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The company announced the news Saturday, Oct. 12, in Fort St. John, and celebrated the commissioning of its new $200 million deep cut gas plant at Gundy alongside staff and elected officials.

“There’s no doubt that energy demand of all kinds is going to go up and we’re trying to position ourselves,” said Tourmaline COO Allan Bush. “We’re in this for the long haul and we see this as a really good place to being doing business. We want to stay aggressive here.”

Tourmaline spent $1.8 billion on capital projects in the region over the last four years, and Gundy will remain the focus of growth as the company looks to capitalize on its liquids-rich holdings.

Included in the $1.7 billion of new spending is a $150 million expansion of the new Gundy plant, doubling capacity from 200 mmcf/d

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Tourmaline COO Allan Bush (right) speaks with a worker at the new Gundy deep cut gas plant, Oct. 12, 2019.

to 400 mmcf/d and increasing liquid volumes by 85,000 bpd. Butane and propane is already being shipped out of the region by rail to AltaGas’s new terminal in Prince Rupert and exported to Asia.

New spending also includes drilling programs to support the increased volumes, as well as new pipelines. More full-time jobs will

be created in production, operations, construction, and technology, Bush said.

“The investment will be significant in the area,” Bush said.

The news was met with optimism from elected officials, who said the spending is a sign of confidence in both the region and future of the industry.

“To have the largest producer in the country make these investments with the knowledge and understanding that they have of the economics and what it’s going to look like in the future, it’s good news for all of us in northeast bc, it’s good news for B.C.,” Peace River North MLA Dan Davies said.

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f you didn’t cast a ballot during the advanced voting period over the Thanksgiving weekend, a reminder that Election Day is coming up on Monday, Oct. 21. For anyone unable to get a ride to the polling station at the Pomeroy Hotel in Fort St. John, transit services are free for the day.

Meanwhile, voters turned up and filled the Lido last Thursday to hear from local candidates on a range of issues covering health care, agriculture, and support for the natural gas industry and those living in poverty. A wide variety of questions were posed by residents and answered by four of the five candidates, a selection of which appears on A3 and A9 of this week’s paper.

More answers can be found online at alaskahighwaynews.ca/ federal-election-2019.

Holding these forums are aren’t about getting voters to come out to hear political platitudes, or to have candidates read from their party’s campaign binder. It’s about getting a sense of a candidate’s character and their values, and understanding how well each of them understand the wide range of issues facing the community.

At the Fort St. John forum, many questions naturally were about Fort St. John specific issues, such as how to move grain shipments more quickly from the region, or whether candidates had a local story to share about indigenous reconciliation in action, or how they viewed the issue of poverty specifically in the city. Some candidates were able to answer these questions more directly than others — giving us some sense of who did their homework and research, and perhaps even canvassed with voters ahead of the forum.

Most disappointing, however, was the absence of Marcia Luccock, the candidate selected to represent Jagmeet Singh and the NDP. The New Democrats were, regretfully, represented by an empty seat at the forum. We have not heard from the local NDP campaign despite numerous inquiries.

Our riding covers a vast slice of British Columbia, with a broad range of interests and politics to navigate and negotiate. The discussion is made all the better when all political parties make real attempts to engage voters in these discussions, and organize themselves and build up their base of support in all consituencies — paper candidates need not apply.

Organizing all candidate forums for any election campaign is always a fun challenge, and there are always more questions than can be asked in a short period of time. If you didn’t make it out to the forum, and haven’t yet voted, do make the time to reach out to candidates to speak to them directly in the waning days of this election campaign.

See you on the other side of Election Day. Email Managing Editor Matt Preprost at editor@ahnfsj.ca.

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Letters to the editor Local governments on front lines of climate fight Re: ‘Lori Ackerman: Vilifying industry does not drive progress’, Alaska Highway News, Sept. 26, 2019 Last month, Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman and I participated in a panel discussion at the B.C. municipalities convention, about local government responses to the threat of climate change. That same week Mayor Ackerman published ‘Vilifying industry does not drive progress’.

Mayor Ackerman correctly points out that today’s economy is primarily dependent on fossil fuels, which have brought many improvements to our lives. The oil and gas industry is indeed a major job creator for Fort St. John and those workers justifiably take pride in their work.

Mayor Ackerman acknowledges climate change is a problem, yet seems to believe any response must include an ongoing oil and gas industry. This approach ignores the latest science, which explains how our climate is changing because burning oil, gas, and coal releases greenhouse gases which heat our atmosphere. The science makes clear we cannot build new fossil fuel infrastructure if we are to avoid further climate impacts. Exported gas is no different from gas burned here–we will all suffer the consequences wherever fossil fuels are burned.

A hotter atmosphere is causing extreme wildfires, water shortages and heatwaves, all of which are predicted to get worse. It’s threatening the food security, health and safety of our communities.

This is no longer an abstract problem for the future. Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world; northern communities even faster. Average winter low temperatures increased 5.3°C in Fort St John between 1951 and 2006. The Peace region has experienced four “100 year floods” in the 29 years between 1987 and 2016. Seasonal drought conditions are more frequent, as are multiyear droughts.

Williston reservoir reached a record seasonal low after the dry summer of 2018.

Our everyday experience tells us our climate is changing rapidly.

Farmers and neighbours are talking about it; things aren’t how they should be.

The only sure way to protect our communities and defend the people and places we love is to phase out fossil fuels and transition – rapidly – to an economy powered by renewable energy.

The Peace has some of the best locations for wind power generation in B.C., close to existing transmission lines. There are vast geothermal resources in the region.

Renewable energy can heat our homes and power our businesses and our transportation. This shift, along with improving our energy efficiency, can provide thousands of jobs. And far from moving backwards, this forward-looking clean economy can improve our quality of life, with reduced risk to drinking water and much less pollution.

The shift to rebuild our economy is happening fast, around the world.

Will we get ahead of the curve, or will we be left behind, with stranded assets in a decarbonized economy?

Local governments are on the

front lines, facing increasing threats of wildfires and drought. And in many places, local governments are leading the transition. Mayor Ackerman has been recognized for her passive house advocacy; building efficiency is a key part of the solution and it’s exciting to see what is possible in the north.

Yet for solutions to match the scale of the problem they must extend to the thorny question of how to transition our economy to renewable energy.

Through a clear vision and strong leadership, communities such as Fort St. John can demonstrate how a local economy dependent on fossil fuels can shift to renewable energy.

Oil and gas workers and all those most impacted need to be front and centre in this transition, with nobody left behind.

The hard-working people of the Peace are resourceful and resilient.

To build a clean, renewable energy economy shaped by northern communities is an opportunity to be embraced with pride, not shunned.

It will not be easy. But we all love our communities, want what’s best for them and want a healthy and safe future for our kids.

We can’t negotiate with physics – the climate is heating up because we burn fossil fuels. The way to defend our communities and reduce risks for our kids is to rebuild our economy, powered by clean, renewable energy.

The future is here, and it can be one in which Fort St. John and the Peace can prosper.

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Candidates make pitch to voters at election forum Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca It was a full house at the Lido Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 10, as federal election candidates in Prince GeorgePeace River-Northern Rockies fielded questions from voters.

Over the last two weeks, residents and community leaders submitted more than two dozen questions about taxes, economic development, natural gas, climate change, indigenous reconciliation, seniors care, the opioid crisis, human rights, and more.

Bob Zimmer (Conservatives), Mavis Erickson (Liberals), Ron Vaillant (People’s Party), and Catharine Kendall (Greens) attended the forum.

NDP candidate Marcia Luccock has not returned any emails.

Here is a roundup of some of the questions and answers from the forum. The answers have been edited for length and clarity.

What will your party do to ensure that the transportation of agricultural products continue to move consistently from the Peace to the markets via rail? — North Pine Farmer’s Institute Mavis Erickson: “In terms of food security, we have to start promoting more of our agriculture, not only locally but also nationally. In terms of a plan, this government would sit down with farmers and the people in the agricultural field and have a series of roundtables to talk about a plan on just how to do that, and have some regional meetings set up in the north.”

Catharine Kendall: “The Green Party platform includes managing urban and cross-country railway systems to be much more efficient for the transport of people and goods, including agricultural products. The Green Party platform also includes investing heavily in local agriculture.

In Prince George, for instance, we recognize if something happened on the road, if there was a fire down in Quesnel and our highways were closed, we have three days worth of food in the grocery stores. I’ve talked to people up here in Pink Mountain, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, and it’s a similar situation.”

Ron Vaillant: “We have nothing in our party platform regarding this issue, but we want to be able to make government smaller, not bigger. This is a private issue, you’re talking about private rail cars and businesses, so I don’t see the federal government having anything to do with it.”

Bob Zimmer: “What we need to do is take a firm approach with CN. When they’re not producing the expectations and what they promised they can deliver, sometimes you have to penalize them and it works in this case. One solution is we need more pipelines, we need to get some of those things to displace those cars on the rails.”

If the national platform of your party is to move in the direction of more renewable energy, are you going to be in support locally of our natural gas resources? — Chuck Fowler, Fort St. John Catharine Kendall: “The Green Party will invest in renewable energy like geothermal and solar and wind, and so those resources include natural resource extraction to produce those products.”

Ron Vaillant: “We’re very much pro energy sector and resource sector development. What sets us apart is that we’re not going to go along with the Paris Climate Accord. We don’t believe in man-made climate change. Absolutely yes, we’ll support the industry. We’re going to use 92(10) of the Constitution to approve pipelines, it could have been done a long time ago. When you declare a pipeline in the national interest, the federal government has total jurisdiction over everything.”

Bob Zimmer: “We all know LNG is a great thing for the world, especially in this community here, we understand that. Our emissions globally are 1.6% of the total emissions in the world. Quantified, if we were to stop all our production of all energy forms today, China would gobble that 1.6% up in 21 days. We need more Canada not less. To provide LNG to Japan and China is a great thing, it offsets higher emissions and we should do more of it, not less.”

Mavis Erickson: “This government has already seen the LNG process approved, so no we wouldn’t go back on that. The Trans Mountain pipeline will also move ahead. The money that is gotten out of that pipeline will be used to help diversify the economy in the north, and also to create green energy and create a balance between economic development and the environment. It’s a really exciting plan that we have in the future and it includes everybody.”

In this election campaign, climate change has come right to the forefront. We see the world making a shift away from fossil fuels more and more toward renewables. How do you see yourself and your party making that transition in this riding? — Ken Boon, Bear Flat Ron Vaillant: “We believe that the private sector is the best way to develop new technology. Apple was started in a garage. You don’t have to have the government go and spend taxpayer dollars to fund a new corporation or a new initiative. We challenge the whole idea of man-made climate change.”

Bob Zimmer: “You wonder why the Japanese ambassador would be in Prince George to talk to a LNG conference. Everybody remembers Fukushima. They came over asking for our natural gas to supply them with energy to heat their homes, heat their water, make electricity. It’s part of a great story, to lower emissions around the world. We have lots of gas, we should be using it.”

Party will invoke the precautionary principle in making decisions about approvals of products, substances, projects and process where there’s a potential for irreversible harm. If there is no scientific proof of safety then approval will be withheld. The Green Party will retool society to run on non-polluting renewable energy sources, and implement a major ramp-up in renewable electricity by 2030; 100% of Canada’s electricity will come from renewable sources.”

What stories or examples of reconciliation in action are you aware of that involve residents and local governments of our region? How does your party plan to help create more stories and examples? — Verena Hoffmann, Fort St. John Bob Zimmer: “Where it starts is with the current member of parliament and my office. One thing we’ve really worked on on is developing relationships with our local First Nations. That’s where it starts, at a place of mutual respect, sitting across the table. We may not always agree on everything but one thing we’re committed to as a party is reconciliation with our indigenous peoples. Some of the wrongs that have been committed in the past by residential schools, it was our prime minister that made the apology. We’re on the road, we’ve got a long ways to go, but we’re committed to following it through.”

Mavis Erickson: “The Liberal government has gone ahead to fight climate change and put money back into the pockets of Canadians.

They’ve launched the ocean protection plan, which is the single largest investment in Canadian history to protect our oceans; taking real action to ban harmful single use plastics by 2021, investing in a better public transit, supporting most renewable types of energy, and investing in energy efficient buildings and declaring a national climate emergency.”

Mavis Erickson: “One of the things that the Liberal party has done is they have gone toward great lengths to work towards truth and reconciliation with First Nations throughout Canada. I think their efforts have even by far the most effort that’s ever been put into developing good relationships with First Nations in Canada.

Mr. Trudeau has said the single-most important relationship in Canada is the one with indigenous people of Canada and there’s much to be done.

I’m impressed with the overall record, including lifting 88 water bans on the reserves. They’ve also worked on the Jordan’s principle of giving compensation to First Nations children, and finished the missing and murdered women commission.”

Catharine Kendall: “The Green

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Lots of talk, some answers, no timeline for Taylor Bridge Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

tools of the trade Baldonnel Elementary students Maverick Blackmore, Levi Modde, Paige Umbach, and Reese Gibbons learned how to build a shed as part of a class project introducing them to the tools of the home reno trades, Oct. 3, 2019. Three dozen students in Grades 5 and 6 will build two sheds this month; one for school storage and the other to be auctioned as a fundraiser.

Catchments changing School District 60 says catchment boundaries will be changing later this year to get ready for the opening of the new Anne Roberts Young Elementary School. The changes will impact students attending Bert Ambrose, Alwin Holland, Robert Ogilvie, and Duncan Cran schools.

School trustees are looking for feedback and have scheduled three public meetings to hear from those impacted.

• Thursday, November 7 — Bert Ambrose, 7 p.m.

• Tuesday, November 19 — School Board Office, 7 p.m.

• Monday, November 25 — Alwin Holland, 7 p.m.

“Building this school has been an exciting project that will enhance the education offerings of the district as well as provide some relief for current space constrictions in our elementary schools

east of 100th Street,” board chair Ida Campbell wrote in an Oct. 8 letter to parents.

The new school is scheduled to open in fall 2020. It will have seats for 505 students, and include a neighbourhood learning centre, a daycare, and multi-purpose spaces for community use.

Written submissions will be accepted at the board office until Dec. 19, or via email to catchments@prn.bc.ca.

National Student Vote Week Students at Dr. Kearney Middle School will join their peers across Canada and cast a ballot as part of as part of National Student Vote Week.

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9 expected to cast ballots for local candidates on Oct. 17.

The class has been preparing the ballots and assembling ballot boxes with materials provided by Elections Canada, and engaging the school about the voting process.

“The pleasure of this is that students get to see how an election works, and hopefully they will become more engaged in voting in real elections as they come of age,” O’Brien said in a statement.

“It is often surprising how some students vote the way their parents do, but sometimes the students have a different view on candidates than does the adult population. When this happens it shows the students are engaged in thinking about the political issues that affect us, rather than just mirroring their parents’ political views.”

More than one million students across Canada are expected to cast ballots as part of National Student Vote Week. Results will be released after the federal election.

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Transportation Minister Claire Trevena got an earful about the Taylor Bridge at the meeting of B.C. municipalities last month, but local leaders once again left without a clear idea of when a fix will be drafted and ordered.

Mayor Rob Fraser told council Monday he met with Trevena four times during the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention held in Vancouver Sept. 23 to 27.

The ministry is moving toward design, and has begun talks on geotechnical drilling to inform that work, Fraser said. But the ministry still has concerns about the cost and its options to replace the 63-year-old structure, he said.

“They kept their cards close to their chest,” Fraser said.

“When we asked about the study they were doing, the business case on the new bridge, they didn’t answer that question directly.”

Ministry officials have already said it will cost at least $250 million to replace the bridge with a new, two-lane structure. They’re investigating two other options as well, including a more expensive four-lane bridge, or resurfacing the steel deck and eliminating the annual welding program.

But the bridge is just one piece in a much larger puzzle that is the Peace crossing through Taylor.

Complicating a rebuild is a current request for proposals to stabilize the South Taylor Hill, the lower section of which was recently expanded to four lanes and has been prone to slipping. Recently submitted bids peg the “pilot stabilization” between $6.5 million to $10.4 million.

“They’re not sure how to secure that hill.

That hill is full of water and it’s sliding all the time, that’s the problem,” Fraser said.

“They need to hold that hill back somehow and there’s different techniques that they’ve used around the province. They’ve put this RFP out to some of the contractors who have done some of this work in other parts of the province to get a feel from them what would work best here.”

The ministry has yet to award a contract to four lane the upper section of the south hill.

Still, the ministry is engaged, Fraser said.

“We’ve been trying to change the narrative from just the bridge to the entire Peace crossing,” Fraser said.

“We can’t do it in sections, we have to start thinking about it as an entire crossing and that seems to be gaining some traction.”

Trevena was asked to amend the ministry’s 10-year plan — released in 2014 by the BC Liberal government — to include the Taylor Bridge replacement, and to support the project when it hits cabinet for financing approval.

“It is starting to impact our ability to plan in our community, with the different intersections, and determining whether or not there’s a four-lane through here, and if there’s a fourlane bridge, or not,” Fraser said.

“It is at the point where safety is a concern.”

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 COURT DOCKET Fort St. John • Tyson James Kage Maurice (born 1997) was sentenced to 198 days jail, issued a 10-year firearms ban, issued an 18-month probation order, and ordered to provide a DNA sample for trafficking in a controlled substance for an offence committed in Dawson Creek in November 2015.

• Darcy Alphonse Kergan (born 1959) was sentenced to 42 days jail and issued a three-year probation order on two counts of theft under $5,000 for offences committed in Fort St. John in September 2019. Kergan was sentenced to 45 days jail and issued a three year probation order for theft under $5,000 for an offence committed in Fort St. John in October 2019.

Dawson Creek • William Henry Teichroeb (born 1989) was granted a 15-month con-

ditional sentence with a 12-month probation order for fraud for an offence committed in Dawson Creek in June 2018. Teichroeb was granted a 15-month conditional sentence with a 12-month probation order for possessing and using a stolen credit card, and sentenced to time served and ordered to provide a DNA sample for theft over $5,000 for offences committed in Chetwynd in April 2018. Teichroeb was granted a 15-month conditional sentence with a 12-month probation order for possessing and using a stolen credit card, and theft under $5,000 for offences committed in Dawson Creek in July 2018. Teichroeb was jailed for seven days for breach of undertaking. Teichroeb was granted a 15-month conditional sentence with a 12-month probation order for theft under $5,000 for an offence committed in Chetywnd in May 2019.

Teichroeb was sentenced to seven days jail for failing to appear pursuant to a court order. Teichroeb was granted a 15-month conditional sentence with a 12-month probation order for possessing and using a stolen credit card; sentenced to time served and ordered to pro-

vide a DNA sample for theft over $5,000; and sentenced to seven days jail for breach of undertaking for offences committed in Dawson Creek in April 2018.

• Sheldon Jeremy Caldwell (born 1971) was sentenced to four days jail and issued a 12-month probation order for theft of a motor vehicle, and break and enter. Caldwell was sentenced to 15 days jail for failing to appear pursuant to court order, and 15 days jail for breach of probation.

• Jesse William Freeman (born 1992) was sentenced to 21 days jail and issued a 12 month probation order for wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer. Freeman was issued a 12-month probation order for possession of firearm contrary to order. Freeman was sentenced to 13 days jail for two breaches of an undertaking. Freeman was issued a 12-month probation order for taking vehicle without owner’s consent and driving while disqualified.

• Amanda Ryan Garbitt (born 1979) was granted a conditional discharge with a six-month probation order for assault.

Police blame scavengers for livestock mutilations Small scavengers are considered the culprit behind a pair of livestock mutilations north of Fort St. John, police say.

Fort St. John RCMP said Tuesday, Oct. 8, that necropsies have been performed on the dead bull found in Cecil Lake on Sept.

22, and the dead horse in Rose Prairie on Oct. 1.

While the horse died of a perforated bowel, the cause of the bull’s death could not be determined, RCMP said. Both animals were found missing their gentials.

Pathologists confirmed marks found in the genital area of the horse were consistent with those made by small animal claws, RCMP said.

The BC RCMP Livestock Section was consulted on the investigation, and the findings “support the conclusion that the physical damage was caused by scavengers as their first target is almost always soft tissue,” RCMP said.

“The necropsies conducted on both animals clarifies the situation,” Cst. Chad Neustaeter said in a news release. “The findings help to remove the suspicion of human involvement at this time.”

There’s no evidence to confirm a link between the two incidents, RCMP said.

Police did not have any immediate details about reports of a cow found butchered in a field in Cecil Lake last week.

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West Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan

Area D Fall Roundtable Meetings

Did you know that the West Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan had its final public mee�ng on October 2 and will be going before the Board this fall?

If it is adopted by the Board the West Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan will act as a blueprint to help the PRRD Board make decisions that are consistent and in the best interest for the future of the community according to the plan. The OCP covers building and land use, economic development, environmental protec�on, social well-being, and other topics. Read the West Peace Fringe Area OCP online at prrd.bc.ca or visit one of our PRRD offices.

The West Peace Area Official Community Plan will apply to the rural areas surrounding Chetwynd, including the rural communi�es of Moberly Lake, Jackfish Lake, Dokkie, Wabi Hill, as well as rural subdivisions west and south of Chetwynd.

Goals of the The West Peace Official Community Plan •

Protect and enhance the rural community lifestyle of the area.

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Support diverse economic opportuni�es that benefit rural areas.

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Land use and development ensures the con�nued viability of agriculture and is suppor�ve of the agricultural community and its industry.

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Recognize the importance of living sustainably with the environment.

Director, Leonard Hiebert would like to invite all residents in Electoral Area D to meet with him.

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Recognize surface and ground water sources as cri�cal resources.

Come find out about current PRRD Projects and chat about community issues important to you.

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Maintain effec�ve levels of communica�on and collabora�on.

Thank you to the Community Advisory Commi�ee for their hard work and collabora�on on this project!

Larry Houley, Chair (Wildmare – Kurjata), Charlie Lasser (Jackfish Lake), Stu Garland (Moberly Lake), Ian Campbell (Moberly Lake) – Alternate, Be�y Deck (Jackfish Lake), Merlin Nichols (Jackfish Lake), Laura Weisgerber (Hillview Access) – Alternate, and Diana Canning (Twidwell Bend)

Peace River Regional District Electoral Area D

All mee�ngs start at 7pm Tower Lake Community Hall – October 21, 2019 Doe River Community Hall – October 28, 2019 Tupper Community Hall – November 6, 2019 Please note date change -the Tupper Community Hall mee�ng was previously scheduled for November 4, 2019.

Bessbourgh Community Hall – November 18, 2019 Cutbank Community Hall – November 25, 2019 Please note date change- the Cutbank Community Hall mee�ng was previously scheduled for October 7, 2019.

October 10, 2019 10:00am | Dawson Creek

To view board schedules and minutes visit:

prrd.bc.ca

Peace River Regional District Official Page

October 24, 2019 10:00am | Dawson Creek

Talking Trash in the PRRD - Regional Solid Waste Management Plan

Talking

The PRRD is reviewing the Solid Waste Management Plan to be�er reflect and address emerging local issues and we want you to ‘Talk Trash’ with us!

Trash

Complete the survey: •

Online on the Solid Waste Management Plan Engage Page on www.prrd.bc.ca/engage/solidwastesurvey

•

Pick up a copy at a PRRD office

•

Pick up a copy of the survey at a transfer sta�on

Once the region’s current waste management systems and important topics have been documented, the consul�ng team and the advisory commi�ees will look for poten�al op�ons to address the region’s future solid waste management needs. Ideas will be brought back to residents for feedback through community mee�ngs during spring 2020

Remembering Jean Leahy The front page of the September 5th PRRD Board mee�ng agenda was dedicated to the memory of Jean Leahy.

Photo by Alaska Highway News

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Energy Minister Mungall tours Site C for the first time Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca B.C. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall put her feet on the ground at Site C for the first time on Friday, Oct. 11, to get an up-close look at the progress of construction.

“I’ve been getting regular progress reports ever since I became minister and we decided to go forward with Site C,” Mungall said.

“It was time that I came up and saw it from myself.

It would have been nice to come sooner, I had a few, literally, bumps along the way to getting here because I had a baby. So I’m here now and very much looking forward to seeing how much work has progressed.”

Construction on the hydroelectric project on the Peace River outside Fort St. John began in 2015 under the previous BC Liberal government. In 2017, the NDP government chose to continue construction following a four-month review, and bumped its budget up to $10.7-billion.

On Friday, Mungall was scheduled to tour the work camp and visit the diversion tunnels, generating station, and spillway work sites, as well as Highway 29 realignments and the reservoir area.

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B.C. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall at the Site C viewpoint outside Fort St. John, Oct. 11, 2019.

“It’s a very busy, very active site,” Mungall said.

“It’s very important that as minister responsible for this project ultimately to the public to come the work being down and I’m going to be looking at everything.”

There were nearly 4,900 workers employed on the project in August, a record high.

The project is on sched-

ule, with nearly $7 billion in contracts committed to date, Mungall said.

A project assurance board meets monthly to provide accountability and oversee the project’s cost and schedule, Mungall said. The government has also increased reporting to the provincial treasury board, she added.

“There are lots of examples where large projects have

been successful in being on time and on budget, and there’s lots of examples where they haven’t been. There’s always a concern to be able to deliver that,” Mungall said.

As minister in charge of the file, Mungall has admitted the NDP’s decision to continue construction was a difficult one for her. Prior to the provincial election in 2017, she told an event in protest of

the project that an NDP government would work to end Site C if it were elected.

On Friday, Mungall noted she lives in an area of the Kootenays where there are 10 dams.

“We’re used to dams in the Kootenays, and on one hand we’re very proud of the energy we produce for British Columbia. On the other hand, it’s sad because of the land that generations before have lost, that generations in the future lost,” Mungall said.

“These types of projects, they last for centuries and the land base will never go back to what it was before.

That sentiment exists up here in the Peace isn’t surprising, and I completely understand it.”

“All of us, in the Columbia basin and in the Peace River basin, we’re proud that we generate the electricity that British Columbians rely on.

But, we’ve also paid a price for it,” Mungall said.

“I’m hoping that going forward ... we can find some reconciliation and some redemption through the Peace River legacy fund, through our proposed agriculture fund, and through our indigenous clean energy fund to see that there’s two sides to this coin and we have to acknowledge both of them.”

Taylor reviews core services Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca

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Tony Zabinsky and Jesse Pritchard (left) from the Taylor Rec Hockey League visited council Oct. 7, 2019, to deliver a $1,000 donation to the district for locker room improvements at Taylor Arena.

The District of Taylor is undertaking a review of the core services it provides as a municipality, and residents will have two chances later this month to give their input.

The review is being carried out by Urban Systems, and will look at municipal services such as water, sewer, roads, parks, and fire protection. The district will help it understand what levels of services residents want and need, and whether it has the resources and capacity to meet them.

“There are a lot of decisions moving forward for us, how we budget, how we’re organized, the resources we have for these. Are we hitting the mark with that, and if we’re not, what do we need to hit the mark? That then translates into a whole bunch of decisions,” Mayor Rob Fraser said.

A community survey will launch online Oct. 15 and run to Nov. 18, and paper copies will be available at the district office. Council will host a public meeting on Oct. 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the community hall for residents to share thoughts.

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Still, many companies remain nervous, and drilling activity has slowed considerably, said South Peace MLA Mike Bernier.

“I hope we see more (investments),” Bernier said.

“We’re seeing the boots on the ground, the people who are hurt, they’re worried what does this mean for spinoff now to local contractors.”

Of Tourmaline’s spending over the last four years, the company says $312 million went to local businesses.

Energy Minister Michelle Mungall was also in Fort St. John for the celebration. She said natural gas is key to the renewable energy transition, and said industry and the province must take environmental standards into consideration when doing business.

“In B.C., the best way to create family supporting jobs is through our resource sector,” Mungall said.

“When I get news that Tourmaline is investing even more in British Columbia, I want to celebrate because I know what that means for communities, I know what

that means for families, I know what that means for children, and the opportunities that gives them and the life they can have.”

Bush said Tourmaline is an environmental leader, lowering carbon intensity from its operations and recycling 92% of the water it produces. Long-term plans for the Gundy plant include tying into hydroelectric power from the Site C dam once it’s completed.

“We understand as a company, we understand as an industry that has to be part of our game,” Bush said.

“Not simply because it’s mandatory, but because it’s the right way to do business today.”

Beyond its operations, Tourmaline is engaged in the community, Mayor Lori Ackerman said, and noted the company made a recent contribution to the upcoming 2020 Winter Games being held here in February.

“When you are intentional and specific about what is you are doing, and that is what Tourmaline is doing, then it’s important for us to celebrate that,” Ackerman said.

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Mayor Ackerman named Energy Person of the Year

Mayor Lori Ackerman (centre) with MLA Dan Davies, Tumbler Ridge Mayor Keith Bertrand, Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser, Resource Works Executive Director Stewart Muir, and Resource Municipalities Coalition Executive Director Mike Whalley in Calgary, Oct. 9, 2019.

Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman was honoured Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Calgary as the 2019 Canadian Energy Person of the Year.

The Energy Council of Canada established the award in 2001 to recognize Canadian leaders making an impact for the energy sector on a national and international level.

Indeed, throughout her three-term tenure as mayor, Ackerman has pushed energy literacy up on the city’s agenda and raised Fort St. John’s profile in provincial and national discussions about natural resource development in Canada.

“I have been recognized as someone who tirelessly speaks about building a significant community, thinking globally and the need to understand the energy industry; all the investment, infrastructure and consumer demand that goes with it rather than vilifying the industry,” Ackerman said.

“Council has recognized that energy is not just a commodity it’s a responsibility. Our initiatives have showcased the opportunities that municipalities have within their toolbox to leave a lighter footprint.”

As part of the award, the Energy Council made a donation to the charity of Ackerman’s choice: Fort St. John and Area Senior Care Foundation.

The foundation runs on a small budget of just $28,000 and provides critical services for seniors such as Better at Home and Meals on Wheels, Ackerman said. “This was an easy decision,” Ackerman said.

Energy Council President Jacob Irving said Ackerman was a deserving recipient.

“Canadian communities that grow alongside energy development, manage unique development opportunities,” Irving said.

“Balancing economic highs and lows, while moving toward a sustainable future for both the community and the energy industry requires vision, tenacity and strong leadership.

Canada is fortunate to have a leader like Lori Ackerman who sees the big picture and the local reality and is able to fit the two together for mutual benefit.”

Unemployment at 6.2% Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca There were 200 fewer people working in Northeast B.C. in September, pushing the region’s unemployment rate up to 6.2%.

In a labour force of 42,000, there were 39,400 employed and 2,600 unemployed, according to the latest estimates released by Statistics Canada on Friday, Oct. 11.

Unemployment in the region was recorded at 5.5% in August, with 39,600 employed.

Year-over-year, the unemployment rate is up from September 2018, when it sat at 5.6%.

But last year there were more people working in a larger labour force, with 40,100 people employed in a pool of 42,500.

Meanwhile, B.C. lost 8,400 jobs last month.

Despite the overall losses in jobs, B.C.’s unemployment rate also fell 0.2 percentage points to 4.8% as potential job-seekers left the workforce. The province’s unemployment rate now matches Quebec’s as the lowest in the country.

The biggest losses in B.C. were felt in the information, culture and recreation sectors (-15,000 jobs), while the province saw gains in transportation and warehousing (+6,100), and accommodation and food services (+3,100 jobs).

Employment was down by 2,400 jobs in the forestry, fishing, mining, and oil and gas sectors.

From a broader perspective, though, B.C. has posted gains of 33,400 jobs when September 2019 is compared with the September 2018 numbers.

Canada as a whole added 54,000 jobs last month. Much of the gains were driven by Ontario (+41,000 jobs) as the country’s unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 5.5%.

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City of Fort St. John Notices and Public Info Permissive Tax Exemption Notification

In accordance with Section 227 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the following properties including improvements will be receiving 100% permissive tax exemption status (unless another percentage is indicated) for the 2020 taxation year: 2020 Estimated 2021 Estimated 2022 Estimated Total Class Roll # Owner Civic Address Tax Permissive Tax Permissive Tax Assessment Permissive Exemptions Exemptions Exemptions 1 6 8 6 8

Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of 3825.013 Prince Rupert Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of 3825.013 Prince Rupert Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of 3825.013 Prince Rupert 481.000 482.000

6

2953.000

6

2954.000

6

2955.000

8

2951.000

8 8 8

2979.000

8

8555.000

8

8296.000

8 8 8

9347.000 5981.000 8480.000

Fort St. John Christian and Missionary Alliance

9804 - 99 Avenue

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple and Cultural Society

8915 - 100 Avenue

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple and Cultural Society

8911 - 100 Avenue

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple and Cultural Society

8907 - 100 Avenue

Guru Nanak Sikh Temple and Cultural Society

9915 - 90 Street

Seventh Day Adventist Church (BC Conference)

9008 - 100 Avenue

9907 - 98 Street

Peace Lutheran Church

9812 - 108 Avenue

BC Conference of Mennonite Brethren Church

10816 - 106 Street

Peace View Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses

7912 - 94 Avenue

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Canada

11412 - 100 Street

Fort St. John Evangelical Mission

8220 - 89 Avenue

6

384.000

1 6

4742.004 3963.200

6

9807.605

8

9807.605

6

111.000

1

9341.300

1 1 1

8554.000 8553.000 9364.000

6

9346.000

6

9058.000

1 8 8 1 6 8 6 6 6 6 6 8 6 8 6 6 1

1112.000 6790.001 9821.460 2519.500

1072.000 1073.000

9810.670 9810.670

10519 - 102 Avenue

Fort St. John Association for Community Living

8936 - 116 Avenue

Fort St. John Friendship Society

10208 - 95 Avenue

Child Development Centre Society

10417 - 106 Avenue

Child Development Centre Society

10417 - 106 Avenue

Fort St. John Senior Citizens Association

10908 - 100 Street

North Peace Seniors Housing Society

10804 - 98 Street

North Peace Seniors Housing Society

9816 - 108 Avenue

North Peace Seniors Housing Society

9908 - 108 Avenue

North Peace Seniors Housing Society

9907 - 110 Avenue

North Peace Historical Society

9323 - 100 Street

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

9311 - 81 Avenue

Board of School Trustees (Totem Preschool Lease)

9908 - 84 Street

New Totem Archers [City of Fort St. John]

9196 Jones Subdivision

Fort St. John MotoX Society

8903 - 77 Avenue

Abbeyfield Houses of FSJ

8112 - 96 Avenue

8

8123.100 60057.001 8650.000

10103 - 105 Avenue

Royal Canadian Legion

10103 - 105 Avenue

Royal Canadian Legion

10111 - 105 Avenue

Royal Canadian Legion

10115 - 105 Avenue

Pentecostals of Fort St. John

10045/51 - 100 Avenue 9803 - 102 Street 10142 - 101 Avenue 10040 - 100 Street

Christian Life Centre

8923 - 112 Avenue

Christian Life Centre - 19% of the land will be taxable

8923 - 112 Avenue

City of Fort St. John (North Peace Cultural Soci6539.000 ety Management Agreement expires 2020) City of Fort St. John (North Peace Cultural Soci556.000 ety Management Agreement expires 2020) Passivhaus (City of Fort St. John - agreement with the Community Development 623.100 Institute to use building expires in 2020)

8123.100

6

Fort St. John Association for Community Living

North Peace Community Resources Society 343.000 50% exemption on land and improvements Evangel Chapel Society - 76% exemption 6290.015 for land and improvements

6

6

10251 - 100 Avenue

FSJ Women’s Resource Society - 81% 645.000 exemption on land and improvements 546.000

10120 -100 Avenue

Fort St. John Association for Community Living

Royal Canadian Legion - 81.6% exemption 1070.000 on land and improvements 1070.000

9607 - 107 Avenue

Fort St. John Presbyterian Church

6

1690.205

9504 - 100 Avenue 9804 - 99 Avenue

Salvation Army - 60% exemption on land 415.000 and improvements

1

9504 - 100 Avenue

Fort St. John Christian and Missionary Alliance

Canadian Baptists of Western Canada 1750.000 (Calvary Baptist Church) 492.000

9504 - 100 Avenue

10015 - 100 Avenue 10015 - 99 Avenue 9904 - 94 Street

North Peace Light Horse Association

6929 Equestrian Avenue

North Peace Light Horse Association

6929 Equestrian Avenue

Industrial Surplus Supplies Ltd. (North Peace Gymnastics Association Lease Agreement) City of Fort St. John (Fort St. John Curling Club Management Agreement expires in 2023) Pinnacle Capital Corporation (Canadian Red Cross Lease Agreement) for 1/2 of Strata Lot

10023 - 95 Avenue 9504 - 96 Street

186,500

1,638.76

1,638.76

1,638.76

1,926,000

41,620.86

41,620.86

41,620.86

3,887,000

55,460.10

55,460.10

55,460.10

125,000

2,701.25

2,701.25

2,701.25

1,192,100

17,009.00

17,009.00

17,009.00

156,300

3,377.64

3,377.64

3,377.64

153,000

3,306.33

3,306.33

3,306.33

153,000

3,306.33

3,306.33

3,306.33

672,900

9,601.00

9,601.00

9,601.00

466,400

6,654.64

6,654.64

6,654.64

719,200

10,261.62

10,261.62

10,261.62

720,300

10,277.31

10,277.31

10,277.31

1,130,000

16,122.95

16,122.95

16,122.95

1,828,900

26,094.93

26,094.93

26,094.93

637,500

9,095.91

9,095.91

9,095.91

998,700

14,249.55

14,249.55

14,249.55

869,100

12,400.41

12,400.41

12,400.41

1,025,000

13,290.15

13,290.15

13,290.15

763,000

16,488.43

16,488.43

16,488.43

449,100

3,946.20

3,946.20

3,946.20

381,000

3,347.81

3,347.81

3,347.81

810,000

17,504.10

17,504.10

17,504.10

75,600

1,633.72

1,633.72

1,633.72

3,271,000

46,670.96

46,670.96

46,670.96

1,048,000

22,647.28

22,647.28

22,647.28

1,283,000

11,273.59

11,273.59

11,273.59

1,238,000

10,878.18

10,878.18

10,878.18

3,132,000

27,520.57

27,520.57

27,520.57

2,789,000

24,506.66

24,506.66

24,506.66

2,819,000

60,918.59

60,918.59

60,918.59

487,000

10,524.07

10,524.07

10,524.07

2,356,000

20,701.94

20,701.94

20,701.94

1,523,700

21,740.30

21,740.30

21,740.30

766,000

10,929.36

10,929.36

10,929.36

1,101,000

9,674.38

9,674.38

9,674.38

348,000

7,520.28

7,520.28

7,520.28

777,000

11,086.31

11,086.31

11,086.31

106,000

2,290.66

2,290.66

2,290.66

213,000

4,602.93

4,602.93

4,602.93

260,300

5,625.08

5,625.08

5,625.08

997,000

21,545.17

21,545.17

21,545.17

1,057,000

22,841.77

22,841.77

22,841.77

1,944,000

27,737.19

27,737.19

27,737.19

4,096,000

88,514.56

88,514.56

88,514.56

162,600

2,319.99

2,319.99

2,319.99

4,546,000

98,239.06

98,239.06

98,239.06

158,000

3,414.38

3,414.38

3,414.38

126,000

1,107.15

1,107.15

1,107.15

238,000

5,143.18

5,143.18

5,143.18

899,000

12,827.02

12,827.02

12,827.02

967,000

20,896.87

20,896.87

20,896.87

1,735,000

37,493.35

37,493.35

37,493.35

9620 Sikanni Road

334,600 7,230.71 7,230.71 7,230.71 6 61015.040 Copies of the proposed Tax Exemption Bylaws may be inspected at City Hall, 10631 - 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from October 15 to 28, 2019. Inquiries may be directed to Janet Prestley, Director of Legislative and Administrative Services or Shirley Collington, Director of Finance by telephoning (250) 787-8150 on or before October 28, 2019.

www.fortstjohn.ca

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Students build a home to attract medical professionals Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca Students in Hudson’s Hope celebrated Tuesday the completion of a new house built to help attract medical professionals to the community.

The house at 10000 Stege Street was built through a partnership between BC Hydro, School District 60, and the municipality.

Owned and operated by BC Hydro, officials say its role will be two-fold in both helping to recruit medical professionals to Hudson’s Hope, and in turn helping to recruit at the two generating stations at the WAC Bennett and Peace Canyon dams.

“Having one, or more, medical professionals located in a small town is vital to a community’s health for two reasons,” said BC Hydro spokesman Bob Gammer.

“First is the immediate benefit of having certified professional expertise to treat medical emergencies and provide general practice health care. The second is community sustainability – many people make decisions on where to live and work based on how close they are to health services.”

The 1,375-square-foot home features nine-foot ceilings, a custom maple kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, natural gas

B.C. land sale brings in $2.37M

bc hydro photo

From left: Former Hudson’s Hope coucillor Nicole Gilliss; Hudson’s Hope Mayor Dave Heiberg; Principal Derrek Beam, Hudson’s Hope Secondary; School District 60 Superintendent Stephen Petrucci; Hudson’s Hope Councillor Pat Markin; Hudson’s Hope Secondary students Dylan Beswick, Taylor Rowe, Dimitriy Gortman, Liam Lepine; and James Cryderman, Miah Phelps and Mattias Gibbs of BC Hydro.

heat and hot water, a large deck and attached garage.

Students from Hudson’s Hope Secondary worked under the direction of Richard Koop, district principal for special projects, and helped build the house from foundation to lock-up, readying it for electricians, plumbers and other trades.

Each student gained 450 work-based hours towards completion of their carpen-

try apprenticeship, completed course/theory work to prepare for the Level One carpentry exam, and received a full course load of secondary elective credits towards graduation.

“I had a chance to talk with the students that were involved and they were clearly very proud of their product and talked about all the skills they developed over the course of the pro-

ject,” said SD60 Superintendent Stephen Petrucci.

BC Hydro owns the house, and will rent it out as needed. It say the home could also be used to help attract other medical and emergency staff such as a nurse or a fire chief, and will serve as a show home for the new Lucas Subdivision.

“The opportunity for our students to be involved with building a home was a fan-

tastic experience for them,” Hudson’s Hope Principal Derrek Beam said.

“The hands-on learning and real-life skills will serve them for a lifetime. Our students were able to build a beautiful structure that will serve our community for many years. BC Hydro and the District of Hudson’s Hope were integral keys to the implementation of this project.”

B.C. posted a second-straight multi-million dollar sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights in October.

Industry paid $2.37 million in bonus bids on Wednesday, Oct. 9, picking up five leases covering 2,369 hectares.

Aduro Resources Ltd. was the biggest player at the sale, picking up four leases in the Monias area for a combined $2.04 million. Buffalo Hill Resources picked up the other lease, 1,313 hectares across two tracts in the Flatrock

area, for $333,856.

The province has now taken in roughly $13.5 million in bonus bids to date this year, compared to the nearly $62.5 million it saw through this time last year.

The province has two sales

left in the calendar year to raise at least $3 million and avoid setting a new historic yearly low. The previous record low was $15.19 million in 2016. The next sale is Nov. 13, with one drilling licence and one lease on offer.

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Candidates talk tax credits, seniors care at forum Continued from A3

ly enrol seniors aged 70 and up into CPP if they have not enrolled yet and this is expected to help 40,000 seniors.

And establish a national drug agency. So many seniors are faced with whether to eat or whether to buy their prescription drugs, it’s a huge crisis.”

Catharine Kendall: “The Green Party plan is to work with indigenous leaders across the country to work with removing and retracting the Indian Act, whatever that looks like for indigenous leaders.”

Ron Vaillant: “What happened in the past, we didn’t actually do; it was our forefathers, it was the people in government who primarily did these things. What we want to be able to do is not to keep on digging through the past. Let’s move forward and work together and make a better society. We want to be able to look at the Indian Act and replace it. It hasn’t been effective; $21 billion a year is being spent. What are the results of all that? We also want to privatize reserves so there’s actual individual ownership of the properties, and I think that will go a long way to help them to develop themselves and move forward.”

What are the candidates’ thoughts on an expanded family tax credit? — Paul van Nostrand, Fort St. John Bob Zimmer: “With equipment, team fees, all the rest of it, it can be very expensive to keep kids involved in sport.

What we proposed, and got removed by this current government, the fitness and arts tax credits, we’re going to add them in again. The amount is $1,000 per child. If the child is disabled, it’s $1,500. This is just a little way to help that parent with some of those bills.”

Mavis Erickson: “The Liberal government has already offered a new child tax benefit credit that helped to lift over 385,000 families out of pov-

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Voters at the federal election forum held at the Lido in Fort St. John, Oct. 10, 2019.

erty and they’ve continued that program. They would continue to look at initiatives for children and families in order to take children and families out of poverty and to grow the middle class so all of our kids have a better chance.”

Catharine Kendall: “The Green Party is focusing on family development and women’s supports. So, supporting women’s workforce participation, education, and training; strengthening children’s health, development, and wellbeing in the early years to provide a strong foundation in for learning and living in later years; strengthening inclusion and respect for diversity for children with disabilities, diverse ethnic and racial groups, newcomers and disadvantaged Canadians. Post-secondary education fees will be removed, and that’s our largest focus.”

Ron Vaillant: “What I’ve noticed over my lifetime is whenever it comes to election time, you’ll see the political parties going and offering these freebies and goodies to buy votes. It’s usually borrowed money. We’re not going to be offering boutique tax credits because this is the reason we got such a complicated tax system to begin with.

We just want to simplify the whole thing and give you less taxes, plain and simple, and then you can do with your money as you will, instead of having the government buying your vote. It’s just the wrong way to do things.”

What commitments will your party make that will improve seniors living and seniors care in Northern B.C.? — Roxanne Chmelyk, Fort St. John Bob Zimmer: “I see firsthand the needs in the north. Federally, we’re responsible for the healthcare

of Canadians and the funding for it. We collect the taxes, we give the cheques to the provinces, and the provinces really see those programs through. We just need more of it. Canadian seniors have earned to be treated well in our country. One little thing that we’ve added, and it’s not a little amount of money, it’s $1.5 billion, so if you need an MRI or a CT scan, we’ve announced $1.5 billion to increase that equipment in hospitals so you won’t have to wait for treatment.”

Mavis Erickson: “The Liberal government changed the age for the Canadian Pension Plan back to 65 years old from 67. There have been some initiatives by the Liberal government regarding seniors and supporting low-income seniors by increasing their earnings exemptions for the guaranteed income supplement from $3,500 to $5,000, this will include seniors who are self-employed. Proactive-

Catharine Kendall: “The Green Party will increase CPP from 25% to 50% of income; support innovative home sharing plans and other measures to allow people stay in their homes and be supported; create more longterm beds in neighbourhood facilities. In collaboration with health professionals and provincial and territorial governments, create a national dementia strategy. Amend the medical assistance in dying legislation to ensure everyone has a choice of dying with dignity, as well as free pharmacare and making sure those drugs are not expensive and available at cost.”

Ron Vaillant: “The Constitution has healthcare as a provincial jurisdiction.

What we have right now is a health transfer system where the money goes to Ottawa and it comes back, and then sometimes it’s not used where it’s supposed to go and then there’s a blame game of who’s causing the problem.

Because the GST that is collected is about the same as what the health transfer is, we’re going to go ahead and have it provincial jurisdiction, and the GST is going to fund healthcare and we’re going to allow the provinces to innovate that way. There’s not going to be the blame game, and then it’s also going to incentivize the provinces to develop their natural resources and their economy, and imagine if you collected another 20% or 30% on GST?”

100 reasons to celebrate all Fort St. John has to offer

M

y does time fly when having fun. In honour of my 100th column I thought it would be great fun to celebrate our community.

Here it is, Fort St. John’s Top 100, Edwina Style 100. Blue skies in January 99. Trick or treating in snowsuits 98. Canola fields in July 97. Movies in the park 96. Long summer nights 95. Beautiful, bountiful gardens 94. Dogs, dogs and more dogs 93. Amazing summer camps 92. Not for profits for everyone 91. FSJ Womens Resources Society – helping our most vulnerable 90. Community policing – high five 89. Dodging pothole season – yay! It means spring has arrived 88. A community that cares – I bet we have some of the highest volumes per capita of fundraising in the province – CDI, there is a statistic for you to capture 87. Doig Days 86. Canada Day Parade 85. 4-H Achievement Days 84. North Peace Fall Fair

83. Lido Theatre – you don’t disappoint 82. Street Parties 81. Whole Wheat n Honey – in the heart of the city 80. Hockey Moms – you rock 79. Soccer Moms – you Rock 78. High on Ice Festival – Keeping cabin fever at bay 77. Firefighter Charities 76. Yoga, yoga, yoga 75. Very active church community!

74. Musical Theatre 73. North Peace Pottery Guild 72. Salvation Army 71.Order of the Eastern Star 70. Canada Day Parade 69. Edible Plants throughout the City 68. Community Development Institute – Please stay 67. SD60 Trades Program 66. Women in business 65. ELC staff and students – high five, love you guys 64. Frontline workers – Gold star for selfless dedication 63. Our pioneers who made our community what it is today 62. Fish Creek Community Forrest 61. Bike Rodeo 60. FSJ Association for Community Living 59. Community Action

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Edwina nearhood Team – working together for bigger solutions 58. North Peace Division of Family Practice 57. North Peace Seniors Society 56. NEAT – you make a big difference 55. 100 Women Who Care – BIG IMPACT 54. Travelling health care clinics – northern solutions 53. CDC and the annual Talent Show 52. North Peace Performing Arts Festival 51. Local microbreweries 50. Local farm to table value added producers 49. Big Sky 48. Opportunity 47. FSJ Literacy Society 46. Tai Chi/Qigong 45. FSJ Aboriginal Business Center 44. Local artisans 43. Christmas markets 42. FSJ Farmers Market

41. Olio’s Pizza 40. Community Programs 39. Walking trails galore 38. Dog Park 37. Paint Parties 36. Fire and Ice Bonfire 35. Library Programs 34. Rotarians 33. Oilman/Oilwives 32. Industry supporters in our community 31. Bus Drivers 30. Teachers – who is your favourite?

29. Our busy airport – to Vancouver and back in a day 28. Light Horse Association 27. Library programs 26. Figure skaters 25. Dance organizations 24. Multicultural Society 23. Taste of Fort St. John 22. Share table at FSJ Women’s Resource Society 21. Local fundraisers for families in need 20. Basketball Club 19. Amazing teenagers – you are our future – I love you humans 18. Minor baseball 17. The moms who leave their cell phone tucked away 16. The dads who co-parent even if they have to go to camp 15. FSJ Hospital Foundation 14. Murdered and missing indigenous women – you are not forgotten – acknowledg-

ing the not so nice parts of our community thanks to all the local women involved – my heart is with you.

13. Nordic Ski Club 12. City staff, mayor and council – not an easy job 11. Centennial Park 10. Downtown Revitalization Plan – way to do community consult 9. S.O.N.S (Save our Northern Seniors) 8. People that care 7. People that come for a year and stay for a lifetime 6. Amazing musicians 5. Local philanthropists 4. Peace Country River Rats – giving back to the community 3. Community Choir 2. Orange Shirt Day 1. My hometown. I love the people, love the community, love giving back There are so many more organizations that should be on this list – I am sorry, I have run out of room. I thank everyone and challenge you to create your own Top 100 list in your family and do your best to participate, support and be involved – together we are better.

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Colleen and Nancy cooked up a most hearty Thanksgiving meal at the Salvation Army, Oct. 11, 2019.

Five birds, two hams, a couple hundred pounds of potatoes and veggies, a few gallons of gravy, and a handful of pumpkin and apple pies helped to feed the city’s less fortunate.

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Eric Wade was injured in a crash on the Alaska Highway south of Taylor on Oct. 5, 2019.

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Workforce numbers at the the Site C dam set a fourthstraight monthly record in August. There were 4,870 workers counted on the project in August, up by nearly 100 month over month, and up from the 3,561 workers counted in August 2018. It’s the fourth-straight month for a new workforce record, which began in May, when the workforce first climbed over 4,000.

This August, there were 887 Peace region residents employed as construction and non-construction contractors, an increase of 45 month-over-month, and representing 18% of the project’s total workforce.

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of 4,177 workers, which includes work at the dam site, on transmission corridors, reservoir clearing, public roadworks, and camp accommodations.

There were a total of 3,701 workers from B.C., or 76%, working for construction and non-construction contractors, and in engineering and project team jobs.

BC Hydro reports 184 apprentices, 418 indigenous people, and 573 women were working on the project in August, with the tallies for indigenous and female workers also setting new highs.

There were seven temporary foreign workers employed in specialized positions in August, BC Hydro reported, and another 63 managers and other professionals working under the federal international mobility program, it said.

An online crowd funding campaign has been launched for the family of an American man seriously injured in a head-on collision on the Alaska Highway near Taylor earlier this month.

The campaign is looking to cover the costs of travel for the family of Eric Wade, who was injured in a head-on collision on the south Taylor hill on Oct. 5.

Emergency crews had to use the jaws of life, and Wade was airlifted to hospital in Grande Prairie with two broken arms, a broken leg, and a collapsed lung, his mother Debbie says.

“He is doing as well as can be expected,” she said.

Wade was traveling from Louisville, Kentucky, back home to Kasilof, Alaska, when his car collided with a pickup truck shortly after noon.

RCMP suspect impaired driving was a factor in the collision, and have said the driver of the truck is known to police.

No charges have been approved, according to a search of court records Monday.

Wade has a wife and 12-year-old son, his mother Debbie said. Plans are currently being arranged for their travel, she said.

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100 years in the North Peace

A Soldiers Farewell When you and I as friends must part, May this leave us true dear Sweetheart.

I to a distant land must go, Sleep there and die as others do.

All this and more to you I say, Night bids me go, I must obey.

With care you carefully search these lines, you will then a question find.

He was discharged in May 1919 and was convinced by Army buddies, Gus and Joe Henderson of Rolla to come to the Peace River, thus he became among the first settlers north of the Peace.

He helped clear the Fort Nelson Trail with a Mr. Parsons (who later became his father-in-law). The land he first challenged for a homestead was located where the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) sits today south to the Stonebridge Hotel.

This land did not suit him and he gave it up and moved to the land located at Mile 43.5 on the Alaska Highway between the Rhyason corner and the Swanson Lumber Road. He eventually cleared a 1/2 section of land mostly with a walking plow, horses and by hand. His original home was a small log cabin on that property. In 1928, he married Alice Parsons, daughter of a pioneer family that moved to the area in 1920. Here they raised their three children Ted, Charlie and Marion in that same small cabin until 1944 when Ed built a two storey, four bedroom home on the property. They lost the two sons in tragic accidents in later years.

Over his life in the Peace, Ed Thomas contributed in many ways to make it a better place to live.

Without the efforts of Ed Thomas, the local Legion might not be what it is today. His contribution and recognition of the formation of the Royal Canadian Legion in Fort St. John was part of the 75th Anniversary of the Legion. It was his dream to organize a group and place to gather and pay tribute to all those past, present, and

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future who had fought or perhaps may have to fight for our freedom.

He was the first president, from 1929 to 1945, and a staunch member of the Legion until his passing in 1961.

While Ed was involved with many things, such as announcer at local rodeos, he is best known as the most colourful auctioneer in the Peace, never to be forgotten. Those who attended his “carnivals”, for carnivals they were, as well as auctions, would remember Ed as a splendid MC. He knew showmanship and would run a commentary of sparkling wit. He was accompanied by his wife Alice, who followed him around the crowd, neatly keeping track of sales, and other business details.

One of the first signs of spring for many years had been the Thomases, and Ed and Alice would round up sellers and bidders. The auctions would take place Saturday afternoons at the main intersection of Fort St. John, that would be at 100th Avenue and 100th Street, and later in a nearby parking lot. This became as good a show as you’d see anywhere!

“What am I bid?” Ed would call out, jumping up on the back of a wagon or pick-up truc.! The crowd would listen then for the witty remarks and bits of philosophy this North Peace farmer-auctioneer would throw in with the merchandise. The saddest effects in all the world are those from even a prosperous household when nakedly viewed in the outdoor lot.

If there was any money in the country, Ed knew how to tickle it out of the customers pockets. Depending on the mood of the crowd sometimes extract three times the worth of the sale items and send the customers home delighted with their bargains. He was great for package deals, putting several items in a jerry can and selling the whole lot. He was once told by a man that was selling out to retire that “they came into the country with one chair a sewing machine and clothes basket with a baby on it.” Ed said from the look of the chair being auctioned it must be the original one, and so who would bid a dollar for this lucky chair? The old but lucky chair was sold for twice the asking price!

Thomas was part of the group of farmers that helped bring power to the rural district around Fort St. John.

Thomas never recovered from the death of his son Charlie, and passed away from cancer in 1961 at the age of 72. Thomas is still remembered by many pioneers of the Peace. Congratulations to the family for maintaining your presence for 100 years!

Larry Evans is a former fire chief, city councillor, and lifelong historian living in Fort St. John.

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here are lots of people in the North Peace who are descendants of the pioneers who arrived here 100 years ago. This story is about a gentleman who arrived here exactly 100 years ago this year.

His name was Ed Thomas and I’d like to thank his daughter, Marion Ewasiuk, for the information regarding the story of this pioneer of the North Peace.

Ed was born in 1889 in Llandridnot Wells, Wales. He first came to Canada in 1911 living in the Calgary and Edmonton area working at the Great West Saddlery Company. In 1916, he enlisted in the First World War in Winnipeg. He was with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was immediately shipped to England for training and then to France, he was with one of the four divisions of this Force that overtook Vimy Ridge.

After years of mud, toil, and fighting in the unsanitary conditions in the trenches, he survived the great war. Although he never spoke much about it he often mentioned “no man’s land”.

He spoke highly of the “Salvation Army” whom he said came right to the front lines. His bible was his constant companion in the trenches and he could recite verse after verse.

His love for singing old army songs would have you listen in awe. While in the trenches he wrote the following poem:

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The Fort St. John Senior Flyers are gone, for now Dillon Giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca It seems unheard of, the fact that the Fort St. John Senior Flyers won’t be icing a team for the 2019-20 NPHL season. The news came sudden and fast on a Monday, October 7, causing disappointment, sadness, and uncertainty.

Except it’s not unheard of; the Flyers folded just prior to the playoffs during the 1996-97 SPHL season, and didn’t return until the 2004-05 season, this time in the NPHL. The captain of that Flyers team was Andrew Leriger, who stepped down as the team’s coach following the 201819 season. Leriger, who was captain of the team when it had to drop out of the league due to a lack of player availability, was also the coach of the team right before it would drop out of a league 22 years later for the same reason, and is the perfect analogy to sum up senior hockey.

On one hand, there are those who say that senior hockey is a dying brand, and that it will only get worse.

On the other hand, this isn’t a new phenomenon. The Flyers themselves folded before coming back for the longest uninterrupted period for one team in the current iteration of the league. Every team currently in the NPHL has had times when it couldn’t ice a team due to lack of player availability or executive commitment.

“We have teams in our league that are on the bubble all the time.

The same thing almost happened to the High Prairie Regals this year too. Small town Alberta and B.C. aren’t the places to be anymore,” said

NPHL President Jack McAvoy, who just celebrated his 40th anniversary in the role.

While those with the Flyers will miss just one year and are hopeful the team will return next season, McAvoy isn’t so sure.

“I think they’ll have a hard time coming back, but I hope I’m wrong.

Paul (van Nostrand) and Lee (Hartman) work really hard and are good people to work with, but if they ever quit, I think the team will go along with them,” McAvoy said.

Disappointing for all involved While Van Nostrand is far from losing hope in the future of the team, the loss of the season was incredibly disappointing to the Flyers president, who, along with GM Hartman, put all they have into the team each year.

“We didn’t have any idea that this was going to be the case. The yearend wind-up was good, didn’t hear any rumblings, but maybe we should have had our ears to the ground a little bit more. It’s very unfortunate,” said van Nostrand. “A lot of people and fans have put a lot of time into this team and I feel really bad for them that it came to this.”

However, van Nostrand was quick to point out he doesn’t blame anyone for this happening.

“I don’t fault anyone for this or blame anyone who was unable to commit to the team for a handful of very legit reasons,” he said.

When asked what those reasons were, van Nostrand said some players were moving, some couldn’t commit until November, while others just

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became new dads. That’s not to mention the struggles of working a day job while going on the road to play hockey and sometimes not returning home until 3 a.m. on a Thursday night. Van Nostrand himself had to miss a couple seasons for similar reasons when he palyed for the team back in the 1970s.

Still hope for the Flyers Still, just because the team couldn’t ice a full roster this year doesn’t mean it didn’t have any players.

There were six new players who attended the three tryouts, while a core group of players including Adam Horst, Jeff Shipton, Travis McLean, Joey Massingham, Reid Campbell, and Ty Gullickson were all committed. Horst and Shipton have been with the team for more than 10 years.

Some of those players are likely to play for the Dawson Creek Senior Canucks this year instead, or at least attend camp. Canucks General Manager Lincoln Carrier said he’s spoken with a couple former Flyers players about attending camp, but it remains to be seen which ones will be on the team once the 2019-20 NPHL season starts on November 2.

The Canucks side of things provides both cause for optimism and frustration. The Canucks, after missing a number of seasons returned for the 2013-14 season and have been the most-consistent team over the last two seasons, and are expected to be even better this year.

In fact, while the Flyers struggled to get 14 players out to camp, the Canucks had as many as 46 at one ice

time this year.

“We were in a similar spot as the Flyers, and had to work really hard to bring the team back. We weren’t very good for a while, but now we’re in a place where guys want to play for us and be a part of this. Senior hockey tends to go in cycles,” Carrier said.

Just as important as needing players who want to play senior hockey is having a community and fan base that is passionate about the team. That’s one thing Fort St. John has, with room to spare, and one of the reasons for optimism about the future.

“Fort St. John loves the Flyers and I love the Flyers. This team means a lot to this town,” van Nostrand said.

Former Flyers player and current Fort St. John Huskies Head Coach Todd Alexander feels the same way.

“The Flyers have always been a strong community team that’s supported the community and has young and good fans.”

Alexander was saddened about the recent development.

“I played for the team, my grandpa, my uncle, my dad, and my brother all played for the Flyers. Maybe one day my son will play for this team, you never know. So when I look at it that way, it’s kind of sad for me because you have that many generations of hockey players going through our family,” Alexander said.

“Hopefully, going forward, the future generations, once they’ve gone off to play junior hockey or even pro hockey if they’re lucky, will have a place like the Flyers to come back to again and play competitively like I did.”

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around the bases W hen I first heard the news, I was as shocked as any other hockey fan in town.

Sure, I’ve only been here for two hockey seasons, now embarking on my third, but the Fort St. John Senior Flyers are a team I grew to appreciate and admire, and word they would not play in the NHPL this year was surprising and disappointing.

Surprising because, while having a lack of players able to commit to 20 games a year for no pay, on top of work (not to mention the risk of injury, which could lead to more work time lost) isn’t the craziest thing I’ve ever heard of, nobody saw it coming.

The team struggled to have a consistent buy-in from its players last year and couldn’t always field a full team on the road, but they were still pretty good and almost won the Coy Cup on home ice. The Flyers’ steady executive didn’t see this coming, so I didn’t either.

Plus, I never really knew that not playing was an option.

I’ve since learned that the Flyers didn’t ice a team from 1996 until the 2004-05 season. Knowing how good and how beloved the Flyers were these last two years, it’s hard to imagine a time when interest to play for them died out. What did people do up here on a cold Friday night?

But, these things happen.

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come and go, even hockey teams in a hockey-crazed town. Fort St. John isn’t immune to this — the Dawson Creek Senior Canucks were gone for a number of seasons at the beginning of the decade, and the Spirit River Rangers folded after winning five straight NPHL titles. But now, the Canucks have been the best team for the last two years and seem poised to make another run this year.

It’s not worth blaming anyone, but it’s disappointing all the same. The fact that committing and running a

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non-profit senior hockey team is hard work and seems unpractical in 2019 is what continues to make the Flyers, the NPHL, and senior hockey so cool and great.

I loved playing sports in high school and I love playing sports now, although ones that require slightly less athleticism than when I was the MVP of the Two Hills Junior High Basketball Tournament in 2003. The amount of curling, bowling, and slow pitch I play isn’t anything special. I’m not even sure I’m good. If you told me I could

play in a super-competitive slow pitch league that required overnight commitment and practice, but that the stakes wouldn’t exactly increase — I’m not sure what I’d say.

It would be cool, especially if that slow pitch team had been around for 60 years, but I also like the option to occasionally stay home if the Raptors are playing in the NBA finals, or if I need to catch up on Big Brother.

No, even if I was good enough a hockey player, I don’t think I’d be able to set

aside the time and commit to the Fort St. John Flyers either. However, for the better part of 60 years, many people in Fort St. John were, and did.

These days, most competitive hockey consists of players who are either trying to get better and advance, or are compensated, regardless of how much money.

That’s not the case for senior hockey players in the Peace region, but they played anyway, and will again.

Nothing is guaranteed, and the team could be in this situation for years to come, but I like to think maybe there’s a kid here in town who spent the last four years going to games with his dad. When he grows up, and decides he wants to stick around in Fort St. John, just maybe he’ll wish there was a men’s hockey team he could suit up for. Maybe, he’ll want to don the Maple Leafs — I mean, Flyers’ blue, and give this town a team to watch on a cold Friday night.

Huskies head coach Todd Alexander was nostalgic as he told me how he and his brother played for the Flyers, and how his uncle played for the Flyers, and his dad, and even his grandpa. He had hoped his son would be able to play for the team someday, and maybe he will.

Regardless of what’s to come, the spirit of the Flyers didn’t die before, and it certainly won’tdie now.

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The PGA TOUR heads to Korea for the third edition of THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES Seventy-eight players will compete this week at the Nine Bridges Golf Club on Jeju Island, including no less than a dozen Korean players. Nine Bridges opened in 2001 and is the only Korean course ranked among the world’s top 100. Ironically, the course only has eight actual bridges. Brooks Koepka returns to defend at the limited-field event, along with first-year winner Justin Thomas. Jordan Spieth makes his 2019-20 PGA Tour debut while Phil Mickelson will play in his first CJ CUP.

PGA TOUR, and NBC Sports Group announce live streaming of every shot during THE PLAYERS Championship For the first time ever in golf, every shot by every player will be live-streamed from a full-field tournament when THE PLAYERS Championship returns to TPC Sawgrass, March 12-15, allowing fans to follow any player in the elite field, all four rounds. All of this coverage will be available to PGA TOUR LIVE subscribers on either NBC Sports Gold or Amazon Prime Video Channels. PGA TOUR Entertainment and NBC Sports Group will accomplish the monumental task of showcasing more than 32,000 shots over 72 holes from a starting field of 144 by utilizing nearly 120 cameras positioned throughout THE PLAYERS Stadium Course, with each group having its own dedicated stream. Further, the PGA TOUR will be launching an all-new TOURCast product that will allow fans to follow every shot from each group with a beautiful 3D rendering of the golf course and shot trails.

Lanto Griffin won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

Lanto Griffin won the Houston Open on Sunday with a 6-foot par on the final hole that gave him a 3-under 69 and a one-shot victory. Griffin was locked into a battle on the back nine with Mark Hubbard and Scott Harrington. None of the three had won on the PGA Tour. Hubbard lost the lead with a bogey on the par-5 16th, while Harrington’s big rally ended with a three-putt bogey on the 17th. Griffin finished at 14-under 274 and earned a two-year exemption.

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Course Stats Yards: 7,196 Par: 72 18-hole record: 62 Tournament record: 267 Defending champion: Brooks Koepka

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Tournament Results Player Score Earnings 1. Lanto Griffin -14 $1,350,000 T2. Scott Harrington -13 $667,500 T2. Mark Hubbard -13 $667,500

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Trackers undefeated through five Dillon Giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca Through just five games, the NEBC Trackers appear to be well on the path to contend for a second-straight B.C Midget AA provincial title.

In reality, it’s way too early to have a good handle on the team, but with a 4-0-1 record to start the NAHL season, the Trackers have done about as well as they good while working in a lot of new players and a new leadership group.

The Trackers played just one game last weekend, a 4-1 win over the Fort McMurray Oil Barons that saw the Trackers outshoot their opponents 58 to 22. Head Coach Gerard Dicaire was quite pleased with the game, as he should be, as it came on the heels of his team blowing a 5-3 loss at home to the Grande Prairie Storm the previous weekend, resulting in a 5-5 tie.

“That was a tough game for us, so this week we concentrated on being defensively focused for all 60 minutes and I thought we did that for the most part. We’re a quick-skating team and when we are skating fast and supporting each other, we’re a really good team,” Dicaire said.

The Trackers’ schedule this year

starts with lots of single-game weekends at home, before turning to lots of three-game road-trips later in the season. The Trackers had the opposite schedule a year ago, and Dicaire said it’s been hard for his team to stay focused when they only play one game a week.

“We’re used to playing every night over the weekend and you can work on specific things and really see progress. But for kids of this age, I’ve been really pleased with their mental toughness and ability to stay focused while we’re not skating as much,” said Dicaire.

The coach said his team’s strength early on is its depth. Whereas the 2018-19 team was high scoring, Dicaire is looking for this year’s team to focus more on taking care of its own zone. Still, the team is doing just fine on the offensive side, outscoring teams 22-10 through five games.

Defenseman and newly named captain Duncan Ross leads the team with seven points, including four goals, filling the void left by former captain and offensive-defenseman Connor Kindrat, who moved on to the Huskies this season. The assistant captains are Kurtis Lee, Chase London, and Shayden Hiebert.

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Kenneth Peters has time of his life at New Zealand rugby camp Dillon Giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Below: Kenneth Peters (centre) discusses tactics with teammates, while others huddle together during a scrum.

Union, one of the New Zealand Rugby League teams.

“I got to hang out with the pro players and ask them questions about what it takes to play professional rugby. I’m hoping to further my career to play for Team B.C. and at the college level, and take what I learned this summer with me,” said Peters.

Near the end of the camp, he was one of six players chosen to play for the Lindisfarne College team against the HBRY U-20 team, and the only one who played the entire game. For his efforts, Peters was named top player of the HRBU New Z Study Academy.

If it seems like playing rugby in New Zealand, the rugby capital of the world, was the opportunity of a lifetime, that’s because it was.

“Playing rugby in New Zealand is something I’ll remember for the rest of my life. I can’t wait for our season to start and to share some of the stuff I learned with my teammates,” Peters said.

Peters is already thinking about playing at the academy next year, and has been asked to captain a Canadian team.

Until then, both Woodruff and Peters are hoping to keep this recent surge of rugby success and interest in Fort St. John and the Peace region going.

“Our challenge here is getting people to come out. With the boys team winning, the girls team fielding a full team, Tim Zimmer winning the Western Canadian U20 Championship with B.C., and now Kenneth playing in New Zealand, people can see what’s possible with rugby in Fort St. John,” Peters loves the sport and thinks everyone should give it a try.

“With the hitting, the passing, and running, it’s like every game I’ve ever played combined into one.”

It’s not every day someone goes from playing their first season of high school rugby in April to playing at a rugby camp in New Zealand three months later, but that’s what NPSS Grade 12 student Kenneth Peters did.

Peters was a part of the NPSS boys rugby team that won its first ever Peace Country High School Rugby Championship in May, his first year on the team. He liked it so much that when NPSS coach Clayton Woodruff told his players that the Hawkes Bay Rugby Union (HBRU) was looking for participants for the New Z Rugby Academy, Peters jumped at the opportunity.

“I’ve wanted to play rugby for awhile. I played hockey my whole life, but didn’t even know there was rugby in town until Grade 8. Right from my first game I loved it, and I was excited when I heard about playing in New Zealand,” Peters said.

Woodruff didn’t think a lot of the academy’s request for players, but thought he would ask his players just in case.

“Sure enough, Kenneth put in the effort to go and spent the money.

He’s a great player, tough, focused.

Going to New Zealand is cool on its own, but to go and play rugby is a whole other experience,” Woodruff said.

Once Peters arrived at the academy, he was split into a group of 15 players from the 146 total players who attended the camp, and endured what he called the most intense physical activity of his life.

Peters said they would run for hours every day, in addition to time in the gym, and endless drills on the rugby pitch. He practiced with pro players from the Hawkes Bay Rugby

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The Toronto Raptors will host the New Orleans Pelicans in one of the two games on opening night of the 2019-20 NBA regular season on Tuesday, October 22 at 5 p.m.

The Edmonton Oilers (5-0) were one of the only remaining undefeated teams in the NHL as of press time. The team has been lead once again by Connor McDavid, who led the NHL in points with 12, as of October 14, 2019.

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Huskies Scoring — Chase London, Jeridyn Loewen.

Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019

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Huskies Scoring — Dawson Phillips, Cayden Frenette, Connor Kindrat (2), Jared Winkel.

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NWJHL STANDINGS

— Sam Stackhouse

WE ARE GRIZZLIES

1. Dawson Creek Canucks 6-2 12 points 2. Fairview Flyers 5-2 10 points 3. Fort St. John Huskies 4-2-1 9 points 4. North Peace Navigators 3-4 6 points 5. Grande Prairie Kings 2-5-1 5 points 6. Sexsmith Vipers 2-5 4 points

MINOR HOCKEY Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019

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Trackers Scoring — Colby Busche, Duncan Ross (2), Kurtis Lee.

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Kurtis Lee taps the puck in past a helpless Fort McMurray goalie for the Trackers’ third goal against the Oil Barons at the North Peace Arena on October 12, 2019. Lee had a goal and an assist in the 4-1 win.

The 2019 Fort Bowling Lanes season is under way. Here are the standings for the Mixed League after two weeks of regular season play.

MIXED 1. Freeze Frame - 22 2. Got Balls - 18 3. Good Time Girls - 17 4. Here 4 The Beer - 17 5. Bowl Movements - 16 6. Blue Balls - 12 7. Trouble - 11 8. Rusty Gates - 11 9. Rental Shoes - 11 10. The Fantastics - 10 11. Big Chucksees - 8 12. Forever Friends - 3 High Averages Mens 1. David Bigcharles - 229 2. Kevin Alexander - 219 3. Warren Mitchell - 215

All of the sports teams had the week off of competition to enjoy a restful Thanksgiving weekend.

The senior boys, senior girls and junior girls volleyball teams are in Dawson Creek on Friday and Saturday this weekend, October 18 and 19. The Senior Girls will open the tournament against DCSS at 1:30 p.m. on Friday.

Jordynn McPherson, Tristan Hynes and Carter Collins will represent North Peace at the NCD Cross Country Zone Championship race in Dawson at the Bear Mountain Ski trails on October 19.. Jordynn races at 10:30 a.m. Tristan and Carter race at 11:15 a.m

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Chris Mundrell glides out of the hack for Bob Cooper’s team during the first day of the Fort St. John Curling Club Mixed League season on October 10, 2019. Cooper’s team won 7-1 win over Glen Godberson’s team.

North Peace Grizzlies Class of 2019 Grad and Most Valuable Defensive Player on the senior girls soccer team, Teagan Clement, is taking the field this season for the Red Deer College Queens Women’s Soccer Team.

While she found the transition tough at first, Teagan has started 8 out of 9 games as a rookie, playing a full 90 minutes for 8 of those games. She is also playing a different position, having been moved from center back to left back. This has changed her game and opened up lots of attacking opportunities, something that she loves.

Overall, the start of Teagan’s college career has been an incredible success, both on and off the field. The training and games are intense, and she has found some great friends in the girls on her team.

Teagan is optimistic about the rest of the season, even after a tough loss to second place Old’s College on Sunday, October 13. With three regular season games left before the postseason, the team’s playoff hopes are still alive. The RDC Queens currently sit in 5th place in the South Conference of the ACAC, two points behind SAIT, with a record of 4-5.

 SPORTS NOTES GOLF SEASON OFICIALLY OVER

The golf season has officially come to an end, as all three North Peace golf courses held their final rounds of play last weekend.

Ladies 1. Carmen Wallace - 203 2. Cindy Dettling - 201 3. Cynthia - 195

OILMEN’S BONSPIEL

Men’s Single Flat 1. David Bigcharles - 360 2. Warren Mitchell - 354 3. Kevin Alexander - 312

The 2019-20 Peace Curling Tour started last weekend, with the Grande Prairie Cash Spiel, October 11 to 13. The tour comes to Fort St. John December 6 to 8.

Ladies Single Flat 1. Shalise Clark - 294 2. Kaitlyn - 288 3. Carmen Wallace - 285

TRACKERS AT HOME

High Series Handicap 1. Bowl Movements - 3,781 2. Got Balls - 3,723 3. Freeze Frame - 3,718

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Kevin Alexander is all business during the Wednesday Night Mixed League on October 9, 2019.

The Trackers have two games at home this weekend against the last-place TRAC Wolverines (0-4). The games will go Saturday, October 19 at 4:45 p.m. at the North Peace Arena, and Sunday, October 20 at 11:15 a.m. at the Pomeroy Sport Centre.

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Bo Hedges encourges students to “dream big” at ELC Dillon Giancola sports@ahnfsj.ca With Bo Hedges in town last week to help his family with a cattle roundup at their Wonowon cattle ranch, the perfect opportunity arose for Hedges to educate and inspire local kids, and to film him as part of a larger project.

Christine Sutherland and Ben Haab, the people behind the upcoming documentary Dream Big: From Fort St. John to Tokyo, were able to have Hedges speak to students at the Energetic Learning Centre for the day on October 8, and film it for footage for the movie.

The film will document Hedges’ journey of training and qualifying in wheelchair basketball for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, his fourth and final Games. In addition to Hedge’s talks with the students, the filmmakers also filmed sessions of Hedges and students happily learning and engaging in the sport.

“Number one, he’s so inspiring to be around, and having him in person makes his message even stronger. Bo’s strongest qualities are his charisma and leadership, and he’s really able to show young people what can be on the horizon instead of getting tripped up at what’s right in front of them,” Sutherland said.

If anyone has shown he can look past what’s in front of him, it’s Hedges. He spoke to the students about him falling off a tree when he was 13, landing on a stump, and breaking his spine. He would never

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Bo Hedges takes questions from an Energetic Learning Centre class during his talk on October 8, 2019.

walk again, would no longer be able to play hockey with his friends, nor drive tractor on the ranch.

“I had a lot of support. It was about not looking at what I couldn’t do, but how to adapt things so I could do them again. That was the biggest thing that helped move me along and embrace the life I have,” Hedges said.

Hedges said wheelchair basketball helped him transition from his life before the accident to his life in the years since.

“This path wheelchair basket-

ball hass led me on, first to help my transition into continuing to play sports, and from there to getting my education and seeing Canada, North America, and the world, has made all the difference,” said Hedges.

As Hedges moved on to talking to the students about the chairs he uses, his daily training routine, and the rules of wheelchair basketball, he held their attention, showing what’s truly possible when presented with life-changing circumstances.

“It was truly to see how focused

and excited these kids were, even the ones you wouldn’t expect,” said Sutherland.

After the round-up is complete, Hedges will return to his home in Toronto where he trains all winterlong, Monday to Friday. The international team will re-assemble in Toronto in May, before it goes on to play international tournaments in June. The final roster will be named around the end of June, with the games beginning on August 25, 2020.

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Location: Kansas City, Kansas Date: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2:30 p.m.

Last Year’s Pole: Joey Logano - 191.646 mph Last Year’s Winner: Chase Elliott

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

This week’s race is the sixth in the Monster Energy Cup Series Playoffs. In 2001, NASCAR and Indy Racing League announced that they would bring events to the Kansas Speedway for its inaugural racing season. Kansas Speedway is a 1 1/2-mile track, state-of-the-art facility, which was a response to the growing interest for motorsports in the Midwest. The speedway is strategically located at the intersection of I-435 and I-70 in Kansas City, Kan., about 15 miles west of downtown Kansas City. It seats nearly 82,000 spectators in the grandstands, but will eventually expand to 150,000 upon completion of its final phase.

Last Weekend’s Race: Talladega Race Postponed As of presstime, NASCAR was able to start Sunday’s Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway but was unable to finish it. Just as the first 55-lap stage came to an end with William Byron as the winner, rain began coming down hard. NASCAR immediately put out the red flag and brought cars down pit road, without giving them a chance to pit. The track has no lights so the heavy rain and oncoming darkness forced the postponement of the conclusion of the race until Monday.

2019 Standings Cup Series Top Ten Drivers 1) Martin Truex, Jr. 2) Denny Hamlin 3) Kyle Busch 4) Kevin Harvick 5) Kyle Larson 6) Brad Keselowski 7) Alex Bowman 8) William Byron 9) Joey Logano 10) Clint Bowyer

Points 3095 3080 3080 3074 3063 3052 3049 3032 3032 3028

Xfinity Series Top Ten Top 10s 19 19 23 21 15 17 10 11 17 15

Drivers 1) Christopher Bell 2) Cole Custer 3) Tyler Reddick 4) Austin Cindric 5) Justin Allgaier 6) Chase Briscoe 7) Michael Annett 8) Noah Gragson 9) John Hunter Nemechek 10) Justin Haley

Points 3062 3050 3044 3017 3014 3013 3009 3005 2097 2076

Top 10s 19 21 24 21 21 23 17 20 15 18

Top News Stories NASCAR Hybrids May Debut in 2022 Fans of open-wheel racing with an interest in ecologically-minded racing have had Formula E to take in for the last few years. Soon, the same might be true for stock car racing, as NASCAR has announced an ambitious plan to debut hybrid vehicles, possibly by 2022.

The potential addition of hybrids to the NASCAR circuit is one of several steps the racing organization is taking in terms of technological improvements and ecological friendliness. 2021 will see the debut of the Next-Gen car, which rule changes implemented in 2019 were designed to bolster. The news of hybrids also confirms the speculation of some in the automobile industry. In June of this year, Mark Rushbrook of Ford Performance expressed his certainty that hybrid technology would come to NASCAR. At the time, Autosport reported on his comments as well as those made by John Probst, the SVP for Racing Development for NASCAR. At Charlotte Motor Speedway, Probst said, “We travel the world visiting other sanctioning bodies and are not ignorant to the fact that the world’s going towards more hybrid technology.” Another source said that “hybrid tech could certainly be in our cars by 2022, if all plans stay on track.” In June, Rushbrook also opined that hybrid technology might not be suited to every race. “It doesn’t need to be at every track,” he said. “If you put a hybrid in for the Daytona 500, where you’re wide open throughout the whole lap, it doesn’t make sense.”

Racing Trivia Which driver has the most top 5 finishes in the last ten races at Kansas Speedway? a) Jimmie Johnson b) Joey Logano

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c) Kyle Busch d) Kevin Harvick

Answer : c) Kyle Busch has six top 5 finishes in the last ten races at Kansas Speedway.

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2019-20 High School Rodeo Results: Chetwynd Rodeo #2 The BCHSRA North Region held the fourth rodeo of the 2019-20 season in Chetwynd with two one-day rodeos on October 5 and 6.

This was the final rodeo of the fall before the winter break. Stay tuned for the season standings at the halfway mark.

For the seniors, Rylie Bondaroff and Tyler Pederson were the all around winners on Saturday, and Fallon Jones and Jesse Jones were the all around winners on Sunday On the junior side, Kerri Moat and Danny Jones were the all around winners on Saturday, and Shelby Corr and Korbin Mills took home the honours for Sunday.

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Tie Down Roping Saturday 1. Tyler Pederson 2. Jesse Jones 3. Wyatte Copeland Sunday 1. Wyatte Copeland 2. Jesse Jones 3. Zane Jones

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2. Wyatte Copeland/ Samuel Smith 3. Jesse Pearson/ Kali Clare Atkings Sunday 1. Rylie Bondaroff/ Tyler Pederson 2. Fallon Jones/ Tyler Bondaroff 3. Jesse Pearson/ Kali Clare Atkings Bareback Saturday and Sunday Spencer Lewis

Goat Tying Saturday 1. Rylie Bondaroff 2. Lauren Konashuk 3. Payden Hinton Sunday 1. Rylie Bondaroff 2. Lauren Konashuk 3. Tyler Bondaroff

Break Away Roping Saturday 1. Rylie Bondaroff Sunday 1. Rylie Bondaroff 2. Kendall Esau 3. Jessie Pearson

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In lieu of �lowers expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of Harvey to the Fort St. John Seniors Housing Society.

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With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Margaret Anne Seguin.

Born September 15, 1948, passed September 12, 2019.

There will be a Celebration of Life in her honour on November 2, 2019 held at the FSJ Royal Canadian Legion from 1–4 p.m.

Margaret is survived by her sister Elizabeth, four children Chad, Rhonda, Chere and Therese, eight grandchildren Connor, Coleman, Andrea, Alicia, Mort, Christopher, Kerstin, Kayden and four great grandchildren.

Marge was a beautiful kind caring soul, a woman of values, morals, manners and respect. Marge’s home was always open for food, fun and a loving ear or shoulder if needed.

The family would like to thank FSJ Pharmacy & Wellness Centre, Home Support, Better at Home and all others that helped make the last four years of Marge’s struggle easier for her and the family.

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RE: Disposal of Land 10115, 10119, 10135 – 100th Avenue In accordance with Sec�on 26 of the Community Charter, no�ce is hereby given that on February 15, 2019, the City of Fort St. John declared a surplus and is offering for sale the property legally iden�fied as Lots 4, 5, & 6, Sec�on 36, Township 83, Range 19,West of the 6th Meridian Peace River District Plan 2705 (Former Condill Hotel) In accordance with City Purchasing and Tendering Policy No. 22/14, Staff awarded the brokerage services to NorthEast BC Realty Ltd. of Fort St. John, BC. • Purchase inquiries can be directed to Ron Rodgers at 250-785-4115 • MLS Lis�ng C8024881, C8024882, C8024883.

Addi�onal informa�on regarding this land disposal may be directed to Jennifer Decker, Manager of Economic Development at 250-787-8150,

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Application for a Permit Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act I, Mr. Glenn Soroff, Director, Facilities & Midstream, for Petronas Energy Canada Ltd., (1600, 215, 2 St. SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 1M4), intend to submit this application to the Director, Environmental Management and Reclamation, at the Oil and Gas Commission to authorize the discharge of air emissions from a compressor station due to additional equipment. The sources of air emissions are: - Four Waukesha L7044 GSI Compressor Engines (1253 kW each, will be equipped with emissions controls), - Four Cummins GTA855E turbo Generator (175 kW each, one back-up), - One Mitsubishi S6R-Y2PTAW-1 Generator (600 kW, Water Plant use only), - Two Propak Glycol Regenerators for dehydration (200 kW), - One emergency & continuous high pressure flare (including a purge & glycol flash tank), manufacturer Flaretech, - One emergency & continuous low pressure flare (including a pilot & purge), manufacturer Flaretech, - Other equipment including a still column vent tank and produced water tanks.

The land upon which the facility is situated and the discharge occurs is d-4-H/94-B-16, located at (surface location NAD 83) Latitude 56° 50’ 22.2” North; and Longitude 122° 2’ 26.2” West; located within the Gundy Field, approximately 120 km northwest of Fort St. John (driving distances).

The total volume of gas through-put processed by this facility will be increased from 708,000 m3/day (8.19 m3/s) to approximately 1,415,000 m3/day (16.38 m3/s). There is no SO2 discharged from this facility as it combusts sweet gas (0% H2S). One motor-driven vapor-recovery unit will be added to reduce the waste discharge of normal operation of the facility. The maximum rate of air emissions discharged from this facility is approximately 0.31 g/s TP, 4.92 g/s NOx, 3.90 g/s VOC, and 6.96 g/s CO during an emergency facility blow-down (for approximately 30 minutes, 3 times per year) and failure of VRU to recover flash off gas from tanks. Continuous average daily emissions rates, cumulatively produced from equipment, are approximately 0.13 g/s TP, 2.62 g/s NOx, 0.82 g/s VOC, and 2.37 g/s CO. The operating period for this facility is 24 hours/ day, 7 days/week.

Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed discharge of waste and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Director of the Environmental Stewardship Group, Oil and Gas Commission at Bag 2, Fort St. John B.C V1J 2B0. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record.

Dated this 8th Day of October, 2019

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Date: Monday, November 4, 2019 Time: 6.00 pm Where: The Fort St. John Literacy Society Office #201-10136 100 Ave, Fort St. John, V1J 1Y6 What: Annual general meeting, presentation of financials, election of directors of the Board, membership only.

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PC Roots Group Building Open: Every Saturday SeptJune 10:00am12:00pm to members wanting to use the genealogy library. A member will be available by appointment to anyone requiring help on how to get started on your family history. Everyone is welcome. We are located in the small building in NAR Park. For appointment call: Lynn- 250782-4058. Neil- 250782-7651. Website http://peacecountryroots.ca

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

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

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Nobel Prizes, flu shots, bald heads, bird brains BALD BULLETIN: Last week a scientist announced his new study shows global warming is causing men to go bald. Well, that’s ridiculous! My calculations show all those bald heads are reflecting the sun’s rays back into space, and that’s actually cooling our planet.

NOBEL NEWS: The Nobel Prize for Physics went to a Canadian scientist who came up with new theories about the Big Bang. He wrote a book exploring what might have happened if Sheldon Cooper had married Penny instead of Amy. The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three scientists who figured out how we use oxygen. And by the way: There’s a Nobel Prize waiting for the scientist who can figure out how to make drivers in Fort St. John use a turn signal.

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BEZOS BUCKS: Also on the topic of the Internet: Amazon boss Jeff Bezos was named The World’s Richest Person. He’s worth $114 billion US. Coincidentally, 114 billion is also the number of items I have returned to Amazon because they didn’t fit, or they didn’t work, or they were not as advertised.

DOGGY DIET: A new study shows dogs stay healthy and active when they eat plant-based food.

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BIRD BRAIN: Back to science news for a moment, this is very weird: At the University of Texas, neuroscientists say they have developed a way to implant false memories into birds.

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COAL KAPUT: On CBC an expert predicted the coal industry will be totally gone by the year 2040. But don’t worry. We have enough coal stockpiled to make sure every bad kid gets a lump at Christmas.

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Alien Messages: Let your food be your medicine Kalpana: “In Southern India, in a Tamil Nadu household, Sunday has always been the traditional day for oil baths and Kashayams. A Kashayam is a medicinal extract composed of one or more medicinal herbs. One example is boiling together tender neem leaves, omam, betel leaves and garlic. This extract was used as preventive medicine to boost the immune system and as a home remedy, since it has anti-bacterial and antiviral properties. In fact neem tree is considered by the Hindu as a goddess and is revered by people because of its health benefits. Although many people have shifted to plastic toothbrushes, some still use neem green branches or the banyan aerial roots as toothbrushes. My 80-yearold uncle still does this and his teeth and gums are as healthy as a twenty year old’s.”

Charo: “Well, Kalpana, for some, Sunday is the day to go to Church, which can be a healing experience, and for others it is the traditional day to suffer from a hangover, or to sit in front of the TV for eight hours eating chips and cream cheese, binging on your favorite TV show. But we have quite a few medicinal plants in this very region and if you ask an indigenous

person, they will tell you all about them. We have, for example, Chagga, which is one of the most powerful natural medicines known against no less than cancer. You simply have to boil it in water and mix it with your favorite tea.

It is a super-powerful antioxidant, it lowers blood pressure, sugar, and cholesterol, and it supports the immune system. And I like this idea of using one day a week as a body, mind and soul healing day. Some health experts even suggest that we should fast once a week to balance our system.”

Kalpana: “Also, getting the family together in the kitchen and sharing the cooking experience, with its scents, its colours, and its flavours is such an enjoyable and intimate experience it’s medicinal in itself.”

Charo: “Oh, it is! In Spain, the archaic word for home, which is ‘hogar’, is a synonym of the kitchen fire, the fire where you cook your food. That’s your home. I remember cooking with my mom and my grandma, sharing my daily stories, smelling the delicious food on the stove and listening to the medicinal properties of garlic, onion and a little bit of red wine that they added to the food and sipped as they cooked, for good meas-

ure. By the way, red wine has anti-cancer properties, did you know? But please tell us about more beneficial herbs.”

Kalpana: “Turmeric is another ancient Indian medicinal spice. There are two kinds of turmeric. One is only used for cosmetic purposes and too bitter for cooking. The other one is the soft aromatic kind that you can find in the produce section of almost any store.

It looks like a more intensely yellow ginger or you can also

buy it in powder. On top of adding flavor and color to your stews, turmeric it is a potent anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant, potentially protecting you against depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer.”

Charo: “I put half a teaspoon of turmeric in my rice cooker. It gives the rice some delicious flavour and it also turns it yellow.”

Kalpana: “That’s a good one. Turmeric works better when used in small amounts on a daily basis.”

Charo: “Hippocrates, the

father of Western medicine, said, ‘Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food.’ The health system in Western countries separates us, however, from the Earth and what it has to offer for our healing, in favor of the Big Pharma. We have to go back to nature to feel better. Take our time to cook with our children and transmit this natural wisdom to them.”

Kalpana: “All we need to feel better is out there. And free.”

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Disappearing Daughter-In-Law Dear Annie: My son was married eight months ago and now lives on the other side of the country. During their courtship, engagement and wedding, I did everything I could to be friends with his wife. I bought her a rehearsal dinner dress, which she approved of at first. I helped her dress for the dinner. I invited her to go shopping. I called. I texted.

I reached out because I knew she would not be so inclined.

There were several things that happened with her parents and her during the wedding plans that were hurtful. The most hurtful was that their seating chart put my mother, my sister and me at the back of the room, while his father’s table and her parent’s table were in a place of honor.

The latest to occur was today, her birthday. I called first thing to wish her a happy birthday, but there was no answer. I left a very nice message. I also sent her a really cute card that my son said arrived yesterday. I received no text, at the very least, no acknowledgment and no thank you.

My question is this: Is straightening this out his responsibility? Shouldn’t he be upset that she ignores and disrespects his mother?

I am not overbearing, though I know that the above may sound like I was pushing myself on her.

This all took place over several

That is putting all the blame on your son and taking no responsibility.

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

years. I really don’t call very often and try to be the opposite of what my own mother-in-law was.

I eventually got divorced and she was probably one of the reasons.

Do I speak to my son and let him know that it is up to him to fix this? Do I tell him if his kids don’t have any relationship with me, then it’s because of him?

He is so grateful to this girl that he walks on eggshells. Right now, she is supporting him while he finishes school. She has made the comment that she is the breadwinner and he is the caregiver.

Meanwhile, I have mostly made peace with the situation and have decided that as long as my relationship with my son is good, that’s all that matters. The above questions stem from my mother prompting me to have it out, so to speak, with my son. My instinct is to just let all this go.

What should I do? -- Hurt Mother-in-law Dear Hurt Mother-in-law: First, do not tell him that if his kids don’t have a relationship with you, it is because of him.

It sounds like your daughterin-law is tough. The question you have to ask yourself is how to best navigate this. If your goal is to be close to your son, daughter-inlaw and grandchildren, maybe now is the time to pull back. Give them their space while letting them know that you would always love to see them.

It must be hard on your son to constantly we walking on eggshells in his marriage. Have compassion for him and keep being a kind and sweet mother.

All of the issues reagrding the rehearsal dinner rein the past.

Have a direct conversation with her and apologize if she felt that you were mean to her that night.

Be direct and tell her that she is a part of your family now and you very much value family and love her.

I think your own instinct of letting it go will be far more useful than “having it out” with your son. Best of luck!

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