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Tumbler Ridge entrepreneur “tinkering” her way to success STACY THOMAS news@northeastnews.ca TUMBLER RIDGE - A South Peace mom and “tinkerer” has been named a B.C. Job Maker this month by the B.C. government, for her 3D printing company Filament 3D which she founded and operates out of her basement in Tumbler Ridge. The Province honours four small businesses each month which have contributed to B.C.’s economy. Last February Jody Mitchell, a self-professed geek and former medic and first aid instructor, started the company herself, from scratch, with no prior knowledge of 3D print-
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the challenge. “We were never the type to do the traditional road for education, we just kind of taught ourselves. It just seems normal for us to be self-taught and self-driven,” she said. Not only did Mitchell learn the ins and outs of a 3D printer with only telephone support from other 3D printer owners around the world and a Canadian company called Imagination Technology (a relative’s company), she has upgraded the machine to run on solar energy, as well as many unplanned improvements along the way. “A little bit of this, a little bit of that, if it doesn’t work
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DAWSON CREEK - Northern B.C. apprenticeship graduates are earning more per hour than their counterparts in other parts of the province, according to a Ministry of Advanced Education (MAE) news release. “This survey confirms that northern apprenticeship programs are producing skilled tradespeople who want to stay in the region where they trained,” said Andrew Wilkinson, Minister of Advanced Education. “Apprentices are also finding jobs that pay the highest wages of any region in the province.” A province-wide survey, the results of which were published on Nov. 5, shows that 91 per cent of former apprenticeship students w h o c o m -
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Funding for brain injuries STACY THOMAS news@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN - The B.C. government is providing the Northern Brain Injury Association with $91,252 to aid in the organization’s support of people with acquired brain injuries. According to a B.C. Government Caucus news release, the funding will be used to build services in the northeast as well as in Quesnel. Services in the northwest will be enhanced through this funding stream, and will “inform all Northerners about brain injury” the announcement said. “These funds provide a dramatic increase to our client services as well as our brain injury education and injury prevention programs in the remote and often very isolated communities of northern British Columbia,” said Will Lewis, Northern Brain Injury Association program developer. The B.C. government allocated $3-million to the Brain Injury Alliance in May. It is being distributed in two phases; $10,000 to B.C.’s 16 non-profit brain injury service providers for operational costs, and the remainder to be distributed according to applications for specific programs meant to reduce incidents of injury and for helping brain injury sufferers. “If left untreated, brain injuries can lead to issues that impact the entire community,” said Pat Pimm, Peace River North MLA. “The hard work the Northern Brain Injury Association does will improve many lives.”
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started to take off,” Hadland told Northeast News. “It’s easy to control if you can start it early, so if there’s one plant and you pull it you won’t have any plants there. But each plant can generally produce around 300,000 seeds. So if you let it go to seed (and they have a long period of residence in the soil, up to fifteen years), we end up having a real chronic problem.” The former director cited Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse” in his presentation and noted that the writer lists invasive plant species as one of 12 historical reasons for the decline of a civilization; particularly the population of Easter Island, Hadland said, was dislocated by the influx of a crop-destroying weed. A consequence which he says could become a realPhoto Credit Magnus Manske, Creative Commons ity in the Peace. Scentless chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum). “It’s not far off here when you think about what’s happening with deforestation in B.C., and climate change and disrespecting agriculture,” Hadland said. STACY THOMAS “It’s really being disrespected, and the weed control is part news@northeastnews.ca of it.” Directors Karen Goodings and Leonard Hiebert both DAWSON CREEK - Former Peace River Regional Dis- corroborated Hadland’s views about the weed, agreeing trict (PRRD) director Arthur Hadland was at the PRRD that the seed is damaging to forage seed production (one of meeting Nov. 12 to advocate for a harder defence against the region’s most important agricultural exports). what he says could be the downfall of the region’s agricul“The ag [agricultural] community here, especially the tural economy: the encroachment of a weed called scent- ones who produce forage seeds, that [scentless chamomile] less chamomile. is the contaminant. And if it gets into your seed lots, if the The plant (Tripleurospermum inodorum) is common and inspectors are doing their jobs and you don’t have a seed is well known to farmers already, Hadland says, as they clean facility, the buyer will reject it, so all your efforts manage the weed in their fields. become naught,” said Hiebert. “It is a problem for the ag It’s in industrial, residential and commercial areas where community as well as industry, so I think if we were forthe weed—which was introduced to the area over ten years ward-thinking we would make sure that we minimize this ago—is uncontrolled and will become a menace, he says. Continued on Page 23. “I’ve only observed the last year or two that it’s really
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Dear Minister Tootoo, The First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance is writing to request an urgent meeting between the DFO and the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) regarding the minimal returns of this year’s wild salmon runs in BC, the proposed and existing risks to wild salmon habitat, and the implementation of the Cohen Commission recommendations. By way of background, the FNWSA seeks to bring First Nations together to speak with a common voice for the protection and conservation and enhancement of wild salmon throughout British Columbia. The FNWSA will work to conserve wild salmon, and advocate and support recovery and restoration. The FNWSA is extremely disappointed and frustrated by the state of BC’s wild salmon stocks and the inaction of federal and provincial authorities to enact the recommendations and Calls-to-Action of the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. Wild salmon are integral to many First Nations’ cultures, well being and livelihood, and the protection of our wild salmon stocks is equally integral to the economic and environmental sustainability of the province and country as a whole. This year, only an estimated two million sockeye have returned to the Fraser River, far short of the more than six million predicted in preseason forecasts. There is an even further dramatic collapse of the pink salmon fishery, with only an estimated five million fish returning when more than 14 million had been forecast. These drastic shortfalls are even more alarming given that the BC Ministry of Environment recently provided Taseko with permission to
increase its discharge of tailings into the Fraser River by more than 50 per cent at the Gibraltar Mine near Williams Lake, which could lead to even further shortfalls in coming years. Further to the increase of industrial effluents into critical wild salmon habitat we are also baring witness to the BC Ministry of Agriculture’s approval of four new fish farm tenures, despite the Cohen Commission’s recommendation to develop new citing criteria and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans continual promotion of the open- pen fish farm operations of BC’s coastline, including the proposed expansion of the Maude Island site, facility number 869, from 860 t to 2640 t. These operations have determined negative consequences on wild salmon. It is clear to the FNWSA that immediate action must be taken to protect our wild salmon for the benefit of all British Columbians and Canadians. A moratorium on the expansion of all finfish aquaculture ventures along the BC coast needs to be implemented until further evidence is gathered on the negative impacts these installations have on our wild salmon. This year’s runs have made it abundantly clear that our wild salmon stocks are in grave danger, and require immediate action to preserve their habitat. The First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance is calling on the federal government and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, to meet with the FNWSA to discuss the current state of wild salmon stocks, and to discuss the enactment of the Cohen Commission recommendations to safeguard our wild salmon. Given the urgency of this issue, we look forward to your prompt response. Sincerely, Chief Bob Chamberlin, Chair The First Nations Wild salmon Alliance
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JULIA LOVETT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN - With Christmas just around the corner, the shopping has begun for the majority of the community. While the malls are full with people lining up to get the best in mainstream finds, for those looking to add something unique to their collection this holiday season, there is an alternative that will also help communities around the world. Melanie Foster is teaming up with Ten Thousand Villages once again to put on a fair trade market sale over
two weekends from Nov. 20-22 and then Nov. 27-29. "We just are in contact for six months prior to the store and getting everything all straightened up and figured out," said Foster. This year, the store will be located at 10023 - 95th Ave, above the MCC Thrift Store, previously Maxx's Fitness. Foster explained that locations of the store is always done by donations and local companies from around the community have enabled the annual store to take place over the years. Ten Thousand Villages works with artisans from all over the world to sell their hand-made wares and benefit.
"The minute that you hold the product in your hand, I think you just feel a connection," she said. Foster explained that for her, the sale is important because when she looks at each piece, she thinks about the person who made it and how the sale will change the person's life. "I think it's just such a deep connection to the product and their amazing products and they're…one of a kind," added Foster. One story that touched her involved soap made by women in Bangladesh who are trying to rise above their current living conditions. "They've chosen to make this soap and it's called the 'sacred seal soap' so there's a lot of stories behind each product," she said. "So it just means a lot to help," Foster added. She said that the community has taken a great interest in the sale and that one customer named Amber, took the time to write a letter to her and the non-for-profit organization. It read in part, "I think Ten Thousand Villages gives you perspective. A place to reflect on the real spirit of Christmas and on just how very lucky we are to live in a country where we are able to be free, prosper and survive." For those interested in attending, the first weekend will start on Friday, Nov. 20 from 5- 9 p.m, Saturday, Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 22, from 10 a.m - 4 p.m.
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bounds, with customers like the District of Tumbler Ridge and the tourism industry keeping her busy. Filaprint 3D is becoming known for its accurate topographical 3D maps, which Mitchell uses satellite images to create and hand paints the final product. She has had a few industrial customers as well, she says. “Let’s just say a pipeline company is interested in putting a pipeline through some land, and they want to sit down with the aboriginal leaders and discuss where their pipeline is going to go through the land,” Mitchell said, “so quite often there’s going to be a language or a cultural difference there, and people don’t always understand a flat topography map.” Her technology has also been used to create a map of the area which will be affected by the Site C proposed hydroelectric dam, presented to a land owner by his grandson. Mitchell sees 3D printing not only as a business for herself, but a way that education can be expanded for local
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Photo Credit Northeast News Archives An anti-wind farm meeting will be held at Montney Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7:30 p.m. United Kindom's website and the Wind Energy Foundation website, the blades rotate too slowly to give off a strobe effect that would trigger an episode. Northeast News reached out to Peace River Regional District (PRRD)for a comment regarding both the project and health effects associated with turbines, however, no one involved with the proposed project was available. According to the PRRD website, the project would use approximately 3.7 hectares of agricultural land and would generate enough power for 4,500 households. The area of the proposed site is mainly pastoral with class 3 and 7 soils. According to the RES Canada’s environmental report, the company has also been looking at opportunities offered through BC Hydro’s Standing Offer Program (SOP) that allow fixed-priced contracts to independent power producers. The catalyst for these contracts is that the projects must be small scale and it must have all the proper permits approved by the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC). The company must also have control of the land for the proposed site. “They approached us three years ago, asking us if we’d be wanting to put one on our place and we said absolutely not,” he said. While Benterud understands the need for energy alternatives, he feels the farm’s risks outweigh the benefits. “Mostly we’re concerned that this isn’t going to do anything for our community and it’s going to affect our property values by 20-25 per cent and we’re subsidizing this to a U.K. company that in the end, profit sharing is going to go to the shareholders in U.K.,” said Benterud According to the report, however, a wind farm would be beneficial to the community. “The most significant environmental benefit of the project is that it will result in the displacement of greenhouse gas emissions from conventional sources of electricity generation such as coal or natural gas,” it read in part. Benterud remains optimistic that he and others will be able to have their voices heard. “What I’m hoping to accomplish is raise community awareness as to what affect this going to be on our life style and get enough of a movement against it that regional district will have to listen to us,” he said.
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sang "Amazing Grace," heard the Last Post followed by the two minutes of silence and the Lament. There were also speeches and a wreath laying ceremony. It was as Davies put it, successful. "I would probably safely say that…it was a record turn out," said Davies, noting that every single room within the legion was at capacity. "During the parade itself, the streets - in fact - the entire parade route was lined with people," added Davies. For Stevenson, the occasion is marked in somber reverence. He said he believes it it more respectful to remember in a quiet way. In 1944, the young seaman served on a submarine in Shelburne Harbour in Nova Scotia. While on duty, it was his job to keep submarines out and let their own ships into
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the harbour. He explained that his job, which he never thought was dangerous, took a slightly scary turn when on one of those nights, he had a surprise. "I [had] just turned 18 and I just got aboard ship, I don't think I had been there for than a month or two," he said. "We had got a call, I was operating the ship-to-shore radio and we got a call from shore saying that a fisherman had spotted a German U-boat a couple of miles from us. Well, I tell ya, I put in a pretty restless night," he added, chuckling. It's stories like that, Davies said that makes it more important than ever to ensure that people continue to remember and to never forget. As a teacher, he said he is aware that his students are learning what the significance of the day brings. "The number of kids that [were] at that ceremony…was amazing. There [were] lots of young people," he said, noting he feels proud when he sees that. "I think the message is getting out," he said.
transparency and a lack of ability to voice concerns at every stage in the process. According to Simeon, she is concerned about not just the human rights impact but also about the financial impact the dam will have. “Imagine what you can do with $10-billion and I’m sure that… if it goes through, which we still don’t believe and will not accept, but by the time it’s
finished, it will cost like $15-billion,” she said. Blake, meanwhile, said he feels differently about the project. He said he feels that it will give those in need of employment an opportunity and help build the local economy. “B.C. does need power and although everybody doesn’t want it in their backyard, it has to be in someone’s backyard,” he said.
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NLC is committed to providing theitsskilled you will accomplish these important investment goals: At any time of the year, it can be tough to set aside money to invest – either in your investtable, but also for their commitment to finding learning solutions for th as B.C.'s Energy College™. Over the years, I havecontinuing received support and encouragement from local politician workers for these expanding industrial sectors o You get the full benefits of dollar cost averaging – meaning you make your investment purments held in an RRSP or to purchase shares to add to your non-registered portfolio – and that is youth of the region. NLC is committed to providing the skilled including: Senator Richard Neufeld, the former Minister of Energy, Mines an and supporting the economic development of February 23, 2011 • 1:30pm chases (by acquiring more units of investments held in an RRSP or purchasing non-registered especially true in the wake of your holiday season spending. 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February 23, 2011 All valid questions, of course, butAvenue there•is1:30pm one simple answer: Make your investments now. 5208 - 47th Petroleum Resources; Jay Hill, former Member of Parliament for Prince George the region. Given the scope of the industrial Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; and Pat Pimm, MLA for Peace Rive role at the College was to build capacity o You maximize the value of your investments held in an RRSP. Your money grows taxHere’s why. Rycroft Rycroft, AB TOH 3A0 Community Hall deferred inside your RRSP. By making regular contributions, the magic of compounding can Peace River; Blair Lekstrom, MLA for Peace River South and former Minister o expansion in our region, a major part of my North. And I would like to acknowledge the exceptional municipal and region through partnerships with other post-secondary • It’s impossible to5208 time the market – just ask any knowledgeable investment professional. 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Watt’s Happening #69: A Planet Goes Solar By Don Pettit
Yes, it’s solar time on planet Earth. Finally. Things have changed dramatically in the last five years. Back then, respectable organizations like the International Energy Agency were predicting that global solar might reach 20 gigawatts by now. In fact, it exploded to 180 gigawatts, three times the power output of Britain. No one could have imagined that half of all new electricity installed in the US in 2013 and 2014 would be solar, but that’s what happened. If you plot a curve of solar installed around the world vs. time, it’s clearly exponential, zipping right up off the page, doubling every two years. You run the numbers. It’s incredible.
own solar micro-grids while phasing out reliance on expensive diesel. As of this past summer, the Yukon is also encouraging renewables, with a nice $5000 grant for folks wanting gridtied solar on their roofs, and a healthy payment of over 20 cents per kilowatt-hour for the power they produce (twice that currently paid in BC, and no grant here either. Listening, Christy?)
top climate official. “No amount of lobbying at this point is going to change the direction.” It’s been a long time coming, but when things finally fall into place and “it’s time” change can happen all at once. When it comes to solar energy, that all-at-once is right now.
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Why is all this happening? The answer in just three words: catastrophic climate change. The climate is changing, right now, and it ain’t lookin’ good. Question the science if you want, but the world isn’t waiting around for more evidence. Carbon is the cause, and we know what to do. Some 155 countries have already submitted carbon reduction plans for the upcoming Paris summit, including China, India and the US, covering 88 per cent of global carbon emissions. Wow. Taken together, they commit the world to a reduction in fossil fuel demand by 30 to 40 percent over the next 20 years. This will require $90 trillion of investment in new renewable energy infrastructure, mostly solar and wind. Investors are gleeful, and money is moving into renewables at unprecedented rates. “It is unstoppable,” says Christiana Figueres, the UN’s
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China invested $80bn in renewables last year, as much as the US and EU combined. While phasing out coal, China plans to install 200 GW of wind and 100 GW of solar by 2030, and talks of a longterm goal of 86 percent renewables by 2050. The amazing reality is that they can actually do it. India has pledged to put a solar panel on every roof in the country, aiming to raise renewables to 40 percent of power output by 2030. That’s a lot of solar. There are so many examples it’s hard to pick, but here’s another nice one: Morocco is building the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. When completed in 2020, it will provide half of the country’s energy, powering a million homes. Sweet.
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Although the last decade has seen Canada fall far, far behind in the global power shift, our new Federal government has been making all the right noises to help us catch up. We’ll see. Meanwhile, several provinces and territories have taken the lead. Ontario’s aggressive feed-in tariffs (guaranteeing a premium price for clean energy) have created a vibrant solar and wind industry there, and the eastern provinces are following Ontario’s lead. Solar power is growing quickly in the NWT with a $50 million investment in small-scale renewables from the territorial government. This will be a big help for a number of remote indigenous communities who are building their
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• 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. • Out On the Ice: Hockey in the North Peace. Now through December 5, 2015. He shoots, he scores! From hockey-playing homesteaders to the Fort St. John Flyers... hockey has been an addiction for this area. Celebrate the North Peace Region’s love for the game through residents’ memories, newspaper accounts, photographs, and equipment. Come learn about hockey on the Fort Nelson Trail, the North Peace Arena, the FSJ Flyers’ first season, and the hockey memories of kids growing up in the North Peace. This special temporary exhibit is on now at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum until December 5, 2015. • Daddy & Me Skate. Bring out your thinking caps and skate to the PSC Adventure and skate. For Children Aged 1-6 and their DADS, GRANDPAS, UNCLES AND CAREGIVERS. FROM 1PM-3PM AT THE POMEROY SPORTS CENTRE. 9324 96TH STREET. Contact Melissa 250-7856-6021 Ext 232 Family Place@communitybridge.ca • Annual Santa Claus Parade. There will be a variety of Christmas themed floats, free hot dogs and hot chocolate, Christmas carols, the annual tree light up, and of course – a special visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus. These exciting events will be followed up by the annual “Skate with the Huskies” at the North Peace Arena. Bring a non-perishable food item for admission to the skate. Parade Starts on Friday, November 20, 6:00 pm at 98 St& 108 Ave and runs south on 100th St to the North Peace Arena. Festivities in Centennial Park@ 7:00 pm. Skate with Huskies- 7:00 PM at North Peace Arena. Helmets required , no sticks. Bring a non-perishable food donation for admission. • St. Martins Tea and Bazaar. Saturday November 21, 1 to 4 PM. 9812 108 ave Fort St. John. For more information call Rene 250-261-5541 • FREE CPR Class. November is CPR month and the North Peace Leisure Pool is offering FREE, 15 minute compression only CPR classes on November 21. “Bystander CPR & AED use has been proven to be a key factor in increasing the number of lives saved from a sudden cardiac arrest.” There is no certification for the lesson, as it is Compression-only CPR & Basic AED Use. Ages 12 - 18 can attend a class at 2pm, 2:15pm, 2:30pm, or 2:45pm Ages 19+ can attend a class at 4pm, 4:15pm, 4:30pm, or 4:45pm. No registration required, each class will consist of 8 participants. For more information, please call 250-787-8178 • SD60 Fall Band Concert. The Band students of School District 60 have been busy practicing their songs since September and now it is time to hear the results. Come join friends and family in celebrating the children’s achievements at the Fall Band Concert on Thursday November 26th at 6:30. Admission is by donation and goes towards furthering the band program’s goals in music education. • Baldonnel Woman’s Institute hosting a Christmas Sale at the Taylor Ice Arena, Saturday November 28 11 am- 2 pm. Everyone Welcome. Information on tables or sale call Norma 250-789-3248 or Cindy 250-789-6780. • Join Progress Energy for an afternoon of FREE skating, refreshments, goodies and complimentary rentals. The Cake Cutting Ceremony begins at 12:30pm. For more information contact Fort St. John Recreation Department. 250-785-3033|recreation@fortstjohn.ca|www.fortstjohn.ca. PomeroySports Centre, Sunday, November 29, 2015 - 12:00 to 15:00. • 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. Friday, December 4,
2015 - 19:00 to 21:00. Where: FSJPL. • Annual Old Fashioned Christmas Tea. Wednesday December 9, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Enjoy food, friends and festivities at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum’s Annual Old Fashioned Christmas Tea. The museum will be all decked out for Christmas and there will be fabulous baked goodies, sandwiches, tea, and coffee for only $6.00. This is the perfect time to catch up with friends and start your Christmas shopping in our gift shop. • Avid Book Club: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Fort St John Public Library, Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 18:00 to 20:00. 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. • Kids’ Night: Christmas at the Museum. Friday December 11 at 7 p.m. Discover the magic of an old-fashioned Christmas at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum. Come explore a museum decorated for the holidays with trees, ornaments and decorations. Hear Christmas stories, sing Christmas carols, and make old fashioned ornaments and crafts before settling down to enjoy hot chocolate and cookies. REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY AND LIMITED. Event tickets are $5/child or $10/family and must be purchased at the museum in advance. Children must be accompanied by an adult (free). For more information call 250-787-0430.
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• A Show of Small is this year’s Christmas membership show for the Dawson Creek Art Gallery. This exhibit will be on display at the Calvin Kruk Centre (KPAC) from November 12th until Christmas. • Rotary Manor Annual Christmas Bazaar and Tea. 1121-90th Ave. Dawson Creek. Saturday, November 21st. 2:00-4:00pm Crafts, Raffle, Baked Goods, and Tea. FREE Shuttle service available at 1:45-4:00 from Alliance Church. Proceeds go towards resident programs and activities. Everyone Welcome. • 24th Annual Christmas Tree Light-Up Sponsored by the South Peace Oilmen’s Association and the City of Dawson Creek. Friday, November 20th at 7pm. Downtown at the Mile 0 Post (10th Street & 102nd Avenue) • The annual Christmas Craft Fair will be taking place at the Dawson Creek Municipal Library Saturday, November 21st from 10 to 4pm. 30 tables of crafts and gift items! Refreshments and door prizes! • Annual Farmington Farmerettes Tea and Crafts Sale is on Sunday November 22 from 1 pm to 3:30 pm at Parkland elementary School in Farmington. Entry is still just $4 per person. Join us for our ribbon sandwiches and sweets and find some Christmas gifts at one of our many vendors. • Join us on November 27, 2015 for the Early Years Children’s Festival. Time: 11:00am-2:00pm. Location: Tremblay School Dawson Creek. Each year Success By 6 & Children’s First host the Early Years. Children’s Festival. This is a chance for service providers and parents to connect and share information. • Ten Thousand Villages Sale will be held on November 27th from 3pm to 9pm and November 28th from 10am to 4pm at Northgate Mennonite Brethren Church (1800- 109 Avenue blue church across from Kitchen Park). Available for purchase will be a wide variety of fair trade items handcrafted by artisans from developing countries. • November 28: South Peace United Church Christmas Tea & Bazaar from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at South Peace United Church Upper Hall, 1300-104th Avenue, Dawson Creek. • December 5: Community Christmas Concert at South Peace United Church Sanctuary, 1300-104th Avenue, starting at 7:00 PM. Craft and Bake Sale to follow. Admission by dona-
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• Chetwynd Farmer’s Market Community Christmas Gathering Sun, November 22, 12pm – 4pm. Little Prairie Elementary School Gym. Home made items, Home based sales, activities for all ages. Door prizes, refreshments and pictures with Santa. $20 per table paid by October 9th, 2015. For more information please call Susan at 250.788.3477 or Julie at 250.401.3362
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•Ten Thousand Villages craft fair at the Library during regular hours, Thursday Nov. 19 - 22. Contact the Library for more information: 250-242-4778 • We Love Kids Day at the Community Centre. Friday, November 27, 2015 10:00 AM - 3:00 P.M. $4.00 Admission: 10:00 - 11:00 Skating. 11:00 - 1:00 Movie/Lunch. 1:00 3:00 Swimming
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• Hudson’s Hope School Christmas Craft Fair. The Hudson’s Hope Craft Fair will be held at Community Hall this year as the gymnasium is not available. Concession, door prizes, cake walk, Santa Sack tickets, pictures with Santa & more. Set up at 9:00 am for vendors. Tables $15 each. Book your table by calling Bonnie Wilson at 250-783-0654.
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• 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. Every Wednesday, at 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. • Seniors Computer Club meet Wednesdays in the Co-op Cafe from 1:15 - 2:15pm. All seniors are welcome to attend. This FREE club is for all skill levels! Bring your phone, tablet, laptop or any electronic gadget. No computer? No problem! We have laptops to led! Call Anne for more information or to register 250-782-4668
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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 250-788-2996 • 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.
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• 55+ Book Club: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe. December 2, 2015 - 19:00 to 21:00. 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. Please ask at the Circulation Desk for assistance.
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Doctors now taking on new patients in Fort. St. John JULIA LOVETT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN – Families across the North Peace region who don’t have a family doctor can now get one thanks to the influx of new physicians in the area. The Fort St. John Primary Care Clinic, previously known as the Unattached Patient Clinic, has seven new doctors working within its walls. “There are appointments available for patients to be seen. If they called, they’d be surprised to discover they could get an appointment this week,” said Dr. Becky Temple, northeast medical director for Northern Health. Temple explained that previously, patients who wanted to see a doctor and visited a clinic on a regular basis they would be listed as attached to that specific clinic but not to a doctor. “Now we have the wherewithal to actually attach patients to physicians so just about anybody who wants a family…a named family physician for themselves, can actually get one,” she said. As of last Tuesday, Northern Health sent out letters to patients explaining the change-over and telling them they’ve been assigned a family doctor within the care clinic. The health organization started recruiting in July of 2014 with one doctor, nurse practitioners and locums (out-of-town physicians who fill in temporarily). By the following year, however, they had recruited another physician arrived and by September, the clinic had seven in total. “Between that time and now, those physicians have just been getting their feet on the ground, getting oriented to the work that they’re doing,” she said. Temple said that now that the clinic has the doctors they need, they are working out methods trying to figure out which patients need to be seen to first and sorting out who is most ill. At the moment, the letters that have already been sent out; have assigned
a patient to a doctor. For new patients who come into the clinic, they will also be assigned, however, they will have a choice as to who they are assigned to. “If they’re assigned to someone and they prefer to see someone else, as long as that other person is not full… then that change can be made,” Temple said. The clinic, which currently has about 5,000 patients attached to it, will be divided up between the doctors. “A full practice for each of them is somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 patients, so we have really quite significant capacity for patients to have their own family physician, which is really quite exciting,” she said. This announcement came just in time for 10th annual National Primary Care Week that took place this past week. According to Temple, although she said it is exciting news, there is no rush to go out and shop for a doctor as there will be other doctors coming in the new-year. One has already signed to come in July, 2016. “We expect this to just keep going that we will continue to recruit new physicians to the community,” said Temple. She explained that if the recruitment stays as steady as it is, in the event that someone needs to be seen by a doctor but don’t have a family doctor in the community, they would call the primary care clinic and be given a choice of which doctor they would like to see. “They’ll then have an appointment with that physician and at the end of that appointment, basically if they wish to be on that physician’s list, they simply are placed on that physician’s list,” she said. According to the northeast medical director, patients who either have a chronic illness or wish to maintain their health, tend to do better if they have an ongoing relationship with a
primary caregiver, who knows them well.. “It is that continuity of care, it’s someone sort of gathering of the information and keeping all of the information about that patient in one place,” Temple said. “It’s a collaboration between the physician and the patient about what’s important,” she added.
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Continued from Page 5. weed in our community.” Goodings stressed that a more rigid screening process for incoming seed used for industrial purposes could also be implemented. “I think we have to focus on the making sure seed that’s coming into our region and being used to seed down frontages etc. is free of the chamomile, because right now we have it in the front of the airport, where they did the parking lots, and then they seeded it, and lo-and-behold we have scentless chamomile,” she said. “It looks like a daisy, so yes some people think it’s a flower, but I think it’s really important to work with Highways, etc. to make sure that that doesn’t get out of control, as it’s very serious.” Board Chair Lori Ackerman also endorsed taking stronger action against the weed, and suggested petitioning provincial ministries as well as developing a way to educate contractors. Hadland suggested a new program to control scentless chamomile involving more education, effort and enforcement, and told Northeast News he would be willing to participate administering such a program. The board moved to refer the matter to the next Invasive Plant Committee meeting on Dec. 2; however Invasive Plant Program Manager Kari Bondaroff said that the weed is already known to her team and that they have higher priorities. “Scentless chamomile sits on the provincial list for invasive species, it is on the list, but even within our region it’s a medium-priority species, we have higher priority species’ in our area,” Bondaroff said. “That is where the Province spends 60-to-70 per cent of their funds, is trying to keep these other invaders from coming into our region. It’s a challenge, it’s something we are working with the Ministry of Transportation with, the City of Fort St. John, … because it is an issue.”
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