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Peace landowners expropriated BC Hydro signs deals with six of eight landowners as work on Highway 29 realignments set to begin in the new year MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

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Two sets of landowners in the Peace River valley face expropriation to make way for Site C dam construction.

Ken and Arlene Boon, who have been the public face of opposition to the dam, will see much of their Bear Flat farmland taken by BC Hydro after refusing to sign an agreement to sell to the Crown utility.

They did, however, sign an agreement that will allow

them to stay in their home until May 31, 2017, and continue farming their river bottom lands for the next three years.

The decision was difficult, but practical, the couple said in an interview. “You have to weigh the pros and cons, and start making wise decisions,� said Arlene, whose grandfather first bought the land in the 1940s. “It’s going to be hard moving forward on this.�

Added Ken: “It keeps us on the land as long as possible.�

As part of the deal, the Boons agreed to not interfere with the dam’s construction, after being part of a protest camp at the historic Rocky Mountain Fort site earlier this year, and delaying contractors from clearing sections of old growth forest on the south side of the Peace River for the dam’s reservoir. “We will carry on voicing opposition in any peaceful legal way we chose to,� Ken Boon said.

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Jeff Richert is throwing his hat in the ring for MLA of Peace River North as an independent candidate.

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Flyers goalie Troy Hunt slams his mitt down on a loose puck during first period action against the Dawson Creek Senior Canucks Saturday night. The Flyers had a tough go on home ice last weekend against Grande Prairie and Dawson Creek.

This weekend, they’ll look to snap their two-game losing streak against Spirit River. Turn to B4 for more.

Work continues to save pharmacy TOM SUMMER For the Alaska Highway News

Officials in Hudson’s Hope are working to stave off closure of the district’s only pharmacy after the death of one of its employees earlier this fall.

Stacey Dixon, a long-time resident and assistant at the Hudson’s Hope Pharmasave, died suddenly Oct. 16, leaving the district in a bind as it hopes to meet new provincial rules requiring telepharmacies be staffed by registered pharmacy technicians.

Dixon, age 46, was registered to become a qualified technician, only needing a few more courses and a short workexperience practicum to round

out her training. “Stacey was an important part of health care services in Hudson’s Hope,� said Mayor Gwen Johannsson. “We appreciated her dedication and the enormous effort she made to get qualifications that would ensure our community pharmacy would not close.�

Small communities like Hudson’s Hope often don’t have a resident pharmacist, relying on telepharmacy instead, where an assistant works under the supervision of a pharmacist in another location.

The College of Pharmacists of B.C., the professional association that oversees pharmacies in the province, requires all

telepharmacy employees be fully-trained pharmacy technicians, rather than assistants, by the end of this year.

Johannsson also noted that rural healthcare services are often a “fragmented situation.�

Telepharmacies exist in the province as private enterprises that act as a supplement to organizations such as Northern Health.

The district has no official obligation to provide a pharmacy, but they are more than willing to help facilitate any process to keep it open.

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Biologist and agrologist Jeff Richert has tossed his name into the race for Peace River North in the upcoming provincial election.

The 36-year-old will run as an independent candidate, and is just the second contender so far next to Liberal candidate Dan Davies.

A Peace Region resident since 2010, Richert says mounting frustrations with provincial policy and party politics in B.C. is motivating his run for office. “I haven’t felt very represented politically,� Richert said. “When I look at the political environment in B.C., I see this kind of American style partyversus-party politics.

The message is always, ‘We don’t like what they’re doing,’ and the other party says, ‘Well, we don’t like them.’ “I find that very frustrating.

What’s lost in this conversation are the needs of the people.�

Richert currently works as a natural resource management advisor for the Nun wa dee Stewardship Society, providing technical advice and support for the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations.

Prior to that, he served as an environmental assessment coordinator for four Treaty 8 First Nations, helping navigate them through the Site C process.

A self-described moderate and fiscal conservative, Richert is a staunch opponent of Site C, and laments what he sees as mismanagement of Northeast B.C.’s resources in the public interest.

On the one hand, he believes building the Site C dam at an enormous $8.8-billion public cost creates an energy surplus that corners small communities from pursuing localized energy projects in their community’s interest.

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How to calculate the wind chill DOGGY DREAMS: When seeking news to chew on, I’m always attracted to items about dogs. According to a recent Harvard University study by animal psychologists, dogs dream about their human owners.

Meanwhile, I believe cats don’t dream at all. Cats don’t actually sleep. They just pretend to sleep while they’re plotting to kill and eat their owners.

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BATTERY BULLETIN: A scientist has invented a cell phone battery that lasts for 12 years without being recharged. Good luck remembering where you put your phone charger cord 12 years later.

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AIR SCARE: On CBC, an expert predicted air pollution will increase in every corner of the world. Well, right there we know this guy is a phony scientist. The world does NOT have corners. The world is round. (Air pollution will not be a problem if you stop binge breathing.)

WELCOME WINTER: Extreme cold descended on the Peace Region last week.

I think it’s going to be a long, cold winter.

John, BC - 7 Day Forecast - Environment I sawCanada a flock of penguins waddling south.

Alberta-B.C. border N/A Experts say the cold weather that hit us was caused by something called a “polar Fort Nelson N/A vortex.” A polar vortex starts at the North Pole when Santa and Mrs. Claus argue over the thermostat.

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Wonderful Life was voted Best Christmas Movie Ever. Polar Express is my favorite Christmas movie. Polar Express teaches kids that if you go outside alone without warm clothing on a freezing night, hop on a train with a bunch of strangers, talk to a dirty hobo, drink something you think is hot chocolate but you really don’t know what they put in it, you’ll get to meet Santa and ride on his dangerously overloaded sleigh.

TITANIC TALE: A Chinese theme park is building a Titanic Disaster tourist attraction. For $100 you get to experience what it’s like to be on a ship that hits an iceberg.

For only $5 you can experience what it’s like to be on an iceberg that gets hit by a ship.

PARIS P.U.: Meanwhile, a study shows Paris now has the worst air pollution https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-78_metric_e.html in Europe.

How bad is the air in Paris?

The top 100 feet of the Eiffel Tower have DINO DETAILS: Researchers at the dissolved.

Royal Saskatchewan Museum announced they found feathers from a dinosaur GIFT GIGGLE: A U.S. financial expert preserved in a piece of amber. They’re says the gifts in the festive song 12 Days not exactly sure what type of creature the N/A of Christmas would cost $34,363—that’s 95 million year old feather came from. It CHILL CHUCKLE: Last week, the TV up $200 from last year.

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Above: Heather Paddision and Riley Carmichael share the vision of a safe place for LGBTQ people in Fort St. John.

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Fort St. John’s gay and lesbian community began laying its vision for a resource centre where LGBTQ adults, youth and their friends and families can access information, counselling, and networking opportunities in the city last week.

Heather Paddison, a social worker who organized the event as part of her practicum, gathered the community at Northern Lights College Dec. 8 for a world café event to generate ideas.

Paddison said it’s important that people, regardless of their sexual orientation, have a place they can go where they feel safe to be themselves.

“I’m hoping it’s a space for anybody that needs a safe space,” she said.

“It’s kind of starting from an LGBTQ place, because we see the need for that, but I’m hoping it will be a safe place for anyone.”

Those who attended the world café were split into groups to look at different questions and ideas about LGBTQ issues and needs in Fort St. John.

One topic was what would envisioning a safe space or spaces for LGBTQ people entail, what would the safe space look like, feel like, and where would it be located.

Another topic asked attendees about gaps in services for family, friends, advocates and service providers of LGBTQ people in the city, and who might partner with an agency addressing those gaps.

Some of the gaps in services identified during the cafe included parent and family support, sex education in schools, and sensitivity training in the workplace.

Paddison pictures an actual bricks-and-mortar building that would be more than just a meeting place.

“Being a social worker, I definitely want to be more engaged and actively working, so personally I would like to offer several programs out of that space. I see it myself as being a one stop resource for people that need support with LGBTQ stuff,” she said, noting it could be a teacher with a student needing more support, or the parent of a transgender child who wants to know how to help them.

She would also like to work with the school district to bring more ideas into the classroom, such as providing school

libraries with LGBTQ books.

She would also like to work with businesses on improving language in company policies to be more inclusive.

Riley Carmichael, who works for North Peace Savings and Credit Union, attended the world café in both a professional and personal capacity.

He says he could have used a place like the one being envisioned when he was growing up.

“I did have a supportive family, but I think a bigger support group in my school network would have been more appreciated, as well as somewhere outside of school I could go to that would have been open and accepting,” he said.

“I’d like a safe space where anyone of any orientation or any walk of life can go to feel safe and feel like they are welcomed without prejudice and be able to talk about what they’re going through and not feel like they have to hide in any way.”

Growing up gay in Fort St. John does have its challenges, however, Paddison—who has lived in Fort St. John with her wife for the last 20 years—says she’s noticed attitudes are changing in the community.

Fort St. John’s first ever Pride Walk took place in June, and Paddison was amazed by how much the community supported the event.

“When I came around the corner and saw the mass of people I was just completely floored. You never could have prepared me for that,” she said.

Since the Pride Walk, Paddison has had several parents contact her to find information about how to support their LGBTQ children.

But with a lack of such services in Fort St. John, Paddison says that would be a program she’d like to offer.

“One of the programs I was thinking about being able to offer was working with families, assessing where they’re at with their understanding, assessing what their needs are, and then maybe doing some education with the parents and then bringing the whole family together and doing some facilitation, providing that safe space once again to have those open, frank, safe discussions,” she said.

Paddison plans to host another Pride World Café in the New Year, tentatively set for Jan. 30, 2017, to continue gathering information and feedback from the community.

For more information, email paddison@unbc.ca

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Public Notice DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Pest Management Plan Reference Number: TCPL – PMP NEBC 2017/22 Applicant: TransCanada PipeLines As per the Integrated Pest Management Regulation of British Columbia, Section 61(1) notice is given that a draft Pest Management Plan has been prepared by TransCanada PipeLines. The purpose of this plan is to provide a framework to manage the growth and spread of invasive and noxious weeds and to remove unwanted vegetation for reasons of safety and fire control, as well as to ensure pipeline and facility site security.

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• Horn River Mainline (Cabin Section) and facilities running SE from the Cabin Meter Station to the Sierra Meter Station.

• Ekwan Section RoW and facilities extending east-west from the Alberta border to the Sierra Meter Station.

• Groundbirch Mainline (Saturn Section) and facilities running SE from the Saturn Meter Station to the Groundbirch Mainline north of the community of Tremblay.

• Groundbirch Mainline running from the Alberta border to the Groundbirch Meter Station.

• Northwest Mainline Extension (Kyklo Creek Section).

• Livingston Creek Meter Station No. 1 and 2 • Dawson Creek Meter Station The duration of this plan will be from submission in Spring 2017, for a term of 5 years to the spring of 2022.

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Herbicide applications are intended within the areas to which the plan applies to control invasive and noxious weeds and unwanted problem vegetation. The herbicides that may be used under this Pest Management Plan include:* Trade Name(s) Telar Lontrel 360 Banvel VM Clearview Milestone Hasten NT Tordon 22 2,4-D Amine 600 (Ester 700) MCPA Ester 600 (Amine 600) Roundup Roundup Transorb HC Arsenal Garlon 4 Navius VM Esplanade Karmex

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The B.C. government has officially approved Fort St. John’s latest boundary expansion.

The approval, granted by a Dec. 7 order-in-council, brings in 107 properties covering 665 hectares in the city’s northeastern and southeastern boundaries. The extension includes parcels of land northeast of the city near Fish Creek and the hospital, as well as lands east of Swanson Lumber Road and along the Alaska Highway.

“It is important that, as a municipality, we create opportunities for appropriate and sustainable development that ensures the success of our northern communities,” Mayor Lori Ackerman said in a statement issued Monday.

The expansion is one of the largest in B.C history, the city says, citing the provincial Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, which is responsible for approving boundary extensions.

A recent 50 Year Growth Plan said the city would need 625 hectares of new land under low economic growth.

Ackerman has said new land near the hospital would be suitable for residential development, while land near Fish Creek could see the expansion of park space and trails there.

However, development conversations would only formally begin once the land is inside the city and rezoned.

Developers would be largely responsible for bringing services to any new areas upfront, Ackerman previously said, including new roads, sidewalks, and street lights.

Alan Williamson, who owns the Pharmasave in Hudson’s Hope, confirmed a new assistant has been found to replace Dixon, but notes he’s been trying for two years to recruit a technician to the community.

Dixon’s replacement is still training to be an assistant, Williamson said, and not yet ready to take the technician’s training.

“We have not gone down that road as she’s still a new employee,” he said.

Williamson, along with local officials, continue to work with Northern Health and the College to ensure the pharmacy can stay open into the new year, he said.

“Moving forward, we should be OK for the beginning of the year,” he said.

“We’re working to try to resolve the issues.”

Last month, Electoral Area B Director Karen Goodings wrote to the College and Northern Health requesting the pharmacy remain open as the community grapples with Dixon’s death and works to recruit her replacement.

No definitive solution has been reached yet, but Goodings has received a response from Chief Operating Officer of Northern Health, Angela DeSmit, confirming that they are working to keep the pharmacy open.

Goodings reiterated the importance of keeping the Hudson’s Hope telepharmacy open, and save rural residents from making the drive to Fort St. John or Chetwynd to fill their prescriptions.

While it may seem trivial to some, it’s an additional step that makes it harder for residents to get their prescriptions, and can be particularly taxing for elderly members of the community.

“Having the pharmacy available is much better,” Goodings said.

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Facebook can be a great way to waste time, but for a growing community in the North Peace it’s become an important way to share stories about the pioneering and boomtown days of yore.

In a unique way, Heritage Buildings of the North Peace has brought together the community through thousands of artifacts uncovered, and often sourced, by the community itself.

“It’s the stories that are the most fun,” says Pat Ferris, who launched the initiative earlier this year.

In 1975, Ferris moved from Victoria to the North Peace with his wife, having found work with Westcoast Transmission in an ever-increasing powerhouse of a region.

“I came up here with a six month plan, but never left,” Ferris says. “People come here with different attitudes; you’re either in prison or an adventurer.”

Ferris describes himself as the latter.

After spending 25 years with Westcoast, he opened the first specialty bicycle shop in the region, which had an 18-year run.

Ferris Fast Cycles could be described as a sort of pioneering of its own, as some would not think Fort. St. John to be a year-round cycling climate.

“You get four seasons, and I can ride my bike anywhere because the roads are empty compared to (the city) places I’d lived before,” Ferris says.

Now a published author and self-professed “trouble maker,” Ferris and his wife, Patricia, started a new project on social media this past April.

Called Heritage Buildings of the North Peace, it is a collection of historic landmarks in Fort St. John and surrounding area. From Bowes and Herron’s shop on a muddy downtown track to 34 historic homes still standing today, Ferris says it’s always been the stories of pioneering spirit and old fashioned practicalities keeping him interested.

Such as the story of the original credit union, operated out of a private residence. Or the way rural residents dragged their homes into the middle of their farm fields with machines and chains to avoid the historic Chinchaga fires of the summer of 1950.

One of the things making the page so interesting is that often the pictures reveal their own sources and histories.

“I don’t try to say much with the pictures because often the archived photos I get from Victoria are labelled wrong. So now, usually, I’ll just put it up there and

say, ‘Here’s a building,’ and everyone kind of plugs in with the stories,” says Ferris.

And even when it’s a photo he’s taken himself, the public weighs in.

“We were driving by and I took a picture of what used to be Dodd’s truck stop (currently the highway Petro Canada in Fort St. John), and I must have had 3,000 views because everybody, after a night out, well, that’s where you ended up.

People remember that stuff.”

And so as the comment sections grow, a network of what the social fabric of the community looked like begins to take shape. From old friends to descendants of the original pioneers, Pat says more than 3,000 people are now reconnecting and networking across the group.

While the social media experience is unique, history has brought communities like Fort St. John together before. In November, the Fort St. John North Peace Museum hosted a free event showcasing film clips from Rudy Schubert, who worked on the Alaska Highway with the 341st Engineers and moved Fort St. John after serving in Europe to document the history of the region.

Kathleen Ogilvie, a curatorial intern from Carlton University at the museum, said there were mutual exchanges of stories of different events and people calling out, “Hey, isn’t that your mom?” from across the room to each other.

“Something that struck me was that it was very unique for here, because I think that if you had the same kind of event in a bigger city, you wouldn’t have had that same experience of people recognizing each others relatives and friends,” Ogilvie says.

Heather Sjoblom, museum curator, says Ferris is filling a void by documenting these buildings.

“Pat approached me back in January, he wanted to do something about heritage buildings, because we don’t have any kind of preservation through the city, no heritage designation,” she says.

While there has been some interest in recognizing landmarks in the North Peace, many buildings have been torn down or recycled. While many of the social media page’s images are from the museum, or from archives in Victoria, many are private submissions often from all over the world.

Pat says his favourite stories will always be about the trailblazers in the North Peace.

“You had to adapt. The weak ones were dead,” he says.

To learn more, join Heritage Buildings of the North Peace on Facebook.

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Community commentary CLARIFICATION ON EMISSIONS (Re: ‘Koechl & Kroecher: Premier, energy minister speak out of both sides of their mouths,’ Alaska Highway News, Dec. 8, 2016) I was quoted in this article as saying that Burrard Thermal produced approximately 400 kilotonnes of CO2 per year. What the article did NOT state is that this number applied when Burrard ran at full output for 10 per cent of the year.

If Burrard ran at full output for 85 per cent of the year (the maximum that was allowed under its permit), its CO2 emissions would be approximately 3,350 kilotonnes. In comparison, the Petronas LNG export terminal would emit 5,280 kilotonnes per year.

—Martin Cavin, Port Moody, B.C. SOCIAL MEDIA CHATTER (Re: Plot chosen for Site C affordable housing, Dec. 8, 2016) What a crock! So there’s a huge 5 star camp AT the dam that isn’t (nor has it ever) been filled to capacity with all amenities such as a gym, common dining area with 8 course meals daily, coffee shop, theatre, pub (with pub food) rooms with TV’s, Wi-Fi, games rooms...etc.

Not to mention if I’m not mistaken I believe the vacancy rate in FSJ with rentals is at a bit of a low. So build a huge apartment/ condo complex to house strictly BC Hydro staff??? Makes a ton of sense.

—Tina Vlotaros via Facebook Why would managers working at the dam need homes?? Maybe because camp in single occupancy only and some people

have families and would like them to live here and have a semi-normal life for the next 8 years? Holy hell you people are ridiculous. This is a good thing for our community as well.

—Andrea Romanik via Facebook

discovered the ice about a week ago... hidden under the snow looked like just a fill in base layer but man oh man super slippery and dangerous. Hopefully the ice loop is in soon....exciting.

—Renata Debolt via Facebook

It’s good to see large capital projects having a direct and positive influence on the community.

—Mark Cranston via Facebook

(Re: Province unveils aggressive plan to electrify B.C. natural gas fields, Dec. 8, 2016)

As long as it’s properly maintained and serviced that’s great. Within walking distance of most amenities.

—Cee Brown via Facebook I would rather have a bus stop near another location, rather than be next door to sirens at all hours. Our bussing system is actually pretty great, rather than having to go through all of this trouble to change the zoning and all.

—Laura-Lee Anne Doucet via Facebook (Re: City throws skaters for a loop at Mathews Park, Dec. 8, 2016) Oh my god I love that idea. Also put in a reminder of safety precautions to take when it comes to injury prevention. It can be done.

—Wendy Brown via Facebook Just make sure it is advertised lots! Would be nice to have a few bench around for some to take a break and sit. ( yes I know someone will break them) But it sounds good!

—Sharon Loney Doerksen via Facebook We used the basketball course rink it was great.. the trees loop will be even better! We

Do they really understand the nature of the oil and gas industry? Do they picture it as a group of closely linked sites? I do know that the discussion was that it would be between a private provider and industry but no one wanted to discuss the justification of site c for this purpose. Also there will be no opportunity to allow connections for the ranchers and citizens. Only industry.

The residents of the area have been providing their own power all these years and will continue to do so into the future.

In fact, there are five businesses along the highway that use clean natural gas to generate their power which meant they didn’t have to burn diesel. This power line was another of the projects that the province saw fit to exempt from the independent examiner to see if it made sense.

When they first started talking about it they admitted there would be only a small percentage of the industry that this would be available for. Spin doctoring the news is fast becoming an art for the province.

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Taking the time for a positivity parade

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here are days when it feels like the universe has fallen into The Darkest Timeline.

People are dying as I write this in Aleppo, Syria, our neighbour to the south and largest trading partner just elected the most unqualified candidate it its history, families in town are struggling to even have a Christmas this year thanks to gas price tanking... I could go on.

I don’t like being a Negative Nancy, but holy cow it’s hard to focus on the good things sometimes.

Maybe it’s the winter darkness seeping in. This time of year we lose more and more daylight as we creep towards the winter solstice, and it can

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be brutal for a lot of people.

Especially since we’ve had so many grey, foggy, overcast days lately. What happened to being the sunniest place in B.C. during the winter?

When those blahs try to seep in, it’s good to take a moment and think about the good things.

With all the ice fog, there’s been some gorgeous hoar frost coating everything. Not many people can say they live in a Thomas Kinkade painting. Do

you think Vancouver gets hoar frost like we do? Heck no, they get sad grey rain for months. I’ll take the winter wonderland of the Peace Region over that.

Yes, it’s been ridiculously cold, even as a pro-winter citizen, I will admit it’s been a little much of late. However, this Arctic vortex thing is moving on and it’s supposed to warm up soon. That means we can venture out of doors and enjoy the season as its meant to be enjoyed. That ice loop in Mathews Park is going to be up and running soon, how cool is that?

I’ve had several opportunities to see little kids in the community show off the things they’ve learned in dance class and show off special crafts

they’ve made that they are so proud of. I’ve watched them in complete and total awe when Santa Claus walks into the room (he visits us a lot prior to Christmas Eve, we must be pretty special).

Yes, I’m having myself a positivity parade because right now I kind of need to have one. Wanting to focus on some happy things does not negate any concerns I have over the state of the world right now, but once in a while we need to step back and take a few minutes to think about the good stuff.

Aleisha Hendry is a proud feminist writer who loves cold weather, her cats, roller skates and righteous indignation. Follow her on Twitter at @aleishahendry

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Last week, the Vancouver Sun reported traffic slowdowns on the bridge were common, and “that (the bridge) may have to be twinned to keep things on schedule.”

In an email, Site C spokesperson David Conway said no decision has been made on the construction bridge.

“Peace River Hydro Partners is evaluating a number of additional methods for moving materials between the north and south banks,” Conway said. “Their evaluation is based on whether there are efficiencies in doing so, within the existing budget.”

The bridge has been a bone of contention between BC Hydro and local governments. Fort St. John, for example, pushed for a new bridge as part of a Site C benefits package to no avail.

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Peace River Hydro Partners, which holds the main construction contract on the $8.8 billion BC Hydro project near Fort St. John, is reportedly looking for ways to ease congestion on the temporary 329-metre span.

The bridge, completed in March, links the north bank worker camp with construction crews on the south side of the river. A concrete batch plant has been built on the south bank, while material for the earth fill dam will be mined in the Pine Pass and transported to the south bank work site.

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Lloyd Bentley Sr. outside his home on Bear Flat, built in 1959 and still standing today. This picture was taken in 1965 and the home now belongs to Arlene and Ken Boon. BC Hydro is expropriating the Boons for the Site C reservoir and Highway 29 realignment, meaning the home will be demolished.

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Dave Conway, a BC Hydro spokesman for Site C, said the land is needed now as clearing work for the first of six Highway 29 realignments is set to begin in January.

The construction tender will be issued in the spring.

“This work impacts eight property owners in the Cache Creek area—two have residences on the land that will be impacted by the highway realignment and the other six do not,” Conway said.

“We recognize that this is difficult for the landowners and homeowners involved, and we want to do what we can to make this transition easier for them.

For the two homeowners that need to relocate, we’ve reached agreements that will allow clearing work to begin while they remain in their homes until the end of May 2017.”

BC Hydro has been acquiring land for the project since the 1970s, Conway said, the majority of it already public owned.

“In most cases, only a small portion of the remaining properties that are privately owned need to be acquired,” he said. “There are fewer than 20 homeowners who may not be able to remain on their property.”

Ken Boon, who serves as president of the Peace Valley Landowner Association, said six other landowners in the Bear Flat and Cache Creek area signed deals with BC Hydro over their property.

The others who will face expropriation are Clara and Dale London, who will lose roughly 55 of 640 acres of land across a number of parcels they own in both the valley and on top its benches.

The land is needed for the dam’s reservoir, highway realignment, and statutory

right-of-ways.

The Londons say they didn’t expect to face expropriation, but chose not to sign an agreement with BC Hydro after they say it refused to remove a clause that would have prevented them from buying back certain portions of their land if the dam were to be cancelled.

“The clause was you can buy all the farmland back except where the highway realignment was,” Dale said.

“Even if (the dam) does get shut down, they’re not letting us buy back the piece that was for the highway, and it goes through some of our fields.”

Added Clara: “That was not acceptable with us. I would never sign away property that I could not ask for back. Whereas… you’re protected in full expropriation. If the project is cancelled, you can ask for those lands back.”

The Londons also believed the offer didn’t appraise the timber, gravel, and other resources that would come with the land, and didn’t account for the loss of hunting grounds used by Dale, and the farming income the lands had been generating.

Meanwhile, the Boons are hoping for a change in government in next May’s election, and remain hopeful the project will be stopped. They plan to move to a converted schoolhouse on a portion of their property they will be allowed to keep.

“This fight is long from over yet,” they said.

“Making a decision to living in this valley… with this project out of front door, it’s going to be a roller coast of emotions moving forward.”

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If you listened closely enough, you might have heard a collective sigh of relief from secondary school teachers, principals, administrators and school board trustees across the province on Nov. 29.

That’s because the Ministry of Education announced that Grade 10-12 teachers now have another year to test drive the new B.C. school curriculum before it becomes official, with implementation now slated for the 2018-19 school year instead of launching next fall.

“Teachers, principals, and trustees have all asked for more time to work hands on with the draft curriculum, not all the draft curriculum were finished and ready to roll out,” explained Dave Sloan, superintendent for School District 60, in an interview.

“There’s going to be substantive change to some of the courses in how they’re delivered, so as districts, we’re preparing to roll out their calendars for next year, and there was some anxiety that things weren’t finalized and ready to go for September yet.”

The new curriculum, with its focus on project-based and collaborative learning, was implemented for Grades K-9 this September. So far, it’s been a relatively smooth transition, in part because there’s more flexibility built in to the K-9 system.

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for example, students are with the same teacher all day long, there’s not as much rotation, it’s not as subject driven as the 1012 part of the program,” Sloan said.

“The graduation stream program typically and traditionally has been run by subject, and so you work with a teacher for a set period of minutes, and rotate to your next block.”

Education Minister Mike Bernier’s announcement alluded to the extra challenges of the curriculum shift at the 1012 level, and explained that the extension “makes sense” because the graduation years are more complex in that they’re tied to provincial exams and connected to post-secondary choices.

Michele Wiebe, president of Peace River North Teachers’ Association, believes the extension is much needed for educators still trying to figure out how to make their classes project based.

“My son, I know he took Calculus 12, and he would want to know, what does he need to know to get to university, to take math in university? And I don’t know how you would do the projects for Calculus 12, so that’s my personal thinking,” she said.

“I’m sure high school teachers will be able to do this, but I’m just glad it’s going to take another year so teachers can really work on this and figure it out. It’s going to be huge, it’s a huge shift for high school.”

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The project has also done little to stabilize Fort St. John’s economy in the downturn despite being on the city’s doorstep, he notes.

“We’re in a circumstance where families are going to lose their homes, we have this really expensive project without BC Utilities Commission oversight, we’re being told that its good for us, we see a half-billion dollar camp come in, meanwhile the town is seeing massive vacancy rates,” he said, adding unemployment in the region has gone from being unmeasurable to more than 10 per cent.

“This failure to adapt is very frustrating for me.”

On the other hand, the government’s promise to develop a once-in-a-generation liquefied natural gas industry has failed to materialize, Richert said, while building Site C has slammed the door on the region from developing its natural gas assets as a domestic energy supply.

“I see natural gas as an interim solution, and supports the oil and gas sector in the region,” Richert said.

“But we’re disallowed to use that gas as a public to generate electricity.

“We can use it to heat homes but not generate electricity. That’s really infuriating for me,” he continued.

“I’m frustrated with the oil and gas industry not being vo-

cal about that reality. I think it’s in our interest.”

Richert believes geothermal development in the region would help diversify the business of local oil and gas service providers, and go hand-in-hand alongside further solar and wind development to meet B.C’.s energy demands as needed.

“If we’re seeing this carbon economy decelerate over time, why wouldn’t we have an additional industry that can create long term jobs?” he said.

Energy matters aside, Richert believes the region can do better in capturing tourism dollars that drive up and down the Alaska Highway.

But tourism is just another part of a broader discussion Richert wants to have with constituents about developing alternative industries in the northeast.

“If you’re elected as an MLA, you’re role is to advocate and channel those ideas,” he said.

“I think everybody can agree diversification of our local economy reduces the risk of the boom and bust cycle.

“I’m not going to sit here and tell people I have the answer to everything,” he continued. “I have some ideas, for sure, but the other part about this is listening and hearing the ideas of others because I think there’s a lot out there.”

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Minaker River park lies on a scenic bend in a river near Mile 200 of the Alaska Highway. The former forestry camp is dotted with aspen and spruce, and is a popular camping destination during the summer months.

Deer, moose and elk are known to migrate through the area.

It’s also a First Nations burial ground.

The Prophet River First Nation, a Dane-zaa community around an hour south of Fort Nelson, is seeking to add parcels in or around the regional park to its reserve lands, Peace River Regional District (PRRD) officials say.

According to a report presented at the Nov. 24 PRRD board meeting, Prophet River has entered negotiations with the province on adding reserve lands. A land transfer could affect Minaker Park, though regional district staff are still unclear which parcels are being considered.

The regional district has leased the land from the provincial forests ministry through 2022. The burial grounds are

Carpentry tools stolen from site of NLC class project

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Quilting together a community Students of the Northern Lights College Early Childhood Education and Care and Education Assistant (ECEC/EA) programs pulled together and created a “virtual quilt” as part of a Share a Square project.

Each student was asked to submit a piece of imagery that represented the following themes: all children have needs and rights; we create a positive future by working together, and respect and diversity.

“Being a part of this virtual quilt really meant a lot to me, and was such a privilege,” said student Daphne U. “As a new ECE coming into the field, it can be very overwhelming. This quilt was a real inspiration, and boosted my confidence as a new ECE student.”

A virtual quilt, like a real quilt, is a way to build and sustain community and celebrate the individual diversity of textures, sights sounds and ideas – held together by threads that connect them.

“We were prompted by the question, ‘So how many students are there in the ECEC/EA programs?’ ”explained instructor Patricia McClelland.

“We also wanted to celebrate the new face-to-face, in-region program, and connect all the students.”

Many of the students had positive things to say about the experience.

“The quilt to me means community, and a way to share a little piece of ourselves with one another,” said student Kayli S. “When I saw the quilt completed I felt a sense of community.

I am starting to learn this about education – it is a community of its own with a common passion, and I love that!”

Another student explained how she was very intrigued by the project when it was first presented to the class.

“After I watched Patricia’s video explaining the class objectives of this project, I began thinking about each of us working towards the common

goal of becoming exceptional Early Childhood Educators and the variety of qualities and skills we individually bring to the table,” explained student Kayla H. “Even before beginning my educational career, I have always been a huge supporter of play. This support has only grown through my learning experiences and with instructors who have presented those experiences to me. That being said, it wasn’t a hard decision as to what quote I wanted to represent on my piece of the virtual quilt. It is amazing to see everyone’s individual quilt squares come together to create a cohesive unit – just as we do as Early Childhood Educators.”

McClelland added that students, instructors, practica mentors, and alumni all participated in the virtual quilt, bringing the entire ECE community together.

To see or read about the quilt online, visit http://vquilt.weebly.com/

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Crafting at Chetwynd’s Don Titus Elementary The Chetwynd Career and College Preparation (CCP) class from Northern Lights College got together with Don Titus Elementary School to do their annual craft and activity day on Dec. 8th.

For the fifth year in a row, college students headed to the elementary school for a fun day of holiday crafts.

“The CCP students, tutor, and instructor thought up crafts for 11 different stations. The K to 7 students were split into groups of multi-grades,” explained CCP instructor Holly Keutzer.

“The Grade 6 and 7 students buddied up with the younger students, and worked at each station before moving on to the next.”

By the end of the program, students had a variety of crafts to take home to their families for the holidays.

“The CCP students make an example of the craft beforehand, so they know exactly how to do it,” said Keutzer. “This program has been really helpful in promoting leadership skills with the CCP students, as well as learning time management skills.”

The CCP students also learn multitasking skills when they simultaneously keep the fast finishers occupied, and help other students finish on time.

“This is a great day to let my CCP students become the teacher, and I love to watch them shine,” said Keutzer.

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located to the north of the park’s main access road, and “extreme caution is used to not disturb the site,” the regional district states in its report.

“This burial ground has cultural importance to First Nations groups and may contribute to the special interest in this property,” the report continues.

“The long term plan that the province has discussed with Prophet River FN would be for the province to sell the property to Prophet River FN, who then would transfer it over to the Federal Government to be included as a reserve land.”

The potential transfer raises a number of questions for the region’s parks department.

For one, it’s not clear whether Prophet River is interested in land that would cut off public access, or whether the region might receive additional parkland if Minaker is transferred.

The regional district plans to meet with Prophet River some time in the new year. PRRD staff say the current reserve land process is unrelated to Site C land transfers.

Calls to the nation were not returned by press time.

Northern Lights College (NLC) will have to replace nearly $10,000 in carpentry equipment after a thief made off with tools from a storage trailer earlier this month.

According to college spokesperson Jennifer Fernandes, carpentry students working on a class project near Dawson Creek discovered tools and equipment were missing from the job site Dec. 5.

The trailer was stored on the NLC farm east of Dawson Creek, where residential construction students were renovating buildings for a class project.

“We notified the RCMP and they’re investigating. That’s basically all we know,” Fernandes said. “Unfortunately, the college has to replace those tools now.”

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The Move Dance Centre held its third annual Christmas Show on Dec. 12. Left: The Three and Four Year Old Combo Tuesday Morning Class dances to Frosty the Snowman. Right: The Three and Four Year Old Combo Wednesday Class do a routine to Jolly Old Saint Nick.

Fibre optic tech rolling out in Hudson’s Hope BRONWYN SCOTT For the Alaska Highway News

Fibre optic technology and the lightning fast Internet speeds it enables has been a boon to Hudson’s Hope businesses, and could be the saving grace of the community’s sole pharmacy that is slated to close at the end of this month.

The municipality partnered with Telus to bring the latest in Internet technology to residents and businesses this past fall, and it’s expanding the scope of possibilities in the small, northern B.C. town.

“Hudson’s Hope has had the greatest per capita uptake in the proportion of people that

it was offered to, there were more that signed on to it than anywhere else in B.C.,” said Mayor Gwen Johansson.

Fibre optic technology is a network built from glass fibres that transmit data as particles of light, which means swaths of information can be sent online at close to the speed of light.

For Hudson’s Hope resident Kelly Newsholme, a partner at Diversified Environmental Services who works from home, her fibre optic connection has bettered her business.

“Before, I kept getting knocked off when I was online . . . it was getting so frustrating.

It would be off for a while, and

I was moving my little receiver around the yard to try and get a better line of sight (to the tower), it was a pain, and now I don’t have that issue . . . I’m good to go,” Newsholme said.

“It definitely makes working at home easier.”

Could be boon for pharmacy Hudson’s Hope’s improved connectivity could mean that the small town pharmacy – really a ‘telepharmacy,’ run by an assistant who is supervised to some degree by a pharmacist in another location – will be able to remain open in spite of the College of Pharmacists of B.C.’s legislation change that

requires a pharmacist or pharmacy technician to be on site to fill prescriptions.

There are no qualified pharmacists or technicians in Hudson’s Hope, a community of about 1,000, which meant the telepharmacy was doomed to close its doors on Dec. 31.

“We were in danger of losing our pharmacy but . . . my understanding is that they may be able to, with the improved Internet, do video conferencing, so they would be able to fill those prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist that’s at a distance,” Johansson explained, adding that she hasn’t heard a final word on the matter.

Pharmacy owner Alan Williamson confirmed that the college is “working with us to come up with some resolutions so that the pharmacy will stay open,” but said as of now the future of the telepharmacy is still up in the air.

There are 11 telepharmacies across B.C. that face the prospect of closing Dec. 31, according to Gillian Vrooman, college spokesperson. “[We’re] still in the process of determining what those next steps (are),” Vrooman said, adding that, “we do know that having the ability to have that video link and having that better quality Internet access is definitely an asset.”

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A look at what went on in Peace Region provincial courts for the week ending Dec. 9. There were no dispositions that week in Tumbler Ridge or Hudson’s Hope.

Fort St. John Law Courts: • Theodore James CapotBlanc (born 1992) was assessed a $100 victim surcharge for theft under $5,000.

• Shalene Danielle Mills (born 1989) was given a one-year probation order and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for theft under $5,000.

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Five local students studying for a career in the oil and gas industry got a $2,000 boost to their pocketbooks to fund their studies. The students, spread across the Power Engineering and Oil and Gas Field Operations programs, each received a Shell Canada Entrance Award based on an essay response on their educational and career goals. They also rubbed shoulders with Shell leaders to ask questions about the industry during a special luncheon. “Supporting students pursuing post-secondary training relevant to the oil and gas sector is really important to us,” said Bob Karch, Shell’s production superintendent. “These students will be the future of our industry and giving them a head start in the classroom and a view into the field, helps create a strong foundation for a safe, local workforce.” Above: NLC Power Engineering and Oil and Gas Field Operations students were delighted to be the recipients of Shell Canada Entrance Awards.

Police look for tips on weekend robbery Know something about a convenience store robbery on Dec. 10? The Fort St. John RCMP want to hear from you.

In a release, RCMP say two men entered a store in the 9000 block of 100 Avenue in Fort St. John around 10:15 p.m., and demand cash.

The men left the store with an undisclosed amount of money and no one was injured, according to police.

The investigation remains in its early stages.

RCMP ask anyone with information to contact the detachment at 250-787-8100.

Credit card thief still at large Meanwhile, RCMP continue searching for a man they sus-

• Shell at 96th Ave. and 100th St. Fort St. John • Shell at 96A St. and Alaska Rd. North Fort St. John • Esso at 93rd Ave. and 100th St. Fort St. John • Esso at 102nd Ave. and 100th St. in Taylor

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Police are circulating the above surveillance image of the suspect in the hopes of catching him. If caught, the man could face charges of credit card fraud and theft over $5,000.

Anyone with information is asked to call the detachment at 250-787-8100, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

—Staff

• Terrance Travis Dennis (born 1981) was given a one-year probation order and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft under $5,000.

• Matthew Leonard Burke (born 1989) was handed a threeyear driving ban and assessed a $00 victim surcharge for one count of being in care or control of a vehicle or vessel while impaired. Burke was assessed another $100 victim surcharge after being found guilty of one count of theft under $5,000.

• Dwayne Dale Needlay (born 1966) was given a one-year probation order and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.

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Chetwynd Law Courts: • Joseph E. Warren (born 1968) was handed a $500 fine and a $150 victim surcharge on a charge of breach of undertaking or recognizance.

—Matt Preprost, Jonny Wakefield

Man injured in targeted shooting A 47-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being shot early Tuesday morning.

Fort St. John RCMP say officers responded to a shooting complaint the 11000 block of the 269 Road around 7:53 a.m.

The man was found with gunshot wounds and rushed

to hospital where he remains in stable condition.

“The investigation is still in the very early stages but it appears the shooting was targeted and the public is not at risk,” Sgt. Dave Tyreman said.

No further information is being released at this time.

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• Kristopher L. Kivi (born 1978) was handed a $500 fine, $75 victim surcharge and a 12-month driving prohibition on a charge of driving while prohibited/licence suspended.

• Mark C. Menduk (born 1958) was fined $500, assessed a $150 victim surcharge, and given a firearms prohibition and forfeiture after being found guilty of the lesser included offence of unauthorized possession of a firearm.

• JasonW. Redhead (born 1978) was given a 30-day jail sentence and 12 months probation on a charge of breach of probation.

On a separate charge of breach of probation, he was handed a 30day jail sentence and 12 months probation. Redhead was given two days in jail and 12 months probation on a charge of causing a disturbance. He was given a 14-day jail sentence, 12 months probation, and an order to give a DNA sample on a charge of assault.

• Jasmine Lee Hutt (born 1979) received a one-year probation order, a suspended sentence with conditions and a $100 victim surcharge on a charge of theft $5000 or under.

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3,000+sf two story home (circa 1998) attached 2 car garage 5 bedrooms, 4 bath, formal dining & living room divided by 3-faced fireplace, 10 ‘ ceiling in fully finished basement, country setting front porch, PLUS 2,400sf shop with 14’ overhead doors to fit RV and horse trailer parking & second floor space…Fenced acreage with man-made fish pond, horse shelters and pasture, just under 10 acres of land (ALR) currently slated for incorporation into the city boundary ASKING $1.48 Million

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Note from Ron Rodgers In January, all property owners will be receiving their property assessment from BC Assessment Authority.

With the noticeable changes in this area’s real estate market over the past few years, I encourage everyone to take a close look at the assessment evaluation for your property before the deadline to appeal.

Remember, it is this assessed value that is used by the City to determine your property taxes, so it is well worth the time to do your due diligence and take a closer look at the BC Assessment notice when it arrives.

BC Property Assessment Rate x City of Fort St John mill rate = Your Property Taxes Ron is a long standing member of the Canadian Commercial Council of Realtors Member and Chair of BC Northern Commercial Council.

(The opinions expressed within are strictly those of the author.)

With over 930+ acres to develop, the possibilities are endless; trails for hiking, snowmobiling, quads or horses, build your home overlooking the waterfront and enjoy the view, take advantage of season fishing and hunting on your own land.

There is even room to operate your business from here (give the Regional District a call to learn more about the land use regulations for this site).

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Thank you to all our clients who have supported NorthEast BC Realty over the past years.

We look forward to 2017 and wish you a safe and happy holiday!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR COMMERCIAL, RETAIL OR INDUSTRIAL LEASE SPACE, CALL RON RODGERS FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NORTH EAST BC AREA Information is not intended to solicit properties already listed for sale, or buyers already under contract. All measurements and information is believed to be accurate but not guaranteed and should be verified.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016 A13

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Students from Upper Pine Elementary Junior Secondary School show off the allergy-friendly items they collected during the school’s annual food drive. The event paid special attention to foods containing allergens.

Upper Pine students keep allergies in mind with food drive ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Collecting food donations is a great way to help out those in need in the community, but it’s easy to forget that not all diets are made the same.

Students at Upper Pine School kept those dietary restrictions recently stepped up to collect allergen-free foods during its annual food drive.

Organized by teacher-librarian Susan Gilmour, the food drive helped raise awareness of the many different allergies people can have.

“This had been one of the more successful food drives we’ve had at the school because the kids were really into it; they really got it,” she said.

The school usually hosts a food drive every year, but decided to try the allergy-friendly food drive after Gilmour discovered the idea on summeroftag.com, a website from Food Allergy Canada that challenges schools to hold such an event.

A different allergen was featured for each of the 10 days of the food drive. On day one, peanut-free items were collected; on day two, the focus was on milk-free items. Students also collected food items that contained no eggs, no fish, no soy, no shellfish, no sesame, no wheat, no mustard, and no tree nuts.

Gilmour had a sign-up sheet for what kind of food was being collected for the day, and another saying what was being collected the following day.

“There would be kids in the morning that dropped their stuff off, and then later kids would take a look at the labels to see whether or not that stuff was in it,” said Gilmour. “It really made sense to them.

The food collected at Upper Pine will be donated to the Fort St. John Salvation Army food bank.

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They did not release information on the incident until Wednesday morning. According to a release, the bank branch was told in a phone call “that there was a bomb in the building set to go off later that same day.” Police found nothing when they searched the building, and are still looking for suspects.

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REGIONAL NEWS

Northern Gateway rejection removes Kinuseo Falls question mark

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Fort St. John student Tyler McDonald recently won a $5,000 scholarship to further his social work studies at the University of Northern B.C. McDonald was one of 109 students to receive an Ike Barber Transfer Scholarship this year. The scholarships help undergraduate students like McDonald, a social services worker diploma student at Northern Lights College, transfer to another degree-granting institution to finish their studies. Above: Macdonald (left) and NLC Social Work instructor Connie Kaweesi.

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Leaders in Tumbler Ridge say they’re disappointed over Justin Trudeau’s rejection the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, but the decision brings to an end uncertainty over the line’s impact on the region’s most famous waterfall.

Northern Gateway, officially rejected Nov. 29 alongside federal approvals for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion and Enbridge’s Line 3, would have passed near Tumbler Ridge on its 1,170-kilometre route between Bruderheim, Atla., and Kitimat.

Mayor Don McPherson said he was disappointed with the news, saying the project would have provided jobs at a time of uncertainty for the region’s coal industry.

“It would have supplied some employment, and as you know, that’s very important to us,” he said.

However, Northern Gateway would have included a crossing on the Murray River downstream from Kinuseo Falls, 65

kilometres south of Tumbler Ridge.

The route initially included a bridge to carry the pipeline over the Murray, which would have impeded views of the falls—one of the most popular sites in the district’s Global Geopark.

However, McPherson said the latest design for the project included a pipeline crossing beneath the river. While hypothetical now, it’s not clear which option Enbridge would have adopted.

“Their footprint through our parks network would have been very small, so we were for it,” McPherson said.

Jerrilyn Schembri of the Tumbler Ridge Chamber of Commerce said that besides the questions over the impact on Kinuseo Falls, local businesses were largely in favour of the project.

“Most people were relatively in favour of it, there were some questions over one of the crossings they were going to do and that was a concern for some people,” she said. “But I think as a general feeling the chamber was supportive of it, so they’re disappointed.”

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Senate committee recommends NEB reforms NELSON BENNETT BusinessIn Vancouver

A Senate committee is recommending reforming the National Energy Board (NEB) to require more focus on environment and First Nations concerns as a way to break a “bottleneck” that has prevented new oil pipelines from being built in Canada.

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The committee recommends the NEB’s mandate be expanded to give more weight to environmental and First Nations concerns.

But that doesn’t mean the committee wants to make the regulatory process necessarily tougher. In fact, the recommendations are aimed at getting new pipelines approved.

It says a stronger “more inclusive” process that would maximize economic benefits while minimizing environmental risk is critical to “achieving broader public consensus.”

“Expanding Canada’s pipeline network is an economic imperative,” the committee states in a news release.

“Pipeline paralysis is costing the Canadian economy billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. The lack of energy infrastructure leaves Eastern Canada dependent on foreign oil while the vast majority of the oil that Canada exports is sold at a steep discount to the oil-rich United States.”

The committee says the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to the West Coast, and Energy East line to the East Coast would generate a total of $77.6 billion to Canada’s gross national product.

“Like the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway almost 150 years ago, pipeline construction is an exercise in nation building,” Senator Terry Mercer said. “An expanded pipeline network will ensure our ability to get our oil to tidewater and to get global markets that offer better prices.”

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Regional district fights invasive goldfish

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You might think your pet goldfish is ill-suited to a Peace Region winter and that, in the event it outgrows its fishbowl, you can deposit it in a local pond and let nature take its course.

You’d be wrong.

Invasive species staff with the Peace River Regional District are warning pet owners to keep their fish out of local waterways after an increase in goldfish infestations in local dugouts and ponds.

“It’s a huge problem,” said Trish Morgan, the regional district’s general manager of community services. “There’s nothing here that wants to eat them, and they just grow and grow.”

Controlling the region’s invasive goldfish population is part of a new regional district plan to stamp out aquatic pests.

On Nov. 24, the regional district board moved to start discussions with the Invasive Species Council of B.C. about keeping water-borne invasive species out of five regional parks.

Electoral Area B Director Karen Goodings found out the hard way just how disruptive a goldfish infestation can be.

A few years ago, 18 goldfish found their way into her farm dugout in the rural community of Cecil Lake.

“We started with 18 in our dugout, we have thousands (now),” she said. “If you have goldfish in your goldfish bowl, please don’t take them to the lake or flush them down the toilet.”

“They’re very difficult to get rid of,” Goodings added, saying goldfish have no natural predators in the region. She’s even considering draining the dugout to kill off the species.

“These goldfish spawn as soon as the ice lifts, and they stir up the mud like you would not believe,” she said.

Goldfish infestations are a familiar problem in Alberta, where they’ve long been known to conquer dugouts. A species of carp, the fish infiltrate fish spawning grounds in southern parts of B.C. and eat salmon fry and eggs. They are a particular problem at Como Lake in Coquitlam, accord to a regional district report.

Despite the Peace Region’s cold temperatures, goldfish are able to burrow into mud and survive the winter, Morgan says.

The district hopes to use signage at regional parks as well as information campaigns to discourage residents from releasing goldfish into the wild.

The invasive species council will also investigate whether the fish have gotten into any waterways in regional parks—which would disrupt local ecosystems. So far, B.C. Parks officials are not aware of any goldfish infestations in regional parks.

Goldfish have no natural predators in the region and can quickly take over a farm dugout.

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Nordic ski club looks to groom new Bypass trail MATT PREPROST & SCOTT DONOVAN editor@ahnfsj.ca

Cross country skiers in Fort St. John will soon be skiing on a new trail in the northwest of town.

On Monday, council voted to sign an agreement with the Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club to allow the organization to develop a new kilometre-long loop adjacent to the walking trail along the CN rail line in Garrison Landing.

The club has been looking for a new location after moving away from the Links Golf Course, president Eliza Stanford said.

“In marginal snow years, it’s very hard on the golf course grass to be grooming there.

We’re hit and miss whether we can set tracks there,” she said, giving nod to club member Graham McCoubrey for leading the search for a new site.

“We were looking at an alternate location all over the city, and we came up with this proposal. This site, it doesn’t really matter what happens to the grass underneath.”

The trail would be accessible from Garrison Landing, 100 Street, or 116 Street, and Stanford hopes to have it ready this holiday season.

The trail will be a “good little convenient place to go skiing” that meets the needs of local skiers, she said, adding she hopes it will attract use from

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school groups and beginners.

“If you want to go for a quick ski, and you don’t have much time, it’s great to have somewhere to go in town. We’re responding to community demand,” Stanford said.

Information sessions Friday Meanwhile, the trails at Beatton Provincial Park are open for the season.

And while staying fit and enjoying the outdoors is no challenge for the Whiskey Jack Nordic Ski Club, they’re willing to teach you the same.

The club will be hosting a season kick-off event this Friday, Dec. 16, to engage local residents with lessons, rentals and new registrations, plus everything else you need to increase your heart rate during the winter months.

There will be lessons for kids and tips on equipment, maintenance, plus advice for parents looking to safely enjoy the weather with younger ones.

Rentals are available and encouraged after grants from the Northern Health program IMAGINE, and Telus, were received by the club.

“This year is the first time we have rentals available for younger kids (4–9) for lessons, thanks to these grants. We’re very excited. There has been real demand for these.” said Elke Haggerty, the club’s skills development program co-ordinator.

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Holly Noot of the Sly Foxes (right) dribbles the ball around Melissa Stowe of the Royal Rebels during FSJ Women’s Soccer League action last week.

Watson rides to second-place finish at National Finals Rodeo MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Jake Watson climbed 10 spots in the world rankings after the saddle bronc rider finished second in the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas last weekend.

The 23-year-old Hudson’s Hope rider picked up 745.5 points after ten go rounds, just two points shy of a world title behind Albertan Zeke Thurston.

“It was my first qualification and I just had as much fun as I could,” Watson said.

“Everything that got me there, I tried not to over think it too much.”

Watson went in the finals ranked 15th in the world, just on the cusp of qualifying. His second-place finish in Vegas saw him climb to fifth spot in the world standings.

“Going in, you talk to the older guys that have all been

there, you get some advice and try to get your mind right going in,” Watson said.

“The biggest thing I heard was don’t over think anything and don’t even think about the average -- think about it as one horse at a time. That’s all you can control.”

Watson plans to be home to ring in the New Year before getting back in the saddle for the rodeo season in January.

A lifelong game Stepping off the ice to stand behind the bench wasn’t an easy decision for Tyler Loney BRONWYN SCOTT Alaska Highway News

Thinking back on winning championships, the Coy Cup and, most of all, spending time with his teammates made it difficult for Tyler Loney to announce his retirement from the Flyers earlier this month in order to focus on coaching.

The 32-year-old defenceman has played with the Flyers for a decade, and he’s been skating alongside some of his teammates, like Jeff Fast and Bryan Lewis, since he was five years old.

“It was a hard decision, because I’m done now.

So I think the biggest thing is, you don’t see those guys anymore, in the dressing room and times like that with them,” Loney said in an interview.

“I hummed and hawed over it for a little while, but I knew it was time.”

The club announced his decision on Fri., Dec. 2, and explained that Loney was turning his focus to coaching his two boys Cowyn, 10, and Quinten, 8, who play for Integra Tire.

“I guess you call it that ‘edge’ or whatever, you lose a little bit of that, and you just don’t quite have the desire there. I was realizing that, and my priorities are the things that I enjoy, and I enjoy being on the bench coaching a lot more than I enjoy playing the game,” Loney said.

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Tyler Loney played with the Fort St. John Sr. Flyers for a decade before deciding to hang up his jersey late last month. Hockey remains a part of his life, however, as he moves into coaching his children in the game.

Born and raised in Fort St. John, Loney grew up in a family of skaters. His older sister was a figure skater for “quite a few years,” he said, and his younger brother played for the Flyers as well. His parents were very involved in the hockey scene, and his father sometimes coached.

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LB Energy Predators sweep Fairview tourney With nearly a month between game action, the LB Energy Predators came out flying at their most recent tournament in Fairveiw, Alta., on Dec. 3 and 4.

The LB Energy “Preds” under-18 regional team is a conglomerate of female hockey players based out of many associations around the Peace Region, with representation from Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Clearview, Dawson Creek, Hudson’s Hope, Chetwynd, and Vanderhoof.

The Predators got off to a quick start in the tournament and managed to grind out three wins in round robin play. Their first challenge was against the host team and opposing midget group – The Campbell Cruisers. Defensemen Gillian Wuthrich scored first for the Preds with help from fellow D-man Tess Herrington. Ally Dancevic added two goals, including a short-handed marker. Bailey Wollen and Hannh Piket chipped in assists. Shots were 33-19 in favour of the Predators with a win for Chetwynd goaltender Kyana Watson.

In game two, the Predators showed no sign of slowing down as they battled through a physical game against the Peace River Sharks.

The Sharks took a total of five penalties during the game and Preds forward Taylor Bennet was able to capitalize on the power play with help from fellow Fort Nelson linemate Dancevic.

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The LB Energy Predators swept a recent tournament in Fairview, Alta.

and battered around, but held their own and Hudson’s Hope defender Herrington potted another goal. The Predators kept their composure and pulled through with a 2-1 win. The Preds outshot the Sharks 30-15 and Watson claimed another win between the pipes.

The Predators showed up hungry for another win on the Sunday morning and took control of ice to defeat the Fairview Mad Dogs by a score of 7-0. The Line of Dancevic, Bennett, and Piket proceeded to dominate the play and tally up a total of eight points in the game. Dancevic lead the way with a hat trick, and added an assist. Bennett racked up one goal and two assists, and Piket notched a goal and an assist.

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Payton Bowen also buried an unassisted goal and Fort St. John Defensemen Jaycee Bird contributed to the score board with help from Herrington. Shots were 30-6 for the Preds and Dawson Creek goalie Cheree Peters,13, secured the shutout.

The LB Energy Predators met the Peace River Sharks again in the final. With the Sharks hungry for redemption, the Preds played a strong defensive game to fight off the veterans. Bird scored first with help from Fort St. John forward Taiylor Dingwell.

The Bennet/Dancevic duo connected again for the second Preds goal. The Sharks tied it up 2-2, but Herrington pulled the trigger from the point to take back the lead. The Sharks made another push at the three-

minute mark to once again tie it at three. Shortly after the tying goal, the Sharks took a penalty. On the ensuing power play, Hayley Stephens roofed a short-side shot past the goalies with just 11 seconds remaining in the game. The goal clinched the game and the tournament.

Watson had another strong performance in the final and stopped 18 shots in the win.

Next up for the Predators is a Jan. 14 exhibition game against the Grande Prairie Midget AA squad, before and Feb. 11 and 12 exhibition games against Williams Lake. They will also square off against the North Peace Eagles March 23, before they head off to the provincial championship in Oceanside from March 19-23.

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LONEY FROM B1

He remembers growing up on the ice, often at outdoor rinks around the city, at Bert Ambrose, and at the outdoor oval where the Pomeroy Sport Centre now sits.

“We did that quite a bit when we were younger . . . we used to play on the oval quite a bit. There was just a little rink beside the oval too, a little square or rectangle or whatever, a little hockey rink, and we’d spend a bit of time out there,” he said.

Loney’s passion for hockey has rubbed off on his boys. His stepson Austin Crossley now plays for the Prince Albert Raiders in the Western Hockey League, and his two younger boys will miss spending time in the Flyers’ dressing room after their father’s games.

“Definitely I think the middle boys were a little bit disappointed. They still want to go to the rink all the time and go down to the dressing room,” Loney said.

Those are times he’ll miss, too.

When he started with the Flyers, his oldest boy Austin was just six years old. He used to spend time with the Flyers in the dressing room, too, and he’s now 17.

“Things like that are pretty neat, memories like that are big for me,” he said.

There are a lot of good times to remember.

“We won some pretty neat championships too with that team, and some that may or may not ever be won with that team again, at the Triple A level, that was a lot of fun,” said Loney.

“But I think the biggest memories are just with the guys, and quite a few different guys have come and go through there, but that core group that were there for a long time that you get to play with, I think that’s the biggest thing that a person will miss, and the biggest memories that you have.”

Loney’s last game was against the Spirit River Rangers on home ice Nov. 24. It went to a record 14-round shootout, with the Flyers winning 5-4.

PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE Golf News, Tips, Trivia & Stats

This Week: The RSM Classic

This week, the PGA Tour will travel to Sea Island, Georgia for the RSM Classic. The tournament is held at the Defending: Kevin Kisner Seaside Golf Club. Seaside was Winning Score: 22-under par originally built as a nine hole Winning Share: $1,026,000 course by legendary English architects Colt and Alison in 1929. In 1973, Joe Lee designed Marshside Nine. These two distinct nines were transformed into the current world-class Seaside course in 1999 by Tom Fazio. Seaside is prominently placed on Golf Digest’s list of “Top 100 Courses in the United States.”

Seaside Course Sea Island, Ga. 7,055 yards, Par 70

Golf TV Schedule PGA Event: RSM Classic Day Time Thu, 11/17 1:30pm-4:30pm Fri, 11/18 1:30pm-4:30pm Sat, 11/19 1:30pm-4:30pm Sun, 11/20 1:30pm-4:30pm

Pat Perez shot a final round Tournament Results 4-under par 67 to win the 1. Pat Perez OHL Classic at Mayakoba Score: -21 Earnings: $1,260,000 on Sunday. Perez defeated 2. Gary Woodland third-round leader Gary Woodland Score: -19 by two strokes on the Greg Earnings: $756,000 Norman-designed El Camaleon 3. Russell Knox Score: -18 course. Perez, who also won the Earnings: $476,000 2009 Bob Hope Classic, charged from way back in the field with a 9-under 62 on Saturday. The 40-year-old former Arizona State player birdied five of the first eight holes and had a bogey on the par-four 12th.

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Golf Trivia Which golfer won the 2000 U.S. Open by 15 strokes? a) Tiger Woods b) Phil Mickelson

Last Week: Pat Perez won the OHL Classic

c) Ernie Els d) Payne Stewart

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Answer: a) Tiger Woods finished at 12-under par in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez finished in 2nd, at 3-over, 15 strokes behind.

The Zurich Classic played in New Orleans annually is rumored to become a team event starting in 2017. The event will feature 80 teams of two. Both members of the winning team will receive the two-year Tour exemption that typically accompanies a victory in an official event, and each winning player will receive 400 FedEx Cup points. A regular tournament offers 500 points to the winner and 300 to the runner-up. The PGA Tour has not had an official team event on its schedule since 1981. The Walt Disney World Golf Classic was the last official PGA Tour tournament that used a team play format.

Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the big faults that the amateur golfer finds is when they hit a shot into trouble. A professional can find a way to escape disaster, but the general rule for an amateur is that trouble leads to more trouble. The one shot that causes the amateur the most trouble is when a tee shot goes into the woods. We’re so mad when our shot is out of the fairway and in a tree that it usually leads to a second erratic shot. Consequently, most people race up to find the shot, just grab a club and hack away. Instead, a more sensible plan is the best course of action. Picking the right club with the proper loft is essential. Too much loft could lead to your shot going into the overhanging leaves. Not enough loft will result in the ball getting hung up in the woods again.

Player Profile

Pat Perez

Turned Professional: 1997 FedEx Cup Ranking: 3rd World Ranking: 332nd PGA Tour Wins: 2

FedEx Cup Standings Through Nov. 13, 2016

1) Hideki Matsuyama 850 pts. / 2 top tens

2) Justin Thomas 614 pts. / 2 top tens

3) Pat Perez

606 pts. / 2 top tens

4) Brendan Steele 556 pts. / 1 top tens

5) Rod Pampling 507 pts. / 1 top tens

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Player Points 6) Cody Gribble 426 7) Scott Piercy 351 8) Russell Knox 333 9) Brooks Koepka 316 10) Gary Woodland 316

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016 B3

LOCAL SPORTS

Records broken at Winter Freeze meet ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj,ca

Best times were broken and one club record was shattered at the Inconnu Swim Club’s Winter Freeze Invitational swim meet.

The home meet saw teams from Chetwynd, Grande Prairie, and Peace River take a dive into the North Peace Leisure Pool.

Inconnu Head Coach Steve Carson was very pleased with how his athletes did.

“They did absolutely fantastic. I think close to about 80 per cent of all the swims were best times. It was absolutely phenomenal,” he said.

One swimmer who stood out for Carson was Alexandria Hedges, who not only beat her best time by 10 seconds, but broke the Inconnu club record be nearly nine seconds in the 200-metre Butterfly.

“That was my favourite race to watch, that was a good one,” said Carson.

New club records were also set by Julien Kemp, Cameron

Louie, Tate Haugan, and the relay team of Kade Schwarz, Cameron Louie, Tytan Carson and Owen Lang.

Many of the swimmers finished in the top three for aggregate points.

Leading the way with the gold medals were Kristana Semenuik, Julien Kemp, Jordyn Holloway, Eric Louie, and Jayden Forster.

Silver medalists were Evan Nurse, Nate Rogers, Cameron Louie, Cole Crook, Alexandria Hedges, and Tate Haugan. Bronze medalists were Frankie Woods, Piper Finkensiep, Tytan Carson, and Rachel Dyck.

The Winter Freeze was the first official swim meet for several of the local swimmers, which Carson says is good for new and young athletes.

“It’s one of the opportunities for kids to try out a meet for the first time and that way, they’re at home, everything’s a bit more comfortable for them,” he said.

He also noted that because qualifying times aren’t needed

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Kristana Semeniuk swims in the 200m Freestyle event at the Winter Freeze Invitational Swim Meet on Dec. 3.

for the events at the home meet, the swimmers could try any event they chose.

“No minimum requirements for any of the events,

so kids that have never tried an event before, this is their first opportunity to swim something new,” he said.

Up next for the Inconnu

Swim Club is the JP Fiset International meet in Edmonton on Dec. 15, and the Peace River Wahoos 21st Annual Invitational meet on Jan. 14.

SKI FROM B1

afternoons at Beatton Park, where club volunteers maintain more than 15 kilometres of trail.

“Ultimately, we want to reach more people and introduce them to the sport. It’s relatively affordable, and can

be done by young and old,” said Haggert. The club ranges from children to seniors.

“It is family friendly, low impact and gives you a full body workout for even muscle toning and gives us

something fun to do to make the winters fly by.”

The event starts at 3 p.m. at 9207 89 Street in Fort St. John.

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WEEKLY PRO RACING UPDATE Postseason Racing News, Stats & Trivia

All-Time Top Driver’s Bio

This Week’s Racing News

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been cleared by NASCAR to resume racing after undertaking a test session at Darlington Raceway. In the nearly five-hour session, he completed 185 laps around the 1.3-mile track. The test was observed

by NASCAR officials and Charlotte neurosurgeon Dr. Jerry Petty. “I feel great, and I’m excited to officially be back,” Earnhardt said in a release. “I expected things to go really well yesterday, and that’s exactly what happened. Actually getting in a race car was an important final step, and it gives me a ton of confidence going into 2017.” Earnhardt’s return to racing marks the end of a lengthy recovery from a concussion. The injury occurred in an on-track crash back in June that ultimately led the driver to retire for the season. Earnhardt Jr. will return to NASCAR at the Daytona 500, the opening race of the 2017 season.

Racing History

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Racing Trivia How many drivers started in the first Southern 500 in 1950? a) 35 b) 43

c) 51 d) 75

Rusty Wallace Born: Aug. 14, 1956 Cup wins: 55 Cup top-tens: 349 Cup championships: 1 Rusty Wallace finished second in his first NASCAR race at the Atlanta 500 in 1980.

He made nine further NASCAR appearances over the next three years, although he did not score any further top 10 finishes.

Wallace joined the Cup series full-time in 1984, winning Rookie of the Year honors and finishing 14th in the final points standings. He won his first Cup race in 1986 at the Bristol Motor Speedway in the Valleydale 500.

Rusty earned his first pole position about a year later at the Miller 400 at Michigan International Speedway. In 1989, he had 6 victories along with thirteen top 5s and twenty top 10s to win the Cup championship, beating arch rival Dale Earnhardt by just 12 points for the honor. Rusty won at least one race every year from 1986 to 2002. His last Cup victory came in 2004 in the Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia.

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Dec. 14, 1927 - Former Cup driver Hershel McGriff was born on this day. McGriff made news in 2009 when he started two races in the Camping World West Series at the spry age of 81. He finished 13th of 26 cars on the road course of Portland (Ore.) International Raceway in July and two weeks later finished 19th on the road course of Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah.

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LOCAL SPORTS

Sr. Flyers drop home games against GP and Dawson Creek SCOTT DONOVAN sports@ahnfsj.ca

In a disappointing result for the Fort St. John Flyers, the Dawson Creek Canucks emerged the victors in an aggressive game for both teams Saturday night at North Peace Arena, with a controversial end of the third.

The Flyers were brought to a halt in a 9–7 upset due in large part to Canucks captain Chris Stevens, who spearheaded the Dawson Creek offensive against the Fort St. John beaches, and led his team’s charge with a hat trick.

“It was nice to get the win, we’ve been struggling lately, five out of six. Fort St. John has had our number this year, so it was nice to come in and get a win and hopefully get some momentum,” Stevens said.

The Sr. C’s began their assault with John Wayne Howes netting the first goal at 17:16 of the first period. The Flyers’ had their own offensive in place, with Rick Cleaver tying the game just 18 seconds later to huge applause, as stuffed bears rained down onto the ice in support of the Salvation Army’s Teddy Bear Toss.

Brennen Giroux shot a double-assisted one-timer through the hole in Canucks’ goalie Steven Ridley’s glove, for a short-lived lead. The C’s were right behind them and tied up 2–2. In the final five minutes of the first period, both teams scored for another lock up, with Cleaver netting his second of the night and Mike Lalonde adding another for DC. But one more goal for the Flyers, thanks to Joey Massingham at the end of the first, left the zamboni driver looking at a 4–3 scoreboard.

At 18:15 in the second period, Stevens tied the game once again for the Canucks. Five minutes later, Stevens conquered another beach head, putting the Canucks up 5-4 with his second goal of the night.

The Flyer’s seemed to struggle with the puck amongst themselves throughout the period and at 11:01 there

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The teddy bears started flying at North Peace Arena Saturday Dec. 10 after Rick Cleaver scored 3:02 into the first period to put the Flyers on the scoreboard and tie the game.

was a scuffle between both teams. No tears hit the ice between the two rivals and soon the game continued, after roughing penalties doled out to Cleaver and Howes, while Shawn Holliday also picked up a penalty for roughing after the whistle.

By 6:06, a top shelf goal for Fort St. John tied this close match up 5–5 and gave Cleaver a hat trick for the night.

Penalties were getting away from both teams, with a total of seven in the period. Not to be outdone, the Canucks came back, with Stevens making it 6–5, also earning himself a hat trick for the night. In this high scoring affair, the period ended 7–6 for D.C. “It was one of those games, bounces hitting the wall and not getting out, hitting shin pads, causing breakaways,” said recently retired Flyers defenceman Tyler Loney, who filled in as coach.

The Flyers were first to touch the puck in the third period, but Howes scored at 16:32 with a double assist,

grinding out a two-point lead for the Canucks.

Raising the temperature in the arena, FSJ’s Jeff Shipton did anything but phone it in, scoring with 1:38 left on the clock and bringing the game to an exciting 8-7 slobberknocker.

With fifteen seconds remaining in the game, and an empty net and sixth attacker on the ice for the Flyers, the hockey sticks appeared to take on a life of their own in front of the Dawson Creek net, dancing like Michael Flatly in the heart of Ireland to a U2 set. In what looked to be a change in the tide, the crowd cheered for what they thought was a Flyers goal that evened the game, but the referee called it off the post.

Stevens would score his fourth of the night on an empty night with four seconds remaining to end the game 9–7 for the Canucks.

“I couldn’t really see it (the disallowed goal) from where I was, but the ref was right there so I guess he didn’t see it go in or nothing. It looked like it was close,” Loney said.

The Flyers (10-3) will host the Spirit River Rangers (46) Dec. 15. Despite losing two straight, the Flyers (10-3) remain on top of the NPHL standings, and will look to end Spirit River’s three-game win streak.

The team travels to Valleyview Dec. 17.

Flyers drop 7-4 bout to Athletics Despite a good game of midweek hockey, the Fort St. John Senior Flyers conceded last Thursday’s game to the Grande Prairie Athletics 7–4.

The second period ended tied at 4-4, with two penalties total for each team.

But he A’s dominated the third, with Andrew Boute regaining the lead over Fort St. John after a tripping penalty for Flyer Dan Poppin in the first two minutes of the period. Two more goals by Grande Prairie followed, ending the game 7-4.

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Arts & Culture

“Involving men in the cast is important because ending violence against women starts with men.”

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— Jen Pimm

A different conversation about violence against women ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Ending violence against women will be about more than just a monologue this year.

The Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society is changing things up for the 2017 V-Day campaign in February. For the last 10 years, the WRS has put on a production of The Vagina Monologues.

This year will have a production of the monologue’s sister show, A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer (MMRP), which not only has different pieces than The Vagina Monologues, but also includes men in the show.

“Involving men in the cast is important because ending violence against women starts with men,” said co-director Jen Pimm at a casting call Dec. 7.

The WRS picked out certain monologues from MMRP, as the entire show would be too long to put on, that are more likely to resonate with local audiences.

“It’s fresh, it’s different, but it’s also pretty hard-hitting and that’s intentional because we find ourselves in really uncertain and really trying times. It’s important for us to speak really clearly on things like this,” said co-director Karma Pratt.

“People that come to this show will see something com-

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Karma Pratt, Corine Fraser and Jen Pimm do a read through of one of the pieces in A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer at a casting call meeting on Dec. 7.

pletely different than they’ve seen in the past, and I think it will be really exciting.”

They’re also hoping that by having men in the show and on stage, it will encourage more men to come out and see the show and hear the message. The first year Pratt was in The Vagina Monologues, her then boyfriend came to see it and left with a whole new understanding.

“Afterwards he said to me, I understand your perspective on things in a way that I didn’t understand before. I didn’t know it was a collective perspective.

It helps broaden people’s awareness and that’s critically important,” she said.

Pimm has found a similar reaction from both men and women from the original show.

“I’ve been approached by

people after the show too, men and women, saying it changed their point of view, or thanking us for bringing these messages and validating their feelings and for giving them a safe space to feel these emotions and listen to these messages,” she said.

MMRP has more intense subject matter than The Vagina Monologues, and features monologues about domestic abuse, sexual assault, body

autonomy, and sex workers.

There are four monologues for men, addressing ideas about how violence against women affects them as witnesses and other subjects.

Pratt and Pimm also hope that by doing a different, yet equally important, show more people will come out, as there are some out there that are a little put off by the title of the original show.

Pratt shared a story about the first year she was in the monologues, when she put up a poster in her cubicle and a male coworker seemed very put out by it. She finally asked him why.

“He stopped and said to me, because the word ‘vagina’ was right there in bold print on the poster, and he said that’s sacred, and felt that it was diminishing women because it was exposed on this poster,” she said. “I said you’re right, it absolutely is sacred and not everyone understands that, which is why we have shows like this to help people understand what makes women’s bodies sacred and just as relevant and important.”

A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer will show on Feb. 25 as a fundraiser for the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society. Anyone interested in taking part or helping out for the show can email jenpimm@gmail.com.

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The Hamilton is a handsome, singlelevel home. Matched sets of smooth, painted columns extend a stately welcome, while raised brick trim rims an arched opening that highlights the entry’s graceful, half-round transom.

Colorful painted shutters accent multipaned windows, underscored by crisp rows of turned brick.

This is an impressive entrance, inside and out. Light washes into the vaulted entry through the transom and sidelights. Roomy coat closets line both sides. Standing between them, you’re on the leading edge of a delightful, hexagonal great room that forms the core of this plan. Six wedge-shaped ceiling sections enhance the sense of spaciousness by soaring to join at the central apex.

Glass fills most of the three rear walls, so this room is naturally bright and offers a panoramic view. A set of French doors at center swings out to access a covered patio. These doors are crowned by another half-round transom, similar to, but smaller than, the one over

the front entry. The masonry fireplace nestled into an inner corner provides color and warmth on winter days and nights.

A long, raised eating and conversation bar marks the boundary between the kitchen and great room.

Other noteworthy features include: a pantry and work island, plus abundant counter and storage space. Utilities are close, but out of sight.

The owners’ suite is well-isolated from the secondary bedrooms. It boasts two large walk-in closets, along with an oversized shower. One of the Hamilton’s secondary bedrooms is larger than the other, and also has a walk-in closet.

These bedrooms share a bathroom, and the hallway here offers direct access to the two-car garage.

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B6 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016

ARTS & CULTURE

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North Peace Historical Society President Evelyn Sim played the piano at the Kids Night Christmas at the Museum.

Christmas at the Museum Kids and parents had the chance to learn about what Christmas was like in the early days of Fort St. John with a special Kids Night Christmas at the Musuem.

The Fort St. John North Peace Museum held the event on Dec. 9 and allowed attendees to not only check out the exhibits,

but also do some crafts, sings songs, and listen to a story.

The story was about Chrismas on the trapline in 1942, which was very different from the Christmas most people experience now, living in a wood cabin and handmaking all their decorations.

Participants got the chance

to do just that, when after the story they went to the craft stations to make their own decorations similar to what the pioneers would have made.

The night wrapped up with a visit from Santa Claus, and cookies and hot chocolate. —Aleisha Hendry

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Kids and parents made Christmas ornaments out of jar lids at one of the craft stations at the Kids Night Christmas at the Museum.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Old church gets new life as music venue A church turned private residence may seem the least likely place for diversity to flourish, but culture sometimes grows in the Devil’s corners.

Ask locals, tourists, or outof-town workers, they’ll tell you nightlife in Fort St. John is best known for country music and two steppin’ at a honky-tonk.

Practical or stylish, steeltoed on the job site, or shined up for a wedding, country culture has been the backbone of the area since before the first oil derricks went up. Fast forward to the present, now there’s a new culture in town.

In 2011, Burke Lauder was a golf-pro and course manager in Tumbler Ridge, until the mines closed down and the town went quiet. A new opportunity in Fort St. John, Lauder found himself managing a small lounge named Remedies.

“When the opportunity came (up) to be a part of a scene and try to build a scene, it was always something I’d always really wanted to get into,” Lauder said.

Remedies became the home for a new open mic, which lead to local artists coming forward to play shows. Word of mouth between the musicians turned the lounge into a hub for local players in genres from folk to metal.

Alexander Fon Rolston, an early player at Remedies, said the lounge and new community was the best opportunity for new performers to get support.

“Burke started making a really big music scene there.

He started asking me to play.

He was my first, I would say first, real big band gig. Local music and support were really important to me,” said Fon Rolston.

News travelled by word of mouth that there was a new venue to play in the North.

Lauder had connections in Edmonton but the musicians themselves were bringing in popular acts from out of town.

“You would see ten people or so in the beginning, but it wasn’t long before our shows would sell out. When Remedies’ was full, you got the bluesy-ier, folky crowd that didn’t really go out much. Other venues kind of gave off a night club vibe,” Fon Rolston said.

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wanted to listen, sit down and enjoy the music.”

When Remedies’ owners moved on, Lauder found himself looking for a new venue to keep the momentum going.

Many different genres of bands and artists stopped coming to Fort St. John.

“I did some other jobs around town and I’d been looking for a place to re-open Remedies, there just wasn’t the right space anywhere in town. Every place that would come up just wouldn’t have the right feel,” says Lauder.

Despite the pressure from his fans, Lauder held out.

“I just said, be patient, we’ll find the right place. (It) will come up.”

A former Presbyterian church turned private residence in North Annoefield proved to be the diamond in the rough Lauder was looking for. With capacity for 40 to 50 people, a living space and stage, Lauder said it was perfect, “It was a really cool space, it wasn’t being used. It was the right space for what I wanted to do. As soon as I walked in, I knew it was going to be the right place. It’s got this great room for music; it’s really an intimate room. You get close to the bands and the sound is really great.”

After moving in sound equipment and his socks, Lauder was ready to have their first event in June of 2016. It was standing room only, with popular Victoria band, Party on High Street, headlining.

“It was cool to see people come out, it was a lot of the same true music scene people.

People came specifically for the music. They showed up and they knew what they were coming for. They supported it, it was a cool feeling,” said Lauder.

The support continued with local artists donating art for the walls, and one local musician even donating a new drum kit.

“There’s lots of people and friends who use the Church to play or practice at, I thought it would be nice to have some nice equipment for everyone to use. A lot of people can’t afford new equipment to play through, so it gives the community a place to go,” said Brian Piche, who plays with The Social Bulls.

Lauder said the community at The Old Church is made up of friends, or friends of friends and that if someone brings a For Thursday December 15, 2016

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After Remedies shut down, Burke Lauder wanted to keep the music scene thriving in Fort St. John. He found the right place to do it at a former Presbyterian church turned private residence in North Annoefield.

new person, they come with a personal introduction. He knows everyone who darkens the door way.

When asked about the type of music played at The Old Church these days, Lauder said this: “It’s really everything on either end of the spectrum. There’s not a lot of country music, don’t know why. I’m sure if we had country bands come through, it would go great.”

“It’s not the type of music, it’s the love of music.”

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Christmas With a New Boyfriend Dear Annie: I have been dating “Connor” for about three months. With the holidays approaching, I’m getting anxious for a couple of reasons. One, I’m thinking of what to get him for Christmas. We really like each other, and I see this as having the potential to be a very serious relationship, but it’s still fairly new. He enjoys hiking and surfing and loves food and wine. What’s a gift that says “you mean something to me” but doesn’t go overboard? Is there some sort of chart for gifts for dating milestones as there is for wedding anniversaries (e.g., paper the first year, cotton the second year)?

The other reason I’m anxious is that he invited me to his office holiday party. He is an attorney at a successful law firm, and I’m a hairstylist. I didn’t even go to college. So I’m a little intimidated. I’ve never met his boss or any of his colleagues, but from what he says, most of them are very serious, rude and unpleasant to be around. I’m quite the opposite of all that.

Still, I’d love to support him.

Is there a particular reason I should or shouldn’t go? -- Krissy Kringle Dear Kriss: Sounds as if your stomach is more a bowl full of butterflies than jelly. It’s OK to feel nervous -- that giddy feeling is a fun part of any new relationship -- but don’t let nerves stop you from showing your en-

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thusiasm for this man.

Why not buy him a cooking lesson or a gift certificate to a nice restaurant he’s been meaning to try? Experience-based gifts are thoughtful and fun, and sites such as Groupon and Living Social have good deals.

As for his office holiday party, go. Don’t fret too much about the bigwig colleagues. Remember that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. They’re probably not so bad as he says they are. (If they are, you’ll be able to commiserate all the better when he vents about work in the future.)

Dear Annie: There is a common theme to many of the people writing you: “I didn’t get mine.” People talk about not getting presents or thank-you cards. Some say, “A friend didn’t give me what he should have.”

I checked the dictionary for the definition of “friend,” and the only mention of giving was that of support.

What do we have friends for?

Is it to enrich our lives or our properties? If your answer is to increase your properties, then you are actually looking for donors.

Perhaps a better question is, What do we have etiquette for?

Etiquette seems to discard the idea that having friends who love us is enough to be grateful for. I think any tradition that does not bring us to kinder and less selfish behavior should be scrapped.

I have not checked to see who has given me a present since I was a little kid. I don’t expect a thank-you card for anything that I’ve done because I care about a person. If the person thanks me in person, that is enough.

I don’t do favors to benefit myself (other than the obvious benefit of having friends), and I don’t invite people to be around me because I want something more than friendship. -- Disappointed in Accepted Values Dear Disappointed: You make a great point. Perhaps we should be less concerned with keeping score.

But I do have to add, to those of you who might read this and think you’ve found an excuse not to send a thank-you card to Grandma: Just mail the darn thing. Please. It will make her smile.

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Think twice before you gift wrap that new family pet ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Surprising the family with an adorable puppy wearing a bow under the tree on Christmas morning might seem like a good idea, but local animal groups say the opposite.

Aundrea Freybe, treasurer of On Our Way Home animal rescue, strongly advises against bringing a pet home as a Christmas gift. They are, after all, a lot of work.

“The decision to add a pet to one’s family should be discussed at length with all family members and thoroughly thought out before bringing one in,” Freybe said.

Another reason is the commitment involved with getting a pet. People often forget that an animal can be a decades-long commitment, Freybe said.

“People need to think about the fact that their dog or their cat is going to live for 10 to 20 years,” she said. “They are an investment of time and money, and everybody in the family needs to be on board with that.”

There are many pets available through OOWH, as well as the North Peace SPCA, and it might feel like bringing one home during the holidays is a great idea. But as there’s usually a disruption in routines this time of year it’s not really the best time to do so.

Like with many things in life, you only get once chance to make a first impression with a new pet, so you want to make sure it’s a positive one, said Candace Buchamer, brqanch manager of the North Peace SPCA.

“There’s a lot of energy, there’s a lot of excitement, and, if you want call it that, chaos around Christmas. For a new pet, especially a cat, to fit into a situation like that, they don’t adjust as well,” Buchamer said.

“You have to consider the first experience that you’re going to be giving that animal to your home. You bring it into a situation where everyone’s excited, the house is loud, there’s people everywhere, it’s crowded, it’s uncomfortable— that’s what that animal is going to expect from your home, and it’s going to be a possibly unpleasant situation for that animal.”

With all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, there’s often very little time to focus on the new pet, Freybe added.

“It could be a difficult time to train your new puppy if you’ve got lots of family coming over.

They are a lot of work when they first come home,” she said.

For those who have thoroughly discussed a pet with all members of the family and are sure they want to bring a new pet home, both Buchamer and Freybe have suggestions to tie it into the holidays.

“You want to surprise kids with a dog? Wrap up a dog collar and say, ‘Hey guys, you know what we’re going to do? We’re going to get a puppy,’” she said.

“From there, do the research as a family into what kind of pet you want, what would fit into your family dynamic and where you’d get it from.”

Buchamer suggests wrapping up a gift that includes an IOU for the family.

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Holiday food safety tips for pet owners The Christmas season is a time to celebrate with friends and family, make some everlasting memories, and, of course, enjoy some good food.

Although holiday treats are tasty and delicious to us, there are many foods that can cause unwanted issues to our pets this season.

Chocolates of all shapes, sizes, and flavours are prevalent in most households this time of year. Depending on the type of chocolate, different negative effects can be seen in our pets.

Dark chocolate is the most dangerous, as the large amount of cocoa present in this chocolate causes vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, shaking/trembling, restlessness—and, in the worst case scenario: seizures, coma, and potentially death.

Milk chocolate is not quite as dangerous as dark chocolate due to a lower cocoa content in the chocolate, however, it is important to seek veterinary attention regardless of the type and amount of chocolate eaten by your pet. White chocolate has minimal cocoa, but due to the high fat and sugar content, most common consequences include vomiting, diarrhea, and potentially signs of pancreatitis since most pets are not used to the high fat content present in an overload of chocolate. Signs of pancreatitis to watch for are lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, a decreased appetite, or a painful and uncomfortable abdomen.

Home-baked goods can also cause signs of intestinal upset or pancreatitis if ingested in large amounts. Those who bake sugar-free and use artificial sweeteners need to use extra caution if pets ingest this baking. Xylitol in particular is a common artificial sweetener

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that is extremely toxic to pets, as it causes a rapid and very severe drop in blood sugar that can result in seizures, coma, and death if immediate veterinary assistance is not sought.

Xylitol is also present in many sugar-free gums and candies, so it’s important to keep these products away from your pet year-round.

Christmas dinner can also be a time for concern, as those tasty turkey drippings or fatty trimmings off the ham can later result in unwellness for pets. Most side effects are again related to the intestinal tract. Avoid giving your pet cooked bones as well, as there is a potential for them to splinter and potentially become lodged in the intestinal tract requiring surgery to remove. Consider careful placement of garbage in a location your pet does not have access to, as the aroma from the garbage can be too tempting for many pets to resist!

The holiday season is a time to enjoy, and taking a few extra precautions can help keep your pet safe this time of year.

If you are ever unsure whether something your pet ate will be dangerous to their health, seek veterinary assistance as soon as possible to minimize the consequences to your mischievous four-legged friends! ww Dr. Corinna Jensen is a veterinarian with the North Peace Veterinary Clinic.

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As much as North Peace SPCA Branch Manager Candace Buchamer would like to see Meneu find herself a forever home, she wouldn’t want to see the six-year-old cat be given as a Christmas gift with no forethought, lest she wind up back at the shelter days or months later.

in and buy a teddy bear or a stuffed kitty and have a little certificate that says you get one cat from the SPCA,” she said.

“There are ways that you can still bring a new pet home for Christmas, but make it a much better experience for the an-

imal, and makes sure that that bond is going to take place between the adopter and the animal.”

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THE MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS GUYS & DOLLS GIVE BACK The North Peace Secondary School production of Guys and Dolls wrapped up last week with a successful run, which included adding an extra show as a fundraiser for the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society.

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Studio 2 Stage held its annual Christmas Dance Recital Dec. 11, featuring dances from all ages of students and all forms of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz, and much more.

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The trials and tribulations of buying a new Christmas tree

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o a married couple walks into a store looking to buy a new artificial Christmas tree.

We outgrew our Christmas tree. No, reverse that, our Christmas tree outgrew us which one would think was darned near impossible because it was artificial, but it happened. Every year I would put it up (all by myself) and decorate it (all by myself) and would think, “This tree is HUGE!” So after a lengthy discussion (I told Bob we were getting rid of it one night as he was alternately watching television and watching YouTube videos on his Chrome book so he was obviously paying attention and able to fully contribute to the conversation), I advertised my Christmas tree for sale and I sold it. I believe the advertisement went something like: Artificial Christmas Tree for sale - $50.00 - it is (I think) 7’ tall and very full, which is

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why I am replacing it with something a wee bit smaller and slimmer so that it takes up less room. Comes in a handy big red bag that I drag up the stairs every November like a big lifeless body. It is not pre-lit, meaning you gotta put lights on it circa 2005. If everything I have said doesn’t scream, “buy me,” I don’t know what else to say. Let me know.

PS - don’t ask what “kind”—it is a tree and it is green and it is fake, but fake in a nice way.

This past Sunday I casually suggested that we go down to Canadian Tire and look at the artificial trees for sale. I say “casually” because it was a clearly calculated maneuver as I had already been down

to Canadian Tire and found a tree that I liked and wanted to purchase. It was 6.5 feet tall and very slim, which I realize sounds like I am projecting and perhaps I was, but darnit!

I haul that tree upstairs by myself every year. I decorate that tree by myself every year after I rearrange the living room furniture to accommodate. I wanted a smaller tree! I deserved a small tree! I have earned a smaller tree!

As we enter the store, I steer Bob towards the line up of trees.

The one I am interested in is about fourth from the right, nestled between a silver toned 7-foot tree and a large white tree. It is perfect in every way: the perfect size, the perfect price, the perfect colour green.

Bob shrugs and instead looks past that wee tree at the much larger, more expensive tree and says, “I like that one.”

Crappasaurus! This manipulation was going to be more difficult and complex than I

originally thought.

I resort to gaslighting and respond, “You do? You were just saying that we needed something smaller, don’t you remember?”

Note: gaslighting is bad, we should not ever do it and the Wikipedia page says that it is a form of psychological abuse, which it probably is and that makes it doubly bad. But I wanted a smaller tree, so I was pulling out all the stops.

The confusion on his face meant that the gaslighting tactic might be working and I pounced, “So this one (I point) would probably be perfect, don’t you think? Of course, we want to get something we both like” (which is code for if momma’s not happy no one is happy).

He looks at the smaller tree and then back at the bigger tree and says, “I am pretty certain that this one is smaller than our last one.”

Darnit! He was correct, both

trees are smaller than our previous, but the one he liked was the largest of the two and still was bigger than I wanted to get. My brain was flashing “ABORT MISSION! ABORT MISSION” and I knew that things were not going to shake out like I wanted, that if I didn’t do something soon, we would be taking home another big tree.

So I use the tried and true ‘pretend that both of us matter equally’ tactic, “Well, we should probably wait to buy one until we find something we both like.” And then I point at something across the store and begin pushing the cart in that direction.

The search continues.

Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can read her book “Naked Tuesday” or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”. Follow her on twitter @ judylaine

Rotary in our community!

A look back at Rotary in Dawson Creek ed Toys p p a r w n U ff Drop O lership in a e D r a C y n at a k: Dawson Cree Aspol Motors let Buick GMC ro Browns’ Chev Capital Ford ntre e Inland Auto C y Toyota Peace Countr ber 15th m e c e D il t n U

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In February 2011 the Climbing Wall at the Ken Borek Aquatic Centre was officially opened after it was finished just before Christmas 2010. The community groups that helped fund and see it to completion gathered with city officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony. Officially marking the addition of another source of recreation to our city.

Past president of the Rotary Club of Dawson Creek Al Mottishaw is seen here having some fun.

“What Rotary likes to do are things that help the community, and we help build communities.” Stated Mottishaw.

The Rotary Clubs of Dawson Creek, The South Peace Oilmen’s Association, The Kinsmen Club, The Energy Conference Legacy Fund and the Northern BC Winter Games Legacy Fund all helped fund the project with the City of Dawson Creek supplying in-kind services. What a great addition to our city thanks to these organizations.

Rotary has long recognized that helping people with literacy is a way of building their skills that will better equip them to succeed in life. Numerous local literacy initiatives have been supported by Dawson Creek Rotarians. Library shelving, books for children, adult literacy are a few that Rotary has supported. The picture shown was taken 10 years ago and shows then president, Laurie Patterson and that year’s Literacy Chair Lou Kurjata presenting a cheque to help with Adult Literacy books and shelving.

Ready to make history with us? Get involved.

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When: January 7, 2017 Where: The Fort St. John Friendship Center Time: 5 pm Chili and Bannock to be served Calling all Métis for a discussion and Special Resolution Vote on the future of the Fort St. John Métis Society. Do you wish the society to become chartered under Métis Nation BC, BC Métis Federation or continue as a stand-alone society?

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Russell passed away unexpectedly, on Sunday, December 4th 2016, just three short weeks after the passing of his loving wife of 64 years, Lorraine Wood.

Russell and Lorraine met in high school in Dawson Creek and remained together for the rest of their lives. They began their married life in High River, AB. In the early years, the family moved around a lot due to Russell’s job as a banker. They lived in High River, Ponoka, Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto and finally back to Calgary. While in Toronto, the bank sent Russell to Harvard Business School for a semester.

In later years, Russ and Lorraine settled in Calgary, where he was active in the business community. Russ and Lorraine had three beautiful children together: Barrie (of Phoenix, Arizona), and Cherie and Darryl, both of Calgary. Russ was a great fisherman, a master gardener (THE most amazing tomatoes!) and loved to play cards.

In his younger years, Russell supplemented his income at the Bank playing pool and arm wrestling – he was quite the shark! After retiring, Russ was able to enjoy time with Lorraine down in Mexico, golfing in Phoenix with his son, Barrie, gardening, fishing, playing cards and enjoying time with family. He was never one to miss the opportunity for a good debate, Russ ensured that family gatherings were lively and entertaining. And he loved playing “Santa” at Christmas with his big box of goodies.

Russ is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law, Barrie and Lynn Wood and Darryl Wood and Sherri Jackson; his daughter and son-in-law Cherie Wood and Terry Gilbank; and his brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Charlotte Wood, of Canoe, BC. Russ is also remembered by his seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, who were all very fond of their “Papa”. He will be missed as well, by his many numerous nieces and nephews in Alberta and B.C. He was predeceased by his loving wife Lorraine Wood; his parents Cyrus and Paulina Wood; and eight of his brothers and sisters. Russell will be remembered for his keen intelligence, sense of humour, his kind heart, and his love of family. He was our anchor, and we will miss him very much.

Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road S.E.) on Tuesday December 13, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, 200, 119 – 14th Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6 Telephone: (403) 264-5549, www.heartandstroke.ca. Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.comforwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com.

In living memory of Russell Wood a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road S.E., Calgary, AB Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

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If so desired expressions of sympathy can be made in memory of Fran to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation Peace Villa Fund.

Ada was born in Timiskaming Ontario(near Timmins) –On August 15 1915 At the age of three Ada and her family headed West, stopping in Saskatchewan where they lived with an uncle for the winter. Then left for the Peace River country, stopping at Lake Saskatoon. They built a house and got the older children settled in school.

During this time Mr. Jeffrey cooked in Tie Camps as the railway was planning to expand, and did carpenter work.

The family met the Clark Brothers from Montney whom discussed the family moving to Montney at a later date.

Ada mentioned from time to time how helpful the Natives were at Lake Saskatoon, showing them the wild plants that would add greenery to the diet and how to snare a rabbit.

In 1923 the Hamlet of Lake Saskatoon became Wembley, old buildings were removed and new ones built. There was a new school and other amenities.

In 1932 the family moved to Montney, staying with the Clark Brothers at the tin shack, while Mr. Jeffery built a two storey Log house( still standing today).

Ada was 16 years of age at this time she helped with chores, gardening and did house keeping for neighbors and helped with children. The pay was $5 per month.

In 1934 Ada married Jack Bell. They built a log home, barns etc and started raising a family which grew to be six boys and three girls. From time to time helped raise some grandchildren.

She took time to play a little ball with the little ones and had a ghost in the trees near by at Halloween. Ada attended ball games and loved the shadow socials, box socials and Montney dances usually with small children, who slept under the bench.

This was at a time when the U S soldiers attended the social events, and were very generous in purchasing the lunch baskets. The ladies got to meet a soldier and dads stayed in the Hall.

A number of people in Montney became actors and actresses and put on one act plays for the community. Ada loved these plays and became a good actress.

Ada spent many years working with the North Pine Fall Fair board, taking entries, assigning booths to organizations.

In 1978/79 Jack and Ada moved to Fort. St. John. Jack was not well and Ada cared for him. Jack passed away in 1981. This left a void in Ada’s life. She soon found some activities to fill in the time.

She lent a hand to the Seniors club in Fort St. John. At first it was once a week then two days a week. They played lawn bowling, floor curling, carpet bowling and CARDS. Her favorite game was nil.

The Seniors became competitive and Ada spent many summers travelling to other communities for games. One year she won the outstanding performance trophy, as she had won floor curling,lawn bowling and hit some homeruns.

These activities kept her young at heart and mind for many years.

Ada did some travelling bus tours to Regina and Nevada to try out the casino’s, Two trips to England, one with Sister Evelyn, another with daughter Marilyn,adding a tour to Scotland. Then to Singapore to visit Bob and Marion and family. Lyman and Jean accompiand her.

In 2002 Ada moved into Haritage 1, an independant apartment, at the time dedicated to Seniors. She very much enjoyed the commadery, with all so near the same age and many engaged in the GAMES. In 2007 Ada moved to Peace Villa. Did well and enjoyed herself and helped others.

Then had a stroke which meant no more cards.

Ada passed away Peacefully Nov. 16 2016.

Ada has 28 grand children, 44 great grandchildren and 8 Great Great granchildren Ada is predeased by her Parents Alice and Noah Jeffrey. Her two sisters Tressa Turner and Evelyn Sheehan, brothers Bert, Norman, and George, husband Jack, baby daughter Hilda, grandson Brett, granddaughter Stacey, greatgrandson Michael and son inlaws Lyman and Huey, grandsoninlaw Dennis.

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Edsall Mitchell Graham, better known as Ed Graham, resident of Taylor, BC, passed away on December 7, 2016, at 88 years of age. A Memorial service will be held on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 2:00pm at the Taylor Community Hall, Taylor, BC. Pastor Wally Pohlman will officiate.

Expressions of sympathy in memory of Ed may be made to the Peace Community Church P.O. Box 326, Taylor, BC V0C 2K0 or The Fort St. John Hospital Foundation 8407 -112th Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 0J5

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How to shoot Christmas lights like a pro

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’ve gone out many times and shot Christmas lights. Shooting Christmas lights takes skill, pre-planned judgement, and some stealthy covert moves.

The Drive-by There is lots to consider when doing a drive-by, and you must be fully aware of your surroundings. The objective is to be fast but stay warm inside your nice cozy vehicle.

Shooting Christmas lights is an art in its own world. Your camera settings determine the outcome and you want to have the settings all pre-setup. Go to your sister’s or mother’s house to practice.

Everyone wants that photo that makes you think that the lights were twinkling like stars. To achieve this, you must use proper settings. Having your F-stop set to a tiny pinhole size achieves a star-like glow from every light, though this poses a problem. It requires a long exposure, which means you must be still. A tripod is essential but there is no time to set up a tripod for a drive-by.

So here is the plan: you set your tripod up inside the vehicle just down the street where it is safe to look creepy.

Mount your camera and slowly drive down the street towards the house. As you approach, pull up onto the curb and partly on the lawn so that you are nice and close, take your shot, roughly 15 seconds at F22 and 600 ISO, for the starry glow effect.

Now, stomp on it and get the heck out of there before they call the cops. What you are probably left with is a beautiful picture of your passenger side mirror that you forgot was folded out to tow position.

The Stalker Getting that perfect shot can sometimes be difficult. Framing and positioning can e quite cumbersome when you are cold as Frosty the Snowtographer and picky about composition.

The stalker parks his or her car down the street because they do not want that evidence in the shot. The stalker quietly walks down the street to the house and

Darcy Shawchek THE F-STOP

sneaks up and hides behind some trees while readying the tripod and camera.

Once ready, it is time to plan the move. Position yourself exactly where you see the image in your creative mind.

Take the shot, review, adjust, take the next shot, review, adjust, “move,” take the shot, review, adjust…

Repeat this process until your memory card is full, or the police arrive because you didn’t notice the neighbour getting creeped out while peeking at you from through the curtains across the street.

What you end up with is tons of wonderful images that have been confiscated as evidence.

The Flasher Probably the most fun of all photographer personalities.

The Flasher is not scared of conflict and is quite bold. Without a care in the world, the Flasher sets up his camera right in front of the house. He sets the camera up on a tripod and holds the flash in his hand. He then makes a pile of snowballs and sets them within grasp for throwing.

Once ready to shoot a 30-second exposure, the Flasher pulls out his flash and makes sure it is responsive. The Flasher then starts throwing snowballs at the front door and windows as to lure the house owner out. Once the owner is outside the door cursing, the flasher hits the shutter button and in his hand he pops the flash at the angry house owner. Then he runs away in hopes of luring the owner away from the camera.

Down the street he goes with buddy in a housecoat chasing after him, unknowingly flashing the whole neighborhood.

The flasher dodges left and sneaks by on the right, bolts for the camera and snatches it on the way by to his already running vehicle with the door left open for a quick getaway.

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Shooting Christmas lights is a fun challenge for any photographer, and the results can be spectacular.

On a more serious note, large F-stop and low ISO. Compensate for the loss of light with a long exposure and your shots will turn out awesome.

The Gentleman The Gentleman kindly walks up to the door and wakes up the whole house to ask if he can take some photos.

Join the challenge Seek out the Peace Photographers Adventure Club on Facebook and enter the challenge with your best Christmas

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Also look for the event on the Alaska Highway News Facebook page. The best images will be judged and presented in the Dec. 22 issue of the Alaska Highway News. Happy Holidays!

Darcy Shawchek is a photographer based in Fort St. John, who is on a mission to capture the breathtaking and majestic Peace River area through the lens, day or night. Email him your photography questions at dr.shawchek@gmail.com

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THERE’S AN ARTIST IN ALL OF US Kids and parents gathered at Menchie’s Friday, Dec. 9, to create their very own artistic masterpieces during Family Art Night.

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Alder trees, the original pioneers A lder trees are exceptionally practical and nutritious in the farmstead kitchen. They are historically used in gunpowder production, metal smelting, and basket making. They are the ultimate indigenous northwest wood for meat smoking.

Local shoots and catkins can be harvested all winter for protein and are chiefly eaten by big game. The alder tree is a pioneer’s pro tool.

Alder is one of the first species to colonize toxic or sterile soil. The trees roots convert atmospheric nitrogen to soil-soluble nitrates. Their leaves quickly add biomass to infertile conditions. They also host the precious honey bee, which boost forest reproduction. Just like our forebears, alder cleans up before and after us.

A bacteria, Frankia alni, forms nodules in an alder

craft, alder baskets are it.

Alder wood smoking is a classic northwest preservation method. The sweet smoke and aromatics add long life and flavour to food. Harvest the tree’s branches, catkins and bark for tea, poultice, and curing meats. It is said to help clean the liver and detoxify the blood. Riverside groves are used all over North America for medicine and thrive here in the Peace.

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root’s system. This symbiotic process fixes nitrogen and minerals in the soil in exchange for sap. After the ice age, alder provided additional growth nutrients in the soil for the next generation. They are North America’s original pioneer couple.

Indigenous Peace River tribes weaved baskets with young supple alder shoots.

Basket making has long been the speciality of the chef, herbalist and farmhand. Wood baskets, now a decoration, were designed for carrying, drying, and storing food. Foragers need particular tools for their

Alder dry aged and grilled beef ribeye Makes enough for a 10-person hunting party

1 Ribeye roast of Beef 1 Wooden box 1 Towel 1 large dry Alder tree 1 Steel grill 1 axe Beer for 10 people

Wash beef clean in salt water, dry with a towel. Trim dried alder branches, a foot long and no thicker then your pinky.

Place in the bottom of a ceramic jar or alder wood box.

Cover the bottom well so the meat will not touch. Place the meat onto the branches, which allows air flow to the entire surface. Cover with lid and let dry age for 20 days in cool dark space, underground. Flip meat daily to help remove moisture.

Research your mould formation to make sure you’re not getting any of the nasty ones.

Reference “the art of ferment-

ation,” the artisan industry’s standard.

Once 15 per cent of the water weight is gone, you’re ready. This can happen plus or minus 20 days, check on scale.

Remove surface growth, no more than paper thin, cutting surface contaminants away.

Slice your steaks and build a big camp fire with alder logs.

Once ready, place your metal grill on top of the hot coals.

Cooks steaks and don’t be afraid to place them right in the coals for a good sear. Prewarm your meat and then rest afterword to cook the perfect steak. Check meat guide for colour doneness or use the hand method.

Steak needs no sides but a beer and an alder campfire.

Judah Koile is a Fort St. John chef and co-owns The BEAM with his wife, Jiwon Kim. Koile has more than a decade of culinary experience, and has worked in restaurants across Canada and South America.

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