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According to Urban Systems, the city’s population could go from around 22,000 in 2015 to 46,000 or 85,000 in the next 50 years.

“If there is more growth, you’re going to need more water,” said Kristin Bayet, an Urban Systems employee who helped write the report.

According to Urban Systems, the city could need to pay over $93 million over the next 50 years to meet its water demands.

Either way, the city is stretching its current supply.

During the summer, when more water is used, the city has to rely on reservoir storage to provide the water the city needs, Bayet said.

“When this happens day after day you can start to lose ground and start not keeping up,” she told council. “[In the longer term] you would need a secondary water source.”

The city has multiple options for adding to this water supply.

Some options mentioned by Bayet were adding more wells, more water pumps, or looking at ways to manage how city residents use the water.

City Manager Dianne Hunter said that one such option is to withdraw water from the reservoir expected to be created by the Site C dam, should lawsuits designed to stop its construction fail.

“Having a large body of water close to the community certainly presented us with some opportunities,” she said. “Whether or not we ever utilize it, or if it’s a good use for the city remains to be seen … a secure and adequate source of water is going to be a major consideration for the City of Fort St. John going forward in the next few years.”

Other options included using water from Charlie Lake, but right now the city’s water treatment plant is designed to treat non-surface water, rather than the surface water that Charlie Lake provides.

The city’s water usage is a concern for Councillor Bruce Christensen.

“With the added amount of homes in our community using water, how close are we to maxing out our water usage?” he asked city staff. “Do we need to start considering water restrictions?”

"Although we are definitely getting to the higher end of our capacity at the water treatment plant, we’ve got a little bit of a gap as long as nothing critical happens,” said the city’s general manager of integrated services, Victor Shopland. “We should be okay without having to go into any kind of major restrictions this year.”

When asked about what this “critical” event could be, Shopland said this would be an “major infrastructure failure,” such as a pump house failing, or a very extreme drought event.

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It’s a long trip from Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan to Taylor, but it’s one that River Thunderchild was willing to make.

Thunderchild — who shares the same last name as the First Nation he hails from — was one of over 200 dancers at the Spirit of the Peace Powwow in Taylor on the weekend.

“This is where we come to heal,” he said.

Now in its 10th year, the event is a celebration of First Nations culture.

On Saturday, Connie Greyeyes, one of the organizers, said it was going really well.

“The dancers are on time and on point,” she said. “This is the life we’re meant to live on our own: sober, dancing for our people,

dancing for our elders.”

Dancers as young as six and older than 65 were at the ceremony. They came from across Canada and the U.S. One attendee chose to erect a teepee near the District Ice Centre, where the event took place.

Tracey Paquette, from the Blueberry River First Nation, participated.

For her, the powwow provided a chance to heal.

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Matt Lamers

Is affordable housing really a necessity?

Government-assisted affordable housing is not a necessity.

The government shouldn’t be involved in affordable housing, because affordable housing already exists; it’s just that people aren’t willing to move someplace they can afford and gain employment. That creates imbalances in our economy.

Rather than a worker in downtown Vancouver living in government assisted affordable housing, that worker could move his family to Fort St. John, where the price of living is more in tune with the price of labour. The cost of living here is not cheap, but surely a couple making $15 per hour each can make ends meet.

If you can’t afford to live in a place, then why wouldn’t you move someplace you could can?

I don’t have what I can’t afford. I also don’t expect my fellow citizens to subsidize my cost of living.

Economics doesn’t get any simpler than that.

Economic mobility is one of the cornerstone’s of our economy. There are more jobs than workers in Northern British Columbia, so people migrate here from “economically challenged” regions like most of Ontario, for example.

That’s part of how our economy keeps people employed. Someday that flow of labour and capital will tilt back to Ontario. That’s just the way it is.

To summarize, the government shouldn’t be involved in “affordable housing” unless society comes to a majority consensus that it ought to subsidize the housing costs of a local population of labours, who otherwise wouldn’t have been able to afford to live there.

Science Matters David Suzuki

The values of hope and happiness

Reading the news, it’s hard not to feel a growing sense of unease. The threat of terrorism, growing instability and conflict overseas, a shooting on Parliament Hill last October and uncertainty about the economy diminish our collective feelings of safety and security.

To this we add the looming environmental threats of climate change, pollution, declining ocean health, oil spills and extreme weather.

All of it takes a psychological toll, even when we’re not directly affected.

Studies show that when we feel threatened, we isolate ourselves and focus on restoring our sense of security. Many people attempt to alleviate anxiety by grasping for wealth, seeking pleasure and taking solace in achievement or status. But this strategy backfires.

Instead of bolstering our sense of security and wellbeing, it diminishes it.

Across cultures and regardless of age and gender, people whose values centre on social position and accumulation of money and possessions actually face a greater risk of unhappiness, including anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. In his book The High Price of Materialism, psychology professor Tim Kasser shows how materialistic values undermine well-being, perpetuate feelings of insecurity and weaken the ties that bind us as human beings.

People who are materialistic also tend to be less interested in ecological issues, have negative attitudes toward the environment and demonstrate fewer instances of sustainable behaviour. That’s a tragedy for humanity and the rest of life on Earth.

Cross-cultural research in social science has identified a set of consistently occurring human values. Social psychologists refer to one cluster as “extrinsic”, or materialistic. These are concerned with our desire for achievement, status, power

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There are three things people need to live - food, water, and shelter.

These are by their definition necessities. If people can't afford food, they starve, if they can't afford water, they die of thirst, and if they can't afford shelter, they go out in the streets, catch a cold, or, in the olden days, get eaten by wolves.

This, in my view, makes affordable housing a necessity.

It can be considered an economic necessity. If people are spending all their money on their rent, they won’t have money to spend at the local shops. This can mean a less robust economy, which brings everyone in the system down.

While some may have differing definitions of affordable housing, it's a common place rule that you shouldn't spend more than a third of your income on housing.

There will always be people who can afford this amount of money to do so, whether you're a Vancouver billionaire or a roughneck in a Fort St. John oil service company.

But for the people who aren't making this amount of money, they will either be forced to go without this necessity, or do things that would be detrimental to them just to have a warm place to sleep at night.

People will find a way to survive no matter what situation you put them in, but they should not be forced to make choices that hurt them to do so.

and wealth. Opposite to those are “intrinsic” values.

They relate to caring, community, environmental concern and social justice.

Although each of us carries both, the importance we attach to one set of values tends to diminish the importance of the other. When power values like social status, prestige and dominance come first, the universal values of tolerance, appreciation and concern for the welfare of others are suppressed.

The U.K.-based Common Cause Foundation is synthesizing this growing body of values research. It offers guidance to social change organizations on ways to engage cultural values to further their causes. Because values are like muscles — they get stronger the more we exercise them — activists can consciously stimulate intrinsic values in communications and campaigns.

Researchers have also discovered what they call the values “bleed-over effect”. Because values tend to exist in clusters, when one is activated, so are compatible neighbouring values.

For example, people

reminded of generosity, self-direction and family are more likely to support proenvironmental policies than those reminded of financial success and status.

The forces behind planetary crises are complex.

History, politics and economics influence how humans act. Social change requires a focus on individual behaviour, corporate responsibility and government policy. In today’s unstable political environment, values must also be part of the equation.

That’s where we find an important connection between environmental and social justice movements.

On a values level, the efforts and strategies to combat climate change and biodiversity loss complement and strengthen those required to bring about greater equality.

When environmentalists invoke intrinsic values to increase support for their cause, they also increase support for social justice.

Because values are an important driver of attitudes and behaviour, they are essential to changing social norms. What can we do as individuals? Our social

responsibility goes deeper than our consumer habits and voting choices. We need to reflect on what’s important to us. We all deserve to feel secure in our homes and communities, but we can’t depend on the false sense of security that isolation or materialistic pursuits bring.

When psychological insecurity is on the rise, we need to stay committed to the values that make us environmentalists and champions of social justice. Instead of retreating to our corners, let’s turn toward one another to reestablish our sense of security and strength.

The good news is that values that support a healthy society and sustainable planet — self-respect, concern for others, connection with nature, equality — also make us happiest in the long term. Each one of us is a value prism, subtly bending the light in a particular direction. As Canadians, let’s be conscious of where we direct our light.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Public Engagement Specialist Aryne Sheppard.

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(Left) The 50 metre freestyle was one of the first events on Saturday afternoon at the Fort St. John Stingrays Swim Meet at the North Peace Leisure Pool. For many swimmers it was their first meet of the season. (Right) Dawson Creek Seals swimmer Natalia Duff, 8, competes in the 50m freestyle in just her second career swim meet.

First time swimmers and teamwork highlighted the annual Fort St. John Stingrays Swim Meet on Saturday and Sunday Byron Hackett

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Well swimming is very much an individual sport, what builds and brings a team together was much more evident at the annual Fort St. John Stingrays Swim Meet on Saturday and Sunday.

129 swimmers in total took to the North Peace Leisure Pool for the two-day event, including a huge turnout for the visiting Dawson Creek Seals, with a meet high 60 swimmers.

For Seals’ coach Tove Schilds, that number of swimmers and their end results were not near as important as the lessons she hoped the athletes can take away early on in the summer swimming season.

“We’ve really come together,” Schilds explained after only recently returning to Dawson Creek as a coach. “It started last year and it’s just

continued over the winter and into this year. Everybody is really a team together, right from the parents down to our littlest swimmer. We have a buddy system going today and everyone is really working well together and being good teammates.”

Along with Schilds, Stingrays coach Katrina Jodin, who is in just her third year coaching the club hoped that the swimmers will develop a strong sense of a team environment that can really motivate athletes to perform better.

“You race against yourself when you’re swimming, you are not competing with a team like you would in soccer,” Jodin said.

“But it is such a difficult sport to do, that it is your team that supports you and gives you the confidence and the ability to go and do everything.

When you’re racing and you hear someone call-

ing out your name or you here an entire crowd of people doing it, you really finish, you really want to do it.”

Teams from Mackenzie, Quesnel, Prince George and Fort Nelson joined Dawson Creek and Fort St. John at the annual meet that’s been happening on and off since the 80s.

For most of the swimmers it is their first taste of short course and competitive swimming and with that, a lot of preparation goes into getting them ready to race.

“We’re a really young team this year, we have a whole bunch of new ones. We gained about 30 swimmers,” Schilds said of her Seals team that now has 103 members in total. “[We go over] How a meet works, we spent Wednesday and Thursday evening just going over the routine. Talk to your

coach, this is what happens behind the blocks because we had a quite a few false starts this morning, so a little bit more work there.”

Jodin had a smaller group over the weekend, about 32 swimmers but noted it’s been a long process getting them prepared to swim at a real event.

“It’s a progressive thing, they may be a brand new swimmer, so they just come in and do the freestyle and backstroke… we’ve spent since the beginning of May getting them ready for this,” she said.

Both North And South Peace swim clubs will be off to the Quesnel Invitational on June 27 and 28, before the Dawson Creek Invitational on July 18 and 19. sports@ahnfsj.ca

Going bananas for ball hockey

Byron Hackett

Alaska Highway News

No matter what time of year, yell the word hockey and most Canadians won’t be too far behind. That was the case Saturday at the second annual Fort St. John Minor Hockey Ball Hockey Tournament held in the Pomeroy Sports Centre.

The turnout was huge this time around, about 100 kids on 26 different teams in four age groups. They played 52 games over the course of the day Saturday.

Winning wasn’t the main agenda of course, according to co-organizer Hal Hold-

en, who said the day was bigger and better than anyone could have imagined.

“We’re seeing some awesome hockey here, and the kids are really excited,” Holden said Saturday. “Last year it was really, really small and this year it blew up.”

Two big changes to the event were the move inside after holding the tournament in the parking lot of North Peace Arena Last year, and also moving the tournament from August when kids are out of school and getting ready to hit the ice, to a time when kids are just finishing up the school year.

Teams came from all across the region to

compete, even as far as Chetwynd just for a day of ball hockey. That spoke to the atmosphere of fun that Holden and the rest of the organizers hoped to create for the players who attended.

“What we’re seeing is a lot of fun,” he said. “We’re trying to make it fun as much as possible. By emphasizing fun, the kids aren't complaining ‘Oh, we lost’ they are saying ‘We had a lot of fun’.”

And with fun being the mantra for the day, Holden said that’s how the idea came together to start a ball hockey tournament in the first place.

“We wanted to basically get kids out of their video games and get them down doing something,” he said. “ We have kids playing ball that do not play ice hockey. It’s fun to watch and fun to see.”

Plans are already in the works for the third annual event, including possibly expanding to the second ice surface floor in the Pomeroy Sports Centre.

“Absolutely,” Holden said about a return in 2016. “We’re already talking about how we can improve it for next year.” sports@ahnfsj.ca

'This is where we come to heal' William Stodalka

Alaska Highway News

Continued from page 3 Paquette is mourning the loss of five family members, including a suicide victim and a murder victim.

“It’s more comforting and it's more powerful to heal [at the pow-wow],” she said. “It helps you to grieve.”

Paquette has been going to the Spirit of the Peace Powwow since it started a decade ago.

“It makes me happy when I dance, and it gets my spirit going,” she said. “It gets everybody's spirit going.”

Different types of dance was on display at the event.

Some are more traditional, while others, like Thun-

derchild, do what he calls a “fancy” dance, which has a more upbeat rhythm.

Some dances have cultural roots.

Paquette hails from Blueberry River First Nation, which descends from both the Beaver and Cree peoples. A Beaver dance will go slower, while the Cree people will dance to a faster tempo with more bounce in their step, she said.

Greyeyes said powwows represent a chance for First Nations to practice their culture in a country that has historically suppressed it.

“The assimilation and forcing all of our children to go to residential schools, this was the goal to eradicate this type of dancing and culture and ceremonies,” she said. “This is a testament that it didn’t work.” reporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Caution: Ice is not recommended if you have circulation problems, anemia, Raynaud’s disease or syndrome (abnormal closure of the blood vessels in response to cold), an open or infected sore or cold

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Heat The swelling usually stabilizes after about two days. The body then works to repair the damaged tissues and reduce the swelling. At this point, or later, if inflammation persists, apply heat to the injured area, since heat activates blood flow, facilitates the healing process, and relieves pain. Apply heat for 15 to 30 minutes, 4 times a day. Use moist heat preferably, from a hot water bottle, for example. Protect the skin from burns by wrapping the hot water bottle with a towel.

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2015 Standings Sprint Cup Series Top Ten 1) Kevin Harvick

Chicagoland Speedway Shape: D-shaped oval Distance: 1.5 miles Turns / Front / Back: 18º / 11º / 5º

2) Martin Truex Jr. Points: 561 Wins: 1 Top 5: 5

Top 10: 14

3) Joey Logano Points: 520 Wins: 1 Top 5: 8

Top 10: 11

4) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Points: 508 Wins: 1 Top 5: 8

Top 10: 9

5) Jimmie Johnson Points: 506 Wins: 4 Top 5: 9

Top 10: 10

6) Brad Keselowski There is no Sprint Cup race this weekend, so we will be covering the Xfinity Series Chicagoland 300 instead.

In 1997, nine Joliet area entrepreneurs had the vision to create Route 66 Raceway along the historic Route 66 road. A few years later, Chicagoland Speedway was created.

Chicagoland Speedway is a $130 million, 1.5Mile, D-shaped, tri-oval track that sits on 930 acres of land. It provides 700 acres of free parking for over 50,000 vehicles. The raceway first held a Sprint Cup and Xfinity Series event in 2001. It has a grandstand that seats 75,000 spectators with 37 luxury suites and also camping areas.

Driver 1) Chris Buescher 2) Ty Dillon 3) Chase Elliott 4) Regan Smith 5) Darrell Wallace Jr. 6) Elliott Sadler 7) Brian Scott 8) Ryan Reed 9) Brendan Gaughan 10) Daniel Suarez

Points: 480 Wins: 1 Top 5: 3

Top 10: 9

7) Jamie McMurray Points: 464 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 7

Racing News Martin Truex Jr. charged to a third-place finish in Sunday’s race at Michigan and in the process tied a 46-year-old NASCAR Sprint Cup Series record. Truex became the first driver to score 14 top-10 finishes in the first 15 races since Richard Petty accomplished the feat in 1969.

“Really proud to have my name mentioned next to Richard Petty,” said Truex. “The King is pretty special and I am so thankful for my team and what they’ve done this year.

Hopefully we’ll keep this thing rolling.”

8) Matt Kenseth Points: 456 Wins: 1 Top 5: 5

Top 10: 9

9) Kasey Kahne Points: 447 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 5

10) Jeff Gordon Points: 434 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2

Top 10: 8

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Racing Trivia Kurt Busch won his first Cup Series race in 2002. When did he win the Championship? a) 2002 b) 2003

c) 2004 d) 2005

Last Weekend’s Race: Kurt Busch won the Quicken Loans 400 Quicken Loans 400 Top 10 Driver Points Kurt Busch 47 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 43 Martin Truex Jr. 41 Matt Kenseth 41 Joey Logano 40 Brad Keselowski 39 Jamie McMurray 37 Paul Menard 36 Trevor Bayne 35 Clint Bowyer 34

Starting 24th in a backup car, Kurt Busch fought his way to the front of the field through intermittent rain showers and won Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway when a deluge halted the race after 138 of a scheduled 200 laps. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second when NASCAR red-flagged the event for the fourth time. Martin Truex Jr. was credited with third, followed

by Matt Kenseth and Penske teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski. The victory was Busch’s second of the season. He won for the third time at Michigan and for the 27th time in his career. “It’s an unbelievable feeling to know what we went through, paced ourselves, and found the lead toward the latter part of the race when the rain came in,” Busch said in Victory Lane.

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Hello reader, On May 30th 2015 the WONOWON 4-H Club had a special day at the Headwater Ranch in Pink Mountain, BC. We met at 9:00 AM in the morning to do bird watching. For this special event we had Matthias Loeseken from Blackbird Environmental, who knows all the birds even by their singing, as our guide. This birding is a new national wide 4-H program which is sponsored by TransCanada Corporation. It is called “Find your 4-H Wings”. Our club had signed up for it and got a backpack with a bird identification book and bird watching passports with stickers for all of us!

Matthias took us to different bird habitats. We started at the lawn and house, went to the pond and then to the forest. We saw 18 different bird species that morning!

Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Cow Bird Savannah Sparrow Brewer's Black Bird Ducks Canada Geese Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow Pine Siskin Northern Flicker Yellow-rumped Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Dark eyed Junco Paddy Sparrow For each species that we saw we got a sticker for our passport. We had a lots of fun exploring and learning about birds and their habitats.

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Relay for Life participants walk at Dr. Kearney Middle School in Fort St. John Saturday.

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Rainy weather didn’t stop Fort St. John residents from participating in the annual Relay for Life on Saturday.

About 15 teams totalling some 120 people gathered at the Dr. Kearney Middle School track to participate in the Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser.

Brenda Baumeister, the event coordinator, admitted that the turnout was lower than in previous years. Likewise, funds raised were lower than last year’s amount.

While this year saw just over $36,000 raised, over $88,000 was raised in 2014.

Still, Baumeister noted that every penny counts when it comes to helping people battle cancer.

“I think the turnout is amazing,” she said.

“In the rain, well, cancer doesn’t stop.”

She also praised Fort St. John’s charitable attitude.

“This is one darn community that always comes together,” she said. “I think that we are very family oriented place ... we have wonderful people in Fort St. John.”

One of the people who came out to the walk was member Angelique Visser.

Visser's husband lost his battle with cancer 23 years ago.

At the time, she and her husband travelled to Vancouver to seek treatment. Visser said they stayed in the city for two months, which she said was very costly.

Today the situation is different for people in Northeast B.C. who have been diagnosed with the disease.

Now they can receive medical treatment in Prince George, and are given a place to stay at the Cordovan Lodge — which was one of the main beneficiaries of the Fort St. John Relay for Life.

Nevertheless, families with cancer face hefty bills.

“The financial strain on families Chloe Vandermeulen examines posts showing images of past Relay for Life events at the Dr. Kearneyis huge, because usually the caregivwilliam stodalka photo Middle School in Fort St. John last Saturday. ers have to take time off work and the person with cancer can no longer work,” she said. “Without an income Visser lost a family member to cancer, team walks for somebody.” coming in, the Canadian Cancer Society is (Visser walked on Team Patsy, named which prompted her to walk on Saturday. there to help.”

“For our family, it’s quite up close and after the relative of a team member's grand reporter@ahnfsj.ca personal,” said Visser. “Everyone in our mother, who died from the disease.)

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Remembering Jonathan

Family and friends of Jonathan Bruce release balloons at the site of a new memorial bench in his name. The 16-year-old was found dead two years ago in Fort St. John. Police are treating his death as a homicide.

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A new bench was unveiled in Fort St. John’s north end Saturday to honour the life of Jonathan Bruce.

Bruce's body was found Nov. 24, 2013 near the city's motocross track. What happened in his last few hours remains unclear, but police have been treating it as a homicide.

On Saturday, a few dozen of Jonathan's friends and family gathered near the bench to mark its official unveiling.

Placed along a walking path near Northern Lights College, the bench was the idea of one of Bruce's school friends to honour his life.

RCMP Sgt. Steve Perret, the lead investigator into Bruce's death, said the case remains open.

“We know there’s people out there that know what happened to Jonathan Bruce, and those people know people, and those people know people,” he said to the crowd. “If you do know anything, please come forward ... our investigation is only as good as the information that comes in.”

Perret later handed out business cards to those at the ceremony in an attempt to gather information.

Bruce’s family is still dealing with Jonathan's absence.

“It’s probably the biggest missing link in the family as it was,” said his grandfather, Tom Bernicot. “I could lose myself, and I wouldn’t be missed as much as he was, because of his personality alone. He was so outgoing, and when he wasn’t there, it was twiddling your thumbs time, because there wasn’t much going on.

“Jonathan brought a lot of joy to all of us,” Bernicot added. “He always had an impact on other people.”

He described his grandson as a “high-energy boy.”

“He loved mechanics,” he said. “When he was about 12, he knew as much about cars as most people that are twice his age.”

This love of mechanics was reflected in the bench's plaque, which has a drawing of a wrench. It also included a quote, “Braaap!” — which Bernicot said Bruce would yell when he would go out mini-biking or quadding with his father.

Bruce was remembered fondly by his friends, including Talon Kidnei.

“A lot of people saw Jonathan as a best friend, but I definitely did too,” he said. “He’s the greatest friend I ever had.”

Kidnei described him as someone who would “give you the shirt off his back,” and Jonathan helped him realize a lot of things about himself.

Talon, with the help of North Peace Secondary School student support worker Dillon Lazaroff, came up with the idea to fundraise for the memorial bench.

A GoFundMe page was set up to help raise $1,700 for the plaque and bench. It only took 11 hours to reach their goal.

Kidnei’s efforts did not go unappreciated by Bruce’s family.

“The world needs more people like you,” said Bernicot.

“He’s a hero, that young fella.”

Kidnei asked people to come forward with any information to police.

“If anyone has any information whatsoever, it’s time to give it up,” he said.

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Hanna was born in Ylistaro, Finland near the Hoppi homestead where her roots can be traced back nearly 500 years. In 1925 Hanna and her parents (Johannes and Tilda) moved to northern Ontario, in and around the very small community of Oba. Her father was the Section Foreman for the Algoma Central Railway. In 1935, her younger brother Leo was born. Despite knowing no English, young Hanna excelled in her schooling in Oba. With the passing of her father in 1937 and her Mother in 1939, she and her brother Leo left to live with their Aunt who owned a boarding house in Toronto.

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In 1954 they chose to go "to the farthest end of the earth" and moved to Dawson Creek, BC. There they became very involved with the Air Force base and community, building the local bowling alley, as well as a number of other businesses. In 1967 they moved away and after a short stint in Edmonton, they settled in North Delta where they were very involved in the St. Helens Anglican Church parish and Kennedy House Seniors Centre. Hanna was an accomplished painter with an incredible eye for design. A hand painted Christmas card from Hanna was always a highlight for many as a gift to be treasured.

A Celebration of Hanna’s Life will be held at St Helen’s Anglican Church (10787−128 Street, Surrey) on Saturday, July 4th at 1:00 pm where her ashes will be buried with her beloved Jim. Hanna requested no flowers, but with her love for dogs, if desired, donations may be made to the BC SPCA.

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KINGSLEY

The Kingsley is actually two houses in one. A covered walkway connects the main house to a small cottage at the back.

This space is ideal for older children, not quite ready to fly the nest, or aged parents who enjoy their privacy but also appreciate sharing time with the family. Its kitchenette is adequate for breakfast and lunch preparation, but not designed for complex meals.

Inside the main house, the skylit kitchen is much larger.

Standing at the sink, you have a panoramic view of both gathering spaces, plus scenes framed by windows in three directions.

You can even enjoy watching flickering flames in the gas log fireplace.

Outfitted with stools, one stretch of the kitchen counter serves as an eating and conversation bar. A vaulted ceiling expands the volume of the living room, and in the dining room, French doors open onto a partially covered patio.

Laundry appliances, a

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deep sink, and a roomy pantry are mere steps from the kitchen, housed in a combination utility/mud room that's also accessible from the patio.

Storage space is abundant in the bedroom wing. Three closets nestle into spaces in the hallway, and the owners' suite has two roomy walk-in closets as well. In the second bedroom, a closet fills one whole wall.

The Kingsley's owners' bath is fully outfitted with a double vanity, shower and private toilet. Space that could have been used to create another bedroom, has been devoted to a private den.

Connected to the owners' suite by a hallway, this room could serve as a home office.

Associated Designs is the original source for the Kingsley 30-184. For more information or to view other designs, visit www.AssociatedDesigns.com or call 800634-0123.

Call Arlen today for your free market evaluation and get your house featured here in front of 20,000 potential buyers

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Small town feel with lots of positive attitude and excitement for the future. Call today for your information package and be your own boss today!

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• Single family home with garage • 3 bdrm, 2 bath • Fully finished bsmnt & fenced too!

• Move in ready today!

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Enjoy the view of Charlie Lake from your living room. This spacious 2 bedroom home is located on a double lot and comes with a garage. This home outside of the city has many new updates.

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New construction with a big garage.

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1408 sq ft moblie home with 4 bedrooms and a bathroom

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Restaurant opportunity in Fort St. John 10120 100 Street. Call Arlen for details

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2400 ft, custom designed,brand new, full warranty, appliances included, and the yard will be fenced too!Close to schools, 3 full baths.

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$699,900

New construction with a big garage that you can actually fit a truck in.

Nice wide lot with RV parking. Partly finished basement is taped and ready for your finishing touches!

$399,939

• Single family mobile home • Beautiful home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths

NEW LISTING $899,900

64 acres of waterfront property right on the main paved road only 30 mins north of FSJ. 5 bdrm house plus 3000 sq ft log lodge with kitchen facilities and sleepingquarters for 24. Other buildings on the property are serviced, tack shed and corrals, climbing tower, and too many other unique items to mention. combined living homestead!

NEW LISTING $419,900

Lots of space inside and out! Very nice sized rooms here with a great layout and quiet corners for everyone. Enjoy the huge 167 ft deep lot that has perfect trees and privacy. Walking distance to schools, parks and amenities!

This one is sold but if you can’t find what you are looking for and would like to talk about building what you want, call me right now! With nearly 200 homes complete with my clients, I look forward to making your dream home your forever home just like this one is for their family! 250-785-1234

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PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE

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Golf News, Tips, Trivia & Stats

This Week: The U.S. Open

The United States Open is the second major championship on the PGA Tour.

The first U.S. Open Championship was held in 1895 at the Newport Golf and Defending: Martin Kaymer Country Club in Newport, R.I. Four Winning Score: 9-under par men, Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Winning Share: $1,620,000 Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus have won four U.S. Opens. Winning the U.S. Open gives a golfer several privileges that make his career much more secure. U.S. Open champions are automatically invited to play in the other three majors for the next five years, as well as the near-major Players Championship, and they are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Open itself for ten years.

Chambers Bay GC University Place, Wash.

7,585 yards, Par 72

Golf TV Schedule

Four golfers have finished runner up in the U.S. Open four times. Who is the only golfer to finish runner up six times? a) Arnold Palmer c) Phil Mickelson b) Willie Anderson d) Jack Nicklaus

Fabian Gomez won the St. Tournament Results Jude Classic on Sunday.

1. Fabian Gomez Score: -13 Gomez started the day tied Earnings: $1,080,000 with Greg Owen atop the 2. Greg Owen Score: -9 leaderboard at 9-under, with 23 players within four strokes. Gomez Player Earnings: $648,000 Score Earnings -8 $270,600 shot a final round 4-under 66 to finish T-3. Phil Mickelson T-3. Seung-yul Noh -8 $270,600 at 13-under for the tournament. T-3. Michael Thompson -8 $270,600 -8 $270,600 Owen finished in second at 9-under. T-3. Matt Jones T-3. Brooks Koepka -8 $270,600 The four-stroke win that was the largest at this event since 2009. Gomez carded five birdies and only one bogey in the final round for his first PGA title in his 70th start.

Golfing News

PGA Event: U.S. Open Day Time Network Thu, 6/18 12pm-8pm FoxSports1 Thu, 6/18 8pm-11pm FOX Fri, 6/19 12pm-8pm FoxSports1 Fri, 6/19 8pm-11pm FOX Sat, 6/20 2:00pm-10:00pm FOX Sun, 6/21 2:00pm-10:30pm FOX

Golf Trivia

Last Week: Fabian Gomez won the St. Jude Classic

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Answer: c) Phil Mickelson has finished runner up in the U.S. Open a record six times.

Inbee Park shot a final round 68 and finished at 19-under par to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for the third consecutive year. The 26-year-old from South Korea made five birdies and shot a bogey-free round at the Westchester Country Club, finishing the season’s second major five strokes ahead of 22-year-old compatriot Sei Young Kim on Sunday. With the win, Park moved back into first place in the world rankings. It was her fifth major championship in the last 12 played on the LPGA Tour since the beginning of 2013. “I played great the last three days,” she said. “I couldn’t believe myself. I made no bogeys for three days.”

Lessons from the Golf Pro The “axe” or “tomahawk” shot is one that is not used very often, but can be essential in saving strokes. This shot is primarily used when trying to make a shot from the back edge of a bunker, right along the edge between the grass and the sand. When the ball is on the back edge of the bunker, you can not use a normal backswing because you will hit the lip of the bunker. To avoid hitting the back lip of the bunker, you must pick the club up vertically like an axe and then bring it back to the ball on the same line. As the club hits the sand around two inches behind the ball, you need to eject your left arm to allow the cut to cut right underneath the ball. This will allow the ball to sail out easily and toward the target.

Player Profile

Fabian Gomez

Turned Professional: 2002 FedEx Cup Ranking: 36th World Ranking: 131st PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through June 14, 2015

1) Jordan Spieth 2,528 pts. / 9 top tens

2) Jimmy Walker 1,904 pts. / 6 top tens

3) Rory McIlroy 1,428 pts. / 5 top tens

4) Charley Hoffman 1,390 pts. / 5 top tens

5) Patrick Reed 1,349 pts. / 3 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) J.B. Holmes 1,320 7) Dustin Johnson 1,319 8) Brandt Snedeker 1,250 9) Hideki Matsuyama 1,206 10) Bubba Watson 1,188

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