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From left to right: Fire fighters Alyn Stobbe, Stephen Beard, Tyler Ristau, Adam Horst, Craig Faulkner and younger fellows Mason Ristau and Seth Ristau pose in front of the Fort St. John Fire Hall. They have all been growing their hair out for the past year for the Bluey Day “Be Brave and Shave” challenge on May 26. By Kyla Corpuz
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FORT ST. JOHN – Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Bluey Day in Fort St. John. “Bluey Day is about supporting cancer patients in our community,” said Ashley Bentley, Fort St. John Hospital Foundation executive director in an email. This year the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation’s goal is to raise $100,000 for a digital mammography machine for the new hospital. In order to meet this benchmark the foundation is hoping for 85 participants to gain sponsors for the Be Brave and Shave event. Those who have raised money will shave their head on May 26 in front of the Fort St. John Ambulance Station. Hair dressers from Phoenix North volunteered to do the head shaves. Anyone is invited to raise money and brave the shave. “We just ask that all participants aim to raise a minimum of $500, however most raise much more than that,” said Bentley.
Fort St. John fire fighters are taking on the challenge. Local fire fighter Stephen Beard said he’s participated in Bluey Day for three years, but this year is a little bit different. “You normally just shave your head,” said Beard. “But one of our members decided to challenge ourselves to grow our hair for a full year. It’s been interesting, it’s a lot of hair but its certainly brings a lot of awareness.” This is the first time a group of fire fighters have come together to participate. “The fire department is always super involved in the community. We’re all lifers, so what’s good for the community is good for us.” Every year the money raised from Bluey Day goes towards buying a piece of equipment that benefits cancer patients. In the past they’ve raised enough to buy a CT scanner, blanket warmer, treatment chairs, hypothermia gloves and slippers, to name a few.
“The goal is to provide as much equipment as possible for our hospital so patients can remain here, in their community, and receive the same diagnosis and treatment options available in larger centres,” said Bentley. She added that having equipment that locals can access relieves the stress of travel and financial burden. “It’s a fantastic fundraiser and it’s a local fund benefitting Fort St. John,” said Beard. “We’re also trying to encourage cancer awareness.” Bluey Day originated its name in Australia. The first Bluey Day happened 14 years ago that brought together Australian police, fire fighters and ambulance personnel to raise money for cancer. “In Australia they all have blue uniforms, hence Bluey Day,” said Bentley. A year later in 1999 Const. Kevin Kult brought Bluey Day to Fort St. John.
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DAWSON CREEK- At the April 2 city council meeting, council unanimously voted to rescind their decision made on Feb. 6 that would eventually see the reconfiguration of the Mile 0 Park / Walter Wright Pioneer Village and decommissioning of Rotary Lake. Coun. Shaely Wilbur moved the motion to rescind, citing several considerations that need to be made in deciding the future of the Mile 0 Park and the over 40 year old man-made lake. Wilbur listed several concerns that community members have brought to her attention, some are concerned that the wording of the motion leaves little room for public input and alternative solutions, the lake is one of the only free sources of entertainment and a healthy activity, closing the lake would be closing a landmark, and that the lake is also an attraction to people outside of our community who come to Dawson Creek for a day-vacation. Wilbur also said that a couple of community groups have come forward expressing interest in the future of the lake. “After much public input and thought I move that the following motion adopted Feb. 6 be rescinded...I understand what the public is saying, my impression is that they feel that there is little room for input from the public and that we’ve left little room for alternate solutions. So myself I feel maybe we have put the cart before the horse and our public’s engaging us and I think we need to listen. I’m not saying we made a wrong decision I’m saying we have the opportunity now with nothing to proceed on the motion that we just rescind it, step back, start fresh and engage first,” Wilbur said. Coun. Duncan Malkinson agreed that some of the wording in the Feb. 6 motion was ‘skewed,’ and believes a benefit to having passed the motion was the prompting of discussions since then. “Although some of the wording in this motion was skewed, I think the bit about Rotary was a subsidiary part of the motion, I think the dysfunctionality of the Mile 0 Park is the real issue here and I don’t think it was council’s intention to appear to be going behind the public’s back on any of this. This seemed to be the first step in the long process to determine the future of the Mile 0 Park…this decision was in no way final or a death warrant as some have put it,” Malkinson said. Instead of making another motion after voting to rescind the previous one, Mayor Mike Bernier recommended that the council wait do to so. “My advisement to council would be to consider sleeping on this, consider what outcomes you want and instead of making a willy-nilly motion so to speak here, I’d rather that be constructed appropriately with what the direction of council is,” Bernier said.
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“Our intentions were to consult with the public and the way the wording was in there obviously it made it look contrary to that, so I appreciate the community coming forward and everybody’s concern and expectations in going forward. We’ve listened to all that and we’ll definitely reach out before any further motions are made to make sure that we have the proper consultation and direction that takes place down there is the will of the community,” he said addressing the meeting’s gallery of Rotary Lake supporters. Wilbur was also concerned that decommissioning the lake and potentially replacing it with a splash park would not provide free outdoor entertainment for older youths who have outgrown splash parks. Though council’s future direction for the park is still yet to be decided after public consultation, the Dawson Creek Community Waterpark organization still plans on building their splash park in the Mile 0 Park whether council decides to save Rotary lake or not. Johanna Kunz, of the D.C. Community Waterpark organization, says that their original plan was to build their splash park beside the lake and recycle the water out of the lake and back through the splash park. “Our plan was always to be apart of the park and enhance it, it was never ever our plan to take over or close the lake and put in our splash park. All of our plans from the beginning was to work with Rotary Lake, and just really enhance it, to give our community other options while they are there,” Kunz said. She said that the splash park was meant to compliment the lake, as whole families can enjoy the facilities at the park with the lake for older youths and the splash park for children. Though the organization’s original plan was to build beside the lake and use it’s water, Kunz says that their splash park can stand independently if the City eventually decides to close the lake. During the initial planning stages for the splash park Kunz said that she consulted with the City and with the Parks and Recreation Department, and found that the Mile 0 Park would be the best location for the splash park as the area is already designated for that purpose and already has facilities like washrooms and change rooms. Kunz says that the City and the Mile 0 Park Society both support their project, and the Society is willing to complete the little maintenance work needed after it has been built. The water park organization, Kunz says, plans on donating the park to the City after completion and is committed to raising funds down the road if they are ever needed for the splash park. “We’re not really wanting to pass any burden on to anybody by doing it, again we’re committed to continue to financially support it if we need to down the road,” Kunz said. So far the organization has raised $50,000 towards their goal and will host another fundraiser on May 5 at the Bear Mountain Ski Club.
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Richmond-Steveston MLA and chair of the Immigration Task Force John Yap announces the Northeast Pilot Project on Apr. 4 at the North Peace Cultral Centre with Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm in the background.
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FORT ST. JOHN – Richmond-Steveston MLA and chair of the Immigration Task Force John Yap announced the launch of The Northeast Pilot Project on Apr. 4. “In essence what we are going to do here is make it easier for folks to apply for permanent resident through the Provincial Nominee Program, opening up the number of jobs that can be considered,” said Yap. The project widens the opportunity for entry-level and semiskilled (ELSS) workers to be considered for every job sector, normally these types of prospect employees are only subject to 22 occupations within the PNP. In turn more job industries can hire immigrant workers with intent to permanently settle in B.C. “We want to identify the needs of employers into strategic planning,” said Erin Seeley, director of program management and planning within the B.C. Economic Immigration Programs Branch. “In the northeast we’ve opened it up, it can include labours, retail clerks, but the skilled pieces are still there too. We think it will have applicability across the occupations.” The project comes as a response to the many concerns the Immigration Task Force heard when they first came to the Energetic City earlier this year on Jan. 18. “There are certainly barriers to economic retention and one of those barriers seems to be a work force,” said Mayor Lori Ackerman. “It prevents us from being competitive and insuring that we have the skilled workforce needed to move forward.” The Northeast Pilot Project is meant to help employers across the entire job industry board to retain workers abroad. In addition it will assist with their needs when it comes to processing applications to hire immigrants, which was a major area of concern for those who dealt with hiring over seas.
“Through this client based service approach we hope to be a voice for employers who are so frustrated because we have a relationship with the What is the federal government,” said Provincial Seeley. “This isn’t just a one off case here you’re dealing Nominee with the whole region that Program? have the same concerns and paper work involved.” “The British Columbia The new direct point of Provincial Nominee contact is Aireen Luney, manProgram (BC PNP) accelerager, program development and promotion Provincial ates the Permanent Resident Nominee Program. application process for However Seeley added that skilled and/or experienced having a middleman will not workers, experienced businecessarily mean there will ness persons and their fambe a huge change in the federal system but it does ensure ily members who want to settle in BC permanently. effective communication. Currently federal govern- It allows nominees to apply ment engagement doesn’t for Permanent Resident offer pathways for lower status through Citizenship skilled workers making this and Immigration Canada project a unique opportunity to remain permanent in B.C., (CIC) under the fast-tracked Provincial Nominee stream said Seeley. While the pilot project will – which can be faster than allow for a larger range of applying through many fedindustry to hire ELSS workers eral immigration streams.” through the PNP, the time line SOURCE: www.welcomebc.ca Story continued on Page 9.
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NORTHEAST B.C. - A new initiative from the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation will be making it’s way to the Peace Region in early June, visiting Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, and Fort St. John along with 25 other northern communities. JobFest is a hybrid of a career information fair and a rock concert, aimed at engaging youth in their futures. The JobFest tour starts in Abbotsford on April 18, and after visiting northern communities until the end of July, August will see the tour visit the province’s southern communities. The tour is funded by the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement, which has B.C. investing approximately $66 million annually between 2008 and 2014 for services to help people acquire skills and fill job opportunities, through the agreement. JobFest is designed to teach youth about different tools and resources provided by the government, such as the job trend tracker, build-a-career, and career explorers. Tents that look like gigantic amplifiers will house online career resources while the other will be set up as a temporary tattoo parlour where par-
ticipants can select a temporary tattoo of their career choice and learn more about that career as it’s being applied. JobFest will highlight over 50 career options in over 50 videos, and will showcase a concert from pop-rock band, Acres of Lions as well as local talent. It’s estimated that in the next ten years there will be over one million job openings in B.C., including 350,000 new jobs created. The Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation also expect that the demand for workers will exceed the growth in available supply by 61,500 by 2020. “British Columbia’s youth are vital to our economic future, and it’s important that they have access to the information needed to make a smart decision about their future career. JobFest brings labour market and career information, tools and resources to them, and delivers it in a fun and engaging way,” said Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, Pat Bell in the press release. To help ensure that labour market needs are met the BC Jobs Plan is providing $500 million each year to labour market and training programs.
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The pre-junior, junior, intermediate and advanced dancers from Fort St. John’s Move Dance Centre Society. The girls are dressed for their large group tap number “Can Can” at the Quesnel Festival of the Preforming Arts from March 8 to 11, 2012. A number of the girls also received scholarships.
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“We all need to be aware of our greenhouse gas emission contributions, and do what we can to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said MLA Peace River North Pat Pimm in the press release. Fort St. John received over $70,000 from the CARIP. Mayor Lori Ackerman said this funding would drive energy sustainable projects that are on the go within the city. In addition, Fort St. John’s total funds include approximately $170,000 thanks to the redistribution from the traffic fine revenue sharing program. This program puts money back into municipalities who directly contribute to police enforcement costs. “The grants come from ticket fines and court-imposed fines on violation tickets,” states the release. “The amount of money a municipality receives is based on its contribution to municipal policing costs. The three areas of funding represent the latest instalments of the Strategic Community Investment Fund and Climate Action Revenue Incentive Fund that is provided to municipalities earlier and throughout EVENT the year.
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By Bob Zimmer, Prince George-Peace River MP As I’m sure you have heard, our Conservative Government recently introduced Economic Action Plan 2012 – a positive plan to grow Canada’s economy for today and into the future. Our economy has emerged from the global recession much better than other industrialized countries. With the help of our Government’s low-tax agenda and Canada’s Economic Action Plan, since July 2009, Canada has created over 610,000 net new jobs. In fact, independent international observers like the IMF and OECD predict Canada will be at the head of the G-7 pack in economic growth for the years ahead. However, the global economy remains fragile and we cannot become complacent. That is why our Economic Action Plan 2012 continues to position Canada, and Northeastern BC, for jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity. Since taking office in 2006, our Conservative Government has been lowering taxes, helping hard-working families get ahead, supporting entrepreneurs, and creating an environment to help create long-term jobs. Building on that record, the Economic Action Plan 2012 moves forward with a positive and ambitious agenda, including measures that will support businesses and families in our riding. To ensure Canada remains competitive, Economic Action Plan 2012 will make major new investments in advanced research, science and technology, and more. These investments will encourage innovation and position Canada to succeed in the knowledge economy of the 21st century. Our Plan also lays a strong foundation for continued job creation and economic growth with more support for training, extending the Hiring Credit for Small Business, and providing new opportunities for Canadians to gain access to the labour market. It also keeps taxes low for small- and medium-sized business, and facilitates the responsible development of Canada’s energy and natural resource sectors by realizing the objective of “one project, one review” within a clearly defined time period. Another key part of our Plan is ensuring Canada’s strong fiscal position remains secure. Seeing the situation in many European countries, Canadians know the importance of responsible spending by governments. That is why we are streamlining government operations, ending wasteful spending, and more to move Canada to
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balanced budgets over the medium term. We will do this without raising taxes and without cutting transfers to the provinces for services families rely on, like health care and education. Looking towards the future, our Government is also ensuring the sustainability of our retirement income system. This includes making gradual adjustments to the Old Age Security system down the road, and moving government employee and Parliamentarian
pension plans more in-line with the private sector. Our Conservative Government sees Canada for what it is – a great country on top of the world. Economic Action Plan 2012 wants to keep it that way for today and for generations of Canadians to follow. And as always, if you would like to get in touch with me, please feel free to contact my office in Fort St. John at 250-787-1194, Prince George at 250-561-7982, or Ottawa at 613-947-4524.
Letter to the Editor: Site C Project and the Williston Lake Reservoir
Dear Editor, Why is it that no-one involved with the Site C Project has ever looked at the Williston Lake Reservoir and the continuing environmental damage it is causing? Why is it that our provincial power providers will not look at any alternative forms of clean, renewable energy projects that would be way less costly and provide as much power without the environmental damage? Why should we lose an entire agriculturally viable valley, displace or kill all the wildlife, force many residents from their homes and destroy our main highway to provide power to large energy corporations? Also knowing that these corporations are more than capable of producing their own power for their own environmentally damaging projects? Is it any wonder BC Hydro is close to bankruptcy? What if we all ran our own businesses or even households by deferring debt rather than paying it? Unfortunately, we would never be able to get away with it like a “crown corporation” can would we? We would be out in the street. If they won’t look at this from the land owners’ vantage point or the environmental aspects, surely someone within the BC Hydro organization would at least make an attempt to understand the economics and realize this project makes no sense any way you look at it. We, landowners in the Peace River Valley, who have attended meetings that BC Hydro calls “information meetings” are nothing more than propaganda meetings to tell us only what they want us to hear and we all know from attending these meetings that at BC Hydro, one hand never knows what the other hand is doing. They
provide booklets about what a great wonderful project this will be, but when asked “Where is all the negative information from people, we were told “it was too much to print so it was unavailable.” The final step will be approval from the provincial government and we all know where they stand. They want to sell us out to big corporate business regardless of the consequences as usual. The federal government to my knowledge has never taken a stand either way. Our only hope is that; #1 - Treaty 8 will be successful in declaring the Peace River the most endangered river. #2 – Independent environmentalists will be successful in putting a stop to this totally ludicrous project #3 – Someone within BC Hydro or the provincial or federal government will look at the numbers and reach the only possible rational conclusion that it is absolutely NOT economically feasible. They say that history repeats itself but I would prefer the other saying that “a mistake is not really a mistake as long as you learn from it.” C’mon BC Hydro, take a look at the Williston Reservoir Project. Never mind drilling holes to check for stability when the riverbank is sloughing away right beside were you’re crew was drilling as they were around town this summer. Never mind hanging rotten meat in a tree right next to where someone lives for God knows what kind of wildlife studies without permission or knowledge of the landowner as they were doing this summer as well. Look at the history and economics and scrap this god-forsaken ridiculous project once and for all and stop talking about expropriation if land owners don’t agree with getting kicked out of
their own home, for no other reason than to support big business. This ridiculous project has been hanging over everyone’s’ heads for 30 years now. It was ludicrous then and even more so now with the new technology and all the alternatives that are far less expensive and cause no damage to the environment. Who do they think is going to believe that this so called “Berm” they are going to build to protect Hudson’s Hope will work and what do they care when they refuse to look at Williston Lake and will readily admit soil conditions are very similar only if anything more unstable. People who lost their property at Williston are unable to do anything about it, so I’m sure we in Hudson’s Hope will be in the same boat. We (the taxpayers) first spent several millions building a new bridge at Cache Creek, but oh well, they’ll just build new roads and bridges with even more of our tax dollars. Never mind this project is way over budget or the equipment is outdated already and there are way more economical ways to provide power. I have not even touched on the historical value of this beautiful valley. Alexander McKenzie found this wonderful valley as he passed and was overwhelmed at the beauty of the “Mighty Peace”. The peoples, the wildlife, the countryside and was quoted as proclaiming over the fossils seen on the riverbanks. Many examples of prehistory were destroyed in the last two hydro-electric projects. There are numerous areas between Hudson’s Hope and Fort St. John that have fossil banks yet to be recorded, but will once again be lost due to flooding. I am not alone in my need to fight for my home, we are many and we will continue to fight for our homes, land, wildlife and history. Evelyn F. Edinger, Hudson’s Hope, BC
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The BC Conservative Party has me deeply disappointed Dear Editor: As a staunch right-winger, huge fan of Preston Manning, and early Reform Party volunteer for both John Cummins and Paul Forseth, I cannot express enough how deeply disappointed I am with the foolish and opportunistic BC Conservative Party. A split on the right is simply not justified and right of centre voters should stick with the highly successful coalition strategy. The Reform Party split the right federally, but for me the game
changer was “western alienation.” Reform was in many ways anti-establishment, bucking the eastern domination of Canada and forging a more democratic ethos nationwide. It was a multidimensional cause worth fighting for. Think about it. Our Prime Minister is from Alberta, and we have Reform to thank for that. Let’s not spoil the legacy of Reform in this Province by giftwrapping the election for the NDP. There is no worthy cause to the Cummins campaign. It’s a short-term strategy to leverage a
temporary dip in support for the government. That’s it. The business community, and in particular the natural resource sector that I work in, will never, ever forgive the BC Conservatives if they siphon off enough votes to ensure a socialist win. I can see it now. Vast forests of for-sale signs and armadas of Albertabound U-Hauls all emblazoned with one clear message: “Thanks John Cummins. Thanks for Nothing.” David Brett, New Westminster
Politics runs fairly deep even in a small community Dear Editor: Seems to me politics runs fairly deep even in a small community. The appointment of the two representatives of the PRRD to the Charlie Lake Fire Dept apparently didn’t meet with the approval of a few people on Sunday April 1. The Charlie Lake Grandhaven Fire Protection Society didn’t agree with the way this progress was carried out. The Society thought that they should have sole control in what does or doesn’t go on in the Charlie Lake Fire Dept. Well in the view of a tax payer, I think that it was tax payers funds that paid for the facilities & equipment to train & equip the fire dept to be prepared in the case of an emergency. This dept ran fairly smooth until the Charlie Lake Grandhaven Fire Protection Society entered the scene as a “closed society”
which means exactly that “closed”. As a tax payers we could not attend closed meetings or have access to internal workings of this closed society, just foot the bill for whatever was thought to be required to run the fire dept. That was the beginning of an unpleasant odor that just kept getting more noticeable as the years past. Finally some people started to pay attention to a few details of what was happening and that there were people taking advantage of a good thing. This is nothing to do with the volunteers, but the society big wigs and they know who they are, trying to hang on anyway possible. The best thing that comes out of this situation is the death of this secret society and a new start back to a normal above board dept. Another thing to note also is maybe there were a point or two that wasn’t given full quarter that contributed to the escalation of the
way things turned out on Sunday, but I don’t think the way the new chief and asst. chief were welcomed to our area is the overall feeling of the majority of people in the fire protection area. No doubt this will pass and things will get back to the main focus, the protection of people & property in this area. It was said Sunday the volunteers were not against or had a problem with these two new members but with the Peace River Regional District, so if this is the case these two parties should cowboy up and sit down and work this thing out like adults not the other way. We need and appreciate and are indebted to the sacrifices you people have made and hope it continues smoothly. Thanks, Ron McCaughan, Charlie Lake, BC
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Changes to Peace River landfill bylaw are now in effect By Jill Earl
“That’s just to make it accessible,” said Paulo Eichelberger, Solid Waste Coordinator for the PRRD. “If you think about you have a large large hector of space with 60,000 people scattered throughout it.” Transfer stations are rigged so residents in rural areas can find a closer station to dispose waste. The Solid Waste Regulation Bylaw prohibits the disposal of liquids, ignitable waste, radioactive waste, reactive waste, tires on rims, flammable liquids, industrial chemical waste, coated steel pipe, explosives, smoldering ashes, and an excess of four or more feet of wire rope. Under the new Bylaw the district has added: used lubricating oil, oil filters, oil containers, antifreeze, and antifreeze containers; all categories of small electrical appliances, of which there are over 120 different items; and all categories of computer and electronic products. Eichelberger says the district has added used oils and antifreeze, small electrical appliances, and computer and electronic equipment to the prohibited items because the province has put programs in place to collect and properly dispose of those items. “So the idea is that back in the day you’d wind up having those things go to the landfill until there was a program in place so you Jill Earl photo could actually divert that. Ellie Fraser, 12, and Britney Swaffield, 13, are two of five students from Madam deGreef’s grade So one of the things on the seven class at Ecole Frank Ross School that made a presentation to city council about recycling, bylaw now as of Sunday, we composters, and landfills on Apr. 2.
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banned those electronics because there is a program in place and there are depots in the area…so everything filters through them, as far as electronics go, and they take it away as opposed to it going into the landfill,” Eichelberger said. Stewardship programs such as the B.C. Used Oil Management Association, the Unplugged Small Appliance Recycling Program, and Encorp Pacific Return that collect these prohibited items all follow B.C. Recycling Regulation. The Solid Waste Disposal Fee Bylaw that was also passed on Mar. 22, raises the minimum fee fifty cents from three dollars to three dollars and fifty cents. Most types of waste fees have also increased per tonne, except for specified risk material, animal carcasses, and clean soils and concrete rumble (no charge)- all of which remain the same fee as in 2011. The increase fees are to cover increased operational costs and to deter people dumping while there are other eco-friendly options available. “There are [increases] in some cases just because of increased costs of fuel and things like that, as we bring people into the operation, especially out in the landfill... additional operators, those folks are heavily involved with segregating waste…those folks pull a lot of material out so that it can be recycled,” Eichelberger said. He says that approximately 4,000 tonnes of material was recycled in the Peace Region last year. “The reason fees are generally yes a deterrent; as these things come online, we try to focus people on thinking more about you know, ‘maybe I can use this somewhere else’, or ‘maybe there’s someone that I know that can use this’, as opposed to, ‘I’m done with it, let’s just toss it in the landfill’, and that’s the ultimate focus. The stewardship programs as they come online whether they’re into recycling the small appliances, or the electronics, or cardboards, as those things come online, the more space we have in the landfill, and more space that can actually be used,” Eichelberger said. When purchasing some items the retailer will charge a premature disposal fee so when for example, old tires need to be disposed of they can be brought to a participating tire stewardship for free, instead of paying $9 to $32 to dispose of each tire at the landfill. “The fee itself is a push, to get folks to bring their things to the local tire shop in town, and then the tire shop will process those for free, you don’t pay a cent...In the case of lead acid batteries, that’s something that you can actually recycle through say Belsum Auto Recyclers or something like that and get a little bit of coin back, not too many people know that,” Eichelberger said. Recycling stewardships can be find outline and often have a Google map tie in to show the closest one to your location.
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By United Way Thanks to Teri Editor: staff, and hasBurkholder been able tofrom recruitEnexperienced leaders in many departments. The to process their applications won’t seeThe much a change. members are exceptional and I have been proud to work with them. pastoffive and a half years in the Peace Country as President and CEO of leadership team form and her husband, “The current processing time for applications in all have been very fulfilling. Further, the Dwayne clarity of theBurkholder College's vision is attracting experienced professionals Northern Lights College categories of the PNP’s Strategic Occupation streams, contribute to an organization that "knows where it is going". The potential I noted for NLC when I decided to apply for this position is who want towho responded to a including the ELSS, is four to six weeks,” wrote Lyndsey It also hascall been gratifying on Dual Credit programming with local evolving and becoming a reality. The addition out fromto collaborate Niki Easton communication officer for B.C. “Applications industry, Aboriginal of the Centre of Excellence for Clean Energy School Districts, Hedges of United Way agencies and other post-secondary partners ALL are processed in the order they are received regardless Opportunities. The Peace Region is very fortunate to have a Technologies in Dawson Creek, combined with through Northern Northern BC for supPeace River of SHAREHOLDERS the category.” group of exceptional leaders committed to expanding the scope of this program the Jim Kassen Industry Training Centre/ Oil Seed Co-op Ltd. port. Teri andon Dwayne Cozy country home 4.95 acres in Charlie The new announcement may have comes as a sigh the word on the benefits of this innovative educational initiative. and Gas Centre of Excellence in Fort St. John, and to spreading personally donated LakeI have area. 2180 sq ft home features 3 of relief for northeast employers but if this pilot poject beenThis impressed allows Northern Lights College to fulfil its brand avery deep freeze by to the thepassion for learning these leaders bring to the bedrooms up, and hasYouth a commitment 1 bedroom mortfulfills its intention of welcoming more workers, there table, but also for their continuing to finding learning solutions for the as B.C.'s Energy College™. Rising Spirit Receive a Bonus 1000 Air Miles are some concerns that need to be looked at—and that is gageyouth helper suite inwith separate entrance in of the Centre region. NLC is committed to providing the skilled Fort St the affordable housing shortage. if You Sell your home withpoliticians, Melanie Over the Fenced years, received support and encouragement from local workers for these expanding industrial sectors basement. for horses, barn, dugout, John.I have Darwin Stump Ackerman said the city is looking to initiate policy Senator Richard Neufeld, the former Minister of Energy, Mines and supporting the economic development garden of including: the Youth Program February 23, 2011 • 1:30pm area, green house, lots of room in April, for May or June and creation that will address the concern. She added it will Jay Hill, said, former Member of Parliament for Prince Georgethe region. Given the scope of the industrial Petroleum Resources; Support Worker your toys. New roof in 2008, new insulation, be brought to council’s attention as early as June. Rycroft Community Hall Blair Lekstrom, expansion in our region, a major part of my Peace River;“Thank you toMLA Terifor Peace River South and former Minister of new windows, newer front patio. 2 for Peace River - 47th “If you take a look5208 at the OCP Avenue (Official Community Petroleum Resources; andIncludes Pat Pimm, MLA role at the College was to build capacity Energy, Mines andand Dwayne for their Rycroft, ABfor TOH Plan) that is very much an issue us. 3A0 What a municistoves, fridges, dishwasher, freezer, washNorth.2And I would like to acknowledge the exceptional municipal and regional through partnerships with other post-secondary amazing support and Agenda: pality can do is certainly going to have to be addressed,” 12848 provided Hilltop Dr. leadership by the Chiefs and Band Councils, Mayors and Councils, and institutions and industry, and to ensure that er/dryer. 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to have mammograms but if they need to have By Jill Earl DAWSON CREEK- Breast cancer was found one done then the doctors will say you certainly to be the most diagnosed cancer amongst women need to, but at least it will give you more inin Canada in a 2011 report, Canadian Cancer formation on what’s going on with your breast Statistics, produced by the Canadian Cancer So- health,” Peever said. Mammograms and ultrasounds are called ciety, Statistics Canada, Provincial/Territorial Cancer Registries, and the Public Health Agency structural tests, and can only detect a tumor that of Canada. According to the report, approxi- is already there. “Between the mammograms and the ultramately 23,400 Canadian women are expected to be diagnosed with the disease annually and sounds they used to think that was good enough, approximately 5,100 Canadian women will die an ultrasound can look more at the axilla area but from it each year, meaning one in nine women thermography looks at the physiological changare expected to develop breast cancer in their life es, meaning cell changes, it looks at cell growth and cell changes and the heat produced by that time and one in 29 are expected to die from it. The good news lies in the technology, re- cell growth,” Peever said. The Canadian Cancer Society recommends search, treatments, and preventative measures continually being reviewed that are helping to in- that women aged 40-49 talk to their doctors crease survival. Along with mammograms, self- about breast cancer risks, and that women over screening, clinical breast exams, ultrasounds, and 50 should have regular mammogram screenings other types of screening methods, thermography every two years. Peever says that it can take eight has been used for decades. Using thermographic to ten years to grow a cancer tumor and that thertechnology to detect breast cancer has been used mography is a good option for early detection. “You can pick up a heat signature years before in Europe, and was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Agency in 1982, but thermography it turns into something that is structurally there clinics are becoming popular in Canada too with that you need to look at it on a mammogram,” locations in B.C. including Vancouver, Victoria, Peever said. “Eight or ten years, it takes to grow to a proper Kelowna, and Prince George. Cindy Peever is the owner and operator of size and can be picked up on a mammogram… Thermography Northern BC; she often travels to So there’s always things that you can do instead northern communities to give her tests to people of waiting for ten years and then finding a lump who can’t make the trip down. Peever has been a in there and you’ve got pain in there, and have a registered nurse for 20 years, and decided to buy mammogram. If it [thermographic image] does into the Thermography Clinic Incorporated fran- find that you’ve got something in there then chise over a year ago, complete training, and pur- maybe you could have a lumpectomy instead of having the entire breast removed. It’s good for chase equipment to take thermographic images. “I saw it years ago and just thought it was a young women, young women have very dense fabulous science and it wasn’t available in B.C.,” breast tissue, because they haven’t had children, they haven’t breast-fed and they’re really hard to Peever said. Thermography- using an infrared camera- get a mammogram on too,” she continued. Thermography is non-radiating, and is not picks up heat signatures in the body. Peever says that a growing cancerous cell has an increased painful, but the test has come under some contrometabolism and grows faster than the tissue versy in the past. Some clinics follow different around it, the cancer cell feeds off the blood procedures that result in too many false positives vessels surrounding it and will not respond to in the heat signature. “There are a lot of clinics around the world normal sympathetic nervous system responses. While taking pictures with the infrared camera, where they sort of do their own thing…and Peever sticks her clients’ hands in cold water to that’s the problem with thermography right now induce the fight or flight response in the body, it there’s so many different ways of doing it you causes normal blood vessels to shut down but has can’t achieve the same results, and that’s what no effect on a cancer tumor that continues to feed most of the complaints are about,” said Peever. Continued on Page 14. from surrounding blood vessels. “It’s kind of amazing, it’s something called nitric oxide and it keeps the vessels open. So it doesn’t matter what kind of scare you’re under that cancer tumor will keep being fed. So it will show up on the thermographic image as heat, and the doctors can kind of see that there’s a pattern there, and what they look for is differences in Do you sing, dance, play an instrument, play one side of the breast to the othin a band, juggle, do standup comedy, tell er,” Peever said. stories, lead cheers, major in gymnastics? Images are sent to Toronto to be read by board certified thermographer, Dr. Alexander Mostovoy, if the heat pattern on the Enter the First annual “New Stars of the Peace” image is suspicious Dr. Mostocompetition. First level auditions begin April 28 voy may recommend escalated care, which may include a mam- in Grande Prairie with weekly eliminations. Final mogram, x-ray, or ultrasound. 8 Gala Showdown May 26th. Fee is only $20.00 A biopsy is the only way cancer per person or $100 for group. can be diagnosed. GREAT PRIZES! 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Taylor grow-op busted By Kyla Corpuz
TAYLOR - Police seized over 130 plants of marijuana growing in numerous rooms within a Taylor residence on Mar. 29. Fort St. John RCMP’s Drug Section executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a rural property on Pingel Creek Road in Taylor according to a press release. In addition to the marijuana, RCMP found and seized a loaded, insecure firearm. The plants and growing equipment were also taken by the police and the operation was dismantled. A 54-year-old male was arrested at the residence and was later released with a court date on Jun. 5, 2012. Police are recommending charges of Posession of Marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, Production of Marijuana and Possession of a Firearm Contrary to a Court Order. The RCMP are asking for anyone who has information on drug actvity in the community to contact the detachment at 250-787-8140, to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Continued from Page 11. Peever’s clinic follows European standards and procedures that require control over the test area environment and some control over the clients themselves. “We’ve felt that the European standards are proven, there has been peer reviews done and there’s been 800 studies done on thermography. It is a proven science, if you follow standards and you have control of your environment, you have control of the heat around you and understand the physiology of the body, then it all works together,” Peever said. Clients are asked not to wear restrictive clothing such as a bra to the exam, not to smoke an hour before the exam, not to have sun exposure to the breasts five days prior to the exam, to not apply lotions or makeup to the breasts on the day of examination, not to use deodorant or antiperspirant on the day of the exam, not to shower no closer to an hour before the exam,
no stimulation to the breasts a day before the exam, no exercise four hours before the exam, no shaving on the day of the exam. Engaging in any of these activities may compromise the test. In the exam, clients complete a health history survey and remove all clothing from the waist up. They sit in a climate-controlled room of 20 degrees for 15 minutes so that their skin can become acclimatized to the temperature. Infrared pictures are taken in five different angles, and again after their hands have been in cold water for a minute. The actual exam only takes about 20-25 minutes, and results usually come back in a week. Thermography can also be used to detect other health problems. “It’s not just breasts, I do the head, and the thyroid, and chest and back and legs and stuff. We do full body images, I pick up stuff in the thyroid, clogs in the neck, any kind
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Green and blue spots represent colder areas and red and orange represent warmer areas on the body in this thermographic image. Board certified doctors read the image and look for any suspicious heat signatures in the breasts as well as differences in both breasts, they also compare the image to any previous thermographic images before sending the client a report.
thologies, if you’ve got an infection in your jaw, anything that creates a heat signature is going to show…it picks up any infection, any inflammation, any heat, like arthritis is heat,” Peever said. The BC Cancer Agency doesn’t recommend thermography as the sole screening method at this time, however their researchers are currently investigating the screening process. “I’m a registered nurse, and I have been for 20 years and I did a lot of research, and I’ve phoned all these companies to see how they did it and what they did because I didn’t want my nursing license being compromised by something that was just off the way, but at this point it’s been well proven,” said Peever “I just thought it was a really good addition to women having mammograms or ultraTOLL FREE 1.866.463.2791 sounds, it’s your choice, before we didn’t have a choice, Located in Salmon Arm, BC you had to have a mammogram or just sit and worried Come See us at the Fort St. John about it,” she said. of dental pa-
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Wife gives in memory of big man, with big voice and big heart By Jill Earl
DAWSON CREEK- Keith Hall and his family had been contributing to the Dawson Creek community since they arrived in 1979. Even after Keith’s passing in 2008, the big man, with the big voice continues to give to the community. On Tuesday, March 3, Miriam Hall, Keith’s wife, donated Keith’s $500 memorial fund to the Community Action for Seniors’ Independence office. Hall said that her late husband loved seniors and believes that the donation would have made him happy. “He was always doing as much as he could for seniors, and when I saw an advertisement for this I thought that it would work really well…I had had this memorial fund sitting in the bank, and I didn’t know what I was going to do, he’s not one to toot his own horn, and so I thought something Jill Earl photo with his name on it wouldn’t necessarily be for him, he wasn’t that kind of person…I think he Miriam Hall donates $500 to CASI, received by Arlene Thorpe and Linda Studley. would be really pleased,” Hall said. Keith, known to the community as a talented opera singer, would often entertain seniors with his diverse vocal range and musical genres. He also hosted an annual Christmas dinner for over 300 seniors while he was the Executive Director of the Nawican Friendship Centre. Though Hall believes her husband was modest to accept recognition, Keith does have a street named after him in Bermuda, where he was born and raised. A disabled women Keith saved during a riot named the street she lived on after him. Keith received the Order of the British Empire, for helping the women, and also for helping to calm and disperse the crowd. The street remains named for him to this day, and even has estates and businesses named for his street. “It has been about 50 years, but we started laughing because there was Keith Hall Estates, Keith Hall this, Keith Hall that, I think it’s a permanent thing there now, I don’t think they’ll ever change the name,” Hall said. The money isn’t necessarily earmarked for any specific program within CASI, but a lot of money they fundraise for goes towards their housekeeping subsidy which helps seniors who are physically unable to clean and who can’t afford to hire help to clean their homes. The generous donation to CASI suits Keith’s generous nature Hall says, reminiscing about the time she bought him gloves for Christmas. “We went into a restaurant, and I said ‘where are your gloves?’ and he smiled at me and I said, ‘oh who has them now?’ and he says ‘well there’s this old guy at the corner, he’s 80 and selling newspapers,’ so he just handed over his new gloves, but that was him,” Hall said. Keith would also perform in concerts benefiting families who had children that needed to leave town for health reasons. Keith would also often provide a couch for those who needed it. “My kids said that they’d never know who was going to land up on our couch, so even as small children, they always ran out on a Saturday morning with a house coat on because they never knew who was going to be sleeping on the couch, that was very much him, a very very generous man,” Hall said. BC Hydro is inviting communities, stakeholders We Want to Hear From You In Bermuda Keith trained as a psychiatric nurse, but he had a and the public to participate in the upcoming You can provide feedback and learn more by: passion and talent for music. When he was 18, he trained at the Project Definition Consultation, Spring 2012 for Julliard School of Music in New York, but eventually moved onto • Attending an open house the Site C Clean Energy Project (Site C). Toronto to attend college to become a Salvation Army Officer; it • Providing feedback online: www.bchydro.com/sitec Site C is a proposed third dam and hydroelectric was there that he met his wife Miriam. • Writing a submission to: sitec@bchydro.com or generating station on the Peace River in northeast Looking back, Hall said that her husband had a very full 61 PO Box 2218, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3W2 B.C. Site C is being proposed as part of BC Hydro’s years of life, before passing of kidney cancer. • Faxing: 250 785 3570 overall regeneration program to invest in and “After we got married we did a number of things and we just • Visiting the Community Consultation Offices: renew the province’s electricity system. landed up here, actually because of school really. He traveled 9948 100th Ave, Fort St. John or The Pearkes Center, back and forth and we were living in Prince George then and we BC Hydro is undertaking Project Definition 10801 Dudley Street, Hudson’s Hope decided that was foolish and just moved up here,” Hall said. Consultation to gather stakeholder and • Calling toll-free phone: 1 877 217 0777 Included among the many things the couple did before setpublic input on a range of topics important Communit y Date: 2012 time LoCation tling down in Dawson Creek, was have two children, Christopher to project planning and the ongoing Thursday Ramada Hotel and Alana. The family lived in Manitoba, and in 1972 moved to environmental assessment. Prince George 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. April 12 Prince George Vancouver where he worked with the British Columbian ConConsultation topics will include: Pomeroy Hotel, Tuesday servatory of Music, he toured and also worked with artists such Fort St. John 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Fort St. John April 17 • Highway 29 Preferred Realignments (11308 Alaska Road) as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Tina Turner. He left the • Outdoor Recreation Wednesday music industry and moved to Prince George to find work; Keith Hudson’s Hope 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Hudson’s Hope Community April 18 Hall • 85th Avenue Industrial Lands then attended Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek to learn Monday Best Western Dawson Creek 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. about agriculture. Finally the family decided to move here permaApril 23 Dawson Creek Inn Project Definition Consultation materials will be nently in 1980. Tuesday Pomeroy Inn and Suites, available online beginning April 10, 2012. Chetwynd 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. April 24 Chetwynd Keith started a dairy farm that was short lived, he also owned a second hand store and an ice cream parlour until he became the How Input Will be Used Site C Clean Energy Project: Environmental Assessment Executive Director of the Nawican Friendship Centre, where he Public and stakeholder input received will help would stay for 18 years. Site C is currently early in a cooperative environmental review by the inform the planning process, project definition Keith routinely started touring again and also taught voice lesCanadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEA Agency) and the B.C. and plans for mitigation of potential project Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO), including review by a joint panel. sons, before he got sick. He released an album and also wrote a impacts as BC Hydro prepares the Environmental book called ‘Uncle Manta and the Children of Pride,’ about his Project Definition Consultation, Spring 2012 is a BC Hydro-led consultation Impact Statement for review in the environment grandfather’s struggles with slavery. He was writing his second and is separate from public participation opportunities led by CEA Agency assessment process. book at his time of passing; his family is working on finishing it. and BCEAO. Arlene Thorpe, Volunteer Coordinator at CASI, remembers Keith well and says his commitment to community was unwavering. 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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. • 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. • Tuesday 24th April at 1.30pm. SP Seniors’ Access is hosting a workshop presented by BC Securities Commission. Have you been offered an investment opportunity that sounds too good to be true? It probably is - come and find out more about how to protect yourself from investment and other fraud. At the Seniors’ Access office )Coop Mall next door to Sears). Workshop open to everyone but space is limited. • Science World’s Community Science Celebration, hosted by Northern Lights College, Saturday, May 12th, 10:30 am–4 pm, Dawson Creek Campus. Event is FREE and is open to the entire community. There will be fascinating interactive displays for children through adult, and three spellbinding shows by Science World throughout the day. This event was last in Dawson Creek in 2008 and the feedback was: exciting, rejuvenating, fun and educationally stimulating! Contact person: Lorelee Friesen, Dean of Student Services, Northern Lights College, phone 250-782-5251, email lfriesen@nlc. bc.ca. Anyone looking to provide an interactive display of a scientific nature please contact Lorelee asap to book free space. Fort St. John • Friday, April 13th Families in Motion - Bert Ambrose Elementary 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm • Gradfest 2012 needs volunteers- npssgradfest@gmail. com • 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 • Saturday, April 21st 5th Parent Conference - FREE event with childcare for ages 3 - 12 years • BC HIGH SCHOOL RODEO ASSOCIATION – NORTH DIVISION IS HOSTING A SPRING FUNDRAISER FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012 POMEROY HOTEL, FORT ST JOHN REFRESHMENTS 6PM DINNER 7PM LIVE AUCTION & DANCE TO FOLLOW TICKETS ARE $50.00 CONTACT TERRI FOR YOUR TICKETS TODAY! 250-2611644 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE BC HIGH SCHOOL RODEO ASSOCIATION. ALSO SELLING BOTTLES OF BBQ SPICE FOR $20 EACH – GETS YOU A FREE ENTRY INTO OUR DRAW FOR THIS UNIQUE BBQ! • Saturday, April 28th artsyfARTsy Family Art event Totem Mall 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm • Campfire Cowboys are back at the Fort St John Legion Hall Saturday, April 28,2012 Doors open @ 6 pm Music Starts @ 7 pm $10.00 Donation at the door, snacks will be served. 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 250785-3731 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. • S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Northern B.C. Newcomers Integration Service Centre is a non-profit organization in Fort St. John. Our Settlement Program provides information, orientation, assessment, referral and service linking, educational workshops and short term adaptation counselling to immigrants. The program also offers assistance with form completion, correspondence between clients and service providers, navigating immigration processes including sponsorship applications, obtaining permanent residence cards and applying for citizenship. Bridging services are provided to a variety of community and government service agencies and organizations. Service is available in English and Spanish. The Settlement Program is located at: #211 10142-101st Ave (Execuplace building). From 8:30-4:30 p.m. Phone # 250-7855323 Ext 22. • ROTARY PLAY CENTRE SCHEDULE AT THE CDC, 10417 – 106 Ave., Fort St. John. Tel. (250) 785-3200. Mon. 9:00 to 12:00, Tues. 12:30 to 3:30 Gym Time 2-2:30, Wed. 9:00 to 12:00, Thurs. 9:00 to 12:00 Gym Time 10:30-11, Fri. 12:30 to 2:30 Gym Time 2-2:30. Outdoor Play - We’ll be taking advantage of nice weather-please come prepared. Schedule may change slightly due to holidays and special events. • StrongStart is a free drop-in learning program for children aged 0 – 5 and their parent/caregiver. A qualified Early Childhood educator is on-site. Duncan Cran StrongStart 8130 89 Avenue (250) 787-0417. Monday 8:30 – 11:30, Tuesday 12:30 – 3:00, library 1:00 – 1:30, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:30, Thursday 8:30 – 11:30, Friday 8:30 – 11:30, gym 8:45 – 9:45. Robert Ogilvie StrongStart 9907 86 Street (250) 785-3704. Monday 12:30 – 3:00, library time, Tuesday 8:30 – 11:30, Wednesday 8:30 – 11:30, Thursday 12:30 – 3:00, gym time, Friday 8:30 – 11:30, (alternating Fridays 12:30 – 3:00). Hudson’s Hope StrongStart 10441 Holland Street (250) 7839994. Mon/Wed/Friday 9:00 – 12:00, Tuesday/Thursday 1:30 – 4:30, gym time. StrongStart Outreach, Charlie Lake Elementary, Mondays 9:00 – 11:30 Mile 52 Alaska Hwy (250) 785-2025. Taylor Elementary, Mondays, 1:00 – 3:30 9808 Birch Avenue E (250) 789-3323. Prespatou Elementary, Tuesdays 9:30 – 12:30 22113 Triad Rd (250) 785-2025. Clearview Elementary, Thursdays 9:00 – 12:00 223 Rd (250) 781-3333. • Words on Wheels Bus - Traveling lending library and on-board stories, songs and interactive play. Parent resources available. Wednesdays and Fridays, September – June. See web-site 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 102nd and 105 Ave. If you are between 12 and 18 years old please drop in or call us at 250-787-5323. • Alcoholics Anonymous - If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to (250) 785-8866. • Fort St. John Multiple Sclerosis support group. If you or anyone you know has MS and have any questions or just need to talk, please call Susie at (250) 785-2381 or Sandi at (250)
787-2652. • A Youth Relapse Prevention Group may be held weekly, in the afternoons at Mental Health and Addiction Services, #300 - 9900 – 100 Ave. For more information call Chris or Shaun at (250) 262-5269. • “Butterfly Families – Families Supporting Families” is open to all caregivers of children and youth with Special Needs. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at the Child Development Centre from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 10408 105 Avenue. Does your child have learning, behavior or other complex special needs? Would you like to connect with other caregivers? Child minding available but please call ahead a few days before the meeting. Call (250) 785-3200 for more information. • Pregnancy tests, pregnancy options, peer-counselling and support are available at the North Peace Pregnancy Care Centre. New location at #208 10139 100 Street (above TD Bank). Drop in hours Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday from noon to 4 p.m. or to make an appointment call our 24 hour hotline at (250) 262-1280. All services are free and completely confidential. • Are you tired of the crime? Then do the time. Join the Fort St. John Citizens Patrol. Donate a minimum of five hours per month. For information, call (250) 262-4530. • Pan African Caribbean Association welcomes the community to join our group to promote community awareness of culture, music and cuisine. Phone Donald at (250) 785-0815 for more information. • New Totem Archery hold their indoor shoots at the Fort St. John Co-op Mall every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. • Come out and join us for an afternoon of play, crafts, a healthy snack, circle time and an opportunity to borrow books from the Devereaux School Library. This is a chance to meet other people from your community and introduce your children to a school setting. We meet from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. every other Wednesday beginning Oct. 20th. This program is geared for three to four year-olds but siblings are welcome to come with their parents. Call Patti (250) 843-7813 for more information. • Join us for fun, fun, fun at the artSpace! ArtSpace classes are here again at the North Peace Cultural Centre with wonderful programming for all ages! Don’t miss out! Register today for preschool, Mommy and Me, afterschool and adult classes! Check out the great selection of activities at www.npcc.bc.ca, or pick up a brochure at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Call (250) 785-1992 for more information or to register. Fort Nelson • The Community Market is held at the Westend Campground every Saturday except on long weekends. For more info or a vendor package please contact Jaylene Arnold at (250) 7742541 or Audrey Reynolds (250) 774-6574. Pouce Coupe • Youth Drop-In at Pouce Coupe Community Church Annex (the old Pouce library). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ages 13 to 17. Chetwynd • Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Public Library, 5012 46 Street. If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to, phone 7889658 or 788-1100 Tumbler Ridge • Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Thursday. 8 p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church). If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to. Phone 242-4018. • Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee. • Tumbler Ridge’s self-employed women will receive six months of free personal business monitoring beginning this October at no charge. If you are a self-employed woman in their first three years of operation, or partially operate a business, contact Sara Cooper at the Women’s Enterprise Centre at 1-800-643-7014 ext. 104 or Mila Lansdowne by e-mail at mila@persona.ca or (250) 242-3389. Registration is required. Taylor • Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASARA) meetings every second Tuesday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7 p.m. For information call Bob at 250-789-9152 or 250-787-5802.
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This Hunger Games fan grips his weapon close, being careful not to lose a life but rather gain one at the North Peace Cultural Centre on Apr. 4. “We just think it’s really great to see young people so excited and we wanted to do something for them. We do a lot of stuff for preschool kids and school-aged kids but not a lot for teenagers,” said Peltier. Asides from the Harry Potter events, hosted by the library, the Hunger Games proved to have a “phenomenal” turnout—with over 30 teenagers showing up. Local talent and speed skater champion Jay Morrison even joined in on the fun. Morrision was a volunteer, taking on the role as one of the Gamemakers. In the book a Gamemaker is in charge of designing and controlling the Hunger Games. “I think, well, I know—I can see it, the kids are loving it,” said
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