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A new record of 257,295 passengers came through the North Peace airport in 2015, up from the 252,729 passengers seen in 2014.

"In the face of some economic headwinds, the region continues to grow therefore the airport traffic continues to grow," said Lee Lipton, director of air service and cargo development with Vantage Airport Group, which manages the airport on behalf of the North Peace Airport Society.

Traffic has doubled since 2011, when the airport saw 128,526 passengers, and has set successive records ever since.

The airport saw 144,164 passengers in 2012, and 186,104 passengers in 2013.

Despite tough times in energy and resource communities across Western Canada, the economy in Fort St. John and the North Peace remains relatively diverse, Lipton said.

"From an airport perspective, that creates more resilience in the market," he said.

Indeed, at a time when WestJet recently

reduced services in Prince George, Terrace, Fort McMurray, and other cities, Vantage continues to see commitments from the three carriers at the North Peace Airport to meet demand, Lipton added.

Monthly passenger traffic was stable in 2015, averaging roughly 21,400 fliers a month. March was the busiest month of the year, seeing 23,110 fliers, according to numbers provided by Vantage.

Meanwhile, the airport continues to develop a capital plan to meet its growing needs, said Rebecca Catley, Vantage's communications and marketing director.

The airport marked a milestone last year as it moved to add on-site firefighting services. Two Oshkosh Striker fire trucks are slated to arrive this year, Catley said.

Updating the terminal's washrooms was the biggest capital project on the books last year.

The airport is also looking to address the lack of amenities and concessions postsecurity screening.

"That's what we're hearing loud and clear from passengers," Catley said.

As for 2016, Lipton said it's too early to tell if the airport would see another record

year.

"There's enough economic uncertainty generally, certainly in the country and in Western Canada, that we're not entirely sure," he said.

"The fundamentals in Fort St. John remain strong and so the economy has not developed really a dependence on a singular (industry)."

As for whether any new airlines would soon land Fort St. John, Lipton couldn't say, but he did note that the city continues to be part of the conversations Vantage has with airlines.

"It makes sense for some carriers than others, but we're always looking for more opportunities," he said.

Air Canada, Central Mountain Air, and WestJet all fly out of the airport.

According to a economic impact study released last fall, the airport supported 302 jobs, and generated $18 million in annual income for local households. It also contributed $8.2-million to federal, provincial, and municipal coffers, and added a total of $24-million to the country's gross domestic product. editor@ahnfsj.ca

The Northerner • Friday, February 5, 2016 • 3

Historical groups call on PRRD to revive heritage bylaw talks Mike C arter S taff Writer

History advocates are looking to the Peace River Regional District to breathe new life into a heritage bylaw that was left on the floor in 2011.

According to North Peace Museum Curator Heather Sjoblom, the end goal is to get the PRRD to complete and maintain a registry of historical buildings and sites in the region.

“People are frequently calling the museum and saying ‘I have this heritage building, I think it’s fairly old, how do I register it?’”

Sjoblom told the Alaska Highway News. “There is no way to register it on a regional or municipal level so, I think the

heritage bylaw is something we need.”

Sjoblom, along with Evelyn Sim of the North Peace Historical Society, pressed the PRRD in a Jan. 8 letter to put the bylaw back on the table for discussion.

When it first came before the board, it didn’t make it past a first reading.

Trish Morgan, the PRRD's general manager of community and electoral services, says directors were split on what to do.

“There were some that wanted more information (and) some weren’t sure, they were going to do their own research,” she said.

Ultimately, the board decided to abandon the idea and revisit it in the future if there was more

interest.

While Sjoblom and other museums in the Peace want to see the regional district take on the task of developing and maintaining a registry of historical buildings and sites, Morgan says this was not proposed in the first version of the bylaw.

Instead, the 2011 bylaw proposed bringing a contractor in to update the list of historical sites the regional district already has, such as the Kiskatinaw Bridge and the Alaska Highway.

Then, the bylaw would have had seen the regional district create a Heritage Commission whose activities would be more education and project-based, according to Morgan.

“We weren’t proposing any

sort of preservation or saying this building can’t be torn down or you have to only paint it a certain colour,” Morgan added.

But those sort of stipulations could be what museums in the region are looking for by bringing the bylaw back to the board's attention.

“The regional district has many more staff,” Sjoblom said.

“I am the only full time staff in my museum. We are willing to work with the regional district, but we need them to take the lead on something like this.”

Sjoblom added that the PRRD has been a great help in the past, supporting museums by providing grants for projects like the restoration of buildings at the North Peace Museum and a sim-

ilar project at the Little Prairie Heritage Museum in Chetwynd.

But, she said, “we can always do more.”

“In the Fort St. John area, we don’t seem to care much about the fact that any of our buildings are historic so they get torn down," Sjoblom said. "There are very few buildings to speak of in this area that are quite old and still in the same location. The heritage bylaw is something that goes beyond each municipality.

Some of our municipalities are more interested in preserving these buildings than others.”

Morgan said the regional district will bring a report to the board on the past heritage bylaw at one of its February meetings. dcreporter@dcdn.ca

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SD 60 pitching in $264K for new $24.8M school Bronwyn Scott Staff Writer

School District 60 is putting $264,000 towards the new school to be built in the northwest part of the city, the board heard on Monday.

Trustees completed all three readings and adopted a capital project bylaw for the construction of the new school during their regular meeting on Jan. 25.

The province will put just over $19.9 million towards the school.

The school, which will accommodate 365 students in Kindergarten through Grade 8, is expected to cost $24.8-million.

“The ministry, in their desire to have districts contribute, insisted that we… also put some dollars into the pot,” said Doug Boyd,

secretary treasurer.

“Through a thorough review of any dollars, we reluctantly identified that if we spent all our money we might be able to have $264,000 that we could contribute.

“They latched onto that, and have indicated that is now part of the project.”

The City of Fort St. John is also contributing $2.5-million to upgrade the gymnasium from an elementary to secondary school size.

Boyd added that in addition, the school district is nearing completion of its project agreement with the ministry.

The project agreement lays out the relationship between the district in the ministry, and includes a commitment to bring the project in on time and on budget. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Already the beginning of 2016 has disappeared much like the snow! While I’m sure we’re all pleasantly content with the temperatures lately, I know the last month has gone by far too quickly.

With the start of February we will see that start of our new Cruelty Investigations Officer. For the past year the staff and manager at the North Peace Branch have been trying to manage the incoming calls as best as possible. But it is certainly a position that requires constant dedication and we would like to welcome her to our team!

With the warm weather also comes the threat of increased disease and parasite infections. Already this month we lost two of our pups, who originally made the long journey from Fort Liard, to Parvovirus. This can be a deadly condition for most pups, although with proper veterinary care a small number of infected pups can make it. First signs of Parvovirus infection include lack of appetite, fever and lethargy. Symptoms quickly advance to vomiting, liquid diarrhea often tainted with blood and a sour, foul smell and lack of coordination. Once pups exhibit the later symptoms they can perish with 24-48hrs. Please ensure that your dog’s vaccines are up to date and DO NOT take your pups to parks, major walking paths or other common areas until all Parvovirus vaccine are completed.

You can schedule a vaccine appointment at North Peace Vet Clinic (250-785-4578), Rivers Animal Hospital (250-785-8387) or at the Gentle Pet Clinic (250-787-7297).

We also suggest keeping your pets properly protected against external parasites such as ear mites, fleas and ticks this year. There

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have been several stray pets arriving with infestations of fleas and even ticks this winter, right here in Fort St. John. Gone are the days of saying “it’s too cold – they can’t live up here”. If you happen to find a tick attached to your pet or yourself DO NOT pull it out!

If the head of a tick infected with lime disease becomes embedded in skin, it will continue to excrete the disease even though it is no longer part of the body! There are topical medications that will poison the tick and cause it to fall out.

January also saw the beginning of a new working relationship for the SPCA. The wonderful folks at the Gentle Pet Clinic have dedicated to providing a free exam for every animal adopted from the North Peace Branch! The free exams will continue throughout 2016 and the partnership will be reevaluated near the end of the year. We would like to thank the Gentle Pet Clinic for their services and hope to continue our partnership for years to come.

As February begins we encourage all bakers and kitchen tinkerers to join us in National Cupcake Day! The actual event is scheduled for February 29, but man folks will hold their bake sales throughout the month. Register online at -http://support.ontariospca.ca/ site/PageServer?pagename=reus_Cupcake16_splash&fr_id=1530 . Simply go to the site, select the BC SPCA and enter yourself or your team. All funds raised will go directly to help animals in need.

If you have questions about hosting a cupcake day please call the branch at 250-785-7722. For now happy baking and thank you to everyone who is chooses to donate to the BC SPCA!

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Aleisha Hendry

Is it unreasonable to put a limit on the number of pets someone can own?

Who does a city think it is to tell me the maximum number of animals I’m allowed to own!? I don’t tell them how many children they’re allowed to own! There’s no bylaw for that!

If I want to own a dozen cats – and I totally do – I should be allowed to! It’s not like I’d keep them locked in cages stacked on top of each other like those people do on Hoarders. They’d be free to roam my hypothetical yard and likely the neighbourhood too ¬– I’m sure my hypothetical neighbours would LOVE a visit from one of my hypothetical furry friends!

And why limit it to cats, and dogs (I suppose)? Maybe I want to import a whole flock of macaws and get working on a giant bird collection? Seeing a massive tropical bird would remind people of the tropics and would brighten their day, especially in the dead of winter.

Animals don’t take up nearly as much space as a human does, yet you’re allowed to cram a whole bunch of people into one house and impede traffic and snow clearing due to on-street parking. You know who doesn’t block the roads with vehicles? Pets, because they can’t drive!

So in conclusion, animals are better than people, and therefore we should be allowed to have as many as we want.

Science Matters David Suzuki

Paris changed everything, so why are we still talking pipelines?

With the December Paris climate agreement, leaders and experts from around the world showed they overwhelmingly accept that human-caused climate change is real and, because the world has continued to increase fossil fuel use, the need to curb and reduce emissions is urgent.

In light of this, I don’t get the current brouhaha over Kinder Morgan, Keystone XL, Northern Gateway or the Energy East pipelines.

Why are politicians contemplating spending billions on pipelines when the Paris commitment means 75 to 80 per cent of known fossil fuel

deposits must be left in the ground?

Didn’t our prime minister, with provincial and territorial premiers, mayors and representatives from non-profit organizations, parade before the media to announce Canada now takes climate change seriously? I joined millions of Canadians who felt an oppressive weight had lifted and cheered mightily to hear that our country committed to keeping emissions at levels that would ensure the world doesn’t heat by more than 1.5 C by the end of this century. With the global average temperature already one degree higher than pre-industrial levels, a half a degree more leaves no room for business as usual.

The former government’s drive to make Canada a petro superpower distorted the Canadian economy into greater fossil fuel dependence, with catastrophic consequences when the price of oil collapsed. The lesson should have been learned long ago: Heavy dependence on a single revenue stream like fish, trees, wheat, minerals or even one factory or

Mike Carter

We are GENERALLY reasonable when it comes to the amount of pets we can take care of given our income, space available and our own abilities.

To police the number of pets one can have through a bylaw would be tantamount to trying to policing the number of cups of coffee one can have in a day.

We are all fairly reasonable people, for the most part, and we understand that having cows in our backyards is probably not a good idea for us, for the cows or for our neighbours.

Chickens are a different story, they're great for gardens as they eat unwanted bugs, they provide eggs and they're messy - but it's easy to clean up after.

We also understand we won't be able to sleep if we drink ten thousand cups of coffee.

But the question at hand is limiting the amount of pets - and we're talking here about cats and dogs.

Let's say it was proposed that two dogs and two cats would be the maximum.

If we don't have the space for three dogs or three cats - or for that matter three dogs and three cats - then we'll probably realize soon after we move them all in that we've made a huge mistake.

But, if you do have the space than is it such a crime to have more than two of each?

Policing this would require hiring more bylaw officers and checking in on peoples homes, or aside from that, it would heavily rely on citizens reporting others who have more than the allowed number of pets.

It's a system set up to fail. Not only is it unreasonable to limit pet numbers, its impossible to police. industry is hazardous if that source suffers a reversal in fortune like resource depletion, unanticipated cost fluctuations or stiff competition.

Coal stocks have already sunk to the floor, so why is there talk of building or expanding coal terminals?

Low oil prices have pushed oilsands bitumen toward unprofitability, so why the discussion of expanding this carbon-intensive industry?

Fracking is unbelievably unsustainable because of the immense amounts of water used in the process, seismic destabilization and escape of hyper-warming methane from wells. Exploration for new oil deposits — especially in hazardous areas like the deep ocean, the Arctic and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other critical wildlife habitat — should stop immediately.

Pipeline arguments are especially discouraging, with people claiming Quebec is working against the interests of Alberta and Canada because the leadership of the Montreal Metropolitan Community — representing 82 municipalities and nearly

half the province’s population — voted overwhelmingly to reject the proposed Energy East pipeline project, which would carry 1.1 million barrels of oilsands bitumen and other oil products from Alberta to refineries and ports in the east. Some have thrown out the antidemocratic and, frankly, anti-Canadian notion that because Quebec has received equalization payments it should shut up about pipeline projects.

National unity is about steering Canada onto a sustainable track and looking out for the interests of all Canadians. Continuing to build fossil fuel infrastructure and locking ourselves into a future of increasing global warming isn’t the way to go about it. Shifting to a 21st century clean-energy economy would create more jobs, unity and prosperity — across Canada and not just in one region — than continuing to rely on a polluting, climate-altering sunset industry. Leaders in Quebec should be commended for taking a strong stand for the environment and climate —

and for all of Canada.

The Paris target means we have to rethink everything.

Energy is at the heart of modern society, but we have to get off fossil fuels. Should we expand airports when aircraft are the most energyintensive ways to travel?

Why build massive bridges and tunnels when we must transport goods and people differently? The global system in which food travels thousands of kilometres from where it’s grown to where it’s consumed makes no sense in a carbon-constrained world. Agriculture must become more local, so the Peace Valley must serve as the breadbasket of the North rather than a flooded area behind a dam.

The urgency of the need for change demands that we rethink our entire energy potential and the way we live. It makes no sense to continue acting as if we’ve got all the time in the world to get off the path that created the crisis in the first place. That’s the challenge, and for our politicians, it’s a huge task as well as a great opportunity.

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6 • The Northerner • Friday, February 5, 2016

Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club expands to over 100 members this season Byron Hackett Staff Writer

The Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski club has been a staple in Charlie Lake on the Beatton Park Trails since the 80s, but until recently the club had been somewhat stagnant.

Two years ago things began to change, as the club added a significant portion of skiing area, now with about 15 kilometres of groomed trails available at the Beatton park location plus an additional classic space at Links Golf Course in Fort St. John.

President Eliza Stanford has been with the club for about 13 years and has seen it grow from about 30 members to 114 in her time.

Stanford said the membership for this season is “since I’ve been involved, definitely a record.”

“We know that there are a lot more people that are taking up skiing and moving to the community who ski and people getting back into it so it’s pretty exciting.”

A lot of that growth was the result of the new trail intuitive by the club two years ago, which has helped give skiers more options when they head out on the course.

“It’s [set up] in such a way that you can do a different configuration every time you go and never really [repeat it].

You don’t have to do the same 15k every time you go. There’s more easy trails, it’s a lot more fun than it used to be, there used to just be two loops and they were kind of narrow and they weren’t very interesting,” Stanford said.

Elke Haggerty, the club skills, program and coaching development coordinator added that cross-country skiing is a great way to get the whole family outside for some fun.

“A lot of activities involve taking one kid here and one kid there and before you know it you are pretty scheduled and the great thing about cross-country skiing is you are getting outside and you can all do it together and it’s not very expensive,” she said.

They also currently have two adult programs, chicks on sticks and stickmen, which are designed to help get certain demographics out on certain days or nights. “It’s great for fellowship as well,” added Haggerty.

And while people continue to take up the sport, some are hesitant to take on the commitment for a variety of rea-

sons, which is why Stanford helped set up rentals to encourage more involvement.

“The big thing is getting skis on people, because a lot of people [just] want to try it out. We have a little set of rental equipment and it’s been enormously popular… it just gets people out there. It’s all about enjoying the winter and being active,” Stanford said, but added they only have seven sets of adult skis to rent out.

They also have an after school program for young skiers, which attracts more than 35 kids on certain afternoons.

The club is currently fundraising to build a storage facility in the hopes of getting a bigger grooming machine and would also one day like to have like to have a day lodge at Beatton Park.

“Right now we have all our stuff stored in a Sea-Can and it’s just not big enough,” she said. “We’re applying to get funds for more rental equipment for kids and the skis all need to go somewhere so we just need more space.”

With the day lodge, the experience would more than just a stop by and ski event.

“It becomes a gathering place and builds community. Community is what it’s all about,” Stanford said.

Last weekend the club had nine coaches participate in a weekend training seminar and hopes that they can get some on course experience over the winter in order to start a Jack Rabbit program aimed at promoting the sport to young skiers. “[It] Builds their interest in skiing. In the bunny level it gets families involved and it’s nice to become a family sport that way,” Haggerty said.

“Also, what we’ve learned being coaches is there are certain periods of time in a child’s life when they are more likely to be able to learn certain skills.

So if you can start young they can develop all these skills really well.”

At the end of the day the club really hopes skiers can just get out and enjoy themselves, ultimately making the harsh northern winters pass a little faster.

“It really does pass the winter, I remember last winter I thought ‘gee, all the snow is gone already?’” Haggerty said with a laugh.

The club will also be hosting free lessons from 1- 3 p.m. during High on Ice on Feb. 6 at Beatton Provincial Park. sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Logan Mackenzie and friend Gordon Haggerty playfully practice scootering at the Beatton Park Trails in Charlie Lake.

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Alberta's royalty review could be a boon for B.C.'s oilpatch Mike Carter & Jonny Wakefield Staff Writers

Tweaks to Alberta's royalty regime could give B.C. a leg up when it comes to oil and gas investment, an industry group says.

The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (CAODC) is warning the Alberta government that its royalty review, released Friday, does not do enough to address the "competitiveness gap" between the province and its oil-endowed neighbours. "(The review panel was) very transparent and open in terms of where Alberta stood in comparison to other jurisdictions," CAODC president Mark Scholz told the Alaska Highway News. "And B.C. and Saskatchewan were in some areas more competitive than Alberta from a royalty perspective."

"Today's report does not make significant changes to the overall royalty take by the province, however, it falls short of our recommendation to reduce rates in order to (incentivize) drilling activity to offset provincial taxes," Scholz was quoted as saying in a release.

"Furthermore, the recommendations do not address Alberta's competitiveness gap with other Canadian oil and gas jurisdictions such as Saskatchewan and B.C." The panel did find that "overall, Alberta's royalties are comparable with other jurisdictions," but that "there are issues with the royalty structures for crude oil, liquids and natural gas that need to be addressed."

While the CAODC says the panel's findings give the industry the stability it needs at a time when commodity prices are at historic lows, it finds the government's incentives to reduce costs through a proposed Drilling and Completion Cost Allowance "ironic" since the NDP government has "effectively increased industry's costs through... corporate taxes (and) carbon levies."

Overall, the report recommends few sweeping changes, and does not suggest any increase in oilsands royalties. The opposition Wildrose party called the review a "waste of time," saying it needlessly created a cloud of uncertainty over the industry.

While B.C. being at a competitive advantage for oil and gas drilling contracts could be a good thing for the local industry, an influx of Alberta service companies has put a strain on many Peace Region businesses struggling to stay competitive.

Art Jarvis, of Energy Services BC, says that to stay in the game, some service companies in the B.C. Peace are lowering fees for service to major oil and gas producers "in some cases to a point where they are just creating cash flow for the company—which is not going to save (them)," he said.

"The first time they get hit with a big expense, they don't have a budget for it. There are a lot of local companies that are suffering and having to tighten their belt."

'Race to the Bottom' Some, like B.C. Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver questioned why anyone would want to have a royalty scheme similar to B.C's, which he termed a "giveaway," even if it did offer a competitive advantage.

"If you look at royalty revenues for the province of British Columbia, they have plummeted dramatically and it's a public resource."

Weaver said engaging in a "race to the bottom" to lower royalty rates to attract business is not how a government ought to manage natural resources.

"We can play the race for the bottom in natural gas (but) the reality is we're going to lose out on that."

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The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act. The Proponent has now submitted its application (the Application) to obtain an environmental assessment certificate which is required before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project.

In order to provide information to the public about the Application, and to receive comments from the public, the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (the EAO) invites the public to attend an Open House to be held: Pomeroy Hotel, Scotty Room 11308 Alaska Road, Fort St. John, BC on: Thursday, February 25, 2016 from: 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at:

There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the Application. This comment period will begin on February 10, 2016 and end on March 11, 2016. All comments received during this comment period will be considered.

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Silver Willow had its 1st meeting on November 8, 2015. We chose different positions and welcomed new members. Our club went from 10 to 19 members in one year!

On November 18, 2015 our club made a cheque presentation to the FSJ Hospital Foundation as part of the “Be an Angel” campaign.

On December 11, 2015 we donated to the Santa Sun Sleigh Toy Drive at Home Hardware. We each bought a toy to put in the big sleigh.

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Peace pharmacies helping to personalize medication Matt Preprost Staff Writer

Two Peace Region pharmacies have played a key role in helping researchers understand the links between prescription drugs and the varying effects on the people who take them.

Pharmacies in Fort St. John and Chetwynd took part in a provincewide pharmacogenomics study called Genomics for Precision Drug Therapy in the Community Pharmacy, the first research project of its size in North America.

Two-hundred volunteers submitted saliva samples to 33 pharmacies across the province, allowing University of British Columbia researchers to sequence their DNA and study the role genetics play in drugs prescribed to patients.

"As genomics advances, what we're looking at is curtailing drug treatment to patients and understanding how differences in DNA leads to different responses (with a drug)," said Tyler Drapeau, one of two pharmacists at the Fort St. John Pharmacy and Wellness Centre who recruited 10 local volunteers for the study.

"Your DNA codes for different proteins or messenger molecules in your body. Proteins are involved in large, superstructures of enzymes and those enzymes can be involved in drug metabolism, they can be involved in how a drug binds to different receptors in your body, and that can translate into a specific effect within the body, and also lead to a difference in side effects.

"It's about making better choices (for prescriptions)," Drapeau added.

"We see those differences in your genetic information and that

tells us and the patient's physician that maybe we should avoid this drug because of the potential of this certain risk."

Pharmacogenomics uses a person’s genetics to tailor their drug treatment and dosage, said Corey Nislow, an associate professor in pharmaceutical sciences at UBC and a researcher in the study.

There are more the 150 medications, ranging from mental health to heart disease to cancer-fighting drugs, that are impacted by a person's DNA, Nislow said.

The patients in the study were all prescribed warfarin, a blood thinner used to treat blood clots.

"We wanted to pick a drug that was commonly prescribed and we would have a good body of data that's already been collected to compare our results to," Nislow said.

"It's a good drug but it's also a drug (where) your genetics has a very strong impact on the dose."

The research will help pharmacists understand genetic influences on today's drugs and tomorrow's drugs, Nislow said.

That will help avoid waste in healthcare spending, he noted, helping doctors to avoid prescribing drugs that have little to no effect.

"So many drugs are discarded with the bottle of pills half-full because you shouldn't have prescribed that in the first place because, for example, you couldn't metabolize it," he said.

Nislow said the study will now be expanded to 1,000 patients for further research.

The study was funded by the BC Pharmacy Association and Genome Bronwyn Scott Photo British Columbia.

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WEEKLY PRO RACING UPDATE Postseason Racing News, Stats & Trivia

All-Time Top Driver’s Bio

This Week’s Racing News

NASCAR officials and Sprint Cup car owners are continuing to work towards an agreement on a new charter system that would facilitate financial stability and security to teams.

A charter system is something that many feel will benefit NASCAR in the long run. Although NASCAR is built different from other sports in the sense that you can’t come in and buy a team per say, the new franchising deal will push NASCAR in that direction. According to multiple reports, the plan calls for 36 charters, or car franchises, that would be guaranteed a spot in every race. Charters can be sold if an owner wanted to get out of the sport or cut down the number of full-time cars it fields. Aside from providing security for some of the teams already in the sport, the model should offer better opportunities for investors outside of the sport to buy into the sport if they are interested in doing so.

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David Pearson Born: Dec. 22, 1934 Cup wins: 105 Cup top-tens: 366 Cup championships: 3 David Pearson began his NASCAR career in 1960 and ended his first season by winning the 1960 NASCAR Rookie of the Year award. He won three championships (1966, 1968, and 1969). Pearson ended his career in 1986, and currently holds the second position on NASCAR’s all-time win list with 105 victories; as well as achieving 113 pole positions. The National Motor Sports Press Association’s Hall of Fame inducted Pearson in 1991 and he was inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993. At his finalist nomination for NASCAR Hall of Fame’s inaugural 2010 class, NASCAR described Pearson as “the model of NASCAR efficiency during his career.

With little exaggeration, when Pearson showed up at a race track, he won.” In 2010, Pearson was named to the 2011 class in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

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Three new nurse practitioners now working in the Peace Staff Writer

Northern Health says it has recruited two new nurse practitioners to Fort St. John and another to Chetwynd.

Michael Tantongco and Virginia Davis have already arrived in Fort St. John and have been settling into their positions, according to a Northern Health press release.

Tantongco, who recently completed his studies at the University of Victoria, brings with him a background in pediatric oncology, treating kids and teens with blood disease and cancer.

Davis recently completed her master’s program through the University of Northern B.C. In Chetwynd, Kristan EllisMacDonald has also started her

work as a nurse practitioner, having moved from Halifax, where she attended Athabasca University.

“There were no jobs for nurse practitioners available in the Maritimes when I was looking, so I feel very fortunate to join Northern Health as a nurse practitioner at the Chetwynd Primary Care Clinic,” said MacDonald in a statement.

“I’m excited to live in Chetwynd as I had been in Northern B.C. before, and I always had a draw to come back out here because I found the people very nice, the community that I was in was great, and the environment is beautiful.”

Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with a graduate level nursing degree in

advanced practice. They can provide primary care, do checkups and physical exams, and prescribe medications.

“Nurse practitioners are valuable members of the health care team that have been serving Northern B.C. for over a decade,” said Helen Bourque, lead of nurse practitioners at Northern Health.

“The additional nurse practitioners joining northern communities will help us to further enhance primary care resources and delivery of service to the public.”

In addition to the three nurse practitioners coming to the Peace, four others have been recruited to work in Quesnel, Burns Lake, Mackenzie, and Northwest B.C., according to Northern Health. peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Applicant: Encana Corporation 37 Vic Turner Airport Road Dawson Creek, BC V1G 0G1 Attention: Jennifer Critcher jennifer.critcher@encana.com 250-719-6829 ext: 1120 The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage vegetation, including noxious weeds and invasive plants on all land owned, leased, and/or controlled by Encana for oil and gas production, transmission, distribution and storage within the plan area, including oil and gas wells and associated production facilities (and their access roads), several pipelines and gas processing plants. These sites are located in proximity to the communities of Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Tumbler Ridge, Hudson’s Hope, Pouce Coupe and Chetwynd. All sites are within the geographic boundaries of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the Peace River Regional District.

The proposed duration of the PMP is from March 2016 to March 2021. A copy of the proposed PMP and maps of the treatment areas may be examined at the above address.

A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the address above within 30 days of the publication of this notice. r0021184353

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Using the principles of integrated vegetation management (IPM), the pest management methods proposed include seeding, hand-pulling, mowing, whipping, deep ripping, caping, brushing (selective slashing), biological control agents, and the use of pesticides. The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name and some example(s) of trade names of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: aminocyclopyrachlor (Navius, Truvist), aminopyralid (Milestone, Restore, Sightline, ClearView), amitrole (Amitrole T), bromacil (Krovar, Hyvar, Calmix Pellets), chlorsulfuron (Telar, Truvist), clopyralid (Transline, Lontrel 360), dicamba (Dyvel, Killex, Banvel, Vanquish, Oracle), diuron (Karmex), flumioxazin (Payload, Torpedo), glyphosate (Roundup, Roundup Weathermax, Glyphos, Vantage XRT, Credit, Touchdown), hexazinone (Velpar), imazapyr (Esplanade, Arsenal), indaziflam (Esplanade SC), metsulfuron-methyl (Escort, Ally, Sightline, ClearView), MCPA (MCPA Esther and Amine), picloram (Aspect, Tordon 101, Tordon 22k), propyzamide (Kerb SC), quizalofop (Assure II, Yuma), sodium diflufenzopyr (Overdrive), simazine (Precep Nine T, Simazine), triclopyr (Garlon RTU, Garlon XRT), 2,4-D (2,4-D Amine 500, 2,4-D Amine 600).

Application methods includes: cut surface, basal bark, injection and foliar.

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