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We’re still waiting on those long forgotten April showers to come, but that doesn’t mean there’s no May flowers. The Fort St. John Farmers Market opened its 2018 season on May 5, where we found Justina Friesen smelling the petunias.

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The 2018 wildfire season saw an early scare last week when a fire flared up on the south side of the Peace River at Site C on May 2.

The fire grew to 29 hectares in size, seven of which were on an island in the river, and forcing the BC Wildfire Service to take control of suppression efforts from BC Hydro.

Fourteen BC Wildfire Service personnel attended the fire, and helicopters and heavy machinery were brought in.

Wildfire Service spokeswoman Amanda Reynolds said the fire is currently under control, and 100 per cent contained.

Three firefighters continued to patrol the scene Tuesday, May 8, to manage hotspots.

The fire — just upstream of the dam site, where sections of forest have been cleared for the dam’s reservoir — flared up in wind conditions gusting more than 50 kilometres per hour last week. The cause is currently under investigation. BC Hydro has, however, registered burning operations in the construction zone where the fire broke out.

BC Hydro spokesman Dave Conway said the fire was 3.5 kilometres upstream of work occuring at the dam site, and that BC Hydro was monitoring the situation with the BC Wildfire Service.

BC Hydro advised in February that burning would take place in Site C constructions areas throughout the spring.

Those areas include: Reservoir area: Burning will occur in the lower reservoir

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The fire in the Site C construction zone grew to 29 hectares in size May 2, 2018, seven hectares of which were on an island in the river, seen here.

area on the south bank of the Peace River, directly west of the dam site. Burning may begin as early as March 1 and will take place over a four to six week period.

Transmission line corridor: Burning will occur in the 75-kilometre transmission line right-of-way between the Site C dam site and the Peace Canyon Dam. Burning may begin as early as March 1 and will take place over a six-week period.

Portage Mountain and West Pine quarries: Burning will occur in these quarries, beginning as early as March 20, and will take place over a one to two week period.

The Prince George Fire Centre, which covers the Northeast, has seen 31 fires since April 1, burning a total area of 155 hectares.

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Fire ban in effect Category 2 open fires are currently banned throughout the Northeast. The ban applies to fireworks, burn barrels, open burning of any material (piled or unpiled) smaller than two metres high and three metres wide, and stubble or grass fires over an area smaller than 2,000 square metres.

The bans do not apply too Category 3 fires or campfires that are a half-metre high by a half-metre wide or smaller, or to cooking stoves that use gas, propane, or briquettes.

The BC Wildfire Service implemented these bans to help prevent wildfires sparked by Category 2 burns, due to dry and windy conditions in the forecast.

Anyone found in violation of the prohibition could be fined $1,150, and face a $100,000 fine or jail. To report a wildfire, unattended campfire, or open burning violation, call 1-800-6635555, or *5555 on a cellphone.

PAVING 100 Canadian

A group of women leaders from Peru and Colombia are in Fort St. John this week for a tour of the region.

The delegation arrived May 6, and comes as part of an international study tour on gender equality and women’s empowerment, according to a city press release. The delegation will tour local resource facilities, schools, and nonprofit groups.

“We are delighted to welcome these women to the City of Fort St. John and share our community’s expertise,” Mayor Lori Ackerman said in a statement.

“As a resource-based city, we have worked hard to create a sustainable and inclusive community through collaborative partnerships, and hope to share this knowledge with these remarkable community leaders who are making a difference in Peru and Columbia.”

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Out of your seats and onto the streets — that was the message heard by a group of business and political leaders at a natural resource rally in Fort St. John last week.

The May 4 rally, hosted by the chamber of commerce, was a more white collar event that followed on the heels of a 100-plus vehicle motorcade that took to the Alaska Highway in April in support of the oil and gas industry in B.C. and Canada.

Featuring executives from LNG Canada, Surerus Pipeline, Conuma Coal, Louisiana Pacific, the Northeast BC Resource Municipalities Coalition, and more, the evening included a industry updates, wine and food pairings, and calls to action to engage more in public debate.

“We need people to understand the stuff we depend on comes from resources,” said Susannah Pierce, external relations director for LNG Canada.

“We’ve been too complacent, I think, in helping people understand what each product you’re holding, including your phone, what are the materials that comprise that, and how have all those materials come together? How do we move them around communities, around the province, around the country, and across borders?”

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cribbage masters First, second, and third place winners from the 2018 Callison Zeunert Cribbage Classic celebrate with Rob and Rhonda Zeunert at the Lido Theatre on May 6, 2018. The event saw 138 players in three divisions.

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STUDY THIS: Regular readers of this column know how much I like studies. Medical studies, scientific studies, all types of studies — they all need to be chewed. Here’s just a few: CHOCO CHUCKLE: A Canadian study shows eating a moderate amount of chocolate every day is good for your heart. OK, help me out here: How do we define “a MODERATE amount of chocolate daily?” Is that one bar? Five bars? Twenty bars?

FACE FACT: According to a new study by Northwestern University in Chicago: Doing facial exercises will make you look younger.

This may explain why some politicians look exhausted. It takes twice as much energy to exercise two faces.

realizing your own tail is your own tail.

EXERCISE? SCHMEXERCISE! A study shows leg stretching does not help you endure the pain of jogging. But it’s a good idea to do thumb stretching before you start a long session of texting on your phone.

Bob Snyder Chews the news

FAT FACT: In a study 1.9 (b) billion people worldwide are overweight, 650 million are obese. These are, of course, round figures.

FOOD FACT: A new study shows eating less can add five years to your life. Five hungry, famished, starved, peckish, ravenous years.

MEDITATION MEMO: A study released by Brown University in the U.S. shows meditation is more helpful for women than it is for men. Maybe all you men should take a few moments to sit quietly and think about that.

OXYGEN OMG: A Canadian study shows the Earth’s oxygen level is decreasing. ScientFort Nelson 151.9 ists aren’t sure why this is happening. I predict Ottawa will announce some people are Groundbirch inhaling more than their fair share of oxygen, 133.9 FORGET IT: According to a study by the and Trudeau will introduce a One Cent Per t St. John, BC - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-78_metric_e.html University of Toronto: People who are for- Breath tax.

Chetwynd 138.9 VIRUS VEXING: A study by the University getful have a tendency to be smarter. I wrote of British Columbia shows trillions upon tril- a joke about this — but I can’t remember it.

FRUIT FACT: In a study by Britain’s UniTumbler Ridge 140.9 lions of viruses fall from the sky every day Really. versity of Warwick, eating fruit every day and we know very little about them. This, boosts happiness. But it’s one year before of course, is why humans evolved with their DOGGY DOLLARS: How much does it the benefit fully kicks in. So if you go with Prince George 132.9 noses facing downwards. cost to own a dog? Prepare to be shocked. A the apple-a-day rule for one year, before Home  Environment and natural resources  Weather information  Weathernew  Local  its British Columbia studyforecasts shows over lifetime, the aver- you’re completely happy you’ll have to eat Hythe 135.8 MEMORY MINT: A study shows pepper- age Canadian dog costs its owner between 365 apples. And no, you cannot speed things mint improves short-term memory. It works! $22,000 and $38,000, depending on the along by sitting down right now and eating Grande Prairie 128.9 Last week I got into my car, I put a pepper- breed. That figure includes buying the dog, 365 apples. mint candy in my mouth, when I arrived at food, toys, grooming, basic vet care. It does Observed at: Fortnot St. John Airport MST Tuesday May 2018 GLUTEN GIGGLE: Gluten intolerance is Safeway, for the first time in more than a year include the 12:00 cost ofPM hypnosis to stop8 your Current Conditions Calgary 130.8 t Nelson, BC - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-83_metric_e.html I remembered to take my bags into the store. dog drinking from the toilet. no joke if you really have it. But a study shows the number of people following a gluten-free Condition: Mainly Sunny Temperature: 17.2°C Wind: N 16 gust 49 km/h Edmonton TUNE TIME: A study by the University of DOGGY DETAIL: And while we’re on the diet has tripled, even though the actual rate 127.4 Pressure: 102.1 kPa Dew point: -0.2°C Visibility: 81 km Melbourne in Australia shows humming or topic of dogs, a new study shows most dogs of gluten intolerance has remained the same.

Tendency: Rising Humidity: 30% a tune is an effective way to relieve understand what their owners say, but that By the way: A study shows this column is gluVancouver 158.2 whistling stress. But do not try humming and whist- does not mean most dogs are smart. For ten-free. Although it usually contains nuts. ling at the same time. You could blow a lip. some dogs, 90 per cent of being a dog is not Home  Environment151.9 and natural resources  Weather information  Weather  Local forecasts  British Columbia Victoria

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Firefighters ball raises $65,000 matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

Kevin Stigners will never forget the day he was third time lucky.

It was August 8, 2017, and the phone call came that a new liver was ready and waiting for him. Stigners had been battling an autoimmune disease that had been attacking his liver for years, and had gotten the same call twice before.

But, for various reasons, those two transplants didn’t go through as planned.

On August 9, Stigners woke up in hospital in Vancouver with a new liver and matt preprost Photo the road to recovery ahead of him.

Capt. Brent Morgan speaks about the BC “I’m a believer in how well you weath- Professional Fire Fighters Association Burn er a storm is based directly on the ability Fund. to maintain a positive state of being,” Stigners said. “When you’re in the fight for your life, you don’t have time to be home, it’s good to know the people in stressed out.” the community care about you.”

But Stigners would spend the next Stigners likened that support to a pep four months in Vancouver recovering rally, and lifted his spirit in a way that and undergoing tests to make sure the was difficult for him to put into words. transplant was a success. With his wife It allowed his family to be by his side Michelle at his bedside, funds weren’t against the odds, Stigners said. exactly stacked in the favour of the two “The funds from the society took a massage therapists, Stigners said. complete weight off my chest. This alThat’s where Stigners found himself lowed me to sit there and breathe, and fourth time lucky — the community focus on healing,” Stigners said. was quick to rally, from organized fun“I was able to look into my wife’s draisers to Fort St. John firefighters eyes while she’s there with me, and stepping in to support Stigners and his know that we’re going to be able to family with the high costs of medical make ends meet.” travel.

Still, the road ahead for the charit“You can prepare for something like able society and meeting the needs this all you want,” Stigners said. “We in the community is daunting, Winn knew this day was coming, but when ex- said. The more word spreads about the penses start flying at you the way they fund, the more demand rises, Winn do, you feel unprepared.” said, noting some days he fields up to Stigners shared the story of his med- four requests for help. ical journey to a sold out 10th annuMost funds raised from this year’s ball al Firefighters Charity Ball on May 5. will stay local, Winn said. But covering The event netted at least $65,000 after expenses for even just one trip can cost expenses to support the Fort St. John several thousand dollars, he said. The Firefighters Charitable Society, as well society looks to provide enough for each as the BC Professional Fire Fighters As- family to relieve their financial stress so sociation Burn Fund. they can focus on their family and healThe Stigners were one of 25 families ing, he said. whose medical travel needs have been “To keep doing that we have to keep met by local firefighters over the last fundraising and getting the word out year. A medical travel fund was launched about how big of a need it is,” Winn said. in 2016 in consultation with community “I do believe people believe in what and medical leaders, society president we’re doing. I have tons of faith in the Adam Winn said. It’s helped families strength of our team and the generosity travel as far away as Edmonton, Van- of the community.” couver, and Portland for medical care, Supporting the charity allows firewhile maintaining stability at home fighters to continue helping local familduring their time of crisis. ies, Stigners said.

“We believe it is a largely unmet “As I continue my fight today, my famneed in our city that requires atten- ily and I will never forget the generosity tion,” Winn said. and support we received,” he said.

“We want to show these people not “We feel very fortunate to live in this only that we’re there to help them finan- community, and we’re proud to call cially, but when you’re so far away from ourselves members of this community.”

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Kevin Stigners, with his wife Michelle, shares the story of his liver transplant, and the support he received from the Fort St. John Firefighters Charitable Society, at the 10th annual Firefighters Charity Ball on May 5, 2018.

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Pride Walk turns three amy von stackelberg Alaska Highway News

Fort St. John’s LGBTQ+ community and their supporters are getting ready to take to the streets in what’s expected to be Fort St. John’s biggest and best Pride Walk yet.

Organizers are more confident this year than with Fort St. John’s first Pride Walk three years ago, said North Peace Pride Society’s Lyle Goldie. “The first walk was an experiment, no one knew how many people would show up, if they would get any sponsors, if there would be a large negative reaction from the community around us. Now, we are able to confidently put on this event knowing that we have the support of the community of Fort St. John,� said Goldie.

Both the first and second Pride Walks in Fort St. John drew crowds that spanned several blocks over downtown sidewalks, with marchers of all ages decked out in rainbow colours.

This year’s Pride Walk is planned for June 2, beginning at 2 p.m. at WL Centennial Park on 104 Street and 110 Avenue,

and ending at Ecole Central Elementary, where attendees will be treated to performances by local talent, and snacks and goodies offered by sponsors. “We’re aiming for a fun family-friendly event,� said Goldie. “Pride Walk in Fort St. John in an opportunity for our community to come together and show support,� said NPPS chair Crystal Bella. “Awareness and acceptance is growing, even in our small town. Events like this can help show people that they can be accepted for who they are, no matter who they are attracted to or how they identify.�

Everyone is welcome at Pride Walk, and Goldie said, “It’s important for straight allies to come to the event because it’s a visible way to show support for the LGBTQ+ community. It’s important to have both individual and community support from our allies.�

Organizers will also be asking city council to declare the week of the event Pride Week, as council has the last two years.

Anyone interested in performing or volunteering for the event can email nppridesociety@ gmail.com.

What does Pride Walk mean to to you? “Pride Walk for me... for the first time in my life I finally felt like I had a community.

That I belonged, was part of a group. That I wasn’t alone.

And I felt proud that I was able to show others that they weren’t alone either.� — Dustin Carnell “Having a Pride Walk is a great way for me to be part of a supportive, diverse

community in a safe, accepting demonstration of support. I’m proud of who I am and I want Fort St. John to see that.� — Lyle Goldie “The Pride Walk helps support and create an inclusive and tolerant society. Certainly, the first year (of Pride Walk in FSJ), immediately after the Orlando massacre, it was emotionally supportive to see the level of support from the community. I love seeing the diversity of attendees,

members of the LGBTQ+ community, and families.� — Don McMillan “I march to overcome fear because sexual orientation is not where we should be focusing fear. I knew I had support and was accepted, being new here in 2013. But it was good to see participation from business and city officials, including the mayor and police, in support of the walk.� — Fred Sayeau

MAY 2018 PRRD meetings now being video recorded Contract Awards

The Board meeting is now videotaped and available online The Board approved the following contract a few days after the meeting. View here: http://prrd.bc.ca/ awards: board/agendas/2018/2018-11-599405334/AGENDA.html 1. Dave Mitchell and Associates, to complete Delegations a feasibility study to examine options for the TransCanada provision of fire protection services in all of Kiel Giddens and Catie Underhill updated the Board on Electoral Area ‘C’ and a portion of Electoral Area their Coastal GasLink project proposed route. Proposed camp locations and stockpile locations were also ‘D’ for $45,000 (excluding taxes). discussed.

2. Haab Contracting Ltd. for the demolition of a Since 2014 TransCanada has invested over $3million property in the amount of $35,000 (excluding in Skilled Trades Bursaries & Equipment Purchases at Northern BC Colleges, UNBC Indigenous Scholarships and taxes). targeted education programs. Local community project 3. Swan Lake Enhancement Society for the investment has included the Don Titus Playground, ongoing maintenance of the Swan Lake Weir Kindness Meters, ThriveNorth and the Under 17 World for a period of one (1) year, subject to annual Hockey Challenge. renewal in the amount of $8,325 (excluding Peace Region Palaeontology Research Centre taxes) Charles Helm, Vice-President (PRPRC) and Jerrilyn Schembri, of the Tumbler Ridge Museum shared the 5. Everbridge to provide mass communications discovery of a New Hominin Tracksite in South Africa by Dr. software to the Peace River Regional District and Helm and his wife. The footprints are 90,000 years old. This seven member municipalities in the amount of discovery is important to the region as Tumbler Ridge and the Peace Region have received international recognition. $18,500 US per year (excluding taxes)

ALR Applications

The Board authorized that the 4sam Ventures Ltd. and the Jones be forwarded to the Agricultural Land commission as the applications are consistent with the area OCP.

Temporary Use Permit

The Board authorized a three year TUP to Curtis & Elizabeth Brewster for a proposed laydown yard for light industrial storage located directly west of the District of Chetwynd.

Inclusivity Employment Program

The Board received for information the memorandum of understanding that the Peace River Regional District will be presenting to the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2403 for consideration.

Invasive Plants

The Board authorized Staff and Committee Chair Director Hiebert, to attend a City of Dawson Creek council meeting to provide information and resources on a collaborative approach to invasive plant compliance and enforcement to reduce the number of invasive plant infestations that pose a threat to the social, economic and environmental 6.

Beairsto & Associates Engineering Ltd. for Solid well-being of the region.

Peace Region Forage Association Waste Surveying Services at a cost of $255,352.30 Julie Robinson, Agrologist, from Blackbird Environmental The 2018 Invasive Plant Program Strategic Plan presented to the Board a report about the BC Peace region (excluding taxes), for a five year term. and Profile was approved. agricultural weather network. Ms. Robinson requested 7. Lanarc 2015 Consultants Ltd for the Daisy Jingle Winner that the Board commit $15,000/year from the to ensure Connecting Communities Trails Feasibility Study., Congratulations to the that the weather Stations and website would continue winners of the Daisy operating as well as a local individual for maintenance and in the amount of $66,495 (excluding taxes).

Jingle contest, repairs, local agriculture associations are willing to put 8.

Force Engineering to conduct Phase II of a $6,000 annually towards this initiative.

Dirty Little Kitchen. structural assessment of the Clearview Arena, for Have a listen to the Policing in the Peace Region $20,000 (excluding taxes). winning jingle- https:// The Board received an update on policing in the region prrd.bc.ca/ from the Fort St. John Detachment, the Tumbler Ridge Farmers Advocate Office Detachment, the Chetwynd Detachment, the Hudson’s The Regional Board authorized staff to bring Hope Detachment and the Dawson Creek Detachment. back a report to issue an RFP to conduct a review Work Camp on the effectiveness of the FAO. The Regional Board authorized the renewal of Two Bit Developments Inc. Temporary Use Permit until September Rural Roads Strategy 4, 2020 for the continued operation of a work camp for up to 700 petroleum industry employees, located in the Pink The Regional Board authorized Director Goodings and members of the Rural Roads Mountain area off of the Alaska Highway Advisory Committee to travel to Victoria with Tate Creek Community Centre Agreement the intention of using the report created by JK The Regional Board entered into a five year funding Solutions Ltd. as the foundation of a Delegation agreement with the Tomslake and District Recreation to the Minister of Transportation to advocate for Commission for the purpose of the operation of the Tate Creek Community Centre facility and grounds. rural roads in the North Peace.

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McHappy Day raises 17,000 smiles matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

If dollars were smiles, there were more than 17,000 them raised in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek on May 2.

The two cities raised more than $17,000 on McHappy Day at the Fort St. John and Dawson Creek McDonald’s restaurants.

Over the course of the day, one dollar from every Big Mac, Happy Meal, and hot beverage sold was channeled into children’s charities. Public donations were also accepted, and proceeds from McDonald’s merchandise sold also supported the cause.

The Child Development Centre in both cities will each receive $4,300. Another $8,600 will go to support the Ronald McDonald House.

“We’d like to thank all the

volunteers that came in, all the residents that came in to support us. The day was awesome,” said Joanne Kitney on behalf of local owner-operator Brian Boresky, who owns 10 McDonald’s resturants in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, and Prince George.

More than 50 volunteers helped fill shifts throughout the day to help drum up donations, including firefighters, police officers, city councillors, businesses, and other community members.

In Fort St. John, the $4,300 will go to support the Child Development Centre’s Kids Connect Autism Program. The program provides early behavioural intervention for children up to the ages of six that have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.

“The McHappy Day donation will enable us to buy some

much need resources and equipment for the Kids connect program,” said Tana Millner, CDC executive director.

“It was a great day and lots of fun, a big thank you to Brian and all the gang from McDonalds for partnering with the CDC and making a difference in the kiddos we serve.”

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, McHappy Day has raised more than $66 million for local charities as well as the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

The Ronald McDonald House is a home away from home for seriously ill children and their families who need a place to stay while receiving major medical treatment in Vancouver. It saves families the hassle and cost of hotel accommodations while their child receives the medical care he or she needs.

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Fort St. John RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve Perret works the drive thru window with Jacey Van Sickle on McHappy Day in Fort St. John May 2, 2018.

Islander’s petition aims to stop Site C matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

British Columbia’s Chief Electoral Officer has approved in principle an initiative petition application attempting to stop construction of the $10.7-billion Site C dam, Elections BC announced May 3.

The petition will be issued to proponent Ion Moruso, a resident of Duncan, on July 3, according to Elections BC. Moruso told CBC News he wants to stop construction of the dam because of its cost.

“Nobody else wants to do it,” Moruso, who is retired, told the CBC News about his petition.

Starting July 3, Moruso will have 90 days to canvass and collect signatures of at least 10 per cent of the registered voters in each of British Columbia’s 87 electoral districts — or about 315,000 of them.

Registered voters as of July 3 can sign the petition once, and only for the electoral district in which they are registered.

The deadline to apply to be an opponent of the initiative is June 4.

Construction on the dam began in summer 2015 after the BC Liberals approved the then $8.7-billion project in December 2014. In December 2017, NDP Premier John Horgan said Site C construction would continue after his government undertook a four-month utilities commission review of the pro-

ject. In its approval, the NDP government revised the dam’s projected cost to $10.7 billion.

In March 2018, BC Hydro signed a $1.6-billion contract with the AFDE Partnership of Aecon Constructors, Flatiron Constructors Canada, Dragados Canada, and EBC Inc., for the civil works portion of Site C’s powerhouse, penstocks, spillways, and power intakes.

The partnership is expected to mobilize to the dam site outside Fort St. John this spring.

There were 2,086 workers employed in the dam’s construction as of February 2018. ” How do petitions work?

Any registered voter can apply to have a petition issued to gather support for a legislative proposal, according to Elections BC. But getting the petition approved by voters and in front of legislators is an onerous task. From Elections BC: • The petition must be signed within the 90-day canvassing period by at least 10% of the registered voters in each electoral district in the province.

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From their first meeting, the Committee has 90 days to consider the legislative proposal and either table a report recommending introduction of the draft Bill, or refer the initiative to the Chief Electoral Officer for an initiative vote.

Initiative votes are scheduled every three years. If required, the next initiative vote will be on September 26, 2020.

Individuals and organizations may apply to be an opponent to an initiative vote within 30 days after the day on which notice of the vote is published in the Gazette.

For an initiative vote to be successful, the majority of registered voters in the province must vote in favour of the initiative and more than 50% of registered voters in at least two-thirds of the electoral districts in the province must vote in favour of the initiative.

If successful, government must introduce the initiative Bill at the earliest practical opportunity.

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The City of Fort St. John is welcoming a group of women leaders from Peru and Columbia, as part of an international study tour on gender equality and women’s empowerment, May 6 to 13, 2018. delegation from a1

The delegation is sponsored through a Federation of Canadian Municipalities program called Sustainable and Inclusive Communities in Latin America (CISAL).

Through the program, the city signed an agreement in 2017 with the mayors of Chumbivilcas province in the Cusco region of Peru, “to work on strengthening the planning of local economic development and the inclusion of women in municipal development processes,” the city says.

Ackerman, along with city staff, have previously travelled to the Cusco region to meet with local governments there about “sustainable economic development planning, government transparency and accountability in mining areas,

and share best practices in effective local government operation,” the city says.

The CISAL program is a $20 million, five-year initiative funded by the Government of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development through to 2019.

On Monday, the delegation visited Community Bridge, the Women’s Resource Society, NP Senior Housing & Better at Home Society, North Peace Cultural Centre and Peace Gallery North, the library, the Northeast Aboriginal Business Centre, the Association for Community Living, and the Pomeroy Sports Centre.

They will attend the Spark women’s conference this week, with their visit wrapping up on May 13.

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Common Sense, where art thou?

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omething strange has happened over the years.

People are noticing the disappearance of something that was very front and centre during our lives and was most certainly a constant reminder from the adults raising me: common sense.

I vividly recall being chastised for one act or another and hearing, “where is your common sense?” Or being told this is how it is because, “its common sense!” Never would I have imagined how important those words would become in my adult life or the extent to which they would vanish from our society.

I do not know what happened. The disappearance of Common Sense started so

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slowly that nobody seemed to have noticed, including myself, but, after some time, the words seem to be never mentioned at all. It seems they have totally vanished.

When was the last time you heard someone utter the words common sense?

I have to admit, I am concerned about what we have lost because it seems to be the perfect solution to the many annoying issues we deal

with on a daily basis living in this great country of ours. For example, when I am driving the speed limit down the Taylor hill and a truck is three feet off my bumper tailgating me on a sheet of ice, I wonder why the heck are they doing that? The answer: they have no common sense.

Take airports, for example, which is ground zero for people’s crazy antics. Why do people charge their way off an airplane and plug up the aisles as if they have priority over the passenger in front of them? Or why do the same people try to jam that oversized carry-on bag into the overhead compartment that so obviously does not have the space for it to fit? These people seem to lack common

sense.

How about the people who read the headline of a social media post, never read the text within, and then argue the subject as if they are experts on the topic? No common sense.

So, Common Sense, if you are out there somewhere, can you please come back and re-enter the minds of people today? I think we would be better off, just like it was not too long ago when you were around, because, lately, it seems like your replacements have done more harm than good.

You see, Common Sense, you have been replaced by things like laziness and excuses, and we are worse off because of it.

Jeff Richert lives in Taylor.

A Tim Hortons lineup separates me from Heaven and Hell

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ll dogs go to Heaven, right? They trundle over that rainbow bridge and are reunited with every other childhood pet, and they spend eternity running through fields of flowers?

No prerequisite, no census-like long form to complete — apparently they automatically get in.

It’s not the same with people.

Jenee Baldwin, faith columnist for the Dawson Creek Mirror, recently wrote about attending the funeral of a self-proclaimed atheist and how the family spoke about him being in heaven and enjoying peace and rest. The column explored the dichotomy of this specific situation and Jenee left us with the question, “If you died tonight, would you go to Heaven?”

The question is one that I have considered: would I go to Heaven?

Growing up, our household had a unique relationship with religion. My mother was a full on Anglican. I recall seeing pictures of her as a little girl in a white dress for confirmation. My father was attached to no specific faith, but had grown up surrounded with family who were devout Jehovah’s Witnesses.

The decision was made that we (the children) would be allowed to follow our own religious path and make those choices on our own. We were not baptized nor confirmed.

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As children, we had a natural curiousity with religion. Our parents encouraged us to attend church services with friends, go to summer camps at the United Church, and often we sat with our Grandmother during her Jehovah Witness gatherings.

We learned the Commandments and even as an adult I look for a bolt of lightening if I accidently use the Lord’s name in vain.

I have a healthy respect of all faiths and I respect those individuals who have committed their lives to those faiths.

I’m not an atheist, but apparently I can’t call myself a Christian either. I don’t think about God all the time and I don’t pray to Him on the regular. I rarely attend church, although I don’t believe that anyone needs a structure in which to pray, and faith is not contained within walls.

Years ago, a girlfriend who I was traveling with answered my question, would I go to Heaven, for me. The answer was no, I was not destined for Heaven.

The look on my face was one of shock –

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she was my friend. Surely she was joking with me.

“Why not?” I responded.

“You won’t go to Heaven because you haven’t been baptized,” she told me very matter of factly.

Okey-dokey. I guess I am not going to Heaven.

The truth is, I was, and continue to be, intimidated by those who have had a religious upbringing and know all of the church protocol, like when to kneel, and when to repeat what the priest or minister is saying.

“Pleased to meet you,” is not the proper greeting during a Catholic service; rather it should have been, “Peace be with you.” I found that out the hard way. Embarrassing to say the least.

As a 53-year-old, I continue to be curious about all faiths and still have not committed to once specifically. If that means, as my friend advised, that I will not join my puppies in Heaven, then I guess I will face the alternative. Probably not Hell, but perhaps a purgatory where I continuously have to suffer through a Tim Hortons lineup over and over for all eternity.

At least I will have friends there.

Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. Follow her @judylaine

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Harder still is finding a family doctor as loved and respected as Fort St. John’s Dr. Richard Moody.

That’s why the announcement by the Fort St. John Family Practice Associates Clinic that Dr. Moody will be retiring as of July 1 was met with such mixed emotions by those who know him and by those who are cared for by him in the region.

Dr. Moody has been a pillar of the medical community in Fort St. John for decades and has been instrumental in improving access to health care in the region. He has spent years helping to recruit more doctors to set up their practice in the North as Chair of the North Peace Division of Family Practice.

It’s clear from the messages left on the clinic’s Facebook post about Dr. Moody’s retirement that he will be greatly missed. After 42 years of service in our region, however, no one can begrudge him for wanting to take some more time for himself.

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An all-inclusive space for dachshunds, huskies, and Great Danes — that’s the idea behind plans for an eight-acre park for city pups to run around off their leashes at Toboggan Hill Park.

The City of Fort St. John unveiled a proposed design for the park at a public open house Tuesday, May 1, which includes three separately fenced areas for miniature, small, and large dogs.

“There’s a place for everyone to feel safe,” said Ray Avanthay, the city’s parks manager.

The city has budgeted $500,000 to build the park this year, and has turned its eye to Toboggan Hill as an area that’s underutilized and a good fit for redevelopment.

The city is looking to clean up the forest along 93 Street and north of the skate park, retaining tree buffers throughout as overgrown scrub brush is cleared out.

“We’re using the natural landscape of Toboggan Hill,” Avanthay said.

The plan calls for both paved and wood chipped walking trails, and fenced off from other public areas of the park, including the established disc golf course. The paved walking path would be maintained year-round.

Geotechnical work is already underway for a new parking lot, as well as a public washroom that would serve both the dog and skate parks. Whether it would be a year-round facility is budget dependent.

The park is already popular with skateboarders and disc golfers, and a dog park will “make Toboggan Hill more of a destination park,” Avanthay said.

Developing the forest for public use will also address the illegal camps that often set up there. Bylaw enforcement boss Bonnie Isenberg says the city gets a handful of calls a year about about illegal camping or public safety issues in the park.

Most of the people who camp there

are homeless, Isenberg said.

“Most people are compliant. They understand they can’t be there, but they have nowhere else to go,” she said.

Maintaining good relationships with local service agencies is key to dealing with those who are told to pack up their camp and leave, Isenberg said. Many have ties and are known to either the Salvation Army, Friendship Centre, or the Women’s Resource Society, she said.

“It’s important we build those community relationships,” Isenberg said.

“If we don’t, they don’t get the help they need.”

Toboggan Hill is already home to a small, fenced off leash area, but the space is too impractical for dog owners and has been the subject of complaints.

From a bylaw perspective, Isenberg believes having a properly built park will attract dog owners who use other areas of the city, and improve enforcement complaints about dogs running at large and rampant dog waste that piles up along city trails.

“This park may result in higher compliance because people will have somewhere to go, and dogs will be safe,” she said.

The city is gathering public input about the design.

Input is key, Avanthay said, as the city finalizes the proposed design and prepares to present it to city council for approval later this month.

Avanthay believes the park will evolve organically over time after it’s built.

“There’s a lot of potential,” he said.

“As we get more feedback through the year and years, we can look at what we can do there.”

The development of a permanent dog park is listed as a priority item in the city’s new parks and recreation master plan, which suggests building up to four new dog parks.

Fifty-one per cent of households in and near Fort St. John have dogs, according to the parks plan.

Community services hub awarded for facility excellence matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

The District of Taylor has won a facility excellence award for its community services hub. The hub, which opened in March 2017, was recognized by the BC Recreation and Parks Association for its concept, design, and operation.

“It is our pleasure to present Taylor with this Facility Excellence Award for the Community Services Hub,” Rebecca Tunnacliffe, BCRPA CEO, said in an announcement May 2.

“This project clearly reflects outstanding innovation and a transformative use of space that not only enhances community access, but interconnection and inclusion of all Taylor’s citizens.”

Laura Prosko, the district’s community services director, was in Vancouver to accept the award.

The hub consolidated community services staff under one roof and is 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 hub, formerly a series of offices for arena staff as well as a physiotherapy gym at the community hall, offers up meeting space, and gives residents and businesses access to community services staff. The wheelchair-accessible space also hosts the monthly meetings of the Taylor Access and Inclusion Committee.

The hub has become a “clear pointof contact” for community groups and the district, the BCRPA noted in its announcement. That allows for “creativity and innovation to work closely with the community and deliver a higher level of service to all stakeholders,” the BCRPA stated.

“It had to do with a space that was not

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Laura Prosko, community services director: “With only a three-person team to design and implement the new facility, I am very proud of our teams accomplishment. This award recognizes that our projects are on par with larger municipalities as well as brings recognition to our beautiful Taylor community and the northeastern BC region”.

being used to its fullest potential, and the need for space and the need for giving another access point to the residents of Taylor,” Mayor Rob Fraser said.

“All those ideas came together and resulted in the space becoming the hub.

We didn’t do it with the idea of winning any sort of award, we did it with the idea that there’s a need and what’s the best way to fulfill that need?

“I have to give staff the the recognition to carry out the vision. They were the ones who put it together, and provide the service,” he said.

The facility excellence award is one of five provincial awards presented at the BCRPA’s annual symposium. Taylor won for facility excellence under $1 million.

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Anne McKinnon of landscape architecture firm EDS Group speaks with a resident about a dog park design at an open house on May 1, 2018.

Hudson’s Hope farmers market turns 20 tom summer Alaska Highway News

The Hudson’s Hope Farmer’s Market is looking to lineup 20 vendors as its celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

The market opens May 15 at Beattie Park, with a customer appreciation day planned for August 7.

“You could say we’re shooting for 20/20 this year,” said Caitlin Vince, market manager. “We’re hoping to reach 20 vendors during peak season.”

The market has been a staple of the community since 1998, when local beekeeper Guy Armitage began selling his honey out of a pickup truck at the Hudson’s Hope hockey arena. Armitage was soon joined by Nettie and Jack Florient, selling their home-grown vegetables.

It continues to be one of the few volunteer-driven and free to vendor mar-

kets in the Northeast.

The people who come out to support their local makers, bakers, and growers are the heart of the market, Vince said.

“It wasn’t until the vendors approached District council in 2015 about the use of Beattie Park that the market really took off,” said Vince.

Partnership and support from council has allowed the market to flourish, Vince said. Coun. Kelly Miller handles the poster printing, while Vince donates her time to work on promotion and organization.

Last year, the market had 15 vendors — from six-year olds selling lemonade, to 80-year-olds selling baked goods and veggies, there’s a sense of co-operation and community, says Vince.

Interested in helping the market reach it’s 20/20 vendor goal this season? Contact Vince at 250-793-6691, or email farmersmarket.hh@gmail.com.

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Shooting threat investigated MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Police in Fort Nelson are investigating another threat of a shooting at a local school.

School District 81 says graffiti found at R.L. Angus School last week referred to a school shooting on May 7 and 8.

“In applying the Safe Schools protocol, the threat is not seen as entirely credible, however, one can never be 100% certain,” Superintendent Diana Samchuk wrote in a May 4 letter to parents, and posted to the school’s Facebook page.

“Therefore we are notifying all school district parents with this information so they can decide if they want their child at school.”

RCMP have viewed and photographed the graffiti, Samchuk wrote.

The threat was considered to be unsubstantiated, Samchuk wrote, however,

there was a higher police presence at local schools May 7 and 8. Staff, students and visitors were required to enter district buildings through the front entrance as side doors were secured.

It’s unclear what school was targeted by the threat. Samchuk and the RCMP did not return calls for comment.

This is the second threat of a shooting at a Fort Nelson school in the last three months.

In February, threats of a possible shooting at Fort Nelson Secondary were under investigation.

Linda Dolen, chair of School District 81, said the February incident was discussed at a school assembly. The threat is still under investigation.

District staff will work with the RCMP liaison officer to speak to classes about the latest threat, and the effects it has on the community, Dolen said.

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also handed a two-year probation order and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for assault.

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Dawson Creek Law Courts A summary of sentences and fines handed out in Peace Region courts for the week ending May 4, 2018.

Fort St. John Law Courts • Regan Eileen Mackinnon (born 1987) was sentenced to seven days in jail, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for assaulting a peace officer. Mackinnon was also sentenced to 30 days of jail and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for breach of undertaking.

• Colton Dale Schultz (born 1998) was sentenced to two years of probation, ordered to pay $5,600 in restitution, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for assault causing bodily harm. Schultz was

• Ty Everett Emmelkamp (born 1989) was handed a one-year probation order with a conditional discharge and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for assaulting a peace officer. Emmelkamp received the same for a count of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.

• Justin Brandon Leippi (born 1988) was fined $1,000, handed a 12-month criminal driving ban, and assessed a $150 victim surcharge for failing or refusing to provide a sample.

• Anthony William Maltais (born 1964) was fined $500, handed a 90-day driving ban, and assessed a $75 victim surcharge for failing to stop at an accident with an unattended vehicle.

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Taking the pulse of historical trends

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ortheast B.C. is the least populated region in the province, home to less than two per cent of B.C.’s total population.

According to the last census the regional population was 65,660. Seventy per cent of the region’s population was of working age. The region’s unemployment rate has historically been approximately two per cent lower than the provincial rate. In March 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.7 per cent, which is one per cent higher than the provincial average, which is currently 4.7 per cent.

If we were to look at the trends for MLS sales and new housing starts along with the unemployment rate, there is good evidence that the Northeast is slipping into a recession.

Now, how important is economic development for a population base of two per cent of the total province?

Northeast B.C. has the highest percentage of employment created in the goods sector with 33 per cent of workforce jobs directly related to the goods sector in comparison with 18 per cent in the Lower Mainland/southwest area. The B.C. average share of em-

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A reminder 33 per cent of our workforce translates into 12,606 jobs.

Eighteen percent in the Lower Mainland/southwest area translates into 452,880 jobs.

These numbers give food for thought about what representation by population looks like. I will continue to research for current accurate statistics that confirm how much the Northeast contributes to the province.

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* “Based in whole or in part on information supplied by the BC Northern Real Estate Board for the period 2015 through May 1, 2018. The BC Northern Real Estate Board assumes no responsibility for its accuracy.”

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Canadian energy sovereignty under attack on many fronts debate from a1

Consumers need to understand the natural resource value chain of modern day products and conveniences, which gives industry leaders an opportunity to step up and educate, Pierce said.

“People who understand natural resources best are the people who develop them,” she said. “What I’m telling them is get out of your seat and out on the streets and be heard, and have that conversation.

Then people will really understand how important natural resources are, but also the jobs developing them.”

Sean Surerus, president of Surerus Pipeline, said his company is doing just that.

His company is currently one of two Fort St. John pipeline contractors caught in the impasse over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Combined, Surerus and Macro-Spiecapag would be responsible for building 27 per cent of the project, he said. “People don’t know that in B.C., and right now we’re having to make some tough decisions on people as we wait for clarity on that project,” Surerus said.

Surerus comes from humble beginnings — the company began in 1969 when his father Brian traded in his pickup truck for a dump truck, Surerus said.

Today, the company regularly employs more than 1,000 workers on its projects across Western Canada, Surerus said.

The company has withstood nearly half a century of booms and busts, and changes in government, while giving back to arts, sports, and volunteer initiatives in the community, Surerus said.

“Here we are as one the larger businesses in our community.

Not only that, we’re one of the

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Sean Surerus, president of Surerus Pipeline: “I’ve been connected with many more media outlets than I can imagine in the last month. That’s because we’re more willing to speak up more than ever. We need to do that.”

largest pipeline contractors in the country,” he said.

Surerus formed a joint venture with J. Murphy and Sons out of United Kingdom to land work on major energy projects including the Energy East, Keystone XL, and Trans Mountain pipelines. There were nearly 30 projects four years ago that have now been cut down to less than a handful, Surerus said.

It’s why the company has focused its attention on engaging in the public debate about resource extraction and development, Surerus said.

“We’re operating in an uncertain time for our projects,” he said. “I’ve been connected with many more media outlets than I can imagine in the last month.

That’s because we’re more willing to speak up more than ever.

We need to do that.”

Stewart Muir, executive dir-

ector for Resource Works, said the traditional energy sector of oil and gas once represented the establishment in Canada, but has now found itself on the outside looking in. It faces an uncertain future amid what he called an attack on Canadian energy sovereignty, including foreign funding to support activism against the industries, and political initiatives ranging from oil tanker bans to carbon pricing policies.

“There’s a lot of people who don’t want the industries that most or all of you depend on to exist, at all. You’re the enemy, they want you dead. They really do, that’s not an overstatement,” he said.

“Those who want to overturn things are actually inside the establishment. They’re ransacking, they’re turning over all the conventions.”

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It’s forcing those industries to speak truth to power from an underdog position, Muir said.

Muir said he had to recently counter misinformation during a debate on a Vancouver radio talk show that the Trans Mountain project wouldn’t create meaningful employment.

“I heard her say there’s no jobs that come from the pipeline, there’s no short-term jobs, really, that are worthwhile.

Kinder Morgan is lying because Big Oil lies, right? They’re just going to build the pipeline, I don’t know how,” he said.

“I told the listeners, look, there are small companies, that I know these people, I’m hearing their stories. Believe me these are real jobs, real people, real communities,” he said.

From a municipal perspective, the Northeast BC Resource Municipalities Coalition said

it’s focusing its attention on research and advocacy to broaden its understanding of the industries operating in Northeast B.C. while advancing the interests of the region.

Building permanent resource communities is vital, Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman told the crowd.

“You’re investing in our communities, you’re building businesses here, your homes; your children are going to school here, making friends here, they’re playing soccer,” Ackerman said.

“We want to make sure we’re building a permanent resource community so that when your children grow up and go away for their post-secondary education, and they’re thinking about where to raise their children, they’re going to think Fort St. John because they had such a fabulous childhood.”

First Nations play an important role in resource development in the region, Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser said.

“A lot of the issues that we have as municipalities and as neighbours runs across the board, there’s a lot of commonality there,” he said. “As we work on those common issues together, we can build trust and move forward, and deal with some of the more difficult issues that we know are going to need work.”

The coalitions plans to research the economic value of the railway between Prince George and Fort Nelson, and business opportunities that are emerging to enhance and expand it. The coalition also plans to add its voice to the province’s upcoming review of hydraulic fracturing.

“Without the facts you can do nothing,” Ackerman said.

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Library News — May 2018 I was working at the library’s front desk recently when a fellow approached and asked for help on the computer. He was in his late 40s and looked like someone you might stand behind in line at the local hardware store. His concrete-spattered work clothes betrayed days of hard work at one of those tough jobs so essential to our northern economy. As he sat down at the computer, I began explaining how to access the job orientation he needed.

He hesitated, palming the computer mouse awkwardly, and admitted he didn’t know how to use it, let alone navigate a website.

This is a reality for many Canadians who feel left behind in our digital world.

And even the more tech-savvy need a little help from time to time.

On an average day at the library, I might help someone’s grandpa figure out the e-reader he got for his birthday, show a young woman how to make Word stop double-spacing already, and rescue someone from “I forgot my password” purgatory.

On average, Canadians have higher computer skill levels compared to other OECD countries. But we have a higher than usual proportion of people at the highest and lowest skill levels, meaning there’s a big gap between our information “have and have-nots.”

This digital divide means many are disadvantaged when it comes to participating in the workforce, getting government services that are increasingly web-based, accessing education, or even participating in the democratic process.

Libraries work to bridge the digital divide by providing free, equitable internet access and computer training.

The Fort St. John Public Library is stepping up our tech help with the return of the CLICK program, which provides free one-on-one computer training, thanks to BC Hydro funding. Tech whiz Ennie can tailor one-hour sessions to what you want to learn — from the basics of navigating websites or getting started with Facebook, to learning spreadsheets or setting up a gaming server. Anyone is welcome to make an appointment by calling the library at 250-785-3731.

As I write this, my email app keeps crashing, and come to think of it, I’ve al-

ways wanted to build a website. I think I’ll book myself in to see Ennie, too.

STAFF PICKS Morgan’s Pick: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline In a not-so-distant future, environmental disasters and economic collapses have plunged the world into chaos. Amid the many challenges facing survivors in this post-apocalyptic landscape, perhaps the most devastating is this: humanity has lost the ability to dream. Only the indigenous peoples of North America retain the secret to dreaming, and in their desperation, others have discovered the means to extract it from the dreamers’ very marrow — by force. This stark and beautiful tale weaves together the questions of identity, language, and family in a truly unique tale of survival.

Amy’s Pick: Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on Bering’s Great Voyage to Alaska by Stephen Bown This true-life adventure follows the Great Northern Expedition of the mid1700s, the most ambitious voyage of exploration ever attempted. Bown brings alive the personalities and animosities of the explorers, and leaves the reader marvelling at their personal sacrifices in the name of discovery.

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FSJPL’s newest staff member, Ennie Olajide, who’ll be running the CLICK program.

Hudson’s Hope library seeks pen pals reached out to Hudson’s Hope a few months ago, offering the collaborative initiative, says Norton.

Sign up lists will be shared between locations, matching patrons up with Lanark pen pals, and other regions as additional libraries join the program. So far, no one from out of country has signed up, said Norton, but it’s something the libraries will be working toward.

Interested in sending snail mail to fellow Canadians? Contact the library at 250-783-9414 to indulge your nostalgia and make new friends.

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The Hudson’s Hope Public Library is now offering a pen pal program in partnership with Ontario’s Lanark Highlands Public Library.

“The program is open to any age,” said Library Director Amber Norton.

“From our younger patrons who may never written a letter before, to patrons who have a nostalgic yearning for old school communication.”

Lanark librarian Nicole Shaw

Mary’s Pick: The Witches of New York

by Ami McKay In this mix of fairytale magic, history and suspense three witches come into their unique powers in 1880’s Manhattan.

From their tea shop, they discretely aid their clients with gifts of teas, palmistry and tarot, skirting religious puritanism and laws against the herbal contraceptives and abortifacients they give the desperate. When one of the witches goes missing, the hunt takes her friends into the gritty unbelly of New York, and forces them to reckon with their pasts, their beliefs about magic and the patriarchal society they live in.

Amy von Stackelberg is a Circulation Services Coordinator at the Fort St. John Public Library.

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Young Adelaine Rosario, 3, was found fluttering around like a butterfly at the farmers market in Fort St. John May 5, and drawn to her favourite colour, blue, just like this wooden butterfly.

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In the main house, a wide foyer links to a sunny, vaulted living room on the left, and leads into a window-bright dining room at the rear. A meandering, covered patio runs along the exterior windows while wrapping around a garden courtyard.

Glass paneled cabinets mark the dining room/kitchen boundary. Ideal for displaying and easily accessing fine china, these cabinets could be set high to leave the lower counter open on both sides for use as a buffet.

The kitchen has a large, free-standing table at center and a traditional wood-

A desk nook is to the right of the kitchen, just inside a large family room with plenty of windows and a masonry fireplace. Two banks of bookshelves line the passageway that leads into the studio.

This richly windowed room has a builtin computer desk that fills one corner.

Shelves line one wall section, and wrap around two sides of the walk-in closet.

Dining 12' x 14'4"

Covered Patio Vaulted Living 20'4" x 16'8" Balcony 17'4" x 7' Vaulted Owners’ Suite 17' x 14'6"

The Petersfield's luxurious owners' suite and bathroom are upstairs, along with two more bedrooms, another bathroom, a utility room, study nook, and sunroom/bunk room. Kids will love the bunk alcoves there.

Kitchen 15'8" x 18'2"

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Family 16'4" x 18'8"

Studio 16'4" x10'4"

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Sunroom/ Bunk Room 16' x 12'6"

Bedroom 12' x 15'4"

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The main house offers more than 4,000 square feet of living space on two floors, and the space above the garage provides another 900+ that could be used as a home office, recreation room, or outfitted as a separate living unit.

burning stove and cooktop accessible from both the dining room and kitchen.

But the owners needn't rely solely on wood for cooking. Modern appliances are built in as well, and the roomy pantry has space for an upright freezer.

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Plant shelves, window ledges, and other visually intriguing details give a country-French flavor to the Petersfield.

Shingle siding and a generous use of stone veneer add to the charm.

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Library puts learning at your fingertips tom summer Alaska Highway News

The Hudson’s Hope Public Library is offering a learning database to residents, free of charge.

Gale Courses are online, instructor-led courses, covering everything from business communications to refreshers for grade school teachers, computing skills, and even prep for pursuing careers in law.

Library Director Amber Norton says she’s impressed with the instructor support Gale offers.

“A lot of learners have difficulty on their own,” said Norton. “You are working on your own, but you have the benefit of a teacher and structure within the program.”

While courses don’t directly transfer to college credits, learners do get certificates upon completion, said Norton.

“We’re hoping to increase usership, which has been really positive,” said Norton, adding that they’re above 50,000 hours spent on the pro-

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gram, since it started last February.

“It’s a good mix — we’ve had stayat-home moms, people looking into changing their career path, people just doing it out of interest,” said Norton, noting that even library employees have used it to brush up on computer programs, such as Excel.

Typically, a learning database like Gale costs $4,000 per library. Quite the expense for a small library, says Norton, adding that the database was subsidized by the North East Library Federation.

Through group purchase and having the cost distributed by population rather than per library, it’s made the cost far more affordable, noted Norton.

Courses run for six weeks, with new sessions every month. There’s 365 courses to choose from, all you need is a library card in good standing.

Contact Hudson’s Hope Public Library at 250-783-9414 for more details, or register online at https://education.gale.com/l-hudsonshope/

Thirty new international students from Northern Lights College got a whirlwind tour of their new home last week. From fire hall and hospital tours, to meeting local police, employment counsellors, and landlords, the orientation was all about introducing the students to the community, and the community to the students.

“All these students are trying to get their work permits and permanent residency. This is going to be their home for the next two years,” says Cleo Baker of the college’s international education program.

“Learning their community is important.”

The students are from India, Jamaica, and the Philippines, studying a range of academics. The students also met their peers from Dawson Creek at the Kiskatinaw curved bridge.

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PERSPECTIVES

You’re Somebody’s Child

M

y family emigrated from Scotland when I was sixteen-monthsold. We returned to Scotland for summer or Christmas holidays to be surrounded by aunts, uncles, and cousins for a traditional Scottish ceilidh.

Everyone took a turn at singing a song and to refuse your turn when someone challenged with the words, “Gee us a song!” was to be shamed.

My father, Joseph Griffin, always sang the song I’m Nobody’s Child. It was about an orphan nobody wanted.

How many of us have felt like a motherless child? When Christ was on His cross, He entrusted a new motherhood to Mary on Calvary when he said to her, “Woman, behold, your son” (John 19:25-27).

Mary is the Mother to whom I turn daily in prayer. I humbly ask for her intercession as I say my rosary in homage to her for who other than a woman understands another woman’s broken heart or loss of love or miscarriage of life?

Saint John Paul II was known as Mary’s Pope. He credited Mary with saving his life on May 13, 1981 – the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. The day Saint John Paul II was shot, the x-rays showed that the trace of the bullet formed the letter ‘M’ in his chest.

Saint John Paul II was marked by the suffering of his life. His infant sister Olga, died before he was born.

Karol Jozef Wojtyla was just one month shy of his ninth birthday when he lost his mother, Emilia Kaczorowska, in 1929. Three years after the death of his mother, his older brother, Edmund, a physician, died of scarlet fever, at the age of twenty-six. When his father died, the future pope, kneeling by his father’s body, felt utterly alone except for his connection to Christ and his devotion to Mary.

Later in life he would say that he felt his mother contributed greatly to his vocation as a priest. Karol turned to Mary to be his mother in the absence of his

Angela Griffin PEACE REFLECTIONS

earthly mother. From the shaping of his Marion devotion in his early childhood to his final hours when an image of the Blessed Mother hung near his bed in his papal apartment, Saint John Paul II remained devoted to Mary all his life.

From a young age, Karol Wojtyla worshipped at altars and shrines dedicated to the Blessed Mother. In his parish church of St. Mary’s at Wadowice, he recalled the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. As a child, as a priest and as a bishop, he would make many Marion pilgrimages to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, the principal Marion shrine of the Archdiocese of Kraków, with its icon of Our Lady of the Angels.

As Archbishop of Kraków, Saint John Paul II preached often, seldom missing the celebration of the Queenship of Mary. As Pope, he continued to pray the Call of Jasna Góra, an evening prayer recited throughout Poland since 1954: “Mary, Mother of Poland, we are with you and we are mindful of your presence. Together with you, we keep vigil.”

Those who feel that they are without a maternal presence in their lives are invited to turn to Mary as their Mother. After all, Mary is the human being who co-operated perfectly with God’s grace. Through Mary’s maternal intercession Christians can live in perfect communion with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as did Saint John Paul II. The Peace is a place of many peoples and faiths. In this space, readers are invited to share their own reflections of faith in the Peace. If you have a story of faith you’d like to share, email angelamarygriffin@gmail.com.

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) This is another feel-good day!

Something going on behind the scenes reassures you and makes you confident both today and for your future. It feels good to trust your future, which you can do.

TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) Today you are leader of the pack! Enjoy relationships with friends as well as all your contacts with groups, clubs and organizations. Today you will rally the troops!

GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) You make a fabulous impression on bosses, parents and VIPs today. In particular, you will be successful when dealing with other cultures and different countries. You also are open to new and different ideas.

CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) Travel will delight you today, because you want to broaden your horizons. You will enjoy learning something new.

Discussions about religion, politics, philosophy and even astrology will intrigue you.

LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) Keep your pockets open, because today you can benefit from the wealth and resources of others. You might receive gifts, cash or favors. Just say, “Thank you!”

VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) Today the Moon is opposite your sign, which means you have to go more than halfway

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when dealing with others. This requires a little patience and tolerance, which you have. Be confident about this.

The Truth Hurts

Dear Annie: From the time you are born, your parents and elders LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) tell you to always tell the truth.

Work-related travel is likely When you go to school, your teachtoday. You also will enjoy ers tell you the same. And then contact with others, especially when you enter the real world, you in meetings with groups. Don’t find that if you tell the truth, you are labeled a -- well, a word too hesitate to speak up, because rude to print in the newspaper. others will listen to you.

You are considered rude and opinSCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) ionated. That’s because nobody This is a party day! Enjoy actually likes the truth. We would flirtations, fun dates, sports rather be lied to. Everybody lies on events, the arts and playful a daily basis, and we are OK with it. activities with children. Treat So why don’t we teach our children someone to a good time! to lie, keep secrets and play politiSAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) cal games right from the start? That way, by the time they enter the real Family discussions will go well today, because people are world, they would be experts at it and fit right in. I would really like positive and upbeat. There’s a to hear your thoughts on this. -feeling of mutual generosity, True Lies

which always promotes family solidarity: “I’ve got your back.”

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) Today you feel the power of positive thinking. Because you’re thinking like a winner, you will be one! Speak up and share your ideas.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Trust your moneymaking ideas today, because they can be profitable. In particular, they will impress bosses and VIPs.

Dear True Lies: We should not teach our children to be mini Machiavellis. Manipulators might slither to some “success,” but they forfeit personal integrity, honor and the chance to have any meaningful relationships. No one truly respects a phony.

Reading between the lines of your letter, I get the impression that you recently told someone something that you simply considered a fact and the person reacted poorly, and I also get the impression this PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) Today the Moon is in your sign wasn’t the first time. If you’re somebody who’s found himself saying dancing with lucky, moneybags “What? I’m just telling it like it is!”

Jupiter. This is a great day for throughout your life, you may be business. It also promotes confusing criticism with honesty. domestic peace and happiness. There is a difference. A good general rule is not to offer your opinion

the Los Angeles Times and National Geographic, and can be found in science and ecology journals.

Readers should check out the facts for themselves.

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

on other people’s business unless they ask for it.

Dear Annie: Most people say they care about our planet and the humans and animals living on it.

So what can you do to make the biggest positive impact? The answer may surprise some readers: Switch to a plant-based diet. Not to discount the value of biking to work, recycling or buying less plastic, but here are just a few key facts: Producing 1 pound of beef requires 1,799 gallons of water, whereas producing 1 pound of soybeans requires 216 gallons of water.

Many other vegetables and grains require even less.

It takes 27 times more fossil fuel to deliver a calorie’s worth of beef to your plate than it takes to deliver a calorie’s worth of beans.

Because most chickens are factory farmed (and approximately 9 billion chickens are killed each year in the United States alone), our environment is contaminated by microbial pathogens, feed additives and manure production, affecting both human and animal health.

This type of information -- and much more -- has been reported in major media outlets, such as CNN,

Many people seem to think that becoming a vegetarian is still some sort of fringe choice for granola crunchers or that it’s too difficult to get your kids or your parents to eat new foods. Or it won’t fit into “traditional” meals or occasions throughout the year. Or you just won’t find enough to eat in restaurants, in airports or even at your company’s summer picnic. Well, all of these concerns can be met with the great variety and flexibility in food stores and on menus these days. And if you don’t see a veggie meal, simply ask.

One final suggestion: If you cannot imagine giving up meat or dairy, just try doing so for one day per week. Then try two. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing, as even some reduction in consumption will help. -- Earthling Who Cares Dear Earthling Who Cares: Though this didn’t arrive in time for Earth Day, the information is still valuable and offers some food for thought. I encourage readers who are considering going vegetarian (or trying any new diet) to first talk to their doctors.

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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Alaska Highway News Reader Survey 2018

This survey is part of an effort to build a stronger relationship with our communities, learn more about their reading habits, and build a better news organization heading into our 75th year of publishing in Fort St. John and the North Peace.

SECTION 1

Tell us a little bit about yourself…

Where do you live? o o o o o o o

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Tell us about your news reading and viewing habits…

How much time do you spend reading and watching the news on any given day? o o o o

Less than 30 minutes 30 minutes to an hour One to two hours More than two hours

What sources do you use to find out information about your community? Check all that apply. o o o o o o o o o

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Radio Smartphone app

What is your go-to source for local breaking news? o o o o o o o

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What is your go-to source for local in-depth news, opinion, and analysis? o o o o o o o

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What is your go-to source for community news features? o o o o o o o

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Vancouver Sun The Province CBC News Globe and Mail National and/or Financial Post Global News CTV News Other

Do you subscribe to any print newspaper or magazine? If yes, which publications?

Do you subscribe to any digital news publications? If yes, which publications?

SECTION 3

Lifestyles 1 2

How do you access the Alaska Highway News?

Local charity fundraising 1 2 3 4

5

Local sports 1 2

4

5

Opinion/editorial/letters 1 2 3 4

5

Travel and tourism 1 2 3

5

When it comes to reading the Alaska Highway News… o o o

Weekly print edition alaskahighwaynews.ca website via social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)

Tell us briefly why you read the Alaska Highway News. How does it fit into your local news reading habits compared to local online and TV news?

The Alaska Highway News is a trusted source for local news and information. o o

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The Alaska Highway News is an essential and vital part of the community. o Yes o No How many of the last four print editions of the Alaska Highway News have you read? o o o o o

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How much time do you spend reading our website daily? o o o o

Do you regularly submit in your club/ organization news? o o

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What features do you read regularly in the newspaper?

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4

What columnists do you read?

Check all that apply. o Bob Snyder (Chews the News, humour) o Judy Kucharuk (Desk of the Green-eyed Girl, life) o Jeff Richert (Community Views, politics and current affairs) o Matt Preprost (Editorially Speaking, local affairs) o Tom Summer (Court Docket, crime) o Angela Mary Griffin (Peace Reflections, faith) o Dillon Giancola (The Dill Zone, local sports) o Edwina Nearhood (Life at Ground Zero, real estate) o Stephenie Sutherland (Health Hacks, life and wellness) o Don Pettit (Watt’s Happening, energy) o Rick Koechl and Mike Kroecher (Two Old Guys With Issues, energy and current affairs) o Bob Zimmer (MP Report, federal politics) o Richard Neufeld (Senator’s Report, federal politics) o Various veterinarians (North Peace Creature Feature, pet wellness)

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What issues in the community do you think are not getting enough coverage by local media?

SECTION 4

Diving into our newspaper….

When you read the Alaska Highway News, what section do you read first? o o o o o

Local News Opinion/Op-Ed Business Sports Arts & Culture

What local news topics interest you the most?

Please rank them from 1 (least interested) to 5 (most interested). Circle Number Arts and culture 1 2 3

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Business and economy 1 2 3 4

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City hall news 1 2 3

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Courts and crime 1 2 3

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History 1 2

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What types of columnists would you like to see added?

If you could add a feature to the Alaska Highway News, what would it be?

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Hunter Brown selected by Red Deer in WHL draft DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

When Hunter Brown began the 2017-18 season for the Fort St. John Bantam AA Flyers, being selected in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft was not on his mind.

“I didn’t think double A players got looked at,” Brown said.

Fast forward to May 3, the day of the draft. Brown was coming off an excellent season for the Flyers with 43 goals and 67 points in 29 games as a centre. He learned after the season the Red Deer Rebels, among other teams, had attended many of his games, and he was dialed in. Brown realized he had a chance to be picked, and watched the entire draft online throughout the day.

Brown was selected in the seventh round with the 138th pick by the Red Deer Rebels.

He was the first player from Fort St. John to be selected in the draft since Connor Bowie went to the Portland Winterhawks with the 133rd pick in the 2016 draft.

“I was super excited and nervous at the same time. I was in class, then got up and called my parents. It was the best hockey moment in my

life so far,” Brown said.

Brown’s hard work ethic and drive played a factor in him being drafted. He’s been working out five days a week this season and into the offseason.

“He played double A bantam so that’s a bit off the map, but he has some grit, he can skate and he can make plays.

We just like that he shows some drive as a player and he’s a guy we wanted to pick later,” Rebels Assistant GM Shaun Sutter told Red Deer Rebels writer Greg Meachem after the draft. “Brent (Rebels GM/head coach Sutter) made a good point when he said guys who have that drive and are competitive as late round picks are the ones who find a way to be a player.”

Brown’s goals going forward are two-fold. Last weekend, he advanced to the final round of tryouts for the Prince George Cariboo Cougars Major Midget team. He is one of six players fighting for three spots, with the next camp taking place in August.

If he doesn’t make that team, Brown, who turns 15 in July, is committed to the Prince George 15-year-old Minor Midget Cariboo Cougars team. Regardless of where he plays hockey for the 2018-19 season, it won’t be in

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Hunter Brown, who played last season with the Fort St. John Bantam AA Flyers, was selected by the Red Deer Rebels with the 138th overall pick of the 2018 WHL draft.

Fort St. John.

Brown is also attending two camps with the Rebels this year, one on June 1 where all the Rebels prospects will attend, and one in August where the full team will be playing.

“I want to make a name for myself and be on the radar,

hopefully making the Red Deer Rebels in two years,” said Brown.

It will be a long summer for Brown, but he is ready to put the work in and build off the momentum that being selected in the WHL Bantam Draft brings.

DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsj.ca

Drivers, start your engines — motor sports enthusiasts of all kinds, be it motorcross, drag racing, stock cars, or yes, even lawn mowers, will kick off the 2018 season this month.

This year, all three tracks look to start on time, with the Peace Motocross Association kicking things off in Taylor on May 13.

Below are some dates and things to look out for in 2018.

Peace Motocross Association TALIA STEVENSON PHOTO

Cruz Gordon raced in Quesnel April 28 and 29, winning his first race and finishing second overall in the 50cc 4-6 division. Gordon qualified for the Canadian Amateur Grand National Championship Race in Walton, Ontario, later this year, and is looking to get another win in Taylor on May 13.

race during intermissions, on mini tracks if that town has one, or a modified main track. However, this year, the 50CC (4-6) Intermediate class will run at the same time on the modified track with the 50CC (7-9) class.

“We asked the parents of the intermediate racers, and they preferred if those kids could do a modified main track. Ninety per cent of the kids in that class do have that skill level,” Berlinger said.

In addition to the scheduled rain out days (Aug. 9, 10, and Sept. 1), there is a two weekend break at the beginning of June. This is because the MX Tour, as

When teams don’t get over the hump Dillon Giancola

2018 North Peace motor sports revving up

Motocross racers are chomping at the bit, according to PMA President Jason Berlinger, and are eager to start the season.

Backing that up is the fact that a group of riders from the Peace Region raced in Quesnel last weekend to get themselves in racing shape.

There will be 10 separate racing days this season spread out over eight weekends on the eight tracks.

The first is May 13 in Taylor.

Berlinger said the association has seen an uptick in total entries per race day over the last four years, going from 190 to 200 on average, to 240 to 250 entries a day.

Part of that increase is a stronger presence from new, younger riders. The 50CC (4-6) Beginner class will

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part of Motorsport Racing Canada, will be in Chilliwack on June 2 and Prince George June 9, and the PMA wants to provide individuals and families the chance to watch those and even race in the amateur events.

Taylor Speedway Taylor Speedway will feature a variety of events over six weekends this summer. The track will kick things off with the Season Opener Event from May 26 to 27. The mini sprint cars, mini stock cars, bomber cars and IMCA modified vehicles will all have scheduled races.

The next event, the second annual Hit to Pass, goes June 16 and 17 and will be the highlight of the Taylor Speedway season.

“That was our biggest money maker last year to help upgrade the track, and the most attended. The fans love it, and people who don’t n ormally go to the race track said they’d be back this year and we’re really excited about it,” said Taylor Speedway volunteer Sam Hunt.

The races begin at 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 12 p.m. on Sundays.

very team has that one opponent they just can’t beat, no matter how good they are or how many chances they get. For the Washington Capitals, it was the Pittsburgh Penguins. For the Toronto Raptors, it’s the Cleveland Cavaliers.

For any team in the NFL’s AFC East, it’s the New England Patriots.

The Capitals finally eliminated the Pittsburgh Penguins from the playoffs on May 7 for the first time in the Alexander Ovechkin era. Nobody thought this would ever happen. The Penguins had won nine out of 10 series all time against the Capitals.

I jumped on board for the Ovechkin bandwagon for the 20008-09 season, but over the last nine years I found myself wondering if they would ever win the Cup. However, when teams are labeled as chokers every year, I pull for them more and more. What must it feel like to try and fail for 12 straight years, never advancing to the third round?

The Toronto Raptors are in a similar boat. After losing to the Cavaliers and LeBron James in a six-game 2016 series that wasn’t as close as it seems, the Raptors were swept in embarrassing fashion in 2017. This season, the Raptors were first in the East and won a franchise high 59 games. Raptors fans across Canada boldly proclaimed that they weren’t scared of King James anymore.

And then James ripped the hearts out of Raptors fans everywhere in games one and three. The Raptors were done, and were eliminated in game four, losing 128-93.

Unlike the Capitals, these stories don’t always end happily-ever-after.

Often, the other team just wilts away, it’s shot at glory gone. It’s hard to imagine a better Raptors team in 2019, since the Raptors have little cap space and their entire core on contract. Change is needed, but it doesn’t appear possible.

Sometimes, fans stick with a team because they believe that they will use the loss as motivation and eventually emerge victorious. But what lesson do you take if you never win? Longtime Raptors coach Dwayne Casey, who just months ago was a candidate for Coach of the Year, is likely to be fired soon and will likely be asking himself that question.

Many people thought the Raptors were good enough to win this year.

Unfortunately, sometimes being good enough to win just isn’t good enough.

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Members of the Fort St. John Mixed Slow Pitch Society install fence capping on diamond C of the Surerus Ball Diamonds on May 5.

The Energetic Edge Cheer Association held its 2018 year-end Cheer Showcase on May 5, 2018, at Dr. Kearney Middle School. The stands were full as parents and friends came out to watch the kids perform their routines, and take part in contests on who could hold positions the longest.

Mixed slow pitch society pitches safer play and fields Dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

When the 44 registered teams take to the Surerus Ball Diamonds to begin pre-season games for the Fort St. John Mixed Slow Pitch Society, they will be fielding fly balls on updated diamonds, and playing a safer game.

The society has installed new fence capping on all eight diamonds to prevent fielders from getting caught up on them, or cutting themselves when they attempt to make a play on the ball. This builds on what the society accomplished last year by installing the new foul poles and batters boxes.

The City of Fort St. John has agreed to take whatever cost the league spends on improving the diamonds off of the fee for using the diamonds, making these changes possible. In addition, the fields are being raked each day, and outlined with chalk more often.

“We just want to improve the quality of the diamonds. They weren’t being maintained properly, and we want to have a nice facility that attracts more players and that’s worthy of hosting bigger tournaments,” said society president Jordan Munch.

Slow pitch is a relatively safe sport, and one that continues to get safer.

This year, all bats used in league games

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and tournaments must pass a test, conducted by members of the society’s executive. Every bat that passes will have a sticker saying it’s approved.

Anyone caught using a bat without a sticker will be forced to miss a game, as well as their team’s manager. If they are caught using an altered or shaved bat, and the society can prove it, they will be kicked out of both the Fort St. John society as well as all SPN events for an entire year.

“It’s all about safety. When people alter bats, fielders, especially pitchers, have less time to reach. If you shave a bat, the ball can travel 40 to 70 more feet, and if it’s not hit in the air, that’s

20 to 40 miles per hour more that the ball is travelling, potentially directly at someone,” Munch said.

Munch said quite a few bats have failed so far, but every team has brought bats in for testing. Other leagues in the area, including the one in Grande Prairie, have implemented bat testing for a couple of years.

The 44 teams taking part this year are down from the 49 registered last season. In the seasons prior, the society regularly had more than 50 teams. Nevertheless, there are more than 500 people playing this year and interest in playing slow pitch remains high in Fort St. John.

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

This Week in Pro Golf

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FedEx Cup leader Justin Thomas and Masters champion Patrick Reed headline an always power-packed field ready to converge on TPC Sawgrass THE PLAYERS Championship is generally referred to as the 5th major championship on the PGA Tour. The event began in 1974 as the Tournament Players Championship with Jack Nicklaus winning the first event. Nicklaus would go on to win the tournament two more times (1976, 1978) and is the only player to have won the tournament on three separate occassions. Last year, Si Woo Kim (pictured below) became the youngest winner, finishing with a bogey-free final round.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to be paired at THE PLAYERS Championship For the first time since 2001, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will be grouped together at THE PLAYERS Championship this week. They will also be joined by Rickie Fowler at the PGA Tour’s signature event. In 2001, Woods famously made his long “better than most’’ putt at the par3 17th during the third round with Mickelson as witness. Woods went on to win the tournament just a few weeks before completing the “Tiger Slam’’ with a victory at the Masters. Woods said he was looking forward to the opportunity to play with Mickelson. “We don’t get to do it very often,” Woods said. “We are normally paired up on the weekend if we are both playing well, and even that’s a rarity.” The last time they played together in a tournament was during the first two rounds of the 2014 PGA Championship.

Jason Day birdied two of his final three holes Sunday for a 2-under 69 and a two-shot victory over Aaron Wise and Nick Watney in the Wells Fargo Championship, his second victory this year. Even with a two-shot lead going into the final round, it was a struggle for Day. He missed four straight fairways on the back nine, two of them with an iron, one of them hooking into the water on No. 14 that led to bogey. “I felt like I went 10 rounds out there just fighting against myself,” Day said.

Lessons from the Golf Pro

FedEx Cup Standings

Course Stats Yards: 7,189 Par: 72 Course record: 63 Tournament record: 264 Defending champion: Si Woo Kim

One of the most common problems that the amateur golfer has on the green TV Coverage is not having the proper setup before Day Time Network hitting the ball. Most golfers set their Thursday 1:00pm-7:00pm GOLF weight toward the forward foot when Friday 1:00pm-7:00pm GOLF putting. From this position, you have to Saturday 2:00pm-7:00pm NBC Sunday 2:00pm-7:00pm NBC take the putter back with a slightly upward motion and not allow the putter to swing back low to the ground. Here are a few tips to try and alleviate this Pro Golf Trivia problem. Center your weight so you feel balanced over the ball and not bearing too much weight Which golfer has not missed a putt over either foot. You also want your head to feel from 3-5 feet this year? positioned more to the back side of the ball than the front side. This slight adjustment will result in a) Jason Day c) Austin Cook your arms being more free. Consequently, you will b) Henrick Stenson d) John Huh swing the putter back lower, keeping the putter Answer: a) Jason Day has made 46 of 46 attempted on the ground longer. Therefore, you will make a putts from 3-5 feet this year. purer swing than before.

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Last Week in Pro Golf Jason Day won at Quail Hollow

Tournament Results Player Score Earnings 1. Jason Day -12 $1,386,000 T2. Aaron Wise -10 $677,600 T2. Nick Watney -10 $677,600

Through May 6, 2018

1) Justin Thomas 1,807 pts. / 5 top tens

2) Jason Day

1,418 pts. / 3 top tens

3) Phil Mickelson 1,348 pts. / 6 top tens

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Player Points 4) Patton Kizzire 1,329 5) Patrick Reed 1,301 6) Bubba Watson 1,286 7) Dustin Johnson 1,176 8) Jon Rahm 1,139 9) Tony Finau 1,112 10) Paul Casey 1,047

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Participants in the Peace Region track meet at the Pomeroy Sport Centre on May 5 gather together after the final event.

Track teams shake off rust ahead of zones Dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

The track teams from Dr. Kearney Middle School, Bert Bowes Middle School, DCSS, and NPSS ran a mini-meet at the Pomeroy Sport Centre Saturday, May 5. With the outdoor tracks not quite ready for racing, Saturday’s meet was the first time many of the athletes could race and clock times for the year.

“This was needed. Our kids haven’t been able to race yet, and there’s a meet in Grande Prairie coming up and zones after that. This was a chance to get the kids out and racing against each other,” said Eric Wolf, coach of the DCSS team,

who helped organize the event.

Jenn Harrison, coach of the Bert Bowes team, agreed with the importance of the firsttime local meet.

“That was the idea behind the local meet. It allowed the kids to have a chance to run close to home, in part because the kids are travelling with other sports,” she said.

Harrison said the schools want to make the sport accessible for more kids and want to build up the numbers for the program.

“There’s a lot of work done at the elementary level, and we want them to have a place to continue with track and field as they get older,” Harrison said.

DCSS is the only school attending the meet in Grande Prairie. However, all schools that ran at the local meet will be in Quesnel for the North Central Zones May 15 and 16.

The top two athletes in each event at zones, from each of the three age groups, will advance to provincials.

Only running events were held. The 3000m, 80m hurdles, 80m sprint, 200m, 400m, and 1500m were all held, and there was a practice for the 4x100m relay.

“All the schools came together, including parents and volunteers from each team. Without their help, we wouldn’t have been able to run the meet,” Harrison said.

Tye Woodruff won the 2-17-18 Premiership Reserve Best Back award for the Nanaimo Hornets mens rugby team. Woodruff, who previously played for the NPSS Roughnecks, attends Vancouver Island University and plays for the varsity rugby team as well.

Track meet results

Girls 800m Sr. 1. Kenzie Chilcott, NPSS

3000m 1. Jase Wieler, NPSS 2. Kolton Punter, NPSS

Boys 800m 1. Kane Schreiner, Bert Bowes 2. Jace Wieler, NPSS

80m Hurdles 1. Marvin Ukatu, NPSS 2. Kolton Punter, NPSS

Girls 200m 1. Eleanor Copes, Bert Bowes 2. Megan Stobbe, Dr. Kearney

Girls 80m 1. Sarah Shoemaker, DCSS 2. Eleanor Copes, Bert Bowes Boys 80m 1. Chad Singh, NPSS 2. Jace Wieler, NPSS

Boys 200m 1. Chad Singh, NPSS 2. Jace Wieler, NPSS Girls 1500m 1. Megan Stobbe, Dr. Kearney Boys 1500m 1. Carter Collins, Dr. Kearney

Girls 800m Jr. 1. Jenna Mesnaros, DCSS 2. Jordan McPherson, NPSS

PRO RACING THIS WEEK Racing News, Stats & Trivia Kevin Harvick Born: Dec. 8, 1975 Crew Chief: Rodney Childers Car: Ford

Year 2018 2017

Wins 4 2

Top 10s 9 23

Avg. Finish 8.5 11.1

This Week’s Cup Series Race: KC Masterpiece 400 Race Details

Race Preview

Location: Kansas City, Kan. Date: Saturday, May 12, 8:00 p.m.

Last Year’s Pole: Ryan Blaney - 189.600 mph Last Year’s Winner: Martin Truex, Jr.

Kansas Speedway

Shape: D-shaped Oval Distance: 1.5 miles Turns / Front / Back: 15º / 10.4º / 5º

In 2001, NASCAR and Indy Racing League announced that they would bring events to the Kansas Speedway for its inaugural racing season. Brad Keselowski won the inaugural race ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. after saving fuel. Kansas Speedway is a 1 1/2-mile track, state-of-the-art facility, which was a response to the growing interest for motorsports in the Midwest. Lights were installed from mid-2010 to early 2011. The lights came with the addition of a second NASCAR weekend beginning with the 2011 season. In 2014, the race swapped dates with the Southern 500, and was held in May under the lights for the first time.

2018 Standings Cup Series Top Ten Drivers 1) Kyle Busch 2) Joey Logano 3) Kevin Harvick 4) Clint Bowyer 5) Brad Keselowski 6) Kurt Busch 7) Ryan Blaney 8) Denny Hamlin 9) Martin Truex, Jr. 10) Kyle Larson

Points 466 444 426 380 365 358 346 344 340 307

Xfinity Series Top Ten Top 10s 8 9 9 7 6 5 6 6 6 6

Drivers 1) Elliott Sadler 2) Justin Allgaier 3) Tyler Reddick 4) Christopher Bell 5) Daniel Hemric 6) Cole Custer 7) Brandon Jones 8) Ryan Truex 9) Spencer Gallagher 10) Matt Tifft

Points 401 368 363 349 343 323 304 285 277 270

Top 10s 10 7 7 6 6 7 6 4 5 5

Kyle Busch posts DNF at Dover The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points leader posted a DNF Sunday as his car spurted oil and driveshaft pieces with 124 laps to go. It was the first time Busch failed to finish a race this season. Busch, who had complained of a vibration for most of the race, was running third when the part finally broke and dumped oil across the track.

“It was a Top 3 car,” Busch said after he had to pull out of the race. “I felt like, barring some different clean air circumstances and different restart lines and stuff I felt like I could get up there and race with the No. 4 or the No. 2, but as bad as that vibration kept getting throughout the race there it was just too hard to handle.”

90-year-old competes in NASCAR event Hershel McGriff, who turned 90 in December, became the oldest racer to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned event, racing in the K&N Pro Series West event at Tucson Speedway on Saturday. He broke the mark he last set in 2012, when he was 84. McGriff finished last in the race, which was won by 17-yearold Kody Vanderwal. McGriff is no stranger to racing. He won four races in 1954 in what is now the NASCAR Cup Series and has 37 career victories. His last win in the series came in 1989.

Racing Trivia Who is the oldest driver to win a Cup Series race?

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Kevin Harvick dominated the AAA 400 and drove to his Cup Series-high fourth victory of the season Sunday at Dover International Speedway. Eight laps after the race restarted from a rain delay of more than 40 minutes, Harvick passed Clint Bowyer for the lead and pulled away to win by a whopping 7.450 seconds. “I feel like we’re playoff-racing on a weekly basis,” Harvick said.

He reeled off three straight wins at Atlanta, Las Vegas and Phoenix earlier this season and now has the 60-pound “Miles the Monster” trophy to add to his collection.

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Answer : a) Harry Gant won the 1992 Michigan Cup Series race at the age of 52 years, 7 months and 6 days.

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The Blizzard Bike Club held a 24km time trial on Montney Road on May 6, 2018. Irvin Tang was the fastest of the nine riders with a time of 40:40, Josh Telizyn came second and was the top youth rider with a time of 41:20. All nine riders finished in under an hour. On May 7, the Blizzard Bike Club’s Duathlon series began. The four-race series will conclude on Monday, June 4. Each duathlon consists of a 2km run, followed by a 10km bike ride and ending with another 2km run.

Northern Classic extends its reach Dillon giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

When bodybuilders and fitness athletes arrive at the Fort St. John Cultural Centre for the 17th Annual Northern Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Show on May 19, they will find a whole new selection of competitors looking to win each class.

The Northern Classic, put on by The Gym and its owner Jeni Briscoe, is now a part of the Canadian Physique Alliance (CPA), an organization that oversees more than 40 shows across Canada.

“In the past, only athletes from B.C. have been able to participate, but now we expect a lot of people from Alberta to come this year,” said Briscoe.

Briscoe expects the quality of athletes to improve this year as a result of more people attending from other areas. She hopes this will lead to an even bigger show in 2019, once word is out that people from all over Canada

can come to compete.

Athletes who compete at the Northern Classic will be able to attend three national level pro qualifiers, compared to the two of years past. The first show is the 2018 GNC/ ALLMAX IFBB Toronto Pro Qualifier June 1 and 2. Anybody that attends the Northern Classic is eligible.

Briscoe said bodybuilding and fitness is growing locally each year as a result of the show, and more people take up the sport each year. Three of the more mainstream categories — men’s physique, men’s classic physique, and women’s bikini – are the most popular divisions.

“I’m proud that it’s lasted this long.

I wasn’t sure if there would even be a second year. It grows every time and we want to continue to get the word out about this opportunity,” said Briscoe.

More than 100 people are expected to participate.

Registration is open until May 11 at thegymnorthernclassic.com.

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Taylor Speedway Calendar: May 26 to 27 – Season Opener June 16 to 17 – Hit to Pass July 14 to 15 – Lazers Edge Mini Challenge August 4 to 6 – IMCA Kaps Transport Special Northern Lights Raceway Northern Lights Raceway is hosting six weekend-long events in 2018, beginning with the season opener from May 26 to 27.

“The new season is fast approaching. We still have some snow on the track but we’ll be ready

by May 26. With how long winter went, it almost didn’t feel like drag race season would come, but the buzz is going now,” said Northern Lights Raceway President Robin DeRose.

A new event slated for this year is the Big Bux Race, a two-day event

from August 18 to 19 for large cash prizes. DeRose said the track tried it 10 years ago, and wants to try again and make it a regular occurrence.

The all-bike drag racing CMDRA event goes Aug. 11 to 12.

Calendar: May 26 to 27 – Season Opener June 16 to 17 – Father’s Day Hotte Memorial August 18 to 19 – Big Bucks Race Mower Mayhem The fifth annual Mower Mayhem race weekend goes May 18 to 20 down Johnson Road off the South Taylor Hill. There will be a pig roast and show and shine on Friday, followed by oval and cross country races, drag races and tractor pulls on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

WONOWONMonthly 4-HReport BEEF CLUB Hi everyone!

4-H Club, it is greatly appreciated!

The first thing I would like to talk about is the communications. I would like to congratulate all the winners and all the 4-H members that participated in District and Regional communications. Everyone did very well and work very hard on their presentations.

I really enjoyed listening and seeing all of them. A special congratulates to Grace Trask of the Wonowon Club for first place at District and at Regional with her Jr. speech. I would like to thank each and everyone for supporting the Wonowon 4-H Club with our fun raising raffle. We did the draw on April 26, 2018.

I would like to thank Peter Weitzel for doing my last report on his trip to PCW. There is another 4-H travel opportunity coming up. Food For Thought is a group of 4-H members touring farms and ranchers in the Fraser Valley. The members from this area that are going will be announced soon.

Congratulations to the winners:

Sheep weigh-in was held at North Peace Vet clinic on April 4, 2018. It was District weigh-in so there was a lot of lambs,making a lot of noise! Thanks to North Peace Vet clinic for donating the sheep dewormer & Vaccinations. This year the sheep part of the Wonowon Club has :

1st - Shannon McKinnon

4 market lambs

2nd - Judy Thiessen

3 ewe lambs

3rd - Colleen Gillie.

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District sheep weigh-in at the North Peace Vet Clinic.

4-H member Peter Weiztel selling raffle tickets at Walmart.

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Thanks again to everyone for supporting the Wonowon

The North Peace Vet clinic also donated Vaccinations for the beef weigh-in. Thank again for that! This year the beef part of the Wonowon Club has :

4-H member Kristina Maldonado drawing one of the winners at the McCords.

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The 2018 golf season kicked off last week to the delight of many in the Peace Region. Percy Peterlin’s team won the 140-person Lone Wolf Icebreaker Tournament on May 5 with a score of -10. On May 6, the Enbridge Family Fun Day took over the course as kids of all ages got to try their hand at golf. Left: Paige Braun helped her dad Jason Braun with a chip during Family Fun Day. Right: Alaska Highway News sports reporter Dillon Giancola lines up a drive during a round against the editorial staff on May 6.

Szoo, Dutka top ladies at archery tournament The New Totem Archery Club held the New Totem Indoor 3D Tournament at the Taylor Hockey Arena May 5 and 6.

Valinda Szoo won the Ladies Compound Fixed Pin division with a score of 684, while Taylor Dutka won the Ladies Compound Unlimited division with a score of 861.

Tournament results Ladies Compound Fixed Pin 1. Valinda Szoo 2. Alana Hiebert Ladies Compound Unlimited 1. Taylor Dutka 2. Eva Goertzen Ladies Traditional 1. Carly Friesen

On the mens side, Tim Giesbrecht was the top archer in the Mens Compound Fixed Pin class with 886 points, while Andy Fochuk won the mens compound unlimited with 970 points.

The club is now turning its attention to outdoor shooting with the NTA Outdoor 3D tournament on June 9 and 10.

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Acquired Brain Injury Support Group: ABI Support group meets every 2nd & 4th Thursday of month at 6:00pm at the Northern Brain Injury Association office: #11-1405 102 Ave Dawson Creek. Please call 250-719-4673 for more information. http://nbia.ca/

Dawson Creek Seniors Hall Activities 1011 McKellar Ave. Floor curling, carpet bowling, pool, line dancing, bridge, crib, darts, bingo, Wellness Exercise, craft classes.

Schedules are available at the hall. Come and see our hall and try out our activities.

Farmington Farmerettes Annual Spring Strawberry Tea & Craft Sale: Saturday, May 12 from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm At Parkland School in Farmington Cost: $4 per person; join us for tea, coffee & strawberry shortcake and browse the handquilted items and craft tables.

Homebake Sale May 12 at the Dawson Creek Mall from 10 am-2 pmsponsored by: Daughters of the Nile (supporters of the honour system bookcase) Proceeds go towards assisting Shriners Hospitals heal children with burns and physical ailments. On hand will be members of The Shriner Tin Lizzy Club. Bring your children and have their picture taken with a Shriner and Tin Lizzy cars.

Mile “O” Quilter’s Guild meets every Tuesday & Thursday in Dawson Creek at KPAC in Studio #10 at 7pm SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca

Announcements

Announcements

for the late

FRANCETTE �FRAN� REID OF CHARLIE LAKE

Obituaries

will be held Saturday, May 12 at 2:30 pm from the Upper Pine Gospel Church.

In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of Fran to the Rock of Ages Bible Camp, Box 137, Charlie Lake, BC V0C 1H0.

Condolences may be forwarded through

BELL, Everett (Slim) J. May 12, 1943 − April 3, 2018 It is with great sadness that the family of EJ (Slim) Bell announces his unexpected passing on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at the age of 74 years.

Slim will be greatly missed by his children, Dean, Shayne, Sean (Andrea), Stacey, Sharla (Ryan) and Andrea (Trevor).

He will be fondly remembered by his thirteen grandchildren, Kylee, Brayden, Kieren, Maegan, Daniel, Keenan, Reese, Ethan, Marcus, Carisa, Graham, Tayver, and Avery, by his siblings, Roger, Karen, Dawn and Mike and birth mother, Marie.

A Celebration of Life BBQ will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2018 beginning at 2pm at Slim’s house. Everyone welcome. Please join us and share a story about Slim. For directions, please contact Sharla @ 250− 261−1861 or Andrea @ 250−261−1654.

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Announcements

Bear Mountain Nordic Ski Association AGM and Social Get Together To be held on June 12, 2018 at the Ski Head Trail Octagon Shelter at 7pm. Members & non− members invited. Bring a lawn chair. www.nordicski.ca

Coming EvEnts 2018 DAWSON CITY International Gold Show. The northernmost placer mining and consumer trade show.

May 18th & 19th. Visit goldshow.dawsoncitychamberofcommerce.ca for information. Or call 867-9935274.

Coming EvEnts PC Roots Group Building Open: Every Saturday Sept-June 10:00am-12:00pm to members wanting to use the genealogy library. A member will be available by appointment to anyone requiring help on how to get started on your family history. Everyone is welcome. We are located in the small building in NAR Park.

For appointment call: Lynn- 250-7824058. Neil- 250-7827651. Website http://peacecountryroots.ca PC Roots Group Meeting: 4th Sunday/month - from Sept-June 1:30pm in the Archives Room at The Calvin Kruk Center. Getting started on family tree research, need Help?

Come learn & share experiences with other amateur genealogists.

New members welcome. For more info call: Lynn- 250-7824058. Neil- 250-7827651. Website http://peacecountryroots.ca SATURDAY May 19, 2018 - COUNTRY MUSIC DANCE-Music by “Let R’ Rip” at the Senior Citizens Hall, 1101 McKellar Ave, Dawson Creek. Dance from 8:30- 12:30 Admission includes lunch.

For more information phone Linda at 250843-7418 or Joanne 250-782-0158 Announcements

Coming EvEnts Save the Dates July 13, 5:00 pm to July 15, 2018 at 3:30 pm for the 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 Summer Cruise Car Show weekend. All registrants will receive access to all weekend events as well as a chance to win prizes.

Check in this paper for more details closer to the show!

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

SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm Thursday at 9:30 amNew Beginnings Baptist Church in DC, 10221-18th St.-TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). Phone: Gail at 250-782-7208 for more info.

Tuesday May 15, 2018- 1:30pm Creating a Family Legacy: Preserving Photos, Family History, Family Trees at the Seniors Access Office in the Co-Op Mall. This workshop is presented by: Lynn Washington and Anne Haycock of the Peace Country Roots Group.

General employment Burger King Fort St John is hiring Crew (Starting $12), Supervisors (Starting at $15), Assistant Manager (Starting at $17) and Managers (Starting $18.75).

Previous experience an asset, but not necessary as Crew will be trained.

Business management, training, schooling is an asset for Supervisors, assistant managers and Managers. Please send resumes to bkfsjco@gmail.com Announcements

Notice Of

Faculty of Education Professional Programs Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education (AHCOTE) Program

Annual Meeting

Delivered under the direction of Simon Fraser University, the Alaska Highway Consortium on Teacher Education (AHCOTE) program has been operating at Northern Lights College for over twenty-seven years.

The AHCOTE program invites applications from experienced teachers interested in an appointment as a Coordinator and/or Faculty Associate for the next student cohort, beginning September 2018.

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The Coordinator will hold a full-time (1.0) appointment split between a half-time (0.5) Coordinator and a half-time (0.5) Faculty Associate throughout the duration of the program, from September 2018 until December 2019, with a two-week orientation period in August 2018. The Coordinator plays an advisory role for the Faculty Associate, providing support and consultation on a variety of program matters, including student performance. In consultation with the Faculty Associate, the Coordinator is also responsible for arranging student practicum placements within the school districts and for liaison that will enhance the students’ exposure to professional expertise within the school districts. Coordinators visit area schools regularly, developing supportive relationships with teachers and School Associates.

The Faculty Associate will hold a full-time (1.0) appointment throughout the duration of the program, from September 2018 until December 2019, with a twoweek orientation period in August 2018. The Faculty Associate works collaboratively with the Coordinator and is primarily responsible for student instruction and supervision.

Candidates should note that the selection process for all AHCOTE positions is highly competitive. The Faculty of Education welcomes applicants from a variety of backgrounds that reflect the diversity of Canadian society. Selection of candidates is based on the following criteria:

Pomeroy Hotel and Conference Centre

11308 Alaska Rd., Fort St. John, B.C. (Beside Chances Casino)

Supper at 6:00pm

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In MeMorIaM

Join us for a memorial service for

ALFRED ALAN PYLE May 12, 2018 at 1:00pm CHarlie Lake Church, Charlie Lake, BC in lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Cancer Society

General employment

Medical/ dental Help

CARETAKER WANTED Portage Mountain Yacht Club: Established in 1969, it is a private member club, made up of boaters and campers alike. It is located on the beautiful Williston Lake, near Hudson’s Hope, B.C. Position is for 6 months (may to Oct) with a monthly salary based on experience, Accommodations are included. Duties include but not limited to the following.

-grounds keeper (mow grass, removal of drift wood, yard clean up) -building, equipment and water system maintenance (clean up and fixing, painting) -fueling boats -daily security rounds -assist the Staff Captain with the Annual Fishing Derby, as needed. For more information call: Ken Karpiak @250-793-3723. Send resume to: pmvc1969@hotmail.com or mail to: PMYC, Box 6431, Fort St John, BC V1J 4H8 For hire: Caregiver to look after my children: 7 ear old girl & 1 year old boy. $12 per hour.

40 hours per week.

Permanent Full-time.

Work in employer’s home/94 Ave, Fort St John, BC. Completion of Secondary School, some college/ CEPEG/Vocational or technical training in child care or related field. 1 to 2 years experience supervision of children. Assist children on personal hygiene. Plan, prepare meals for children, participate in games, reading and may perform light housekeeping.

Accomodation could be made available on a live-in basis at no cost.

But not a condition of employment. Apply be email: herbert_barateta@yah oo.com

Dental Receptionist Peace Country Dental Clinic F/T Dental Recep− tionist, Mon−Fri. Enthusiastic and committed with good verbal com− munication skills.

Formal dental re− ception training preferred, but train− ing available for right applicant. EX− AN PowerPractice knowledge an asset.

Computer skills a must. Please send resume to: reception spitz@gmail.com www.peacecountry dentalclinic.com

Peace Country Dental Clinic Dental Assistant F/T Dental Assistant Mon−Fri. General dentist looking for a full−time certified dental assistant who is a team player and is detail oriented.

Must possess ex− ceptional communi− cation skills and in depth knowledge of all dental proce− dures and good four handed dentistry skills. We are look− ing for someone to become a long term committed member of our dental team.

New grads welcome to apply. Please send resume to: receptionspitz @gmail.com www.peacecountry dentalclinic.com

GaraGe SaleS 8815-99th Ave. Friday 4pm-7pm and Saturday 7am-3pm

Livestock Attention Ranchers!

3 kids want to buy and raise your orphan calves. Let us make your life easier! We can pick them up.

Call or text 250-4018647 FOR SALE: 2-Yr-Old Blue Colour Speckled Park Bull, Papers, Proven Breeder, 80lb BW. 250219-1394

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

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Meeting at 7:00pm

Review of 2017 financial statement, Sales increase of 41.5% to $86.0million and a net savings of $5.2million or 6.5% Election of 1 director for 3-year term 2 special resolutions:

(1) Nomination of directors from the floor: That the Old by-law of: 80 - a member may nominate a candidate for director either before or at an annual general meeting at which a director is to be elected.

80 - a member wanting to become a director must ensure that his/ger nomination is submitted to the Co-operatives Administration office a minimum of 14 days prior to the Annual General Meeting at which a director is to be elected

Applications are available online at: https://sfu-professional-programs-applications.fluidreview.com.

Completed applications and supporting documents are due through our online system by no later than May 24th, 2018. If you have any questions regarding this posting, please contact: Program Manager, Karen Hansen at 778.782.4358 or karen_hansen@sfu.ca.

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Be replace with Proposed by-law:

• demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team • willingness to examine and refine one's practice • curriculum and instructional needs of the program • normally five years of demonstrated excellence in public school teaching • sensitivity to equity issues • work experience with adult learners (recommended) • previous School Associate experience (recommended) • experience with computer technology (recommended)

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(2) Director remuneration: A director would be paid 50% of current FCL rate, secretary of the Board 65% of FCL current rate, and president of the Board 80% of the current FCL per diem rate of 2018 and would be indexed yearly.

Limited complimentary tickets available for Supper Must be picked up prior to: May 19, 2018 Sorry no Children Please

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Interested in letting your name stand for the Board of Directors of Fort St. John Co-operative Association? Directors participate joinly with a total of 7 Directors in planning and controlling the affairs of the co-operative, guided by the associations By-laws and Policies, so that it effectively moves toward achieving the objective of the Co-operative. Please pick up nomination form at the Adminstration Office. The form should be dropped off at the office prior to May 17, 2018

Yellowhead Road & Bridge (North Peace) Ltd. is currently accepting applications for:

TEMPORARY RECEPTIONIST/PAYROLL CLERK

Posting Closing Date:

JUNE 1, 2018

Duties / skills will include but not limited to: 1. Skilled in Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook 2. Answering phones and dealing with the public’s inquiries / concerns 3. Perform receptionist duties including typing letters and correspondence Support payroll environment with: 1. New hire packages 2. Shift Schedules 3. Employee communication 4. Collective Agreement language 5. Seniority Lists 6. Check employee timecards and submit for processing Please submit resumes to: chris@yrb.ca”

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Notice - Public Review of Forest Stewardship Plan Chetwynd Mechanical Pulp Inc., Chetwynd Forest Industries, Louisiana Pacific, Canfor, Tumbler Ridge Community Forest, Little Prairie Community Forest and BC Timber Sales (the Proponents) havewritten a replacement Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP) which will guide our forest management activities in the Peace Resource District. The FSP specifies strategies to be implemented by the Proponents for the management of forest values impacted by our timber harvesting, road building and reforestation activities.

The FSP is available for public review and comment from May 7, 2018 until July 5, 2018. Copies of the FSP are available for review between 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday, until July 5th, 2018 at the following locations:

ApArtments/ Condos for

Li-Car Management Group

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

Phone: 250-785-2662

BC Timber Sales: 9000 - 17th Street, Dawson Creek, BC - attention Stephanie Smith RPF tele phone - (250) 784-1228, email Stephanie.Smith@gov.bc.ca Louisiana Pacific: 116 - 116th Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC- attention Clinton Gould RFT telephone - (250) 782-3302 ext. 247, email Clinton.Gould@LPCorp.com

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Canfor: 4700 – 50th Street, Chetwynd, BC - attention Jolene Fellhauer FIT telephone (250) 788-4361, emailJolene.Fellhauer@canfor.com

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN In the matter of the warehouseman’s lien act, Peace Moving and Storage LTD, 10912 89th Avenue, Fort St John, BC claim a warehouse− man’s lien act against the following persons: Mr. John Pager. Last known address 114B− 12320 102 Street, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0N4. Household Goods date of start lease April 17/16 to date of lien April 17, 2018. If out− standing charges of $2485.98 are not paid in full by May 31, 2018, all goods will be dis− posed of at a time and place designated by us.

West Fraser: 3598 West Fraser Road, Chetwynd, BC - attention Ken Wolfe RPF telephone (250)788-4429 - Ken.Wolfe@westfraser.com The Proponents invite interested parties to provide comment for consideration as we finalize the replacement FSP. Revisions may be made to the FSP as a result of comments received during the review period. Written submissions received prior to 4 pm July 5th 2018 are welcome, and should be sent to: Mark Fonda RFT - Planning Superintendent, Louisiana Pacific Corporation 116 – 116th Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3C8 Email Mark.Fonda@lpcorp.com

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Wayne Sawchuk from Rolla, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (MFLNRORD), Northeast Region, for an Commercial Recreation Tenure situated on Provincial Crown land located in the vicinity of Muskwa-Kechika Management Area, Peace River District.

The Lands File for this application is 8015987. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to Kimberly Cimini, Authorization Officer, Northeast Region, MFLNRO, at 100-10003-110th Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 6M7, (250)787-3435. Comments will be received by MFLNRORD up to June 15, 2018.

MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information and a map of the application area or send comments directly to: AuthorizingAgency.

FortStJohn@gov.bc.ca A Government decision for this application is expected on or after June 15, 2018.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record.

Access to these records requires the submission of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Visit http://www.gov.bc.ca/freedomofinformation to learn more about FOI submissions.

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OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AND ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAWS NO. 2314 & 2315 (Reid), 2018

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For More Informa�on: Contact: Development Services Tel: 250-784-3200 Toll Free: 1-800-670-7773 Email: prrd.dc@prrd.bc.ca

prrd.bc.ca

Subject Property

The Peace River Regional District is hos�ng a mee�ng to discuss the proposed Official Community Plan and Zoning Amendment.

Proposal: To redesignate an 8.5 ha por�on of the property from “Agricultural – Rural” (Ag-Rural) to “Civic, Assembly, and Ins�tu�onal” (Civic) within the Rural OCP (Bylaw No. 1940, 2011) and from “A-2” (Large Agricultural Holdings Zone) to “P” (Public Use Zone) within PRRD Zoning Bylaw No. 1000, 1996.

The purpose of the proposal is to develop a wilderness Bible camp.

This no�ce is in general form only. Relevant background documents may be inspected from Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, between the hours of 8:30am – 4:30pm at the PRRD Dawson Creek office (1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC) or 8:30am – Noon and 1:00pm – 4:30pm at the PRRD Fort St. John office (9505-100th Street, Fort St. John, BC). Wri�en comments or concerns accepted.

Chris Cvik, Chief Administra�ve Officer

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

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Basement suites Basement Suite or Furnished Rooms for Rent in D.C. Includes utilities/wi-fi/TV/laundry/private-entrance/parking. No Pets/Drugs. Phone: 250-782-0001

Duplexes for rent 2 Bedroom non smoking Rancher Suite located downtown Fort St John.

Includes utilities, laundry/dishwasher/furniture as needed. Small domestic pet ok. $1250 p/mo Ph 250-789-9127

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Diane Sandberg, Doug Sather, Rob Sandberg, and Lorna Sather were among the soldout crowd that showed up to support the Fort St. John Firefighters Charity Ball on May 5, 2018.

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Tana Millner of the Child Development Centre was on smiles on McHappy Day on May 2, 2018. Her organization received $4,300.

Above: Andrena’s Thistle, oil on canvas, by Caily Oldershaw.

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Fire along the Peace River in the Site C construction zone on May 2, 2018.

Left: Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman and Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser talk about the Northeast BC Resource Municipalities Coalition at a resource rally on May 4, 2018.

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Springtime cracks to life at Greening Up exhibit matt preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

As the blues and greens and reds and purples bloom from the fields and throughout the skies in the Peace, so too do they bloom on the walls of Peace Gallery North.

The gallery’s latest exhibition Greening Up opened last Friday, a show fit for the start to spring.

The mixed-media juried show includes 43 works by 15 artists from the Peace River Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists.

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Spring’s Arrival, canvas, by Volker Kroecher.

The Rotary Clubs of Dawson Creek support the Regional Science Fair by helping with travel costs to send one of the Winners to the National Science Fair!

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The exhibit is rich in saturated spring hues to chase away the last of those winter blues.

“After the long winter, it’s refreshing. It gives me hope I can survive,” gallery manager Natalie Brekkaas said with a laugh.

Artists from Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, and Grande Prairie feature in the exhibit, whose attention to detail through watercolour, oil, acrylic, linocuts, and encaustic hot wax is incredible, Brekkaas said.

“We have some masterclass artists in this show,” she said.

Greening Up is on display until May 26.

Judy & Jack McPherson Dawson Creek, BC

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