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THURSDAY, MAY 5 2016 VOL. 73, NO. 65

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Grade 6 Hudson’s Hope student Katie Norton and two of her peers will attend the 2016 BC Provincial Heritage Fair at the University of British Columbia in July. Norton presented her project on the Tsimshian to a panel of judges at the Northern Region Heritage Fair at Hudson’s Hope School April 27. Norton chose to present on the Tsimshian Nation because of her background—her family belongs to the Gitga’at Tribe, one of 14 that make up the Tsimshian, and her grandfather is chief of the tribe. Norton will attend the provincial fair with Grade 6 student Xavier Beam (Project: Elizabeth Beattie) and Isabelle Gamboa (Project: MichaÍlle Jean).

Fort St. John could soon have a new bylaw governing beekeeping inside city limits.

Mayor Lori Ackerman gave council notice on April 25 that she intends to put a motion on the floor at the next meeting, set for Monday, May 9.

The city’s current animal control bylaw bans beekeeping and apiaries in the city, but Ackerman thinks that can be revisited. “The Ministry of Agriculture has talked about this being a very untapped resource in our region and we have some local people who are very interested in the apiary business,� she said.

In B.C., beekeeping bylaws are currently in place in New Westminster, Vancouver, Maple Ridge, Vernon, Delta and Surrey, according to the Urban Bee Network.

Ackerman also plans to bring forward a motion on the city’s transit system to study the value of bus passes and their actual costs. “We’re going through a stressful time in the community, not everyone can afford to put fuel in their tank,� she said. “How can we assist families in getting around a little bit more?�

Warm, dry April pushes farmers ahead of schedule But more rain is needed quickly, area farmer says BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@ahnfsj.ca

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April showers might bring May flowers, but the warm, dry conditions last month doesn’t mean grain farmers in the Peace aren’t faring well.

On the contrary, some are well ahead of schedule, with some “getting awfully close to being finished seeding,� according to Walter Fritsche, vice-president of the BC Grain Producers Association. “April being as dry as it is has definitely affected us,� he said. “We had very little runoff, and so our fields, they dried up considerably earlier than a normal year.�

But the unseasonably warm

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Barry Critcher checks the seed placement on his farm just south of Taylor.

temperatures this April—the second warmest on record for Fort St. John next to April 1980— might hopefully translate into an early harvest.

“Our season is early this year, probably the earliest we’ve ever seen it,� said Irmi Critcher, a veteran farmer just south of Taylor who began working the

land in 1984. “We were able to go in the field probably about close to three weeks earlier than we usually do, and that hopefully translates into an early harvest,� she said. “The moisture right now is still OK, even though it was very dry,� Critcher added, crediting the snow melt that was retained in the soil. “We are seeding into good conditions. Whether this can be sustained now, I’m not sure.

It’s dry, and hopefully we can look forward to some sort of moisture here in the next week or 10 days, just to replenish the moisture which is getting used by the crop and by these heavy winds right now.�

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Fossil protections to school bus funding

Resolutions up for debate at local government meeting MIKE CARTER dcreporter@ahnfsj.ca

Local governments from across the north and central interior of British Columbia will meet this week in Dawson Creek for the annual meeting of the North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA).

A number of resolutions impacting northern residents will be debated at the meetings, including a push for fossil protections, more municipal involvement in

wildfire management and a push to urge the province to give more consideration to the distance students travel to school when doling out bus funding to school districts.

Fossil protections The need for fossil protections came to the fore last month, when an absent-minded hiker set a campfire on top of a dinosaur trackway in Tumbler Ridge.

Although provincial legislation

likely won’t halt these incidents from happening, the incident highlighted the fact that B.C. is the only province in Canada without any law to protect and preserve its paleontological resources and fossil records. “Putting a fire on something like that is just incomprehensible stupidity,� Rich McCrea, curator of the Peace Region Paleontology Research Centre said. “If the province enacts legislation, it’ll give protection to all sites. This is a deficit that has to be addressed

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School bus funding The regional district wants the Ministry of Education to consider the distances students in rural areas travel to school when handing out funding to school district’s for busing.

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Grade 5 student Isabelle Gamboa stands with her Heritage Fair project on former Governor General Michaelle Jean, while Grade 6 student Xavier Beam presents his project on Elizabeth Beattie, his great great grandmother, who helped pioneer Hudson’s Hope. Both are going to the provincial Heritage Fair at the University of British Columbia in July

The B.O. detecting phone HOUND HUGGER: It’s time again to chew on our weekly diet of random news bites. Some are hard to swallow, others are hard to digest. According to a dog psychologist at the University of British Columbia: Dogs do not enjoy being hugged. It makes them feel stressed. OK, maybe it was wrong of me, but I felt I had to hug my dog right after I told him he’s adopted.

Just to be clear: The expert is a dog psychologist, not a dog psychiatrist. When a dog visits a psychiatrist, it’s hard for the patient to relax. Because dogs are not allowed on the couch.

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PLANTS: A study shows people who live around house plants live longer. But if you’re a guy whose wife goes on a trip and when she arrives home she sees you forgot to water her plants, she will make you wish you were as dead as those plants.

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17 OR 29? In Windsor, Ontario: A high school basketball star was arrested after it was revealed he’s a 29 year old man who posed as a 17 year old. He claims he didn’t know he’s 29. Hey, give him a break. I was going bald at age 15. These things can be confusing.

LIVESTOCK LOSS: In Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: A nursing home has been ordered to stop visits by livestock. A local farmer Groundbirch 98.9 takes farm animals to visit with old folks.

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Mike Ost (left) and Yank Alcazar sort through a load of curbside recycling at the Eco-Depot in Fort St. John Thursday. The increasing amounts of garbage coming mixed in with recycling loads are beginning to pose safety and health hazards for workers and slowing down their work. The city says it will begin spot checks of curbside blue bins starting May 9.

Garbage starting to pile up in curbside recycling bins Spot checks of blue bins begin May 9, city says Animal carcasses, biomedical waste, lawnmower blades, oilfield valves, cat litter—you name it and the people who handle and sort through Fort St. John’s curbside recycling have probably seen it.

But they say increasing amounts of garbage coming mixed in with recycling loads to the Eco-Depot are beginning to pose safety and health hazards for workers and slowing down their work.

“We did expect (garbage) but not in the volume we’re getting,” said Koleman Marshall, Eco-Depot’s warehouse manager. “In the beginning it was fairly good.

Now, it’s steadily getting worse.”

The problem has gotten so bad the city says it will begin spot checks of curbside blue bins starting May 9.

“This has been an ext r e m e l y successful program but we realize that from time to time residents will need a reminder of what can and cannot go into the recycling bins,” Public Works Director Don Demers said.

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“We start breaking that open with our grapple buckets and dropping it in the conveyor belts, we’re looking at lead dust, mercury, all different kinds of chemicals in those types of recyclables,” he said, adding it can also cause damage to his baler machine.

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Over the last month, Marshall says his sorters are filling about six cubic-metre sized bags full of garbage a day—up from the one bag that was usually filled over the course of a week when the recycling program rolled out to city curbs last fall.

The depot sorts through the recycling, crushes it into 1,200-pound bales and sends them to processing centres across Canada and the United States. While the company hasn’t been fined, it has been given at least one warning and has had recycling loads sent back because of its high garbage content, Marshall said.

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Alwin Holland students raise $1,500 for hungry children

Eighteen students from Alwin Holland’s Student Leadership Team took part in a 24-hour famine on Friday, April 29, forgoing food and learning how to build shelters and haul water long distances.

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They were hoping to raise $500 to help feed hungry children across the globe, but students at Alwin Holland Elementary managed to triple that last week as part of World Vision’s 24-hour Famine.

Eighteen students from the school’s Student Leadership Team took part in the famine on Friday, April 29, forgoing food and learning how to build shelters and haul water long distances.

Students learned “how to survive and what it feels like to be grateful,” said Israel te Bulte, a Grade 3 student who took part in the famine.

It’s the second big fundraiser for the leadership team, which began in January. Grade 4 and 5 teacher Angela Gatt said students raised $500 during a recent cupcake sale for the SPCA, and spent Friday night making “calm down” toys for the animals as part of

that effort.

When it came to the famine, students learned how to approach family, friends and businesses for their support.

“We took few of our crew, went to all the grocery stores in town, and they asked for donations for celebration breakfast,” said Gatt, who co-ordinates the leadership team alongside Grade 3 teacher Crystal Dutchak.

“I kind of hung back and they had to ask for the manager, they had to shake their hand, they had to explain why they were there, hand over the letter and do all of that.

“They learn some confidence of course, a little bit of independence, but we really want them to understand the importance of uplifting others and that when you do something for somebody else how that’s going to raise you up as well. It’s those traits that are going to be needed to be successful when out in the world as they leave us,” she said.

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Updates from April 25, 2016 Council Meetings LONG SERVICE AWARD

• Council presented a Long Service Award to Jeannie Whitford-Bonin in recognition of her 25 years of service to the City of Fort St. John.

BYLAWS

• 102 Avenue Between 108 and 112 Streets Local Area Service Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 2311, 2016 was adopted by title only. This bylaw will allow the City to place charges against the benefiting parcels on 102nd Avenue for the local area service project that was completed in the fall of 2015.

• A Public Hearing was held for Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2318, 2016. The subject land of the proposed bylaw is legally described as a Portion of Lot 8, Block 2, Section 32, Tp. 83, Range 18, W6M, Peace River District Plan 8520. The applicant is seeking to amend the zone of a 0.06 ha portion of the subject property located at the northwest corner of 97th Avenue and 81st Street from R2 – Single Detached and Duplex Housing to R1A – Single Detached Housing Small Lot. The purpose of the request is to facilitate the subdivision of a single large residential lot into two lots. Following the Public Hearing, Council read the bylaw for the third time and adopted it by title only.

• Tax Rates Bylaw No. 2322, 2016 was adopted by title only. The tax rates bylaw establishes the rate to raise the tax revenue approved in the 2016 Financial Plan and must be adopted before May 15th. The municipal tax rate is decreasing by 4.09%.

• Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2323, 2016 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2324, 2016 were introduced and read for the first and second times by title only. A Public Hearing was scheduled for Monday May 9, 2016 in the Council Chambers. The subject land of the proposed bylaws is legally described as Lot A, Section 1, Township 84, Range 19, West of the 6th Meridian, Peace River District Plan EPP60570. The City is proposing to amend the Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw to designate the proposed lot for a future school site.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2323, 2016 is to designate the subject land from GC – General Commercial to IT – Institutional. Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2324, 2016 is to designate the subject land from C3 – General Commercial to INST – Public and Institutional.

TENDER AWARDS

• Council awarded the tender for the 2016-2017 Asphalt Maintenance to the only bidder – Interoute Construction Ltd., doing business as DGS Astro Paving – for the unity rates in their tender submission dated April 7, 2016. The scope of the work will match the $2 million budgeted for asphalt maintenance.

• Council awarded the tender for a Wheeled Excavator to the lowest bidder meeting the minimum specifications – Brandt Tractor Ltd., Fort St. John – for their tender submission of $270,949.84.

• Council awarded the tender for a Motor Grader to the only bidder – Brandt Tractor Ltd., Fort St. John – for their tender submission of $327,880.00. As there was only $295,000 included in the 2016 Equipment Budget for the Motor Grader, the additional funds will be allocated from the Equipment Reserve Fund.

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY’S FORT ST. JOHN UNIT – CARNIVAL OF HOPE FUNDRAISER

Council received a presentation from the Canadian Cancer Society’s Fort St. John Unit promoting their new independent fundraiser – the Carnival of Hope – which will be held Saturday June 11, 2016 at the Bert Bowes Middle School Track Area. There are plans for new and old carnival games, food vendors and a Dunk Tank Challenge. Admission will be by a specific donation amount and will include all games, a movie on an outdoor screen in the evening with a bag of popcorn, and a chance to win an amazing door prize.

UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS

A Committee of the Whole meeting is scheduled for Monday May 9, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.

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

A Public Hearing for Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 2323, 2016 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2324, 2016 will be held at 6:00 p.m.

The public is welcome to attend these meetings.

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Kim Kazda is one of just a few Fort St. John residents ready to shave their heads in support of patients battling cancer at the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation’s 17th annual Bluey Day fundraiser on May 28.

Bluey Day raises money for cancer diagnostic, treatment, and care equipment.

All funds raised stay in the community to support patients with cancer.

While the hospital foundation is hoping for 50 volunteers to be ‘brave shavers’ and raise $100,000, the numbers to date aren’t looking too great. Just 23 have signed up as of May 2, which is far fewer than normal, according to Jill Earl, development co-ordinator with the foundation.

“We do have quite a bit more to go, but we’re keeping our fingers crossed,” she said.

For Kazda, shaving her head in a show of support has special significance.

“My mom passed away when I was 16 of cancer, so, it terrifies me,” she said.

“Living in a northern community where medical services aren’t what they are in the city, I think anything I can do to make it better is a good thing.”

This will be Kazda’s second time going

bald for the cause. The impetus this time is a host of friends affected by the disease.

While Kazda is relatively new to the Bluey Day scene, others, like Jim Reeder, are veterans. This year will mark his 13th time participating.

“I’ve had family members that have passed away from cancer, most recently my mom here last fall. The biggest thing is family members and friends … I don’t know if there’s anybody that hasn’t been touched by it (cancer) one way or another,” Reeder said.

“It’s for a great cause, all the money stays local. If anybody’s thinking of doing it, this year would be a great time to jump in for sure, with the low numbers of shavers this year.”

Anyone interested in participating can visit the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation office located in the lobby of the hospital to register.

Most recently, Bluey Day helped the Foundation purchase a $200,000 software upgrade for the hospital’s CT scanner, which reduces the amount of radiation patients receive during a scan while producing higher quality images.

This year’s Bluey Day will be held at the BC Ambulance Service building on 96 Street.

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Naloxone drug kits could save lives, Women’s Resource Centre says bulance … if they’re all tied up, they may or may not get to you in time,” she said.

The province recently declared a public health emergency due to the number of overdoses from fentanyl, with two fatalities in Fort St. John in the first three months of this year.

Fentanyl is being mixed with a lot of street drugs right now, says Trotter, so even people who are casual users may be ingesting it in lethal doses and not be aware of it until it’s too late.

The Women’s Resource Centre is looking for funding to buy the kits, and hopes to have their staff properly trained in administering the drug.

“We would rather be set up for a worse case scenario,” said Trotter. “Lets give people as much assistance as we possibly can.”

Local Liberals to nominate candidate this weekend Local members of the BC Liberal Party will cast their vote Saturday, May 7, for who they want to represent Peace River North in the next provincial election.

Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman and Coun. Davies are up for the nomination. Both ran for the nomination in 2009, when current MLA Pat Pimm first won the party’s nod.

In November, Pimm an-

Mother’s Day Run Wondering what to do for your wonderful mom this Mother’s Day? Why not do something active, along with the cards, flowers and special brunch?

This Sunday is the Fort St. John Mother’s Day Run, presented by the Rotary Clubs of Fort St. John.

Now in its fifth year, the run starts off at the Surerus ball diamonds and has a 10 kilometre distance, a five kilometre run/ walk, and a one kilometre kids dash.

The Mother’s Day Run is a great community event, says Tara Maddigan, whether you take part with your family or on your own.

“Whether you’re a mother or not, I think it’s something good to do with the community,” she said. “There’s no pressure, you can run, you can walk and it’s just a lot of fun, it’s a great event.”

The Run also helps support the community—two dollars from every entry fee will go towards the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society.

Registration takes place from 8-9:30 a.m. The 10km run starts at 9:45 a.m. and the 5km participants will follow at 10. The kids dash will go at 11:15 a.m.

The prize presentations will take place at 11:30 with a pancake breakfast to follow.

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nounced he would not seek re-election in 2017, honouring a commitment he made to his family that he would only run for two terms.

In Fort St. John, voting will be held from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. at the Pomeroy Hotel and Conference Centre, at 11308 Alaska Road, in the Sterling Room.

In Fort Nelson, voting will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at

the Woodland Hotel, located at 3995 50th Avenue South, in the Birch Room.

Peace River North has been a Liberal stronghold since 1997, shortly after the provincial party supplanted the Social Credit Party after the 1991 election. Before then, the riding had elected a Social Credit representative since 1956.

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The Fort St. John Women’s Resource Centre is looking at obtaining naloxone kits to help those who may have overdosed on drugs.

Naloxone, which is used to help someone who has overdosed on opioids start breathing and regain consciousness, used to only be available by prescription. Last month, Health Canada loosened restrictions on the drug, allowing it to be purchased over the counter at the pharmacy.

Women’s Resource Society Executive Director Amanda Trotter says it’s better to acknowledge drug use and provide help, rather than pretend it doesn’t happen.

“We’ve got a huge drug prob-

lem within our community,” said Trotter. “(These medications) are life saving, they need to be easily accessible for people, people who are drug users need to come into places where they feel comfortable, the Women’s Resource Society is one of those places.”

Trotter says she and her staff have had to call 911 on a few occasions for people who have come to the centre off the street that have overdosed, knowing it’s a safe place to go.

Having the kits on hand would enable the staff to help those people until an ambulance and paramedics arrive.

“If this problem gets a lot worse, we need to have those drugs in various places and locations throughout the city that are easily accessible rather than waiting for an am-

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Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 Time: Supper 6:00 pm, Meeting 7:00 pm Location: Pomeroy Hotel 71st meetingMeeting Notice 70thAnnual Annual General 11308ofAlaska Rd (By Chances Casino)

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Supper 6:00 pm, Meeting24.6% 7:00 pm Review 2014 financial Sales increased to $101.8 million and Location: Pomeroy net savings of $7.9 million or 7.9% of sales. Hotel 11308 Alaska Rd (By Chances Directors recommendation of a patronage allocationCasino)

Consider • Election of 2 Directors for 3 yearToterm • • Review 2015 financial statement. Sales decreased 28.5% to 74.1 million Review 2014 financial statement. Sales increased 24.6% to $101.8 million and Guest Speaker Directoror 7.9% of sales.

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Co-operative Association? Directors jointly with a total of 7 Directors in planning and controlling the affairs of the co-operative, guided by Association CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Bylaws and Policies, so that it effectively moves toward achieving the objectives Interested in letting your name the Board of Directors Fort St. John of the Co-operative.

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2324, 2016 is to designate the subject land from C3 – General Commercial to INST – Public and Institutional.

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From Nunavut to Toronto to Fort St. John—Fort St. John’s newest finance director has crisscrossed the country since arriving in Canada from the Ukraine in 1994. Dan Kazymyrskiy started his new job on Monday, April 18, and sat in on his first city council meeting a week later on April 25. Working in the finance sector for 25 years, Kazymyrskiy had a few job offers but it was the one from the City of Fort St. John that he was looking for. “I was planning to come to a smaller community and I liked (working) for government when I was in Nunavut,” said Kazymyrskiy, who was most recently the chief financial officer for Physiomed in Toronto. “I think it’s an opportunity to grow and to give my experience and education to help.” Kazymyrskiy’s wife Irina, a psychology teacher, made the move here as well, while they have a 30-year-old son in Toronto.

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An independent power company is walking away from a controversial wind project proposed in a rural area near Fort St. John, saying they failed to win the community’s support.

While relatively small, Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Canada’s seven-turbine Montney Wind project encountered considerable pushback from rural residents since it was proposed last year.

Patrick Henn, development manager with Renewable Energy Systems Canada, Inc., said his company made the decision to “pause” the project in early April. He said the project could be taken off the shelf “if we can find a way to make it acceptable to the community.”

“We think there could be a good project,” he said. “But we don’t want to do a project if there’s a lot of opposition.”

Last July, 130 residents packed a community hall in Montney to voice concerns about the project—including its visual impacts, noise, and effects on animals.

RES Canada has two other projects in the region slated near Hutterite Colonies in the South Peace. Those developments have not attracted the same level of controversy, Henn said.

BC Hydro power deals irk rural directors While the Site C dam almost guarantees no large-scale wind power projects

“We think there could be a good project. But we don’t want to do a project if there’s a lot of opposition.” will built in the next decade, smaller projects across have proliferated across the region thanks to BC Hydro’s Standing Offer Program.

Under the program, independent renewable power producers (IPPs) can sell power to the grid without a formal, long-term agreement with BC Hydro.

Small projects under 15 megawatts are allowed to proceed without a provincial environmental assessment, making them considerably easier to build.

Site C is expected to come online with a large power surplus, meaning it’s unlikely the province will need large scale power from IPPs in the coming decades. As a result, the Canadian Wind Energy Association closed its B.C. office this year, citing a lack of business opportunity.

The Standing Offer Program aims to diversify BC Hydro’s grid and provide local benefits across the province, but some complain the standing offer program gives IPPs preferential rates.

Henn said large scale wind projects are low-cost and could compete with hydroelectric, but not without longterm power sales deals.

“So in the meantime there’s this program,” he said. “On the part of the industry, we’ve made the push to BC Hydro, saying ‘let’s do massive mind in B.C. and we could do it cheaper than hydro.’ But they didn’t listen.”

BC Hydro lifts Site C flight restrictions ahead of schedule JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

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of sediment turned up by in-river excavation and may have played a role in an enforcement action that found the project breached its environmental conditions.

“It may have got the right people to come and look, because that’s the only way they would have known,” he said of the aerial photos published by dam opponents.

He added that regular blasting has been occurring at Wuthrich Quarry outside Fort St. John without flight restrictions, saying this was a double standard.

Conway said BC Hydro is investigating whether flight restrictions are needed over the quarries.

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Flight restrictions over the Site C dam construction site have been lifted ahead of schedule.

Earlier this month, BC Hydro filed a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) requesting pilots stay above 3,000 feet within a 1.5-mile radius of the dam site, saying scheduled blasting on the $8.8-billion project made low-altitude flight risky.

The restriction, in effect through June 30, has since been lifted, project spokesperson Dave Conway confirmed.

BC Hydro will now apply to Nav Canada, the country’s airspace regulator, during specific periods of blasting, Conway wrote in an email.

“Aerial navigation notices will be issued when aerial safety is a concern,” he said. “There will be periodic blasting needed for some main civil works activities,” which include diversion tunnels and the 60-metre high earth fill dam.

“If blasting is scheduled at the dam site, BC Hydro will file a NOTAM with Nav Canada,” Conway wrote. “The NOTAM would likely only cover the period of time when the blasting is planned to occur.”

Site C critic and local pilot Bob Fedderly said keeping pilots above 3,000 feet made it difficult to scrutinize construction activities.

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From December to April, Fort St. John wasn’t too far off from average precipitation levels, at 81.7 per cent of normal. One-hundred per cent of normal would mean the precipitation levels are on par with previous years.

Within the same timeframe, Fort Nelson was at 98.2 per cent of normal, and Chetwynd — “because it’s a little closer to the mountains”—was 111.7 per cent of normal, according to Coldwell.

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For the month of April, Fort St. John was at 51.5 per cent of normal precipitation, which means it was a very dry month, according to Lisa Coldwell, meteorologist with Environment Canada.

While Fort St. John would normally see 20 millimetres of precipitation during the month, the city only saw 10.3 mm of rain—no snow.

“That’s a significant little tidbit is that it did not snow in April ... across the Peace Country you should normally have about 10 to 15 centimetres of snow in the month of April, however, because it was warmer than normal, the precipitation that did fall all fell as rain,” she said.

It makes a difference because rain soaks into the ground quicker and runs off faster.

“It’s good to have precipitation, but it doesn’t stick around and slowly melt into the ground like snow would,” Coldwell said.

Despite the early start to seeding, Rick Kantz, who farms just north of Fort St. John, says drought remains a concern.

“Right now, moisture might not be too bad for the crops, but it will change in a hurry if we don’t get moisture. That will turn it from good seeding ... to drought, no crops,” he said.

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Letters to the Editor LOCAL DOCTOR GIVES THANKS To my patients and the community of Fort St. John: My family and I will be leaving Fort St. John in September 2016 to volunteer in Zimbabwe and Uganda for three months and work in Australia for six months.

It is hard to believe that we arrived in Fort St. John 20 years ago, directly after I completed my Family Practice training. Over that time, we have raised our four children and been warmly accepted in and strongly supported by the community and workplace colleagues.

We would like to thank the various smaller communities we have been privileged to be a part of: Dawson Creek Nancy Green Ski Program, Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club, North Peace Gymnastics, Stage North, Fort St. John Soccer Club, Fort St. John Film Society, North Peace Community Choir, and the parish of the Church of the Resurrection, as well as other groups we may have forgotten we were once involved in.

Our children received an excellent education in School District 60 and we want to acknowledge their teachers and principals as well as the many sports coaches and music teachers they had over the years.

I would like to thank my patients for their trust, understanding, humour and the education they provided me. I know Lori is grateful for being able to work with the fantastic team at Fort St. John Pharmacy and Wellness Centre and to her patients as well.

If we had not chosen to come to Fort St. John, I would never have had the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall!

As a result of the hard work of the Fort St. John Division of Family Practice, Dr. Martin Nobar will be coming in August to take on my practice. Dr. Nobar is a Canadian who did his medical degree in the Caribbean before completing his residency in the St. Paul’s International Medical Graduate Residency Site. I am certain Dr. Nobar and his wife will experience the same welcome to Fort St. John that we did.

—Dr. Paul Mackey, Fort St. John MAJOR PROJECTS MUST LEAVE LASTING LEGACIES Construction tradespeople are a special breed. The projects we work on define us. The stickers on our hard hats denote the projects

we worked. Meetings between tradespeople often dissolve into comparative histories looking for projects, contractors or crew in common.

For hundreds of our members, those common threads date back to Expo where they got their start in the trades as apprentices. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been with a tradesperson and they’ve pointed at Science World, or BC Place, or Canada Place, or an Expo Line Skytrain station and said – I built that.

Those same apprentices grew to be masters in their trade and passed those skills onto the next generation. For us, Expo has given us a legacy that continues to be felt 30 years after construction was completed.

Major construction projects should bring such a legacy, for apprentices, for communities, and for our province. Yet, more and more often they do not.

Projects like the Canada Line brought in Temporary Foreign workers from South America and tried to pay them under $5.00 per hour while qualified British Columbians were pushed to the side-lines.

Site C, the largest project in BC’s history, has started construction drawing 35% of its workforce from out of the province. A November Freedom of Information request found that only 5% of the workers on site were apprentices. This at a time when the BC government claims to be prioritizing jobs for British Columbians and skills training experience for apprentices.

This week, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Expo.

We should not only reflect on the many changes it brought to Vancouver’s skyline, but also the social legacies it left us. We should also expect more from the projects of today.

—Tom Sigurdson, BC Building Trades Council RE: ‘PEACE VALLEY CAN STILL PRODUCE FOOD’ Repeating the same misleading information again and again doesn’t make it true. Virtually every point made by Dave Conway to justify the loss of agricultural land due to Site C has been thoroughly discredited by agricultural professionals and others long ago.

BC Hydro’s agricultural impact numbers have never made sense and cannot accurately communicate what we are sacrificing for

this dinosaur-era energy project.

Focused on negotiations with individual land owners, the compensation package does not address cumulative effects on future farm communities, especially related to the additional 9,600 hectares of land within the project impact lines.

The suggestion that it is OK to flood 3,500 ha of Peace River Valley Class 1-3 agricultural lands because there will be lots remaining sounds persuasive, except when you consider that these PRV lands are the only lands with a Class 1 climate north of Quesnel; except when you understand that only 1% of the land area of the Province has Class 1 to 3 land capability for agriculture; and except when, in the competition with other legitimate land use demands, there is no guarantee how much of this land will be available to grow vegetables in the future.

Supported by a provincial government hell-bent on building this project, regardless of the consequences, BC Hydro loves to cite the Joint Review Panel report.

But, let’s not cherry pick here. The JRP also expressed concerns over lack of demonstrated need for Site C, its cost and the lack of adequate consideration of alternatives.

This debate is bigger than impact on agricultural land. With the challenges and uncertainties of climate change upon us, however, recognizing the need to maximize food security is a good litmus test of the common sense of a society.

And, on that count, proceeding with the building of Site C defies common sense.

—Joan Sawicki, Land Use Consultant, Hagensborg This is a response to BC Hydro spokesperson Dave Conway with his statement that “Peace Valley can still produce food.” Yes it can but in a much diminished capability due to Site C dam and reservoir. The issue is what Class 1 and 2 soils are remaining.

Conway states that it is a fact there are 6,600 hectares (or 16,309 acres) remaining for intensive agriculture. Seriously, where would this fact originate from–oh yes, BC Hydro.

A quick review of the Canada Agriculture Capability map does show small pockets of Class l and 2 lands all the way to the Alberta border. However, over time many of these lands are now not available due to residential, industrial and gravel extraction, such as Taylor and the Old Fort area.

There are a few hundred acres of land remaining downstream from Site Site, NOT 16,309 acres— we are destroying the main inventory of Class I and 2 lands in the Peace River Valley.

—Jim Collins, P. Ag and Farmer, Fort St. John ‘A SENSELESS DEATH’ I was recently visiting friends near Fort St John and I asked them what had happened about the man shot dead by a police officer last July in Dawson Creek.

I learned that the officer had been on active duty, carrying a gun, a few months after he shot and killed James McIntyre. I assumed that the report of the Independent Investigation Office had been completed. But no, it isn’t going to be released for another year. I find this shocking and disturbing in the extreme, and completely unacceptable.

My heart goes out to the family and friends of James McIntyre.

I can’t imagine how a senseless death like this of a loved one could ever be accepted and forgiven, if it could be at all.

—Susan Quipp, Victoria ON THE PREMIER AND SITE C With respect to your article ‘Is Site C Canada’s last megadam?’

(Alaska Highway News, April 28, 2016). Is this some attempt by the Premier to say “We won’t do anything this arrogant and flat out stupid again with the resources of the people of B.C.?”

The last dam we will build, and the reason we are doing it is because we are brave? Standing up to the people who peddle pies for pennies to come up with the funding needed to battle BC Hydro’s hundreds of millions of dollars spent putting together incomplete, inconclusive, and incompetent justification for this proposed dam.

And the Liberals have a chance of getting away with it because they degraded the rules whereby we had a chance to find out what was really happening with the money we are expected to pay back, and with the valuable river valley that we are expected to surrender, and with the last of the good will that was placed in our mutually signed Treaty 8.

Shame is not a good enough name for what this Liberal government should be feeling.

—Randal Hadland, Dawson Creek

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nvironmentalists are calling it a “victory” that delays have caused Progress Energy to scale back $5 billion worth of natural gas development in Northeast British Columbia.

Even before then, this region already had the highest recorded unemployment rate in B.C. The cutbacks by Progress Energy means that the bad economy in the northeast will take a turn for the worse.

The story that’s not getting out is how hard the energy industry is working to meet federal and provincial environmental standards, knowing that it pays to innovate and exceed standards and be a world leader. B.C.’s resource economy helps drive the development of world-leading environmental best practices and investments in clean tech innovations.

As environmentalists have stepped up pressure to reduce accidental leakage of methane into the atmosphere, I’ve seen industry respond by tightening up so there is less waste and less potential for harm. They’re doing the same with water and all of the other things that are involved in extracting natural gas.

I am deeply frustrated that no matter how much good work we do, it is never enough for the professional protesters. They have seemingly limitless funds flowing from foreign sources, including our

Alan Yu FSJ FOR LNG

competitors for market share, and they never give credit where it is due.

Meantime, Canada thinks it has to be the boy scout and just accept at value the false accusations we hear over and over. Maybe it will take losing what we have for us to start to appreciate how special it is.

I wasn’t born in Canada, but it’s my country now. As immigrants, my family saw Canada as a beacon of hope and prosperity. My heart is full of pride when I inform my family members back in the Philippines how hard work is rewarded in this country.

We know the Canadian dream has always been built on its natural resources. I’ve learned firsthand that B.C. has earned its proud record of environmentalism that provides the foundation for responsible resource development.

Natural gas releases 50 per cent less greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than coal, earning its title as the cleanest burning fossil fuel. Liquefied natural gas from B.C. can cut the GHGs of China by more than what Canada produces.

Reducing emissions over there is how we offset our own domestic GHG production.

This is the very definition of carbon neutrality.

In four years, four more LNG plants will go into production in the United States, exporting more overseas contrary to the fiction that there is “no money” to be made by exporting LNG. In the world today, it is not easy for countries to climb out of poverty. Even prosperous nations are at risk - just look south to the United States where Donald Trump is so popular among those who feel totally dealt out of prosperity.

We don’t have that in Canada because with natural resources, we have built a strong economy with a lot of good-paying jobs. In British Columbia, this is who we are and what we do best. It’s time to stand up for workers and refuse to accept the abuse that continues to be heaped on us.

FSJ for LNG is fighting back. It’s about our economic survival, the re-hiring of laid-off and under-employed Northeast B.C. workers, the creation of at least 40,000 more new jobs, and a more stable and vibrant Canadian economy. I hope you will come out and support us.

Alan Yu is a Fort St. John resident and founder of FSJ for LNG.

Bathroom blunders I ’m only going to address this because people are making such a huge fuss over a non-issue, it’s not even funny.

Transgender people want to be able to use the public bathrooms, change rooms and whatnots of the gender they identify with. Cool. So what’s the big deal? In both Canada and the U.S., people are likening trans people to sexual predators who just want easy access to victims.

There are parents out there who seem to think trans people are going to molest their kids in a public bathroom.

Why aren’t those parents afraid of the total strangers of the same gender in the public bathrooms with their kids?

I keep seeing stories of men who claim they’re dressing “transgender” and walking into the women’s bathroom to show them what life will be like if actual trans women are allowed in there.

These people are so far off the mark, it’s unbelievable.

Allowing transgendered individuals into the washrooms of the gender they identify with doesn’t mean that men can put on a dress and go into the ladies’ room. Why they’d want to put on a dress and use the ladies’, I have no idea. If you wanna wear a dress, fella, that’s up to you. Whatever floats your boat.

But putting on a dress doesn’t make you a trans woman in a women’s bathroom. You can’t dress “transgender,”

Aleisha Hendry

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it’s not a freakin’ costume. You’re just a dude in a dress who’s being an ignorant jerk in the women’s bathroom.

Everyone just wants a place to do their business when the need arises.

How difficult of a concept is this to grasp?

Most public bathrooms have stalls that you can lock—I know the ladies room does. I mean, there are stalls in the men’s room, right? Unless you’re crawling under the stall door to see what they’re packing, you’re not going to know one way or the other if the person you’re peeping on has the genitals of a male or female. And if you are crawling under the door of an occupied stall, you’re going to have bigger problems when someone calls security on you.

But this isn’t about bathrooms. It never was. It’s about denying basic rights to a marginalized group of people. It’s 2016, folks. Time to get over it.

Aleisha Hendry is a proud feminist writer who loves cold weather, her cats, roller skates and righteous indignation.

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The Peace River Regional District invites applicants for the full-time position of Land Use Planner at our office in Fort St. John, BC. This position will be of interest to those seeking a planning career in a developing rural setting, that is at the heart of BC’s energy resources sector.

The Peace River Regional District includes an area of about 119,000 square kilometres in northeastern BC. The Regional District is comprised of 7 member municipalities and 4 electoral areas, representing a population of just over 58,000, including a rural population of 20,700.

Reporting to the General Manager of Development Services, responsibilities will include processing and review of development applications, report preparation, and responding to inquiries from the public, other staff, elected officials, and government referrals. There will also be opportunity to conduct and assist with planning research projects, and bylaw development.

Preferred candidates should have a post-secondary degree in planning or a related discipline and two years of related experience. Applicants should demonstrate a sound knowledge of planning practice and public processes. The position requires the ability to deal tactfully and effectively with a variety of people.

This unionized position provides an hourly wage of $33.00 plus a full benefits package upon successful completion of probation. A detailed job description can be obtained at: http://prrd.bc.ca/quick_links/employment/index.php Please submit applications by May 13, 2016, in confidence to:

Ronda Wilkins, Executive Assistant Peace River Regional District Box 810, Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8 FAX: 1-250-784-3220 EMAIL: ronda.wilkins@prrd.bc.ca The Regional District would thank you in advance for your submission, however, only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

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• Almost one quarter of young adults are “boomerang kids” having returned to their parental home after leaving at some point in the past.

(while shouldering steadily increasing post-secondary education costs), to escalating housing costs.

Parenting styles like “helicopter parents” (who hover over their children and micromanage their lives) may also be a factor in the millennials’ decision to linger longer at home. One downside for parents of many millennials is having double-duty responsibility for their older children and their own parents. These are “sandwich generation” parents, whose emotional and financial support of both their parents and their children can take a tremendous toll on retirement savings.

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“We continue to focus on the development phase of our Montney assets.”

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- Stacie Dley, Progress Energy

Pipeline camp for Pacific NorthWest LNG approved JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

A pipeline worker camp that at its peak would house 1,000 workers has received the go-ahead from the Peace River Regional District.

The camp, which would be built near Chetwynd in the Pine Pass, would serve as home base for workers building part of TransCanada’s 900-kilometre Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project.

If approved, the pipeline would transport natural gas from the Hudson’s Hope area to Petronas’s $11.4-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal, where the gas will be liquefied and shipped to Asia.

The camp would be the largest of nine along the pipeline route, ranging in size from 150 to 800 people. According to a filing with the regional district, the Pine Pass camp will have extra room to account for delays.

On Thursday, April 28, the regional district granted a temporary use permit for the camp to operate.

It includes a kitchen, concession, office trailer, first aid station, mechanic building, warehouse and parking area for 680 vehicles. The plans do not include a pipeline yard, which will be

built separately.

The pipeline will be divided into three “spreads” supervised by separate prime contractors, in addition to a marine section. For that part of the line, crews are expected to live in a work camp aboard a barge.

Pacific NorthWest LNG is awaiting environmental permits from the federal government, which pressed pause on its review of the project in late March. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said the government needed additional time to review the LNG terminal’s impact on salmon habitat, as well as its greenhouse gas emissions. A decision on the federal permits is expected by June, at which point Petronas will make a final investment decision on the LNG terminal.

Camp won’t be ‘dry’ The Peace River Regional District has certain regulatory power over worker camps, and is in charge of issuing permits for temporary use of land within its boundaries.

In recent years, the board has implemented new requirements on temporary use permits

to assess the social and economic impacts cern, is expected to be minimal. of worker camps, which proliferated in According to documents provided to the region during the latest oil boom. the regional district, work on the pipeline In particular, some regional leaders could begin as early as August if Pacific had concerns about workers’ access to NorthWest LNG is approved. alcohol. Some oil and gas worker camps are “dry,” meaning alcohol is not permitted on site.

In some cases, that has led to workers leaving the camp to drink, which has been a concern BC Timber Sales - Peace-Liard Business Area for residents in rural Pink MounOperating Plan for forest harvesting operations 2016. tain, north of Fort St. John.

In its submission to the reNotice is hereby given that BC Timber Sales, gional district, TransCanada inPeace-Liard Business Area (BCTS) will make available dicated workers “who choose to for public review its proposed 2016 operating plan enjoy alcohol responsibly in the for forest harvesting operations, within the Dawson confines of their dwelling in the Creek Timber Supply Area. camp” will be allowed to do so.

The operating plan will be available for viewing at Contractors will pre-screen the BC Timber Sales Office, 9000 17th Street, Dawson potential workers for drug and Creek, B.C. VIG 4A4 from April 14 to June 14, 2016, alcohol use, and will “enforce a Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. zero-tolerance policy for drug Alternative arrangements to view the plan outside of use and alcohol abuse,” Trannormal business hours can be made by contacting sCanada says.

Theo Knevel, Planning Forester at 250 784-1241 or The camp’s impact on local Carl Jahn, Area Forester at 250 784-1218. healthcare services, another conIn order to receive consideration, all comments regarding the 2016 operating plan must be received in writing, on or before June 14, 2016.

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All comments should be sent to Theo Knevel RPF, Planning Forester, BC Timber Sales Peace-Liard Business Area via email: tpl.ref@gov.bc.ca fax: 250 784-1259 or mail to the address above.

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In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Culbert said Abidin’s appointment to replace him was “a good sign for the project to bring that LNG … expertise in.”

A spokesperson for Progress however, said the company continues to develop its assets in the Montney shale formation.

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Petronas is shaking up the team at the head of its Pacific NorthWest (PNW ) liquefied natural gas project, announcing a new president and chairman on Thursday, April 28.

Adnan Zainal Abidin will take over from Michael Culbert as president of the project and Anuar Taib will move into the position of chairman.

Culbert has been at the helm of PNW since 2014. He will refocus his attention on a major player in the Peace Region, Progress Energy, a company that he has been the chief executive officer of since 2001.

Progress is the most active driller in the Peace according to the B.C. Oil and Gas Commisison. In 2014, the company drilled 203 wells in the B.C. Montney formation—roughly one-third of all the wells in the province.

Abidin has been with Progress’s parent company, Petronas since 1984, working his way through the ranks from a trainee engineer to vice-president of global LNG projects.

He is regarded as an expert in liquefied natural gas. Before his latest appointment, Abidin was the CEO of Petronas’ Egyptian LNG and was on the board of Progress Energy

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PEACE REGION

COURT DOCKET Here’s a look at the cases that concluded in Peace Region courts between April 18 and 29.

Courts in Chetwynd, Hudson’s Hope, Fort Nelson and Tumbler Ridge had no proceedings that ended in sentencing.

Fort St. John Law Courts: • Tyrel Shane Lecuyer (born

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1984) was sentenced to three years of probation and handed $300 in victim surcharges for three counts of theft $5,000 or under.

Dawson Creek Law Courts: • Nicholas Walter Hinks (born 1995) was sentenced to one year of probation, fined $500 and handed a $100 victim surcharge after being found guilty of a lesser included charge of trespassing at night.

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and enter and commit an indictable offence issued in April 2014.

• Davin Gray Jokinen (born 1991) was sentenced to 282 days in jail, six years of probation, ordered to provide a DNA sample and ordered top pay $900 in victim surcharges for several charges including: break and enter with intent to commit an offence, mischief $5,000 or under, possession of stolen property $5,000 or under, possession of a break-in instrument, wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer, driving while his licence was suspended, and fraud $5,000 or under.

• Daniel Joseph Robert Sharron (born 1977) was sentenced to 15 days in jail and ordered to pay $200 in victim surcharges for two counts breach of a probation order.

• Allen Krasnici (born 1978) was sentenced to 10 days in jail for breaching his probation.

• Esther Dodie Laglace (born 1960) was sentenced to two years of probation after which she will be given a suspended sentence, and ordered to pay $200 in victim surcharges for two counts of theft $5,000 or under.

• Jonah Tovy Macleod (born 1994) was ordered to pay $200 in victim surcharges for two counts of breach of an undertaking or recognizance.

• Michael Troy Underhill (born 1967) was sentenced to 29 months and 14 days of jail, ordered to provide a DNA sample and handed $700 in victim surcharges for two counts break and enter to commit an indictable offence, one count summary breach of an undertaking or recognizance, and two counts of driving while his licence was suspended.

—Mike Carter

New local talk show makes its debut A new Peace Region oriented talk show is making its debut this week.

Conversations – with Faisal Rashid is a locally developed talk show that will feature exactly what the title says—access producer Faisal Rashid having conversations with local people about various social and economic issues in the Peace Region.

The first episode was taped

late last month and will feature Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman and Councillor Dan Davies.

Conversations – with Faisal Rashid will air May 4th at 9 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m.

On May 5th it will air at 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and again on May 6th at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Shaw TV Channel 10.

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High school’s history wall honours academic achievement “I think it really ties in with those of us who have graduated that there is a legacy, there is alumni, there’s a focus that we can maybe in some way contribute back to the present students and the future students, so I think it’s a great move for everybody.”

Grady was a member of the Big Block Club for his involvement in athletics. What sports did he play? “Too many, that’s why I’m not on the honour roll,” he said.

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John Grady, from the class of 1966, was one of a handful of former students present for the unveiling of a History Wall at North Peace Secondary School.

The relics had been sitting in the school basement, collecting dust since the new North Peace Secondary School opened in 1989. Pauls stumbled upon them when he started at North Peace in 2000 as vice-principal. The coat of arms was in pieces.

“They have just been kind of in the back of my mind for 16 years to try and bring them back up where kids can see them, so we finally got it done,” he said.

It took a lot of hands to complete, including students in carpentry, metal work and art.

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“I love the history wall, I think it’s a great way to just look at what’s gone on in the school, it’s a really good goal setter too,” said Grade 11 student Camryn Bernadin.

John Grady, from the class of 1966, was one of a handful of former students present for the unveiling.

“When you’ve been here 50 years ago and come back, and to see history, and to see fellow students, and students who you grew up with and went to school with, it’s really special,” he said.

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April 2016 BC Hydro/Site C The Board will forward a letter to BC Hydro to request that updates on reservoir shoreline slope monitoring for the Site C Clean Energy Project be provided to the Regional Board.

The BC Hydro Crown Land Tenure Application – License of Occupation – West Pine Quarry Expansion for Rip Rap for Site C, was received by the Board for information.

The BC Hydro Crown Land Tenure Application – License of Occupation – Transmission Line, was received by the Board for information.

The Board appointed Electoral Area ‘C’, Director Sperling to the Regional Decision-Making Committee for the BC Hydro Peace Region Non-Profit Community Fund.

A letter will be forwarded to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and the Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation regarding the proposed Site C Impact Benefit Agreement (IBA) and the Treaty Land Entitlement process with the Blueberry First Nations addressing the following points: a) Any loss of taxation for the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) which will negatively impact all taxpayers in the ongoing and future provision of services; and b) Concerns over continued free access to and through lands beyond and behind these lands for recreation and hunting; and c) The need for open and transparent consultation with the residents and land owners of our region including, but not limited to, the trapping and forestry agreements.

A letter will also be forwarded to the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and the Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation requesting that they provide the PRRD with information on other lands that are being considered for inclusion in any Site C Impact Benefit Agreements and Treaty Land Entitlement.

Northern Medical Programs Trust The Board appointed Electoral Area ‘B’, Director Karen Goodings to serve on the Northern Medical Programs Trust as a Member at Large.

Agricultural Land Commission Applications (ALC) The Board approved the Peace Holdings Inc., FSJ Aurora Holdings Inc., 0825038 BC Ltd, and the Cushway applications to proceed the ALC.

Event Grant The Regional Board approved a grant of $750 to the Sweetwater 905 Society for the purposes of hosting the Sweetwater 905 Festival on June 11 & 12, 2016.

Next PRRD Board Meetings: Edition IV

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FIRE BAN STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT

People in the Peace-Neighbours helping Neighbours

Category 2 and Category 3 open fires are prohibited throughout the Peace River Regional District to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.

People in the Peace know the true meaning of community and being a neighbour!

Specifically, prohibited activities will include: - the burning of any waste, slash or other materials - stubble or grass fires of any size over any area - the use of burning barrels or burning cages of any size or description - the use of sky lanterns, tiki torches or fireworks This prohibition does not ban campfires that are a halfmetre high by a half-metre wide or smaller, and it does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes.

TThis prohibition applies to all BC Parks, Crown lands and private lands in the Peace River Regional District, but does not apply within the boundaries of a local government that has forest fire prevention bylaws in place and is serviced by a fire department.

Anyone found in contravention of an open burning prohibition may be issued a violation ticket for $1,150, required to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/or sentenced to one year in jail. If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person responsible may be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.

To report a wildfire, unattended campfire or open burning violation, call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or dial *5555 on a cellphone. For more information on burning restrictions go to bcwildfire.ca

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On behalf of The Peace River Regional District, Chair Don McPherson thanked all firefighters, emergency personal and community volunteers that stepped up during the fires in the Peace River Regional District last week.

The passion and professionalism of fire fighters in the region, and other emergency services who responded was impressive.

• The Regional District Staff opened and manned the Emergency Operations Centre for 316 hours throughout the event.

• The District of Taylor, the Taylor Fire Department and the Taylor ESS team responded quickly in opening a Reception Centre.

• The Fort St John Fire department provided mutual aid to the Charlie Lake and Taylor Fire Departments.

• The City of Dawson Creek opened a Reception Center to receive evacuees.

• Fire Fighters from the Charlie Lake Volunteer Fire Department volunteered 539 hours, So many stories have surfaced about Neighbours helping Neighbours; people offering shelter for people and animals, and helping out at the Reception Centre in Taylor.

The number of people who volunteered to work on the front lines, loan equipment, delivered water, food and supplies to the fire sites was phenomenal.

Zoning amendment applications adopted by the Regional Board: 1. Gagnon to rezone the subject property from A-2 (Large Agricultural Holdings Zone) to A-1 (Small Agricultural Holdings Zone) to allow for the subdivision of two parcels along Meek Rd. 2. Lessing to rezone the subject property from A-2 (Large Agricultural Holdings Zone) to R-5 (Residential 5 Zone) to facilitate the subdivision of 14 approximately 10 acres lots.

3. Fell to rezone approximately 10 acres portion of the subject property from A-2 (Large Agricultural Holdings Zone) to R-5 (Residential 5 Zone) to facilitate a subdivision.

4. Borek Construction Ltd to subdivide five ~2 ha (5 acre) lots from subject property for light industrial purposes.

Charlie Lake Fire Protection Service Area Establishment Amendment Bylaw The Regional Board adopted the Charlie Lake Fire Protection Service Area Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 2246, 2016 that now includes Canfor in the Charlie Lake Fire Protection Service Area.

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History that hasn’t seen the light of day for 27 years is now proudly displayed at the entrance of North Peace Secondary School, documenting student successes since 1964.

On Monday, May 2, Principal Randy Pauls and Vice-Principal Jason Gill unveiled the History Wall, featuring wooden plaques bearing the names of students who made the honour roll from 1964 to 1988, and those who made the Big Block Club, which recognized students for their athletic achievements.

“We’re very excited to tie in the past history from all the way back in 1964 into the present day,” Pauls said.

“It is very important for the kids to see their parents up there. A lot of times, kids don’t think we’re that terribly smart until they get a little bit older. So for them, it’s neat for them to see that their parents, who they often don’t think have a lot of common sense, actually do.”

Also mounted was the school’s old coat of arms, a hefty, metal piece that once hung in the gym of the old school on 99 Avenue, between Central Elementary and Bert Bowes Middle School, where the Key Learning Centre is now.

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A procession to mark the annual Day of Mourning made its way from City Hall to Centennial Park on Thursday, April 28. According to WorkSafe BC, there were 122 work-related deaths in the province in 2015, down from 175 in 2014.

Lost workers remembered at Day of Mourning ceremonies ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

One of the worst things that can happen to a family is getting a phone call saying someone’s not coming home that night.

That was the sentiment Thursday, April 28, at the annual Day of Mourning ceremony, which recognizes those who lost their lives to workplace related accidents or illnesses.

According to WorkSafe BC stats, in 2015 there were 122 work-related deaths in the province, which is down from 175 in 2014.

Budd Phillips, the field services manager for WorkSafe BC in Fort St. John, has been involved in the Day of Mourning since its inception in 1997, and while it’s good that the number is

on a downward trend, he says it’s still too high.

“The number is down, but 122 deaths is still too many,” he said. “We all expect when our loved ones go to work and when we say goodbye in the morning … we expect them to come home. One of the worst phone calls that a family can get is the one that says somebody isn’t coming home today.”

Phillips has had to investigate many fatalities, and with the average number of work-related deaths being 2.3 per week, odds are someone, somewhere is getting that phone call.

He hopes the downward trend of fewer accidents, injuries and deaths continues.

“As we work together, we can continue to drive those numbers down and make it safe for everybody.”

Wreaths were laid at Centennial park in honour of those who lost their lives on the job.

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With a new funding formula introduced in 2012, the ministry uses what is called the “student location factor,” which considers population density instead of distance travelled.

Under that model, the PRRD says school districts would receive the same amount of funding per student whether they live within 10 kilometres or 100 kilometres from the city. The result is that school districts in the region have received less funding.

“The change has had a significant impact on the ability of many rural school district to provide busing services to rural families in a cost effective manner,” the regional district said in a Feb. 25 briefing note.

A formula that takes into account where a student lives in relation to the school they attend would make more sense, the PRRD says.

For example, the public transit system in the Lower Mainland is based on fare zones and recognizes that the further out a person travels, costs to maintain and operate the transit system are greater and therefore the fare charged is higher,” the briefing notes states.

Other resolutions of note • The City of Quesnel would like to see the province move the B.C. Family Day holiday from the second Monday to the third Monday in February, so that it is in line with the other Canadian provinces.

• The District of Tumbler Ridge and the PRRD want the province to amend off-road vehicle legislation to allow municipal governments to regulate the operation of off-road vehicles and golf carts within local government boundaries, similar to the existing permitted operations for snowmobiles.

• The City of Quesnel wants the NCLGA to urge the province to accelerate the repainting of highway markings with improved, durable and reflective paint.

• The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George wants the NCLGA to push the provincial government to consider discontinuing daylight savings time throughout the province.

• The City of Williams Lake wants to call on the province and federal governments to endorse and support GPS tracking of prolific and repeat offenders who are considered risks to their communities.

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BC Hydro says protesters have refused to move their camp to a “designated area” in front of utility’s Dunsmuir Street office, posing healthy and safety risks to the public.

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BC Hydro is turning to the BC Supreme Court to stop Site C protesters from camping overnight at its headquarters in downtown Vancouver.

Hydro said April 27 it had filed a civil claim and is seeking an injunction to prevent overnight camping outside its Dunsmuir Street office, where it says protesters have been camped out “24 hours a day” since March 13.

In a statement, BC Hydro said protesters have refused to move their camp to a “designated area” in front of utility’s office after being given notice April 7 that overnight camping wasn’t allowed.

“The camp has grown in size and poses health and safety risks for members of the public and BC Hydro employees,” Hydro said. “It has also made it difficult for employees and BC Hydro customers to access the building.”

Hydro said the camp could operate on the property between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. if it tore down and moved, however, one protester called that move “fruitless” and contradicted claims the camp was interfering with Hydro business.

“That’s their operating hours,” said Julia Ratcliffe, who has visited the camp frequently since it initially formed around Kristin Henry, a 24-year-old dam opponent hospitalized after a 20-day hunger strike.

Ratcliffe said she’s still taking time to process an estimated 500 pages contained in the documents she and other campers were served.

“It’s a lot to get through. I’m still absorbing the information,” she said. “We’re trying to figure out what the options are at this time.”

It’s too early to say whether the camp will be taken down and moved, or whether campers will forge through the court proceedings, Ratcliffe said. Between six to a dozen people are at the camp regularly, she said.

BC Hydro has said the camp includes open fires, a latrine, cooking stoves and other structures that pose health and fire risks. The company also claims campers have left graffiti and vandalized its property.

Ratcliffe, however, says those claims are exaggerated and meant to cast the campers in a negative light.

Construction on the $8.8-billion dam began last summer.

Earlier this year, BC Hydro sought an injunction against another camp located at the site of the historic Rocky Mountain Fort on the South Bank of the Peace River, which was removed by court order after blocking construction for more than 60 days.

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Kohl Hynes was in net Sunday at the Pomeroy Sport Centre and looked mildly uncomfortable with the unusual gear he’d been forced to strap on.

Turns out he was– the firsttime goalie for the midget FSJ Minor Lacrosse Grizzlies had never played the position before and was among the plethora of players on the weekend who had questions about rules, regulations, equipment and everything that goes along with the game.

The weekend marked the first time that Fort St. John Minor Lacrosse had been able to host a tournament as they welcomed teams from Prince George, Quesnel and Vanderhoof for a four division tournament with kids from tyke to midget getting in on the action.

“We’ve had Quesnel came up for exhibition games, but this is the first time we’ve had more teams from our zone come up, it’s super exciting,” said Grizzles president Annika Hedican.

The Prince George clubs dominated and clearly overmatched most of the teams, only losing one game through all divisions and scoring 119 goals along the way. But, winning doesn’t just happen when you change a name (Fort St. John changed their name from

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Andrew Travis drives wide on a Prince George defender during Saturday’s game at the Fort St. John Minor Lacrosse tournament.

the Thunder to the Grizzlies earlier this year) or host a tournament, it just has to start for Fort St. John.

“It’s huge, they don’t have anyone to play,” Hedican said about her organization. “This, for them is a really big deal. And we actually just got informed that we are joining the league.

So we’ll be going down to Prince George and Quesnel…

We’re pretty exciting, things are happening here.”

is finally found an anchor for the fastest game on two feet.

“This is their first game this season and a lot of the kids are brand new so this is their first introduction to it. We didn’t have any expectations going in,” Hedican said on Saturday.

The only team to get a win on the weekend for the home side was the Novice group in their last game of the tournament, perhaps a signal that the development is trending upward faster than even the organization expected.

(Above) Kohl Hynes turns aside a shot in his first attempt playing net at the first ever First St. John Minor Lacrosse tournament on Sunday. (Below) Carson Bowler breaks in all alone when the Fort St. John Grizzlies took on Quesnel on Saturday at the Fort St. John Minor Lacrosse tournament.

Hedican added that league play will likely start next week in Quesnel.

The transformation from a growing organization to one that’s blossomed to its current form didn’t happen organically either, a league needs a driving force and some form of beginning. And while the makings of a program has been developed since lacrosse got off the ground in Fort St. John 11 years ago, when rubber hit the road

Fort St. John Fab Five ready for BC Summer Games 5 members of the Fort St. John Northern Strikers have qualified for the Zone 8 soccer team BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

As practice for the Fort St. John Northern Strikers U16 girls soccer team wound down Sunday night, their coach called an unexpected end to practice.

“We’ve still got half an hour left,” one player exclaimed.

The girls weren’t done training yet and weren’t ready to go home early— so they continued on.

It’s that work ethic coach Dan Turner has come to expect from his team and one that landed five of the team’s players on the Zone 8 squad for the BC Summer games in July.

Kenzie Chilcott, Emma Close, Jordynn McPherson, Claire Turner, Leigh Hedges were all selected to the group that will compete against teams from across the province in Abbotsford from July 21-24.

“I am pretty excited, “ Claire Turner said about going to the tournament with four of her teammates. “They not only know me and how I play but I know how they work. It’s also good to learn how other people play, too.”

Teammate Maelynne Wan was originally named, but can’t attend because of family commitments so Hedges was added to the roster.

The girls competed in a regional tryouts in Quesnel on April 9 for 16 spots, 9 of which went to players from Prince George and two players from Quesnel.

The tryouts were a good test for the “Fab Five” from Fort St. John, but nothing new for a group of players whhere the majority have played together since they could first kick a ball, and that were indoor tier 3 provincial champions this season in Alberta.

“It is my first game apart from playing for Fort St. John, so I’m excited for the opportunity and excited to have more competition,” Turner added.

McPherson has been to the games before and added that despite experience with tough competition, the games bring a whole different level of talent and ability to the table that they will have to measure up against.

“I went two years ago and I was all alone. So it’s really good to have some of my team come with me... There are some good teams, a lot of the games were really hard and it’s hot— tiring. But it’s fun because you get to hang out with everyone and you get to go do different

things,” she said.

“I hope we can win because when I went we got seventh out of eight, but that’s the best Zone 8 has ever done. So I hope that we can get a medal.”

While winning would be a nice suitcase stuffer for the girls, each of them pointed to the experience of playing with a new team as the biggest thing they hope to learn at the games.

“Playing with a different team, because I’ve played with [these girls] my whole life. Learning how other teams play,” Emma Close said.

“Practicing with other people and seeing how the coaches will teach us the game better and improve our skills,” Leigh Hedges added.

The Fort St. John girls will join their Zone 8 teammates several times in the coming months to get ready for the Games that take place from July 21-24.

“Practicing with other people and seeing how the coaches will teach us the game better and improve our skills.”

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Killbillies eclipse Aurora Boriellas The Fort St. John Killbillies win their first home bout of the season 317-42

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Inside the North Peace Arena, it’s a bit tough to get a view of the Northern Lights.

But as the Fort St. John Killbillies welcomed the Aurora Boriellas for their first home roller derby bout of the season Saturday, the floor quickly resembled the colours of the mighty spectacle.

The Killbillies knocked down their opponents early and often— the team from High Level who sported the green and purple colours of popular northern skyscape, which their name is derived from.

In the end the Killbillies won the bout 317-42, the biggest home victory to date for the squad something that made Stephanie Giesbrecht, aka “Francis Break ‘Em” proud.

Fort St. John Killbillies jammer Boom Boom Bethy slips through the pack during the bout on Saturday.

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The Fort St. John Killbillies roller derby team won their home opener bout 317-42 over the Aurora Boriellas on Saturday night at the North Peace Arena.

“I have high hopes for us this year, we have a nice full team this year, lots of players lots of backup,” said Giesbrecht, who also earned team MVP honours for her performance.

“We had a bunch of new girls come in tonight so that was great because they got some experience and hopefully they’ll be able to take that on when we play harder teams.”

The Killbillies got ahead with the precise jam play of Boom Boom Bethy, who knifed through the Boriellas blocking wall time and time again, jumping the home side out to a huge lead midway

through the first half of play.

Giesbrecht herself is also returning to the team after a year absence and is still astonished by the growth she’s seen from the team since she started five years ago.

“A lot of it has to due with age,” she explained.

“We’re attracting young girls that have been playing hockey and they are fit and they are fast and they keep me on my toes. We’re getting better all the time. We have some excellent jammers who just rip through the pack so fast, it’s out of control; we’re hard to beat that way.”

The hometown crowd, as they always do, brought the noise for the Killbillies, something that Giesbrecht added always helps give them edge.

“I love playing at home, it’s better to have people cheering for you than against you. We have some great fans and they cheer really loud when we get big hits and that always gets us more excited to do that,” she said.

Next up the Killbillies will host Northern Mayhem, a team made up of players from Terrace, William’s Lake, Prince George, and Grande Prairie on Saturday, May 14.

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2016 Standings Sprint Cup Series Top Ten 1) Kevin Harvick

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Location: Kansas City, Kan. Date: May 7th, 7:45 p.m.

TV: FOX Sports 1 Last Year’s Pole: Joey Logano - 192.397 mph Last Year’s Winner: Jimmie Johnson

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

Points: 351 Wins: 1 Top 5: 4 Top 10: 8

2) Kyle Busch

Points: 342 Wins: 2 Top 5: 8 Top 10: 8

3) Carl Edwards

Points: 337 Wins: 2 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 8

Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) Daniel Suarez 3) Ty Dillon 4) Justin Allgaier 5) Brendan Gaughan 6) Brandon Jones 7) Erik Jones 8) Brennan Poole 9) Darrell Wallace Jr. 10) Ryan Reed

4) Jimmie Johnson

Points: 329 Wins: 2 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 6

5) Joey Logano

Points: 316 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 6

6) Kurt Busch In 2001, NASCAR and Indy Racing League announced that they would bring events to the Kansas Speedway for its inaugural racing season.

Kansas Speedway is a 1 1/2-mile track, stateof-the-art facility, which was a response to the growing interest for motorsports in the Midwest. The speedway is strategically located at the intersection of I-435 and I-70 in Kansas City, Kan., about 15 miles west of downtown Kansas City. It seats nearly 72,000 spectators in the grandstands, but will eventually expand to 150,000 upon completion of its final phase.

Xfinity Series Top Ten

Points: 312 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2 Top 10: 8

7) Brad Keselowski

Points: 300 Wins: 2 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 5

8) Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Points: 279 Wins: 0 Top 5: 4 Top 10: 5

9) Martin Truex Jr.

Points: 274 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 4

10) Austin Dillon

Points: 272 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 5

Points 314 314 282 280 279 274 264 251 229 221

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Tony Stewart completed just 52 laps on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway before loaning his Chevrolet to substitute driver Ty Dillon. Stewart is easing back to full-time competition after suffering a broken back in an offseason all-terrain vehicle accident.

Dillon completed the rest of the race for Stewart and wound up sixth, a big accomplishment considering there were multiple multi-car wrecks. NASCAR rules dictate that a starting driver will receive points and earnings from an event, thus making Stewart Chase-eligible with a Dillon victory. “It sucks to be honest,” Stewart said after getting out of the car. “The good news is this is last time we have to do it and I am back in next week.”

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Which year did Brad Keselowski win the Cup Series Championship? a) 2010 c) 2012 b) 2011 d) 2013

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Answer : c) 2012.

Last Weekend’s Race: Brad Keselowski won the GEICO 500 GEICO 500 Top Ten Driver Points Brad Keselowski 45 Kyle Busch 40 Austin Dillon 38 Jamie McMurray 37 Chase Elliott 37 Tony Stewart 35 Clint Bowyer 34 Kurt Busch 33 Ryan Blaney 32 Trevor Bayne 32

Taking control in the final three laps of Sunday’s wreck-filled GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Brad Keselowski claimed his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory at the 2.66-mile race track and solidified his spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Choosing the top lane for a restart on Lap 186 of 188, Keselowski powered his No. 2 Team Penske Ford past Kurt Busch with two laps left and crossed the finish line as a cluster of cars wrecked behind him coming to the stripe. “We actually lost the lead and got a better run. I never thought I’d win at Talladega four times, and I’m superpumped,” said Brad after the race. In claiming the 19th victory of his career, Keselowski became the fourth two-time winner in the Sprint Cup series this season.

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BCHSRA developing unique talent The Junior high school rodeo took over Babcock Arena in Fort St. John on the weekend BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

From the bowels of Babcock Arena beckons a glimmer of light, and horse poop, lots of horse poop.

The arena, just outside Fort St. John, was where rodeo stars of the future gathered on Saturday and Sunday for one of the final events of the junior circuit for the B.C. High School Rodeo Association season.

The junior high schoolers turned up in droves for the event, with more than 100 taking to the arena in events from as barrel racing to build a cowboy saddle bronc.

Many of the talented crop have an unmeasured passion for the sport of rodeo and compete in as many events as possible throughout the weekend.

That creates the hope of meeting their ultimate goal— a trip to Lebanon, Tennessee for the National Junior Rodeo Finals.

“I really want to go to nationals in Tennessee. That’s basically my biggest goal. I just have to keep doing what I’m doing because I’m getting better every time,” said 14-year-old Wyatte Copeland, who had the top time of 14.4 seconds in the goat tying event on Saturday.

Copeland is coming off a scary accident last year where he was thrown from his horse, which makes his rise and goals that much more remarkable.

“First time I got involved I was actually trying out team roping and I got in a big wreck on my horse,” he said. “First time I ever tried it I got in a big

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Zane Jones waits for his go around in Breakaway roping at the B.C. High School Rodeo Association event in Fort St. John last weekend.

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Makayla Jones rips around a pole during her pole bending race at junior B.C. High School Rodeo Association event in Fort St. John last weekend.

wreck. Had to go to the hospital…we just came to the end of the arena and I went over the front. My lip was swollen.”

That’s a long way removed from the 16-month-old kid who won his first horsemanship competition, and slept with the trophy on the way home.

It was a long winter of roping and cute dogging four times a week this year that has Copeland in contention for nationals.

But he’s not the only one vying for top spot, as Zane Jones sits second in the all-around cowboy standings and has his eyes on top spot in the build-acowboy saddle bronc.

Jones has an affinity for the saddle bronc, an event usually done on horseback but they scale it down to steers for the young

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junior high cowboys in order to introduce them to the sport.

“It just gives me the best [feeling], I just have a lot of fun doing it and I’m pretty good at it,” Jones, who tied his brother for the top score on Saturday, said.

And to be top all-around cowboy for the kid who saw some YouTube videos about bull riding and started out with just a few events before he got his current horse is another tribute to the development of high school rodeo.

“My dad had horses when he was younger and we never bought horses until like a year ago and I’d rode horses a little bit but not a lot,” Jones said.

“Everybody else had really nice horses and my horse was just green. It would just blow

by the steers, so the hardest thing when I rope is my horse isn’t in position.”

The 14-year-old from Dawson Creek added a trip to nationals would be special considering how he got his modest start in the sport.

“To win all around and saddle bronc,” Jones said confidently about his season-long goal. “I think it’s pretty achiev-

able…it would be really good.”

Watching youtube videos isn’t the only way to get your start in rodeo, as Rylee Peck made her transition into the game from show riding. She said it’s pretty easy to find a reason to love rodeo.

“I used to jump and I still kind of do… In shows you have to wash and groom your horse, where rodeo you just have to brush where the saddle goes,” she said.

Although she still show jumps occasionally, the focus these days is on rodeo and the Canadian finals in Nanton, Alberta. She added there’s just a few adjustments she needs to settle on to help improve her times in pole bending.

“I just need to move my horse over another stride,” she said.

The next rodeo for the junior high school BCHSRA members is Williams Lake from May 6-8, then Hudson’s Hope on May 13-15 before the Junior Finals from May 20-22 in Dawson Creek.

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Junior BCHSRA cowgirls get ready for breakaway roping on Saturday at Babcock Arena.

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

This Week: Wells Fargo Championship

The Wells Fargo Championship first became an official tournament in 2003.

The event was first sponsored by Wachovia, which was purchased by Defending: Rory McIlroy Wells Fargo. The home course, Quail Winning Score: 21-under par Hollow Club, is one of the favorites on Winning Share: $1,278,000 the PGA Tour, so this event will draw the bigger names on the tour. It has one of the tougher finishes on tour with 16, 17, and 18, commonly known as the “Green Mile,” often ranked among the PGA Tour’s toughest holes. David Toms took home the inaugural crown. Last year, Rory McIlroy dominated the tournament, finishing at 21-under par for a seven stroke victory.

Quail Hollow Club Charlotte, N.C. 7,442 yards, Par 72

Golf TV Schedule Wells Fargo Championship Day Time Thu, 5/5 3:00pm-6:00pm Fri, 5/6 3:00pm-6:00pm Sat, 5/7 3:00pm-6:00pm Sun, 5/8 3:00pm-6:00pm

Last Week: Brian Stuard won the Zurich Classic

After days of delays and Tournament Results a reduction to 54 holes, 1. Brian Stuard Score: -15 *won in playoff Brian Stuard defeated Earnings: $1,250,000 Jamie Lovemark and T-2. Jamie Lovemark Score: -15 Byeong-Hun An in a playoff to win Earnings: $616,000 the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

T-2. Byeong-Hun An Score: -15 Stuard birdied the final hole in Earnings: $616,000 regulation to join the playoff, and while An was eliminated on the first extra hole it was Stuard who took the title with a birdie on the second extra hole. The win was the first of his career in his 120th PGA Tour start, and it brings with it a two-year exemption and a spot in the 2017 Masters.

Golfing News

Golf returns to the Olympics after a 112-year absence, but some of the top players are choosing not to play. South Africa’s former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel has become the latest high-profile player to rule himself out of the Rio Olympics. Schwartzel joins a fast-growing Golf Trivia list of elite players that also includes Louis Oosthuizen, Adam Scott and Vijay Singh. “I am Which golfer was the last to win a gold sad and disappointed that several top players medal at the Olympics? have withdrawn from the Olympic Games in Rio,” said South Africa team captain Gary Player. a) George Lyon c) Francis Newton Former Masters champion Adam Scott had b) Walter Egan d) Edward Cummins previously said winning an Olympic medal was Answer: a) George Lyon won the gold medal for “nothing I’ve ever aspired to do” and questioned Canada in the men’s individual golf tournament the 72-hole strokeplay format for what he called “an exhibition event.” in the 1904 Olympic Games.

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Lessons from the Golf Pro One of those awkward shots that can really be mastered with a bit of practice is when your shot lies up against a tree and you can not take your normal stance. As you may expect, you will need to turn your body around and do the opposite of what you normally do. You want to use irons with the biggest faces (wedge or 9-iron) and flip it over to match your flipped stance. As you prepare to make your swing, the first piece of advice is to not take a full swing. A short backswing will eliminate any errors since you are not used to swinging the club this way (backwards). You also want to abbreviate the followthrough, trying to keep your right arm straight (normally, you want to keep your left arm straight). Try this technique out a few times and you should be able to get a good grasp of it fairly quickly.

Player Profile

Brian Stuard

Turned Professional: 2005 FedEx Cup Ranking: 38th World Ranking: 513th PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through May 2, 2016

1) Adam Scott

1,731 pts. / 4 top tens

2) Jason Day

1,440 pts. / 4 top tens

3) Brandt Snedeker 1,300 pts. / 5 top tens

4) Russell Knox 1,300 pts. / 3 top tens

5) Kevin Kisner 1,182 pts. / 4 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Jordan Spieth 1,132 7) Kevin Na 1,130 8) Patrick Reed 1,121 9) Justin Thomas 1,051 10) Bubba Watson 1,043

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LOCAL SPORTS

Inconnu cruise at Spring Splash BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

Friends became enemies and competitors quickly became friends at the North Peace Leisure Pool last weekend as the Fort St. John Inconnu hosted their annual spring meet.

The 20th annual Spring Splash usually draws an upwards of 100 athletes and four or more clubs, but this year just 10 swimmers from Chetwynd joined the more than 80 from the home club.

That opened up the opportunity for Inconnu swimmers to try new events and race against their friends and teammates.

“A lot of the swimmers were doing swims that they wouldn’t normally do,” coach Steve Carson said on Sunday.

“They have to not fear the race.

A lot of them are really scared, for the most part it’s longer events… we train thousands of metres in this pool, 200 metres is not that long anymore.”

That experience of the unknown and conquering the inner demons of a race in front of friends and family, along with judges and the giant clock ticking above their head made for an interesting three days of swimming.

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Owen Lang swims in the 400 Individual Medley on Sunday at the 20th Annual Spring Splash meet for the Fort St. John Inconnu.

“Because we do the time trials and we have two meets a year so they’ve experienced something similar,” coach Steve Carson said.

“Most of them, but again, even the little kids are getting pushed to do longer events too.

So we had a lot of swimmers with no times entering the pool and it’s a great experience for them and they did very well.”

Six club records were broke at the meet including three by Owen Lang, two by Brittany

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Welsh and one by Skyeler Kerr.

Janessa Sawak, 10, who is in her first season with the Inconnu club added that some people might feel more pressure at home or with new swims, but she doesn’t view it that way.

“Racing is a lot more fun than you think it is, some people think it’s hard and stressful bit it’s actually not, if you think positive about it you can get pretty good results,” Sawak explained as her

favourite part of the day.

Despite working on turns a lot with young swimmers, Carson said they still have a tendency to want to touch the ground when the reach the wall, leading to some problems over the course of the weekend.

We saw a lot of disqualifications,” Carson said. “As coaches we’ll learn what we need to work on and there are very common themes on what they get disqualified on and it wasn’t random and sporadic, it’s usually the same thing over and over.”

Coach Danna Barata added that’s where the home pool advantage played into the situation.

“It’s such a familiar meet so it’s not such a big deal to get disqualified,” Barata said.

“All of us are able to be here poolside and we usually don’t get to do that with away meets.

We’re all there to talk them through.”

Arianna Lehr, 9, who clocked seven personal bests over the course of her two days swimming said swimming in her home pool pushes her to go the extra bit faster that she might not get at an away meet.

“If I’m at a different pool and it’s just me or one of us, or it’s just your parents cheering, but when you have all your team-

mates and coaches cheering around you it makes you swim fast,” she said.

Carson added that he was proud of the team’s overall performance on the weekend, one that finished the season for a lot of the younger swimmers.

“Everyone swam fast this weekend. The younger ones did well. They took off a lot of time.

A lot of the younger kids are done for the year so the culmination of the year, they are swimming fast times consistently and knocking off lots of time.”

The year will only continue for swimmers who have qualified for provincials and Barata noted that some of the fast times put up late in the season have begun to inspire a real believe in some of the team’s newer swimmers.

Tytan Carson achieved two more qualifying times to represent the club at the Swim BC AAA provincials along with Kiara Semeniuk and Jordyn Holloway made their Swim BC AA qualifying times to also represent our club later this summer.

“They are waking up and I know in the next couple weeks in their training, they are going to be really into it because they are pumped,” she said.

Strong finish in PG for Inconnu BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

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The Dawson Creek and Fort St. John Girls/Boys rugby sides had a tough go in the Mile Zero City April 27. The girls dropped a 38-0 decision to Peace Wapiti Academy out of Grande Prairie, falling to 0-2 on the season after a narrow 30-25 loss in week one. The boys, meanwhile, lost their season opener 50-7. (Top) Jayde Reid is stopped by players from the Peace Wapati Academy during a recent game.

For many of the 24 Fort St. John Inconnu swimmers, a trip to Prince George last month was their first opportunity to swim in a 50-metre pool.

Despite their lack of experience, two swimmers returned with AAA provincial qualifying times (Tytan Carson- 50M butterfly and Alexander McDonald 50M freestyle and 50M butterfly) and five posed club records.

Nicolas Eyles topped his own 50M backstroke time (36.23) and Owen Lang broke three different records in the 50M fly (38.05), 100M fly (1:32.05) and 200M fly (his own record –

3:36.59). The boys 10 and under relay team of Lang Ethan Scoullar, Nolan Garden and Dayton Carson also broke a club record.

“I think they [all] preformed really well, it was their first long course meet of the year,” coach Danna Batara said. “We’re just building through their races.”

Skyeler Kerr and Alexandria Hedges also raced in the 200 IM Eliminator events – an event that featured four x 50s (one of each stroke), with 2 swimmers being eliminated each round; the person with the fastest 200 IM chose which stroke to swim first, and whoever won the race would choose the next stroke to swim.

Hedges went best times in all the 50s she swam (free-

style, backstroke, breaststroke) on route to a third place finish while Kerr took home first place and some prize money for his efforts.

Coach Steve Carson added he tried express the importance of longer strokes and the added value of each turn in the bigger pool.

“I told them to keep their strokes long. Stay longer and be a little more comfortable in the water because you don’t have as much time to relax at the wall,” he said.

“The younger ones swam how they normally swim and that’s fine, for the older ones, they’ve been there before and they did well.”

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Members of the Fort St. John Inconnu competed at a long course meet in Prince George last month.

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Arts & Culture

CONTACT US ALEISHA HENDRY 250-785-5631 ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it’s produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.

- Ken Robinson

The King’s influence Donny Edwards was barely 3 when Elvis Presley died. Thirty-nine years later, Edwards is one of the top Elvis tribute acts in the world, and plays Fort St. John May 12 MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

that, in March 2003, found himself with a three-month gig performing at a casino in Oregon.

Right after that, he was hired at the Elvis-A-Rama Museum in Nevada, where his career took off.

“It was a great place for me to really work on my skills, work on my voice, work on my movements as well as stage presence and just get comfortable. I think for the first six months I barely looked at the audience,” he says with a laugh.

Thirteen years later, Edwards has settled into the gig, winning two Elvis tribute world championships and touring the world with the Jordanaires, The Sweet Inspirations and D.J. Fontana, who performed with Presley himself.

Those who catch Edwards’ act next week can expect a sweeping two-hour show that starts at the beginning of Elvis’ career in the 1950s before travelling into his hits of the 1960s and 70s— Hound Dog, Shake Rattle and Roll, Don’t Be Cruel, Love me Tender, Viva Las Vegas, Heartbreak Hotel, Burning Love and Suspicious Minds are just a few of the songs on the setlist.

“When it comes to certain people, Elvis is the one, more than probably any other artist, that had this great ability to grab and capture the soul of a song,” Edwards says.

“His voice alone, to me, would pull a lot people in with all the music he recorded. It’s not just rock and roll. It’s rock and roll, it’s country, it’s rhythm and blues, it’s soul, it’s gospel, it’s love songs, it’s operatic. There’s so much that he recorded. Elvis’ voice more than anything transcended anything we’ve ever seen.”

Edwards will take the stage at the Lido at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 12.

For ticket information, visit thelido. ca. For more on Edwards, visit donnyedwards.com

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Donny Edwards’ career as an Elvis tribute performer kicked into high gear at the Elvis-A-Rama Museum in Nevada in 2003. “It was a great place for me to really work on my skills, work on my voice, work on my movements as well as stage presence and just get comfortable. I think for the first six months I barely looked at the audience,” Edwards says with a laugh.

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Donny Edwards doesn’t recall the name of the first Elvis Presley song he heard when he was a young child growing up in an Elvis-loving family, but he does remember the day the King of Rock and Roll died.

It was Aug. 16, 1977, when news of Presley’s death broke—Elvis was 42, and Edwards was just three months shy of his third birthday. It was the first time Edwards says he saw someone cry and his first experience trying to understand what exactly death was.

“The reason why I can remember that is because it was my Uncle Joe, who was a big Elvis fan,” Edward says.

“I remember him and my mothers voice going ‘Oh my god, Elvis died.’ It was crazy. I remember going ‘whats going on?’ Looking around and seeing my Uncle Joe, he caught my attention, and I was sitting there watching him turn on the TV and flipping to … a news station that was carrying the story.”

Thirty-nine years later, a small piece of Elvis has lived on in Edwards, who’s performed his Elvis tribute show across the world. Edwards, now 42, brings his show to Fort St. John at the Lido Theatre on Thursday, May 12.

And while Edwards spent his formative years enthralled with the music icon, collecting every record and piece of memorabilia he could get his hands on, paying tribute to Elvis as a full-time gig wasn’t his first career choice after graduating high school in the 1990s— though many hounded him for his striking resemblance to the legend.

“Elvis was always my go-to guy.

Every since I can remember, I always collected,” he says.

Like many youth, Edwards bounced around jobs after school, figuring out what life path to walk down, and working at industrial plants and retail stores in his home state of Texas.

It was in 1996 when Edwards went to his first Elvis Week at Graceland, but it was in 2002 that he entered his first Elvis tribute competition after graduating college with a computer science degree.

“I was putting out resumes before I knew this contest came out and I thought, alright I’ll give it a shot,” Edwards says.

Edwards won that contest, and then he won another, and not long after

“His voice alone, to me, would pull a lot people in with all the music he recorded. It’s not just rock and roll. It’s rock and roll, it’s country, it’s rhythm and blues, it’s soul, it’s gospel, it’s love songs, it’s operatic.

There’s so much that he recorded.

Elvis’ voice more than anything transcended anything we’ve ever seen.”

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Where did April go? It was a hectic month for us down here at the shelter. We assisted an extra 31 animals when their families were evacuated due to forest fires. A big thank you to Bonnie Isenberg, from the City of Fort St. John, for keeping us updated on fire movement which made the intake of these animals as painless as possible. We had two inter-branch transfers completed which saw 28 cats/kittens, 3 ferrets, 1 rabbit and 5 dogs moved to sister shelters were many have already been adopted. Locally our adoptions have decreased and only 9 felines and 3 pooches have found their way into loving homes. We thank these families for adopting their new fur friend and encourage all those looking for a new pet to adopt, not shop!

The month of May will prove to be a busy one as well, as it is Community Challenge Month between the North and South Peace Branches of the BC SPCA! Our event kicks off with Spring Raffle tickets that are available through May 1st to June 30th. The first prize is a custom made Fire Pit and Grill top donated by Fab All North Services.

It comes with an initial supply of fire wood from the Dutchman’s Firewood Supply, this prize is valued at $800 and the Fire Pit is available for viewing at the branch. The second prize is a $250 Gift Certificate to the Gentle Pet Clinic. The third prize is a $100 Visa Gift Card.

Tickets are available at the shelter for $5/ticket.

Registration for our annual Rescue Me event is also kicking off. You can register yourself, a friend, a coworker or even your boss or teacher to come sit with a furry friend while they try to raise $500 in bail funds. Do not let the amount frighten you away! It is only a goal and every nickel helps!

To register for the Rescue Me event please contact Kristen at kdanczak@gmail.com or call the office at 250-785-7722.

Anyone of any age is welcome to join us on Saturday May 14th to donate to their detained companions or lock themselves up in support of our critters. We will be taking cash, cheque, debit and credit card donations at this event. Credit

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card donations can also be called in during the event on May 14th, using 250-785-7722 or 250-785-3043. We will also be hosting the shelter Open House in conjunction with the Rescue Me event. We will have fresh popcorn and cupcakes by donation, a youth draw and more. Please note that during this busy event we will NOT be processing adoptions.

Last year our Cans for Critters bottle drive raised $5000 just in May! We hope to meet that total and maybe even beat it again this May. So please don’t be shy drop your donations off anytime at the fence or join us Sunday evenings from 3:30pm to 5pm to sort the bottles for quick return! The more we have sorted and returned the more we make off this simple fundraiser! Many thanks to Troy and Rory Henderson, Lana and Lyons Bonfield and family, Anne Marie Schulte and many, many more for their dedication to this bland task! It certainly is not the most entertaining, but it has helped us raise nearly $20,000 last year that we were able to use on medical help for the animals, vaccinations and kennel maintenance. So thank you to everyone that gets their hands dirty in support of our critters here at the branch!

Keep your eyes and ears open for other events that may pop up during this month to help raise money for nearly 900 animals that enter our shelter each year. If you would like to donate or are considering a company sponsorship of one of our upcoming events please contact the shelter at 250-785-7722 or email the Branch Manager directly at cbuchamer@spca.bc.ca. Remember, during tax season only 17% of your total amount donated to the shelter is dedicated to your tax line. However, if you choose to sponsor an event your total ‘expense’ can be written off under advertising costs. This, plus the benefit of logo recognition may be worth your while and all funds, whether allocated as donation or sponsorship to the SPCA, stay local and assist the care and attention of animals here in Fort St. John! Until next month, stay cool and keep your fires under control!

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The Alaska Highway News and Encana Events Centre want you to treat your mom for Mother’s Day with a pair of free Mamma Mia! Farewell Tour tickets!

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Enter to win below and you could win a pair of tickets to Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns as part of its Farewell Tour to the Encana Events Centre on Thursday, November 10, 2016. Drop off entry forms at the Alaska Highway News office 9916-98th Street, Fort St. John.

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ARTS & CULTURE

FRANTIC FILMMAKERS

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A trio of local filmmakers including Alaska Highway News Editor Matt Preprost, Dawson Creek Mirror Editor Rob Brown, and cinematographer Jesse McCallum, were busy shooting a short film at several locations around Fort St. John on Saturday, April 30, as part of the Frantic 48 Film Challenge. Above: McCallum frames a scene with Stage North actor Paul Swartz at the Condill Hotel. Right: The crew films a scene outside Amanda’s No Frills. The film will be screened Sunday, May 15, at the Reel Shorts Film Festival in Grande Prairie. For more, visit reelshorts.ca.

AN EVENING OF POETRY AND STORYTELLING

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A dozen local poets turned out to the Open Mic Poetry Night at the Whole Wheat and Honey Café on April 28. The event was put on by the Northern BC Distance Education School to showcase student talent and writers in the community. From left: Oliver Mott, Bert Bowes studentTaibryn Basiskyand Dr. Kearney student Kobe Tulloch were some of the poets who performed.w

HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) Today is the best day of the year to take stock of what you own.

Do your wealth and assets make your life easier? After all, that’s the objective, isn’t it?

TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) Take a realistic look in the mirror today to see how you can make a better impression on your world.

(This is the best day of the year to do this.)

GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) For one more month, you must be patient with partners and close friends. After that, these relationships will be far less demanding.

CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) Friendships are important, whether you are an extrovert or an introvert. Actually, your friends are a reflection of who you are. Think about this today.

LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) Today’s New Moon is the best day all year to observe your style of relating to authority figures -bosses, parents and VIPs. Are you gracious or competitive?

VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) What further education or training will help to improve your job? What travel might you do to enrich your life?!

LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) You will have greater peace of mind if you work to reduce your debt. This is the perfect day to think about how to do this.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) Scrutinize your partnerships and closest friendships today, because

For Thursday April 28, 2016 this is the best day of the year to do this. (That’s because today is the only New Moon opposite your sign all year.)

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) What can you do to improve your job or the way that you do your job? The whole point of efficiency is to make things easier for you.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) “No pain, no gain” is a Capricorn belief. But in truth, we all need to play every day! Do you balance play with work? Think about this today.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Think of several ways that you might improve your home, as well as your relationships with family members. Today’s New Moon is the best day of the year to think about this.

PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) It’s important to be as clear as you can in all your communications with others. Observe your style of communicating. Do you really listen to others, or do you just wait for a chance to speak?

BORN TODAY? You are sensitive, astute and imaginative. You are a natural teacher/counselor who likes to study the origin of anything. It’s important to know that you will benefit by dealing with others this year. In other words, your success lies with interacting with other people. Make friends. Join clubs and organizations. Your social activities will be mutually beneficial.

Wilting in the South needs advice

Dear Annie: My mother has always been a strong presence in my life.

Growing up, I couldn’t do anything right. She took things away from me and redid them, or stood over me and directed.

Three years ago, my husband suggested we move my parents in with us because their neighborhood had become drug and gang infested and we feared for their safety. Dad has Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, which have greatly slowed his movements, but he is still able to feed, bathe and dress himself. However, living with my mom is a nightmare. She pokes her head into our bedroom many times a day and stands over me in the kitchen, often getting between me and whatever I’m doing. I have tried talking to her about it, but it doesn’t help.

We recently bought a house in another city. I would love to get my parents set up in their own place now, but Mom has repeatedly said she can’t take care of my father by herself. I feel so trapped and guilty. What do I do? -Wilting in the South Dear Wilting: There are ways to help your mother care for Dad without sacrificing your happiness and independence. Look into assisted-living facilities close enough for you to visit often. Check out home health care options, including the Visiting Nurse Association (vnaa.org). Call the Eldercare Locator (eldercare.gov) at 1-800-6771116 and ask for help. Mom may not like it, but you have to take care of your mental health.

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nation vary from state to state, but in many states, a person’s documented donation wish now takes priority over the family’s preference. It works similarly to a legal will -- if your wish to become an organ and tissue donor is legally documented, your family cannot change it. However, it is still important to share your wishes with your family so they are not surprised. Their cooperation and support make the process go much more smoothly.

To find out how to sign up as an organ and tissue donor in your state, please visit Donate Life America (www.donatelife.net). Readers in Canada should contact their local organ recovery organization to learn how to sign up in their province. On behalf of the more than 100,000 Americans awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant, thank you. -- Jennifer Tislerics, Gift of Life Michigan Dear Jennifer Tislerics: We appreciate the clarification. Any readers interested in making a lifesaving donation should check your website.

helpful hints when leaving a voicemail message, especially on a cellphone.

I’m a Realtor and receive several such messages every day. Many people leave long, rambling messages and then say their phone number so quickly I can’t get it the first time. I then have to go back and listen to the whole message again.Please tell your readers when leaving a voicemail to keep it short, say your phone number slowly and then repeat the number. It would be greatly appreciated by those of us who rely on our cellphones for a living. -- Realtor in Orange Park, Florida Dear Realtor: This goes for any voicemail, whether cellphone or landline answering machine. Sometimes the connection is scratchy. Repeating the number slowly would help. Please, readers, keep this in mind. It could explain why some of your phone messages haven’t been returned.

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Seventeen-year-old Josiah Finke of Farmington is gaining a strong reputation for his guitar skills.

Farmington has its very own guitar hero ROB BROWN editor@dcdn.ca

When I connect with Josiah Finke it is immediate he hails from a musical family—much like the Partridge Family. However there is a small catch.

They may not have ever seen them in action.

“We play ping-pong, have music and sing.

There’s no TV,” says Josiah’s father Scott.

All the more time to practice the guitar for Josiah, who played the Honors Concert at Unchaga Hall last week. The concert, part of the Peace Liard Regional Arts, showcases much of the local talent chosen at the recent Festival of the Arts—some would call these performers the cream of the crop, while others see the youth simply as the future of the Dawson Creek arts scene.

Josiah Finke played the concert for the third year in the row. The 17-year-old from Farmington is already gaining a strong reputation as a writer, player and interpreter on the guitar.

He released his first album of original material late last year, while has played the Sweetwater Festival the last two years. He recently won first place in the DC Rising Star talent competition.

His song selection last week proved to be a tour de force for the young guitarist. “Phoenix Rising”

by Calum Graham is a difficult tune to master. His Dad Scott let’s us know the lay of the land of the song.

“It calls for the instrument to be used in several unconventional ways. You just gotta see and hear to believe it.”

Seeing is believing. Josiah started his musical journey young, playing a harmonica that dwarfed the then six year old.

“I learned the basics from my Dad, chord work, guitar tabs. He taught me a flamenco scale. I got an instructional DVD and spent some time with that. It started with flamenco, then other classic finger styles, steel picking, and learning more and more genres and performance. I try to bring a bit of everything I have into them,” he says.

His guitar journey began when he was 11. He’s

17 now.

His Dad is more matter-of-fact.

“I’ve been playing for 40 years, he passed me a few years back now.”

From original compositions to interpretations of others tracks, Finke brings his own musical and playing style to the performance.

“I’m always writing a bit—the music and riffs,” Josiah said.

“For example, my song ‘Spring’ started as a bit that I then came back to about a year later.”

He is also interested in the producing and sound engineering side of things. Scott says technology has sure helped out in this regard.

“Now you can get a $100,000 studio rig for a few thousand dollars,” he said.

Josiah is big into charity work, including speaking at schools about guitar and drug use, as well as visiting hospitals with his axe.

Scott says Josiah got some of his stage legs and experience early on.

“We had an old-timer who was looking forward to hearing Josiah play harmonica and then we learned the man had slipped into a coma. Josiah played anyway and as he did, the man woke up and started clapping. We left him smiling.”

Finke plans on attending Peace River Bible Institute in Sexsmith after graduation this year.

“I will be learning to live life there a bit,” he said.

“I’d like to expand my guitar lessons, both teaching them and learning myself.”

His musical knowledge is obvious the minute one sees him picks up his guitar. However he’s got the knowledge to go with his chops. Not many people admire Paul McCartney’s guitar player Lawrence Juber for example.

The pride in his father’s eyes is unmistakable.

“You can hear the creativity flowing. It is a great thing to hear. His mother and I absolutely love listen to him practice. Music is in this home and it adds color and fabric to everyone’s lives,” he says.

“Music is quite simply the expression of joy or a symptom of it.”

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Clue

Find the correct word, joining the first word then joining the second word

TODAY’S PUZZLE

Narrative poems 8. Breathe deeply and heavily 10. 1/40 inch button measure 11. Morally reprehensible person 12. For instance 13. Members of U.S. Navy 17. Crown 19. Old English 20. Libyan dinar 21. Goddess of the rainbow 22. Catch 26. Fern spore mass clusters 28. Music disc Clue 30. All without specification 31. -__, denotes past 32. A young canine 33. Biblical Copyright © 2008, Penny Press Sumerian city ary 34. Add a suppleCLUES ACROSS 34. __ Hitler ment 64. Islands 1. Mandela’s party 35. Marched in a 38. Insistence on 4. Gives up terri65. = to 1/100 yen procession traditional correcttory 36. Patchy in color ness 9. Yellow edible CLUES DOWN 37. Trauma center Find joining the first 39. Milk, butter & Indian the fruit correct word, 1. Subside in 38. Time after midcheese 11.

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Mined mineral 15. Atomic #18 3. Leafstalk herba41.

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Greek god of 16. Jive talk for ceous plant 42.

Equally war ignored 4. Price of a ride 44.

4th month 45. Don’t know 18. D. Tartt’s third 5. 1/2 an em (abbr.) when yet novel 6. Execute or per45. Nervous & taut 48. Fellow 23. Three-toed form 46. Emits blood 49.

Detailed criteria sloth 7.

24. Gained through for a piece of work PREVIOUS PUZZLES ANSWERS 50. Special Spanish effort 25. Macaw’s genus dish 53. Atomic #46 26. Helps little 54. CBS This firms 27. A large group of Morning hostess 56. Rubber tree pheasants genus 28. Baby bed 29. English diction- 58. Pa’s partner 59. A tiny bubble in ary (abbr.) glass 30. Yellow-fever 60. Lost light mosquitos 63. Surface bound32. Liquify

Clue

Find the correct word, joining the first word then joining the second word

TODAYS PUZZLE

HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once.

Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started.

Remember: you must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column or 3x3 box.

PREVIOUS PUZZLES ANSWERS

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Community Iced coffee gets chilly reception

ALEISHA HENDRY 250-785-5631 ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.

- Cicero

CRAFTING A SPACECRAFT

Judy Kucharuk THE DESK OF THE GREEN-EYED GIRL

storm season. Up and down, up and down in the waves of concrete. The larger the vehicle, the more intense the sensation so definitely a First World Problem. Even more tragic if you are trying to drink your Tim Horton’s coffee with the funny lid. #2 – Sometimes my phone doesn’t automatically connect with Wi-Fi. I realize too late that I am using up my data plan when I binge watch Netflix as I sit in the travel trailer not interacting with family. Worse yet? The campground doesn’t have Wi-Fi. Wors(er) yet? There is no cell phone reception al all at the campground. #1 – The stick to ice cream treat ratio on a Dairy Queen Buster Bar. Honestly, who designed these? The Buster Bar is a ginormous and oddly shaped treat that is really, really heavy because of the tasty salty peanuts and dreamy chocolate. When you try and hold the stick and consume the deliciousness, you invariably get chocolate all over your fingers! I know!!!!

Isn’t it terrible? You grasp the stick closer to the treat to keep it balanced properly and keep it from banging against your face when you take a bite (top heavy) that you hands become covered and then you can’t swipe your cell phone if you get a phone call during that time period. Honestly, it is ice cream treat engineering nightmare.

Do you have a First World Problem that you would like to share? Please share! We all need a laugh these days don’t we?

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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Robert Ogilvie Elementary School students Anthony Sequin, Grade 4, and Wyayy Pruden, Grade 5, work on some upgraded Millennium Falcon-inspired space ships at Star Wars Maker night on April 28.

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ust when you think that you have heard everything, you read about a woman suing Starbucks over the ice to cup ratio of her chilled drink.

Apparently she believes that there was “too much ice” in her iced beverage, that there was not enough beverage in her plastic cup.

I think the Barista was merely leaving room in the cup for entitlement, don’t you?

So in the spirit of First World Problem ridiculousness and of insignificant things; in the spirit of this insanity that we are talking about such trivial things in this world where we could be using our powers for good and instead of evil, I bring you: Minor Irritant – SPR! In the “First World” that we are fortunate enough to live in, minor irritants are considered especially heinous.

In Canada, the dedicated columnist who investigates these irritants is a member of the elite squad known as the Seriously People, Really? These are their (well, her) stories. #5 – The life-size cut out of Jamie Oliver in the Safeway grocery cart area. Every single time I see it, it makes me jump a little. After gaining my composure and relaxing my neck muscles, which were strained after doing a quick double take at the cardboard cut out, I roll my eyes and mutter a profanity—every single time. Seriously, this interaction ages me. #4 – The lid on my Tim Horton’s coffee. Why can’t every cup have one of the latte lids?

Why? Why must us regular folk deal with a lid that is suctioned onto the full cup of coffee so when we pop the tab, it spills on us? Not to mention how the little plastic tab tears a bit, refuses to anchor on that other little tab and you are left with this plastic thing that scratches your nose every time you take a sip of coffee? #3 – The highway between Grande Prairie and Valleyview.

Do I need to explain? Designed by massage therapists and chiropractors to ensure a lifetime of job security (not really), the road is like an episode of the Deadliest Catch during

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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 Kids Zone During Both Services ********** 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 ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 Sunday Worship Times 9:30 a.m. - Regular 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 Rev. Louise Hart Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School @ 11:30am.

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Whoops! The octopus grabbed some of the words out of this article. Can you replace them? n octopus mom is a busy mom.

She lays from 50,000 _________ to as many as 200,000 eggs!

She carefully ____________ her eggs and stitches them together in long ____________. She then attaches them to the roof of a cave.

This is her nursery.

It can take ___________ for the eggs to hatch. The mother octopus stays with her eggs the entire time. She protects the eggs from _______________. She waves her tentacles gently over the eggs. The moving water keeps them clean and _____________ them with plenty of oxygen.

Are you an eagle-eyed reader?

Read the article below and circle the six errors you find. Then rewrite the article correctly on the lines below the article.

The wolf spidur is a caring mom. While most spiders wrap their eggs in a silken pouch and leaf them behind, this mom carries her egg sac on her back.

She carry it everywhere she goes. If it fall off, the wolf spider mom puts it back on. And once her eggs hatch, she takes care of the little crawlers and let’s them ride on her back until they are reddy for life on their own.

But watching the eggs means she can’t go ____________ to feed herself. Sadly, after the eggs hatch and she releases them into the ocean, she dies.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals adapt in different ways in order to survive.

mama alligator covers her eggs with old, rotting plants. As the plants rot, they give off heat which means mama doesn’t have to sit on her eggs to keep them warm.

Donkey mothers may be the most devoted of all. They will not let any other animal come between them and their babies.

Even if a curious little kitten comes close, a donkey mom will chase it away.

Help the alligator find her way back to the nest.

While she may not sit on her eggs to keep them warm, a mama alligator does stay close to the nest to protect the eggs from predators.

Once her babies are born, she carries them around in her jaw for protection.

Find the differences between the mother donkey and its foal and their reflection in the pond.

Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Finding similarities and differences in common objects.

The temperature of an alligator’s nest determines if a baby alligator will hatch as a girl or a boy.

Look through today’s newspaper for adjectives that describe each of the animal mothers on today’s Kid Scoop page.

What did the mother Surinam toad say to her kids? Unscramble the answer:

86°F - 89°F: Both boys and girls

90° 80°

More ore than 90°F: All boys

Standards Link: Language e Arts: Grammar: Identify adjectives.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals adapt in different ways in order to survive.

he mother Surinam toad cares for her eggs in one of the strangest ways. As the mother toad lays eggs, the male toad presses them one by one into the soft skin on the mother’s back. After a while, each egg sinks into a little pocket that forms on the mother’s back. Then a covering of skin grows over the pocket. The baby toads hatch and develop in these little pockets. A few weeks later, the mother rubs her back and the little toads swim free.

Less than 86°F: All girls

100°

ALLIGATOR PREDATORS OCTOPUS SURINAM CURIOUS DONKEY MOTHER HATCH WAVES TOAD BABY BORN CAVE NEST SWIM

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This week’s word:

STRAND

S E U S S I H R R D

One meaning of the noun strand is a single length of something long and thin.

I Y N U M O M L R R

The hairdresser cut off a strand of her long hair.

W S A E R Z L E N E M S S H C T A H A P

Try to use the word strand in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

“Mom, You’re Fired!”

Imagine you could fire your mom. Look through the newspaper to find all of the different people and companies you would need to hire to replace your mother. How much would it cost for one week? One year?

Write about a woman you admire. Include three or more reasons why you selected this woman.

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Standards Link: Math: Estimation.

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COMMUNITY

Beatton Journals Mon 1st Self busy at odd jobs. The Boys working up at the Ranche. Dick arrived from Cache Creek for a few supplies. He reports Wuskully very sick. River falling.

Fri 12th The Indians left this morning. Self busy putting up a fence around the back garden. Mr. Brenot & Philips came up along with Taylor from below. Continues very cold.

Tues 2nd Dick left this morning after getting his supplies. Self as yesterday. River came up again today.

Blowing a strong gale of west wind.

Sat 13th Self plowing and sowed some oats. 3 Indians arrived from the North and brought a few Furs. H. Garbitt arrived from H. Hope. A Canoe passed down from H. Hope this evening.

Wed 3rd Self in office. Blowing a strong gale of west wind. A man passed down on a raft from H. Hope this evening. Walter King also came down on a raft.

Thurs 4th Self in office. Joe Appassisin arrived and brought a few Furs. Kluty & Peter also arrived from up the Halfway River and left after getting a few supplies.

Fri 5th A fine clear day. Self & Johnny hauled up all the flour from the Mission House. Appain & Adisless and 4 others arrived from the North.

Self planted a few seeds this evening.

Sat 6th Cold & stormy. Self busy with Indians. The mail arrived on the other side but did not cross the River.

Sun 7th The mail got across this morning. Cold & stormy. Cap. Smith’s Boat arrived this way and continued on her way up stream. Davis arrived for a few supplies.

Mon 8th A fine clear day. Self in office. Johnny after horses.

Tues 9th Cap. Smith’s Boat arrived from the Hope this morning and continued on her way down. Const.

Mansel & Jamieson, who is going out as a prisoner. Self busy cleaning up around the house. Continues cold.

Snow this morning.

Wed 10th Continues cold with showers. A lot of Furs put up at bids but Carmichael got the lot. Self busy at odd jobs.

Thurs 11th Self busy in store. 3 Indians arrived from Charlies Camp.

Continues cold, the River falling fast.

Sun 14th A fine clear day. Joe Appassisin arrived from the S. Pine.

Adisless and his Band arrived also Attachi’s. We had service this evening. A missionary arrived from Pouce Coupie a few days ago.

Mon 15th A fine clear day. Self busy with Indians all day.

Tues 16th Self in store. The Indians left for the Reserve after getting their supplies and paying their depts. Continues fine weather.

Wed 17th Self busy cleaning up the store. A fine warm day. The B.C. Boy arrived this evening and discharged his cargo and will leave in the morning. Davis arrived and brought a few Furs.

Thurs 18th A fine clear day. Self at odd jobs. Davis left for home after getting a few supplies. The B.C. Boy left this morning. Big Charlie & 2 others arrived and brought in their Furs and paid their Debts.

Frank Beatton

& Angus planting potatoes up at the Ranche. River still coming up.

Tues 23rd Continues very fine weather. Fires burning all around. Self in store. The River going down a little.

Wed 24th Continues very fine. Self fixing up store. Carmichael & R Fr___ on their way to H. Hope. 2 men left here this morning in a Boat to P. R. Xing.

Thurs 25th Continues fine. River still falling. Adisless & 3 others came in from the Reserve. Self busy in Store.

F. Tredwell arrived and brought a few Furs which I had purchased. Mrs. Cadenhead & her son passed down the River on their way to Edmonton this evening.

Fri 26th A clear day. The SS Peace Athabasca arrived this evening and unloaded about 11pm. Self busy all night looking after Freight. F. Fugh the District Manager was on board.

Sat 27th The Steamer left this morning at half past 3 for H. Hope. Self & the Boys haulling up Freight. Montaigne & Thomas & a lot of others arrived.

Sun 28th Rain all day. Self busy with Indians. The Steamer arrived from H. Hope and after staying here a little time they passed on their way down the River. Mgr. F. Fugh made an inspection of the Post while here.

Mon 29th Self busy in office. A few Indians around. Water coming up fast.

Fri 19th The Indians left this morning. Self & the boys planting potatoes in the west field. We put in 8 sacks. 3 men arrived in a Boat from up the River on their way out. The River Rising fast.

Tues 30th Fine with a few showers.

Self in store. A lot of Indians around.

Sat 20th Continues fine. Self in office. The Mail got in from H. Hope. 2 Indians arrived. The mail got in late this evening from Pouce Coupie.

Sun 21st A fine clear day. The Mail left this Morning for Pouce Coupie also for H. Hope. The Indians left for home.

The Alaska Highway News is now carrying the journals of pioneer Frank Beatton, who was clerk for the Hudson’s Bay Company at Old Fort St. John.

His journals will appear the first Thursday of every month. Digital images of the journals are available to view for research purposes at the North Peace Museum.

Mon 22nd Self at odd jobs. Johnny

We’ve Got Your Weekly News When You Need It!

Wed 31st Self very busy. A fine clear day. 3 men around on the South side.

One the Fire Guard Chief.

Phone: 250-785-5631

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Specializing in Commercial Real Estate E-Mail: Ron@northeastbc.com

FOR SALE Townhouse complex On 1.13 Acres in NE FSJ

Two 4 unit 2 story townhouses.

Each unit is approximately 450 sf/level with full basements

LAND offers further multi-res development options

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Asking $749,000 FUTURE SCHOOL SITE

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FSJ Hospital

Zoning allows for mom-pop store, daycare, retail, offices and more!

FOR LEASE

3,136sf shop/office sub-lease opportunity with potential for various configuration of floor space...Asking $4,541/mn+nnn

1,340 sf retail office space in multi-use building 100 Ave...Asking $2,177.50/mn+nnn 6,000sf shop on 4.5 acres corner lot Asking $7,000/mn+nnn

181sf 2nd floor office in multi-tenant space Asking $750/mn+nnn

2,560sf building on 55’x122’ lot Cree Rd Asking $3627/mn+nnn

Choice of 750sf or 666sf

bay & mezzanine space each for under $1500/mn CALL RON For detail or to arrange viewing MLS© C8005649, C8005583, Exclusive, C8002685, C8002543, C8003709-10

Information is not intended to solicit properties already listed for sale/lease, or buyers already under contract. Information is believed to be accurate but not guaranteed and should be verified.

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Six-year-old Vince Engelmyer shows off his Lego space vehicle he made at Robert Ogilvie Elementary School’s Star Wars Makers event on April 28. The school’s library is holding Star Wars themed events to encourage reading.

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This is a notice of seizure of goods under the warehouse lien act.

Sean Holden, Fred MacDonald, Rod Houle, Nevada Finch, Glenna Andrews.

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RAYMOND BONTRON

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of Fort St. John, BC will be held on Saturday, May 7, 2016 in the basement of the Peace Lutheran Church from 2-4pm.

Experienced Paving Personnel, Finish Grader Operator and Distributer Truck Driver.

If so desired expressions of sympathy can be made to the Fort St. John General Hospital Auxiliary Memorial Fund.

Phone 250-719-0686

Is now accepting applications for

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Carolynn Theoret 250-262-0078 Baby

Bonnie Carlson 250-827-3132 Community & Bridal

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The Fort St. John Hospital Foundation is seeking a mature, energetic, self-motivated individual with office experience to provide administrative support to the Executive Director and Development Coordinator. The Administrative Assistant will be responsible for the management of the office, significant data entry, and to help with the fundraising activities of the Foundation. The candidate must have the following skills and experience: • Extensive understanding of computer applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and any Database program.

• Demonstrated bookkeeping knowledge with Simply Accounting.

• Post secondary training in office procedures.

• Obsessive attention to detail.

The position is full-time. Salary will be based on experience and knowledge.

Please e-mail cover letter and resume to resumes.fsjhf@gmail.com

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Theo Bromley “The Crystal Man” Crystals/Rocks 6142 Rowantree Ave Airport Subdivision, FSJ BC. Friday May 13 5-7pm Sat May 14 10am-8pm Sun May 15 11am-4pm Theo cell: 1-250-549-8806 Local Contact: Yvonne Hage 1-250-263-1043

Foreman, Highway Maintenance LaPrairie Works Inc. Location: Manning, Alberta

COMING EVENTS

A unique opportunity to live and work in the Peace Region of Northwest Alberta If you enjoy the tranquility of living in a smaller center, with plenty of opportunity for year round recreation, then the Peace Region is the place for you!

Sunday, May 8,20169:00am to noonDawson Creek Elks Mother’s Day Breakfast at Seniors Hall1101 McKellar Ave

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Foreman, for our Highway Maintenance group to be based in Manning Alberta. You will be responsible for the dayto-day direction and supervision of the highway maintenance yard(s) and the crews operating from those yards to carry out summer and winter highway maintenance work as well as a variety of other highway maintenance and construction activities. Associated administrative duties include scheduling of employees, toolbox meetings, and the timely submission of all related documentation. A good working knowledge of common office software is an asset. You will be expected to expedite emergency highway maintenance work at any time it is required. You may often have to work outside normal hours, especially during the winter season when your availability will be critical on a 24/7 basis.

As a Highway Maintenance Foreman, you will have the ability to work independently.

Good communication skills and a positive, cooperative approach to problem solving and community relations is an important and necessary aspect to this position. Prior experience as a supervisor in a related field is preferred. A valid, Class 3 w Air (minimum) drivers’ license, with an acceptable driver abstract is required.

LaPrairie Works offers a comprehensive compensation program, a flexible work schedule, and an incredible work environment with opportunity for advancement.

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Please apply with your resume and current drivers abstract to: Human Resources Department Email careers@laprairiegroup.com Fax (403) 767-9932 We thank you for your interest in employment with us: Only those persons selected for interview will be contacted

Please apply in person from 9am-4pm Monday-Friday at the Dawson Creek office located at 11617 Rolla Rd.

TRADES HELP

POWER WALL SYSTEMS: LABOURER /APPRENTICE Power Wall Systems is looking for a FT & PT Carpentry Labourer or Apprentice .

Position starts immediately in Fort St. John.

Wages to commensurate with experience and negotiable.

Please email your resume or contact informa− tion to deryl@thepowergrp.com. deryl@thepowergrp.com

Chances Dawson Creek is looking for the

"Right Fit"

for an energetic F & B Manager and F & B Supervisor.

COMING EVENTS

Resumes can be brought in or emailed to:

bsmith@gcgaming.com Close date is May 14, 2016

Phone 250-785-5631 or fax 250-785-3522 for coming events

Gas Station Store Clerk Convenience Store/Gas Station Requires retail clerks. Prior retail experience is an asset.

Secondary school or equivalent. Duties include assisting customers, Conducting sales by cash register, Monitoring inventory levels, stocking and maintaining product shelves. Starting salary $12/hr. Plus subsidized accomodation.

Permanent, full-time.

Redwood Esso 10216-100St Taylor BC V0C 2K0, redwoodesso@hotmail.com Fax 250-789-3195

WORK WANTED BROADWATER INDUSTRIES (2011) LTD INDUSTRIAL PAINTER Broadwater is a general contracting company located in Prince Rupert. We are looking for an experienced painter to help support its growing operation. Job description includes but is not limited to: − Sandblasting structural steel and aluminum − Painting using conventional and airless sys− tems − Paint maintenance on equipment fleet − Masking and prep. work prior to painting Experience in industrial painting is required and knowledge of automotive painting and body work would be an asset. This is a per− manent full−time position with competitive in− dustry wages including medical and dental benefits.

All inquiries please respond via fax or email as indicated.

Email: bw@citywest.ca Fax: (250) 624−5668 bw@citywest.ca broadwaterindustries.ca

Pouce Coupe Museum Pancake Breakfast & Yard Sale Sat. May 07, 2016 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Breakfast Cost: Children $3, Adults $5 Breakfast: 8-11 AM Donations for yard sale can be made at the museum. Please phone if you need items picked up. 250 - 786 - 5555 Yard sale: 8 AM-2 PM

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LaPrairie Works is a diversified and growing full-service contractor. With over 30 years of operating experience in Western Canada, our core business areas include on and off highway hauling, highway and bridge maintenance, road construction, earthworks, oilfield services, mine contracting and site services.

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

Memorial Tea for the late

Midtown Mini Storage will be holding an auction on bid13.com starting May 6, 2016 unless accounts are paid in full. To recover fees from the following units that have accounts in arrears for more than 90 days. The owners of the units are able to make full payments on their accounts until the time of auction stored at Midtown Ministorage, FSJ (10508 95 Avenue).

Please contact (250) 263-9723.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION AVAILABLE

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

It is with sadness that the Larson family announce the passing of Mr. Harold William Larson of Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan on Sunday, April 24 at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon at the age of 74 years. A Celebration of Life service was held on Thursday, April 28, 2016 @ 2:00 p.m. from the Blaine Lake Gospel Chapel with Pastor Rick Schellenberg officiating.

Memorial donations in Harold’s memory may be directed to the Blaine Lake Senior’s Centre or to the Blaine Lake Library.

For those wishing to leave a condolence you may do so at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts and Anne Sitter of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

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Our Mackenzie, B.C. location is now accepting applications for a:

Weighmaster

Every Wednesday-1:15pm to 2:15pm at the Coop Bistro-Seniors Computer Club-All Seniors are welcome to this free club. For beginners and people wanting to learn more. information, instruction and discussion. minor glitches attended to in class.

Bring your laptops, notepads, cameras, electronic gadgets.

No computer, no problem. we have some to lend.

Call Anne Symons at 250-782-4668 for information and registration.

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

Conifex—through astute strategic acquisitions and strong leadership - is emerging as a major national player in the forestry and sawmilling industry. Operationally, our approach is to blend state-of-the-art technology with the expertise of people who believe in the value of excellence. Together, we can achieve our vision to become a premier forest products company.

Conifex Mackenzie is looking for an experienced Weighmaster for this upcoming logging season. This will be a seasonal position based out of our Omenica Camp commencing at the beginning of June and terminating around late November. A contract or salary position is negotiable. We offer an excellent wage and work environment.

Please forward your resume by May 10, 2016 to: Jeffrey.Rensmaag@conifex.com

COMING EVENTS

DO YOU HAVE 10 HRS/WK to turn into $1500/mth using your PC and phone? Free info: www.BossFree123.com Looking for an online business? I can help!

You will receive free training and after support. Go to www.123freedom4life.com and check it out. Requires a computer and telephone and 5-15 hrs weekly.

HOUSESITTING in town or out. Call Barb (250)783-0955

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FREE Electric Piano Free Roland 800 with natural action. Bench included.

604−740−0025

GARAGE SALES Garage Sale may 7 & 8th. (8am-7pm) Unused Browning BAR, 25-06 rifle with Leupold scope, ammo & gun case. Marlin Bolt action .22 rifle with Leupold scope, ammo & gun case. Mosberg 12 gauge pump shotgun with 2 barrels, ammo & gun case. Porta-Bote 12ft folding boat & electric motor. 17 cubic ft upright freezer, some tools, Nikon 7000 Camera with extra 55-300 lens, other equipment includes used tools, 4 torque wrenches, jockey box, pilot car lights & rack, floor jacks, creeper, stools, 8ft ladder, power tools, chains, tie downs, fuel hoses. Call anytime 250-262-7475 12564 Sunnyside Drive Charlie Lake.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT Attachments for skidsteers, tractors, loaders.

Large selection of pallet forks, grapples, buckets, snow and dirt blades, tillers, mowers and snow blowers, etc.

Phone 780-354-2161, Beaverlodge.

LIVESTOCK ATTENTION RANCHERS WITH ORPHAN CALVES! 3 kids would like to buy and raise your orphan calves. Will pick up.

250−788−1806 nfri77@gmail.com

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Advice from a Hire Authority When it comes time to hire new staff, do you look forward to the hours upon hours that it takes? Time to place an ad, time to read through dozens of resumes, time to interview candidates, time to test their skills…

Hire us first At Macenna Staffing Services we can do all that for you and then some, saving you and your business time by shortlisting the top candidates for the job; pre-screening only those that qualify. Plus we can test typing skills and computer aptitude with programs like Word, Excel, even Windows itself.

And did we mention we already have hundreds of resumes on file?

The next time you’re hiring, consider Macenna Staffing Services first.

10139 101 Ave. Fort St. John, BC V1J 2B4 | p. 250.785.8367 | f. 250.785.4795 | e. apply@macenna.com | www.macenna.com

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'Spouses Selling Houses'

$3 49 ,9 00

JUST LISTED FAMILY HOME WITH DOUBLE GARAGELOCATED CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN SHOPPING AND SCHOOLS; LAMINATE FLOORING ON THE MAIN FLOOR; 3 BEDROOMS AND UPDATED BATHROOM; UPDATED KITCHEN; SHINGLES REPLACED, FULL CONCRETE BASEMENT HAS 4TH BEDRM AND FAMILYRM. FENCED YARD. PH ANNETTE TO VIEW 2507934394 QUIZNOS FORT ST.JOHN WELL ESTABLISHED BUSINESS WITH INCOME ALMOST DOUBLE NATIONAL AVERAGE; INCL FRANCHISE,FIXTURES,EQUIPMENT, LEASE ON PREMISES. PH/TEXT ANNETTE 2507934394

8724-77 ST - MAKE AN OFFER!!

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MAIN FLOOR 3 BR, 2 BATHS, PLUS FULL BSMT WITH PRIVATE ENTRY IDEAL FOR INLAW SUITE. CALL ANNETTE FOR DETAILS 250-793-4394

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Proposed Tower Location: Canary Road, Charlie Lake BC PID: 023-101-555 Coordinates: 56.311954 N, -121.0151876 W

Location Map

Proposed Location

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BUSINESS SERVICES

Learn how to operate a Mini-Office outlet from your home computer.

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APPLYING FOR CANADA PENSION PLAN DISABILITY BENEFITS? Increase your chance of success. Call the Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic. Call 1-877-793-3222 www.dcac.ca info@dcac.ca

HOUSES FOR SALE

HOUSES FOR SALE

262-1944

Arctic Duct Cleaning, Furnace & duct cleaning, Chimney sweep. 250-787-7217 (FSJ) Arctic Duct Cleaning, Furnace & duct cleaning, Chimney sweep. 250-787-7217 (FSJ) FSJ MASSAGE, Deeply Relaxing Full Body Massage. Phone: 250-261-3923

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Do you have a disability? Physical or mental. We can help you get up to $40,000 back from the Canadian Government. For details, check out our website. www.disabilitygroupcanada.com or call us today at 1-888-875-4787

HOUSES FOR SALE

NEW LISTING

Must be seen. This 3 bedroom home has been newly renovated with fresh paint, new carpet, siding re-done 2 years ago, shingles a year old, both bathrooms have been re-done, some new oak paneling in the living room and kitchen...and many more upgrades. Great for the first-time owner or as a rental investment.

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REMAX Action Realty Ltd.

NO SMOKING, AND NO PETS For more information Please phone 250.782.6904

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• Vantage XRT, Vantage Plus Max, Sightline, Clearview, Milestone, Navius VM, Escort, Tordon 22K, Tordon 101, Vanquish, Overdrive, Banvel VM, 2,4-D Amine, MCPA Amine 500, Truvist, Esplanade SC, Transline, Lontrel 360, Telar XP, Karmex, Garlon, Arsenal, and Startup.

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REALTOR®

Clean, quiet adult building.

Looking for long-term, single mature tenant.

Using the principles of integrated pest management plan (IPM), the pest management methods proposed for use may include seeding, re-vegetation, hand-pulling/ cutting, mowing, string trimmers, brushing, biological control agents, and the use of pesticides. The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the IPMP applies. The common names and some example(s) of trade names of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include:

TELUS Site BC2756- Charlie Lake

Bonnie Coté

t Available 1 bedroom Apartmen

The purpose of this renewal is to manage vegetation and invasive weed control on facilities, rights-of-way, lease sites and related infrastructure. This IPMP will cover various activities within the Peace River Regional District and associated communities such as Fort St John, Hudson Hope, Chetwynd and other small communities in those regions.

The public is welcome to comment on the proposal by the end of the business day on June 3rd, 2016 with respect to this matter.

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Canbriam Energy Inc. is developing an Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPMP) under British Columbia’s Integrated Pest Management Act and associated regulations. Under these regulations this plan is required to be renewed every five years.

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e:publicconsultation@cypresslandservices.com

FOR RENT

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Reference #326-127-16/21

Description: As part of the public consultation process required by Industry Canada and in consultation with the Peace River Regional District, TELUS is inviting the public to comment on a proposed telecommunications facility consisting of a 70m self-support tower and ancillary radio equipment. The wireless installation will improve wireless services in the Charlie Lake area and along Hwy 97.

reduced $279,900

• Active ingredients in these products are: Aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl, diflunfenzopyr, MCPA, Picloram, 2,4-D, Chlorsulfuron, Dicamba, Aminocyclopyrachlor, Indaziflam, Clopyralid, Glyphosate, Imazapyr, Triclopyr, Diuron.

The proposed duration of the IPMP is from June 5th, 2016 to June 4th, 2021.

• Canbriam Energy, 10923 Alaska Road Fort St. John, BC V1J 6P3 Phone: 250-785-8322 Any person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of this IPMP may send copies of the information to the address above within 30 days of the publication of this R0011233159 notice.

HOUSES FOR SALE

NEW LISTING

Immaculate, first-time home or downsizing starter here, just like new. This 1012 26x76’ modular features an open concept, lots of cupboards, and 3 bedrooms. Master has het tub with walk-in closet, and there are two 4-piece bathrooms and a separate laundry room. Comes with all appliances, has several decks and a fenced yard. R2046990

$174,900

12 UNIT APARTMENT FOR SALE. Mackenzie BC New Roof, New Hot Water Tank, Near new hallway carpets $639,000. 10% Cap Rate. Building always full. Fantastic Revenue.

Financing Available.

Call Seth 1-778-235-9293

INDUSTRIAL/ COMMERCIAL

Diagrams, maps and the IPMP document are available and may be viewed upon request at the following:

HOUSES FOR SALE

2008 Chev. Uplander Mini Van, 6 cyl.

52,000 klm.

Braun wheel chair conversion, side ramp $25,000.00 Ft. St. John 250-262-8040

Phone: 250-785-2662

NEWER DUPLEX, 1300 ST FT 3 BR, 2 1/2 BATHS, 5 APPLIANCES $1,600/MONTH FRESHLY PAINTED 3 BR DUPLEX, QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD. SMALL PET FRIENDLY $1,500/MONTH AVAILABLE JUNE 1, 2016  DUPLEX 3BR, 2 1/2 BATHS, 5 APPLIANCES $1,650/MONTH BRAND NEW EXECUTIVE HOME IN SUNSET RIDGE WITH SUPER FEATURES 5 BR, 4 BATHS, SAUNA & 2 CAR GARAGE $3,000/MO. DUPLEX, 3 BR, 3 BATHS, GARAGE $1,900/MONTH 1 BEDROOM SUITE $1,000/INCLUDING UTILITIES

LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES

LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES

Notice of Proposed TM Mobile Inc. (“TELUS”) Telecommunications Facility

For More Information : Contact TELUS at: c/o Cypress Land Services Inc. Agents to TELUS Suite 120, 736 Granville Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 1G3 telephone: 1-855-301-1520

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

32017

GREAT VIEW! SPACIOUS HOME, 4 BR, 3 BATHS; HUGE FAMILY RM HAS FIREPLACE; FENCED FOR HORSES; WATER WELL. MLS# R2035377. PHONE 793-4394

FOR RENT - CALL GARY 250-262-0182

Li-Car Management Group

RESIDENTIAL

JUST LISTED GREAT PRICE! GREAT LOCATION! 1170698A ST. EVERGREEN ESTATES NEWER 2 STORY DUPLEX WITH GARAGE; 3 BEDRMS, 3 BATHS LARGE MASTER HAS FULL ENSUITE & WALKIN CLOSET, GREAT KITCHEN; FIREPLACE IN LIVINGRM; GLASS DOORS TO THE DECK & BACKYARD. INCL. APPLIANCES. CLOSE TO AMBROSE SCHOOL, COLLEGE, WALKING TRAILS, GOLF COURSE; RECREATION AREAS. PRICED LOWER THAN OTHER DUPLEX. CALL ANNETTE FOR YOUR PRIVATE VIEWING 250793 4394

LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES

$3 96 ,0 00

9712-105 AVE. HOME & GARAGE

DOMESTIC CARS

FOR SALE

SUITABLE FOR COMMERCIAL OFFICE/RETAIL  THREE  1500 SQ FT UNITS  2400 SQ FT FRESHLY PAINTED  1200 SQ FT AVAIL JUNE 1, 2016 $15.00 PER SQ FT PLUS NNN

Annette 793-4394

Gary Reeder Realty Ltd. 3BR, 3 BTHS - FOR QUICK SALE

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR

FOR RENT - CALL GARY 250-262-0182 COMMERCIAL

and Commercial, Farms, Shops, Land, Property Management Gary 261-1214

HOUSES FOR SALE

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HOUSES FOR SALE

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INDUSTRIAL/ COMMERCIAL Office space available in FSJ banking district on 100ST. 500, 1000, 2000 or 3000 sqft. All ground floor with security entrance.

Reply to corvettecapcorp@gmail.com or call 250-785-3569

MOBILE/ SRI Homes 16’Wide starting $110,500 in stock also 20’ and double wides in stock, or you can order your own custom home.

Pine Ridge Modular Homes. 250-262-2847.

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR Dawson Creek Northern Lights Apartments.1 bedroom apts. available. Cable/heat, water/hot water included. Please phone : 250-782-7130. ASK FOR INCENTIVES

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There’s no ‘me’ in maternity leave M

Brianne Zwambag THE MOTHERLOAD

off from our jobs to heal and take care of our children.

In a recent interview published by The New York Post, Foye is quoted as wanting all the perks of maternity leave without the kids.

Well, Ms. Foye. Let me tell you about the perks.

First, you get to lose your shame as you lie naked and screaming in a hospital room full of people who can only give you painkillers (sometimes) and wait for you to eventually push a baby with a very large head out of a very small place.

Then you have a tiny human who only sleeps for thirty minutes at a time, but only if you’re holding them and they’re swaddled just right and they’re the optimal amount of full and the room isn’t too bright, and who relies on you for every little thing in life. You get sent home with it and no instruction manual.

Then there’s the indignity of stool softeners, peri bottles, stitches in places you never knew possible, postpartum bleeding, leaking boobs, and baby blues that

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aternity leave. If you’re to believe many who have never had the chance to experience birthing a tiny human and then trying to keep them alive, you might be led to believe that it’s a time of reflection, relaxation and pursuing passions that a day job just doesn’t leave time for.

The latest in this string of myth perpetuation is Meghann Foye, who has become the target of outrage after an interview promoting her new book “Meternity”. I personally haven’t yet decided if this is some big publicity stunt (that’s working beautifully, I might add) or just a very misguided opinion that she voiced publicly to her agent’s chagrin, but none the less, it needs to be talked about.

When I was on my first maternity leave, I got lots of passive aggressive questions such as if I was enjoying my baby vacation or why I no longer had time for a girls night. An avid Friends fan, the one that sticks out in my mind is when Rachel’s coworker asks her how she’s enjoying her baby vacation and she responds that her idea of a vacation does NOT include something sucking on her nipple until it’s raw.

The problem is, there is this attitude that we are just on vacation when we take a year

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cause you to weep uncontrollably because you ran out of bananas. I have a theory that maternity leave (the first 12 weeks of a woman’s time off in Canada) is timed with the baby blues because people can’t handle crying women.

I can’t tell you how many people I made severely uncomfortable after I burst in to tears simply because they greeted me.

Then you begin the life of ten diaper changes a day, copious amounts of laundry, learning how to breastfeed (it was a big curve for us with lots of tears) or spending hours each day cleaning and sterilizing bottles, worry about every cough or slightly elevated temperature, vaccinations, rules about how to do everything, periods of purple crying, colic, teething, growth curves, car seat regulations, baby food making, sensory activities, housekeeping and navigating a parenting world that is so full of information that confusion, guilt and shame run rampant.

While there might be the odd nap or Netflix night, “me time” is not what maternity leave is about. We take maternity leave because our children need us in the first year of their life; it’s a scary place and they need care, guidance and love. And boobs.

Furthermore, even finding childcare for a child under

the age of one is incredibly challenging because many don’t offer it (for good reason) and those that do are regulated to only be able to accept a very small number of children that age.

In Foye’s opinion, women without kids miss out on “socially mandated time and space for self-reflection” and that she believes in the value of a “Meternity leave” which would be a “Sabattical-like leave that allows women, and to a lesser degree, men, to shift their focus to the part of their lives that doesn’t revolve around work.”

I’m not even going to address the issues with inequality (and why she believes women deserve this to a higher degree than men) or the fact that these options exist already in unpaid leave, sabbaticals or simply quitting your job to travel or take time for yourself.

I am going to say that maternity leave is not a time of self-reflection. In fact, it’s a time where women feel more lost than ever. Consider this: one day, you’re pregnant and working. You’re the person you’ve been working towards for years—career, marriage, home, friends and interests.

Then you have a baby and suddenly? You’re now a different person. You no longer have that job. You rarely see friends. You’re too tired to

even remember what interests are. You have a whole new set of expectations on you and someone depending on you.

There’s a reason that many mothers feel like they’ve “lost themselves” in early motherhood and struggle to find a new equilibrium. It’s not a vacation. It’s not a time to focus on ourselves and cultivate our interests. It’s a time to bring forth life and encourage the development of a whole new individual. The focus is fully on another.

Does it have its perks?

Absolutely. There is nothing better than the first time your child smiles at you. There is a deeply rewarding sense of pride as you watch your child grow and become independent and part of the future cloth of this country.

But in order to raise the leaders of tomorrow, parents need time off in early childhood to lay the foundation.

That’s what maternity leave truly is. It’s hard and exhausting, and it’s a foundation for a life well-lived.

Brianne Zwambag is a fulltime boo-boo healer, snack artist, janitor, referee, master storyteller and child stylist in Fort St. John, who sometimes gets a chance to sit down and write about life, mommyhood and the issues that surround it.

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Our goal with these assessments is to more accurately decide when and how we can improve a pet’s enjoyment of life. If our assessment finds that the quality of life does not score high enough, pet caregivers and their trusted veterinary professionals can decide how to improve things or can decide that it is kinder to end the suffering.

As veterinarians, we are trained to diagnose, treat and prevent health problems in animals. We know that quality of life decisions are important, difficult decisions surrounded by a lot of emotions. Objectifying, or putting a number on, the ability to enjoy daily activities removes the worry of when is the right time to get help and avoids either unnecessary suffering or making decisions too soon.

In the end, our goal as pet caregivers, either in the home or as professionals in the clinic, is to help pets achieve the longest, healthiest and happiest life possible.

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Less frequently there are more difficult choices that need to be made for our pets.

These difficult decisions are mostly about quality of life.

Quality of life is talked about a lot these days in the media and can refer to emotional, social, financial or physical well-being. As veterinarians, we are focused on physical well-being. My favourite definition of animal quality of life is an ability to enjoy the activities of a normal day.

Many pets are great actors and can make it through their day with little complaining or whining even if it hurts.

A pet that does not show any obvious signs of discomfort can put caregivers in the tough spot of not knowing when their pets have stopped enjoying normal daily activities. This is why we have started using recognized professional quality of life assessments at our clinic.

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Dog hailed a hero for saving owner from bear A local dog has been hailed as a hero by the Purina Animal Hall of Fame.

Raya, a four year old black Labrador Retriever Norwegian elkhound cross, rescued her human, Brent Cote, and his mother, Trudy on a hunting trip last September.

Raya had been trained by Cote to wear a pack carrying essentials needed when out on outdoor excursions, to follow right behind him and never stray.

After hiking for several hours, the group has decided to head home when a large mother bear trying to protect her cub charged at them. Raya jumped

out in front of Cote, something she’d been trained not to do, barking and snapping at the bear.

The bear stopped in her tracks and retreated, but their ordeal wasn’t over yet.

Still feeling threatened by their presence, the bear charged a second and third time, but Raya kept the bear at bay and she finally retreated, allowing the group to get back to their vehicle.

Raya was honoured at a ceremony at the Purina PawsWay in Toronto with three other dogs from across Canada.

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Gardening the natural way

Horticulutralist shares his secrets to growing fruits and vegetables without chemicals BRONWYN SCOTT peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

Dozens of gardeners learned how to grow their greens without the use of chemical pesticides at a special talk by horticulturalist Hugh Skinner last month.

Skinner, co-author of Gardening, Naturally: A Chemical-Free Handbook for the Prairies, published in 2007, and owner of Skinner’s Nursery in Manitoba, shared several tricks of the trade.

“The reason that we decided to write on this topic is because we felt that there is much interest in growing plants without these chemicals, and people need to have good information as to how to manage the problems that they have in the garden,” he said.

Although the book is now several years old, “the information doesn’t go out of date,” Skinner said.

“We only have had these chemicals since the late 1940s,

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Horticulturalist Hugh Skinnergave a talk about natural gardening at the North Peace Cultural Centre on April 10.

1950s, many of them, but we have to learn the techniques again as to how to manage our pest problems, our disease problems, without the chemicals.”

The first line of defense?

“Choosing the varieties that are adapted to the climate, making sure that your soil is

in good condition before you plant, and then doing simple things like cultivating and mulching the plants to help conserve moisture,” he said in an interview with the Alaska Highway News.

Pulling back the weeds before they germinate is another

essential measure.

Skinner’s talk was focused on growing fruit and vegetables naturally, but there are some differences to keep in mind between the two.

“With vegetable gardening quite often you’re planting every year, so it’s a little different than with growing fruit, where you have crops that are in the ground for multiple years,” he explained.

To keep pests out of your vegetable garden, rotating crops is one key strategy.

“Don’t plant the same thing in the same place year after year,” he said.

“It’s partly to do with nutrients, but it’s also to do with the fact that many of the pests over winter in the soil…it (a pest) may survive for a year or two in that area, but if you move where you plant, then they don’t have as easy a time to re-infest the plants.”

To keep slugs out of the garden, crushed eggshells around the perimeter of an

area will help.

Beer is another tool in the gardener’s toolkit.

“Slugs like beer,” Skinner said. But, if you don’t want to waste your favourite bevy, a mixture of yeast, sugar and water will do the trick, too.

“You don’t have to buy the premium brand,” he said, with a chuckle.

“You would put the beer or some sort of concoction in a saucer at ground level, bury it to ground level, and then the slugs will crawl in and they can’t get out again.”

There’s also a fairly new group of products, readily available at most garden centres, which use iron phosphate to keep slugs out of the garden. If slugs eat that as a meal, they plug up and quit eating.

Skinner has developed course materials for Assiniboine Community College, including an Integrated Pest Management course, and in 2002 he received the Prairie Garden Award for Excellence.

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Volunteer search finds no sign of Denny Poole First volunteer search effort for missing Dawson Creek teen held on weekend JONNY WAKEFIELD Sixty volunteer searchers combed the Kiskatinaw River valley Saturday afternoon, but found no trace of missing teen Denny Poole.

Saturday was the first volunteer search party for the 15-year-old, who disappeared from the side of the Alaska Highway in mid-March.

“We did a lot of ground search today that hadn’t been done before,” said Sharla Bruun, a friend of the family who’s served as a spokesperson for the search effort. “Things were found, they were identified as not being his, but we still haven’t stopped hoping that one of these days we’ll find something that belonged to him.”

As of Saturday, Poole had been missing for 49 days.

Poole and a friend were walking a backroad off the Alaska Highway on March 12 after reportedly trying to hitchhike to Fort St. John to visit a girl.

At some point, the two became separated. Poole’s friend was eventually picked up by a motorist and returned safely to Dawson Creek.

Poole is First Nations, 5’7” and was last seen wearing a grey DGK brand hoodie near a turnout by the Kiskatinaw River bridge.

A volunteer search was initially delayed to allow RCMP to comb the area with a K9 unit. A large-scale search risked throwing the dogs off the scent, Bruun said.

“They were out every other day for at least the first week, week and a half, before they brought in the helicopters and the search and rescue team,” she said.

“They did almost a fingertip to fingertip search along the Alaska Highway from the bridge up.”

On Saturday, volunteers divided

“Today, when we were having hotdogs (at lunch), I looked around and thought ‘please Denny, walk out of the bush.’”

into seven teams. Searchers turned up two sweaters, a pair of socks and other clothing items that might have belonged to Poole. However, the friend was last saw Poole said the clothes did not match what the teen was wearing at the time.

‘WE JUST KEEP PRAYING’ After nearly 50 days, what happened to Denny Poole remains a mystery.

“Things like this happen all the time,” said Bruun. “Whether he was hitchhiking on his way home and got a ride from someone and things went awry, or whether he tripped and fell down a bank here, we don’t know. We just keep praying.”

Bruun said the family is still hopefully Poole will turn up unharmed.

“Today, when we were having hotdogs (at lunch), I looked around and thought ‘please Denny, walk out of the bush.’”

“Or somebody comes across something that…there’s no way to put that into words,” she said, “his remains or something, so we can at least have a funeral and a burial and be able to put him to rest with the ancestors in the proper way.”

Bruun said there are still areas near Tower Lake that volunteers plan to search in the coming weeks. Anyone with information is asked to call the RCMP or Aboriginal Family Services in Dawson Creek, which is helping coordinate the search.

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Roses Few mothers can resist roses, making them one of the more popular flowers come Mother’s Day. Roses are symbolic of love and make the perfect floral gift for mothers who like traditional flowers. If you want to spice things up, order a bouquet made up of roses of various colors.

Daffodils Yellow is synonymous with spring, and daffodils can highlight the season in which Mother’s Day takes place while also providing a cheerful look that’s perfect for Mother’s Day floral bouquets. Daffodils can be given on their own or added to mixed bouquets. Daffodils also last quite a while when cared for correctly, giving moms more than just a few days to enjoy their bouquets.

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Domestic violence, break-ins big concerns for Tumbler Ridge RCMP RCMP focusing on “proactive” patrols for domestic violence and improving access to victim services JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

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Tumbler Ridge Cst. Andrew McElwain (left) says domestic violence and break and enters have risen in Tumbler Ridge with an economic downturn brought on by mine closures.

High unemployment and dwindling welfare benefits are contributing to a rise in break and enters and domestic violence in Tumbler Ridge, RCMP say.

Mounties in the town of 2,700 are placing special emphasis on both offences, which have gone up since the town’s last coal mine closed in 2015, Cst. Andrew McElwain said in a report to the Peace River Regional District April 28.

McElwain said getting handle on domestic violence and break-ins is a priority for the five-member detachment, which like many in the region struggles with staffing issues.

“We’ve noticed we need to

combat our domestic violence,” McElwain told the regional board, noting there were 18 domestic violence incidents in the town last year. “It’s a district priority for us.”

He said members were focusing on “proactive” patrols for domestic violence and improving access to victim services.

Break and enters are another upshot of the economic downturn, McElwain said.

While no government has a firm rate of unemployment in the community, many suspect joblessness in Tumbler Ridge has reached double digits. Last year, the community saw B.C.’s largest drop in home assessments, at more than 30 per cent.

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with in Tumbler Ridge, when the mines shut down, now a lot of the families that have stayed here are disenfranchised, they’re running out of welfare, they’re not able to find…jobs,” he said. “So one form of making ends meet is break and enters of homes and businesses.”

He added that the detachment is asking companies to secure their heavy equipment after a dump truck, grader and other equipment went missing from an area firm last summer.

Tumbler Ridge currently has three RCMP members, down from its standard complement of five. Members from all five Peace Region detachments presented to the PRRD on policing issues April 28.

The Dawson Creek Choral Society’s Children and Youth Choirs put on a show April 29, and it wasn’t your typical choir concert. Nearly 30 kids sang in the performance, including (From back row, let to right) Emmalea Duncan, Sevilen Ebadi, Faith Hatfield, (front row) Hercules Gilman, Sammi Zhang, and Ysabelle Bolando. It featured songs from Harry Potter, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and other film scores, as well as smoke machines and bubbles. The singers were accompanied on piano by Randi Jo Torgrimson.

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Hello again Going to share a little about our club, what we’ve been up to this past month. We held our last club meeting on April 13th, most of the club members were in attendance.

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We planned our annual club garbage cleanup, it will be happening on April 26th. After the garbage clean up we are planning to have a hotdog roast and our first practice Judging rally at club level for this year. Our beef club is having another weigh-in for our animals on April 30th. Also on April 23rd our club beef members will be participating in a grooming clinic at Rod Hedges Arena, he will be showing us how to properly groom and show our animals for the Achievement days.

And a very big thank-you to Butler Farm Equipment Ltd. for sponsoring our page. Talk to you again next month hope to have some more news and some more pictures.

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An unusually aggressive cougar has killed five goats and at least three llamas in the Dawson Creek area recently, residents say.

People in the rural Bear Mountain subdivision say the cougar, which appears to be teaching a cub to hunt, has been targeting livestock in the area since April 18.

Gary Martin lost five goats the evening of April 20, just days before a neighbour’s llama was found dead from what appear to be cougar bites.

Martin said police called to investigate the dead goats initially believed the animals had been shot.

“It looked like bullet holes to me, but it turned out to be cougar bites,” he said, noting one animal’s skull had been crushed in the cougar’s mouth.

The cougar killed four pregnant nanny goats and a billy goat Martin keeps in an enclosure on his property. None of the goats or his neighbour’s llamas had been eaten, leading Martin to believe the cougar is teaching its cub to kill.

Martin has lived in the area four years and says he’s never

seen a cougar kill so many farm animals. He pegged his losses at $2,700.

“I would imagine the deer are a little too hard to catch right now, but penned goats are like shooting fish in a barrel for a cougar,” he said.

Sgt. Shawn Brinsky of the Dawson Creek Conservation Officer Service said COs placed two traps in the area on April 22, but “had no luck in anything coming back.”

“It’s very likely it’s a cougar,” he said, adding the animals are “not uncommon” on Bear Mountain.

“It’s a cougar area, conflicts with livestock are not really that uncommon for the most part,” he said. “Livestock penned up is pretty easy prey.” Anyone having conflicts with wildlife should call the agency’s RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277, he said.

He added that predator activity sometimes “spikes” in the spring when cattle and other animals give birth.

But Sandy O’Donovan, who owns the llamas, said she’s never seen a cougar attack in the 26 years she’s lived in the area.

“I’ve never even thought of a cougar,” he said. “It’s scary. I’m checking at night and I’m not letting the grandkids out.”

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Solar panels stolen from gas well site in Arras MIKE CARTER dcreporter@dcdn.ca

Arras Dawson Creek RCMP are asking the public for information about the theft of several solar panels from a well site in Arras.

The loses total more than $10,000.

Solar panels are often used to power monitoring systems on remote, off-grid oil and gas sites.

Police say about 22 solar panels were taken from the site sometime between 5 p.m. April 13 and 2 p.m. April 14.

Additional thefts of copper wire ground cable and deep-cycle batteries

used for solar panels have been reported over the past few weeks, police say.

“We don’t know if they’re stealing them for the recycle fee or if they’ve got a connection (to sell them to),” Sgt. Ed Reinink of the Dawson Creek detachment said. “We know a bunch of them are being sold in Alberta to scrap dealers. Same with the copper wire.”

Earlier this month, $100,000 worth of theft and damage was done to an Encana well site near Kelly Lake. Thieves made off with copper ground cables. Police are not sure of the date of the crime, but it was reported on April 20.

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el batteries were stolen from other sites in the South Peace.

“Battery thefts haven’t really caught on over here so much (compared to Alberta) but solar panels— they sell them to RV owners. One of those will basically power all your lights.”

All the thefts were in remote areas on sites that do not have security systems in place.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Dawson Creek detachment at 250-784-3700. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

A program that will offer rural B.C. residents enhanced health services from paramedics is coming to the Peace Region.

Hudson’s Hope, Chetwynd, and Tumbler Ridge are included in the Community Paramedicine Initiative, which will enable qualified paramedics to provide basic health care services.

“The Community Paramedicine Initiative is a key component of our plan to improve access to primary health-care services in rural B.C.,” said B.C> Health Minister Terry Lake. “By building upon the skills and background of paramedics, we are empowering them to expand access to care for people who live in rural and remote communities, helping patients get the care they need closer to home.”

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Rolla Pub owner recognized

The establishment, which occupies a 90-plus year-old building, features newspaper clippings, photos, drawings, toys and all sorts of artifacts ROB BROWN editor@dcdn.ca

Patricia Ann Martin has been named a Professional of the Year in food and beverage service management. The owner of the Rolla Pub picked up the award earlier this year, handed out by Worldwide Branding.

“Only small selections of members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction,” said Worldwide Branding.

Martin says the recognition is part of the business of running a pub.

“I hope that people realize when they see things like this, like a pub owner in Rolla being recognized by a New York City award, that they realize if you put your heart into things, good things can come of it.”

Honorees are distinguished based on professional accomplishments academic achievement, leadership, years of services and credentials.

Martin has a family connected to the pub dating back to the 1965 when her family bought it and ran it has a hotel.

Martin, or “Patti” as the regular customers know her took ownership of the Rolla Pub in 1985.

“Since then she has led its evolutions as a fixture in the community infusing the aura with local color and a bit of her own personal style,” reads her award nomination.

“I really just want everyone to be themselves here. The only real rule is have respect for others.”

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for bands. They find her.

“Creative people need space. I find you shouldn’t try to sequence creative people,” she says.

The establishment, which occupies a 90-plus year-old building, features newspaper clippings, photos, drawings, toys of all sorts and artifacts both from the area as a homage to both the Peace Region land and to the personal histories of her customers.

“Martin focuses heavily on customers services, making visitors feel right at home,” reads her nomination.

Awards are nothing new to Martin. In 2014, the building in which the Rolla Pub is located won a Northern BC Architectural Building award.

In 2006 the building received designation as a heritage building from the Peace River Regional District.

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