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Out of the saddle after 22 years as horse club president more new people get involved and come into the club,” Cousins said. Initially Cousins thought she would only be the president for a year.
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“I don’t see myself as a leadership type person, but we needed someone to fill the position. I stayed on because I wanted to keep the club going and it seems like new clubs tend to die off after a few years, and it’s done well from there.”
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Cousins has brought that selfless mentality to the club in the two decades she’s been involved. Along the way she’s left a big impact on countless horse riders, students and volunteers, and left a legacy that will be unmatched. “I’ve never seen such a passionate, dedicated, and generous person in my life. She gave so much and has been very selfless — that has to be her legacy,” said Valerie Loiselle, who’s seen Cousins lead the club since the beginning.
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Dillon Giancola Sports Reporter When Rose Cousins started the Dawson Creek Horse Club in 1999 with Tara Norman, she never imagined she would go on to be the president for the next 22 years. In
July 2021, Cousins stepped down as president to let the next generation of horse lovers lead the club forward. “I’m 72 now, and I felt like it’s time for some of the younger people to bring in their ideas and take things forward. I want to see
The club first started out of a desire to give Dawson Creek riders a place to follow their passion without having to travel to other cities or bigger centres. continued on page 16
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Reformed Ministries & Missional Outreach Communion Service: September 12, 2021 1:00PM This Service is open to all Sundays: 1:00 pm 1224 103 Ave, Dawson Creek
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FaithCorner DC Ministerial Association Salvation Army Church David Roch 250-782-0150 davidphyllisroch@gmail.com 11501 17 St, Dawson Creek
Reformed Ministries & Missional Outreach Pastor Terry Hagen 403-835-7235 houseofhagen@hotmail.com Sundays: 1:00pm 1224 103 Ave, Dawson Creek
Alliance Church
Contact: 250-782-3837 dawsoncreekalliance.ca 9009 10 St. Dawson Creek
Bethel Pentecostal Church
Pastor Jared Keber Contact Office: 250-782-5885 office@betheldc.ca Web: www.betheldc.ca 11501 17 St Dawson Creek
Dawson Creek Community Church
250-782-4812 1436 104 Ave. Dawson Creek Church Service: Sundays 11:00 am
St James Presbyterian Church 1501-108 Ave. Dawson Creek Traditional Sunday Service: 10:00 am
St Marks Anglican Church Contact Lay Reader – Rupert Kirk 250-782-2939 Email: stmarks@pris.ca and on Facebook 1029 103 Ave, Dawson Creek Sunday Service: 11:00 am Food Bank: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00am-1:00pm
Grace is a caring church community. We welcome all to worship and share our life in Christ’s love. 250-782-3624 Email : grace@pris.ca 11101 17 St Dawson Creek Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Grandview Chapel
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Notre Dame Catholic Church
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South Peace United Church
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The Grizzly Valley Chapter is part of the national Gideons organization. Our mission is to share God’s Word with effective and engaging forms of Scripture. Reaching people everywhere with the Gospel through personal witness and partnership with the local church. Contacts: Bill & Pauline Hendley, ph. 250-788-8177 (H) 250-788-6902 (C) Email: newtouch@pris.ca; Stanton & Charlotte Miller, ph: 250-782-3881 (H) Email: cemiller083@gmail.com
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Church of the Nazarene Service times: Sunday 2pm, Friday 7pm Website: www.dcnazarene.com Pastor Megan Polowski Email: dcnazarene@gmail.com Phone: 250-719-7425
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A distinctive Christian church dedicated to learning, living and sharing the spiritual understanding of the Bible as revealed in books written by Emanuel Swedenborg. We worship the Lord, Jesus Christ as God Himself in Human form. We believe his whole word is a divine allegory with a spiritual sense. We also have a unique and extensive set of teachings about the life after death. Our motto “ All religion is of life, and the life of religion is to do what is good.” All are welcome to our services and other events. Visit www. dawsoncreeknewchurch.ca for more info and the church newsletter. 250782-8035 • 9013 8 St Dawson Creek Sunday Worship 11:00 am
We meet to worship God, study the Bible, encourage and support each other, and work together to further God’s purposes in the world. Contact: Eileen Klassen 250-219-6375 northgate.a.f@gmail.com Sunday Meetings on Zoom 10:00 am
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Bible Study: 10:00 am Church Services: 11:00 am Contact: 250-782-1710 9201-14th St. Dawson Creek Pastor: Michael McPherson
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Rolla Bible Baptist Church Pastor Bob Rempel 250-759-4540 Web: rollachurch.com Email: rolla@pris.ca Location: Rolla, BC at the corner of 400 Ave. and 403 St. Services: Sundays 10:30am
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Rotary Manor sees protest parade gathering outside facility
Rob Brown Managing Editor A group of 50 paraded past Rotary Manor Wednesday afternoon in protest of vaccination requirements for front line staff. The group gathered this afternoon to protest mandatory vaccination requirements of Rotary Manor staff. It was expected staff to walk out of the facility in support of frontline workers – while some off shift joined up - little materialized from
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parade nearer to 2pm.
The Mirror and other media were contacted throughout the week noting workers were set to walkout in protest of vaccination requirements of front line and nursing staff.
“Tomorrow there will be a large group of staff from Dawson Creek not only Rotary Manor in regards to freedom of choice to be vaccinated,” said one woman claiming to be a nurse at the Rotary Long Term Care in Dawson Creek.
A short procession of cars moved through the parking lot of the Manor at about 1:15pm, while a brief chant of ‘My body, my choice!” erupted at 1:30pm, and some more horns at 1:45pm before a closer to the facility
“Today we must give our full names. Date of birth and our PHN number to a reporting line. Vaxxed or unvaxxed or we face disciplinary action and
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“Staff must be double vaccinated by October 12 or face termination.” On Thursday the City of Dawson Creek had an afternoon meeting concerning masking and vaccination proof. editor@dcdn.ca
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City user groups must ensure all participants and spectators have dosages
Annual General Meeting
South Peace Child Development Society NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to section 78 of the Societies Act, that a General Meeting of the members of the South Peace Child Development Society (SPCDC) will be held at the SPCDC, 9001 10th Street, Dawson Creek, B.C. In person and virtual on Thursday, September 16th, 2021 at 7 pm All Society Members and Community Members are invited For further information and to receive details to virtually participate in the AGM please call 250-782-1161 or email general@spcdc.ca
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The City of Dawson Creek officials met Thursday afternoon to discuss recently announced proof of vaccination and mandatory mask requirements – and documents reveal come Sept. 13 – user groups will be responsible for all their participants, coaches, and spectators’ vaccination status. “This includes people from other provinces that do not require vaccination coming into our facility, they must show proof of vaccination by September 13,” reveal City of Dawson Creek documents for user groups. “Failure to adhere to these regulations could result in your user group’s facility lease agreement being revoked without refund of any lease fees.” City council and senior staff will meet this afternoon to discuss the matter moving forward. The Dawson Creek Mirror has learned at least one user group is contemplating hiring security firm for the door of their events. “Those attending (not participation the facilities 12 to 18 and all adults years of age has until September 13, 2021 to have received first dosage and a plan for tracking your participants, coaches, and spectators vaccination status put in place in your Communicable Disease Prevention Plan.” Prior to September 13 we will proceed with the following for the Memorial Arena. Participants 12+ will wear masks when not on field of play. Spectators 12+ will wear masks while in the facility.
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“It is up to user groups to ensure by September 13 all participants and spectators have proof of first dosage and 2nd by October 24,” reads city agreements. Suggestions for user groups Communicable Disease plans include - Confirm vaccination on all rosters - Hosts checking individuals at the door - Spectators vaccination cards checked when paying for ticketed events by those working the front entrance Currently Community Services will remain registered programming to keep staff from having to collect money and check for vaccination cards upon individuals entering our buildings. At time of registration Community Services will ask for proof of vaccinations. editor@dcdn.ca
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NICHOLS: the long and short of it Merlin Nichols Columnist Once upon a time there was a wise man called Solomon, a king, and very rich indeed, who gave us many proverbs long and short. As Solomon the wise advises us: whatever your hand finds to do, put into doing it your energy your thought your vision your passion, because where you are headed and going fast there is no “work or device or knowledge or wisdom” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). What? Nothing? I’m just reporting the gist of the wise man’s words as I read them. I’m not responsible for what they say! I’m not irresponsible either; I would be if I failed to share them with you. You might question why a guy like me would choose to muse about death. I would respond, “Why not?” It seems that a destination to which all of humanity appear to be headed should receive a little publicity while brain function lasts. We have been terrorized these last 18 or so months. Governments the world around with the zealous and effective help of the main-stream media have been putting energy and passion, if not a lot of thought and vision into scaring the hell out of us with the fear of death by covid. All the time not pausing to reflect that this thing commonly thought to be hell does not exist – at least I can find no evidence for its existence. It’s got to be a fabricated tale of an imaginary destination reserved for the bad to generate fear and compliance. Seems like some things never change! Our governments have learned and practiced their Thomas Hobbes (control by fear) very well indeed. Chronic fear produces compliance like nothing else can do. But what do we have to fear? Fear itself is our greatest enemy. Fear strangles our minds, blockades our ambitions, stifles our drive, thwarts the achievement of our fondest hopes, and potentially can prevent entry into God’s eternal kingdom of love. And the world has lived a year and a half in the nest of fear. What can possibly hatch from such a nest? Except more fear? So life is short, like a squirrel’s life and death is long, really, really long but n ot as funny. We and the squirrel will go to the same place when death knocks. Is that so? How can it be? Indeed. Made from the same elements of the
earth, without life we simply return to earth: molecules of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, magnesium, and other elements, indistinguishable from those of the oncechattering squirrel. Unless... Yes, there is an alternative to living in fear. It’s called living with trust and hope. “But,” you protest, “you don’t give me anything to hope for or in. Returning to the dust like a chattering squirrel! Where’s the focus of hope?” Granted. I can’t cut off the essay here. That would leave me looking like Richard Dawkins or one of his disciples. No, Richard and I are on entirely different wavelengths. He is proud to bill himself as a materialist, an atheist, a god denier. He’s written multiple books to support his position and convince the public who might be sitting on the fence – weak and unconvincing arguments to be sure, but popular nevertheless. I, on the other hand, am not a materialist. I believe in a Creator who takes a personal interest in the affairs of each individual on earth. As Creator, He has given each of us free will, the ability to choose whom we will serve – and there are only two options, not more. You will believe in a Creator who cares about you, or not. There’s no third option. “Still you haven’t fixed the problem of being like the dead squirrel when I die. Where’s the reason not to fear death?” Good point. Our Creator keeps a record of our DNA and has a wake-up time planned for all who have put their trust in the Creator, who is really Jesus Christ; a wakeup call for all who have died from covid or cancer or bubonic plague or hunger or government brutality or from tired old age – it really doesn’t matter. We will hear His voice and come out of the graves alive in the vitality of immortal youth to live forever – as real, flesh-andbone human beings – not as vague, ghostly spirits riding a cloud. That’s what the Book says, not Dawkins’ book, but the Good Book. We have only two options, not three. We can believe Dawkins’ hopeless case, or the only other option, the Creator who cares for us. What happens to fear when you put your trust in the Creator? It goes. The governments with the help of the popular media have worked to create a climate of fear that reduces us to compliant toadies. Don’t let it happen to you. Live in the peace that your Creator freely gives you. That’s the long and short of it.
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Climb for Alzheimer’s invites Peace region residents to raise funds to support people living with dementia The circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with extreme heat and fires throughout much of the province, have posed uphill challenges for all of us. But they have taken an extra toll on people affected by dementia, who have experienced isolation and uncertainty as well as a loss of many services. In many cases, these isolating conditions can contribute to cognitive decline. Committed to continuing to deliver supports for people living with dementia during this time, the Alzheimer Society of B.C. is launching its fall fundraiser, the Climb for Alzheimer’s. The annual event, now in its 10th year, raises awareness and funds to support critical programs and services that help Peace Region and other B.C. residents. As part of the September 1 - 21 Climb, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Chetwynd, Hudson’s Hope, Tumbler Ridge and other Peace Region residents are invited to hike local trails. “Now more than ever, we are pulling out all the stops to make sure British Columbians affected by dementia are able to access the support they need. We continue to adapt our programming to a virtual setting, so it is accessible, no matter where you are in the province,” says Jen Lyle, the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s Chief Executive Officer. “The majority of our funding comes from the generosity of the community: committed individuals and organizations who support us through events such as the Climb for Alzheimer’s.” Supporters include Neptune Terminals, a long-term sponsor of this annual event. “Dementia touches so many people. Often you won’t even know your employees are dealing with it in their families,” says Lisa Dooling, Neptune’s Director of Community & Stakeholder Engagement. Participants can register as individuals or as a team and are encouraged to share their hiking and climbing challenges online. To register or make a donation to the event, visit climbforalzheimers.ca. For questions about dementia or memory loss, or to connect to the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s programs and services, call the First Link® Dementia Helpline at 1-800936-6033. The Helpline is available Monday to Friday, 9 am to 8 pm. editor@dcdn.ca
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During their downtime, the group secured a $1,000 grant in June, which will be used to host painting workshops and more. “We’re looking at opportunities to partner with other groups for space use, if they want to come in and do a workshop, we won’t turn that down.” The studio itself is set up at the aviation building at Northern Lights College, with weekly dates still to be determined, added Loiselle. Tom Summer, Alaska Highway News, Local Journalism Initiative. tsummer@ahnfsj.ca
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Synthia Lavallee, Richard Mineault, Les Randall, Danielle Veach, and Marcel Woodill are letting their name stand and are in the running for two village council seats. General voting for Pouce Coupe will be open to qualified electors on: Saturday, September 18, 2021 between the hours of 8am and 8pm at the Pouce Coupe Community Centre; 5010 – 52nd Avenue. Advance voting will be available to qualified electors on: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 8am to 8pm at the Village Office 5011 – 49th Avenue. As with the first forum - it is expected that not all candidates will be in attendance. editor@dcdn.ca
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Junior Canucks season follows hockey school, training camp The Dawson Creek Junior Canucks are ready for the puck to drop on their 2021-22 season. The team started their year with the Canucks Hockey School, August 23 to 27, in Tumbler Ridge. The team’s first school since 2019 was a popular place to be despite the location, with 70 kids skating with 16 Canucks players, in addition to coaches and staff. “Kids camp was amazing. Tumbler Ridge was awesome again, the kids had a blast as did our guys, it was really successful,” said Canucks GM and Head Coach Colby Wagar. Lunch was supplied throughout the week thanks to Evergreen Resources and Celtic Construction. The team rolled right from the hockey school into Canucks training camp that weekend, August 27 to 29.
“Our main camp went really well, I recruited quite a few players, plus 10 returnees. We had 28 kids at camp, including seven goalies battling for two spots,” Wagar said. From there, the team will begin practices at the Memorial Arena, starting September 6, leading up to their season opener, at home against the Fort St. John Huskies, September 24. Wagar said he’s comfortable with the players he has right now. “We’ll have a completely new look to the team this year. It won’t be run and gun, but a heavy set, tenacious, tough and fast team.” The Canucks will be revealing a full rebrand before the start of the season, including new colours and jerseys, giving the team a fresh
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After four months of endless fundraising events and work bees, the Dawson Creek Volleyball Club’s U15 team has met and exceeded its fundraising goal for its proposed trip to Hawaii in January. The goal was to raise $25,000 by January, but head coach Terri Spencer said the girls exceeded the goal by quite a bit, without giving the exact total. “The girls worked their butts off and we’re super proud of them. Being that they worked all summer, I was a bit concerned about how they would feel about their summer, but my daughter Arielle said it was the best summer of her life,” Spencer said. “She got to spend a lot of time with her friends and teammates, hanging out, going to lunches, having sleepovers, and working together.”
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The team started out in May with the “travelling toilet” fundraiser, and a jerky sale in June. Since then, the girls held a garage sale which 60 families donated items to —”the biggest garage sale I’ve ever seen in my life,” Spencer said — cleanup during the Dawson Creek Exhibition, as well as many jobs for community members such as painting and deck staining that were auctioned of.
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Peace Auto Fest hits new heights in third year The Peace Auto Fest returned to the Taylor chainup area for a third time last weekend, August 28 and 29, and this time, there were no storms and few Covid restrictions to impact it. This year’s festival, put on by Fort St. John Car Culture and the Peace Region Motorsports Association, took things up a notch in all regards — from the amount of people attending, to the amount of events taking place, and even the number of cars participating in the car show.
dollars on these cars and there’s a lot that goes into it. Today here, we did it on a budget, and wanted to show that it’s fun, and it’s active in Canada,” Townsend said. “I feel like everyone here has room for improvement, including myself, but everyone who showed up is giving 100 percent of their effort.” Email sports reporter Dillon Giancola at sports@ ahnfsj.ca
“This year compared to last year, it’s incredible how much it’s grown. We have a great amount of cars here this year, and there are new faces from all over — Dawson Creek, Grande Prairie,” Nathan Fougere said, while wiping down his 1994 Acura Integra in between short burst of rain. He said he was aiming to win the Best Engine Bay award in the Show N’ Shine, and he would go on to do just that. He didn’t have as much luck in the Autocross, blowing his clutch the day before but getting the car ready in time for Sunday’s show.
“It’s so much fun. It’s all about coming out here, having fun together, crashing our cars. Every year it gets bigger and bigger. For a small town, we have such an awesome car community here and I can’t even describe it,” Hansen said. Ryan Mucci, who won the 2020 event, was once again a fan favourite, wrecking nine tires, and blowing a hole in his engine block his last time out. He finished third in 2021, as well as second in the Autocross race, to go with two Show N’ Shine awards. The third PAF saw the debut of the sound competition, which saw about 10 drivers open their car doors, and crank their systems up to 11, to compete for the best system in the region. Gavon Townsend, who’s lived in Fort St. John for a year and is the president of Western Canada’s Basshead Lifestyle, enjoyed being a part of the show and is happy to bring this sport to the Peace Region. “We’re trying to bring sound competitions into the Peace Region and really build the sport here, because it is a sport, people spend hundreds of thousands of
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from our front - out of the saddle after 22 years as horse club president “Dawson Creek didn’t have much to do with horse clubs back then, and we formed it because we didn’t have any clinics nearby. We wanted to ride and do things as a group, a bunch of us wanted to do things together, and have clinics locally. I was travelling to Fort St. John for horse clinics at the time and thought, ‘why can’t we do something like that here?’” Loiselle said Cousins always went above and beyond to bring the sport to local riders in Dawson Creek and remove
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“If kids couldn’t afford a clinic she would give them a break, she was always trying to find horses for students and find tack for them. She did what she could to make sure kid could ride,” said Loiselle.
“(Hahn) said that when he first came up here, he thought we would just be a country bumpkin type city, but said the quality of horse and rider here was exceptional, and that there were better horse riders here than Vancouver,” Cousins said, adding “We’ve always had great riders here but just didn’t have access to all the shows.”
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“She was the hub of our group, she brought a lot of new ideas. She always brought me a coffee
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“They have a lot of new, young people there, and they are going to do great. It’s sad to see people move on, but it’s nice to see Rose step on to a different phase,” Fellows said. Cousins may no longer be in her usual role, but she’ll still be involved. “I’ve stepped down but not away, my love of horses hasn’t gone anywhere. I’ve learned so much over the years, and you form a real bond with the clinicians. Whether it’s a clinician, the riders, or people who keep coming back to the clinics each year, the friendships you make just keep going. I am still riding, I still want to learn — the learning on a horse is endless, there is no end to it,” Cousins said. “I’m a tough person that likes to stay busy, I still want to do stuff but I want the younger people to get involved as well.” Email sports reporter Dillon Giancola at sports@ahnfsj.ca
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Local Authorities Election Act (Section 26)
LOCAL JURISDICTION Peace Wapiti Public School Division, Province of Alberta Notice is hereby given that Nomination Day is Monday, September 20, 2021 and that nominations for the election of candidates for the following offices will be received at the location of the local jurisdiction office set out below within the period beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending at 12:00 noon on Nomination Day. OFFICES TO BE FILLED: 1 Trustee for Ward 1 - Rycroft, Eaglesham, Woking 1 Trustee for Ward 2 - Bonanza, Savanna, Spirit River 1 Trustee for Ward 3 - Beaverlodge, Elmworth 1 Trustee for Ward 4 - Hythe, LaGlace 1 Trustee for Ward 5 - Grande Prairie West, Wembley 1 Trustee for Ward 6 - Sexsmith, Teepee Creek 1 Trustee for Ward 7 - Grande Prairie East, Grovedale 1 Trustee for Ward 8 - Ridgevalley, Debolt 1 Trustee for Ward 9 - Clairmont, Bezanson LOCATION OF LOCAL JURISDICTION OFFICE: Peace Wapiti Public School Division 8611A-108 Street, Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 4C5 For inquiries, please call (780)532-8133 Dated at the City of Grande Prairie, in the Province of Alberta, this 3rd day of August 2021. JoAnn Vanstone, Returning Officer
As required by Section 26 of the Community Charter, the City of Dawson Creek provides notice that it intends to lease a 232.26m2 portion of airport property located within 80 Vic Turner Airport Road for the purpose of a general aviation aircraft hangar. The lessee is Red Devil Resources Inc. at a cost of $418 plus taxes annually, for a term of five years; such rent to be increased 2% annually. There is an option to renew for two additional five year terms. Questions can be directed to Brenda Ginter, Corporate Officer at bginter@dawsoncreek.ca or City of Dawson Creek, BC, P.O. Box 150, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4G4 or 250-784-3614.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO LEASE The Village of Pouce Coupe provides notice, pursuant to Section 94 of the Community Charter, that it intends to lease to the Canada Post Corporation a portion of the building, having a total lease area of 107.1 square meters, located at 5004 – 49th Avenue. The proposed lease is for a five (5) year term, from June 1st, 2022 to May 31st, 2027, with an option to extend the lease for two additional periods of five (5) years each; the first period commencing on June 1st, 2027 and ending on May 31st, 2032; and the second period commencing on June 1st, 2032 and ending on May 31st, 2037. The annual lease fee to be charged during the initial 2022 – 2027 term is $30,250 plus applicable taxes, payable in equal monthly installments on the last day of each month. Gary C. Nason Interim Chief Administrative Officer/Corporate Officer Village of Pouce Coupe, 5011- 49th Avenue, PO Box 190 Pouce Coupe, B.C., VOC 2CO Phone: 250–786-5794
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REGIONAL DISTRICT
Issue 9
| September 2021
In the
Spotlight Blackfoot Park closing for the season Blackfoot Park will close Wednesday, September 15 to allow for more upgrades and campsites to be added before the snow flies. These are in addition to the many upgrades completed last spring – new walking trails, campsites with electrical hookups, new fire pits and picnic tables, new outhouses, and upgraded park buildings. We look forward to welcoming campers again next year!
Chetwynd library public engagement planned for October
Residents asked to put their internet speed to the test With the abundance of rural and remote areas in the Peace region, accessing reliable and affordable internet is an issue facing many residents and business owners. The Fiber Working Group (FWG) formed by the PRRD identifies these challenges as the number one issue impeding economic growth with high-speed broadband internet becoming standard for many Canadians and day-to-day operations. The PPRD is working to identify better options for high-speed Broadband Internet accessibility in homes, businesses and public buildings. The vision is to meet all needs for health, education, and economic development now, and into the future. To help the Regional District take the next steps, the public is encouraged to take the CIRA internet speed test.
Scan the QR code to take the CIRA internet speed test! The performance data gathered from this process will help provide a sense of which areas in the PRRD need connectivity, depending on their current load speeds or lack of. To register for updates on this project please visit haveyoursay.prrd.bc.ca.
Fall Clean-up returns to the PRRD The first day of fall is just around the corner. As your greenspaces change for the season, now is a great time to tidy up those tree clippings and yard debris. The PRRD is making disposal easy for the Fall Clean-up event happening October 4 - October 17!
The PRRD will be holding a community engagement session in October on plans for a new Chetwynd Public Library. The date will be confirmed soon. Be sure to register for an account on Have Your Say to be notified of project updates or visit prrd.bc.ca.
Next PRRD Board eetings:
During this time, district landfills and waste transfer stations have extended hours and all tipping fees for yard and sorted waste are waived. Please note that commerical, business and industrial waste will not be accepted. To view a list of accepted items or to review the hours and locations, please visit the garbage and recycling page at prrd.bc.ca or call the environmental services department at 250-784-3200.
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September 9, 2021 10:00am | Facebook Live, Fort St. John
Engage in the active consultations happening in the Peace River Regional District.
October 7, 2021 10:00am | Facebook Live, Dawson Creek
To view board and committee meeting dates and agendas, visit: prrd.bc.ca/agendas-minutes/
Peace River Regional District Official Page
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