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Open house The Oil and Gas Commission and B.C. Environmental Assessment representatives will be holding an open house in Fort St. James. At Kwah Hall on Jan. 30 between 3p.m. and 7 p.m., visitors will be able to get information on regulations and permits on proposed pipeline projects. There will also be a fracking presentation. People are encouraged to attend to ask any questions they may have about the processes, how a person may be impacted or how government will mitigate impacts. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.

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Dylan Playfair chooses a role - not hockey Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier The young man on the phone is polite and articulate. Very professional. Hard to believe this is a 21-year-old actor working his first television role on a new YTV series, if only because a person might expect more ego, more self-importance. But while Dylan Playfair has no problem finding words and talks at length about all aspects of his latest role, as the character Knox on YTV’s Some Assembly Required, he definitely does not come across as all ego or overconfidence, though he is clearly at-ease talking to the press. Playfair is down-to-earth and seems to partially credit his time in Fort St. James for some of the lessons which keep him grounded in reality outside the insular world of acting. “You’ve got to work hard, you’ve got to be honest, you’ve got to be dedicated,” said Playfair. These are things Playfair learned working in the bush doing the kind of blue-collar jobs a young man like him can pick up for a summer working in Fort St. James. Jobs at the Northern Interior Forest Products Mill and Stone’s Bay Holdings. These jobs help keep things in perspective for Playfair, like when people say how hard a job acting is. “I’ll be on set sometimes and I hear people saying after 10 hours on set their feet are sore or their back’s sore and I think to myself ‘None of you guys have ever pulled a frickin’ 12-hour shift on a green-chain so shut up, this is not a hard job,” said Playfair. “A lot of those lessons have come in hugely, hugely beneficial for making a career in film.” While he was born in Fort St. James, Playfair’s family left right after he was born to head to Dayton, Ohio to pursue his father’s career in the world of professional hockey. His dad, Jim Playfair, is now working as part of the Phoenix Coyotes coaching team, and his two brothers, Jackson and Austyn, both still play hockey. “The unique thing about having a dad in the hockey world is I never really called any of … those places home because I never had stability there,” he said. It was not until Playfair was in Grade 5 he began to think of somewhere besides Fort St. James as home, when the family moved to Calgary for a time. Each year, when the hockey season was over, Jim and Roxane would return with their three sons to Fort St. James for the summer and live at their cabin in the Big Bay area on Stuart Lake. “It’s been a blessing for sure to call Fort St. James at least a part-time home,” he said. Dylan made the switch to acting from a family steeped in hockey, but the family is definitely okay with his direction. “His parents are pretty open … if something interests the kids, then that’s good,” said his grandmother Beverly Playfair, who still lives in Fort St. James. “What the heck, if he’s happy, we’re happy,” she said. Dylan may have even gotten some of his thes-

A Fort St. James Pee Wee Stars player tries to put a rebound past the Houston Flyers goaltender during the nail-biter battle for third place in the tournament at Fort Forum on Jan. 12. The Stars ended the game on top 4-3, with a team partially comprised of Atoms players moved up to fill out the bench. Sean Tay Julian scored two of Fort’s winning goals, Max Burgart scored one and Donovan Gregg scored one. Fraser Lake won the tournament, while Mackenzie took second. Ruth Lloyd/Caledonia Courier

pian genes from his grandmother, as she was involved for many years in the Music Makers theatre group, but Beverly also credits Dylan’s mom Roxane’s family with performer genes, as many in Roxane’s family are very musical. Now the young actor calls Vancouver home, and he is continuing to film episodes of Some Assembly Required, which premiered on Jan. 6 on YTV and has been showing Monday nights ever since. In the show, Playfair is Maxwell Knoxford III, known to everyone as “Knox” because of his last name and the number of actual knocks he takes as a thrill-seeking adrenaline junky. This makes Knox the perfect person for the job at his friend’s toy factory as the product and safety tester. The show is built around the premise a young teen named Jarvis Raines (Kolton Stewart) is given control of a toy company after a product of theirs destroys his family’s home. Raines then employs a number of fellow high schoolers to help him run the company. The eclectic ensemble cast is an interesting group, and Playfair had something good to say about each of them, and even said he was a little “starstruck” when he first met Ellie Harvey who plays the toy company’s former owner Candace Wheeler. Harvey played Morticia on The New Addams Family. “It’s been really cool being able to watch those guys work, see different people come to the same result,” said Playfair of his fellow actors. The show began filming in mid-August and will continue filming in front of a live studio audience in Burnaby, B.C. until the middle of February. The live audience creates a sense of a hybrid between film and theatre, according to Playfair, who enjoys being able to feed off of the energy of the young audiences. “The neat thing is that you get that instant gratification as to whether a joke has landed or not,” he said.

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Mischief charges laid

Community helps collar suspect Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier Citizens of Fort St. James were a big help to RCMP with an investigation into a mischief case. Stephen Wilson, 38, was arrested on Jan. 9 and subsequently charged with multiple counts of mischief. RCMP believe Wilson to be the man responsible for numerous complaints of a male approaching residents in their homes in Fort St. James to request money or food for various reasons. RCMP compiled their reports and sought a warrant for Wilson when he was identified as their prime suspect. After the arrest, Wilson appeared before a justice of the peace, and was released on conditions, which included not to attend private residences and he was also given a curfew. Within eight hours of his release, RCMP received similar complaints which led them to believe Wilson was in breach of his conditions. He was rearrested and was remanded in custody and additional charges of mischief, breach of an undertaking and being unlawfully in a dwelling house were added. Staff Sergeant Paul Thalhofer said he appreciated the assistance of the public in coming forward with further information of mischief complaints after they requested this. He said there were concerns the behaviour was escalating.

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in and doing the best he can,” she said. “If you do something you’re passionate about, you’re good at it.” “He sort of feels like he’s found his niche I think.” For those curious about the romantic side of the handsome actor’s life, off-screen, Playfair had been dating Paloma Kwiatkowski, the 19-yearold Canadian actress who plays Cody Brennan in Bates Motel on television and who starred in the Percy Jackson films series. Playfair said that while they have stayed in touch and remain good friends, Kwiatkowsk is now in L.A. for the filming of Bates Motel, so they are no longer dating.

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Jan. 11 1:15 a.m., RCMP on patrol on Stuart Drive noticed a brown Dodge Cummins pickup approaching from behind. The vehicle had lights mounted on an overhead rack which were turned on, which is a violation of the Motor Vehicle Act. The truck was pulled over by the RCMP and when they spoke to the driver, he failed to produce a driver’s licence. Upon looking up his information, RCMP discovered the driver was supposed to be issued a 90-day prohibition from driving, which the officers then did. The driver, who was on a Class 7 licence, was also given notice he needs to correct some of the Motor Vehicle Act offences on his vehicle. Jan. 12 at 3:07 p.m., RCMP attended Subway in response to a report

an unknown male had attempted to steal the tips jar. He had been unsuccessful, after staff had caught him in the act and the man had fled the store. RCMP then reviewed video footage from the store and recognized the male suspect in the video. The suspect was then located reportedly intoxicated in the area. The suspect was lodged in RCMP cells until sober and was released without charges as the store manager did not want to pursue charges further in the case. Jan. 14 at 8:03 a.m., a female called the RCMP to report a collision. The driver reported she was travelling north on Highway 27 at Sandhu Road when a moose came out onto

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The first baby born in Fort St. James this year was Abigail Mary Beeton. Born on January 3, 2014, to parents Tod and Jennifer Beeton, Abigail was 6 lbs, 14 oz. She is the new baby sister to Emma, Aaron and Elizabeth. Flowers and a gift were presented by Stuart Lake Hospital Auxiliary member Julie-Ann Mortenson.

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Community Events are free of charge as they are sponsored by the Caledonia Courier COMING EVENTS... Will appear as space is available, free of charge in this section. Coming events are available to non-profit organizations only. This area is not intended for thank you submissions or selling products. It is simply a place for nonprofit organizations a place to announce upcoming free activities. You can e-mail your item to advertising@ominecaexpress. com or by fax: 567-2070. Your organizations’ announcement can also be dropped off at our office located at #111-250 Stuart Drive, Fort St. James. Decision of the publisher is final. *** St Patrick’S anglican church...Fort St James, with the churches of Fort St James will provide Free Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day from noon to 2.00pm. Everyone welcome! *** ThE NEChakO VallEy FESTIVal OF ThE PErFOrMING arTS... has a new website. www.musicfestivalweb. com/nechako. Please visit the website for syllabus and registration information. You can view the syllabus online. If a paper copy is required, there is a limited number available at the Vanderhoof Public Library. Registration for the festival will be online starting Jan. 1, 2014. The festival will take place from Apr. 12-25, 2014 with the festival concert happening on Apr. 27, 2014. *** FOrt St JaMES chriStian OutrEach grOuP FOOD Bank SchEDulE...10.00am to 12.00noon, on Wednesdays, January 8, 2014, January 22, February 4, February 18, March 5, March 19, April 2, April 16, April 30, May 14, May 28, June 11, June 26, July 9, July 23, August 6, August 20, September 3, Wednesday, September 17. *** UNTOlD TraUMa...author seeks contributions from nonFirst Nations students and staff who experienced Catholic residential or day schools abuse in Northern BC. For more info email Kathyhansen1@gmail.com ***

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• Guest editorial

Tom Fletcher Black Press

Harper rapped for wrong reasons

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s latest visit to B.C. was portrayed as these things are today: besieged by protesters, hiding from an ever-vigilant media, cynically campaigning for the 2015 federal election. TV couldn’t get enough of the two “environmental activists” who dressed as waiters to slip onstage at a business breakfast in Vancouver. They’re not environmentalists, just all-purpose protesters using the flavour of the month. They are associated with a group calling itself “No One Is Illegal,” a collection of anarchist kooks that wants to do away with national borders, and of course capitalism. As their now-famous sign said, they want “climate justice now.” Organizer Brigette DePape explained to a co-operative CBC TV host that the recent typhoon in the Philippines that killed thousands of people was caused by global warming, which of course is caused mainly by the Alberta “tar sands.” I won’t dwell on this routine idiocy, except to say the number of hurricanes that struck North America in 2013 was zero, and that hasn’t happened since 1994. Also, “climate justice” is like “social justice,” in that both require confiscation of earned wealth.

DePape is the former Senate page fired in 2011 for a similar sign stunt. She’s now a professional Harper hater, with support from the U.S.-based Tides Foundation among others. One of the issues Harper didn’t take questions on was the consolidation of 11 federal fisheries libraries into two, one of them in Sidney, B.C. This is portrayed as part of Harper’s socalled “war on science,” and has been compared with the Romans burning the library of Alexandria in ancient Egypt. Fisheries Minister Gail Shea defended the cost-cutting measure by pointing out that almost all access to these libraries is now digital, so maintaining 11 duplicated sets of printed reports is a waste of taxpayer dollars. An anonymous federal scientist fired back on his blog that the head of one of these libraries retired before the contents could even be catalogued, much less completely digitized for online access. So this material wasn’t even properly organized? Users were supposed to browse until they stumbled on something pertinent? The ministry reported that the average number of people other than federal fisheries staff who used these libraries averaged between five and 12 per year. That’s for all 11 facilities combined. And if anyone has even one example of information that was available and isn’t now,

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they should identify it. Harper’s got plenty to answer for, no question. To take one of many examples, spending our borrowed money on TV ads for a “Canada Job Grant” program that hasn’t even been introduced in Parliament, much less set up, isn’t just wasteful. It’s dishonest and cruelly misleading to the unemployed people the ads pretend to offer help. Harper’s visit to B.C. added a couple of scripted events, starting with softball questions at the Vancouver business breakfast. Then he was off to a photo op at the Kinsol trestle on Vancouver Island, where he announced three more years of funding for the Trans-Canada Trail. I’m as relieved as anyone that Harper is not killing this modest federal project that started in 1992, but this is not news. It was a fake public event to justify the cost of a trip so Harper could address a new Conservative riding association. And how is the federal deficit after eight years of tight-fisted Conservative rule? We’re only borrowing about $1 billion a month now, down from the Harper government all-time record deficit of $55 billion in 2009. Some cost cutting is in order all right. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

• Letter

Thanks for SensibleBC support

Editor:

I want to thank all who signed SensibleBC’s petition and all my canvassers who froze their butts off at the end! Although not enough signatures were collected province wide - we met our quota with Vanderhoof and Burns Lake’s help. In the region, 1,660 signatures were needed 1,845 were collected - with almost 700 coming from Fort St. James (I am very proud of us). Hats off to Don Weaver who singlehandedly collected almost 500 in Vanderhoof - couldn’t have done it without you. I know we missed getting to a lot more sensible people out there - I apologize - next time around (estimating 2015), we will be far better organized. Over 200,000 voters want to change B.C.’s archaic marijuana laws - heads up Christie - you are dropping the ball. I wish everyone a Happy New Years and want you to know that we did well. Peace out, Mary Phillips

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Senior basketball tournament Ruth Lloyd Caledonia Courier The Fort St. James Falcons senior basketball teams hosted a tournament at the high school Jan. 10 and 11. The tournament at Fort St. James Secondary School (FSJSS) included both senior girls and boys basketball. Teams came from Burns Lake, Tumbler Ridge,

Vanderhoof and Dawson Creek to play in the tournament. Girls team coach Suzanne Burk said she saw the boys team improve together as the tournament went on, and the girls team did well, only losing the one game to Burns Lake. The Falcon senior girls ended the tournament in second place, with Burns Lake taking first, Mountain Christian School (Dawson Creek) in third, and Tumbler Ridge in fourth.

The Falcon boys ended up in fourth in the tournament, with Northside Christian School (Vanderhoof) taking first place, Mountain Christian School in second, and Tumbler Ridge in third. The event was made possible by the assistance of a second referee from Fraser Lake, though there was no team from Fraser Lake in the tournament. Rylan Tsuji came for the two-day tournament as the second ref, officiating Friday and Saturday.

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Dog’s race again in Doggy-do The Jan. 1 Doggy-do race was run on the Dog Creek Forest Service Road, due to limited snow on the lake. Listed are race results. First was Craig Houghton, followed by Ann Douglas of

Fort Fraser and the Laura Vinnedge of Fort St. James. Jerry Joinson (FSJ) was fourth, followed by Jody Verge (Quesnel), Lisa Joinson (FSJ) and Lee Verge (Quesnel).

Thanks to Wayne Bond, Kory Larsen, Sean and Terri-Ann Houghton for trail support, and Margaret-Ann Houghton for timing. The race was 28 miles long and times were:

Craig 2:14:47 Ann 2:20:36 Laura. 2:27:03 Jerry 2:37:40 Jodi 2:39:00 Lisa 2:39:39 Lee 2:49:53

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Interclub speed skating Speed skaters from four to 50 met up for a long-track meet in Fort St. James Keith Gordon Submitted The Fort St. James Falcons hosted a very successful outdoor interclub speed skating meet on Jan 12 on the outdoor long-track oval. There were 36 skaters with ages ranging from four to mid-fifties. Skaters came from Prince George and Vanderhoof to join eight local racers. Weather is always on the mind with outdoor speed skating and there were temperature highs of six degrees above in the forecast as well as (perhaps the biggest dread to the outdoor ice maker) rain. But the worst that it came to was a bit of snow and the warm air made for wonderful outdoor speed skating and fast ice. The meet was the first time kids as young as 12 years old got to try “Olympic Style” racing where the skaters do their time trials in pairs. This is the classic format for speed skating as done at world championships and olympic games. The fastest overall skater was Prince George resident and world ranked master skater Lyle Dickieson. The fastest junior skater was Mathew

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Ebert from Vanderhoof. The fastest local skater was Russ Macdonald. A couple of Fort’s teen agers were unable to compete in the meet due to sickness. Many thanks to so many of the longtime supporters of skating who came out and timed and did place judging. The club is very grateful for people who come out year after year to help. The meet concluded with a mass start 3,000 metre race where the top local finisher was Aiden Duncan. Fort results overall were: Russ Macdonald took third in Division one, Sean Houghton was second in Division three, Aiden Duncan placed fifth in Division three, Nyah Duncan was first for Division four, Amy Waddell took second in Division four and Liam Reidlinger placed fifth in Division four. Conor Duncan and Leah Waddell skated in the “Active Start” event. Future meets for local skaters include the B.C. Winter Games in Mission where skaters will skate a short track competition. Competing for Zone seven will be Fort’s Emily Sulyma and Morgon Bennison as well as several skaters from Vanderhoof. Alison Leach will be coaching for Zone seven.

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Family Literacy Day Classes are kept small so sign up early. There are three different days to choose from for the eight week duration. To register call Debbie Anderson at The Learning Hub: 250-996-7078.

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