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Pimm said he has seen a first draft of the corridor study, but could not elaborate on what improvements the first draft suggested.

One upgrade already announced was the construction of passing lanes immediately north of Fort St. John and before Mile 83 of the Alaska Highway. (Fort St. John is located at Mile 47.)

Pimm wants to improve portions of the highway north of Mile 83 as well, but the federal government is responsible for maintain-

ing that section of the highway.

“MP Bob Zimmer and myself have been working hard to see if we can get some more of those passing lanes [north of Fort St. John] as part of the [Federal] Build Canada program,” he said.

Part of the reasons for adding passing lanes on these portions of the highway was safety.

“You get some long backlogs [of vehicles], and then you get somebody deciding they want to pull out and pass — and that gets unsafe. reporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Application for a Permit Amendment Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act I, Mr. Glenn Soroff, Director, Facilities & Midstream for Progress Energy Canada Ltd., (Bow Valley 2, 1200, 205-5th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2V7), intend to submit this application to the Director, Waste Management and Reclamation, at the Oil and Gas Commission to authorize the discharge of air emissions from a gas plant. The sources of air emissions are: • Three Waukesha H24 GL Propane Refrigeration Compressor Engines

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purge); The land upon which the facility will be situated and the discharge will occur is a-29-J/94-G-2, located at (surface location NAD 83) Latitude 57° 11’ 10.9” North; and Longitude 122° 43’ 48.2” West; located within the Lily Field, approximately 173.3 km north-west of Fort St. John, B.C.

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of heavy transport traffic here at 37 per cent, compared to five to eight per cent in other parts of British Columbia.

The province doesn’t expect the region to slow down economically. Pimm said that with Site C and expected growth in the LNG industry, “the Peace country is going to be a big driver in the future of the entire province.”

This could mean even more heavy transport traffic, which will require a bigger investment in transportation infrastructure.

According to the Ministry of Transportation, 91 per cent of respondents surveyed in Northeast B.C. for the transportation plan said upgrading highways and bridges to facilitate heavy hauling was important.

The province is already working on a number of projects to improve highways in Northeast B.C., and these were included in the 10-year-plan.

One project mentioned in the plan was building new passing lanes north of Fort St. John.

Pimm said the province and the federal government are in the early stages of a corridor study from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson, which would in part identify where passing lanes should be

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Each week editorial staff take turns engaging in debate on a hot topic. These debates are intended to explore both sides of an issue and arguments expressed here are chosen by flip of the coin, therefore they do not necessarily reflect the true opinion of the duelist.

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Mike Carter

Should cable/satellite companies be forced to change their services?

When you go to buy a new pair of sunglasses, you aren’t forced into buying a nice new hat, Hawaiian shirt, and 23 other things you didn’t really want to begin with.

So in that sense, the pick and pay model of TV –not forcing you into several channels you don’t want just so you can have the few you do – makes sense. But is this really the way we should be going with TV? There is already a plethora of options online both legal and illegal which are being used by wide swaths of the population.

With that in mind, let’s face it folks, TV is dying and the new “pick and pay” model proposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is too little to late to save it.

Under the new model, you will still be forced to purchase channels you don’t want in a basic “skinny package” for $25 a month.

Once you add the channels you do want to that, it will likely cost you more than your current cable package.

Instead, the CRTC should focus on building a television-like model online, where viewers already are.

Don’t pick and pay. Pay and pick what you want to watch, when you want to watch it, Netflix for movies, and Nettube for TV.

Science Matters David Suzuki

Transit funding will drive Canadian cities into the future Many people think of Canada as a landscape of forests, mountains, water and ice, but the Canadian experience is fast becoming focused on glass and concrete. Our 2011 census revealed that 81 per cent of us now live in cities. And despite taking up less land space, our environmental impact continues to grow.

As the UN notes, cities cover only two per cent of the world’s land area but produce 60 per cent of CO2 emissions — including a significant proportion from urban transportation, as people commute to school and work on increasingly crowded roads and transit networks.

Changing the way we

move through cities is a critical step in reducing carbon emissions. The most direct way to accomplish this is to provide urbanites with reliable alternatives to automobile travel. By investing in walkways, cycling networks and efficient public transportation — including rapid rail and bus systems — cities can promote healthy lifestyles while protecting the environment. A two-car household that replaces one vehicle with alternative transportation can cut its annual emissions by 10 per cent.

Building balanced transportation systems and improving transit reduces reliance on private vehicles, cuts traffic congestion and leads to better public health by keeping pollutants linked to asthma and cardiovascular disease out of the air. It can also help curb North America’s obesity epidemic, which is leading to diseases like diabetes and sending health care costs skyrocketing.

Recent research on the relationship between health and transit use in Metro

William Stodalka

Normally the marketplace is pretty receptive to consumer demand, but cable companies might know what the consumers want - they just know how to game it.

For example, you might want just to see HBO. (I’m partial to Lena Dunham, myself.) You don’t want E!, Bravo, or the other documentary channels that used to be about documentaries but now they’ve become a syndicated freak show and/or mock the hillbillies channel. Cable companies now this, but to make a buck, they’ve packaged it all together.

It’s one of the few standouts about consumers getting entertainment the way they want when they want.

Now, though, with the change in the CRTC rules, that could all change, with a $25 basic package, and hopefully an option to just get HBO and maybe ESPN. (I’m partial to football, too.)

CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais was quoted as saying that “In a sense we are forcing the industry to finally face that the world is changing."

But what about the channels that might be considered a “social good” that were packaged with the other stuff, like ones about the opera or ones about nature? Well, they too will have to face reality. Hopefully, they will be able to find a financial model that works. (For what it’s worth, that’s the same boat that newspapers in.)

We live in a world of unparalleled consumer freedom, and content producers will have to find a way to survive there. The couch potatoes will hopefully be better for it.

Vancouver by University of British Columbia urban planning and public health professor Lawrence Frank and two health authorities reveals that residents of areas with above average public transportation use are 26 per cent less likely to be obese and 49 per cent more likely to walk for at least 30 minutes a day than people living in low transit use areas.

Vancouver is a good case study for the future of Canadian urban public transit. Metro residents are voting on a plebiscite to fund regional transit and transportation expansion with a 0.5 per cent provincial sales tax increase.

Many groups in the region — including business, labour, environmental, health and student — are setting aside political differences and joining the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition to support it.

With only eight cents of every tax dollar going to Canadian municipalities, cities across the country are looking for ways to fund infrastructure mainte-

nance and improvements.

Canada is also the only major industrialized country without a national transit funding strategy.

Provincial governments, such as Ontario’s, have had some success in securing funding for transit improvements, but across the country the issue is largely in the hands of local leaders.

Although Metro Vancouver’s transit ridership has increased dramatically in recent years, road congestion is still a problem, costing the regional economy up to $1.2 billion per year. To combat similar issues, cities around the world, including London, Milan and Stockholm, have introduced congestion charges for drivers who use city streets during peak hours, funnelling monies raised to into transit improvements. By comparison, a Vancouver sales tax increase would spread the cost out to include transit users, cyclists, walkers and visitors.

North American cities often have a more difficult time than European munic-

ipalities convincing residents to support transit funding. Denver, Colorado, has had two transit funding referendums, one that failed and a more recent one that passed. In 2014, Seattle residents took part in two votes, agreeing to a 0.1 per cent sales tax increase and a $60 vehicle levy to improve transit only after bus service faced severe cuts following a “No” vote on transit funding earlier in the year.

Canadians aren’t often invited to directly participate in policy-making. The vote in Metro Vancouver is the first of its kind nationally and will likely set off a heated debate about how transportation funding is discussed in this country.

While the outcome remains uncertain, one thing is clear: People with realistic transit options have a daily choice to support or degrade the environment.

When faced with that choice, history has shown more people opt to leave their cars in the garage. We need to think seriously about how we keep our cities moving into the future.

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It’s been two years, and that’s two years too long without hoisting the Red Bull Crashed Ice championship trophy for Fort St. John native Adam Horst and his team.

After a third place finish in 2013 and second in 2014, that changed in Edmonton last weekend, when his team Living the Dream came from behind to win the team championship at the final event of the season.

“Couldn’t have went any better,” Horst said. “We pretty much needed a miracle for the team that was winning to go out early because they qualified the fastest and they’ve been doing well all season.

Somehow it all worked out that they did end up losing out early in the race, then we just had to clinch to win the championship.”

Living the Dream trailed Prestige Worldwide by 440 points (1,000 points are awarded for a win in the team competition) heading into the Edmonton event, and the two teams have battled back and forth all year for top spot.

Prestige Worldwide stumbled to a fifth place finish on the weekend, opening the door in the final for Horst’s team, and they grabbed the overall win in the final race against the Hill Bombers.

After a disappointing seventh place finish in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the first team event of the season, Living the Dream bounced back winning the final two events in Belfast and Edmonton to secure the team championship.

The weekend competition was also unique for Horst, as it was an opportunity to race just six hours from his hometown in front of a raucous 15,000 spectators.

“It was unbelievable to finally be able to have it in the west,” the 28-year-old said. “I had a huge amount of support from family and friends that all made the trip down to watch. To be able to put on a Submitted Photo good show in front of everyone Fort St. John native and seven-year Red Bull Crashed Ice racer Adam Horst rips down the course in that made the trip was awesome… anytime you get people in your Edmonton during the final event of 2015. Horst's team won the championship.

corner it pushes you a little more.”

Team competition aside, Horst also raced to a season best sixth place in front of his family and friends in Edmonton, meaning a 13th place overall finish.

“The sixth place is great,” he explained. “It’s tough when you get to the semi-finals in the last couple years just about every race has all guys that have been to the finals. To get up there any more is a big job. When I came up to the semi’s it was against two of my teammates so I knew it would be a tough one.”

In the seven years Horst has been participating in Red Bull Crashed Ice, the level of competition has risen to a point he didn’t entirely see coming when he first got involved.

“Yeah, big time,” He said of the difference in racing today.

“You see a big difference in competition—guys wanting to win. There’s more on the line now.

They’ve allowed sponsorships to come in [and] guys are racing for their job almost. It’s such a new sport that we’re starting to develop better ways to train and different equipment to use. How it’s growing that way has elevated the sport on it’s own.”

With the competitiveness growing rapidly, Horst only raced in four of eight events this season and he viewed the overall finish of 13th as a strong one.

“I would have liked to be higher of course, obviously,” he said.

“In the end I only did half the races. So I didn’t expect to be in the top five necessarily because I didn’t do all of the races. When you look back on the points now if I had of done one other race I probably would have been in the top seven. I’m pretty happy with my results for the most part.”

That finish keeps Horst in the top 65 worldwide, meaning another automatic bid for the 2016 season.

For now though, Horst has his sights set on a Coy Cup win with the Fort St. John Flyers next week in Fort Nelson. sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Hi there its Leigh Hedges again, writing my 4-H Beaton Community club report. We have had a few things happen since the last report and I would like to share them with you.

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We’ve had a few meetings since last report. We had communications on Feb 28th to see who was going to districts. Communications was at upper pine where everyone in our club that could make it got judged on their projects. Lots of people had good communications and everyone worked hard to get them done but only first and second from all the clubs in our area went. On March 8th our club had a meeting and horse showmanship. We had our meeting and discussed a few things such as we now have a new vice president, Haylee Maclean. After the meeting we went and practiced our showing. In showing we practiced squaring our horses feet and showing our horse depending on where the judge was. Later we practiced judging horse and looking at parts of the horse. Lastly we had District on March 14th where all the clubs first and second placing members in their categories went to the college. Everyone did well on their projects. Jessie Pearson and Josie Pearson were the only members from our club that went and they did their speeches. Thank you to Tom English for sponsoring our uniforms and the things we need. Also thank you to our page sponsor Spectra Energy.

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4-H Beaton Community Club Report

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Found Money finds its way to the Foudation

Chances Gaming Centre in Fort St John, was the Foundation’s biggest donor during the annual Have a Heart Radio-thon, hosted on February 12. Their donation of $5,354.38 came from found money and unclaimed money which is collected at the Gaming Centre and is donated to local charities throughout the year.

Jason Morris said that they chose the Foundation as the recipient for its far-reaching impact.

“It’s a way to give to everyone,” he said.

In total, the radio-thon raised over $14,000.

Ashley Bentley and David Chung receive a cheque from Jason Morris (middle) General Manager of Chances Gaming Centre in Fort St John.

CT Scanner scheduled for upgrade With funds raised from the Foundation’s annual Bluey Day and donations to the Cancer Treatment and Diagnostic Fund, the Hospital’s CT Scanner will be getting a software upgrade, scheduled for mid-April.

The $206,000 upgrade will give the Hospital’s radiologist technicians the ability to lower the radiation dose to patients, without compromising the quality of the images.

Since its purchase in 2009, the scanner has provided accurate, quality, diagnostic images, and has proven invaluable for the use of diagnosing head injuries, internal bleeding, broken bones, and cancer.

Registration for the Foundation’s annual Bluey Day officially started on March 2, with the event scheduled for May 30 at the BC Ambulance Building.

Montanas’ cooks up donations for Foundation

Attendees of the soft opening of Fort St. John’s newest restaurant, Montanas, donated to the FSJ Hospital Foundation in lieu of paying for their meal, on February 21. Over $1,500 was raised, and directed towards the purchase of a wireless fetal heart monitor for the Hospital’s Birthing Centre.

Owners Darren Thomson and Dan Maki have been long-time supporters of the Foundation and their continued effort to support the Foundation is greatly appreciated!

Chair of the Foundation Board, Gordon Gentles (far left), and Executive Director Ashley Bentley (far right), thank owners Dan Maki (left) and Darren Thomson (right), for their continued support.

The Hospital’s CT Scanner is scheduled to be upgraded in midApril.

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City discussing swap for old hospital site William Stodalka Alaska Highway News

The City of Fort St. John is considering the acquisition of the old Fort St. John hospital site as part of its downtown revitalization plan.

Moira Green, economic development officer, said the city is looking to swap an equal amount of land they own near the new Fort St. John hospital for the site of the former Fort St. John hospital.

Council requested staff enter into discussions with Northern Health about the land swap last September.

Green said the city could purchase the land if Northern Health decides not to make the swap.

A final decision has not been made by council.

The land has an estimated value of $1 million, Green said.

Northern Health’s position on a land swap is unclear.

Northern Health spokesman Jonathon Dyck said the health authority was going through a process to dispose of the land, and “he could not share any more information until that process

was complete.”

On acquiring land near the new hospital site, Dyck said Northern Health “is always looking at opportunities and seeing what’s out there. In regards to this, I can’t provide any specific comments on any kind of dealings because it is going through a process, and we can’t talk about that at this time.”

The old Fort St. John hospital on 100th Ave. was demolished in 2014. The land currently sits vacant.

The city is planning a major downtown revitalization project to enhance that portion of the city.

The old hospital site would be part of the downtown revitalization project.

“As the downtown plan finalizes, as the plan emerges from Phase Two engagement documents, what we’re going to find is what ought to be on each of those [vacant downtown properties owned by the city],” Green said.

The city owns other vacant downtown properties, including the old Fort Hotel site on 100th

and 100th, and the former SewIt-Yourself site west of the Lido Theatre.

In a Phase Two report for the city’s downtown revitalization plan, Joaquin Karakas, an urban design planner with Modus Planning, Design and Engagement, said that one possibility for the site could be for a new “energy innovation district” for the city.

Karakas’ report said that the city should “encourage a mix of education and employment uses on part of the former hospital site to showcase local and regional energy and resource sectors. This could include a university satellite campus, energy sector offices, a mix of housing [including student housing] along with street level shops and services.”

The report did not indicate how the city should acquire the land.

The city has not committed to any components of the report.

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Top 10: 4

Racing News Less than two months after being inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, legendary driver Bill Elliott has been selected for induction into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame.

In voting of the NMPA membership, Elliott was a near-unanimous selection, being chosen on 98 percent of the ballots. Elliott, the 1988 series champion, won 44 races on NASCAR’s premier circuit. His victories included: the Daytona 500 (1985, ’87); Southern 500 (1985, ’88, ’94); and Brickyard 400 (2002).

Racing Trivia

8) Kasey Kahne Points: 159 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1

Top 10: 2

9) Paul Menard Points: 152 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1

Top 10: 1

10) Aric Almirola Points: 138 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0

Top 10: 0

Which driver has won the most races at Martinsville Speedway? a) Jimmie Johnson b) Richard Petty

c) Kurt Busch d) Jeff Gordon

Last Weekend’s Race: Brad Keselowski won the Auto Club 400 Auto Club 400 Results Driver Points Brad Keselowski 47 Kevin Harvick 43 Kurt Busch 43 Paul Menard 40 Ryan Newman 39 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 38 Joey Logano 37 Martin Truex Jr. 37 Jimmie Johnson 35 Jeff Gordon 35

After Sunday’s Auto Club 400, there may be a warrant issued forBrad Keselowski. He committed his own version of “Grand Theft Auto” at Auto Club Speedway. Brad stole an entire race.

Benefitting from a four-tire call on the last lap of regulation and two opportune cautions that extended the event nine laps beyond its scheduled distance, Keselowski passed polesitter Kurt Busch on the final lap (209) and pulled away to win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race of the season. “At the end, we caught some breaks, made the most of the breaks we caught,” Keselowski said. “That was kind of the story of our race. We were able to find our way through the lanes and get to the front there, somehow end up in Victory Lane. Kind of a race car driver’s dream. This is one we’re going to sit back and go ‘Wow!’ for a while.”

Brad Keselowski Born: Feb. 12, 1984 Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe Car: Ford

Year 2015 Career

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Answer : b) Richard Petty won 15 races at Martinsville.

Distance: 0.526 miles Shape: Oval

Points: 159 Wins: 1 Top 5: 2

Points 187 182 172 168 165 164 157 148 136 134

Wins 1 17

Top 10s 4 83

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PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE

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Golf News, Tips, Trivia & Stats

This Week: The Valero Texas Open

The Valero Texas Open dates back to 1922 when it was first called the Texas Open. It is played at TPC San Antonio Defending: Steven Bowditch in San Antonio, Texas. Many Winning Score: 8-under par big-name players have won Winning Share: $1,116,000 this tournament, including Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, and Arnold Palmer, who won it three years in a row. It has always been considered a tournament where it is quite easy to shoot low. Last year, Steven Bowditch finished at 8-under par for his first PGA Tour title, one shot ahead of Will MacKenzie and Daniel Summerhays.

TPC San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 7,522 yards, Par 72

Golf TV Schedule

The Valero Texas Open Day Time Thu, 3/26 3:00pm-7:30pm Fri, 3/27 3:00pm-6:00pm Sat, 3/28 1:00pm-3:00pm Sat, 3/28 3:00pm-6:00pm Sun, 3/29 1:00pm-3:00pm Sun, 3/29 3:00pm-6:00pm

Network GOLF GOLF GOLF NBC GOLF NBC

Golf Trivia Which golfer won the inaugural Texas Open in 1922?

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a) Robert MacDonald c) Bobby Cruickshank b) Walter Hagen d) Byron Nelson

Answer: a) Robert MacDonald shot 7-under par to win the Texas Open and $1,500 prize money in 1922.

Last Week: Matt Every won Arnie’s Invitational

Matt Every won his second Tournament Results consecutive Arnold Palmer 1. Matt Every Score: -19 Invitational by one stroke Earnings: $1,134,000 on Sunday. Every, who had 2. Henrik Stenson not posted a top-25 finish since last Score: -18 Earnings: $680,400 June, had joked pre-tournament 3. Matt Jones with Tiger Woods that he would Score: -17 win again. In Tiger-like fashion, Earnings: $428,400 Every rolled in a 17-foot birdie putt on the final hole of the Arnold Palmer Invitational to join Woods and Hall of Famer Payne Stewart as the only players to win at Bay Hill with closing birdies.

Golfing News

Player Profile

World number one golfer Rory McIlroy has replaced Tiger Woods as the new cover star of EA Sports’ PGA Tour golf video game. “I’m very proud and humbled to see my face and name on EA SPORTS Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR,” said McIlroy. “This is a great honor, and something I couldn’t even dream of growing up playing the sport.

I really hope people enjoy the game and I’m very glad I can be a part of it.” EA Sports built its PGA Tour series around Woods from 1998 until it ended its relationship with him in 2013 when Woods was still No 1 in the world. McIlroy has been No. 1 since August and the pair shared the cover in 2011.

Matt Every

Lessons from the Golf Pro The fairway bunker shot is one of the most difficult in the game since we do not see it that often. Perhaps the hardest part is to figure out which club is the right one to use. The most important aspect of this is to not think about the green. Your sole focus should be on trying to determine which club will allow you to clear the lip of the bunker so you will not bury it in the lip. Here are a couple other tips to remember when you are playing the fairway bunker shot. Unlike a bunker shot near the green, you do not need to dig your feet in the sand very much at all. This would make your feet below the ball and you could hit a fat shot. The other tip is to not try and make a fancy shot from the fairway bunker. Just make your normal swing and the results will turn out much better than you think.

Turned Professional: 2006 FedEx Cup Ranking: 22nd World Ranking: 40th PGA Tour Wins: 2

FedEx Cup Standings Through March 22, 2015

1) Jimmy Walker 1,150 pts. / 4 top tens

2) Bubba Watson 1,088 pts. / 4 top tens

3) Patrick Reed 1,076 pts. / 3 top tens

4) Dustin Johnson 910 pts. / 3 top tens

5) Robert Streb 903 pts. / 5 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Jason Day 900 7) Brandt Snedeker 891 8) Ryan Moore 877 9) Jordan Spieth 864 10) Sang-Moon Bae 862

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