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It’s been more than three years since Premier Christy Clark announced a plan to make British Columbia a liquefied natural gas powerhouse. On Friday, Nov. 4, B.C. finally got its first LNG plant under that plan. Woodfibre LNG, a facility proposed near Squamish, announced it would move forward with its $1.6 billion investment on Nov. 4. “This project is a go,� said Byng Giraud, Woodfibre LNG’s vice president of corporate affairs. Clark and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman attended the announcement at the former pulp mill site. “We’re delighted to say today that LNG in British Columbia is finally becoming a
Byng Giraud, Woodfibre LNG’s vice president of corporate affairs, said the B.C. government’s decision to “offer a competitive electricity drive rate� for proponents using more expensive electricity-powered liquefaction technologies tipped the balance in favour of building the project.
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reality,� Clark said. “(The) decision is an important one for this community, the workers on this site, and the people of this province.� Woodfibre, which would source much of its gas from the South Peace area, would create 650 jobs during construction and 100 operations jobs. Woodfibre is one of the smallest LNG plants proposed for the B.C. coast, and would be a fraction of the size of Pacific NorthWest LNG—the controversial facility proposed for Lelu Island near Prince Rupert. Woodfibre is licenced to export just 2.1 million tonnes of gas per year, compared to the 19.68 million tonnes Pacific NorthWest could produce.
Whenever Kevin Kurjata wants to get a feel for the state of the local economy, he stops by a late night convenience store and chats with the staff. “The guys that work the midnight shift, they’ll usually give you hard numbers� including sales and customer counts, said Kurjata, a Dawson Creek realtor. “Who’s buying coffee at four in the morning? I need to know.�
Like many in Northeast B.C., those clerks are seeing signs of recovery after the worst oil and gas downturn in a generation. Full hotel parking lots, declining vacancy rates and busier highways are leading many to believe the region has finally turned the corner. But while the local economy appears to be improving, the official statistics have yet to catch up. According to Statistics Canada’s Nov. 4 jobs report, Northeast B.C.’s unemploy-
ment rate continues to hover near ten per cent. As far as the CMHC knows, Fort St. John and Dawson Creek continue to have the highest vacancy rates in the province. But Kathleen Connolly, director of the Dawson Creek and District Chamber of Commerce, sees reason for optimism. After months of empty highways, Connolly is happy to see traffic jams on her drive to work.
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Put a chicken in your tank BIRD BULLETIN: Our weekly news chewing begins with an amazing item about birds. Scientists identified a bird that can stay airborne for ten months straight. Maybe it’s the same bird that flies in circles over Fort St John, waiting for you to wash your car. GEESE GAG: And speaking of birds, is it my imagination or are there fewer geese flying south this fall? It’s impressive when they form a “V” in the sky. You could make big money by training a bunch of geese to form the words: “Drink Coca Cola.”
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jet fuel made from chicken fat. Very interesting. How about cars powered by chicken fat? It’s a great idea. Apart from when the vehicle in front of you in traffic backfires and splatters your car with giblets.
doctors come up with a cure for what killed you. A company will freeze your head for $12,000, and then connect it to a healthy body later, when medical science has advanced. I wonder how much they would charge to freeze the fingers I use to type this column. That’s all I need. Just the fingers. At some point in the future they could attach the fingers to an actual real journalist.
LOCK LAUGH: Tired of having your bike stolen? A guy in the States has come PREVAILING PRICES out with new type of bicycle lock. If WHAT’S THAT SOUND? Native people someone tries to mess with your bike, the EYE GUY: The weirdest crime story of in Canada’s arctic reported a mysterious lock makes the thief vomit. Wow, what Dawson Creek 106.9 last week came from Florida. A man was “pinging” sound. When the Canadian does it do, play a Justin Bieber tune? Well, arrested after he threw his glass eye at military investigated, the “pinging” sound no. The new device is called the “Skunk Fort St. John 113.9 hospital workers. My Grandpa had a glass suddenly stopped. Nothing to be alarmed Lock.” It sprays a chemical that makes the eye. He also had a toupee and a hearing about. What happened was a UFO landed thief puke. This is great if you want to get Alberta-B.C. border aid. Every morning it took a while for and was eaten by polar bears. punched in the face by a thief who just N/A . John, BC - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-78_metric_e.html Grandpa to get his head together. threw up on you. BATTERY BULLETIN: Scientists have Fort Nelson 121.9 POPE SCOPE: Pope Francis made a developed a type of sponge that could BAT BUCKS: A Batman fan bought the speech declaring women will never be replace batteries. The sponge takes only batsuit from the Dark Knight movies for Groundbirch priests. When he arrived home, Mrs. Pope seconds to re-charge and stores power $250,000. OK, that’s a lot of money, but the N/A gave him heck. for weeks. This explains why Spongebatsuit comes with a spare cape. Bob Squarepants has an electrifying Chetwynd 115.9 Environment and natural resources RESTROOM Weather REPORT: information Weather personality. Local forecasts British Columbia The average SPEED INDEED: Denny Morrison of Canadian gas station restroom could Fort St. John will represent Canada at the Tumbler Ridge N/A double as a germ warfare research facilEXERCISE SCHMEXERCISE: According World Cup of Long Track Speed Skating ity. But in a contest to find Canada’s Best to the CBC, there’s a problem with counin China and Japan. Champion speed Public Restroom, three of the five finalterfeit exercise equipment. Fake exercise skaters are amazing athletes. They make Prince George 97.9 ists are in Alberta. In 2013, a restroom in St.bikes, treadmills, and machines8 November it look2016 easy to get maximum speed from Observed at: Fort John Airport 9:00 AMrowing MST Tuesday lson, BC - 7Conditions Day Forecast - Environment Canada https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-83_metric_e.html urrent Valleyview won the vote. This year, the are for sale in stores and online. And an minimum effort. When I skate I get minHythe N/A Whitecourt Esso restroom is in the final important you lose 15 imum Condition: Mainly Sunny Temperature: 4.7°C reminder: Any weight Wind: SSW km/h speed from maximum effort. Speed five. It’s nicely decorated, very clean, while using fake exercise equipment does skaters are so graceful, they look like Pressure: 100.8 kPa Dew point: 2.1°C Visibility: 24 km poetry in motion. When I skate I look like it even smells good. Too bad the royal NOT count. Grande Prairie 89.4 Tendency: Rising Humidity: 83% couple didn’t get to enjoy it during their poultry in motion. recent visit. FREEZE FACTS: Cryogenics is a rapidly Calgary 84.9 growing business. That’s where they freeze Bob Snyder can be reached at: Environment and natural resources FOWL Weather are Weather Local British FUEL: information NASA scientists testing you after forecasts you die, andthaw you Columbia out when chewsthenews@fastmail.com
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was rescheduled to Nov. 22. The last time the matter was in court on Oct. 25, Pimm’s lawyer Greg Cranston said he had just received information from RCMP about the alleged assault, and needed time to review the
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vice, supply and manufacturing sector is a leader in providing innovation and technological support for Canada’s responsibly-developed oil and gas resources and like our customers, the producers, we are limited in our growth here in Canada as long as we only have one customer, the U.S., a customer that has quickly become our biggest
competitor,” Salkeld said. “The world needs more Canadian oil and gas and it also needs more of the leading edge technology and expertise that comes from the Canadian oilfield services, supply and manufacturing sector, now more than ever while we have surplus capacity.” —Staff
incident Aug. 13. The two-term MLA had been at the Dawson Creek rodeo the day before to announce details of the Site C dam agriculture mitigation fund with Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick. Pimm resigned from the B.C. Liberal caucus Aug. 15, citing allegations against him that required him to obtain a lawyer. A special prosecutor was appointed the next day. An assault charge was officially approved against Pimm Sept. 12. Crown prosecutors were granted a publication ban on the name of the victim at a Sept. 13 hearing. Pimm has not been found guilty of the charge, and continues to represent the region as an independent. —Staff
$1M for northern school upgrades The province is putting more than $850,000 into repairs for schools in Fort St. John and Fort Nelson. North Peace Secondary will receive $656,800 to replace its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. Meanwhile, J.S. Clark Elementary, G.W. Carlson Elementary, and Fort Nelson Secondary schools will split $210,860 for flooring upgrades. Dawson Creek Secondary will get $300,000 to upgrade its flooring. All told, the schools received a combined $1,167,600. Education Minister Mike Bernier announced the funds were to come from the province’s school enhancement program. —Staff
Lap pool bacteria prompts caution The city is reminding residents to remove their shoes and take a shower before taking a swim in the pool. The prompt comes after the city shut down the lap pool last week after the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa was found in two test results. Though the bacteria is naturally occurring, the lap pool was shut down on Oct. 31 as a precaution, according to the city, while the water was retested. Subsequent retesting came back without a trace of the bacteria, and the lap pool was reopened Nov. 4. “The public can aid the city in maintaining the highest of cleanliness standards for the facility by always removing outdoor footwear at the main entrance of the lobby and taking a warm soapy shower before entering the pool,” the city said in a statement. According to the Centers for Disease Control, pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause mild illness, including ear and eye infections as well as skin rashes. —Staff
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Local MP Bob Zimmer is panning the Liberal government for failing to address the impacts a new carbon tax would have on low-income families. The matter was raised during a Nov. 3 House of Commons’ Human Resources committee, which is currently studying poverty reduction. In a statement, Zimmer, who co-chairs the committee, said Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre moved a motion for the committee to study the impacts a carbon tax would have on low-income families. The Conservative members argued low income families would be hardest hit by the new tax as they spend a disproportionate amount of their income on heat, fuel, and groceries. The motion was voted down. “Over the course of this study, we have asked groups such as Statistics Canada and the Department of Employment and Social Development if they have done any study on the impact of the carbon tax on the poverty rate, the answer has been, without fail, no,” Zimmer said. “Why is the Liberal government unwilling to perform due diligence on how their policies will affect the average Canadian?” The average Canadian family could be paying almost $2,600 in new taxes each year by 2022 under a carbon tax, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. —Staff
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While it wasn’t a full house, the audience was engaged at Amnesty International’s public forum in Fort St. John on Friday, Nov. 4. The forum acted as a venue to discuss the findings of Amnesty’s report Out of Sight, Out Of Mind: Gender, Indigenous Rights, and Energy Development in Northeast B.C., and had five panelists on stage as voices for various aspects of the report. The panelists included Jacqueline Hansen of Amnesty International; Judy Maas, a former Treaty 8 tribal chief; Connie Greyeyes, an advocate for indigenous women’s rights; Amanda Trotter, executive director of the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society; Inspector Mike Kurvers of the Fort St. John RCMP; and Councillor Byron Stewart representing the City of Fort St. John. While there wasn’t time to cover the entire 78-page report—audience members suggested going for another hour—certain points were highlighted as well as recommendations. “Indigenous women and girls across Canada experience far higher rates of violence than other groups of women and girls,” said Hansen, who co-authored the report. “We know that there is unintended but very serious
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consequences to the resource economy in Northeast B.C.” Hansen emphasized that Amnesty International isn’t anti-resource development or anti-industry workers. What they are for, she said, is for human rights. Some of the recommendations include incorporating gender-based analysis into the decision-making process for resource projects, increasing police presence to properly reflect the population, reversal of funding cuts to frontline service providers, and industry working with those service providers. The release of the report isn’t the end of Amnesty’s involvement in Northeast B.C., said Hansen, adding that this is only the midway point of their work in the region.
Onus on the city How much responsibility is on the City of Fort St. John to ensure the safety of indigenous women and girls? That appeared to be a theme throughout the Amnesty International public forum. Coun. Stewart, who served on the panel as acting mayor in Lori Ackerman’s absence, outlined the boundaries of the city’s jurisdiction. Inside those boundaries, the city plans for infrastructure and development, while offering tax exemptions and grants to service providers in the city. “We have long conversa-
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“We still come here, we still shop here, we still live here, our kids go to school here,” Tupper said. “I want to see more language, I want to see more signs, I want to see more flags.” Stewart acknowledged the concerns. “I grew up in this community, I’m not blind to the racial slurs and racial tension that has always been here, unfortunately,” he said. “The only way that is going to change is by understanding, and the only way to understand is to start talking.” Another audience member suggested forming an indigenous advisory committee to work with city council to address the issues being presented.
treat each call on its own merits,” Kurvers said. Police try to work with community and local governments to address problems, citing the work being done in Pink Mountain as an example of that, he added. During the question period, Tupper demanded to know why nothing had been done about deaths on First Nation reserves. “What happens to the RCMP in Blueberry, in Doig, in the Halfway? We had a murdered women in Halfway, what about her case? What about the murdered man in Doig River, where’s his justice? I’m tired of these murders and I’m tired of these funerals, and yes, life happens, but what are we going to do about it?” Fort St. John RCMP jurisdiction extends as far north as Sikanni Chief, Kurvers said, noting that the detachment has two officers that are dedicated to attending Blueberry River, Doig and Halfway First Nations. The positions are rotated out every few years to give other members the opportunity to work with First Nations, he said, adding the detachment meets with chiefs and councils to address issues and set priorities. “The skills they’ve (the officers) learned … is brought back to the watches and brought to the other members,” Kurvers said.
Learning to trust police Calls for justice for missing and murdered indigenous people were also raised. Inspector Mike Kurvers, detachment commander for the Fort St. John RCMP, spoke about the role of police in the community, particularly in dealing with the shadow population of transient workers who come through the area to work in the oil patch. “We are aware of it, we understand it, but from a police perspective it hasn’t impacted the detachment to date. We still get the same number of calls and …
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Letters to the Editor DON’T FORGET YOUR POPPY Fort St. John local Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 opened their door at present location 10303 105 Avenue in 1975. We have two local veterans that are still active at our legion, Mr. Bill Thompson, age 96, and Mr. Bill Stevenson, age 90, also other local veterans. The poppy campaign is the method by which branches raise funds to assist veterans and their families. These funds are restricted and can only be used to help said veterans and their dependants. Fort St. John Branch 102 distributes some of these funds to local associations who help veterans. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful community, businesses, and personal donations for 2016. Also a big thank you to our volunteers who donated their time to make our 2016 campaign a success. A big thank you to Fort St. John Home Hardware for their time, thoughtfulness and effort put into their Remembrance Day display. If anyone missed making a donation, we would be honoured to received any after Nov. 11. Thank you to all. —Roxanne Steeves, 2016 Poppy Campaign Chairperson CHIEF’S LANGUAGE REPULSIVE While I recognize my comments may offend some readers, I can no longer stay quiet. Enough is enough! Last week, I was appalled when I saw a post on Facebook from Roland Willson, the West Moberly First Nations Chief. He refers to BC Premier Christy Clark and BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald as “evil bitches” and gives them both the middle finger with a cartoon photo. What a class-act! Roland’s comments are offensive and highly disrespectful towards women and elected officials, and towards any person for that matter. It disgusts me that a First Nations leader who has been elected since 2000
to represent his people would resort to such measures. Don’t get me wrong; I recognize Roland’s right to advocate and defend the interests of his people. If the West Moberly First Nations is against Site C Dam, it has every right to raise its voice in opposition. However, Roland’s comments towards our province’s Premier and BC Hydro CEO are completely inappropriate. For over thirty years, I’ve had the privilege of representing the people of Northeastern British Columbia at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. It has, indeed, been an honour. While I don’t pretend to have a spotless record of public service, I’ve never used nor would I ever use such repulsive language in attacking my opponents. My intention in writing this column is simply to highlight the gross double-standard that exists in our society. I must admit I’ve been a little disappointed with the media coverage this story has generated: I only saw one article online. I can’t help but wonder how many national headlines there would have been if another elected or appointed official would have used such tasteless and reprehensible language toward a First
Nation Chief. Shame on you Roland Willson for your verbal attack, childish bullying and sexist comments towards two outstanding British Columbian women. —Senator Richard Neufeld (Editor’s Note: Chief Willson was given an opportunity to write a letter explaining his remarks, but had not responded by press time.) HYDRO ALREADY ADDRESSING AMNESTY’S RECOMMENDATIONS Amnesty International’s report has raised a number of important issues with respect to the resource economy, community services and broad determinants of health and wellness for both Aboriginal and nonAboriginal communities in northeast B.C. These are issues that we care deeply about, as well. BC Hydro develops extensive mitigation measures through consultation with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, as part of careful project planning, and also engages in ongoing monitoring during project construction and operations. Many of these mea-
sures directly support women, children and families in the Peace region, including: providing funding for new childcare spaces, committing $1.1 million to local non-profits, building a total of 50 units of long-term affordable housing, contributing over $1 million to regional and Aboriginal skills training initiatives and providing funding for additional local policing. It’s important to note that Amnesty International’s report does not consider BC Hydro’s specific project plans or the proactive measures we have taken to address socio-economic and community concerns related to the Site C project. You can find our statement responding to Amnesty International’s report on our website, along with a backgrounder that highlights what BC Hydro is already doing to address the recommendations put forth to industry by Amnesty. —Dave Conway, Community Relations Manager, Site C, BC Hydro Got something to say about a hot button issue? Send us a Letter to the Editor. Email editor@ahnfsj.ca or fill out the form on our website, alaskahighwaynews.ca
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e are all too familiar with the promises of a “debt free” future for B.C. being hinged on the potentially lucrative LNG industry. Premier Christy Clark had marked her 2013 election campaign on a “trillion dollar” windfall. There was a potential of 22 new LNG terminals up and running along the west coast, some by 2015. The intention was to extract Northeast B.C. natural gas, convert it to LNG, then export it to Malaysia, China, Japan, Korea, and India. Today’s reality: not one LNG terminal is up and running with very little possibility of seeing even a single facility before 2022. This was the Plan A of the BC Liberals for a debt free and prosperous future. At the moment, Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman and Premier Clark continue to espouse this dream of LNG export. In spite of last week’s final investment decision on the Woodfibre LNG proposal, we will not see this facility operational before 2020, we are told. So, given the dismal performance of getting any “promised” LNG product to foreign markets, the question remains: What do we do in the mean time while folks in the northeast wait for better economic times? Where is the Plan B that should be in place as a viable option to LNG export? Whether LNG becomes a reality still remains to be seen. The real question is why have the BC Liberals (and industry) overlooked the “domestic” use and options for
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B.C. gas here at home, and in Canada? The United States has recently become self-sufficient and a net exporter of natural gas, due to new extraction technologies such as hydraulic fracturing. B.C. gas is losing the U.S. market in the process. Meanwhile, what is happening to the eastern markets of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes? Who supplies these provinces with this commodity at the moment? The answer is clear. More than 60 per cent of Eastern Canada is being supplied by U.S. natural gas and aggressively growing by the year. The extraction and export of natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation in Ohio and Pennsylvania to Quebec and the Maritimes will soon be expanding to Ontario, the single largest Canadian market. But where is B.C. gas in this picture? Ed Kallio, spokesperson for Gas Processing Management Inc., made a chilling statement recently in the Financial Post by identifying the need for a Plan B. Here’s what he had to say: “It’s difficult to sustain and industry here (without improved access to markets). So all those communities like Fort St. John and Grande Prairie are just going to
die.” His words. Another viable proposal for B.C. gas has been floated by Juergen Puetter of Blue Fuel Inc. His idea is to build a methanol/gasoline conversion facility in Chetwynd with 300 full-time jobs, (much better than the Woodfibre LNG proposal of only 100 on site jobs) with additional thousands of jobs upstream and downstream here in the northeast. At the moment, his proposal appears mired in government red tape. Puetter is now weighing his options of choosing California as a location over B.C. Go figure. The question we should be asking our politicians is why have all of our natural gas options been put into the LNG basket? Premier Clark has been at the helm for the past five years, yet little has been done to expand or consider any domestic uses beyond the export of LNG. It is clearly time to move beyond the rhetoric and “spin” of LNG, towards a more substantive Plan B for the use of B.C. natural gas. Why has the B.C. government not seriously contemplated and proceeded with this other avenue of use? More to come on Plan B in the next instalment. Mike Kroecher is a long time retired resident of the Peace, expressing his deep roots in the land through his artistic bent. Rick Koechl is a recently retired (almost as long a resident) teacher of the Peace with an enthusiasm for politics and energy.
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Medical patients with non-life threatening illnesses will have an easier time accessing flights out of Fort St. John after local leaders complained that air ambulance delays were putting lives in jeopardy. BC Emergency Health Services says it is making chartered air ambulance flights available to a broader range of patients. The agency established a new agreement with North Cariboo Air on Oct. 18, which will see a flight for “low acuity” patients kept on standby. “We have spoken with the community about some of their concerns about the availability of air ambulance resources,” said Jodi Jensen, chief operating officer. “Sometimes we’re challenged, obviously, by weather or geography or other things.” “We can use this aircraft staffed with basic life support paramedics to be able to transport the patient hopefully in a more timely way than what’s been happening historically.” The changes come several months after Peace River Regional District directors raised the issue with provincial health officials. Complaints about timely access to air ambulances in B.C.’s northeast are common. In a letter to the editor, Victoria resident John McLaren said his father passed away waiting for an air ambulance from Dawson Creek to Vancouver after suffering a heart attack in 2015. This summer, an Alberta tourist told
the CBC her friend was forced to wait 24 hours for an air ambulance after having a stroke near Fort Nelson. Rural director Karen Goodings said stationing a medical aircraft east of the Rockies would limit delays. Regional officials raised the issue with the provincial government at the Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting this fall. “I think this is a step in the right direction. I think the other part of the puzzle is making sure our people don’t have to wait for a bed in Prince George or Vancouver. Emergency Health Services had an existing agreement with North Cariboo Air for inter-hospital transfers. However, the flight was dispatched only for patients with acute needs. “A patient who…isn’t as sick but still needs to be able to access care at a different hospital, oftentimes they end up waiting because we’re looking provincially, to make sure our air ambulance resources are going to the sickest patients first,” Jensen said. The new dispatch agreement with North Cariboo Air will “ensure those lower acuity patients in that part of the province don’t have to wait as long.” The agency has nine dedicated air ambulances and agreements with 45 private airlines around B.C., Jensen said. There were 173 air ambulance trips to and from Peace Region airports between Nov. 2015 and April 2016. Regional district officials will check air ambulance statistics in the new year to see whether the new flight is improving response times.
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Students performed in their traditional regalia, entertaining and teaching other students, community members and Northern Lights College staff.
Aboriginal Orientation event new on Fort St. John Campus Members of the community joined in for the Aboriginal Orientation this semester at the Fort St. John Campus. “This was a first for me, because I’m new at Northern Lights College,” said Bev Lambert, Aboriginal Student Advisor. “But overall I think the event was a success.” People dropped in and joined with the students and Lambert for food and entertainment throughout the afternoon. “I think participants were curious,” she said. “Some seemed shy and apprehensive, but eventually joined in with the activities.” Students hosted a traditional feast, a Pow Wow Dance performance, a Round Dance, and offered information about Aboriginal Education and opportunities to learn more about
traditional protocols. “We explained the tobacco protocol, and offering to Elders and the dancers,” added Lambert. “As well, we spoke about the meanings of the colours on the Medicine Wheel, the foods necessary for a feast, the layout of the feast, the purpose of the feast, and so on.” A highlight for Lambert was seeing faculty, staff and students come together. “The Round Dance took place with both aboriginal and international students, and College staff, and visitors,” she said. “We feasted and danced in the true spirit of community, which was our goal.” Lambert added that she looks forward to the next event, where the College can continue to provide teachings and overviews of aboriginal values.
Donna Kane, Executive Director for the Norther Lights Foundation, was recently featured at the Bowery Club in New York City for her poetry. Kane was invited to an “Evening of Poetry by Poets from Canada”, with other Canadian poets hailing from Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. “It was a real honour to be included with so many poets whom I’ve long admired,” said Kane. “Poets like Jeanette Lynes, Ruth Roach Pierson, Adam Sol, and Sonnet l’Abbé,” she added. “Some of the poets who read that night have also read in the Peace Region.” In addition to being a great privilege to participate, Kane was able to reconnect with several old friends. Kane read poems from her new poetry manuscript, Orrery, which is inspired by Pioneer 10, a space probe launched by NASA in 1972. An excerpt of the manuscript, I Hear You, will be published at the end of November by Saskatoon’s JackPine Press. Though Kane has visited New York City over the last 20 years, this was the first time she has been given the opportunity to read. “It was a pretty big thrill!” she exclaimed.
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Honour and remembrance through dance and drama Dr. Kearney assembly delves into pride, sacrifice MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca
Students will pay their respects to Canadian war veterans at school assemblies across the region this week. For students at Dr. Kearney Middle School, they’ll do so through a unique mix of dance and drama on Nov. 10. Teacher Angela Griffin has been working with a group of students over the last month on an assembly that includes a monologue, a short twoperson play, as well as a sword dance and hip hop dance routine. “I always try to do something different,” said Griffin, who creates the school’s Remembrance Day ceremonies each year. “This year, I’ve turned it a remembrance of the First
World War and how that was supposed to be the war to end all wars.” This year’s assembly includes an excerpt of Mary’s Wedding, by Canadian playwright Stephen Massicotte, a play centred on a young girl who has a dream before her wedding day about a boy she was engaged to before he went off to war. “Mr. McKnight, our principal, gives a little introduction and he’s talking about what the poppy symbolizes, pride and sacrifice, and so I thought the play, in terms of losing the man you were going to marry, brought home the idea of sacrifice,” Griffin said. “At the end of it, I hope they understand war is serious. I think lots of times because they play video games they
don’t understand that and that people have lost their lives and their loves through war.” The assembly begins with a piper before Grade 9 student Gina Gilmour performs a traditional Scottish sword dance, which was popular with soldiers before battle, she said. “The night before battle they would stand, cross their swords and they would dance over them,” Gilmour said. “The legend is if you kicked a sword, then one of you or somebody was going to die. And if you stepped on the sword somebody was going to get injured.” The assembly also includes a pair of short films of old propaganda war posters, as well as clips from the current war in Syria, which Griffin says she included so students
understand “people are still suffering and living in embattled places.” Students will perform a hip hop dance routine to the beat of Love Runs Out by OneRepublic. “In the dance … we’re re-enacting what all goes down during the wars, what the soldiers have to go through” said Grade 9 student Taiya Bell. The assembly begins at 10 a.m.
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Since 1926, the Royal Canadian Legion has been the largest community support and advocacy organization for veterans and their families. But with shrinking numbers of vets from the First and Second World Wars, among others, legions across Canada face uncertain times and are adapting in order to keep their doors open. The Fort St. John Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102 is no exception, and from karaoke to wing nights, it has been gradually turning to culture, entertainment and food to appeal to those who aren’t members and draw them in. “Karaoke was hard (to bring in) MATT PREPROST PHOTO because a lot of older veterans didn’t Tracy Radcliffe, president of the Fort St. John Royal Canadian Legion Branch 102, says the want to hear loud noise,” says current legion has been turning to culture, entertainment and food to bring in income and new visitors. legion President Tracy Radcliffe. “There was a lot of back and forth, maybe six months before we got it in of the building, but that’s about it. they continue to play an important and then it started slow. And it’s a big It doesn’t give us anything over and role in helping soldiers adapt and draw now, we get a lot of people.” above,” she said. reintegrate back into civilian life, For the local legion, it was a matter While the Fort St. John Legion has provide supports, and give back to of striking a balance between keeping been lucky to keep a relatively steady the community. traditions and keeping current. membership, many others across “(The legion) really was sort of “Just because traditions and people Canada haven’t been as fortunate, an off-the-cuff, psychology organwanted things to stay the same,” Rad- even as legion membership has ization to begin with to help with cliffe said of the struggle to launch been expanded to include regular PTSD because it wasn’t a recognized karaoke. “Over a bit of time, then they civilians, Radcliffe said. thing,” Radcliffe said. realize things can’t stay the same or Many have looked to diversify to “Now the Armed Forces recogwe can’t keep the doors open.” keep revenue coming in through the nizes it’s a thing and veterans don’t Without its karaoke and dinner doors, from developing golf courses need us in quite the same way. nights, meat draws, or pool table to apartments, Radcliffe said. “There’s a lot more trying to get cash, the legion would be “hurting “That’s on the table for us too,” she back into the community … (and pretty bad,” Radcliffe said. The le- said. “We were looking into doing just the) legion still wants to be here to gion is also trying to re-establish an hall rentals and the kitchen, and then give them that kind of support.” open mic night, recently brought in having maybe some seniors apartLast year, the local legion donated a Patsy Cline tribute artist, and is ments. We could do that on this lot. around $26,000 to seniors’ services cooking up a future beer and burger “We were thinking that way, and hospital foundations and clinics night special to bring in income and however, to get a developer to work in the region, while donating tens of new visitors. with us has been really hard.” thousands more to other sports, arts, “Because other than that, our hall Today’s veterans don’t need the and education groups. Those funds rentals are the other source of in- Legion in the same ways previous come through poppy sales, and procome. They cover the maintenance generations have, Radcliffe said, but ceeds from meat and 50/50 draws.
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Fundraising continues for Vimy Ridge Up to $10,000 still needed to get cadet trip funded MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca
The cadets continue to raise funds for their trip next year to mark 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France. The trip is around 90 per cent funded, and need up to $10,000 more to get the last cadets funded, outgoing cadets CO Capt. Ken Lane said. “We’re crossing our fingers that fundraising goes as well as it
has,” he said. Cadets leave April 3, and funds need to be in place before they leave, Lane said. Meanwhile, the cadets are also bidding on an expedition to Chile, Capt. Geoff Bough added, where select cadets from across Canada will be chosen to visit the South American country to mountain bike, rock climb, and further their outdoor skills. The cadets remain a free program for youth that offers them a chance to travel around
the world while developing critical social and physical skills, Bough said. “It’s a great opportunity youth can get involved with,” he said. “These excursions, not only do they expose them to different lifestyles and other cultures, it builds citizenship. “That’s a huge part of this. They realize there’s more than just how we live in Canada. It’s a whole world, we’re a huge community.”
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There’s a new commanding officer in charge of the 2276 PPCLI Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps. Geoff Bough was named the new commanding officer during a ceremony at the Fort St. John Legion on Wednesday Nov. 2. He takes over from outgoing officer Ken Lane, who has commanded the cadets since January 2013. “It feels different, but I’m excited … going from the navy world to the army world,” Bough said. “A lot of the traditions are different that I’ve come to learn. I’m excited to build on that and keep the future going.” Bough began his career in the cadets in Guelph, Ontario, after a high school friend brought him out and convinced him to join. After finishing university, Bough enrolled in the forces as a cadet instructor, and served as a naval officer with the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets before moving to Fort St. John three years ago for work. “Working with these guys, I loved it, and decided I would take on the challenge,” said Bough, 33, of putting his name forward to take over command. Lane will remain active with
the local cadets, and will take on coaching duties for the biathlon team, as well as coordinate adventure training. A change of command is regular and part of the progression in the corps to allow staff to further their development, he said. “It allows everyone to learn and grow into new positions,” said Lane. “The cadets are here to learn and grow, but so are the staff as well. We also take training courses and gain qualifications. That way it keeps everyone interested and involved.” During the ceremony, Major Dan Davies said serving as a commanding officers takes an incredible amount of support, time, and patience from one’s family. “When you think about administering a cadet corp of 40 to 50 people that has four different training plans going on at once, planning weekly lessons, planning weekly exercise, getting summer camps all squared away, looking after the staff and making sure the staff have what they need, and then looking out for the fundraising, the recruiting and everything else, that’s a lot of work to juggle for a commanding officer,” Davies said before turning to Bough. “Are you ready?”
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Barry Young comes from a military family. His father served in the Canadian Army in World War II, taking part in the invasion of Italy. An uncle was stationed with the British Royal Artillery in Hong Kong. He went missing in action, and it took more than 50 years for family to learn he had died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Though not a veteran himself, Young joined the Royal Canadian Legion as soon as it started admitting non-veteran members as a way of honouring their service. But even as poppies begin to appear on lapels across the city, Young is worried about the Dawson Creek legion’s future. “Without the help of the general public, we’re probably going to lose that,” he said. Young, who is president of the Dawson Creek branch, says declining revenues and membership make the legion’s future uncertain. “It’s not just confined to us,” he said. “There are hundreds of legions across Canada in the same boat.” While things have stabilized for the legion, it’s been a tumultuous three years for members. The legion has been forced to move three times after being priced out of the canteen space they rented in a local mall. In that time, they’ve operated out of a closet-sized office in the curling club, a skate shack in Memorial Arena and the former regional library building, which was demolished this fall. They’ve finally secured an office space downtown with the help of the city, but losing the canteen and liquor licence cost legion members both a meeting place and a source of revenue. They’ve tried to diversify to bring in more money, but it’s not easy. “A lot of (legions) have tried to diversify one way or another, maybe by opening small coffee shops, or things along those lines to bring in additional cash flow for themselves,” Young said. “We, on the other hand, just don’t have that ability there.” That’s in part due to membership troubles. At last count, the Dawson Creek had around 90 legion members. Some have left the city or passed away since the count last summer. Still, the group manages to raise tens of thousands of dollars for local veterans and community groups each year through its poppy campaign. Young hopes that as people reflect on Canada’s veterans on Nov. 11, they consider joining the Legion for the same reason he did—not because they served, but because they respect those who did. “I do it because my father was a veteran, and I have an awful lot of respect for these gentlemen,” he said. “This time of year, it gets even more intense.”
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What’s a regional district? PRRD report finds many have no idea JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca
Fran Haughian was staffing the Peace River Regional District booth at a trade fair two years ago when she had what would become a familiar exchange. “I asked (someone) ‘where in the regional district do you live’ and they’d say ‘oh I don’t live in the regional district,’” said Haughian, the district’s manager of communications. “So I asked ‘oh where do you live?’ and they said ‘Fort St. John.’” “I said ‘oh well that’s in the regional district.’ Then they said ‘no it’s not I live in Fort St. John.’” A new audit of the regional district’s communications department found that while the PRRD is improving how it communicates with residents, many are like that trade fair attendee: they just don’t know what the regional district is. “It’s a general theme,” said Haughian. “That’s where we’re going to have to work on: explaining what (we do) in layman’s terms so people
understand it better.” Haughian will present an updated version of the PRRD’s communications strategy at a board meeting later this month. Prior to that, the board hired a consultant to survey residents and staff on how well the regional district communicates about its services and policies. One survey respondent who has lived in the region for five years voiced a common sentiment: “I was unaware of what [the] PRRD even was until I got involved with some local organizations.” One of Haughian focuses
will be explaining the regional district as simply as possible. The PRRD is one of 27 regional districts in B.C., and covers all land east of the Rocky Mountains up to the border with the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality. The Peace River Liard Regional District covered the entire northeast before the two were formally split in 1987. Regional districts were created to provide local government in unincorporated areas while coordinating regional services with municipalities. The PRRD board, which meets
twice-monthly, includes eight municipal representatives, most of them mayors, as well as four directors from the rural electoral areas. Those directors make decisions on everything from noxious weed control to fire protection, water and sewer, parks, building inspection and regional garbage and recycling services. The district’s profile did get a boost this summer, when it was charged with coordinating emergency response to a series of wildfires and floods. One survey respondent said they had never heard of the
regional district until it was issuing evacuation alerts during the fires this spring. Regional district Chair Don McPherson, who is also mayor of Tumbler Ridge, said people in his town are beginning to understand what the regional district does. “I don’t know what people think happens to garbage when it leaves our town— (maybe) that it disappears,” he said, referring to one of the regional district’s biggest services. “There’s lots of things they don’t understand, but it’s slowly getting there.”
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When the economy is slow and the roads are empty, it takes her around 25 minutes to get to town. “I did the drive when it took nearly an hour to get to town in the morning because there was so much traffic on the highway,” she said. Many of those new drivers are contractors on a Spectra Energy pipeline expansion project in the area. At the same time, drilling companies that laid off staff are rehiring, including Calfrac Well Services, which held a hiring fair in Dawson Creek Nov. 9. For Sam Mangalji, owner of Inn on the Creek, that means new bookings at the hotel. “I haven’t seen a downturn like this since I’ve been in Dawson Creek,” he said. “We’re getting a little bit better (now). The first signs are when the companies started calling to make reservations.” Things are also improving on the real estate front, Kurjata said. “For the first half of this year, we were doing around 50 per cent of normal business,” he said. “Since the beginning of July, we’re doing about 70 per cent of normal business.” While business is still as much as 30 per cent below the five year average, the improvement is heartening. “To go from 50 to 70 per cent…I’d say that’s very significant,” he said. While the signs of recovery are there, it remains to be seen whether the upswing is here to stay. Growth in the oil and gas sector was believed to be behind a .2 per cent bump in Canada’s gross domestic product in August, according to a Statistics Canada report released Nov. 1. Natural prices have improved somewhat in recent months, which will likely drive an increase in drilling activity. However, the National Energy Board doesn’t expect prices to rise above $3 U.S. until 2018. The Petroleum Services Association of Canada, meanwhile, expects the number of wells drilled in B.C. to decline again next year, from 320 wells in 2016 to 280 in 2017. Still, if you’d asked Connolly to predict the state of the local economy this winter a few months ago, her answer would have been far more pessimistic. “Three months ago, I would have told you it looked very bleak and it was going to be a very quiet winter,” she said. “That is not what I’m hearing now, and that’s not what I’m seeing.”
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Geoff Dick, Tyler Buekert, Jared Lowen and Gary Loewen have made a significant impact in their first season with the Fort St. John Huskies.
room, he just goes out and he minds his own business. He goes over the wall, he works hard and does what he’s supposed to do and his conditioning is coming along.” To his credit, all Loewen has done is produce. The 18-year-old put up 34 points in 32 games with the Northeast B.C. and Yukon Midget Trackers last year. His answer on what has helped him make the jump this year? “I’m into the game now, more comfortable now than I was at the beginning,” he said. Unlike the process of getting comfortable, hard work is inherent. From each shift to every practice, Alexander said he’s seen the hard work pay off for Dick especially, who has quietly notched nine points in 11 games this year. “He’s got a little more offensive upside to him,” Alexander said. “He’s really starting to come into his own. He really worked on his outside edge early on in the season. Now, he’s starting to create space out there because of the work that he put in. It’s exciting to see what he’s starting to create.” Add another rookie defenseman in Buekert into the mix, who has only played five games with the pups this season but earned a shutdown role quickly, you start to wonder if there’s something in the water. And while individually each player has grown and had success this year, the biggest smile came when they mentioned the four players they’ve grown up around. “I’ve played with these guys for 12 years,” Dick said. “Since we started skating when we were about five. It’s pretty unique; you see a lot of local fans come out from where I’m from (too). It’s a big deal. Everywhere I look there’s a lot faces that I recognize.”
Along with the four players locked into the Huskies lineup, their small community support has also become a staple at Huskies’ home games. Look along the penalty box side at North Peace Arena, where nearly 100 new Huskies fans sit and obverse the action. It has pushed the team attendance to almost 500 fans a game. The group has had a trial by fire early in the North West Junior Hockey League season and so far passed with flying colours. Success may be fun, but sharing it together matters just as much to them.
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“Lots of fun. Couldn’t imagine it without them. The driving back and forth to practice three times a week, it’s definitely lots of fun sharing some memories with them,” Lowen said with a huge smile. With a bond that extends beyond the rink, there is also a simplicity that comes with their old school approach to the game that has led to the early success. “Fun, it was always fun,” Buekert said. “Still is. You want to win and when you do it’s fun.”
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Ask most any Canadian kid how they got their start playing hockey and outside of Vancouver you are likely to get a common answer: the pond. But like the move to curved sticks, times change. Anyone can now learn moves from watching YouTube videos or playing the latest NHL video games. They form their skills in structured practices or systematic play from the age of six. It is in the rise of four current Fort St. John Huskies that there comes a comfort in the old way—as just three years ago the group wasn’t even playing competitive hockey in the traditional sense, but either in the Buick rural league (a collection of teams from the outskirts of Fort St. John playing a couple times a week) or on ponds in their backyard. Jared Lowen and Gary Loewen, a defenseman and forward from Altona, along with Geoff Dick and Tyler Buekert from Prespatou, make up the unique quartet, and take the hour or so long drive to town three times a week for hockey. “They spent hours out there working on stuff getting better,” former coach Kevin Wollen said. “The rural hockey (league) has such a wide variety of skill level that it is tough. But they really focused on playing a team game and learning the fundamentals of playing as a team and positioning. Added with the fact that (they) just love hockey, combined with a determination to be the best.” “(They’ve) been a nice surprise,” Huskies assistant coach Todd Alexander added, attributing some of their success and love for the game to the construction of an arena in the community of Buick some 10 years ago. “Now all of a sudden you’re starting to see this flux of players coming from (that area),” he said. For 17-year-old rookie Lowen, who has earned top minutes on the Huskies’ backend, after getting into one game last year, the full-time jump has been manageable, albeit a long way from the backyard ice. “It’s been fun,” he said. “(I) got a little taste of it last year. Super different than playing on the pond I guess.” With a modest smile, he recalled the days before he suited up in organized hockey. “Just playing with friends, playing hockey. There was not very much organization. We just got together and played some puck.” Hockey is not complicated in its very essence, although there is a tendency to complicate it with systems and other minute details, when in reality—the concept has remained unchanged for a very long time. The team that puts the puck in the net the most wins. That’s not lost on this group of four players who grew up about an hour so outside of Fort St. John. And they just keep excelling. Winger Gary Loewen, with 10 points in 11 games this season, recently earned some praise from Alexander. “He’s been doing fantastic. He finishes a lot of checks. Creating a lot of space for his centermen and his growth as a power forward is going to continue,” he said. “He doesn’t say a lot in the dressing
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Elks skate well at home interclub 62 speed skaters from around the region showed off their skills at the Pomeroy Sport Centre Oval Saturday, Nov. 5 byron hackett sports@ahnfsj.ca
Whether you’re four or 84, speed skating has a lesson for everyone. Those lessons were on display at the annual Fort St. John Long Track Interclub, where 62 skaters from around the region descended on the Pomeroy Sport Centre oval to test their mettle against local competition. One important lesson Fort St. John Elks coach Richard Stickel said he heard about mid-afternoon Saturday was a masters skater trying to show her kids how it’s done. “There’s a lady from Prince George, she said, ‘I’m just skating masters because my kids are skating and I want to show them it can be a lifetime sport,” Stickel recalled. In quick response, he mentioned Dennis Morrison, father of Olympic speed skater Denny Morrison and his reason for racing Saturday. “I look over and Dennis Morrison is putting on his skates, I said, ‘That’s the same as Dennis, he doesn’t care about his times anymore, just as long as he stays faster than his kids.’”
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Left: Nolan Cote, Emma North, Cheyenne Key and Miche Kemp race to the finish line at the Fort St. John Elks speed skating interclub on Saturday. Right: Nick Guliov glides down the final stretch of the 3000 metre race at the Elks’ interclub.
While many of the masters skaters were looking to notch qualifying times for the 2017 Masters Allround Games that will be coming to Fort St. John this spring, younger athletes were just ramping up the competitive juices. “See progression,” Stickel said about the important takeaways from the interclub. “You’re constantly looking for that progression and we work on certain things every year. This year we have really been working on tempo and attacking corners. Today, I really saw kids go out and push the edge. It’s hard because they’re tired, they have to learn how to work through that.” Renee Kalkman had an impressive
showing for the Elks, finishing first in the 500 metre, 1000m and 3000 in division one. Josh Telizyn was also tops in division two for the Elks with top finishes in the Mass Start, 500 and 3000m. Jack Hanson of the PG Blizzard Speed Skating Club was the fastest skater in division three with first place finishes in the 400 and 800m Mass Start along with a fifth place in the 200m Mass Start. Prince George skater Sarah Hanson was also first in division four, with top finishes in the 400 and 800, and a second place in the 200m Mass Start. Jacob Paradela and James Hogarth of the Fort St. John Elks took home top spots in division five and six respectively.
For the youngest athletes, Stickel stressed the importance of having fun, and learning that in competition sometimes you’ll make mistakes, despite having all the tools to be a successful skater. “For them, it’s kind of to learn how to deal with situations and enjoy it. Not feel bad about it,” he said. Skaters came from Dawson Creek, Peace River, Grande Prairie, and Prince George for the event, another huge factor for the long track program developing strong skaters in Fort St. John and surrounding area. The next meet for the Fort St. John Elks will be a short track competition in Edmonton from Nov. 11-13.
Huskies set for important three game home stand byron hackett
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The Fort St. John Huskies enter the first character-building test of the season this week. The Huskies, 5-5-1 through 11 games in the North West Junior Hockey League season,
will play the league leading Dawson Creek Junior Canucks twice before squaring off against the Beaverlodge Blades Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. Coming off a dominating 7-0 performance against the Blades last Friday, the Huskies
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can also take comfort in the fact they are one of only four teams to beat the Junior Canucks this season. After some penalty kill woes bogged down pups down early in the year, they have killed off 13 straight power plays and al-
lowed just one goal in their last 19 short-handed chances. Jonny Bateman is expected to start in net at home against Dawson Creek both on Wednesday and Friday and held the Canucks to two goals on 35 shots in his one appearance against
them this season. Bateman carries both a league best .947 save percentage and 1.88 goals against average into the home stand. Puck drop is Wednesday, Nov. 9 at North Peace Arena at 8 p.m. and Saturday again at 8 p.m.
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The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is played in Las Vegas at the TPC at Summerlin. The tournament was founded in Defending: Smylie Kaufman 1983 and has been known by Winning Score: 16-under par other titles. It was played over Winning Share: $1,152,000 five rounds instead of the normal four until 2003. The Shriners Hospitals for Children recently took over the operations of the tournament from the Las Vegas Founders. In 1991, Chip Beck became the second golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot 59. Beck finished the tournament two strokes out of a playoff. TPC Summerlin Las Vegas, Nev. 7,223 yards, Par 71
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Hideki Matsuyama closed Tournament Results with a 6-under 66 for a 1. Hideki Matsuyama seven-shot victory in the Score: -23 Earnings: $1,620,000 WGC-HSBC Champions on T-2. Henrik Stenson Sunday. The 24-year-old Japanese Score: -16 golfer became the first Asian to Earnings: $787,000 win a World Golf Championships T-2. Daniel Berger Score: -16 event since the series began in Earnings: $787,000 1999. Matsuyama finished the tournament at 23-under par, just one shot off the 72-hole record score at Sheshan International. His 29 birdies at the Chinese course was three short of the PGA Tour record.
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Officials for the AT&T Byron Nelson and the PGA Tour announced that the tournament will move in 2018 to Trinity Forest Golf Club, a course located about 10 miles south of downtown Dallas that opened for play this month. Trinity Forest is an 18-hole, links-style course designed by former PGA Tour player Ben Crenshaw and designer Bill Coore. The Nelson has been played at the Four Seasons Resort and Club since the TPC Las Colinas course opened there in 1983. The contract with the Four Seasons was for the tournament to stay there through 2018, but the last Nelson held in Irving, Texas, will be next May.
Lessons from the Golf Pro The chip-and-run shot is one of the most difficult parts of the game to master, yet it is the part of our game that we spend the least amount of time working on. This nonchalant approach to the chip shot is what separates the cream of the crop from the remainder of the field. Here are a few easy steps to practice whenever you have that difficult chip-and-run shot in front of you. Narrowing your stance is the first bit of advice. If you are a right-handed player, put more weight on your left foot to keep the loft out of your shot. When you are ready to take the shot, play the ball inside your right foot with your hands positioned ahead of the ball. Finally, make a putt-like motion, keeping your wrists firm and strike the ball with a clean, crisp stroke.
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Sr. Flyers offense soars on Troy Hunt Night Thursday night the Flyers look to extend their win streak to four against Grande Prairie byron hackett sports@ahnfsj.ca
The Fort St. John Senior Flyers got tired of scoring all the goals Saturday night, so they gave up a few. While the Flyers pulled out an 8-5 win over the Falher Pirates at North Peace Arena on Troy Hunt Night, it wasn’t without some drama. After only one goal in the first period, the home side broke out with five in the second and carried a commanding 6-1 lead through 16:39 of the period. The breakdown came in a wave with three quick Pirates’ goals, and head coach Andrew Leriger said the squad started thinking about a stat-stuffing night. “They’re tough games to have. At the end of the day when you get up 6-1 everybody is thinking about goals, D-men are pinching,” he said. “They’re
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Troy Hunt was honoured by the Fort St. John Sr. Flyers Saturday for his more than 10 years with the team and collecting his 100th win last season.
a good team, we got a few goals on them and capitalized. But they didn’t quit.” It was a quick refocus in the dressing room when the Pirates brought the game to 6-4 after two and Leriger once again credited the veteran lineup for
righting the ship. “As a team, stop thinking that it’s stat night, because it’s not,”Leriger said. “We are a team that prides ourselves on taking care of our own zone first. They stopped thinking about that.”
Rick Cleaver and Brennen Giroux scored twice on Saturday, Robbie Sidhu, Ryan Carter, Brady Busche, and Devan Greyeyes each added a goal of their own. The Flyers’ power play now has six goals in the last two games. Troy Hunt, who was honoured Saturday for his 10-plus years of dedication to the organization didn’t have his best performance, allowing five goals on 32 shots. Hunt reached 100 wins in less than 150 games in the North Peace Hockey League last season and said the Flyers are like a second family to him and they keep him coming back to the rink year-after-year. “It was pretty cool,” Hunt said about the pre-game ceremony. “I’ve never really had anything like that before. It was pretty cool to have the family
involved. I really appreciate the organization recognizing my family because this is a huge family team. We don’t always get together to do stuff as family, but it’s a huge sacrifice for our wives and kids and extended family to let us do this.” Hunt said looking back on those 100 plus wins, a few games in particular stand out, more so the firey days in the early years with the team. “You always have your favourite games, when for a full 60 you are clicking. You remember them,” Hunt said. “In my earlier days, there were a little more fireworks involved than there is nowadays, so I have a few memories from 11, 12, 13 seasons ago that stick with me. Just the whole general feeling of being a part of this organization, we’re like a second family. It’s been awesome, I can’t stay away.”
hurry hard From Nov. 4-5 some of the best curlers in the region competed at the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Peace Curling Tour in the Fort St. John Cash Spiel. Twelve teams battled it out in the competitive division and 14 in the challenge division. Right: Team Webb (Scott Webb, Alex Wolfe, Steve Byrne and Damien Gnass) took home the win in the competitive division over Team Ginter. Left: Team Cooper ( Bob Cooper, Kevin Young, Curtis Shafer and Fort St. John’s own Darryl Horst) won the challenge division over Team DeJong. byron hackett photos
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas Date: Nov. 6th, 2:15 p.m. TV: NBCSN Last Year’s Pole: Matt Kenseth - 199.299 mph Last Year’s Winner: Jimmie Johnson
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T-2. Denny Hamlin Points: 4039
Texas Motor Speedway T-2. Matt Kenseth Points: 4039
This week’s race is the eighth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and second race of the Eliminator Round. There’s an old adage in the Lone Star State: “Everything is bigger in Texas.” One of the country’s largest sports crowds will descend this weekend on the Texas Motor Speedway for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. This is one of the finest NASCAR facilities on the circuit. It is a 1.5 mile quad-oval with a controversial dual banking setup of 5 and 24 degrees. Additional facilities include a 1/5-mile short oval and a 4/10-mile clay oval. The track was completed in 1997, and has been used for NASCAR and Indy Racing League events. It currently seats 155,000 fans and has 194 VIP skybox suites.
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4. Kyle Busch
Almost two dozen people at Martinsville Speedway were hurt after a driver ran right into the crowd after the Good’s Fast Relief 500 on Sunday. The incident happened about 30 minutes after the race when the driver jumped the traffic line and ran into fans. The driver of the vehicle was taken into police custody. Charges are pending and alcohol has been ruled out.
Points: 4037
5. Joey Logano Points: 4033
6. Kevin Harvick Points: 4021
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7. Kurt Busch
Which current driver has the most wins at Texas Motor Speedway?
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a) Tony Stewart b) Matt Kenseth
8. Carl Edwards Points: 4005
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c) Greg Biffle d) Jimmie Johnson
Answer : d) Jimmie Johnson has won at Texas Motor Speedway six times.
Distance: 1.5 miles Shape: Quad-Oval Turns / Straights: 24º / 5º
Points 3039 3039 3032 3027 3027 3025 3010 3009 2114 2114 2097 2086
Last Weekend’s Race: Jimmie Johnson won the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Goody’s 500 Top Ten Driver Points Jimmie Johnson 44 Brad Keselowski 39 Denny Hamlin 39 Matt Kenseth 39 Kyle Busch 37 Jeff Gordon 35 Martin Truex Jr. 35 Jamie McMurray 33 Joey Logano 33 AJ Allmendinger 32
Mr. Martinsville is back and with him, a realistic shot at a recordtying NASCAR Cup championship. Winless at the .526-mile short track since the spring race of 2013, Jimmie Johnson ended his “drought” on Sunday with a victory in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 and earned a berth in the Championship race, set for Nov. 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In winning for the ninth time at Martinsville, the fourth time this season and the 79th time in his career, Johnson didn’t take the lead until he passed Denny Hamlin on Lap 409 of 500. Johnson finished 1.291 seconds ahead of charging Brad Keselowski, who finished second. Johnson said Friday he has been trying to avoid thoughts of a possible seventh title that would tie him for the all-time lead with icons Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.
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Local runners measure up against best in province “It’s a Hill. Get over it!” The quote on the T-shirt aptly describes the mantra needed by the 14 Cross country runners from Dawson Creek Secondary, North Peace secondary and Dr. Kearney Middle School as they participated at the 2016 BC High School Provincial Cross Country Championships held in Kelowna with over 900 other athletes on Nov. 3. The athletes raced on a course that was a mix of rolling hills that tested their endurance and conditioning. This season has been difficult for the teams in terms of training with poor weather resulting in two cancelled races, and loss of training outside. For many of these athletes this is their third Provincial Championship they have attended. The athletes are now
able to better prepare for the challenges they face and all have an extremely positive outlook. The best finish from an NPSS runner was Kenzie Chilcott, in her second trip to provincials. She finished 58th with a time of 22 minutes and four seconds. Chilcott struggled with back issues, but still managed to better her performance from last year. “Of course Kelowna gave me mixed emotions,” she said. “I struggled with my back tensing up during the first lap but started thinking about strategy and was able to improve my place. I did much better than last year. I was very surprised by my place and now next year I would like to do more training than I did this year.” Dr. Kearney runner Jordynn McPh-
erson was the next fastest Fort St. John runner, finishing 106 with a time of 23:14. Morgan Armstrong was 162nd with a time of 25:34. Senior Boys NPSS runner Dustin Bowes finished 149th in 21:17. Jaston Stockall rounded out the NPSS running contingent; she ended up 133rd in a time of 23:36. Stockall said it was the competitiveness of facing the best runners in the province that she’ll take away from provincials. “This race was a very good experience because we were able to compete with so many other runners since usually we don’t have that up in the north,” she said. –submitted by Eric Wolf
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Figure skaters shine The Fort St. John Figure Skating Club is back on the ice for another season and several members of the returned home with top finishes at the Kamloops Autumn Leaves event. Three of the nine skaters from the club at the event took home top spot, including Jillian Stone, Emma Shipalesky, Sophie Stevens in their respective age categories. Addison Stone and Haley Patterson were both second. Ashley Goertzen and Kirstyn Beech finished sixth, Samantha Jenkins was eighth and Emma Stevens was 13th. Next up for the club, skaters will head to Williams Lake for Regionals from Jan. 20-22.
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The Fort St. John Midget Tier 2 Petroleum Flyers scramble for a goal Sunday against the Grimshaw Huskies. The effort wasn’t enough as the Flyers dropped the game 10-6 at North Peace Arena.
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LAKESHORE 4H Community Club Grace Koop
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Our annual Awards Ceremony was held in late October at the Montney Hall, where prizes were distributed to all our district’s outstanding members. In addition, everyone enjoyed a delicious potluck dinner, and several presentations were made by members who attended provincial 4-H events, such as Food for Thought and the
PNE. These two events provide a wonderful opportunity for 4-H members to travel to various parts of the province, make new friends, and learn about agriculture, judging, and all the different projects 4-H has to offer. All in all, it was a great evening, and a big thank you to everyone who pitched in to make it a success! You did a great job! Lakeshore is hoping to have its first meeting sometime this month. 4-H is open to youth 9 years and older, and is a wonderful opportunity to make new friends, and learn lifelong skills in a fun environment. If you haven’t signed up yet, get in touch with your local 4-H club! After 9 years as a member, I can safely say that the experience is well worth it!
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Terri Clark played to a sold out crowd at the North Peace Cultural Centre as she brought her Back To My Roots acoustic tour to Fort St. John on Nov. 5.
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Country music fans in Fort St. John knew Terri Clark the singer, the songwriter, the only Canadian woman inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. But on Saturday night, they got to know Terri Clark the storyteller. Clark brought her Back To My Roots acoustic tour to the North Peace Cultural Centre, armed with only a few guitars, a porchboard bass, and a red velvet chair. Clark broke onto the country music scene in 1995 and has released 10 studio albums and 37 singles, including Better Things To Do, When Boy Meets Girl, Poor Poor Pitiful Me, and Northern Girl, just to name a few. She played her hits and even included a medley of classic country songs. Clark started the tour on Sept. 9 and had many stories to share about playing in small towns across Canada, from amusing audience members, to going bra shopping in her hometown of Medicine Hat and being asked if she’s related to Heather Clark. She talked about her love of Barbara Mandrell, moving to Nashville at 18, how she worked in a western apparel store and sold boots to Johnny Cash, and what it was like working at famed honky-tonk bar, Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. Perhaps the best part of the night was when Clark told
us about renting a cottage in Ontario, where she listed her occupation as “entertainer” on the application. She found out later that the man who rented her the cottage thought she was a stripper. At that moment, The Stripper by The David Rose Orchestra began to play and the theatre’s disco ball started spinning. Clark nearly fell off the red velvet chair in surprise and everyone had an uproarious laugh. The show wrapped up with a
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Firing up the kiln for a good cause ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj,ca
Sometimes you have to get a little creative to help others in need. Fifteen-year-old Kaden Hagen wanted to raise money for people in need, so he headed out to his mother’s pottery studio and got to work. “My mom and I started talking about the economy and how low it is, how people don’t have homes right now and how they don’t have jobs to pay bills,” he said “So I said why don’t I make ornaments since it’s Christmas time and sell them at your sale.” He made a series of Christmas
ornaments with patterns, animals, and words pressed into the clay. By the time he was done, he had about 200 made and ready to sell at Ladies Day Out. All of the funds raised from the ornaments go to the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society, and were completely sold out by the end of the two day event. Kaden’s mom, Pam Hagen, owns Sticks ‘n Stones Pottery studio, which is set up in a shed in the family’s backyard. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO “He’s doing amazing, he’s put Kaden Hagan, right, with his mom Pam and little brother Braden at the Ladies Day Out event on Nov. 5. Kaden sold every in a lot of time and effort,” she ornament her made and 100 per cent of the proceeds will go to the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society. said. “I don’t do any of it, he’s done it all by himself. The only thing I did was show him how he did an amazing job, put in a Anyone that missed out on at The Vintage Affair Christmas to specially load the kiln, but lot of time and effort, we’re very getting one of Kaden’s orna- Market at the Evangel Chapel he offloaded it and everything, proud of him.” ments will have another chance on Dec. 10.
LADIES DAY OUT Nikki Falkenberg of Whoot ‘N’ Annie Designs had plenty of cozy scarves and hats at Ladies Day Out. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTOS
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Siblings Estranged Dear Annie: My youngest sister, “Rebecca,” and I have not spoken in over 25 years. She was the golden child -never getting into trouble, always getting anything and everything she wanted. On the other hand, my elder sister and I were our parents’ worst nightmare. Fortunately, we were able to grow up before it was too late to repair our relationships with our parents. Our problem with the younger sister is that as she got older, she completely abandoned our parents. When my mother finally had to be put in a nursing home because of advanced Alzheimer’s disease, Rebecca did nothing to help. I live 1,300 miles away, so it fell to my elder sister to deal with everything. My younger sister went to see my mother once in 10 years, even though she only lived 4 miles away. She never asked Dad to come over for dinner, Christmas or any holiday. I have reached out over the years, especially because we are all getting up in age. I have given up completely, as has my elder sister. Sometimes, siblings or not, it is just best to let go. Some people just do not want to be involved with their family. As much as we try, there are some things that can’t be forgiven -- and shouldn’t be. I have prayed over this for many
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years and have finally found peace. When my dad died, again, nothing. Why should we even be concerned with her at all? -- Over and Out Dear Over: I’m so sorry for what you and your family went through with Alzheimer’s disease, and my condolences on the death of your father. Everyone deals with grief and stress in different ways, and it sounds as if Rebecca resorts to avoidance. It’s not the healthiest coping mechanism by any means. But just because she wasn’t there doesn’t mean she wasn’t hurting. Though you say you have found peace regarding your relationship -- or lack thereof -- with your sister, your tone suggests otherwise. You’re right that “sometimes, siblings or not, it is just best to let go.” But you can’t very well let go if you’re holding on to all that anger. Find it in your heart to accept your sister for the flawed person that she is, whether or not she ever reaches out again (and if she does, don’t shut her down). Dear Annie: To “Tea Drink-
er,” who wanted to know why coffee refills are free but tea refills sometimes aren’t: You’ve been led astray somewhat. It’s in the bag. Coffee is relatively inexpensive to brew pot after pot. Tea you purchase by the box, and it’s filled with all these individual bags. When a customer orders tea, yes, the presentation is more detailed, but frankly, it doesn’t take that much more time. But you are serving with a lemon, which has its cost, and honey, which also is an additional cost, and the selection of tea bags. I have never worked anywhere where we charged for a second cup, but I do work in nicer restaurants, where the selection of teas is already on the table --and you can be certain that bags of desirable tea flavors are stuffed in some people’s purses when they leave. It’s a cost we’ve always just absorbed. But some places maybe can’t afford to basically be giving free tea bags away and serving the honey and lemon free. For what it’s worth, that is my experience over 40 years of restaurant work. 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. COPYRIGHT 2016 CREATORS.COM
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“I was heading down the wrong path and it was going nowhere, so when I heard about this program, I jumped right in.” - Jaimin Thomas
Construction program provides different path Not everyone is meant to sit in a classroom. For some students, like Jaimin Thomas, trying to get through high school with note taking and tests and the usual academic requirements is just too much. Frustration with the traditional education model can lead many to drop out of school. Thomas was one of those students; he was about ready to give up, but then he heard about the Residential Construction Program. Now, instead of taking notes, he’s building a house. “It’s been really great,” he said, standing on the street in front of the under-construction home, located at 11211 115 Avenue. “I was heading down the wrong path and it was going nowhere, so when I heard about this program, I jumped right in.” Now, he’s essentially become the foreman of the construction crew. Thomas said he always liked working with his hands—he’s been doing carpentry since he was 12 years old—so this program was a natural fit. Thomas was one of 11 students that were on site to get the trusses up on the house, the 15th the program has built since it began in 2004. Also on site was Tom Demyen, a manager with Myshak Sales and Rentals LTD. The company loaned a crane for the students to use to install the
trusses on the house. Demyen is a big fan of the Residential Construction Program and what it can do for students in the community. “It’s amazing to see what it’s done for someone (like Jaimin) who, on some ends, was going the wrong way with his life and with a program like this that can turn someone around,” he said. “I’ve seen in the community with other kids, it helps them out. They struggle in school, this just gives them another opportunity to help further themselves, and it’s amazing what they’ve done with the school programs.” Residential Construction Program instructor Richard Koop said it’s been rewarding for him to get students like Thomas on the site and doing the work, as they thrive better in this environment than in a classroom. “It’s very rewarding to see how much they develop over the period of time and the interest they have,” he said. “But also the skills that they develop and see how they start to recognize the skills they’re developing and you can see the pride they have.” Many of the students that go through this program stay in the trade once they graduate, said Koop. “A lot of our former students are still in the trade, still in the area, so that’s really rewarding, seeing these guys take the training their getting and using it and developing into a career.”
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The students receive their instructions for the day.
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Richard Koop, Residential Construction Program instructor, goes over some details with a pair of students.
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The house being built on 115 Avenue is identical to this one, which was also built by local students.
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Jaimin Thomas is one of the success stories coming out of the North Peace Secondary School Residential Construction Program. The program has built 15 houses in the city since it began in 2004.
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FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Lutheran Church 9812 108 Ave Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Sundays 1:30 p.m. Rev. Enid Pow ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 9:30 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 3:00 p.m. Holy Communion BAHA’I fAITH BAHA’I fAITH National Baha’i Information 1-800-433-3284 Regular Firesides Mondays @ 8:00 p.m. Deepenings continued Wednesdays at 250-7870089 Next Feast Info. 250-787-0089 ********** BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 9607-107th Ave., fSJ Ph. (Office) 250-785-4307 Pastor: Michael Hayes Associate Pastor: Doug Janzen SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE 10:30AM ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Vener Sabacan Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjcatholic.ca MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 10:00 a.m. oNLY OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism. MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 3 months before the wedding. ********** ALLIANCE CHURCH 9804-99 Ave., fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8 Ph: 250-785-4644 fax: 250-785-8932 e-mail: office@fsjalliance.ca www.fsjalliance.ca SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE: 9:15am & 11:00am KIDVILLE: for ages 2yrs.-Gr.6 @ 9:15am **********
CoMMUNITY CHURCH CHARLIE LAKE CoMMUNITY CHURCH Lead Pastor: Alfred Reschke Associate Pastor: Jared Braun 250-785-1723 fax: 250-785-4136 clcc@pris.ca SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP: 10:40am 1st left turn off Alaska Highway past the Charlie Lake Store. ********** PEACE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 10556-100th Street, Taylor, BC Pastor: Wally Pohlmann Phone: 250-789-3045 HoURS: 9:00am-Noon Monday-Wednesday & friday Email: office@taylorchurch.ca Website: www.taylorchurch.ca SUNDAY ADULT CLASS - 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE - 10:30am ********** EVANGELICAL foRT ST. JoHN EVANGELICAL MISSIoN 8220-89th Avenue, fSJ Pastor: Andy Wiebe Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings. Worship Service - 10:45am Phone: 250-787-2550 ******* INTERDENoMINATIoNAL UPPER PINE GoSPEL CHAPEL Church Phone: 250-827-3833 Email: upgc@pris.ca Board Chairman: Andy Burkholder 250-827-3811 Box 66, Rose Prairie, BC ********** LUTHERAN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 9812-108th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 2R3 Office Phone: 250-785-2718 Pastor: Rev. Kebede Dibaba Regular Worship Schedule: 9:00am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School ********** PEACE RIVER MUSLIM ASSoCIATIoN Information: 250-787-1264 Jumm’a (Friday) Prayer @ 1:00pm 203-10903-100th Street, fort St. John, BC email: tahermorsi@shaw.ca ********** MENNoNITE NoRTH PEACE MENNoNITE BRETHREN CHURCH North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church 10816 106 St. fort St. John, BC V1J 5V2 250-785-3869
Lead Pastor: Andrew Eby Associate Pastor of Youth & Young Adults: Don Banman SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES: 9:15am & 11:00am ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome! Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3131 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years. Christian Life Centre is “Home of Christian Life School” ********** foRT ST. JoHN NATIVE BIBLE fELLoWSHIP Sunday Worship: 11:00am Wed., Night Bible Study: 7:30pm Pastor John A Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** GIDEoNS INTERNATIoNAL Fort St. John Camp Ray Hein 250-827-3636 John Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** NoRTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH INTERNATIoNAL (Rose Prairie, BC Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30am Worship Service: 11:00am Everyone Welcome ********** THE SHELTER CHURCH “...the Lord will be a shelter for His people” Joel 3:6 9808-98A Ave. fort St. John, BC 250-785-3888 SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am Pastor: Oral Benterud 250-785-9151 ********** PENTECoSTAL THE PENTECoSTALS of foRT ST. JoHN Phone: 250-787-9888 Pastor: Jason McLaughlin Sunday 10am Service, Sunday School Youth Sunday 11am Worship Service Tuesday 7pm Prayer
Wednesday 7pm Bibile Study Friday 7pm Youth ********** PENTECoSTAL ASSEMBLIES of CANADA EVANGEL CHAPEL 10040-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-3386 Fax: 250-785-8345 Lead Pastor: Tony Warriner Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:00am www.evangelfsj.com ********** The Journey 10011-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-6254 Pastor: Larry Lorentz Services: Sundays: 10:30am Tuesdays: 7:00pm ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 12:30 p.m. - Pie and Coffee 1:00 p.m. - Worship Service Everyone is invited to participate ********** REfoRMED TRINITY CoVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service: 10:00am Meets at the Quality Inn Northern Grand 100th Ave & 98th St., fort St. John, BC Elder: Mike Donovan Phone: 250-787-7702 Affiliated with C.R.E.C. ********** THE SALVATIoN ARMY THE SALVATIoN ARMY Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am 10116-100th Ave., fort St. John, BC Come Worship With Us. For information; Phone 250-785-0506 or food Bank 250-785-0500 ********** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 9008-100th Avenue, fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-8632 Pastor: Cavin Chwyl Phone: 250-719-7949 Saturday Service: 9:30am ********** UNITED CHURCH of CANADA ST. LUKE’S UNITED 9907-98 St., fort St. John, BC Office: 250-785-2919 fax: 250-785-2788 Email: stlukeuc@telus.net Sunday Worship Service @ 10:00am All are Welcome! The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925.
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The ‘tooth’ about horse teeth N
obody particularly appreciates being told they’re ‘getting long in the tooth,’ but if you happen to be a horse, the implications go way beyond mere wounded pride. Because a horse’s teeth grow continuously throughout most of their life, they literally become longer with age. If the teeth don’t wear down properly, this can lead to painful and even life-threatening health problems. Given these problems, you’re probably wondering what the benefits of this continual tooth growth could be. The answer is related to their diet; because horses are grazing animals by nature, the roughage they are designed to consume wears their teeth down as they chew. If these teeth weren’t continually being
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renewed from below, they would quickly be worn flat to the gums and would be no use for chewing. However, our domesticated horses are often somewhat spoiled with lush, tender pastures, fine hay, and supplemental grain. This means less chewing is required and the teeth may grow faster than they’re worn down. As a result, our horses often need a helping hand in keeping their teeth in good shape. Most horses need yearly dental exams and ‘floating,’ or
smoothing of the overgrown portions of the teeth. Due to their anatomy and chewing patterns, horses tend to develop sharp, overgrown points on the outsides of their upper cheek teeth and the insides of their lower cheek teeth. These points can become extremely sharp, causing painful ulcers in the cheeks and tongue. Dental exams are also a great time to identify and treat loose, fractured, or infected teeth. Some horses have small, vestigial teeth commonly known as wolf teeth just in front of their main cheek teeth. These wolf teeth don’t contribute to chewing and often interfere with the bit and so most often are removed. If you’ve ever had a toothache yourself, you can probably imagine the discomfort a horse may experience.
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especially important that they receive regular dental care to maximize their ability to chew and utilize feed. As we face what is shaping up to be a long and snowy winter, ensuring that your horse’s teeth are in top working condition is one of the most important things you can do to help them stay healthy and happy as we anxiously await spring! Dr. Amy Hayduk grew up in the Nass Valley of northwest BC and graduated from the Western College of Veterinary medicine as the 2014 “gold medalist” after completing a master’s degree in biochemistry at the University of Northern BC. She enjoys all aspects of mixed animal practice with special interests in small animal surgery and equine medicine.
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Riders will often notice that a horse is becoming difficult to bridle, resistant to the bit, or just plain irritable when being ridden. Because dental disease can interfere with chewing, you may also notice that the horse is dropping its feed and losing weight. More severe cases can result in colic, choke, or sinus or bone infection. The good news is that regular dental care by a veterinarian can prevent these problems. Sedation is used to help keep the horse still, manage any discomfort, and reduce stress. Then specialized dental tools are used to grind down overgrown teeth and smooth sharp points. Because senior horses over 20 years old are particularly prone to developing dental problems, it is
If you’ve ever considered bringing a rabbit home, then Pancake may be the pet for you. This little white rabbit isn’t likely to run from you, he’s very social and loves to be petted, brushed, and held.
Research into the diet and exercise needs of a rabbit is encouraged for anyone that has never experienced having one. If you’re interested in making Pancake part of your family, visit him at the North Peace SPCA. —Aleisha Hendry
It’s time to CELEBRATE 100 years of Doing Good in the World!
Celebrating 100 years of doing good in the world by the Rotary Foundation In 1917 at the Rotary Convention then president Arch C. Klumph spoke these words, “It seems eminently proper that we should accept endowments for the purpose of doing good in the world.” Although it was a contentious proposal at the time a donation of $26.50 live t o n ld ou “We sh ne, from the Rotary Club of Kansas lo a s e selv oing for our City started the endowment and joy in d e th r but fo ers.” sowed the seeds of the Rotary th o r good fo Foundation. Klumph ~ Arch C. In 1928 the Rotary Foundation was officially named as a legal entity and part of Rotary International, but donations were still small until Rotary’s founder Paul Harris became seriously ill. Knowing he was going to die, he made it known that rather than monuments or flowers at his funeral, his true wish was that donations in his honour be made to the Rotary Foundation and in 1947 when he passed away, the donations from around the world totaled $1.3 Million USD. Today that sum would equal $13 Million USD. The mission of the foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. To date the foundation has spent over $3 Billion USD in those endeavors. All funded by voluntary contributions by Rotarians and supporters of Rotary. Your Rotary Clubs of Dawson Creek are supporters of the Rotary Foundation and use the grants available to go out and do good in the world. From wheel chairs to literacy, water and sanitation, fighting Polio and other disease, Dawson Creek Rotarians have been “Boots on the ground” in countries around the world. You don’t have to be a Rotarian to donate to the Rotary Foundation, but we’d love to see you join us.
If you would like to find out more about Rotary you can contact the Rotary Club of Dawson Creek Sunrise at RotaryDCSunrise@gmail.com
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This is news? Judy Kucharuk the desk of the green-eyed girl
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broke my tooth the other day. It might have been just the old filling falling out, but when my I rub my tongue across it, it feels broken. I slipped going out to my car last week and fell right onto my rear end. I looked around to ensure someone HAD seen it in case I needed to call for help. I had fallen, but could I get up? I had a hot flash so intense while driving that my glasses fogged up to the point that I needed to pull over because I could no longer see the road. I received a new prescription from the doctor last week and I thought to myself, “At what point will I qualify for one of those handy blister packs?” This growing older thing is mind blowing. Every day I notice something new, something different and it’s really wild! I compare it to watching my grandson Dylan and how he is learning something new every day. I am also learning something new every day. I remember when I felt my first inkling of a hot flash and how this tingling occurred and moved up my body to the top of my head. I giggled and I remember saying to myself, “Is THIS what everyone complains about?” Flash forward a year and my makeup is literally running down my red face, my hair stuck to my head, glasses fogged up and thinking, “Gah! When will this end?” That day I learned that hot flashes are no picnic. My reading glasses spend more time on my head than off and I think that I should begin wearing my fancy progressive lens glasses full time. Do the glasses make me look smarter or just older? Getting older makes you wish that you had looked after your younger self better. You wish that you had eaten healthier and exercised more. I personally believe that both men and women think similarly as they age. Men might not talk about it as much, but I know they are concerned when they see the increasingly grey hair or change in physique. Women are allowed to fight aging publicly: they can dye their hair and openly discuss their Botox and their tummy tucks. Men cannot—if you see a man who has obviously coloured his hair and is dressing differently, you think “mid life crisis.” Why? Why is it taboo for men to do the same things that women do in order to fight aging? Where am I going with this? I don’t know. I am just in a melancholy mood this morning and I know that someone is going to read this and say or type, “this is news?” Last week when I read the column by Aleisha Hendry where she shared her appendicitis and surgery, I also read that comment, “this is news?” Why is it not news when Aleisha shared her positive outcome (she survived to tell the tale), but if it had been a negative outcome, it would most certainly be news? When we share a snippet of our lives or share a perspective that we believe in, I agree that it isn’t news in the literal sense, but it is important. Story telling is how we relate to one another and a columnist can do that by sharing an experience. Someone will have read the piece by Aleisha and thought, “I felt the same way when my appendix came out” and someone might read my diatribe about aging and relate to it in some way. So the next time you are itching to type “this is news?” I encourage you to pause and assess whether or not you can relate to it in some fashion, if there might be an underlying
Food for Fines back at Fort St. John Public Library for November
message in the column or if you simply enjoyed it. Sometimes that is all that we are looking for.
Have you been dreading going to the Fort St. John Library, knowing you have late fees on your account? Worry not, for November is Food for Fines month. Any overdue fines, lost book fines or damaged item fines will be waive in exchange for a donation of non-perishable food. Each individual food item is considered equal to $5, so if you have $15 in overdue fines, bring
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in three items and your account will be cleared. The donations brought in will go to the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society. Even if you don’t have fines, the library would still welcome any donations brought in during the month. For more information about Food for Fines, call 250-785-3731. —Aleisha Hendry
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Joleen Ann Brandl passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at the age of 79, beloved mother of Beth, Linda, and Paula. Joleen was born at Pincher Creek, Alberta, on April 21, 1937, to Fred and Josie Higginbotham. She grew up on her parent’s ranch, north of Pincher Station, with her younger brothers Earl and Lorne. Joleen met Roger Brandl, who she married on September 13, 1958. They spent the first years of their marriage living in the small communities of Pincher Creek, Bragg Creek, and Sparwood, following the work on the drilling rigs. Beth and Linda were born during this time. In 1962, opportunities arose in Northern British Columbia, so they packed up their young family and headed north, settling in Fort St. John, BC. In 1963, Paula arrived and the family was complete. Joleen and Roger purchased the Royalite Service Station and Café in 1967, which they ran until it burned down in December of 1968. The following year they began construction on Mackenzie Tire, and ran a successful automotive business together. Roger was in charge of the shop, while Joleen managed the front end and did the books, until they sold the business in 1980. Joleen is predeceased by her mother Josephine, father Fred, and brother Lorne. She is survived by her brother Earl (Gloria) Higginbotham, sister-inlaw Faye Irving, Daughters Beth (Steve) Schulte, Linda (Mike) Maisonneuve, and Paula (Larry) London; Grandchildren Justin Loubert, Sheena (Brent) Taillefer, Ryan Kearns, Carline Kraeleman, Kaylie (Colin) Bowler, Torey Maisonneuve, Colbi Maisonneuve, Nicholas Maisonneuve, and Tyler Schulte; Great-grandchildren Wyatt, Maizy, Hank, and Hazel. Joleen will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved her. Expressions of sympathy can be made to the B.C. Lung Association. Special thank you to Dr. Watt and the nurses at the Fort St. John Hospital.
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Mr. David Taras, late of Edmonton, formerly of Fort St John, BC, passed away on November 5, 2016 at the age of 52 years. He is survived by his loving family; sisters, Lynn (Gary) White and Maureen (Tom) Emes, and his brother, Donald Taras; and their families as well as many friends. David is predeceased by his parents, Joyce and Alfred Taras. A time of remembrance will be arranged by his family in the spring of 2017. Reflecting his spirit of generosity, donations to a charity of your choice are deeply appreciated. Online condolences may be sent through www.riverviewfuneral.com.
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Bernice Elizabeth Nelson (nee Brekkaas) passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, in Fort St. John, British Columbia, at the age of 76 years after a courageous battle with cancer. Bernice will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 60 years, Elliott and their children, Randy (Bonny), Debra (David) Potter, Darla (Kerry) Orcutt, Lisa (Peter) Hunszinger, Troy (Carole), and Shane (Shona). Bernice will also be fondly remembered by her fourteen grandchildren, Justin (Kamie), Kara (Kyle), Megan (AJ), Brandon (Denee), Courtney (Meghan), Tyrell (Lacey), Christopher (Lina), Kristina, Garnett, Connor, Rachel, Adam, Katea and Jessica, by her eleven great grandchildren Kraden, Camron, Alex, Emmynd, Ella, Hailey, Elliotte, Kenidee, Emily, Charlie and Josie, and by her sister, Caroline (Birger) Garberg. Bernice was predeceased by her sisters, Elborg Alton and Anna Chase, and her brother Olaf Brekkaas. Bernice was born on November 15, 1939 in Poplar Hill, Alberta to Ole and Alma Brekkaas. She married her childhood sweetheart, Elliott Nelson on Jan 4, 1957 and they made Fort St. John their home in 1964. Bernice passionately embraced being a mom and grandma. She loved nothing more than to be surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also touched the lives of many more children as a caregiver and day home provider for over 40 years. A funeral service in memory of Bernice was held on Monday, November 7, 2016 at 1:00 pm, at the Charlie Lake Community Church, 12731 244 Road, Charlie Lake, Pastor Andrew MacGregor officiated. The family would like to thank the staff at Fort St. John Hospital for their gentle compassion and care. Memorial donations, in memory of Bernice, may be made to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation (Cancer Treatment and Diagnostic Fund). R0011331597
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The City of Fort St. John is recruiting auxiliary on call Firefighters. Successful applicants must have the commitment and time to attend two hour practice sessions weekly (Thursday evenings) and to attend emergency callouts whenever available. Applicants must reside within the Fort St. John Fire Department fire protection area. Applicants are required to have an RCMP criminal record search completed before recruit training.
LAFARGE CEMENT TERMINAL COORDINATOR The position’s prime objective is to manage all day to day activities of the Fort St. John and the Fort Nelson terminals in a safe, efficient, reliable, economical manner and ensure quality and environmental standards are maintained. Experience: Minimum of 5 years experience demonstrating good mechanical aptitude, abil− ity to operate equipment and excellent com− munication skills. careers.wcan@lafargeholcim.com
Posting closes 4:00 p.m., Friday, November 18, 2016. For job details go to www.fortstjohn.ca. Interested candidates should forward a complete resume prior to 4:00 pm on the closing date to: Human Resources Assistant, City of Fort St. John 10631 - 100th Street, Fort St. John, BC. V1J 3Z5 PHONE: (250) 787-8150 FAX: (250) 787-8181 Email: adyer@fortstjohn.ca
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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ADMINISTRATOR ClearStream is seeking an AP Administrator in Fort St. John responsible for end−to−end ac− counts payable and vendor management cycle. −Minimum 3−5 years accounting experience −Knowledge of the Oil & Gas Industry −Business or accounting degree/designation an asset For more information and to apply, visit: www.clearstreamjobs.ca
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We are accepting resumes for the following positions in various locations across the Peace Region in Northeastern B.C. and Northern Alberta, Calgary and Saskatchewan: • General Manager, Trucking • Regional Business Managers • Regional Sales Associates • HSE & QA/QC Coordinator
• Mineral Processing Engineer • Journeyman Millwrights • Class 1 Drivers (B-Train & Heavy Haul) • Environmental Engineer
LaPrairie offers competitive remuneration packages plus a range of benefits and opportunities for career progression. To apply for these positions, please submit your resume to: Human Resources Department careers@laprairiegroup.com Fax (403) 767-9932
www.laprairiegroup.com Closing date: November 18, 2016
The South Peace Seniors’ Association wish to thank everyone who donated to the Senior’s Day Celebration on October 1st. Also thank you to all who braved the weather and attended.
Coming EvEnts ART CLASSES UNTIL JUNE 30: Each day a different skill for after school youth DAWSON CREEK ART GALLERY: 3:30 to 5:00PM 250782-2601
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The Alaska Highway News is looking for a full-time sports reporter/ photographer to cover regional sports in Northeast B.C. This is a perfect opportunity for any journalist looking to cover junior and senior hockey, as well as amateur athletes in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, and surrounding communities. In 2017, the region will play host to the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and the World Masters Allround Speed Skating Games. The reporter will also have the opportunity to cover local cycling, mixed martial arts, golf, swimming, speed skating, drag racing, rodeos, high school sports, and more. Athletes from our region have stood on Olympic podiums, and have brought home championships from other provincial and national events. The reporter will write stories and features for both print and web, and can engage readers through social media. The job includes evening and weekend work. Salary commensurate with experience.
Who we are The Alaska Highway News is a weekly newspaper in Northern British Columbia. We’re part of Vancouver-based Glacier Media, a publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, trade magazines and business information products throughout Western Canada.
Is this you? The reporter will be versatile, energetic, dedicated and sociable. Turning in two or more stories a day isn’t a problem. You can easily handle a mix of community news and challenging assignments. You’ll integrate yourself into the community with ease. Minus 20 is child’s play. You have a reliable automobile, can use it in the snow, and know how to use a camera.
http://prrd.bc.ca/quick_links/employment/index.php Applicants are invited to submit their resumes, complete with cover letter and references “in confidence” to: Peace River Regional District Attention: Ronda Wilkins, Executive Assistant E-mail: ronda.wilkins@prrd.bc.ca Box 810, Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8 Phone: 1-800-670-7773 Fax: 1-250-784-3220 Closing date for this opportunity is 4:30 p.m. on Friday November 8th, 2016
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Coming EvEnts ANNUAL TURKEY SUPPER- Friday, Nov. 11, 2016- 4:00- 7:00 pm Courtesy of The Rolla Community and Women’s Institute. Adults: $15.00 Children:6-12 $10.00 Children under 6Free DAWSON CREEK BADMINTON CLUB From Sept. 19, 2016 to April 26, 2017 Mondays & Wednesdays Time: 7:30-9:30 pm Central Campus Gym Dawson Creek Do not play on any statutory or school holidays. Go on the school website to check on the holidays Please pay before you start playing. Players under 16 years must have an adult with them. You will need clean gym shoes and a racquet. Contact Dan or Judy Pandachuck: 250782-4783 Friday, Nov. 25th from 11:30-1:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Center in Dawson Creek (1029-103 Ave). Luncheon of Turkey pie, salads, dessert & beverage. THIS IS A FUNDRAISER Gord Bamford with special guest Jesse Mast Sat. Nov. 19, 2016 7:30 pm MST North Peace Cultural Centre, Fort St. John MOOSE FM and the Community Touring Alliance are pleased to welcome Gord Bamford with special guest Jesse Mast to the North Peace Cultural Centre on Saturday November 19, 2016. http://www.npcc.bc.ca /events-mainmenu-51
KNIT NIGHT: Thursdays at Faking Sanity Cafe in Dawson Creek6:30 to 8:30 PM. MILE 0 QUILTERS GUILD: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7PM at Calvin Kruk Performing Arts Centre in Dawson Creek Nov. 18 & 19- Ten Thousand Villages Sale will be held on Nov. 18th, from 3:00 to 9:00 pm and Nov. 19th, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Northgate Mennonite Anabaptist Fellowship, 1800- 109 Avenue, Dawson Creek (Blue Church across from Kitchen Park). Available for purchase will be a wide variety of fair trade items handcrafted by artisans from developing countries. NOV. 19- 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. 19 years and over welcome. For more information phone Fred at 250-7822192 or Linda at 250843-7418 Rotary Manor Christmas Tea and Bake Sale-Saturday, November 19th 2:00-4:00 pm Pies, Baking and Assorted Christmas Items from Linda’s Greenhouse. Please use our shuttle service from Alliance Church Parking Lot. Shuttles will start at 1:45-4:00 pm, 112190th Ave. Admission for Tea $5.00- Free for Residents. EVERYONE WELCOME- All proceeds go towards resident programs and activities SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca South Peace Historical Society Meetings Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm. WEDNESDAYS: COMPUTER INFORMATION -Seniors Computer Club - Dawson CO-OP Bistro 1:15pm 250-782-4668 for more information
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TAKE NOTICE THAT on Monday, October 3, 2016 an order was made for service on you of a Petition and supporting Affidavit issued from the Fort St. John Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in proceeding number H-23169 by way of this advertisement. In the proceeding, the Petitioner claims the following relief against you: that your interest in the property at 10316 112th Avenue, Fort St. John, British Columbia be foreclosed and for judgment against you for the balance due under the subject mortgage. You must file a responding pleading/response to petition within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you. You may obtain, from the Fort St. John Registry, at 10600 100th Street, Fort St. John, British Columbia, a copy of the Petition, supporting Affidavit and the Order providing for service by this advertisement. This advertisement is placed by MCAP Service Corporation whose address for service is: Randie Wilson & Company 1460-800 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6 Attention: Randie Wilson Fax number address for service: 604-682-2350 E-mail address for service: rwilson@rwlc.com
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Do you share our passion? At TELUS, you create future friendly® possibilities. At TELUS, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. www.telus.com/careers Job posting#: ROL02522-16-Service Technician- National Business Delivery
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Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. Based in Fort St. John, BC The successful candidate will be expected to control and implement Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.’s Pipeline Maintenance Program and Pressure Equipment Integrity Management System. Minimum five years of oil field experience complemented by a technical diploma or degree or 10 years’ minimum field operations experience is required. Cathodic Protection of Pipelines & Pipeline/ Vessel Integrity. Apply at www.paintedpony.ca – Careers or careers@paintedpony.ca Closing Date: October 28, 2016
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NOVEMBER 14, 2016 6:00 p.m. – City Hall Council Chambers Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2360, 2016
Phone: 250-785-2662
The subject land of the proposed bylaw is legally described as Lot B, Section 36, Township 83, Range 19, W6M, Peace River District Plan BCP 19082 as shown hatched on the map. The proponent (Home Hardware) is applying to amend the Zoning Bylaw to allow for the expansion of the indoor storage building for a drive-thru on this lot. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2360, 2016 is to designate the subject land from C3 – General Commercial to C4 – Service Commercial.
Education & Experience: - Must have completed a minimum Grade 12 Diploma with at least Grade 11 math (Transcripts and/or diplomas will be required) - Clean and valid Class 5 Driver’s License or other provincial equivalent (Driver’s license and abstract will be required)
The TELUS team is as diverse as the society we live in and the customers we serve. We’re also passionate about creating success for our customers, our shareholders, our communities and our team. And we do so by living the TELUS values and delivering on our Customers First commitments.
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Who is TELUS? We’re a high-performing team of individuals who collectively make TELUS one of the leading telecommunications companies in Canada. Our competitive consumer offerings include wireline, wireless, internet and Optik TV. We also deliver a compelling range of products and services for small, medium and large businesses; and have carved out a leadership position in the health, energy, finance and public sector markets with innovative industry specific solutions.
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- Rewards of starting your career with TELUS include a competitive hourly wage with added performance incentives and annual bonuses. We also offer best-in-class training to start, employee share purchase plan, service discounts and many more benefits! You will have the opportunity to build a long term career with a leading-edge team that strongly believes in giving back to the communities in which we work, live and serve - Become the technical sales and service consultant for our business customers in the work environment, understanding their needs and becoming their advocate. - Nothing is day to day about this job - with every customer install you will get to learn their business and how TELUS helps them get the job done. Whether it is data service, Optik TV, public WIFI or fibre optic services, every customer interaction will be unique and exciting! We pride ourselves on quality, but sometimes things break, when it does you get to be the hero that gets our business customers up and running in no time flat! - Similar to our Lions, Pandas, Parrots and Bunnies, just to name a few, you too can be the face of TELUS! Take this opportunity to radiate your enthusiasm about TELUS products and services to our business clients.
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Copies of the proposed bylaw and related documents may be inspected at City Hall – 10631 – 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from October 25 to November 14, 2016. At the hearing, the public will be allowed to make presentations to Council or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw.
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Coming EvEnts Save the Dates July 7, 5:00 pm to July 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm for the 23rd Annual Mile Zero Cruisers Summer Cruise weekend starts with Registration held at the Dawson Co-op. Bring down your pride and joy and register for the 2017 Summer Cruise Car Show weekend. All registrants will receive access to all weekend events as well as a chance to win prizes. Check in this paper for more details closer to the show! Thursday, October 27th the Dawson Creek Royal Canadian Legion Branch #141 will begin its annual Poppy Campaign with delivery of poppy wreaths to the businesses, and the placing of poppy trays at various locations around the city. All revenues collected will be placed in a special poppy trust fund to be used only for worthy charitable causes. No funds will be used for legion branch operations.
Coming EvEnts Sunday November 20, 2016-Join us for the Farmington Farmerettes Christmas Tea & Craft Sale from 12:30 until 3:00 pm. Entry is still $4 per person & we will have a quilted item up for raffle for $1.00 per ticket. 15 vendors a At Parkland Elementary School in Farmington. Get a start on your Christmas Shopping! SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm
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Take notice that Springbuck Inc. from Osoyoos, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Northeast Region, for a Quarry Site situated on Provincial Crown land located at Cypress/Halfway River. The Lands File for this application is 8015895. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to Joyce Veller, Authorization Officer, Northeast Region, MFLNRO, at 100-10003-110th Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 6M7, (250) 7873438. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to December 12, 2016. 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.
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Confidential Apartment Maintenance Technician A Property Manage− ment company is now hiring for an Apartment Mainte− nance Technician. If you have experience working in building maintenance then this is the job for you. We offer com− petitive salaries, ex− cellent benefits and a generous apart− ment discount. To qualify you need to have two years ex− perience in mainte− nance, a valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, and reliable trans− portation. Please email your resume to mcwiservices963 @gmail.com.
For Hire: caregiver to look after my 2 children; 4 year old girl and 3 year old boy. Permanent, full time at a rate of 11.50/hour for 40 hrs/week. Completion of Secondary School : some college/CEGEP/ vocational. 1 to 2 years experience supervision or care for children. Accommodation available on a live-in basis at no cost, but is not a condition of employment. Main duties include: supervise and care; assist/guide children on personal hygiene; meal preparation; organize and participate in children’s activities and may perform light housekeeping. Applicatant may apply via email: joan24garcia@yahoo.
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RestauRant/ Hotel Hotel & Property Manager, Tumbler Ridge Seeking a positive, energetic, and capa− ble person with demonstrated ex− ceptional guest ser− vice and hotel expe− rience. The perfect candidate should have an en− trepreneurial spirit, and be very friendly northern community builders. Minimum 5 years manage− ment experience in hospitality, be 21st century marketing savvy, demonstrat− ed knowledge of MS Office, financial re− porting including budgeting, Hotel Property Systems, supervise up to 25 people, and able to physically contribute to all facets of daily operations. Do not contact the hotel for job listing details or to apply. This posi− tion is being filled by a recruitment agency. Contact them for a detailed job listing, and to submit an up−to− date resume. pamela @inntimateinns.com
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1 cup red wine 1 small jar of mom’s Saskatoon jam or jelly (250-500 ml) 2 onions large dice 4 stalks of celery large dice 4 carrots large dice 1 head garlic minced 10 g dried chillies crushed 1 L water Salt and pepper to taste Directions Soak bison ribs in water for two hours. Add a table spoon of police oil to your pot. Sauté the garlic, chillies, onions, celery and carrots in a pressure cooker pot. De-glaze with red wine and your mom’s local Saskatoon berry jam. Add 1 tsp. of salt and 2 tsp. of black pepper. Fill pot with water until it is 2/3 – ¾ full of liquids, vegetables and meat. Place pressure lid on pot turn to medium high heat. Once the pressure cooker is sealed and pressures up drop the temperature to low. the speed at which the steam releases from the top valve indicates the pressure inside the chamber. Adjust stove heat to medium low so you have a soft and slow ripple of sound, not so intense it sounds scary. Cook for 50 min on low from the time when the pressure cooker seals. Run the pressure cooker under water to reduce the heat and pressure. Remove ribs and vegetables from liquids. Return strained liquids to a pan on high heat. Reduce until sauce is thick enough to catch the back of a spoon, finish with butter and herbs.
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FOR LEASE Commercial Industrial Shop/Office Fort St John 60’x50’ shop with 22’x14’ overhead door on the south side and 14’x16’ overhead door on the north side.
Email: ron@northeastbc.com
BCNCC MLS® 2011,2012,2013,2014, 2015
COMMERCIAL OFFICE / SHOP
Are you looking for office space with easy access for your clients?
5,531sf consisting of 9 offices, conference room, storage, file and copy rooms, large reception
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PLUS 20’x36’ shop with 10’x12’ overhead door leading to back alley access – great for shipping and receiving or small repairs and storage.
100 Ave Fort St John BC
Great space for book store, small retail sales center, professional office, oil company looking admin location…and more! Landlord would prefer long term lease.
Main Floor Office, staff coffee room, & used for parts and front counter servicing with open ceiling feature. Total 3359sf of main floor space. 2430sf second floor; 24’x20 conference room, 3 additional offices & open area for staffing or administrative needs.
Asking $13.00/sf
($1734/month) + triple net & GST MLS ® N4507350
Office - Shop Fort St John BC
1,046sf front office; highway exposure & plenty of staff and client parking 4,834sf shop; 2 20’x16’ overhead doors on drive thru bay plus additional 14’x16’ overhead door for second bay Stairs lead to 1,020sf mezzanine with office space, staff lunch room, locker room, first aid and storage 0.4 acre fenced storage behind building
Asking $ 18.00/sf Plus triple net and applicable taxes MLS ® C8007241
Shop/Office Complex
SUB LEASE Opportunity
10704 101 Ave Fort St John BC
Downtown Commercial Office 10423 101 Ave FSJ
Client can enter from front street access and staff via rear alley. Fenced yard in back for extra security. Formerly used as a radio station, there are
3,136sf made up of office, parts/retail and shop/bays space Asking $4,541.98/mn* 17.38/sf plus triple net & applicable taxes
This sub-lease opportunity offers additional option of 2,045sf bay and office. Call Ron for shop layout and details about sublease arrangements
3,756sf commercial space
Great space for retail business that needs a warehouse component, small service & part business, distribution center, and more!
960sf warehouse (18’ ceiling) 1,200sf shop 700 retail space
1,280sf building on 50’x122’ lot
102St Fort St John, BC
Central city location
Plus triple net and applicable taxes MLS ® C8007291
Multi-Use Lease Space FOR LEASE
HIGHWAY FRONTAGE FOR LEASE
Triple Net estimated at $7.80sf (2015)
FOR LEASE Asking $ 14.50/sf
This is a sub-lease, subject to Landlord approval 24 hours notice required for viewing
plus triple net & applicable taxes Triple Net includes snow removal, building insurance, property taxes and management fee MLS ® C8007090
Space available NOW 24 hour notice required for viewing
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Office Space 10712A 101 Ave Fort St John BC
1,600sf open office space
8,789sf Available Now
Asking $16.00 sf
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mages of bison can be found painted on the cave walls of our Palaeolithic ancestors. They are also documented in historical books of Christian, Hebrew, and Muslim law. These thunderous, tenacious, and well organized animals became the symbol of strength for hundreds of cultures. For thousands of years, bison has been the main source of food for Peace River residents. They represent an epic chapter in the Peace River Valley story. Gargantuan herds of bison migrated north for one reason: the best summer buffet in the Americas. The Peace River valley has class one soil on its river flats. These flats grow delicate young foliage, shrubs, and grasses, a favourite food for grazing herds. Access to food, water, and a uniquely temperate climate led the bison north along the Peace River. They also calved generations of babies along this securable migration route. Colourful sunsets and plenty of delicious food set the mood for the herds. Once winter flooded back to the north, bison began their journey to warmer climates in the south. With farms in Pouce Coupe, Tate Creek, Grand Prairie, Rose Prairie, and Fort Saint John, Bison are forever bound to the local identities of the Peace. Their social, economic, cultural, and nutritional values are historically epic. Local bison entrepreneur Ashlee Eklund sells local bison product at the Fort St. John Farmers’ Market. “Bison live comfortably in this climate, eating the wild forests and grasses,” says Eklund, when describing why bison thrive in this area. “They are self-sustainable with no need for complex inoculations and hormones, just clean lean protein,” Bison’s not just healthy it’s packed with deep, delicious and rustic flavours. Bison ribs are paired best with local Peace Region vegetables and BC red wines. For a meal that will warm even the coldest of winter days, try this pressure cooked bison short rib. “
DRAWING A WINNER
6 offices, lunch counter, common area and bathroom.
Fenced yard space (shared)
Landlord would prefer long term lease.
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Asking $13.00/sf
($4070/month) + triple net & GST
MLS ® N4507351
For Lease Office / Warehouse 7804 100 Ave Light Industrial 2600sf shop & 1800sf office Located just east of East By-Pass along 100 Ave Shared yard space on over 3.5 acre lot
GREAT location close to all city amenities
Peace River Regional District jurisdiction - pump & haul water sewer system, radiant heat, 14’ overhead doors
Asking $15.00sf
Asking $5,500/month
plus triple net and applicable taxes
MLS ® C8003823
Suitable for small retail or business
MLS ® C8005649
2 washrooms, storage, office & reception area.
Asking $2,177.50/mn ($19.50sf) plus triple net and applicable tax MLS ® C8005583
242 Road Baldonel, BC 7,500sf shop On about 2 acres of land Shop has 3 bays, office space and Second floor living quarters.
Asking $10,000/mn ($16.00sf) plus triple net & applicable taxes MLS ® C8006754
5,740sf Shop 14’ oh doors, mez, office Asking $5740/month
241sf facing 100 Ave Asking $750.00 181sf 2 office Asking $750.00
2,485 Shop 2-12’ overhead doors Asking $2485/month Shared common area and parking. NO heavy equipment allowed on site. PLEASE DO NOT DROP IN - Call Ron to make appointment to view
No short term leases will be considered
MLS ® C8002685
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Commercial Shop just off 100 Ave
Each unit has washroom, man-door, overhead door & 200+/-sf mezzanine Unit 105 - 738sf Asking $1291.50/mn Unit 106 - 666sf Asking $1165.50/mn
MLS ® C8003709-10 Asking rate includes triple net, water/sewer and snow removal
Quonset Style Shop
2400sf shop in Grandhaven Heated, shared yard space, partially fenced, quiet area just blocks from the Alaska Highway Great shop for storage in the cold winter months Asking $2400/mn
FOR LEASE
FOR LEASE
8707 100 Ave Fort St John 1,340sf fronting Airport Road
Downtown Second Floor Office Space
Former Honey Place Along Alaska Highway
No Short Term leases MLS ® C8009036
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR COMMERCIAL, RETAIL OR INDUSTRIAL Real Estate, CALL RON RODGERS FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH EAST BC AREA Information is not intended to solicit properties already listed for sale, or buyers already under contract. All measurements and information is believed to be accurate but not guaranteed and should be verified.
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