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have suffered enough in terms of phase 1 impact of no collaborative meetings, no report cards. We believe that it was time to move the dispute into another path and a constructive path of the mediation and cooling off period, we obviously remain committed to that, and look forward to all parties, including the BCTF embracing that path,” said Abbott. Though openly opposing Bill 22, the BCTF has decided to put two names forward for the mediator position, judges Ian Donald of the Court of Appeal and Stephen Kelleher of the B.C. Supreme Court. Abbott says that potential candidates should have a strong background in education, be held in high regard, and have effective dispute resolution and consensus skills. He says that once chosen, after March 26, the mediator will work with both parties on their concerns. “I’m very pleased that they have suggested a couple of names for potential mediation purposes, I think that’s a very positive thing…I respect that this has been a remarkably challenging time for them, and obviously they’ve had some vigorous debate within their membership but we do believe there is a constructive path ahead and we hope that all parties will take that path,” Abbott said. “We’ve put names in but we’re aware that even doing that whether government picks one of those names that their ability to be a true mediator is very restricted, we don’t think a selfrespecting mediator who takes their job seriously would accept a job that tells them what they can do and what they can’t do,” Iker said about the mediator having to work within the government’s mandate. As part of the BCTF’s plan to resist Bill 22, is a provision that says they may vote to withdraw their services completely, depending on the progress of negotiations. The vote that could determine if the BCTF will engage in an illegal strike could happen on April 17 and 18 while teachers will vote to withdraw their participation in extra curricular activities province-wide. If the teachers were to enter an illegal strike, they could be charged with a fine of over $20 million a day. “It’s very punitive, it imposes unbelievable fines that are unprecedented anywhere in the world. I mean the fines potentially on us, including what they could do with our members, and union officers are well over $20 million dollars…Even BP, with all that massive oil spill on the Gulf, they were only fined $11 million dollars a day, yet the fines for us to speak out are potentially over $20 million,” said Iker. Abbott responds that the fine is reflective of the impact a walk out would have on the province. “The penalties were put in place again as a product of thoughtful consideration of what a real world impact would be of an illegal walk out on parents…it has a dramatic impact in terms of the cost of child care or attention to the children during the course of the day, in some cases it may mean that they are not able to attend to their employment that day. $1.3 million represents two weeks of union dues to the TF, I would say $1.3 million is a small fraction of the real world cost on parents and students,” Abbott said. Abbott says that he is not worried about a potential walk out, and was expecting that the BCTF would resort to legal action “I’m optimistic that we will not have to invoke the penalty section, I think that there is a constructive path here and I’m optimistic that the TF will take it…We had expected that the BCTF would follow up with a legal challenge to Bill 22…we had structured the Bill I think in a positive and constructive way…so we’re very confident that Bill 22 will withstand legal challenges to it,” he said.
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Tanning soon to be out for young people under 18 years old By Kyla Corpuz
FORT ST. JOHN – To reduce the chances of skin cancer, like melanoma, the Ministry of Health announced people under 18 will have to say goodbye to commercial tanning beds. “After a great deal of consideration of clinical evidence, commissioning a report to provide options … government has decided to restrict access to tanning beds for young people under the age of 18,” Health Minister Mike De Jong said in a press release. The restriction is anticipated to be in effect this coming fall. The only exception is if someone under 18 has a medical prescription that calls for a tanning bed. Many are in support of action taken by the government. “This is another step forward in cancer prevention,” said Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon, CEO Barbara Kaminsky in a press release. “This decision to introduce this public policy is both evidence-based and has the support of the majority of British Columbians.” But for tanning salon Sunny Dayz owner Dana Nazarek, he expects this new regulation to not only hurt his business, considering a number of his clientele are under 18, but also have the potential to do some damage. “Taking away a certain aspect of my clientele, I’m not going to be overly happy about it,” said Nazarek. With a proper tanning routine, it shouldn’t be as much of an alarm that it’s hyped up to be, he said, adding, there are also negative consequences to restricting young people from tanning. “There’s a concern obviously, but if you’re tanning in moderation and using the guidelines, it’s not as big of a risk as they say,” said Nazarek. “In my opinion, it’s worse to send a kid on vacation and he’s going to go sit on a beach, and he can’t have a tan before that—and he’s going to burn. And if he burns that’s when you’re doing damage.” Nazarek has been in the tanning business for 14 years. Currently, his salon requires parent consent for youth under 18 to tan. “I just hope they’re the doing the right thing,” he said of the government’s decision to ban tanning for young people—and there are many who think the government is on the right track. “Getting a tan might be a popular option among many young people, but research has shown that it can result in potentially deadly skin cancers later in life,” said Dr. Andy Coldman, BC Cancer Agency vice-president, population oncology in a press release. “Restricting access to tanning beds for youth will help reduce the risk of these cancers later in life, and so I applaud today’s decision by the provincial government.” According to the press release by the Ministry of Health, indoor tanning before the age of 35 increases the risk of melanoma by 75 per cent—which is the most deadly type of skin cancer. “Overall, skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in Canada, and yet it is also one of the most preventable.”
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Following an annoucement by the Ministry of Health, commercial tanning beds will soon be restricted to young people under 18 to help reduce the chances of developing melanoma, a common skin cancer.
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RCMP contracts give municipalities more say with new committee By Jill Earl
DAWSON CREEK- The Province and the federal government reached an agreement for a new RCMP contract Wednesday, March 21. The current contract expires on March 31, and the new agreement has a 20-year term, with the option to all parties to review the contract every five years and the ability to opt out of the contract with two years notice.
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Difference Makers in community awarded by Rick Hansen By Kyla Corpuz
FORT ST. JOHN – On Mar. 21 Rick Hansen awarded Ray Archambault, Erica Thomas, Lori Slater and Debbie Morton as Difference Makers in our community. This recognition has been given to thousands across the globe. The award recognizes individuals in communities world-wide who work towards a more inclusive world by breaking barriers. “To think about how you can make a difference … it’s helped me when I was challenged and how I was able to take that and think about what I could do to help others,” said Rick Hansen, the man who wheeled around the world 25 years ago to raise awareness of spinal cord injury and accessibility. Hansen, the original Difference Maker, said it’s been quite the journey spreading the word of what it means to be a difference maker and how that has changed the face of a nation. “To have moved from being one man in motion to 25 years later, to see a nation being many in motion and to pay it forward in honouring so many local champions and heroes, they’ve gone on to great things,” said Hansen. “They’ve given their time and their talent, they’ve seen a problem and they look for a solution.” Ten-year-old Erica Thomas was the first to receive the award during Hansen’s presentation to School District 60 at North Peace Arena earlier in the day. She said it was “amazing” to be awarded by the Man In Motion, himself. Her encounter with Hansen was more exciting than she expected it to be. “I couldn’t keep the smile off my face.” Slater, chair of the Mayor’s Disability Advisory Council, was also a name among those awarded by Hansen. She worked with the city to put together the events for Hansen’s off-route community tour. “To be awarded in our community with such a high award is so, I can’t explain it. It means so much,” said Slater after the ceremony. “To be recognized by your own people, your own com-
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EDITORIAL
Election time again?
Last week Premier Christy Clark called for a by-election in two ridings in B.C. The ridings are Port Moody-Coquitlam and ChilliwackHope, which have been vacant since the resignations of two Liberal MLAs. Former Attorney General, Barry Penner resigned the Chilliwack-Hope seat earlier this year to take a job with a Vancouver law firm. MLA Iain Black resigned in Port Moody-Coquitlam last fall to work for the Vancouver Board of Trade. Among the known candidates so far, the B.C. NDP has nominated former Port Moody mayor Joe Trasolini in Port MoodyCoquitlam, where the Liberal nominee is Dennis Marsden. Standing for the B.C. Conservatives will be Christine Clarke. In Chilliwack-Hope, the B.C. Conservatives have nominated criminologist and media commentator John Martin. The Liberals have Laurie Throness, long-time chief of staff to former federal cabinet minister Chuck Strahl. And the NDP nominee is Gwen O’Mahony. With two ridings facing by-elections in April, it will be an interesting opportunity to see how the province may have voted if this was a province wide election. On Monday, John van Dongen, MLA for Abbotsford South, rose in the BC Legislature to announce that effective immediately he is resigning from the BC Liberal Party and will be joining the BC Conservative Party. Mr. van Dongen cited two core values by which he judges leadership – integrity and a genuine commitment to public service -- both of which are areas of concern with regards to the current leadership of the BC Liberal Government. As such, his only option is to align himself with a party that has the best potential to provide a broadly-based, credible, free-enterprise option in the next election. With the next election being set for May 2013, this shall be an interesting election as the BC Conservatives have been growing and becoming a popular party. Some question having two conservative type parties will split the vote and the NDP will then become the majority government. Anyway you look at it, this next election could change the future for B.C. and for the current government. With all these talk of elections, I wonder if B.C. is ready to vote again ? - Brent
Our strong case for a heli-pad at the new hospital Dear Editor, Many decades of TV fame, “Mash” helicopter fed surgical units and the transference of this basic principle to the domestic hospitals around the world is well known. It clearly states that the absence of a helicopter pad at our new Fort St. John Hospital is an Abhorrent Reversal of Medical Logic. Treat the patient ASAP and Do No Harm by needlessly extending Medi-Vac Time. We are living in a tremendous resource based economy in all of Northeast B.C. My fifty years here has watched the growth of the Fort St. John Hospital helicopter pad in three movements on their property. In the winter months we have thousands of workers in the woods from Tumbler Ridge to Chetwynd to Fort St. John up to the Milligan Hills to gas and oil fields up in Fort Nelson and beyond. Then back down the Alaska Highway and west all the way to the Rocky Mountains and the Rocky Mountain Trench right down to Hudson’s Hope. This includes me in many occasions and many of these places as a worker and as a trained Search and Rescue spotter first with 440 Squadron out of Namao, Edmonton, Alberta and then 442 Squadron out of Comox, B.C.
These thousands of workers include: seismic crews, road building crews, drilling rig crews, pipeline crews, compressor, oil battery and facilities crews, silviculture, tree planting workers, road building crews, tree harvesting crews for each of lumber, plywood and OSB crews, trucking crews for each wood type. Full crew for each lumber plant in town. The mining industry is poised to make a good come back in this area. These are hundreds of workers of labor intensive mines in various locations in the area. We have extensive farming and ranching network of a few thousands workers, some of them year round. We must not forget the tremendous amount of traffic that goes up and down the Alaska Highway all year long. This includes tour busses from the USA, local passenger busses in B.C. and the Yukon. We have a healthy local airline industry and charter flights of both many airplanes and helicopters at the Fort St. John Airport. It is not a well known fact that we also have many ‘heavy’ wide bodied passenger airliners flying over our city every day. We have four heavy’s from the USA to Alaska every Monday to Saturday morning. We have four heavy’s from Alaska to the USA every Monday
to Saturday afternoon to evening. We have two heavy’s coming over the North Pole to Canada / American cities. That is 10 heavy’s per week that consist of 747’s to 777’s, 767’s, 757’s to Airbus A200’s, A300’s, and possibly an A380. Depending upon its capacity of the day there could be from 200 to 400+ people in a plane. That’s 2000 to 4000 passengers per week. If one of them, God forbid, had a major disaster near to us, the amount of injured passengers would be high. This kind of disaster would necessitate multiple helicopter landings at our hospital, both now and in the future. This scenario would necessitate helipad right in front of the emergency entrance. There would be one helicopter landing after the other for awhile. If volumes of injured were still high they would have to be AirVac to other hospitals in B.C. and Alberta. This is of course long range worst case scenario planning and yes, it must be done now. Better then latter. Brian H. Ruddell Fort St. John, B.C.
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RE: Zimmer should be defending our right to vote To the Editor, This letter is a response to Liberal MP Wayne Easter’s Letter to the Editor that was printed in the Northeast News on March 22, 2012. Being honest and upfront with my constituents, I have been very clear about my disdain for anyone who would subvert the political process. As the Conservative Party of Canada has stated, voter suppression is extremely serious and if anything improper occurred, those responsible should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Anyone who has specific examples of these phone calls should contact Elections Canada.
What I have little patience for is the opposition parties’ insinuations that it is the Conservative Party of Canada that is responsible for these alleged phone calls – allegations that are being made without providing any proof. I find this to be completely hypocritical, especially considering Liberal MP Frank Valeriote recently admitted that his campaign used robocalls in his riding of Guelph without identifying the Liberal party as the source. Under CRTC rules and regulations, you are required to inform the caller of the political organization you are with, provide a legitimate number and a real person’s name. Mr. Valeriote failed on all three counts. Let us also not forget that this is the same political party
who’s own staffer admitted to starting the anonymous, personal smear campaign online against my respected colleague Minister Vic Toews. I got into politics to make a difference in the lives of those of us blessed to live in Northeastern BC, and in Canada as a whole. To Mr. Easter and the Liberal party: honesty, integrity, and the democratic process are important to me and my party...the question is, are they important you? Bob Zimmer Member of Parliament Prince George-Peace River
BC Hydro response to letter from March 15, 2012 edition
Dear Editor: Premier Clark needs to reinstate BC Utilities Commission, March 15, 2012 I would like to correct some statements that were made in a recent letter. The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) did not reject the Site C project in 2009. In fact, Site C went through one regulatory process with the BCUC in the early 1980s. At that time, the BCUC stated that the impacts from Site C would not be so large as to make them unacceptable, and that impacts could be successfully and
acceptably managed. The BCUC’s conclusion on Site C at the time was that more information was required around load requirements and alternatives. Today, these issues are being addressed as part of BC Hydro’s Integrated Resource Plan. Site C is currently undergoing a rigorous and independent environmental assessment process by both the federal and provincial environmental assessment agencies, including a joint review panel process. This process will include multiple opportunities for consultation and input by the public, First
Nations, communities and stakeholders. Finally, it is worth pointing out that BC Hydro’s power system is integrated and does not pinpoint a single resource, such as Site C, to a single customer, such as an LNG plant. All BC Hydro customers — including people and industry — would benefit from the Site C project. Sincerely, Dave Conway Community Relations Manager, Site C BC Hydro
W.A.C. Bennett Dam classified as Hazardous - Site C should not be built
Dear Editor: I learned, when investigating the number of dams in B.C. and the related information available, that there are 1,695 dams in B.C. either for water use or for hydro electric power. Of these 287 are classified as *hazardous which includes the W.A.C. Bennett Dam (*loss of life could occur through dam failure.) Even those constructed high in mountainous regions above population can still cause damage to the environment
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Business and individuals receive recognition at annual Civic Awards By Jill Earl
DAWSON CREEK- The Chamber of Commerce held their annual Civic Awards last Friday at the Best Western to appreciate and recognize the work of businesses and individuals in the community. Community residents could submit nominations for nine categories including: small business of the year (less then 10 employees), big business of the year (11 plus employees), exceptional service, family friendly, most accessible business, innovative/green business, entrepreneur of the year, non-profit organization of the year, volunteer of the year, and citizen of the year. Winners were selected based on criteria set by the Chamber of Commerce, and those who best embodied the criteria won. Nominees and winners received a plaque and had their pictures taken by Tryna Gower Photography and Image Consulting. Awards were sponsored by Tourism Dawson Creek, Sci-Tech North, Lake View Credit Union, Community Futures Peace Liard, Tryna Gower Photography and Image Consulting, Royal Bank of Canada, and the City of Dawson Creek. Big winners of the night were: Progressive Fitness for small business of the year, Dahlen Contracting LTD for large business of the year, Salo Denture Clinic for exceptional service, Kenn Borek Aquatic Centre for family friendly business of the year, Lake View Credit Union won for most accessible business of the year, Mii Spa for innovative/green business of the year, entrepreneur of the year was Cameron Shulz for Legacy Carwash and Legacy Village, the Dawson Creek Exhibition Association won for non-profit organization of the year, Dan Bell was the volunteer of the year, and citizen of the year was Jane Harper. In her speech, Harper, Executive Director of the South Peace Community Resource Society, expressed that at first she was shocked and slightly uncomfortable with being nominated. “This has been an interesting week for me, when I received the call from the Chamber Office that I’d been nominated for this award I was shocked. Recognition is not something that I work towards and I found something out about myself this week, I discovered that recognition is not something that I’m very comfortable with, it’s outside my comfort zone. So then after the shock I started looking for someone to blame, who nominated me and why,” Harper said. After experiencing the initial shock and discomfort, Harper says her feelings then turned to honoured.
“I’ve had opportunities in this community that I would not have had elsewhere, I’ve been able to take part in community band, in community theatre, to have a meaningful job that allows me so much freedom to take part in issues that I’m passionate about. I’m humbled to be among the other nominees and those who have been nominated in the past...it’s the people that make this community great. People who care for each other and are willing to help in any situation who give the best of them selves and who continue to build the community with that same pioneer attitude... Community has given me so much and I feel it’s been a privilege, a privilege to give anything back, so now I feel really honoured to receive this award. I thank being appreciated and I’m thankful for the recognition of the Chamber of Commerce. We’ve all heard about the five stages of grief, well I think I’ve discovered the five stages of receiving this kind of recognition. It begins with shock, and then blame, and then humbling and appreciating and then thankfulness. Thank you very much this means the world to me,” she said. Volunteer of the year, Dan Bell, who is involved with the Rotary Club and the Mile 0 Park Society Board, was also humbled and modest of his win. “I still can’t believe it really...It’s a good feeling, I like helping people out when I can I feel humbled and honoured, and I like I said there’s probably a lot more people here that are more deserving of it then I am,” said Bell. Breaking from the modest winners were small and large businesses of the year winners
who were more excited then anything. Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Kath“We were honoured and shocked and felt leen Connolly, believes hosting the awards really really good about it...you pull from the each year is important to businesses and resources and we believe it’s very important growth in the community. to put it back in, it helps share the wealth and “It’s critical that we as not only citizens but it keeps it in the community. Everybody ben- businesses recognize those who are exceptionefits...We’re just very excited, and proud to be al in our community, and appreciate that and apart of the community,” said Carl Dahlen, big encourage. That’s what makes new businesses business of the year winner. and entrepreneurs, and people become passion“We were very excited, we felt very touched ate and want to do that in this community. We that someone had thought of our business and really need to support what we have to grow, that they considered us for such an award...I to grow the community, to grow shop local, to was excited, my heart was beating, I was very understand local businesses, and support them touched, and it doesn’t help being pregnant be- and encourage growth, it’s critical. We have to cause I was emotional...I think that we’re re- do it,” she said. ally touched that Dawson Creek considered us for this award, and that we won it, and we just feel great about it,” said Tara Danis, co-owner of Progressive Fitness, small busiJill Earl photo ness of the The Kenn Borek Aquatic Centre won Family Friendly Business of the Year. y e a r winner. E x ecutive
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Not enough staff means Taylor Pool faces possible closure By Kyla Corpuz
TAYLOR – A shortage of staff at the Taylor Pool may result in closure said Bryant Bird community services director and emergency services program coordinator for the District of Taylor. “On our results from 2011, we had a number of issues trying to maintain a regular pool schedule that people could depend and rely as a result of being so short staffed,” said Bird. Last year the pool had a staff team of four, but if someone called in sick it meant the pool was closed for the day. Bird said he needs a slightly larger team to keep the doors open. “We’re trying to maintain our doors and recruit six to seven lifeguards that can not only keep facility running smoothly and effectively but also have lessons associated as well.” Finding qualified lifeguards isn’t easy in Taylor and recruiting seems to be even harder, especially when the opportunity to work in the resource sector seems more appealing. “The amount of qualifications that are required to becoming a lifeguard has become inhibitive for people who are trying to pursue that career because there’s so many other opportunities available for students who are 18 to 19,” said Bird. He added, “The rental market has completely dried up as a result of the oil and gas expanding in its sector, so it’s difficult for us to recruit from outside the region to live here locally. And the other part has been … there is such a labour shortage, they’re able to find work straight away.” There are certain requirements to be a certified lifeguard: be on par with the national lifeguard standard and have water safety and instructors certification to teach the Red Cross program for teaching lessons, which is the primary use of the facility. The starting wage to be a lifeguard in Taylor is $16.50/hr and can go up to around $21/hr based on experience. Bird said he will have to make a report to district council in the coming months to indicate if it
is viable to maintain the pool for this summer. It costs the district $20,000 to set up the pool, which requires the ice from the curling rink to be removed. The curling rink and pool share the same facility. The price tag to keep the pool running from June to August tolls in at approximately $100,000. However, the benefits of the pool are long-lasting said Bird. “If we can have people coming to a safe environment like the pool … we’re helping to maintain a family friendly community that people want to live, work and play in. It’s an important part to the community.” If the pool does close it would also alter the summer program Kids Kamp, which Bird said is utilized by families throughout the Peace. Bird said if the pool were deemed unmanageable due to lifeguard shortage, the space would be used to host other community programs.
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D.C. to be the home of newest Air Liquide nitrogen facility By Jill Earl
DAWSON CREEK- Air Liquide Canada announced last Thursday that Dawson Creek will be the home of their newest nitrogen facility. The construction of the new Air Separation Unit will provide liquid nitrogen to their industrial customers. They chose Dawson Creek because of the proximity to their clients in the oil and gas sector. “We are positioning ourselves to better serve existing customers and to capture new business opportunities in both British Columbia and Alberta, especially with regards to extraction of natural gas…The economic potential throughout this region is significant, and we are prepared to meet the growing demand for nitrogen to develop these important domestic energy resources,” said Luc Doyon, President and
CEO, Air Liquide Canada in the press release. The use of liquid nitrogen during oil and gas extraction is said to promote recovery and help decrease water consumption. Northern Industrial is an exclusive supplier of Air Liquide products in Dawson Creek, and the new build will have no effect on them. “They distribute exclusively Air Liquide industrial gases…What they do is two different types of business then what we will build, because what they are currently providing are cylinder gases. They are providing in the form of cylinders, gases like oxygen, argon, helium, nitrogen, and things like that, and they supply also the welding equipment…The plant that we will build will be able to provide the oil and gas companies with the liquid form of nitrogen,” said Daniel Richard, Manager of Communications, Air Liquide Canada. The facility will be constructed in two phases, the first phase is scheduled to be complete by summer of 2012, and the second one is due to be completed in the first half of 2013. “We’re building the facility in two phases in order to be able to begin supplying in the short term to our customers…We want to begin serving customers in an expedited manor,” said Richard. The new facility will create approximately 10 new jobs including positions like operators, truck drivers, maintenance/mechanics, and supervisors. “We’re very excited about this new facility, we’re excited to begin serving customers with nitrogen…to date Dawson Creek is welcoming us, we look forward to begin production and we look forward to continuing and growing with Dawson Creek and the businesses in and around Dawson
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North Peace gets funding boost for recreational projects By Kyla Corpuz
FORT ST. JOHN – Over $680,000 in funding from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development’s Community Recreation Program will boost physical activity around the Peace region. Fort St. John received nearly $445,000 to fund the new skate park. District of Hudson’s Hope will benefit from approximately $78,000 to pave 200 metres of bike and walking paths. With the help of about $43,000 the District of Taylor will now be able to renew 3 kilometres of trails; and the Peace River Regional District will use approximately $115,000 to improve ski trails at Beatton Park. Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm made the announcements on Mar. 21 and it came to a surprise by some. Skate Park Committee ‘ring leader’ Clinton Green said the grant for the new skate park was a “really big addition” to meet their goal of $600,000. Green and the rest of the Skate Park Committee sought out funding late last year from B.C.’s Community Recreation Program. Before the news of the hefty grant, the Committee’s funds were sitting at nearly $14,000, mainly raised through corporate grants, said Green. “It [funding] means we’re almost there from not even close to being there.” They still have a long road ahead to meet their end goal, but the money received will secure some major plans. “$20,000 to get the company involved and $23,000 to get the design plans, so we should be able to get the web design of what we want and them [contractors] involved … we have 20,000 square feet of land donated, and … with all the money we have now this will get us … close to 13,000 square feet.” If they wanted to use up the full 20,000 square feet, it would cost about $800,000. Green said they would be content with a total of $600,000. The land that the park will be built on was donated by the city; and is located at 93 Avenue and 93 Street. As for the PRRD—upgrades to Beatton Park will benefit the Whisky Jack Nordic Ski Club.
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Wheelchair sports take over North Peace Secondary gym
Top: Sergio Petrucci, Grade 10, swipes the ball from his classmate during a game of wheelchairi rugby. Here’s what Petrucci had to say about the new sport: “When I watch other people it’s like, ‘Oh, yeah that’s cool, I’ll do it right away.’ But when you get on it it’s like, ‘Alright, this is kind of tricky.’ You get the hang of it, it’s really fun.” He said he has a new appreciation for people who do wheelchair sports. Note: none of the students in these photos actually use wheelchairs.
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Social Services Workers and Social Workers—yes, there’s a difference. By Kyla Corpuz
An elementary student from Robert Ogilvie tests out a basketball wheelchair with his peers.
Students from North Peace Secondary School test out rugby wheelchairs on Mar. 21. It took them a little bit to get used to but once they got the hang of things, they were all game.
Connie Kaweesi is a registered clinical social worker and an instructor at the University of Northern British Columbia. In regards to the article: Month of March celebrates social workers in the community in the Mar. 8 edition of the Northeast News, she clarified that social service workers and social workers are different. “In order to be called a social worker and to be registered as a social worker you must have completed a degree in a Bachelor of Social Work at an accredited institution,” said Kaweesi, whereas social service workers complete a two-year diploma course. The diploma program prepares student to practice care service in an entry-level position, when they finish they are called social service workers and often find jobs at non-profit organizations said Kaweesi. Graduates who obtain a degree after four years are able to work in specialized areas, they are known as social workers. “Regardless of what you call yourself, you’re doing some of the work with people. We all have clients, we all have support, we all help to have an underlying value of treating people with dignity—it’s just that the education is different.” March celebrates both Social Worker Appreciation and Social Services Awareness Month. “For the community, it’s a month that we should be looking, supporting and encouraging social service workers and social workers in our community,” said Kaweesi.
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FrontCounter opens in D.C., not just focused on forestry By Jill Earl
DAWSON CREEK - Though FrontCounter BC in Dawson Creek quietly celebrated a soft launch last year, the office is now fully prepared to serve the city and the surrounding community. Last week MLA for Peace River South and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Blair Lekstrom, helped officially open the new FrontCounter BC office at the Ministry of Natural Resources. FrontCounter BC Offices are able to provide more then 130 permits and authorizations across the natural resource sector including: forestry, mining, agriculture and community pasture under one roof, so clients don’t have to go to more than one place to submit applications. “It is an opportunity that we worked on collaboratively with a number of people, not only in this region but around the province,” Lekstrom said. “It’s about the ability to have a one-window stop where people can go, look for their permits, get the information they need.” The province created FrontCounter BC in response to several
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“The upgraded cross country trail network will offer an exceptional outdoor winter experience,” reads a press release by the WJNSC. The trails are a year-round recreation, welcoming skiers as well as hikers, bikers and horseback riders. The exact grant total of $115,600 is also expected to beautify the trails by working with Treaty 8 to add interpretive signage, which is meant to tell the story of the area by the Dane-zaa people. Construction is likely to start this fall and open for next winter upon successful completion of archaeological studies and environmental impact assessments. “We really are blessed to live in such a breathtaking region of the province and anything our government can do to help people get out there and have some fun is just wonderful,” said Pimm. Last September Premier Christy Clark announced the Community Recreation Program at the Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention.
FORT ST. JOHN – On Mar. 19 North Peace Restorative Justice (@restorativejust) tweeted: “The #RestorativeJustice programs in BC need the leaders to take value in what we do!” and on Mar. 21 they received $40,000 from BC Gaming Grant. The funds was a response to an appeal filed by NPRJS after BC Gaming Grant initially turned down their grant proposal for $32,900. “It’s nice to see our hard work recognized by the province,” said NPRJ executive director Michelle LaBoucane. The money will ensure our doors stay open for a full year, she added. “It puts our minds at ease and we can get back to doing the work that we do.” Without funding from the province, LaBoucane said, NPRJS would have had to shut it’s doors. “It really would have done our community a real disservice.” NPRJS is a non-profit organization. Its purpose is to connect first-time offenders with their victims in hopes of atonement. Eighty-five per cent of people who go through the program do not reoffend. “We serve a really large community, we serve the whole North Peace area. We do a lot of hard work in the community.” LaBoucane said it was “a very big fight” to get the funding, from speaking to the B.C. Finance Committee to giving presentations throughout the province. “We do not want to rely on Gaming Grants, or the city of Fort St. John, we should realistically be funded by the province,” she added. Restorative Justice Societies are gathering together for reform. “We should be part of the justice system. We should be the first step for all first-time offenders,” said LaBoucane. Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm made the announcement at city hall on Mar. 21.
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Left to right: Laurie Rancourt, NLC president, MP Bob Zimmer and Murray Slezak, Shell. The federal government provided $930,000 for NLC’s simulated well site training facility project and Shell donated $100,000.
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FORT ST. JOHN – Northern Lights College received over $1 million in funding to further it’s oil and gas training facilities. Western Economic Diversification Canada funded $930,000 to support the simulated well site training facility project, announced MP Prince George-Peace River Bob Zimmer on behalf of Minister Lynne Yelich. “This funding will help Northern Lights College to manage the installation and retrofit of a donated oil rig … and convert it into a training facility,” said Zimmer. Last July Nabors donated a triple cantilever oilrig to the college. The training centre will imitate the environment and working conditions of a fully operational well site, without actually extracting resource, to prepare future employers in the industry. “What it allows them to do is take what they learned in school and have practical hands on experience,” said Murray Slezak, social performance team leader for Shell. “So when they go to their employer they already have some awareness of the work environment.” Zimmer said as a result of the oil and gas industry being a “cornerstone” to Canada’s economy, it is necessary to ensure the next generation is trained to “prosper from the jobs that this industry is ready to offer.” Slezak said many workers in the industry have gone through a training or education process to land a job, but it’s also known that there are workers who take a different route: starting from the bottom and working their way up. This usually comes from experience, without prior post secondary training and only mandatory safety training. “Interestingly, college regions such as Northern Lights … had the lowest proportion of persons with a university degree,” according to a BC Stats report, Labour Market Outcomes for Young British Columbians: Evidence from Census 2006. “This may be because there is a predominance of male-dominated industries in those regions and men are more likely to forgo further schooling to take jobs in those sectors.” In addition, it outlined that Northern Lights region had a significatnly lower university degree completioni compared to Vancouver. “There is a fairly clear urban-rural split, which may indicate that many young adults in communities in the north and interior regions of the province choose to forgo post-secondary education to enter the workforce seeking high-paying resource sector jobs,” read the report. Although many of the statistics point to the direction that workers in the oil and gas industry skip post-secondary, Slezak said high-level training found at NLC is good to have on the resume when looking for a career. “If you’re looking for a job, take no training. If you’re looking for a career, get training—and post secondary education because you’ve demonstrated the ability to learn, to do a good job and work safely.” Slezak said Shell’s preference is to have people who are trained and assessed at being competent. “Your career opportunities are greater with skills training.” He added that hands-on, practical experience would make it easier to integrate into the work force and industry. In addition to funding by WEDC, Slezak presented the college with $100,000 from Shell. “Shell is very happy to be a contributing partner to the oil and gas training centre … This
training centre will benefit northeast B.C. residents who desire to pursue a career as a service rig worker or gas plant operator.” Laurie Rancourt, president and CEO of NLC was proud to accept the contributions by Shell and WEDC. “As we strive meeting the skills trade needs of northeastern BC and specifically of the oil and gas industry this level of col-
laboration and multi-partnered approach will continue to be one of the key drivers of our success,” said Rancourt. The training facility is anticipated to be up and running this June said Jeff Lekstrom, dean of trades and apprenticeship at NLC. The facility will be located outdoors adjacent to the college.
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B.C. High School Rodeo weekends just around the corner By Jill Earl
DAWSON CREEK- After a long winter break the British Columbia High School Rodeo Association has lassoed seven weekends of rodeo competition this spring. High school rodeo events will take place every weekend starting Apr. 14 in Chetwynd until the provincial finals in Williams Lake, Jun. 7 to 10. North students will compete in Chetwynd, Fort St. John, Williams Lake, Dawson Creek, Quesnel, and Hudson’s Hope before the top 12 students in each category go to Williams Lake. Junior high school students in Grades 6, 7 and 8 compete in barrel and pole racing, girls and boys goat tying, calf roping, ribbon roping, team roping, and shoot dogging. Senior student in Grades 9-12 compete in: the Queen Event, Bull Riding, saddle bronc and bareback riding, steer wrestling, calf cutting, barrels, poles, calf roping, team roping, and goat tying. Students participate in nine regional rodeos, and the top 12 that move on to compete in provincials are decided at the end of the season through a point system. “It’s pretty amazing, I’ve been involved in the rodeo for a long time, and I went to the Wrangler finals about four summers ago in New Mexico, that’s where the nationals are held, and if anybody ever gets a chance to see the juniors at a national, or the seniors at a national level…are a couple of the biggest rodeos ever as far as the number of contestants involved at any one location for a week, and it is intense. It is hard to believe that kids that age have that much talent,” said Lynn Peck, BCHSRA north executive director. Students learn their rodeo skills from special-organized clinics, coaches, family members and community volunteers, while attending regular school. Students must maintain their academics in order to compete, and have signed permission from their principal before every competition. “That’s one thing that not a lot of people in the world realize, that the kids that are going through high school rodeo—and according to our national standards—they have to be passing over 70 per cent of their courses to even be eligible to enter the rodeo,” said Peck. Report cards are collected three times a year to ensure that students are keeping up with their grades. Every time a student
enters a rodeo his or her principal signs off ensuring they are maintaining their grade level. Last year about 50 per cent of the students maintained an honour-roll status, Peck said. Planning, organizing, and fundraising for these rodeos takes a lot of effort on behalf of the directors, but parents and students do their part to help make the competitions a success. This season, students and the association have worked the concessions at roping events, hosted a New Year’s dance, sold spices, and are currently organizing a big fundraising gala at the end of April. When insurance costs, and renting facilities are considered hosting a single event can cost the association anywhere from $6,000 to $9,000. “Our north region is very fortunate to have the parents and the youth participate in all the fundraising,” said Peck. She added it takes team effort to pull the funds together. “We try not to let it fall on just a couple of people’s backs to get everything done, we work very, very hard together.” Peck has been involved for just about 20 years. She said giving students the option to be part of high school rodeo encourages them to stay off the streets. Very little prize money, if any, is given to the winner, sometimes the winning contest can win back their entry fee, but if the students are really talented they have the opportunity to win scholarships. “By the time they hit their Grade 10 or 11th year, there’s lots of coaches looking at them to go on to university and college and some of them choose to go on through a rodeo program and get various education and degrees through that or utilizing their scholarships dollars,” Peck said. Some students go on to compete in the professional rodeo, like Pouce Coupe local Clayton Moore and Justin Volz, both qualified for the Calgary Stampede at one time. The BCHSRA is a volunteer operation that has been in B.C. for 40 years and in the Peace Region for 39 years, they aim at developing students rodeo and life skills. “These kids’ leadership abilities, it’s unbelievable what they do, learning how to mentor somebody else, like I said, just basic life skills, how to get from point A to point B without having a dilemma ... They learn a lot of respect,” said Peck. Some volunteers held a saddle bronc and bareback bronc
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NOTICE IS CHAMBERS, HEREBY GIVEN that Drive, a PUBLIC HEARING will24, 2011, at 7:00 pm, to HOPE COUNCIL 9904 Dudley on MONDAY, October allow public to make verbal or written representationHOPE to Council with respect to the following be the held in the DISTRICT OF HUDSON’S COUNCIL Proposed Development Variance. CHAMBERS, 9904 Dudley Drive, on Tuesday April 10, 2012
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UPCOMING Dawson Creek • Dawson Creek Toastmasters meets every Thursday at 7pm at Farmer’s Advocacy Office 1032 103 Ave (Front door on 11 st.) Contact Heather at 250-784-5700 or 780-353-3050. • Dance Music by Contraband at Pioneer Village, Dawson Creek. March 31, 9-1am, No Minors. Tickets at Guitars N Stuff 250-782-3677. • March 29-30 Frieds of the Library annual book sale during regular library hours. All money raised supports library programs and projects. Please drop off your good condition books for the sale at the library before March 28. • March 31, 2012, Saturday morning. The 27th Annual Pancake Breakfast co-sponsored by the Dawson Creek Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society will be held in the Co-op Café from 8:00 till 11:30. Please come, enjoy your breakfast and support the Kickoff to Relay for Life 2012. • 29th April 2012 Women all around the world will be walking on this day to recognize the Associated Country Women of the World which is the largest International organization for the wellbeing of rural women and homemakers. Come and join local Members of the Women’s Institute at 2 p.m. starting at the Senior Citizens Hall Car Park in Dawson Creek , to walk along the Dawson Creek Trail to commemorate being a part of this World Wide Walk and to bring awareness to this worthy organization. Fort St. John • Gradfest 2012 needs volunteers- npssgradfest@gmail. com • March 31, 2012 Royal Canadian Legion is hosting its annual 50’s & 60’s dance - 8pm tickets available at the bar for $15.00 each door prizes, spot dances, prizes for best costume, main door prize an 1/2 hr helicopter ride donated by Bailey Helicopters more information call Jo Ann 250-787-7728 • British Home Child Memory Quilt Exhibit - Between 1869 and 1948, 100 000 British Home Children were sent to Canada by church groups, orphanages, and workhouses to work on farms or as domestic help. These groups thought that poor and abandoned children would have a better life in Canada than on the street and in the workhouses of Britain. Many thrived in Canada but others suffered abuse, poor working conditions, and loneliness. 2010 was designated as the Year of the British Home Child. Three quilts were made in Canada with squares submitted by descendents of these British Home Children. This quilt comes to us from Alberta and was lovingly put together by Hazel Perrier, a descendent of British Home Children. It depicts the experiences of these children across the country. On display until the end of August at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum, 9323 – 100th Street. Open Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 250-787-0430. • PVEA ‘70’s Dance/Silent Auction April 20, 2012 7:30 p.m. - midnight Tickets: $20.00 Contact: Danielle 250-7858510 TWO Robert Batemen prints as well as various local artists. Location: FSJ Royal Canadian Legion ONGOING Fort St. John • The Fort St. John Public Library is offering Free Computer Skills Training Sessions. These are one-on-one, one hour sessions, where you can learn at your own pace. You can learn what you are interested in learning and how you want to learn it. Areas covered can include, but are not limited to, basic computer skills, using the internet, office skills, email and social networking. Call the Fort St. John Public Library at 250-785-3731 to register or find out more. • Ft. St. John Parkinson’s Support Group Parkinson Society British Columbia People living with Parkinson’s disease, caregivers and family members are warmly invited to the Ft. St. John Parkinson’s Support Group. Join others in your community to share information and resources, coping strategies, ideas for living well with PD, good humour, social support and more. Last Wednesday of the month at 11:00 am McDonald’s Restaurant 10920 Alaska Road North Ft. St. John, BC Note: there is no meeting in December For more information please contact: Sarah at 250 785 7348 • The Fort St. John Literacy Society offers free one-toone tutoring for people who want to improve their reading, writing or math skills. We also offer free English as a Second Language classes and one-to-tutoring for people learning English. Contact 250-785-2110 or info@fsjliteracy.ca for more information.
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• S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Northern B.C. Newcomers Integration times and places or someone to talk to (250) 785-8866. • Fort St. John Multiple Sclerosis support group. If you or Service Centre is a non-profit organization in Fort St. John. Our Settlement Program provides information, orientation, anyone you know has MS and have any questions or just need assessment, referral and service linking, educational to talk, please call Susie at (250) 785-2381 or Sandi at (250) workshops and short term adaptation counselling to 787-2652. • A Youth Relapse Prevention Group may be held weekly, immigrants. 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All aged 0 – 5 and their parent/caregiver. A qualified Early services are free and completely confidential. • Are you tired of the crime? Then do the time. Join the Fort Childhood educator is on-site. Duncan Cran StrongStart 8130 89 Avenue (250) 787-0417. Monday 8:30 – 11:30, Tuesday St. John Citizens Patrol. Donate a minimum of five hours per 12:30 – 3:00, library 1:00 – 1:30, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:30, month. For information, call (250) 262-4530. • Pan African Caribbean Association welcomes the Thursday 8:30 – 11:30, Friday 8:30 – 11:30, gym 8:45 – 9:45. Robert Ogilvie StrongStart 9907 86 Street (250) 785-3704. community to join our group to promote community Monday 12:30 – 3:00, library time, Tuesday 8:30 – 11:30, awareness of culture, music and cuisine. Phone Donald at Wednesday 8:30 – 11:30, Thursday 12:30 – 3:00, gym time, (250) 785-0815 for more information. • New Totem Archery hold their indoor shoots at the Fort Friday 8:30 – 11:30, (alternating Fridays 12:30 – 3:00). 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See website for current stops. www. earlylearning.prn.bc.ca. • Toastmasters International Club of Fort St. John meets from 7 - 8:30 p.m. every Thursday evening at Northern Lights College, Room 105. Learn valuable communication & leadership skills. Contact Claire Seidler at 250-787-9697 or Gayle Wagner at 250-785-3991 for more information. • Rocky Mountain Rangers Army Cadets meet at 6:30 PM each Wednesday night at the Royal Canadian Legion on EMPLOYMENT SERVICES CENTRES 102nd and 105 Ave. If you are between 12 and 18 years Locations across B.C. Visit one near you. old please drop in or call us at WorkBCCentres.ca 1.800.663.7867 TDD: 1.800.661.8773 250-787-5323. • Alcoholics Anonymous If you think you might have a The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the problem with drinking, come Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia. to an AA meeting. Call for
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Denny Morrison wins gold in 1,500 metres at Worlds
FORT ST. JOHN – Canadian Denny Morrison won gold last week in the 1,500 metres in a time of one minute and 46.44 seconds at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. Cindy Klassen was Canada’s top woman today placing sixth in the 3,000 metres. Despite appearing to be hampered by American Shani Davis on the first crossing of their pair, Morrison won his first international race of the season. The 26-year-old beat Russian Ivan Skobrev (1:46.49), who took the silver medal, and World Cup 1,500-metre champion Havard Bokko of Norway, who had bronze (1:46.50). “I had a great opener, probably the fastest opener I’ve ever done, actually,” said the native of Fort St. John, B.C., who did win two silver medals and a bronze of the 2011-12 World Cup circuit. “I really attacked the first turn of the first lap trying to get the draft from Shani. I almost went faster than I was even expecting and I came Martin de Jong photo up right behind him. But I kept skating and building on Fort St. John’s Denny Morrison jumps on the podium as he becomes world champion in the 1,500 metres for speed skating. every turn. Morrison commented on same mistakes. Mentally he’s been really tough on himself. and the bronze the first-turn incident with Davis. “No, he got over right “There have been a couple of instances on the ice that we medal. Dutch skaters Stefan Groothuis and Kjeld Nuis away and was out of the way,” insisted Morrison. “I was try- could pinpoint to – this is where Denny changed his mental- were first and second, respectively. Groothuis took gold in a ing to get as close to him as possible. I was wanting to great ity, where he stepped it up,” noted Schouten. “He’s done a time of 1:08.57 and Nuis finished in 1:08.79. into stride with him. He wasn’t in my way at all. good job of mentally growing towards being a better skater.” Morrison finsihed the weekend with the team pursuit on “I think it’s my first win in an individual race in Morrison was sixth in the 1,500 metres at last year’s World Sunday where Canada finished just off the podium in fourth Heerenveen,” noted Morrison. “It’s awesome. I guess that Single Distances Championships in Inzell, Germany, but he place in 3:44.37 – their best finish and fastest time this seacurse is done with and I’ll win here more often.” won the distance in Nagano, Japan, in 2008 and skated to a son. Denny Morrison, Mathieu Giroux and Lucas Makowsky Bart Schouten, one of Morrison’s coaches, was impressed bronze medal in Richmond, B.C., in 2009. represented Canada. This was Giroux’s first team pursuit with the win. “Denny skated an awesome race,” said On Friday, in the men’s 1,000 metres, Morrison crossed race of the season, Makowksy’s second, while Morrison took Schouten, who is joined by Mike Crowe in coaching the finish in fourth place in one minute and 9.04 seconds, part in all three World Cups races. Canada placed seventh Morrison. “He’s grown a lot this year. He’s changed his men- just 0.21 seconds behind American Shani Davis (1:08.83) and fifth twice. tality. He’s really been tough this year with not making the DL#5247
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Spring Dog Trials held over two days in Pink Mountain
The Halfway Valley Spring Fling and the Boring Ranch trial was held at Carol and Lowell Nelsons in Pink Mountain on March 17 and 18. The weather provided quite a variety with cloudiness, snow storms and sunshine. There were four open trials and two nursery trials held over the two days. These trials were sanctioned with the United States Border Collie Handlers Association (USBCHA)and the points that were accumulated will go towards qualifying dogs for the USBCHA finals in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Two courses were run using yearling wool sheep. These sheep had previously been worked with a dog and if worked carefully and slowly they respond well to the dogs. If the dogs did not work with a good feel for the stock the sheep took flight and it was difficult to make the obstacles in a timely manner.
Mature ewes were used for the other two obstacle courses. The ewes were a bit more forgiving if the dogs were on the pushy side or not quite as percise in their work habits. The open class consists of 21 dogs and the nursery class(dogs who are under 30 months of age) had 6 entries. This came to a total of 48 runs per day. with many of the dogs being former champions in an array of classes it made for great competition This years participants came from Vanderhoof, Prince George, Drayton Valley, Valleyview, Cecil Lake and Pink Mountain. We are proud to say that the local dogs and handlers were in top form and placed well. The traditional handlers supper was a ham dinner sponsored by PriceSmart and the Butcher Block on Saturday evening. This gave the handlers time to visit and verbally review the days runs. Once again, with the help of our sponsors, a successful dog trial was concluded.
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FORT ST. JOHN – Erica Thomas, 10 and Devin Gallant, 5, were donated sport wheelchairs on behalf of the B.C. Wheelchair Basketball Society and Let’s Play Northern B.C. Program on Mar. 21. In the North Peace Secondary School gym, Gallant hopped into his brand new hot wheels presented by Let’s Play and BCWB. It was his first day being in a wheelchair, ever. “Look at his face, his face is just beaming—he’s loving it,” said Gallant’s mom, Mandy Gallant. It’s easy to tell it won’t take him long to get used to. In a matter of minutes Devin was spinning around in circles and making his way from one end of the gym to the other. “He loves sports. He wants to be a hockey player, he wants to be a baseball player. This gives him the ability to accomplish all those dreams,” said Mandy. Let’s Play is an organization that breaks barriers and includes all children into a different dialect of sports, while raising awareness. “It provides able bodied children the opportunity to enjoy fun activities and gain a greater awareness of the challenges their friends face. This approach helps promote opportunities to engage parents of children with and without disabilities into a dialogue that raises the playing field for inclusion,” reads an email by Nancy Harris, Let’s Play northern coordinator. Ten-year-old Thomas is onboard with the program and is hopeful that it will start in Fort St. John, as well as Devin’s mom, “I think it’s an amazing thing and I really hope the town opens up to the idea of it,” said Mandy. Let’s Play is collaboration between BC Wheelchair Basketball Society (BCWBS), the Rick Hansen Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. “It is intended to help kids with mobility limitations to become physically active early in life by helping to establish the fundamental skills, knowledge and abilities needed to confidently participate in play, sport and physical education with their peers,” said Harris.
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