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Ken Boon walks past an archaeological site on his property, part of mitigation work on the Site C dam. Archaeologists have turned up hundreds of pieces of chert, a flaky stone material used for tool making by the region’s first inhabitants.
Dam opponents could be bringing in their last harvest Peace Valley farmers Ken and Arlene Boon are the face of agricultural protest against the Site C dam. With a deadline to leave their land looming, their farming days could be over years before the waters rise
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Ken and Arlene look over Hip Peace Produce, a market garden that operates on their property at Bear Flat. With Highway 29 set to be realigned through their property, the Boons are bringing in what could be their last harvest.
addressed TV cameras on the steps of the Vancouver court house after legal challenges. Last winter, they helped lead a protest camp that blocked construction for weeks—a stand that eventually earned them and six others a court injunction. But after years of fighting, the Boons received their official buyout offer from BC Hydro late last month. “Seeing an offer and knowing there’s a deadline, it is disturbing,� Ken Boon said. “And it brings a new reality to where we’re at. It’s a little hard to take.� While the Boons have nothing in writing, their lawyer says BC Hydro hopes to have them off their land by the end of the year. The dam is scheduled for completion in 2024, but sections of Highway 29 between Fort St. John and Hudson’s Hope need to be realigned above the flood reserve before the river is diverted. BC Hydro wants to begin rebuilding eight-and-a-half kilometres of highway through Bear
Flat early next year. When contacted, however, Site C spokesperson David Conway would not give a specific date by which the Boons must leave. The first highway crews appeared on the Boons’ property this summer. First, it was geotechnical workers with drilling rigs to test the soil and rock for the roadbed—creating a line of boreholes across the property just metres from the Boons’ home. The archaeologists came next. Parts of the yard have been transformed into a dig site, with square-metre sections cordoned off with pink and yellow tape. The dig has turned up hundreds of pieces of chert, a flaky, obsidian-like rock used by the region’s early residents for tool making. Some of the arrowheads tested positive for buffalo DNA—additional evidence that the Peace River valley was a trading hub for plains and coastal First Nations.
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On a drizzly September afternoon, Ken and Arlene Boon stood on a hillside overlooking the Peace River, detailing what they’ll lose to the Site C dam. As president of the Peace Valley Landowner Association, representing dozens of farmers and ranchers who will be affected by the dam’s 83-kilometre flood zone, Ken has given this tour many times. At the bottom of the hill on a bend in the highway is a market garden filled with fruit, vegetables and a rain-soaked stand of sunflowers. Along the river, a pair of teepees stand in a hayfield, leftover from a culture camp Treaty 8 First Nations members held this summer. On top of one of the benchlands that line the area, known as Bear Flat, is the Boons’ log home construction business and homestead, where Arlene’s family has lived for three generations. Now, with a highway realignment around the proposed reservoir set to bisect their land, the Boons are facing the bleak prospect of bringing in their last harvest and ultimately losing their home. “We’re losing everything,� said Arlene. “We’re looking at having to start over.� Since Premier Gordon Campbell revived the idea of a third Peace River dam in 2010, the Boons have been the face of agricultural opposition to Site C. In the lead-up to the government’s decision to green-light the project, the Boons attended countless hours of review panel hearings in Fort St. John. They’ve
Federal ministers were scheduled to appear in Richmond late Tuesday to deliver their ruling on the Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG) project. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, along with Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc, were widely expected to annouce approval of the project. The press conference that was scheduled occured after press time Tuesday afternoon. Visit alaskahighwaynews.ca for the latest news and analysis on the project. It will be the Trudeau government’s first major decision on an energy project, after campaign promises to both protect the environment and grow the economy—including the oil and gas sector.
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Residents in Fort St. John have until Halloween to tell the city whether they want a referendum held to bring 665 hectares of land inside its boundaries. The province has given the city the green light to begin what’s called an alternative approval process to extend its boundaries. The city says it could proceed with the extension and redraw its borders unless 10 per cent of municipal voters, or 1,416 residents, request a referendum first. “If there are enough people who feel strongly about this, then we would go to referendum,� Mayor Lori Ackerman said. Those wishing to vote must live or own property in the city, be a Canadian citizen, and are age 18 or older. The extension includes parcels of land northeast of the city near Fish Creek and the hospital, as well as lands east of Swanson Lumber Road and along the Alaska Highway. A recent 50 Year Growth Plan said the city would need 625 hectares of new land under low economic growth. See BOUNDARY on A9
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Bill Rombough presents Hope Air ambassador Alicia Calder, along with Liz Calder and Linda Payne, with a donation of $1,170 on Sept. 26. Rombough took part in the Peace Region Community to Community Poker Ride in August and won Best Hand, which earned him $1,170 and a matched donation to Hope Air. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO
Ottawa man wins ‘best butt’ contest ZUCK YUK: Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says he’s working on a plan to end all disease—yes, ALL disease—by the end of the century. He could do it in a couple of years if he didn’t waste so much darn time on Facebook. WOOD WONDER: Almost complete in Vancouver: At 18 floors high, and proudly Canadian, the World’s Tallest Wooden Building. 160 million hockey sticks died to make this building. I have a mental image of a bunch of rogue beavers looking at the world’s tallest wooden building and saying: “We accept the challenge!”
now we have to worry about a huge space station falling on our heads??!! Instead of a wall, maybe Donald Trump should build a roof.
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DEBATE HATE: The U.S. Presidential TV debates have started. The candidates will field questions based on what’s currently trending on Facebook. So I guess we’ll hear how Clinton and Trump plan to bring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie back together.
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Ackerman critical of Vancouver natural gas phase-out JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca
Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman says the City of Vancouver needs sober second thought when it comes to a proposed phase-out of natural gas. Vancouver city council recently passed a plan to stop using natural gas to power homes, businesses and institutional buildings by 2050—part of its Renewable City Strategy aimed at making the city the greenest in the world. Under the proposed policy, the city would phase out natural gas from residential properties by 2050. According to a city presentation, natural gas currently accounts for around half of residential energy use in the city—38 per cent for space heating and 18 per cent for water heating. Vancouver hopes to reduce its share of emissions from residential structures from 22.6 million gigajoules (GJ) to 13.9 million GJ by 2050. Major reductions are planned in the coming decade. The city has since said it is not “banning” natural gas, instead encouraging its phase-out through development policies. Ackerman, mayor of the largest city in B.C.’s natural gas-producing region, said the
implications of moving away from natural gas by 2050 “go beyond what may have been considered.” “I totally understand and respect the desire for the community to leave a lighter footprint,” Ackerman said.
But the phaseout could disallow everything from patio heaters to barbecues, she said, and place “huge costs” on hospitals, school districts and businesses. “(A natural gas phase-out) is certainly not something we would consider,” she said.
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Local workers at Site C dropped to 636 in July MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca
The number of Peace Region residents working on the Site C dam took a slight drop in July, with a total of 636 locals reported to be working on the project. In its latest round of statistics, BC Hydro says there were a total of 1,721 workers employed on the project in July, with Peace Region residents representing roughly 37 per cent of the overall workforce. The local workers are a mix of construction and environmental contractors working at the dam site, in camp, on transmission corridors, reservoir clearing, and public road works, according to the report. They represented 47 per cent of the construction and environmental contractor workforce in July. It’s a slight drop from June, where 651 local workers were reported. According to Hydro figures, there were a total of 1,411 British Columbians working on the project that month, or 82 per cent of the workforce. Of the total worker count for July, 376 were reported to be engineers and other project staff. There were no temporary foreign workers in construction and environmental work in July, Hydro notes.
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This time two years ago, 260 people in Fort St. John were collecting employment insurance benefits. Now, more than 1,000 are claiming EI. According to Statistics Canada data released Sept. 22, 1,090 people in Fort St. John and 480 in Dawson Creek collected some form of income benefit in July. It is the first time Fort St. John has had more than 1,000 EI claimants in data going back to 1997. The spike can be attributed in part to the Trudeau government’s decision to extend EI benefits in 15 oilproducing regions hard hit by the oil downturn. Unemployment in Northeast B.C. has risen with the fall in oil and gas prices, peaking at 9.7 per cent in March. Overall, Canada saw a 4.4 per cent increase month-tomonth in EI claims after the new legislation came into effect. In its employment insurance update, Statistics Canada cautioned against comparing EI claims to previous months because of those changes to the program. Because more people are eligible to collect benefits for longer, the country saw a 33.4 per cent year-toyear increase in claims.
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on the Peace Region, Ackerman said it’s too early to tell. Vancouver’s proposal has encountered pushback from taxpayers’ groups, as well as FortisBC, the province’s natural gas provider and largest energy delivery company. In a July letter to Vancouver city council, Fortis CEO Michael Mulcahy called the Zero Emissions Building Plan “impractical” and said it “has the potential to increase costs for energy users in the city, and stifle innovation over the long term.” Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said switching from natural gas to electricity could add $1,400 a year to the average Vancouver household’s utility bills, in addition to the upfront costs of replacing natural gaspowered appliances. “I thought they’d gone stark raving man,” he said. “For 40 years in this province, we’ve been encouraged to use natural gas as a cleaner alternative. All of the sudden the City of Vancouver is going to outlaw it.” He said the phase-out could also exacerbate regional tensions in British Columbia. “It’s a slap in the face to hard working people who have made natural gas one of the cleanest energy sources around,” he said.
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Amendment #254FOREST OPERATIONS SCHEDULE (FOS 2010-2017)
Notice is hereby given that an amendment to the FOS has been prepared for timber harvesting activities in the Fort St John Timber Supply Area (TSA). The amendment proposes to modify the planned location of timber harvesting and road construction activities that may occur in the Fort St John TSA between Nov 1, 2010 and March 31, 2017. FOS amendment #254 is comprised of the following: 1. The addition or reconfiguration of the following number of blocks and the roads necessary to access them.
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Work is underway to fix sloughing along the West Bypass Road in Fort St. John. Traffic control is on site for the duration of the repairs, which is expected to take three weeks, according to the Ministry of Transportation. The ministry says the sliding was caused by soil instability, and urges motorists to drive with caution as the work is completed.
Auditor general adds hydro rates to list of reviews alongside Site C dam
The addition or redesign of the following number of roads.
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The proposed FOS amendment is available for public review and comment until 4:30pm December, 2nd, 2016 at Canadian Forest Product’s Fort St John office. All comments will be reviewed by Canfor and BCTS, and may result in revisions to the proposed amendments. Prior to the close of the public review period, written comments concerning these amendments should be made at the following address: Canadian Forest Products Ltd. RR 1 Site 13 Compartment 2, Fort St. John, BC V1J 4M6 Attention: Jennifer McCracken, RPF Phone: (250)787-3695 e-mail: Jennifer.McCracken@Canfor.com Fax: (250) 787-3622
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British Columbia’s Auditor General says she expects to have details of her review into the contentious Site C dam within the next few months, but cautions opponents that she doesn’t have the authority to reverse government decisions. Carol Bellringer issued her latest audit coverage plan this month, an 18-page document outlining the reviews her office will undertake through to 201819. The plan includes a review of BC Hydro’s rate-regulated accounting practices and the $8.8-billion Site C project, the scope of both being listed as “to be determined.” While her review of the dam appears to have been scaled back from Bellringer’s 2015 report—when the review was listed to investigate “whether BC Hydro’s recommendation and government’s decision to build Site C was supported by sufficient information and analysis to demonstrate that it would meet government’s econom-
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ic, social and environmental goals”—Bellringer says the audit is still in the planning stage. “Last year was the first year that we put out the plan and we actually put in a description against all of the projects,” Bellringer said. “This year, when we were updating it, we only put in the description in where we’ve actually completed our planning and we’ve issued what we call a notice of examination.
NOTICE TO ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT ST. JOHN OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR A PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, and have been a resident of the City of Fort St. John for the past 30 days or more. Non-Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a non-resident property elector if you are age 18 or older on the day of submission, are a Canadian citizen, have lived in BC for at least six months, have owned and held registered title to a property in the City of Fort St. John for the past 30 days or more, and do not qualify as a resident elector. NOTE: Only one non-resident property elector may submit an Elector Response Form per property, regardless of how many owners there may be. If less than ten percent (1,416) of municipal electors submit an Elector Response Form, the boundary extension request will be deemed to have the approval of the electors and the City of Fort St. John may proceed to Cabinet for approval. For the purpose of conducting the alternative approval opportunity, the number of electors is calculated as 14,156. Elector Response forms are available at City Hall located at 10631 – 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. City Hall’s telephone number is (250) 787-8150. Forms can be requested by email by contacting Janet Prestley, Director of Legislative and Administrative Services at jprestley@fortstjohn.ca and are also available on the City’s website at www.fortstjohn.ca. And That is the second and last publication of this notice in a newspaper. City of Fort St. John Dianne Hunter City Manager Published in the Alaska Highway News on September 29, 2016
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Notice is hereby given that under Section 86 (Alternative Approval Process) of the Community Charter and Section 12 of the Local Government Act, the Council of the City of Fort St. John intends to petition the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development requesting an extension of the area of the municipality to include the following lands outlined in yellow on the map to the right: The City’s 50 Year Growth Plan was presented to Council in June 2015 which identified the need for additional lands to provide for long term growth. Expressions of interest for incorporation were received from property owners on the east side of Fort St. John in July 2015 which prompted boundary extension discussions. The City would like to achieve a number of strategic objectives as part of this proposed boundary extension: remain a growing community, ensure room for growth, provide service to industry, deliver services in an efficient manner, promote equity and fairness, manage fringe development and safeguard people and property. ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS AND ELIGIBILITY And Further Take Notice That the municipality may proceed with the boundary extension request unless at least ten percent of municipal electors indicate that a referendum must be held by submitting a signed Elector Response Form to Fort St. John City Hall no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 31, 2016. Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the City of Fort St. John and only those persons who quality as electors of the municipality are entitled to sign Elector Response Forms. Resident Elector – You are entitled to submit an Elector Response Form as a resident elector if
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“With Site C, we’re still in the planning process, so we haven’t decided what we’re going to look at. What we described last year is still a possibility, but obviously with a project that large we can look at many different aspects of it and we’re still trying to decide which way it’s going to go.” Bellringer expects the easy work, the planning, to be completed soon, with details to be released through her website. “The tough part comes in with the level of spending we’re talking about, because we are certainly concerned about cost containment,” she said. “So while looking at the decision itself useful in the context of other decisions that could be made in the future, we have to make sure it has some benefit going forward.” A number of legal challenges against the dam and various permits are working their way through the courts, with rulings that have so far been made in BC Hydro’s or government’s favour. See AUDITOR on A14 PNW LNG from A1
The Petronas-led project would source gas from Northeast B.C., and many see an LNG export economy as crucial for the region’s oil and gas industry, which has been hard hit by the downturn in prices. The project has been under review by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency for nearly three years. The federal cabinet promised to reach a decision by Oct. 2. Some First Nations in the area say Pacific NorthWest LNG represents a threat to their salmon industry. It would be built on Lelu Island in the District of Port Edward. Last week, Reuters reported the project would likely come with stringent environmental mitigation requirements. Pacific NorthWest LNG has said it will review the conditions of the approval, reengineer the project and then make a final investment decision. It is unclear whether this decision will happen before the next provincial election, scheduled for May 2017. PNW LNG’s total Canadian investment, if approved, would total $36 billion, making it among the largest foreign direct investment in Canadian history.
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SHRINERS CELEBRATE FAMILY Local Shriners took to Brown’s Social House in Fort St. John on Sept. 25 for BC Shriners Family Day to raise funds for the Shriners of BC and Yukon. The Shriners are currently helping 12 children and their families in the Peace area with raised funds supporting Shriner’s hospitals and the transportation of young patients to and from the hospitals. Left, Wyatt Seidler and his father Ryan make a donation to the cause. Below, Browns Manager Chris Boehm takes a Tin Lizzie spin in the parking lot.
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Ernie Freeman likes to brag that it only costs him $3 to fuel his vehicle, or, better yet, it often costs him nothing. Freeman isn’t filling his tank up with gasoline, of course, rather he’s charging his Nissan Leaf at home or at any of the four public charging stations available to motorists in Fort St. John. Freeman, owner of Earth Friendly Solutions, gave the public an up-close and personal demonstration of electric vehicles and how they work at city hall Sept. 22. He’s been compiling data MATT PREPROST PHOTO on electric vehicle use in the north to Freeman’s car comes stocked with a charging convince the Ministry of Energy and cord that can plug into a standard electric outlet. Mines to expand electric vehicle infrastructure in the region. “I’m excited about it because I see a Hudson’s Hope, and Pouce Coupe, to lot of advantages,” Freeman told those drive up their demand. That includes who gathered to watch his demonstra- introducing “fast charge” stations tion, which the city also live streamed where car batteries can be charged in on Facebook. a matter of 15 to 30 minutes. “I’ve owned almost every type of fuel “We can bring something viable vehicle on the road before, from natur- within our own part of the province al gas to propane. My last vehicle was a here because we’ve got so many comToyota Prius, which I liked very much. munities right within their range,” “But you know, I’m getting older and he said. “Tumbler Ridge, Chetywnd, I’m getting tired of all that mainten- you’re looking at Dawson Creek, Hudance. There’s no oil changes, theres no son’s Hope, and here, and then that filters, there’s no exhaust pipes, all of link to Grande Prairie.” that kind of stuff, the internal combusChristopher Flury of SMi Faciliop, tion just isn’t there,” he said. which installs charging stations, was Still, electric vehicles are still very on hand for the demonstration. much in their infancy, Freeman said, Western Canada lags behind Eastern noting his car has a range of roughly Canada when it comes to adopting 200 kilometres before he needs a electric vehicle use, Flury said, but charge, which can take several hours. much of that has to do with limited The vehicles are great for city com- infrastructure and range limitations. muting, but gaps remain for long When advancements in battery highway drives throughout the north. technology are able to push electric There is also only a small group of loc- vehicles into the 300 to 400-kilometre al motorists using electric vehicles. range, vehicle use will become more Freeman hopes the data he’s compil- popular, he said. ing for the province will convince offi“The vehicles will become more cials to expand the number of charging abundant in the north,” he said. stations in the region, where sites exist “They’ll never replace what we have only in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, now, but it is the future of the vehicle.”
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Letters to the Editor CONFLICTING ENERGY DEMANDS FOR B.C. In his most recent letter to the editor, the Community Relations Manager for Site C makes a further attempt to justify the project. After saying in a recent interview that the power will not be required for over 20 years, he now states it will be required in 10 years. Which is it? He relies on BC Hydro projections that have been proven incorrect for at least the last 10 years and infers that since recent projections have been filed with the BCUC that they are cast in stone. Will this make them more accurate? How accurate are the incredible population forecasts Mr. Conway puts forward? Will the economy expand at the rate he suggests? B.C. had the lowest power rates, but will fall further behind as costs from Site C accrue and other jurisdictions switch to cheaper alternatives like solar, geothermal, and natural gas that have become considerably more economical since the JRP submitted its report. Will our businesses be able to compete? There will be no ideal time to build the Site C dam regardless of interest rates or material costs, and the slowdown in the energy sector means that natural gas burned in the Burrard Thermal facility would be by far the most cost effective power to be generated. BC Hydro is currently indebted around $80 billion. This project is unaffordable for ratepayers. Mr. Conway’s estimate of 100 years of generation from Site C also conflicts with past statements from the corporation that indicate a much shorter lifespan for the facility and an even shorter lifespan for maximum generation as the reservoir inevitably fills with sediment.
Before accepting their claims, one must understand that statements from people like Mr. Conway, or CEO McDonald,who have a strong financial interest here, in that their and others’ jobs (think entire GCPE ) are to push this project, are a bit suspect. Now consider that they are spending ratepayers (borrowed) funds in doing so. —Bob Fedderly, Charlie Lake ALTERNATE ENERGY A BETTER OPTION (RE: ‘Tapping into the sun,’ Alaska Highway News, Sept. 1) While reading Don Pettit’s enlightening assessment of progress in alternative energy forms I was reminded of the recent statement by BC Hydro CEO, Jessica MacDonald when she pronounced “Unfortunately the sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow.” It offers great reassurance about her scientific knowledge—and an insight as to her reason for building Site C. As a fatuous statement it ranks with Minister Bennett’s of a few months back that he is building Site C to ‘honour the ratepayers of B.C.’ Christy Clark is correct; the ‘forces of no’ are indeed at work along with the dinosaurs. The problem is she should be looking in the mirror along with Jessica and Bill. Where did we find these people? —Ray Eagle, West Vancouver Got something to say about a hot button issue? Send us a Letter to the Editor. Email editor@ahnfsj. ca or fill out the form on our website, alaskahighwaynews.ca
(Re: ‘PRRD wants details on $200k Site C recreation fund,’ Alaska Highway News, Sept. 9) BC Hydro has recently released a draft Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Plan related to Site C, which describes the $200,000 Community Recreation Site fund as just one component of the plan. Once finalized, the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Plan will define the governance and allocation process for the Community Recreation Site Fund. For this reason, BC Hydro reached out in November 2015 to invite the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) to participate in the process of administering the fund, as we recognize the role the PRRD already plays in administering similar funds in the region. We discussed the Fund with the Regional Parks Committee in May 2016 and welcome their involvement if they wish to participate in the process. The Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Plan also includes: • the development of a public viewpoint at the dam site, • three boat launches and day use areas built and operated by BC Hydro along the Site C Reservoir, • a provision of $150,000 to the District of Hudson’s Hope to develop or enhance shoreline recreation areas, and • once the reservoir is in place, the development of a BC Peace River / Site C Reservoir Navigation and Recreation Opportunities Plan, funded by BC Hydro. As a component of the Outdoor Recreation Mitigation Plan, BC Hydro proposed the $200,000 fund to provide an opportunity for local community groups to establish and maintain small recreation areas, which are a part of the overall recreation opportunities in the region. In addition, through the Chetwynd Community Agreement, BC Hydro will provide $200,000 to the District of Chetwynd to establish a south bank recreation area. —David Conway, Community Relations Manager, Site C
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he one big lesson we can learn from renewable energies like solar and wind is that clean, inexhaustible and immensely powerful energies are all around us, everywhere, all the time. Figuring out how to harvest this vast potential requires the latest technology but more importantly it needs genuine “outside the box” creativity. And that’s exactly what’s happening. Let’s have a look.
Organic PV Hits Record Cell phones that never need charging, and windows that generate electricity? Coming right up. Organic photovoltaic (PV ) cells made by Heliateck have reached a new world efficiency record, achieving a 17 per cent conversion rate. They also have better low light and high temperature efficiency than conventional PV cells. Most modern PV panels convert sunlight directly into electricity using a semiconductor made from thin sheets of crystalline silicon sandwiched between a plastic backing and a tempered glass front surface. The panels are strong and last for many decades, but are rigid and best mounted to a solid wall, roof or rack. They are usually about 20 per cent efficient, meaning they convert about 20 per cent of the light hitting them into electricity.
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Organic PV will soon match them for efficiency, but offers some pretty revolutionary advantages. Organic PV can be made into very thin, flexible, transparent sheets. These electricity-generating films can be incorporated into windows or molded onto any irregular surface. Coat a cell phone or iPad with organic PV film, and you won’t ever have to charge it. A glass skyscraper with organic PV windows will generate all its own power and much more. For a home, a south-facing wall of PV-coated window glass will not only collect heat and light, but also provide all the electricity the home needs, invisibly. Already, the amount of electricity a home produces from its rooftop solar array is becoming as important as the number of bedrooms or bathrooms. In the near future, with organic PV incorporated into roofing, siding and windows, energy generation will be an integrated part of the house, not just an add-on. Expect to see widespread organic PV hitting the market within five years.
Solar Leaf Developed at MIT, the Solar Leaf is made from an inexpensive, thin silicon solar cell. When dropped into water, it automatically uses solar energy to separate the water into hydrogen and oxygen, which when recombined in a tiny fuel cell, produces electricity. One solar leaf placed in one litre of water can produce 100 watts of electricity, 24 hours a day. (They call it a “solar leaf” because it mimics the photosynthetic process of a real leaf by converting water and sunlight into energy.) With over 1.2 billion people in the world living without electricity, such innovative approaches are seen as reliable, easy ways for the developing world to buy-pass carbonbased fuels and go directly to low-cost clean energy. Wind Adds to Rural Incomes Most wind generation is in rural areas and represents potential income for rural landowners. Wind can be thought of as a locally made drought-resistant cash crop. So far, about 200 million megawatt hours of wind have been installed in the U.S., enough to power 17.5 million homes. Iowa generated 31 per cent of its electricity from wind last year, with 12 states generating 10 per cent or more.
U.S. wind farms now pay $222 million a year directly to farming families and other landowners, helping them to make ends meet. Oklahoma wind farms will return over $1 billion in property taxes to counties and local schools over their lifetimes, according to an Oklahoma State Chamber report in 2015. In Ohio, a single wind farm adds $400,000 per year in new revenue to one school district. Smartflower Tracks Sun The newest thing in home solar is the “Smartflower,” a freestanding, 18-foot high petal-shaped unit that can be installed in one hour and moved any time. The Smartflower opens like a blossom at sunrise and shuts at sunset, having tracked and followed the sun all day, making it 40 per cent more efficient than a rooftop array. It automatically closes up in high winds, cleans itself, and stores enough power to run a European home. Today, some 25 per cent of global power generation comes from renewables. And we’ve only just begun to harvest the limitless creative energy that nature provides. Don Pettit is a founding member of the Peace Energy Cooperative. He can be reached at dpettit@pris.ca
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parallel with BC Hydro and the Site C dam project. The overall debt load on BC Hydro is now escalating upwards to about $19 billion, without Site C, due to a variety of factors very similar to both Manitoba and Newfoundland utility companies. In addition, the IPPs, or Independent Power Producers, in B.C. have contractual agreements in place with BC Hydro requiring it to pay $50 billion for new power generation over the next 10 to 20 years. None of this is sustainable for BC ratepayers. With Site C in the very early stages of development, one would think that the BC Liberal government would have a serious look at the mess both Newfoundland and Manitoba ratepayers find themselves in. Rick Koechl & Mike Kroecher, Charlie Lake, B.C.
Recently, we have learned that the Muskrat Falls Hydro dam construction in Newfoundland has run into major financial difficulties. The price tag for this project has nearly doubled from $6.2 billion to $11.3 billion. Nalcor’s own CEO (utility for Newfoundland) has called the Muskrat Falls project a “boondoggle.” It now appears that it is in good company. A CBC report is now indicating that Manitoba Hydro customers could see their rates DOUBLE in the next two years, due to the mounting debt load brought on by cost over runs such as the Keeyask dam project. It now appears that Manitoba Hydro’s debt load will soon burgeon from $13 billion to about $25 billion within the next three to four years. If this sounds familiar, there is certainly a
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Above, Alicia Calder gives thanks after winning the Community Volunteer Award at the 2016 Community Living Awards.
Fire Prevention Week kicks off this Saturday Fire Prevention Week is nearly here, and the Fort St. John Fire Department is ready to start the week off right. The Fire Prevention Week Kickoff takes place on Oct. 1 at the Home Hardware parking lot. Fire Prevention Week is actually Oct. 9-15, but due to the overlap with the Thanksgiving weekend, they are hosting the kickoff party early.
The kickoff will have fire trucks, an inflatable slide, the Smoke House, face painting, a by-donation BBQ and plenty of fire prevention goodies. All proceeds raised will go to the Fort St. John Fire Fighter’s Charitable Society. The Fire Prevention Week Kickoff runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Aleisha Hendry
Lend your hand to city mosaic mural project The City of Fort St. John will host workshops next month to give residents a chance to contribute to a national mosaic mural in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday. The mural will represent a train car and become a part of a large train that, once completed, will make its way through various communities across Canada, the city says. Residents can paint a tile that represents Fort St. John and what they love about the com-
munity, the city says, noting it’s also a chance to bring awareness to the 75th anniversary of the Alaska Highway’s construction. Fort St. John is one of 15 communities taking part in the project. The workshops will take place Oct. 25, 26, and 27 at the Cultural Centre, and are open to all ages. All materials will be provided at the workshops. To register, email lrowbotham@fortstjohn.ca or call 250.787.5791
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Two Vancouver-based mining companies are seizing on the abundance of natural gas in the Peace R egion to build liquefied natural gas plants in Fort Nelson to supply new mines planned for the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Casino Mining Corp., a subsidiary of Western Copper and Gold, and Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd., have signed a memorandum of understanding with Calgary-based Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. to build an LNG plant in Fort Nelson. The plant would supply LNG to new mines the companies are developing: the Casino copper-gold mine in the Yukon and Selwyn’s zinc-lead mine, which straddles the Yukon-Northwest Territories. The companies say using LNG instead of diesel to provide power to the mines will not only be less costly, but will reduce CO2 emissions. “The use of LNG instead of diesel in our operations will significantly reduce the cost of power generation and will eliminate 140,000 tonnes per year of C02 emissions over the current 22-year mine life,” said Western Copper and Gold CEO Paul West-Sells. Selwyn Chihong project estimates using LNG instead of diesel will avoid 115,000 tonnes per year of CO2 over the mine’s estimated 11-year life. But lower emissions are essentially an environmental dividend. There are no incentives to use LNG rather than diesel, as the Yukon has no carbon tax or cap and trade. It’s simply “signifantly cheaper” than diesel, said Maurice Albert, vice president of external affairs for Chihong Mining Ltd. The $200-million plant will employ 25 to 50 people during construction. Once built, the LNG will be trucked roughly 800 kilometres to the mine sites, where the LNG will be used to produce power for the mines, which are off the Yukon and NWT grid. —Business in Vancouver
The process was started shortly after the city expanded its western boundaries in 2014, Ackerman said, when the city was approached by outlying landowners to the east seeking inclusion. “We see the potential definitely for the future especially in that southeast area. Those landowners coming to us and requesting inclusion is very heartening because these are people who invest,” she said. “Having that land that is close to the rail, close the highway and close to the airport is significant.” It’s too early to say how development would move forward if the boundaries are extended, but Ackerman noted areas near the hospital would be suitable for complementary commercial zoning, while views of the Beatton Valley would encourage new residential development. Land near Fish Creek could see an expansion of the existing trail system and greenway there, she added. However, development conversations would only formally begin once the land is inside the city and rezoned. “Each of these areas are owned privately and those landowners would have development thoughts,” Ackerman said. Developers would be largely responsible for bringing services to any new areas upfront, Ackerman said, including new roads, sidewalks, and street lights. The city would assume responsibility for the infrastructure once the development comes online, and could contribute capital funding to the building of major storm and sewer work in new areas. To learn more about the process and if you are an eligible voter, drop by city hall or visit the city’s website.
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AltaGas officially opened its Townsend facility at a special ceremony on Sept. 14. Company executives for both AltaGas and Painted Pony Petroleum were joined by special guests and dignitaries, including Fort St. John Acting Mayor Gord Klassen, and members from both the Halfway River and Blueberry River First Nations. “We are committed to continuing to grow our presence in British Columbia by developing assets that will provide producers with value-added services and the opportunity to move natural gas and natural gas liquids to new markets,” AltaGas President and CEO David Harris said. Townsend is located around 100 kilometres north of Fort St. John, and 20 kilometres southeast of the company’s Blair Creek facility. Operations at the $430-million facility officially began July 10 well ahead of schedule and under budget, the company says. Rich Coleman, B.C.’s natural
gas minister, called the facility a “promising development.” “British Columbia has a vast supply of natural gas to support value-added production and economic growth,” Coleman said. “The Townsend Facility is another promising development for our province, showcasing our capacity to build new infrastructure in the natural gas sector and support clean energy production for domestic and international markets.” Earlier this year, AltaGas signed a 10-year agreement with Halfway River to provide a framework for consultation, financial benefits, community investment, employment, and support for a wildlife study in the band’s traditional territory. Harris recognized the support of both Halfway River and Blueberry. “We wish to thank the Blueberry River First Nation and the Halfway River First Nation for their support and understanding as we developed and built this project, and look forward to the long-term benefits this facility will bring to the community,” he said.
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COURT DOCKET A look at the courts for the week of Sept. 19 to 23. Fort St. John Law Courts: • Teodor Zaharla Ember (born 1971) was fined $500, banned from driving for one year, and handed a $75 victim surcharge for one count of driving while prohibited/licence suspended. • Jason Christopher Henson (born 1986) was sentenced to 349 days in jail, three years of probation, issued a mandatory firearms ban, and handed $400 in victim surcharges for one count of aggravated assault, two counts of assault, one count of mischief $5,000 or under. • Stephen Alexander Hopkins (born 1990) was sentenced to 434 days in jail, two years of probation, issued a lifetime mandatory ban from firearms ownership, and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of robbery. • James Murray Daniel (born 1986) was given a conditional discharge, sentenced to one year of probation and handed a $100 victim surcharge after being found guilty of the lesser included charge of being unlawfully in a dwelling. The original charge was break and enter and commit an indictable offence. • Kevin William Danais (born 1997) was handed $200
in victim surcharges for two counts of failing to comply with sentence/charge/disposition. • Darcy Alphonse Kergan (born 1959) was sentenced to 89 days in jail and handed a $200 victim surcharge for one count break and enter and commit an indictable offence. • Dion Alexander Dock (born 1974) was fined $1,000, banned from driving for two years less a day, and handed a $150 victim surcharge for one count of driving while prohibited/licence suspended. • Benny Austin George (born 1962) was sentenced to one year of probation, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count breach of an undertaking and after being found guilty of the lesser included charge of assault. The original charge was assault causing bodily harm. • Ralph Ronald Testawitch (born 1959) was sentenced to one year probation after which he’ll serve a suspended sentence, fined $500, and handed a victim surcharge of $100 for one count of assault. • Ryan Marshall Tutt (born 1986) entered into an agreement to be of good behaviour and keep the peace for one year and was fined $500 for one count fear of injury/damage by another person. • Oliver Leslie Wokeley (born 1981) was ordered to pay $623.72 in restitution and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of mischief $5,000 or under. —Mike Carter
Police arrest two with links to Peace Region drug trade Two men wanted in connection to an investigation into drug trafficking in the Peace Region were arrested last week, authorities say. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (CFSEU) says 23-year-old Fort St. John resident Curtis Britz turned turned himself into police in Chilliwack on Sept. 23. Britz has been charged with two counts of trafficking a controlled substance, and will appear in Chilliwack Provincial Court Oct. 4. Two days earlier, on Sept. 21, the agency said it had arrested another man in connection to the investigation in Logan Lake, B.C.
Williams Lake resident Lahway Merrit, 22, is charged with one count of trafficking in a controlled substance. After the CFSEU was tipped off on his location by Williams Lake RCMP, Merritt turned himself in. He was released from custody and is expected to appear in Dawson Creek Provincial Court on October 4. Neither of the men have been found guilty of their charges. RCMP say their continuing to track down the other eight individuals who are outstanding. Current information suggests that they may be either in Ontario or the Maritimes. —Mike Carter
Scotiabank robber at large The Scotiabank in Fort St. John was robbed late last week. On Sept. 23 at about 4:30 p.m., Fort St. John RCMP received a reports that an armed robbery had occurred at the Scotiabank. A lone man entered the bank wearing a disguise, produced a weapon and left on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
The suspect is about 5’5” to 5’8”, and of unknown descent. He was wearing a bandana over his face, a black jacket, black hat and sunglasses. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fort St. John RCMP at 250-7878100 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. —Aleisha Hendry
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Mounties across B.C. are continuing to receive daily calls from people falling victim to a Canada Revenue Agency Scam. Fort St. John RCMP are remind locals to remain vigilant in giving out their identity and credit card information from callers claiming to be from the agency. “This is still going on and local residents are still falling victim to it,” Sgt. Dave Tyreman says. RCMP have provided the following details about the scam: What do they do?: The scammer calls the individual and tells them they are calling from the CRA and that the alleged victim has an overdue tax debt with the CRA. These scammers use tactics like aggressive or forceful language, threats of arrest warrants or arrest by police if the debt is not paid. How do they do it?: The caller will requests immediate pay-
ment by credit card, (immediate payment) money order/wire, prepaid visa card, gift cards etc, and to return their call immediately with the code on the back of the card. Why is the scam successful? The call recipient may feel intimidated, fear arrest, or the belief the call is legitimate due to the advancement in computer technology/spoofing. By “spoofing” we mean the calls are sometimes being routed through computer systems that can display any phone number the scammer chooses, including RCMP Detachments. To confirm that a CRA representative has contacted you, RCMP advises to call the agency at 1-800-959-8281 for individual concerns, or 1-800-959-5525 for business-related calls. —Matt Preprost
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After El Nino, Peace Region could be in for a cold, snowy winter JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca
After a record-breaking El Nino, the Peace Region could be in for a colder, snowier winter. That’s according to early forecasts from Environment Canada meteorologists, who say there’s a good chance Northeast B.C. could see its first significant La Nina event since the winter of 1998-99. “What happens often after an El Nino phenomena is La Nina, the counter-effect, for the following year,” said Environment Canada Meteorologist Armel Castellan. “There is a bit of a signal there, but it’s not going to be very strong. It will be a weak La Nina if there is one.” El Nino and La Nina are meteorological phenomena that influence weather in Western Canada between October and March. Meteorologists are able to forecast the phenomena based on temperatures in a band of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. According to Castellan, La Nina occurs when the average sea surface temperature in that region is half a degree below normal. “We’re starting to edge towards that minus point-five degree,” he said. “If it does cross (that threshold), sure enough we’ll have a legitimate La Nina
phenomena.” Most meteorological agencies are giving 55/45 odds that we’ll see La Nina this year, Castellan said, but cautioned that it’s still to early to say with certainty. Environment Canada releases its official winter forecasts in November. It would follow one of the strongest El Nino events in recent memory, which saw record-high temperatures and low snowfall in the Peace last winter. “That affected so much of Western Canada and parts of Eastern Canada as well, with much higher than normal temperatures,” Castellan said, adding many regions broke daily and monthly temperature records. B.C. saw its last significant La Nina after another strong El Nino in 1997-98. “That winter broke a lot of records in terms of snow fall. This winter is a little different because the signal’s not nearly as strong, but it is something we’ll be following over the coming weeks and months,” he said. “I expect we’ll have a little bit more certainty around (whether) we’re entering a La Nina or not. If not, we’re expecting fairly normal conditions for the winter.” He said temperatures and precipitation are expected to be average throughout the fall.
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“There’s a reason why the homes are all on this stretch along Bear Flat,” Ken said over coffee at their kitchen table. “It’s because it makes sense to build homes on these benches. They all have good springs, and we’re not disturbing good farmland. That’s the same reason the archaeologists are finding so much here—because it’s been a desirable place for man to live for 10,000 years, and Hydro wants to put a road right through it.” Now, the Boons are dividing time between harvesting their crops and finding a new place to live. Since BC Hydro first proposed Site C in the 1970s, farming in the valley has been, in part, an act of defiance. BC Hydro and the Crown own 93 per cent of the land in the flood reserve, which has driven down land values and discouraged large-scale agriculture in the valley. According to the Joint Review Panel appointed to scrutinize the project, agriculture in the valley generates just $220,000 a year. Those who do farm along the Peace enjoy long daylight hours in the summer, rich alluvial soils and warmer temperatures than farms at higher elevations around Dawson Creek and Fort St. John. Around 30 residents of the valley will be directly affected by Site C, according to BC Hydro, either by highway realignment or the flooding itself. Of those, 10 will likely have to move from their homes or rebuild them elsewhere on the property. BC Hydro says it will pay “fair market value” for the land—a concept which Ken said is practically non-existent in an area that has, for decades, been set aside for a reservoir. The Boons are intent on keeping up the fight against the dam. They say it’s an unnecessary, outdated megaproject that will destroy good farmland and infringe on First Nations treaty rights. BC Hydro, meanwhile, says its electricity system will face an eight per cent shortfall in capacity in ten years
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without Site C. Whenever the prospect of BC Hydro’s buyout comes up, Ken talks about buyback clauses, if a court case or change in government derails the project. He said he hopes he’ll never see a cent of the money. But the first summer of work on their property has already taken a toll. Arlene’s mother, who lived in a converted school house on the property, recently moved to an apartment in Fort St. John to escape construction. If the Boons are forced from the property, they have options to stay in the valley on other family land. But if the river they love becomes a reservoir, would they want to? “Every direction you look here, these hills are anticipated to slide (into the river),” Ken said. “We won’t know for many years what this valley is going to look like. It might be just a real ugly sloughed-in slough. So we’re being expected to make decisions now without knowledge of what it will look like. Would we really want to stay in the valley?”
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Resource revenues cooled by YVR’s hot housing market come from B.C. Rail. The provincial ministry that oversees both natural gas development and housing, meanwhile, has a budget of $453 million this year. Stewart Muir, executive director of the think tank Resource Works, said this could be the first time property transfer and natural resource revenues have been on par with one another. But royalties don’t fully account for the natural resource industry’s overall economic impact, he said. “It’s well and good to look at the one factor of revenues paid to government,” he said. “That’s a very good index of resource activity. However, it’s not a proper representation of all resource activity.” Resource extraction boosts GDP, generates exports and creates jobs in ways the housing market does not, Muir said. “When you’re confronted with these stories saying ‘hey resources don’t matter any more because you’ve got the housing tax,’ well … how many jobs is that creating?” he said. “Not the same as someone who’s put millions of dollars into building a natural gas processing plant in Taylor that’s creating family-supporting jobs.” With housing affordability emerging as the big issue in the May 2017 election, the B.C. Liberal government has brought in a 15 per cent tax on foreign homebuyers aimed at cooling the Vancouver real estate market. That tax is expected to bring in additional revenue in the short term, before ultimately discouraging the specualtion many believe is driving up home prices. In the coming years, the province expects resource and property transfer tax revenues to diverge. Property transfers are expected to bring in $1.7 billion in 2017/18, compared to $2.3 billion from natural resources.
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It’s a common gripe among Northern British Columbians: northerners pull the province’s natural resources out of the ground, and all the wealth ends up in Victoria. But as the province’s first quarterly budget update shows, the picture is a bit more complicated. This year, B.C. made nearly as much from taxes on the sale of homes and condos in the Lower Mainland as it did from forests, minerals, and natural gas deposits. Natural resources—including natural gas royalties, Crown land tenures, forests and minerals—are expected to add $2.5 billion to the B.C. treasury this year. But skyrocketing incomes from the province’s property transfer tax alone are set to top $2.2 billion this year. The result? An overall surplus of $1.9 billion, driven largely by those property transfers. For a province founded on natural resource extraction, it’s a unique fiscal situation. Housing prices in Vancouver have surged in recent years thanks in part to an influx of foreign cash, while commodity prices continue to be in a down cycle. Natural gas royalties have been particularly hard hit, dropping from $493 million in 2014/15 to $139 million last year. At the same time, incomes from petroleum and natural gas rights auctions have fallen to historic lows. In fact, royalties from natural gas drilling and production are the fifthsmallest revenue source in the province’s 2016/17 budget—ahead of incomes from the Columbia River Treaty with the United States, “other” income from energy, minerals and commercial Crown corporations, and the province’s tiny in-
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Bellringer cautioned she has no authority to overturn the decision to build the dam, but can find oversight errors, as well as gaps in reporting and the budgeting process. “Site C is a very politically-charged topic. We’re not permitted to look into the areas of policy, so we can’t second guess a decision that government has made,” she said. “There is certainly a lot of groups, people, opposition to the project who are basically looking to us and ... hoping we will stop the project. That’s not the kind of work we do.” Bellringer doesn’t anticipate releasing any reports during next spring’s election campaign, and couldn’t provide a timeline on when her audit of the dam will be delivered. “It’ll depend where we land,” she
said. “This adds another dimension to that given it takes so long for the construction to take place. This very well may be something we’re watching over the life of the dam build.” Bellringer will also audit rate-regulated accounting at BC Hydro, and the expenditures the utility has been putting into deferral accounts to be paid in the future. “The question with that is whether the deferral accounts are at a level where the plans are feasible, that the kinds of amounts that are being brought into the future can indeed be brought into future rates without a significant unplanned hit to the rate,” she said. “The accounts are quite large, the risk has gone up, so we do want to take a close look.”
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Huskies fall in opening NWJHL game Youth and inexperience plague Huskies in season opener against Sexsmith Vipers BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
The last five minutes belonged the Fort St. John Huskies, but it wasn’t enough on Sept. 24. The visitors fired 38 shots on the Sexsmith Vipers net, but ultimately fell 2-1 in their opening game of the North West Junior Hockey league season. “You’re not going to lose too many games hanging 38 shots on net a night,” assistant coach Todd Alexander said. “So in some ways it’s good because we can go back to the drawing board and keep our group working and going forward. You’d like to win but you can take positive things away from losing as well.” The opening 20 minutes were about as nightmarish as they could get for the Huskies as two early penalty kills resulted in the opening goal for the Vipers. Alexander chalked the slow start up to inexperience. “That’s definitely a youth thing. I know we have a young hockey team and it took us a while to get going,” he said. “(Sexsmith) did a good job of forcing us in a small arena and we weren’t quite able to adapt to what they were throwing at us in the first.” A bad bounce in the second period high off the glass caromed out front of the Fort St. John net and Nick Miller potted it in behind Huskies goalie
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The Fort St. John Huskies squared off with the Sexsmith Vipers in their opening game of the North West Junior Hockey League season. Fort St. John fell short with a 2-1 loss to start the year.
Jonathan Bateman. In his Fort St. John debut, Bateman was solid between the pipes, making 33 saves and keeping his team in the game early on. Late in the game, the tide started to turn in the Huskies favour, as Drew Fudger scored six seconds into a power play to bring Fort St. John within one. Fudger, who played midget tier 4 in Prince Rupert last season, said it was
about as easy a goal as you could get. “It’s nice, it’s a weight off my shoulders. I don’t have to worry about it anymore. It was a good play. I literally had to tap the puck in the net. It was a beautiful feed from Tyson (Leard). It was awesome,” he said. Going forward, Alexander is optimistic about what his squad can do. “Little details that we know we’ll get
better at as we have practices. Definitely have to work on our power play this week, we could definitely generate more there,” he said. Next week, the Huskies will travel to Peace River to take on the North Peace Navigators on Sept. 30 before playing the Fairview Flyers Oct. 1. The first home game for the pups comes Oct. 8 against the Sexsmith Vipers.
Devil in the details for Fort St. John NHL prospect Ralph Jarratt squared off against top talent at New Jersey Devils Prospect Challenge
Ralph Jarratt’s name wasn’t among the 211 called in last year’s NHL entry draft. It wasn’t a complete shock. The Fort St. John product, who cracked the Western Hockey League’s Victoria Royals roster as a 16-year-old defenseman, was given a C rating by Central Scouting last fall. In two seasons with the Royals, he collected only 21 points in 118 games while trying to find his place amongst an experienced D-core. Those numbers and the rating meant possibly a fifth or sixth round selection. That didn’t happen. But, Jarratt didn’t have too much time to sulk, because he got a call from the New Jersey Devils the very next day. “They called me and just said ‘we don’t have room in our development camp for you but we’d still like to get a look,’ so they invited me to the rookie camp,” he said. Jarratt was one of 22 players invited to the Devils five-day Prospects Challenge, including seven defensemen, half of which were selected in the first or second round of NHL Draft. While there were a few nerves initially because of the elite level of players he was
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Fort St. John native Ralph Jarratt showed off his talent at the New Jersey Devils Prospects Challenge and has returned to the Victoria Royals for his third season in the Western Hockey League.
joining, Jarratt quickly realized how to make adjustments to his game so he could match up against the top-level talent. “Going into a new atmosphere, there was a lot of pressure, a lot of nerves just to play under those situations,” Jarratt said. “I wasn’t with the main (NHL) guys but the guys that are playing in the American Hockey League, just to see
how much different that pace is and now apply it to this season with what I have to work on and getting strong and working on quicker decisions. Taking that from the camp was what I found (most valuable).” Jarratt lined up against the Buffalo Sabres prospects on Sept. 16 and said he felt like he had “a good game.” But it was the following night against Boston when he found his stride
late in the game. “(I was a) little slow in the start …but as time went on I felt (good in) the third period and overall I was happy with my camp,” he said. The 6-foot-2, 216-pound defenseman even found himself out-muscled at times against the more experienced competition, something he hopes to improve on while playing more minutes with the Royals this season. “I think the biggest thing I noticed was the strength,” he said. “I’m 18 playing against 25-yearolds and they are a little more physically developed… and the speed. As time went on you just change the way you play a little bit. Figure a few things out and I got more comfortable.” The Devils told Jarratt to keep improving on the basics of the game, something he understands he will have to do anyway as a third-year player in the WHL. “They liked what they saw. I’m still young and I have a lot of developing to do. They were happy with my competitiveness,” Jarratt said. “But (they) would like to see some improvement on puck retrievals and just the basics. Everything can be worked on. Just keep developing over this season and see what happens for next year.”
Jarratt added that with the absence of their big minutemunching defenseman Joe Hicketts this season, it will be on his shoulders to play more and step up offensively to lead the Royals to another WHL regular season title. “It’s a good opportunity to step up and play some big minutes,” he said. “As a team, last year we snuck up on a few teams (who were) underestimating us and that’s not going to be the case this year. I think it’s going to be a good challenge. I’m just real excited for the home opener and the season to get started.”
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The unbreakable road trip bond Long road trips gave the Fort St. John Huskies plenty of time to get to know their new teammates BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
There were introductions on the bus, veterans pointing out their customary spots, and new leaders staking claim on their territory. A cheesy sing-a-long here and there, along with a classic home-cooked spaghetti and meatball dinner to get through the three-hour trip to Sexsmith. For a group of 18 to 21-year-old hockey players, this is where the first battles of junior hockey are born, among new friends and a season’s worth of new teammates. It’s an age-old tradition in junior hockey—the long bus rides come customary with the cold, small town rinks, benches that aren’t quite big enough, and ice that’s about as rough as city roads after a long winter. Two weekends ago, it was a ninehour ride to Vermilion, where many of the Fort St. John Huskies formed new friendships and made their first attempt at bonding as a team. Goalie Jonathan Bateman, who joined the Huskies from the Calgary Northstars AAA program, said the long trip was the first step in bringing the locker room
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The Fort St. John Huskies have spent a lot of time learning names and faces in the opening month of the North West Junior Hockey League season.
together. Especially considering the team has eight players who have never dawned a Fort St. John jersey before. “We never give up. We’re a hard-working group; we’re a tight knit group. I think moving forward that’ll lead to a lot of success,” Bateman said, on his assessment of the group early on in the year. “Long bus rides and in Vermilion we got close as a group really fast and I think that is going to help in the long run.” From Calgary to Prince Rupert, and all across Canada, including Saskatoon, the Huskies have warm bodies from
plenty of different cities across Western Canada and the Lower Mainland, making it crucial for them to come together as a group quickly. That’s where 19-year-old Drew Fudger comes in, who spent last season on the outskirts of the B.C. hockey world playing midget tier 4 hockey in Prince Rupert. Fudger said there’s an easy answer to getting his new teammates on the same page. “Communication,” he said as the big key to coming together. “On the ice, off the ice, practice. It’s just huge. It’s a huge
part of the game, you can’t go out there without talking.” That fact was prevalent from the opening puck drop in the Huskies’ 2-1 loss to the Sexsmith Vipers to start the North West Junior Hockey League season, as there were errant passes, blind behind -the-back passes missing the mark, and linemates still learning names. Defenseman Tyson Leard was a new name to learn, as he just joined the Huskies all the way from Saskatoon before the trip Saturday. He was briefly introduced by his dad’s name Chris on the bus, but made sure his teammates knew his by the end of the night Saturday, making a gorgeous one-touch pass to Fudger on the Huskies only goal. While the Huskies have more than 340 games played in the NWJHL between nine roster players, they don’t have a single 21-year-old in their lineup, a rarity in the league and something the team hasn’t done in recent memory. Youth will set them apart this season and speed will bring them together is the collective hope and with road trips over the course of October, bus trips could be the glue that binds the pups at the seams.
Ben Dawson king at Beatton Park BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
The Dawson Trail might be a more fitting name for the Mountain bike route through Beatton Provincial Park these days. Ben Dawson dominated another Blizzard Bike Club race there on Sunday, a clean sweep on the year in a casual time of 39 minutes and 30 seconds, six minutes ahead of
Robert Sapp, who finished in 45:55. “It was a lot of fun, great course,” he said. Dawson handily beat the six-rider field with somewhat of an home turf advantage, as he designed some of the trails that riders competed on Sunday, included a new section that made its debut. “Dawit (Feyissa) and myself finished that trail a couple weeks ago, probably the first time we’ve raced
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on it. Starting to work (it) in and get a lot faster now,” Dawson said. Sunday also marked the semiconclusion of the bike season for the Blizzards, as October brings the beginning of the cyclo-cross season. Cyclo-cross is a race where riders encounter obstacles that make them dismount from their bike as a way to keep the blood pumping. That makes for a ideal circuit race for fall in the Peace.
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Ben Dawson won the final Blizzard Bike Club Mountain Bike Race of the summer season
PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE Golf News, Tips, Trivia & Stats
This Week: The Ryder Cup
Last Week: Rory McIlroy won the TOUR Championship
The Ryder Cup is a competition between teams from Europe and the United States. It is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the USA and Defending: Europe Europe. The tournament is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. Originally contested between Great Britain and the United States, the first official Ryder Cup took place in 1927 at Worcester Country Club, in Massachusetts, US. Repeated American dominance eventually led to a decision to extend the representation of “Great Britain and Ireland” to include continental Europe beginning in 1979. Hazeltine National Golf Club Chaska, Minn. 7,678 yards, Par 72
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Rory McIlroy survived a Tournament Results three-man sudden death 1. Rory McIlroy Score: -12 *won in playoff playoff with Ryan Moore Earnings: $1,530,000 and Kevin Chappell to win T-2. Ryan Moore the TOUR Championship and Score: -12 Earnings: $752,250 with it the season long FedEx Cup T-2. Kevin Chappell Championship. The playoff lasted Score: -12 four holes before McIlroy made Earnings: $752,250 birdie on the par-4 16th hole to win it all. “It was incredible,” former world number McIlroy said at the victory presentation. “Sorry for the hoarse voice. I sort of lost my voice screaming at the end.”
Golfing News
Arnold Palmer, one of the greatest and most popular players in the history Network of golf, died Sunday at the age of GOLF 87. Palmer, who celebrated his 87th NBC birthday two weeks ago, was widely regarded as one NBC of the best professional golfers of all time. He was also one of the most charismatic figures in all of sports, Golf Trivia drawing loyal fans known as “Arnie’s Army,” who would follow him at tournaments. He was nicknamed Which golfer has scored the most “The King” and had won the Masters four times and points in Ryder Cup history? the British Open twice. He was the first athlete to receive three of the United States’ civilian honors: the a) Nick Faldo c) Sergio Garcia Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional b) Tiger Woods d) Seve Ballasteros Gold Medal and the National Sports Award. Palmer was a major fund-raiser for the Arnold Palmer Hospital Answer: a) In Nick Faldo’s 11 appearances on for Children and Women in Orlando, Fla., and for a Ryder Cup team, he scored 25 points with a Latrobe Hospital. He was also the original chairman of cable television’s Golf Channel. 23-19-4 record.
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Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the hardest shots that a player has is making the proper contact with chip shots. It seems like the shot is either a flub shot or we will send the chip screaming past the hole. With the proper setup and technique, you should be able to master a shot that is quite difficult to accomplish. The first step in a proper chip shot is to open you stance up at your feet and your shoulders. Place the ball back a bit in your stance, because you are going to go from a high backswing down to the ball in a quick amount of time, resulting in a descending blow. One of the last keys to remember is that you do not want to have a huge followthrough once you make contact with the ball. Having a short and low followthrough will provide the right amount of contact to make a good shot more times than not.
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Rory McIlroy
Turned Professional: 2007 FedEx Cup Ranking: 1st World Ranking: 3rd PGA Tour Wins: 13
Final FedEx Cup Standings Through Sept. 25, 2016
1) Rory McIlroy 3,120 pts. / 8 top tens
2) Dustin Johnson 2,380 pts. / 15 top tens
3) Patrick Reed 1,986 pts. / 11 top tens
4) Adam Scott
1,930 pts. / 9 top tens
5) Paul Casey
1,880 pts. / 7 top tens FedEx Cup Standings continued... Player Points 6) Jason Day 1,440 7) Ryan Moore 1,336 8) Kevin Chappell 1,320 9) Jordan Spieth 1,168 10) Russell Knox 992
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LOCAL SPORTS
Fort St. Johners fly south for Jays The Toronto Blue Jays gave Canadian fans plenty to cheer about on their latest road trip to Seattle BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca
One Seattle columnist hilariously asked last week “Do any adults work in Western Canada?” The quip, a slight jab or a backhanded compliment depending on where your allegiances sit, came on the heels of Blue Jays fans invading Safeco Field in Seattle for three days last week. Invading might not even be a strong enough word, as a sea of blue sprawled out in every corner of the stadium, leading announcers to even question if there was a single Mariners fan in the stands. It was an occupation— an opposing team’s fan base outnumbering the home crowd by most accounts at 10 to 1. The aforementioned columnist, John McGrath, also wrote this in The News Tribune: “I saw my first major league game in 1962, and over the past 53 years have been to just about every park in both leagues. Never have I witnessed a contest where visiting fans occupied more than 99 percent of the seats.”
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Despite all the Blue Jays gear, this is actually a train in Seattle as the visitors colours took over the city last week..
The series is often a pilgrimage for the Blue Jays faithful in the west, the trip to Seattle easily closer than an expensive trip to Toronto. But, last week was a step up from the ordinary. The crowd included a few of our own
too, as Dustin Sall, 35, who does have a job at Western Financial, said he along with several friends ran into no less than 15 or 20 Fort St. John locals at the three game series. “There really wasn’t one moment, just the crowd,” Sall said about what stood out for him. “The atmosphere was so electric. There was a buzz around the stadium the whole game. All the games.” Sall, who only last year started following the Jays after a trip to Toronto, said the crowd in Seattle was one he won’t soon forget. “Seattle was incredible. When you’re in Toronto, there’s casual fans, they don’t dress up, they just go after work. Pretty much everyone was wearing Blue Jays stuff (in Seattle),” he said. “Essentially it was all Blue Jays fans. Every time they (Mariners fans) tried to start a chant, or a cheer for the Mariners, it would be overwhelmed by Blue Jays rally right after that.” Fort St. John Flyers forward and local firefighter Adam Horst, who knows a thing or two about big crowds after his
days on the Red Bull Crashed Ice circuit, said the fans were “unbelievable.” It was made even more dramatic on the field, as Jays closer Roberto Osuna saved a wild 3-2 win in the opener and Toronto exploded for eight runs in one inning in game two. “They just kept hitting and hitting,” Sall recalled. “There was group of nine of us who just made friends… we were pretty tired from high fiving.” In game three, Jays slugger Jose Bautista clubbed a massive homerun that tied the game, but they would go on to lose the game in extra innings. It was a crucial series for the Jays, struggling to stay afloat at the top of the wildcard, with the pesky Mariners creeping up on them. The Blue Jays took two out of three games to win the series. Still, Sall said everywhere him and his group went in Seattle those three days, it was all blue. “The train was, blue, the hotel lobby was blue, downtown everybody was walking around in their Blue Jays gear, it was incredible,” he said.
Free speed skating clinic in Dawson Creek Oct. 5&6 MIKE CARTER dcreporter@dcdn.ca
Former Canadian National team and current Special Olympics BC speed skating coach Jacques Thibault will be in Dawson Creek to deliver a free clinic Oct. 5 and 6. The clinic will take place one day at the Northern Lights College gym and the other at the
Memorial Arena. Oct. 5 will be inline skating day from 3 to 5 p.m. at the NLC gym. This will give interested kids and adults a chance to try the sport out, said local coach Keith McKeeman. Inline skates will be provided, but people can feel free to bring their own. “My focus is on the kids,” McKeeman said, “but certainly
there are Special Olympic athletes that are adults who I know are going to give it a try too.” The event is also open to any able bodied athletes who are interested in getting some tips from a pro like Thibault. Thibault will not only be teaching the kids, but also offering advice to local coaches like McKeeman. On Oct. 6, the clinic will shift
to on ice activities from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. at the Memorial Arena. McKeeman hopes he can get a solid group together to join the others already on his team who will continue practicing each Wednesday night on inline skates at the NLC gym until November. McKeeman said there are also financial supports available to assist families who need it. “I don’t want kids to get a
taste of it and then have their parents realize they’ve got to kick out some coin,” he said. “I want to make sure (they) know there is financial assistance to handle registration and rental of skates through some programs in town.” There is hope about running a clinic in Fort St. John as well, but so far there has not been any commitments.
W EEKLY P RO R ACING U PDATE Racing News, Stats & Trivia
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2016 Standings Chase for the Cup
Xfinity Series Top Ten
1) Brad Keselowski
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Location: Dover, Del. Date: Oct. 2nd, 2:15 p.m. TV: NBCSN Last Year’s Pole: Matt Kenseth Last Year’s Winner: Kevin Harvick
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Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) Daniel Suarez 3) Brendan Gaughan 4) Ryan Reed 5) Darrell Wallace Jr. 6) Justin Allgaier 7) Brennan Poole 8) Blake Koch 9) Erik Jones 10) Ryan Sieg 11) Ty Dillon 12) Brandon Jones
Points: 2087
2) Martin Truex Jr. Points: 2086
3) Kyle Busch Points: 2085
4) Matt Kenseth Points: 2078
5) Joey Logano Points: 2073
6) Kevin Harvick Shape: Oval Distance: 1.0 miles Turns / Straights: 24º / 9º
Points: 2071
Racing News
6) Denny Hamlin
NASCAR has issued a stern warning about drivers and teams failing postrace inspection or trying to circumvent the rules during the Chase. NASCAR executive Steve O’Donnell Steve O’Donnell delivered the message at Sunday’s drivers meeting. “I want to make clear to everybody here that if in NASCAR’s judgment there are any measures to circumvent what happens in postrace inspection, we’re going to react. We know that’s subjective, but we ask all of you not to put it in our hands, because we will react if we have to. I think everybody knows what that means.”
Points: 2071
8) Jimmie Johnson Points: 2070
9) Carl Edwards Points: 2068
This week’s race is the third in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and the final race of the Challenger Round. The top 12 drivers will continue onto the Contender Round. On a lazy Fall afternoon in 1985, 22,000 people watched as Harry Gant, driving the Mach 1 Chevrolet, won NASCAR’s Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway. On that same afternoon, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart were teenagers. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was only 11. Now, those 1985 grandstands have been replaced by a more modern steel and concrete edifice, seating more than 140,000 race fans. Twice a year, they pack the stands for NASCAR tripleheader weekends featuring the Truck Series, Nationwide Series, and Gordon, Stewart, and Earnhardt Jr. going fender to fender in the Cup series.
Points 2050 2042 2036 2034 2034 2032 2031 2030 2027 2025 2015 2015
9) Chase Elliott Points: 2068
11) Kurt Busch Points: 2067
12) Kyle Larson Points: 2057
13) Austin Dillon Points: 2052
Racing Trivia
13) Jamie McMurray Points: 2052
Which driver has the most wins at Dover International Speedway?
15) Tony Stewart Points: 2046
a) Mark Martin b) Jimmie Johnson
16) Chris Buescher Points: 2027
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c) Dale Earnhardt d) Richard Petty
Answer : b) Jimmie Johnson
Last Weekend’s Race: Kevin Harvick won the Bad Boy Off Road 300 Bad Boy Off Road 300 Top Ten Driver Points Kevin Harvick 44 Matt Kenseth 40 Kyle Busch 39 Brad Keselowski 38 Kurt Busch 36 Carl Edwards 36 Martin Truex Jr. 36 Jimmie Johnson 33 Kasey Kahne 32 Kyle Larson 31
Remember last week when Kevin Harvick was trapped a lap down at Chicagoland Speedway, finished 20th and fell out of the top 12 in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings? Remember last year, when Harvick crashed at Chicagoland and ran out of fuel while leading at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and had to win at Dover to advance in the Chase? In Sunday’s Bad Boy Off Road 300 at New Hampshire, Harvick redeemed himself, so now that’s all moot. This was the second race in the Chase. Surging ahead of Matt Kenseth after a restart with six laps left in the 300lap event at the 1.058-mile track, Harvick pulled away to win by .442 seconds and joined Chicagoland winner Martin Truex Jr. in the Chase’s Round of 12. “One of our main goals this year was to not stress ourselves out so bad,” said Harvick.
Kevin Harvick Born: Dec. 8, 1975 Crew Chief: Rodney Childers Car: Chevrolet
Year 2016 2015
Wins 3 3
Top 10s 22 28
Avg. Finish 8.6 8.7
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LOCAL SPORTS
TAKING STOCK Left: Johnny Beaumont takes an inside line to pass the lead car at the Taylor Speedway in the IMCA Modified class on Sunday. Beaumont went on to win the race and wrap up the 2016 title in the IMCA Modified Class. Right: Wayne Dale breaks out front in the final race of the season in the Sportsman Class at the Taylor Speedway. Dale wasn’t able to catch Cam Campbell in the overall standings, as Campbell won the 2016 Sportsman title. BYRON HACKETT PHOTOS
A good shake gone wrong A
referee in any sport is the one person in the unique position to be hated by each team with equal furiousness. The only way a ref ever does a good job if is you don’t notice them. That rarely happens. However, like two opponents almost always do, individuals have usually been able to put aside their differences and shake hands as an acknowledgement of success not being possible without one or the other.
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But last week, Hockey Calgary decided, in the face rampant abuse of officials, they would ban handshakes between refs, the players and the coaches following games.
The Hockey Alberta Referee Council found that young referees were quitting at a rate of about 35 per cent and they felt like they needed to do something. It’s sad that the state of sportsmanship has to come to this. In the face of trying to teach kids how to be better people, or at the very least a little respect, organizations are forced to go to the ultimate extreme. The complete ban sends the wrong message, as the inability to acknowledge a job well done
can cripple a young official the same way those harsh words at the end of a game would. Any faith in the goodwill of human beings to separate their emotions from three periods of hockey is completely ripped away with this decision. Hockey is and always will be a game, one that is as much about teaching kids integral moral values as the importance of hard work, dedication, winning and losing. In a world where it’s becom-
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NPSS Sports Update Upcoming games
* standings as of Sept. 27
Vipers at JDA County Kings Sept. 30 Huskies at Navigators Sept. 30 Jr. Canucks at Flyers Sept. 30 Jr. Canucks at Blades Oct. 1 JDA County Kings at Navigators Oct. 1 Huskies at Flyers Oct. 1 JDA County Kings at Jr. Canucks Oct. 7 Vipers at Huskies Oct. 8 Jr. Canucks at Blades Oct. 8 *All games start at 8 p.m.
ing increasingly more difficult to find good examples and leaders, this ban misses on an important opportunity to provide a lesson in humility and good grace in defeat or victory. Byron Hackett is part-time wannabe athlete and a fulltime sports junkie who more often than not is willing and eager to share opinions on everything from backyard wiffle ball to the NHL and beyond. Follow him on twitter @byronhackett1
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Arts & Culture
“I was shocked at just how many people in that area love music, like true blue music lovers.”
CONTACT US ALEISHA HENDRY 250-785-5631 ahendry@ahnfsj.ca
-Randy Bailer
Fort St. John ready to get punchdrunk once again After being wowed by the crowd at the June Jam, Punch Drunk Cabaret is returning to the Peace Region
When they arrived in the Peace Region for the first time back in June, the members of Punch Drunk Cabaret didn’t know what to expect. Being one of the headlining acts for the Big Bam June Jam, frontman Randy Bailer was thoroughly impressed by the local audience. “The people that caught our set at the June Jam—it was an overwhelming response,” he said. “People were just so enthusiastic; I was shocked at just how much people in that area love music, like true blue music lovers.” Along with the response to the band’s steampunk/ rockabilly sound, the group— made up of Bailer, Terry “Sawbones” Grant and Sean Watts—was also strongly encouraged to return to the area as soon as possible, and most importantly, to perform at the Lido Theatre. “We heard so many people
tell us about the theatre and say ‘you guys gotta come back and this is where you gotta play,’” said Bailer. Ask and you shall receive, as Punch Drunk Cabaret will be playing its first ever show in Fort St. John at the Lido on Sept. 29. Since blowing the minds of the audience at the June Jam, Punch Drunk Cabaret has had a busy summer expanding their tour base. Whereas before they generally stuck to venues in Alberta, the band has now ventured to communities in B.C. and Saskatchewan to showcase their music. “That’s a big focus of the band over the next year is to get out to other markets,” said Bailer. “This past summer we’ve been together for six years and so much of it has been developing areas that are closer to home. “It’s nice to be able to travel across greater spaces and not play the same six towns all the time.” PDC was also busy creating a new music video for the track Beard of Bees from their third
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Punch Drunk Cabaret wowed the crowd at the Big Bam June Jam earlier this year. Now the three-piece band is returning to the area to play at the Lido Theatre on Sept. 29.
album, Electrik Steam Show. The song tells the story of a man looking for his bride, which doesn’t necessarily work out. “The image of this band lends itself very well to narrative videos,” said Bailer. “We had just a great response to the videos. A lot of people that’s their first exposure to the band.” As the audience is considered the fourth member of Punch Drunk Cabaret, Bailer said he encourages people coming to the show to dress up however they see fit and be ready for a fun night. Punch Drunk Cabaret plays the Lido Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 29. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call 250-785-3011.
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Monday Night at the Movies Brooklyn Feb 1 With the Fort St. John Film Society Aurora Cinema
Oct 2 | Auditions for Nutcracker With Northern Dance at Studio2Stage 1-5pm Trent McClellan Comedy for High On High Febin 5,Concert 6, 7 Oct 3 | Jim Byrnes Lido Theatre 8pm Blues at its Best At theThe North PeaceMonologues Cultural CentreFeb 7:30pm Vagina 5 With Women’sNight Resource Oct 3the | Monday FilmSociety at NPCC The Man Who Knew Infinity Art “Dinner 12-Cinema Mar 1 WithExhibit the FSJ Film SocietyTalk” at theFeb Aurora With artists Mary Parslow, Alan White, 7pm Karen Heathman, Peace Gallery North NPCC Oct 14-15 | Annual Antique Sale With Fred NP Historical at Legion PennerSociety in Concert FebHall 13Fri 2-8 Sat 10-4 NPCC 3:30pm Oct 15 | Annual General Meeting of Koba’sand Great Big Show Live Feb 14 Spinner Weavers NPCC 1PM At Artspost (10320 94 Ave ) 11 am Night at Film the Movies Oct 17Monday | Monday Night Into the Forest Sleeping Giant FebAurora 15 Cinema With the FSJ Film Society at the With the Fort St. John Film Society Aurora Cinema 7pm Oct 22 |Canyon OpenHouse Conversation the16 Arts George Country Music about Feb 15, With the Arts Council and NPCC Lido Theatre 8pm at NPCC 1-3pm
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Oct 23 | Tapping Into Talent Local talent at the Senior Apt #4 Public Invited Monday Night at the Movies 2pm James White Feb 29 the FortNight St. John Society Oct 24With | Monday FilmFilm Dark Horse With the FSJ FilmAurora SocietyCinema at the Aurora Cinema 7pm AGM Dinner of Peace Historical Oct 25-27 | CitySociety 150North Canada Mural Painting Feb 24 Tiles Senior Citizens Hall Tickets at 250-787-0430 At NPCC Contact Lisa R. at the City of Fort St. John AGM of PLRAC Feb 20 Oct 20the -29Peace | LiveLiard Musical Theatre With Regional ArtsBuddyCouncil in The Buddy HollyDawson Story Creek With Stage North at NPCC 7:30pm Matinees 22 & St. 29 2pm Fort John Arts Council Meeting Feb 17 COMING UP Artspost 10320 94 Avenue At the Comers Welcome 12 Decoration noon Recycle,New Reuse Rejoice Christmas Sale at the Artspost opening Nov 19 Artist’s Choice Juried Exhibition Jan 8 - 30 With the Federation of Canadian Artists at Dawson Creek Art Gallery Creek
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Kevin Smith, Alyssa Pedersen, Kelsey Dawley and Rob Brown starred in the Stage North production of God of Carnage.
God of Carnage a sadistic joy to watch ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca
As rehearsals for God of Carnage were gearing up to opening night earlier this month, director Jesse McCallum turned to me and said: “these people should not be in the same room together.” Truer words have never been spoken. The two couples put front and centre in the Stage North production really are awful people—self-righteous, selfcentered and not especially selfaware. And that’s what made their interactions a joy to watch, in a slightly sadistic sort of way. People often talk about wishing
they could be “a fly on the wall” when certain people are having a conversation, and in this play, that is exactly what we are: the witnesses to their downward spiral. Neither couple, the Raleighs nor the Novaks, want to be in this situation—trying to come up with some resolution to a fight between their sons—but they try to put on airs that they are the mature adults who would never resort to violence to solve their problems. But they were not the ones in charge. The God of Carnage reigns here, and inch by inch, word by word, and drink by drink, they are sent right over the edge into his realm. See CARNAGE on B7
District Lot 2518 PRD except Plans 18700, 22630, 31494, PGP41938, & PGP44763 (Parcel A) & Lot 1 District Lot 2518 PRD PL 31494 (Parcel B) Proposal: To rezone the area shaded in the map below from A-2 (Large Agricultural Holdings Zone) to P (Public Zone) to ensure the exis ng Church is zoned correctly and allow for the parcel line adjustment of Parcel B to facilitate the development of a church hall.
This no ce is in general form only. Relevant background documents may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at the Peace River Regional District office located at 9505-100th St, Fort St. John, BC. Wri¢en comments or concerns accepted. Chris Cvik, Chief Administra ve Officer
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ARTS & CULTURE
TOM COLE AND FRIENDS
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Tom Cole, Rachelle Willms and Jim McLennan perform during the Tom Cole and Friends: Live from the Living Room show that played to a sold out crowd at the North Peace Cultural Centre on Sept. 24.
Patsy Cline impersonator coming to FSJ Legion Fans of Patsy Cline’s unforgettable music have the chance to experience it this Friday. Professional Patsy Cline impersonator Bonnie Kilroe is coming to the Fort St. John Legion to pay tribute to the late singer. Like many influential singers, Pasty Cline died far too soon, but her memory lives on. But even since that tragic ending, March 5th, 1963, Cline’s music has continued to cross boundaries and reach a diverse audience.
Kilroe has been performing as Cline for nearly 20 years, performing the classics Crazy, Sweet Dreams, Walking After Midnight and I Fall to Pieces. She is an award-winning impersonator, who recently won two awards at the 2016 Celebrity Impersonator’s Convention in Las Vegas. An Evening with Patsy Cline takes place on Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. at the Fort St. John Legion. For more information, call 250-787-3917. — Aleisha Hendry
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Sebastian Steele ready to hypnotize Fort St. John Ready to have a night of laughs? Sebastian Steel is bringing his hypnotist show back to Fort St. John this week. Steel has been practising hypnotism for more than a decade, and is among the top acts in Canada.
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Rob Brown and Kelsey Dawley played Alan and Annette Raleigh in God of Carnage.
Whether you’re sitting in the audience, or a willing participant on stage, it’s sure to be an entertaining evening. Sebastian Steel performs at the Lido Theatre on Sept. 30, doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call 250-785-3011.
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The closer you sat to the stage, the better you could see the expressions of disgust and annoyance given by Kelsey Dawley and Alyssa Pedersen. As Annette Raleigh (Dawley) and Veronica Novak (Pedersen), these women held themselves together the longest—that is, until the latter portion of the show when husbands got attacked and objects were thrown across the room. Michael Novak, played by Kevin Smith, had a pretty spectacular moment when he finally had enough and riped off the dress shirt and cardigan he wore just to impress the upper class company welcomed into his home. Rob Brown’s turn as Alan Raleigh, glued to his cell phone and wanting to be anywhere else than discussing his son at that moment, offered some of the
show’s best lines about how this is all so ridiculous, along with ad-libbing some pretty great lines as well. There was also a side discussion about a hamster, which you almost forgot about until it’s brought up again near the end of the play in a rather explosive manner. Even once the rum breaks out, no one sounds like they’re particularly drunk, with the exception of Veronica. People drinking that much straight liquor tend to slur their words a lot more, or maybe that’s just me? Overall, God of Carnage is a great play, executed by a group of local actors that really work well together. It is a dark comedy, so even though the shouting gets pretty intense at times, do feel free to laugh at their situation. Better them than us, after all.
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ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) Remember that you need more rest in the next few weeks. Interactions with partners and close friends also are more important. TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) Do whatever you can to feel that you are more efficient and on top of your game, as this will please you. This even applies to your health. GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) Grab every chance to slip away on a vacation or to enjoy sports and playful activities with children. This is a fun time for your sign. Romance looks promising! CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) For the next few weeks, your focus is on home, family and your private life. You also will enjoy cocooning at home among familiar surroundings. Interactions with a parent will be significant. LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) Accept your busy pace of short trips and visits, because this will continue for several weeks. Discussions with siblings, neighbors and relatives are significant. VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) Because you sense that you can earn more money, your focus right now turns to earnings and cash flow. Think about what it is that you truly value and want. LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22)
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This is a strong, energetic time for you because the Sun is in your sign. Since people and favorable circumstances easily will come your way, take advantage of this! SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) Continue to work alone or behind the scenes, for best results. Start to get your ducks in a row for when the Sun enters your sign and you are strong! SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) Socialize extensively now, because the focus is on groups and friends this month. Examine the role these relationships play in your life, because they are important to you. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) It’s easy for you to make a great impression on bosses, VIPs and parents right now. You have an advantage - make your pitch and go after what you want! AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Travel will appeal to you now and in the next few weeks. Grab any opportunity to learn more and expand your experience of life. PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) Tie up loose details regarding inheritances, shared property, taxes and debt, because this will be easy for you now. Look for ways to be the best that you can be.
We’re Family Dear Annie: I come from a very close Midwestern family. I have one sister, two brothers and great parents. Every other year, we would take a family trip to the lake. As we’ve gotten older, the tradition has stayed and grown to include new family members. We all meet up, bringing our spouses and kids. The problem herein lies with my elder sister and her husband. When I first met my brother-in-law, he was so nice and friendly to our family. He is an Aussie, and we were charmed by him. He raved about how much he loved the great outdoors and looked forward to keeping up our family tradition. After they got married, everything changed. The first year, my sister and her new husband said they couldn’t make the trip because of his work (even with two years’ notice). The second time around, it was yet again because he had to work. They just seem to make every excuse in the book not to go. I am the one whom she always calls to break the news. I can hear the real disappointment in her voice as she says they won’t be making it yet again. Since the wedding, we pretty much have never seen him and rarely have seen her. My brother-in-law never comes to
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any family functions and makes no effort to have a relationship with my parents. I’ve talked to my brothers about this, and they think that because our brother-in-law’s parents live in Australia and he rarely gets to see them, he is jealous that our sister lives so close to her family. Is there anything that I can do to make him come around and want to come on our family trips? My elder sister was always the leader in our family, but now our fearless leader has turned into a cowardly black sheep. -- Black Sheep’s Sibling Dear Black Sheep’s Sibling: It sounds as if your brotherin-law’s true colors came out after the wedding, and they’re sickening shades of green. He is consumed by envy. If he can’t have family, then she can’t have family. This certainly does not seem like a loving marriage. Her husband sounds -- let’s put it kindly -- less than perfect, but the real question is why your sister would allow this to go on. I would try talking to her one-on-one to see whether she
can reach a compromise with her husband. Maybe propose that they start alternating years -- spending vacation at the lake with you one year and in Australia the next. Also make an effort to reach out to your brother-inlaw sometimes just to see how he’s doing so he feels that he’s important to you. If he would embrace your family, it might help him feel less homesick. Dear Annie: In a recent column, you printed a letter from a man who didn’t like the friends of a woman he started seeing recently. You said: “If you don’t like this girl’s friends, then my guess is that when you get to know her better, you won’t like her.” Well, maybe, maybe not. The situation you describe may be an evolving process, and she may well change for the better or worse. It is a hard call at this point. I have seen some remarkable people evolve out of an environment of wacky friends because some significant other happens upon the scene and the person finally comes to her/his senses. And the wacky friends disappear. -- Don D. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2016 CREATORS.COM
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Community
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“I’ve wanted to for years actually, but my children were too little... This year they’re right into zombies.” - Mary Anne Giesbrecht
Wedding show a one-stop shop for brides-to-be Jaimie Ollenberger stands before her bridesmaids, her mom and her sister with two different bouquets in her hands. Which one to do they prefer? The colour schemes are similar, but one has more sunflowers. “That’s the main reason I’m here today, for my flowers,” she said. Ollenberger is getting married on July 22, 2017 at her parent’s home in Charlie Lake. It’s going to have a rustic vibe, she said. Ollenberger was just one of many brides-tobe at the Pomeroy Hotel for the 19th Annual Fort St. John Wedding Show. More than 50 vendors were packed into the hotel’s ballroom and lobby on Sunday afternoon, with offerings from dresses, jewelry, cakes, flowers, makeup, and health and wellness programs. The event also featured three fashion shows—one for prom dresses, one for bridal party dresses, and the last for wedding gowns.
All the shows featured a wide variety of dresses in an array of styles. In the end, Ollenberger chose the bouquet with the sunflowers. “I really liked that one,” she said. “It’s just going to have a bit more pink.”
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Bride-to-be Jaimie Ollenberger was deciding on her bouquets at the 19th Annual Fort St. John Wedding Show on Sept. 25.
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If you happen to see some glowing lights moving quickly in the dark on Oct. 1, don’t worry, there’s nothing spooky going on. Those lights are glowsticks for participants in the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation’s Firefly 5K Fun Run/Walk. Executive director Gord Klassen said the hospital foundation wanted to do a unique event for the community. “It was just a new creative way to draw some attention to the foundation,” he said. “We were just trying to find a time of year where it was getting dark a little earlier. We found out it’s getting darker faster than we thought… next year we might move it a little earlier in the year.” Interest in the event was more than the foundation was
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expecting—Klassen said they originally thought there would be perhaps 200 people at the most. However, they ended up having to cap it at 400 participants. As of Tuesday morning, the run had sold out. The run will take participants from Surerus Ball Diamonds through the paths around the hospital and back again. Prior to hitting the trails, there will be a group warm up session and glow sticks, necklaces and shoelaces handed out. There will also be a presentation on the Hospital Foundation’s endowment fund, which Klassen said is “money into a fund that will be a sustainable source of income for years to come.” The Firefuly 5K Fun Run/ Walk takes place on Oct. 1 at Surerus Ball Diamonds at 7 p.m. For more information, call 250-261-7563.
ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Lutheran Church 9812 108 Ave Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Sundays 1:30 p.m. Rev. Enid Pow ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 9:30 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 3:00 p.m. Holy Communion BAHA’I fAITH BAHA’I fAITH National Baha’i Information 1-800-433-3284 Regular Firesides Mondays @ 8:00 p.m. Deepenings continued Wednesdays at 250-7870089 Next Feast Info. 250-787-0089 ********** BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 9607-107th Ave., fSJ Ph. (Office) 250-785-4307 Pastor: Michael Hayes Associate Pastor: Doug Janzen SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE 10:30AM ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Vener Sabacan Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjcatholic.ca MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 10:00 a.m. oNLY OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism. MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 3 months before the wedding. ********** ALLIANCE CHURCH 9804-99 Ave., fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8 Ph: 250-785-4644 fax: 250-785-8932 e-mail: office@fsjalliance.ca www.fsjalliance.ca SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE: 9:15am & 11:00am KIDVILLE: for ages 2yrs.-Gr.6 @ 9:15am **********
CoMMUNITY CHURCH CHARLIE LAKE CoMMUNITY CHURCH Lead Pastor: Alfred Reschke Associate Pastor: Jared Braun 250-785-1723 fax: 250-785-4136 clcc@pris.ca SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP: 10:40am 1st left turn off Alaska Highway past the Charlie Lake Store. ********** PEACE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 10556-100th Street, Taylor, BC Pastor: Wally Pohlmann Phone: 250-789-3045 HoURS: 9:00am-Noon Monday-Wednesday & friday Email: office@taylorchurch.ca Website: www.taylorchurch.ca SUNDAY ADULT CLASS - 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE - 10:30am ********** EVANGELICAL foRT ST. JoHN EVANGELICAL MISSIoN 8220-89th Avenue, fSJ Pastor: Art Voth Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings. Worship Service - 10:45am Phone: 250-787-2550 ******* INTERDENoMINATIoNAL UPPER PINE GoSPEL CHAPEL Church Phone: 250-827-3833 Email: upgc@pris.ca Board Chairman: Andy Burkholder 250-827-3811 Box 66, Rose Prairie, BC ********** LUTHERAN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 9812-108th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 2R3 Office Phone: 250-785-2718 Pastor: Rev. Kebede Dibaba Regular Worship Schedule: 9:00am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School ********** PEACE RIVER MUSLIM ASSoCIATIoN Information: 250-787-1264 Jumm’a (Friday) Prayer @ 1:00pm 203-10903-100th Street, fort St. John, BC email: tahermorsi@shaw.ca ********** MENNoNITE NoRTH PEACE MENNoNITE BRETHREN CHURCH North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church 10816 106 St. fort St. John, BC V1J 5V2 250-785-3869
Lead Pastor: Andrew Eby Associate Pastor of Youth & Young Adults: Don Banman SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES: 9:15am & 11:00am ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome! Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3131 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years. Christian Life Centre is “Home of Christian Life School” ********** foRT ST. JoHN NATIVE BIBLE fELLoWSHIP Sunday Worship: 11:00am Wed., Night Bible Study: 7:30pm Pastor John A Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** GIDEoNS INTERNATIoNAL Fort St. John Camp Ray Hein 250-827-3636 John Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** NoRTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH INTERNATIoNAL (Rose Prairie, BC Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30am Worship Service: 11:00am Everyone Welcome ********** THE SHELTER CHURCH “...the Lord will be a shelter for His people” Joel 3:6 9808-98A Ave. fort St. John, BC 250-785-3888 SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am Pastor: Oral Benterud 250-785-9151 ********** PENTECoSTAL THE PENTECoSTALS of foRT ST. JoHN Phone: 250-787-9888 Pastor: Jason McLaughlin Sunday 10am Service, Sunday School Youth Sunday 11am Worship Service Tuesday 7pm Prayer
Wednesday 7pm Bibile Study Friday 7pm Youth ********** PENTECoSTAL ASSEMBLIES of CANADA EVANGEL CHAPEL 10040-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-3386 Fax: 250-785-8345 Lead Pastor: Tony Warriner Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:00am www.evangelfsj.com ********** The Journey 10011-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-6254 Pastor: Larry Lorentz Services: Sundays: 10:30am Tuesdays: 7:00pm ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 12:30 p.m. - Pie and Coffee 1:00 p.m. - Worship Service Everyone is invited to participate ********** REfoRMED TRINITY CoVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service: 10:00am Meets at the Quality Inn Northern Grand 100th Ave & 98th St., fort St. John, BC Elder: Mike Donovan Phone: 250-787-7702 Affiliated with C.R.E.C. ********** THE SALVATIoN ARMY THE SALVATIoN ARMY Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am 10116-100th Ave., fort St. John, BC Come Worship With Us. For information; Phone 250-785-0506 or food Bank 250-785-0500 ********** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 9008-100th Avenue, fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-8632 Pastor: Cavin Chwyl Phone: 250-719-7949 Saturday Service: 9:30am ********** UNITED CHURCH of CANADA ST. LUKE’S UNITED 9907-98 St., fort St. John, BC Office: 250-785-2919 fax: 250-785-2788 Email: stlukeuc@telus.net Sunday Worship Service @ 10:00am All are Welcome! The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925.
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Cleaning the yard The Northern Environmental Action Team were on hand to take resident’s yard waste on Sept. 24. Two large dumpsters were filled with branches, leaves, grass clippings and other plant matter. The yard waste is then brought to a city-owned site where it will be turned into compost, which will then be used in the city’s flower beds and other garden
areas. The next Yard Waste Collection day will be on Nov. 5 at the Home Hardware parking lot, which will coincide with NEAT’s annual Pumpkin Plunge. Darren Jeffery unloads branches from his yard with the help of NEAT executive director Dzengo Mzengeza and communications coordinator Tammy Hrab on Sept. 24.
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received (about the equivalent of two books) the school will receive a third book. And lastly, by sharing a short story on the online profile of the school—if that story is chosen to be featured on the Adopt a School website, the school will get another free book for its library. In addition to Northern BC Distance Education, Bert Ambrose Elementary, Robert Ogilvie Elementary, Baldonnel Elementary and Freedom Thinkers Education also have fundraising pages with the program. To donate to these schools, visit adoptsaschool.indigo.ca — Aleisha Hendry
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hen Carrie Bradshaw bumped into John Preston in the pilot episode of Sex in the City so many years ago, he was given the moniker Mr. Big because he was the ‘big man on campus’ or the ‘next Donald Trump’. Strangely enough, so many years later, the real Donald Trump gets his own moniker (one of many) and it is “Mr. Bigly.” I call him Mr. Bigly because he seems to use that term liberally when referring to something that is larger than life. Some say that he is actually saying ‘Big League’ and perhaps he is, but I am sticking with ‘Bigly’ because it is much more endearing in a creepy kind of way. Donald Trump is like that weird uncle who is always telling a fish story. “It was that big!” as he gestures with his arms open wide. “In fact it was so big, I could barely get it into the boat. It was a fantastic fish, probably the most fantastic fish anyone would ever catch. My lawyers advise me that I shouldn’t release the size of the fish, but I just did because I am that kind of guy.” I watched the U.S. Presidential debate last night, with my bigly bowl of popcorn and my iPad logged into Twitter. I was hesitant to watch because I figured I would get angry about the stupidity of it all, but I ended up rather enjoying the back and forth between the two candidates. Mr. Trump relies heavily on the use of comparatives, superlatives and hyperbole to get his point across which is strange because Mr. Trump has explained in the past that he “knows words” and “has the best words.” One would think that if you are someone who has the “best words” you might come up with something better than he does. In his 1987 memoir, The Art of the Deal, Trump explains his speech patterns by writing, “The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people’s fantasies. People may
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not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular. I call it truthful hyperbole. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration—and a very effective form of promotion.” The thing is, hyperbole is fine in writing columns like these or short stories about that fish that got away. Hyperbole is expected when you are listening to your seventh grader discuss a soccer game or your husband describe how he made dinner “all by himself.” Hyperbole is NOT appropriate when it comes in a continuous stream of consciousness or in serious dialogue between two grownups. Can you imagine Mr. Bigly sitting down with the French President and telling him, “I have visited the Statue of Liberty a million times! It’s just amazing. It would probably look better gold plated. Did you ever consider gold plating the statue when you built it? It would look a millions times better in gold. You should take it back and gold plate it for us. Of course you would have to pay for that.” It is like watching a car accident in slow motion. In a few months the election will determine the outcome. It will either be Mr. Bigly or Hillary. In the meantime, we have some more debates to watch – unscripted reality television that does not disappoint. Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can follow her blog at www.judykucharuk.com or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @judylaine
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Louie Phil Van De Voorde passed away in Red Deer, AB after a very brief battle with cancer. Louie farmed in the Dawson Creek, BC area and then moved to Lacombe, AB where he lived for 27 years farming and breeding Shorthorn cattle and Percheron draft horses. Louie was predeceased by his parents Theophil and Thelma and two sisters. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Myrna, daughter Susan (Don) Smith, son Paul and son Scott (Cheryl) along with grandchildren Daniel, Brooke, Kayla and Troy and his numerous beloved nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel in Lacombe, AB on September 24, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Condolences may be submitted through www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families” R0011307101
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It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Ed Glover, one day after his 50th birthday. Ed is predeceased by his father Gordon in 1988, his mother Violet (MacKenzie) in 2006 and his sister Charlotte Krauser this past March. Left to lovingly remember the fun loving fellow that he was are his sons Alex, Cameron and Aaron and their mother Fiona; sisters Nancy (Jim) Knievel, Susan, Gwen, Bette (Dwayne) Axani and Annie (Paul); brothers Bob (Carrie) and Gord; brother−in− law Jeff and a passel of nieces and nephews. Ed was born in Alert Bay, spent his younger years in Woss Camp and completed high school in Port McNeil. He attended BCIT and was mentored in Williams Lake before accepting an IT Support Analyst position with the RCMP in Dawson Creek where he worked for 23 years. He loved the active life, scuba diving, spelunking, rock climbing, fishing and hunting. Ed was a great father, teaching and then sharing these activities with his sons. At Ed’s request, the family will hold a Celebration of his Life, next summer, on Mount Cain − a location he cherished. Memorial donations in memory of Ed may be made to the BC Wildlife Federation www.bcwf.net or the Red Cross www.redcross.ca
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0803408 BC Ltd dba SS Automotive is in possession of the following vehicles. If the owed amounts are not paid, these vehicles will be sold by auction on September 29, 2016 at 2000 Taylor Frontage Road starting at 10:00am.
Quartz countertop - dishwashers Washer/Dryer in basement $1325 Very close to schools
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HOME & GARAGE ON 6.9 FENCED ACRES, PAVED ROAD. ROOM TO BUILD YOUR SHOP & RUN YOUR BUSINESS. MLS R2088693
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STEEL BUILDINGS
STEEL BUILDING SALE ...”BLOW OUT SALE ON NOW!” 21X23 $4,998 25X25 $5,996 27x27 $6,992 32X35 $9,985 42X45 $14,868. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-855-212-7036 www.pioneersteel.ca
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COMMUNITY
ANIMAL OF THE WEEK
Belle
Belle is a one year old chihuahua mix that came to the SPCA with her four puppies. Those babies have all gone to their forevers homes, so now it’s Belle’s turn. Belle doesn’t like other dogs or cats, so she would do best as being the only queen in the castle. She likes to sit on your lap and make sure you get plenty of kisses. If you’re interested in giving this little girl a forever home, visit the North Peace SPCA.
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SPECIAL DELIVERY... It’s a BOY! AUBREY JULIAN AUSTIN Parents: Chris & Alyssa Austin Baby’s Weight: 7lbs 7oz Length: 20” September 16, 2016 Time: 3:17am Fort St. John, BC
L! It’s a GIRLI-AN EY BERKEL EAN MCL Parents: Neil Amelia id Dav & s Weight: Baby’ 7lbs ” Length: 19 2016 r 6, SeptembeCreek, BC Dawson
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A horde of about 75 zombies came out for the Seventh Annual Fort St. John Zombie Walk on Sept. 24. The walk brought in 126 lbs of food for the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Centre.
Donations raised while zombies invade Fort St. John ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca
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Fort St. John Hospital Foundation Baby Bouquet Wall This is a wonderful way for family and friends to acknowledge these special miracles
ated in the t Wall is loc re Baby Bouque Hospital Birthing Cent hn Jo . St Fort
Your minimum donation of $125 to the FSJ Hospital Foundation will not only purchase a flower petal, but the money raised will also go towards much needed medical equipment that will help to provide the best healthcare and service possible.
Ph: 250.261.7563 | email: fsjhf@northernhealth.ca
www.fsjhospitalfoundation.ca
A horde of the undead made their way up 100 Street for the Seventh Annual Zombie Walk Saturday afternoon. About 75 people, ranging in age from toddler to grandparent, met at Centennial Park in their best zombie costumes to have some fun while donating to the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society. Walk organizer for the Kin Club Becky Grimsrud, who had dressed the part with a loose eyeball, was pleased with the community response. “(We had a) pretty decent turnout,” she said. “The weather co-operated and we raised a lot of good donations for the Women’s Resource Centre.” Winners of the Best Trio costume, Amber Tracz and Christopher Nowak, along with their three-legged dog, were first-time zombie walkers. “We are huge zombie and horror movie fans,” said Tracz, who was sporting some sausage casings filled with spaghetti as gruesome intestines. “This
is the first time we’ve been in town when it’s happening.” Mary Anne Giesbrecht was there with her two children, Kylie and Archer, and her niece Sarah, for the first time. Dressed as gypsies, the family was excited to be part of the walk. “I’ve wanted to for years actually, but my children were too little and I was worried they’d be scared,” she said. “This year they’re right into zombies and they really wanted to come too.” The zombies made their way from Centennial Park, up 100 Street to the intersection of 100th and 100th before coming back down to the park. Drivers honked and waved, while some people in restaurants and other businesses appeared confused by what they were seeing. All told, the Zombie Walk brought in 126 pounds of food and $150 in cash donations for the Women’s Resource Centre. Grimsrud is already looking forward to next year’s walk. “It’s going to get bigger and better.”
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Starting Line Driving School is offering the
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HAS SPRING LKS, FO SPRUNG BACK WE’RE E TH FOR ! SEASON
• BUCKET TRUCK with 65’ reach & 12” Chipper • Now with a STUMPGRINDER to serve you better
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DUCT CLEANING RATES
(may vary depending on the size of your home)
Most Mobile Homes $140 + GST
ABLE DUCT CLEANING WILL:
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Call to book a FREE consultation Denturist Jodie Atkinson 250-782-6004 milezerodentureclinic.ca 103-816 103 Ave
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PICTURE FRAMING Sale Ends Nov. 30
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If you don’t think you can have GREAT FOOD and GREAT TIMES in Charlie Lake... well then, you don’t know Jack!
Always Proud To Support Our Community! 8424 Alaska Road North, Fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-787-5220 1-877-787-5220 www.fortcitychrysler.ca
Mile 52, Alaska Highway (12984 Jackfish Frontage), Charlie Lake, BC
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Hours of Operation: Open 7 Days a Week @ 11am
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One lucky winner will win: 2 tickets/1 hotel for 12 nights and airfare.
Must be 19 years or older to enter. See complete details at retailers.
Thursday, February 2, 2017 Sunday, February 5, 2017 Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Thursday, February 9, 2017 Friday, February 10, 2017 Saturday, February 11, 2017 Monday, February 13, 2017
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SEMI-FINALISTS Drop off entry form at one of the participating businesses NAME:___________________________ AGE:__________________
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