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The group was given a grant of $3,000 to spend on exercise equipment.

They didn’t waste any time putting them to the test, and took them out on a day-long expedition over the weekend on the Cactus Loop bike trails. They’re training for a three-day activity at the end of February. “[Snowshoeing is] a great way to get out and appreciate our local area, and explore a lot of the great trails around here, and it’s a good teambuilding activity,” explained Lane.

“The senior cadets are responsible for the younger ones, so it builds into their leadership skills, taking responsibility and looking after somebody else.”

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The Healthy Living Alliance has donated 20 pairs of new snowshoes to the cadets.

The alliance is a partnership between the City of Fort St. John and Northern Health, and co-chairs Kylah Bryde and Ibolya Agoston presented the members of the 2276 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps with their new equipment on Jan. 21.

“The snowshoes that the cadets use are the military issue ones that were designed in the 60’s and they were never meant for 12 year old kids,” said Commanding Officer Ken Lane.

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Revving up for High On Ice William Stodalka

The annual High On Ice festival will begin on Feb. 6

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activities.

Children are set to be able to go down ice slides, athletes will play pond hockey at Charlie Lake, and men and women both can take part in a curling bonspiel at the Fort St. John Curling Club.

For the first time, the Northern Environmental Action Team (NEAT) is offering Soup Stock. People who bring their own mug and can enjoy 20 different kinds of soup at the North Peace Arena from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Saturday.

Even local elected representatives will take part. Fort St. John has sent out an ice carving challenge to communities in northeastern B.C. like Taylor and Dawson Creek.

“That’s another big thing with High On Ice, it’s not just a Fort St. John, we really want to pull people from other communities,” said Jordan. “We let their community leaders know, and hopefully that they’ll spark some interest in their own communities to get people to come here.”

Those community leaders may have a challenge on their hands, as Fort St. John council won last year.

That council’s head, Mayor Lori Ackerman, said that High On Ice, was the “highlight of (her) year.”

“The whole community coming together to have some fun and fully embrace winter is really what living in the north is all about.”

Jordan shared these sentiments.

“I think it’s a really good way to get people out,” she said. “I think that by that point of winter, everybody’s kind of getting a little stir-crazy, so it’s a really good occasion for everybody to get out, and have a common reason to celebrate.”

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A regular display of community and art is set to warm up what on some days may feel like a miserable winter next month.

On Feb. 6, the High On Ice festival will begin. Ice carvers from around the western hemisphere are set to attend, carving up ice creations in Centennial Park.

Marissa Jordan, the city’s recreation programmer, said that locals, Americans, and an Argentine have already signed up to compete.

“We’ve seen a lot of enthusiasm towards it.”

Even though the event is still weeks away, children from Ecole Central Elementary School already created 10 sculptures from snow molds on an empty lot at the corner of 100th and 100th that people can view.

For those who make it to the opening ceremonies (set for 6 p.m.), there will be a complimentary hot chocolate bar, bonfire, and a city council slide off on the alwayspopular ice slides.

Beyond these artists using power tools to create something intricately beautiful, the event will also feature a slew of side

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Byron Hackett

Should children be forced to get the MMR vaccine in order to prevent the spread of those illnesses?

Fifty years ago, contracting measles was more common than a head cold.

A vaccine was developed to help prevent it’s widespread. After all, that’s what vaccination is meant to do, stop the spread.

A substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies, and provide immunity to one or several diseases, is the dictionary definition of a vaccine.

The word stimulate is key there, or to start it means.

There are many cases in which a vaccine can be helpful to the masses, or prevent the spread of a deadly disease, but for ones that have largely been under control, for ones that the human immune system has likely adjusted for over the last half century, what’s the point?

Why continue to pump the bodies of our youth with a vaccination that has likely already integrated itself within the antibodies and immune system of the human genome?

It is crucial to protect children from the harms and ills of the world, and as parents the role is often seen as more important than one own health.

But at some point, you must be left to wonder if we aren’t weakening the resiliency of our immune system long term by giving children a shot that affects less than a 100 people a year in North America?

They shouldn’t be forced to, and parents should stand up against that requirement now and forever.

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Oil prices drop as global warming rises

With oil prices plunging from more than $100 a barrel last summer to below $50 now, the consequences of a petro-fuelled economy are hitting home — especially in Alberta, where experts forecast a recession.

The province’s projected budget surplus has turned into a $500-million deficit on top of a $12-billion debt, with predicted revenue losses of $11 billion or more over the next three or four years if prices stay low or continue to drop as expected. Alberta’s government is talking about service reductions, public-sector wage and job cuts and even increased or new taxes on individuals. TD Bank

says Canada as a whole can expect deficits over the next few years unless Ottawa takes money from its contingency fund.

It’s absurd that a lower price on a single commodity could have such a profound economic impact, but that’s what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket and fail to plan for such contingencies. With a population and oil-and-gas production profile similar to Alberta, Europe’s largest petroleum producer, Norway, is also feeling the impacts. But much higher taxes on industry, majority state ownership of the country’s largest oil-andgas company and an approximately $900-billion sovereign wealth fund built from oil revenues are cushioning the fall.

Some see low fuel prices as good news, but there are many downsides. With driving becoming less costly, more cars and trucks could be on the road, which is good for the auto industry but bad in terms of pollution, climate change and

William Stodalka

Blame Jennifer McCarthy if some kids trips to Disneyland is ruined.

Right now, there is a warning out from the B.C. government about people who want to travel to Disneyland.

That’s because right now there is a measles outbreak in the happiest place on Earth. And the likely culprit behind this measles outbreak is Ms. McCarthy, as she and others have led a campaign based on misinformation warning against the dangers of vaccination.

That whole thing is based on a study that was proven to be fraudulent. But unfortunately, anti-science stupidity, like the measles, is contagious, and many parents are opting out of giving their children vaccines because of it.

While I’m not a fan of government forcing people to do something against their will, I am a fan of people not getting sick.

It’s the same reason why many people would argue that Jehovah Witness patients should be forced to receive blood tranfusions, even though their religion forbids them from “eating” blood. Except in this case, unless there’s some other weird type of religion where God commands your children get the measles, this doesn’t even have the religious argument for it.

Therefore the government should force parents to get this type of vaccine for their children because the greater good of other children outweighs the nonexistent risks of autism and the very real risk your child could present to others if they were to catch the measles.

It’s unfortunate some people have to be forced to do the right thing.

traffic accidents. And because the price of oil is now lower than the cost to extract oilsands bitumen, the industry is starting to put the brakes on rapid expansion plans — bad news for workers and businesses in Fort McMurray and those heavily invested in the industry but good news for the planet.

Recent research shows most of Canada’s oilsands bitumen — as well as all Arctic oil and gas, most of Canada’s coal and some conventional oil and gas — must be left in the ground if the world is to avoid a global temperature increase of more than 2 C above preindustrial levels, the internationally agreed-upon threshold for limiting catastrophic impacts of global warming. The report, by researchers at University College London's Institute for Sustainable Resources and published in the journal Nature, concludes a third of the world’s oil reserves, half of gas reserves and more than 80 per cent of coal reserves must not be

burned before 2050.

The study also found that carbon capture and storage, touted as one way to continue exploiting and burning fossil fuels, is too new, expensive and limited to make enough of a difference by 2050.

Study co-author Paul Ekins told National Geographic that putting hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuel exploration and development is “deeply irrational” economic behaviour. “What would be ideal,” he said, would be to “use the opportunity of this fall in the oil price to start instituting a global carbon tax, which would take some of the volatility out of the prices.”

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would also help.

John Stone, a Canadian scientist and lead author on the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, told CBC the UCL study “is another wake-up call to snap us out of our denial of climate change.”

With 2014 confirmed as

the hottest year on record, and 13 of the hottest 15 years having occurred since 2000, we can’t afford to ignore the consequences.

According to researchers, the odds that natural variability is causing today’s climate change are less than one in 27 million! It’s astounding that, in the face of such overwhelming evidence from scientists worldwide, people continue to deny the problem exists or that humans are responsible and can or should do anything about it.

It’s especially irresponsible when energy conservation and cleaner fuel alternatives offer so many economic benefits, including job creation, greater stability and reduced healthcare costs. As world leaders prepare for the UN climate summit later this year, we must look at the recent market meltdown as an opportunity to shift away from fossil fuels. It’ll be much easier and less costly to get on with it now than to wait until we’re left with few choices.

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Record year for Taylor Fire Department

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The Taylor Fire Department had a record year for 2014, according to its chief Alan Stebbing.

Stebbing presented the findings for his volunteer department this past Tuesday's district council meeting. He said that his department received 149 calls for service, up from his previous record set last year, of 143.

"2014 was a very positive year for the emergency program," he said.

According to statistics provided by

the fire department, there were 37 fire calls, 33 medical calls, 39 motor vehicle incidents, and 36 cases of false alarms. About 80 of them happened in the rural boundaries, with the rest happening in the rural boundaries.

Ponto praised the department.

"The biggest thing is the dedication they have whether its to training or attending to an incident, its there," she said, pointing to their role in the evacuation of Hudson's Hope due to wildfires earlier this summer. recentOreo is a 5-month old was ly neutered male that in the part of a feral litter er. own community, with no n he He was not tame whe much came in, but is getting ntion better with lots of atte and f, from foster family, staf little a s take volunteers. It once bit for him to trust, but have he does, he loves to He’s his belly rubbed. ful. affectionate and play n Help this sweet boy lear what home is.

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The Killbillies Roller Derby team is gearing up for their busiest season yet The Energetic City Roller Derby Association’s Killbilles are getting their skates ready for their upcoming season, and it’s going to be their busiest one yet.

Bout Coordinator Kim Large, also known as Jasa Voorhees when she’s on the track, has lined up three home games, three away games and an away tournament for the ECRDA Killbillies.

“We are really excited about our bouting season this year,” said Large.

First up for the Killbillies is the aforementioned tournament, Northern Exposure, hosted by the Rated PG Rollergirls of Prince George and will feature teams from B.C., Alberta, and for the first time, Saskatchewan.

The Killbillies will be hosting the skaters of Gold Pain City Derby Girls from Quesnel on April 25 for their first home game of the season, a team Large said they Byron Hackett File Photo The Fort St. John Killbillies took on the Dirty Harriets from Edmonton in their final home bout of the season last year. love playing.

“We will be playing some really great teams this year that we love meeting up, like the Quesnel girls, that we mance this year. played Grande Prairie, so it’s going to be an great to improve upon that.” are usually closely matched with. That alThe last home bout of the season will be interesting game, according to Large.

The league is also looking for men and ways makes for an exciting game,” she said. on June 13, when the Rated PG Rollergirls The final game of the season will be women interested in being referees. Large Next the Killbilles will be heading to send their A Team to take on the Killbillies. in Quesnel as the Gold Pain girls host said that officiating experience is an asset, Edmonton on May 9 for a rematch against Large said Rated PG will be a great game the Killbilles at the Gold Rush Rumble but not required. the Dirty Harriets from the Oil City Derby to watch.

– a special Friday night bout that’s on the As well as refs, the league is also seekGirls. The Killbilles played the Harriets in “We will be meeting Rated PG again, schedule for the town’s Billy Barker Days ing non-skating officials to do tasks during their final home game of the season last who have more experience under their belts celebrations. their bouts, such as penalty tracking and year, which was a nail biter that came down than us, but is always a great group of girls But before all that gets underway, the score keeping. to an overtime jam where the Harriets eked to meet up with – on and off the track. We Killbillies will be practicing their strategies “We really need people interested in volout the win. always learn a lot from them, but we don’t and skills, and they’re looking for some unteering at bouts, it’s a great way to get inNext is the second home game of the sea- make it easy for them, so it's always fun!” fresh meat to join the league. volved without skating,” said Large. son, where the girls in pink host the St. AlThe following weekend will be a bit clos“It sounds like we should have a good The Killbilles start practices on Feb. 3 at bert Heavenly Rollers’ Beelzebubs on May er to home, as the FSJ girls head to Grande fresh meat turnout this year. So hopefully the Taylor Hall at 7:15 p.m. For more infor30. The Killbillies travelled to St. Albert to Prairie to take on the Grande Prairie Roller we can add a few new faces in with our ros- mation, check out their Facebook page. play this team last year where they took the Derby Association’s Rage N Fyre on June ter,” said Large. “By last season we had re— Submitted by the Energetic City Rollwin, so they’re hoping for a repeat perfor- 20. It’s been a few years since the Killbillies ally come together as a team, but it is always er Derby Association

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Large fire strikes OSB mill Sunday Spontaneous combustion blamed for the fire; no one was reported injured Jonny Wakefield Staff Writer

A pile of tree bark spontaneously combusted at a wood processing plant near Fort St. John early this past Sunday morning, sparking a blaze that took more than eight hours to contain. The Fort St. John fire department rushed to a fire at the Peace Valley OSB mill at around 4 a.m. Sunday.

The fire began deep in a "hog" pile—a pile of wood material left over from when logs are prepared for processing.

The facility produces oriented strand board, a type of particleboard.

Fort St. John fire chief Fred Burrows said the fire made its way to the surface of the pile and quickly spread, aided by high winds.

Burrows said that as of 3 p.m. Sunday, firefighters were done battling the blaze.

No one was reported to be injured as of Sunday afternoon.

Burrows said that hog piles run the risk of spontaneous combustion.

"They heat internally like a straw bale does," he said. "It builds up heat and gets hot enough. With the wind we've had, it gradually works its way to the top. It was just massive in size."

Wayne Perry, manager of the plant, said that while fires do spark in hog piles due to natural processes, this is the first time one has grown so large that onsite crews could not contain it.

"This was a freak event," he said. "We've been here for 10 years and this is the first serious fire we've had like this. It was a combination of weather and the pile of material. We are obviously going to look at everything we can do to make sure we don't have another one of these."

He added that winds were "in the 80 to 100 kilometer (per) hour range" the night of the fire.

Two engines and a ladder truck were called out from Fort St. John, as well as crews from the Taylor fire department.

While there was risk the fire could spread to the OSB facility itself or the adjacent lumber mill, crews contained the fire before it could do any damage.

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Formula Powell Midget Tier 3 team is holding strong in the standings with a big win this past Sunday against Grande Cache in their last regular season home game. Ryan Young started the scoring for FSJ 11 minutes into the first period. After an equipment malfunction, Lane DeRose came out in the second period to score making it 2-2 going into the third. Liam Harris, Nicholas Dragojevich scored in the third with Lane DeRose getting his second goal of the game with 45 seconds left. Zakeri Larson with a solid performance in net to keep the win 5-4.

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In support of the 18th Annual “Be an Angel” campaign, five local financial institutions agreed to collect donations on behalf of the Foundation during the month of November. Scotia Bank, CIBC, RBC, BMO, and the North Peace Savings and Credit Union all participated, and collectively raised $4,360!

Thanks to the generous support of the community, the Foundation was able to raise over $320,000 during this year’s “Be an Angel” campaign. All donations were directed to the “Angel Fund,” which allows resources to be readily available to meet the equipment needs of the Hospital and Peace Villa sooner.

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A donation to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation’s Endowment Fund is literally like giving a gift that keeps on giving.

Donations to any one of the three Endowment Funds are invested and remain untouched. Only the income generated by the initial donation is used to support the Foundation’s mandate of enhancing patient care and comfort at the Hospital and Peace Villa.

Endowments ensure a continuing source of funds for the purchase of medical equipment for succeeding generations. What a great way to leave a legacy.

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The board of directors and employees of the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation wish all our supporters, patients, volunteers, and donors all the best for a happy and healthy New Year!

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New resource for children of divorce Kids First, which takes a group approach, set to begin Feb. 2

Kirstie Cooper of Community Bridge sits in her Fort St. John office.

Community Bridge is setting up a type of group therapy for Fort St. John children who are having trouble dealing with their parents divorce.

Kids First, which is set to begin Feb. 2, will aim to help these kids whose parents marriage has fallen apart.

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“Basically the Kids First group is to help kids just kind of normalize it, because there’s going to be other children in the group (whose parents are going through divorce),” said Kirstie Cooper, who works with Community Bridge in Fort St. John. “Sometimes you don’t know if your classmates are going through it as well.”

Divorce can be difficult, not only for the parents who are breaking up, but it can also change the behaviour of some kids.

“Some kids can resort to whining, acting like a baby, especially if it happened when they were younger,” said Cooper. “Some kids experience a lot of the anger that their parents express. So if mom and dad are always fighting, kids might think that’s OK and that’s how we resolve things.”

These children can also have trouble understanding why their parents divorced, Cooper added.

“Lots of kids are like, well, I don’t understand, because this and this happened, or lots of kids are like, well my mom or dad knew that the other person was like this before they got married, so why did they get married in the first place,” she said. “So this is really about making them understand and just be able to process their feelings because sometimes mom and dad are so involved in what’s going on and they’re trying to protect the kid as well that they’re not actually helping them sometimes.

"These children, aged 7-12, may be helped by participation in Kids First.

"The goal of this group is to help children identify and express those feelings in a healthy and safe manner and throughout the program children will learn the skills that will help them better understand process and cope with the new changes in their lives.”

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Golf Trivia

Bill Haas was the FedEx Cup Champion in 2011. How many times has he finished in the top ten in a major? a) 0 b) 1

c) 3 d) 5

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Answer: a) 0. The best finish for Haas in a major championship was a T12 in the 2011 PGA Championship.

Last Week: Bill Haas won the Humana Challenge

Bill Haas carded a 67 to Tournament Results finish at 22-under-par 266 in 1. Bill Haas Score: -22 the Humana Challenge for Earnings: $1,026,000 his sixth PGA Tour victory. Player Score Earnings Charley Hoffman -21 $342,000 Leading by a stroke on the final T-2.

T-2. Matt Kuchar -21 $342,000 hole, Haas had to take his second T-2. Sung Joon Park -21 $342,000 T-2. Brendan Steele -21 $342,000 shot while standing in a bunker with T-2. Steve Wheatcroft -21 $342,000 the ball in dormant grass at nearly waist level. “I easily could have whiffed it, could have chunked it and moved it 5 yards,” Haas said. He hit it 80 yards down the fairway. That left him 170 yards on the par 5 and he hit another 8-iron safely to the middle of the green to set up his winning two-putt par.

Golfing News The PGA Tour has levied a one-year suspension on Bhavik Patel for using an undisclosed performance enhancing drug.

Patel, the 971st-ranked golfer in the world, has never played on the PGA Tour and finished No. 103 on the 2013-14 Web.com Tour money list. His suspension, retroactive to October 2014, will run until October 2015.

“In an effort to overcome an injury, I made a lapse of judgment,” Patel said in a statement.

“I regret my decision but have learned from the experience and look forward to returning to competition.” Under its anti-doping policy, the tour is not required to disclose the performance-enhancing drug Patel used.

Lessons from the Golf Pro An official USGA handicap index that you can use in tournaments requires that you submit your scores directly to a golf club to undergo the process of “peer review”. The USGA requires a minimum of 12 scores to be submitted in order to calculate your particular handicap index. Once your handicap index is calculated and returned by the USGA, you now can determine the number of strokes you receive to adjust your score, when compared to other players. As you continue to play and post different scores for the rounds of golf you finish, your handicap index will fluctuate higher or lower depending on the scores you submit. Of course, getting an accurate handicap index also provides that you turn in an accurate representation of your scores.

Player Profile

Bill Haas

Turned Professional: 2004 FedEx Cup Ranking: 9th World Ranking: 23rd PGA Tour Wins: 6

FedEx Cup Standings Through Jan. 25, 2015

1) Jimmy Walker 957 pts. / 3 top tens

2) Robert Streb 814 pts. / 4 top tens

3) Charley Hoffman 742 pts. / 2 top tens

4) Sang-Moon Bae 721 pts. / 3 top tens

5) Ben Martin 655 pts. / 1 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Patrick Reed 635 7) Bubba Watson 625 8) Ryan Moore 591 9) Bill Haas 566 10) Scott Piercy 525

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WEEKLY PRO RACING UPDATE Postseason Racing News, Stats & Trivia

All-Time Top Driver’s Bio

This Week’s Racing News

Jeff Gordon will make 2015 his last full-time season. Making the announcement in a press release, Gordon said he is not retiring and while he may continue to compete in the Sprint Cup Series on a limited basis, he will no longer compete in all 36 races. “I’ll explore opportunities for the next phase of my career, but my primary focus now and throughout 2015 will be my performance in the No. 24 Chevrolet,” Gordon, 43, said. “I’m going to pour everything I have into this season and look forward to the challenge of competing for one last championship.” Gordon debuted in the final race of the 1992 season at Atlanta and heads into this season with 92 career Sprint Cup wins and championships in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001.

Gordon is third in career victories, trailing only Hall of Fame drivers Richard Petty (200) and David Pearson (105). He has three Daytona 500 victories and a record five Brickyard 400 wins, including last year’s race.

Racing History

How many Daytona 500s did David Pearson win? a) 0 b) 1

?

c) 3 d) 5

Answer : b) Pearson’s only win in the Daytona 500 came in 1976 when he defeated Richard Petty on the fina lal.

January 31, 1960 - CBS television sent a few production crew members to Daytona International Speedway to televise the pole qualifying and compact car races during Speedweeks. The Daytona 500 was the first 500-mile auto race to be televised live flagto-flag on network television when CBS aired it in 1979.

Racing Trivia

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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