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A Baldonnel school that focuses on project-based learning has recently gained independent status from the province and is adding an extra classroom as it gears up for the fall.

Freedom Thinkers was granted independent school status in June, says Sandra Cushway, a teacher with 25 years of classroom experience who started the school on her Baldonnel farm two years ago.

As a result, Cushway is opening up a second class for 24 students, expanding her teaching staff to five, and opening up enrolment for students in Grades 4 to 9. “We take from everywhere,” Cushway said.

“I like to take some (students) classed as behavioural children in the classroom, high academic students, or those that are struggling. I want as wide of a spectrum of different learning abilities and different interests.

The one consistent thing is that all the children want to be here.”

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Eleven-year-old Madi Cornet-Cooper did something last weekend that few her age can boast: she opened the daylong music festival CanolaFest, featuring some big names in country music. See story on B5.

Pipeliner’s rant against lifted truck schadenfreude strikes nerve jonny wakefield reporter@dcdn.ca

Marc Morrissette works in the oilpatch, drives a big truck, and enjoys mixing it up with the anti-pipeline crowd on social media. So, in some ways, the rant was inevitable.

“I’ve had a lot of (rants),” said Morrissette, a pipeline boss and father of three who lives just outside Fort St. John. “My wife said ‘don’t get so fired up, just clean up your vocabulary and

make it public and see what happens.’”

Morrissette’s Facebook post, which went up earlier this summer, tackled the “douchebags in lifted trucks stereotype” of the Canadian oilpatch. “That was the first one I made public.”

As of July 13, it had been shared 6,648 times by oilpatch workers weary of lectures on their choice of vehicle.

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Marc Morrissette’s Facebook rant against people lecturing oilpatch workers on their lifted trucks was shared nearly 7,000 times.

Former Site C panel chair now an outspoken opponent zoë ducklow reporter@ahnfsj.ca

Dr. Harry Swain knows more than most about the Site C dam.

With a Ph.D. in economic geography and 22 years of federal civil service under his belt, Swain spent two years as chair of the federal-provincial joint review panel tasked with evaluating the environmental, economic, and First Nations

impacts of the largest public works project in B.C.’s history.

Part of the job included reading through some 24,000 pages of submissions from BC Hydro and other interveners.

But two years after the panel concluded and issued its report and recommendations to government, Swain has become an increasingly outspoken critic of the $8.8-billion dam.

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PRRD passes on public hearing for Site C liquor licence Jonny wakefield reporter@dcdn.ca

Members of the public won’t have a say in a bar proposed for the Site C worker camp.

On July 14, the Peace River Regional District opted against commenting on an application for a liquor licence after a lengthy debate on how to best control alcohol in facilities that house industrial workers.

ATCO Two Rivers Camp Services, the company hired to build and manage the 2,000-person worker camp for the $8.8-billion dam project, is applying to run a licenced lounge in the facility.

The facility will close at 9:30 each night and have a limit of two drinks per person.

BC Hydro says allowing camp employees to have a drink on site after work will prevent drunk driving and minimize the project’s impact on local police.

While the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch will decide whether to issue the liquor permit, Fort St. John Coun. Byron Stewart thought the PRRD should comment on the application after holding a public hearing on the specifics of the licence.

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Bess Legault of Hip Peace Produce snaps a photo of an unidentified plant held by Kari Bondaroff, the invasive plant program manager for the Peace River Regional District.

Legault and Bondaroff, along with several members of the Northern Environmental Action Team, were at Bear Flat Sunday, July 17, to tour Hip Peace Produce and talk about sustainable farming and invasive plant management and identification.

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MOSQUITO MAYHEM: The District of Taylor is experimenting with a new way of fighting the community’s mosquito problem. Local ball diamonds and recreational areas will be sprayed with a potent garlic solution. Experts say the powerful garlic smell will keep mozzies at bay for weeks.

The garlic will make for an interesting odor combination in Taylor. Although I’d hate to see mosquitoes totally eradicated.

There are summer days when swatting mosquitoes is the only exercise I get.

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MEANWHILE IN LONDON: Britain has its first woman Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher. You remember Margaret Thatcher. She made Saddam Hussein look like a wimp. There’s a report the new Prime Minister is even tougher. She makes Margaret Thatcher look like a Spice Girl.

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organized by the Academy of Chocolate in London, England (Yes, there is such a thing!) the best chocolate in the world is made by the Hummingbird Chocolate Company, located in the small town of Almonte, Ontario. By the way: A recent study shows men who regularly eat chocolate live an average 1.5 years longer than men who do not eat chocolate. But men who try to steal their wife’s chocolate are destined to die young.

MOVIE MEMO: The #1 movie in Canada is The Secret Life of Pets. When I was a kid we had two pets. A large main dog, and a small back-up emergency dog.

POKEMON POPULAR: A new Pokemon game for smartphones is sweeping the globe. Millions are playing it. I remember playing Pokemon on my Nintendo Game Boy. I still have it, it’s in the back of FINE WINE: Canada doesn’t just make a drawer, next to my old Sony Walkman. https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-78_metric_e.html great chocolate; our wine is also top class.

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New duplex construction has kept pace in the city year-over-year.

2015, the city had issued permits for 45 new homes, with a construction value of $21.3 million.

There have been no new multi-family permits issued this year, down from last year when the city issued 23 permits for 107 new dwellings.

“If you look back through years, (multi-family homes) either feast or famine. There’s either none of them or lots of them,” Rogers said.

Just one permit for a mobile home has been issued.

Commercial construction When it comes to commercial builds, the city is just one permit off from its numbers last year.

The city has issued 24 commercial building permits for a value of $9.6 million, compared to 25 permits worth $25.4 million in 2015.

Rogers says that’s a reflection of a number of smaller ventures proceeding and taking advantage of depressed prices to build.

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Silver lining When it comes to the state of construction in the city, Rogers says there is a silver lining.

Whereas the city had been running out of lots near the end of 2014 when development was running high, the city currently has around a “year’s worth” of vacant parcels ready to be developed when the economy rebounds, according to Rogers.

“When things start to pick up—of course, everyone says it can’t stay like this forever, it will pick up—we do have ability to respond to demand. If things start picking up at rapid pace, we have an absorption ability,” he said.

“It’s a good position to ensure prices don’t spike astronomically. I’d rather the battle be on the contractor side of things (for labour supply instead of land supply). Once land prices start to go up, it’s very hard to bring them back down.”

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New housing permits in the city have slowed to a crawl, with duplex construction keeping pace with 2015 numbers.

The city has issued nine duplex permits for 18 new dwellings this year, on par with the 10 permits for 20 dwellings in 2015.

The new duplexes have a construction value of $7.9 million, up from $6.7 million last year.

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Construction values in Fort St. John have dropped by more than 70 per cent year-over-year, recent data from the city shows.

According to June’s building report, the city issued just 64 permits in the first six months of the year, for a total construction value of $23.4 million. That’s a steep drop from the same time last year, when the city had issued 154 permits with a construction value of $88.2 million by the end of June 2015.

A soft year is expected to continue in the face of delayed liquefied natural gas development decisions and low global oil prices.

“Everybody’s hanging on for the next announcement,” said Ken Rogers, the city’s director of development.

“When we’re doing a yearover-year comparison, last year was a very good year. We’re anticipating a slower one this year. This is, really, conditions completely out of our control.”

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Wheel-A-Thon to keep Hope Air engines running 638 locals helped with medical flights last year

Two local ladies in wheelchairs are at it again this year, doing laps around the track at the Pomeroy Sport Centre to raise funds for Fort St. John residents who need financial help accessing medical care in larger city centres.

On Saturday, July 23, Darlene Thomas and Alicia Calder are hosting their annual Wheel-AThon fundraiser for Hope Air, a Canadian charity that provides free flights for anyone who has an appointment far from home that they can’t afford to get to.

“I have to go every year, and they are my support,” said Thomas, a triple amputee who lives in Fort St. John and has to have her prosthetics redone regularly.

“People like me who need to go frequently, it’s a blessing, it’s an unbelievable blessing ... be-

cause, you know, I can’t pay for myself and a caregiver to fly to Vancouver, and I have to have a caregiver with me,” she said.

Thomas started the Hope Air fundraiser in 2012, and raised $700 for the cause.

In 2013, she had the help of Calder, who had asked Thomas if she could work alongside her on the fundraiser. Together, they raised $3,300. The third year they made nearly $5,000.

Last year, their fundraiser was put on hold as Thomas worked diligently to raise funds for the North Peace Community Choir, of which she’s part, to send its members to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York.

Now the Wheel-A-Thon is back on track, and Thomas and Calder hope to break the $5,000 mark. They’ll be wheeling around the track from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and they hope others will join them—be it walking, jogging, running, or

cheering on the sidelines.

The Wheel-A-Thon is a oneof-a-kind event, according to Anna du Bois, development manager with Hope Air. “We don’t actually have many community fundraisers, and the Wheel-A-Thon is the only one,” she said.

“There have been runs and a basketball game … we have a golf tournament by various companies, that sort of thing, and last year there was a bicycle ride by two nurses from Prince Rupert to Prince George, but a Wheel-A-Thon like Darlene and Alicia’s? It’s the only one.”

If Thomas and Calder meet their $5,000 target, it will mean 20 free health care trips for locals. Last year, 638 trips were provided to residents of the Fort St. John area.

Hope Air is a registered charity, and receipts are available for donations over $10.

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The NewLeaf Travel Company has pulled the plug on its plans to offer flights out of Fort St. John, but the local airport hopes the company will be back at the table soon.

The company announced June 23 cheap flights were coming to the city at the end of July, but changed gears July 13 announcing it will instead offer direct flights between Edmonton and Abbotsford— cutting out the layover in Fort St. John and cutting a fourplus hour trip to less than two hours.

“Our customers have voted overwhelmingly for direct nonstop flight service between Edmonton and Abbotsford.

Customers have told us they want a direct flight, so we’re giving them a direct flight on that route. As a result, effective immediately we stopped selling our stop over in Fort St. John,” NewLeaf Chief Commercial Officer Dean Dacko said in a statement.

“We have contacted each of our Fort St. John customers directly to help them make alternative travel plans.”

Mike Whalley, managing director for the North Peace Regional Airport, was looking forward to the company’s arrival, but said he isn’t writing NewLeaf off yet.

“It was exciting news to hear we were getting a new service to provide new opportunities to the region, unfortunately it’s not going to work,” he said.

“We’re hoping to come back to the table in the fall and find something that works.

“Just because they’ve decided to withdraw services at this point doesn’t mean we write them off,” Whalley said.

NewLeaf was offering oneway fares of $89, taxes and fees included, when they launched—an “ultra low cost” model that’s still relatively new to the North American market, Whalley said.

Carriers ultimately look at ridership at the end of the day, he said, and there wasn’t enough demand for Fort St. John.

The City of Fort St. John intends to close that portion of 73 Street between 91 and 93 Avenues and the portion of lane between Lots 2, 3, 22, 23 and 24, Block 7, Plan 12116 in accordance with Section 40 of the Community Charter and Bylaw No. 2326, 2016.

The road and lane are being closed for the purpose of lot amalgamation.

A public meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 25, 2016 in Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m. to allow the public an opportunity to make presentations to Council or to present written submissions regarding the lane closure.

Copies of the proposed bylaw and related documents may be inspected at City Hall – 10631 – 100th Street, Fort St. John, BC between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from July 11 to 25, 2016.

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The airport continues to talk with carriers about adding new routes and services, Whalley said.

Passenger counts higher than expected The airport has seen around 120,000 passengers so far this year. While that’s down from the same time last year, when 129,000 passed through the airport, this year’s numbers are above what was forecasted, Whalley said.

“Right now, we have a lot of things that are different from what they were two years ago,” he said.

“We’re definitely seeing that the business (travel) has dropped off, but leisure travel is the same. There’s a little bit more workforce movement based on Site C. We’re feeling a positive impact from that.

Oil and gas, we definitely see a drop off on that end.

“It balances. We’re doing better than anticipated.”

At 69 wells, Progress the most active driller in Northeast B.C. Drilling activity in British Columbia over the last year has been focused on the Montney natural gas reserves, with Progress Energy leading the way in wells drilled, according to BOE Report.

BOE reports that a total of 256 wells were drilled in the province since June 2015, with 226 in the Montney. Of those 226, Progress has drilled 68 wells since June 2015, all in the Montney.

Tourmaline Oil Corp. is the next most active driller in B.C., with 21 wells drilled, all in the Montney.

Rounding out the top five are ARC Resources (17 wells), Shell Canada (15 wells), and Crew Energy and Encana with 12 wells each.

According to BOE, Progress produces more than 750 million cubic feet equivalent of natural gas in Northeast B.C. and Northwest Alberta.

The company’s production serves Canadian markets while it expands production capacity on its Montney land holdings in preparation for the possible opening of new LNG markets in Asia.

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No more drilling in Peace-Moberly Tract as part of reconciliation deal

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B.C. will no longer sell the right to drill for gas in a swatch of territory south of the Peace River, part of an agreement with Saulteau First Nations aimed at environmental protection.

In an order signed March 8, Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman removed natural gas and oil dispositions from the Peace-Moberly Tract, a 107,000-hectare area south of the Peace River of cultural importance to the Saulteau and other Treaty 8 First Nations. The land has been heavily impacted by industrial development, including construction of the Site C dam.

B.C. agreed to quit auctioning oil and gas parcels in the tract as part of its New Relationship agreement with the Saulteau, signed late last year.

Crew Energy, the oil and gas operator in the area, was issued new tenures

further east, according to ministry spokesperson Lindsay Byers.

“The Peace-Moberly Tract was recognized as a significant area for the Saulteau First Nations and as part of the New Relationship and Reconciliation Agreement,” Byers wrote in an email. “As part of the agreement, tenure in the Peace-Moberly Tract was relinquished last year.”

While the company owned tenures in the area, there were no wells or gas production going on in the tract. Late last year, Saulteau Chief Nathan Parenteau told the Alaska Highway News that oil and gas, forestry, and hydroelectric development in the nation’s traditional territory was opening the door for increased wolf predation.

Roads, seismic lines, and other development allows wolves to move easier through the backcountry. On July 1, the province made changes to the moose hunt in the area aimed at taking pressure off ungulate populations.

A review and update of the City of Fort St. John’s Official Community Plan (OCP) is being conducted in 2016 and, at the Committee of the Whole meeting, staff presented the Visioning Summary Report which outlines the results of the community input and visioning sessions that have been held. The OCP sets out the framework for how the City will develop and grow over the next ten to twenty years. It is a visionary document largely based on input and ideas collected from citizens and other community stakeholders.

The Visioning Summary Report will be incorporated into the draft OCP and used to determine emerging themes, issues, interests and direction from the community. Comments received that from the OCP community consultation process that are regional in nature will be compiled and forwarded to the Peace River Regional District for their consideration as part of the North Peace Fringe Area OCP planning process.

Next steps will be to complete a draft OCP based on this input and to present it to the community at future engagement events.

BYLAWS • 73 Street Between 91 and 93 Avenues and a Portion of Lane Within Block 7, Plan 12116 Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw No. 2326, 2016 was introduced and read for the first three times by title only. A Public Meeting regarding the bylaw is scheduled for Monday, July 25th at 6:00 p.m. to allow for public input. The portion of road to be closed is on 73rd Street and lies between 91st Avenue and 93rd Avenue. The portion of lane to be closed lies between 73rd Street and 72nd Street and south of the East Bypass Road. The purpose of the closure is to facilitate the amalgamation of the lands from multiple small parcels into four larger parcels. This consolidation will provide lots of a suitable size for a commercial development which will help to achieve Council’s goal regarding infill of vacant lots within the City.

• Solid Waste Management Amendment Bylaw No. 2327, 2016 was introduced and read for the first three times by title only. This bylaw amendment provides additional clarification as to what can be placed in the garbage versus the recycling cart. Schedule C - Examples of Materials Prohibited from Garbage and Recyclable Materials Cart includes the following changes: o 11. Changed “white goods - large appliances” to “appliances and power tools” o 16. Changed “lead acid” batteries to “batteries”.

Schedule C - Items Accepted in Recycling Carts has been added and provides a list of items that should be placed in the recycling cart and a list of items that should not be included. There is still a misconception in the community that glass is allowed in the carts. Glass can be placed in the garbage cart or taken directly to Eco Depot but cannot go in the recycling cart. Placing glass in the cart results in breakage and is a potential hazard for recycling staff.

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Council agreed to join the National Zero Waste Council, a leadership initiative bringing together governments, businesses and non-government organizations to advance waste prevention in Canada.

Its priorities are to implement national communication campaigns, advance policy development and to facilitate knowledge exchange and dialogue. There is no cost to the City to join this organization.

SPRAY PARK TENDER AWARD UPDATE

At the June 27 Regular Council meeting, Council received a delegation from Kalmar Construction and the Northern Regional Construction Association expressing a number of concerns regarding the City’s tendering and procurement processes. Of particular concern was the Spray Park tender process and subsequent course of action by the City to potentially award this tender. Kalmar and the Construction Association’s concerns on this project were that the bids received were over budget and the City had chosen to negotiate with the low bidder to reduce the scope of the project and bring the project in line with the approved budget. Both Kalmar and the Construction Association’s opinion was that the project, if being reduced in scope, should be re-tendered and that the City should not be negotiating with the low bidder.

Given the sensitivity of this issue and in light of other concerns expressed by Kalmar and the Construction Association, City staff sought a legal opinion on the Spray Park Tender which indicated that the City is within its rights to negotiate with the low bidder, and in this circumstance, actually has a duty of fairness to do so with the low bidder. Staff will now enter into negotiations with TGK Irrigation Ltd. regarding the spray park project. A meeting is scheduled for August 11th with the Construction Association and Kalmar Construction to discuss the other concerns raised during their presentation.

UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS

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The next Regular Council meeting is scheduled for Monday July 25, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.

A Public Meeting regarding 73 Street Between 91 and 93 Avenues and a Portion of Lane Within Block 7, Plan 12116 Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw No. 2326, 2016 will be held at 6:00 p.m.

The public is welcome to attend these meetings.

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To do that, Cushway tests each student who applies—having each write a letter explaining why they want to be in the school and then interviewing them.

“I want buy-in from the child right to begin with,” Cushway said.

“I believe if you have a passion for learning and you want to be somewhere, that’s half of it right to begin with.”

Students from Montney, Charlie Lake, Taylor, and Baldonnel are already registered in the school, where students trade in traditional classroom learning for projects, make their own report cards, vote in their class mayor, or hone their resume skills for one of many classroom jobs.

“We do a lot on time management and money management, plus they pick their own projects. We teach the skills through

their interest,” Cushway said.

Last year, students each completed a non-fiction book on a subject of their choice, from dyslexia to milk to outer space. In another project, three students wanted to put on an Irish dance production, so Cushway sent them off to research the history of Ireland and had them weave their findings into the choreography of the project.

Though it is now independent, the school is still funded to 35 per cent of what a public school receives, Cushway said. The rest is made up from tuition.

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Let the smart-meter issue recede into the background — there are bigger B.C. Hydro fish to fry, and the biggest of all is the Site C dam. A judge has refused to certify a class-action lawsuit against B.C. Hydro over the installation of smart meters, saying the proposed lawsuit failed to prove there was enough evidence to support the action.

The lawsuit was launched by Nomi Davis of Salt Spring Island, who said she began to get headaches and joint pain after a smart meter was installed at her home against her wishes. Other B.C. Hydro customers worried about the effects of emissions joined the lawsuit, which claimed the meters infringed on their right to life, liberty and security.

“There is no admissible evidence that these issues could be resolved on a class-wide basis,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Elaine Adair said in a 36-page decision released July 13.

B.C. Hydro began installing smart meters in 2011, replacing analog meters that required periodic visits from meter readers. The new meters can transmit power consumption and other data wirelessly and as needed.

The $1-billion smart-meter rol-

lout was completed in a couple of years, except for about 60,000 customers who objected to the new meters for various reasons, including possible health problems.

They were eventually offered the option of keeping the old meters and paying a reading fee.

The link between smart meters and health issues is tenuous, at best.

In 2011, Mary McBride, a scientist with the B.C. Cancer Agency, issued a statement that said despite the exponential increase in exposure to radio-frequency radiation from cellphones, extensive research showed no link between cellphones and problems such as brain tumours. Smart meters, she said, emit RF radiation at a level several times lower than that of cellphones and transmit only intermittently, an average of a minute per day.

That doesn’t mean the possibility of harmful effects from cellphones, Wi-Fi and other sources of radio-frequency radiation should be dismissed entirely — monitoring and research should continue — but the harm from smart meters, at this point, is theoretical.

There’s nothing theoretical

about the harm that could result from the Site C dam, though.

The estimated construction cost is $8.8 billion, the biggest outlay of public funds in B.C.’s history. And does anyone believe that cost won’t go higher? Projects of this scope seldom stay within the budget.

The dam is expected to lose $800 million in its first four years of production, because it will generate more power than the province needs at three times the market rate, so the electricity will be have to be sold at a huge loss.

At a time when climate change and other factors raise concerns about our food supply, the dam will flood 107 kilometres of the Peace River and take 13,000 hectares of agricultural land out of production. It will irreversibly alter ecosystems and wildlife habitat. The project has serious ramifications for First Nations’ rights and territories.

A joint federal-provincial panel appointed to review the Site C dam said it didn’t have the time or resources to properly analyze project costs and couldn’t determine if the dam is needed. It recommended that the project be reviewed by the B.C. Utilities Commission.

Can B.C. have an LNG industry and still meet its climate targets? That’s one of the tricky questions that I and the other members of the Climate Leadership Team—a provincial advisory panel— wrestled with last year. While any LNG development makes it more challenging to reduce carbon pollution, it is possible to achieve this balance, but it would require significant changes to the way natural gas is produced and liquefied.

The only way to square the circle is for the province to have much stronger climate policies, including a return to annual increases in the carbon tax. Those policies would lead to less methane leaking from natural gas infrastructure and a switch from burning gas to using renewable energy.

Right now, those policies aren’t in place, which is why B.C.’s carbon pollution is rising and projected to continue rising.

Whether B.C. gets back on track and regains its status as a climate leader will depend on the province’s forthcoming climate plan. If the plan isn’t strong enough, we shouldn’t approve any new projects that will make the problem worse, including Pacific NorthWest LNG. —Matt Horne B.C. associate director, Pembina Institute The B.C. Liberal government has decided to go ahead with the project without further review, despite the recommendations of its own expert panel, a decision the head of the panel called “a dereliction of duty.”

It’s theoretically possible harm might come from smart meters.

The harm that will result from the Site C dam is stark reality.

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he energy revolution has begun. Around the world, investment in the “new” renewable energies of wind and solar continue to outpace investments in all other energy sources combined.

As I have detailed in previous columns, this energy revolution is not the first. Long ago, we started with simple low-tech renewables (think of wind mills in Holland and the great sailing ships), replaced by coal that fired the industrial revolution, then the latest transition to the modern era of oil and gas.

Each new energy source replaced the old because it was more useful and versatile than the last.

Mammals overran the dinosaurs (with a little help from a certain asteroid) because we were small, smart and efficient.

Renewables will replace old energy sources that are big, slow and wasteful. It just makes sense.

Let’s have a snapshot look at this newest energy revolution as it moves us into yet another whole new way of doing things.

APPLE’S SOLAR SPACESHIP Tech giant Apple is building a new 13,000-employee campus three miles from its Cupertino, California, headquarters, powered entirely by renewables.

Dubbed “The Spaceship” it is a giant ring nearly one mile in

carbon emissions by 2030, while B.C.’s are set to increase by 40 per cent.

Don Pettit circumference, (wider than the Pentagon), enclosing a circular park, and featuring a roof coated with solar panels.

The new building, to be completed later this year, also eliminates the need for conventional cooling systems thanks to a smart engineered structure that “breathes” naturally.

CALGARY GOES CLEAN An “edge of hunger” brings “clarity” says Calgary’s mayor to Business News Network. Busts that follow oil booms are par for the course, but Mayor Nenshi says the current one presents an opportunity to turn Calgary into a clean tech and innovation powerhouse.

When Calgary starts to wake up and see the light, surely anything is possible!

VW’s NEW BRAND The Volkswagon brand needs some attention. In spite of its serious financial and reputational baggage, VW is counting on a $14.5 billion rebirth strategy that includes 30 new electric models by 2025, self-driving cars, and more.

ENBRIDGE GOES CLEAN We think of Enbridge as king of pipelines, but its time to rethink that image. Enbridge is outspending many of it larger competitors on renewables.

Why? The fossil era is winding down and wind farms are, to put it simply, “easier to build.”

B.C. FALLING BEHIND BC Premier Christy Clark is quick to boast about the province’s climate leadership (based largely on a petrified carbon tax filled with loopholes and exceptions) but a new Pembina Institute study shows that B.C. has a growing carbon pollution problem that is causing it to fall behind its provincial peers.

Based on committed actions, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec will see a 20 per cent decrease in

SASKATOON GOES CLEAN While the provincial utility SaskPower is ramping up large-scale wind and solar, the City of Saskatoon is thinking small. The city has its own independent power system, and has set its sights on small-scale distributed clean power like roof-top solar.

A future powered by renewables offers the opportunity to reduce grid infrastructure and increase efficiency and reliabil-

WATT’S HAPPENING

ity by developing a network of small, squeaky-clean mini-grids.

By perfecting its own clean energy grid, Saskatoon could emerge as a leader in the fastgrowing field of independent distributed energy generation.

SOLAR: CHEAPEST YET A group of power developers has placed a bid to develop 800 megawatts of solar in Dubai at a record-low 2.99 cents per kilowatt hour. Although most analysts think this price is at the boundary of viability, it does suggests just how low the cost of solar power can go.

In BC, we pay more than eight cents per kilowatt hour, with steady increases in the works thanks to expensive mega-hydro projects and neglected aging grid infrastructure. When we’re headed for 10, 12 and then 14 cents per kilowatt hour, solar starts to look pretty good.

Nobody likes change, me included. It would be great if things could just carry on as usual, but that’s not “Watt’s Happening.” “Usual” is loaded with problems on a scale of global proportions. To meet that challenge, the required changes will be equally as massive. Here we go!

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1,200 rooms now open at Site C worker camp

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“We’re not saying ‘no,’ we’re trying to get all the information,” Stewart said. “If we’re just ignoring (the opportunity to comment), I think we’re at fault.”

Area C Director Brad Sperling initially supported public input on the liquor licence, saying 100 of his constituents live in the area and could be impacted.

He worried about workers leaving camp after the bar closed. While BC Hydro plans to operate a shuttle bus to and from town, he wondered whether workers would use it.

However, he eventually decided that allowing liquor in a controlled setting was the best option.

“Maybe having this establishment there, these guys will stay (in camp),” he said.

Area D Director Leonard Hiebert said allowing limited alcohol consumption in camp was better than the alternative.

“Having worked in camps that have a liquor permit and the ones they classify as ‘dry,’ I find there’s a lot more liquor appearing in the dry camps than the ones that actually have a liquor establishment,” he said.

“For me, the liquor licence eliminates the (workers) trying to sneak the liquor into the camp. They’re up front with it.

They’re saying two drinks per person, they’ve already set out the guidelines.”

Stewart, Area E Director Dan Rose and Hudson’s Hope Mayor Gwen Johannson voted in favour of the public hearing for the liquor licence.

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The Site C work camp now has the capacity of a small town.

BC Hydro announced the completion of the second phase of the camp Monday morning, which brings the room count to 1,200 and includes the full dining hall and kitchen, lounge, and fitness facility.

Though the rooms were opened to workers June 25, BC Hydro took South Peace MLA Mike Bernier and local media inside for a tour of the camp.

“When you look at Site C, a project that’s going to be lasting 10 years, this is going to be home for a lot of people around British Columbia,” Bernier said.

ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group was awarded the eightyear $470-million contract to complete the design, construction, partial financing, operation and maintenance of the camp.

There are around 550 workers currently staying at the camp, according to Glenda Carson, BC Hydro’s contracts manager for worker accommodation. Around 180 of those are ATCO operations and construction workers, with the rest representing other contractor employees on site.

The first phase of the camp—300 rooms—opened Feb. 29. Another 400 rooms are expected to come online

in September.

The camp already features a dining room that can seat 900, a full-scale fitness facility with basketball courts, soccer pitches, and tennis courts under construction, a medical clinic with a trauma room, and a lounge. A movie theatre is still being built.

“I’d like to say this is home away from home, but its way better than home,” said Jared Kilkenny, the sport and recreation co-ordinator.

“The point is to get the workers who are out here in the camp culture, get them out of their rooms, off the couch and into the recreation area to enjoy their time.

A happy worker is a healthy worker and a healthy worker is a productive worker. That really is what we’re trying to strive for here.”

Touring the facility, Bernier noted that with contractor and BC Hydro-operated shuttles to town, there is still plenty opportunity for workers to pump their paycheque into the local economy.

“Whether that’s the mall to do shopping, going to a restaurant, anywhere else, theres going to be a lot of people working on site, but they’re going to be looking for opportunities to have a change of pace as well and getting into town,” he said.

“It’s good to hear there’s going to be opportunities for people to be shuttled in and support the local economy as well.”

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The BC Northern Real Estate Board has released its mid-year results, showing a total of 191 properties worth $72.7 million were sold in Fort St. John in the first half of the year. Of those sales, 82 were single-family homes that spent an average of 78 days on the market and sold for an average price of $405,421. That’s down from 2015, when realtors had sold 139 single-family homes for an average price of $422,277.

The city has also seen the sale of 25 half-duplexes, 31 manufactured homes, 12 homes on acreages, and 17 vacant lots so far this year.

“With our mid-year numbers we are seeing some surprisingly bright spots throughout the northern part of the province,” Board President William Lacy said. “We still have some concerns, but many areas are up over last year, which bodes well for the north having a solid year overall. Ideally, we will get a couple of announcements in the later half of the year, and those markets that rely on the bigger economic projects will get the catalyst they need.”

By the end of June 2015, the city saw 374 properties worth $131 million change hands, according to the board.

In Fort Nelson, 12 properties worth $2.5 million were sold by the end of June, according to the board, down from the 17 properties worth $4.4 million in the same period last year.

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The state of the local housing market has caught the eye of Vancouver-based real estate advisor Ozzie Jurock, who calls Fort St. John a “sleeper market.”

In a recent newsletter, Jurock said “the time could be ripe” for long-term investors as he expects demand for oil and gas to rebound. He cited the prospects of the Site C dam, oil

plays in the Tower Lake region, and Pacific NorthWest LNG as cause for optimism.

Local realtor Trevor Bolin agrees, saying the local conditions are right for those looking to get into the market but couldn’t before.

Today’s market mirrors 2002 in terms of sales volumes, a year that was followed by a boom in both prices and sales, Bolin said.

“2003 was the start of what really changed our real estate market in its entirety,” Bolin said.

“That’s when we started to see short timeframes, multiple offers, and large increases. Between 2003 to 2005, those were years that saw 12 to 14 per cent gains in a single year in values. One year of that wipes out anything that dropped out this year.

“That’s people’s biggest question, should I buy right now?

If the market drops (another) 3 per cent between now and recovery, if we have one year of increases, they’ve regained huge amounts of equity.”

No more hardball In an earlier interview, local realtor Kathy Miller said realtors have to work harder and smarter as they too adjust to the buyer’s market alongside sellers.

“Patience is a virtue. Gone are the days are listing and selling hypothetically the next day,” she said. “Playing hardball in this market is not going to sell a house.”

Sellers must price their properties accurately, she said, and focus on offering more amenities than competing listings. Many sellers are taking on renovations or replacing old appliances in the hopes of securing a sale.

“Generally it’s to do with improving the house. If there’s a furnace that needs replacing, they’ll negotiate. Sellers are definitely open to negotiations regarding some items in the home.”

The softer market coupled with low interest rates has been a positive for buyers, she noted.

“I deal a lot with more local people. They’ve scrimped and saved for the last few years, and now with prices softening a bit they are able to purchase. It’s a win-win for them, selling smaller homes and moving into larger homes.”

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Morrissette, who drives a F-350 diesel (with no lift) to get to work over rutted oilpatch roads, said he was sick of hearing about how Western Canadians are suffering due to their foolish choice of vehicle.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes, for example, has riffed on down on their luck oilpatch workers in at least two segments this year. One features a greasy Fort McMurray correspondent lamenting the economic downturn (“I even had to sell the smaller truck that sits in the bed of my bigger truck in case my bigger truck breaks down, bud!”) Another featured two Maritimers forced to move home to their mother’s house (“He had to sell his truck. Now he’s only got two trucks left!”)

It’s a sentiment Morrissette says has been thrown in his face during the latest debates over Pacific NorthWest LNG: hard times? Shouldn’t have bought that big truck. “(It’s like) when Newfoundland lost its fisheries, if the West made fun of them and said get rid of those big fancy boats,” he said. “It’s the same reason people like to drive by an accident to see the carnage. It’s the wrong way to be.”

He said he hoped to convey that for many people working in the oilpatch, a big truck is a necessity. While some young “meatheads” might blow their money on bells and whistles, most just need to get to work.

“Pipeliners work on the road, so 90 per cent of them own travel trailers,” he said. “You’ve got to be able to pull it. You

need a truck to get your trailer to where you’re going to be living for the summer or the next three months or whatever. Also, as soon as you get off the highway, you’re on dirt.

“You’re pulling trailers, you’re hauling tools. It’s very important to be driving a truck. You can’t drive a car out there,” he said.

Morrissette spent years working north of Fort St. John when times where good, saying he put in “hundreds of kilometres of pipe up there.” He said he moved his family to Fort St. John full time when the NDP were elected in Alberta.

He described the new reality in the oilpatch as “brutal.”

Companies looking for work “are bidding so low just to have cash flow, and they’re driving rates down for guys who haven’t worked in awhile…let’s say you made $30 an hour, you’re going back to work for $17.”

Morrissette said he wasn’t surprised by the reaction he got to his rant, saying many in Western Canada feel they’re being kicked while they’re down.

While he drives a less ostentatious truck now, he doesn’t begrudge others their souped up ride.

“When you get a truck, you love it and you want to dress it up,” he said. “You put some rims on it, you put on some tires. It’s part of life that any young man in the North or in the West or anywhere goes through.”

Lifted trucks have become “part of the stigma that makes people against pipelines,” he said. “Yeah, (it’s) overkill, maybe, but according to who?”

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- Merlin Nichols, mayor, Chetwynd

Encana’s natural gas liquids facility inches closer to approval Encana’s proposed location.

Encana said it chose the Blockline Road location because it is close existing pipelines, which would allow them to forgo building extra pipeline routes and facilities.

“It’ll take two facilities rather than one if we relocate (it),” company representative Jason Blanch said.

The Blockline Road location would allow the facility to connect to the BC Hydro grid, rather than having to generate power by burning natural gas and creating emissions.

Encana said without the South Central Liquids hub, further development of natural gas in the area would be difficult.

Residents continue to oppose the project’s location, citing health concerns, property values declining once the plant is built and an “invasion” of their rural way of life. Gray Jones, a supporter of the landowners, said that in economic downturns, companies promising jobs can “basically do whatever they want. It’s undemocratic.”

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While stopping short of greenlighting the controversial facility, the Peace River Regional District allowed Encana’s South Central Liquids hub to inch closer to reality July 14 .

The board voted 7-5 to support a zoning amendment that would allow Encana to develop the project, which would process natural gas liquids in the Tomslake area south of Dawson MIKE CARTER PHOTO Creek. However, the zoning Resident Judy Christenson told the regional district she worries the South Central Liquids hub will pollute the air she changes have yet to be officially breaths and have a negative effect on the value of her property during a July 13 public hearing. adopted, and a date for that decision has not been set. our region that these fears are the oil and gas industry,” she said. project since July 8, many from The PRRD will require Encana being realized.”

“I’m not saying no to industry, residents in Fort St. John. Busito increase air monitoring in the Chetwynd Mayor Merlin Nich- I’m saying yes to the OCP.” nesses in Dawson Creek and Blockline Road area in response ols said the question of whethJohannson also opposed the the Dawson Creek Chamber to health concerns around flar- er to approve the development development, saying the region- of Commerce have also shown ing activity that will result from “kept (him) awake at night.” al district is the only level of gov- their support. operations at the facility.

Nichols ultimately supported ernment that directly represents It presented these to the pubThe board’s approval is the last Encana’s application. rural residents. lic at a second hearing on the step for the project, which has He said he understood “Senior governments are very project July 13. already gained support from the residents’ concerns, includ- invested in (oil and gas developResidents who oppose the B.C. Oil and Gas and Agricultural ing increased truck traffic in ment),” she said “They’re not liv- project say they generally supLands Commissions. what was once a quiet, rural ing with the consequences.” port the oil and gas industry, but At the July 14 PRRD meeting, neighbourhood.

The regional district received said they were concerned about all four rural representatives and “Though my sympathies 150 letters of support for the Hudson’s Hope Mayor Gwen Jo- are solidly on the side of the Investors Group Financial Services Inc., I.G. Insurance Services Inc. hannson opposed the project. people wanting to protect what Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser spoke they have against a perceived in favour of the plant, downplay- danger, I believe in the greater SHERRI COLLINS, cfp ing concerns about safety and interest of things, I’d have to Senior Financial Consultant quality of life impacts. support the people driving the He said it was not up to the trucks,” he said.

Administrative Assistant: Arla Lindsay regional district to decide whethThose who opposed the de9319 - 100th Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 1X8 er the facility will be safe, saying velopment, including rural dirPh. (250) 785-4312 that’s the responsibility of the ectors Karen Goodings, Joe Breti Fax (250) 785-2344 province’s Oil and Gas Commis- and Dan Rose, said they weren’t sherri.collins@investorsgroup.com sion. As for the project’s impact comfortable making changes to on real estate, he said he hadn’t the area’s Official Community Licensed Sponsored by The Great-West Life Assurance Company seen evidence that oil and gas Plan (OCP)—the document that development drives down land governs medium-term developvalues. ment in rural areas, including the “Despite oil and gas prolifera- size of industrial facilities. tion across the region, property Goodings said she faced a difvalues are increasing at a rapid ficult decision. rate,” he said. “I just don’t see in “I’ve got five kids who work in *

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Money to minors can become a major issue You’re preparing your will – that’s good—and you’re considering leaving part or all of your estate to a child or children who are minors—that may not be so good. Let’s look at why you need to carefully consider whether or not to name your minor children as direct beneficiaries in your will.

• If you leave money directly to a child who has not yet reached the age of majority, and depending on the jurisdiction, provincial authorities may have the right to manage that money until the child becomes an adult. A public trustee is appointed who will charge a fee to manage your estate and may not manage or disperse the funds as you would have wished. Then, when your child reaches the age of majority, he or she will receive your inheritance as a lump sum. Is a young person 18 or 19 years old capable of managing a (perhaps) huge sum of money?

• It is usually more prudent to have your inheritance held in trust until your child is more mature – you choose a specific age in your will (21, 25, 30, it’s your choice) with the trust managed by a personal representative you name who can be given the power to dip into the capital of the trust for the benefit of your child, according to the directions in your will.

• It is generally not a good idea to make a child a joint owner or direct beneficiary of your assets. If you do, even though you directed in your will that your child was not to receive a large sum earlier than you specified, he or she may still receive a large amount of money right away.

For example, if your child is a joint owner of an account or asset or a direct beneficiary of investments held within an RRSP or insurance policy, he or she may receive the funds immediately because the assets will not form a part of your estate (except in Québec, although not always). If the child is a minor, the public authorities may step in to manage the funds until the child reaches the age of majority.

• You may have heard that there are tax advantages to naming a minor child as a beneficiary of investments held within an RRSP because the RRSP proceeds will not be immediately taxable at time of death, as they otherwise would. That’s true – but the tax deferral is not forever and, at time of death, a registered annuity must be purchased for the child, which (unless the child suffers from a disability) must be paid out prior to the child’s 18th birthday – putting a great deal of money in a young person’s hands.

If your intended beneficiary is a minor, it usually preferable to leave the assets in the estate so the funds are subject to the terms of your will, create a testamentary trust, and name a trustee who will manage and invest the funds according to your wishes. Your professional legal and financial advisors can help you make sure where there’s a will, there’s (your) way.

This column is written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. For more information on this topic, contact your Investors Group consultant.

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AltaGas, Halfway River First Nation sign 10-year relationship agreement

Apply Now Fish and Wildlife Grants Available In 2016, the FWCP funded 20 projects to help conserve and enhance fish and wildlife impacted by existing BC Hydro dams in our Peace Region. The projects are underway and are being delivered by local First Nations, stewardship groups, agencies and others. And now we’re accepting grant applications for next year’s projects. Join us. Apply for an FWCP grant at fwcp.ca.

• Learn more and read our Grant Application Information Kit at fwcp.ca/apply-for-funding • Read our Peace Region Action Plans and find out more about our conservation priorities and projects • Submit a mandatory Notice of Intent by September 21, 2016, to support early engagement of First Nations • Submit your online grant application by October 28, 2016

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Halfway River First Nation Chief Darlene Hunter (left) and AltaGas President and CEO David Harris shake hands after signing a 10-year agreement in Calgary. The agreement provides the framework for consultation, financial benefits, community investment, employment opportunities, and support for a wildlife study in HRFN’s traditional territory.

“We are pleased to sign this relationship agreement with AltaGas,” said Halfway River Chief Darlene Hunter.

“By working together with AltaGas, we have developed an agreement that will benefit our community for many years to come.”

An AltaGas spokesperson said the company will co-ordinate the scope and timing of the wildlife study with Halfway River.

Contact our Peace Region Manager, Dan Bouillon, at dan.bouillon@bchydro.com or 250-783-7509.

Visit fwcp.ca.

The Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program is a partnership between BC Hydro, the Province of B.C., Fisheries & Oceans Canada, First Nations and Public Stakeholders to conserve and enhance fish and wildlife impacted by existing BC Hydro dams.

On the Townsend project, the spokesperson said between 10 to 14 per cent of the companies working on the entire project were owned by Halfway River. Around 20 per cent of the companies working on the project’s tank farm were owned by the band.

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The 10-year agreement provides the framework for consultation, financial benefits, community investment, employment opportunities, and support for a wildlife study in HRFN’s traditional territory.

“This agreement supports (AltaGas’s) three guiding principles for developing energy infrastructure: respect the land, share the benefits, and nurture long-term relationships,” said David Harris, president and chief executive officer of AltaGas. “We look forward to continuing to build a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship with HRFN that recognizes and respects their values and traditions.”

AltaGas is constructing its $325-million Townsend facility near Wonowon on Halfway River territory. When completed, the facility will include a 198 million cubic feet per day shallow-cut natural gas processing facility, a gathering pipeline, sales pipeline, two liquids egress pipelines, and a truck terminal on the Alaska Highway.

The Townsend facility is a key component of AltaGas’s Northeast British Columbia energy strategy. The project has provided members of HRFN with employment opportunities during construction and will continue do so once operational.

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Another $120M in royalty credits The province has approved another $120 million in royalty credits to beef up infrastructure needed for oil and gas exploration and development.

The July 19 announcement from the Ministry of Natural Gas Development says 15 projects will be supported in Northeast B.C. from Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson.

“The Infrastructure Royalty Credit Program is unique to B.C. and an important generator of employment and investment across the north,” South Peace MLA Mike Bernier said in a statement. “It also supports long term planning and helps our natural resource industry with the necessary infrastructure to expand our markets.”

Companies that build roads or other permanent infrastructure can apply to write off those expenses against the royalties they pay the province on gas production. The ministry expects the credits this year to result in $185 million in private investment and create some 1,640 jobs.

The companies receiving credits this year are: ARC Resources, Black Swan Energy, Canadian Natural Resources, Chevron Canada, Cutbank Ridge Partnership, Leucrotta Exploration, Storm Resources, Tourmaline Oil, Venturion Oil, and Woodside Energy International.

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What Happened On Sunday, June 12 at approximately 11 pm vandalism occurred at several of Kelt’s sites in the Inga area.

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The province brought in $510,660 from the sale of 14 drilling licenses at the latest auction held July 13.

Sale totals have been all over the map so far this year, from a high of $1.9 million in March to a low just one month before that of $0—the first time in history the government walked away from an oil and gad land sale with nothing to show for it.

July’s auction covered 4,249 hectares of land. The average selling price per acre, which is a gauge of the demand on land’s geological potential, sat at $115.04. Five drilling licences did not sell.

Last July’s sale brought in $1.3 million, while July 2014’s sale raised just over $3 million.

The next land sale is scheduled for Aug. 10.

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LOCAL NEWS SWAIN from A1

“I’ve gotten an education on these issues at great public expense,” Swain said in a recent interview. “So I figure that the people that paid for it should get what they paid for.”

It’s not clear whether there is precedent for the chair of a review panel later criticizing the project publicly.

Still, Swain believes British Columbia does not, and will not in the foreseeable future, need the new energy Site C is expected to produce.

If it does, he argues there are cheaper, less invasive sources of power that should be used instead of a new hydroelectric dam.

“The environmental and First Nations land rights issues are serious costs that would have to be borne if the project goes ahead. You would only want to do that if there were an overwhelming economic case that this was the best and cheapest way, including all external effects, of providing something that the provincial economy absolutely required,” Swain said.

“And I’m saying since you can’t pass that test then the rest of it is moot.”

Swain’s criticism reiterates in many ways what the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) said in 1983 when Site C was first evaluated.

The commission, established as an independent evaluator of public works

projects, concluded that while the project would make clean energy, BC Hydro failed to demonstrate that the province needed the power.

Thirty years later, when the panel reviewed Site C again, it concluded the same thing: the project would make clean energy, and lots of it, but the province doesn’t need it on the timetable put forth during public hearings in the region in late 2013 and early 2014.

BC Hydro has been criticized for overly optimistic forecasts: domestic demand for energy has been flat in B.C. for the last number of years, though exports have increased by 47 per cent since 2005.

Swain says there’s a built-in “asymmetric reward” for utility companies to inflate demand forecasts. “If a utility produces too much electricity, what happens? There might be a penny or two on the rates somewhere. But if they produce a kilowatt hour less than the demand, what happens? Well, brownouts, angry people, questions in the legislature, headlines in the newspaper,” Swain said. “The asymmetric nature of the rewards that they face means that there’s a strong, if unspoken, incentive to get those load forecasts up a bit.”

When asked for a response to Swain’s criticism, Site C spokesperson David Conway reiterated the project

is needed to meet domestic energy demands over the coming 20 years, forecasted to increase by 40 per cent.

BC Hydro’s load forecasts are based on population growth, industry and commercial growth. Conway told the Alaska Highway News that residential, commercial and industrial make up the company’s three customer bases.

“They each use about a third of the province’s electricity demand,” he said.

According to BC Hydro’s annual financial reports, domestic energy sales have hovered around an average of 52,000 gigawatt hours a year since 2005, peaking at 57,000 gigawatt hours in 2013.

Exports, however, have increased 47 per cent between 2005 and 2015, from a low of 29,706 gigawatt hours in 2005 to a high of 59,957 hours sold in 2013.

Sales to Alberta and the Western United States through Hydro’s whollyowned subsidiary Powerex made up almost half of all Hydro’s production in 2015 at 43,565 gigawatt hours exported compared to 51,213 gigawatt hours sold within B.C. Conway couldn’t immediately comment on this trend, saying he “(hadn’t) seen the information for the last 10 years.”

Export energy prices are lower than residential rates, averaging $45.10/ MWh for export compared to $100.43/ MWh for residential customers.

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Dr. Harry Swain, then-chair of the Site C joint review panel, speaks with former Treaty 8 Tribal Chief Liz Logan during a public hearing in Fort St. John.

QUESTION & ANSWER Swain spoke at length with the Alaska Highway News about the dam—from the battle between its cost to ratepayers and the number of jobs it’s expected to create to whether he believes the dam has passed Premier Christy Clark’s “point of no return” and whether Site C should be built at all.

The interview has been abridged. Read the full interview at alaskahighwaynews.ca.

Alaska Highway News: At what point in the review process did you realize something was wrong with the project?

Harry Swain: It was a long, slow process during the entire work of the panel that led us to the conclusion that the load forecasts were seriously amiss, and that there wasn’t any need for the project on the schedule they had set out.

There was no eureka moment. Remember that since we were not allowed to make conclusions on the First Nations stuff, we really couldn’t make a conclusion on the whole project. So there was no overall recommendation. But we laid out the concerns as best we could.

AHN: Do you think that it’s strange or even unprecedented for someone in your position to become so vocally critical?

HS: It’s unusual. And I thought hard about whether I should or not. But the panel has been out of business for two years. And I’ve gotten an education on these issues at great public expense (laughs), so I figure that the people that paid for it should get what they paid for.

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AHN: It seems there’s a battle between economics and the economy. The price and the need for the dam against the argument for eight years of good-paying jobs.

HS: I think this clearly puts two interests in opposition. But, put it this way: from the provincial point of view, to look at this in terms of local benefits is misleading. Because this is just a pure displacement effect. If I borrowed $9 billion and spent it on colleges and universities, on new tunnels beneath the Fraser River, on transit in Vancouver, it would produce thousands of jobs, right? Big pay cheques. Lots of happy Chambers of Commerce in the Lower Mainland.

So, as with some of the environmental effects, what we’re doing here is moving some of the economic and financial benefits up to the Peace River Region, up to Fort St. John, at a cost to the rest of the province that most people would ignore it, right?

We’re doing the same thing on environmental effects. If the problem is really peak power, peak capacity on a cold winter’s day, then far and away the most sensible thing to do would be to fire up the old Burrard thermal plant for three days a year. Well, that would produce smog in the Lower Mainland! Now, of course, those are the folks that are benefitting from the power production. Nonetheless, it is convenient to export the environmental costs to a relatively unpopulated region a long distance away.

AHN: What impact will Site C have on ratepayers and taxpayers?

HS: Don’t know, can’t say. That depends on future rate hearings by the BCUC. And the details of BC Hydro’s corporate finances. Also on the future rate of inflation and things like that. But, it would be substantial.

BC Hydro really does not have much in the way of equity or cash. They will build this project with debt. They are accumulating their expenditures so far in regulatory accounts, they are accounting for future revenues in deferral accounts, they’re engaging in rate smoothing in lots of ways, which have the effect of keeping rates relatively low in the short term. This can’t continue. Eventually something has to give.

AHN: Premier Christy Clark wants to push Site C “past the point of no return” before the next election. What do you make of that?

HS: Just that. I take her at her word. I think she wants to do that.

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HS: No. AHN: Should the dam ever be built in your opinion?

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Taylor wants golf ball landmark moved by fall

THIRTY YEARS LATER AND $10,000 RICHER Top: Heinz Leber (right) was in Kelowna visiting friends when his name was drawn as the $10,000 winner during the Hair Bin’s 30th anniversary celebrations on July 2.

Leber, 25, was back in town July 13 to accept his giant cheque from salon owner Lorraine Isenbecker (left).

Leber invested his windfall right away, purchasing a Dodge half-ton truck. (Bronwyn Scott Photo)

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The District of Taylor is looking for a contractor to make a short chip of its landmark giant golf ball.

The district issued a request for proposals July 7 to move the structure 125 metres east of its current home near the Lone Wolf Golf Course Clubhouse, and out of the way of an upcoming housing development.

“The Golf Ball Monument sits south west of the picturesque clubhouse and was erected at this site in 1993 to promote and bring recognition to the newly opened golf course,” the district says.

“The Golf Ball Monument was clearly visible to travellers on the world famous Alaska Highway. It has become a community icon.”

Taylor North Developments is looking to begin construction on a housing development next to the course later this year. The company sent a letter to council in late January asking the district to take care of the costs of removing the structure.

It sparked a discussion between council, residents, and Lone Wolf patrons of what to do with the structure, considered to be the largest golf ball in the world according to some provincial and national tourism websites.

The district is looking to have the relocation completed

by Sept. 30. The work also includes the building of a new foundation for the structure.

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Brewing a burgeoning business in Peace Region ZOË DUCKLOW reporter@ahnfsj.ca

Grain Bin Beer and GP Brewing Company both opened early this year into a market previously untested for its appetite for local craft beer. Both teams did what research they could to make sure there was enough interest to sustain a business, but ultimately opened their doors on faith. Both have already surpassed early sales expectations.

“We’re where we thought we’d be one to one-and-a-half years in,” said Dalen Landis, head brewer at Grain Bin Beer that opened in February.

“We opened with capacity for 1,600 gallons a month, and very quickly sold more beer than we could produce.”

Just last week, Grain Bin increased capacity by another 1,200 gallons monthly and expect to add another 1,200 gallons this summer.

“We thought most of our business would come from wholesale in the beginning, like restaurants and bars, but it’s been about 50-50 with growler fills” Landis said.

Growlers are a reusable 64 oz. jug most breweries will fill from their taps. “Our location is hard to find, and our hours are horrendous, but people still make the effort to come find us for growler fills.”

Their most recent “democracy” beer, voted for by customers and fans online, was a Double IPA: a high alcohol, super bitter ale. The portion of the batch they’d reserved for growler fills sold out in a single day, and of the 500 bombers (22 oz. bottles), all but eight sold in just a week.

Their spring seasonal brew, Ale Spruced Up, was

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GP Brewing President Matt Toni and head brewer Jim Lague in their newly opened tasting room.

made with spruce tips harvested by Landis and his kids, aged three and one, from budding spruce trees around Grande Prairie. Next up is a sour ale made with rhubarb.

This kind of experimental craft beer is exactly what Landis and his friends had been doing for the last 10 years as a hobby until Alberta’s liquor laws changed, removing the restriction on volume of beer required to stay licensed.

“We was doing it just for fun, but then the law changed, and we wondered if we could turn it into something. Our friends all liked our beer, but, of course, everybody who gets free beer will say that,” Landis said.

“We started to wonder if we could charge for it.”

Turns out they can. Grain Bin is on tap at a handful of restaurants in Grande Prairie and they’ve just invested in bottling equipment to ex-

pand into retail. Five liquor stores carry their bombers, and customers come to the brewery for growler (and howler) fills regularly.

GP Brewing Company had quite a different start.

None of the GP team were hobby brewers before. Current company president Matt Toni was working as a chef at Madhatters and trying to distill whiskey at home, but he failed miserably he says, and switched to homebrew.

It took a lot of trial and error, but eventually he had a product he was happy with.

“Some of it was pretty bad,” Toni recalled.

“To make good beer, there’s a lot of bad beer. So we dumped a lot of it.”

He and the Madhatters owners initially planned to supply beer to their own lounge, but through the process of brewing and tasting and tweaking and tasting, they got excited.

“I think what really got us spiralling into the volume we’re doing now is just how excited we got for the business, and possibilities of being bigger and doing it right from the very beginning,” Toni said.

“But the more we looked into it, it didn’t make sense to produce one or two barrels at a time. It just got bigger and bigger and bigger.”

They opened their shiny new brewing facility and tasting room this March, and are already distributing canned beer to 220 liquor stores throughout Alberta. They also fill growlers and supply a few restaurants in town.

Toni’s careful not to call GP Brewing a craft brewery. It’s all about really good every day beer for these guys.

“I want to produce a beer that you can literally drink the hell out of every day.

And produce it right, with local ingredients,” Toni said.

Hops and barley malt are the two key ingredients in beer, as well as yeast and water.

Sourcing local barley, despite being surrounded by barley fields, is not as straightforward as it first appears. Currently, GP buys from a maltster that uses Alberta barley, but have no connection with the farmers, which is something they want to change. Within the next three years, Toni plans to develop direct relationships with barley farmers and do the malting in-house, so they get more control over the product.

Consistency is critical for GP to make six main brews, so they need long-term supply of the same type of hops. This makes locally-sourced hops harder to integrate.

“Local hops could supply us for maybe three weeks,” Toni said. “Then we’d have to go back to something further away. The flavour would change.”

Grain Bin has more flexibility as a craft brewery. Aside from their three core beers, their menu can change as often as they sell out of a seasonal brew. So, they take advantage of some of the unique strains developed by farmers. Some of their supply comes from Chilliwack and Abbotsford in B.C., but they also have a small hyper local source: Landis’ backyard.

“They’re a great plant, you can watch them grow a foot a day in the spurt phase,” Landis said. “And they have this aroma that naturally keeps pests away, but bees love them.”

Grain Bin Beer hopes to use some of these homegrown hops in fresh hop beer, where hops are picked the same day they’re added to the mash.

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Watson shines at Calgary Stampede 23 year old from Hudson’s Hope shows no nerves on rodeo’s biggest stage BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

Jake Watson watched calmly as his fellow competitors, whom he also considers friends, fell short of a big score.

He was the last of 10 riders in pool A on the first day of Saddle Bronc during the Calgary Stampede on July 11 and finished with a night to remember.

“It was good, really good. I knew that horse pretty good and tried to stick to the basics and it all worked out,” the 23-year-old Hudson’s Hope native said about his top day one score of 84 that vaulted him into Sunday’s final and a chance to win $100,000.

“I was more nervous the day that committee called me and told me I was in than the day that I rode. Since then I’ve been getting pretty excited, I actually rode in the novice three years [at the stampede] as well.

I never really thought too much about it.”

After strong performances the rest of the week, Watson only managed an 81 in his eight-second ride Sunday, July 17. Watson was one of the last competitors in the go around with a chance to make the final and, despite some big scores before him, said he just tried to focus on conquering the horse he was on.

“You gotta think of it as you’re riding against your horse not the rest of the scores.

Everybody has good days and bad days, and you just have to go out and take one ride at a time,” he said.

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23-year-old Jake Watson of Hudson’s Hope hangs on tight during the 2016 Calgary Stampede. Watson finished 9th in the saddle bronc, but collected more than $14,000 for his five days of riding at the event.

The 81 put him in ninth place, five spots and four points out of the running for the grand final Sunday night.

Watson may have drawn a tougher horse than his competitors, but refused to use that as a justification for the missed opportunity.

“He wasn’t the easiest draw, he was real big and ... strong,” Watson said of the horse Urgent Delivery he rode in Sunday’s final.

“He travelled quiet a ways and didn’t stay close to the bucking shoots. I could have rode him a lot better, I don’t have any excuses on that.”

From the sideline Sunday night, Watson got the chance to see the success of his longtime childhood rodeo buddy Zeke Thurston, who grew up just down the road from the stampede grounds.

“He won it two years in a row, first two years on the profes-

sional circuit, so it’s a pretty big deal. Not too many guys have done that,” Watson said.

Although it was his first time as a pro in Calgary, Watson remembers going to the stampede as a youngster and also as a novice saddle bronc rider. His family was on hand to watch him in Calgary and he said he had plenty of family watching on TV across B.C. The first year pro likely left the stampede with a little more

cash in his pocket this time around, earning more than $14,000 for five days of work.

He’s also earned almost $50,000 on the pro circuit this year, well beyond his goal of $20,000.

Watson is off the Nampa, Idaho, for the Snake River Stampede before heading to Morris, Manitoba, later this week. He is currently seventh in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Standings.

Eggers wraps up another Lone Wolf Classic win Five stroke win nets Travis Eggers another local title BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

Travis Eggers was in trouble at the Lone Wolf Classic—until the rain rescued him.

“Ironically, play was slow ... and I was in the middle of making a triple bogey on 16 when the rain delay happened.

So it was actually good because I got to regroup and I birded 17 and 18,” Eggers said with a celebratory Cuban cigar hanging proudly from his mouth after his win Sunday, July 17.

The eventual championship flight winner would go on to shoot 71 on Saturday and close the title victory out, his second in the last three years with a two under 70 on Sunday.

“Good, it was a good time,” Eggers said of the win.

“Played pretty consistent the whole time. So it felt good. I think the best shot was on 17 [today] to that flag. That’s a nemesis shot to me, especially being a left-hander and when I miss, I miss long right and water is long right. Feels great, always nice.”

Eggers outdueled Lone Wolf head pro Larry Ramstead, who shot a total of 146, by five strokes in the win. Trevor Dandy and Jason Jacobs tied for third in the championship flight with a two-day

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Travis Eggers hits what he called “his best shot” at the par 3, 17th hole at Lone Wolf Golf Course in Taylor on Sunday. Eggers shot 70 on the final day, winning the tournament by five strokes over Larry Ramstead.

total of 153. Craig Letendre shot a 141 to win the low net title. In the first flight, Ken Dickson was the low gross winner and Tanner Germain was the low net champion. The second flight had Daniel Botha Jr. take home the title as the top low gross score and Mark Haynes won the low net. In the third flight, Troy

Braun put up the top low gross score and Troy Hoban was the best low net.

The seniors’ flight low gross winner was Glen Hunter and Ric Larsen had the best low net score.

Lone Wolf GM Dave Callum said the sellout field of more than 120 golfers once again proved that the tournament

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“The weekend went very, very well, we sold out again. The event went fabulous,” he said.

“It’s competitive but it’s also fun too.

We have the same returning sponsors and a lot of the same guys. We get guys from Kelowna, Calgary, Grande Prairie, and Fort Nelson. It’s one of the dates they circle on the calendar because it’s guaranteed it’s going to be a good time.”

The huge field not only brings a high level of competition, but it also forces the greens staff to bring the course into the best shape of the season, something that has Eggers and other top golfers coming back year after year.

“The golf course is phenomenal,” Eggers said.

“I don’t know if we’ll see a golf course in this good a condition up here. Mother Nature giving it rain and they’ve been aggressive with their turf technology and trying to get it in great shape. The fairways are nice and tight…greens were great, if the golf course gets this great again, congratulations to them.”

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Local Sports

Top results for Inconnu at AAA’s Several Fort St. John Inconnu swimmers were thrown to the fishes in their first Swim BC AAA Championship from July 6-10.

But when it came time to sink or swim, the young members of the club splashed their tails towards a strong showing.

In total, seven swimmers showed the strength of their gills, with a 27th place finish out of 45 teams at the meet.

Two swimmers managed to make “A” finals and six hit top sixteen or “B” finals.

The 4x100 metre individual medley team of Owen Lang, Alex McDonald, Tytan Carson and Cameron Louie established a first-time record in the relay,

and also swam strongly in the 4x50m freestyle.

Veteran club member Brittany Welsh brought home gold in the 50m backstroke and silver in the 100m backstroke for the 14-15 year-old girls age group.

Welsh also set a new club record in the 15&over 200m backstroke. Jayden Forster also captured a club record in the 15&over 200m breaststroke. Cameron Louie set a new mark in the 11-12 200m breaststroke.

Four swimmers from the club, Kierra Semeniuk; Nicolas Eyles; David Shipalesky and Cameron Louie will now be off to the BC Summer Games that start Thursday in Abbotsford.

Slo pitch success

Northern Strikers squads kick it at provincials Earlier this month, from July 8-10 two Fort St. John Northern Strikers squads travelled to St. Paul’s, Alta., for the Tier Four Provincials.

The U12 girls shone brightly at the event, capturing a bronze medal against eight other teams. After losing their first game 4-3 to the host St. Paul’s group, the Northern Strikers rebounded with a 7-1 win over Edson, a 6-0 win over Lacombe and a 3-1 win over Settler to clinch

bronze.

The U14 girls were in tough with a shorthanded that had no subs making the trip and ended up finishing fifth out of 10 teams. They had a big 3-2 win against St. Paul’s in game one, tied Sherwood 1-1 in game two and beat Ardrossan 4-3 in their last game.

Left: Shane Baker of the Warriors gets caught in a rundown during competitive final of the Warriors Fundraising Slo Pitch Tournament in Taylor. The host team wasn’t able to pull out a victory on Sunday, July 17, falling to The Pack.

Right: Trail Mix was the top team in the recrational division of the 14-team tournament. They defeated Silver Bullet to take the title.

The Warriors were looking to raise funds to make their second straight trip to provincials.

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

This Week: The RBC Canadian Open

Last Week: Henrik Stenson won the Open Championship

The Canadian Open is one of the most history-enriched tournaments on the PGA Tour. It is the second oldest stop on the PGA Tour and the third oldest Defending: Jason Day national championship. The event is Winning Score: 17-under par held in Ontario, Canada at the Glen Winning Share: $1,044,000 Abbey Golf Club. The Canadian Open had a special status in the era before the professional tour system became dominant in golf. In the interwar years it was sometimes considered the third most prestigious tournament in the sport, after The Open Championship and the U.S. Open. Leo Diegel holds the record in this event with four wins in 1924, 1925, 1928 and 1929.

Glen Abbey GC Oakville, Ontario, Canada 7,253 yards, Par 72

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Henrik Stenson shot an Tournament Results 8-under 63 on Sunday 1. Henrik Stenson Score: -20 to finish the Open Earnings: $1,549,590 Championship at 20-under.

2. Phil Mickelson Score: -17 Stenson delivered a crushing blow Earnings: $890,190 to Phil Mickelson’s chances of 3. J.B. Holmes Score: -14 capturing a sixth major championship Earnings: $571,040 by making a 50-foot birdie putt from off the green at No. 15 that gave him a 2-shot lead with three to play.

Both Stenson and Mickelson played stellar golf, combining for an eagle, 14 birdies and two bogeys in the final pairing. Stenson’s 63 matched Johnny Miller for the lowest closing round by a major champion.

Golfing News

PGA Event: RBC Canadian Open Day Time Network Thu, 7/21 4pm-7pm GOLF Fri, 7/22 4pm-7pm GOLF Sat, 7/23 3pm-6pm CBS Sun, 7/24 3pm-6pm CBS

The Barbasol Championship was held last week for players that did not qualify for the Open Championship. Aaron Baddeley held off Si Woo Kim in a playoff at the tournament to claim his first PGA Tour victory in five years. Baddeley shot Golf Trivia a 5-under 66 in his final round, which How many times has Phil Mickelson included birdies at 16 and 17 to force fininshed runner up in a major a playoff with Kim, who bogeyed 18 for championship? his only slip up of the day. Kim shot an 8-under 63, which included seven birdies a) 1 c) 9 and an eagle. After making three pars b) 5 d) 11 at the first three playoff holes along with Answer: d) Phil Mickelson has finished runner up in Kim, Baddeley made a birdie at the par-4 18th to put Kim away. a major championship 11 times.

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Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the most difficult shots to master is a high, soft lob shot to a real tight pin placement, such as right over a bunker. The key to this shot is to get the ball to stop quickly once it lands on the green in order to get the ball as close as possible. The club of choice for this shot will have to be the 60 degree lob wedge as the standard sand wedge will cause many more sculled shots than good results. As for the actual shot, it is quite difficult to get a consistent swing. Going against most of what we have been taught in golf, you have to cock the wrists while taking a long backswing. Use your torso on the downswing, maintaining the cocked wrists and the blade open through impact. The follow-through should have the clubface facing up to the sky to try and generate the proper bounce and spin.

Player Profile

Henrik Stenson

Turned Professional: 1999 World Ranking: 5th FedEx Cup Ranking: 14th PGA Tour Wins: 5

FedEx Cup Standings Through July 18, 2016

1) Dustin Johnson 2,493 pts. / 11 top tens

2) Jason Day

2,352 pts. / 8 top tens

3) Adam Scott

2,011 pts. / 5 top tens

4) Jordan Spieth 1,904 pts. / 6 top tens

5) Phil Mickelson 1,498 pts. / 6 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Russell Knox 1,457 7) Brandt Snedeker 1,445 8) Kevin Chappell 1,422 9) Patrick Reed 1,409 10) Justin Thomas 1,346

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Local Sports

Swimmers ready for Age Nationals byron hackett sports@ahnfsj.ca

Four swimmers from the Fort St. John Inconnu will look to prey on the field at the 2016 Canadian Age Group Nationals in Calgary, AB from July 27 to Aug. 1.

Brittany Welsh and Skyeler Kerr head the squad with at least a half dozen years of age group championship swimming experience between them. With that type of experience, Kerr said he hopes he can lead the other two younger members, Alex Hedges, and Eric Louie through their first experience at the event.

“Little bits, but I just kind of like leading by example. That’s the best way to reach them,” Kerr said of his advice.

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Brittany Welsh, Alex Hedges, Eric Louie, and Skyeler Kerr along with coach Jason Brockman will head to Calgary for the Canadian Age Group Nationals from July 27 to Aug. 1.

“But I definitely have a few things I will share with them at the meet because they are kind

of getting to that level where they are really competing. They are past that entry phase.”

Welsh added that she’s learned something different in each of her experiences at the games, but the bottom line always seems to be to remain calm in the face of the highpressure atmosphere.

“I’ve learned a lot at every one,” Welsh said about her four appearances in the age group nationals.

“It’s always different. Most importantly though I just need to relax when I’m there. There so fun to be around, all the other people you get to meet, that you just need to have fun and enjoy it is the main thing.”

For first timer Hedges, carrying supreme confidence this season has made a huge difference in her swimming and she is hoping that will translate into success when she hits the

pool in Calgary.

“I’m thinking about the 100 (metre butter) fly,” she said.

“I’m at a stage where I’ve finally realized that I can go faster.

That really opened my mind to (the fact) I’m really fast at this and just been training in this stroke for so long.”

Louie hopes he can breakthrough with a couple personal bests, but has an even more personal time on his mind this time around.

“I’m just excited, I’m used to the big meets now, it’s not scary anymore,” Louie said confidently.

“I had the record two years ago in 50 (metre breast) stroke from Ben (Blackmon) then my little brother took it a couple of months ago at AA’s and he beat it by quiet a bit too so I’d like to put another one back up on the board.”

spinning a disc

Bliz blitz

Curtis Spence of the Fort St. John Disc Sports Club fires a shot around a bush on the second hole of the newly designed course at Tobbogan Hill Park.

Only three racers were able to make it out to the Cecil Lake ride for the Blizzard Bike Club on Saturday, July 16, with so many bike-related events happening around the Peace Region.

The Club worked hard throughout the week to get the course set up and had a practice round Friday and an open day on Saturday.

Pat Ferris took home his first victory of the year with a time of 1:33:01. byron hackett photo

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

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2016 Standings Sprint Cup Series Top Ten 1) Kevin Harvick

Race Det Race Detail tail ils s

Location: Speedway, Ind. Date: July 24th, 3:15 p.m.

TV: NBCSN Last Year’s Pole: Carl Edwards - 183.464 mph Last Year’s Winner: Kyle Busch

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Points: 636 Wins: 0 Top 5: 8 Top 10: 15

2) Brad Keselowski

Points: 622 Wins: 1 Top 5: 8 Top 10: 12

3) Kurt Busch

Points: 602 Wins: 2 Top 5: 6 Top 10: 15

Xfinity Series Top Ten Driver 1) Daniel Suarez 2) Elliott Sadler 3) Ty Dillon 4) Erik Jones 5) Brendan Gaughan 6) Justin Allgaier 7) Brennan Poole 8) Brandon Jones 9) Darrell Wallace Jr. 10) Ryan Reed

4) Carl Edwards

5) Joey Logano

Points: 571 Wins: 2 Top 5: 8 Top 10: 12

6) Kyle Busch The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built on 328 acres of farmland five miles northwest of Indiana’s capital city in the spring of 1909. When the first race took place in August, 1909, the celebration quickly turned into a disaster due to the surface of crushed stone and tar. There were terrible injuries to the race car drivers and spectators. Cars caught fire, there were deaths, and the race was halted and canceled when only halfway completed. The safety concerns for race drivers and spectators eventually led to a substantial additional expenditure to pave the track surface with 3.2 million paving bricks, and gave the track its popular nickname, “The Brickyard”.

Points: 556 Wins: 1 Top 5: 10 Top 10: 12

7) Martin Truex Jr.

Points: 540 Wins: 2 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 8

8) Matt Kenseth

Points: 521 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 8

9) Jimmie Johnson

Points: 514 Wins: 1 Top 5: 6 Top 10: 7

10) Denny Hamlin

Points: 505 Wins: 0 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 8

Racing News

NASCAR said Matt Kenseth’s No. 20 Toyota failed the postrace laser inspection station and will be brought to the research and development center in Concord, North Carolina, for more evaluation. The laser inspection station measures tire camber, axle housing, alignment, rocker panels and the main frame rail. NASCAR, which is expected to announce penalties Wednesday, typically would not take away a win in this situation.

The penalty for failing the NASCAR laser platform has been a 15-point penalty and a $25,000 fine to the crew chief.

Racing Trivia

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Which driver was the youngest to win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway? a) Kyle Busch c) Tony Stewart b) Joey Logano d) Jeff Gordon

Answer : d) Jeff Gordon won the 1994 race at the age of 23 years, 2 days.

Shape: Oval Distance: 2.5 miles Turns / Straights: 9º / 0º

Points: 587 Wins: 3 Top 5: 7 Top 10: 12

Points 574 559 526 520 509 506 489 489 459 405

Last Weekend’s Race: Matt Kenseth won the New Hampshire 301 New Hampshire 301 Top 10 Driver Points Matt Kenseth 44 Tony Stewart 39 Joey Logano 38 Kevin Harvick 37 Greg Biffle 36 Jamie McMurray 35 Ryan Newman 34 Kyle Busch 35 Denny Hamlin 33 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 31

In a race that saw many of the usual suspects go into hiding in the closing laps, Matt Kenseth battled to the front of the field from the 18th starting position and pulled away after a late restart to win Sunday’s New Hampshire 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Winning for the second time this season and for the third time at the Magic Mile, Kenseth crossed the finish line 1.982 seconds ahead of Tony Stewart. Tony was able to solidify his position in the top 30 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings and also in the Chase with his runner-up finish.

“You’re always pleased to be in Victory Lane,” said the 44-yearold Kenseth, who won for the second straight time at the 1.058mile flat track and for the 38th time in his career.

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

Year 2016 2015

Wins 2 5

Top 10s 8 20

Avg. Finish 14.6 14.3

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Local Sports

Giving it a good tri More than 100 competitors hit the streets of Dawson Creek for the return of the city’s triathlon last weekend. According to organizers, despite a few glitches this year, it is likely that the group will host the event again in the summer of 2017.

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SCOREBOARD 1 Cleveland 2 Detroit 3 Kansas City 4 Chi White Sox 5 Minnesota

MLB American league East Team 1 Baltimore 2 Boston 3 Toronto 4 NY Yankees 5 Tampa Bay

W 53 51 52 46 35

L GB 38 - 39 1.5 42 2.5 46 7.5 57 18.5

PCT 0.582 0.567 0.553 0.500 0.380

Central

West 1 Texas 2 Houston 3 Seattle 4 Oakland 5 LA Angels

54 49 47 45 33 55 50 47 41 41

38 44 45 47 59

- 5.5 7.0 9.0 21.0

0.587 0.527 0.511 0.489 0.359

39 43 46 52 52

- 4.5 7.5 13.5 13.5

0.585 0.538 0.505 0.441 0.441

national league

East Team 1 Washington 2 Miami 3 NY Mets 4 Philadelphia 5 Atlanta

W 56 50 49 43 32

L GB PCT 37 0.602 42 5.5 0.543 43 6.5 0.533 51 13.5 0.457 61 24.5 0.344

Central 1 Chi Cubs 2 St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati

56 48 47 39 35

36 44 45 51 58

- 8.0 9.0 16.0 21.5

West 1 San Francisco 2 LA Dodgers 3 Colorado 4 San Diego 5 Arizona

57 52 43 41 40

36 42 49 52 43

- 5.5 13.5 16.0 17.0

0.613 0.553 0.467 0.441 0.430

*Standings as of July 19, 2016

0.609 0.522 0.511 0.433 0.376

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PARCEL TAX ROLL REVIEW PANEL SITTING Local Area Service Parcel Tax Bylaw # 865, 2016 TAKE NOTICE THAT the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel for the District of Hudson’s Hope will hold its first sitting on Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 at 5:00 pm in the municipal office located at 9904 Dudley Drive, Hudson’s Hope.

This is the first sitting for the installation of a sewer main extension on Gaylor Ave. A parcel tax was levied that was based on a single amount for each parcel.

Rotary in our community!

A person may make a complaint to the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel on one or more of the following grounds: (a)

there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the assessment roll;

(b)

there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel;

(c)

there is an error or omission respecting the taxable frontage of a parcel;

(d)

an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

The Community Charter stipulates that a complaint must not be heard by the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel unless written notice of the complaint has been given to the municipality at least 48 hours before the time set for its first sitting.

If you intend to appear before the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel, you are required to advise the municipal office, in writing, of the cause for your complaint. If you have any questions regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact Tom Matus, CAO at the Municipal Office at 9904 Dudley Drive or by telephone at 250-783-9901.

The Rotary Club of Dawson Creek is ready to embark on this year’s theme.

Here’s the Presidentiables all smiles for 2016-2017 term.

President Elect: Joe Hauber, President: Garth Walter Past President: Teresa Crate The Club Executives are:

Secretary: Naneth Flores Treasurer: Ajay Lal Club Administration: Anna Gunsolley Membership: David Shoemaker Public Relations: Magrieta Abbey Service Projects: Frank Ripley Rotary Foundation: Edward Pietila Sargent at Arms: Norm Bussey

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Rotary Club of Dawson Creek Sunrise Past President Marlana Blouin welcomes President Linda Lees to the President Elect Fred Feddema rounds out the presidential team with Club Executives Secretary: Lou Kurjata Treasurer: Mary Lee Kelly Youth Services: Sandra Milne Membership: Alex Reschny Public Relations: Rick Hackworth Foundation Chair: Maxine Campbell Club Administration: Nicole Palfy

If you would like to find out more about Rotary you can contact the Rotary Club of Dawson Creek Sunrise at RotaryDCSunrise@gmail.com

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Club of Dawson Creek

Meets Tuesdays, NOON at the George Dawson Inn

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Meets Fridays, 7:00 am at the DC Curling Club

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016 B5

Arts & Culture

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

-Aldous Huxley

CONTACT US ALEISHA HENDRY 250-785-5631 ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

A star in the making Madi Cornet-Cooper was the youngest performer at CanolaFest ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Madi Cornet-Cooper has a knack for music, to put it mildly.

She plays a number of instruments, from the guitar, ukulele and violin, to the piano and a bit on the accordion.

Currently, she’s teaching herself to play the cello.

“I tried to tune a string, but it broke,” she said, noting that the strings of a cello are different than those of a guitar.

However, that didn’t stop her from playing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star after five minutes on the instrument.

On July 16, Cornet-Cooper had no trouble keeping her guitar in tune when she opened CanolaFest at Peace Island Park.

Being the youngest performer at 11 years old, Cornet-Cooper played songs

by The Beatles and Del Shannon, which she learned from her instructor and felt were challenging to learn, to

warm up the crowd for the allday festival.

She has performed at the Fort St. John Child Development Centre’s annual talent show and the Relay for Life, but CanolaFest was the largest event she’s performed at to date.

“I was pretty nervous,” she said after her set was done.

Her mom, Denise, was on hand to film Madi’s performance and noted her daughter definitely has a gift when it comes to music.

“I have no musical ability whatsoever, none of us (in the family) do,” said Denise, who goes to all of Madi’s practices, adding she never gets tired of hearing her daughter play.

“There’s not many moments in the house where it’s quiet,” she said.

Madi would eventually like to start posting videos of her performing on YouTube, as she’s a huge fan of the video site.

Turn to B15 for more photos from CanolaFest 2016

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Eleven-year-old Madi Cornet-Cooper opened CanolaFest 2016 on July 16 at Peace Island Park.

Gracie English Beatton Cummunity 4-H Club Reporter

Well look what you’ve found! It’s an article from the one and only me, Beatton Community 4-H’s reporter, Gracie English. We have a couple things to cover today so let’s get right into this month’s article.

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Beatton Community 4-H Club Report June

The first thing I’d like to talk about is the District Judging Rally that happened on June 4. I’d like to say good job to anybody who went out and tried the judging. I’d also like to congratulate all of our members who placed. Congrats to Aurora who took 3rd in foods class, Kayli who took 1st in ID table, Kyra who got 3rd in swine class and 1st at ID table, and lastly to Josie who got 1st overall for Juniors! Great job you guys.

The next thing I’d like to cover was the rides and meetings we’ve had lately. We had a meeting and ride on June 5 at Christine Taylor’s house.

The ride for some of the members, myself included, turned into us riding our horses down to Christine’s pond for a swim. Some of the horses decided to come in the water as well. We also had a ride June 8 at Rod Hedge’s arena. Members worked on the skills and patterns they’ll need to achieve. We had another meeting on June 9 to work on record books which was held at Trena Hebert’s. We met at Trena’s again on June 15 to work on our ID sheets that we will put on our stalls at Achievement Days.

ID sheets let people know things like who the horse belongs to, what the horse’s name is, how old the horse is, what unit the rider is working on, and what club they belong to.

Right now most members are working on finishing their record books, learning the required skills and patterns, and doing anything else to get ready for Achievement Days as well as the upcoming ProAm which is being hosted by Glen Stewart. The ProAm will take place June 25 and starts at 9:30 that morning. Its being held at Glen Stewart’s ranch.

For more information you can check out the Beatton Community Horse 4H’s Facebook page. A ProAm is basically a pro and an amateur rider working as a team to get, in this case, through an obstacle course. Obstacles could include anything from water to pinwheels. There’s one last thing that I’d like to mention and that is that Achievement days will take place on July 7, 8, and 9. I think thats all for this article so I’d just like to say thank you for reading and remember to check back next time to find out what Beatton Community horse 4-H has been up to.

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Arts & Culture

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The Lido Theatre is available to rent for Special Events, Corporate Functions, Parties, etc.

Please contact us for more information.

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Lilly WIlson and Brianna Chyzyk work on their paintings at the Kids Art Camp at the North Peace Cultural Centre.

Getting creative at Art Camp Peace Arts Gallery Society annual art camp encourages risk taking, creative problem solving Aleisha Hendry ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

It’s been another artistic summer at the North Peace Cultural Centre.

The Kids Art Camp, put on by the Peace Arts Gallery Society, puts the focus more on fine art, as opposed to the more crafty side.

“I focus more on traditional art materials, rather than craft things,” said instructor Kerri Richards, who has been running the camp for three years.

The camp had the theme of optical illusions this year, with Richards teaching her students

about after-images, secondary images, and perspective.

Because the camp included all age groups together, Richards had the students working on similar concepts, but catered to the age of the kids involved.

“Some of the older kids were doing the perspective drawings, some of the younger guys did 3-D letters, and the five-year-olds were just doing shapes,” she said.

Richards noted it’s important to teach the technique and then let the creativity flow.

“There’s no right or wrong in an art class. It promotes risk taking in a safe environment.

If you show them a couple of techniques then they can see success right away, it’s right in their face,” she said. “It’s a lot about building up confidence, risk-taking and creative problem solving. I always try to encourage kids when they make a mistake and they want a new paper, how can we change this to make it not a mistake.”

The two weeks of the camp includes four days of creating art, with the work displayed on the fifth day.

The art work of the second week participants will be on display Friday, July 22, at the North Peace Cultural Centre mezzanine from 12 to 3 p.m.

Kenlee White and Ella Wildon are focused on their paintings at the Kids Art Camp.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Metal Show this weekend It’s about to get heavy in Fort St. John.

Two local heavy metal bands are set to play the aptly titled Metal Show at the Lido Theatre this weekend.

Chaotic Justice and Northern Ruin will take the stage and have the audi-

ence head banging and throwing horns all night.

The Metal Show takes place on Saturday, July 23. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m.

For more information, call 250-785-3011.

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Caleb Hart, lead singer of Tasman Jude, at the Edmonton Reggae Festival in 2015

Tasman Jude bringing island flavour to the Lido ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Tasman Jude, a reggae rock fusion band that hails from Grande Prairie, is bringing its unique sound to the Lido Theatre on July 22.

Lead volcalist Caleb Hart spoke to the Alaska Highway News from Yellowknife, NWT, where the band was set to play their 500th show.

“It’s very exciting, we’ve been very busy,” he said.

Tasman Jude got their start in 2013, playing an open mic night at Grande Prairie Regional College.

“It was very laid back, people playing pool, playing table tennis, just college kids living their life,” said Hart. “They had some good acts before us, but no one was really paying attention and then we got up on stage and it must have

been the second chord, third line in and people just like, ‘What? What’s happening here?’ Halfway into that song we probably had 100 people’s attention.”

The band was officially formed then, with Hart making a Facebook page and watching the likes rack up and word of their music spread.

Hart was born in Trinidad and Tobago, where his love for reggae was also born.

“Playing football, soccer when I was five years old and hearing the reggae coming over the hills, there’s something beautiful about it,” he said.

As for the show at the Lido, Hart said people can expect “a soulful island party,” one that’s family friends with a “joy filled, love filled, take you to the beach” kind of vibe.

Tasman Jude plays at the Lido Theatre on Friday, July 22 at 7 p.m.

Musical awakening

The Awakening Music Festival a treat for ears and eyes

ZOË DUCKLOW reporter@ahnfsj.ca

It’s prudent advice to keep an eye out for wildlife at the Awakening Music Festival in Sukunka Valley, where unicorns, raccoons, Care Bears, white lions, neon Ninja Turtles, zebras, reindeer, and the odd superhero have been said to roam.

Being poorly camouflaged, they are quite easy to spot without the use of binoculars. At least one actual bear showed up, however, early morning Sunday, July 17, while some were sleeping and many were still dancing in the woods—so, joking aside, future attendees will do well to remember the music festival is in HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) A friend might throw you a curve ball or do something you least expect today. However, you also might meet someone new and unusual - who knows?

TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) Today your relations with authority figures are a bit unpredictable. You don’t know if you should stay or jump.

Because you don’t know, do nothing.

GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) You will love to suddenly travel today; however, travel plans are unpredictable. Enjoy meeting people from other cultures and different backgrounds. Enjoy learning something new.

CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) Something having to do with shared property or inheritances will be unpredictable today.

Knowing this, make it a point to do your homework and be on top of things LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) You might make a new friend today, or a friend or partner might do something that surprises you. This is an exciting day with lots of electricity in the air!

VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) Your ambition is strong today, and so is your intuition. Trust your hunches. Because you feel so independent, you might not be keen to cooperate with others. Hmmm, is this wise?

wildlife country.

The Hyperborea stage—designed, I think, to look like a spaceship—backed onto the forest, sending music echoing across the wide open meadow where the camping is. From the other side, you’ll hear sounds layered under the funk-house-electronic music that aren’t audible close up. It’s like a bonus fourth stage for those who try to go to bed early.

Not to be outdone, the Magic Kool Bus stage is tucked in an aspen grove, decorated with hammocks and stretches of fabric where everything gets better after dark.

See AWAKENING on B11

For Thursday July 21, 2016

LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) A sudden invitation to a social event will delight you today.

Sports events might have unexpected results, because today is a bit of a crapshoot.

Nevertheless, it’s a fun day!

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) You might buy something new and high-tech for your home today. Alternatively, something at home might break down. Grrr.

That’s because your home routine will have some surprises.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) You’re full of bright, clever, innovative ideas today. Why not write them down so that later, you can run them up the flagpole to see if anyone salutes?

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) You might have a clever idea about how to boost your income today. Likewise, you spontaneously might buy something, especially something high- tech, a video game or perhaps modern art.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Today you feel ambitious, impulsive and restless! That’s why all kinds of spontaneous suggestions will appeal to you.

“I’m ready!”

PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) This is a restless day for you, because you want something to happen and you’re not sure what. But you want to break free from routine and find some new thrills. Take a chance and see what happens.

Dog or Boyfriend?

Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I recently moved in together. We were spending so many nights at each other’s place that we decided it just made sense. We both gave up our studio apartments for a cute little house. It even has a yard, albeit a tiny one, which is great for my golden retriever.

That brings me to the reason I’m writing in: My boyfriend seems to be severely allergic to the dog. I’m stumped. I’ve had her for years, and in all the time my boyfriend spent at my old apartment, this was never a problem. I used to take her over to his place, too. We’ve lived at the new house for three months, and he’s had a stuffy nose the entire time.

His eyes get itchy and watery, too.

His symptoms seem to disappear when he goes out. He’ll only take antihistamines right before bed because they knock him out.

I love my man, but I also love my dog, and I don’t want to give her up. What should I do? -- Dog Lover Dear Dog Lover: Don’t be so quick to blame the dog! The culprit could be any number of things. You mentioned that your boyfriend’s allergies only started acting up once you moved in to the new place. That tells me it’s probably a household allergen that’s causing his symptoms -perhaps mold or dust. His doctor can refer him to an allergist for testing.

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

Whatever the trigger ends up being, you both will most likely need to embrace your inner clean freaks. Vacuuming, dusting, washing linens and wiping down counters will help keep aggravating particles at bay. A great byproduct of this vigilance? A spankin’-clean house.

Dear Annie: I went to college in my hometown and was able to save some money by living at home. I sometimes wish I’d gotten the dorm experience, but mostly I am happy with my decision. It’s always nice having Mom and Dad to take care of you. Plus, it helped me stay focused. Never partied too much.

In May, I finished my degree, and almost immediately, I was offered a job across the country.

It’s exactly the type of thing I want to be doing -- graphic designing at an advertising agency and possibly art directing some projects, too. It’s a well-known firm, and I like the company’s portfolio. One of my professors used to work there and referred me for the position.

It’s a great opportunity, to be

sure, and I think the job sounds exciting, but it’s so far away, and I don’t want to leave my friends and family. I can’t even imagine a life outside this town. Should I wait to find something local, or should I give up everything I know for a job? -- Scared to Leave the Nest Dear Scared: Let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine yourself 10 years from now living in your hometown, having never left it. Are you happy? Comfortable? Restless? Feeling as if your career has already reached a plateau? Wondering what you missed out on?

For me, it would have been a little of all the above. I love my family, but if I had stayed in my hometown because it was safe, there would always have been a little voice in the back of my head asking, “What else?”

Your 20s are for taking risks, growing as a person and testing your limits. There will never be a better time to up and move across the country. If it doesn’t work out, you can always come back. That’s the beauty of home. Bon voyage, little birdie!

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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Community

Contact Us Aleisha hendry 250-785-5631 ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

The healing, teaching nature of horses At Summersend Equestrian and Wellness, clients learn coping skills by working with horses Aleisha Hendry ahendry@ahnfsjj.ca

Sometimes, it’s easier to interact with an animal than a human.

At Summersend Equestrian and Wellness, De-anna Lea focuses on building healthy attachments and relationships, using the horses in lieu of another human.

“I partner people with the horses and we build healthy relationships and build on boundaries and safety, leadership and developing your self confidence,” she said.

The interactions with the horse can be as simple as standing and grooming, though sometimes it’s taking the horse for a walk or leading it through obstacles.

“As times goes on, we start adding more stories and activities about the horses and their interactions, which sometimes will mirror what’s

happening in real life somewhere,” Lea said.

She noted that during the sessions, everything is in the context of the horse being worked with. It’s about building the connection between themselves and the horses, which in turn will start to filter into regular life.

Horses are very much a fight or flight animal, as Lea says, they only know to eat food and protect themselves. Horses will reflect the behaviour of the person handling them; if the handler is anxious, the horse will be anxious, as the animal looks to the human for guidance as to what’s going on and how to behave.

So if a horse is anxious or unsure, it indicates the client is feeling the same way and can adjust those feelings accordingly.

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Fort St. John North Peace Museum curator Heather Sjoblom will take you on a guided tour of the Fort St. John Cemetery and share stories about the community’s pioneers on July 22.

Digging up history at cemetery tour Aleisha Hendry ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

The history of Fort St. John will come alive, so to speak, this Friday, July 22.

The Fort St. John North Peace Museum is hosting a guided tour of the Fort St. John Cemetery, where they will shed light on some of the community’s most colourful pioneers.

“It’s not a very somber affair,” said museum curator Heather Sjoblom. “Some of the stories are funny, you get an idea of how they contributed to the community, and you also get a good understanding of how the Fort St. John cemetery came to be in its current location.”

The tour will introduce 10 characters from Fort St. John’s past, including an American Civil War veteran, the community’s first Muslim shopkeeper, and a member of the

Order of Canada.

Sjoblom’s favourite tale is about Fred McKibben, who was the undertaker for the cemetery in the 1940s. McKibben had his own map of the cemetery that was different from the city’s official map, and when his job was passed on to someone else, whom he did not care for, he kept his map, leaving many unknown gravesites.

The tour will have the same stories as last year’s tour, so those who missed it last time will get the same experience.

“Not at all morbid, not scary, we don’t get into ghost stories or anything, but you gain a good understanding and appreciation for some of the people that used to live in this area,” said Sjoblom.

The cemetery tour starts at 7 p.m. If you can’t make this tour, the museum will be hosting another tour on Aug. 19. For more information, call 250-787-0430.

De-anna Lea, facilitator at Summersend Equine and Wellness, gets a hug from Zuri, one of her horses.

FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Lutheran Church 9812 108 Ave Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Sundays 1:30 p.m.

Rev. Enid Pow ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 9:30 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 3:00 p.m.

Holy Communion BAHA’I fAITH BAHA’I fAITH National Baha’i Information 1-800-433-3284 Regular Firesides Mondays @ 8:00 p.m.

Deepenings continued Wednesdays at 250-7870089 Next Feast Info.

250-787-0089 ********** BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 9607-107th Ave., fSJ Ph. (Office) 250-785-4307 Pastor: Michael Hayes Associate Pastor: Doug Janzen SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE 10:30AM ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Vener Sabacan Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjcatholic.ca MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m.

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

BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism.

MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 3 months before the wedding. ********** ALLIANCE CHURCH 9804-99 Ave., fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8 Ph: 250-785-4644 fax: 250-785-8932 e-mail: office@fsjalliance.ca www.fsjalliance.ca SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE: 9:15am & 11:00am KIDVILLE: for ages 2yrs.-Gr.6 @ 9:15am **********

CoMMUNITY CHURCH CHARLIE LAKE CoMMUNITY CHURCH Lead Pastor: Alfred Reschke Associate Pastor: Jared Braun 250-785-1723 fax: 250-785-4136 clcc@pris.ca SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP: 10:40am 1st left turn off Alaska Highway past the Charlie Lake Store. ********** PEACE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 10556-100th Street, Taylor, BC Pastor: Wally Pohlmann Phone: 250-789-3045 HoURS: 9:00am-Noon Monday-Wednesday & friday Email: office@taylorchurch.ca Website: www.taylorchurch.ca SUNDAY ADULT CLASS - 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE - 10:30am ********** EVANGELICAL foRT ST. JoHN EVANGELICAL MISSIoN 8220-89th Avenue, fSJ Pastor: Art Voth Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings.

Worship Service - 10:45am Phone: 250-787-2550 ******* INTERDENoMINATIoNAL UPPER PINE GoSPEL CHAPEL Church Phone: 250-827-3833 Email: upgc@pris.ca Board Chairman: Andy Burkholder 250-827-3811 Box 66, Rose Prairie, BC ********** LUTHERAN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 9812-108th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 2R3 Office Phone: 250-785-2718 Pastor: Rev. Kebede Dibaba Regular Worship Schedule: 9:00am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School ********** PEACE RIVER MUSLIM ASSoCIATIoN Information: 250-787-1264 Jumm’a (Friday) Prayer @ 1:00pm 203-10903-100th Street, fort St. John, BC email: tahermorsi@shaw.ca ********** MENNoNITE NoRTH PEACE MENNoNITE BRETHREN CHURCH North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church 10816 106 St. fort St. John, BC V1J 5V2 250-785-3869

Lead Pastor: Andrew Eby Associate Pastor of Youth & Young Adults: Don Banman SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES: 9:15am & 11:00am Kids Zone During Both Services ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome!

Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3131 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years.

Christian Life Centre is “Home of Christian Life School” ********** foRT ST. JoHN NATIVE BIBLE fELLoWSHIP Sunday Worship: 11:00am Wed., Night Bible Study: 7:30pm Pastor John A Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** GIDEoNS INTERNATIoNAL Fort St. John Camp Ray Hein 250-827-3636 John Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** NoRTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH INTERNATIoNAL (Rose Prairie, BC Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30am Worship Service: 11:00am Everyone Welcome ********** THE SHELTER CHURCH “...the Lord will be a shelter for His people” Joel 3:6 9808-98A Ave. fort St. John, BC 250-785-3888 SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am Pastor: Oral Benterud 250-785-9151 ********** PENTECoSTAL THE PENTECoSTALS of foRT ST. JoHN Phone: 250-787-9888 Pastor: Jason McLaughlin Sunday 10am Service, Sunday School Youth Sunday 11am Worship

Service Tuesday 7pm Prayer Wednesday 7pm Bibile Study Friday 7pm Youth ********** PENTECoSTAL ASSEMBLIES of CANADA EVANGEL CHAPEL 10040-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-3386 Fax: 250-785-8345 Lead Pastor: Tony Warriner Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:00am www.evangelfsj.com ********** 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 Sunday Worship Times 9:30 a.m. - Regular Service Everyone is invited to participate ********** REfoRMED TRINITY CoVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service: 10:00am Meets at the Quality Inn Northern Grand 100th Ave & 98th St., fort St. John, BC Elder: Mike Donovan Phone: 250-787-7702 Affiliated with C.R.E.C. ********** THE SALVATIoN ARMY THE SALVATIoN ARMY Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am 10116-100th Ave., fort St. John, BC Come Worship With Us. For information; Phone 250-785-0506 or food Bank 250-785-0500 ********** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 9008-100th Avenue, fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-8632 Pastor: Cavin Chwyl Phone: 250-719-7949 Saturday Service: 9:30am ********** UNITED CHURCH of CANADA ST. LUKE’S UNITED 9907-98 St., fort St. John, BC Office: 250-785-2919 fax: 250-785-2788 Email: stlukeuc@telus.net Sunday Worship Service @ 10:00am. for the month of July No Sunday School All are Welcome!

The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925.

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Backyard Games

Get to Know Brazil!

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This summer athletes around the world are in Brazil to compete in the Olympics. This is the first time in Olympic history that a South American country has hosted the games.

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Put these animal names in alphabetical order below each picture and you will discover the names of each animal!

Have a competition with friends and family members.

Who will win the Great Summer Backyard Games?

This colorful character is the mascot for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. A mix of all of the different animals found in Brazil, this mascot was born out of the explosion of joy that followed the announcement that Rio would host the Olympic Games. Circle every third letter to discover this mascot’s name. The first letter is done for you.

Look through the newspaper and cut out parts of different animal bodies. Glue these together to make a new creature. What will you name it?

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

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Standards Link: Math Problem Solving: Addition.

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Try to use the word mascot in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

Sports and Symbols

Sports teams often use names and mascots to give personality to their teams. Select one sports team from the newspaper and make a list of characteristics you think that team wants to convey with its name.

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Snowman is one of several horses that live at Summersend.

HORSES FROM B9

“Once we start seeing those interactions, we can start talking about the person more, taking it away from the horse and asking ‘what are you going to do to calm yourself? What are you going to do to help this horse feel a little bit more secure?’” said Lea. The client horses at Summersend are all older animals, and according to Lea they’re all very willing and easy-going.

“I’m totally comfortable putting anyone on the horses I work with. I’ve got a few that are strictly for (family), but my client horses I know they’re going to be safe,” she said.

Lea has been a special education teacher with School District 60 for 10 years, but about five years ago decided she wanted to try a different

approach to helping those students with special needs outside the usual classroom setting.

“Horses are my love, so I just married the two together,” she said.

She found a program that she felt worked for her, and upon completion, decided to make a go of it full time.

For the last two years, Lea has been running camps and one-on-one sessions for children with anything from autism to general anxiety.

Building confidence is one of the main goals with equine wellness.

“You might just be doing an everyday activity with the horse, but for the person it’s huge,” said Lea. “I see kids that come from my camps that are scared of holding the horse and

by the time they leave, they’re backing that horse up and moving it around and all we’ve done is play with it.

“The confidence that comes with being able to get a horse it move its feet sideways when you ask it, is huge.”

Lea has two camps coming up this summer: one for girls on July 26, and another for boys in August. The camps will focus on anxiety, what it is, and how to cope with it.

Lea believes that her horses are the teachers that certain children need.

“I always tell people they’re not the prettiest horses, but they are the best teachers. I would rather have that teacher than the pretty horse,” said Lea. For more information, contact Lea at 250-794-6906.

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Cotton is one of the client horses at Summersend Equine and Wellness.

AWAKENING FROM B7

Dancers weaved around trees and the DJs survey the woodland scene from inside a double-stacked school bus.

Coloured lights turned the white bark into a psychedelic kaleidoscope.

Across the meadow, through the forest, and down the path was the Beach stage—deceptively far from the actual river beach— that had hammocks tied up

and a little clearing for daytime concerts. This stage closes early, so after dark the 500-something attendees wandered from the woods stage to the meadow stage through the gauntlet of food vendors, conveniently positioned between both stages for those late-night hunger pangs.

Turn to B15 for photos from The Awakening Music Festival

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Amenities in the Cortez's generous owners' suite include a walk-in closet, linen storage, oversized shower, twin basins and a fully enclosed toilet. A small arched window brightens the stairwell leading upstairs to two more bedrooms that share a compartmentalized bathroom.

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Second Floor 463 sq.ft.

Living Area 1788 sq.ft.

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It is only 38 feet wide and has no windows along the right side.

This design concept is brought into play when additional privacy is desired along one of the lot lines, or when a builder wants to construct two mirror-image units in a duplex configuration. This allows each of the units to have one wide side yard instead of two narrow ones.

If these concerns aren't relevant, windows could be added, but the home is already richly glassed. The rear of the Cortez has more windows than walls, facing out across a covered terrace that can be screened. Sliding glass doors provide access from the kitchen/nook area and owners' suite.

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COURT BAILIFF SALE www.northcentralbailiffs.bc.ca The Court Bailiff offers for sale by tender, interest in the following goods of Judgment Debtor: B. & M. GLASS & RENOVATING LTD., purported to be: All goods, chattels and effects of the above noted Judgement Debtor. This includes but is not limited to: Forklifts, Trucks and Vans, Air Compressors, Lathe, Press’s, Bandsaws, Floor Jacks, Tool Chests c/w Tools, Rolling Machine, Industrial Belt Sander, 4 Post Hydraulic Hoist, Mitre Saw, Parts Washer, Miller Wire Feed Welder, Numerous Nuts, Bolts and Fasteners and Signage.

Items can be viewed by appointment only. Closing date is August 30, 2016. Highest or any other bid not necessarily accepted. Bid for all goods and effects will take priority over single item bids. Bidders are solely responsible for determining the make, model, year of manufacture, condition, quantities, sets and or usefulness of all items for tender.

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Re: Liquor Control and Licensing Act Application for Change of Hours of Operation

DEATH NOTICE

The Applicant NED NASTY’S NAUGHTY NEIGHBOURHOOD PUB DBA CHEERS PUB located at 10627 Alaska Road in Fort St. John has applied to change their hours of operation.

Present hours of operation are: Monday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to Midnight

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of

Application to change hours of operation to: Monday to Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to Midnight

Fran Emes

Residents and owners of businesses located within a .8 kilometre (1/2 mile) radius of the facility may comment on this proposal by writing to:

of Fort St. John British Columbia.

Services for Fran will be held on

City of Fort St. John Attention: Janet Prestley, Director of Legislative and Administrative Services 10631 – 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z5

Friday, July 22

PETITIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED To ensure the consideration of your views, your letter must be received on or before August 2, 2016. Your name(s) and residential/ business address must be included.

Please note that your comments may be made available to the applicant or Government Officials where disclosure is necessary to administer the license change process.

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Re: Liquor Control and Licensing Act Change in Patron Capacity Application 9830 – 100 Avenue

LEITNER, Douglas Wayne 1939 – 2016 Douglas Wayne Leitner was born on June 10, 1939 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Sadly, he passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at Joseph Creek Care Village with his family by his side. Doug was 77 years old.

Doug will be sadly missed by all.

There will be no funeral service at this time. Condolences may be left for the family at www.markmemorial.com.

If friends desire, memorial donations may be made in Doug’s memory to the BC Cancer Foundation, 686 W Broadway #150, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1G1.

Always loved – sadly missed.

The Leitner Family

1066173 BC LTD (DBA LONESTAR NIGHTLIFE), applicant, has applied for an amendment to their liquor primary licence formerly known as Looney Tunes. The proposed application would be an increase in the liquor primary license from 194 seats to 296 seats.

Residents and owners of the businesses located within a .8 kilometre (½ mile) radius of the facility may comment on this proposal by writing to:

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Deanne McLeod, Manager North East Native Advancing Society 10328 – 101st Avenue, Fort St. John, B.C. V1J 2B5 Bus: (250) 785-0887 Fax: (250) 785-0876 Email: dmcleod@nenas.org

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NOTICE TO REMOVE PRIVATE LAND FROM WOODLOT LICENCE W_1467 Please be advised that Ralph Barkhouse is proposing to remove 12 hectares of private land from Woodlot Licence W1467_ located in the vicinity of 207 Road, Pouce Coupe, BC. Information about this proposal and comments to this proposal must be submitted to Ralph Barkhouse Box 40 Pouce Coupe, BC V0C 2C0 or by email rbarkhouse15@gmail.com by August 12, 2016 250−719−7482 rbarkhouse15@gmail.com

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I, RAINER STECK & CHARLOTTE FANCOEUR of SS#2, SITE 25, COMP 31 FORT ST JOHN BC V1J 4M7 intend on making an application pursuant to section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as, Lot3 PLBCP42083 SEC 26 TWP83 RG19 W6M and located at 12140 240 ROAD. Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT

by AUGUST 5TH, 2016.

NOTE: This notice and the application are posted on the subject property.

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Application for a Permit Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act

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space for lease in FSJ. We, Saguaro Resources Ltd. (440, 222 3rd Ave, Calgary AB, T2P0B4, Attention: John Recent Renovations, Christoffersen), intend to submit this application to the Director to authorize the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Reasonable Rate. Call discharge of air emissions from the b-24-H/94-G-8 Laprise Creek Gas Plant. The sources 250-262-7734 of discharge are from the installation of two (2) sour gas compressors, one (1) glycol Application for a Permit Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act reboiler, one (1) condensate reboiler, and one (1) stabilizer overhead compressor.

Mobile/ The site also contains the following existing sources of discharge: two (2) sour gas We, Saguaro Resources Ltd. (440, 222 3rd Ave,Calgary AB, T2P0B4, Attention: John Christoffersen), intend to submit this application to the Director to compressors, two (2) natural gas generators (one as backup), two (2) glycol reboilers, authorize the discharge of air emissions from the b-24-H/94-G-8Laprise Creek Gas Plant. The sources of discharge are from the installation of two (2) sour gas WANTED: 14” or 16” one (1) acid gas incinerator, One (1) amine reboiler, One (1) high pressure / low pressure compressors, one (1) glycol reboiler, one (1) condensate reboiler, and one (1) stabilizer overhead compressor. The site also contains the following existing sources wide mobile homes in integrated flare stack. of discharge: two (2) sour gas compressors, two (2) natural gas generators (one as backup), two (2 glycol reboilers, one (1) acid gas incinerator, One (1) amine

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LOCATION CHANGE FOR JULY 28TH PRRD REGULAR BOARD MEETING

reboiler, One (1) high pressure / low pressure integrated stack is . situated and the discharge will occur is b-24-H/94-G-8 The land upon which theflare facility

(57.353576 N, -122.049518 W), located approximately 200 km northwest of Fort St John,

the nineties or newer.

In any condition!

250-567-3335

The land upon which the facility situated and the discharge occur is b-24-H/94-G-8 (57.353576 N, -122.049518 W), located approximately 200 km BritishisColumbia, within the will Peace River Regional District.

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northwest of Fort St John, British Columbia, within the Peace River Regional District.

Condos for Under normal operations the maximum rate of air emissions discharged from this facility will be Nm3/s. discharged The operating period facility beoperating continuous 2 Bedroom /s. The period365 for this facility will beRenovated Under normal operations the maximum rate 23.18 of air emissions from this facilityfor willthis be 23.18 Nm3will In an the event ofoperation, an emergency operation, maximum ratefrom of air continuous 365 days/year.days/year.

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Meeting to be held in Fort St. John

When:

July 28th 10:00 am

Where:

Northern Grand Hotel, Grand 2 Room 9830 100 Avenue Fort St. John, BC

Managed. Available August 1 for $895 month. Pets ok on approval. Call Gerry at 250-785-4525 or Text 250-462-7721

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Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed discharge leases of waste and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 Year round RV Lots for St. John, B.C., V1J 2B0. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send are rent. Phone record.

250-262-9466. written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Regional Manager, Environmental Protection at Bag 2, Fort St. John, B.C., V1J 2B0. The identity Boats Dated this__27__ day of __June___, 20 16 .

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have not written about the passing of Ozzie, our remaining Shih Tzu. I had no idea that we would lose both of our fur-babies that close together, both of them in a matter of months.

After Riley died, Ozzie walked about like a lost puppy. He mourned, he was so sad. He would not eat and was clingy which was totally unlike Ozzie. Normally he had the appetite of a much larger dog and food was never an issue for him. As far as being clingy, Ozzie was his own “man” and in that respect he was like a cat—only cuddling if he wanted to cuddle. He was definitely missing his companion of 12 years.

This sadness lasted a couple of weeks and then something remarkable occurred. Ozzie began acting like a puppy once again. He was running around the house with his toys and scampering up the steps on the back deck – acting so spry! His appetite picked up and we had our Ozzie-Magoo back again.

Then one day I saw him stumble and strangely begin walking in circles.

I panicked and took him to the vet, scared that I was going to lose him too.

We were told that Ozzie had suffered something that many small dogs suffer, much like a stroke, but one that he could recover from. I wrote about the experience and how scared I was that I would lose him.

Gathering him up in my arms I took him home and both Bob and I tended to him until he seemed “almost” back to himself again.

Another month passed and Ozzie began to lose his appetite once more.

We tried changing his food and offering him treats, but he didn’t seem to have that voracious appetite any longer.

Then I noticed him trip as he went from the grass to the deck and he had difficult time regaining his footing. It was if he was drunk and he was weaving back and forth. I picked him up and carried him into the house.

Then he began to cough. Bob and I hovered near, worried sick that we were losing our Ozzie now too.

That night I took Ozzie to bed with me and let him snuggle alongside my legs. I felt like something might happen and I wanted to be near him.

At about 5:30 a.m. Ozzie began to cough once more and I picked him up

Judy Kucharuk THE DESK OF THE GREEN-EYED GIRL

and snuggled him on my shoulder like he loved to do ever since he was a wee puppy. I heard it then, in his breathing.

Waking Bob I said quietly, “I think this might be Ozzie’s last day with us.

Do you want to get up and spend some quiet time with him?”

And so we did. We made coffee and sat with Ozzie between us, rubbing his back and scratching his ears.

That afternoon I took Ozzie down to the vet again and the news was expected. Ozzie was in heart failure and his tiny body was filling with fluid making it difficult to breathe.

I called Bob at work to come home and took Ozzie home while I waited.

I sat on the sun-deck with Ozzie on my lap and I soaked in his presence. I told him how much I loved him, even knowing that his deaf ears could not comprehend the words.

When Bob arrived, he did the same thing—cuddling our wee dog in his arms knowing that he would be gone soon.

The hardest part of loving your pets is knowing when to say goodbye. We didn’t want Ozzie to suffer what would be a very difficult and painful death.

We returned to the vet. It was time to say goodbye.

Holding our sweet guy in our arms, we told him we loved him and that he was a “good dog” and then he slipped from our lives forever.

And now we grieve once again. We grieve for the loss we feel in our lives and how much we miss both Riley and Ozzie’s presence.

People ask, “Are you going to get another dog?”

No. Not for a very long time.

Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can follow her blog at www.judykucharuk.com or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @judylaine

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