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FORT ST. JOHN- There may be a reprieve in the Site C dam construction if the Union of British Columbia Municipalities has anything to say. The union, based out of Vancouver, held its 2015 convention this past week during which, a halt was called for in the building of the Site C, the controversial project that would see 5,550 hectares of agricultural land flooded if the project comes to fruition. The UBCM would like to see more research and consultation put into reviewing the environmental and culture impact on the Peace River Valley. "What the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) has is,
I think, a very strong voice, in that here we have a democratic body that is calling for this work to stop and I think that's really, really important," said Joe Foy, National Campaign Director, Wilderness Committee in Vancouver. He explained that even though the UBCM does not have the power that the provincial government has to change things, the fact that the UBCM is challenging the government, is a good sign. Multiple resolutions in relating to Site C were passed at the convention, but the two motions from Victoria and Peace River stand out most for the national campaign director. Victoria's motion called for the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC) to review the site and called for the work to stop. Peace River, meanwhile, called for the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) to also review the project.
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UBCM calls for halt Continued from Front. “These are well thought out resolutions, both have passed and...at the heart of the Site C dam project, these two issues…are huge.The loss of agricultural land is the largest single loss we've ever suffered from the Agricultural Land Reserve," he said. "The failure for the BCUC to look at this $9 billion project should give all British Columbians heart palpitations," he added. According to B.C. Hydro, while some of the 5,550 hectares will include agricultural land, Dave Conway, community relations manager for Site C, said it also takes into account sandbars, and islands. "It does have impacts on agriculture, however, the joint review panel in its review of the project said that the impacts the project has on agriculture in the province of British Columbia, in western Canada are October 17th - 11-7pm not significant," he said. October 18th - 10-5pm During the convention, while Foy said there was Quality Inn Northern Grand positive news coming out of Fort St. John, BC the event, he said he was distressed to hear that there was There are workshops and meditation s held throughout clearcutting set to start on the weekend. Please check out the island at the confluence our Facebook page “Spiritual of the Peace and Moberly Festival” for times and lists… Rivers. "Clearcutting islands For more info please contact: Jenn @ 778-256-4700 or in the Peace River would Leah @ 250-263-9255 or eliminate important wildmessage us on Facebook at life habitat," said Foy via a Spiritual Festival Wilderness Committee press
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Murray River Coal Project receives EA certificate despite “potential future significant adverse cumulative effects”
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ment. Other effects which were found by the EA were to In fact the EAO recognizes such an aspect of uncertainty wildlife such as grizzly bear, moose and caribou whose that it has proposed as a condition of the EA certificate that migration patterns could be affected; therefore a Wildlife HD Mining employ an Independent Environmental Moni- Management Plan will be required by HD Mining which tor who will be engaged for the entire extent of the project, will comply with 2013’s Peace North Caribou Plan, the to help in identifying and mitigating adverse affects as they physical area of which the Mine’s footprint will overlap by arise. around 25 to 52 hectares. The Monitor will also be charged with overseeing HD Continued on Page 23. Mining’s continued compliance with their commitments to the conditions of the EA certificate. The amount of subsidence caused at the surface will depend on a variety of factors such as the number of seams mined, the nature and properties of rock being worked around and the depth and surface of extraction seams. The EAO lists changes in topography of the land and increased surface tension and strain as direct impacts of subsidence. Indirect impacts of subsidence could mainly effect groundwater flow which in turn would have “cascading impacts” on other environmental elements such as surface water. “Dewatering” of the underground mine would lower water tables, the EAO said, which would reduce flow to underground streams. This effect would be compounded by the effects of subsidYou get SMART control with New Holland compact wheel loaders. Since there’s less than 2 degrees of horizontal lift deviation, operators can focus on load ence. placement instead of leveling to increase cycle times. The hydrostatic transmission Upon closure of the mine, allows for precise speed control with minimum shifting, while the extra-long the water table will be rewheelbase and low center of gravity allow you to carry heavier loads without flooded along with the mine, tipping. Take a look at these other SMART features: and reestablishing water will • Ride control option for more comfortable migrate towards the Murray operation and better material retention River. The EAO predicts • Spacious cab for better operator that through dilution and productivity and comfort displacement water quality • Standard hydraulic quick coupler that is will not be an issue. compatible with all skid steer attachments
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Rural Gasification should be equal cost for all Approximately thirty yeas ago the Tomslake and District Recreation Commission actively lobbied various government ministries to bring natural gas to our area. Since then, there have been some rural gasification projects completed in the South Peace. Finally, about four years ago, this became a reality for our community… well, almost for all. There is a small area within the previously prescribed contracted area the DID NOT receive natural gas as adamantly promised. The extreme irony of this situation is that the area in question is literally sitting on the gas well supply zone that is piping the natural gas for our community and to residents as far north as Pouce Coupe. The subject area is the CLOSEST to the supply well and was excluded from the approved project. This is clearly unfair and unacceptable. Through a series of bureaucratic bungling and the ball-bearing-dropped by officials in charge, these households were denied the service they were promised, a service that the rest of us now enjoy. Whether it was through cost overruns by the contracted company or other related reasons, this is not the issue. Now a new proposal is being put forth to the affected residents, however the expected financial costs initially presented to them are expected to be two or three times the amount the rest of the service area paid at the onset of the Rural Gasification Project. In preparation for the promised service, some of the affected households went as far as to convert their LPG furnaces to natural gas in anticipation of gas service by wintertime. When this did not happen, they were then forced to revert back to their previous home heating systems (oil furnaces were removed and new natural gas furnaces were purchased in some instances). The Tomslake and District Recreation Commission passed a motion at a meeting that we seriously advocate to all concerned parties that these residents receive the same financial consideration as the rest of the area did when the project was implemented. Sincerely Art Seidl, President of the Tomslake and District Recreation Commission
Could prayer be “our last hope”?
Dear Editor I’ve read countless letters written to B.C. Hydro and very informative ones that made sense but B.C. Hydro, our Provincial Goverment and also our federal goverment turned a deaf ear, because this is where they can get money from the working class people without then bending as much as a finger. I must say one thing when we the public slackens the reigns we also give Satan the go ahead and he sure does take advantage of our errors. The pictures I’ve seen of Satan all had or have a long tail that means he should be on the tail end of things and not first in any thing. So this is the error of all that has been done thus far. (My oppinion) Last week I was given a news paper it’s always been there but never brought forward as the days brighten we can see more clearly and before we know it God is standing before us and as we have left Him out until now we can see in the newspaper how hydro and our goverments are listening to the people of our communities. Let us reverse the issue and put God in His right place, and let Satan be the tail. God is here to help and is glad to help but He needs our permission as He has given us free will and God does not go back on His word. Let us all make God the Head of everything said and done and Site C will cease to exist. God does answer prayer so pray even if you never ever prayed before it is then and only then that we will see an end to Site C and the Peace River Valley saved even at this time it’s not too late. God is an all mighty God put your trust in Him and we will see results. Let’s make this a reality and Site C will b doomed and the Peace valley saved. This is our last hope but should have been our First. Wilfred Stebbe, Hudson’s Hope Note: let us all pray Oct 6th 2015
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Another aspect the study took into account was the expansion of the airport. According to Mike Whalley, managing director for the airport, they expanded the viewing room, added another washroom and upgraded old sections of the facility by putting in new seating. This was all done in an effort to accommodate the growing demand of passengers. “Those are…kind of the little things that we’ve done so far to make it a little bit easier for the traveller,” said Whalley. While the managing director said that the airport will keep expanding, he did say that the positive growth is always subject to the social climate of the town. “We’re going to be subject to what happens politically as well as economically
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JULIA LOVETT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN - The friendly skies just got a whole lot friendlier above the North Peace Regional Airport. Vantage Airport Group announced the findings of a study earlier this week of the 2014 economic impact of the airport in the region. The Airport Economy Impact study showed that having the air-hub contributed $24 million to Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) and created either directly or indirectly 302 local jobs. According to Jennifer Moore, regional economic development officer with the North Peace Economic Development Commission, the airport is not owned by the government but rather by the people of the Peace River communities and contribute directly to the growth and development of the region by flying YXJ. “The rate payers in those communities are technically the owners and if you don’t use the airport, you don’t actually see its value to your community [or] the importance of it so, I think that’s what this study demonstrates,” said Moore. “Moving forward in the next few years, I think the sky’s the limit for us,” she added. The study found that $18 million in household income and $8.2 million in tax revenue was generated. Moore, along with Moira Green, director of strategic services, said that because the hub is a user-funded facility, they help generate jobs and support Canada’s GDP. “It’s about giving value to the community,” she said.
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Wedding show: A blissful event Make sure there is consistency in the work, she advised the crowd of about 300. The day started at 1 p.m. and was filled with venders from all around the Peace Region who sold everything from flowers to bachelorette parties to cake. One of the unique elements came in the form of Just Cause Jewelry Designs. Lisa Bergman, who owns the business, makes one-of-a-kind vintage brooch bouquets using antique jewelry and handmade flowers. She then uses the elements and interweaves them together into the design of the bride’s arrangement. “It’s something that you can keep forever so for example, if you have your grandmother’s or mother’s jewelry and you want to incorporate into the piece, you can do that,” she said. Bergman said that she Continued on Page 14.
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JULIA LOVETT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN - Love was in the air as blissful bridesto-be walked around the different event booths during the 18th annual Fort St. John Wedding Show held at the Pomeroy Hotel on Sunday, Oct. 4. As they walked and talked amongst themselves and imagined what each element would bring to their wedding, brides-to-be and their families heard from experts in the field of all things taffeta and lace explain what the families should look for and what to expect. Alisha Guild, a wedding photographer, told people during her presentation on stage that they shouldn’t be afraid to ask questions and look through an entire portfolio.
Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that District of Hudson’s Hope from Hudson’s Hope, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Northeast Region, for a Light Industrial Sale situated on Provincial Crown land located at Hudson’s Hope. The Lands File for this application is 8015813. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to Bradley Stevenson, Authorization Officer, Northeast Region, MFLNRO, at 370, 10003-110 Avenue, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 6M7, (250) 261-2061. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to October 23, 2015. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at www.arfd.gov. bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information and a map of the application area. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. Access to these records requires the submission of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Visit http://www.gov. bc.ca/freedomofinformation to learn more about FOI submissions.
POTABLE WATER SERVICE ASSENT VOTING (REFERENDUM) NOTICE OF APPLICATIONS FOR SCRUTINEERS On Saturday, November 7, 2015 qualified electors within the proposed Potable Water Service Area, will be voting on the following question: “Are you in favour of the Peace River Regional District Board adopting “Potable Water Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2212, 2015” which will permit the Regional District to establish capital and operating reserve accounts to construct or upgrade potable water tank loader sites in various locations throughout Electoral Areas B, C and D at a maximum annual tax requisition limit that is the greater of $2,000,000 (Two Million Dollars) or $0.331 per $1,000 calculated on the net taxable value of land and improvements and assessed on improvements only?” Scrutineers for and against the question must be appointed if applications are received from persons who wish to volunteer for the positions. Only persons entitled to vote as electors on the question shown above are entitled to act as scrutineers. If sufficient applications are received, one scrutineer for and one scrutineer against the question will be appointed for each voting place. One scrutineer for the question and one scrutineer against the question will also be appointed to be present at the determination of the official results and, if necessary, at a judicial recount. Applications to act as a scrutineer, on a volunteer basis, will be received by the Chief Election Officer at the office of the Peace River Regional District: Head office:
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Application forms are available at the Peace River Regional District offices at 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek and 9505 100th Street, Fort St. John and online at www.prrd.bc.ca. Interested persons can obtain information on the requirements and procedures for making an application by contacting the following people at the Peace River Regional District office:
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NLC is committed to providing the skilled including: Senator Richard Neufeld, the former Minister of Energy, Mines an and supporting the economic development of 23, 2011 • 1:30pm and oneFebruary of the most important components of your plan should be reducing the tax burden on and your stakeholders may be the ableResources; to benefit from the $750,000 lifetime capital gains from exempOver years, I have received support and encouragement local politician workers for these expanding industrial sectors Petroleum Jay Hill, former Member of Parliament for Prince Georg the region. Given the scope of the industrial your successor(s) by maximizing the after-tax Rycroft Community Hall value of your business. tion onpart qualified smallincluding: business shares. 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Knowledge means more bargaining power: Connolly
Photo Credit Stacy Thomas Kathleen Connolly.
STACY THOMAS news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK – Kathleen Connolly, executive director of the Dawson Creek & District Chamber of Commerce, was on a “resource asset tour” last week, travelling to Vancouver, Kitimat and Prince Rupert to network, visit facilities and learn about resource development in those areas. “We’re the NG in LNG,” Connolly said, “so like most people here I understand our component, but I don’t understand that component . . . I’m interested in looking at what those communities are doing, how we’re managing it here and how the northwest is managing it on their end.” The tour was financed by a bursary awarded by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, one of two awarded in B.C., the other given to a representative in Kelowna. The “Gateway to Asia Tour” is meant to
bring stakeholders from various key industries in B.C. together to educate Chamber of Commerce members from around the country, and Connolly hopes to bring what she learns back to Dawson Creek to help give this community a better understanding of how to deal with industry growth and the change that comes along with it. “We don’t want just oil and gas workers here, we also want those with mid-range careers, but who still have to afford to live here, have to have that quality of life,” said Connolly. “So how do we have those discussions to really push for that social licence to actually be implemented, to benefit our communities, so conversations like this allow you to gain an understanding of what other communities are doing with the very same issues. And then how can we brainstorm with our members and industries and government to really get the maximum value out of that development?” Along with other participants of the tour, Connolly met with members of the Canadian Alliance of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), the Port Metro Vancouver, the Asia Pacific Foundation, BC Seafood Alliance, Council of Forest Industries (COFI), the Mining Association of BC (MABC), and others such as Kinder Morgan and CN. LNG Canada, Rio Tinto and Haisla First Nation will also be represented. “It’s the bigger picture of how is [resource development] going to help us in the long term; is it helping us or hurting us?
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Former NLC Dean takes over ITA operations STACY THOMAS news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK - Former Northern Lights College Dean of Trades Jeff Lekstrom has been appointed the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Industry Training Authority (ITA) of B.C. Lekstrom was Dean of Trades at the Dawson Creek campus of NLC until 2012. ITA coordinates and oversees B.C.’s skilled trades system; it works with all stakeholders across trades industries and with government, with a mandate to increase opportunities in trades through training relevant agencies on issuing credentials, setting program standards and managing apprenticeships. “Jeff brings a wealth of leadership and trades training experience to ITA,” says Gary Herman, CEO of ITA. “His addition to ITA and the senior leadership team will benefit us and B.C. as we build a world-class apprenticeship system.” ITA is also a major contributor to B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint. Lekstrom assumed his new role at ITA on September 14. “I’m very honoured to have been asked to take on the role, it’s a large role, a lot of things are going on in industry in British Columbia right now.” Lekstrom told Northeast News. “It’s a very exciting time
for sure, to be involved with trades education.” After Lekstrom left NLC in 2012, he went to Papua, Indonesia where he was involved with the operation of a large mining school which provided education to help indigenous people find sustainable careers in the mining industry. “I’ve been very fortunate in my life to see what impact trades have in other areas of the world,” Lekstrom said. “Everybody used to ask me in Indonesia, what’s the difference between what was going on with training in Indonesia and Canada? And I would just tell them, ten thousand miles. Some of the social issues are the same, some of the obstacles for getting people involved are the same, honestly it’s very similar to what we experience here, it’s just in a different culture, different language.” Lekstrom is a Red Seal welder and recently has been consulting with ITA on the Pan-Canadian Harmonization project.
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Northeast NEWS the bridal party dresses and then the actual final wedding show is the wedding dress show,” he added during an interview with Northeast News. One of the brides-to-be was looking around for ideas to incorporate into her wedding for fall of 2016. She and her fiance will be getting married in Mexico but she said she was there for a girls-only day. “We just wanted an outing to look at stuff,” said Alyssa Huxley, noting that while most of the venues won’t apply, she did have some favourites “ T h e consignment dresses were really neat, they had a good variety of shoes,” she said. Reaburn said that the event was, and has always been, a good fit for Fort St. John. He explained that because the community has always had a young population, wedding season was always on. “It just started out of something that’s just a necessary need of something new and something different in the community,” he said.
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Dawson Creek frac sand Continued from Page 2. “What are the objective criteria that deem this facility safe? How can we comment on the structural elements of such a facility when this information is not provided? I do not believe that town council’s vision for Dawson Creek encompasses a frack sand facility downtown. . . . I urge you to delay approval until such adjustments to the proposal have been made.” One of the original opponents to the facility, Doug Scott of Upper Montney Estates, the development company that owns an apartment complex next to the facility, asked some specific Photo Credit Screenshot questions of Artist’s rendering of future frac sand trans-load council in his facility in Dawson Creek. letter, regarding alternatives for potential noise pollution from backing trucks, silica sand volumes at the facility, and air quality monitoring. Nigel Whitehead, senior city planner for Dawson Creek, said that air quality emissions monitoring is performed by the Ministry of Environment (MOE). “There is a permitting process, the City has no jurisdiction to enforce air emissions, it’s all Ministry of Environment. But I understand the applicant’s working with the Ministry and is cooperating with them.” Whitehead also told Northeast News that once air emission information is available through MOE, it will be publicly accessible through the Ministry website. Whitehead said the facility expects to be receiving approximately four-to-six rail cars of silica sand twice per
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week; “They will slowly build up over the off-season, and all industrial-zoned operations are able to operate 24 hours then when the fracking season is on, which is generally per day, although Wiebe has said informally that his facilwinter, they’ll be depleting their stockpile,” he said. ity will not be operating around the clock. While Whitehead said possible caps on volumes of silica sand stored in the facility would be administered LIFE-CHANGING DEBT SOLUTIONS through the Province or WorkSafeBC, Wiebe did tell Northeast News in an earlier interview that the relatively small size of his facility, in comparison to some other frac sand trans-load facilities, would limit potential Bankruptcy and volumes. proposal to creditors In response to Scott’s concerns about noise pollution Consolidate your debts from backing trucks—which into one interest free he wrote is a main noise commonthly payment plaint received by other faStop harassing cilities—Whitehead pointed phone calls out that as the land is zoned as industrial, the City’s hands Repair your credit rating are essentially tied as far as possible noise control. “That’s outside the realm of development permits. Essentially what it comes down to is they’re an industrial Dean Prentice, CIRP, Trustee zoned property, all industrial zoned properties in the FREE CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION city are exempt from noise – 102ND STREET 250.785.4280 #10611 bylaws, twenty-four hours a FORT ST JOHN, B.C. day. So if council wanted to look at that they would have RESIDENT OFFICE: 700, 1628 DICKSON AVENUE, KELOWNA, B.C. to look at that through a cityGovernment Licensed Trustees in Bankruptcy wide bylaw. They couldn’t MNPdebt.ca & Proposal Administrators just pick out one industrial property and say you can’t have noise here.” Whitehead also said that
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Boots to Blades Continued from Page 3. Both programs, while not unique to B.C., are unique to Fort St. John. They are the only ones of their kind in the area and are geared towards children between the ages of 2-6. One of the games involves the skaters to pick up toys and put them in a circle. During the first couple of weeks the circles were hula hoops but this week, they needed to place the toys in the spots on a dinosaur that was drawn on the ice. "Last week we did ring-around-therosy to show them that falling's fun," said Kelsey Maclean, the skating instructor, referring to the multiple games they have the children play during the hour. Maclean explained that the first week it was a bit hectic because the children didn't wanted to play on their own and wouldn't listen. She said now that they are coming up to their fourth week, it's as though it is a different group all together. "They like to listen and they like to do
all those things (play games). One of the kids actually came up to me and said, 'instead of playing playtime, can we go play that game with the dinosaur again,' so that's awesome," Maclean said. The group of 12 children took some tumbles and spilled some tears but in the end, it was a fun lesson. Four-year-old Beau Almeida said her favourite part of the class was to "jump on bunnies" (do the bunny hop) and falling down. According to Alpina Polotskaya, the program has given her twin boys, Rafael and Maxim, both two, a place to grow and learn skills. "We love it, we really love it, [the] boys love [to] come here," she said. Polotskaya said that whenever she or her partner tell the boys that they are getting ready to go to Boots and Blades, they get excited. "We live in the north," she said, noting that whether they chose hockey or speed skating, it is best to start them out early. Although this program is half way through the six weeks, there will be another five week program starting up November. For more information on either Ice Penguins or Boots to Blades, call 250-787-8150
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PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT NOTICE OF ASSENT VOTING DOMESTIC SEWAGE RECEIVING FACILITY SERVICE REFERENDUM PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors within the proposed Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Area, in Electoral Areas B and C of the Peace River Regional District as identified on the map shown, that Assent Voting (referendum) will be held on the following question: “Are you in favour of the Peace River Regional District Board adopting Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2217, 2015 which will permit the Regional District to establish a domestic sewage receiving function at the Charlie Lake Sewer Treatment Plant for Electoral Areas B and C, at a maximum annual tax requisition limit that is the greater of $500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) or $0.114 per $1,000 calculated on the net taxable value of land and improvements and assessed on improvements only
VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS GENERAL VOTING:
Saturday, November 7, 2015, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at:
Location Peace River Regional District office, Dawson Creek Peace River Regional District office, Fort St. John Electoral Area ‘B’ locations: Buffalo Inn Buick Creek Community Hall Cache Creek Community Hall Cecil Lake Community Hall Clearview Arena Halfway Graham Community Hall Osborn Community Hall Prespatou Elementary Secondary School Rose Prairie Curling Club Wonowon Elementary School / Horse Club Hall Electoral Area ‘C’ locations: Baldonnel Elementary School Charlie Lake Elementary School ADVANCE VOTING:
Address 1981 Alaska Avenue 9505 100 Avenue 23701 (Mile 143) Alaska Highway 15288 Rodeo Road 17031 Robinson Road 4864 Cecil Lake Road 13786 223 Road 22308A Upper Halfway Road 17526 Siphon Creek Road 22113 Triad Road 16242 Rose Prairie Road 19211 Petrocan Subdivision 5836 Baldonnel Road Mile 52 Alaska Highway
October 28, 2015, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. - and November 4, 2015, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. - and November 2, 3, 5 and 6, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location Address Peace River Regional District office 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek Peace River Regional District office 9505 100th Street, Fort St. John Note: All qualified electors may vote at an advance voting opportunity.
ELECTOR REGISTRATION Elector Qualifications There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: • • • • •
Eighteen (18) years of age or older on voting day, Canadian citizen, resident of BC for at least six (6) months immediately before voting day, resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Area for at least 30 days before voting day, and not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in the assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law.
Resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity. If you own property in the Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Service Area and live somewhere else in BC, you may be able to vote in this assent voting as a Non-resident property elector if you meet the above qualifications.
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Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner, written consent from a majority of the property owners to one owner voting. If voting as a Non-resident Property Elector, you are encouraged to contact the Chief Election Officer well in advance of voting day to ensure that all required information is submitted. Special Voting Opportunity will be held as follows: Saturday, November 7, 2015 Dawson Creek and District Hospital, 11100 13 Street, Dawson Creek, BC, between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Fort St. John Hospital 8407 112 Avenue, Fort St John, BC, between 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The only electors who may vote at a Special Voting Opportunity are electors who are qualified under the Local Government Act and who have been admitted as patients or are employed at the above-noted health care facilities. Mail Ballot Voting You may vote by mail if you: • have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects your ability to vote in the conventional manner; OR
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expect to be absent from the Peace River Regional District on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities; OR reside further than ninety (90) kilometres away from the nearest voting place, as measured by road distance.
REQUESTING A MAIL BALLOT PACKAGE: Before 4:00 p.m. on October 30, 2015 you must submit the following information to the Peace River Regional District (1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (office closed between 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m.) by mail (Box 810, Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8); by fax (250-7843201); or email (prrd.dc@prrd.bc.ca): 1. Full name, 2. Residential (911) address, 3. Physical address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non-resident property electors), 4. Method of delivery of your mail ballot package: (a) pick up at Peace River Regional District office, (b) regular letter mail through Canada Post to mailing address, OR (c) regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the ballot package, 5. To ensure you receive the correct mail ballot package, you must indicate whether you are going to be registering as a resident or non-resident property elector. Upon receipt of a request, the Peace River Regional District will send out mail ballot packages commencing on or about October 5, 2015. To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer before the close of voting on general voting day (Saturday, November 7, 2015). NOTE: Pursuant to the Local Government Act, no corporation is entitled to be registered as an elector or have a representative registered as an elector and no corporation is entitled to vote.
SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED BYLAW BYLAW NO. 2217 – Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2217, 2015: If adopted, this bylaw will establish a Local Service Area known as the “Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service” in Electoral Areas B and C. The service will permit the Peace River Regional District to establish operating and capital reserve accounts to assist with the operations and maintenance of the Charlie Lake sewage treatment and disposal system, including replacing equipment and making upgrades to the facility as the Service Area grows. Tax Rate The proposed annual maximum requisition is the greater of $500,000, or an amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property value tax of $0.114/$1,000 when applied to the net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area. Based on current 2015 assessment values, the estimated residential tax rate is $0.06 per $1,000 of assessed value of improvements (buildings). Land will not be taxed for this proposed service. Service Area The Service Area boundary is as shown on the map appearing in this notice. TAKE NOTICE that the above is a synopsis of proposed Bylaw No. 2217 and that this synopsis is not intended to be and is not to be understood as an interpretation of the bylaw. The full bylaw may be inspected online at www.prrd.bc.ca, on Voting Day at the voting places or at the following locations during regular business hours: - Peace River Regional District office, 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC; and - Peace River Regional District office, 9505 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC. For further information on the bylaw or the assent voting process, please call: Jo-Anne Frank, Chief Election Officer or Trish Morgan, Deputy Chief Election Officer (250-784-3200 or 1-800-670-7773)
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PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT NOTICE OF ASSENT VOTING POTABLE WATER SERVICE REFERENDUM PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors within the proposed Potable Water Service Area, in Electoral Areas B, C and D of the Peace River Regional District as identified on the map shown, that Assent Voting (referendum) will be held on the following question: “Are you in favour of the Peace River Regional District Board adopting Potable Water Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2212, 2015 which will permit the Regional District to establish capital and operating reserve accounts to construct or upgrade potable water tank loader sites in various locations throughout Electoral Areas B, C and D at a maximum annual tax requisition limit that is the greater of $2,000,000 (Two Million Dollars) or $0.331 per $1,000 calculated on the net taxable value of land and improvements and assessed on improvements only?”
VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS GENERAL VOTING:
Saturday, November 7, 2015, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at:
Location Peace River Regional District office, Dawson Creek Peace River Regional District office, Fort St. John Electoral Area ‘B’ locations: Buffalo Inn Buick Creek Community Hall Cache Creek Community Hall Cecil Lake Community Hall Clearview Arena Halfway Graham Community Hall Osborn Community Hall Prespatou Elementary Secondary School Rose Prairie Curling Club Wonowon Elementary School / Horse Club Hall Electoral Area ‘C’ locations: Baldonnel Elementary School Charlie Lake Elementary School Electoral Area ‘D’ locations: Deveraux Elementary School Doe River Community Hall Farmington Community Hall Kelly Lake Community Centre Rolla Discovery School Tomslake Community Cultural Association Hall Tower Lake Community Centre ADVANCE VOTING:
Address 1981 Alaska Avenue 9505 100 Avenue 23701 (Mile 143) Alaska Highway 15288 Rodeo Road 17031 Robinson Road 4864 Cecil Lake Road 13786 223 Road 22308A Upper Halfway Road 17526 Siphon Creek Road 22113 Triad Road 16242 Rose Prairie Road 19211 Petrocan Subdivision 5836 Baldonnel Road Mile 52 Alaska Highway 4584 208 Road 3816 Rolla Road 4794 Parkland Road 107 Kelly Lake Road 5164 405 Street 15392 Old Edmonton Highway 5018 226 Road
October 28, 2015, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. - and November 4, 2015, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. - and November 2, 3, 5 and 6, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location Address Peace River Regional District office 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek Peace River Regional District office 9505 100th Street, Fort St. John Note: All qualified electors may vote at an advance voting opportunity.
ELECTOR REGISTRATION Elector Qualifications There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: • Eighteen (18) years of age or older on voting day, • Canadian citizen, • resident of BC for at least six (6) months immediately before voting day, • resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Potable Water Service Area for at least 30 days before voting day, and • not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in the assent voting and not otherwise disqualified by law. Resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity. If you own property in the Potable Water Service Area and live somewhere else in BC, you may be able to vote in this assent voting as a Non-resident property elector if you meet the above qualifications. Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one owner, written consent from a majority of the property owners to one owner voting. If voting as a Non-resident Property Elector, you are encouraged to contact the Chief Election Officer well in advance of voting day to ensure that all required information is submitted. Special Voting Opportunity will be held as follows: Saturday, November 7, 2015 Dawson Creek and District Hospital, 11100 13 Street, Dawson Creek, BC, between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Fort St. John Hospital 8407 112 Avenue, Fort St John, BC, between 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The only electors who may vote at a Special Voting Opportunity are electors who are qualified under the Local Government Act and who have been admitted as patients or are employed at the above-noted health care facilities.
Mail Ballot Voting You may vote by mail if you: • have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects your ability to vote in the conventional manner; OR • expect to be absent from the Peace River Regional District on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities; OR • reside further than ninety (90) kilometres away from the nearest voting place, as measured by road distance. REQUESTING A MAIL BALLOT PACKAGE: Before 4:00 p.m. on October 30, 2015 you must submit the following information to the Peace River Regional District (1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (office closed between12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m.) by mail (Box 810, Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8); by fax (250-7843201); or email (prrd.dc@prrd.bc.ca): 1. Full name, 2. Residential (911) address, 3. Physical address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non-resident property electors), 4. Method of delivery of your mail ballot package: (a) pick up at Peace River Regional District office, (b) regular letter mail through Canada Post to mailing address, OR (c) regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the ballot package, 5. To ensure you receive the correct mail ballot package, you must indicate whether you are going to be registering as a resident or non-resident property elector. Upon receipt of a request, the Peace River Regional District will send out mail ballot packages commencing on or about October 5, 2015. To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer before the close of voting on general voting day (Saturday, November 7, 2015). NOTE: Pursuant to the Local Government Act, no corporation is entitled to be registered as an elector or have a representative registered as an elector and no corporation is entitled to vote.
SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED BYLAW BYLAW NO. 2212 – “Potable Water Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2212, 2015”: If adopted, this bylaw will establish a Local Service Area known as the “Potable Water Service” in Electoral Areas B, C and D and permit the Peace River Regional District to establish capital and operating reserve accounts to improve existing potable water tank loader sites, build new potable water tank loader sites and maintain these sites in the future. Tax Rate The proposed annual maximum requisition is the greater of $2,000,000, or an amount equal to the amount that could be raised by a property value tax of $0.331/$1,000 when applied to the net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area. Based on current 2015 assessment values, the estimated residential tax rate is $0.17 per $1,000 of assessed value of improvements (buildings). Land will not be taxed for this proposed service. Service Area The Service Area boundary is as shown on the map. TAKE NOTICE that the above is a synopsis of proposed Bylaw No. 2212 and that this synopsis is not intended to be and is not to be understood as an interpretation of the bylaw. The full bylaw may be inspected online at www.prrd.bc.ca, on Voting Day at the voting places or at the following locations during regular business hours: - Peace River Regional District office, 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC; and - Peace River Regional District office, 9505 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC. For further information on the bylaw or the assent voting process, please call: Jo-Anne Frank, Chief Election Officer or Trish Morgan, Deputy Chief Election Officer (250-784-3200 or 1-800-670-7773)
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Fort St. John
• 9am-3pm- Fort St. John Farmer’s Market Visit the Fort St. John Farmers’ Market to sample a wide variety of locally grown, fresh & wholesome foods direct from the grower. Date: Every Saturday from May until December at The Fort St. John - Curling Rink - 9504 96th Street. • Boots To Blades. Do you have a little one who is eager to get on ice? Boots to Blades is a completely recreational program where children do the first 3 weeks of lessons in their boots, then switch into skates. Each session will have a 20+ minute instructional component followed by a 20+ minute free play session. Parental supervision is required for this. Visit http:// www.fortstjohn.ca/recreation-programs for more information or contact us at 250.785.3033 or recreation@fortstjohn.ca. Wednesday, 2015 - 09:00 to 10:00 • Welcome to the Achievers Toastmasters Club. Toastmasters International is a world-wide non-profit educational organization dedicated to self-improvement. The rewards are tremendous so please give us a call, email or just drop in for one of our weekly Thursday meetings as our guest. Take full advantage of this valuable opportunity to learn, grow and achieve! • Oct. 2: The FSJ Community Choir is pleased to host a movie sing-a-long at The LIDO Theatre. This night is a fundraising effort to send the choir to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York where they have been invited to sing. You don’t want to miss this fun filled night. More details to follow. Contact: Lido Theatre - 250-785-3011 • Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story. We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Join us for Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story on October 8, 2015. Before the film, we have Marli Bodhi a UNBC Master\\\’s student that is presenting her food security research from Fort St John. Tickets are $10 and available online or at the door. See the Trailer: http://www. foodwastemovie.com/about/ • Avid Book Club: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman. Open to absolutely anyone who loves to devour a good book, and who is up for a wide range of reading materials! Contemporary and classic fiction, non-fiction, Young Adult...all make appearances at this club! FSJPL Book Clubs are member-led, and do not use book club sets provided by FSJPL. Members are encouraged to use our Inter-Library Loan and Inter-Library Connect systems to bring in books in advance. Many titles are also available electronically. Please ask at the Circulation Desk for assistance. :) Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 18:00 to 20:00 • Science StrongStart. Drop in for some Fun Science themed activities. Duncan Cran StrongStart, 8130 89 Ave. Friday, October 9, 2015 - 08:30 to 11:30. Ages 1-5 Years. FREE. Contact: 250.787.0417 • Writers of the Peace. Led by a dynamic group of local writers and would-be-writers, this group welcomes all styles, genres and experience levels. Bring something that you are working on, or just come for the company. Writers of the Peace is member-led, hosted by FSJPL. The group is public, and always open to new members. For more information about the group, please visit their facebook page. Where: FSJPL-Junior/Teen Corner. Friday, October 9, 2015 - 19:00 to 21:00 • Star Wars Reads Day. This all-ages event will take up the entire Library, and the whole day! With something for everyone, no droid, Wookie or Jedi will be left out! Fort St John Public Library - 250-785-3731. Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 10:00 to 18:00. • Think Pink With Serious Sam, Jolly Roger and Dj Ruff. Music & Live Performance. Tickets: By donation, all proceeds from entry will go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Contact: Serious Sam Stanway, Jolly Roger or Davin Hrechka on Facebook. Location: Looney Tunes Night Club in the Northern Grand Hotel. Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 21:00 to 23:45 • Ugly Crafts: Creative Play for Grown-Ups. Sometimes, a grown-up just needs to get their craft on! Come for the fun
of it, and make something ugly! Join in the monthly project or embrace your own weird creativity and make your own thing! (We won’t kick you out if your stuff actually looks awesome…) Location: Program Room. Fort St John Public Library - 250-785-3731. Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 19:00 to 20:30 • 19th Annual Ft. St. John Antique Sale 23-Oct-15 to 24-Oct15. This successful antique sale is being held earlier this year. Get a head start on your Christmas shopping! For information please call 250 787-0430.
Dawson Creek
• Friday, October 9th - Noon to 3:00pm. Dawson Creek Better at Home invites you to our 5th Anniversary Open House. Refreshments, Live Music, Draws. Come and help us celebrate five years of helping local seniors to remain independent in their own homes. For more information call 250-782-2341. •To support B.C. Homelessness Awareness Week Dawson Creek Homelessness Action Committee (HAC) is holding a food drive from October 13 - 17. Bring donations to the Co-op Food Store from 9 a.m. to closing. • October 18: South Peace United Church Harvest Dinner with roast beef at 6:00 pm at South Peace United Church Hall in Dawson Creek. Tickets at Simple Pleasures: $15 per person ($8 for child under 12). Only 100 tickets available. • Oktoberfest 2015. A Fundraiser For The Dawson Creek Kiwanis Community Band. Dust off your lederhosen and join us for a festive celebration, and raise a glass for the Dawson Creek Kiwanis Community Band. This event has become the MUST ATTEND signature fundraising event for the band in Dawson Creek. We’re proud to serve a selection of beer imported directly from Germany and a variety of authentic Bavarian cuisine; we will also offer local craft & International beers. The event hosts an array of arts and crafts vendors spread throughout, traditional games, a photo booth & prizes for the best tradional costume. Saturday October 10th, 2014, 6:00pm till Late at the Encana Events Centre. No Minors Please. More information at http://www.dawsoncreekeventscentre.com/events/detail/oktoberfest-2014. • Grief Workshop hosted by South Peace Hospice Palliative Care. Oct. 17, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Registration at 8:30 a.m. Led by Rob Smith a counsellor with 24 years experience specializing in helping individuals and groups give new insights in the study of death, dying and healing the wounded soul. Grace Lutheran Church, 11101 - 17th St. Dawson Creek. $25 per person, lunch, muffins, and bottled water provided. Preregistration available. Contact 250-782-3261 or 250-7199226. Email sphpcs@pris.ca.
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• Lion’s Club Halloween Dance. October 24, 2015 at 9 p.m. Tickets $15 per person. Available at Marg’s Mini Mart or Legacy Village Market. Prizes for best costume! Midnight Lunch. No minors.
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• Baby’s Best Chance. Pregnancy Outreach Program: Drop In. Contact: Call 250 788 1699 for details. Location: Don Titus Elementary Early Learning Hub. October 12, 2015 at 10:00am - 12:00pm. • Women’s Circle. When: Thu, October 8, 1pm – 3pm. Where: Tansi Friendship Centre. No Childcare. 250.788.2996
Ongoing Dawson Creek
• Dawson Creek Ladies Hospital Auxiliary meets the last Tuesday of the month in the Hospital Conference room (3rd Floor) at 1:30pm. New members are welcome. Call Carol at (250-)782-4595(3rd Floor) at 1:30pm. • Senior’s Swim & Tea Every Wednesday from 10:00am –
12:00pm Swim any time between 9:00 – 11:00 am, then join us for tea, coffee and treats in the classroom. Monthly guest speakers as well – all included in the regular admission price! Hope to see you here! • Mile “O” Quilter’s Guild meet every Tuesday & Thursday at the Calvin Kruk Centre for the Arts at 7pm • Seniors Computer Club is starting on Wednesday, September 9th the Co-op Bistro from 1:15pm until 2:15pm. All seniors are welcome to attend this FREE club! Bring your laptops, notepads, cameras, electronic gadgets. No computer, no problem! We have some to lend! Call Anne Symons at 250-782-4668 for information and registration • Knit Night every Thursday at Faking Sanity (901 103Ave) from 6.30 –8.30pm. Bring your craft and have a great time! Refreshments are available. •Dawson Creek Farmer’s Market Local Produce, handmade items, baking and more! OPEN 9 am-2 pm every Saturday 10300 - 8th Street Dawson Creek • Dawson Creek Alcoholics Anonymous schedule: Monday 8:00 PM 12 X 12 Meeting Closed, 1001-110 Ave. Health Unit; Tuesday 8:00 PM As Bill Sees It. Open, 1001 110 Ave Health Unit; Wednesday 8:00 PM. Institutional Group. Open, Hospital Education Room 11100 13 St.; Thursday 8:00 PM Topic Meeting. Open, 1001110 Ave Health Unit; Friday 8:00 PM. Big Book Study. Open, 1001-110 Ave Health Unit; Saturday 8:00 PM. Living Sober Open, 1001-110 Ave Health Unit.
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• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tues & Fri at Tansi Friendship Centre, 5301 S ACCESS. Tues. are closed meetings (AA members), Fri. mtgs open. Both days from 8-9 p.m. • Soup & Bannock, Weekly on Friday. Where: Tansi Friendship Centre & Kici-Awasimsak Family Centre Everyone Welcome! For more information call 250-7882996 • Do you own a GPS? If so, there are a few “geocaches” located in the Chetwynd area. Check outhttp://www.geocaching.com/ to get coordinates and further information. Enter in our postal code in the upper right corner – V0C 1J0 & don’t forget to bring something to exchange! • Chetwynd Farmers Market Spirit Park, Behind Northern Industrial Sales Fridays 3-6pm Sundays 12-3pm Make it, Bake it, Grow it Call 250-788-3477 for more information. • Chetwynd Meditation Group:Monday Meditations. Mon, 6:30pm – 8:00pm Chetwynd Library. Come and learn to meditate and find out the benefits of meditations. For more information contact Wendy Fontaine at 250-788-9911 or email wfontaine@gmail.com • Cribbage. October 17, 2015 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm. All Adults Welcome. For more info and hall rental - call Bernice 250 788 2307. Pine Valley Seniors Hall.
Fort St. John
• Open Mic Night at On the Rocks. Open Mic is now every Wednesday night at On The Rocks Pub! The show starts at 8pm - Everyone is welcome! - bring a guitar, sign up on the chalkboard, and have a great time of music, friends and fun. Every kind of music, and everyone is invited to perform. Wednesday is also our wings night, so come on out and support local music! • 55+ Book Club: A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews. Join a lively, enthusiastic group of book-lovers! This is a friendly opportunity to discuss books, chat, and share coffee with friends. (Yes, you can bring in some coffee or tea!) FSJPL Book Clubs are member-led, and do not use book club sets provided by FSJPL. Members are encouraged to use our Inter-Library Loan and Inter-Library Connect systems to bring in books in advance. Many titles are also available electronically. Please ask at the Circulation Desk for assistance. November: The Dove Keepers by Alice Hoffman. December: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe.
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and gas development only recently, while northeast B.C. has been exposed to the industry since the 1950s. “We’ve had oil and gas here for a really long time,” she said. “The northwest is new to it, so maybe we can share strategies so that they can learn from our mistakes and sort of create stronger plans, that we’re still trying to catch up to because it was so fast and furious. And maybe they have that opportunity to learn from us on things that they can do better for their communities.”
Continued from Page 13. If it’s hurting us, then we need to have those conversations and say look, this is not benefitting us, or it is, and we’re going to really capitalize on it and knock it out of the park.” She also sees the tour as an opportunity to share knowledge with communities in the west who are experiencing influx of oil
Jackfish rezoning
One resident was concerned about the environmental impacts of a gravel pit next to the lake, and questioned why there was no environmental assessment as part of the application; another wanted to know how the rezoning would affect her property value, as it could potentially open the parcel up to much larger industrial projects under future owners. Resident Clark Hazlehurst echoed this concern in a heartfelt statement which he read to the PRRD panel: “All the best intentions of the proponent can not counteract all the negative repercussions the future may hold,” he said. He also referenced potential danger to the aquifier of potable water which lies under the affected area and is, he said, “apparently not protected by any impermeable layer to slow or stop contaminates . . . increasing industrial activity over top of this aquifer is obviously not a responsible decision.” A report and minutes of this hearing will be included in a future PRRD decision on the rezoning.
Continued from Page 10. would require a 100-metre buffer zone of uncut vegetation between the lot and Halfmoon Lake, should the rezone go forward. There is no public access to the lake; as part of the PRRD assessment of the rezoning the District of Chetwynd council suggested securing Halfmoon Lake as a regional park. This idea was replaced by the 100-metre buffer zone, according to Bruce Simard, General Manager of Development Services.
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projected path of such a breach, risk could be minimized by communication between the two mines and constant maintenance of aquifer levels, ground saturation, and monitoring of the PTD by Teck (owner of the PTD) staff. HD Mining also noted that mitigation processes could be re-evaluated if risk assessment of the PTD changed. The Oct. 1 document “Reasons for the Ministers’ Decision” concludes that the “EA Certificate includes enforceable conditions and specifies the Project design parameters. These give us confidence to conclude that the Project will be constructed, operated and decommissioned in a way that no significant adverse effects are likely to occur, except with respect to the potential future significant adverse cumulative effects on wetlands, forests, and rare plants and ecosystems. We conclude that the benefits accruing to the public interest from the Project outweigh the significant adverse cumulative effects.” This conclusion is echoed in the EAO’s assessment, which states that with exception of “significant cumulative effects to” wetlands, forested ecosystems, rare ecosystems, and rare plants and lichens, “practical means have been identified to prevent or reduce any potential adverse environmental, social, economic, heritage or health effects of the Project to an acceptable level such that the adverse effects are not significant”. The Ministry press release states that the certificate and its conditions were developed with the involvement and consultation from First Nations, the public, government agencies and communities. In response to comments from First Nations, in order to reduce impact on wildlife, HD Mining will be constructing its production decline under the Murray River rather than an overland conveyor. The project still requires a federal environmental assessment approval and more federal and provincial permitting before moving forward.
Continued from Page 5. As the project will be inflicting cumulative effects to the Murray River Watershed, HD Mining will be required to sit on the Northeast Murray River Aquatic Cumulative Effects Assessment Framework Steering Committee. The Project will also be required to develop several social plans to benefit the Tumbler Ridge region, including the Economic and Social Effects Management Plan and a Health and Medical Services Plan, “intended to facilitate communication with local health care providers.” Further conditions of the EA certificate include a Groundwater and Surface Water Management Plan, a Selenium Management Plan (meant to mitigate affects to fish, fish habitat and human life), and a Subsidence Management Plan which will include a Subsidence Trigger Action Response Plan and a Stakeholder Engagement Plan. Other conditions of the certificate include management plans related to air quality, noise and impacts from invasive plants. HD Mining will also be required to share information with First Nations in regards to impacts on Treaty 8 rights. Also, a risk was identified by the EAO in the Quintette Mine plantsite tailings dam (PTD) located directly above the proposed Murray River mine site. The EAO assessment stated that “The Proponent noted that risk is a product of both consequence and likelihood, and that while the consequence is high, the likelihood of failure of the PTD is rare. Following a review of public[ly] available information, the Proponent determined the risk to be acceptable . . .” It was determined by HD Mining that while the consequence of a breach of the PTD would be high, as it could negatively affect people, the environment, and two coarse coal reject piles which lay in the
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Another home invasion in Dawson Creek likely linked to drugs: DC RCMP STACY THOMAS news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK - On September 22, Dawson Creek RCMP attended a home invasion at a residence in the 900 block of 102 Ave. According to information given to police, three males had kicked in a door of the house in order to gain entry. Although RCMP are currently in the process of identifying the suspects, the victims of the invasion are not cooperating with the
investigation, which is hindering RCMP efforts. “There’s not a whole lot to go on right now,” Sgt. Reinink of Dawson Creek RCMP told Northeast News. A Sept. 28 RCMP press release states that police are “confident” that both this incident and the attempted home invasion and gunfire at a residence on 118 Ave. on Sept. 25 were targeted due to the “ongoing struggle for control of the drug trade in the Peace region.” RCMP are not able to confirm if the two incidents are connected.
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Northeast NEWS
October 8, 2015
Halloween Coloring Contest
Halloween Coloring Contest Name:__________________________ Phone:__________________________ Address:_________________________________________________________ Age:_______ Mail or deliver this entry form to: The Northern Toybox Halloween Coloring Contest 10301 Unit C 10th St., Dawson Creek
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Age 13+ Prize
Coloring Contest Rules 1. Employees, contest sponsors and their immediate family are not eligible to win. 2. Competition is for age 13-199, one winner from this age group. 3. Color the picture using crayons, markers or poster paint. 4. All entries must be received at our office by October 30 at 5 p.m. 5. Winners will be chosen on artistic merit. Decision of judges is final. 6. Winners will be announced in this newspaper on November 5, 2015. All entries become property of this newspaper and can be printed accordingly. 7. Entries may be mailed or dropped off to the following address: The Northern Toybox Halloween Coloring Contest 10301 Unit C 10th St., Dawson Creek
10301 Unit C 10th St. Dawson Creek 250-782-1411 toybox@pris.bc.ca