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Laurie Petrucci was testing people’s reaction time and other fun activities at the Community Science Celebration at Northern Lights College on March 4. There were all sorts of activities and presentations showcasing science in Fort St. John.

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The one thing cats do better than dogs FIANCEE FACT: We’ve never chewed news from Brazil, so let’s start there. A Brazilian woman made headlines as “World’s Oldest Fiancee.” She’s 104.

She’s engaged to a man who’s 66. They’re booked into a honeymoon hotel where room service delivers oxygen.

GEEZER GAG: Another oldster making news was the man in Florida who celebrated his 90th birthday by doing 24 pull-ups. This is the same old geezer who did 100 jumping jacks in 30 seconds. But that was caused by a short-circuit in his pacemaker.

Donald Trump. It has an elevator that goes all the way to the top.

KITTY SNIFFY: In a new study by Oregon State University: Cats are better than dogs at sniffing out bombs. But cats hate people. So they won’t tell you when they find a bomb.

Bob Snyder CHEWS THE NEWS

FOSSIL FACT: Meanwhile in Montreal, scientists announced life on Earth started much earlier than previously thought.

They discovered fossils that date back 4.2 billion years. The fossils were found in Quebec. But they can’t get funding for their research until they prove the fossils spoke French.

WHAT HAPPENS IN HOCKEY: Las Vegas now has an NHL team. It’s just a matter of time until Vegas bookies start taking bets on how many minutes the guy will drive the Zamboni.

WARM HUH? Last week Antarctica BEE BULLETIN: In Fort St John, a new recorded its highest ever temperature. 17 Dawson CreekForecast105.9 ohn, BC - 7 Day - Environment Canada https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-78_metric_e.html bylaw may allow residents to keep bees in FRECKLE FUN: The latest beauty trend degrees Celsius. How hot is Antarctica? The the city. The local beekeeping community for women is freckle tattoos. Ladies, the penguins are wearing short-sleeve tuxedos.

Fort St. John is a-buzz. Peace Country honey could be main problem with freckle tattoos is when 112.9 a big money maker. Surprising as it may you take a nap and your kids use a Sharpie OSCAR SNAFU: There was a fiasco at seem, there are people who actually eat pen to play “Connect the Dots.” the Oscars, the wrong winner was anAlberta-B.C. border N/A bee barf. Coincidentally, last week scientnounced for Best Picture. Organizers are ists announced they have trained bumbleBIG BANG BUCKS: The stars of Big Bang promising changes for next year. How Fort Nelson N/A bees to perform simple tasks. They say Theory will take a $100,000 per week pay about eliminating that thing where the Environment and natural resources  the Weather information Local forecasts  go British with right coaching, it maybeWeather possible cut so more money can to theColumbia lesser Oscar losers fake smiling? Let’s see the to double the number of bumbles per bee.

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My favorite on the show is losers having temper tantrums, stormGroundbirch N/A the guy who owns the comic book store. I ing out of the theater, yelling insults and POOL PEE: The University of Alberta was shocked when I heard he survives on threats. on, BCChetwynd - 7 Day Forecast -112.9 Environment Canada https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-83_metric_e.html made headlines with a study that shows only half a million bucks per week. the average public swimming pool conGAIN IN SPAIN: Spain has a population Observed at: Fort St. John Airport 2:00 PM MST Tuesday 7 March 2017 tains 75 litres of pee.

I’m not worried.

I TRUMP TROUBLE: In Vancouver, the problem.

Not too many people, too FEW Tumbler Ridge N/A always swim in the “No Peeing” section. new Trump Tower had its official opening people. Their birth rate is plummeting, Condition: Ice Crystals Temperature: -21.7°CProtesters on the street Wind: NNW 15 km/h ceremony. outtheir government is urging citizens to Prince George 99.9 SKIN STUFF: Scientists at the Uniside yelled insults at the new U.S. presmake babies. If this trend continues, there Pressure: 103.2 kPa Dew point: -26.8°C Wind Chill: -31 versity of Ottawa have found a way to ident. And like Trump, the new building won’t be enough Spaniards for rampaging Tendency: Rising Visibility: 10 km bulls to chase through the streets.

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Lisa Miel, 26, was convicted of killing Kirk Morin (above) and striking him more than 50 times with a machete the night of Sept. 6, 2015, in Taylor.

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Former science teacher Rich Koechl came out of retirement for the Community Science Celebration on March 4 at Northern Lights College. Koechl ran one of the Science World demonstrations—Chemistry: it’s a Blast—and showed how a lit candle, some oxygen, and Coffeemate can cause a massive fireball.

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District of Taylor councillors voted Monday evening to fund the municipality’s medical clinic through the end of June, buying officials more time to deliver on a plan to recruit a new doctor to the community. “I’m not ready to give up the medical clinic and I think we would be if we don’t do this,� said Coun. Betty Ponto as she moved to adopt a threemonth, $84,000 budget to cover physician salaries and the clinic’s operations until June 30.

The district has so far committed $90,000 to keep the clinic open after Livecare an-

nounced it would end its operations at the district-owned clinic at the end of March—a decision that has left 2,100 patients in limbo and potentially without a family doctor.

Councillors approved $6,000 in February to cover Dr. Pam Kryskow’s salary for a week and ensure she can continue providing on-site coverage for patients this month.

Monday’s decision allows for patients to continue receiving on-site, telehealth, and specialist care through the clinic while district officials to continue talks with Northern Health and the Division of Family Practice in Fort St. John about operating the clinic as a satellite office.

It also buys time for the district to continue negotiations with Kryskow, establish and transfer patient records systems, and secure a Medical Services Plan billing number, through which officials expect to recover roughly half of its expenses. “(Dr. Kryskow) has expressed willingness to assist us in the transition, whatever that looks like,� Chief Administrative Officer Charlette McLeod said.

The province also announced Monday four new doctors will soon be practicing in the Peace Region, including one in Fort St. John.

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Plenty of barriers facing rural education MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Teacher turnover, technology, and a need for more specialized teachers including French immersion are just some off the barriers facing rural education in Northeast B.C., provincial officials heard last week.

North Peace parents met with education ministry staff along with teachers and school district officials at North Peace Secondary March 3, part of a series of regional open houses being under-

taken by Parliamentary Secretary Linda Larson.

Teacher turnover and recruitment continues to be the top concern among parents, who relayed personal experiences at their schools.

For instance, one class at Upper Pine school has seen six new teachers in three years, Parent Advisory Council President Cassandra Kramer said, acknowledging that unforeseen circumstances have contributed to the turnover.

Still, it’s leading to an insecure school career for students, and problems for parents who

have to constantly reacquaint themselves with the new teachers, according to Kramer. “That’s not a very stable school start for these children,� said Kramer, a parent of three.

While parents choose a rural lifestyle for their families, not every new teacher does the same, with the daily trek out to the school proving costly and cumbersome, Kramer added.

She estimated a teacher may spend up to $4,000 on fuel per year travelling to and from the school while living in the city.

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Lisa Miel has been found guilty of second-degree murder after hacking a man to death with a machete in Taylor in September 2015.

Jurors delivered their verdict Feb. 28 to BC Supreme Court Justice Ian Meiklem following deliberations that began earlier that morning.

Under the Criminal Code, Miel will receive a minimum sentence of life in prison with no parole for 10 years, though Justice Meiklem has discretion to extend her parole eligibility to 25 years at a future sentencing date. She remains in custody.

Miel, 26, was convicted of killing Kirk Morin after striking him more than 50 times with a machete the night of Sept.

6, 2015, in a 20-minute attack that began in Morin’s truck in the parking lot of the Taylor recreation centre. Portions of the attack were caught on surveillance video, which showed it extended to the easement between Cherry Avenue and the Alaska Highway, where Morin was found dead. He was 51.

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Moose riders fined $8,000 MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Two Fort St. John men have been ordered to pay a combined $8,000 in fines and penalties after filming themselves jumping onto the back of a moose on a lake near Fort Nelson in July 2014.

Bradley Dale Crook, 32, and Jaysun Allan Pinkerton, 33, pleaded guilty March 3 to a count of harassing wildlife with a boat at Tuchodi Lakes— an event dubbed the “moose rider investigation� after video of the incident went viral and racked up more than two millions views on YouTube.

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Scheer the right choice for Tory leader: Zimmer

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Three Public Open Houses have been scheduled to provide residents an opportunity to view the Peace River Regional District 2017 Financial Plan.

Dates for the Open Houses are as follows: Monday, March 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Regional District offices located at 9505 – 100th Street, Fort St. John, BC Tuesday, March 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Chetwynd Recrea on Centre located at 4552 North Access Road, Chetwynd, BC Wednesday, March 15 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Regional District offices located at 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC Contact:

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Scheer, a Saskatchewan MP, served as Speaker of the House of Commons under the previous Conservative government.

He opposed M-103, the Liberal motion aimed at combatting Islamophobia tabled after the shooting in Quebec City. Scheer also supports scrapping the federal carbon tax introduced by the Trudeau Liberals, putting in its place the sector by sector emissions regulations favoured by the Stephen Harper government.

Scheer is pro-life, but like Harper has no plans to introduce legislation to change Canada’s laws on abortion, according to a report in the Globe and Mail.

“I see a certain element of past leadership (in Scheer), where it’s a bringing-together (type) person,” Zimmer said. “He’s a uniter rather than a divider.”

Thirteen other candidates are seeking the Conservative leadership: Chris Alexander, Maxime Bernier, Steven Blaney, Michael Chong, Kellie Leitch, Pierre Lemieux, Deepak Obhrai, Kevin O’Leary, Erin O’Toole, Rick Peterson, Lisa Raitt, Andrew Saxton and Brad Trost.

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Peace Region MP Bob Zimmer says Andrew Scheer is the right person to lead the Conservative party into the 2019 federal election.

Zimmer, who was among the first caucus members to endorse Scheer when he announced his leadership bid in September, said the Saskatchewan MP is a “uniter” whose stint as Speaker of the House of Commons has prepared him for the PM’s job.

“He had respect not just across factions, I guess you could call them, he had respect across party lines for what he did,” he said. “He carries himself well that way. A lot of people respect Andrew.”

Conservative Party members will cast their ballots this May, and so far, Scheer has gained some profile in the noisy race.

Scheer had been scheduled to meet with local Conservatives in Fort St. John this Saturday at the Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies Electoral District Association annual general meeting. That, however, had to be postponed due to a family health issue.

While not a headline-grabber like Kevin O’Leary or Kellie Leitch—who has proposed a Trump-style “values” test for new immigrants and refugees, Scheer has emerged among the top tier of candidates.

He leads the endorsement race, counting around 20 members of caucus as supporters. A father of five in his late 30s, Scheer grew up in Ottawa and has represented a Regina riding since 2004.

His platform includes “common sense” policies on firearms, support for parents of Independent School children, balancing the federal budget in two years, and encouraging free trade.

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Students from Ecole Central Elementary are safer since the installation of a school zone speed sign across the street from the school last year. The Ecole Central PAC worked with the City of Fort St. John and received a donation from Shell to get the sign installed and ensure drivers go the appropriate speed limit through the area.

TOGETHER, ADVOCATING FOR GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN NORTHEAST BC On February 01, 2017, the voice of BC's construction sector became stronger. We are pleased to announce that Energy Services BC (ESBC) has merged with the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of BC (ICBA).

For Northeast British Columbia and our businesses, this means we will now have a much stronger voice when dealing with important issues in our area - especially in the case for jobs and investment in the region.

• ICBA is the voice of BC’s construction industry, representing more than 2,000 companies and clients.

• ICBA is also the largest single sponsor of construction apprentices in BC. • Energy Services BC is the largest oil and gas industry association in the province.

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City adds accessible playground to capital budget plans The City of Fort St. John will receive more than $874,000 in extra funding from the Peace River Agreement this year— monies that council are diverting directly to design and build an accessible playground for Centennial Park.

The city has budgeted $300,000 this year to undertake community consultations and develop a master plan for the park’s redevelopment. It’s budgeted $1.2 million for construction in 2018.

During budget deliberations earlier this year, Mayor Lori Ackerman pushed for an ac-

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cessible playground or equipment to be added to this year’s capital plan.

“That’s what I hear most about these days,” Ackerman said during a Jan. 16 committee meeting, requesting city staff divert any savings from other capital project to accessible playground equipment and to seek out grants.

“Believe it or not, roads have slipped off the bullseye.”

Building a playground isn’t cheap—installing equipment for the average neighbourhood

park costs roughly $100,000, according to city infrastructure director Victor Shopland.

In a report to council, Community Services Manager Wally Ferris notes building an accessible playground can cost several hundred thousand dollars.

The city will have a clearer picture on how much the playground will cost following consultation and design. Any leftover funds would be funnelled into the city’s capital reserves.

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For example, while Fort St. John will see an increase in funding this year, Dawson Creek expects to see a milliondollar decline in its share of Peace River Agreement funding.

The provincial deal, which replaced the Fair Share agreement in 2015, pumps $50 million into Peace Region government coffers each year.

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Unlike mill and mining towns, most of Northeast B.C.’s heavy industry lies outside municipal boundaries. Before the original Fair Share deal in the 1990s, cities and towns in the Peace had no access to that crucial tax base, which is available to other cities across the province.

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At a meeting Feb. 23, directors voted unanimously to fund a review of the regional district’s closed meeting policies, which some directors say contributed to a backlash against a decision to award a fire dispatch contract to Vancouver Island-based North Island 9-1-1.

In January, the board publicly confirmed that decision after months of closed meetings.

Provincial legislation allows local governments to discuss certain topics in closed meetings.

While the law requires some topics be dealt with in-camera—a legal term for private—it gives communities some leeway with regard to contract discussions.

“Because this was such a long, drawn-out process that has been questioned a number of times, I think an audit would put it to bed,” Area B Director Karen Goodings said. “And I think that’s what we’d all like to see: to make sure we did it right, and if we didn’t do it right, how do we fix it?”

The legal firm Young Anderson will carry out the audit, which is expected to cost between $5,000 and $7,000.

Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser said it would clear up when the board should discuss matters in private.

“Part of the decision whether to be in-camera or not was based on advice that was given to the board about whether negotiations must be in-camera, may be in-camera, or don’t ever have to be in-camera,” he said.

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Is LNG the right direction for Canada?

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n a recent story out of the Financial Post, energy reporter Claudia Cattaneo has made some interesting and compelling points on the direction B.C.’s LNG industry could be taking… or not.

For instance, just last month, the U.S. has become a net exporter of natural gas for the first time in its history due to the shale gas boom south of the border.

“U.S. imports of natural gas from Canada, primarily from the West where most of Canada’s natural gas is produced, continue to decline, while US exports to Canada-primarily to the East-continue to increase because of Eastern Canada’s proximity to abundant natural gas resources in the Marcellus basin,” Cattaneo wrote.

You may recall that we pointed out this problem a few columns ago. We stated the province does not have a Plan B in place to deal with the losses of dropping commodity demand and prices for LNG worldwide. As a result, we may have lost the biggest potential domestic customer for our natural gas: Ontario. It appears the Americans got that one right, however, and are vigorously pursuing Ontario as a natural gas customer.

So where is B.C. in the bigger natural gas picture? Apparently, we are not in the picture.

Premier Clark continues to put all the eggs into the export LNG basket. In fact, the premier made a brash comment not long ago, stating that domestic gas prices were “too low” for her liking and that overseas values were much more accommodating. Well, five per cent of something is better than 100

Rick Koechl Mike Kroecher TWO OLD GUYS WITH ISSUES

per cent of nothing, according to these two old guys.

Isn’t it odd that at the moment, four years after the projected $1-trillion windfall, we still have nothing? In fact, we have less than nothing. Here’s the explanation.

Cattaneo states that U.S. gas exports are ready to explode by 2020. She states that “natural gas prices are expected to remain relatively low as well, flattening out … to 2030 to 2040 period” Energy companies pay for the rights to extract natural gas. These are called royalties.

One can compare them with charging rental payments on an apartment.

At the same time, the province subsidizes the extraction and sale of B.C. natural gas.

This is done through a variety of royalty deduction/credits. This is money given back to the industry. Likewise, LNG companies have been promised the “eDrive” for their electricity, half the Tier 2 rate for the average family. Other energy industries have received provincial credit for drilling deep wells, or summer drilling incentives. By all accounts, in the 2016 year, natural gas will have ultimately cost the province (taxpayers) more than $399 million in losses: from $1 trillion to a negative (-) $399 million. Not exactly

something the BC Liberals would advertise on a TV commercial.

Clearly, this cannot continue on without dire consequences both for the industry or the provincial coffer. Yet, the numbers do not lie. Adding to the problem is BC Hydro, which is awash in excess electricity with no buyers in sight. More and more American utilities are building and using cheaper natural gas to produce their electricity and do not need to buy ours. Site C has no buyers in sight for its electricity, and no requirement to have done so. Site C electricity will be three times more expensive to produce than a natural gas-powered system. Will the ratepayers of BC be on the hook to subsidize this loss as well?

With President Trump now in office, and a surplus natural gas in the U.S., as well as low gas prices in the U.S. market, nothing is stopping Trump’s administration from blocking (or taxing) future gas exports from Canada and B.C. Trump often complains of these benefits or subsidies that other countries give their industries to the detriment of U.S. companies.

Sadly, Premier Clark and Energy Minister Bill Bennett may well have provided the Americans with the tools to do British Columbians some serious damage.

Mike Kroecher is a long time retired resident of the Peace, expressing his deep roots in the land through his artistic bent. Rick Koechl is a recently retired (almost as long a resident) teacher of the Peace with an enthusiasm for politics and energy.

The quest for gender parity is ongoing

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ednesday was International Women’s Day, where all over the world women and their achievements are celebrated.

The theme for IWD 2017 was Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030.

This doesn’t mean that every single workplace should have one half of its employees be women and the other half be men, rather its wanting to see more women in the labour force, doing jobs that are seen as traditionally men’s jobs.

According to a United Nation’s chart, in the global workforce women make up 61 per cent of services, 13.5 per cent in industry and 25 per cent in agriculture.

It’s a silly mindset, but it’s been ingrained in society for so long that it’s hard to move past.

Things have gotten better, but

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we’ve still got a long way to go.

The theme is interesting, as a poll was recently done by Abacus Data for Equal Voice, an organization dedicated to getting more women involved in politics, that asked Canadians different questions about women in politics.

The poll says that 42 per cent of Canadians feel there aren’t enough women in the House of Commons, while 54 per cent feel there’s just the right number, and four per cent think there’s too many.

While that last number is a annoying, and that a good chunk think there aren’t enough wo-

men in Canadian politics, the fact that half think we should just stay the course is a disappointing. Why? Because when asked what they estimated how many female MPs Canada has, they overshot it. The average estimate was that we 31 per cent of MPs are women. The number is actually 26 per cent.

They make up half the population, and only one quarter represented in the House.

The other sad number is that 25 per cent of people polled say that gender parity will never happen in the House of Commons.

Canadians also seem to have mixed views on the obstacles women face when getting elected. Thirty per cent think women don’t run because politics is negative and full of conflict, while 28 per cent say it’s because the big parties don’t recruit enough

women. Then there’s the 26 per cent that think women have too many family obligations.

Whatever the reasons why, if we’re ever going to have gender parity in Canadian politics, then more women need to be brave and step up. I applaud all the women currently in the House of Commons, regardless of which party they’re affiliated, because it takes a lot of guts to do what they do.

Young women today need to be encouraged to take that step, that’s the only way we’re going to see parity. Don’t be afraid to let your voice be heard. We’re going to need you very soon.

Aleisha Hendry is a proud feminist writer who loves cold weather, her cats, roller skates and righteous indignation. Follow her on Twitter at @aleishahendry

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An active lesson in indigenous history Sometimes it’s easier to get a point across by getting up and moving than it is to just read a book.

Grade 2/3 students at Robert Ogilvie Elementary School, with help from Grade 11 students from North Peace Secondary School, had an active lesson about the history of the First Nations of Canada during a Blanket Exercise on March 3.

“It’s a teaching tool to teach children the effects of colonization of indigenous people in Canada,” said Pat Jansen, district principal of Aboriginal Education for School District 60.

The exercise starts off with blankets spread out, meant to represent Canada, with various First Nation artifacts. Students are encouraged to take an artifact—which included tools, clothing, and other indigenous items—and show them to each other and trade if they felt like it.

Then, everyone went back to their land (blanket), and the history of European settlement in Canada was told.

Students gradually had their artifacts taken away, their land taken away (blankets folded up or removed), and watched as the indigenous people were nearly wiped out by disease (sent to the bench) and taken to residential school (children moved to another blanket away from their home blanket).

The end of the exercise saw the government apologize and have some of their land given back (blankets spread out a bit more) to represent truth and reconciliation.

The goal is to present the lesson in a way that drives it home for the students as opposed to just reading the words in a textbook.

Grade 11 student Alyssa Waddell said it was informative to see history told this way, “seeing the domino effect, it started with small pieces of land or even possessions being taken away to how it turned into the residential schools…it’s so much bigger than it started off as.”

Grade 2 student Joel Keith Newhook wound up being the only student on his blanket representing Canada’s Inuit people.

“It felt kind of lonely,” he said.

“They got smaller and more (blankets) started disappearing and more people started dying.

I was lucky I was still on a (blanket).”

Truth and reconciliation is a large part of the new B.C. curriculum, and starts teaching this part of Canada’s history at a younger age.

“We know from the Charlie Lake caves that we’ve been here for 10,500 years, and it’s not an exercise where we want to blame the Europeans, thought it does come across that to begin with, but then we start to talk about partnerships and new relationships, truth and reconciliation and the after effects, the intergenerational trauma from residential schools and how it affects our families today,” said Jansen.

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Farmers institute celebrates future of local ag economy North Pine Farmers Institute highlights elevator restoration, rail access at opening ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

The North Pine Farmers Institute held its official grand opening at the North Peace Cultural Centre on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Dozens of people in the North Peace agriculture community took in the presentations and updates from the NPFI, Viterra, and Foster’s Seed and Feed.

NPFI President Wade Cusack gave a presentation to start off the day, discussing the history of the group and its importance to the agricultural community in the North Peace.

“For 87 years, communities in the North Peace have benefited from the work and the effort of the North Pine Farmers Institute,” he said.

One of the big projects for the NPFI was getting the Fort St. John grain elevator up and running again. The Viterra elevators was deteriorating and becoming outdated, while the concrete Cargill elevator was scheduled for

demolition.

The NPFI managed to work with the Peace River Regional District to delay the demolition. The group then sat down and worked out a solid business plan to ensure the future of the elevators and rail access for the agriculture community.

“It seemed like we were going to lose out railhead access, but thankfully the members of the organization stepped up and brought together the committee and we have what we have today,” said Cusack.

Grants and loans were accessed through the PRRD and the Northern Development Initiative Trust to help with the construction upgrades and restoration of the elevators. The NPFI then found tenants to assume operations of the elevators, Viterra and Foster’s Seed and Feed.

Restoring the elevators and keeping railhead access was vital to the North Peace farming community, said Cusack.

“Without railhead access, it becomes

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North Pine Farmers Institute President Wade Cusack gives the opening address at the NPFI’s grand opening on Feb. 28.

a real challenge to be competitive as an agriculture community. We seen that coming to an end, possibly a few years ago,” he said, noting that it’s been interesting watching the industry as a whole move away from rail to truck transport and back again.

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wheels and moved down the road and we’ve seen in the last few years that, communities on the whole, industry’s on different levels have got things back on steel wheels and found that that is the most economical way to move things.”

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Aboriginal Business Centre receives $385K slice of rural dividend funding The Peace Region has received a boon from the Rural Dividends fund.

Several organizations and communities will receive funding, Peace River South MLA and Education Minister Mike Bernier announced March 3 at the Aboriginal Business Centre in Fort St. John.

“When you look at the opportunities in rural British Columbia, you want to look at everything government can do to support and assist, whether it’s business people in the area who are starting up or existing operations,” he said.

The Community Futures Peace Liard Project/Aboriginal Business Centre will receive $385,000 to develop programs to provide resources and skills training to local residents. Community Futures will administer the funds, while the Aboriginal Business Centre will develop and run the programs.

Aboriginal Business Centre executive director Paulette Flamond was pleased with the announcement.

“It’s so exciting because it’s for all entrepreneurs, she said. “This money isn’t just aboriginal-specific, this money is actually for all residents of

the North and South Peace. We’ll be using the curriculum we’ve developed for entrepreneurial training all in the Northeast, so that will be taken out to the whole region.”

The purpose of the Rural Dividends Fund is to strengthen the provinces rural communities, which Bernier says are the backbone of B.C. “Whether it’s pipelines, whether it’s forestry, all of that does not take place in the Lower Mainland, that takes place in rural British Columbia,” he said.

Tumbler Ridge will get a double shot of funds, receiving $100,000 to develop strategic plans to attract new residents, encourage business development and look at the feasibility of a conference and events centre. As well, the Tumbler Ridge Global Geopark Society will also get $100,000 for improvements to the geopark, including educational tool kits, interpretive programs and signage.

These investments will help the geopark maintain its UNESCO designation.

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Local political and business leaders met with BC Hydro staff on Friday, March 3, for a tour of recently completed upgrades at the Fort St. John substation. The $29-million project began in 2014 and involved adding new distribution feeder circuits and a new transformer, replacing circuit breakers and control equipment, as well as upgrades to the substation’s control room. The substation—which receives high voltage power from transmissions lines to convert to a lower voltage for distribution to homes and businesses—was first brought into service in the 1960s and currently serves more than 16,000 customers, according to BC Hydro. From left: BC Hydro Program Manager Matt Drown, Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser, BC Hydro Deputy CEO Chris O’Riley, Station Manager Garnet Walker, Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier, Fort St John & District Chamber President Nelson Stowe, and Fort St. John acting Mayor Bruce Christensen.

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It’s bright, has a fresh coat of paint, and is lined with art and artifacts of the district’s past.

District of Taylor officials cut the ribbon and opened the doors to its new Community Services Hub at the rear of the community hall on March 1.

The hub consolidates community services staff under one roof and will serve as a one-stop shop for residents and community groups to register for rec programs, learn more about tourism and economic development, and bolster community relations.

“The Community Services Hub is a facility recently renovated to consolidate the department in one place so we can provide a service centre for residents in Taylor, for businesses, perhaps, for service clubs,” Mayor Rob Fraser said.

“It’ll enhance the service to the residents and service clubs in the community.”

The hub, formerly a series of offices for arena staff as well as a physiotherapy gym, offers up meeting space for the community, and gives residents and businesses access to community services staff.

Laura Prosko, the district’s community services director, says the hub will play an important role in increasing public participating in the district.

At the hub’s opening, the district displayed booklets of news articles from decades past highlighting its annual gold panning championships, and had a number of art and memorabilia hanging on the walls.

“We do want to create a history wall so that we preserve some of our history in Taylor, which is really important to where we are heading in the future,” she said.

Officials see the hub serving the local business community by enhancing economic development resources and initiatives, Business Walks, Summit Series Workshops, Business Retention Strategies, Love Taylor BC, and ongoing support for local entrepreneurs and small to medium sized businesses.

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Mayor Rob Fraser called the new doctors’ arrival a “good thing,” one that will address capacity issues at existing clinics.

“The discussion we had with the Division of Family Practice was that even if one of the clinics decides to partner with us, there may be capacity issues that they have, and that they’ll have to determine and work through. If this doctor is able to add to the capacity of any of the clinics, then it would hopefully make it a little bit more viable,” he said.

“The more capacity we have, the more likely we’ll end up being able to partner with one of the clinics.”

Still, Kryskow remains the district’s “number one candidate” for practicing in the community as the district explores its options, Fraser added.

“She has some pretty particular skills so we’re looking to see she can dovetail into one of their clinics,” he said.

Livecare, based in Vancouver, helped reopen the Taylor Medical Clinic amid a doctor shortage in June 2014, providing medical services through a hybrid model of telemedicine as well as face-to-face visits by a visiting doctor. However, the company said it can’t afford to keep the clinic open.

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A solar workshop was held last Saturday in Hudson’s Hope, courtesy of the Peace Energy Cooperative. The event had a very successful turnout, as residents packed themselves into a crowded room at the Pearkes Centre.

Despite underestimating the local interest in solar power, Greg Dueck and Don Pettit did an excellent job answering the public’s questions, and demonstrating the benefits of grid-tie solar systems.

Don Pettit is a long-time resident of Dawson Creek and a regular contributor to the Alaska Highway News, which publishes his renewable energy column, Watt’s Happening.

Greg Dueck is the Peace Energy Co-op’s solar energy consultant.

“We’ve been designing and installing lots of grid-tied solar up here for three years now with excellent results, but the first step is always education and information. That’s what this workshop is about,” said Dueck.

Their project history is impressive, with grid-tie systems completed in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Charlie Lake, Mile 108, and Demmit, Alberta.

Before moving into solar, Peace Energy Cooperative distinguished itself by establishing a wind park on Bear Mountain, near Dawson Creek.

The co-operative currently boasts more than 470 members in western Canada.

Peace Energy Cooperative is also one of five companies shortlisted to work on solar installations for the District of Hudson’s Hope. Last year, Hudson’s Hope received a federal grant of $1.35 million,

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Homes in British Columbia are already primed for solar grid-tie systems, due to the once controversial Smart Meters, which track both the power pulled out of the grid and the power fed into the grid.

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Fort St. John Law Courts • Christopher William Baker (born 1965) was handed a 12-month probation order with a conditional discharge, and exempted from a victim surcharge for one count of assault.

• James Lewis Mullaney (born 1994) was handed a 12-month probation order with a suspended sentence, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of possessing a weapon for dangerous purpose.

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• Shawn Peter Giesbrecht (born 1982) was handed a oneyear probation order, a 10-year mandatory firearms ban, given a 180-day jail sentence, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and assessed a $200 victim surcharge for two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

• Julie Anne Brittany (born 1991) was handed a 9-month probation order with a conditional discharge, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of assaulting a peace officer.

• Sean Kenneth Thompson (born 1975) was given an absolute discharge for one count of assault.

• Jennifer Lee Zammit (born 1977) was given 24-days in jail with a related probation order, fined $500, handed a two-year driving ban, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for two counts of driving while prohibited. Zammit was also fined $500, given zero days in jail, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under.

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Mental disorder did not drive ‘focused brutality’: psychiatrist MURDER from A1 Miel and Morin were unknown to each other and had met earlier in the evening in Taylor, where Morin offered a ride to Miel, who had been bicycling to Grande Prairie, jurors were told. Miel anticipated only getting a ride to the top of the South Taylor Hill, however, Morin kept driving to a secluded area near the Old Kiskatinaw Bridge, where the two talked over beer for several hours. They argued over Miel’s desire to leave and Morin’s refusal to allow her, jurors heard.

Morin had been drinking throughout the day before meeting Miel, who became concerned he was too drunk to continue driving, jurors heard.

Miel offered to drive the truck back to Taylor in exchange for sex, jurors were told.

Once they arrived at the recreation centre shortly after 10 p.m., the two continued to talk. Jurors heard Miel became increasingly frightened after Morin allegedly pulled a knife and held it close to her face while talking about young women and taxidermy. The attack began a short time later.

Defence lawyer Sigrid Thompson called forensic psychiatrist Dr. David Morgan as her only witness to the stand, who testified Miel suffered from schizophrenia and had not been taking antipsychotic medication regularly at the time of the attack.

Morgan testified that Miel suffered from grandiose delusions, including believing that she was the “new Jesus coming to Earth,” adding she believed people were “out to do her harm.” Miel had stopped taking medication shortly after being hospitalized following a suicide attempt in late 2014 and later released in early 2015, Morgan testified.

“Once that antipsychotic was fully out of her body, she was exquisitely vulnerable to suffering a relapse in her illness,” Morgan said.

Miel also had a family history of mental illness as well as a history of trauma, including a sexual assault at the age of 19 where the offender was never brought to justice, Morgan testified. However, Morgan testified Miel was fit to stand trial and did not believe a defence of not criminally responsible by way of a mental illness could be made.

“Ms. Miel’s behaviour, in terms of the nature of the wounds, that’s an attack of sustained, focused brutality. Ms. Miel herself said to me in her in-

terview she intended to kill him and that the wounds were there with that in mind,” Morgan said.

Miel also said she checked Morin’s pulse after the attack and tried to move his body, Morgan testified. “What that tells me is that this person knew that what they were doing was legally wrong. She tried to tamper with evidence,” he said.

“There were a number of factors coming together. What it didn’t appear to be, to me, was that it was the mental disorder driving this.”

Still, Thompson called the case a “difficult situation” with “clear evidence,” driven by Miel’s “fear, anger, mental impulsivity, unpredictability, and disorganization.”

“We submit that it is those factors, in consideration of Mr. Morin’s confinement of Ms. Miel for a period of hours and insistence of having sex with her, whether she wanted to or not, that negate the intent for murder,” Thompson said in her closing argument, urging the jury to support a verdict of manslaughter instead.

Crown prosecutor Dione Pizzey disagreed, saying Miel had many opportunities to escape once the pair arrived back in Taylor by driving to any home or business, or when Morin exited to fuel the truck. Miel also had the opportunity to flee after initially striking him with the machete she had been carrying in her backpack, Pizzey said.

Instead, the attack carried on for a “lengthy pursuit” of 347 metres outside of Morin’s truck, or more than three football fields, Pizzey argued, while Morin’s blood-alcohol levels, found to be two-and-a-half times the legal limit to drive, severely impaired his judgement and understanding of the situation.

“The only person in danger here was Mr. Morin,” Pizzey told jurors in her closing argument.

“The only person who needed to defend himself that night was Mr. Morin, and the only things he had to defend himself with as he ran toward the Alaska Highway were his hands and his arms.”

Miel was pulled over by police and arrested shortly after the attack while driving Morin’s truck.

Jurors heard Miel had returned to Morin’s body several times to check his pulse and ensure he was dead. She was found wearing Morin’s coveralls, and had tried to move his body to dispose of it, as well as wash away blood in the parking lot, jurors heard.

Thompson declined comment. Morin’s family did not return requests for comment.

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Critical thinking leads to informed opinions ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

When French explorer Jacques Cartier was searching for the northwest Passage, he met with Iroquois Chief Donnacona.

One version of their story is that Donnacona gifted his two sons to Cartier to take back to France, yet another says Cartier kidnapped Donnacona’s sons.

So which is right?

That’s the kind of critical thinking and questions students in Joy Cochrane’s Grade 4 class at Duncan Cran Elementary School have been asking in Social Studies as part of the new B.C. curriculum.

“This has been an ongoing project of learning Social Studies skills, they were looking at inquiry, looking at things with lack of bias, thinking about pros

and cons of things, so we were really stressing the ability to develop the ability the make an opinion about something,” said Cochrane.

Using the Cartier/Donnacona story as an example, students are looking at both sides and doing research to try to determine ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO where the truth lies.

Joy Cochrane’s Grade 4 class at Duncan Cran Elementary has applied critical thinking into social studies lessons.

Since we only have the written “They threw their waste out of the stories is true or not, so history from that time, and not Tudor village looked like in the the oral history, we often have 1500s, as well as an Iroquois the window,” said one student. make sure to look back, make an incomplete picture as to what settlement, and discussed the “There was a lot of disease,” an opinion and make sure that actually happened. pros and cons of each, as well added another. Living in opinion is OK or right,” he said.

“The kids were wondering as why one might think they’re cramped quarters with lots of “You don’t know if the story is about how people get better than the other. people around led the spread of true or if the person is telling the stereotyped or how people think Cochrane told the students disease in the French villages, truth about the other person or poorly of one another, and we many French settlers thought while in the Iroquois settlement, if they’re trying to get them in talked about how that came the Iroquois were “savages” and inhabitants were fairly healthy trouble.”

As for what really happened about. It depends on whose story “primitive” because of how they being out in nature. is being told, by whom and for lived, but through research they One student, Jonathan Brown, with Cartier and Donnacona? what advantage,” said Cochrane. found that the French villages said it was important to find out Both Brown and Samantha Acejo believe it was a Addressing this, the students were, in some ways, worse both sides of a story. looked into what a French places to live.

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MOOSE RIDERS from A1

The Crown dropped charges of attempting to capture wildlife and hunting big game while swimming against both men under a joint recommendation to Judge Brian Daley in Fort St. John provincial court.

Daley fined both men $2,000 and ordered each to pay an additional $2,000 to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, along with associated victim surcharges. Payments to the foundation are tax deductible.

“You lads did something really foolish,” Daley said in handing down the fines.

“We know in this day and age the stress that humans within an area can cause on wildlife.

You guys are from the Peace, you

know how you treat animals and you didn’t act the way you ought to.”

In June 2015, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service was forwarded a video of a man jumping from the prow of a boat onto the back of a swimming moose calf and riding it for several seconds. Wolftracker TV, a conservation group, posted the video on YouTube, generating national media attention. The video has more than 2.3 million views.

Officers later identified the lake as Tuchodi Lakes southwest of Fort Nelson. Investigators believed the video had been taken the previous summer, based on snowpack on the mountains

surrounding the lake. The men were charged in June 2016 after a year-long investigation.

Under B.C.’s Wildlife Act, Crook and Pinkerton were liable to fines of up to $100,000 and/or a year in prison. Both declined to comment on the incident to Judge Daley, or outside the courtroom following the decision.

Their lawyer, John Hope, told Daley the incident happened on a “nice, hot summer afternoon.”

“People were long on beer and short on occasion. They decided to go rodeoing with this poor moose,” he said.

“It was transitory in nature, 10 minutes or so, and then the moose got to go its merry way,

and there was no harm or injury done that anybody knows about.”

Crown prosecutor Paul Swartz said the fines agreed to in the joint recommendation to Daley were on the “lower end,” and cited previous case law and a veterinarian opinion that the moose could have died from stress and muscle complications as a result of the harassment.

The two men made repeated attempts to circle and mount the moose, and did nothing to assist conservation officers in their investigation, Swartz argued. He singled out Pinkerton for being uncooperative and “deceptive” in the early stages of the investigation and after his

computer was seized.

“The fines, I submit, are certainly agreed to, but they are in the circumstances, perhaps, at the lower end,” Swartz said.

“It’s not clear that these individuals understand the kind of an opinion that was offered by a veterinarian in this case that was sought out.”

Daley ultimately stuck with the fines recommended in the joint submission.

Crook and Pinkerton have six months to pay the court and the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.

A boat seized as part of the investigation will be returned to its owner. It did not belong to either Crook or Pinkerton.

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Locals pitch panel on ideas to modernize National Energy Board The panel at the National Energy Board modernization meeting on March 1 had an open discussion session where residents could share their thoughts and concerns. We asked a few people how they thought the National Energy Board should be modernized. The panel is accepting comments from the public at www.neb-modernization.ca/participate. Check out next week’s editon for an interview with the co-chairs of the expert panel.

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“I think there’s several ways (the NEB) can be modernized. One, we need to set up local committees in terms of decision making with stakeholders, whether it’s farmers, First Nations. We need committees set up in place so the governments can make their decisions, but bring their decisions locally with the effects on the local communities.

“The other is the recommendations we’re making to ensure that recommendations are put forth to the government and not just words. There’s a lot of trust issues around that, and we need to develop that trust somehow. I think we need to have some sort of structure in place to ensure somebody within our area here in Fort St. John and in Northern B.C. put in place to ensure that those recommendations are put forward somehow and followed through with that.”

“I think it needs to go through the data more thoroughly. I think in terms of safety, production, economy, Canada’s best interest, local people’s best interest, I think they need to start utilizing the big data, and they can use the micro-data in there and create a priority list. You need to make a decision matrix as well so they can start to streamline their decisions, take steps forward.

“I believe we would start to see things get done in a more timely manner. Everybody has a different idea what timeline should and shouldn’t be. I think if there’s a fundamental idea that, if it’s this, we go forward, if it’s not, then we continue the process or we do something completely different. If there’s total non-agreence with it, if you keep moving through with non-agreeance, there’d be divisions throughout the country. There’s got to be a mandate in place that says this is the structure of the decisions and it’s utilizing the data that’s there. Everybody has access to the data, just like people that play the stock market, they all got access to the same data; some people become millionares, billionares, everybody has the same data. We should all have the same data and the NEB needs to acquire all of it and start to make their decisions and modernize it that way.”

Updates from February 27, 2017 Council Meetings

DEVELOPMENT COST CHARGES

Council received a presentation at the Committee of the Whole meeting regarding amending the City’s Development Cost Charges (DCC) Bylaw. Council directed staff to provide a draft DCC bylaw that includes the five categories (water, sewer, roads, parks, storm) on which DCCs can be charged and to ensure that the bylaw provides options that include a flexible and innovative assist factor (phase-in). The draft bylaw will be reviewed at an upcoming Committee of the Whole meeting.

BYLAWS •

A Public Hearing was held for Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2366, 2017 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2367, 2017. The purpose of the amendments is to allow the subdivision of the land containing the Passive House. Following the Public Hearing, Council read the bylaws for the third time and adopted them by title only.

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A Public Hearing was held for Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2368, 2017. The purpose of this bylaw is to amend the wording for Permitted Uses for Medical Marihuana Production Facilities and to add a new section on Temporary Use Permits. Following the Public Hearing, Council read the bylaw for the third time and adopted it by title only.

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A Public Hearing was held for Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2374, 2017 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2375, 2017. The purpose of the bylaws is to facilitate the construction of a 50 unit multi-family building

by BC Housing. Following the Public Hearing, Council read the bylaws for the third time and adopted them by title only.

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Fees and Charges for Various Municipal Services Bylaw No. 2369, 2017 was adopted by title only. The purpose of the bylaw is to identify an application fee for Temporary Use Permits which are being implemented by the City.

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Revenue Anticipation Borrowing Bylaw No. 2376, 2017 was adopted by title only. This bylaw gives the City the ability to borrow money if needed for City operations until property taxes are collected.

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2017 – 2021 Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw No. 2379, 2017 was adopted by title only. The City is required by the Community Charter to adopt an annual financial plan. Council provided direction to staff at previous Committee of the Whole meetings regarding the operating and capital budgets and this direction is reflected in the bylaw.

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2378, 2017 was introduced and read for the first and second times by title only. The purpose of the amendment is to include a definition of adult entertainment, clarification of related definitions and identification as to where the use will be permitted. A Public Hearing is scheduled for Monday March 13, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers to allow the public an opportunity to provide input on the bylaw.

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Animal Control Bylaw No. 2377, 2017 was introduced and read for the first three times by title only. This bylaw is an update of the 1998 Animal Control Bylaw. A consultation process on the proposed amendments was conducted by way of an online survey and informational meeting held on September 13, 2016.

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Beekeeping Bylaw No. 2373, 2017 was introduced and read for the first three times by title only. In 2016, a request was brought forward by a resident to allow beekeeping in the community. Staff conducted research to determine the conditions and regulations required to address any potential concerns and a draft bylaw was created. In addition, an on-line survey was conducted, the results of which indicated that there is a high level of tolerance for beekeeping in the community. Prior to adoption of the bylaw, Council requested that a beekeeping expert be requested to address Council regarding potential issues with beekeeping.

Gabrel Lebeuf

“There’s a lot of things that should be done.

There should be trust, they should be working on trust, issues with the population, independence with the government, maybe modernizing the environmental risk assessment to protect the people and the environment.

“The National Energy Board should take into consideration and account the increase of greenhouse gas emissions in the environmental assessment process, but not only for the pipeline projects, but also for upstream during the exploitation and downstream where consumers will consume those gases or oil, in regards to Canada’s targets and engagement towards the Paris agreement on climate change.”

Bluey Day registration open ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

If you’ve been thinking about trying the shaved head look, hold off until the end of May. The Fort St. John Hospital Foundation’s 18th annual Bluey Day fundraiser is on May 27, and registration is now open for those willing to “be brave and shave.”

Participants will spend the next three months growing out their hair and collected donations and pledges from family, friends and local businesses before getting their head shaved at the BC Ambulance Building.

This year’s Bluey Day goal is to have 50 participants and raise $100,000 for equipment for the Fort St. John Hospital cancer ward. Funds raised from the 2015 and 2016 Bluey Day—which worked out to be $150,000—is going towards the MRI machine scheduled to be installed at the hospital later this year.

Since its inception in 1998, over $1.6 million has been raised for cancer diagnostic, treatment, and care equipment. One hundred percent of those funds have stayed in the community to support patients with cancer.

For more information or to register, call 250-261-7563.

INTER-COMMUNITY BUSINESS LICENCE PROVINCIAL INITIATIVE

A report was provided to Council to introduce the concept of an Inter-Community Business Licence. Also known as a mobile business licence, this would allow businesses to operate across participating jurisdictions. This program was created in partnership with local governments, the Union of BC Municipalities and the Provincial Government. A Committee of the Whole meeting was scheduled for Monday March 13th to further discuss the initiative.

PROJECT SPECIFIC CONNECTION FEES FOR OFF-SITE SEWER WORKS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS

You’re invited!

Council directed staff to amend the City’s Sewer Use Regulation and Charges Bylaw to include project specific connection fees. The current funding model does not provide the City the ability to construct required off-site sewer works for new developments which can often stall a project. With project specific connection fees, each project would identify all benefiting properties and the associated cost recovery from each of these properties, based on flow potential. This model is used successfully in other BC communities.

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OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL MARIHUANA RETAIL DISPENSARY REGULATIONS

A report was provided to Council regarding medical marihuana retail dispensaries and land use matters. The federal government has stated it will legalize, regulate, and restrict access to marihuana; this has not happened to date however the statement has initiated interest in this area. It is still currently illegal to operate a retail marihuana dispensary in Canada. A number of enquiries have been received by City staff regarding the establishment of a retail marihuana dispensary in the community and an application for a business licence for a dispensary was recently denied by the City. Upon any future change to federal legislation, staff will provide another update to Council regarding possible changes to relevant municipal bylaws.

Wear your favourite mittens, scarf, and toque and come ready to cheer!

Following the announcement there will be free hot chocolate.

March 10, 2017 from 10-10:30 am in the Pomeroy Sport Centre

UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS

For more information contact Ross deBoer at 250.787.5783 R001187567

A Committee of the Whole meeting is tentatively scheduled for Monday March 13, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

The Regular Council Meeting will follow at 3:00 p.m.

A Public Hearing for proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2378, 2017 will be held at 6:00 p.m.

All meetings will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers and the public is welcome to attend.

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REAL UNIONS: REAL RESULTS Premier Christy Clark said that REAL UNIONS have the right to organize.

“I believe they (Building Trades Unions) should have the right to organize. We need to recognize that building trades are an important part of building the province.

It’s something that should be fixed and I’m going to get it fixed.”

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Real unions get real results – on major projects all across British Columbia The TEL Group gets the job done – and done right.

WHY ARE ALL THESE LAWYERS TRYING TO KEEP REAL UNIONS FROM ACCESSING WORKERS AT SITE C?  For all of the above reasons, ATCO respectfully submits that the IUOE’s application for a site access order to ATCO’s Two Rivers Lodge for the purposes of union organizing should be dismissed.” ~ Geoff Eustergerling, Senior Advisor, Labour Relations, ATCO Two Rivers Camp Services Ltd., January 9, 2017

 Finally, granting access to union organizers to the dormitories would also undermine the safety and security of employees of the worksite….” ~ Peter Gall, Q.C. Law Corporation, on Behalf of Peace River Hydro Partners Construction Ltd., January 9, 2017

 If the access order is granted, the only way for an employee who is not interested in communicating with third parties about union representation is to barricade himself in the small living quarters of his room, assuming even that would provide privacy from door knocking and vocal entreaties from outside to open the door.” ~ Tim Charon, Law Corporation, on behalf of the Christian Labour Association of Canada Local 68., January 9, 2017

 Site Access will affect BC Hydro’s legal rights because it will create potential liability for BC Hydro on a number of fronts….” ~ Thomas A. Roper, Q.C. Legal Counsel for BC Hydro., January 9, 2017

The TEL Group is three trade unions working together: • International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 213 • The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115 • Construction and Specialized Workers Union Local 1611

Why is BC Hydro ignoring Christy Clark’s statement that Real Unions have the right to organize?

The TEL Group is made up of building trades unions that have been asked to organize by the employees at Peace River Hydro Partners Construction Ltd. at Site C in support of better representation, a safer workplace, and improved conditions.

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LOCAL NEWS

Plan for specialized and homegrown teachers needed in the Peace EDUCATION from A1

“We want teachers to love our school and be at our school, but if they can get a job in Fort St. John that’s closer (to home), they can save that,” Kramer said. “If they spend their career at Upper Pine, that would be like $100,000 in their career that they’ve lost.

We really want incentives to keep the teachers there.”

High-speed Internet access continues to pose challenges for classes, especially for one Grade 6 class that crashes the system that logs on for wireless writing, Kramer said. “We just need some kind of technology, some high speed Internet out at our school,” she said.

Those concerns were echoed

by School District 60 board chair Ida Campbell, who says access to education remains a hot topic of conversation among trustees.

“This has to be in this conversation as well, whether you’re busing them (the students), whether they’re isolated, you have to look at they don’t have Internet, they don’t have email,” she said.

Out in Hudson’s Hope, PAC Vice-President Tim Viers said the school excels at offering programs based on the skill sets of its teachers. For instance, there’s a natural horsemanship class, and the outdoor education program has access to the bush right across the road, saving a “three-hour bus ride,” he said. Still, there’s a need in the district for more specialized teachers and modern courses, Viers said, listing AutoCAD engineering as just an example.

“The programs we offer, they’re limited to what we know. You can’t tell somebody

Faisal Rashid brings up his concerns and suggestions during an open house on rural education in Fort St. John last week.

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Hudson’s Hope Parent Advisory Council Vice-President Tim Viers (with microphone) says the school does well at offering programs based on the skill sets of its teachers. However, more needs to be done to bring modern courses such as AutoCAD engineering to the school that current teachers can’t provide.

who’s been living on a farm his whole life to learn how to do AutoCAD and teach it to a bunch of high schoolers,” he said. “But if we had somebody come in to teach a course, to give us the same quality of education and diversity as I see here … we could really benefit from some of these more modern courses being taught in situations where none of our teachers are actually qualified.”

The need for specialized educators extends to Ecole Central Elementary in Fort St. John, the district’s only French immersion school.

Former PAC president Sara Parsons says the school has a

tough time attracting teachers, and that her son’s Grade 1 class hasn’t had an assigned teacher this entire school year. While a teacher will be arriving in the coming weeks, Parsons said more can be done to support French immersion and teacher recruitment to the school.

“I’m sure that some people consider (French immersion) potentially elitist, and I understand that. But for Fort St. John, it’s a draw for RCMP, nursers, doctors, teachers as well,” she said.

“Those folks like to have a French immersion school. It could be a reason for them to come down to be in Fort

St. John, or consider our community.”

The 90-minute discussion also touched on ways the province can improve teacher education in Northeast B.C. Sandra Cushway, founder of the Freedom Thinkers independent school in Baldonnel, said the Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education (AHCOTE), a program offered through Northern Lights College in partnership with Simon Fraser University, is one of the best ways to recruit and retain teachers in the Northeast.

Moving north to Fort St. John to teach can be a culture shock for teachers, Cushway said,

noting the AHCOTE program helped her transition from Pink Mountain to Fort St. John in her journey to becoming an educator.

“To have programs here that attract people that are born and raised and love it here will retain our teachers far more … it’s one of the biggest ways to keep teachers in our area,” Cushway said.

School District 60 Superintendent Dave Sloan agreed that a plan to develop homegrown, local teachers was the best solution for the district. The AHCOTE program, however, only graduates 15 students every two years, making it tough for the district to fill its vacancies through that program alone. It’s important to impress upon larger universities like Simon Fraser and the University of British Columbia to develop rural education programs, he said.

“We have a good partnership with UBC. They do send us teacher candidates to see what life is like up here, and we get to retain a number of those,” he said. “If we did that, I think that would work well.”

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Masters speed skaters ready for Allrounds International event kicks off Friday in FSJ ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Masters level speed skaters from all over the world will be arriving in Fort St. John soon for the first competition of its kind in the community.

The 26th Masters Allround Championships take place at the Pomeroy Sport Centre March 10-12, and will showcase the passion these athletes have for speed skating.

Fort St. John Elks Speed Skating Club Vice-President Wim Kok encouraged the community to come out and watch during the weekend.

“These are skaters, especially in the 50-70 age class, you see some phenomenal passion for the sport and some really fast times,” he said.

Masters are non-professional speed skaters aged 30 and up. Kok said there are 88 athletes coming and there will be wide range of ages in this competition— the oldest being in their 80s.

“We see the people that are approaching 80, and they stick with it and are remarkable,” said Kok. “(They are) sticking with it and showing this is a sport that you can do for a long time, active for life as we call it.”

Skaters will race in four different races depending on their age category. The younger men’s Masters will skate the 500m, the 1,500m, the 3,000m, and the 5,000m. The older male Masters and the female Masters will skate in the 500m, 1,000m, 1,500m and 3,000m.

Competitors will be coming to Fort St. John from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Romania, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Five local speed skaters are also taking part in the competition: Dennis Morrison, Ken Johnson, Ada de Klein, Heather McCracken, and Jennifer Gibson.

The five masters were practicing at the Pomeroy Sport Centre oval on March 2, and said the ice was in great condition.

Kok noted the city has done an excellent job preparing the surface.

“It’s really smooth, you can feel how fast it is,” said Morrison, who, after 25 years on and off, is no stranger to speed skating. His sons Denny and Jay are well known in both the local and international communities.

“They were in it and we were at the practices all the time and it just seemed like it wasn’t a whole lot more for me to join,” he said. “I got a bit of exercise instead of sitting in the stands.”

McCracken has been strapping on speed skates for the last six years, and loves not only the speed, but the technical aspect of it as well.

“I could skate on hockey skates, but speed skates were a different story,” she said. “But once I got going and got the technique down a little more, it was more getting the technical aspect of it.”

McCracken considers herself more of a sprinter than an endurance skater, and prefers to focus on her speed.

“I find that the 500 is really short, it’s over before you even think about it. I like the 1,000m and the 1,500,” she said.

McCracken’s expectations for herself for the event are to hit her best times in her races.

“I’d like to skate my personal bests, I think they’re achievable, so I’m going for that,” she said.

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Fort St. John speed skaters Dennis Morrison, Heather McCracken, Ada de Klein, and Jennifer Gibson are four of the five local athletes competing at the 26th Masters Allround Championships.

Morrison says his goal for the competition is just to stay upright and finish his races.

“As long as I don’t fall, or get disqualified, it’ll be alright.”

The 26th Masters Allround Championship takes place March 10-12 at the Pomeroy Sport Centre. Spectators are welcome to come watch between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on those days.

Special Olympics figure skater looks for gold at World Winter Games

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Darlene Jakubowski is heading to Austria for the Special Olympics World Winter Games this weekend.

Darlene Jakubowski steps on a plane bound for Austria this weekend, and she expects to be hauling home a nice piece of gold.

The 24-year-old figure skater from the Peace Passage Skating Club is off to Graz for the Special Olympics World Winter Games, her third appearance at the event. She won gold in the Level 6 singles event and silver in the dance event in the 2013 World Winter Games in Pyeong Chang, South Korea, and was the Level 5 solo silver medalist and Level 4 dance gold medalist at the 2009 Games in Boise, Idaho.

Jakubowski spent last summer training in Prince George, while training coach Amanda Thomas has been working to perfect her freeskate since Jakubowski returned home to Fort St. John in September.

“I’m hoping to come back with a gold medal,” Jakubowski said during a send-off party at

the Taylor Arena on Monday.

Thomas has been making sure Jakubowski skates a minimum of three times a day when she hits the ice for practice, but it’s the off-ice training Jakubowski hopes will pay off-dancing, stretching, even playing Nintendo Wii Fit. “It helps so that I don’t injure myself, so I’m limber and loose,” said Jakubowski, who has been skating since the age of seven.

And if Jakubowski has nerves heading into her third Winter Games, she’s passed them along to her coach to absorb.

“Like I am with all my girls who go to competition, just nervous,” said Thomas.

“The bugs have started to float.”

Chimed Jakubowski: “I never get nervous.”

Jakubowski will join 17 other figure skaters who will be representing Team Canada at the Winter Games, set for March 14 to 25. She’ll have two days to train before competing on

March 20 and 23. ESPN will be providing coverage of the games, which will be broadcast on TSN in Canada.

To learn more, visit austria2017.org.

—with files from Prince George Citizen R0011386304

MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

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LOCAL SPORTS

Boxers shine at BC Golden Gloves MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

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Ashley Rouble and Nick Young with their hardware earned at the 2017 BC Golden Gloves Championships last weekend.

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A pair of Fivestar boxers returned home from the 2017 BC Golden Gloves Championships in Mission last weekend with more hardware to add to their trophy cases.

Nick Young was crowned the 2017 Youth Welterweight Golden Gloves champion by unanimous decision, while Ashley Rouble won the prestigious Golden Girl Award for best female B.C. boxer.

“It’s like a dream come true, going down and being able to compete in such a big competition and win a Golden Gloves title,” said Young, who turns 17 this month.

Rouble fought twice at the tournament, and ended up meeting Maddy Swanson, daughter of Canadian boxing legend Benny “The Jet” Swanson, in the ladies’ light welterweight division in the finals. Though Rouble previously beat at the Alberta Provincials, she lost in a split decision.

Still, Rouble was awarded the Golden Girl Award for best female B.C. boxer and shared the Best Female Fight award with Swanson.

“I’m happy to share both awards with such a down to each and helpful opponent,” Rouble said.

“I couldn’t be where I’m at without someone like Maddy to challenge me to my best.

It’s great to have someone who’s a fierce opponent in the ring, and feels like a teammate afterwards.”

Meanwhile, Young moved up

a weight class in a second fight at the tournament to give provincial middleweight champ and 2016’s Canadian national silver medallist Connor Hollingshead an exhibition match as Hollingshead didn’t have anyone to compete with in his weight class.

Head Coach Justin Donally says Young put up “one of the best fights of the night” in deadeven, back-and-forth battle with Hollingshead.

“A great test for Nick going up and facing a 30-plus fight veteran in his fifth fight,” he said.

Donally has been pushing both Rouble and Young to the top of their game, prepping Young for 10 fights by the fall to qualify for provincials and Golden Gloves next year, and prepping Rouble for the Canadian National Boxing Championships in April.

“Both Nick and Ashley performed extremely well, all their hard work and dedication is really paying off,” Donally said.

Rouble will likely step into the ring against Swanson again at the Alberta Golden Gloves on March 18 and 19, or at Nationals, which begin in Quebec City.

MARTIAL ARTS THIS WEEKEND Meanwhile, Fivestar Mixed Martial Arts will host the 3rd annual North Peace Martial Arts Championships Saturday, March 11. The tournament features kids, adults, and ladiesonly Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & All Style Continuous Kickboxing Sparring.

Visit www.fivestar-mma.com for more information.

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

This Week: The RSM Classic

This week, the PGA Tour will travel to Sea Island, Georgia for the RSM Classic. The tournament is held at the Defending: Kevin Kisner Seaside Golf Club. Seaside was Winning Score: 22-under par originally built as a nine hole Winning Share: $1,026,000 course by legendary English architects Colt and Alison in 1929. In 1973, Joe Lee designed Marshside Nine. These two distinct nines were transformed into the current world-class Seaside course in 1999 by Tom Fazio. Seaside is prominently placed on Golf Digest’s list of “Top 100 Courses in the United States.”

Seaside Course Sea Island, Ga. 7,055 yards, Par 70

Golf TV Schedule PGA Event: RSM Classic Day Time Thu, 11/17 1:30pm-4:30pm Fri, 11/18 1:30pm-4:30pm Sat, 11/19 1:30pm-4:30pm Sun, 11/20 1:30pm-4:30pm

Pat Perez shot a final round Tournament Results 4-under par 67 to win the 1. Pat Perez OHL Classic at Mayakoba Score: -21 Earnings: $1,260,000 on Sunday. Perez defeated 2. Gary Woodland third-round leader Gary Woodland Score: -19 by two strokes on the Greg Earnings: $756,000 Norman-designed El Camaleon 3. Russell Knox Score: -18 course. Perez, who also won the Earnings: $476,000 2009 Bob Hope Classic, charged from way back in the field with a 9-under 62 on Saturday. The 40-year-old former Arizona State player birdied five of the first eight holes and had a bogey on the par-four 12th.

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Golf Trivia Which golfer won the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 strokes? a) Tiger Woods b) Phil Mickelson

Last Week: Pat Perez won the OHL Classic

c) Ernie Els d) Payne Stewart

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Answer: a) Tiger Woods finished at 12-under par in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez finished in 2nd, at 3-over, 15 strokes behind.

The Zurich Classic played in New Orleans annually is rumored to become a team event starting in 2017. The event will feature 80 teams of two. Both members of the winning team will receive the two-year Tour exemption that typically accompanies a victory in an official event, and each winning player will receive 400 FedEx Cup points. A regular tournament offers 500 points to the winner and 300 to the runner-up. The PGA Tour has not had an official team event on its schedule since 1981. The Walt Disney World Golf Classic was the last official PGA Tour tournament that used a team play format.

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

Player Profile

Pat Perez

Turned Professional: 1997 FedEx Cup Ranking: 3rd World Ranking: 332nd PGA Tour Wins: 2

FedEx Cup Standings Through Nov. 13, 2016

1) Hideki Matsuyama 850 pts. / 2 top tens

2) Justin Thomas 614 pts. / 2 top tens

3) Pat Perez

606 pts. / 2 top tens

4) Brendan Steele 556 pts. / 1 top tens

5) Rod Pampling 507 pts. / 1 top tens

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Player Points 6) Cody Gribble 426 7) Scott Piercy 351 8) Russell Knox 333 9) Brooks Koepka 316 10) Gary Woodland 316

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LOCAL SPORTS

Huskies beat Navigators 6-3, force Game 6 Thursday night MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

The Fort St. John Huskies beat the North Peace Navigators 6-3 Monday night, forcing the NWJHL semi-final matchup to Game 6 at home Thursday night.

The Huskies bounced back on the road after giving up two games last weekend and staring down elimination on Monday night at the Baytex Energy Centre in Peace River.

Jonathan Bateman put up a solid effort between the pipes, turning away 22 of 25 shots, while his teammates netted six goals behind Navigators’ netminder Ryan Noble on 30 shots.

Matthew Apsassin skated away with the game’s first star, netting a goal and an assist.

Drew Fudger, Brandon Howard, Adam Bowie, Sebastian Powsey, and Gary Loewen also found the back of the net, earning a goal a piece.

The game was tied 3-3 head-

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Huskies forward Geoff Dick looks to control a loose puck during an offensive push against the North Peace Navigators on March 4. The Huskies dropped the game at home 4-0, bouncing back to win 6-3 on Monday night.

ing into the third period, but Fudger, Bowie, and Howard sealed the deal for the Huskies in the third.

“I felt that for the most part we were in pretty good control

of the game,” Huskies associate coach Todd Alexander said.

The Navigators capitalized on two power-play goals to stay in the game during the second period, but the Huskies went

into the intermission to regroup and refocus on winning a 20-minute period.

“It’s been a hard series, back and forth, a lot of physicality,” Alexander said.

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Playoff Standings as of March 7 Semi Finals North Peace Navigators vs Fort St. John Huskies Navs lead series 3-2

Playoff Standings as of March 7 Championship Finals Spirit River Rangers vs Falher Pirates Rangers lead series 1-0

JDA Kings vs Fairview Flyers Series tied 2-2

“To be able to come out of the room like that and have one focus, one mission in mind, you know you have a strong mental hockey team.”

The Huskies fell the Navigators 4-0 in front of a home crowd at the North Peace Arena March 4, and lost 5-4 on the road March 3. Monday’s game was a pivotal one, bringing the series to a 3-2 lead for the Navigators.

While the Huskies again face elimination Thursday night, Alexander said the team is looking to get on the winning page on home ice. The team has won its only two games this series on the road, while dropping both games at home.

“It’s another opportunity for us,” Alexander said. “We deserve that opportunity, we owned it, and we’re going to try to go out and take care of it on Thursday.”

The Huskies host the Navigators at the North Peace Arena March 9. The puck drops at 8 p.m.

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Standings as of March 7

GP 1 Whitecourt Wolverines 32 2 Peace River Royals 32 3 NEBC Trackers 32 4 GPAC Storm 32 5 Fort McMurray Barons 32

W L 23 7 22 7 15 10 14 10 5 20

T 2 3 7 8 7

PT 48 47 37 36 17

Standings as of March 7 1 Fort McMurray Barons 2 GPAC Coyote North Ltd Storm 3 Fort St. John Flyers 4 Peace River Sabres 5 Whitecourt Wolverines

GP 32 32 32 32 32

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1) Kurt Busch

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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Date: March 12th, 3:45 p.m.

TV: FOX Last Year’s Pole: Kurt Busch - 196.328 mph Last Year’s Winner: Brad Keselowski

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Track Details Distance: 1.5 miles Shape: D-shaped Oval Turns / Front / Back: 20 / 9 / 9 degrees

Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) William Byron 3) Ryan Reed 4) Brendan Gaughan 5) Matt Tifft 6) Dakoda Armstrong 7) Brennan Poole 8) Michael Annett 9) Daniel Hemric 10) Harrison Rhodes

Points: 86 Wins: 1 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 2

2) Brad Keselowski

Points: 84 Wins: 1 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 1

3) Kevin Harvick

Points: 90 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0 Top 10: 1

4) Chase Elliott

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Points: 82 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 1

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is scheduled to vote this week on a sponsorship package that could result in a second Cup race at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway. If the deal is completed, the addition could significantly alter the 2018 Cup schedule. The proposal includes a $2.5 million annual sponsorship deal for seven years. If LVMS adds a second race, the date probably would come from another track also owned by Speedway Motorsports Inc.

5) Joey Logano

Points: 80 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0 Top 10: 2

6) Kyle Larson With 1,600 acres in the northeast portion of the Las Vegas Valley, the “Diamond in the Desert” has been deemed the most remarkable race complex in the world. Sports Illustrated called it the Racing Capital of the West. With more than a dozen different venues at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, ranging from go-karts to the NASCAR Cup Series at the 1.5-mile superspeedway, there’s something for everyone at the complex. Brad Keselowski set a new track race record of 155 mph when he won the race in 2014. Last week’s winner, Brad Keselowski, won last year’s race.

Points 70 67 66 62 56 47 45 45 42 40

Points: 79 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 1

7) Martin Truex Jr.

Points: 67 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0 Top 10: 1

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8) Ryan Blaney

Points: 63 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 1

Which year did Ford have a 1-2-3 finish in the Daytona 500?

9) Kasey Kahne

Points: 63 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 2

a) 2003 b) 2007

10) Trevor Bayne

Points: 58 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0 Top 10: 1

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Answer : c) In 2011, Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 in a 1–2–3 finish for Ford. It was Ford’s 600th NASCAR victory.

Last Weekend’s Race: Brad Keselowski won at Atlanta Kevin Harvick probably lost Sunday’s Folds Of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway by driving too fast. It’s funny how that works in NASCAR. Harvick was completely dominating the race, leading 292 laps, until he was caught speeding on pit road with 11 laps remaining. The penalty for exceeding the 45 mph speed limit on Atlanta’s pit road shuffled Harvick to 18th place. That allowed Brad Keselowski to happily step in and win. Harvick ended up ninth.

“I just made a mistake that I preach all the time that you don’t need to make, don’t beat yourself,” said Harvick after the race. For an accomplished, veteran driver like Harvick, who had fired several pit-crew members last season because he thought they were underperforming, it was a stunning development.

Brad Keselowski Born: Feb. 12, 1984 Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe Car: Ford

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etting that one good shot can be difficult and can sometimes involve some luck. I’m going to give you some tips on getting the good shots at a less random and more controlled rate.

Most important to me for increasing my chances of getting that shot is to prepare for the shot beforehand, using anticipation and imagination. For instance: I’ve decided to take a drive in the country. What might I see out there?

A deer, raccoons, moose, weasel, owls, and birds? You never know. You must anticipate the shot and be ready.

Open your bag up, get your camera out, turn your camera on, and toss the lens caps and bag in the backseat out of the way. If its mid-day, toss the tripod in the back too, that’s why you have higher ISO. Put on a good zoom lens, set your exposure for the time of day with some test shots, and keep that camera within reach for when you slam on the brakes because there’s a nice fence, a critter, or an old shack that catches your eye. You never know what you are going to find.

I don’t shoot much wildlife so I’m not the best at giving advice. But I do know this: “those critters run fast and they don’t stick around and smile at you for the all-Canadian bathroom selfie.” If you are fumbling with lens caps and lenses, you are dramatically increasing your chances of missing the shot. I’m going to be honest with you, I have no lens caps in my bag and when I’m out shooting my camera bag is out of reach, but my camera is right beside me, ready to shoot.

SHOOTING PARTIES & GATHERINGS Same idea as being in the wilderness if you are outside. Toss the junk that you don’t need into the bag, keep your camera in hand and be prepared. I’m going to give a scenario. You are at your cousin Bob’s for a family get-together. Everyone goes inside for a game of Twister or beer pong. First thing you want to do is turn off that flash. Flash looks awful indoors

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unless you setup soft boxes and really control the light. Instead, crank up that ISO good and high. Don’t worry about grain and noise. An awesome noisy photo is way better than a washed out flat image with flash shadows everywhere. Note this simple fact: “Flash indoors is bad.” Follow that rule and be ready for the shots and you will have lots of great photos.

GETTING CREATIVE A great photographer can find a photograph in any atmosphere or setting.

Imagine yourself in an endless field of grass with nothing to shoot for miles, but you are itching to shoot something.

What are you going to do?

If it were me, I would shoot my feet from all different angles. I would take off my shirt and throw it in the air and shoot that from all different angles.

Heck, I would even drop the pants and shoot them too—as long as there was nobody around to witness my tighty whities and spare tires. I would get close to the ground and capture depth in the blades of grass with focus and bokeh. I would find something that appeals to myself or someone else.

Don’t get caught naked.

Happy shooting!

Darcy Shawchek is a photographer based in Fort St. John, who is on a mission to capture the breathtaking and majestic Peace River area through the lens, day or night. Email him your photography questions at dr.shawchek@ gmail.com

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It’s Daniela Buerge reporting for the Wonowon 4-h club. It has been an interesting month in terms of weather but generally warm and suitable for the animals. Already the beef animals are being groomed and halter broken in preparation for the 4-h events coming up in a few months. Also, calving has begun on several ranches and is has been going very well so far.

Today I want to report what we did for Club Level Communications last meeting.

The Communications meeting was held at the Trask’s house on February 4. All the 4-h members did a very good job presenting and appeared to have been well prepared ahead of time. The presentations were widely varied, with two speak and shows, three educational displays, three speeches and one

demonstration, and all of them were good and interesting. When they were all �inished we enjoyed a very delicious hot lunch!

There was going to be an additional meeting later but it couldn’t work out that day. We still plan to have on hopefully the same day District Communications is held.

I hope all of you have a great week. I would like to thank the leaders and all the judges who were there on February 4th. Without you the 4-h Communications events would not even be possible! This 4-h program has been such a wonderful way to learn and develop valuable communication skills.

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“I have experienced through my job how truly fragile life can be. I believe that has led me to hold my loved ones a little closer, and truly treasure the people and relationship in my life. I hope the comes through in my songs.”

— Adam Winn, B7

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Soaring skies and mysterious masks Artist Sherry Petryshyn showcases mesmerizing medley of mediums in newest exhibit Atmoshpheric Shift ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

There’s a shift in the atmosphere at Peace Gallery North this month.

Fort St. John artist Sherry Petryshyn has dozens of paintings, sculptures and drawings on display in her solo exhibition, Atmospheric Shift, which opened on March 3.

The name of the show came from her trying to capture the atmosphere around us in her paintings, while the shift part comes from her going back and forth between different mediums.

“I tried to capture a mood or a feeling with the paintings… so I really tried to get that atmosphere down in the paintings,” she said.

“I also thought with the shift, I’m shifting back and forth between clay to pottery to drawing to paintings. I just thought it was a whole different mix of all things all together with feeling behind it.”

Petryshyn’s paintings feature the natural surroundings of

the Peace Region, especially its expansive sky.

“The sky to me in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Grande Prairie, is what I see the most, they are beautiful,” she said.

Sherry Petryshyn’s solo exhibition, Atmospheric Shift, is on until March 25 at Peace Gallery North.

“The shapes of the clouds, it’s like a never-ending scene in the Petryshyn also does a lot of beauty of it, you will always see unique work with clay—she something different.” created small beads, seashells, The sky paintings have a and rattles from clay that remarkable depth and mood visitors are welcome to touch, to them; some are bright and as well as relief tiles that feature happy, while others are more melted glass.

She also creates faces—one dark and ominous. It makes for an ever-changing subject for wall of the gallery features a line of clay masks that Petryshyn Petryshyn.

“I tried to capture the molded herself, each one movement, the depth of the different from the last with clouds and it just captivated unique textures, glazes, and emotions. me,” she said.

“I got into that a couple years She also experiments with different toned canvases. ago and really liked doing the Rather than just using a plain masks,” she said. “Portraiture white canvas, she’ll paint it is my original thing that I did, black, orange, even gold before so instead of doing portrait drawings, I just thought I’ll do starting a piece.

“I was experimenting with partial faces, tear away pieces, different colours, you can just so I ended up doing bits and see some of the edge and it pieces.” comes through just in spots…

Atmospheric Shift is on until just to see what effect it would March 25 at Peace Gallery North. have,” she said.

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City seeking proposals for public art policy ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

The City of Fort St. John wants to get artistic.

The city has put out a request for proposals on a potential public arts policy. Groups and individuals are invited to submit their ideas for public art in the community.

“I suppose we’re probably guilty of not doing it earlier,” said acting Mayor Bruce Christensen. “We’ve become very diverse culturally and I think our demographics have changed, and therefore in order to keep our community in the front, our citizens, we thought it was important that we do this.”

While the city does put up themed banners on light posts—designed by Peace Gallery North co-ordinator Alan White—and has painted flowerpots out in the summer, there’s more that could be done.

“We think certainly now there’s more opportunities for cultural expression,” said Christensen.

Barry Moss, executive director of the Peace Arts Gallery Society, said this is long overdue for the city.

Peace Gallery North is working on getting Sturgill the driftwood moose installed as permanent public art at the North Peace Cultural Centre.

“The city says they want Fort St. John to become less of a transient city, they want people to stay and for Fort St. John to grow and become more vibrant. They need to engage the arts, they need to engage in public art,” he said.

PAGS is working on that right now with the “Help Sturgill Stay” campaign to keep local artist Michelle Pringle’s driftwood moose sculpture on display at the North Peace Cultural Centre.

The campaign is asking for donations from residents to make it a true community project.

“That’s why we’re trying to give Sturgill a home in the cultural centre, that why that’s so important because it’s public art, it brings young people, they’re amazed by what it is and what it represents, and Fort St. John needs that,” Moss said.

Moss noted that the green space at 100th and 100th would be the perfect place for some public art.

Those interested in submitting a proposal to develop a public art policy have until April 4 to do so.

For more information, visit the city’s website.

Pan African Caribbean Association hosting more Black History events The Pan African Caribbean Association of Fort St. John is continuing its Black History celebrations into March.

The group will host African Zumba at the North Peace Cultural Centre on March 11 at 11:30 a.m., both men and women are welcome to trying this energetic exercise routine.

On March 17, the group is holding an Africa vs. Canada youth soccer game at North Peace Secondary School at 6:30 p.m. The audience is

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Kids can get creative at the Afri-Art event at the North Peace Cultural Centre at 1 p.m. Kids six to 12 will get to make jewelry, try on African outfits and try an ethnic snack.

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Firefighter crowdfunding to help record and launch debut album MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

When he’s not knocking down fires, one can find Adam Winn behind a guitar, penning tunes and prepping to record his first ever album.

The 33-year-old Fort St. John firefighter is ready to record a five-song EP after playing music off and on since the age of 12.

“I haven’t really tried to full out make an album up until the last few years, I’ve been thinking about it more seriously,” Winn “I just figured I was getting older and I better do it now. If I’m going to do it, I better get on with it.”

Winn is planning to record at his home studio with the help of Russell Eggleston, while assembling other local musicians to help fill out his sound. He’s crowdfunding to raise $3,000 in presales to cover his costs.

As of press time, Winn had raised nearly $2,200.

The songs are rooted in folk storytelling that Winn has written over the last six years.

“They’re everything from storytelling to relationships gone wrong, to, currently, relationships gone good. I have a couple about my wife in there,” he said.

Winn has been a firefighter in Fort St. John since 2008 “I have experienced through my job how truly fragile life can be,” he said.

“I believe that has led me to hold my loved ones a little closer, and truly treasure the people and relationship in my life. I hope the comes through in my songs.”

Winn has drawn recent inspiration from Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters— grassroots blues songs on an acoustic guitar.

“It’s been really cool to hear how simple some of those songs are but

they have some profound things to say,” Winn said.

“Especially Dylan’s storytelling, that has really encouraged me, in the folk genre, to not be so committed to doing a verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridgechorus and done. That’s been neat and given me some freedom to explore some different avenues.”

Winn hopes to raise his $3,000 goal by March 14 so he doesn’t have to dip into his pocket to top up the budget.

He plans to hold a CD release for the album in May. “I always like it in Fort St. John. I’ve found in the north everyone is always really encouraging and supportive of each other,” Winn said.

“I find the community really rallies behind people trying to do this kind of stuff, which is really nice for a guy like me to feel supported in doing this.”

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Adam Winn, seen here at the Fireplace Sessions at Evangel Chapel in February, is crowdfunding to help launch his debut album.

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The Fort St. John Child Development Centre held its 43rd annual Talent Show to raise funds for the hydrotherapy pool. The evening brought in $75,900 with more donations still coming in. Overall, Crystal Kalas with the Child Development Centre said the event went very well and everyone seemed to enjoy the performances.

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HOROSCOPE

ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) Today you want to get to the bottom of something. You want to solve a mystery or find a solution to a problem.

TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) This is a powerful day to address a group and tell them your ideas. It’s quite likely that you’ll want to introduce ideas that will improve things for everyone.

GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) Today you might encounter a strong boss or a parent in an intense and purposeful way.

Someone wants to shake things up in order to make them better.

CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) Discussions about religion, politics or racial issues will be intense and powerful today.

Don’t get too carried away.

Remember to maintain a common-sense approach to things.

LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) You might see ways to improve how you handle your debt or how you deal with a bank. You also might see a better way to discuss an inheritance or deal with shared property.

VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) Be careful during discussions with others today, because people are tempted to give someone a ‘makeover.’ (Nobody really likes this.)

LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) Act on your ideas about

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introducing reform or improvements to your job.

Meanwhile, you might have other ideas about how to improve your health.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) You might be concerned with the education or welfare of children today. If so, you want to help them. Others might be concerned about making improvements in the entertainment world or the hospitality industry.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) During a discussion with a parent or a family member, you might discover a better approach for improving your home, or possibly even a familial relationship. See what you can do.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) Your style of communicating today is so persuasive that you will be successful if you sell, market, teach, act or write for a living. No one will be able to resist you!

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) You might be a bit obsessed with something today, especially if you are shopping. You might feel as if you need to have something. Easy does it.

PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) Take a realistic look in the mirror and ask yourself what you can do to improve your appearance and the impression you give to the world. There’s always something.

Daddy’s ‘Little Girl’

Dear Annie: I am absolutely at my wits’ end and seriously thinking of divorcing my husband.

My husband and I have been married for 11 years. My stepdaughter is 26. She married three years ago after living with her boyfriend for a year.

The problem is that she still places her dad over her husband. Her poor husband takes it because he is very meek and does whatever she wants. She definitely wears the pants in the family. She wants to be married, but she still wants to be Daddy’s little girl. It goes beyond that. She still has him so high on a pedestal that it is ridiculous for a supposedly grown woman.

She is driving a definite wedge between us, and it is serious. They live about two hours away. She and her husband both have jobs. Yet she calls and cries tears that she misses her dad. They still have date nights; he has offered to go places with her if she does not want to go alone. If she calls and has a problem or something that needs to be fixed, he drops everything and runs to her. In my opinion, she chose to get married and have a husband. She needs to rely on him for things and cut the apron strings with Daddy

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

some and be an adult. I am not begrudging visits; in fact, I encourage them. But I refuse to change our plans simply because she decides, spur of the moment, to make an appearance. He always takes her side that we should let her come and change our plans. This makes me the monster if I dare say no. I think plans should be made accordingly. We should all four do things together. We could do a dinner out, a day out, etc. My pleas fall on deaf ears.

How do you deal with a 26-year-old who thinks the world revolves around her? I don’t see where she and her husband make any attempt to create their own friendships and have their own life.

These are supposed to be the happy years when we can go out and do as we please, but it is far from that. I am about to give up and start taking vacations by myself. -- Desperate in Montana Dear Desperate: You can take a vacation, but these problems will be waiting for

you when you get back. So before you get out the suitcase, try getting in your husband’s head. He seems to have a guilt complex that makes him feel the need to bend over backward to make his daughter happy. His fuzzy-headedness on the subject means that you end up having to be the voice of reason -- a voice unwelcome to his daughter and therefore unwelcome to him. (He has the overwhelming need to keep her happy, remember.) If you keep fighting the battle this way, you’re destined to lose.

Instead, you need to get him on your side of the issue, whether by going to therapy together or just by putting on your own therapist cap and talking it out. Why does he feel compelled to help his daughter all the time? How does he think this will impact her and her marriage in the long run?

With some clarity, he should see that this codependent behavior is unhealthy and does his daughter a disservice. She needs to learn how to rely not on her dad or even on her husband but on herself.

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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“During our voluntourism in Zimbabwe and Uganda, we certainly learned a lot.

We have tried to always be grateful for what we have, but now have a deeper appreciation for clean water, electricity, and satisfying employment.”

Mackey family volunteer in Zimbabwe and Uganda LORI BONERTZ For the Alaska Highway News

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y physician husband Paul and I, a pharmacist, had often discussed doing overseas volunteer work. While at a medical conference in 2015, Paul learned about a project at Karanda Mission Hospital (KMH) in Zimbabwe. He spent the month of September 2015 there, expanding the use of the electronic medical record program. In 2016, we had a window of opportunity and after much planning we departed Fort St. John on Sept. 1 with our two teenage daughters.

After our arrival in Zimbabwe, we split our time between Nyanga in the Eastern Highlands and Karanda near Mt. Darwin. The District hospital at Nyanga is so chronically short of medication, there was little I could contribute except some professional collegiality with the pharmacy staff. I did learn a great deal about the treatment of HIV, TB, and malaria. It was heartbreaking to witness the serious illnesses that the people experience and the difficulty healthcare workers have in treating them because of outdated equipment and scarce resources. Paul did some anesthesia, worked a couple of shifts in the Outpatients Department, and contributed to some discussions regarding tele-medicine.

At KMH, we continued Paul’s earlier work, expanding the electronic medical record program to the pharmacy department and Paul tweaked issues in other departments.

Our daughters Rachelle and Thea helped count out medications in the pharmacy and visited the school for staff children. In contrast to the government-funded hospital in Nyanga, KMH, which receives some mission funds, is very busy and somewhat better supplied (though still very under supplied by Western standards). At Karanda, the heat was unbelievable and the shortage of water was critical.

We spent November volunteering at the Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) in Uganda. Paul did some anesthesia, completed an inventory of the operating room, and repaired equipment.

The pharmacy department was adequately staffed so I helped update the antibiotic policy, prepared some charts for the nurse dispensers, and taught some pharmacology to the student nurses. With funding from the North Peace Division of Family Practice and the expertise of the Batwa Development Project, we helped build a home made from local trees, bamboo, and mud. It was difficult to comprehend a Batwa pygmy family living in such a small space with no amenities.

While at Bwindi, we became

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acquainted with Wendee Nicole, who committed to helping the local Batwa pygmy people when she first visited on a journalism grant in 2014. In 1992, the Batwa were evicted from their ancestral forest—now the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park— in an attempt to conserve endangered mountain gorillas. Wendee founded Redemption Song Foundation (RSF) to help improve health, housing, and educational and work opportunities for the marginalized Batwa. Our daughters and I helped at the weekly Educational Soup Kitchens during which Batwa children eat a nutritious meal, receive a health check, and engage in educational activities. During the month, we all helped their Clean Water for Christmas fund-raising campaign, which successfully raised enough money to build two tap stands and a water tank so the Batwa could have clean, fresh water for the first time in their lives (thank you to all who donated to that project!). RSF is currently raising funds for their Free Our Minds Education campaign to supplement school sponsorships, with a focus on keeping girls in school.

I can strongly recommend supporting this organization that sets specific, achievable goals.

During our voluntourism in Zimbabwe and Uganda, we certainly learned a lot. We have tried to always be grateful for what we have, but now have a deeper appreciation for clean water, electricity, and satisfying employment. We have so much admiration for local and foreign healthcare professionals working to improve the lives and others and I feel we developed some relationships along the way that will continue to enrich our lives in the future. Our adventures have now taken us to Australia for six months, to ensure we miss the snow at home.

To learn more about the organizations we worked with, visit: www.karanda.org, www.bwindihospital.com, and redemptionsongfoundation. org.

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Rachelle, Thea, Lori, and Paul with a partially finished hut build as part of their volunteer work overseas.

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.

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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.

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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: Andy Wiebe Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings.

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

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

Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3231 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years.

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

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

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The Real Housewives of Toronto premieres this week and I watch the Real Housewife franchise like I watch a car accident: I should look away, but I can’t.

Those programs are like a combination of America’s Next Top Model, the Dragons Den and Dr. Phil—beauty, plus money, plus dysfunction.

Honestly though, the bickering and the botox combine to create a program that we can binge watch to get our minds off the real problems of the world. It should really be called the “Unreal” Housewives program because I can’t imagine anyone in real life acts the way these women act.

Hey! We should have one of those Real Housewives programs based up north!

Have you ever wondered what a ‘Real Housewife of the Alaska Highway’ show would be like? I have, I imagine it would have characters like these: • Julie – the high-powered executive for the Site C project who is currently unmarried but would like to settle down and raise a family. She wishes that people could see that she was more than power suits and power-point.

• Karen – she was Julie’s childhood best friend until their lives disconnected after high school. Karen has become an environmentalist and cannot stand to be in the same room as Julie, which creates fireworks every time they meet.

• Kennedy – a local businesswoman with a goal to become Premier of the Province one day. Currently a city councilor but has her sites set on Mayor, Kennedy has style, savvy and a

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savage wit. She goes nowhere without her miniature poodle ‘Dexter’.

• Carol-Anne – Executive Director of a large not for profit in the Region.

Carol-Anne sees the good in others and tries to act as peacekeeper amongst this unlikely group of women. Carol-Anne’s sweet demeanor is a stark contrast to her secret authorship of a Fifty Shades type fiction series. She is terrified someone will discover her secret.

• Jackie – the outgoing owner of a successful oil and gas company who managed to escape the recent energy sector downturn unscathed. Jackie likes big trucks, big diamonds and Roller Derby!

• Samantha – the Radio Station Executive and owner of the local newspaper. Samantha controls both the airwaves and what appears in print.

You don’t want to get on the bad side of Samantha!

The entire show would focus on these woman and the situations that they find themselves in day-to-day and of course once a month, they gather for wine club where the sparks REALLY fly!

I would watch it!

Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can read her book “Naked Tuesday” or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @judylaine

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3 Without safe water and sanitation, life and livelihood are under threat: · 8000 people die every day from waterborne disease · Women and children (usually girls) spend hours each day fetching water, often under threat of violence · Lack of sanitation and privacy lead to early drop-out from school among girls · Every year, 40 billion hours spent collecting and hauling water in Africa alone · Disputes over water jeopardize peace in every continent · Drought and starvation threaten lives and livelihood of millions of people.

4 At this moment, 900 million people in the world do not have access to a source of safe water within 1 km of their home; 2.5 billion lack access to adequate sanitation, 1 in 4 in the developing world has none.

5 Women in developing countries walk an average of 6 km daily to get water, and carry as much as 20 kg.

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DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that enough solar energy strikes the Earth every hour to power our whole worldwide civilization for a year?

Did you know that the amount of solar power installed around the world has increased almost 50 times over the last decade? In fact, breaking all records, in 2015 some 500,000 solar panels were installed around the world every day!

And did you know that the cost of solar power has dropped by 90 per cent (probably more) since the late 70’s?

Yep, solar power has become the fastest growing and cheapest energy source the world has ever seen.

Why? Because it just makes sense now. And cents. We are simply harvesting a vast new natural resource called sunlight. It’s unlimited. It’s simple.

It’s time.

But myths abound—understandable, I suppose, considering how quickly solar technology has evolved over the last 30 years or so. Lets have a look at a few of these myths, and then put them aside for good.

MYTH #1: THERE’S NOT ENOUGH SOLAR It’s hard for folks to let go of the idea that energy has to be stored in a solid or liquid fuel that must be burned to release its energy. We’ve been thinking that way ever since we started cooking our meat over an open fire.

Renewable energies like solar or wind don’t have to be mined, refined, pumped or burned, just harvested. “Renewable energy happens” as we say. And the good news is that renewables will keep happening forever. It is definitely “worth” building renewable energy infrastructure! Because forever is a very long time.

Each year, some 9 million kilowatt-hours of solar energy fall on each acre of generally sunny earth. That’s a lot.

The figure commonly used

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to estimate the solar energy potential of a given area is 1,000 watts per square meter.

Modern solar panels can convert about 20 per cent of that directly into electricity.

That means that the sunlight falling on the roof of your home is enough to provide all or most of your family’s electrical needs.

There is lots of solar power and everybody has some, ripe for the harvesting. Forever.

MYTH #2: SOLAR ENERGY IS TOO EXPENSIVE This one is really out of date, and harkens back to a pre-solar era a decade or so ago when solar was very expensive. Not any more.

The average cost of solar panels fell some 75 per cent between 2009 and 2014 In many parts of the world, solar is already competitive with most other forms of energy. Within 10 years or so, it will be price competitive with all other forms of energy.

That’s because solar power has all the advantages of an ideal energy technology: very long-lived with very low maintenance, easy to mass-produce and install on any scale anywhere. It can be easily scaled up for huge solar farms, or scaled down to power your home or your iPhone.

We are quickly heading for a world powered in large part by sunlight, and it will be the cheapest (and least polluting!) power ever made.

MYTH #3: SOLAR PANELS ARE UNRELIABLE I keep hearing this, and have no idea where it comes from. Exactly the opposite is true. Solar panels are utterly reliable!

Most panels will produce power for at least 30 years, probably much longer. I have one on my rooftop solar array at home near Dawson Creek, for instance, that has been helping to power my home for 35 years, and most of my array is at least 20 years old. All working just fine, thanks, and I haven’t touched them since I installed them. No moving parts. No problems.

Rest assured that solar power is practical, abundant and affordable. And it’s changing the world.

Don Pettit is a founding member of the Peace Energy Cooperative. He can be reached at dpettit@pris.ca

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Anthony John Giesbrecht April 9, 1972 ~ February 16, 2017

Anthony John was born to Henry & Susie Giesbrecht on April 9, 1972 in Fort St. John, BC. The third child of seven, he enjoyed the outdoors and playing his guitar…and he was a bit of a tease. He was baptized on the confession of his faith on June 11, 2000. Tony married the love of his life, Barbra Loewen, on July 23, 2000. They were blissfully marred for 16 years, 6 months and 24 days.

Their marriage was blessed with 5 children, who were his pride and joy. Tony enjoyed driving truck, working his farm, and making music. Above all, he valued time spent with his family, and the company of friends. He had a broad smile and a ready laugh. He was slow to anger and quick to show love. Tony was a man who lived his faith, and his faith was deep.

He parted lovingly from his wife on the morning of February 16, 2017 and left for work, never to return. He was called home to his Lord and Saviour at approximately 6:20 AM. Tony reached the age of 44 years, 10 months and 7 days. He will be deeply missed. Tony leaves to mourn his loving wife Barbra; beloved children Thomas, Sara, Leah, Rachel and Joanne; his parents; 2 brothers and 3 sisters and their spouses; his father-inlaw; 3 brothers-in-law and 4 sisters-in-law and their spouses; 42 nieces and nephews and many friends.

Tony was predeceased by both sets of grandparents, his mother-in-law and brother Jacob (stillborn).

The family would like to extend a heartfelt “thank you” to everyone for your support and many kindnesses in words, deeds and prayers. May God bless you all.

In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of Tony to the Children’s Wish Foundation, 450 319 West Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1T3.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to the care of Hamre’s Funeral Chapel.

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If so desired expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of Glenn to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation.

Cremation arrangements entrusted to the care of Hamre’s Funeral Chapel.

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As Facility Administrator at LaPrairie Crane, your primary responsibility will be ensuring the accurate / timely review of and the processing of daily electronic data into our business system / client-based program. In addition, you will provide a wide range of administrative services to LaPrairie Crane’s Fort St. John Branch. The successful candidate will be one that likes a fast-paced, multi-tasking, friendly environment. LaPrairie Crane offers a competitive / comprehensive wage and benefits package.

Timely and accurate administrative support to the Branch Manager Superior communication skills (both written and verbal) Excellent organization and time-management capabilities Receptionist

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Philip George Paull Born September 15th 1924 to George and Elizabeth Paull at the small village of Hooke in Dorset, England. Having two older sisters he was the youngest of three siblings. George was village blacksmith and Elizabeth was later on the village

postmistress.

During the war years he served in the R.A.F. as a flight engineer on the Lancaster aircraft. After the war he met and married Joy Wiggins. They took up dairy farming until they sold out and moved in 1955, along with their three children, to Victoria B.C. where a fourth, Tim, was born. Here they had a berry farm until 1963 when the lure of the Peace country took them north to Fort St. John, where they raised beef cattle until retirement in 1989.

Dad’s love of gardening took them back to Vancouver Island where they purchased an acreage at Cassidy and created a floral paradise with hundreds of rhododendron bushes, exotic trees, shrubs and other delights. In time this became too much for them to maintain and they moved to Quesnel to be with family. It’s here that Mom passed away in 2013 and Dad on November 7th 2016.

They are survived by children Ron (Pat) of Quesnel, Valerie (Gordon) Sherriff of Courtenay, Chris (Cathy) and Tim (MaeAnne) of Fort St. John, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A celebration of life and sprinkling of the ashes will be held at the family farm, in Fort St. John, Friday July 7th at 2pm. For more information phone Chris at 250 787 9071 or Tim at 250 263 9950.

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COMING EVENTS MAR 18 - COUNTRY MUSIC DANCE-Music

by Darryl, Loretta & Friends at the Senior Citizens Hall, 1101 McKellar Ave, Dawson Creek.

Dance from 8:30- 12:30 Admission includes lunch. 19 years and over welcome. For more information phone Fred at 250-7822192 or Linda at 250843-7418 MILE 0 QUILTERS GUILD: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7PM at Calvin Kruk Performing Arts Centre in Dawson Creek Saturday, March 11, 2017- 4 pm- 5:30 pmat the Pomeroy Hotel- 11308 Alaska Rd, Fort St John, BC-CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADAPrince George- Peace riverNorthern Rockies Electoral District AssociationAnnual General MeetingAGM Registration Opens at 3:30 pmMeeting Called to Order at 4: pm (open to all members) Meet & Greet Leadership CandidatesConfirmed Guest: Andrew Scheer; MP 6 pm- 9 pm, Saturday, March 11,2017Registration Fees Apply- Please RSVP to Olga Gregoire by olga1@telus.net (space is limited) Saturday, March 11,2017SOUTH PEACE HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY PRESENTS Saint Patrick’s Day FUNDRAISER DINNER & SILENT AUCTION WITH LIVE IRISH MUSIC at Senior Citizens Hall- 1101 McKellar Ave., Dawson Creek, BC -Cash Bar & Rides Home Available- Doors Open: 5:30 P.M. Dinner: 6:30 P.M. Tickets: $25 per person TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE NORTHERN TOY BOX, TIGER PRINTERS AND BARBARA AT SOUTH PEACE HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY (250) 782-3261 Cash or cheques only SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca South Peace Historical Society MeetingsThird Wednesday of the month in Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

South Peace Historical Society Meetings Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

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CLASS ONE TRUCK DRIVERS

LaPrairie Works Oilfield Services Inc. Peace Region of Alberta and British Columbia

LaPrairie Works is a diversified and growing transportation specialist. We come with over 25 years of operating experience in Western Canada, and our core business areas include on and off highway hauling, oilfield services, mine contracting and site services.

We are currently recruiting permanent full time Class One Drivers to expand our local team of transportation and logistics professionals in the Peace Region of Alberta and British Columbia. The ideal candidates will fulfill the following criteria:

• Demonstrated initiative with solid HSE fundamentals and sound work ethic.

• Off-­‐Road & Mountain experience • Ability to apply and remove tire chains • Ability to work Day and Night Shifts • Valid Class 1 license & Driver abstract in good standing • Load Securement and First Aid Training • Ability to complete / maintain accurate Driver Hours of Service Records • Able to understand and communicate in English

LaPrairie Works Oilfield Services offers a competitive compensation program for qualified candidates.

Please forward current resume and abstract to:

Human Resources Department Email: careers@laprairiegroup.com Fax: (403) 767-­‐9932

Ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs of busy facility Previous experience working with in-house, business system programs or accounting are assets

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume by email to: Attention:

IN MEMORIAM

She is survived by son: Wayne (Connie), daughters: Kathy (Allan), Dianne (Jerry) and Valerie (Ken) and daughter in law: Marilyn (Larry). She was predeceased by husband: Charles Raymond in 1976, sons: Larry & Ronald, grandson: Shane, parents: Robert & Mary, brother: James and sisters: Katherine & Margaret.

She had 17 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. A very full life with so many that loved her. She was born in Fort St. John across the river.

She was the youngest child of Robert & Mary Ogilvie. After she graduated she met Charles and they married on April 2, 1941, life was hard back then but the love was strong. They lived in Fort St. John, Hudson Hope, Mile 98, Mile 230 on the Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, Farmington and then full circle back to Fort St John. Eunice had a way of making everyone welcome, so many people would just stop by and she would say “put another potato in the pot”. She only person that could stretch a meal for eight into a meal for twenty in a minute. She was a warm, caring wonderful person that everyone loved to be around. Quick witted and so very funny. She had the kindest heart and the only way to really get her riled was say something against her family.

from the North Peace Cultural Centre.

DAWSON CREEK BADMINTON CLUB From Sept. 19, 2016 to April 26, 2017 Mondays & Wednesdays Time: 7:30-9:30 pm Central Campus Gym Dawson Creek Do not play on any statutory or school holidays.

Go on the school website to check on the holidays Please pay before you start playing.

Players under 16 years must have an adult with them.

You will need clean gym shoes and a racquet.

Contact Dan or Judy Pandachuck: 250782-4783 KNIT NIGHT: Thursdays at Faking Sanity Cafe in Dawson Creek6:30 to 8:30 PM.

It is with great sadness we share the news of Eunice’s passing on February 24, 2017.

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Eunice Emily Fell (Ogilvie)

Glenn Shymko

Facility Administrator (Shop & Office)

Accurate data entry

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Celebration of life for the late

For their Fort St. John facility.

Permanent, seasonal employment. Shop and field work, benefits, wages negotiable.

Send resume with references to: DGS ASTRO PAVING, attention Mike Millar, PO Box 6820 Fort St. John, BC, V1J 4J3, or fax to 250-787-7281, or email: mmillar@dgsastro.bc.ca.

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The angling public is advised that the aerators at Inga Lake and Sundance Lake are now operational. Open water and thin ice conditions exist inside the safety fencing. Please remain outside the safety fencing and do to attempt to approach the open water.

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A celebration of life for Bob will be held at the Rycroft Community Hall, on April 15/2017 commencing at 1 pm with a potluck meal to follow the interment of the ashes.

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Bob Schallhorn passed away peacefully on Tuesday Feb 7 2017 at the age of 76 He was born in Lethbridge, AB to Robert & Henrietta Schallhorn.

He married Rose-Allana Robins on Oct 2 1965 and they were together 51 yrs.

He is survived by his loving wife and children, Wesley (Michelle) children Gerald, Dominique, Jordanna, Dannia, Gabriel. Charles and his daughters Lydia, Katee, Emma. Robert (Doris) and their boys Robby, Jacob, Noah.

And his siblings Thelma Fox-Marshall, Don (Gladys) Schallhorn, Betty (Bill) Purves, in laws David Huls, Ellen (George) Bowler, Ann (Al) Huls.

Many nieces and nephews that were always loved and cherished by “Uncle Bob” He will also be missed by many special cousins and friends, and long time friends, Gordon Wilkins, Butch Doysher, John Mahon, Rolly Boucher, Robert Clutton, and Lorne Head.

He was predeceased by his parents and Allana’s parents Wes & Dorothy Lefler, his brother Keith, sister Donna Huls , brother in law Rae Robins

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BOICHUK, Josephine January 26, 2017 In loving memory of Josephine Boichuk.

Josephine died unexpectedly at home on January 26, 2017 at the age of 83. No service is planned.

William Patrick Turner (Bill), born April 6, 1941 in Lamont, AB, resident of Wonowon, BC, passed away peacefully on February 24th, 2017 in Edmonton, AB. Bill was an entrepreneur in banking, hotels in Nelson, BC, the Halfway River Ranch and finally W. Turner Gas & Oil and Blueberry Esso in Wonowon. Bill lived life large, always with a joke and a twinkle in his bright blue eyes. He is remembered by his wife, Denise (nee Tondu), son Danny (Jaimelia), daughter Candace Dressler (Rubin), grandchildren Haedan, Claire and Shayne, siblings Steve (Denise), Mary Lucht, Kathy Ricard (Ron), Tom (Lucille), Frank C.(Jan), Richard (Kathy) and Ann. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Bill’s name to the Canadian Diabetes Society or the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Funeral Service at Connelly−McKinley, 9 Muir Avenue, St. Albert, AB, Friday, March 3, 2017 at 10 AM. There will be a Celebration of Life in Fort St. John, BC at a later date.

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SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm

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Finish Grader Operator

Must have experience finishing parking lots and roads. Willing to work evenings and weekends as required. Wage based on experience.

Requirements: Proof of certification, Driver’s License and Abstract, list of workrelated references, & must be able to provide valid copies of safety tickets Candidates will have good experience in the oil field & will be eager, goal-oriented individuals.

Experienced Crushing Personnel Must be self- mo vated and have knowledge of all crushing opera ons.

Wage based on experience.

Accounts Payable Supervisor: This is a full-time position with the opportunity for permanent hire. Our client is looking for a candidate with leadership experience and an outgoing personality. Applicants must have held previous supervisory positions in this field, and have top notch accounting skills.

If you are interested in either of these posi ons please submit resume in person to: 11617 Rolla Road, Dawson Creek or email to: dawsoncreek@petersbros.ca

You will manage and oversee the AP department, among other duties.

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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION To:

John Victor Moberg, also known as John Victor Mobrg

TAKE NOTICE THAT on February 27, 2017, an order was made for alternative service upon you of a foreclosure petition and supporting affidavit issued from Prince George Registry, Supreme Court of British Columbia in action number PRG-S-H-1650119 by way of this advertisement.

In this proceeding the Petitioner seeks judgment against you for debts owed to the Petitioner.

You have 21 days after service to enter a response, failing which proceedings in default may be taken against you.

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No. PRG-S-H-1650078 Prince George Registry In the Supreme Court of British Columbia Royal Bank of Canada

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John Victor Moberg Antonette Vollette McLean-Moberg Respondents NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

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TAKE NOTICE THAT on February 27, 2017, an order was made for alternative service upon you of a foreclosure petition and supporting affidavit issued from Prince George Registry, Supreme Court of British Columbia in action number PRG-S-H-1650078 by way of this advertisement.

In this proceeding the Petitioner seeks judgment against you for debts owed to the Petitioner.

You have 21 days after service to enter a response, failing which proceedings in default may be taken against you.

WEDNESDAYS: COMPUTER INFORMATION -Seniors Computer Club - Dawson CO-OP Bistro 1:15pm 250-782-4668 for more information

LOST LOST: 3 Mth Old White Long Haired Kitten with Blue Eyes and Butterscotch Tail $200. REWARD. 250-784-6533 MISSED GREATLY

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

Wanted Volunteers to assist in starting a Youth Group. If interested, contact Pastor Terry Hagen of the Fort St John Presbyterian Church tel.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Campus Kids Daycare at Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek is looking for Full-time, Part-Time & Casual Daycare Caregivers. ECE preferred. Submit resumes to Campus Kids Daycare or viaemail. Contact information: Karen Whitford 250-784-7523 karwhit@telus.net Deadline Tuesday, March 21, 2017

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You may obtain a copy of the foreclosure petition, supporting affidavit and the order for alternative service from the Prince George Registry, at 250 George Street, Prince George, British Columbia.

Name and Address of Solicitor: Fulton & Company Law Corporation, Barristers & Solicitors 960 - 1055 West Georgia Street P.O. Box 11116 Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4N7 Telephone: (604) 900-3104 Attention: Kathrine Uppal

Save the Dates July 7, 5:00 pm to July 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm for the 23rd Annual Mile Zero Cruisers Summer Cruise weekend starts with Registration held at the Dawson Co-op. Bring down your pride and joy and register for the 2017 Summer Cruise Car Show weekend. All registrants will receive access to all weekend events as well as a chance to win prizes.

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Name and Address of Solicitor: Fulton & Company Law Corporation, Barristers & Solicitors 960 - 1055 West Georgia Street P.O. Box 11116 Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4N7 Telephone: (604) 900-3104 Attention: Kathrine Uppal

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TAKE NOTICE THAT on February 27, 2017, an order was made for alternative service upon you of a foreclosure petition and supporting affidavit issued from Prince George Registry, Supreme Court of British Columbia in action number PRG-S-H-1650077 by way of this advertisement.

In this proceeding the Petitioner seeks judgment against you for debts owed to the Petitioner.

You have 21 days after service to enter a response, failing which proceedings in default may be taken against you.

You may obtain a copy of the foreclosure petition, supporting affidavit and the order for alternative service from the Prince George Registry, at 250 George Street, Prince George, British Columbia.

Name and Address of Solicitor: Fulton & Company Law Corporation, Barristers & Solicitors 960 - 1055 West Georgia Street P.O. Box 11116 Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4N7 Telephone: (604) 900-3104 Attention: Kathrine Uppal

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One Less Book Guy W.H. Overend, 1919-2017

We mourn the loss of William Howard Overend, born in Toronto on Feb. 27 1919, who succumbed to an age-abetted lung infection on Mar. 2, 2017, in Mission, B.C, three days into his 99th year. He leaves behind a loving family, a circle of friends and a legion of admirers who have watched in awe as this man carved the furrows of a long life in incorrigible, passionate fashion.

Our father’s earliest accolade, in tandem with his brother Bruce, was “Best Twin Babies” recognition at the Canadian National Exhibition back in 1919 (for which they received gold medals and $15 cash). Growing up, Howard played football with his twin at Malvern Collegiate Institute, where they claimed the Toronto & District Secondary School championship before the Second World War. During the war, Howard served in Canada and overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force, receiving three medals.

Post-war, Howard earned his B.A., attended library school at the University of Toronto, then began a librarian career that thrice traversed Canada, including stops in Abbotsford B.C. (twice), London Ont., Cranbrook B.C., Dawson Creek B.C. and Whitehorse Yukon. In Dawson Creek, he hosted a local TV show called “World of Books,” initiated bookmobile service to small communities in the Peace River Block and up the Alaska Highway, and starred in the National Film Board documentary Journey from Zero (1962).

It was during his sojourn at Dawson (1958-72) that Howard amassed the raft of intrepid stories central to Book Guy: A Librarian in the Peace, which he penned during his retirement and published in 2001. The book was “an opportunity,” wrote reviewer M. Wayne Cunningham, “to read about a truly dedicated, one-of-a-kind Book Guy … and his lifetime crusade on behalf of great reading and good writing.”

But our Dad wasn’t all about books. He married Clara Johanna Spall of Kelowna B.C. in 1948; together they raised four children: Alan (1951), Tom (1953), Laura (1955) and Bill (1959). The sport of speed skating was strong in Dawson Creek and the kids were signed up. Howard assisted with the wintertime firehose flooding of the outdoor track, served on successive club, provincial and national executives, and ultimately became founding editor of The Racer, award-winning national association newsletter. He and Clara were named Dawson Creek “Citizens of the Year” in 1971, and they are both now members of the Speed Skating Canada Hall of Fame.

The last stop on Howard’s career was as Yukon’s territorial librarian; his defiant first act of retirement, at age 65, was to hike, solo, the historic 50-km gold rush Chilkoot Trail. After a move to Salmon Arm B.C., Howard continued his “golden years” by competing in successive B.C. Senior Games and medaling in multiple events. In his 70s, Howard would glean perhaps his deepest weekly enjoyment from a solo 14-km early Sunday morning run to and from the nearby village of Canoe. He, along with wife Clara, made a point of participating in every annual Terry Fox Run; they were recognized by the Foundation. Later in retirement, Howard became primary caregiver to his beloved wife as the effects of dementia overtook her. Shortly after Clara’s passing in 2012, Howard relocated to Mission B.C. where he threw his final energies back to his other abiding love: reading and writing. He entered his final Terry Fox Run in September 2016.

Howard enjoyed his more public accomplishments, but he will perhaps be most fondly remembered for his smaller acts: for how he read us books at bedtime, for the time he took to throw the football, for the corny gag gifts under the tree, for the walks and play wrestling with his grandkids, for the annual renditions of “Happy Birthday” sung over the phone, for his relish of the swim to the buoys at Kalamalka Lake, for his incredible recitation of poems during annual family talent night at Silver Star, B.C. And for how he determined to finish whatever he started, be it building a model sailboat, or refinishing the dining room chairs, or perfecting his prized fudge, or caring for Clara.

A man who passes at 98 is pre-deceased by many; those from Howard’s exceptional generation who survive him include sister Dorothea (Cobourg), sister-in-law Beth Spall (Penticton) and brother-in-law Stan Leaming (Penticton). Howard will be sorely missed by his children: Alan and wife Shirley in Calgary; Tom and wife Leslie in London; Laura and husband Armin in Abbotsford; and Bill and wife Patti in Calgary. Our Dad will be held up, hopefully, as a model of living by grandchildren Chris (wife Victoria) and Andrew; Hailey and Greg; Jennifer, Joanna, Katrina and Emma; and Sam and Alex; by great granddaughter Hannah and other grandkids yet to come; and by his many nieces and nephews and their children on both sides of the family.

As a final act of generosity, Dad has donated his body to teaching and research. In good time, his remains will be cremated and his ashes spread in the place that so agreed with him: the B.C. Peace Country. A celebration of Howard’s life will be held in Salmon Arm this August. In honour of our Dad, please direct a healthy donation to a reputable charity near to your heart.

We extend our thanks and gratitude to the hospital staff at Mission Memorial and the fine people at Carrington House in Mission.

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Pickled beets are a Fort St. John classic

E

ating pickles is a wintertime delicacy through out the northern hemisphere.

In the Peace River valley, pickled beets produce a whole trade culture, a local currency.

The history of pickled beets has deep roots in Fort St. John in both work and military camps. A classic store bought jar of pickled beets is a shelfstable sealed jar of red sugar beets in white wine vinegar brine.

From these ingredients, three major storylines emerge. First, the hermetically sealed jarring method developed during the Napoleonic Wars in Russia. This type of canning was developed to increase transportable and shelf-stable food for supply routes in ever-changing battle fronts.

This royal-sealed culinary method was named after the great Greek alchemist Hermes Trismegistus.

Second, the red sugar beet: widely grown in Russia, but developed into an industrialized sugar-

PICKLED RED BEETS sealed in a glass jar

Judah Koile FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE

producing crop by Napoleon.

The French then monopolized much of the world trade in sugar because of extensive beet production.

Third, white wine: also extensively produced in France and Russia, but first cultivated in Transcaucasia and Georgia. Each European country highly prize their grape species stock. Leftover waste from winemaking is used for vinegar and is a valuable by product for its ability to preserve food and medicine.

They have been military produced and eaten in every war and work camp kitchens in the northern hemisphere since. They symbolize the sweet rewards we gain through hard work, patience, and sacrifice.

1 kg red beets 500g sugar 500g white wine vinegar 500g white wine (water optional to taste) 1 whole bulb garlic 5 bay leaf Black pepper 1 clove 20g fennel Bit of orange zest Bit of rosemary Bit of chillies in water Clean beets of dirt or stones.

Fill large canning pot with beets and cover in water. Add salt, rosemary, garlic, black pepper, and a touch of olive oil if you put the whole thing in the oven at 350 F. Place cover on and cook until a paring knife inserts smoothly into the beet and releases without tension. The skin will gently fall off with a cloth or towel, and the colours should not be past red to brown as this is overcooked. 1.5-2 hours at 375 in a home oven. The less you cook the beets the longer

they stay crunchy all winter. For batches you need to use quickly cook longer and softer. Aging batches needs harder textures cook just until the skin will fall off with a towel. When they are cooked well, the bitterness is replaced with intense sweetness.

This sweetness is stored up in the beets to flavour the vinegar as well so slightly undercooking your beets is good for longer storage and flavour.

Your brine is equal parts sugar, white wine vinegar, and white wine. Seasoned with a variety of spices and flavours, boil the mixture to fully emulsify. Add what flavours you or the recipient of your gift may desire or need. I like floral and spicy flavours, so I add citrus and cinnamon. Garlic and rosemary also works for me. Fennel chilli bay leaf is something from KFC chicken spices and makes a good roundness people enjoy and recognize.

Heat sealing jars is simple but exact. Clean your jarring pot very well and boil water. Clean your jars and lids 20 minutess in the boiling hot water. Remove with

boiled clean tongs and set aside.

Fill the jars with the cooked beets while carefully avoiding the rims. A paper coffee filter with the bottom cut out works good. When your brine is boiling, pour it into the jars with a funnel. Place jars 8/10ths full into the water making sure it is covering only 70-80 per cent of the jars.

When the jars’ internal temperature reaches cooking temperature for your product it will increase in volume to fill the jar. In this case, 15 minutes at 80 degrees. Place the lids on the jars and use to help remove from water, tighten the lids a second time, and place on rack to cool.

In the old days, some people added beeswax or olive oil to their brine to act as an extra vapour and air barrier during storage. Some cool their jars upside down. Life and joy are in the details of what you eat and what you preserve for another day.

Judah Koile has more than a decade of culinary experience, and has worked in restaurants across Canada and South America.

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