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WinterFest family fun By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
The Houston ACT (Action Changes Things) Committee is organizing a community-wide WinterFest celebration for Family Day. H o u s t o n WinterFest will feature a week packed with family activities from Tuesday, Feb. 4 to Monday, Feb. 10 (Family Day). Families will have no shortage of winter activities to enjoy, including hockey, figure skating, snow shoeing, ice fishing, snowmobile rides and winter field games. Houston Link to Learning is putting on a Family Literacy Brunch at the Houston Community Hall on Saturday, Feb. 8, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Morice
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GUNS & Hoses
Houston police are facing off against Houston firefighters in a Guns & Hoses hockey game at 3 p.m. Feb. 10. The game is a fund raiser for Houston Search & Rescue. There will be kids games and prizes, including a puck toss, and Safety Bear will visit. There will also be dozens of door prizes donated by local businesses. Tickets are $5, available at the RCMP Detachment, Fire Hall, Bulkley Valley Credit Union and Chamber of Commerce. Photos feature RCMP Sergeant Stephen Rose and Fire Chief Jim Daigneault.
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Winterfest celebrates Family Day with fun winter activities for everyone.
Mountain Ski Trails will have races, skiing lessons and snowshowing on the trails during Family Day. Family Day will also have a free public swim 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Houston Leisure Facility and free public skating 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Claude Parish Memorial Arena. For more information see page 7 or go to houstonact.ca.
Social Justice course to learn how to make a difference By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
N o r t h w e s t Community College is offering a free Social Justice 12 course Feb. 4 to March 25. The accredited grade 12 course will be offered in a workshop forum and will be open for interested members of the public to audit or drop-in. It will run twice a
week at NWCC on Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Taught by Pat Cox, the course covers topics including the Declaration of Human Rights, human rights issues internationally and in Canada, non-government organizations, globalization, corporate issues of
social inequality, ecojustice, war, child soldiers, equality, tolerance and poverty. “It’s a very, very broad subject and [the course is] trying to narrow it down to where it fits in our community,” said Diane Batley, NWCC coordinator for OARH. OARH, Organizing Against Racism and Hate, is an Embrace
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BC government program promoting multiculturalism, recognizing diversity in communities, and working to eliminate racism and hate in B.C. NWCC has a contract with OARH which involves community education around racism and hate issues, which are topics covered in Social Justice 12,
Batley said. The material for Social Justice 12 is provided by School District 54, and Cox is working as high school teacher as well as volunteering to do the course a second time for the public. “The idea behind this course is for personal development more then anything else,” said Cox. “It allows the
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students to have a look at [social justice], not only in their own local place, but also have that wider lens that looks at the world as a whole. “Putting their own issues into context often helps them feel less isolated, and it also makes them feel like they’re part of something bigger.” “It’s also for people who are not a part of
any minority group, about ‘what can I do in the world?’ ‘How can I make a difference?’ It’s that piece too. “It’s a lot of what I believe in, so I really get excited about it,” she said. For more information or to register for taking Social Justice 12 for credits, contact NWCC at 250-8457266.
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