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Youth soccer takes over the fields

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The Fort St. James Secondary School fields were overrun with more than 700 youth soccer players from Fort St. James, Vanderhoof, Burns Lake and Fraser Lake on May 23 during the Fort St. James Youth soccer tournament for 5 to 10-year-olds. Dave Birdi, Fort St. James Youth Soccer, said, “The club believes every player deserves the best possible soccer experience. Whether the kids dream of playing

for Canada’s National Teams or simply want to have fun with their friends, taking the right approach to the game when children are young sets the stage for a lifetime of enjoyment. “Next up is the Divisional Tournament held in Vanderhoof, June 20 where players between 11-18 years-old will be competing, Birdi said. “(In Vanderhoof) the level of the competition is taken one step higher with more focus on strategy and tactics, and winning top places for trophies.” photo courtesy of Dave Birdi

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Community paramedicine program to launch in Fort MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier

Fort St. James will be among some of the first communities in B.C., to take part in the community paramedicine program which is being introduced by BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS). Preet Grewa, BCEHS, said in a news release, “Under the program, paramedics will provide primary care services (within their scope of practice) to increase access to basic health care services in nonurgent settings, in partnership with local health care providers.” She added, “The enhanced role is not intended to replace any care provided by health professionals, like nurses, but rather, complements and supports the work that these important professionals do each day.” Paramedicine, combines the

roles and responsibilities of individuals previously trained and credentialed in various levels of Emergency Medical Technician (EMTs) practice. “By phasing in community paramedicine, we are developing an integrated approach to patient care to best suit the unique needs of each community population,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “We know that health-care providers in rural and remote areas may face challenges and we value their guidance in how we can best engage local paramedics to address gaps in service.” The program is being phased into effect in the province with Interior communities announced in June 2015, followed by Vancouver Island communities later in the summer. Phase Two, will take into account areas for improving the program and is projected to begin

by January 2016. Phase Three will expand into additional communities with the potential integration of paramedics into clinics and other facilities in 2017 as well. “BC’s paramedics are highly trained medical professionals, who are well suited for this new role in community health,” said Bronwyn Barter, president of the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (CUPE 873). “With the community paramedicine program will come better patient care and new full-time career opportunities across the province.” Grewal said the community paramedicine program should know by the fall of 2015 what gaps in service will need to be filled. “Unit chiefs in each community are working with their healthcare partners to determine gaps in service and ways that paramedics can use their skills to fill those gaps,” sheèù wdGrewal said.

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Fancy footwork

Ireland Webb, left, with Fraser Lake tries to get the ball around Cala Jackson of the Vanderhoof Tigers at the Fort St. James Youth Soccer tournament May 23.

District of Fort St. James Calendar June, 2015 SUNDAY

MONDAY

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1 2 FARMERS’ MARKET Grand Opening was May 8th, 2015 9:30-11amat PreSpirit School Square Park 11:30am - 4:00pm

Municipal Website: www.fortstjames.ca

EVERY Friday thereafter!

GeoCash Event June 27th

8 Easter on June 7th @ the National Historic Site

THURSDAY

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9:30-11am Preschool Gym @ Sowchea

SATURDAY 6

11:30-4pm Farmers’ Mrkt

Food Bank

9:30-11am Preschool Gym @ Sowchea

9:30-11am Pre School Gym @ Nak’azdli

11:30-4pm Farmers’ Mrkt

Food Bank

9:30-11am Preschool Gym @ Sowchea

9:30-11am Pre School Gym @ Nak’azdli

Intro to Sailing

11:30-4pm Farmers’ Mrkt

Food Bank

National Aboriginal Day

9:30-11am Pre School Gym @ Nak’azdli

9:30-11am Preschool Gym @ Sowchea

11:30-4pm Farmers’ Mrkt

Food Bank

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Getting their booties wet Parker Shute, 7 and sister Norah, 5, practice backstroke paddling out on Stuart Lake in their newly purchased kayaks, May 26.

SUMMER 2015 COMMUNITY TOURS OF MOUNT MILLIGAN Mount Milligan is pleased to be offering mine tours again this summer to members of our local communities.

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Constable Dimaggio, accident reconstruction investigator, was in the area completing traffic scene analysis. Traffic was halted and Hwy 27 was closed Monday morning and was re-opened at 9 a.m.

Accident causes closure of Highway 27 REBECCA WATSON Omineca Express

A motor vehicle accident involving a 44-year-old man from Fort St. James resulted in lane closures along highway 27 Monday, June 1. The man was transported to University Hospital in Prince George from St. Johns Hospital in Vanderhoof, where as of Monday morning he remains in stable condition with serious injuries.

“It appears he was thrown from the vehicle and also appears alcohol was involved,” Commander Svend Nielsen said, adding the majority of the man’s injuries are in his torso. The accident occurred around 11:30 p.m., Sunday, May 31 about one kilometre south of Barlow Road. The highway was closed until 9 a.m. Monday morning to keep both lanes clear for Constable Dimaggio, traffic analysis in-

spector, to do his job safely, Nielsen said. More details will

be reported as they are made available to the Courier.

Tl’azt’en Nation Band Members Meeting June 12th, 2015 9:00 A.M. at EJES Gym

Upcoming Tour Dates: Leaving from Fort St. James June 9, 2015 July 14, 2015 Transportation is provided to the mine site. Buses will leave from the Fort St. James Arena, where parking is available. Tours will leave at 9am and will return approximately at 3pm. To sign-up for a tour, call or visit: College of New Caledonia – Fort St. James 179 Douglas Ave., Fort St. James, BC 250-996-7019 Additional tours will also leave from Mackenzie June 16 and July 28. For more information, email communityrelations@tcrk.com

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Apprentices required for public construction BY TOM FLETCHER Black Press

It’s not a firm quota, but construction unions have won a commitment from the B.C. government to require apprentices to be hired for public projects worth more than $15 million. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced the new requirement Tuesday, and it takes effect July 1. Construction firms bidding on major projects such as schools, hospitals, roads or bridges will have to include their plans to hire apprentices. Construction unions have pushed for the change, arguing that a lack of apprentices on public jobs is an obvious gap in the government’s skills training plan. B.C. Building Trades executive director Tom Sigurdson said he is pleased with the agreement, and will give it a year to work before deciding if it goes far enough. Bond said the coming year could see as many as 15 major projects that would qualify. She agreed with Sigurdson that many apprentices don’t complete their training because they can’t find a job placement between stints in trade school.

Bond said subcontracts worth $500,000 or more, with a focus on one of the 57 Red Seal trades, will also require an apprenticeship component. In her discussions with employers, she said they are looking to increase apprenticeships as baby boom trades people begin to retire in large numbers. Houle Electric president Robert Lashin said the government has struck the right balance. “By having a policy like this, government is setting a standard but is not being prescriptive,” he said. NDP jobs critic Shane Simpson said his party has called for apprentice opportunities on publicly funded projects for years, but the government needs to go further. “In the public service, including municipalities, schools, universities, health care, there are only 300 apprentices in the whole province, and about half of them are with BC Hydro,” Simpson said. B.C. Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger said “aspirational goals are not enough,” and the province should require one of four employees on major projects be apprentices.

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Jobs Minister Shirley Bond and Tom Sigurdson of the B.C. Building Trades announce deal on public construction at the B.C. legislature Tuesday.

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Have you ever driven past a clear cut area and wondered, why? I have often looked at the

scarred land and thought about all those trees just - gone. When I saw all the white trucks, and people in town started mentioning the tree planters had arrived, I saw an opportunity

Shawn McGrath, project supervisor with Apex Reforestation, checks the temperature on the seedlings which are kept cool in a refrigerated trailer prior to being planted.

to find out about those clear cuts. I managed to get permission to head out with Shawn McGrath, project supervisor with Apex Reforestation Ltd., and my opportunity to answer some of those questions; to find out what the mystery behind the secret society of tree planters was all about. My morning alarm rang just a little bit earlier this past Thursday - 4:30 a.m. - instead of my regimented 5:30 a.m. I was more than prepared for the early morning, I have done my fair share of 3 a.m. wake up calls while working a stint at a ranch in the Chilcotin cooking and packing lunches for exploration crews. I had no idea what I was in for, I packed my lunch, and I had my camera bag and my pack with the essentials: first aid, TP, bug dope, jacket, hat and gloves and the most essential item - water. I might have over-prepared; I didn’t want anyone to think this Northern girl was a newbie at trudging around in the bush. I was ready and out the door at 5:39 a.m., and sitting outside McGrath’s motel room door being greeted by a number of tree planters preparing to start their day.

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One of the seven crews that are planting wtih Apex Reforestation Ltd., prepare its truck for the day. The crew will be out from 6 a.m., usually until 7 p.m., planting more than 100,000 trees in a single work day.

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Nikolas Smithers has been planting trees for four years and is a crew manager that is responsible for up to 18 crew members depending on the number of people on staff planting. He said a tree goes into the ground approximately every ten seconds.

Trees, safety and digital maps Continued from, page 5 Before we sit down for a coffee and go over some safety procedures and paperwork, required for me to be out on the blocks, McGrath takes me over to the reefer, a refrigerated semi-trailer unit that keeps the trees between 2-5 degrees while being stored prior to planting. A couple of crews are loading up the work trucks with boxes of trees that will be the days planting. McGrath says the 74 crew members currently working will plant more than 100,000 trees a day. The 26-year-old McGrath is a great choice for showing me the work site, he’s been with Apex for seven years, starting

as a planter, then a crew manager and now two years in his current position as project manager. He says the biggest portion of the crew are planting as a way to help pay for their university or college tuition. “I started the summer I was 19,” he said. “I started my second year at college, one of my friends convinced a big group of us guys to come out here.” Once we have coffee and go over the safety particulars for being out on site we head out to Leo Creek to the first block on McGrath’s rounds. He tells me he tries to visit each block daily to check with crews to make sure everything is going well and the product being planted gets a quality check.

As we drive out toward Tachie, McGrath shows me how the trucks are equipped with georeferenced maps which display the blocks on a tablet and make the job of getting out to areas a lot easier and cut down on crews getting lost, which cuts into planting time he added. “At some point when we get close enough we’ll show up as a blue dot on the map,” McGrath said. We turn off onto the Leo Creek Forestry Service Road (FSR) and start the drive up to the first block and I get the feeling my kidneys are in for a good workout.

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McGrath’s day sometimes gets sidetracked with situations such as this crew truck which got stuck in a boggy area. Most of the roads the crews use out to the blocks were created as winter roads to be used by logging trucks.

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The finer points of planting

Soil is important when the seedlings are being planted, moist peaty soil is good for the trees to start in.

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It’s important to make sure the trees are going into the ground within the right ranges to ensure optimal growth. McGrath shows where seedlings should be planted to at the stem-root base. Continued from, page 6 On the planting blocks the blackflies are out in full force. Out here a cool breeze is a welcome break and it pays to keep up a fast pace out in the slash, and not just to keep the bugs off. A lot of the clearing has been done to stave off the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) infestation that has been ongoing since the 1990s. The MPB has destroyed approximately 50 per cent of the total volume of lodgepole pine in British Columbia which continues to spread its geographic range. Some of the fibre will be sent to the mill to be made into as much useable lumber as possible, some will be sent to be made into bio-energy or wood pellets; what remains will be burned to aide in regrowth of the forest area. Crews are planting three species of seedlings on the block areas, lodgepole pine, blue spruce and balsam. Each species has specific requirements such as

spacing and depth said Shawn McGrath, project supervisor with Apex Reforestation Ltd. “That’s been the focus for a little while now,” he said. “That will probably come to an end in the next couple years.” Just starting out He said when he first started tree-planting the trees were just turning orange and he was part of a couple test projects to try and combat the pest. “They were trying to – back then – just leave the stand if it wasn’t usable fiber and we would go and plant in the stands,” McGrath said. “They had rabbit traps everywhere … apparently (rabbits) would bite (seedlings) off. That was part of the reason that method wasn’t working.” There are approximately 1,350 seedlings planted in a hectare McGrath said, adding that number varies based on terrain and available soil becuase much of the ground cover is deep moss. McGrath said the employer is looking for a certain depth for

the seedlings and a Canfor forester comes out daily to check on the quality of the work that the planters are doing in addition to his checks. “When I check, I come along and make sure the laterals aren’t buried,” he said. “And I make sure the holes are closed to ensure a vapour seal.” Different species are planted at different ratios and different elevations based on variable such as diseases that might affect the seedlings, he said. McGrath takes BOT measurements to ensure the distance between specific areas meets the ratios set out by the employer. The measurement is important as well as the depth to make sure the seedlings are in an optimum growth environment he added. “It’s a measured radius that we count the trees within it,” he said. “It’s good so far what I’ve seen.” Looking at the tiny seedlings just starting out it’s impossible for me to look at clear-cut areas in the same way ever again.

Getting a good start. This little seedling has the perfect home in the slash and has the potential to be productive in approximately ten years time.

Student of the Week ) Fort St. James Secondary Grade 10 ) Nominated by Ms. G. Vogelsang

Daniel Crook Daniel Crook is an exceptional student: not only do his marks reflect work that usually exceeds the curricular expectations, Daniel also manages to put his individual “spin” on his assignments, making them engaging to read and evaluate. I found him a powerful student to have in the classroom – the level of thought he put into the lessons I gave was evident in each product he created, presenting his learning a way that honoured his learning style, and was often a different way than I had previously seen. That’s inspiring for a teacher. Ms. G. Vogelsang.

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Little green thumbs

photos courtesy of Jolene Prince

Aidian Solonas and Peter Bird make some spider dogs at the ‘Uloo Khoh parenting program, May 28.

MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier

Dirty hands were abundant at the ‘Uloo Khoh parenting program on May 28. Parents and family came out to engage children in learning about planting, “seeing the fruits of their labour”

Aidan Solonas, and Margaret Bird get their hands dirty planting some seedlings in the garden at the Social Development Centre, May 28.

and learning about healthy eating. Children of all ages got a chance to try out their green thumbs planting some seedlings in the plot at the Nak’azdli Social Development Centre. Families who were interested also got to take home a My Little Box of Gardening kit as an added bonus.

Kaniiah Prince, front, left, Loretta Prince and Jade Bird keep busy putting together their spider dog snacks at the ‘Uloo Khoh parenting program.

Patrica Prince, back left, gets some help from her older sister Tanisha Prince while Tripp Sagalon holds onto a seedling that will go into the garden at the Social Development Centre.

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All in a days work

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Richard Hanson, left, Fraser Titley, Ryan Hannewyk and Jono Elliot relax back at the motel after a long day out planting. MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier

The one thing you hear from the tree planting crew when you ask, is how much they like the job. There are few that come out to work the blocks that won’t be back again next year.

It’s not just the pay that keeps them coming back though. Richard Hanson, in his sixth season planting, said the reasons amount to more than just getting paid. “Every year I tell myself I’m never going to come back, and then I end up coming

back,” he said. “Usually before the season I’ll meet up with a bunch of the guys, I’ll have a couple drinks and end up saying I’ll come back out.” Even the bugs aren’t enough to kill the spirit out on the blocks. Evelyn Martin was one of the unfortunate that had

Evelyn Martin is out for her first season of tree planting and shows real fortitude after having an allergic reaction to the numerous black fly bites

a reaction to the bites and still went on to finish her day not even wanting to take Bene-

dryl to ease the reaction. “No thanks,” she said. “It’ll just make me sleepy.

Justin Guimond is out from St. John, N.B., for his first year planting.

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Music on the Mountain (MoM) might be moving to lower elevations but its raising the bar for the three-day event that happens in August. Lionel Conant, president of MoM Festival said the many outbuildings will be utilised for workshops and as areas for vendors to set up at the new site on the old rodeo grounds.

MoM Festival moving from the mountain down to the meadow MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier

MoM, the music festival commonly known as Music on the Mountain, is getting a new venue and likely a new moniker for its acronymic name once the music festival moves off the mountain. The 80 acre rodeo grounds are slated to be the new home to the three day festival that takes place in August. Lionel Conant, president of the MoM Festival, said the grounds site will offer an opportunity for the festival to grow and be a space where festival goers of all ages will have more venues available due to the increased space. The grounds, now owned and used by the Fort St. James Snowmobile Club, haven’t been used for its original purpose as a rodeo grounds in more than five years said Conant. Right now the space is

Conant said MoM is looking forward to having a permanent stage and still having the comforts the former site at Murray Ridge provided for the festival and the artists for the past five years. being used as a makeshift camp for seasonal tree planting crews that come to the Fort every spring. Conant said having the space will allow MoM to have a permanent stage and a beer garden for the first time in the festival’s history.

“MoM’s never had a beer garden before,” he said. “We’re hoping the new liquor laws should allow us to do that in here … this way we can contain it and keep people from coming and going with booze.” There are a number of outbuildings that can

be used for workshops and vendors around the site, Conant said the entire site will be used interactively for a variety of activities and create a family friendly place for this year’s festival. “There’s all this parking for RV’s, for our local people that

like to come early and lots of room for tenting in those outbuildings,: he said. “Another advantage out here is there are outhouses.” With the bigger venue, Conant said there will be a push on to recruit more volunteers, he added the open site area and the proximity to town will make it easier for volunteers to access and help out on a more flexible schedule. “We’re going to need more (volunteers) for sure,” he said. “We count on our volunteers every year and we will count on them even more this year.” He said though the years at the ski hill have been great and the use of the site at Murray Ridge has been a good run the past five years, the closeness to town will make shuttles a lot more efficient and will allow better access for people who don’t have a vehicle. “It’s closer to town to get to,” he said.

“We can run a shuttle a lot easier and it’s within the taxi’s range.” With more than 600 festival goers, artists and crew last year Conant said the festival had almost outgrown the Murray Ridge site,

he added the festival hopes to grow that number to 1,000 attendees this year which was a large part of changing the venue to the old rodeo grounds site. “It’s time to make this move.”

FRASER LAKE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS...is calling on visual artists of all mediums, quilters, pottery, bands, singers, poets etc. Festival will be August 8th, 2015. Call 250-699-1234 for more information or email: festivalofthearts@gmail.com

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June 17, 2015 2750 Burrard Ave. at 7:00 pm For further information please call: 250-567-5219

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Aboriginal and northern community health associated with the construction and operation of Mount Milligan mine in Fort St. James, British Columbia were discussed at the District Council meeting May 27.

Community health and safety report released MICHELE TAYLOR

ing, the four key findings that occurred during construction of the mine. Kandace Kerr, Research Co“We did a baseline in 2012, ordinator, Geography Depart- which was our snapshot of what ment, University of Victoria, the area was like at pre-construcwent before Council May 27 to tion,” she said. “In December discuss the results of the “Com- 2014 we finished the construcmunity Health and tion phase report.” Safety in the Nak’al Some of the di“The other Bun/Stuart Lake rect impacts on the challenge we community Region During the that Construction Phase looked at were were found Kerr of the Mount Milloss of access said, were factors ligan Mine” report such as: An increase to housing which was released in industrial traffic and increased and the consequent in December 2014. The Fort St James increase in environrents.” Sustainability Group mental pollution; the – Kandace Kerr reports on the immigration of workpacts on Aboriginal ers and their impact and northern community health on medical resources through associated with the construction WSBC visits; and the impact and operation of Mount Milligan those workers had on the housmine in Fort St. James, British ing market. Columbia in partnership with the “The other challenge we Nak’azdli and Tl’azt’en First Na- looked at were loss of access to tions and the municipality of Fort housing and increased rents,” St. James. she said. “This really impacted Kerr discussed loss of access the recruitment of health profesto traditional lands, influx of sionals because it was very chalworkers, local employment and lenging to try and recruit health income and education and train- professionals for the community Caledonia Courier

when we didn’t have housing for them.” An increase in crime specific to Fort St. James was also noted over the construction phase Kerr added, “We used RCMP stats over the construction phase. In 2011 we had a 48 per cent increase in assaults with a weapon, we had a 38 per cent increase in sexual assaults and we had 37 per cent increase in missing people reports and a 50 per cent increase in aggravated assaults.” She added there were positive benefits to the construction phase such as education and training for residents and said the report is available online for viewing at: http://bchealthycommunities. ca/res/download.php?id=1819. “This is described in much more detail in the report.” Kerr said there is also a report released looking at the health risks and opportunities, created for the Tl’azt’en Nation. “It finds some similar things to our construction phase report, but (the report) is a little bit more detailed … and brings up some issues that are more specific to their community.”

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Hail storm/flash flood in Cache Creek on May 23. Torrents caused severe undercutting on Stage Rd. as well as the loss of curb and gutters. Several homes were damaged in the flash flood and crowdfunding has been started to assist residents and the Village. MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier

The Village of Cache Creek, which sits at the junction of Highway 97 and Highway 1, experienced a heavy rainfall May 23, causing waterways to divert and wash debris from surrounding hills down into the village. Debris from the flood caused the closure of Highways 1 and 97 at that time and the highways were down to single lane alternating traffic while road crews

repair ditching 6 km north of Junction with Highway 1, at Cache Creek to 10 km north of Junction with Highway 1, at Cache Creek (4 km), until May 28. The village was set to a state of emergency on May 24 by Village officials and an evacuation alert and order were issued for four separate areas within the Village. Several homes were damaged in the flood and currently there are fundraisers in place to raise money to as-

sist residents and the village through the crowdfunding platform blackpress4good with Fundrazr, and also on gofundme.com for two residents Marylou Jyhla and Charlene Milward, who lost their homes in the flood. If you would like to donate to the Village of Cache Creek go to: https://fundrazr. campaigns/8zs29. – with files from Barbara Roden Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal

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Jamie Mcdonald takes top award MICHELE TAYLOR Caledonia Courier

The Fort’s Jamie Macdonald took home the Top Female Short Track Skater award this past weekend at the BC Speed Skating Associations AGM. Keith Gordon said, “Macdonald had her best year of skating finishing as the 7th ranked female short tracker in the country.” He added Macdonald will remain as a Speed Skate Canada carded athlete on the Development Team. Gordon also said Mcdonald is the highest ranked non-Quebecer on the list. Madonald is the second short-track speed-skater from Fort St. James to receive a top speed skater award. Michael Friesen received that honour in 2006. Gordon said the Nechako Lakes Clippers in Vanderhoof also received several honours. Alison Desmarais won the skater bursary, Coach Nicole Ebert was named Grass Roots Coach of the Year and the club won the Good News Award for the club’s summary of the its achievements in its 10 years of operation in Vanderhoof.

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The Canadian women’s 3000m relay team concluded the short track speed skating competition by coming up with a bronze medal, Friday, at the 2015 Winter Universiade held in Granada, Spain. The Canadian team, comprised of Joanie Gervais (Saguenay, QC), Namasthée Harris-Gauthier (Montreal, borough Rosemont - La Petite-Patrie, QC), Keri Morrison (Burlington, Ont.) and Caroline Truchon (Saguenay, QC) (alternate: Jamie MacDonald, Fort St. James, B.C.)

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Final ranking: National

Canadian Open Championships Selection #2

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Canadian Senior Championships

Fall World Cup Selections

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Language and Culture get big boost Pictured are: back row from left, Chris Lewis (RBC), Cheryl Jones-Large, Principal of Nak’al Bun and Mark Collins (RBC). Front row, from left, kindergarten students Ryder Sam, Owen Kristofferson, Norah Shute and Nicholas Prince. Nak’al Bun Elementary was pleased to accept a $10,000 cheque from the CIBC Children’s Foundation in support of its Carrier Language and Culture program. Last year’s donation went towards the purchase of drum making materials and equipment, as well as extra hides and beading materials. This year’s donation will help to support the school’s potlatches, feasts, and keep its drum making tradition going strong.

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also host a free Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day to all who are lonely or in need. Volunteers for these programs are needed. Please call Gwen at 250-567-6744. *** ST. PATRICK’S ANGLICAN CHURCH SERVICES... will now take place only on the first Sunday of the month except for special occasions. *** FORT ST. JAMES SEARCH & RESCUE... steering committee meetings first Tuesday of every month. 7:00 p.m. above the Fort St. James Firehall. Training is the third Tuesday of every month at the Firehall at 7 p.m. New members are welcome and training is provided. For more information please contact Paul at 250.996.7478 or Rod at 250.996.3231 *** FORT ST. JAMES PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS... Tuesday 11:30-8:00 Wednesday 11:30-4:30 Thursday 11:30-4:30 Friday 11:30-8:00 Saturday 11:00-3:00 *** AUXILIARY TO STUART LAKE HOSPITAL... Monthly meeting 2nd Wednesday each month. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 p.m. *** NECHAKO VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY...Child and Youth Mental Health and Counseling Services available at no cost. Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Call 996-7645 for appointment. *** FORT TRAP AND HANDGUN CLUB... meets last Sunday of every month. Contact (Sue) at 250-996-7728 (h) for more information. *** MUSIC MAKERS...New members always WELCOME. Not everyone has to be on stage, there is lots of work behind the scenes. Call Heike Fonda at 250-996-7006 for more info. ***

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