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Rockin’ the Rolla Pub Miss Quincy and the Showdown performed at Remedies Lounge in Fort St. John on Fri., April 25, and at Rolla Pub, where this picture was taken, on Sat., April 26. Here Miss Quincy, also known as Jody Peck, tells the crowd about the minivan she and her band have been travelling in, and how packing in their five guitars, keyboard, drum set and amps – not to mention themselves, four women – is like real life Tetris.
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FORT ST. JOHN – Local counsellor Michael Oren Anthony, 62, was found guilty of sexual assault on Feb. 10, which was committed at his place of work, RCMP have confirmed. The victim is a woman in her thirties and was one of his clients. Anthony worked at A.B.A. Counselling Services, which specializes in couples and family counselling, as well as Autism Behavioral Intervention, according to the company description on the Community Living B.C. website. It’s a case that dates back to September 2010, when the assault was initially reported, with incidents occurring between January and April 2010, according to a previous Northeast News article. An
endorsed warrant followed on Sept. 9, 2011. “It takes three to four years to get to court,” explained Const. Jodi Shelkie, spokesperson for the Fort St. John RCMP. It’s not clear if Anthony has been practicing in the interim. RCMP don’t know, and calls to Crown Counsel were not returned before press deadline. The phone number for ABA Counselling Services appears to be out of service. Because of the sensitivity of the issue, releasing information about Anthony’s guilty ruling was delayed. “It took us a while to figure out what we could release under the publication ban. We had a lot of talking with lawyers about whether we could, or whether we should,” said Shelkie. “There usually is a publication ban on any sexual assault trials.” Anthony was not known to police prior
to his arrest, according to previous reports. Counsellor related assault incidents are not common, Shelkie said. It’s the first time she’s encountered this kind of situation. “I would hope that somebody who’s in that kind of trusted position has the best scruples that there are, and this doesn’t happen . . . if somebody does read about this and that has happened to them, that they come forward to the police.” Self reported victimization data indicates that most sexual assaults are not brought to the attention of police, according to Statistics Canada (2011). Throughout his career Anthony practiced in Dawson Creek, Williams Lake, Prince George and Fort St. John. Anthony appeared in court in Dawson Creek on April 28 to set a date for sentencing. EN
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Rack Em’ Up pockets business license renewal DAWSON CREEK - City councillors have reinstated Rack Em’ Up’s business license after a 25-day suspension. The license was reinstated after council approved five parameters regarding the operation of the pool hall. The parameters were mutually agreed upon by the City’s license inspector and owner Shannon Kisch. Operational guidelines included that the shed on the Looking For A property that was previously used as a smoking room for New Home? Kisch’s clients be locked by landlord Wade Benning and be dismantled by him at a later date. Kisch also agreed that no Everyone Wins at Northern Property! further illegal activities would take place on the property, Bach, 1 & 2 Bed Apts or 3 Bed TH available. that drug free zone signs would be placed on the property Furnished & Unfurnished - Short & Long Term and that the Building Department and the Fire Prevention Rentals available. Officer complete an additional inspection of the building. Further, if the RCMP determines illegal activities are hapCall Carlyn for details on how you can pening on the property, the business license would be perWIN up to 1 “FREE” month! manently revoked and an appeal would no longer be considered. “I am completely good with us having a pool hall in our community. I think it’s a great activity, you just have to take that accountability on in terms of ensuring that it’s ckoecher@npriet.com used for a pool hall and not used for separate purposes,” www.npreit.com said Mayor Dale Bumstead, to Kisch during a April 14 delegation. Kisch and a number of his supporters and customers attended the April 14 council meeting to appeal his business 21 passenger special needs license suspension that was implemented on April 3, due to a letter received by the RCMP. Dawson Creek RCMP 2001 Bluebird school bus advised the City of Dawson Creek that they had been conFor sale by sealed bid as is where is, one 21 passenger special needs 2001 Bluebird school bus complete with wheel chair lift ducting an investigation into a network of cocaine and herand five tie down positions. This bus is powered by gasoline. oin traffickers in the city, and during surveillance observed This bus is currently not road worthy because of modifications a high frequency of visits to Rack Em’ Up by known drug made to the emergency brake cable. The purchaser would be traffickers. The letter also stated that confidential inforresponsible to ensure that the proper parts are purchased and installed before this bus was driven on the road. mants believe that Kisch’s stepsons Jordan and Jory HamCurrent mileage is approximately 142000 kms. bler were using the business as a drug distribution location. Bus may be viewed at 10716 97th Ave One man who attended in support of Kisch, pledged that Contact Michael Fitzgerald @ 250 263-6426 for more info. he had never seen any illegal activity occur on the property Sealed bid will be accepted until May 14 2104 @ 1:00 pm. while playing pool there. Cpl. James Rutledge told council that the RCMP were Vold, Jones & Vold Auction Co. Ltd. not investigating Kisch or suspect him to be a drug DAWSON CREEK AUCTION ‘MILE ZERO CITY’ trafficker, however, they DawsoAve. Dawson Creek, British Columbia 301-116th did have concerns about the Dawson Creek Office: 250-782-3766 VJV Main Office: 403-783-5561 Cattle Sales, Don 301-116th use of a shed that was on Fessler: 250-719-5561 Fax: 250-782-6622 D C the property. When a search
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Photo Credit Jill Earl Shannon Kisch appeals his business license suspension, April 14. warrant was executed on Feb. 28, police found several used and unused needles in a safe needle box, along with a small quantity of cocaine found on one of the males searched. “The business owner has admitted that the business is frequented by children as young as ten and it is particularly disturbing that it is also being used as a place to consume illicit drugs ranging from Marijuana to needle drugs with the admitted knowledge of this taking place by the owner,” the RCMP concluded in their letter. Kisch’s brother Darrell told council that is was unfair that Shannon was being punished for the actions of other people. “You get a bad apple every now and then that comes through the place, but that happens everywhere. It’s like saying Walmart has shoplifters so shut them down, convenience stores have armed robberies, that kind of thing happens,” Darrell said. One of Kisch’s clients suggested that the City inspector create guidelines for him to operate under. Council eventually agreed to that suggestion, but decided to suspend the license until they approved the guidelines. “I do strongly suggest that if you are aware of the activity, that you have some onus on you to make sure that that is not happening on your property. I can think of many people in the community who we sit here to represent are concerned when we hear that you have knowledge- yet you have children there. It’s very important that you take those things into consideration and that you have some responsibility to your community,” said Coun. Shaely Wilbur.
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Peace River Haven for sale JILL EARL news@northeastnews.ca
POUCE COUPE - Aspirations to utilize the Peace River Haven property as a dementia care centre or a seniors residential care facility by Northern Health will not be realized. The health authority announced April 17 that they plan on selling the property. Since April 2012, Northern Health has been undertaking a feasibility study of the property; they have determined that it would be financially prohibitive to retain the building for health service delivery purposes. The study is not available to the public, but Mike Hoeffer, regional director of capital planning, said that it would cost Northern Health approximately $8 million in repairs in order for Peace River Haven to be used as a residential care facility, or $12 million for a dementia care facility. He explained that in order for use, the 36 year-old building would have to undergo renovations to meet current building codes and standards. “You basically have to renovate the entire building,” Hoeffer said. MLA for Peace River South, Mike Bernier, advocated using the facility for dementia care during his campaign, and met with the health authority about the potential use. Bernier said that he was disappointed with Northern Health’s findings. “They did have engineers and consultants look at the building, and they did want to look at utilizing it, because they know that there is a need in the area; but, it was just cost prohibitive and it just wasn’t at this time a facility that if we are going to be spending large amounts of money, that that is the best place to be spending it,” Bernier said. “It was disappointing, because obviously we know and we recognize that there is a need in the area.” Bernier said he will continue to advocate for seniors housing and dementia care in the area, and believes Northern Health knows that those are two issues that the area is facing. “They understand and they recognize that there is a need, most communities in the province do, but in this area here there is definitely a need for looking for extended care units for dementia patients. They told me that they are going to
continue to do those assessments and studies to try to look for opportunities in the area,” he said. According to Northern Health’s press release, they are in the process of developing a dementia care strategy for the region, and will continue to evaluate housing options. While operating, Peace River Haven was a care facility to 28 ‘moderately independent’ residents. It closed in 2012, when residents were moved to the newly built Rotary Manor in Dawson Creek and the Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa. Talks of the building’s closure came five years prior, when Northern Health announced in 2007 that they planned to close Peace River Haven the following year. In a letter to Cathy Ulrich, chief executive officer of Northern Health, former mayor of Pouce Coupe, Barb Smith, wrote that their council was concerned about the planned closure. Smith said that the Village was having difficulties engaging Northern Health in any discussions, and that it was council’s opinion that the more they delay on resolving the future of Peace River Haven, the longer it will take to get it viable again. “Our biggest concern is that we will have two large buildings boarded up and sitting idle in the community for years to come. We want Northern Health to determine a direction for the facilities,” she wrote. Northern Health listed the 29,000 square foot building and surrounding 23 acres on www.bcbid.ca last week, and intends to sell the property as is. The health authority reported that investors have previously expressed an interest in the use of the land and the building. The bidding process will close on Oct. 31. Hoeffer said Northern Health is hoping to $1 million for the property. The Village of Pouce Coupe has zoned the area Public/Institutional.
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FORT ST. JOHN – The city’s boundary expansion proposal is one step further ahead with the Peace River Regional District giving the green light for the latest boundary plan on Thurs., April 24. Consultations with First Nations, the Agricultural Land Commission, the Ministry of Transportation and with Fort St. John residents still need to take place before a final boundary application will be presented to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development for review and approval, according to Coun. Trevor Bolin. It’s the city’s third attempt at a boundary expansion plan, and the revised version attempts to square up the boundary lines, as per the Ministry’s request. Talks about extending the city boundary go back to 2008. Earlier plans were met with heavy opposition, and one of the criteria was that there had to be more in favour than opposed. The approved plan has that majority, with six landowners in favour, but there are still three opposed. To square up the boundary, a long, thin strip of land that extends into Area C, referred to as Tracy’s Finger, after landowner Tracy Bloor, is included in the expansion plan. A point of contention has been that residents there aren’t interested in joining the city, according to Arthur Hadland, director for electoral Area C. “Personally I can see why the city needs to have that
incorporated,” said Hadland. He’s concerned, however, that because of the way the strip of land intrudes into the city, there will have to be services put in across the linear block. He fears landowners like Tracy Bloor, who keeps horses on her property, will face expropriation. “Our family has been exposed to the threat of expropriation 12 times. It’s a very unkind thing, and of course the argument is always that you’re halting progress. Well, after a while, my personal progress is more important than the progress of a larger entity, unless it’s willing to recognize that I was there first,” he said. The land included in the boundary expansion is earmarked for various purposes, some residential, some commercial and some industrial. “One of the things council is going to have to do is if this boundary expansion is going to go forward, we need to look at what zoning these pieces would fit,” said Bolin in an interview with the Northeast News. “We’re going to look at what people are using it for, what the best potential use is for, and have open and honest communication with the landowners as to what they’re looking at in the future.” There are just 22 square kilometres of city owned land in Fort St. John, and the population is poised to grow rapidly, with various megaprojects on the horizon. “The council’s prerogative is to be a step ahead of the game,” said Bolin, explaining that the expansion will help with transportation and housing prices.
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are underway, and it will serve unattached patients, as well as provide access to nursing, mental health and addictions support, said Betty Morris, chief operating officer with Northern Health. Planning is still in the preliminary stages. Doctors still need to be recruited,
and there is no set location for the new clinic. “We are all working together to try and get this clinic up and ready prior to the Fort St. John Medical Clinic at the end of June,” she said. Previously the walk-in component was slated to close April 30th.
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Homecoming draws record crowd BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN – It’s not always clear why some trends take off, but mixed martial arts is a sport on the rise in Fort St. John, which sold out of all 1,400 seats for the city’s first event. Homecoming, which took place on Fri., April 25th at the Fort St. John Curling Club, featured 11 fighters from
Fort St. John, four from Dawson Creek, two from Grande Prairie and two from Peace River, as well as fighters from further afield. “People grow up a little tougher around here in the north country,� said Justin Donally, CEO and president of Fivestar Athletics. “It seems to have produced a lot of good athletes.� It’s a quality of fighter he attributes to long workdays and hard living.
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Getting the green thumb Visual arts victim of cuts
So the snow has melted, and I’m told that the growing season is upon us. I can’t confirm that statement seeing as how I’ve never been much of a gardener (at all), but this year I’m determined to get that green thumb I’ve always been meaning to get. I know that the soil in the little raised vegetable bed in my yard is capable of growing, the previous owners had huge success with a rhubarb plant. Unfortunately, that will be the first thing to go. I hate rhubard. In preparation of planting I’ve planted seeds in starter pot. Ok, at no point did I actually get my hands dirty, but I did supervise. This action was mainly because I saw many friends post pictures of their starters on Facebook- thanks for the reminder.
In elementary school, I was told that all a plant needed was some water and sunlight, but I somehow don’t think it will be that easy. Like a new parent, I’m worried. What types of diseases can they get? Are these shade tolerant? What can grow beside each other? When do I transport them into the garden? There are just so many things! I’m happy to report though, that so far, so good. The tomato plants, peas, peppers and carrots have all started to sprout; I find talking to them helps. I know the internet is going to be a big resource to get me through this, but I’m also hoping some of our readers can offer up some of their expertise (hint hint). Jill Earl, reporter
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At a time when our region is contributing the lion’s share of revenue to the province and paying the high price of the social disruption brought about by the rapid industrialization of our region and communities, we are expected to endure the cancellation of the Visual Arts Program (VSAR) by Northern Lights College due to budget cuts. For almost 40 years, the Visual Arts Program has contributed to the personal and professional development of hundreds of locals. Many have gone on to careers in the arts, some have opened businesses in the region and all have contributed to the cultural quality of life of our communities. The arts community also does not understand the rationale for cutting a program that has consistently met it’s FTE requirements over the decades. Even those who do not consider themselves artists will feel the effects of removing access to post secondary education, professional development and cultural enrichment that the VSAR program provided to so many for so long. The provincial government and the College need to rethink this decision. Barbara Swail, President, South Peace Arts Society
Political manipulation in B.C. : then and now
Only a few years ago, former Premier Campbell passed a law making a deficit budget in BC illegal. He received much praise: “Responsible Premier, responsible Provincial Government”. This piece of the legislation, however, did not last very long. It was rescinded by the Legislature due to unforeseen economic circumstances. Mr Campbell, an astute politician knew it would. Deficits have always been a useful and opportunistic tool of our economic system. This is a prime example of political manipulation and deceit of the electorate. Not much has changed since then! Former governments have passed legislation for protection of the citizens of BC as safety measures to guaranty close scrutiny of important matters. One example is the BC Utilities Commission or BCUC to oversee all measures “economic” of the generation of electricity; another one is the Agricultural Land Reserve or ALR to protect the limited amount of farm land. On July 27,2009, the BCUC rejected BC Hydro’s“Long Term Acquisition Plan” or LTAP. The BCUC made six major determinations or decisions, where it ultimately approved ONLY two(2) of these and rejected the following four: 1) The Commission ruled that BC Hydro “has not adequately addressed the self-sufficiency obligation established by the BC Government”. 2) The Commission re-
jected BC Hydro’s plan for “Demand Side Measure”- the efforts to reduce demand by increasing efficiency-because they were not adequately researched. 3) The Commission rejected BC Hydro’s plan to reduce its reliance on energy from the Burrard Thermal unit for planning purposes. 4) Also….the Commission did not endorse a specific target amount of electricity for the “2008 Clean Power Call” the process through which BC Hydro acquires new power from private producers. So….why is this so important? Since the four issues were so fundamental to the overall plan, the Commission rejected the LTAP as a whole. This clearly indicated A POOR ECONOMIC PLAN on the part of BC Hydro. As a result of their decision back in 2008, the BCUC became a “liability” or obstacle to the BC Liberals and BC Hydro’s own version of an “economic plan”. The BC Liberals stepped in by removing the BCUC from its legislative duties of overseeing the Site C project and all related economic and financial implications. Simple. The removal of the BCUC was a blatant, political interference by the BC Liberals in a well working, established procedure, now giving BC Hydro unrestricted freedom to push through its one-sided agenda without an essential independent review of the Site C project. No way would the BC Liberal Government allow “interference” from any
source including the BCUC. That was then…this is now. Premier Clark is now attempting for a second time to by-pass the legislated requirement that agricultural land cannot be removed from the ALR without public hearings. Mr. Kevin Knoblauch, a resident horticulturalist, in his submission to the Regional District recently made an excellent assessment of the economic value of the agricultural lands to be destroyed by Site C. It is narrow minded (actually stupid!) for BC Hydro to claim that the loss of this uniquely valuable valley with its 2000 hectare Class 1 agricultural potential has “no impact on the agricultural production of this area” (BC Hydro words). As citizens of this province, we must oppose these unreasonable, illogical and undemocratic measures our own government is trying to push down our collective throats. While the Government of Canada is openly criticizing the actions of Mr. Putin in the Ukraine, our own democratic system is quietly being eroded here at home. If the Government of BC removes or undermines the ALR’s role as an appropriate economic or food security “check valve” we will have absolute proof that our own BC Government lacks any form of integrity. Mike Kroecher & Rick Koechl, Charlie Lake, BC
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BC Hydro presents emergency plan to Peace reps. JILL EARL news@northeastnews.ca DAWSON CREEK - The wind storm on Jan. 14 hit northern B.C. with gusts peaking at 125 kilometres an hour, but with them came BC Hydro crews that also blew into action. During a delegation to the Peace River Regional District on April 10, Ben Peco explained the storm was a one-in-30 to -50 year event, and that at its worst, the storm affected over 22,000 customers. Peco is the senior manager of strategic emergency management at BC Hydro. He said that some residences were without power for an excess of 90 hours, due to their remote location. Directors invited BC Hydro to make a presentation to them regarding the cause, effect and remediation of the recent power outage; they felt the need to be more aware of the company’s emergency response plans. Peco said that their plans align with those of the Province’s. “Level three, which is what we saw in January, is a regional operations approach. So regionally we are coordinating assets, coordinating resources. If things escalate beyond that, we would look provincially, and again corporately if things get out of hand for extra support, or extra crews are needed,” Peco said, describing BC Hydro’s five levels of response. He said that through partnerships with the University of British Columbia, and the meteorologists there, the company knew to expect a lot of wind, but did not predict the scale of the event, or that it would come as far east as it did. In response to the outages, BC Hydro deployed 41 crews comprised of two to six people, including local ground crews, contractors and office staff that would normally sit behind a desk Monday to Friday. “These people were good for roping off areas, keeping the public out of the area of a wire, that sort of stuff. So, a huge draw on our local resources to respond to the event,” Peco said. “We mobilized our crews from other areas of the
province, so a lot of our crews from the Lower Mainland came up, Vernon. We worked the crews for a maximum of 16 hour shifts.” Besides actually dealing with the outage, Peco listed winter road conditions, long driving distances and the large geographic area as some of the challenges of responding to the event. A limited number of daylight hours and coordinating quadruple the normal amount of resources also posed problematic for the company. “Another thing that was interesting was repeat outages. We would fix the line and the customer’s power would be restored, but either stronger winds would come through again at night or a tree would go down and it would cause that same line to go out, so that customer goes out again, which causes a lot of frustration obviously,” said Peco. He noted that they were able to use technology within the Smart Meters for the first time, being able to read when power is restored to each customer. The total cost of managing emergency efforts during January’s storm is unknown, but media relations officer for BC Hydro, Bob Gammer, said the company considers the cost in their annual budget. “It’s difficult to calculate the full cost of these storm events, because there is a number of elements, like the materials, the labour, corporate input. I mean, it’s not that we are in a situation where this is an unusual thing. Storms in B.C. are routine, we expect them and we are prepared for them,” said Gammer. “Certainly some storms are much more severe than others. There would very likely be a greater cost to that, obviously. In terms of ‘do we tally up how much each storm costs’, no we don’t,” he said. Peco said that BC Hydro is considering hiring a fulltime meteorologist to better predict and prepare for wind events. Gammer said that they may be able to premobilize crews in some instances if they were able to better predict the storms. He
said that they plan on doing some community outreach to identify key infrastructure in cities to incorporate into their response plans. “Where your warming stations are, where your pumping stations are, the more we can kind of align that information with our database, the better we will be at being able to prioritize in some of these regions, and that’s something that we’re working on,” said Peco. He said that improvements to their response plan will include doing a better job using checklists to make sure that equipment is being replenished on responding vehicles, using more office staff in response and coming up with better damage assessment and restoration techniques. Director Jerrilyn Schembri asked about their response for cold weather situations and requested that one or two generators be moved to the area, in case of a catastrophic event. Peco said that it was something that they can look into. “We were very very fortunate that this took place during relatively mild temperatures, and it wasn’t extreme cold temperatures,” Schembri said. Both directors Dale Bumstead and Merlin Nichols encouraged further conversation with BC Hydro in their communities, stating that they may be able to help them tap into some local resources. “I think that this is a great time for us as communities to engage in that, to be able to have that type of resource, that local expertise, that local knowledge of availability of that specialized type of support that you need in the event of a significant event like this,” said Bumstead. “The more that we can help with those non-technical components that you guys are battling with, and make it more efficient, the better off it is for us in the rural areas,” he said.
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Book Prize finalists tour the Peace BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN – When B.C. Book Prize finalist Robin Stevenson was younger she walked to school with her nose in a book, the author told students at Robert Ogilvie Elementary on Wednesday morning, April 8. When she asked the Grade 5 and 6 students if any of them do the same, three or four eager arms shot into the air. Stevenson, whose juvenile novel Record Breaker is one of five finalists for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, is touring the Peace River region with author Catherine Greenwood, also a finalist for her book
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about simple things, so it’s nice for them to see that even they could write a book.” From an educational standpoint, visiting authors provide a catalyst for many lessons, according to Kathy Scheck, principal at Robert Ogilvie Elementary. “First of all, they are meeting someone who is local and they’re getting the perspective of that person,” she said. “They’re learning about the career of being an author and illustrator, they are having the love of reading shared with them, so that’s a really good experience. And they have a chance then to have the promotion of the book, and find out about the author’s message, or genre, really. So it’s really important to promote that literacy with the kids.” Robin Stevenson and Catherine Greenwood are on tour until Fri., April 25th. B.C. Book Prize winners will be announced on Sat., May 3rd.
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The Peace Region is veryeducational fortunate to have Technologies in Dawson Creek,incombined with through and to spreading word on the benefits of this innovative initiativ and Gas Centre of Excellence Fort St. John, Peace River exceptional leadersby committed to for expanding scope of this program the JimNorthern Kassen Lights Industry Training Centre/ Oil group I have of been very impressed the passion learningthe these leaders bring to th allows College to fulfil its brand SHAREHOLDERS Seed Co-op Ltd. spreading on the commitment benefits of this educational initiativ and Gas Centre Excellence in Fort St. John, and table,tobut also forthe theirword continuing toinnovative finding learning solutions for th as B.C.'s Energyof College™. haveof been impressed by the passion for learning these leaders bring to th allows Northern Lights College to fulfil brand Iyouth the very region. NLC is committed to providing theitsskilled table, butthe also for their commitment to finding learning solutions for th as B.C.'s Energy College™. Over years, I havecontinuing received support encouragement from local politician workers for these expanding sectors Determine whether yourand employer-provided pension Whether your retirement begins tomorrow or somewhere now – especially when it comesindustrial to ensuring you’ll have the one 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 plan is a defined benefit plan or a defined contribution plan. down the road, the time to begin real retirement planning is retirement income you need to realize all your retirement February 23, 2011 • 1:30pm Over theIfResources; years, haveJay received support andPension encouragement from workers for Given these sectorsstartPetroleum Hill, former of Parliament forlocal Prince George the region. the scope industrial of the industrial it’s aI defined benefit plan Member the Administrator can politician dreams. Here’s yourexpanding retirement planning quick guide. 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COMMUNITY Upcoming Fort St. John
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• May 3: Bell Donald’s Women’s Institute Spring Tea and Bazaar. Taking place at the Bell Donald School from 11-3p.m. There will be strawberry shortcake and beef on a bun. • Mar. 11 – May 31: The Fort St. John North Peace Museum presents the exhibit A Shadow Over the Earth: The Life and Death of the Passenger Pigeon. This display was developed by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History & Project Passenger Pigeon. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of the last passenger pigeon in 1914. The Passenger Pigeon’s range extended as far north as the Peace River – it was even shot and eaten at Rocky Mountain Fort. Now it’s gone. How can we prevent this from happening again? Come find out March 11, 2014 to May 31 2014 at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum (9323 100th Street Fort St. John, BC). For more information call 250-787-0430.
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• May 2: The University of Alberta Mixed Choir with Hand Bell Ringers will perform at 7:30 pm at South Peace United Church Sanctuary 1300 – 104 Ave. Dawson Creek, B. C. Admission is by donation. • May 10: Farmington Spring Tea and Craft Sale at Parkland Elementary School from 1-3p.m. To reserve a sale table phone Kim at 250-843-7018. • June 21: Summer Solstice Run at 10am, 5km and 10km for those over age 12 and 3km run for kids 8-12 years-old. BBQ afterwards. Registration cutoff is May 31, call Deep Physio at 250-782-3676 to register.
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• Apr.: Pine Valley Senior Association. Tuesday - Carpet Bowling at 1:30 pm, Wednesday - Computers at 1:30 pm, Friday - Bingo at 1:30 pm, Saturday - Crib at 1:00 pm & Whist at 7:00 pm. Everyone over 55 years-old is welcome. For more information & hall rental call Bernice at 250-788-2307.
Photo Credit Jill Earl The Kiwanis Performing Arts Centre ballet class performed a piece called Aquarium during Dawson Creek’s Festival of the Arts Honours Concert, April 23.
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the Vancouver Art Gallery will once again be up for aucblues entertainment and a silent and live auction. “The idea being that, because we are supported by the tion. Last year, the Society raised approximately $25,000, one community, this is a chance for the artists to contribute as well, so we’re not just relying on grants and that type of of their most successful events. Fast hopes to do as well DAWSON CREEK - The South Peace Art Society is thing. I think you have to go out and raise some of that this year. set to continue hosting their Art Auction Gala for the 33rd money, and it actually matches some of the funding that we Through art classes, sales at the gift shop, membership year, scheduled for May 9. do get from the Province and the City,” said gallery curator fees and fundraising, the gallery is able to raise 80 per cent The event is the Dawson Creek Art Gallery’s biggest an- Kit Fast. of their operating revenue. They rely on corporate sponsornual fundraiser and is an opportunity for residents to bid on Approximately 60 art pieces will be auctioned off in the ship and provincial grants to fund the remaining 20 per cent pieces from some of the area’s most talented artists. The live auction with the help of a local auctioneer; around 30 of their operating budget. evening will include a dinner at Fixx Urban Grill, jazz and items, that have mostly been donated by local businesses, “The provincial ones [grants] go towards education, will be included in the silent because they target kids’ education and adult education, auction. A flight for two to and some of the corporate funding as well goes towards Vancouver with accommo- those programs, so this is our chance to get some operating dations, and two tickets to funds,” Fast said. Dr. J. Grant Timmins The one other fundraiser Dr. J. Grant Tim Dr. John Gentles the Society hosts annually Dr.E. John E. Ge Dr. Todd Lang This Mother’s Day, May 11, is the month-long silent aucDr.J. Todd J. give the gift of relaxation at tion, usually held in the Fall. State-of-the-Art eye health FORT ST. JOHN P 250-785-2020 The Hair Bin or The HB Health FORT ST. JOHN P 250-785-20 Local artists create work esand vision examinations pecially to donate to the auc& Body Wellness & Spa. &RQWDFW OHQV ÀWWLQJ UH ÀWWLQJ XSJUDGHV DAWSON CREEK P 250-782-1121 DAWSON CREEK P 250-782 'LPHQVLRQDO 5HWLQDO ,PDJLQJ tion. Recieve free paraffin treatments for her hands and (\HZHDU IRU HYHU\ EXGJHW “This year we are looking feet with our Manicure and Pedicure gift certificate FORT NELSON P 250-774-2020 6XQJODVVHV 6SRUW *RJJOHV FORT NELSON P 250-774-20 at doing a different sort of special at The Hair Bin. ,QGXVWULDO 6DIHW\ (\HZHDU fundraiser just to rejuvenate Reg. $122 - NOW $112 northernvisioncare northernvisioncare.com some interest, so we’re not FOCUSED on Family Eyecare Give her a well-deserved break with our “Moment quite sure what it will be... for Yourself” package from The HB Health & Body this time around we’re lookWellness Spa. This full body massage and facial ing at something that is more will leaver her feeling pampered social and more interactive,” and rested. said Fast. Reg. $140 Tickets for the gala are beNOW $120 ing sold at the D.C. Art Gallery. “It’s an enjoyable evening. If you want to come out and support the art gallery, please do. It’s one of our Voted Best Spa biggest fundraisers, and it’s People’s Choice 2013 very important to the Arts Society and the gallery,” he 10440-100th Street • 250-787-1553 • www.hbhealthspa.com Gift Certificates Available said.
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