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Fair Share A broken deal Photo Credit Stacy Thomas Students at Pouce Coupe Elementary School learned about writing and talked about books with author Gabrielle Prendergast on April 8. Prendergast is a finalist for the BC Book Prize. Her children’s book, Capricious, is shortlisted for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize.

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DAWSON CREEK - The City of Dawson Creek is applying for the Federal Gas Tax Strategic Priorities Fund, which it hopes will pay for 100 per cent of a new Trucked Waste Receiving Facility for the area. The facility, which will replace the current, smaller and more simplistic sewage dumping site, will accommodate septic tank dumping for rural residents of the Dawson Creek district, as well as the holding tanks of area work camps.

The proposed project, which was ﬁrst presented to the City of Dawson Creek council on Oct. 6 2014, is estimated at a cost of $3,521,750. It was decided at that time that the project was beyond the City’s budget. The new proposed facility would be an improvement on the existing one, in that it will be staffed with a full-time attendant and will have systems in place which will prevent harmful

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Fair Share Agreement will be broken: Minister Oakes ment that would supplant the existing one, which was supposed to last until 2020. “It’s just not enough time,” said Mayor Fraser. “It just doesn’t give us the ability to really analyze and understand what’s happening to the future of the northeast part of the province.” Fair Share is a grant in lieu of the region’s industrial tax base that allows municipalities’ access to the industrial tax base that is outside of the muPhoto Credit Bronwyn Scott nicipal boundaries. Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman and District of Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser called on the “In order to achieve premier to halt the province’s breaking of the Fair Share Agreement on Weds., April 8. parity with other municipalities around the provBRONWYN SCOTT ince who have industrial tax bases within their municipalreporter@northeastnews.ca ity, this agreement was put in place by the province, and allows us to come to parity with an average of the top ten or FORT ST. JOHN – Just hours after the Northeast B.C. twelve industrial communities in the province,” explained Resource Municipalities Coalition asked Christy Clark to Mayor Fraser. halt the breaking of the Fair Share Agreement, it was conHe and Mayor Ackerman sent a letter to the Premier firmed it will be broken. outlining their request and their position, and although a On Weds., April 8, Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman response has not yet been received from Christy Clark, they and District of Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser made a public ap- received word from Minister of Community Sport and Culpeal to the premier at a media event in the Fort St. John tural Development Coralee Oakes later in the day. council chambers. She released a statement saying that the Province does “We are calling on the premier to immediately halt the intend to break the existing agreement, and intends to imcurrent process to impose a new Fair Share Agreement pose a new 15 year agreement in the Peace region. on the municipalities in northeast B.C., specifically in the To date there have been two meetings with the Province Peace River region,” said Mayor Lori Ackerman. and the Peace region municipalities’ negotiators. On March “We are also requesting that she convene a meeting of all 21, the province filed a proposal “that was found to be parties for the purpose of developing an MOU (Memoran- completely unacceptable,” dum of Understanding) that will guide the parties towards a according to Colin Griffith, development of a new Fair Share Agreement that will start executive director for the in 2020 when the present agreement ceases.” Northeast B.C. Resource The province has initiated a six week process for all Municipalities Coalition. Peace region municipalities to negotiate a 15 year agreeGriffith is representing

the District of Taylor and the City of Fort St. John during negotiations. The province has said they want their new Fair Share Agreement to start in the year 2015, according to Mayor Fraser. “In fact, with this new proposal, they rolled back the dollars that will come to this region to 2013 levels. That effectively, over the next ﬁve years, guts this agreement, and potentially there’s $70-million lost to this region,” he said. “The city of Fort St. John alone is likely to lose $32 to $33-million in the next ﬁve years if we were to go ahead with this. That’s money that all of us need to grow this region in preparation for the industrial activity that we know is coming.” Municipalities have already been expecting their Fair Share dollars, and have included these funds in operation and capital budgets.

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BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN – There have been two robberies at Fort St. John convenience stores just days apart. On Thurs., April 9, at 1:50 a.m., RCMP were called to a Mac’s Convenience Store on 100th Avenue, where it was reported that two males had entered the business. One of them indicated he had a gun, and pointed to a gun-shaped object beneath his shirt, according to an RCMP press release. He went to the cash register and took money, and then hit the store clerk. The men left out of the front door of the store. Both of the suspects are described as being in their early 20’s. One was Caucasian and thin, and wore a grey hoodie, jeans, and a yellow ball cap. He carried a black backpack. The second male had darker skin, and wore a blue jacket and a burgundy ball cap with a white crest or lettering on the front. RCMP immediately searched the area, but were unable to locate the suspects. On Sun., April 12, Kelly’s Convenience Store on 100th Avenue in Fort St. John was targeted shortly after 3 p.m. A Caucasian male with his face covered left on foot after stealing money and cigarettes. A passerby followed the male to a nearby park, where the suspect was located by police. After a brief struggle, the male was arrested, and will be held to appear in court on Mon., April 13. Charges of robbery, disguising with intent, resisting arrest, assaulting a peace ofﬁcer, and breaching probation are being recommended. The incident remains under investigation, according to an RCMP press release. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fort St. John RCMP at 250-787-8100. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

FORT NELSON – After ﬁve years of service, the Northern Environmental Action Team will no longer have a presence in the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality. Council decided not to renew their contract with NEAT for the 2015-2016 year, as the provincial government’s Multi Material B.C. program is taking over recycling in the area. Multi Material B.C. is meant to shift the responsibility of recycling printed paper and packaging from governments and taxpayers, to the businesses that produce the materials. Every municipality around the province was given a contract to consider. While some decided against it, many communities, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality included, welcomed the new system. The switch to MMBC is not a reﬂection of service quality NEAT provided, according to Mayor Bill Streeper. “It was just that the main mandate they had in Fort Nelson wasn’t there no more,” he said. While MMBC’s and NEAT’s services aren’t identical, they are comparable. The educational component that NEAT typically provides will now be done by the municipality. “They really explained to us that really, we had done a lot of good for the community, and really it wasn’t about us, it was really about them trying to look at how they can proceed forward,” said Dzengo Mzengeza, NEAT’s executive director. The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality recently created a new position to take on sustainability issues. Jacquie Johnston, who was NEAT’s eco adviser in the community, has accepted the position of sustainability and waste reduction coordinator. Among other roles, she will be responsible for public education and engagement on sustainability issues, according to a North-

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Tax season: How I loathe thee How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. I loathe thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I loathe thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light . . . -Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnet 43: How do I ‘Love’ thee Last week I wrote a story about a Fort St. John man who pled guilty to four counts of failing to file corporate income tax returns. It got me thinking about a couple of things. 1) How easy it is to mess up on your taxes, and 2) how serious a crime tax evasion is. Last week, before I wrote the article, I finally got around to doing my 2013 taxes. It took me a while for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I’ve moved so many times in the past few years – and in my whole life, come to think of it – and I’ve worked so many odd jobs, that I hardly know where I was in 2013, or what I did. After a year of thinking about it, I’m pretty sure I’ve got this down. In 2013, I lived in three places. Surrey, Squamish, and Newton. I was a student. I worked at a restaurant. I worked as a research assistant in West Van. I filled in at the Langley Times and was a temporary reporter / photographer there. And I’m pretty sure I made $800 freelancing for the Surrey Leader. I also worked at The Squamish Reporter in the summer months. Seriously, this was way harder to figure out than you might imagine. I did a count once, when I was 23, of all the times I’d moved. It was more than 23. I actually started doing my 2013 taxes last year. It would have been right after I moved to Fort St. John, which was late March. I dropped off some of my papers at H&R Block, and I remember leaving with the promise of returning with more papers, proving I was a student. I tried to print off the required document, but I couldn’t remember my user name and password for the school’s website. No password reset option on the webpage. I called the school a few times over summer, but their office was closed. Needless to say, I didn’t go back to H&R Block until last week, when I went to retrieve what I’d dropped off

last year. I need to hire an accountant, I thought. That was the plan. Turns out they’d already done my taxes for me, and needed payment before they could ship it off. They were still waiting for that school document though. I hurried back to my ofﬁce to print it out. By some stroke of bizarre luck, I remembered my user name and password. Back I went, assuming all else had been taken care of. When I opened that H&R Block envelope last night, days after receiving it, I realized I needed to bring them a lot more than just my school printout. I was missing my T4 from the restaurant, my T4 from my research assistant job, and information stating I made money freelancing for the Surrey Leader. No wonder it seemed too easy when I walked into H&R Block and was told it was all taken care of. Nope! Not even close (not their fault, of course). Now I have to round up those papers. They must have gotten lost in the move, or did my puppy eat them? Anything is possible. My puppy eats everything. (So far, of mine, she’s destroyed seven pairs of shoes, two pairs of slippers, all underwear, one camera, and countless notebooks and papers of varying description. My boyfriend has his own list). Let me just wrap this up by saying that taxes can be hard. I certainly don’t mean to evade taxes (taxes are good, they go towards socially positive things), it’s the onerous work of doing them that I wish, wish, wish I could ‘evade.’ That being said, any accountants out there willing to take on an “English brain” (aka basically numbers illiterate), slightly impoverished reporter? Affordability is key. There’s still 2014 to do… and possibly (likely?) a mess left behind from 2013. Bronwyn Scott, senior reporter

Dear Editor: I was pleased to read about the new Brucejack gold mine that’s been approved in the northwest of B.C. and I have to give credit to the B.C. Government for doing so. It is important that we send a strong message to the world that B.C. is still open to approving mines and that exploration dollars invested in B.C. will not be wasted. This relatively small mine will create 500 construction jobs and 300 permanent jobs alone over 16 years! That’s huge! It should also be noted that this mine has aboriginal support. It’s another win for B.C. families, our economy, ﬁrst nations and the youth of B.C.’s northwest. Donald Leung, Burnaby, B.C.

Celebrating volunteers To the editor: Volunteers rock! Each year, National Volunteer Week commemorates the efforts of volunteers across the country who make our society [Canadian Cancer Society] a better place. This year, the theme of National Volunteer Week (April 12 - 18) is “Volunteers are part of the ripple effect.” The theme reminds us that many of the services and the progress we take for granted today are built on the efforts of generous volunteers in the past. The work that volunteers are doing today ripples throughout our communities and into the future. I especially want to acknowledge the past and ongoing work of Canadian Cancer Society volunteers. Thanks to their efforts, over 60% of people will now survive a cancer diagnosis – compared to less than 25% in the 1940’s. If you’re a volunteer, you make an enormous contribution and save lives – thank you. Nancy Shelford, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator, Canadian Cancer Society, B.C. and Yukon Division

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Trail grants awarded, Nature Club denied STACY THOMAS news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK - The PRRD is awarding nearly $75,000 this year in grant funding for various trail and recreational organizations in the area, with one local nature club left out in the cold. The Timberline Trail and Nature Club (TTNC), founded locally in 1973, was denied a $5,220 grant request from the Peace River Regional District’s (PRRD) 2015 Recreational Trails Grants-in-Aid Allocations mainly due to issues of accountability. TTNC applied for the grant to partially fund the expansion of a birding trail at Swan Lake, to provide better access for seniors, wheelchairs and strollers to bird habitats and wildlife observing areas. According to TTNC member Inge-Jean Mattson, who assisted with the grant application, the trail is located on Crown land, and the ﬁrst approximate kilometre of it is owned by LP Logging, who have recognized the trail and stated that they will not disturb it. Encana, which has the sub-service rights to the area, has also agreed not to disturb the trail, Mattson said. “It has loose designation already with the B.C. government, so I am surprised they didn’t take that into account,”

Mattson said. “We just thought it would be nice to make it official, have it widened, we figured people with quads would probably use it as well so we were going to widen for that and make the bridge wide enough and strong enough to accommodate a quad or a side-by-side,” she said. TTNC’s application was denied for simple reasons of eligibility, said Trish Morgan, Manager of Community Services for the PRRD. The club itself is not a not-for-profit organization, but is a member of the Federation of BC Naturalists, which is. TTNC had proposed to receive the grant through the BC Naturalists, which Morgan says the PRRD deemed inappropriate. “They have to be a registered non-profit society in good standing, and right now Timberline isn’t, so they fall under a provincial club, and they’re kind of like a local chapter,” Morgan said.” “We’re just not comfortable giving that money to the higher-up group that gives it to the local group, because there’s just not a lot of accountability there.” Morgan also referenced a lack of evidence of a recreation and trail sites agreement with the Province. “They do have to have an agreement to do the work on provincial land,” Morgan said. “I understand they’ve been in discussion with the recre-

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ation officer about it but they don’t yet have that in place. If they get those things in place for next November then they’re going to stand a much better chance if they go to apply next year.” Mattson said that TTNC did contact Tim Bennett, the Recreation Officer for Peace/Ft. Nelson Recreation District for the Province, who supported them. “We have a letter of support from them,” said Mattson. “We did cross all our Ts and dot our Is on every single part, as far as Crown land designation, and we were going to then go through him and get an official trails and recreation site listed.” “We haven’t seen any evidence in our office yet,” said Morgan. The PRRD did approve trail improvement grants to the following organizations: Bear Mountain Nordic Ski Association, $21,375; Northland Trail Blazers Snowmobile Club, $25,538; Tumbler Ridge Snowmobile Association $6,000; Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club, $15,000; Wolverine Nordic & Mountain Society $6,750. TTNC has raised $5,620 through donations to go towards the $10,800 project. “I’m a little disappointed, we had a lot of in-kind funding, a lot of volunteer support too,” Mattson said. “We might just go ahead and do it anyways.”

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$4,000. “Alternative energies other than Site C, like a combination of wind, natural gas, small scale hydro, etc. etc., maybe potential for solar, actually creates more long term jobs, more construction jobs, and more employment income,” he said. “When people go and do stuff to that sign, you’re like, how do you inform them? Understanding that large scale hydro actually doesn’t employ very many people long term at all.” In November 2014, the Clean Energy Association of B.C. compared the economic benefits of a portfolio of alternative forms of clean energy, such as wind farms, biomass and run-ofriver, to Site C. Their findings show that during conPhoto Credit Joe Moser struction, the sample portfolio of clean energy projects would provide a total of 45,200 person-years of full time equivalent employment, BRONWYN SCOTT a figure determined by KPMG, one of the largest profesreporter@northeastnews.ca sional services companies in the world. Site C, on the other hand, would create only 33,000, a FORT ST. JOHN – A familiar sign between Taylor and Fort St. John, visible from the Alaska Highway, has been figure determined by B.C. Hydro. During operations, the clean energy projects would vandalized for a second time. equate to 695 person years of employment, according to The sign reads, “Site C: Is this what you want? Site C is KPMG, while Site C would offer 160, by B.C. Hydro’s calnot a done deal,” and it has been defaced with orange spray paint with the message, “Yes I need to pay my rent and culations. A study by the Canadian Geothermal Association simifood you d***head.” larly suggests that geothermal energy provides greater ecoThe graffiti points to a misunderstanding about jobs crenomic benefits to local communities than Site C. ation and Site C, according to Jeff Richert, of the Treaty 8 CanGEA found that for every 250 megawatts of power, Tribal Association. Richert organized getting the sign and placing it on a geothermal would create 425 permanent jobs, compared to local’s land in the first place, a venture that cost close to 37.5 permanent jobs for Site C.

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D.C. sani dump Continued from Front. waste such as hydrocarbons from entering the City waste water treatment facility. “If there’s anything that could get mixed up in there that could be harmful, right now we don’t have the detection in place to eliminate that or stop that,” said Kevin Henderson, Director of Infrastructure and Sustainable Development for the City of Dawson Creek. “So the new facility would be something that would be

far more sophisticated; there would be an operator there, so we would be able to control that in a different fashion.” As opposed to a small kiosk, which the facility currently is, the new facility will be a large building housing equipment and the attendant, Henderson said. The new facility would also be able to take grit and sand from car wash and truck shop sumps, which is currently dumped at the City lagoon drying beds. According to Henderson, space is becoming an issue with this grit and sand dumping and the new facility will alleviate that. The proposed facility will likely be located in the east side of Dawson Creek near the existing sanitary sewer lift station, Henderson said. The current station will be decommissioned if the grant is awarded and the project goes forward. The deadline for the grant application is April 18, and the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) board agreed to support the application at its April 9 meeting. If the grant does not offer 100 per cent funding of the project, the project’s feasibility will be reassessed by city staff and council at that time, Henderson said. The project was originally part of a PRRD initiative to potentially award grants to municipalities to contruct waste

management facilities in exchange for the processing of rural area sewage. That initiative has been postponed, says Shannon Anderson, Deputy Chief Administrative Ofﬁcer for the PRRD. “We were looking at helping municipalities develop these sorts of facilities in turn for a long-term partnership where they would take on rural sewage, but it was postponed basically,” said Anderson. The initiative hit a wall at the public outreach stage when rural residents expressed concern over proposed sewage facility regional functionality and allocation, Anderson said. “We’re still working with the rural directors and the regional district as to what a sewer service might look like . . . the regional district has opted to slow that whole process down, so the City of Dawson Creek’s taken it upon themselves to step up to the plate and move ahead, hopefully to get some grant money in the interim to get this built.”

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St. John, but they’re aware, they can lose their workforce to other businesses, maybe bigger businesses, better paying businesses, and how to work with that.” Some of the measures government has taken to help small and medium sized businesses succeed is cut red tape and improve access to Canada Revenue Agency services. “Too much red tape restricts innovation, productivity, creativity, and it’s Photo Credit Bronwyn Scott bad for business, it’s bad for MP Bob Zimmer, representing Peace River - Prince George, and Minister of National Revenue Kerry-Lynne the economy. Red tape afFindlay hold a media conference after meeting with local business owners to discuss initiatives to cut red tape, fects businesses of all sizes, and other ways government is supporting small and medium businesses. but we know that small and medium businesses are parBRONWYN SCOTT ticularly affected negatively, and that really, the smaller the reporter@northeastnews.ca business, the greater the impact,” said Minister Findlay. For one thing, government has simplified payroll remitFORT ST. JOHN – Minister of National Revenue Kerry- tances. This means that over 50,000 small and medium Lynne Findlay was in Fort St. John meeting with members sized businesses across the country now have to do less of the Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce on frequent reporting to the Thurs., April 9. Canada Revenue Agency. Minister Findlay has been facilitating roundtable disContinued on Page 23. cussions in communities across the country, highlighting government support for small business, but also getting feedback from business owners as to where further improvements could be made. “When we get new information in, what I do, and what Member of Parliament does, is we take that back to Ottawa,” she said. “If it’s in my ministry, then I take it to my officials. If it’s in another ministry, like finance, for tax policy, we’ll talk to the Minister of Finance, let him know what the people of Fort St. John are saying, what’s on their minds, and we try and do our best to move that forward and report back.” The discussion in Fort St. John centered on how particularly very small businesses, with as few as five employees, struggle with Since some of2008 Edge Controls has been serving Dawson Creek and area with Residential, the paperwork and requirements from government, Commercial and Industrial electrical and instrumentation. around training and apprenticeship, and staff retention. “A number of the people here are involved with training and apprenticeships, and had some ideas around how to either incentivize Being that, or locally owned and operated try and get whoour haveselves in doing 1st quality work with wethose pride received the time and energy 100% customer satisfaction GUARANTEED. and investment it takes to Stop for a coffee train, to get them to stayanytime with at our new location in the airport industrial subdivision. the company they’ve trained with, at least a little longer,” We carry pre Minister Findlay said. wired power “These are challenges that businesses here have, and sheds for theEDGE competitive nature&ofCONTROLS a ELECTRIC • 250.784.0555 your rural lot34ofVic theTurner businesses are Rd., Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4H9 Airportthat Industrial power needs! doing very784-0556 well here• in Fort Fx (250) office@edgecontrols.ca

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Photo Credit File photo Frank Beatton’s house. Thurs 1st The Indians left this morning. They got a very poor reception here. Self in office. Rain in forenoon. Fine towards evening. The Ice breaking up in front of the Post. Kluty arrived from below and reports old Montigine & Thomas on their way in. Fri 2nd Montigine & Thomas patched from the N Pine. I expect they will go north to hunt Beavers. Continues fine weather. Self at odd jobs. Sat 3rd Self in bush. A fine clear day. Joe Appassasin brought in a few Lynx. Adisless & 2 others arrived and brought a few Furs. Started to rain towards evening. Sun 4th A fine clear day. Adisless left this morning. Tues 6th Montigine’s crowd still here. Asquity & Husta returned from a Beaver hunt. They got 6 Beaver. Self out making fire on the hills. Continues very fine weather. Mr. Birly plowing his garden. Wed 7th Self at odd jobs. Continues fine weather. The Indians preparing to patch off in a Beaver hunt.

Thurs 8th Self busy in store. Japasin brought in a good silver fox. George finished haulling his logs. Blowing a strong gale from the West all day. Fri 9th A fine clear day. Blowing a strong gale SW wind. Self plowing the 2 Gardens. Montigine patched off. Sat 10th A fine clear day. Japasin patched off today. Self planted onion & turnip seeds in the Garden behind the house. The Ice breaking up on the River. Sun 11th The Ice went out today. Continues fine weather. Mon 12th Self at odd jobs. Thomas patched off today. Ice still running. Continues fine weather. Tues 13th Cloudy with rain & Hail. Self in office. The Mail arrived and got across in afternoon. Wed 14th The Mail left this morning for Pouce Coupe. The Mail also left for H Hope. Self in office all day. Blowing a strong gale of wind all day. Thurs 15th A fine clear day. Self at odd jobs around the place. M Benner & C Finch arrived with a team of oxen having been on the road for over 2 months. Self put in some seeds in hot bed. Fri 16th Continues fine weather. Self in office. Mrs. & Miss Cadenhead along with Hasad and another came down with a Boat on a short visit. Sat 17th Self as before. Mrs. Cadenhead & party left for home. The Police going along with them. 3 Indians arrived from Charlies Camp. Sun 18th Continues fine. Thomas arrived from the North Peace River. Mon 19th Self at odd jobs. A big fire across the River. River coming up a little. Blowing a strong gale all day from the East. Tues 20th Started to rain last night and continued all

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Royal Dutch Shell acquires BG in the biggest energy takeover in 15 years STACY THOMAS news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK - Multi-national oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell announced on April 8 that it would take over the struggling BG Group for USD $70 billion; the largest energy industry merger in over 15 years. The acquisition will likely mean one less LNG project for Northeastern B.C., as both Shell and BG had projects planned for the region. Shell’s LNG Canada project, and BG’s Prince Rupert LNG project are now both on the chopping block, it seems, as analysts say it is unlikely that after the merger Shell will go forward with both projects. “There is clearly scope for review for those two projects in Canada,” Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden was quoted as saying in a conference call on April 9. Shell was expected to make a decision on its Shell LNG Canada project in 2016, but has not conﬁrmed if that timeline remains. “Our understanding is that both of the projects, the one from Shell, the one from BG, would have used at least some of the gas sourced from Dawson Creek,” said Jim Chute, City of Dawson Creek Chief Administrative Ofﬁcer. Analysts are speculating that the purchase could signal an increased interest in LNG and a move away from oil, and could mean more mergers to come as weaker companies are bought up. Peter Tertzakian, energy economist and veteran industry analyst based in Calgary, told the Financial Post that what he called “structural” changes in the Canadian fossil fuel industry could result in more mergers and acquisitions. The effects this may have on the Peace is unclear.

“When it comes to what that means for our region or for British Columbia, to the best of my knowledge there hasn’t been any discussion around how that is going to be positive or negative for us,” said Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier. “From what I see there’s still a lot of investment, there’s still a lot of involvement in British Columbia, so obviously we hope that continues.” There are some clues as to which LNG project will be discontinued. Noel Tomnay, head of global energy, mining and metals research and consultancy group Wood Mackenzie’s LNG research team, predicts that the Shell LNG Canada project near Kitimat will go forward. “The Shell project has got buyers in the partnership, it’s developing the pipeline, it’s well ahead with the engineering—so the Shell project is well advanced,” he was quoted in the Financial Post. Meanwhile, all of the senior personnel in the Canadian branch of BG have left the organization in the last six months, Tomnay said. Karl Johannson, president of natural gas pipelines of TransCanada Corp. which is contracted to build the pipeline connecting the Northeast natural gas ﬁelds with the Shell LNG Canada project, also has conﬁdence in the Kitimat project. “We see no signs of Shell putting down the tools at all on that project,” he said at a Toronto energy conference. “As a matter of fact, Shell has come out publicly and said North American LNG

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ern Grand, May 30th, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This event is to celebrate all those in uniform that keep us safe and protect our way of life. Open to everyone including past or present members of our Armed Forces, Emergency Services and anyone that appreciates how much these individuals contribute to our great country. Dress is Formal. This dinner is also a fundraiser for Honour House in Vancouver which provides a home away from home for anyone in uniform that needs a place to stay during medical travel for them or their families. Check our Honourhouse.ca for more info. For Tickets contact Ken Lane at 250 261 4860 or KRLane@spectraenergy.com Tickets:Tickets $75 • Bluey Day 2015, organized by the Fort St. John

• Community Awards, Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 6:30pm to 10:00p.m. HOLD THE DATE! The 8th annual Community Awards will be held April 16, 2015 at the Lido Theatre. The purpose of the Community Awards Program is to publicly recognize and honour individuals and/ or groups whose contributions have been of significant benefit to Fort St John. The awards celebrate the talents, dedication and generosity of our outstanding citizens, businesses, athletes and volunteers whose unique gifts have contributed so greatly to life in Hospital Foundation. This event will take place at the Fort St John. Do you know someone that has made a differ- B.C. Ambulance Station on May 30, from 10:30 a.m. ence in the community?? Nomination Packages will be avail- - 2 p.m. On May 30th participants will gather at the able on the City of Fort St John website soon. More informa- BC Ambulance Building to “Be Brave & Shave”. The 2015 campaign goal is $100,000 for the Foundation’s tion to follow or contact awards@fortstjohn.ca • Kids’ Night: Dinosaur Night at the Museum, Friday April Cancer Diagnostic and Treatment Fund. Donations to 17 at 7 p.m. at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum. Our this fund are used to purchase equipment that aids in first Kids’ Night of 2015 centres around dinosaurs!! Come the comfort, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with learn about the dinosaurs of the Peace Region from anky- cancer at our hospital. It also ensures the Foundation losaurs to plesiosaurs through videos, stories, actions and can meet both the long term and emergent needs of more. Make your own dinosaur related crafts to take home our hospital as our medical staff works on early diwith you. Free admission. Donations welcome. Children agnosis and treatment of patients with cancer. With must be accompanied by an adult. Please call the museum the funds raised from previous Bluey Day events, the Foundation was able to purchase a software upat 250-787-0430 to register. Registration is mandatory. • ROLLER DERBY! Killbillies vs Gold Pain City Derby grade to the Hospital’s CT Scanner. The installation Girls, at the North Peace Arena on April 25th, from 7 PM of the upgrade is scheduled for mid-April 2015, and is expected to lengthen the life of the scanner. The to 9 PM. Tickets:$10, kids 8 and under free • The Derrick Dance Club of Fort St. John will be hosting $206,000 upgrade will also allow the Hospital’s raa Country Music Dance Saturday, April 25th, 2015, from diologist technicians to lower the radiation dose to 8:30 to 12:30 a.m. in the Senior Citizens Hall at 10908 – patients, without compromising the quality of the 100th Street. Music by Let ‘R Rip. Everyone 19 and over images. Bluey Day participants are key to this fundwelcome. For info Call Chris at 250-785-1021, or George raiser. Each “Be Brave & Shave” participant agrees to raise at least $500 to have their head shaved but at 250-827-3396. • The Baldonnel, Women’s Institute (W.I.) is having their most set much higher personal goals. These amazspring tea and bake sale at the Baldonnel School on Satur- ing individuals seek sponsorship from family, friends and businesses. To meet the $100,000 target the day May 2 from 11 to 3. There will be vendors there. • The Catholic Women’s League is inviting all Grandmoth- Foundation hopes to have at least 65 head shavers ers, Moms, Daughters, Sisters to a “Mother’s Day Straw- each actively participating in seeking sponsorship. berry Tea & Bake Sale” Sat. May 2nd, 2015 from 2- 4 Each participant has a personal reason for shaving. p.m. at the Immaculata Centre behind the Catholic Church. It might be a young child shaving for his grandma or entire families shaving in support of their neighbor Dress your best with your favourite hat & flowing dress. • Mother’s Day Luncheon & Tea at the Quality Inn North- and friend. Regardless of the reason they share the ern Grand. May 9, 2015, from 12 p.m. - 2 p.m., hosted by desire to do what they can to help battle this disease. the North Peace Family Superpark Society – We are at it Bluey Day in Fort St. John was established in 1998 again!! Raising money for the SuperPark aka Indoor Play- and through the generosity of donors over $1 million ground. This time we would love to welcome you and your has been raised! 100% of those funds have stayed in children to a semi-formal tea and luncheon. Included in our community to support our citizens dealing with your registration is: Crafts Mini Manicures Lunch - mini cancer. This is a family friendly event that brings our Since 2008 Edge Controls hasentire beencommunity together. Participants, volunteers, sandwiches, desserts, coffee/tea/juice/water Face Painting businesses, families and friends all gather to celebrate All proceeds from sales go toward the event money serving Dawson Creek andand area with Residential, and support our local cancer survivors, those currentleftCommercial over goes towardand the playground equipment. Register Industrial electrical and instrumentation. ASAP to ensure you have a seat as space is limited for this ly battling the disease as well as remembering those event. Tickets:By PreRegistration ONLY Adults $20 Chil- we have lost. dren (all ages) $10 • Annual Cadet Ceremonial Review, on May 30, from Dawson Creek 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event is hosted by 2276 PPCLI • Kiwanis Trade Show at the Memorial Area. Friday, April Army Cadet Corps, and will take place at the Fort St John 17, 2015 to Sunday, April 19. Fri.- 5-9PM, Sat.- 1AM-8PM Sun.- 11AM-4PM Curling Club. PleaseBeing come out to the Annual Ceremonial locally owned and operated • APRIL 18 – COUNTRY MUSIC DANCE – Music by Review for 2276 Princess Light we pride ourPatricia’s selvesCanadian in doing 1stInfanquality work with try Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps. This is where our Let ‘R’ Rip at the Senior Citizens Hall, 1101 McKellar 100% customer satisfaction GUARANTEED. cadets showcase what they have accomplished and learned Ave. Dawson Creek Dance from 8:30 – 12:30. Admission Stop for coffee anytime our new the airport includessubdivision. lunch. 19 years and over welcome. For more inthis year and isaalso where weatmake ourlocation awardsinand pre- industrial formation phone Fred at 782-2192 or Linda at 843-7418. sentations to our top cadets. Everyone is welcome to attend and see some of Fort St John’s finest young people who • Tuesday 21st April at 1:30 there will be a Mini Health We carry pre by S.P.Seniors’ Access. 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• Computer Skills Training at the Fort St. John Public Library. One on one training in a relaxed environment where you can learn at your own pace. All ages welcome. Call today 250-785-3731 • Merchant Bazaar at the North Peace Cultural Centre –– 10015 100th Avenue, from Jan. 23-Dec. 23. Held at the North Peace Cultural Centre every Sunday from 10-4.

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CLASSIFIEDS NOTICE

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Minister Findlay Continued from Page 13.

“By changing reporting thresholds, we basically have cut them in half,” Minister Findlay said. As well, government has made an effort to improve the clarity and simplify the content of Canada Revenue Agency’s communications to businesses, and a new tax related mobile app for businesses has been launched. Another new initiative is that government has implemented is telephone service agents for business inquiries are now required to give an agent ID. “That agent ID increases accountability by ensuring consistent service for callers, and makes it easier for business owners to give feedback to CRA and its services,” she explained. “When you call up, you can ask for that same person, you’re not starting all over again, this is who I am, this is where I’m from, you can just get down to business.” Today, Canada’s overall tax burden is at its lowest level in 50 years. “We know that even though we’ve lowered taxes, we can get back to a balanced budget, which we’re doing this year. We’ll have the government budget out soon, and we know that we can give benefits back to hard working Canadian families with a low tax approach,” said Minister Findlay. A new tax relief and benefit package, called the Family Tax Cuts and Benefits Plan, came into effect in the 2014 tax year, and it means that Canadian families with children will benefit. “We had to get back to a balanced budget before we

could do it,” Minister Findlay said. The family tax cut will allow a higher income spouse to transfer a portion of his or her income to a lower earning spouse. “On average, it’s going to return about $1,140 to the pockets of families with children through that initiative,” she said. “We remain committed to helping hard working Canadians prosper, and that is what we’re working on every day” In addition, the universal child care benefit is increasing from $100 a month to $160 a month for each child under six years of age, and a universal child care benefit for kids from six through 17 is being brought in, valued at $60 per month. Both of these measures are effective as of January 2015, and the first payments are going to be seen either by direct deposit or cheque in July of this year. Minister Findlay was awarded the 2015 Golden Scissors Award from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in recognition of her leadership role in reducing government red tape. She is a lawyer by profession, and practiced law in Vancouver and the lower mainland for many years before entering politics.

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Fair Share Agreement Continued from Page 3.

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Dawson Creek Office: 250-782-3766 VJV Main Office: 403-783-5561 Cattle Sales, Don 301-116th Fessler: 250-719-5561 Fax: 250-782-6622 D C

MARKET REPORT ON APRIL 9, 2015

SLAUGHTER CATTLE Dawson Creek’s Local Electric & Instrumentation Service Provider

On April 9, 2015, 300 head of cattle went through Vold Jones Vold Auction in Dawson Creek D1 - D2 Cows 138.00-152.00 D3 - D4 Cows 112.00-135.00 Holstein Cows N/A Heiferettes 145.00-170.00 Bologna Bulls 148.00-174.00 Feeder Bulls 150.00-175.00 Good Bred Cows N/A GoodSince Bred Heifers N/A been 2008 Edge Controls has Cow/calf pairs younger N/A serving Dawson Creek and area with Residential, Cow/calf pairs older N/A Older Cows N/A instrumentation. Commercial and Industrial electrical and Milk Cows N/A

Hiring Electric/Instrumentation Journeyman/Apprentice

We also offer electrical andAND instrumentation STOCKERS FEEDERS parts retail. RV Batteries Panels Available. Good Feeder Steers 1000 lbs Plus:& Solar 195.00-214.00 Heifers 170.00-195.00 Good Feeder Steers 900 lbs Plus: 215.00-239.00 Heifers 185.00-215.00 Good Feeder Steers 800 lbs Plus: 235.00-250.00 Heifers 215.00-238.00 Being locally owned and operated Good Feeder Steers 700 lbs Plus: 265.00-285.00 Heifers 250.00-275.00 we pride selves 1st quality work with Good Feeder Steersour 600 lbs Plus: in doing 290.00-315.00 Heifers 260.00-287.00 GUARANTEED. Good Feeder100% Steers customer 500 lbs Plus: satisfaction 320.00-340.00 Heifers 295.00-315.00 GoodStop Feeder 400 lbs Plus: 325.00-360.00 Heifers subdivision. 310.00-338.00 for aSteers coffee anytime at our new location in the airport industrial Good Feeder Steers 300 lbs Plus: 330.00-365.00 Heifers 315.00-335.00 Next Regular Cattle Sale Thursday, April 16, 2015

We carry pre wired power Vold, Jones & Vold Auction Co. Ltd. sheds for DAWSON CREEK AUCTION ‘MILE ZEROyour CITY’rural EDGE ELECTRICDawso & CONTROLS • 250.784.0555 301-116thRd., Ave.Dawson Dawson Creek, Columbia Dawson Creek Office: 34 Vic Turner Airport Industrial Creek, BC British V1G 4H9 power needs! 250-782-3766 VJV Main Office: 403-783-5561 Cattle Sales, Don Fessler: 250-719-5561 Fax: 250-782-6622 Fx (250) 784-0556 • 301-116th office@edgecontrols.ca D

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#47 Vic Turner Road, Dawson Creek, BC Ph: 250-782-6685

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FINANCING & LEASING AVAILABLE ON MOST VEHICLES!

TRADES WELCOME! 2012 CHEVROLET ORLANDO

#110886

$11,900

2.4L, auto, FWD, cloth seats, Bluetooth, PL, PM, PW, keyless entry, satellite radio.

2011 GMC SIERRA 2500HD DENALI

$42,500

6.0L, auto, gas, 4x4, PL, PM, PS, PW, NAV, leather h/s & steering wheel, Bluetooth, satellite radio, sun/moon roof, remote entry/start.

#126115

Sales Hours Monday to Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM red

#123328

2013 Dodge Dart

2L, 6-speed manual, PL, PW, PM, cloth seats, keyless entry., satellite radio

#109694

2013 Ford Explorer XLT

$9,900

silver

#110356

2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT

3.6L, auto, gas, FWD, cloth, entertainment system, keyless entry, PL, $ , PM, PW, back-up camera.

15 800

gray

#124815

2011 Ford Mustang

3.5L, auto, 4x4, leather h/s, keyless entry, Bluetooth, satellite radio, NAV, , power liftgate, sun/moon roof. $

3.7L, Manual, ATC, PL, PS, PM, PW, cloth seats, keyless entry.

grey

white

36 995

#118571

2014 Dodge Durango Citadel

5.7L, auto, ATC, AWD, PW, PL, PM, leather seats, back-up camera, Bluetooth, $ , satellite radio, keyless entry.

52 995

white

#115137

2013 Mercedes-Benz M-Class

$17,900

#124261

ML350, BlueTEC, 3.0L, Diesel, AWD, turbo-charged, Bluetooth, leather h/s & steering $ , wheel, sun/moon roof.

62 900

gold

Sunday CLOSED

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#117474

2013 Ford F150 Lariat

2014 Ford Expedition

5.4L, auto, PL, PS, PM, PW, leather heated seats, bluetooth, satellite radio, $ , sunroof, keyless entry.

49 900

3.5L, auto, 4x4, leather h/c seats, PL, PW, PM, PS, Bluetooth, satellite radio, keyless $ , entry/start, turbocharged.

26 995

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#124331

1.6L, auto, gas, ATC, PL, PW, PS, PM, back-up camera, Bluetooth, cloth , heated seats, keyless entry. $

29 900

silver

#102340

blue

2010 Toyota Tundra

2014 Ford Escape SE

#126631

2013 Ram 3500 Laramie

6.7L, auto, dually, diesel, 4x4, leather h/c seats, Bluetooth, satellite radio, keyless , entry/start, NAV, sun/moon roof. $

53 600

5.7L, auto, 4x4, cloth seats, PL, PM, PS, PW, Bluetooth, satellite radio.

$22,900

grey

#110702

2012 Ram 3500 SLT

6.7L, auto, Diesel, turbo charged, PL, PW, PM, PS, cloth seats, satellite $ , radio, keyless entry.

45 800

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#125550

2014 Ford F150 XLT

3.5L, gas, auto, cloth seats, 4x4, Bluetooth, satellite radio, $ keyless entry.

36,900

black

#125300

2014 F350 Ford Platinum

6.2L, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, PM, leather h/c seats, back-up camera, Bluetooth, $ , remote start, keyless entry.

57 900

white

#108085

2012 Chev Silverado 350HD LT

6.6L, auto, diesel, 4x4, cloth, Bluetooth, keyless entry/start, PL, PM, PW, PS, $ , turbocharged.

39 900

grey white

#116406

2013 Ford Super Duty F350 SRW XLT

FX4, 6.7L, auto, Diesel, ATC, PL, PW, PM, heated mirrors, turbo-charged $ , back-up camera.

42 900