necessary to meet the needs of our community,” Lussier added, noting public response has been overall positive.

The city received no letters of opposition to the development during a public comment period. It had previously received a petition with 23 signatures against the development from residents of the neighbouring Mackenzie Place townhomes.

Sixty people responded to a recent public survey about the development, with 65 per cent in favour of a gas station, and 67 per cent in favour of propane sales on the property.

Two residents from Mackenzie Place spoke to the development at the public hearing, and voiced concerns about privacy, pollution, traffic and pedestrian safety, and the potential impact the development will have on their property values.

Paula Felix said residents were excited to see the lot being developed, but were shocked to learn it was a gas station and car wash that was proposed to be built.

“We’re not against the project, it’s just, as residents, really what value do we get as people living there next door?” Felix told councillors.

“Yes, a convenience store is very nice, but really the noise of a car wash, all the environmental hazards with having a gas station right there, is not appealing for us as people who live right next door.”

Felix asked the city to take into considerations for more privacy shrubs, to ensure safe access to nearby trails, and to address drainage issues with the property.

The newly created development zone sets out building setbacks and landscaping requirements, including that coniferous trees a minimum of two metres high be planted along the perimeter of the property to serve as a buffer. It also sets out lighting standards and business hours of operation, among other requirements.

Lussier said the Co-Op would work hard to be good neighbours with a clean property, and would address drainage issues on the site.

“If you look at any of the sites we have, we try to be really good neighbours, and make sure everything is clean and neat and tidy for everybody. That would definitely be one of our priorities,” he said.

Coun. Trevor Bolin noted the Co-Op had updated its plans taking into account feedback it received at a public open house.

“Looking at that concept to this concept clearly has told me that you’ve listened to what the comments were,” Bolin said.

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The Commission also met with other companies operating near the earthquakes on Dec. 4, and there will be no hydraulic fracturing in the area for the next 30 days as the investigation continues. Companies will need to confirm with the Comission when their operations can continue.

CNRL officials say the earthquakes were detected by its monitoring equipment in the Septimus area.

“With the safety of our workers and the public as our first priority, we immediately responded by shutting down our activities in the area, as per OGC protocols and Canadian Natural’s operating practices,” spokesperson Julie Woo said in an email.

“It is too early to determine whether the seismic activity detected and felt in the region was a natural occurrence or related to any of our activities.”

The company is working with the OGC to provide all available data and information as part of the Commission’s investigation, Woo said.

The first earthquake was reported at around 6:25 p.m. on November 29 at a magnitude 4.5. A 3.3-magnitude aftershock was recorded at 7:06 p.m., and a second aftershock near magnitude 4 was recorded at 7:15.

Residents across Northeast B.C. reported feeling loud, strong tremors that

shook houses for several seconds in Fort St. John, Charlie Lake, Taylor, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Hudson’s Hope, and rural communities in between. Some felt tremors as far away as Pouce Coupe and Baytree, Alberta.

The Commission has stepped up its research and monitoring of induced earthquakes linked to industry in Northeast B.C., adding 20 new seismic monitoring stations in recent years.

Most “induced seismicity” events happen when fluid is injected into underground faults at high pressures to release gas as part of drilling operations, or from wastewater disposal.

According to the Commission, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake is often felt on the surface but rarely causes damage, and less than 0.2% of hydraulic fracturing operations cause felt events. There were no reports of damage or injuries from last week’s events, though hundreds of felt reports were submitted to Earthquakes Canada.

Permit conditions require seismic monitoring during hydraulic fracturing activities. Earlier this year, the Commission issued an order requiring drillers to shut down operations when an induced earthquake reaches magnitude 3.0 or greater near Fort St. John or Dawson Creek.

— with files from the Canadian Press

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Hold your breath and save emissions on electric car pitch

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ill we all be driving electric vehicle by 2040?

The short answer is no, not everyone, but many will.

This fall, Premier Horgan announced that by 2040 all new light duty cars and trucks sold in B.C. will be propelled by zeroemission technology, currently electric or hydrogen-fuelled.

Although some may think this a bold statement by a visionary government, in reality, it’s just another pipe dream. Statements like this are easy to make, as none of this current crop of politicians will be around in 2040 to ensure it is carried out.

What this announcement does do is serve notice that times are a changing, to which even I will agree. How, and if, we get to 100% zero emission vehicles will be the subject of much debate over the next 20 years.

Part of this announcement was that B.C. will also increase the total amount available to subsidize the purchase of these vehicles. This is an expansion of B.C.’s current subsidy of $5,000 for batterypowered vehicles and $6,000 for hydrogen-fueled.

For the record, I don’t own a battery-propelled vehicle, and am not likely to if I continue living up here in the north and pursuing my current outdoor lifestyle. Having said that, if I lived in the Metro Vancouver area and wasn’t an outdoors person, I would likely think and do differently.

In writing this article, I researched what some of the latest news is in terms of where we are at in phasing out internal combustion engines and replacing

Evan Saugstad MY VIEW

them with zero-emission ones in our world.

It’s easy to find information about how great electric cars are, how much cheaper they are to operate, and how their emissions (including emissions generated by their electric source) are much less than their combustion cousins. It’s also easy to find a lot of information that says, wait a minute, not all is as simple and just what you might think.

In my simple analysis balancing the current pros and cons of owning and operating an electric vehicle, they make sense in some places and jurisdictions, and not in others. Thus, the complete elimination of new internal combustion engines is not likely to happen in these timeframes.

Easy to see that owning one in southern B.C. makes sense, where one drives less than 100 kilometres per day, has access to a home charger, the weather is warm, and where the electricity comes from predominately renewable sources.

Owning one in Fort St. John may not be quite so much of a bargain.

We can easily drive more than 150 kms per day and are frequently out in the bush with both work and recreation, where there are no charging stations.

We have our six months of winter

that limits their effectiveness (up to 50% reduction in distance on a -25 C day) and what happens to performance when you hook an electric vehicle to your RV trailer?

But, after doing this reading, what sticks out in my mind, is the absence of credible and predictable information about costs and emissions by the time we reach 2040.

There is much speculation about better electric vehicles, lower battery costs, and other technological advances making electric cars even better. But most of these sources give no credence to internal combustion engines also benefiting from these same types of technologies. One report states internal combustion engines have reduced their emissions by more than 95% from the early 1960s to today.

It’s also assumed that gasoline will be expensive in the future, but, as we see today, it may go down in price (our government does have a quick fix for that – just hike the taxes, but even that has a limit, as we observe riots in France protesting the high cost of fuel.)

Most reports assume the cost of electricity will go down, but that’s doubtful as we observe every year BC Hydro trying to increase rates to recover its costs.

And, worldwide, including other provinces in Canada, the emission advantages of electric vehicles are completely lost if coal-fired electrical stations aren’t replaced, and that won’t be cheap.

In B.C., we collect a lot of taxes from the sale of gas and diesel, along with carbon taxes, to fund our collective lifestyle. As we move

to more electric vehicles, we will see future governments simply move these types of taxes onto electric vehicles, as we cannot seem to afford to live with lower taxes. The biggest assumption is in battery technology. Those that say they will be much better, are probably correct. How much, who knows, but will they actually be cheaper, without some sort of government subsidy? Not likely.

And, like today’s vehicles that are more than 10 years old, don’t count on spare batteries just kicking around that will fit your “old” electric car. Remember, batteries are about one-third of the total price you pay for these vehicles and warranties are only good for about eight years. It also seems that we are assuming someone else will pay to recycle old batteries.

As electric cars become more mainstream, governments will quit giving rebates and subsidizing their production and research.

And finally, will other jurisdictions around the world follow suit, if electric car price and emissions are not substantially less than their combustion driven competitors? If we don’t, then the forecast worldwide economy of scales will not be achieved.

From my simple and flat world perspective, don’t hold your breath waiting for the demise of the internal combustion engine. On second thought, maybe you should, as that would be a measurable and positive reduction in carbon dioxide production.

Evan Saugstad lives in Fort St. John.

Things on my body that are falling apart this week

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tanding at the automatic sliding doors of Wal-Mart last week, I experienced a revelation of sorts. It happened as my hubby and I were departing the store with our bounty of midlife-couple products and we had just reached the sliding doors with the cart. He had turned to me and asked me something and although we were only one foot away from one another, I couldn’t make it out. “What? What did you say?” He had to repeat himself, not once, but twice before I understood what he was saying.

I have good hearing. I get it tested once a year and even those hearing experts say I have good hearing. So, why can’t I seem to hear my husband’s voice?

When we arrived home, we continued to have the conversation about why there are times we can’t hear each other. He agreed he doesn’t hear what I am saying half the time either and then we realized that it’s because we both have become “soft talkers.” Our voices have morphed over the years into these quiet tones that only dogs can hear clearly. It’s true!

Judy Kucharuk THE DESK OF THE GREEN-EYED GIRL

Our voices change as we age. Some people get those high-pitched, stringy voices, and others get those whisper-quiet voices. It has something to do with the vocal chords weakening and drying out. Just one more thing to add to checklist titled, “Things on my body that are falling apart this week.”

Our voice is an instrument we use to our advantage at every stage of life. When we are children we scream and cry for attention and our voices provide that tone and pitch that make our parents ears bleed. Once we have our own children, our voices take on an authoritarian cadence where we annunciate clearly in order to communicate.

Years pass and our voices become lazy, and

it becomes a case of use it or lose it. Some of us find ourselves becoming soft talkers. There is even a medical term for it: presbyphonia.

Drinking beverages like coffee and tea doesn’t help and smoking definitely can contribute to voice changes. So what do we do?

Are there kegels for your vocal cords?

Yes! You can always pretend you are Elton John and hire a vocal coach who can share some exercises. Or, you can simply search the web like I did and come up with a few tips: 1.

Drink plenty of water; 2. Exercise regularly; 3. Get enough sleep; 4. Don’t smoke; 5. Don’t strain your chords by screaming or yelling; 6.

Sing! Sing in the shower, sing in the car, sing whenever you can!

I’m going to give a few of these a try and see if they make any difference to my low, soft-talking voice. Fair warning: If you pull up along side of me at a stop light and I look like I am talking to myself, don’t be alarmed — I am simply exercising.

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court docket A summary of sentences and fines handed out in Northeast B.C. courts for the week ending Dec. 7, 2018.

Fort St. John Law Courts • Darren Terrance Rock (born 1991) was fined $1,000, handed a one-year criminal driving ban, and assessed a $300 victim surcharge for care or control of a vehicle or vessel while impaired.

• Joseph William Smith (born 1967) was fined $1,500, handed a one-year probation order, and assessed a $225 victim surcharge for driving without reasonable consideration.

• Harry Truman Sebastian (born 1991) was fined $300 and assessed a $45 victim surcharge for driving

without due care and attention.

• Dylan James Mueller (born 1995) was fined $500 and assessed a $150 victim surcharge for breach of undertaking.

Dawson Creek Law Courts • Thomas Ray Gauthier (born 1994) was fined $500 and assessed a $150 victim surcharge for breaching probation.

Chetwynd Law Courts • Nancy Ann Anderson (born 1962) was fined $500 and assessed a $75 victim surcharge for driving without a driver’s licence.

• Luke Major Zandbergen (born 1995) was fined $400 and assessed a $60 for storage of a firearm contrary to regulation.

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Home invasion, shooting investigated One person was shot during a targeted home invasion in Fort St. John in November.

Fort St. John RCMP say three armed individuals forced their way into home in the 8500 block of 88 Street in the early morning of Nov. 21.

One of the residents was shot after becoming involved in a struggle with one

of the gunmen, police say. The injury was non-life-threatening, police say.

The attack is believed to be targeted, and the residents of the home are known to police.

Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the detachment at 250-787-8140 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Until Dec. 20, parking tickets received since Sept. 1, 2018 can be paid for by donating a new, unwrapped toy, gift card, or cash in lieu of the cash value of the ticket.

All donations collected will be given to the Salvation Army for local families in need. The biggest need for Salvation Army are toys appropriate for kids 8 to

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“This program gives citizens an opportunity to spread holiday cheer one toy at a time,” said councillor and acting mayor Trevor Bolin in a press release.

“Even if you didn’t get a parking ticket from the city, you can drop off a donation at city hall and we’ll deliver it to the Salvation Army.”

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Peters Bros a contractor of the year Peters Bros Construction Ltd. was recognized by the province last week for its work repaving a 68-kilometre stretch of the Alaska Highway.

The company was recognized by the Ministry of Transportation at Infrastructure t the Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Awards ceremony in Victoria on Dec. 7.

Peters Bros was given the Paving Excellence Award for its work on Highway 97 from the CN railway tracks to the Kiskatinaw Bridge near Dawson Creek.

The pavement along the stretch of road was badly rutted and at the end of its service life, the province noted. A northbound deceleration lane onto to the Old Alaska Highway was added to the project.

The $6.1-million project was fin-

ished on time and on budget, and included 20% recycled asphalt, according the province.

“Mindful of the environment, Peter Bros identified all water courses prior to paving and took extra care when working around creeks and streams,” the ministry noted in a video announcing the award.

“Peters Bros. Construction clearly defines excellence through their approach to the project, resulting in a successful end result.”

Peters Bros is headquartered in Penticton, and operates an asphalt plant in Dawson Creek.

Also in the running for the award was Hub City Paving and Arrowsmith Road Maintenance, for their work on Highway 19A resurfacing and seal coating on Highway 118, respectively.

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City’s first cannabis licence approved matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

Fort St. John councillors have approved the city’s first private cannabis retail licence, but HIVE Cannabis is still subject to scrutiny by the province before its licence will be issued.

Council gave its unanimous approval on Monday to HIVE Cannabis, which is seeking a licence to operate in the former home of the Northeast News on 100 Avenue, vacant since it closed in 2016.

HIVE Cannabis meets the city’s zoning rules and provincial regulations, and there were no issues from city planners or fire and police, and there was no feedback submitted during a public comment period.

HIVE Cannabis is still subject to scrutiny by the province, including financial integrity checks and security screenings, before a licence is issued.

The company led by Dr. Neil Rockerbie, a Victoria-based physician and addictions specialist who serves as a medical director at Clarity Cannabis MD Holdings.

According to a company biography, Rockerbie has been working in family practice since 1989, and manages the

Westwind Medical Clinic. He has also practiced addiction medicine since 1992, and co-founded the Pandora Clinic, which specializes in opioid therapy.

“We know cannabis, we know our customers, and we know how cannabis fits into their lives,” Rockerbie is quoted as saying in a biography provided to the city.

“Hive will operate as a trusted, independent link between Canada’s top Licensed Producers and the adult-use cannabis market.”

HIVE is one of three stores looking to enter the Fort St. John market so far.

The B.C. government has plans for a BC Cannabis store downtown.

Glory Cannabis Company is looking to open on 100 Street at the site of the former Mastaro Sushi and Wings and Things and Good Ole Dayz. The city has issued public notice seeking comment from nearby residents and businesses until Friday, January 4.

The company, led by city residents Sheldon James and David Tran, has already soft launched online and on social media, and bills itself as a family-owned and operated retailer based in Fort St. John.

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The North East Native Advancing Society was one of eight groups in Fort St. John and the North Peace who received a laptop donation from Shell Canada as part of Giving Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Shell donated 120 recycled laptops as an early Christmas gift. The equipment was previously used by Shell staff, and the company partnered with the Electronic Recycling Association to make the donation as part of Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving that encourages organizations to take charitable actions and volunteerism ahead of the holiday season. Other groups receiving laptops, and some printers, were the Fort St. John Public Library Association, the Northeast Aboriginal Business Centre, Christian Life School, and the Doig River, Blueberry River, Halfway River, and West Moberly First Nations.

Chamber of Commerce election results The following candidates have been elected to the Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce board:

Regional unemployment holds at 4.3% The 15,900 job increase in B.C was not enough to overcome the 24,500 new people entering the workforce, which caused unemployment to grow by 8,500 and the unemployment rate to tick up.

According to BC Stats, the province saw its job gains in agriculture, up 3,300 jobs, and construction, up 5,000 jobs.

Administrative support services grew by 7,200 jobs and healthcare grew by 3,400 jobs. The province saw job losses in fishing, mining, quarrying, oil and gas, down 900 jobs, and in manufacturing, down 2,300 jobs.

• • • • • • • •

Russ Beerling Jesse Braun Amy Forsythe Chuck Fowler Kevin Jolly Shelly Sorensen Nelson Stowe Ziebart, Julie

Voting took place from November 20 to 30, and each were elected to a twoyear term.

The board is rounded out by Connor Bull, Christopher Flury, Miranda Flury (Synergy Rep), Justin McKinnon, and Julie Roach Burns, each serving the second half of their term.

“The caliber of nominees was very high, and we saw good voter interest in this election from you, our membership,” executive director Lilia Hansen said in a release.

“On behalf of the entire Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce, I would like to sincerely thank our outgoing board members Tony Zabinsky and Ramona McDonald for their guidance, hard work and dedication to our Chamber network over the years.”

The new board will be sworn in during a luncheon on Dec. 11, and will have its first meeting the following day.

The new board will be responsible for hiring a replacement for Hansen, who leaves the Chamber at the end of the year to focus on her family and job as city councillor.

BEFORE

The unemployment rate in Northeast B.C. held steady at 4.3% in November.

There were an estimated 39,900 employed in the region, up from an estimated 39,800 in October, according to data released December 7.

Year-over-year the unemployment rate is down from November 2017 when it sat at 5.3%, and when 37,700 people were employed in the region.

While it lead the country in job gains, British Columbia’s unemployment rate ticked up 0.3 percentage points to 4.4% in November even with employment increasing by 0.6%.

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Dawson Creek:

2019 rank: 9 (1) Average household income: $122,534 Average household income under 35: $103,214 5-year average household income growth: 14% Average household spending on recreation: $5,596 Average shelter spending: $23,791 Average value of primary real estate: $372,330 Average commute in minutes: 14.7 Five-year population growth: 6.0% Housing starts per 100 residents: 14.1 Unemployment rate: 5.6%

2019 rank: 30 (2) Average household income: $101,005 Average household income under 35: $76,319 5-year avg. household income growth: 13.8% Average household spending on recreation: $4,427 Average shelter spending: $19,754 Average value of primary real estate: $337,804 Average commute in minutes: 14.9 Five-year population growth: 4.5% Housing starts per 100 residents: 21.1 Unemployment rate: 5.6%

BC Hydro open house Williston Reservoir 2019 Operations

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Three cities along the Sea-to-Sky Corridor have knocked Fort St. John and Dawson Creek from the throne of being the best cities to work in B.C. Fort St. John dropped from No. 1 to No. 9 in BC Business magazine’s annual rankings for 2019, while Dawson Creek dropped from No. 2 to No. 30. They’re notable drops after the cities spent the last two years in the top three, the magazine noted.

“Incomes remain strong in the Northeast, but the unemployment rate—although still healthy—is outperformed by much of the province,” the magazine wrote. “Population growth and housing starts have also cooled, perhaps because persistently low fossil fuel prices are finally taking their toll.

But the relative decline of these communities may speak more to the economic uptick elsewhere in the province than their own shortcomings.”

The rankings are compiled with the help of research firm Environics Analytics, and looks at a city’s overall economic health, from income to unemployment rates, to how much residents spend on recreation and housing, among other factors. New this year, the ranking methodology was updated to include other indicators, including

DECEMBER 2018

The Board will send letters to the Ministry of Forests, Lands Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Ministry of Agriculture requesting that the registration of groundwater be delayed until the new Water Act and its regulations have been completed and furthermore request clarification on the registration of groundwater used for livestock watering.

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CN Rail

The Board will invite CN Rail to a future Board meeting to discuss issues regarding line-of-sight at rail crossings within the Peace River Regional District.

Notice of Closure

Rural Transfer Stations will be closed: Tuesday, December 25 Wednesday, December 26 Tuesday, January 1 Landfills will be closed: Tuesday, December 25 Wednesday, December 26 Tuesday, January 1

Happy Holidays Season’s Greetings from the Directors and staff at the Peace River Regional District. om

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On November 4, 2018, the Evacuation Order for all homes in the Old Fort Subdivision were rescinded excluding 7605 Old Fort Road, which will remain on evacuation order.

The Evacuation Order for the following properties- 6975 Old Fort Road, 9820 River Drive, and 7583 Old Fort Road have been DOWNGRADED to an Evacuation Alert.

Peace River Regional District continues to demand that the province and the federal government suspend any further discussion on Southern Mountain Caribou until a comprehensive impact analysis is completed on all socioeconomic impacts of any changes to land use in our communities.

The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) special meeting that was scheduled for December 7, 2018, was cancelled, as Provincial representatives were not willing to attend the meeting to update the Board on the Southern Mountain Caribou in an open meeting.

Provincial representatives have advised that they will reschedule as soon as possible to share information with the Board and the public about caribou recovery efforts in the region. In the interim, the Province has advised that they will deliver a public information bulletin to update the Peace River Regional District residents on caribou conservation.

The Peace River Regional District continues to advocate for an open conversation with the Province regarding the status of the discussions about caribou recovery activities west of Chetwynd. The PRRD is very adamant that consultation with local governments, industry, First Nations, and recreational groups is required to fully inform any decisions made to protect caribou populations, with the least impact to local economies and resident lifestyles.

The Peace River Regional District Board is committed to engage with the Province in an open and transparent forum about Caribou recovery.

For more information go to https://prrd. bc.ca/engage/18234/southern-mountaincaribou-engagement/

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Peace River Regional District CAO Announced

Shawn Dahlen has been appointed as the CAO of the Peace River Regional District.

“I look forward to working with Mr. Dahlen,” Chair Brad Sperling said “Shawn comes to the position with municipal experience, he knows the communities and understands the challenges that the Regional District is facing” Mr. Dahlen joined the PRRD 1.5 years ago as the Deputy CAO, he took on the acting CAO position in May of 2018. Shawn has 19 years local Government experience, including a background in civil engineering.

Shawn is excited about his appointment.

The Peace River Regional District Team looks forward to supporting the Board in their initiatives.

housing starts, commute times, and real estate values.

Squamish, Whistler, and North Vancouver took the top three spots for 2019 due to their “fast-rising incomes, generous spending on recreation, and booming population growth,” the BC Business noted.

“With a provincial economy firing on all cylinders the past few years and a tightening labour market putting upward pressure on incomes, it’s a good time to be working just about anywhere in B.C., regardless of where your community ranks,” the magazine wrote.

Recent trends in oil and gas suggest that the Northeast is poised for an economic rebound, BC Business wrote.

“With fossil fuel prices gradually rising and the LNG Canada consortium moving ahead with its Kitimat export terminal for liquefied natural gas, the production centres of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek will share in the rewards — as will communities on the North Coast.”

There are 46 cities across the province with populations above 10,000 on this year’s list. Rounding out the bottom three were Campbell River, Nelson, and Port Alberni. Across Northern B.C., Prince Rupert was ranked No. 6, Terrace was ranked No. 17, and Prince George was ranked No. 26.

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The Peace River Regional District will submit an application to Northern Development Initiative Trust for the Local Government Internship Grant Funding Program to assist with the cost of hosting a local government intern for a 12-month period. The Local Government Internship program provides grant funding for municipalities and regional districts within Northern Development’s service area to assist with the cost of hosting a local government intern for a 12-month period.

Next PRRD Board Meetings:

December 14, 2018 1:00 | Dawson Creek January 10, 2019 TBD | Dawson Creek

Dawson Creek Office

Tel: 250-784-3200 Toll Free: 1-800-670-7773 Email: prrd.dc@prrd.bc.ca

Fort St. John Office

Tel: 250-785-8084 Toll Free: 1-800-670-7773 Email: prrd.fsj@prrd.bc.ca

To view board schedules and minutes visit:

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Peace River Regional District Official Page

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Doig River spent more than $10 million on its land purchases in and around the city as there was no Crown land available for its treaty land selections. The land will be converted to reserve status, and Doig River has completed a memorandum of understanding with the city on land-use planning and payments for services such as water, sewer, and fire and police protection in lieu of property taxes.

Land settlement negotiations are expected to be completed within the next year, and must be approved by Doig River band members.

It’s been an exhaustive and uphill 15-year battle since negotiations began in earnest in 2004, Makadahay said.

“It means a promise that’s going to be reconciled, a treaty promise, and we’re very excited about it,” Makadahay said.

Negotiations included a comprehensive genealogy report, where historical experts combed baptismal, death certificate, and trading post records to recreate a complete list of band members to compare to what Canada had thought at the time.

“With that report, we negotiated with Canada over the size of the shortfall,” said Allisun Rana, the lawyer who has worked with Doig River on its claim.

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“One thing we have working in our favour is that there is no existing oil and gas production on any of these lands,” Rana said, noting the last well was shut-in in 2012.

There has also been no forestry harvesting on the parcels for nearly 30 years, Rana added.

The settlement is a great achievement that will have spinoff economic benefits for the region, Rana said, noting other Treaty 8 First Nations are also winding down their own negotiations. “That is going to be a huge economic benefit for this region,” Rana said, noting 95% of settlement monies get spent in the local economy, and multiplies from there.

“These are significant claims, and there will be development and there will jobs, and there will be an injection into the local economy. It’s exciting and something to celebrate.”

Also on Dec. 5, Doig River donated $20,000 to the South Peace Health Services Society and a housing project it has in the works for regional residents needing short-term medical stays. Doig River also donated $2,500 to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Hamper program.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) This is a lovely day to socialize with others, because you feel warm and friendly to everyone. Artistic, creative people will appeal to you.

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TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) You make a wonderful impression on bosses, parents and VIPs today because they see you as charming, diplomatic and sociable. (One of the most important skills is to know how to relate to people.)

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LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) You relate well to others today. In fact, your dealings with members of the general public will be successful. Enjoy schmoozing with everyone!

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because co-workers will cooperate with you. Don’t hesitate to ask for someone’s help. You might see ways to make your workspace more attractive.

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others! Accept invitations to party.

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Meet friends for happy hour.

Playful activities with children will also delight you.

hen I taught in a Catholic secondary school in Ontario, some older colleagues who had come of age during the 1960s and who taught in the school’s Religion department lived in a Catholic commune of sorts in the poorer area of the downtown core.

In their cluster of small, East -end homes, they helped one another raise their children.

Some of these families had no car, choosing public transport instead. They did not attend Mass in any of the churches in town. Rather, they invited female, Catholic priests into their homes to celebrate Mass.

They also used female clergy, gay clergy, or married clergy, not recognized by the Catholic Church, to perform family wedding, baptismal, and death rituals.

Once their daughters became young women, they chose to no longer celebrate any aspect of their Catholic faith. My colleagues had raised their daughters to be feminists and activists. These young women told their parents that until the Catholic Church decided to no longer treat women as second class citizens, they could not participate in that religion. Their parents, Catholic Religious Studies’ teachers, fully supported that decision.

A writer of historical romantic novels interviewed on the CBC last summer said that she was not a feminist. The two writers on the panel with her assured her that she was. She simply didn’t know what a feminist was, they told her. They said they would define it for her after the panel discussion.

Hopefully, they did so.

I’ll define it for everyone here: A feminist advocates for the social, political, educational, and financial equality of women and men. That’s it.

We’re not lesbians, though some may be. We do not hate men, though some feminists might. Being a feminist doesn’t mandate that you be a lesbian or a man-hater. Those attributes are not characteristics necessary to define oneself as a feminist.

The word feminist is the other f-word. It gets a bad rap.

I always teach a lesson about feminism on December 6, the anniversary of the Montréal massacre. On December 6, 1989, a gunman (whom I choose not to name here)

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stormed into Montréal’s École Polytechnique (Engineering School) and ordered all of the men from a Christmas examination room. He then told all of the women that he hated them because they were feminists and opened fire murdering all fourteen young women. He killed them because they were women studying to become engineers, a traditionally male profession. The Montréal police later discovered a death list in the killer’s apartment that targeted prominent Montréal women holding down traditionally male occupations.

With the Me Too and Times Up movements, it is past time to accept that women are equal. We are equal in the eyes of God and we should be equal in the eyes of men and women everywhere. It is no longer acceptable for anyone, especially a learned women, to profess that she is not a feminist. I can assure you that she is. If she is educated, votes in elections, earns a wage equal to men, she is a feminist and she has all of the women who came before her who courageously fought for her right to be educated, employed, well-paid, and have an electoral voice to thank for her life, which in this great nation is one steeped in freedom and equality.

As for young women refusing to participate in the religion of their parents because of antiquated, misogynistic policies, who can blame these learned females? Time’s up for every faith to embrace women as equals, and to open its doors and windows to the winds of equality.

The Peace is a place of many peoples and faiths. In this space, readers are invited to share their own reflections of faith in the Peace. If you have a story of faith you’d like to share, email angelamarygriffin@gmail.com.

Editor’s Note: If you’d like to contribute articles about faith in our community, please email editor@ahnfsj.ca.

Slighted by Old Friends

Dear Annie: My husband is friends with a couple from college with whom we have exchanged Christmas cards and graduation announcements over the past 25-plus years.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) They have three sons, all of With fair Venus in your sign now, whom we sent a card and monyou are attractive to others. This ey to when they graduated from is also a reason why you will be high school. However, when successful in buying wardrobe our daughter graduated in May, items for yourself. Do it! they sent nothing -- not even a card. They are in great finanSAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) cial shape, so it is not a monSecrets might come up today. etary issue. This has bothered However, they might be pleasant me for months. I expect their secrets. In other words, good news!

Christmas card to arrive soon, Nevertheless, a quiet love affair is and I really want to send it back taking place for some. either refused/”return to sender” or with a note saying how CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) hurt we were by their failure You will enjoy hanging out to acknowledge our daughter’s with creative people today. A graduation. My husband thinks friend might give you a helpful it would be sufficient to just suggestion about solving a throw the card away and not problem with someone. send them one. I feel that they need to know that we are upset AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) about it, especially as he thinks This is a good day to advance your it is the wife who was responagenda, because you make an sible and the husband may not excellent impression on people in even know. I would appreciate power — parents, bosses and VIPs. your suggestions. -- Slighted Timing is everything!

Dear Slighted: Just because you sent their children graduPISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) ation gifts doesn’t mean they Today is another day when you will were obligated to do the same love traveling for pleasure! Get for yours. A gift given with outta Dodge if you can. See more strings attached is really just a of the world! (Even if it’s your own trap. Also, there are plenty of bebackyard.) nign explanations for their not sending a gift. Maybe they’re

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

not so well-off as you think (we never know what goes on behind closed doors), or maybe they just forgot. Regardless, I urge you to try to find the grace within yourself to let this go. Retaliation is for war, not friendship. Send them that Christmas card, and put this behind you. I have a feeling you’d feel better for it in the long run.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Senior Dating Adventures.” Although some of the points you made are valid and may apply to this gentleman, I feel that you missed the fact that the woman seemed to lose interest when he asked for a hug on the 34th date, which continued on the next two dates.

It is not uncommon for senior women to enjoy and even seek out the companionship of dating. However, many are not looking for a sexual relationship. This woman has been widowed twice, and she may be done with needing a man for an intimate relationship. Though many seniors still have sexual relations, many women say

they would love to have someone to socialize and go out with but are really not looking for anything physical. They may enjoy the company of a certain gentleman but are not necessarily physically attracted to him or interested in having sex with him.

I agree that this gentleman had his feelings hurt, but your answer to him seemed to blame him for not being confident and fixating on the relationship. He seemed to just be trying to understand where he had gone wrong.

I live in Florida, am in my late 60s and know many women who had wonderful (and some not-so-wonderful) marriages and/or relationships with men but now are not dating because they are not looking for another intimate relationship at this point. They are happy with who they are. -- Mary Lou Dear Mary Lou: I’m printing your letter because you’ve shared valuable insight on another explanation for his date’s behavior. There are even dating sites geared toward people over 60 that reflect different levels of companionship.

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

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ort St. John is a winter city and what better way to embrace the cold than to learn about the Danish art of hygge? Pronounced roughly as hoo-gah, it’s the cosiness and contentment that can come from enjoying the simple things in life. A warm cup of tea, good company, lingering over a meal, minimalist decor and a crackling fireplace are some of the images that might come to mind.

Here are some suggestions on how to hygge, North Peace-style: • Skip the gym and help someone chop and haul firewood instead.

• Rock those sweatpants; hyggebukser is Danish for a pair of pants you love to wear while curling up with Netflix, but would never wear in public. But this is Fort St. John, so… rock them.

• We’re a city of people far from home; what better way to get to know your neighbors than to invite them in for a warm cup of coffee? Know someone who’s solo this holiday season? Include them in your celebrations!

Hygge is all about closeness, conviviality and inclusion.

• Do a favor for a friend who hunts in exchange for a moose or elk roast. Invite them over for a meat-and-potatoes feast.

• Get family or friends together for free skating on Sundays at the Pomeroy Sport Centre.

• Instead of firing up the sled, slow down and try cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. Beatton Provincial Park has great trails for both, and Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club offers learning opportunities for beginners.

They even rent skis!

• Who says the fire pit is only for the summer? Invite family and friends to gather over hot

chocolate (or a wine-spiked cup of Swedish Glög) around a warm backyard fire.

• Try ice fishing or skating on Charlie Lake.

• Discover the joy of fika - the Swedish equivalent of the German idea of Kaffee und Kuchen - by lingering with a book over coffee and pastries at a local cafe.

• Spend a snowy Sunday baking bread.

• Meet with friends at one of our city’s outdoor festivals like High on Ice. • Spend a few hours curled up with a warm blanket and a good library book.

• Take pleasure in the ordinary: the birds flitting around your backyard, a foggy Fort St. John morning, patterns in the ice of the Peace River.

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To this point, the 201819 season has anything but easy for the Fort St. John Huskies. The team started 2-3, and had trouble giving a hard effort consistently for the two months of the season. But heading into this weekend’s games against the North Peace Navigators, starting on Dec. 15, the Huskies find themselves in a familiar place — first in the NWJHL with a 14-6-1 record.

The Huskies are in first place thanks to a four game win streak, their second of the season, which includes two big wins over the Dawson Creek Junior Canucks last weekend. The Canucks were 2-2 against the Huskies and held first spot before dropping the two contests to Fort St. John.

Yet, despite the recent success, the standings don’t mean much to the Huskies and they know there is a lot of work still to be done.

“We’re focused on the process more than we are on the standings. Being in first is a goal at the end of the year, but for now we’re focusing on our habits and attitude,” said Huskies GM Jeremy Clothier.

Strong goaltending Both Clothier and coach Todd Alexander credited a lot of the team’s recent success to the play of goalie Jonathan Bateman. “(Bateman) is on the top of his game right now and doing what special players do,” said Alexander.

Despite struggling at the beginning of the year, Bateman has won four games in a row, and has the second most wins (10) and second best goals against average (2.91) in the league.

“I’ve been playing well,

The Huskies presented the Fort St. Hospital Foundation with a cheque before practice on Dec. 6.

but can’t do what I do without the support of our team,” Bateman said.

However, the player ahead of him in both categories, and who leads the league in save percentage, is Navigators goalie Ryan Noble, who the Huskies will need to play well against this weekend to stay in first place. The Navigators are in third place with a 13-6 record, three points back of the Huskies.

“It will be nice to go into their ring and sneak out with four points. Noble is one of the top goalies in our league, and its scary how good he DILLON GIANCOLA PHOTO and (Bateman) are when The Fort St. John Huskies were all over the Dawson Creek Junior they go head to head against Canucks in a 5-3 win on Dec. 8. each other,” said Clothier.

Canucks on Dec. 8 in his first league overall, is at the top Returning players goal back. of his game right now with So far, the Huskies have “(Loewen) was the two goals and three assists only played three of a steadiest guy back there, in his last two games. scheduled seven games and for him to come back The Dec. 15 game starts against the Navs, going like that after a big layoff was at 8 p.m. in Peace River, with 1-2. Playing four games in huge,” said Alexander. the two teams playing again nine days against the two Marzocco has just played on Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. toughest opponents is a six games with the Huskies, After that, the Huskies tough stretch for any team, but he has 10 points (seven have one more game before but the Huskies are ready goals, three assists) in that breaking for the holidays: a for the challenge. They’ve span, and is becoming a clash against the Canucks at received a boost as of late very important player for the home on Dec. 19. by key players returning to team. He had three goals last It’s as hard a stretch of the lineup, such as captain weekend in the two games games as possible for the Jeridyn Loewen and forward against Dawson Creek.

Huskies, but nothing comes Brady Marzocco.

Meanwhile, Gary Loewen, easy, and that’s just how the Loewen scored the game who leads the team with 36 team likes it. tying goal against the points and is second in the

s I sat in the hack, crouched low, peering down the ice to see what the call would be, the skip pointed to a rock with his broom, and then moved the broom quickly away from his body. My heart leaped in my chest. It’s what I always wanted — he wanted me to do a takeout.

You see, I’m normally a lead, which means I throw the first two rocks of an end for my team. Usually, they’re just guards, which is fine, but I don’t ever get to try and hit other rocks. But I’m a team player, and deserve to be lead, which basically means I’m the worst player on the team. Curling purists probably view the position differently but let’s just call a rock a rock, if you know what I mean.

It’s been a pretty good decision. Our team, at 5-1 in the mixed curling league at the Fort St. John Curling Club, is in first place. Safe to say, the last thing I ever expected is that we’d be good, partly because I figured I would bring my team down — not that I’m terrible, but I haven’t played much before so the chances of being awesome right away aren’t very good. I also assumed that since my other three teammates wanted me to join their team, they wouldn’t be that good in the first place.

Well, wrong and wrong. I’m not terrible at all, I’m getting better each week, even though I still struggle with draw and guard weights and tend to throw every stone a little heavy. I’m also a pretty good sweeper, but really that’s one of the easiest things to be good at in all of sports.

Second, the rest of the people on my team are pretty good, above average even. We make at least two hard, impressive shots every end, to the point where I go to the rink each week expecting to win. How crazy is that?

But back to the takeout. Last week, I got a promotion of sorts — I got to play second as we had two regulars missing.

I was stoked, and ready to do more of the heavy lifting. The first end was fine, I drew to the button, no big deal. But in just the second end, I was asked to throw the heat and it was so bad. I threw it way too hard, and it missed by about four inches. I shook it off.

“Call for it again, I got this,” I actually said out loud. I adjusted and threw a little lighter, but this time I missed wide, on the exact same shot, by more than a foot.

I had gotten my opportunity, and I blew it. All that hard work wasted. But everyone loves a redemption story, especially me. The next end, the skip called for a tap-in. I threw the rock, praying it would curl into the targeted stone.

Perfect shot. It moved about four inches in the last three feet, hit the rock perfectly, and the place went wild. I turned back and nodded to the other team’s second, as if he saw that and was impressed.

The rest of the game was a dream and we won easily. I also pulled something in my leg and sweeping was very painful.

I’ll deal with my lack of stretching and in the New Year. What matters is my team is heading into the Christmas break in first place, and it’s at least 20 per cent because of me.

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NEBC Trackers go 1-1-1 on Edmonton-area road trip

Huskies player of the week Matthew Apsassin Position: Defense

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Hometown: Fort St. John Height: 5’8 Weight: 157 lbs 2017 stats: 26GP, 14G, 20A, 34P 2018 stats: 15GP, 3G, 10A, 13P Age and year with Huskies: 21, fifth year with Huskies

Favourite NHL player and why: “Connor McDavid. His speed is unreal, and his hands are so smooth. He sees the ice and sees plays before they happen, and I like to do that too.”

The Fort St. John Trackers faced their first bit of adversity of the 201819 NAHL season last weekend, going 1-1-1 on a three-game road trip. This was the Trackers second three-game trip to the Edmonton area, and while taking three of a possible six points isn’t a disaster, it’s a tougher stretch than the team’s been used to.

The trip started with a 4-1 win over the struggling St. Albert Blues on Dec. 7. Chase London, Logan Kimmie, and Noah Lang all had a goal and an assist in the win.

The next night, the Trackers lost 4-1 to the Sherwood Park Oilers. The Oilers are

middle of the pack in the BESA Hockey Division, and improved to 8-5-2.

On Dec. 9, playing their third game in three days on the road, the Trackers gutted out a 2-2 tie to the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers, who are 7-5-2 on the season.

The Trackers record fell to 13-2-1, but with 27 points, still have the second most in the league. The team leads the Bouchier Division by 10 points over the Fort McMurray Barons. The Trackers were without captain Connor Kindrat and forward Nathan Brownlee on the weekend.

Next up for the Trackers is a game at home against the Barons on Dec. 14 at the North Peace Arena.

On switching to defence from right wing this year: “I really like it. I help the team a lot back there, moving the puck faster and helping the goalies out more.

It gives me so much more room to skate and more to see on the ice.”

On the progression of this year’s Huskies team: “We were a little slow, and not really playing as a team at the start. But now we’re in a groove, trusting each other, and it’s perfect. Nobody’s thinking of themselves anymore.”

On what five years with the Huskies has meant to him: “I’ve loved it, it’s the best hockey I’ve played in my whole career, and hopefully I can go further after this. The Huskies did so much for me and I really appreciate it, and it’s by far the best team I’ve ever been on.”

Huskies give cancer a bodycheck The Fort St John Huskies met with the Fort St John Hospital Foundation before practice on Dec. 6 to pass on $3,150 raised during the team’s Pink in the Rink and Movember charity games this fall.

The team raised $1,480 in October as part of breast cancer awareness month, and $1,672 in November for men’s health, with the help of Mighty Peace Brewing and Beard’s Brewing.

All proceeds will support the Hospital Foundation’s cancer diagnostic fund.

“I’m no longer surprised by the support we get from the community, it’s always great to see,” Huskies President Mike Bacso said last month.

“It’s gone well so far, but I know there’s more we can do still.”

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Cayden Frenette (18) celebrates a goal with Jaydon Viens during the Trackers’ 6-1 win against the Peace River Royals on Dec. 2.

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The European Tour heads to South Africa for the final tournament of 2018 The Alfred Dunhill Championship is part of the Southern African Sunshine Tour and is one of four events in South Africa that are co-sanctioned by the more prestigious European Tour. The tournament is played at Leopard Creek Country Club in Malalane, South Africa. The course, designed by Gary Player, sits at the border of Kruger National Park, with the Crocodile River snaking through some fairways. Players often stay at the nearby Sabi Sabi game lodge. The tournament was not played in 2017 due to course renovations.

PGA Tour to develop draft program for top college golfers The PGA Tour is reportedly developing a program for the best college golfers to join the Tour out of school. No start date for the program has been set, but the PGA Tour and the Golf Coaches Association of America have been holding talks for several years about a partnership. The goal of the program would be to serve as a feeder system and keep young golfers in college. The PGA Tour is one of the only professional sports leagues without a “draft” for college players to directly join its ranks.

Instead, players go to various levels of Qualifying School, where they compete against other pros, both those who just left college as well, and others who have been playing professionally for years, even decades. It is unclear how the program will eventually select players into status on specific tours, but such an announcement could definitely give golf fans another day on the Tour calendar to get excited about.

Kizzire and Harman won the QBE Shootout

Patton Kizzire and Brian Harman joined forces to rally past Graeme McDowell and Emiliano Grillo to win the 30th QBE Shootout by a stroke at Tiburón Golf Club at the RitzCarlton Golf Resort. McDowell, playing in the group in front, finished second for the second year in a row after he said he misread about a 10-footer on No. 18. “Disappointed with that putt on the last there; it was a misread,” said McDowell, who was also kicking himself for missing a 2 1/2-foot birdie putt on No. 5.

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Course Stats Yards: 7,287 Par: 72 Tournament record: 264

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Tournament Results Player Score Earnings 1. Harman / Kizzire -30 $422,500 each 2. Grillo / McDowell -29 $265,500 each

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NPSS girls basketball win in Grande Prairie, boys teams finish top three It was quite a weekend for NPSS Grizzlies Basketball, with the senior girls taking first place and the senior boys taking third place at the Senior High Basketball Classic in Grande Prairie.

The junior boys finished second at Kelly Road in Prince George.

The girls played aggressive defense from the first game all the way to the championship. They started flat during the first two quarters of the championship game, scoring only 23 points. Led by captains Alexis Ziebart and Claire Turner, they re-grouped and ended the game 61-41. Defense picked up significantly in the second half with six blocks from Gr. 11 MacKenzie O’Brien and multiple steals from other

players, leading to easy layups by Jordynn McPherson, Jessie Copes and Maria Giesbrecht.

The senior boys got off to a strong start on Friday with an 89-48 win over GP Comp JV and a 104-31 win over St Patrick High. The boys couldn’t miss, led by Gr. 12 Mason Miranda, who made seven three-pointers. On Saturday morning, the Grizzlies went up against a strong team from PWA and while they were able to keep the score tight, they just couldn’t get ahead and lost 56-62.

The boys finished the tournament in third place with an 86-67 win over St Joe’s with notable performances from Ethyn Lang and Liam Peterson.

The junior boys started their season

off strong with a second place finish at Kelly Road in Prince George. They got off to a hot start in the first half against DP Todd led by Colton Dyck’s 12 points at the half to hold a 34-3 lead. The boys were able to finish the game strong and start the season with a 59-22 win.

In the semi finals against College Heights, the boys started slow, going down 23-8 just two minutes into the second quarter. After a time out, the Grizzlies came out with energy and went on a run to get the game within four points at the half. After the half the team led by Colton Dyck, Gryphon Talbot, and Triston Stockall outplayed College Heights to walk away with the win and set up a final against Charles Hays. The

boys fought hard in the finals against a Charles Hays team with a tournament already under their belt. Being outscored 19-3 in the second quarter ultimately left the boys too far back to be able to pull off the upset. After the half, the boys made adjustments that helped them to fight back to make it a 10 point game with four minutes left before Charles Hays ultimately pulled away for the Championship.

Up Next: This weekend, the Senior Girls are away in Edmonton at the Scona Classic and Jr Boys and Girls head to Fort Nelson.

— Samantha Stackhouse

Athletes of the week Colton Dyck (junior basketball) Colton lead the team in scoring all three games, shooting efficiently and maintaining an excellent work ethic.

Alexis Ziebart (basketball) As one of the team captains for the Senior Girls Basketball Team, Alexis led the team in defensive rebounding, averaging six defensive boards per game. During the championship game, she showed exceptional leadership together with co-captain Claire Turner in rallying the team to victory.

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The NPSS senior girls show off their championship banner from the 2018 Grande Prairie Senior High Basketball Classic on Dec. 8.

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Kurt Busch heading to Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing has partnered with Monster Energy for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Monster Energy will be a primary sponsor on the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to be driven by 2004 Cup Series Champion Kurt Busch. Busch will compete in his 20th season in the Cup Series during the 2019 campaign. “I am tremendously proud to be joining Chip Ganassi Racing and the prestigious group of alumni. Along with Monster Energy, winning races and competing at the highest level, it’s what we are all about,” Busch said. It is believed this will be Busch’s final year of fulltime NASCAR competition. Monster Energy became the title sponsor of NASCAR’s top series, starting with the 2017 season, renaming it to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

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Dec. 14, 1947 - Former Cup driver Hershel McGriff was born on this day. McGriff made news in 2009 when he started two races in the Camping World West Series at the spry age of 81. He finished 13th of 26 cars on the road course of Portland (Ore.) International Raceway in July and two weeks later finished 19th on the road course of Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah.

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Rusty Wallace Born: Aug. 14, 1956 Cup wins: 55 Cup top-tens: 349 Cup championships: 1 Rusty Wallace finished second in his first NASCAR race at the Atlanta 500 in 1980.

He made nine further NASCAR appearances over the next three years, although he did not score any further top 10 finishes.

Wallace joined the Cup series full-time in 1984, winning Rookie of the Year honors and finishing 14th in the final points standings. He won his first Cup race in 1986 at the Bristol Motor Speedway in the Valleydale 500.

Rusty earned his first pole position about a year later at the Miller 400 at Michigan International Speedway. In 1989, he had 6 victories along with thirteen top 5s and twenty top 10s to win the Cup championship, beating arch rival Dale Earnhardt by just 12 points for the honor. Rusty won at least one race every year from 1986 to 2002. His last Cup victory came in 2004 in the Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.

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Vaughn Oasay prepares for a layup on a fast break in NPSS’s game against Ron Pettigrew on Nov. 30.

The Peace Passage Skating Club had a late to the season, but its skaters have their first competition of the year out of the way. The club took six skaters to Edmonton for the Edmonton Region Invitational Competition from Nov. 23 to 25.

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The NPSS senior boys basketball team almost had a perfect start to the 2018-19 season, losing in the finals of the DCSS tournament by five points two weeks ago. The team had two blowout wins before losing narrowly to an experienced Prince George Secondary team.

The Grizzlies were down early, but battled back, getting within three points with five minutes left, but were unable to make up the rest before time ran out.

“It was a good tournament with lots of positive things to take away.

We really battled hard in the final, and showed great chemistry and did well on the things we’ve been working on in practice,” said NPSS Coach Curtis Haugan.

The team was in Grande Prairie this weekend for the Senior High Basketball Classic, where they finished third.

A year ago, the Grizzlies split their weekends between tournaments in Grande Prairie and Edmonton, but this year, NPSS is focussing more on the teams in their backyard.

“We didn’t win any of our Grande Prairie tournaments last year, so we’re hoping the more we play the teams close to us, the more good habits we’ll build and rivalries will start to develop,” Haugan said.

To stay competitive going forward, the team will need strong efforts from their starting backcourt of Earl Concepcion and Mason Miranda, two of the Grizzlies’ seven returning players who were in Grade 11 a year ago.

“These exceptional guards run the offense for us and are tough to guard,” said Haugan.

NPSS is also boosted by the play of forwards Liam Peterson and Adam Nelson. Peterson, who’s in Grade 11, has been exceptional in both tournaments, hounding the glass and getting timely steals.

While the team does suffer a bit by the departure of big man Mackenzie Jibrin to the Grant MacEwan Griffins, they are thriving by focusing on their skill set and what they do best.

“Anytime you lose a CIS-caliber player, especially with the short supply of size in the North, it’s tough. We don’t have a lot of size, so we’re relying on our exceptional shooting, and are working on playing good defensive, pressing,

and rebounding to keep us in games,” Haugan said.

Aside from improving their play on the court, the team is also working towards raising funds so that they can attend the 2019 Cali-Can Classic Basketball Tournament in Los Angeles, Feb. 5 to 10.

Haugan said the once in a lifetime opportunity is the perfect send-off for the team’s departing players. The team is holding a bottle drive the first week of January to help fund the trip.

Anyone who would like to support the team, or who will have a lot of bottles collected after the holidays, can contact NPSS Athletic Director Samantha Stackhouse at sstackhouse@prn.bc.ca.

“This is a fine group of young women and they are proud to represent the Peace Region and NPSS,” said Bacso.

Prespatou 4-H Community Club Hello everyone!

I am happy to say that I will be writing to you about our club events this year. My name is Melissa Dick, this is my fifth year in 4-h, and I am a senior beef member. Our club has decided to have a junior executive for each senior executive, this year. My buddy as reporter is Sydney Loewen, this is her second year in 4h and she is also a beef member. For this article I will include what events our club has done this year.

In late October we had our first meeting. We welcomed our newest member and played some games.

On November 12, we had our first beef weigh-in and had a meeting afterwards. There are 9 beef members and 3 sheep members. Our club currently has 12 beef animals this year.

We chose our executives, our President is Savannah Loewen with Kaylee Wiebe as her buddy, Vice President Kimberly Wiebe and Haley Loewen, Secretary Lacey Wiebe and Jessica Wiebe, Treasurer Ruth Wiebe

with Emily Wiebe, Press Reporter Melissa Dick and Sydney Loewen, and Safety Officer Mikayla Loewen and Jackson Loewen as her buddy.

Our club has decided to do a Christmas hamper again this year. We will also be going to the Countryside Lodge Senior’s Complex, in Prespatou, where we will be bringing games and snacks.

The Prespatou 4-h club would like to Thank, Home Hardware, for sponsoring this article.

Thank you to our readers, Until Next Time,

Melissa Dick, Prespatou 4-h Community Club.

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Fort Bowling Lanes league standings: week 10 Here are your week 10 rankings for the Mixed No Cap and Wednesday Morning Coffee bowling leagues.

Good Time Girls won the week, moving within a point of Got Balls for second place. The Fantastics earned 11 points on the week and extended their lead over second place to 18 points.

Mixed No Tap Overall points / week 10 points 1. The Fantastics - 97 / 11 2. Got Balls - 79 / 8 3. Good Time Girls - 78 / 12 4. Freeze Frame - 70 / 1 5. Trouble - 68 / 5 6. Rusty Gates - 54 / 4 7. Forever Friends - 47.50 / 6 8. Big Chucksees - 46 / 10 9. Comic Reliefs - 46 / 9 10. Blue Balls - 45 / 7 11. Bowl Movements - 43.50 / 3 12. Here 4 The Beer - 28 / 2

High Series 1. The Fantastics - 3,921 High Single 1. The Fantastics - 1,524 Individiual Leaders Mens Single Flat - Nigel Arnault - 355 Mens Series Flat - Kevin Alexander - 821 Ladies Single Flat - Marlene Bigcharles - 335 Ladies Series Flat - Marlene Bigcharles - 745 High Averages Ladies 1. Marlene Bigcharles - 220 2. Brianna Warnock - 199 3. Clara S. - 194 Mens 1. Kevin Alexander - 239 2. Percy Arnault - 220 3. Elvis Calahasen - 206

Coffee League Overall points / week 10 points 1. Ball Busters - 46 / 2 2. Fab Five - 42 / 5 3. Shady Ladies - 42 / 4 4. Pin Poppers - 37 / 6 5. Five Alive - 33 / 3 High Series Ball Busters - 3,324 High Single Ball Busters - 1,230 Ladies Series Jeannette Ward - 636 Ladies Single Maria Baxter - 283 Ladies High Average 1. Cindy Dettling - 171 2. Jeannette Ward - 169 3. Joanne McGinnis - 169 League play goes each Wednesday night, 7 to 9 p.m.

To inquire about joining a team, call Fort Bowling Lanes at 250-785-8882.

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DIXON, Keith W. December 6, 2018 Keith W. Dixon died peacefully in Victoria, BC, on Thursday, December 6th, 2018, at the age of 92. He graduated from the University of Alberta in Pharmacy, practiced for three years and returned to study Medicine.

Together with Gary Westover, he founded the medical clinic in Fort St. John, BC, in 1957, which attracted physicians from around the world as the town grew. He moved with his wife, Vonnie, and family of seven children to Montreal in 1964 to study obstetrics and gynecology at the Royal Vic and returned three years later with a degree and another child.

He was devoted to his family and patients and he was known for his kindness, caring, compassion, and integrity. He enjoyed a rich retirement with his golfing and biking friends, as well as travelling in Europe and North America with family and friends.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Vonnie; and his children, Kathy (Gabe), Pat (Mike), John (Heather), Mike, Beth (Kelly), Ken, Mary (Doug) and Judy (Pete); 13 grandchildren and nine great−grandchildren. A memorial will be held Tuesday, December 11th at 3−5:30 PM at the Windsor Park Pavilion, 2451 Windsor Road, Victoria, BC. Special thank you to the staff at The Heights at Mt. View, whose compassion and efficiency made his last two years comfortable, especially Sam, Jo, Elicia, and Jordan. With thanks, the family requests that no flowers be sent.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018 B7

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Money, money, money... NPSS students hit right notes on Mamma Mia! matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

North Peace Secondary students are whisking audiences away to a Greek island and plunking them in the middle of family wedding drama this season for their rendition of Mamma Mia! Musical theatre students have been hard at work preparing for their rendition of the Broadway musical hit based on the songs of ABBA. Teacher and director Emry Mika was quick to pick up amateur rights for the musical when they were released in April, snagging them the very next day. Mika said she couldn’t wait to take on the production for herself and her students.

“It offers them a new era of music that they might not have been previously exposed to,” Mika said. “We haven’t done a rock musical in some time, we usually stick to Disney and the classics, so it’s been fun to bring in that edginess for them.”

Mamma Mia! tells the story of Sophie Sheridan on the eve of her wedding and the search for her birth father. Sophie has invited three men from her mother’s past to the wedding, and she has 24 hours to

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North Peace Secondary students Mia Zoerb, Elysia Cruz, and Katea Nelson perform a song during the debut of Mamma Mia! on Friday, December 7.

find out which is her dad and ask him to walk her down the aisle.

Whitney Troyer is playing Sophie, her first lead role.

Troyer called the opportunity a dream come true, having grown up as a fan of the original production and film.

“This year, being able to sing in front of everyone is definitely a challenge,” Troyer said.

“The standard that everyone has for the show, because ABBA is such a great band, the standards are skyrocketing.

We have to do ABBA proud,

we got to make sure we do our best.”

Elysia Cruz play’s Sophie’s mother, Donna Sheridan, who reunites at the wedding with her lifelong friends and former Donna and the Dynamos bandmates Tanya and Rosie.

Cruz grew up listening to ABBA, but her role as Donna goes beyond the music. There are lessons to be learned and challenges to be had playing a strong woman like Donna, Cruz said.

“She’s doing her best trying to make a living for her daughter and does what she wants for her daughter,” Cruz said.

“I’m used to a lot of not realistic characters, like the Little Mermaid or being Dorothy, so I think that was the challenge, being a real person.”

Forty-three students are involved on stage in the production, supported by a large stage crew and a simple rock band set: electric guitar, bass, two drum kits, a piano and a clarinet.

“They sound big and awesome, and it’s great,” Mika said.

Mamma Mia! opened Friday, December 7, at the North Peace Cultural Centre, and runs through to Saturday, Dec. 15. Tickets are available at the box office, or online.

“This group is a powerhouse,” Mika said.

“They are some of the strongest singers and dancers I’ve worked with in my career teaching theatre programs.

They don’t want to miss this one.”

B8 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018

LOCAL SPORTS

Fort St. John Curling Club standings: week six sports@ahnfsj.ca

Here are your standings from the Fort St. John Curling Club leagues after five weeks of play.

Both the Warren Flesjer and Edward Schmidt teams have pulled into first place in the mens and mixed leagues, respectively.

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Jonah Eklund throws a rock for the Kolten Lindner team in mixed league play on Dec. 6.

Mens Warren Flesjer 5-0 Bob Cooper 5-1 Alpine Glass 5-1 Chad Bordeleau 4-0-1 Bulldog Inspection 4-2 Rhyason 3-2-1 Embleton Const. 3-3 Sunrise Rotary 3-3 Shawn Ward 3-3 Pimms Production 2-0-1 Links Golf 2-1 Devin Dickson 2-1 Challenger Ins. 2-2 Glen Merwin 2-3 Northern Metalic 1-3 D&T Electric 1-3 Compass Comp. 1-4 Steve Braun 0-3 Brennan Eklund 0-3

Rotarians at Work

Mixed Edward Schmidt 5-1 Bob Cooper 4-1-1 April Podulsky 4-1-1 Ty Coates 4-1-1 Jeff Holland 4-2 Ace Instruments 2: 3-1 Dean Larson 3-2 Bruce Farquhar 3-2 Dave Kellestine 3-3 Brian Kelly 2-2-1 Beauty and Sweeps 2-3 Kolten Lindner 2-3 Ace Instruments 2-4 Northern Rockies Trees 1-4 Gary Anderson 0-3 Sheetheads 0-4

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Seniors Larry London 5-1 Leo Felix 4-0-1 Ray Clark 4-1 Paul Wuthrich 4-1 Donna Solodan 3-0-2 Larry Solodan 3-1 Connie Richter 2-0-2 Faye 2-0 Leonard Hamilton 2-2 Swede Taylor 2-2 Carol Rhyason 2-2 Linda Kelly 1-0-2 Shirley Kinnis 1-2-2 Elmer Westergaard 1-1-1 Julie Taylor 1-2-1 Roy Chisolm 1-2-1 Coleen Zieger 1-4-1 Madonna Robertson 1-2 Stella Hamilton 1-0 Tim Maloney 1-0 Alice Lock 1-0 Paula Maloney 1-1 Harry Danshin 1-2 John Mast 0-2-2 Glen Aahlus 0-0-1 Dave Kellestine 0-3-1 Gerald Able 0-1-1 Ed Sariba 0-3

Ladies Jodi Busche 4-0 Cheryl Batten 4-0 Deanne Busche 3-0 Cina Wales-Green 3-1 Kristin Bayet 2-1 Jeannie Whitford 2-2 Donna Greenway 1-2 Jaime Hotte 1-3 Pam Murray 1-3 Tara Forest 1-1-1 Tennille Penner 0-2-1 Rebecca Friesen 0-3 Paula Moloney 0-4

Silver Anniversary

Every December local Rotarians, Interactors, and Friends of Rotary prepare and serve meals to over 300 people at the annual Community Dinner.

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