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Local soccer fans are hoping that the city will help them meet their goal of a new indoor soccer facility for the Energetic City.

On Monday, members of the Fort St. John Soccer Club will present their business plan to city council for a new facility.

According to their plan, it would cost “in the region of $5 million in capital costs and $322,000 to operate.

According to their business plan, the group wants the city to give them the land to construct and operate the facility, $1 million towards its construction cost, and about $250,000 annually to operate it.

Darren Snider, president of the Soccer Club, said that the facility will help them accommodate people who want to play the sport.

“We’ve been playing in gyms for eight years, and we got an (indoor) pitch a couple years ago, but all that did was whet

everybody’s appetite and now we’ve got more people registered than ever,” he said.

“Even with the pitch and the school gyms, we’re still turning kids away.”

School District 60’s enrollment numbers are set to increase over the next decade or so, which likely means more children in the area.

Snider expects that more kids will want to play soccer.

“Soccer’s more a worldwide game than the rest of them,” he said. “Most people can afford the cost of soccer. And the commitment isn’t as high because it’s not as high profile as a sport.”

According to statistics provided by the Soccer Club, about 42 per cent of children in Canada participate in soccer, in one form or another.

So far, the Soccer Club has yet to settle on a suitable plan.

Their business calls for three pitches, which are either five-a-side (to accomodate five players) or seven-a-side (to accommodate seven players). They could be combined to make one full size 11-a-side facility.

Snider went on to say that it would need to be indoors because of Northeastern B.C.’s climate, and that they would need about three acres of land within Fort St. John.

This facility could be addressed by a study to “examine, inventory and assess recreation facilities in the North Peace” commissioned last April by the Peace River Regional District and the City of Fort St. John.

According to a letter from PRRD staff, a presentation about the study will be presented to the City of Fort St. John and Taylor councils, along with the PRRD board, next month.

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Real estate sales rose in 2014 Property sales soared nearly $100 million last year over 2013, data from the BC Northern Real Estate Board shows

William Stodalka/Mike Carter Staff writers

Property sales in Fort St. John were up slightly in 2014, compared to the previous year, according to the BC Northern Real Estate Board.

943 properties with a value of $379.1 million were sold in 2014, compared to 854 properties worth $289 million in 2013.

422 of those properties were single-family homes. The board says half of these sold for less than $397,000. 128 parcels of vacant land, 113 half duplexes, 61 homes on acreage, 37 manufactured homes in parks and a further 100 on land were all sold in 2014.

At the end of December, there were 400 properties of all types available in Fort St.

John area, down from 410 and the end of 2013.

Similar numbers were not immediately available for Dawson Creek, but earlier data showed more homes were sold this year than last.

A different organization, The South Okanagan Real Estate Board, monitors these numbers for the Dawson Creek area.

Their most recent publicly available numbers came from the end of November. They showed that about $64.6 million worth of residential properties had been sold until the end of November 2014.

By comparison, only about $59.1 million worth of residential properties had been sold until the end of December 2013.

The average sale price of all types of residential properties until the end of November 2014, was about $279,600. By the end of December 2013, the average sales price for all types of residential properties was about $279,500.

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Calls to the South Okanagan Real Estate Board asking for further information were not returned as of press time.

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Should teachers be allowed to fail students?

Do you have any idea what would happen to the fabric of society if teachers were allowed to fail a student? It would completely unravel and we’d be left with nothing but a tangled up pile of frayed self-esteem.

How’s that for taking an analogy to the nth degree?

If kids were constantly being failed for not doing the work they’re supposed to be doing, they will never be able to recover from that crippling blow to their worth as a human being. Plus you know all those straight-A students are always dancing around with their smug little faces showing off their academic excellence and stellar work ethic.

How is the slacker kid supposed to compete with that?

Coasting is the best way to go through school, as it will teach kids how to basically coast through life. Avoiding extra projects, sneaking out early for happy hour, doing the very bare minimum of the required workload – these are all things that adults do all the freaking time! And they all seem perfectly happy with their existence, right?

The only way for the youth of today to achieve this dream is for teachers to simply give up on standards and pass every kid that walks through their school. Society depends on it!

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Energy shift requires shift in conversation Abundant, cheap fossil fuels have driven explosive technological, industrial and economic expansion for more than a century. The pervasive infrastructure developed to accommodate this growth makes it difficult to contemplate rapidly shifting away from coal, oil and gas, which creates a psychological barrier to rational discourse on energy issues.

The ecological and true economic costs of energy use force us to scrutinize our way of living. And because our infrastructure doesn’t allow us to entirely avoid fossil fuels, we must face the contradiction between how we should live and constraints against doing so.

Canada has no national energy plan, other than governmental desire to be a fossil-fuelled energy-export superpower. Given the consequences of human-induced climate change already hitting home, you’d think the highest priority of governments at all levels would be to decide on the lowest-emission energy path. But politicians focused on election intervals have difficulty dealing with generational issues.

Real, important conversations and decisions are instead delayed by diversionary and often irrational arguments and tactics: accusing critics of being hypocrites, claiming foreign money drives environmental agendas and labelling activists as eco-terrorists or enemies of Canada among them. In place of true progress, we get consolidated political power and greater corporate profit and control. Enough already!

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William Stodalka

Teachers should be allowed to fail a student because not to do so would mean that these students would learn that their actions do not have consequences.

There are some who might say that if you fail a student, he could be left back, meaning he could be the only 12 year old in a grade full of 10 year olds. This could lead to a cycle of shame and failure which would only do a disservice to the student later.

But failure should serve as a wake up call, to both the teachers and students, to prevent this from happening. The teachers should re-double their efforts, the parents should take the time to go over the lessons, and the student should learn that he or she needs to get their keister in gear.

Obviously, this may not always happen in an ideal world, but we should strive to hold everyone up to the highest standard.

In the education world, the act of moving students on even if they haven’t learned the material is called “social promotion.” It’s come with a host of arguments against. Parents may have a false sense of their childrens accomplishment, their study skills may fall, and the teachers will have to teach to both students who know the coursework required to move along and those who don’t, which will likely lead to frustration on both ends of the spectrum.

It’s never fun to get an “F,” but it’s necessary.

technologies like carbon capture and storage to justify inaction on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while dismissing solar and wind as impractical, too expensive or unable to meet energy needs.

Nuclear power may be an alternative to GHG-emitting fossil fuels, but it’s extremely expensive and would not be online were it not for enormous subsidies. Nuclear fuel is also finite, so costs will rise while the problem of radioactive-waste disposal remains unsolved.

As a northern country, Canada is especially vulnerable to climate change. Polar regions heat faster than temperate and tropical zones — Inuit have noticed the growing impacts for decades. With the longest marine coastline of any country, we’re also subject to sea-level rise. And our economy relies on climate-dependent activities such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism and winter sports, all of which are already feeling climate change impacts.

Where is the political leadership and will to confront climate change? We’re seeing some from individuals,

grassroots organizations and municipalities. But what about our provinces? Just as the catastrophic loss of northern cod off Newfoundland warned against unsustainable practices, the destruction of $65 billion worth of B.C. trees by mountain pine beetles — once kept under control by winters with temperatures below -30 C for a week or more — should make the province take notice.

Where’s the leadership?

Once lauded for policies such as the carbon tax and energy agreements with California, B.C.’s political leaders have now embraced liquefied natural gas, claiming industry expansion will create hundreds of thousands of jobs and add billions of dollars to provincial coffers — never mind that no one in power now will be held accountable for these promises because they’re several elections from being realized.

LNG should be labelled LFG: liquefied fracked gas.

Hydraulic fracturing — fracking — requires pumping millions of litres of chemical-laced water deep underground to shatter shale and liberate embedded gas. It’s a

short-term way to get energy with long-term ecological impacts on water and whatever organisms might be down there. (It was once thought life disappeared at bedrock, but we now know bacteria are found at least 10 kilometres down.)

Fracked gas is mostly methane, a greenhouse gas more than 30 times as potent as carbon dioxide. Studies reveal leakage around fracking sites may be high enough to affect climate change more than coal! Calling it a “transition fuel” between coal or oil and renewables is nonsense.

And fracking is known to cause seismic activity.

B.C. is also planning the Peace River Site C dam, yet a report by the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association claims geothermal could generate similar amounts of power at a much lower cost.

If our leaders are serious about long-term health and prosperity, they need to stop focusing on short-term profits from rapid fossil fuel development and export and start engaging in serious conversations about our energy future.

Smoke bomb set off at high school

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No injuries reported, and police have yet to identify a suspect in the case

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Several students were forced to evacuate North Peace Secondary School after a smoke bomb went off there last week. No one was injured. “(The students) were just fine,” said Randy Pauls, the school’s principal.

“A good portion of the students were out of school already,” said Pauls.

“Those that were in the building quietly

evacuated as per our normal emergency plan and we called the fire department.”

He said that some of the students were later brought back into one side of the building that didn’t have smoke on it.

“The fire department was amazing,” said Pauls. “They brought the fans in, they cleared the smoke out for us.

Within an hour, the building was back to some semblance of normalcy.”

School District 60 staff also let fans

run all night, so there was no smoke this morning, he went on to say.

The RCMP is speaking to witnesses and the investigation is ongoing. Fort St. John RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said that as of Thursday morning, no one had been arrested regarding the incident.

If you have any information about this incident, Fort St. John RCMP cam be contacted at 250-787-8100 or Crime Stoppers, 1-800-222-8477.

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Last year the third annual Crystal Cup drew about 40 teams from around the Peace Region and Organizers are looking to add 15 more this year.

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Byron Hackett

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In just under a month, Charlie Lake will have a much different look to it.

Later this week the group organizing the fourth annual Crystal Cup will be out on the south end of Charlie Lake to start the long process of clearing snow to make ten rinks for the annual pond hockey tournament.

What started as an idea to get a younger male audience involved in the high on Ice Winter Festival in Fort St. John, has now flourished into one of the largest events of it’s kind in Western Canada.

Organizer and founder Neil Evans said the original plan was to play on one of the outdoor rinks in town, but when interest peaked with about 28 teams, the large-scale tournament on Charlie Lake was born.

“Initially what happened was we were going to plan this in town at the Finch Arena or Bert Ambrose or wherever we could. We thought we could make this much larger scale right off the bat,” he said.

“We took a chance and I grabbed a bunch of guys I played hockey with, we determined a spot which was on south end of Charlie Lake… right off the highway and we just went gung ho.”

55 teams are expected to participate in this year’s

Crystal Cup, including a newly formed masters division and a women’s division. The plan is to have 40 teams in the general division, 10 in the masters and five in the women’s.

The organizers will also look to make ten ice surfaces this year with each measuring 140 feet by 70 feet, which is a bit smaller than the standard 200 by 85 foot rink.

Getting the rinks ready isn’t an easy process either, starting this week with clearing the snow, marking the sheets out and setting up tents, heaters and making sure all the equipment is ready.

“We are in the big planning stage. We are about to head to the site hopefully this weekend to survey it out and then start doing the big pieces, the clearing of the snow with loaders and whatever else we can get out on the lake,” Evans said.

“We have a meeting this week and hopefully Saturday or Sunday we will be staking out the area we need to clear off and then from there on it is flooding and taking care of the site up until the event.”

Even with all that preparation, the one element that always poses a significant challenge is the weather.

“The weather is dicey,” Evans said with a chuckle.

“The first year was a nightmare… Saturday was white out, 60 [kilometre] winds coming off the lake that completely covered the rink. You never know what's going to happen. We had a year where it was three or four above and the ice was melting. We are always on guard as to what the weather is going to do.”

Evans went on to note that registration has been open for a few weeks now, and he expects things to pick up near the end of the month when registration closes on January 31.

“Registration has been running since the 15th of December, it’s been slow so far. As we all know Fort St. John is a late registration town. So we will be sending heavy reminders… we usually se a huge intake come the last few days of registration. Hopefully we see everything fill up,” he said.

On top of pond hockey they will have live music, a smaller kids arena and a beer tent.

At one time last year the organizers counted about 350 people on site taking part in the event.

The organizers are always looking for sponsors and you can contact them at info@thecrystalcup.ca or check out the website www.thecrystalcup.ca. sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Tis the Season Tis the season for gift exchanges, parties and… impromptu speeches? Good Day, honourable judges, ladies and gentlemen, and fellow 4-h members. Today I will be talking aboutHold it! Hold it! Isn’t Christmas a little bit early to start practicing for Communications?

Not really. Club communications start in February, so you only have two months to prepare. Besides, you also have Christmas parties, poster committee meetings and 4-H projects to work on. And on top of that you have everyday things like sports, homework and chores. It’s a busy life!

Ok, you made your point. You can go back to your speech now.

Actually, that all I was going to say in the first place. We practised impromptus at our last meeting, with older members pairing up with the younger ones. But do you want to do an impromptu?

Sure! But uh…What’s an impromptu?

Oh, it’s where you are given the topic and one minute to think about it. Then you deliver a speech that’s one to two minutes long on the topic. Ready?

Can you give me two months of practice?

Sorry, only one minute. Now, your topic is: What is your favourite food, and why? Make up an introduction sentence, 3 supporting ideas, and a conclusion. GO! For example, (sing) “Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza galore – pizza on the ceiling, pizza on the floor……” great start! Can you add a funny story? Puns? Love the oozy stretchy cheese? Cheese in the crust? Excellent! Now the ending: “so it is pizza for me, as long as I say ‘please’. (clap, clap, clap) Thank you to Smith Fuels for sponsoring this page.

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RCMP names accused offenders

6 more face counts of possessing a controlled substance for trafficking

William Stodalka

Prosecutors have recently approved charges against five more men and a woman relating to a months-longh RCMP Drug Section investigation.

Last September, the Fort St. John RCMP seized items from search warrants.

At a press conference on Oct. 28, they showed one kilogram of cocaine, one kilogram of marijuana, and $300,000 in cash that was allegedly seized on Sept. 9 and Oct. 19.

Previously, 13 people between the ages of 19 and 30 were charged with various counts of drug trafficking as a result of the investigation.

They include (from youngest to oldest) Daniel Calvin Arabe, 19, Joredean Keegan Henyu, 20, Todd Alexander Large, 20, Michael Bruce Ramstead, 22, Dakota Michael Bowe, 23, and Brittany Julie Stump, 23. Also on the list were Neil Cory Billyboy, 25, Calvin Alexander Gunning, 27, David James Cornell, 28, Cody Allen Stoven, 30, Kyle Stephen Mulvey, 31, Shawn Peter Giesbrecht, 32, and Rosalee Raven Hutyon, 34.

They face counts of trafficking cocaine, but Billyboy, Gunning and Ramstead also face counts of trafficking menthanyl, a drug used to gain a high similar to heroin.

Two youths, 16 and 17, were also amongst those charged, but they cannot be named by police due to their age.

Recently, six more people were added to that list.

They include Brittney Robin Domeij, 19, Chase Matthew Bagan, 21, Curtis Jeffrey Bagan, 23, Murphy Jared Korolyk, 24, Mack Gustav Franke-Barton, 24, and Chevy Arnold Franke-Barton, 27. They all face counts of possessing a controlled substance for trafficking, but Curtis Bagan also faces a count of possessing property over $5,000 obtained by crime.

Fort St. John RCMP spokeswoman Cp. Jodi Shelkie could not confirm if the Bagan and Franke-Bartons, who were charged, were related.

“As you can see from the amount of drugs and money seized and the number of people charged, this was a significant investigation,” stated Shelkie. “Our Drug Section has worked very hard to achieve these results.”

The six new people have a Jan. 21 court date.

The Alaska Highway News reported the Sept. 9 bust soon after it was announced, but RCMP released details of how much illegal material they say officers seized in late October.

The first bust, executed on Sept. 9 after a reported 18-month investigation, was by far the bigger one.

Police also said at the time that the drugs were

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traced to the Lower Mainland.

“It’s a significant amount of drugs that were taken off the streets of Fort St. John, as well as the cash that has come from this, and other seized items,” Shelkie said in October. “That is going to impact the drug organization, both in the Lower Mainland and in Fort St. John.”

She said that the Sept. 9 bust was one of the biggest seizures the Fort St. John RCMP has ever made in terms of number of arrests and combined total value of drugs and related cash taken off the streets.

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On Oct. 28, Fort St. John RCMP have released details surrounding two drug busts that were executed on September 9 and October 19, including a hidden compartment in a vehicle that police say is something they are beginning to see more of from organized crime. A total of $330,000 in cash was reportedly seized, as well as a significant amount of drugs and weapons.

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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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The Vidalia is clearly a class act.

Boasting more than 4,000 square feet of living space, this grand home is designed for families that want plenty of space for relaxing and entertaining.

A striking two-story foyer is overarched at the rear by a balcony from which you can view both foyer and family room. Formal living room and dining room flank the foyer, while a splendid two-story, sunken family room is one step down, just past the two classic columns that support the balcony.

Windows fill most of the rear wall of this comfortable, bright and lofty informal living area. On one end, it connects to the kitchen. At the opposite end of the room there's a fireplace with bookshelves on one side and an entertainment center on the other.

The large kitchen is expanded by a bright nook. At center is a uniquely shaped work island.

Friends and family can sit at the conversation counter, and chat with the cooks while they work. Other no-

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4 bdrms, big detached garage, huge 280 ft deep lot and master has a walk in closet and full ensuite too! Room for kids, pets, RV's, and 2 storage sheds.

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New home in Garrison Landing 1372 sq ft and great quality finishings! Huge culde-sac lot with room for RV's! Call for details and lets pick your colours now!

SOLD $729,900

4.5 acres 9 min from town , nicely treeed , under construction now. Buy soon and you can pick your colors

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This great split level home in Dawson Creek with finished detached garage.

Great room living space here and a big rec room downstairs to enjoy.

Ample yard space with extra parking.

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A big slice of recreational heaven here a little over an hour from Fort St John, and only 20 minutes from the local store and service station. On the Cameron River is a 1/4 section with good year-round road access.

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• 2 bedroom, 1 bath home with open floor plan in Taylor • 20x26 garage and nicely landscaped • Private yard, mature trees

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

$359,900/side

1200 sq ft on main plus full basement, 2 bed, 2 baths, under construction, 150 ft deep lot with alley access.

$599,900

Unique plan on a nice sized lot with RV parking, big garage,over 1400 sq ft on the main with main floor laundry. Act soon and you can choose colours too!

SOLD $399,900

Renovated south facing 5 bdrm home. Quick possession 5 bdrms, 2 bathrooms home with mom-in-law suite is great value for your dollar.

$289,900

1/2 acre with on site sewer, 5 mins to town, 1600sf with 20x24 garage

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WEEKLY PRO RACING UPDATE Postseason Racing News, Stats & Trivia

All-Time Top Driver’s Bio

This Week’s Racing News

In the past, drivers such as Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski, and Ryan Newman have championed the idea of mid-week races, particularly during the summer months where NASCAR would face less TV competition from other sports. During his Tuesday appearance on Motor Racing Network’s NASCAR Live radio show, NASCAR Chairman Brian France didn’t seem too keen on the idea. “One challenge that we have, among others, is the current events that we have – no one wants to give any of those up, so start with that,” France said when asked about the subject by host Eli Gold. “The other challenge that we would have is we don’t have home teams…What we rely on are 80 to 100,000 – and even more – people to make a weekend out of something, drive on average 200-plus miles, often stay more than two days, and bring their families. When you start doing that in mid-week with school and everything else – even in the summer – those kind of opportunities to draw people to these big speedways becomes more difficult.”

January 16, 1949 - Marshall Teague won the opening race of the NASCAR season by driving his 1939 Ford to the win in the Nascar modified division race. Only 38 of the 75 cars that started the event finish the race. Teague competed in 23 NASCAR Grand National races from 1949 to 1952, winning seven of them.

Racing Trivia

Born: Dec. 3, 1937 Cup wins: 84 Cup top-tens: 446 Cup championships: 1 During the course of his career, Bobby Allison accumulated 84 victories, making him fourth all-time, tied with Darrell Waltrip, including three victories at the Daytona 500 in 1978, 1982 and 1988. In 1972 he was voted national Driver of the Year for winning ten races and taking 11 poles (including a record 5 straight) and again in 1983 when he claimed his only championship.

On June 19, 1988, Allison was almost killed, suffering massive head injuries in a crash at Pocono Raceway which forced his retirement from driving in NASCAR. In 1992, his younger son, Clifford Allison, died in a practice crash for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Michigan International Speedway. Allison was elected to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993. Bobby Allison was a car owner for numerous drivers from 1990 to 1996, most notably Mike Alexander, Hut Stricklin, Jimmy Spencer, and Derrike Cope.

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5520 Legal/Public Notices Application No. 107090

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Application for a Permit Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act I, Mr. Glenn Soroff, Director, Facilities & Midstream, for Progress Energy Canada Ltd., (Bow Valley 2, 1200, 205-5th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2V7), intend to submit this application to the Director, Environmental Management and Reclamation, at the Oil and Gas Commission to authorize the discharge of air emissions from a compressor station. The sources of air emissions are: - Four Caterpillar G3608 TAW Compressor Engines (1767 kW each, one new), - Three Cummins GTA855E turbo Generator (168 kW each, one new), (third for back-up only), - One Mitsubishi S6R-Y2PTAW-1 Generator (600 kW), (Water Plant use only, existing), - Three Propak Glycol Regenerators for dehydration (200 kW, one new), - One emergency high pressure flare (including a purge only), manufacturer Tornado, - One continuous low pressure flare (including a pilot & purge), manufacturer Tornado, - Other equipment including a still column vent tank and produced water tanks.

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The land upon which the facility is situated and the discharge occurs is a-5-I/94-G-2, located at (surface location NAD 83) Latitude 57° 10’ 12.4” North; and Longitude 122° 33’ 17.4” West; located within the Julienne Field, approximately 174 km northwest of Fort St. John (driving distances).

The total volume of gas through-put processed by this facility is approximately 2,040,000 m3/day (23.61 m3/s). There is no SO2 discharged from this facility as it combusts sweet gas (0% H2S). All equipment combusts sweet natural fuel gas. The maximum rate of air emissions discharged from this facility is approximately 0.54 g/s TP, 7.65 g/s NOx, 2.69 g/s VOC, and 10.04 g/s CO during an emergency facility blow-down (for approximately 20 minutes, 3 times per year). Continuous average daily emissions rates, cumulatively produced from equipment, are approximately 0.17 g/s TP, 2.36 g/s NOx, 0.80 g/s VOC, and 8.80 g/s CO. The operating period for this facility is 24 hours/day, 7 days/week with a week of shut down for turn around each year. There are no nearby facilities within a 3 km radius of the existing Progress Julienne a-5-I/94G-2 Compressor Site that would significantly contribute to the overall surrounding emissions. An archaeological site is located adjacent the south boundary.

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WILLOWCREEK 2 and 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOMES IN DAWSON CREEK. Completely renovated, quiet yet are close to downtown and all amenities.

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Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed discharge of waste and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Director, Environmental Management and Reclamation, Oil and Gas Commission at Bag 2, Fort St. John, BC V1J 2B0. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record.

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PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE

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This Week: Sony Open in Hawaii

Each January the Sony Open in Hawaii attracts 144 of the world’s greatest golf professionals to the Waialae Country Club on the island of Oahu. Two notable events have Defending: Jimmie Walker Winning Score: 17-under par happened at the Sony Open. In the 1983 Sony Open, Isao Aoki became Earnings: $1,008,000 Japan’s first winner on the PGA Tour.

He holed out a wedge shot on the 72nd hole to beat Jack Renner by a stroke. In 2007, at the age of 16 years and 4 days, amateur Tadd Fujikawa became the second youngest player ever to make a 36hole cut in an official PGA Tour event.

Waialae Country Club Honolulu, Hawaii 7,068 yards, Par 70

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Last Week’s Tournament: Two tied for lead in Hawaii

As of press time, the Tournament Leaders first three rounds of the T-1. Hideki Matsuyama Score: -17 Tournament of Champions were completed due to T-1. Jimmy Walker Score: -17 the tournament finishing on a Monday. Jimmy Walker and Hideki Player Score -15 Matsuyama are tied for the lead T-3. Patrick Reed T-3. Sang-Moon Bae -15 going into the final round of the Tournament of Champions on Monday. They have a two-shot lead over Bae Sang-Moon and Patrick Reed, who like Walker is looking for his fourth tour win in the past 17 months. Brendon Todd and Russell Henley are three shots back.

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Sony Open in Hawaii Day Time Thu, 1/15 7:00pm-10:30pm Fri, 1/16 7:00pm-10:30pm Sat, 1/17 7:00pm-10:30pm Sun, 1/18 4:00pm-6:00pm

Tiger Woods will be making his 2014-15 PGA Tour debut at the Network Waste Management Phoenix GOLF Open (Jan. 29-Feb. 1).

It will be GOLF Tiger’s first start in the tournament since a tie GOLF for fifth there in 2001. “It will be great to return NBC to Phoenix,” Woods said on his website. “The crowds are amazing and always enthusiastic, Golf Trivia and the 16th hole is pretty unique in golf.” In Jimmy Walker won three 1997, during his rookie season on the PGA tournaments in the 2014 season.

Tour, Woods famously made a hole-in-one on TPC Scottsdale’s raucous par-3, 16th hole, How many top tens did he have in regarded as the biggest party on the PGA Tour. the major championships?

Woods also revealed that he will be playing the a) 1 c) 3 following week as well in the Farmers Insurance b) 2 d) 4 Open at Torrey Pines (Feb. 5-8) -- a venue Answer: c) 3. Walker finished T8 at the Masters, T9 where he has won an astounding eight times, at the US Open and T7 at the PGA Championship. including the 2008 U.S. Open.

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Lessons from the Golf Pro Some high-handicap golfers don’t break 100 because they are weak on their short game. A good place to practice this short game is to play a testy Par 3 course.

Here you will use mostly your #7, #8, #9 and wedges. A round or two each week on this format will surely sharpen your skill with short irons. Concentrate on the club selection and learn when to pitch and when to chip. Good shots here make easier putts and better scores. Set-up properly in comfort. Watch as the ball comes off the clubface, down the line to the pin. Think pin. It works better than thinking water or bush. A little quick hint: Always tee up on a par three. This allows you to strike the ball safely avoiding all-too-common thin hits. Think positive. If you think you can, you will.

Player Profile

Hideki Matsuyama Turned Professional: 2013 FedEx Cup Ranking: 16th World Ranking: 16th PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through Jan. 11, 2015

1) Robert Streb 681 pts. / 3 top tens

2) Sang-Moon Bae 605 pts. / 2 top tens

3) Ben Martin 574 pts. / 1 top tens

4) Bubba Watson 550 pts. / 1 top tens

5) Ryan Moore 541 pts. / 1 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Charley Hoffman 519 7) Shawn Stefani 368 8) Tim Clark 366 9) Brendon de Jonge 363 10) Kevin Streelman 356

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