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“Until permanent repairs are completed, the highway will not be fully opened,” said spokesperson Michèle LaRose in an email to Alaska HighwayLaRoseNews.saidthe department is looking at options, “including the sourcing of temporary structures to ensure that the bridge remains safe and operational in the short-term, while a long-term option for repairs can be finalized.”
The tanker was carrying condensate and oil, though the exact amounts are not known, according to the provincial environment ministry.
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Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca Engineering assessments of the Sikanni Chief River Bridge continue though it will be some time before it’s fully repaired and opened to heavyOnetraffic.person died after a fuel tanker crashed and exploded on the bridge Thursday, Aug. 25, causing significant damage to the Alaska Highway crossing about two hours north of Fort St. John. Initial assessments done Aug. 27 found three of the bridge’s five spans suffered structural fire damage, according to Public Services and Procurement Canada, the federal department responsible for most of the highway through Northeast B.C.
The fire knocked out telecommunications infrastructure, since restored, and forced the closure of the Sikanni bridge for about 24 hours before it was reopened to single-lane alternating traffic for light duty pickups and passenger cars. The bridge has been reopened to travel trailers and RVs. Trucks and commercial vehicles weighing 15,500kg and under are asked to bring weigh slips and call 250-7746956 before crossing.
The structure took all of 18 days to build and other than the addition of a basement and indoor plumbing, it’s remained true to its history.
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15 Words or Less *Some restrictions apply. Contact Lynn @ 250-785-5631 or classi eds@ahnfsj.ca Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca It was a milestone quietly celebrated by its parishioners, but one rarely seen in today’s world. Taylor’s Church of the Good Shepherd commemorated its 90th anniversary on Aug. 28, the exact day in 1932 that it opened its doors for the firstThetime.building of the church, though, comes with a story and one born from tragedy. “Otto Hoffstrom, the owner of a sawmill, was crossing the river with his four daughters,” opened Rev. Christopher Samsom in explaining its roots. “When coming off the ferry, he put the car into reverse instead of forward when he got to the other side of the river. The vehicle landed in the water.”
“A little-known fact, most of the people who attended the church in 1932 were young children,” added Rev. Samsom. As part of the landmark day, the church service included a thanksgiving Eucharist, an event that commemorates the Last Supper. The day also featured the dedication of two stained-glass dove light boxes that now hang at the front of theAschurch.itmoves into its 10th decade, and out from under a pandemic, Rev. Samsom is optimistic the small church at the foot of the north Taylor Hill will remain a part of the area’s history for years to come. “It’s a testament that god’s faithfulness has preserved this community and we hope will continue to preserve it for another 90 years.”
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RUBY MCBETH PHOTO The Church of the Good Shepherd in Taylor commemorated 90 years of history in the community during a church service on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.
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“While he was able to swim to safety, his daughters were not.” Lost were Lillian, Agnes, Florence, and Olga. During a deep period of grief, Rev. Samsom said Hoffstrom turned to God in prayer. “In thanksgiving for his daughters’ lives, and as a mark of what that time meant for him, he donated the wood and $500 to build the church you see here today.”
“It was consecrated on Aug. 28, 1932, by Bishop George Rix of Caledonia. It was Bishop Rix who suggested the name… that the souls of his daughters would be trusted to a good shepherd.”
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Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca Having grown up in Fort St. John, Gord Klassen has seen his community transition from a small town to a vibrant city and one, he sees, with the potential to flourish well into the future. Last Tuesday, the former school trustee and three-term city councillor decided to continue on a path he admitted he started some 17 years ago –the idea of serving his community. “I grew up here. Raised my kids here. Now, they’re raising their kids here, and I’m getting older here,” said Klassen. “For me, the whole idea of being part of council, the role of the city, is to create a community to grow up in. One where there’s amenities, there’s infrastructure in place, there’s programs, there’s opportunities and there’s sustainability in the city itself.” “I wanna make sure that in my position, I contribute to a future where my grandkids, my kids, and myself, as I grow older, can afford to live,” he continued. Klassen doesn’t believe there is one particular issue that comes to the forefront or a reason behind his decision to run for another term as councillor. “My view of council is not based on a specific issue or having an agenda. What I want to do, and this has been my desire all along in the community, is to add whatever I can to the conversation, to make sure that we do provide and plan for the future.” As he looks back on his 11 years on council, Klassen remains modest when asked about what he sees as his personal accomplishments on council to “Youdate. know, I sit in council chambers and I look at the pictures of all of the councils that came before and it’s a story. I’m part of that story,” explained Klassen. “I’m a character in a chapter of the story but none of this stuff happened because I was a part of this, I was just fortunate to be a part of it.” The next chapter in that story, expected to be written on Sat., Oct.15, once the ballots have all been counted.
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DAVE LUENEBERG PHOTO Sarah MacDougall was the first to file her papers for city councillor at the start of nominations Tuesday, Aug. 30.
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DAVE LUENEBERG PHOTO Incumbent Fort St. John city councillor Gord Klassen filed his nomination papers last week.
“The health and safety of travellers on the Alaska Highway is important to the Government of Canada,” said LaRose.Theincident delayed the shipment of goods up to Fort Nelson, about two hours north of the Sikanni bridge. Peace River North MLA Dan Davies says stores and restaurants there were short on stock, or already closed because they ran out, following the incident. Shipments to local grocery stores were diverted to different routes, the CBC reported. “A lot of people are bulk buying because of what happened,” said Davies, who was in Fort Nelson on Sunday. “There’s talk about trucks being split up, halving their loads and coming across. That gets really expensive in a real hurry, and those costs got to be put Daviessomewhere.”saystheprovincial government has a duty to step up to support the federal government in the efforts to repair and fully reopen the crossing. Fixing the bridge, he said, “needs to be a number one priority.” “We want to make sure it’s safe. I trust and I respect the engineers,” he said, adding, “The public needs to know a timeline when to reasonably expect the highway to be back to normal.”“Thisis going to impact the Yukon, this is going to affect Alaska,” he said. LaRose said Public Services and Procurement Canada will advise the public in advance of any future closures or impacts to local traffic.
Fixing Sikanni bridge needs to be No. 1 priority, says MLA
The City of Fort St. John has its first name on October’s municipal election ballot for Councillor. Sarah MacDougall filed her nomination papers Tuesday morning at 9 a.m., the first to do so with the city’s chief elections officer Bonnie McCue. “I love this community and I just want to see it continue to grow and improve,” said MacDougall when asked why she put her name forward. “I have four daughters, so it’s important to me that they have a place that they’re proud of, a place where they want to do their careers and have their families here.” “I’m a professional who came from a different location. I came here. I saw all that Fort St. John had to offer. I loved it and I MacDougallstayed.”doesn’t feel that’s the case for all professionals. “I would like to continue to improve the city, so that professionals who come to the community stay in our community.”Besidesbeing a parent of four, MacDougall is also an environmental health officer with Northern Health and sits on the boards of North Peace Gymnastics Association, Totem PreSchool, and North Peace Savings Credit Union. She was also a candidate in the May 2021“Inby-election.general,my goal is for that whole-hearted round view of the community and how we better it in every way.”“However, when I look at our leisure pool, that is one that thing I do feel passionate about. We need a replacement. We need a bigger recreational facility that houses more than just a pool. We’re a winter community. We embrace that with our outdoor activities but we also need to embrace that with our indoor activities.” Candidates running for council will have until 4 p.m., Sept. 9 to file their nomination papers. The general election is set for Sat., Oct. 15.
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Brandmann is Lone Wolf champion
Hi there, this is Wren Shipley reporting from the Silver Willow 4-H Club. We have had a bit of a break from 4-H since our amazing 4-H Achievement Days in July. Thank you to all the leaders, parents and sponsors who made it possible.
4-H will get going again in the fall and is a great organization for youth interested in That’sagriculture.allfornow, Wren Shipley
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Being an agricultural organization many families have been busy haying and preparing crops to winter our animals. We did get to get away and enjoy the local North Peace Fall Fair. My sisters got to practice their skills and show their lambs and won a few ribbons.
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It was ideal weather – sunshine and temperatures in the 20s for the Lone Wolf Golf Club’s annual club championships Sep. 3-4 on the links in Taylor. Stefan Brandmann was the overall winner shooting a two-round, 9-over 153, just two better than Craig Letendre. Here are the top three finishers in each of the divisions and their first and second-round scores. Mens: 1. Stefan Brandmann (79-74) 2. Craig Letendre (76-79) 3. Darcy Corcoran (79-77) Ladies: 1. Samantha Lucas (92-102)
2. Iris Trap (103-100) 3. Suzanne Lawson (98-110) Senior Mens: 1. Gord Gass (79-81) 2. Dan Hogg (76-85) 3. Gerry Chuilli (79-89) Senior Ladies: 1. Dorothy Trask (9898) 2. Karen Ganderton (107-108) 3. Barb Hogg (108-110) Juniors: 1. Trip Turnbull (86-93) 2. Dane Banack (99-94) *only two players were entered in the junior division
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Photo of the five division winners for the 2022 Lone Wolf club championships held Sept. 3-4. Left to right are: Gord Gass (senior mens), Trip Turnbull (juniors), Samantha Lucas (ladies), Dorothy Trask (senior ladies) and Stefan Brandmann (mens).
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PHOTO COURTESY FORT ST. JOHN FLYERS Rod Fonteyne, Gary Reeder, and Jim Anderson (far right) at Jim Anderson night March 9, 1978. Anderson’s jersey was retired in 2010. He passed away, Aug. 20, 2022.
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Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca As he prepares for the upcoming sea son, former Fort St. John curler Sterling Middleton is on the move again. The 23-year-old is moving from New Westminster to Saanich, just north of Victoria. While it will add to his travel ling time somewhat, it’ll put him closer to team lead Alex Horvath who’s in Langford to the west of the capital city. “I’ll be travelling with Alex to meet up with Jacques (Gauthier) and Jason (Ginter) but a large majority of play will still be outside of B.C.,” said Middleton. “The move to Victoria opens up some doors for training. It’s also a change of scenery.”Middleton had played with Tyler Tardi until last season when the skip de cided to disband the team. Winnipeg’s Jacques Gauthier will lead a new foursome this year with Hor vath and former Dawson Creek curler Jason Ginter, rounding out the team. They saw their first test as a group last week in the NextGen Classic, an under-25 10-team tournament in Ed monton. The Gauthier foursome, repre senting B.C., were edged out 5-4 last Friday afternoon in their final roundrobin match against Saskatchewan’s Rylan Kleiter. They finished with a rec ord of two wins and three losses. Middleton stayed in the city to pair up with another B.C. curler, Emily Bowles, for the mixed doubles event that followed Sep. 3-5. The pair went 3-2 in the round robin, but lost 9-1 to a team from Ontario in the quarter-finals on Monday morning. Sterling Middleton and Team Gauthier open their season this week in Edmonton at an under-25 tournament, their first time as a team.
Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca Some tears but some smiles and laughter as well last week, as friends and visiting family of former Fort St. John Senior Flyers great Jim Ander son shared their memories at a gathering on Aug. 29. “It’s just hard to believe that the years go by so fast,” said an emotional Gary Alex ander, remembering his for mer“Heteammate.was everybody’s friend. He liked to tease. He was comical and he was ser ious. He was a great team mate. Nobody worked harder. Everybody loved Jim.” Gary actually met Jim first as a “Myyoungster.dadworked at the arena when we were kids, so we grew up idolizing him.” He would later get to share the ice with the local legend. Current general manager Paul van Nostrand called him “the greatest scorer in FSJ Flyers history” in a Facebook post Aug. 20 announcing the news of Jim’s passing. During his time with the club, Anderson tallied 516 goals and 432 helpers, even earning an invitation to try out for Canada’s national team in 1966. “A bittersweet day,” said van Nostrand when asked to share his feelings of Anderson.“Ididn’t know him early on other than his history with the Flyers. I do have fond memories in his later years of us hanging his banner at the North Peace Arena during the 2010 Allan Cup. I got to know Jim and Audrey fairly well during that time. They lived right across from me in Cedar Village.”“It’sa sad day but a lot of good memories being shared here today.” Andre Larmand remem bered his old friend fondly too.“Probably the best per son in the world to play with. Everybody got the easi est goals ever. When he was around, he did some amazing things. I played with Jimmy for 12 years. He was an allaround good hockey player.” While mostly linked with hockey, he also had a pres ence in the curling and golf ing community as well. Colin Griffith played on a curling team with Anderson for nearly five years. “We competed in senior curling and cash spiels. It was a wonderful time. He wasn’t just a great teammate, he was a great athlete. A good soul. He was so loyal to everybody on the team and an excellent sport,” Griffith said. “He was probably one of the most-humble people you could ever meet.”
“Doing pride in this community, celebrating diversity and acceptance has really made me identify with this community and proud to call it home.” Professionally, Goldie is the PeaceLiard Indigenous relations lead for B.C. Timber Sales, acquired know ledge he feels he can transfer to the council table. He has also worked with First Na tions in the archaeology field. “Fort St. John has really given me a lot of opportunities for career develop ment. Being able to try new things that I went to school for, things I wouldn’t have been able to do anywhere else.”
Business owner Gary Patara was one of seven candidates to file nomination papers for Fort St. John city councillor in the first week of eligibility.
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While a new leisure pool and re creation centre is likely to be front and centre on the election trail, Gol die feels affordable family and seniors housing should also be top of mind for the new council. “I guess if I were to sum it up, I’m running in this election to add my skills and my relationship building, communications, and Indigenous re lations that will create a vibrant com munity that celebrates the diversity of all cultures, creates balance in our resource sector, with sustainable tech nologies and is home to both young and young at heart.”
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Gary Patara joins councillor race Byron Stewart prepares for re-election
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Incumbent councillor Byron Stewart filed his nomination in a run for re-election.
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A full-time resident of the city for seven years, Patera is the current owner of the Fort St. John Motor Inn, Motel 6, and Corner RV & Campsite. He also established Super Cabs in 2020 and has since sold the business. “If I were to describe myself, I would have to say my core values are integ rity, duty, and kindness.” However, even with a strong back ground in finance and business, he doesn’t consider himself a singleissue candidate. “I think it’s a lot of things – not just growing the business base but looking at potential industry, attracting new residents, and discussion of a new re creation centre.” Patara was one of seven candidates to come forward in the first four days of an eight-day nomination period last week.More are expected to add their names this week. Voters in Fort St. John will get to choose a new mayor and six council lors on Oct. 15. There will also be two chances to vote in advance of the gen eral election Oct. 5 and 12.
Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca Business owner Gary Patara originally came to Fort St. John in 2013 to find new“Thisopportunities.istheEnergetic City and I wanted to expand my horizons. I found that,” says the 35-year-old, when asked what first attracted him to thePataracommunity.hasabackground in finance and accounting, having graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops in 2009. He’s also acquired a CPA (Chartered Professional Ac countant) designation since then. “I believe having a strong business community is essential for a healthy, vibrant city as it allows for more popu lation to be attracted to the city and, therefore, a larger tax base for amen ities to be built on.” It’s that business acumen that prompted Patara to put his name for ward for city council in October’s mu nicipal election. He filed his nomination papers Sept. 2 for one of six seats for councillor.
Byron Stewart has been a councillor in the City of Fort St. John since 2011, and his dad before him. So, it’s a commitment he takes ser iously when you sit down and talk with him about his decision to seek re-election.“There’sa lot of thinking that goes into it. Four years is not something you can decide on quickly, at least not for me,” said Stewart. “Lots of things to consider – family, friends, and other employment.” For Stewart, other employment is a newly-appointed position with North ern Health as recruitment and reten tion ambassador for the Northeast. “There were boxes that needed to be ticked and conversations that needed to be had. I needed to take my time and make sure I was making the rightWithdecision.”those boxes checked, Stewart filed his nomination papers Sept. 2. at City Hall. His focus, he said, is to look forward not backward. “What’s exciting about our com munity? What are the benefits of living here? What do we have to look forward to?” he said. “I don’t think anyone can say the last two years have been easy. I’m happy to see that we seem to be moving towards a new beginning of leaving that behind. That’s what I want to focus on.” Born in Saskatchewan, Stewart moved to the North Peace as a young child; his dad, a former fire chief and member of council for the city. The 11-year councillor is also a part of the community’s history as part of the first graduating class of, what at the time was, a brand new North PeaceMarriedSecondary.tothe love of his life, Lisa, for 14 years, he says he’s passionate about the community he calls home and proud of telling people where he’s from.Stewart will be challenging for one of six seats as councillor on Oct. 15.
Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca Rob Fraser is throwing his hat into the ring for the role of mayor in Fort Nel son, a community he grew up in. The current mayor for the District of Taylor, the avid outdoorsman ac quired a trap line two hours outside of the town in 2019. Fraser has a history with the town, not only being raised in the commun ity but working in the resource sector as a young adult, including at West Coast Energy. He left in 1988 to pursue other op portunities, one of which was with the Workers Compensation Board, and the start of public life in Taylor, twelve years as a councillor, and eight as Whilemayor.an extended political career may not have been in his original re tirement plans, Fraser says he was asked by people in his home com munity if he would consider running there.“I originally didn’t consider the idea, but as I continued to check for support around the community, as I re-acquainted myself to the com munity, I was seeing more and more support and interest started to mater ialize,” said Fraser, who made it known in June he wouldn’t be putting his name forward in Taylor. “I believe I can offer a choice for the citizens of Fort Nelson.” With family and friends still in Fort Nelson, the former five-year volunteer firefighter in Fort Nelson regularly vis its the town and as he ends one chap ter, he’s looking forward to the next. “I am happy to be back in the com munity I knew as friends in my child hood. I am a winter person so I am excited to get back out onto the trap line. I’m excited for the future of this community,” said Fraser. “I believe we will see the resource industries making a move in this next (four-year) term and Fort Nelson is the service centre for the resource sec tor in the far north.” “I would love to be a part of that.” “I really think the residents of the Northern Rockies are looking for an experienced hand to help lead the team and move the community for ward over the next four years and I feel I can do that.” Even with today’s announcement, Fraser maintains his role as Taylor’s mayor until a successor takes his/her oath of office in November. He becomes the first name on Octo ber’s municipal election ballot in Fort Nelson for the mayor’s chair.
Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca Lyle Goldie is hoping to add his voice to Fort St. John city council as a coun cillor once all the ballots have been counted Oct. 15. While seeming somewhat quiet and shy when you first meet him, the 38-year-old Alberta transplant has taken on a very active role in the community.Thecurrent president of the city’s Pride Society, he’s also on the board of Fort St. John Public Library and a vol unteer with the North Peace Museum. “I’ve really grown to love this com munity,” said Goldie, who arrived in the area over seven years ago. “My involvement with the nonprofit organizations in this commun ity, I have developed this wonderful network full of people that are ac cepting, energetic and enthusiastic about this city. I just want to promote that and celebrate that.”
DAVE LUENEBERG PHOTO Lyle Goldie has put his name forward for the position of councillor for the upcoming municipal election in Fort St. John Fraser vies for mayor in Ft. Nelson
IT’S OFFICIAL! — Lilia Hansen has filed her nomination papers to run for mayor of City of Fort St. John. As of press time Monday, there were no other candidates for the position. Incumbent councillors Jim Lequiere, Gord Klassen, and Byron Stewart were joined by Sarah MacDougall, Lyle Goldie, Amy Cox, and Gary Patara in filing last week.
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Foster figures the herd may be mi grating down the highway while graz ing along the side of the road. “They come right into Highway 77 and here are these fields of forage for them and they think, Well, gee, this is like we landed inside of a supermar ket,” he said. “This just encourages them to come down more and more often,” he said, “and just like bears getting habituated to garbage you don’t want that, you don’t want them to know that this is a good place for them to be.” “We want them to be back up in the Liard, in the Nahanni, where they’re supposed to be. You don’t want them to start eating here or they’re going to start coming here all the time,” he said.Foster says the wild bison present concerns for increased human-wild life conflicts, and disease manage ment if they come into contact with domestic bison herds, or even cattle. “You don’t want that. It can be bad for the domestic herd, it can be abso lutely devastating for the wild herd as well. You need to keep these two herds apart just for their own sake,” Foster“Thensaid.there’s the traffic issue,” he added. “Every year, several people hit bison on the road, if not here then up at the Liard hot springs… that’s not a good situation. We need to keep them away from that.” Foster has alerted transportation minister Rob Fleming to the problem, sending a letter in July suggesting that a cattle guard across the bridge could stop the “Now,migration.wecan’t stop them from swimming the river but I’m hoping that maybe this cattle guard will dis suade them enough that they won’t come into town, they’ll think it’s just too difficult for them,” he said.
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The future of the Taylor Medical Clinic remains up in the air after the North Peace Primary Care Clinic, who provide services, decided to not renew its contract with the district.
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The future of Taylor’s medical clinic is up in the air after the North Peace Primary Care Clinic, which provides doctors to the facility, announced it wasn’t renewing its annual contract with the District of Taylor. In a letter to the district, the NPPCC said it would be discontinuing servi ces as October 1, 2022. “Our clinic would be shifting to a different funding model from the aforementioned date and with this change, it would no longer be prac tical for us to continue to provide services at the Taylor Medical Clinic,” said the Taylorletter.Mayor Rob Fraser is sad dened to have received the document. “I’m disappointed that we weren’t able to work out some kind of a con tract with the clinic uptown to extend our clinic in Taylor.”
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“The doctors have changed the way they want to do their business. They just feel they don’t have the time to come to Taylor anymore.” Fraser said council was aware the clinic was looking at opting out of the agreement, but it’s still discouraging. “We’ve worked for a long time to try different models and it’s just been very difficult to keep this clinic open.” With the current council in its last few weeks before next month’s muni cipal election, the timing is awful. “We’re frustrated. It’s at the end of our term. There’s lots going on to fin ish up and we really haven’t dove into what the next step might be whether it’s back to tele-health.” Fraser adds council will have a chance to broach the issue when it meets with Minister of Health Adrian Dix during a one-on-one session dur ing the Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention Sept. 12-16 in Whistler. We have reached out to the North Peace Primary Care Clinic for further comment and are awaiting a response.
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According to the Northwest Ter ritories government, 28 wood bison were first moved from Elk Island Na tional Park in Alberta in June 1980, and relocated near Nahanni Butte. Another 59 animals were released north of Fort Liard in 1998 among other release efforts over the decades to re-establish bison populations in theTherenorth. were 960 Nahanni bison counted in 2017, and the NWT gov ernment says they can be found throughout the Liard River valley in the Northwest Territories, as well as the lower reaches of the Liard and Beaver rivers in B.C. and the Yukon.
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Foster says the wild bison can also cause damage to local farms, knock ing over fences and getting into hay fields. He says the roaming herd caus ing trouble near Fort Nelson was last shooed away a month ago, but had arrived back in time ahead of a radio interview he had scheduled with the CBC about the issue Friday morning.
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It’s a serious problem but all it may need is an old fashioned solution. The Northern Rockies municipal ity is lobbying the provincial trans portation ministry to install a cattle guard at the Fort Nelson River Bridge on Highway 77, about 70 kilometres northwest of the community. This, to stop a herd of Nahanni wood bison from crossing over and migrating too far south from their home range near Fort Liard in the Northwest Territories.
“They don’t come down every year but they come down here in enough frequency and create enough of a nuisance that it’s now becoming a bit of a problem, and we need to deal with this before it gets worse,” said mayor Gary Foster in an interview.
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“They’re an aggressive animal. They’re a wild animal, they’re not do mesticated,” he said. “Herding them is not like herding sheep. You try to herd these guys and they’re liable to stand there and take you on. They’re diffi cult to move as a herd.” sports Features
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Very bad thing that happened with the verbal abuse directed at Chrystia Freeland in Alberta. There were no threats, but it was reprehensible, wrong, and absolutely shouldn’t have happened.Iwonder, though, at the fact that the federal government, which is usually more concerned about decorum and appearance than substance, is not asking the question: Why are so many in the western provinces so angry with this centralized, authoritarian government? The discussion is all about the impropriety of one bad actor, instead of the underlying issues that, one way or another, need to be addressed.
B.C. books are back in the black
The public accounts are a five-month-old snapshot, and a lot has changed since the books closed March 31. “This is a very different year,” Robinson said. “We have global inflation, people struggling to make ends meet.” Interest rates are much higher now. Although the government is cushioned from many of the direct effects of higher interest rate on its vast borrowings, it could crimp the economy as a whole.
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By Don Pettit G oing to electric transportation not only reduces emissions to the environment, but also saves money and A LOT of energy overall. Here’s why. Because electric vehicles don’t burn anything to operate, they don’t emit pollutants to the environment. Internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles most certainly do. Out of that tailpipe comes a nasty mess, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, and ultrafine hydrocarbon particles. All bad for people (especially children), plants, animals, everybody and everything.Evernotice
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all those dark spots on the pavement in parking lots? That’s oil leaking from parked ICE vehicles. One drop of oil makes one million drops of water unfit to drink. With some 1.5 billion cars on the road today, that’s one heck of a lot of pollution! Modern gasoline powered vehicles waste an amazing 80% of the energy in their fuel. That means when you put $100 worth of gasoline in your car, only $20 of that goes to actually moving your vehicle forward. The rest is just wasted as heat and pollution. Here’s why. An ICE vehicle ignites fuel to create pressurized gas that pushes pistons that turn a crankshaft that finally makes the wheels spin. Each step wastes energy, mostly as heat, with only a fraction reaching the wheels. The engine itself gets hot, and needs a cooling system with a radiator that disperses the heat. All that heat comes from the gasoline, and none of it helps move the vehicle. Pumps, fans, mechanical friction in the transmission and drivetrain, all waste more energy. The net result is that only 16-to-25% of the energy pumped into the fuel tank ends up making the wheels go around. We can do better than that!Acompletely different process powers EVs. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain with a simple electric motor. They do not need to convert one form of energy into another. This makes them much simpler overall too: a typical ICE vehicle has up to 2000 moving parts, while a typical EV has around 20. Simpler means a lot less maintenance and much higher reliability. EVs are not 100% efficient of course. They lose energy during battery charging, power steering, electronics and heating the interior during cold weather. These add up to about 35% energy loss. Regenerative breaking adds about 25% back into the system, for an overall efficiency of around 90%. Quite an improvement!Fortheconsumer, according to the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab, EV owners can save about $1000 per year in fuel savings. Of course, put a solar array on your home, and you can power your EV with solar electricity to pump those savings up even further. But what about the big picture? The U.S. uses about 8.9 million barrels of motor gasoline per day, and some 80% of that is wasted as heat and pollution. Replace the gasoline fleet with EVs and studies show that number goes down by about 2 million barrels per day. That’s a good start! Many, many other studies have proven that even if the entire grid was powered by coal (the least efficient and most polluting way to generate electricity) some 30% less energy would be needed overall to charge EVs than to fuel gasoline powered cars. Hydropower, wind, and solar are inherently extremely efficient. Unlike coal, gas or nuclear they do not need to convert a fuel into electricity: they make electricity directly and simply. Power your EV fleet with renewables (which is the way we are headed, thank goodness) and the energy savings are Makingimmense.anEVbattery consumes the equivalent of about 300 litres of gasoline. With full life-cycle battery manufacturing, which is the way battery recycling is going, that number drops down even more. And every year, battery life increases, with lifetime batteries just around the corner. So battery energy investment is actually very small, and getting smaller everyGoingday.to EVs reduces fuel costs to the consumer, and greatly reduces pollution while lowering overall energy demand. Electric vehicles are not perfect, but they’re one heck of a lot better. Don Pettit lives and writes in Dawson Creek.
The picture started improving days after the budget was tabled. Each quarterly report after February showed better performance and a smaller estimate of the deficit. B.C.’s economy opened faster than forecast and the Finance Ministry highlighted one contributor to that strength — increased migration. Just over 100,000 people moved to B.C. last year, about one third from Canada, twothirds from other countries. It’s the largest net migration increase in 16 years. The downside is that it put pressure on the housing market, which is where a fair chunk of the revenue bonanza to the governmentCoincidentally,originated.the$1.3 billion surplus is exactly the same amount as the increase in property transfer tax revenues last year, which is just one of several revenue streams from real estate. It shows the NDP rely just as much on real estate mania for revenue as the B.C. Liberals did.
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By Les Leyne F lash back to spring of 2020, when the enormity of the pandemic was hitting home. The medical impacts were front and centre and the economic effects were just taking hold. The unemployment rate had doubled and social activity was curbed. B.C. was budgeting $9 billion to cope with the first wave and provide relief, an enormous new strain on resources.Federal and provincial governments were spending like never before to help people. The balanced budget of the previous year was forecast to plunge into a $12.5-billion deficit, and the situation was so uncertain they stopped calling them forecasts, and switched to “scenarios.” (My own forecast was that B.C. would incur deficits for a “decade or more.”) What do I know? The 2020-21 year ran $5.5 billion in the red, but the release of the public accounts on Tuesday, the official reckoning for the fiscal year that ended last March 31, shows the deficit has disappeared practically overnight.TheFinance Ministry expected a $9.7-billion deficit when the budget was first tabled. It’s now turned into a $1.3-billion surplus. The fairy tale bounce-back happened largely due to an explosion in economic activity when pentup appetites were unleashed as COVID let up, for at least a while.It’sthe same story across most of the country. Finance Minister Selina Robinson said it was “unexpected,” but that doesn’t begin to describe it. It’s downright astonishing, particularly when torrential floods, wildfires and mudslides racked up huge costs. Those piled on top of $3.8 billion that falls under the broad heading of pandemic spending. (About $2 billion for health-related pandemic management and $1 billion for economic supports make up most of Robinsonthat.)introduced the budget in question during the first full winter of COVID, after a holiday season that was constrained by restrictions and at a time that vaccinations were just getting underway. “It was a very different reality than the one we find ourselves in,” she said“SpeakingTuesday.with my finance minister colleagues, none of us, none of us were able to predict within our budgets how Canadians would respond,” she said. The difference between the projected estimates and the actual numbers is heightened by the government’s penchant for being hyper-conservative when it comes to expecting the worst. The government’s initial estimate in the first grip of the pandemic was a $13.6 billion deficit. So the pattern of using worst-case scenarios for budget estimates that don’t materialize contributes to the rosy picture on Aug. 30.
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Iam a big fan of Registered Education Savings Plans. That being said, in an industry filled with dumb legislation, RESPs may win the booby prize for the dumbest rule in financial planning. And it’s one that all parents in British Columbia should be aware of. Don’t get me wrong. RESPs are one of the greatest financial planning tools in the country. The government provides significant financial incentives for you to prepare for the future postsecondary education costs of your kids or grandkids, and everyone wins in that scenario.Here’s why you should be paying attention to RESPs.
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RUBY MCBETH PHOTO Richard Birley’s sunflower field. By Evan Saugstad O n Tuesday, Aug. 30, a fire was reported west of Carbon Inlet, south of Williston Lake, and west of Hudson’s Hope. It was called the Battleship Mountain Fire. Lightning is believed to be the cause. From my research, this fire appears to have started on what’s commonly called the Burns Property, which is a large century-old Crown grant, originally owned by the Burns family in Calgary, and subsequently sold to coal mining interests. Although remote, the area has relatively good road ac cess as a result of almost 40 years of logging and years more of coal exploration. Despite this access, and that this area has been designat ed of importance to caribou, the initial assessment of the fire was that no significant values were at risk. So B.C. fire managers didn’t put much effort into controlling or putting this fire out during the initial attack period — the first 24 hours when fires are easiest to control. On Thursday, the fire crossed Carbon Inlet/Car bon Creek, and Friday mor ning, Sept. 2, the fire passed over its namesake, Battle ship Mountain, and is well on its way eastward toward Hudson’s Hope. It’s now too large and too volatile for any reasonable success at con trol, that is until the weather changes and fire activity subsides.So,what happened? How could this fire escape con tainment when most of B.C.’s fire management person nel are not actively working fires, let alone fires of greater importance? How can some one living and working hundreds of kilometres away decide there are no signifi cant values at risk and not assign the required resour ces to control this fire? In July 2014, a forest fire started just to the south of this one at Mount McAllister. It was also determined there were no significant values at risk and so the fire was left to burn. However, in 2014 there were many fires burn ing across the province and firefighting resources were scarce.That fire, left to its own devices, began to travel down the eastern slopes of the Rockies, pushed by the prevailing southwest winds and hot, dry conditions. Eventually, it burned all the way to Dinosaur Lake, re sulting in evacuation orders and alerts. Thousands of hectares of timber and plan tations went up in smoke. B.C. fire managers tried to control it but were not suc cessful. In the end, weather put it Today,out.one would think we had learned something from the Mount McAllister fire, that during hot, dry condi tions with strong winds both current and forecast, we can’t leave fires to burn on the slopes and expect them to stay there. We can also wonder, somewhat in amaze ment, why no significant val ues were considered at risk, as times have changed. During the past few years, this area has been changed from an area where timber harvesting used to be its greatest value, to some thing more significant — an area for caribou recovery. Yes, these burning trees are needed for old growth man agement to help conserve the threatened and endan gered caribou herds. And to ensure these new values were respected and carried out, our government signed a co-management agree ment with local First Nations to ensure the survival of the caribou, so what happened? I have no idea, as the pub lic at large is no longer part of these negotiations and meetings, but if the result is the proof we see today, it doesn’t look like there was much co-management on this fire — unless the object ive was to let it burn. Re member all the discussions about ridding the area of moose as they attract wolves, and wolves eat caribou? Well, what we see now is the biggest boon to moose that we can possibly do. Moose thrive in large scale burns and their populations will explode after regrowth begins.Remember all the rhet oric about not reducing the annual allowable cut for forestry? What do you think will happen once it’s deter mined thousands of hectares of old growth and potential old growth timber has once again gone up in smoke? Will it be the same old, same old, and some other new areas will be designated as offlimits to forestry to make up for the losses due to this fire? And, depending upon how much burns in this caribou conservation area, will there be another request to add more lands to make up for thisIt’sloss?sosad to see that this new co-management regime doesn’t appear to be any more effective at manag ing fire risk as the old one. Now, we can only hope that we get some rain before our predictable dry fall winds push this fire to reach the hundreds of thousands of hectares in size — that is, unless the real objective is for more moose habitat and less forestry jobs. I can’t help to think of what Yogi Berra once said in response to the same old, same old performance by his baseball team: Déjà vu all over again.
Let’s think what about the future career prospects will look like for a toddler. In the workforce of the future, the chances are very good that people will want some kind of post-secondary education to prepare them for work. Not just because that is the type of work that pays well, but also because that is the type of work that people enjoy spending a lifetime doing. But education costs money. And its not just education expenses themselves, it’s also the cost of living. After all, if you are in school full time, then you are probably not also working full time. Or, if you are working full time while in school, it may not be by choice. So having some cash resources to draw on while you are in school is pretty smart.And RESPs are not limited to university courses. The local college, trade school, whatever. Virtually any legitimate post-secondary education qualifies for funding support. I do want to point out that not all RESPs are equally good. When I extoll the splendours of RESPs I am talking about personally owned plans. Not those junky scholarship trusts, which I equate to flypaper. Once you touch that sticky mess, good luck getting the residue off your fingers. But I digress. Anyway, this brings us to the dumbest rule in financial planning, and like many dumb rules, it begins with good intentions.AsifRESPs were not absolutely wonderful already, the B.C. government has sweetened the deal even further. They are literally giving you free money to educate your kids.
HOSPITAL CELEBRATION Thursday, September 8, is the 10th anniversary of the opening of our new hospital. It starts at 11 a.m. and goes on until 3 p.m. Follow the signs to the back of the hospital to attend the ceremony, which will be at 12:15 p.m. There will be a BBQ burger lunch by Brown’s Social house from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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BRAD BRAIN Smart Money: e dumbest rule in nancial planning
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The catch is, you have to apply for it. The B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant is in addition to the normal incentives, and all you have to do is live in B.C. And it’s worth $1200. Feel free to show me a parent who couldn’t use an extra $1200 to educate their kid. I am not saying these folks don’t exist, but they are pretty rare. The great part about the BCTESG is that you don’t have to put any of your own money into the RESP. All you have to do is open an account and you qualify.Buthere is the dumb part. You have to do it within a certain window. Basically when the kid is between the ages of six and nine. After that, you blew your chance for free money. And that’s the part I don’t understand. If the B.C. government wants an educated workforce – which in undeniably good public policy that increases the future tax base – then why put an expiry date on this? Can anyone prove to me that funding the future education of a nine-year-old is wise, but the same funding for a 10-year-old is not? Be that as it may, it comes down to this. All the parents (or alternatively, grandparents) of kids ages six to nine, go open an RESP and apply for the BCTESG. And you better not leave it too late, because once your kid turns nine you are out of luck. I suppose that we need not look the gift horse in the mouth but, still, I think eliminating the BCTESG after age 9 is likely the dumbest rule in financial planning. So make sure you apply for the BCTESG while you still can. Unless you are one of those rare people who walks away from $1200.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You cannot change what you refuse to confront. Progress is impossible without change, and those who can not change their minds cannot change anything.” - George Bernard Shaw Ruby McBeth lives and writes in Fort St. John.
I f you want some miniature sun flowers for your table, then you can go to Richard Birley’s organic farm. He has set up a table with scissors and a donation box at the entrance to the sunflower field. Just turn south at the lights on the Alaska Highway by the Swanson Lumber Road, and follow the side road paral lel to the highway. There are signs leading you to the sunflower field.
Evan Saugstad lives and writes in Fort St. John. He had over 10 years of forestry management and plan ning in this area and, prior to that, 10 years of wildfire management and control, with six of those years spent in a bird dog aircraft direct ing the aerial attack and control of wildfire from the eastern Ontario border to central Alaska.
The church service on August 28 at the Church of the Good Shepherd was a special celebration of 90 years in the community. The service was followed by a lunch and socializing. Margo was the center of attention – she is the month-old baby of our minister Christopher Samsom and his wife Bretley.
HEALTH CARE WHEN TRAVELLING IN B.C. Each B.C. health authority is a separate jurisdiction. If you are treated in an authority other than Northern Health you can request your records from the other health authority.Afterwe got back from Vernon, in the Interior Health Authority, I phoned medical records at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital. The lady there helped me through the online process of printing the request for information form. I filled it in, got Lorne to sign it, and mailed it off. A week later I had a copy of all the tests done and the doctor’s conclusions. And all this at no cost.
LEARNING THE LINGO This week’s term is ‘auto-rotate’. I learned about auto-rotate when Lorne complained that his phone was flipping the screen around. We went into Telus at the mall. It turns out that if you put your finger at the top of your screen and scroll down, a row of icons appears. One of these shows two arrows going in a circle. If this is turned on the screen will au to-rotate, but if it is not on the screen will be on portrait mode.
Brad Brain, CFP, R.F.P., CIM, TEP is a Certified Financial Planner in Fort St John, BC. This material is prepared for general circulation and may not reflect your individual financial circumstances. Brad can be reached at www. bradbrainfinancial.com.
Taylor Bridge—what say you?
Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca The nomination process for candidates in the upcom ing 2022 municipal elec tions across Northeast B.C. reached the halfway mark last Friday, Sept. 2. After four days, bal lots began to take shape in other communities outside Fort St. John. Here’s a look at who filed during the first week of nominations. In Dawson Creek , two names: Darcy Dober and Shaely Wilbur, are the choices thus far for mayor. Candidates for council include: current councillors Jerimy Earl, Amy Kaempf and Charlie Parslow, as well as Aaron Rogers, Kyle MacDonald, Sue Kenny, April Cire Floriant, Raistlin van Spronsen, and Michael Sudnik.Inthe District of Taylor , Brent Taillefer was the only name to file for the role of mayor last week; incum bent councillor Betty Ponto, the lone councillor to put her name forward. In Tumbler Ridge , cur rent councillor Chris Nor bury is running again along with Roxanne Gulick. Don McPherson is only candi date, so far, in the challenge for the mayor’s chair. In Pouce Coupe , Ed mond Boyer, the only per son to file paperwork for mayor last week. School board nomina tions in both School District 59 and 60 were quiet in the firstChadweek.Anderson and Rox anne Gulick have put their names forward in Peace River South . There were no candidates filed in Peace River North And in the Peace River Regional District , just one name at the end of business Friday — Leonard Hiebert in Area D. The District of Chet wynd has not posted any candidates filing paperwork on its website or Facebook page since nominations opened Tuesday and calls to the Chief Elections Offi cer were not returned. No candidates were declared in Hudson’s Hope in the first week of nominations.
Dave Lueneberg sports@ahnfsj.ca A month after it began an online survey of the Taylor Bridge, the Ministry of Trans portation and Infrastructure has said it’s received over 200 responses on its website. In August, the ministry un veiled five different models it’s asking the public to con sider, from staying the course, where repairs are made on an ongoing basis to keep the span in good condition, to having a second two-lane structure built across the Peace River.
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“We are also meeting with stakeholder groups including industry, local government, and emergency responders,” said Curtis Saunders, regional manager of project delivery for the northern region. “At this time, we are in the planning phase. What we’re doing is listening for input into how affected stake holders are using the Taylor Bridge and the surrounding area. We’ve presented five concepts for review and look ing for this input to refine and better understand the stakeholders.”“Weare clearly under standing that the Taylor Bridge crossing is a key link between the north and south Peace regions of the province and a high value for econom ic movement of goods and people,” he continued. “We’re hearing that reli ability of this crossing is an important interest of some folks responding as some as pects of recreational oppor tunities as Saunderswell.”was asked if there was one leading choice among the five concepts presented. “At this time, again, we are just gathering information. It’s more about the ways indi viduals and groups are using the bridge, to get that input, clearly understood and re fined as we can.” The bridge deck is currently undergoing four full weeks of maintenance and is reduced to single lane alternating traf fic for nearly 12 hours nightly. The bridge, opened in 1960, sees close to 7,500 vehi cles cross it everyday, includ ing large commercial traffic linked to the region’s oil and gasLocalsector.government and the region’s MLAs and MPs, both current and past, have pushed to see an entirely new span built – the existing structure unable to have additions, like asphalt, made to it because of safetyFortconcerns.St.John mayor Lori Ackerman has gone one step further, calling it the “holiest” bridge in the Peace, allud ing to the amount of praying that’s done before and during the crossing.
Janet Hammock, owner of the Sportsman’s Inn, says she’s so far spent about $1,100 on water and ice for her business, which includes a restaurant.“Thewater issue has also deterred some of my motel customers from staying in Hudson’s Hope. People that don’t have to stay in our town for work or pleasure prefer not to stay here,” she writes in an Aug. 19 letter. “I can’t say that I blame them.”
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Scott and Denise Linley, owners of the local grocery store, say the prov incial government needs to solve what they called a “frustrating situa tion” for their business and com munity. They say the region pays a high per capita share of provincial tax revenues as an energy producing hub of the province. “Now we need all the support from the provice that is required - as they own the Crown corporation that has created this problem by insisting the municipality get water from a well/ aquifer,” they wrote.
BC Hydro says it will pay up to half a million of those costs, but the committee says it believes the com pany should be responsible for pay ing more, including “[a]ll associatied future costs for a new water source since the initial ‘project’ has failed.”
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The community has no guarantees the water well won’t fail once again once the treatment plant is fixed, the committee said. “BC Hydro forced our community off our primary water source, prom ising to ‘make us whole’ under the Community Agreement, and they have not fulfilled their commitment,” the committee said. In other letters, local businesses say the rationing of bottled water supplies is having an impact on their business. Others are suggesting a plan of action to reimburse business es for their lost business.
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BC HYDRO PHOTO In-river construction of a spawning shoal near the Peace Canyon Dam on the Peace River, upstream of Hudson’s Hope.
The Stillwater Inn and Suites says a large group of long-term guests was supposed to stay in its hotel until September but checked out early due to the water crisis.
“Guests are afraid to book while the no-consumption policy is in ef fect, choosing to stay in Chetwynd or Fort St. John,” Ron Brar wrote in an Aug. 10 letter addressed to the mayor. “This is not fair as summer traffic is usually our busiest time of the year due to limited construction season windows in the North,” he said. One restaurant owner in a let ter called the current quality of the town’s water “DISGUSTING!” “It is so nasty, that EVERYTHING smells like it, and it’s nauseating,” theyBrarwrote.confirmed, saying his house keepers are also spending more time cleaning rooms due to the “residue” being left by the water in tubs, toilets, and sinks. Recently paid utility bills for water and sewer have amounted to $15,000, though there is no water service, he said. “I would strongly suggest the Dis trict and BC Hydro come up with a plan on how we may be reimbursed for these economic hardships, as it is quickly adding up in dollars by the day,” he wrote in his letter.
BC Hydro says it will pay up to $500,000 to help cover the costs of re pairing Hudson’s Hope failed water treatment plant but a group of resi dents say it should also fund a new water source for the community. The Hudson’s Hope Water Recov ery Committee says the community was promised a water supply “of the same quality and quantity” when its system was changed to make way for Site C dam construction. The community had previously drawn water from the Peace River, and now drawing from a ground water well that has been feeding a new treatment plant opened last year.But the well supply and the plant have been plagued by numerous bacterial and chemical problems ever since, with a full mechanical failure of the treatment plant in July. The community water system re mains under a do not consume or der, and residents won’t know until later this month whether they’ll have clean drinking water again. “Prior to Site C construction, our community had abundant, clean drinking water,” the committee wrote in an open letter released Thursday. “We can not stress enough how devastating this water crisis is to our community; it is adversely affecting individuals, families, seniors, busi nesses, tourism, and the housing market.”Hudson’s Hope Mayor Heiberg has acknowledged numerous times that the town’s water quality has not been acceptable since the switch over. He has said the district will be reimbursed for a range of its costs since responding to the failure, in cluding invoices for repair as well as for hauling water and purchasing bottled water.
are accepted until 4:00 pm Sept 20, 2022. Documents may be viewed Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at 1981 Alaska Avenue Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8 AND on the PRRD Have your SayThiswebpage.publichearing has been delegated to the Director of Electoral Area C.
Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca Students in Fort St. John return to class this week, and police are reminding the public that school speed zones went back in effect starting Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 8 a.m. B.C. school zones are posted at 30 km/h — fines for speeding range from $196 to $253, and come with three demerit points on your driver’s licence. “Back to school is an exciting time for student and parents alike,” said Const. Chad Neustaeter of the Fort St. John RCMP. “Following the rules of the road, being patient and slowing down will make back to school and school zones safer for Failingeveryone.”tostopfor a school bus is a $368 fine and three demerit points; disobeying a school guard patrol is a $167 fine and three demerits. With an increase in pedestrians and traffic to be expected around local schools, Neustaeter has shared the following tips for students, parents, and drivers.
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STUDENTS - Know your route to school and try to stick to it for your safety and your parent’s peace of -mind;Always try to cross the road at a crosswalk or intersection, don’t dart out from between parked vehicles; - If you are riding a bike, wear your helmet, and follow the rules of the road; - Always make eye contact with drivers and only proceed to cross roadways when you feel safe; - Make sure you listen to the traffic, remove an earbud if you have to so that you can be more aware of your surroundings; and - Let your parents know where you are if you change your route or your schedule for any reason.
North Peace Fringe Area The Peace River Regional District is hosting a public hearing to discuss the new proposed North Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan.
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Zoning Amendment Bylaw NO. 2491, 2022 When: September 21, 2022 6:00 PM Where: 1st Floor Meeting PomeroyRoom Sports 9324Centre96 St. Fort St. John For Information:More Contact: 250-784-3200ServicesDevelopment Toll Free: 1-800-670-7773 Email: planning@prrd.bc.ca
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PARENTS - Orient your children, especially if they are new to school and if they are walking back and forth to and from school. Walk/bike ride/drive to your school over the long weekend, so that children know where to go and how to best get there on the first day of -school;Talk to your children about road safety and making eye contact with drivers if they are crossing any roads and crosswalks; - Establish a route that they can take so that you know where to look for them if they are late getting to school or back home; and - Plan ahead for drop offs and pick ups and try to do it as close to the school as possible, preferably on the same side of the street as the school to avoid crossing the roads especially with younger children. DRIVERS - Be prepared for increased foot and vehicle traffic; - Slow down in school zones, you never know when a child will step out from between vehicles and run across the road; - Do not pass busses with stop arms extended or stopped vehicles who are allowing students to cross the road; and - Leave your phone alone, especially when near or in a school zone.
Matt Preprost editor@ahnfsj.ca Fort St. John police are warning of a surge in overnight thefts from vehicles last week. RCMP say they received four reports of theft or attempted theft on Wednesday morning, Aug. 31, along with two other reports last Tuesday. Police say the reports are coming from the areas of 83 to 87 Avenue, and 86 to 89 Street. Stolen items have included change, wallets containing licences, ID cards and credit cards, as well as a laptop computer.These are preventable crimes, police say. “It is imperative that individuals protect themselves by removing all valuable belongings and lock their vehicles,” said Const. Chad Neustaeter in a statement. “The personal violation individuals feel can be incredible and the financial implications can be devastating if personal information gets used to steal identities and open accounts and spend money in your name.”RCMP are reminding residents to lock their vehicles, and recheck when they are locking up their homes before they go to Accordingbed.to a 2020 check on unlocked vehicles done by one local officer, just over 15% of vehicles were found to have been left unlocked in the city. “Thieves are always on the lookout for an easy target; walking down streets in the dark, checking car doors, patiently waiting for the vehicles that are left unlocked.” Anyone with information on last week’s thefts are asked to call the RCMP at 250-787-8100.
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DAVE LUENEBERG PHOTO Singer-songwriter Naomi Shore in concert at Fort St. John’s Music in the Park at Festival Plaza in August.
Fast forward six years to today.“I’m a fully domesticated adult woman,” admits Shore. “I don’t live in a car anymore. I have house plants. I have a cat. I also just bought an area rug.” Did we mention she’s in love?Her new record is titled Stability “It’s really about, I think, coming to terms with, coming to grips with, the word ‘stability.’ It’s not a bad word. I can be stable and creative. I can be stable and be happy and successful,” says Shore. “It has, what I would call, a lot of self-help songs. I’m not certain if there’s such a genre as self-help, but many of them were written as my own personal mantras. Like a therapeutic way to get through my feelings.”Shoreand new beau, Rose Prairie Romance lead singer /guitarist Ryan Sebastiano, shared some of the new material August 11 at Festival Plaza – their new business, responsible, too, for setting up other entertainment for the city’s new Music in the Park concert series. The couple is also looking into an untapped market not seen in Fort St. John. “We just bought a house and we’re considering putting on house concerts over the winter months,” says Shore.“The realtor kept asking us – are we looking for a home or a concert venue?” Stability is targeted for release in October.
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