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Bonnie Isenberg, supervisor of the city’s bylaw enforcement department, was publicly lauded in city council on Monday for creating the first accredited Animal Control Officer Program in Canada.

Animal control officers across Canada could soon be learning the trade from a course developed in Fort St. John.

Bonnie Isenberg, a supervisor with the city's bylaw enforcement department, is being credited with almost single-handedly launching Canada's first accredited Animal Control Officer Program.

Isenberg has been developing a course to teach Animal Control officers for nearly two years. The first run of her course will hit classrooms at Langara College in Vancouver next month.

“This is a dream of mine, to help people get educated. I love teaching and love interacting with different people, the public and other officers, helping them out,” she said in an interview with the Alaska Highway News.

Isenberg has been working with animals for almost 20 years—a career that spans the SPCA, pet stores, safaris and zoos.

“I was an animal control officer and an animal cruelty investigator back in Ontario, and then I worked for different municipalities working as animal control … so this is my niche,” she said.

“I was able to take all my knowledge and experience and put it together. This is the first

program like this in B.C., and as far as we know in all of Canada, to become a certified animal control officer.”

Isenberg wrote the content for the sevenmodule program and developed the lesson plans. Lawyers and staff at Langara College have reviewed the curriculum.

The fact that there is no training or educational requirement to become an animal control officer results in “a lot” of bylaw enforcement officials coming into the field with no experience, Isenberg said.

The only training option, prior to the launch of her new course at Langara College, was to get bylaw certification through the Justice Institute of British Columbia, but that’s not animal control-related.

Isenberg saw a dire need for a specialized, accredited program.

“When you’re dealing with animals, you need to get special training on animal behaviour, animal welfare, transportation, biohazard, cleaning and reading the animal, how to interact with the animal properly,” she said.

“There’s nobody that offers that. There are private companies that will fly in from all over Canada to offer that, but there’s no certification and actual training.”

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Continued from Page 2 The course covers everything from animal welfare to officer safety. It will also cover working with animals, with the general public, conflict resolution, interview skills, and how to conduct an investigation.

“If you’re out in a small community and you’re by yourself, you

need to be able to have some different techniques and knowledge and skills so you can keep yourself safe,” Isenberg said.

Isenberg believes that having the animal control certificate will give graduates a leg up over their competitors vying for the same positions.

“An employer might lean more

towards you because now you have the fundamental training of keeping yourself safe and keeping animals safe,” she said.

Isenberg is the northern zone representative with the Licence Inspector’s and Bylaw Officer’s Association of B.C. (LIBOA), and she hopes that, along with Langara College, they can set a standard for

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The Northerner • Friday, March 25, 2016 • 3 training that other places will look of people that get bit and stuff due to emulate. to the lack of training,” he said.

Inder Litt, president of LIBOA, “We’re just happy that Bonnie was impressed by Isenberg’s work. took this on and that now there’s a “There is no training right now program that staff or up-and-comfor any officer other than, they get ing members of the bylaw enforcethe job and then they’re learning, ment (profession) have an opportuwhich is not the best way some- nity to learn this skill prior to gettimes – especially when you’re ting on the job, which is nice.” dealing with animals, there’s a lot peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Mike Carter

Does hockey season last too long?

First of, in full disclosure; I am a Leafs fan. And for most Leafs fans, the season is always too long.

But if I were a fan of any other team the season would still be too long.

By the time your team hits game 20 of the 82 game season, you can already look around the league and see who is good and who is bad.

You can see in this short time, which teams are over achieving and ready for a crash (Leafs), you can notice the ones that will stay in the basement (Oilers) and you can see the ones that are soaring to the top (the Habs, Hawks, and Ducks).

For fans of the bad teams you just want to see it end.

For fans of the good teams, you want to get to the playoffs where the games really mean something and you can get closer to a championship each night.

I mean, look no further than the latest Numeris ratings for Hockey Night in Canada, they are dropping like a rock! Why? Because the National Hockey League’s attempts and creating league parity have made things more unequal than ever, and no one wants to hear Damien Cox or Nick Kypreos drone on about why the good teams are good and the bad teams are bad.

Maybe the players union could be convinced by the fact they’d have a longer vacation.

Remember the lockout shortened half season? The Leafs made the playoffs! We need more of that.

Science Matters David Suzuki

World Water Day reminds us not to take clean water for granted Earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers and streams are its circulatory system, providing life’s essentials for people, animals and ecosystems.

Canada has one-fifth of the world’s freshwater, a quarter of its remaining wetlands and its longest coastline. With this abundance, it’s easy to take water for granted. Many of our daily rituals require its life-giving force. Yet do we recognize our good fortune in having clean, safe water at the turn of a tap?

Not everyone in Canada is so lucky. On any given day, more than 1,000 boil-water advisories are in place across the country. Imagine having

to walk to your local church every morning to fill plastic jugs with clean drinking water for your family. Or having to drive to your town’s fire station or community centre to collect bottled water.

Imagine having to boil water for everything you do at home — cooking, cleaning, washing. This is the sad reality for people who live in communities with boil-water advisories, some for decades at a time.

Water problems are dangerous. In May 2000, bacteria in Walkerton, Ontario’s water supply caused seven deaths and more than 2,300 illnesses. A public inquiry blamed the crisis on flaws in the province’s approval and inspection programs, a “lack of training and expertise” among water-supply operators and government budget cuts.

In 2001, nearly half of North Battleford, Saskatchewan’s 14,000 residents became ill from contaminated water. An inquiry concluded provincial oversight was inadequate and ineffective.

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Jonny Wakefield

I know not what to make of the lunatic ramblings of my colleague opposite. It seems he argues the hockey season goes on for "too long," but his real point is hard to make out through the gnashing of teeth. Reading his strung-together words, I feel the need to wipe spittle from my face.

Does the hockey season go on for too long? I say no. There can be no other answer.

Simply put, the market demands the season be thus. 82 games. A perfect number, for it is what the market will bear.

I make no claim to the quality of a season of 82 games. Such questions are immaterial. The season could be a pair of games followed by a month of feasting and feats of strength, if that were what pleases the market. It could be a hundred games, two-hundred, if each city's Captains of Industry would buy a sufficient number of season's tickets.

My colleague does not seem to understand this. Perhaps his intellect is dulled by too many years of supporting this Toronto "Leaves" Hockey Club. They have always struck me as an irrational sort.

In sum, the petty squabbles of a few Columnists matter not. We are but grains of sand on the market's mighty scales, cogs in a great machine that we cannot possibly understand. It is a thought which gives me great comfort.

continue to face a widespread drinking water crisis, with people on First Nations reserves 90 times more likely than other Canadians to lack access to clean water.

Health Canada reports that 131 drinking-water advisories were in effect in 87 Indigenous communities at the end of 2015, not including British Columbia. Places like Shoal Lake 40, Grassy Narrows and Neskantaga have been under boil-water advisories for decades. In B.C., the First Nations Health Authority reports that 28 drinking-water advisories were in effect in 25 Indigenous communities as of January 31, 2016.

How can this continue in a water-rich country like Canada?

Canada recognized the right to water at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012. Yet our government has failed to live up to its commitment. As a 2015 UN report points out, “The global water crisis is one of governance, much more than of resource availability, and this is where the bulk of the action

is required in order to achieve a water secure world.”

We are the only G8 country, and one of just two OECD countries, without legally enforceable national drinking-water-quality standards. Federal water policy is more than 25 years old and in dire need of revision. We have no national strategy to address urgent water issues and no federal leadership to conserve and protect water.

Instead, we rely on a patchwork of provincial water policies, some enshrined in law and some not.

Meanwhile, highly intensive industrial activities, agribusiness and pollution are putting water supplies at risk.

The federal government will deliver its first budget on March 22 — World Water Day. The David Suzuki Foundation’s Blue Dot movement is also taking a stand on World Water Day, helping communities across Canada call on the federal government to make good on our human right to clean water by enacting a federal environmental bill of rights.

Canada’s environment and climate change minister has a

mandate to “treat our freshwater as a precious resource that deserves protection and careful stewardship.” The government could take a big step toward accomplishing this by recognizing our right to a healthy environment, including our right to clean water.

The government should also implement legally binding national standards for drinking water quality equal to or better than the highest standards in other industrialized nations, and set longterm targets and timelines to reduce water pollution. And it should fulfil our right to water by addressing the drinking water crisis in Indigenous communities and establishing a Canada Water Fund to foster the clean-water tech industry and create a robust national water quality and quantity monitoring system.

Committing to these actions would help ensure all Canadians have access to clean, safe water for generations to come. On World Water Day, help protect the people and places you love by joining the Blue Dot movement.

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W E E K LY P R O R A C I N G U P D AT E Racing News, Stats & Trivia

2016 Standings Sprint Cup Series Top Ten 1) Kevin Harvick Top 10: 5

2) Jimmie Johnson Points: 184 Wins: 2 Top 5: 3

Top 10: 3

3) Carl Edwards Points: 171 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3

Top 10: 4

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

4) Denny Hamlin Points: 170 Wins: 1 Top 5: 3

Top 10: 3

5) Kyle Busch Points: 170 Wins: 0 Top 5: 4

Top 10: 4

6) Joey Logano Points: 165 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 3

7) Kurt Busch Points: 148 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1

Top 10: 4

Racing History March 25, 1982 - Danica Patrick was born on this date. In 2013, she became the first female NASCAR driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole, turning in the fastest qualifying lap since 1990—qualifying for the Daytona 500. Her eighth place in the 2013 Daytona 500 is the highest finish for a woman in the Daytona 500. She currently drives the No. 10 Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing in the Sprint Cup Series.

8) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Points: 145 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 3

9) Brad Keselowski Points: 142 Wins: 1 Top 5: 1

Top 10: 3

Points: 139 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1

Racing Trivia What is Danica Patrick’s career average finishing position in Cup Series races? a) 15th b) 20th

10) Austin Dillon Top 10: 3

Points 144 136 135 132 129 126 119 106 102 96

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c) 25th d) 30th

Answer : c) Patrick’s average finishing position in Cup Series races is 25th place.

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NASCAR looking into incidentt involving Danica Patrick NASCAR will decide this week k whether or not to take action n against Danica Patrick for getting out off her car and gesturing toward Kasey Kahne e after he wrecked her during Sunday’s Auto o Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. Section n 10.4.2.1 of the NASCAR Rulebook states,, in part, “At no time should a driver or crew w member(s) approach any portion of the e racing surface or apron. At no time should d a driver or crew member(s) approach h another moving vehicle.”

NASCAR R executive vice president and chief racing g development officer Steve O’Donnell said,, “We’ve got to make sure, first and foremost,, rules are in place to keep the drivers safe..

And we want to just review everything thatt took place there and see if there’s anything g we need to react to this week.” Kahne was s called into the NASCAR hauler after the e race, which O’Donnell said was routine..

Patrick was running 19th when the incidentt occurred on Lap 120 entering Turn 1..

Kahne was one lap down in 31st-place. He e finished 28th and she finished 38th.

Points: 195 Wins: 1 Top 5: 3

Xfinity Series Top Ten

Last Weekend’s Race: Jimmie Johnson won the Auto Club 400 Auto Club 400 Top Ten Driver Points Jimmie Johnson 44 Kevin Harvick 41 Denny Hamlin 39 Joey Logano 38 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 36 Chase Elliott 36 Carl Edwards 35 AJ Allmendinger 33 Brad Keselowski 32 Jamie McMurray 31

Jimmie Johnson won the battle between hometown heroes on Sunday, outdueling Kevin Harvick in overtime at Auto Club Speedway. “Awesome teamwork, boys!” Johnson shouted on his radio after taking the 77th checkered flag of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, breaking a tie with the late Dale Earnhardt for seventh on the all-time victory list. The six-time series champion from El Cajon, California, got the chance he needed when Kyle Busch blew a tire and hit the Turn 3 wall on Lap 198 of a scheduled 200, to cause the sixth and final caution of the afternoon. With the race destined for overtime, the lead-lap cars came to pit road for new tires, with Denny Hamlin leading Harvick and Johnson back onto the track.

Johnson pulled away to win by .772 seconds.

Jimmie Johnson Born: Sept. 17, 1975 Crew Chief: Chad Knaus Car: Chevrolet

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Wins 2 5

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Archers take aim at the Totem Archery Club's 3D indoor shoot.

Archery brings families together in Fort St. John Byron Hackett Staff Writer

One arrow whistled quickly down the field, with total disregard for all the plastic animals in it’s path and landed directly on the 10-point marker on the doe that was no more real than a child’s play toy.

That solo arrow— one of a plethora launched during a full weekend of archery at Babcock Arena just outside of Fort St. John on Saturday for the annual New Totem Archery Club 3D shoot.

Just over 80 competitors from all across the peace nocked their arrows Saturday and Sunday, from kids as young as five to shooters as old as 86 in the annual event.

Club president Ruby Mannila was impressed with the turnout and added the event continues to show

the great archery tradition in Fort St. John and surrounding area.

And while some were out for the competitive nature, many were there to keep the family shooting tradition alive, like five-year-old Ezra Jarnagin, who was handed his first bow from his grandpa and was learning a few important lessons.

“The first thing I would recommend is have fun,” said Graham Goertzen, one of the New Totem Archery Club advanced shooters.

“Nobody around here makes money at this. So the first thing is have fun and the second thing is get involved with somebody who cares about it and is willing to teach you some of the basics because it will be a lot more fun if you know how to do things properly.”

That lesson was apparent for nine-year-old Grayson Ekkel, who

has been shooting for about three years and was also given his first bow from his grandpa, and was out shooting with his dad and little brother on the weekend.

“Everybody comes out to shoot for fun and sometimes we go hunting, it’s just fun,” Ekkel said.

The young archer added that while he’s got a lot to learn before reaching his dad and grandpa’s level, there was one important tip he picked up right off the hop.

“Trying to aim with the tip of your arrow,” he said about the hardest thing to learn so far.

From a more experienced shooters perspective, Goertzen said there are a few basics to remember when getting started.

“You’re going to need a bit of upper body strength, but that will develop over time,” he said. “Don’t

ever believe anyone who says you need to start with a heavy bow; a heavy draw weight. A manageable draw weight and get your draw weight figured out. If you’re too long or too short it’ll be too hard to enjoy it and the accuracy won’t be there… If you want to get good at it, practice is what it’s going to take.”

Goertzen added that while lots of people like to win, there’s a key tip for beginners that helps him have fun at the end of the day.

“Probably not to take it so seriously,” Goertzen said with a laugh.

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Students get colourful with Holi celebration Bronwyn Scott Staff Writer

The chalk was flying and the colours were bright at Ecole Central Elementary’s first ever Holi celebration, a traditional Indian festival in celebration of diversity.

To mark the occasion, students gathered outside, and were each given bags of coloured chalk, ordered straight from India. A DJ was on scene, and kids were dancing to the beats, when the countdown began: five, four, three, two, one – throw.

Students shook their bags of chalk, which, altogether, erupted in a colourful plume of dust – and some very brightly adorned children. “(It’s) what they do to celebrate diversity, it’s kind of a metaphor,

the colour,” explained organizer and teacher Elaine McEachern.

It was the school’s first time hosting the event, but they plan to do it again next year, and involve even more of the school’s 350 students.

There was only enough chalk for four classes to participate this year, but the school is looking for sponsors to be able to fund the purchase of even more chalk in the future.

“It was great, it was fun, and what was even better is that it was our first time,” said Grade 3 teacher Marie Desy.

“That kind of event happens a lot everywhere in Canada, but it was the first time it came to Fort St. John, so it’s awesome that they could live it. And the first thing that one of my students said right after is, ‘I want to do it again.’” peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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So we have had rides for our club members every Wednesday since February 24, so we have held them February 24, March 2, and March 9. Each ride was for a different group of club members. The members were placed in 1 of 3 groups which are Group 1, Group 2, or Group 3. Each group worked on different things based on the skill level of the riders in the group. Three different leaders led each ride who were Jody Watson led Group 1, Kim Painton for Group 2, and Julia Fellers for Group 3. District Communications was held March 12 and basically all the qualifiers from each of the 4-H clubs in our district came to Northern Lights College to compete. There were Educational Displays, Demonstrations, Speak and Shows, and Speeches. We had one person from our club qualify to compete with her speech which was Josie Lawlor, four people qualifying with their

Educational Displays and they were two seniors who were Kyra Taylor and Katy Kimmie and two juniors who were Kayli Taylor and Aurora Lee. We had one demonstration qualify to compete and that was Mollie English and Brooke Kosick. Kayli and Kyra Taylor both placed second with their Educational Displays and Mollie English and Brooke Kosick placed first in Junior Demonstration. Katy and Josie both did well but, sadly, did not place. The next level for the club members that qualified for it is Regionals. There isn’t a set date yet but Mollie and Brooke qualified to go to Regionals and we wish them luck. That’s all for today so I’d just like to thank you for reading my article and hope you’ll check back next month to find out what happened between now and then. Bye!

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Northern Health looks to bring MRI to Fort St. John Staff Writer

Fort St. John is getting an MRI machine with services “ideally” becoming available as early as the fall, Northern Health says.

Whether it’s a portable unit that travels between Terrace and Fort St. John every two weeks, or a

fixed unit in both locations, has yet to be decided.

“We are looking at the best solution, whether it’s a mobile or a fixed, and we only have so much money,” said Angela de Smit, chief operating officer for Northern Health, in an interview with the Alaska Highway News.

“If it costs us a million and a half

for a mobile unit, then we can have access to two communities ... versus if it costs us a million and a half in each site, well that’s quite a bit more money in terms of what we would have,” she said.

De Smit said portable units are used in Interior B.C., Kelowna and Pentincton, as well as in northern Alberta, where a unit is shared

between Edson and Lloydminster.

Northern Health issued a request for information and a request for proposals for a machine.

“We’re going through a systematic process to ensure that we’re making the right decision at the right time based on the limitations that we have in terms of capital budgets, or capital dollars at this

time,” de Smit said.

She added that Northern Health will be announcing a final decision “probably late April, early May ... with ideally services starting to be available in late fall of 2016 to spring of 2017." peacereporter@ahnfsj.ca

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We are in need of a Laboratory/Environmental Technologist to work full-time in our Technical Department. This position is responsible for the routine testing of all samples in relation to the pulping process and associated environmental permits. Project based work and diversification between the Laboratory and Environmental Departments will be performed on an as needed basis and dependent on qualifications and skill sets. The tasks of the successful candidate will be to:

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250−622−2483 bmunson@bearcreekgroup.ca www.bearcreekgroup.ca

1. Carry out routine and special chemical tests for mill process and for quality control.

2. Carry out routine environmental tests on effluent and air as outlined in the permits.

3. Interact with operations, environment, and engineering staff to gain information and solve problems.

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Permanent, full-time.

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4. Observe data results for trends and anomalies. Be able to demonstrate an understanding how different factors influence results and makes adjustments accordingly.

5. Participate in routine equipment calibration and ensure that audits/updates of policies and procedures are performed such as required by ISO 14001 EMS and ISO 9001 QMS requirements.

6. Prepare and standardize solutions used for analyses throughout the mill.

7. Analyze unknown materials, such as scales and deposits, microscope analysis on pulp and asbestos.

8. Other technical duties and projects as assigned.

What We Expect ✓ BSc in Chemistry, Environment, Chemical Engineering, or equivalent educational background.

✓ 4 to7 years’ experience in laboratory / environmental setting, preferably industrial applications (pulp and paper, mining, oil and gas, chemical). ✓ Technologist designation (ASET, AscT, ASSTBC) or the ability to attain one within 3 months of hire. ✓ Proven track record of developing and maintaining a safe work culture. ✓ Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Software.

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Phone 780-354-2161, Beaverlodge.

✓ Good working relationships with operations, customer service and consultants. ✓ Effective verbal and written communication skills. ✓ Excellent interpersonal and team skills.

✓ Ability to work comfortably, independently and safely within industrial operations.

What You Can Expect ✓ Report directly to the Manager, Environment & Technical Services.

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✓ Be part of a busy dynamic department.

✓ Work with a collaborative team of professionals.

When applying for position please quote reference id: 201605.

We thank all applicants; only those whose candidacy best suits our needs will be contacted.

Working together to be the best for our communities, our environment….our future!

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✓ A competitive pay and benefits package.

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Ideal candidates will possess the following: − Forklift Ticket − Minimum 1 year experience operating Heavy Duty forklift − Be safety Conscious − Valid Driver’s license Special consideration will be given to individu− als with: − Possess OFA Level 3 − Ware housing experience − Operating 5 ton + capacity Forklift − Class 1

LABORATORY/ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIST CASTLEGAR, BC

Submit your resume by Friday, April 15, 2016 via email to: phyllisp@celgar.com

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BEAR CREEK CONTRACTING LTD. HD FORKLIFT OPERATOR Bear Creek Group is seeking expe− rienced Heavy Duty Forklift Operators to join our container stuffing transload team at Tidal Coast Terminals in Prince Rupert.

Zellstoff Celgar is North America’s newest and largest single line sustainable softwood kraft pulp mill located in the West Kootenay region of B.C. Celgar is part of Mercer International, which also owns and operates two world class softwood mills in Germany. All three mills continue to invest in their core assets and investigate new revenue streams in the emerging bioeconomy to further improve their long term viability.

If you want to know more about Zellstoff Celgar please go to www.mercerint.com

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