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January 9, 2015 Sukrit Parmar:

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Elaine Anselmi / Staff writer Parmar says one thing she would still like to do is open an education centre to tutor children in mathematics. As soon as I enter her restaurant, Sukrit Parmar pours a glass of water and directs me to the buffet. Curry Et Cetera opened in Pouce Coupe in 2009 and Parmar says the way she serves guests is modeled after her mother. While I dress my plate with chicken curry, butter chicken and rice, she makes coffee. “In India, food is very important. When visitors come, usually the first thing is to grab a glass of water and put it right in their face,” she says. “If it’s winter, the glass of water goes to the person and then someone is making tea. In the summer it’s some sort of lemonade or soda.” Parmar’s mother always treated guests this way and she says, “When I was thinking about opening this restaurant, I thought, I’m going to do what my mother used to do.” When it came to meal preparation, whether she had help or not, her mother always made the food. The dishes would go out to the table where everyone was seated, except for her. While everyone else busily served themselves, her mother would make bread for each person. “She would make one piece of bread at the time, and it would come to the table, one piece at a time,” says Parmar. “It was freshly made, hot bread,” At Curry Et Cetera, when people come for dinner service they are served a starter course at the table and then while they are up filling their plates, she prepares the bread for each table. Continued on page 2

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“My father died was I was in Grade 5,” she says. “In India, there’s no social welfare or assistance of any kind. All we had was our house.” Her father had had a good job, but all of his savings went into treatment when he got ill, not having any healthcare plan. “My brother took over,” she says. “He was the oldest, then my sister, then me.” When she arrived in Canada, Parmar continued her education, spending 19 summers at the University of British Columbia, advancing her learning. “It was just to learn new things and also, if you improve your qualification your salary goes up,” she says. “Also, some people are just crazy like me.” Parmar taught at various schools around Dawson Creek and Chetwynd for 36 years, spending the last 10 years as a special education consultant. Her first teaching job was at Dawson Creek Elementary, which burnt down in 1973, while she was on staff. “That was so interesting,” Parmar says. “Dawson Creek Elementary and Tremblay School were burning the same night, both arson and one group didn’t know what the other group was doing. Two sets of kids went out and lit the schools on fire.” The students were identified, one girl from Parmar’s class, who she says she ran into some time later when the girl was headed to Vancouver to meet with a psychologist. Parmar also taught adult mathematics classes at Northern Lights College and returned as a student in the culinary program under chef Michael French. After retiring from teaching, her restaurant was in the works and, not having any formal training, she decided to get some. After a few weeks of the program, she says her sons persuaded her and her husband to take them to Disney World. On returning, they found that all of the work that was supposed to be done on the restaurant wasn’t. She decided it was important Continued on page 3

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Continued from page 1 After directing me to go back for seconds, saying I only had a sample, Parmar laughs about having taken on the trait of forcing food on people. “This is a buffet and this is my business and I should be saying, don’t eat so much,” Parmar says. “And I come to the table and I say, “Are you sure you don’t want some more bread? Help yourself, have some more food.” When her sons were younger, Parmar says she would take them to visit their great uncle who lives in Prince George. “One day, my younger son said, ‘Mom, let’s not go to Uncle Inder’s house anymore,” she laughs. “And I asked why not, and he said ‘because he forces me to eat so much’. And I do the same thing.” She says food is a very important part of her culture, and the thought of people coming over to visit and not accepting some amount of food was one of the things that surprised her when she arrived in Canada - along with the snow. “I think food is important in all cultures, but more so in India. You can’t let people go without food,” she says. “Nobody leaves your house without having a snack.” Parmar came to Canada in 1967, a few months after her husband moved for work. She grew up in the Punjab state of India and by the time she emigrated, she had earned a bachelor in teaching and Master’s of Education. From a young age, Parmar’s schooling was paid for by her older brother who passed away several years ago. Not only has Parmar paid it forward in supporting her two sons’ educations, she sponsors 23 children through World Vision and a group of girls’ tuition at a school in India where she was Head Girl - likened to class president - in Grades 9 and 10. When she went back and visited the school, she says it brought back old memories and she asked to continuously sponsor the same girls through their education in hopes of giving that group a solid foundation and chance to achieve their own dreams.

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SUCCESS WITHOUT A RECIPE

“There are no recipes,” she says. “You have butter chicken today and tomorrow it won’t taste the same.” With the exception of the odd dessert, everything comes from Parmar’s mind. Although there are a few dishes that are always available, much of the offering changes daily, which Parmar says is more fun for her. Despite much of her menu containing meat, Parmar has been a vegetarian since her summers down in Vancouver. “I was sitting at the table with some friends and it was prime rib night - that was my favourite - with horseradish, mashed potatoes and gravy” she says. “And I looked over at it, and I said ‘do I really want to eat it?’ I don’t.” Although her dishes have been widely praised, she says she’s not interested in trying them. Her top choice for breaking the vegetarian vow is quite surprising. “I really miss KFC,” she says. “And the second thing would be bacon.” Before the meat is added, Parmar samples all of her sauces, an important step when the quantity of spices and ingredients changes daily but she says it usually turns out. Parmar’s staff and sometimes

customers get to be the guinea pigs on new dishes. She says one man who came in that week and agreed to be the first to try a fish option she’d made. “He was so good about it,” she says, the man even gave her direction on what parts he liked more and less. “If the restaurant is open I have to be here,” she says. “It’s my dream, if I’m not here then it’s not my dream, it’s a business. And it’s not.” Being the only Indian restaurant as far as Grand Prairie, Parmar said when her former students come in they already have an idea who she is. “They’ll come in with their children and their grandchildren,” she says. “Many of the people are just older versions of the little faces I used to have.” Like teaching, Parmar says owning her own business and opening a restaurant was a dream of hers. “I have this restaurant and I call this my dream,” says Parmar. “If I waited for big things to happen, I’d never have fun in life. You have to have fun with the little things, and that’s big enough for me.”

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Continued from page 2 for her to be at the restaurant, and so left the program at the college. Although she says she wished she had learned a thing or two about dessert preparation, French has given her an open invitation to return for specific classes. “This was my all time dream,” she says. “Like the teaching was - I used to take all of the kids from the neighbourhood and make them sit and be my students. I think the restaurant was the same.” When Curry Et Cetera opened in 2010, Parmar ran it five days per week, working long days. She was fine with it, being on her feet for hours on end, but says she would go to bed at night and realize how much her legs were suffering. “After 17 hours on my legs, they’d be telling me, it’s been 67 years,” she says. Now only open three days per week, the work is manageable, but there isn’t a great deal of money there. The idea of getting outside help to run the restaurant doesn’t appeal to Parmar and with her style of cooking, it would be a difficult apron to fill.

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DC native wins Mac's tourney with Cougars

If there's one championship every midget hockey team covets, it's the Mac's triple-A Midget title. Two years ago, the Cariboo Cougars lost in the quarterfinals of the 25-team international tournament in Calgary. Last year, they didn't win a game, going 0-4 and failed to advance to the playoff round. This year, the Cougars brought the trophy home to Prince George and northern B.C. with a 2-1 double-overtime victory against the Regina Pat Canadians in the championship final on New Year’s Day. “This one has been a long time coming,” said Cougars general manager and co-coach Trevor Sprague Friday. “As a whole organization and the

people who supported us is pretty special. Playing against teams from all over North America is pretty special. They were prepared and I’m proud of what they’ve done.” The Cougars lost only one game en route to the championship, a 4-2 loss to the Calgary Northstars in their five-team round-robin pool. They then knocked off Germany’s under-17 national team 5-1 in a quarterfinal tilt Wednesday morning. Later in the day on New Year’s Eve, Justin Almeida scored the overtime winner to edge the Calgary Buffalos 5-4 in one of two semifinals to advance to the final on Thursday. The Pat Canadians beat Edmonton’s SSAC Boston Pizza

Athletics 3-2 in their quarterfinal, and the Vancouver Northwest Giants 3-2 in the other semifinal to reach the title game. Chase Dubois scored the winner for the Cougars 1:23 into double overtime while goaltender Griffen Outhouse stopped 40 of 41 shots to earn the win in net. “We didn’t know anything about Regina except when they beat the Giants,” said Sprague. “I thought both teams played a similar game. It was a fast, physical and had good goaltending. It was an evenly-matched game. We got the first goal and the last goal and that’s what counts.” Conor MacEachern was named the tournament’s top

defenceman and Outhouse earned top goaltender honours. Both were selected to the first all-star team. Having been away since Christmas Day, the Cougars returned home yesterday and will enjoy a weekend off prior to resuming play in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League. Outhouse will play a backup role tonight (7 p.m.) for the BCHL’s Prince George Spruce Kings when they take on the Nanaimo Clippers at the Coliseum. Kings goaltender Jesse Jenks tweaked his knee in the gym on New Year’s Day which means Alex Brooks-Potts will start in net. The Cougars sit atop the BCMMHL with a stellar 22-3-1

record and have a nine-point cushion over the second-place 17-7-2 Okanagan Rockets. They host the fourth-place Vancouver Northeast Chiefs on Jan. 10 and 11. “Now, every team is going to want to beat us and they’ll be ready for us,” said Sprague. “We’re going to have to be even more prepared than everybody else. If we put the same amount of work in, we’re going to have success.” Cougars captain and forward Austin Gray has been called up to the WHL Portland Winterhawks and is expected to be in the lineup tonight in Portland to face the Tri-City Americans.

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Trackers take two of three on their road trip The Trackers roster narrowed to eight forwards and three defensemen at points of that game, but a five-goal outburst in the second period helped them take control Along with Lang’s four goals, Jack Bilsner, Matthew Apsassin and Tyler Krane each added one of their own. The road trip took a physical toll on the NEBC boys and the first year head coach wasn’t sure what kind of lineup he could expect going into a home dou-

ble header against the division leading Peace River Royals. “They move that puck east to west really well. They are a very effective breakout team. We are going to work on our forecheck,” he said. “The big thing against Peace River is dealing with that ability to move the puck quickly and get it down and set up before you get a chance to set up defensively.” sports@ahnfsj.ca

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The Northeast B.C. and Yukon Midget Trackers (9-11-2) gained some much needed momentum with two wins during a recent three game road trip against Edmonton area teams. The Trackers first topped the St. Albert Crusaders 2-1, who lead the Clean Harbors Division of the Northern Alberta Midget AA Hockey league with 16 wins and just four losses. Head coach Shawn Brinsky said that such a strong performance against a team of that calibre showed his team they are capable of contending for a league title. “We went in there and just played a very simple game… you could see in the first ten minutes of the first period there was a lot of rust, when we made mistakes or caused turnovers our goaltending was solid— gave us a chance to hang in there,” he said. “As the game progressed we got stronger. It came down to the wire and we ended up winning a nice game 2-1.” Nolan Lagace and Kelsey Young had the goals for the Trackers and Tavis Viens got the win in net. On Saturday, NEBC squared off against the Edmonton Kenworth Division leading Northeast Panthers and fell short 4-2 in a penalty riddled game where one Tracker was ejected a minute into the game. “It was an odd game with an odd

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$3.8 billion refinery in works for Chetwynd

Two “green” oil refineries proposed for the B.C. northwest coast may have some serious competition in Chetwynd: a refinery that would make gasoline from natural gas and hydrogen, not oil. Juergen Puetter, president of Aeolis Wind Power Corp. and CEO of Blue Fuel Energy Corp., has been quietly assembling a multibillion-dollar, twophase plan to build a gasoline refinery in Chetwynd, followed by a methanol plant a couple of years later.

“We have the land, we have the First Nations on board, we are in the middle of permitting,” Puetter said. The company also has two former senior Methanex Corp. (TSX:MX) executives on board: Michael Macdonald, Methanex’s former senior vice-president of global operations, and Ron Britton, former senior vice-president, who is Blue Fuel’s new chief technology officer. The first phase of the project would be a refinery at a cost of $2 billion to

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$2.5 billion that would use natural gas – readily available in the Chetwynd area – and hydrogen and oxygen from water. It would be followed by a $1.8 billion methanol plant. Using technology licensed from ExxonMobil, the plant would make methanol from natural gas, which would then be made into a low-carbon gasoline, using the hydrogen and oxygen parsed from water. The energy inputs to separate the hydrogen and oxygen atoms in a water molecule are high. Puetter said the Sundance Fuels project will require 150 megawatts of power (about oneseventh the capacity of the Site C dam), which it would get from the grid. Aeolis, which developed the Bear Mountain wind farm, also has several other large wind farm prospects, and Puetter hopes that some of the power needed could eventually come from wind. He said all of the chemical processes that would be used are tried and true, they just haven’t been put together before on any large scale to produce gasoline from natural gas. “There are some major technological steps forward and putting it together is not easy,” he said. “We’ve been at this for five years. Nobody’s done this on this scale before.” Such a plant would not be feasible in many other jurisdictions. But Puetter said B.C. has the right combination of resources and policies that make it viable. In North America, natural gas is abundant and cheap. B.C. also has relatively low-cost electricity and a low carbon fuel standard. Low carbon fuel standards are designed to address the life cycle of carbon dioxide produced in the process of extracting oil, refining it into gasoline and then burning it. One of the reasons

Alberta oilsands bitumen has such a negative reputation is that its life cycle is more carbon-intensive than gasoline made from conventional oil, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Using “renewable” hydrogen from water would help lower the carbon intensity of the gasoline the Sundance Fuels plant would produce to meet low carbon fuel standards. “In Alberta this wouldn’t work, because if you did the same thing in Alberta, and used Alberta grid power – it’s all made from coal – the carbon intensity would go up,” Puetter said. The site in Chetwynd is also advantageous. The company has acquired 1,065 acres of private land just outside of the town that has rail access. The fuel and methanol it produced could therefore be shipped by rail. “We don’t require a pipeline, so we think we’re going to be ahead of any LNG project,” Puetter said. Chetwynd Mayor Merlin Nichols said the project would be a welcome economic development. “We’re supportive,” he said. “The nature of the plant, the nature of the product and the nature of the jobs created – long-term, high-quality, high-paying jobs – it would be good for the town.” Local First Nations are also on board, Puetter said. Under an agreement with First Nations, Sundance Fuels would provide waste heat, which First Nations could use in greenhouses. “You wouldn’t normally think of building greenhouses in the Peace region, because it’s so cold,” Puetter said. “But if the energy is free, it becomes a totally different ball game because land is very cheap there and making it a fully First Nation-owned business turns out to be extraordinarily attractive. — Business in Vancouver

The proposed Sundance Fuels project would synthesize gasoline from natural gas, hydrogen and oxygen at a refinery in Chetwynd. (BIV Photo)

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Farmers’ Returns Pivotal to Food Price By Owen Roberts FCC Express Dec 12 Canadian consumers will feel the effects of both higher and lower prices farmers receive for their commodities in 2015. The annual Food Price Report from the University of Guelph predicts “slightly higher” grocery bills for Canadians next year, with food costs increasing “marginally,” between 0.3 per cent and 2.4 per cent. Higher costs but nowhere near as high as some economists were predicting last spring will be felt for meat, in particular, a key driver in this report. The report forecasts that meat prices are likely to rise five per cent, led by higher pork and beef prices. On the flip side, grain prices are expected to remain unchanged, keeping livestock feed costs from rising. That will help slow increases in meat prices, which through 2014 rose more than 12 per cent. These and other factors are part of the food price report mix, which does its best to predict costs for the next 12 months. It’s more complicated when wild cards arise, such as plunging petroleum prices. But over the past year, the food price report was fairly accurate. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, lead author of the report, says even as agriculture becomes more efficient, global demand for meat protein is rapidly growing, driving up prices here. As well, history is at play. LeaAnne Wuermli, communications manager at Beef Farmers of Ontario, notes Canadian beef cow numbers are down 26 per cent from 2005. She blames declining inventories on regional droughts, feed costs, COOL and recovery from BSE. And this phenomenon is not restricted to Canada. American beef cow numbers are down 11 per cent since 2005, and internationally, tight supplies are also being experienced. “We know that globally, income and wealth is increasing,” she says. “As incomes grow, diets are

shifting to include more protein, and globally we are experiencing a considerable growth in demand for beef.” PEDv Uncertainty Clouds Hog Markets Forecasts by Richard Kamchen The future impact of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus on hog supplies makes it difficult to provide a solid forecast for the market in 2015, analysts say. Canadian Pork Council spokesperson Gary Stordy says there’s uncertainty about how much further PEDv is going to spread in North America and whether the impact of the virus has already reached its peak. Tyler Fulton, director of risk management for Hams Marketing Services Co-op, says while another increase is possible, he feels it’s unlikely to reach previous high levels. “At this time last year, we had already experienced a pretty big spike that reflected an epidemic,” Fulton says. “And in this go-round, over the course of the last two months, we’ve not seen that same spike. But it’s a disease, and trying to project animal disease and how it spreads is a big unknown. There’s uncertainty, and uncertainty equals volatility.” He predicts higher-than-normal volatility for the next 10 to 12 months, but adds other factors like high beef prices, rebuilding stocks and the U.S. economy will also help determine the direction of hog values. He adds the impact of PEDv in Canada has had a limited effect on markets. “There’s really not a significant outbreak that has impacted our supply,” Fulton says. “But simply by virtue of the fact our pricing structure is a function of the U.S. market, it almost doesn’t matter.” The latest figures show 69 farms in Canada that have tested positive for PEDv, including four in Manitoba and 63 in Ontario. In the U.S., however, PEDv has spread to 31 states and approximately eight million young pigs have died from the virus since it was first discovered in April 2013.

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Fulton notes two new vaccines have been made available, but says the jury is still out on their efficacy. “The best advice at the moment ... is regardless of what the market indications are, make sure you’re following the best biosecurity procedures you can,” Stordy says. “The reality is regardless of what the market does, if you’re hit with PEDv, you’re going to take a direct financial hit that is beyond your control.”

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Entertainment

Remakes mostly fail, but TV still loves them

Imitation, it has been said, is the sincerest form of television. And nothing says imitation quite like a remake. If at first something succeeds, why not try again and again? Even as the cable specialty channels embrace a new golden age of compelling, original adult drama — Mad Men, Game of Thrones, The Americans, and True Detective, are

a few of the dramas to unveil new seasons in the coming year — the broadcast networks, like the Hollywood movie studios before them, know that if something has been tried, it must also be true. In TV, nothing succeeds quite like excess. The Hollywood studios are known for bringing back old stories with new actors in fa-

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miliar roles, sometimes successfully — Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan as Steve McGarrett and Danny “Danno” Williams in the rebooted Hawaii Five-0 — and sometimes not so successfully, as witness 2011’s reboot of Charlie’s Angels, with Rachael Taylor, Minka Kelly and Annie Ilonzeh. Remakes on the drawing board for 2015 include Thunderbirds, Sliders, All in the Family, Bewitched, Greatest American Hero, Married with Children, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, with Willie Garson, and The Odd Couple, this time starring Thomas Lennon and Matthew Perry in the roles David Tennent and Anna Gun star in Gracepoint, an Americanized made famous by Tony Randall remake of the U.K. series, Broadchurch. Tennent stars in bother and Jack Klugman and, before series. (Courtesy Photo) them, Jack Lemmon and Walter lowing much of the storyline survive, and even thrive, with Matthau. Hope, like hype, springs in the original. Gracepoint’s a new audience. Successful eternal. The Hollywood studios pilot episode was both written examples are few and far beare gambling that a TV remake and directed by the creators tween. For every Office, there in 2015 will remake prime time of the original, but something are a dozen Couplings and as we know it — even though, about it didn’t translate to a Men Behaving Badly. A popuHawaii Five-0 aside, there’s evi- North American TV audience. lar YouTube video titled Top 10 That isn’t stopping A&E from Worst TV Remakes begins with dence to suggest that — as with the movies — remakes hardly remaking the International the teaser, “They say lightning Emmy Award-winning French never strikes twice, and here’s a ever outperform the original. TV, a business where 84 per series Les Revenants as The list of TV shows to prove it.” The compilation includes cent of all new series fail, is lit- Returned, however, with an tered with the wrecks of “can’t American setting and a North Aussie redo Kath & Kim, the miss” reboots, from 2007’s Bi- American cast that includes Canadian-made Skins, 1992’s onic Woman and 20011’s Char- Mark Pellegrino, Jeremy Sisto, Red Dwarf and misfires such as lie’s Angels, to would-be neo Mary Elizabeth Winstead and The IT Crowd, Spaced, The Inbetweeners and The Prisoner, classics such as The Fugitive, Sandrine Holt. Remakes are popular with with Jim Caviezel in the role L.A. Dragnet and Ironside. A quality pedigree is no the Hollywood studios be- made famous by Patrick Mcguarantee of success the sec- cause they make good busi- Goohan. Betting on what worked in ond time around. The BAFTA- ness sense. Audiences respond nominated BBC drama Life on to familiarity. A remake’s story, the past doesn’t always work Mars failed to translate across setting and characters don’t in the future. Even failure can have a have to be explained. A familthe Atlantic. As compelling Fort St. John Northerner silver lining, though. The iar, catchy title, coupled with as The Killing was, the AMC/ Friday, January xx Netflix drama paled in com- a snappy, familiar TV theme YouTube video notes that, parison to the Danish original, song, sell themselves. The rec- when The IT Crowd failed Dawson Creek Mirror to draw a crowd, it made Forbrydelsen. The Bridge, free- ognition factor is built-in. Friday, January xx The downside is that fans of room for a little show called ly adapted from the DanishSwedish original Broen/Bron, the original will turn quickly if Community. And now for something the remake fails to live up to lasted just two seasons on FX. The ITV serial drama expectations. In the new age completely the same — only Broadchurch, now in produc- of social media, word of mouth different. Contemporary TV retion on its second season in has taken on heightened im- makes that worked: • The Office •Parenthood the U.K., failed to touch the portance. A fan spurned can • Shameless • Doctor Who popular nerve in its Ameri- become a dangerous fan in• Elementary• Nikita canized remake Gracepoint, deed. • Hawaii Five-0• Ugly Betty A remake that doesn’t appeal despite starring the same lead Artist: • Jane the Virgin to fans or the original can still actor, David Tennant, and fol- Cam

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it,” Gilligan said, of his Breaking Bad creation as he first envisioned the character. “He was this really interesting supporting character, and I thought it was going to be easy going forward.” The more Gilligan thought about it, though, the more he realized that, by making Better Call Saul a prequel, he had boxed himself into a tight corner. “We know where this guy is going,” Gilligan said. “We can’t, for instance, have him lose an arm or an eye in the first episode. Though he could have a glass eye, I suppose.” Goodman was a peripheral figure in Breaking Bad’s early seasons, but gained importance toward the end, when the situation facing his clients Walter White and Jesse Pinkman broke from bad to worse. Goodman could assume a new identity and put on a good front, but he could never hide the louse he truly was. “Walter never told me how lucky he was,” Goodman famously told White’s wife Skyler, on meeting her for the first time. “Clearly his taste in women is the same as his taste in lawyers: Only the best … with just the right amount of dirty.” The key question at the core of Better Call Saul’s being is how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman, and what problem that solved. Goodman is a compelling character, Gilligan says, because, despite his sleazy, flamboyant personal style, he’s a sharp, more-than-competent lawyer who knows all the legal ins and outs of his trade. He has an aversion to violence — he’s both a physical and moral coward — and prefers not to be associated with murder cases, opting to go with a “cleaner” instead. To allay clients’ qualms that he may not be entirely as advertised, Goodman proudly hangs his lawschool diploma in his office — from the University of American Samoa. It’s instructive that the real-world legal resources website HG.org lists

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a comprehensive directory of law schools in American Samoa “in alphabetical order,” which is summarily followed by a blank page. “The question you first asked, and I think it’s a good question — how do we do this? — is something we ask at least two or three times a week in the writers’ room now,” Gilligan said. “And I’ll be honest with you — it’s a challenge. But we’re having fun. We’re plugging away, but it’s fun. It’s like being into this Rubik’s Cube you’re trying to solve. Although, having said that, I’ve never actually solved one.” In a previous life, Gilligan was instrumental in shepherding the short-lived, X-Files spinoff The Lone Gunmen, starring Canadian actors Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund and Bruce Harwood. Gilligan makes no apologies for The Lone Gunmen’s cancellation after just 13 episodes. “Call me hard-headed or slow to learn lessons if you want, but I still maintain that The Lone Gunmen clicked. I am still proud of those 13 episodes that we made. I still think, in my heart, that Fox missed a trick by not re-upping it for a second season. “A lot of television — a lot of life, really — is about timing. Given a different set of circumstances and a different time, it could have been a hit. It’s certainly a show I’m proud to have been associated with, and I would have loved to see it go longer. “As far as lessons learned, the only lesson I learned was what I would have learned anyway, just as much if it had been a success. And that is work hard, do your best work, try to come up with as entertaining characters as possible and go forward with courage. “And that’s what we’re doing here. The chips will fall where they may. We have no control over that. The only control we have is over how good a show we can give to our viewers.”

3. A foolish or silly behavior, act, or thing. ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish, of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1766. USAGE: “Going through this ridiculous fandango of chicken and blackmail again is the height of irresponsibility.”

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Alex Strachan Postmedia There’s identity theft and then there’s the opposite — assuming a new identity to hide something from one’s past. An assumed identity — how it happened, and why — is the crux behind Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul, the new midseason drama from Breaking Bad writer-producers Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Better Call Saul, one of midseason’s more anticipated new dramas, is slated for a two-night premiere, Feb. 8-9, on AMC. . Bob Odenkirk reprises his Breaking Bad role as ethically challenged lawyer Saul Goodman, who, it was learned in an early-season episode, was named James “Jimmy” M. McGill in a previous life. How McGill became Goodman — and how a reputable Chicago criminal lawyer became a disreputable Mr. Fix It operating out of a shady strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico — lies at the heart of Better Call Saul’s mystery. It’s a tightrope walk, Gilligan and Gould acknowledged this past summer, in Los Angeles. Breaking Bad won back-to-back Emmys for outstanding drama, and the weight of expectation lies heavily on Better Call Saul. If it’s to succeed it has to remind viewers of both what was good about Breaking Bad, and be a self-contained series in its own right, able to stand on own merits. “It’s a challenge,” Gilligan said. “It’s a leap of faith, or stupidity, into the unknown.” Goodman provided much-needed comic relief in what was at times one of TV’s darkest dramas. Better Call Saul is not a comedy, though. It’s a private-detective series, with a central character who’s both lovable and irascible — the kind of character Jack Nicholson might play in the movies. “We didn’t really know who this guy is at all, when you think about

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• January 9, 2015 - Opening reception for Art of the Peace Membership Exhibition at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery from 7-9 pm. This event is free and open to the public. • January 13, 2015 - The Peace River Songwriters Group will be meeting at Faking Sanity at 7:30pm. • January 31, 2015 - Open Mic Coffee House. Doors open at 6:30 pm, entertainment starts at 7:00 pm, at “Faking Sanity” (corner of 9th St. & 103rd Ave., Dawson Creek). MACHITAWIN FAMILY LEARNING CENTRE • If you have any questions please feel free to drop by for a coffee at 14-1405-102nd Avenue, Central Place or give us a call at 250-782-1169. Monday: Gross Motor Skills Development 9:00 am - noon • Walking • Swimming • Playing Tuesday: Fine Motor Skills / Literacy Development 9:00 am - noon • Sharing Circle • Story Time • Singing • Crafts Wednesday: Breakfast Group 9:00 am - noon • Start the family oﬀ to a healthy breakfast with a Cultural theme Thursday: Parent - Child Mother Goose Program 9:00 am - noon • Come learn to sing your favorite song and tell rhyme with your children. Traditional Dance - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm. • Come learn the Pow-wow style way. Friday: Field Trip Day 9:00 am - noon. Getting to know your community. Gaia Program 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • Support for Pregnant Moms using Drugs and Alcohol. (11) NAWICAN FRIENDSHIP CENTRE • Mondays - Soup Kitchen 12-1pm, Nurse 11am-2pm. Tuesdays - Fund raiser BBQ11am - 1pm Wednesdays - Soup Kitchen 12-1pm Thursdays - Bannock 11am Fridays - Soup Kitchen 12-1pm. Also call 250.782.5202 for the dates on the following events: Afternoon Fund raiser Bingo - Elders Free Dinner/Entertainment - Community Fund raiser Dinners/ Entertainment. • Dawson Creek Seniors Hall: Monday 9:00am, Skittles/Pool 10:00 am Exercise 11:45 Lunch 1;00pm Pool 1:30pm Carpet Bowling 7:00pm Crib & Bridge. Tuesday 8:00 Foot Care/Blood Pressure (by appointment) 1:00 pm Pool / Bingo 7:00pm Floor Curling/Darts. Wednesday 9:00am Skittles/Ladies Pool 10:00am Exercise 1:00pm Pool/Crib & Bridge 3:30 pm Beginner Line Dancing. Thursday 10:00am Game board Café 1:00pm Floor Curling 7:00pm Floor Curling. Friday 9:00 Skittles/Pool 10:00am Line Dancing 1:00pm Pool 1:30pm Carpet Bowling. For more info on our activities call the 250 782 7620 or visit our hall at 1101 McKellar Ave. MONDAY • AA Meetings 8:00 pm at the Dawson Creek Health Unit. (0) • New! AA Meetings noon at South Peace United Church, 1300 - 104 Ave., Dawson Creek. (0) • Cocaine Anonymous meets 7:00 pm at 1320 - 102nd Ave. The only requirement is a desire to quit using cocaine and other mind altering substances! (0) • Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention: A skills group open to adults struggling with addiction Mondays 10:30am-12noon @ Mental Health & Addictions at the Dawson Creek Health Unit, 1001 110th Ave., Dawson Creek. Call Sean at 250-719-6525. (0) TUESDAY • TOPS B.C. #3450, Arras meets every Tuesday at Cutbank Hall from 3:30 - 5 p.m. For more info call Eileen at 250-843-7625 or Doreen at 250-780-2324. Join us having fun while winning with weight loss. (12) • AA Meetings 8:00 pm at Dawson Creek Health Unit, Living Sober Meeting, 219-7624. (0) • AA Closed Meeting 8:00 pm at Pouce Coupe Community Church Annex (next to the Post Oﬃce) 5002 - 49th Ave, Pouce Coupe. Big book study. (0) • Mile “O” Quilter’s Guild meets every Tuesday & Thursday at at the New Calvin Kruk Arts Centre on 10th St. and 104th Ave. at 7pm. (02) • First Tuesday: - Piecemakers Quilt Guild meets in the board room at Tiger’s Printing & Stationers, 7:00 pm. Contact 250-786-5793. (12) • First Tuesday: - The Visually Impaired Support Group meets at 12 noon at First Baptist Church, 1400 113 Ave. All who have or who care about someone with a vision problem are welcome. For further info call Pam 782-5187 or Margaret 782-3221. (03) • Las Tuesday: Book club for adults, 7pm at the Dawson Creek Library. Call 250-782-4661 for more details. (01) WEDNESDAY • New! AA Meetings noon at South Peace United Church, 1300 - 104 Ave., Dawson Creek. (0) • AA Meeting at the Health Unit @ 8:00pm. • Cocaine Anonymous meets 7:00 pm at 1320-102nd Ave. The only requirement is a desire to quit using cocaine and other mind altering substances! • Grief Support Group - free 6 week program. The group will run Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm until 8:30pm starting October 22nd and ending November 26th, 2014 at the Bergeron Funeral Services Social Room, 10200-17th Street, Dawson Creek, British Columbia. For more information or to register, please call 250-782-2577. (11) THURSDAY • AA Meetings 8:00 pm - 9:00pm at the Dawson Creek Health Unit. (0) • Al-Anon 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm at the Dawson Creek Heath Unit. (0) • Mile “O” Quilter’s Guild meets every Tuesday & Thursday at at the New Calvin Kruk Arts Centre on 10th St. and 104th Ave. at 7pm. (02) • TOPS: Taking Off Pounds Sensibly weigh in starts at 8:30 a.m. 10221-18th Street. Contact Mary Kidd 250-782-6628. (12) FRIDAY • AA Meetings 8:00 pm. 12x12 Meeting, at the Dawson Creek Health Unit. Big book study. (0) • Cocaine Anonymous, 7:00 pm at 1320-102nd Ave. The only requirement is a desire to quit using cocaine & other mind altering substances! (0) SATURDAY • AA Meetings 8 :00 pm , Dawson Creek Health Unit, Dawson Creek, 219-7624. (0) • Each Saturday - September through June - Peace Country Roots Group building will be open from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm to members wanting to use the genealogy library. A member will be available by appointment to anyone requiring help on how to get started on your family history. Everyone is welcome. We are located in the small building in NAR Park. Call Lynn 250-782-4058, Neil 250-782-7651, Lyle 250-782-2804 for information. (06) SUNDAY • NEW AA Meeting at the Cultural Room at the Northern Lights College 8pm Sunday evenings. • Fourth Sunday — September through June - Peace Country Roots Group meets 1:30 pm in the small Roots building in NAR park. Getting started on family tree research, need help? Come learn & share experiences with other amateur genealogists. Everyone welcome. Call Lynn 250-782-4058, Neil 250-782-7651, Lyle 250-782-2804 for information. (06 )

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New Years Baby comes early

Aubree Fehr gets the jump on a New Year in Dawson Creek

Jessica Culp and Jason Fehr didn’t expect to be in the hospital to celebrate the New Year, but newborn Aubree Lynn Fehr had different plans. Aubree was the first child born in Dawson Creek in 2015, something that both parents and grand parents alike are exited about. “It’s pretty cool,” mother Jessica Culp said. “I didn’t think she was going to come this early so it was different.” Baby Aubree wasn’t due until Jan. 16. It was Culp’s first, and fa-

ther Jason Fehr’s second child. Fehr says hospital staff told them when they arrived that they would likely be having the city’s first baby. The new parents have been adjusting well, and Aburee has been cooperating with that. “She is such a good baby,” Culp said. Adding that she sleeps through the night, for the most part. Culp, who is from Ontario, has a mother living in Vancouver. Fehr’s parents live in Dawson Creek, which may come in handy when he is away for a few weeks with work.

Culp says adjusting to the change of not having him around won’t be a huge deal for her. “I think it will be all right,” she said, “she is such a good baby that I don’t think it will make a difference.” Aubree Lynn Fehr was born on Jan. 1 at 6:05 a.m., approximately 12 hours after admittance, weighing in at 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and was welcomed by her older brother Dominc.

The Walking Track will be TEMPORARILY open on weekends (unless there is an event) from January – March, 2015 (during the ice season). Pick up a schedule at the Kenn Borek Aquatic Centre or check it out online at www.dawsoncreek.ca! Check out the new courses at the Climbing Wall!

Boot Camp (all fitness levels welcome), Technique and Movement (advance your climbing skills), Rocks and Ropes (for young climbers, ages 8‐18yrs that know how to belay and want to advance their skills). For a full listing of all courses, go to www.dawsoncreek.ca and click on Kenn Borek Aquatic Centre.

Let us help you with your New Year Resolution! We offer a variety of FITNESS CLASSES ranging in intensity from gentle to extreme! You don’t need to know how to swim for most of them! Class options: either deep or shallow (or a mix). Give us a call today for more information, or check them out at www.dawsoncreek.ca

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2014 Baby Welcome Party Sat. Jan. 24th 11am-1pm Early Learning Sons of Norway Hub Lodge # 79 meets 250-782-7045 at 6: 00 P.M. 2nd Tuesday of the Pouce Coupe Legion will be month at (KPAC) serving Schnitzel Calvin Kruk Centre for The Arts, supper Friday Room 204 (secJanuary 9 at 6pm. Hope to ond ﬂoor) 10401 10 St. see you there!

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Our hearts are full of gratitude when we say many thanks to our family and friends for all acts of kindness and sympathy: For food, flowers cards, emails and phone calls. Thank you to home support nurses, Dr. Burger, Dr. Lambiotte and 2nd floor nurses at the DC Hospital for the wonderful care given to our Mom. Special thanks to Richard and Sandy and Staff at Reynars Funeral Home for their professional arrangements and caring service. We would also like to thank Maija Vesaniemi for her beautiful song, and Linda LaFleur for the lovely lunch served at the memorial tea. Thank You to all that have helped to ease the pain of our Mom’s passing. The Family of Anne Rice

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Jan 17 -COUNTRY MUSIC DANCEMusic by Night Sounds at the Senior Citizens Hall, 1101 McKellar Ave. Dawson CreekDance from 8:3012:30. Admission includes lunch. 19 years and over welcome. For more information phone Fred at 250-7822192 or Linda at 250-843-7418 Neighbors Helping Neighborswould you like to help a senior keep their walkway cleared this winter? Dawson Creek Better at Home can help you ﬁnd a senior in your neighbor who needs help with snow shovelling. Call: 250782-2341 or stop in to the Better at Home ofﬁce in the Co-op Mall.

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PART TIME OPPORTUNITY: ANDERSON MERCHANDISERS-CANADA INC. requires a Merchandiser to service and maintain various product lines in Fort St. John, BC retail outlets. Reliable transportation, computer with internet and printer, access to digital camera and ability to lift up to 50lbs. is required. Approximately 3-5 hours per week. Salary is negotiable based on experience. Email resume to: hrcanada@amerchc a.com or fax to 905763-678

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Gordon Roy Taylor died quietly in RJ Victoria hospital, from COPD and asthma, with Lorena, Guy and Caleen at his side on December 26th, 2014 at age 82. He retired from organic grain farming on the 2.5 sections of land he homesteaded at Buick Creek, 50 miles north of Fort St. John. Clover and ploughing was his method, as he called chemical fertilization "mining". His custom thrashing and combining skills were later used at the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, where he also demonstrated log cutting on his homemade wooden sawmill. Gordon demonstrated rock cutting, grinding and gemstone polishing with the Victoria Lapidary and Mineral Society, and taught opal jewelry making as well. He also learned woodworking on his own and made beautiful dove-tailed boxes with wooden hinges. He and wife Lorena celebrated their 60th Anniversary just days prior, on December 21st. All came with a smile, a laugh, and a story. He will be greatly missed.

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By Steven Zeitchik Los Angeles Times (TNS) NEW YORK _ At the sprawling downtown apartment of Lee Daniels a few days before Christmas, the director was chatting with Danny Strong, the writer behind such politics-themed pieces as “Recount,” “Game Change” and, of course, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.” The two had recently reunited to create “Empire,” a soap opera set in the hiphop world. With its Shakespearean story of money, music, a dying mogul (Terrence Howard) and his dysfunctional family, the drama is Fox’s great midseason hope when it premieres Wednesday. “We do fight. Danny is very firm about what he believes in, and I respect that,” said Daniels, who also directed the race-themed “Precious,” in describing their collaboration. “He doesn’t back down. And I don’t back down,” he said with a laugh, alluding to his reputation for artistic stubbornness. Strong said, “Disagreements happen. It’s not a contentious relationship.” Daniels replied, “We’re Salt ‘n’ Pepa.” “Empire” concerns the street-thug-turned-rap-magnate Lucious (Howard), who, on learning his days are numbered, must decide how to divide his business among his three children. One is gay, one is a slacker and one is an MBA without musical chops _ which for Lucious means none of them is perfect. The patriarch’s longincarcerated spouse, Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), has also turned up on the scene, throwing curveballs galore. Strong, an avowed hip-hop fan, conceived of the show while driving in Los Angeles (he’s from Southern California but now lives in New York). He immediately called Daniels, with whom he had collaborated on “Butler” and who is avowedly Continued on page 15

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FOX’S HIP-HOP SHOW ‘EMPIRE’ Continued from page 14 not a hip-hop fan. (The director had to be told who Timbaland was when the artist was brought on to oversee music for the show.) Several days later, Strong and Daniels were hashing out ideas for “Empire” at Daniels’ apartment, an eclectically decorated space that, among other flourishes, included a hammock lined with an animal print. The two would sit at the living room table, Daniels spitballing stories of his own upbringing in Philadelphia _ of complicated

relatives, of a father intolerant of his son’s homosexuality. “When Lee told the story about how as a child he came in the room in high heels and his dad threw him in a trash can,” Strong said, “I was sitting there thinking, ‘I’m putting this in the show. I’m just not telling him right now.’” “I was so uncomfortable,” Daniels said. Daniels and Strong are a Bert ‘n’ Ernie pair: black and white, gay and straight, imposing and diminutive, blunt and diplomatic.

The partnership began when Daniels came on to direct Strong’s script of “The Butler” (it was not yet titularly Lee Daniels’). Despite their different entertainment backgrounds _ Strong, 40, came up as an actor in shows such as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” while Daniels, 55, is known as a hard-driving filmmaker who first gained notice producing the interracial drama “Monster’s Ball” _ the two found they had a certain kind of creative flow. Daniels helped develop the script for the civil rights drama; Strong spent time

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on set. Asked about their dynamic, Henson said: “Lee likes to sit on it a little, cut that in half, half that. They both write very challenging stuff. And Danny would surprise me. That line [in an early episode], ‘Why’d you marry that white girl?’ That’s Danny. I thought it was Lee.” She added, “They’re Pinky and the Brain. They’re going to take over the world.” One of the distinguishing aspects of “Empire” is the way it gets at a heightened world of money and music that exists only in, well, hip-hop songs while hitting on common notes of the American family. There are complicated children, a selfmade but emotionally stunted father, a brassy but caring mother. Daniels said this was the result of a specific autobiography. “Lucious is a lot of my father and a lot of me,” he said. “Lucious had to do what he had to do to get where he got. And that’s my story. “There are things that I’m not proud of, that I regret,” he added, without elaborating. The show is produced by Imagine Entertainment, whose Brian Grazer is a big hip-hop fan. “The L Word” executive producer Ilene Chaiken serves as show runner on the Chicago set. Daniels directed the first episode and, like Strong, serves as executive producer. Strong, who has directorial ambitions himself, made his first-ever screen directing effort with a recently shot episode. Daniels said some elements of the pilot discomfited him. “When we finished writing the script, I felt very similarly to when I walked away from ‘Precious.’ I felt naked; I felt vulnerable. I felt I didn’t know if I want white America seeing this; I didn’t know if I want black America exposed like this. It was an uncomfortable feeling.” There are evident challenges in a show about a gritty world that, because of its network platform, can’t take advantage of maximum grittiness. Strong played down the concerns. “We both liked the idea of it being a network show, be-

cause that means we’d need to make the stories very compelling. We wouldn’t be able to swear and have nudity, to have a crutch. We’d have to zero in on the drama. There’s something cooler about that.” Daniels began discussing the idea of risk-taking. He said he passed on directing “Brokeback Mountain” because people in Hollywood told him it wouldn’t make any money. “Sometimes earlier in my career they would tell me no and I’d go against my gut and believe the no.” Strong mentioned a movie he had turned down that went on to become a hit. Daniels said, “You ... idiot. You ... dip ...” on hearing what the film was. He continued to whoop and holler. Strong explained that it didn’t bother him to see the film succeed. Daniels

Daniels said this was the result of a specific autobiography. interjected. “C’mon, Danny. We both think we can outdo whomever. That’s what drives us.” Daniels himself had decided against directing “Selma” because he didn’t want to make another civil rights movie right after “Butler.” But he hopes “Empire” can break similar ground, particularly by showing uppermiddle-class African American characters in prime time. A moment later, Strong said, “See, but for me the idea of ‘Empire’ was less to do with race and more to do with money and class status that money brings. It’s about the American dream.” Daniels said, “I love him for that.” ___ (c)2015 Los Angeles Times Visit the Los Angeles Times at www.latimes.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC

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