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Melissa Hiller saw fire off in the distance from her downtown Fort McMurray apartment on May 2. She joked with her husband, Jacob, before he left to work at a Syncrude site north of the city that at least she would have some entertainment while he was gone, watching the helicopters battling the blaze. After he left, Hiller took a second look out her balcony. Instead of a mild sense of inquiry, this time she felt intense fear. “I happened to step out on the balcony and I saw these flames. They were so high,” she said. She snapped a picture on her phone and sent it to Jacob. She didn’t know it at the time, but Melissa wouldn’t hear from Jacob again for several hours. She went back inside and switched on the TV, then started to monitor Facebook for any news of evacuations. That’s when she started to smell the smoke. “What I was smelling was people’s vehicles on fire,” she said. “I could smell rubber. It wasn’t just wood smoke, it was toxic. I decided I was going to start driving north to meet my husband.” Little did she know that her family would relocate to Dawson Creek a week later. Before she could even get on the highway, reports were coming in that going north was not in the cards. The highway was closed off. All other highways out of the city were quickly jamming up too, as people were trying to either get back to their homes and grab what they could or get out of the city altogether. CONTINUED ON A2
Fort McMurray residents Melissa and Jacob Hiller and their German Shepherd Luna, are overwhelmed with the support they’ve been receiving in the form of donations from residents in Dawson Creek. The Mile Zero City will serve as their temporary home until they get back to Fort Mac. MIKE CARTER PHOTO
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Contents Local News.....................2 Weather...........................2 Local News.....................3 Site C Work Camp...... 4/5 Letters......................... 7/8 Opinion...........................9 Sports............................17
Arts............................... 20 Community............22/23 Calendar...................... 24 Kidscoop...................... 25 Coffee Corner.............. 26 Classifieds................... 29
It was all about trains for two-year-old Owen Randall Saturday morning at the Pouce Coupe garage sale. ROB BROWN Photo
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From A1 That was how the journey began that eventually landed the Hillers in Dawson Creek. It took Melissa 16 hours of driving, and two hours in a lineup for gas outside Morinville, near Edmonton, before she finally got a hotel room. There, she was able to reach Jacob again. “It was pretty scary,” she said choking back tears. “I was driving away thinking, ‘am I ever going to see him again?’ I am from Ontario so, it’s a long way from him to end up alone.” While many of the people displaced from the Fort McMurray fire are finding temporary homes to the south, in places like Edmonton and Calgary, others have found relief in the Mile Zero City. The Hillers were the first, but other families have since arrived. Northview Apartment REIT (formerly Northern Properties), were who the Hillers rented an apartment from in Fort McMurray. The company agreed to put them up anywhere in Canada. “We tried Jasper first because that’d be a
nice place to spend a few weeks,” she said. “But they had no vacancies so we thought, why not Dawson Creek? We joked about the TV show everyone thinks about when you hear about (the city).” They arrived in the afternoon May 9 with nothing but themselves, the dog and her things as well as about 20 rolls of toilet paper. When she left she was thinking, “If I am going to end up in Anzac in a shelter and there is 20,000 people there rather unexpectedly, will they have enough toilet paper?” Melissa joked. “I thought I can live without all this other stuff but I need toilet paper.” Residents from the city received word yesterday that in roughly two weeks time, a plan will be released for residents to return. Until then, the Hillers plan to check out as much of Dawson Creek as they can. “We’ve got the time,” Jacob said. “Might as well get out and see what we can. We’re adventurous.” dcreporter@dcdn.ca
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Pouce Coupe tax rate expected to stay flat It is a hold the line budget with very little expense being passed on to taxpayers, says Pouce Coupe mayor Lorraine Michetti about a tax rate that will not increase for 2016. Michetti says the average house can expect to see a marginal increased in their taxes for inflation. NDP health critic Jennifer Rice is on tour throughout the north gathering information on maternity care services and the experience of expectant mothers in rural communities. She was in Dawson Creek last week and will return in June to Fort St. John. MIKE CARTER Photo
Health critic on maternity care mission MIKE CARTER Staff Writer
Many rural communities in B.C. like Fort Nelson, Chetwynd, Tumbler Ridge and Hudson’s Hope do not have access to delivery and C-section back up for expectant mothers at their local hospitals. That means they need to travel for several hours in some cases to get an ultrasound. As they near their due date, they also take on the additional financial burden of having to put themselves up in a hotel for weeks beforehand to be close to a hospital where they can access C-section backup if required. The issue is a hot topic for northern communities, and the subject of a tour by provincial NDP health critic Jennifer Rice. Rice has so far visited the communities Haida Gwaii, Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Clearwater, Ashcroft and Quesnel on her tour. Last week she was in Dawson Creek. It’s an information gathering exercise, she says. At each stop Rice plans to listen to parents stories, gather insight on the services available to them and gain perspective on what is lacking. “There is a trend in healthcare services where we are centralizing (everything) and major services happen in major centres,” she told the Dawson Creek Mirror. “In many regards I think that’s a good idea. However, when it comes to maternal health, something as basic and fundamental as having a baby — I think we as a province could do better.” A 2015 study from the Vancouver-based Centre for Rural Health Research looked at the safety of Canadian rural maternity
services. It suggested that the farther a pregnant mother has to travel the higher the risk there is to the baby. “That really piqued my interest,” Rice says. It also brought the issue into focus for the Peace Region, where expectant mothers in Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd have to drive to Dawson Creek for treatments, appointments and delivery. In Fort Nelson, they have to make the four-hour journey to Fort St. John. “I was curious,” Rice said, asking “are we doing the best that we can to service mom and baby? People aren’t going to stop having kids so I thought maybe this is something worth exploring.” During her tour, Rice has spoken to several mothers who couldn’t afford to abide by the general rule of thumb to be near where they can receive C-section back up, four to six weeks before their due date. “You are in a hotel, you are eating out, you are away from your support networks,” Rice said. “Having a baby is stressful enough.” One mother she spoke to from Bella Coola bought a tent and lived in it right up until her due date because she couldn’t afford other accommodations. “These are the kinds things that people in rural British Columbia are experiencing,” she said, adding that studying the issue is the first step in finding a solution. Some communities like Haida Gwaii, are turning to midwives to help solve the problem. There, expectant mothers are told they can have their baby with a midwife on the island if they chose, but if something goes wrong they may or may not have
time to be airlifted to the mainland for a C-section. “People are being informed of their options and are choosing to have births on Haida Gwaii with a midwife,” Rice said. “The number of births on the island keep going up. We can learn from these communities.” Trouble is, there aren’t a lot of midwives to go around. A partnership of the University of British Columbia and the provincial government last year saw $680,000 in funding for a midwife program at the school that would provide a pathway for internationally educated midwives to practice in the province. The program was specifically aimed at bringing those newly certified midwives to Northeast B.C. More midwives is something Rice says this is a step in the right direction. “Those (mothers) that have had midwives have such positive experiences,” she said. “I just think it’s a matter of time where we’ve embraced it a little more fully and incorporated midwives into our healthcare system.” Rice says the hope is that the results of her interactions on the tour will eventually form policies for the NDP. “This is the beginning,” she said. “It’s one thing for me to learn about what services are available in rural British Columbia from a briefing document, but it’s different when you do the (travel) mothers do.” Rice will return to the Peace, visiting Fort St. John on the last leg of the province-wide tour in June. dcreporter@dcdn.ca
“We talking about $48 a household,” she said. Adding the tax rate reflects a hold the line budget for 2016. “We have to start paying and producing our fair share and not relying on provincial funding to be sustainable,“ she said.
Turn to future editions for an in-depth look at both the Pouce tax rate as well a look with Chief Financial Officer Adam Langenmaier at what Pouce’s five year plan means for both the village and ratepayer. editor@dcdn.ca
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Inside Site C’s worker camp with the Dawson City Mirror JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer
With a movie theatre, licensed lounge, running track and basketball court, physiotherapy, massage and hairdressing services, it’s clear the Site C dam worker camp was designed in an age of $100 a barrel oil. The first phase of the $470 million worker camp, which will eventually house as many as
2,000 workers on the dam, was completed late last month. The three-storey modular structure is still bare bones—there are currently beds for 300 workers— but will eventually feature amenities not out of place at a hotel. When the B.C. government approved the controversial $8.8
billion project in December 2014, unemployment in Northeast B.C. was virtually non-existent, and many questioned whether enough skilled workers could be found for the project. Now, with the region experiencing some of the worst jobless rate in a generation, the camp stands as a reminder of just how choosy workers could be.
To compete with lucrative oilfield competitors, ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group designed the camp with amenities top of mind. Site C spokesperson Dave
Conway said economic times have changed since Site C was taken off the shelf in 2007. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
From the top: Phase two of the Site C worker lodge, which includes seven dorms with 84 beds apiece. Stephen Bertoria, a construction officer with BC Hydro, in a trailer that serves as a lounge for staff while the main worker camp is being built. BC Hydro expects to acquire a liquor licence for the camp this summer. Breanna Palmer staffs the front desk at the Site C worker lodge. The camp includes a shuttle service from the airport. JONNY WAKEFIELD PhotoS
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“We’ve seen two economic downturns in that period. You never know what’s going to happen with the economy, so you have to plan for tighter workforce conditions, and the amenities is one of the choices workers make in choosing where they want to work.” Construction finished last month on Phase One of the project, which includes beds for 300 workers. At full capacity, the camp will be able to house 2,000. At first, BC Hydro planned to build separate work camps on either side of the river, connected by a construction bridge completed earlier this
year. Eventually, the decision was made to go with one massive work camp on the dam’s North Bank. Not all Site C employees will live at the camp. Local hires can continue to live in Fort St. John or the surrounding area, but at least one long-term stay camp site has been expanded for workers who choose to live in RVs or trailers. Planning for the camp was taking place when Fort St. John had one of the lowest vacancy rates in the province. Now, it has one of the highest. “We were hearing a lot from the city and the region at the time about the impacts on housing in
the city and their availability,” Conway said. “We looked at a combination of things: work camp for some of the workforce, in-town housing for local and regional hires.” BC Hydro also paid to expand long-term stay RV sites near Taylor, as well as fifty housing units in the city of Fort St. John as part of a community measures agreement. Ten of those units have been set aside for social housing, while the other 40 will house BC Hydro employees during construction. When construction is complete, the 50 units will be managed by a social housing non-profit. reporter@dcdn.ca
Clockwise from above: Housekeeping staff having lunch at the temporary Site C construction camp. Around 500 people were working on the dam in early May, and another viewpoint. JONNY WAKEFIELD PHOTOS
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DC senior plans grad legacy project
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Grade 12 student Madi Bassett will have a lowerkey grad dress later this year – in fact it will be made out of burlap. Bassett, who will be graduating from DC Secondary School South Peace Campus in June, will be raising money to help send children to school in
Haiti through Mission of Grace. “I decided since I have been so privileged to received an education, that I would challenge my grad class to give up one thing for graduation that they don’t really need,” she says. For Bassett, it will be her graduation dress. “For my part I will be wearing a handmade burlap and chiffon dress.” The materials for her dress cost less than
$50 and were made by local seamstress Shirley Duperron, who says she has been sewing for years, said she was told about the project and was interested in helping out. “Burlap is something you can’t really use scissors on and you have to surge the material as well,” she says. Bassett said her goal is to use the money she saves on her dress to send two children to school. For education in Haiti for a year, approximately $260 per child is needed. This covers, uniforms, books, teacher pay and two meals a day. “I’m doing this challenge through my Grad Legacy group at South Peace. We are accepting donations from businesses and community members,” she said. For more info, email madibassett@outloook. com or call 250-782-7173. editor@dcdn.ca
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For Trudeau RE: Site C Dear Prime Minister Trudeau: I request that you act immediately act to reverse all federal permitting which allows work on the Site C Dam in British Columbia to go forward, or at the very least put into place a moratorium on construction until legal actions by local First Nations have been fully resolved in the courts. There is clearly no justification for ignoring the treaty rights of local First Nations. It is high time for the abusers to learn that “no means no.” I am a non-Native rancher in the B.C. southern interior and it is my belief that Site C is a clear statement from the provincial and federal government that the centuries-old racist colonial power structure is firmly entrenched, and willing and able to recklessly continue abusive exploitation at the point of a gun as it might wish. I predict Site C will go down in history as a shining symbol of hypocrisy about “truth and reconciliation” in Canada for all the world to see, and that it will be harmful to all Canadians, Native and non-Native alike. John McNamer, Kamloops
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P.S. to Conway: Part of the mitigation package was a commitment to include Class 1-3 land outside the Project area into the ALR. Question 1: Did you ever find those supposed 1356 ha? After many hours working with BC Hydro-provided maps, I couldn’t. Question 2: How is the inclusion application to the Agricultural Land Commission coming along? Supported by a provincial government hell-bent on building this project, regardless of the consequences, BC Hydro loves to cite the Joint Review Panel report. But,
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Repeating the same misleading information again and again doesn’t make it true. Virtually every point made by Dave Conway to justify the loss of agricultural land due to Site C has been thoroughly discredited by agricultural professionals and others long ago. BC Hydro’s agricultural impact numbers have never made sense and cannot accurately communicate what we are sacrificing for this dinosaurera energy project. Focused on negotiations with individual land owners, the compensation package does not address cumulative effects on future farm communities, especially related to the additional 9600 ha of land within the project impact lines.
The suggestion that it is O.K. to flood 3500 ha of Peace River Valley Class 1-3 agricultural lands because there will be lots remaining sounds persuasive, except when you consider that these PRV lands are the only lands with a Class 1 climate north of Quesnel; except when you understand that only 1% of the land area of the Province has Class 1 to 3 land capability for agriculture; and except when, in the competition with other legitimate land use demands, there is no guarantee how much of this land will be available to grow vegetables in the future.
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Dear Editor, With respect to your article ‘Is Site C Canada’s last megadam’. Is this some attempt by the Premier to say ‘We won’t do anything this arrogant and flat out stupid again with the resources of the people of BC?’ The last dam we will build, and the reason we are doing it is because we are brave? Standing up to the people who peddle pies for pennies to come up with the funding needed to battle Hydros hundreds of millions of dollars spent putting together incomplete, inconclusive, and incompetent justification for this proposed dam. And the Liberals have a chance of getting away with it because they
degraded the rules whereby we had a chance to find out what was really happening with the money we are expected to pay back, and with the valuable river valley that we are expected to surrender, and with the last of the good will that was placed in our mutually signed Treaty 8. Really? When a government tries to make stale old promises to justify the most expensive mistake our Province has ever made it would be simpler to just not make the mistake. Stop Site C. Shame is not a good enough name for what this Liberal Government should be feeling.
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PAWTERNITY LEAVE: We start our news chewing tour of the world with a true story from the UK. Some British companies now give employees paid time off when they bring home a new pet. There’s a sliding scale: If you have a new puppy, you take a week off while the doggie settles in. Bring a new cat home - you take two days off. Bring a new goldfish home - you go to work five minutes late. WATER WHOA! Some Canadian politicians want to ban imported bottled water. We have most of the world’s fresh water, and yet we import bottled water from overseas. I was in the Grande Prairie mall foodcourt recently and I saw one place selling bottled water from - I kid you not - the Pacific island of Fiji. That’s crazy! How many people in Fiji do you think are eating Canadian poutine? WONDER WATER: Also on the subject of water, scientists at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University have invented a machine that extracts water from the air. They hope it will help poor countries
where water is scarce. Meanwhile, I hear Revenue Canada is working on a way to extract blood from a turnip. MEDITATION MEMO: A new study shows meditation can add seven years to your life. That’s pretty good. Although daydreaming adds four years. Just staring into space adds two years. NAME GAME: Last week a woman who gave birth on a plane owned by the Australian airline Jetstar named her baby after the airline. Baby Jetstar is doing fine. By the way: Can you guess why my middle name is Greyhound? STAR BORES: Wednesday, May 4th was celebrated around the world as Star Wars Day. (May the Fourth Be With You) A mischievous scientist calculated to build an actual Death Star like the one in “Star Wars” would cost $64,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000. Ten bucks extra if you want a hook on the back of the door so Darth Vader can hang up his helmet. CENSUS SENSELESS: Canadians received census forms. Actually, it’s not a paper form. They want you to go online and spend 17 hours clicking on the answers to their dumb questions. By the way:
“Census” is an ancient Latin word that translates into English as -- “We Are Going To Stick Our Nose In Your Business” SWIFT STORY: Fans of Taylor Swift were thrilled to hear she will appear in the new “X Men: Apocalypse” movie. Taylor plays a mutant singer who’s learned the secret of how to turn sound into light. Taylor already knows the secret of how to turn sound into cash. STAMPEDE SNACKS: Will rodeo fans snack on bugs? The Calgary Stampede is famous for bizarre foods. This year’s menu will include Sticky Toffee Bug Balls. (That’s bugs - as in INSECTS) In July you’ll nibble on deep-fried dough balls drizzled with toffee sauce and topped with worms and crickets. Eating bugs doesn’t worry me. I swallowed plenty on the highway, back in the days when I rode a motorcycle. CARTOON CATASTROPHE: Next, a very strange story from Egypt. A leading Egyptian politician made a speech blaming violence in the Middle East on Tom & Jerry cartoons. This guy will totally freak out when he realizes the coyote is never, EVER going to catch the
Roadrunner. ROCK REPORT: In California, it was announced there will be a combined rock concert featuring the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Tickets go on sale this week, priced as high as $1,600. That works out at one dollar per wrinkle. MOBILE MAYHEM: In a new survey: 50 percent of teens say they are addicted to their mobile devices. When I was a teenager I had a mobile device. It was called a “bike”. GARLIC GIGGLE: There was big news for fast food lovers. McDonald’s will soon offer garlic fries. Garlic can make people “gassy”. McDonald’s may have to re-name the Hamburglar the Hamburper. KITTY CAT: We started with pets, let’s end with pets. Last week a company introduced a collar that gives your cat a human voice. It translates your cat’s meows into ords. All I can say is - it better sound like Garfield - or my entire childhood memories are ruined. chewsthenews@fastmail.com
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“What I was smelling was people’s vehicles on fire. I could smell rubber. It wasn’t just wood smoke it was toxic.…” MELISSA HILLER, FORT MAC EVAC LIVING in DAWSON CREEK
Learning to accept assisted suicide as a national value Louise
McEWEN The outrage came fast and furious. Within hours of the federal government releasing its draft legislation on assisted-dying, politicians and the public were clamoring for more permissive legislation. A majority of Canadians accept assisted suicide as a national value. This is evident in polls, in the language we use and in the national conversation presently taking place. Once we talked about assisted suicide. Now we talk about medical aid in dying and physician-assisted dying. Once we debated the ethics of assisted suicide for competent adults who were terminally ill and in intractable pain. Now, we focus on constitutional rights; we are considering assisted-dying for the
mentally ill, mature minors, and individuals with advance directives. Canadians were already in favor of physician-assisted suicide prior to the February 2015 Supreme Court Canada Carter decision. A 2013 Ipsos Reid poll, for example, found that 84% of Canadians approved of physician-assisted dying for a competent, terminally ill individual who was suffering intolerably. In Carter, the court ruled that a competent adult who consents to death, and who has a “grievous and irremediable medical condition (including illness, disease or disability) that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual” has a right to physicianassisted dying. Note that terminal illness is not a criterion. The ruling in Carter moved the goal posts; Canadian attitudes are following. An April 2016 Forum Poll found that 74% of Canadians support
the court’s decision. This is up from 70% in February 2016. Forum Research President Dr. Lorne Bozinoff noted, “that approval for the Supreme Court’s ruling in Carter has increased the more the ruling is discussed. I expect that by the time the government discloses its approach to assisted-dying, approval will be even higher…” By opening the door to physicianassisted suicide for individuals who are not terminally ill, the Supreme Court of Canada pushed the envelope on national values. Canadians no longer consider terminal illness to be necessary for physician-assisted suicide. And a growing number are questioning the need for competency. We are normalizing suicide and turning it into a medical treatment. This is changing how we think about the act of living. As we become more liberal in
our attitudes towards hastening death, we are developing a view of the human person that relies too heavily on robust health of mind and body. The increasing emphasis on “quality of life” is limiting our imagination; we cannot see beyond a healthy, active, independent “me”. This potentially dangerous mindset requires a strong regulatory regime if we are to avoid sliding to the bottom of the slippery slope. The proposed Bill C-14 attempts to create these safeguards. Despite my faith-based objections to the taking of life, I thought the bill was reasonably principled. It seems to strike a balance between the right to die and the need to prevent abuses and protect the vulnerable. But, my reading of Bill C-14 does not accord with that of its most vocal critics. They describe it as too restrictive and unconstitutional, saying it is unfair to those with mental illness,
to mature minors and to people with who are afraid they might develop dementia. Prime Minister Trudeau has described the proposed legislation to amend the Criminal Code to comply with Carter as “a responsible first step.” While it may be some time before we legislate physicianassisted dying for the mentally ill, mature minors and those with advanced directives, we are definitely heading in that direction. Where might we go after that? The conscience of the nation is heading in a direction that I won’t be following. Trail BC resident Louise McEwan is a freelance writer with degrees in English and Theology. Her blog is www.faithcolouredglasses.blogspot. com. Contact her at mcewan.lou@ gmail.com
We oldtimers can remember when there was no hotel in town Merlin
NICHOLS What do they do all day? What outcomes justify the cost? Where’s the product? Could the revenues be spent in a better way – or, better yet, can we get along just as well without spending that line item and let the reduction reflect in a reduced tax burden on the citizens? Good questions deserve answers. I’ll do my best. On the other hand, I’ll give it a whirl; best is another matter. My focus is on the work of the Economic Development Office. We old-timers can remember when there was no hotel in town. Some of us can remember when there was no town – but that dates us seriously. Then there was a hotel until it became old and decrepit and the local
government ordered it demolished. This left a great expanse just waiting to be occupied and the Economic Development Office goes into action. It wasn’t an easy sell and more than one hopeful project was courted without consummation. Then came along the Lake View Credit Union (LVCU) and after much effort on the part of the Economic Development Officer (EDO) the deal was inked and we can expect to see a new LVCU building smiling toward Highway 97 in the nottoo-distant future. It takes many small things to make a town a community and a community a home. We are blessed with a remarkable wilderness trail system that winds up Baldy to Ghost and beyond. Some of our citizens climb it every day to their lasting benefit. These trails
didn’t come by chance. They are the product of countless hours of volunteer and paid work. But volunteer or paid, the work takes coordination. And the coordination flows out of the EDO’s office cooperating with the Little Prairie Community Forest and West Fraser Mills. The newest improvements to the trail system will be a set of interpretive signs and markers created by Chetwynd school students to be installed in 2016. Still on the topic of signage and direction finding, the EDO has developed a popular marketing tool that also gives directions to businesses and services in the community. Façade improvement is also popular and several businesses have taken advantage of the opportunity to renovate, redesign, or restore commercial façades and store fronts. I am pleased with the effect of the Northern
Development Initiative Trust funds that have been funnelled through the EDO’s office to participating businesses. Look around you at the improvements and congratulate the business owners on their efforts to enhance the visual effect of driving through our town. This report on the activity of the EDO is not intended to be exhaustive. I just wanted to give you a few snapshots of some of the services quietly being carried on in behalf of the people of Chetwynd. These are benefits that serve to change a collection of houses into a vibrant and attractive community where people can, not only make a living, but actually enjoy the blessings with which we are surrounded and inundated. Merlin Nichols Chetwynd Mayor
Iced coffee gets a chilly reception; a first world problem Judy
KUCHARUK Just when you think that you have heard everything……you read about a woman suing Starbucks over the ice to cup ratio of her chilled drink. Apparently she believes that there was “too much ice” in her iced beverage, that there was not enough beverage in her plastic cup. I think the Barista was merely leaving room in the cup for entitlement…..don’t you? So….in the spirit of First World Problem ridiculousness and of insignificant things….I bring you: Minor Irritant – SPR! In the “First World” that we are fortunate enough to live in, minor irritants are considered especially heinous.
In Canada, the dedicated columnist who investigates these irritants is a member of the elite squad known as the Seriously People…. Really? These are their (well….her) stories…. #5 – The life-size cut out of Jamie Oliver in the Safeway grocery cart area. Every single time I see it, it makes me jump a little. After gaining my composure and relaxing my neck muscles, which were strained after doing a quick double take at the cardboard cut out, I roll my eyes and mutter a profanity - EVERY SINGLE TIME. #4 – The lid on my Tim Horton’s coffee. Why can’t every cup have one of the latte lids? Why? Why must us regular folk deal with a lid that is suctioned onto the full cup of coffee so when we pop the tab, it spills on us?
#3 – The highway between Grande Prairie and Valleyview. Do I need to explain? Designed by massage therapists and chiropractors to ensure a lifetime of job security (not really), the road is like an episode of the Deadliest Catch during storm season. Up and down, up and down in the waves of concrete. The larger the vehicle, the more intense the sensation so definitely a first world problem. #2 – Sometimes my phone doesn’t automatically connect with WIFI. I realize too late that I am using up my data plan when I binge watch Netflix as I sit in the travel trailer not interacting with family. Worse yet? The campground doesn’t have WIFI. Wors(er) yet? #1 – The stick to ice cream treat ratio on a Dairy Queen Buster Bar. Honestly….who
designed these? The Buster Bar is a ginormous and oddly shaped treat that is really, really heavy because of the tasty salty peanuts and dreamy chocolate. When you try and hold the stick and consume the deliciousness, you invariably get chocolate all over your fingers! I know!!!! Isn’t it terrible? Do you have a First World Problem that you would like to share? Please share! We all need a laugh these days don’t we? Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can follow her blog at www.judykucharuk.com or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @ judylaine
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that award.” Waste Management presented the award to him April 28. Lajeunesse is one of 17 drivers to receive the award out of the 25,000 Waste Management employees in North America. “He is just a pleasure to manage,” Daly said. “There’s not much needed to manage with Jason, he does a great job all by himself.” dcreporter@dcdn.ca
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You might not know him, but he visits your house once a week — while you are away at work or school, Jason Lajeunesse quietly goes about his job. He’s Dawson Creek’s only garbage collector and last month, he was recognized by Waste Management as driver of the year for Western Canada, beating out about 500
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With more than 400 families helped in the Northern B.C. of the more than 1,900 province-wide, McHappy Day makes and impression in the Peace Region – $10,000 was raised in the Peace/Dawson Creek on May 4 for sick and injured children. “Just over $10,000 dollars was raised in total, said Steve Kitney, McDonalds area supervisor. One has to look no further than Dawson Creek resident Trayton, who was diagnosed with cancer in November of
last year to see the impact Ronald McDonald has on the young man. For Trayton and his family, staying at the Ronald McDonald House meant his mother Bailey, along with Trayton’s two younger sisters were only a short walk away from daily treatments. “Ronald McDonald House means a space to play, with everything for video games to LEGO to arts and crafts.” Dawson Creek and Fort St. John personalities were on hand at local McDonald’s locations helping out on McHappy Day, which saw $1 from every Big Mac, Happy
Meal and McCafe going to local children’s charities including RMH and locally, children development centres in the Peace Region. Dawson Creek Mirror staff was on hand to help serve up free smiles and slices of cake. “On McHappy Day, we invite community leaders to join us as we serve our guests,” said Joanne Kitney with McDonald’s Restaurants in the Peace. Since McHappy Day was introduced in 1977, more than $50 million has been raised. editor@dcdn.ca
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PRRD, with caveats, accepts gas drilling near Blackfoot Park parcel JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer
The Peace River Regional District is softening its tone on fracking for gas near one of its regional parks. At its April 28 meeting, PRRD directors voted to reverse a previous resolution asking the province not to lease oil and gas rights beneath a parcel that includes Blackfoot Regional Park. The popular recreation area near Clayhurst was set to be included in B.C.’s oil and gas land sale last September as part of a 2,500 acre parcel stretching across the Peace River. Directors are concerned about the impact on drilling near Blackfoot Park, which is popular with birdwatchers, boaters and fishers. It is often booked every weekend through the summer months, according to a regional district report. The land also includes a potable
water well owned by the district. Energy companies acquire drilling licences and subsurface rights at the monthly petroleum disposition. Earlier this year, the regional board moved a resolution asking the natural gas ministry to remove the parcel from the sale, saying they could not support leasing the land without guarantees that surface drilling would not occur in the park. “This whole thing irritates me tremendously,” said Electoral Area B Director Karen Goodings. “We have one little area that we spent a lot of money on for the residents. (The ministry) refuse to put any caveat in place that says no surface access. They could drill under the park from a distance and not impact the park but they will not do that.” Late last month, the board withdrew its opposition to sale of the parcel, but only with the caveat that oil and gas companies consult the
regional district before any drilling takes place. Directors said they will insist on no drilling in the park itself, according to the resolution. Some parcels controversial The Blackfoot land is one of several controversial parcels that have come up for sale in recent years, including one beneath Swan Lake. While B.C. prohibits drilling in provincial parks, energy companies can access natural gas and oil thousands of metres beneath those parks through directional drilling. Regional parks are not covered by the ban. With the current downturn in exploration, it remains to be seen whether the Blackfoot parcel will sell. Land auction revenues have dropped to new lows amid one of the worst oil and gas downturns in a generation. The February land sale brought in zero dollars—a first for the province. reporter@dcdn.ca
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FUTURE ENERGY INNOVATION PAVES PATH TO IMPLEMENTING TODAY’S SOLUTIONS
Founding members of the University of Alberta’s Shell Eco-marathon team MATTHEW SPONIAR IS AN ENGINEER IN SHELL’S NEW GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SHELL GROUNDBIRCH’S FORT ST. JOHN OFFICE. Five years ago he assembled a team of like-minded young innovators to build a fully functioning hydrogen powered urban concept car made from fully bio-degradable materials. Even as a university student, he has always been driven to find innovative solutions for the future. “It’s worthwhile as it’s the way the world is going,” Matthew says, reflecting on his team’s journey. “Steve” the car competed in the Shell Eco-marathon, a global competition that challenges high school and post-secondary students to design and build energy efficient cars of the future. “Participating in the Shell Eco-marathon means learning to operate in a nonlinear world where getting the technology right was only one part”, says Matthew. “We had to manage people with competing priorities of having school, jobs and lives as well as finding the funding for our car and adapting
University of Alberta’s Shell Eco-marathon winning hydrogen fuel cell car with body made from bio degradable components to last minute changes that occur in the real world.” In their first year the company commissioned to manufacture the car’s body notified the team that it would not be completed in time. Facing the options of not competing or giving it their best try, the whole team rallied over sleepless nights to create a body from scratch in only one week leading up to the competition. Since Matthew first started the team, the team has gone on to win first place. Today, at Shell, he manages the day to day operations of Shell’s water handling facilities and applies the same innovative mindset and drive to find long term solutions in a changing world with multiple constraints. Matthew comments that it may have been stressful at times, but the experience was all worth it. “I encourage students to take on something new outside of their school work. It opens up experiences for deeper learning and exposes you to a greater understanding of the world.” Interested in how you can play a role in energy innovation? Visit http://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation.
SHELL OPERATIONS MANAGER UPDATE It has been a memorable year since I joined the Shell Groundbirch team last June. Being from the Netherlands and having spent the past years in Houston, my family is proud to have “survived” our first Canadian winter, although I appreciate that some might say it wasn’t a real winter! We will play an Wouter de Klein important role in Operations Manager, Shell Groundbirch supplying affordable energy, feeding a growing world population for generations to come. It’s with that long term view that we look at all our priorities. One of the things that I’m personally passionate about is education and training. Science is my background, so I’m always eager to share that with my children. Science and innovation can help realize the dreams of our future. Helping to create that early spark of interest is a focus for Shell. Education and hands on learning unlocks the tremendous potential of our youth and fosters a talented local workforce.
REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR THE NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR WAS HELD ON APRIL 7, 2016. MORE THAN 300 STUDENTS FROM GRADES 4-12 IN THE NORTHEAST REGION OF THE PROVINCE SHOWCASED THEIR HANDS ON APPROACH TO SCIENCE WITH STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND THE PUBLIC AT DAWSON CREEK SECONDARY’S SOUTH PEACE CAMPUS. “We are very proud to be able to sponsor the event,” says Wouter de Klein, Shell Groundbirch Operations Manager. “I come from a science and technology background myself, seeing my children and their peers take an interest early in their lives is something I’m very excited about.” Since February, schools across the region have been holding their own science fairs to further students’ interests in science outside the classroom. Top projects are sent to the regional event.
“You can really feel the energy when you walk in to the science fair. Students are so excited to share their new science knowledge. Our regional fair has students from School District #59, #60 and #81,” says Karen Frederickson, Northern BC Regional Science Fair Chair. “Students have an opportunity to explore topics in science, technology, engineering and math through a project-based approach and then showcase their hard work at a science fair.” Top students from the regional event will attend the Canada wide Science Fair in Montreal, Quebec in May, 2016. “It’s great to be a part of this terrific event that gives us a glimpse of the future talent in our industry,” says Bryant Bird Community Liaison Officer and Science fair judge.
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Enbridge seeks three-year extension on NEB Northern Gateway approval MIKE CARTER Staff Writer
He found one! Rigs of any kind aren’t as common as they used to be these days, but our reporter stumbled across this service rig on Triangle Road May 5. According to the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, there were six active drilling rigs in B.C. the week of May 2—a utilization rate of just eight per cent. JONNY WAKEFIELD Photo
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in the summer of 2014, now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to reverse the decision if elected, saying the project threatens B.C’s coastal economy and the jobs of thousands of people who live on the ocean in a CBC report. During his election campaign, Trudeau promised a moratorium on crude oil tankers on B.C.’s north coast. But according to a report by the Financial Post last month, Transport Minister Marc Garneau, who is responsible for implementing the moratorium, said it was premature to assume that Northern Gateway was dead because of the measure. The project would carry diluted bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands through northern B.C. to an export facility in Kitimat via a 1,177 kilometre pipeline. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley recently confirmed to the National Post that she has discussed the possibility of rerouting the project to a different port with members of the federal cabinet. The project faces continued opposition from the B.C. government, environmental groups and First Nations.
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BCHSRA developing unique talent High school rodeo action stops in Hudson’s Hope May 13-15, Dawson May 20-22 BYRON HACKETT Staff Writer
From the bowels of Babcock Arena beckons a glimmer of light, lots of dust and plenty of rodeo talent. The arena, just outside Fort St. John, was where rodeo stars of the future gathered on Saturday and Sunday for one of the final events of the junior circuit for the B.C. High School Rodeo Association season. The junior high schoolers turned up in droves for the event, with
in as many events as possible throughout the weekend. That creates the hope of meeting their ultimate goal— a trip to Lebanon, Tennessee for the National Junior Rodeo Finals. “I really want to go to nationals in Tennessee. That’s basically my biggest goal. I just have to keep doing what I’m doing because I’m getting better every time,” said 14-year-old Wyatte Copeland, who had the top time of 14.4 seconds in the goat tying event on Saturday. Copeland is coming off a scary accident last year where he was
Makayla Jones rips around a pole during her pole bending race at junior B.C. High School Rodeo Association event in Fort St. John.
horse,” he said. “First time I ever tried it I got in a big wreck. Had to go to the hospital…we just came to the end of the arena and I went over the front. My lip was swollen.” That’s a long way removed from the 16-month-old kid who won his first horsemanship competition, and slept with the trophy on the way home. It was a long winter of roping and cute dogging four times a week this year that has Copeland in contention for nationals. But he’s not the only one vying for top spot, as Zane Jones sits second in the all-around cowboy Zane Jones waits for his go around in Breakaway roping at the B.C. High standings and has his eyes on top School Rodeo Association event in Fort St. John. BYRON HACKETT PhotoS spot in the build-a-cowboy saddle bronc. Jones has an affinity for the saddle bronc, an event usually more than 100 taking to the arena thrown from his horse, which done on horseback but they scale in events from as barrel racing to makes his rise and goals that it down to steers for the young build a cowboy saddle bronc. much more remarkable. junior high cowboys in order to Many of the talented crop “First time I got involved I was introduce them to the sport. have an unmeasured passion for actually trying out team roping “It just gives me the best the sport of rodeo and compete and I got in a big wreck on my [feeling], I just have a lot of fun
doing it and I’m pretty good at it,” Jones, who tied his brother for the top score on Saturday, said. And to be top all-around cowboy for the kid who saw some YouTube videos about bull riding and started out with just a few events before he got his current horse is another tribute to the development of high school rodeo. “My dad had horses when he was younger and we never bought horses until like a year ago and I’d rode horses a little bit but not a lot,” Jones said. “Everybody else had really nice horses and my horse was just green. It would just blow by the steers, so the hardest thing when I rope is my horse isn’t in position.” The 14-year-old from Dawson Creek added a trip to nationals would be special considering how he got his modest start in the sport. “To win all around and saddle bronc,” Jones said confidently about his season-long goal. “I think it’s pretty achievable…it
would be really good.” Watching youtube videos isn’t the only way to get your start in rodeo, as Rylee Peck made her transition into the game from show riding. She said it’s pretty easy to find a reason to love rodeo. “I used to jump and I still kind of do… In shows you have to wash and groom your horse, where rodeo you just have to brush where the saddle goes,” she said. Although she still show jumps occasionally, the focus these days is on rodeo and the Canadian finals in Nanton, Alberta. She added there’s just a few adjustments she needs to settle on to help improve her times in pole bending. “I just need to move my horse over another stride,” she said. The next rodeo for the junior high school BCHSRA members is Williams Lake from May 6-8, then Hudson’s Hope on May 13-15 before the Junior Finals from May 20-22 in Dawson Creek. sports@ahnfsj.ca
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Sponsors upgrading six 30-year old ball dugouts in Chetwynd MIKE CARTER Staff Writer
The Chetwynd ball fields are getting an overhaul heading into the 2016 season. A combination of funding from the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT), Chetwynd Forest Industries (West Fraser), Canfor, Caribou Road Services, the Ministry of Transportation and Chetwynd’s Aim Trucking was pulled together to make the $60,000 project happen. “Our community is always so supportive of our youth and community projects,” organizers of the project said.
It looks like the fields will be well used this summer, they added. Registration is up for both minor league ball and adult leagues. Seven minor teams are ready to play ball, along with a few pre-mites and T-ball teams. The project includes replacing six, 30-year-old dugouts, the purchase and installation of safety top caps for the chain link fences, new clay for the diamonds, professional grooming and topsoil for the grass. “Simply put: upgraded ball fields will allow Chetwynd to host more games and tournaments that attract visitors to the community and contribute to the local economy,” NDIT’s director of
communications Joel Mckay said in an email to the Dawson Creek Mirror. “The ball fields are also a key piece of local infrastructure that add to the quality
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Community members pitch in to help with the renovation project at the ballfields on May 7. A $60,000 project jointly sponsored by community partners will replace six, 30-year-old dugouts, purchase and install safety top caps for the chain link fences, bring in new clay for the diamonds, professional grooming and topsoil for the grass. SUBMITTED Photo
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The golf course is open for business! Shaft swingers were out in full force last week on area links, including here at the Dawson Creek Golf Club. RON CARTIER Photo
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Rod Russell will be entertaining Dawson Creek next Monday with piano-led songs from what he calls the golden era of music, the 50s through 70s. While piano based, the styles are a mixed bag of old fashioned rock and roll, country, Latin, blues and swing. Russell is a pianist, singer and music coach when he isn’t performing. He began his career with the piano while still in his teens. “In grade nine I started taking piano, classic piano, but it didn’t really stick. Then I joined a rock and roll outfit around the same time and never
looked back,” he says. Russell opened the first music store on the Alaska Highway in Fort St. John. “I’m from up in that neck of the woods. I opened the first music store in Fort St. John in the 60s and did lots of playing in that area before building a restaurant in Kelowna in the mid 70s,” he says. “My band played in Dawson Creek for about a year and a half in Di’s Pizza and Steak House as well as at many other events in DC.” He is also a teacher of piano, reaching more than 70,000 people with his lessons. He breaks them down simply. “This is really an easier way to read music. There are a million notes on each and every page, but
playing a melody line with your right hand and chords with the left has always worked for me.” Russell opens his Monday show with a 50s medley before hitting such touchstones as the King, Piano Man Billy Joel, Neil Sedaka, Dan Hill Floyd Cramer and Glenn Miller, to name a few. He promises a laid back affair. “My concerts are very casual and friendly as if the audience is sitting around my living room.” The show goes Monday, May 17, 7pm at the Kiwanis Performing Arts Theatre. Doors at 6:30pm. Tickets are available at the KPAC box office, by calling 250 782 9325 or at the door. editor@dcdn.ca
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Critic says the BC Liberals’ rodeo fundraiser highlights the ‘Wild West’ of campaign finance
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A Victoria non-profit calling for campaign finance reform says there should be limits on what you can pay to watch chuckwagons with cabinet ministers. Peace River South MLA and Education Minister Mike Bernier will take in the races at the Dawson Creek Fall Fair along with Liberal donors and Natural Gas Minister Rich Coleman on August 11. This year’s rodeo event, hosted by the BC Liberals Peace River South Riding Association, has a getin price of $100 with up to $7,500 for “platinum” sponsorship packages. According to an invitation, the event is “an opportunity to personally connect with provincial and community leaders.” Bernier said most of his donors are local and that contributions don’t buy special treatment. But Kai Nagata, a campaigner with the Dogwood Initiative, said the rodeo fundraiser and similar events across the province highlight the “Wild West” nature of campaign finance in B.C. “The key question is: can you derive a benefit to your business or your personal interest by donating money to political decision makers?” he said. “When you have the natural gas minister coming in, who’s responsible for permits, approvals and regulation over an industry in which a lot of people have a vested interest, there’s a reasonable question raised by large donations as to whether there’s an expectation of a quid pro quo.” B.C. is one of four
jurisdictions in Canada without a limit on individual, union or corporate campaign donations. The province also has no restricitons on donations from outside Canada. The issue of campaign finance was thrust into the spotlight last month with the revelation that Premier Christy Clark’s salary is “topped up” with money from the BC Liberal party. An Insights West poll conducted late last month found 86 per cent of respondents supported limits on political contributions. On average, poll respondents supported limiting campaign donations to around $700 a year. At that level, “you’re supporting your candidate, you probably know them personally, you live with their decisions, you probably see them on the weekends. Most British Columbians would probably believe that’s totally reasonable,” Nagata said Bernier said he sees contributions as a measure of local support. “It’s one of the necessities obviously when you’re running elections, you need funds to buy signs and advertising,” he said. “What’s really important is I have a great relationship with a lot of community businesses, a lot of businesses that support the region. It’s great to have those relationships when, in turn, they come out to support me in the election.” Nagata said the Dogwood Initiative poll shows that most British Columbians are skeptical of large donations to political parties.
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Alliance Church
Contact: (250) 782-3837 Web: http://www. dawsoncreekalliance.ca/ 9009 10 Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4T1
Bethel Pentecostal Church
Contact: Gordon Warriner 250-782-5885 Web: http://www.betheldc.ca 11501 17th Street, Dawson Creek
Dawson Creek Community Church
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First Baptist Church
We are a Christian Church that serves our communities through providing opportunities to worship & pastoral care through representing the faith of Christ Jesus. Mens, womens, and childrens/youths programs are available. Call the number below for more info and for service times.
Contact: Terry Coe (250) 782-4792 Web: http://dcfirstbaptist.ca/ Email: firstbaptist@shawbiz. ca 1400 113 Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2Z2 Sundays 10:30am for the Winter
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Pouce Coupe Community Church
Contact: Pastor Cory Lizotte 250-786-0160 Sunday Meetings 10:00 am
Salvation Army Church 250-782-4812 1436 104th Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC Church Service: Sundays 11:00 am
South Peace United Church
Contact: Maryilyn Carroll (250) 782-2636 Web: www.neonet.bc.ca/ unitedchurchdawsoncreek/ Spuc_Home.html Email: spuc@neonet.bc.ca 1300 104 Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2J6 Sunday Meetings 11:00 am
St James Presbyterian Church
(250) 782-4616 Email: stjtreas@pris.ca 1501-108 Ave., Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8 Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.
St Marks Anglican Church Web: http://stmarksanglican. blogspot.ca/ Email: stmarks@pris.ca 1029 103 Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2G6 250-782-2939 Sunday Service 11:00 a.m.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Pastor Noel Smith Sunday School: 10am Sunday Service: 11am 250-782-3085 stpaul58@telus.net 901 Cornwall Crescent, Dawson Creek, BC
Grace Lutheran Church 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 17th Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4Z3 Sunday Worship 11:00 am
Grandview Chapel
Is a friendly church nestled on the hill in Dawson Creek, BC Web: www.grandviewchapel.ca
Contact: Tony Vigar 250-782-4225 900 94th Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC Sunday Meetings 10:00 am
Notre Dame Catholic Church
Please contact the office for service times and for ministerial program information
Contact: Fr. Louis Kwena (250) 782-3456 Email: nddc@shaw.ca 908 104 Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2H7
Apostolic Lighthouse
Contact: Pastor James Bridges (250) 782-5489 Email: anna@peacecountry. com 709-96A Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 1M6 Meeting Time: Wednesday 7 p.m. Sunday - 2 p.m.
Baha’i Faith
Baha u allah – founder of the Baha’i faith, meaning glory of God New Independent religious belief based on progressive revelations. The belief that God sent messengers throughout various times and places, sending messages of his teachings, to different people in different times explaining the various religions around the world. Feast every 19 days open to others.
Contact : Dale Campbell 250-782-9336 Tuesday Evenings 7:30 pm Location varies.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 250-782-4921 Web: http://www.mormon. org/ 10901 13th Street, Dawson Creek, BC
Church of the Nazarene
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Church of the New Jerusalem
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. Please go to www. dawsoncreeknewchurch.ca for more info and the church newsletter.
(250) 782-8035 9013 8th Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3N3 Sunday Worship 11:00 am
Gideons International Canada
Dawson Creek Camp Local is part of the National Organization. Our mission statement is to win others to Jesus Christ through personal evangelism, scripture placement and distribution, and associating together.
Contact: Mr Lee Bowd (250) 7826655 Web: http:// www. gideons.ca Email: leecarol@ pris.bc.ca 1517 107th Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2R9 Saturdays 7:00 pm Location varies.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
250-782-7487 644 105A Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC
Northgate Anabaptist Fellowship (Mennonite Church, BC)
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 Email: northgate.a.f@gmail.com 1800 109 Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2V5 Sunday Meetings 10:00 am
Peace Mission Chapel
Contact: Pastor Lee Stevenson 250-843-7506 Sunday Meetings 11:00 am
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Bible Study: 10:00 am Church Services: 11:00 am
Contact: Church office 250-782-1710 9201-14th Street, Dawson Creek, BC Pastor: Cavin Chwyl
New Beginnings Baptist Church 10221-18th St Dawson Creek, BC Pastor: Dr. Michael Stark www.newbeginningsbaptist. ca
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Child Development Centre Family Education Coordinator Karen Hills cuts the cake during an afternoon shift during McHappy Day last week. ROB BROWN Photo
Joe Tremblay kept the pancakes rolling off the grill Saturday morning at the Pouce Coupe community breakfast.
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The Burying Ground played the Rolla Pub Sunday night. ROB BROWN PhotO
Couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. The North and South media faced off for a Mother’s Day shoot Sunday morning at the Dawson Creek Sportman’s Club. The North’s Matt Preprost won with a three of twenty-five shoot. Put that one up in the clubhouse. SUBMITTED PhotO
Hon. Mike Bernier, MLA Peace River South presents $5000 to the South Peace District 4-H to provide first aid training and programs for all the members. Shown in photo: MLA Bernier, Lily Hauber (4-H Junior), Linden Rausse (4-H Cloverbud), Merna Hauber (4-H Resource Person), Isabel Rausse (4-H Junior) and Trish Homis (4-H District Council President. SUBMITTED PhotO
‘Tis the season for road repairs, including spot-work pothole improvements. ROB BROWN Photo
Brianna Watts, 11, smiles for the camera after finishing up some ice cream at the Farmington Farmerettes tea on May 7. MIKE CARTER Photo
South Peace Campus financial air clerk Debbie Mingo with award recipient Robert Barrett, one of many students picking up financial awards recently. Photo SUBMITTED
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DC RCMP seek more rural cops to tackle increased break ins JONNY WAKEFIELD Staff Writer
Dawson Creek RCMP are seeking to double the detachment’s complement of rural police officers to cope with a steady increase in property crime in outlying areas. Officials say thieves are increasingly targeting vehicles, homes and even oil and gas sites in areas including Tomslake and Kelly Lake—taking advantage of long response times from the detachment. In 2015, Dawson Creek rural RCMP members fielded 92 property crime files each— three times the average for B.C. provincial detachments. Overall, Dawson Creek had 126 offences per rural officer last year, compared to the provincial average of 57. Staff Sgt. Marcel Guilbault
said he has filed a request to increase the detachment’s staff of provincially-funded officers. Four members are typically assigned to rural policing, but that number recently dropped to three due to a reassignment. “We’re in the waiting game to see if they’re going to approve (the request for additional officers),” Guilbault told a Peace River Regional District (PRRD) meeting on rural policing late last month. “If they do then I’m looking for four extra provincial bodies.” That would allow RCMP to increase their presence in remote areas like Kelly Lake, where there have been a number of thefts from oil and gas well sites in recent weeks. “(Thieves) take copper wire— that’s well known,” he said, saying the proceeds are likely sold in nearby Alberta, where there are fewer restrictions on metal sales.
“It’s two hours away, so it’s very difficult for us to patrol there. It’s a crime of opportunity.” Art Seidl, patrol coordinator with the Tomslake and District Rural Crime Watch, said volunteer patrols have noticed an increase in break-ins and thefts with the oil and gas downturn. “You’ve just got to look at the traffic,” said Seidl, who lives in the community along Highway 2 near the Alberta border. “In its heyday, the amount of traffic, that was all people coming for work. People were looking for jobs because this is where all the action was.” “People are unemployed (now) and they’re looking for a few dollars, and opportunists strike,” he added. “Like the Edmonton chief of police once said, ‘when the oilpatch is busy, we’re busy, but when the oil patch quits, we’re busier.’” Guilbault has also requested
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Ladybugs love aphids. Aphids are among the most common plant pests.
Draw the other half of this ladybug.
Have a seat and use the code in this menu to discover some delightful facts about insect eating habits. Bon appetit!
Standards Link: Life Science: Understand that animals have structures and behaviors that help in growth and survival.
The praying mantis is the only known insect that can turn its head and look over its shoulder. It waits for an insect to stray close, and then snaps it up with a lightning grab of its strong forelegs. It can move twice as fast as a housefly. When young, praying mantises eat aphids, leafhoppers, mosquitoes, caterpillars and other soft-bodied insects. Later they eat larger insects, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets and other pest insects.
These pirates are good guys. They don’t hurt plants, people or pets. They don’t eat grain. They eat insects that eat grain. Farmers put them into grain bins to eat the insect pests. Then they are easily removed before the grain is used. How many pirate bugs can you find on this page?
additional officers for policing within the city of Dawson Creek. However, the city opted to put off funding until its fiscal picture improves. The City of Dawson Creek covers 70 per cent of the detachment’s costs, while the province pays for rural policing. In emergency situations—most recently wildfires—municipal officers can be assigned for rural
policing. Dawson Creek Mounties have also sought to improve regional policing with RCMP in Grande Prairie, which emerged as the violent crime capital of Canada last year. While Dawson Creek rural officers deal with more property crime than average, overall crime rates are closer to provincial averages.
Something strange is going on in the garden, and Bug Muldoon, beetle private investigator, tries to figure out how the ants and the wasps are involved. Unscramble the title of this book. Then check it out at your local library this summer!
Aphids damage plants by feeding on them and by carrying diseases from plant to plant. One farmer’s field can host millions of aphids.
Ah, bonjour! Welcome to Café des Insectes. My name is Claude, and I will be your waiter today.
Ladybugs sometimes roll over and play dead if they are disturbed. Many predators will not eat an insect that doesn’t move. Find the ladybug that is different.
Staff Sgt. Marcel Guilbault (right) says additional officers would allow for an expanded police presence in rural areas. JONNY WAKEFIELD Photo
A large praying mantis can eat a small The female praying mantis will eat its after reproduction.
House spiders can survive without food or water for several Spiders first paralyze their insect victims and then suck out the
What is the value for each bug in these equations? Each bug has a value from 1 to 5, and no two critters have the same value. Standards Link: Math: Solve problems using mathematical reasoning.
Some insects help peeple by pollinating flours and blossoms. Without pollinators,
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Fact and Opinion
Look through the newspaper and underline five facts. Next, find and circle five opinions. Where did you find most of the facts? Where did you find most of the opinions? Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Identify fact and opinion in text.
Write Words Wonderfully
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Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the article below and correct the 12 spelling errors you find. The first one is done for you.
Write a sentence in which most of the words start with the same letter. Example: Betty’s brother, Bill, bought big buckets of blue beetles.
the farming and agriculture industrees. Standards Link: Editing: Edit drafts to correct spelling and grammar.
Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word GROW in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you.
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Dear Annie: After my mother died 10 years ago, Dad asked his four daughters what to do with the small cabin he owned upstate. Three of us told him to sell it. My oldest sister, “Charlene,” however, asked if she could use it as a vacation home. She said she would help pay the property taxes and make sure it was taken care of, in exchange for exclusive use and enjoyment of the property. Dad agreed. Well, Charlene rarely paid the taxes and did not take care of the property at all. Dad retired three years ago, and told Charlene he needed to sell the place. In response, she placed two mechanics liens against it, stating that she’d put thousands of dollars of “work” into the cabin and that Dad had promised her the deed. Neither of these things is true and she has no documentation to support her claims. When we finally gained access to the house, there were holes in the floor and the roof was falling off. We took pictures of the damage. There was a hearing and a dismissal, then an appeal and more liens and more hearings and more appeals. We thought it was over last year, but we just received another summons to appear before a different judge. Meanwhile, we cannot sell the cabin until this is resolved. My father is a fair man who had planned to split his estate equally between his daughters. Since this lawsuit started, he has disowned Charlene and now lives in near poverty due to all of the legal fees. This is so hurtful. Dad supported Charlene, paid for her college education and two weddings. Now she is killing him one lawsuit at a time, all because she is so greedy. How can we protect him? -- Sisters Dear Sisters: As long as Charlene keeps filing new lawsuits, your father is stuck. She, too, is incurring legal fees, but may believe Dad will
give up first. If the cabin is worth substantially more than the liens, it might be possible for Dad to get a clean title and sell it, as long as money is left in escrow to pay for litigation. (Talk to Dad’s attorney.) But we hope you will report Charlene for elder abuse, because forcing Dad into poverty fits the bill. Contact Adult Protective Services in Dad’s area, or call the Eldercare Locator at 1-800-677-1116. Dear Annie: I am responding to “Fed Up Sister,” whose younger brother only contacts her to brag about how much money he has, how great his kids are, etc. She’s ready to cut off ties. I grew up with a friend like that. He alienated everyone with his bragging, and as the years progressed, I became one of the very few he could still call a friend. It takes great effort to listen to a person who is so insecure, but it is extremely generous to continue. I know my friend isn’t likely to change. He may mellow for brief periods, but his lack of confidence will take over eventually. Please tell “Fed Up” not to try to force her brother to be someone else. She should take him in the smallest doses she can, and chuckle to herself later about his insecurities. -- S. Dear S.: We agree that she should try to take him in “small doses,” and maintain the relationship in a way that doesn’t make her resentful. Thanks.
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aries – Mar 21/apr 20
A restless spirit is the catalyst for a new project, Aries. This week you dive right into something that will take up all of your mental energy. Try to avoid slacking off in other areas.
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sagittarius – noV 23/DeC 21
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Capricorn, you have a measured and methodical approach to your goals. This week, though, your sense of fun may take over and steer you off course.
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Consider your words before sharing your perspective, Aquarius. You do not want to hurt anyone’s feelings, even if what you have to say is the truth. Word things carefully.
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With heavy hearts and lives suddenly diminished we announce the passing of a gentle and loving husband, father and Opa. Heinz was born an only child to Ada and Ernst Goldbach in Aussig (Usti nad Labem), Czechoslovakia. His lifelong love of adventure and travel began in September 1939 when he and his family fled to Canada from the threat of Nazi occupation of Sudetenland. After being raised on a farm in Gundy, BC., he met the love of his life, Herta Pilz, at a dance in Tomslake and they were married in the fall of 1954. His love of the railways and trains began when he worked on the railway at a young age. Most of his career was spent in the newspaper business in Fort St. John where he started as a photographer and then became advertising manager. In 1983 Heinz and Herta moved to Dawson Creek where he became publisher of the Dawson Creek Peace River Block News, a position he maintained until 1995 when he retired. He was very active in the Dawson Creek community where he was a member and then president of the Dawson Creek Rotary Club, a volunteer for the BC Winter Games, and an avid bowler. Heinz was an honorary member of the Legion where he regularly attended ‘meetings’ with his friends, until Herta phoned to say dinner was ready. He loved the solitude of the Goldbach homestead in Gundy where he enjoyed tinkering with his tractor and farmed part time well into his 70’s. Heinz instilled the love of travel in his children by taking yearly summer vacations and excitedly sharing his meticulously planned itineraries. Heinz and Herta continued to travel with family and friends in North America and abroad after the kids left home. Heinz loved opera and classical music and every Sunday the house was filled with operatic arias. He was an avid photographer and chronicler of family life and loved telling funny stories about his life growing up on the farm. He was interested in astronomy, current events, discussing politics, foraging for wild mushrooms and vegetable gardening. Heinz was a kind and generous man and loved spending time with his family. He had a full and happy life and will be dearly missed. He is survived by his loving wife Herta, daughter Carla (Richard), son Mark (Rita), daughter Diana (Allen) and grandsons Aidan, Sean and Ryan. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family at https:// sandsfuneralvictoria.sharingmemories.ca/site/Heinz-Goldbach.html. Heinz’s ashes will eventually reside at the Tomslake Cemetery.
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ERDMAN, Adrienne February 8, 1928 − April 21, 2016 Surrounded by family, Adrienne Erdman passed away on April 21, 2016 at the age of 88 years. Adrienne was the only child born to Francis & Odile on February 8, 1928 in Belgium. Adrienne studied to be a seamstress for two years and used her sewing skills throughout her life including making her own wedding dress. Adrienne & Andre De Vuyst married in 1950. They had 3 children in Belgium, Jack, Rudy and Eddy before immigrating to Canada in January of 1957. The adventure began with an eleven day voyage to Halifax arriving at Pier 21. The next leg of their journey was by train to Kamloops to meet family who had immigrated before them. Adrienne learned how to manage with no running water or electricity in Kamloops for four years. Life was hard and she wanted to return home to the old country, but she persevered. Adrienne welcomed sons Kerry and Andy before the family moved to the Peace country in 1961. They settled in the Dawson Creek area and eventually homesteaded in North Kilkerran. Adrienne was no stranger to hard work as she raised her five boys on the farm with endless chores in the garden, the field, raising animals and feeding everyone. The boys got a little sister when Adrienne’s only daughter, Ann, arrived in 1965. A few years later the birth of Lynsey completed their family. In 1971 Adrienne made her first trip back to Belgium to visit with family. Life took her on a new adventure when she moved to Kelowna with her two youngest children in 1981. It was here she met and married Grandpa Bill Erdman in 1988. They had a lot of fun and laughter together, especially playing cards with their many friends. They particularly enjoyed making a number of trips to Reno. In 2002 Adrienne moved back to Dawson Creek to be closer to her family. She enjoyed participating in many family gatherings with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She passed her time by reading, knitting, listening to music and quilting. Adrienne looked forward to visits from anyone and everyone. You could never stop by without leaving with something and a lot of chocolate passed through her door. Adrienne was predeceased by her husband Bill Erdman and her daughter in−laws Janice De Vuyst and Joanna De Vuyst. Adrienne is survived by her children Jack (Linda); Rudy (Janet); Eddy (Kim); Kerry (Angela); Andy (Brenda); Ann (Kevin) and Lynsey (Shelley); 20 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Donald Strachan of Chetwynd, BC., has made an application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Peace Region, for a Direct Sale for Agriculture purposes covering approximately 65 hectares situated on Provincial Crown land in the vicinity of Chetwynd, Peace River District.
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