Caledonia Courier, September 09, 2015

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◆ Vaccinations - pg 3 ◆ FASD - pg 5

◆ Ouellette Bros. Sale - pg 6 & 7 ◆ Nordic Ski Club - pg 8

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NEWS BRIEFS Future grads plan for in-demand careers High-school students throughout B.C. can get a jump start on their career plans for the jobs of tomorrow with last week’s release of the 2015-16 Grad Planner.

This year’s updated edition helps point students toward jobs that will be in demand in B.C. by the time they graduate. Carpenters, accountants and early childhood educators top the list of jobs in need by 2022. The 2015-16 Grad Planner can be found on the Ministry of Education website.

Launched in 2004, this easy-to-use planner also provides students with guidance and tools to help choose courses, credits and electives to successfully graduate high-school.

Key information offered in the guide: * A list of in demand jobs from 2012-22. * Required courses and elective credits needed for successful graduation and acceptance into post-secondary and apprentice programs. * Exams, awards and scholarships available to students. * Links to websites with information to help with distance education, earning external credits, and preparing for postsecondary and career programs.

A Sea Spray catamaran that was recently donated to the Stuart Lake Sailing Club has been plying the waters of the lake all summer, to the delight of many young sailors.

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Donation brings delight to sailing club BARBARA RODEN Caledonia Courier

The Stuart Lake Sailing Club had some good news back in July, when a 15’ Sea Spray catamaran was donated to the club by a local couple who wanted to see it used.

“It’s mostly been kids on the catamaran this summer, playing around,” says Paul Inden of the SLSC. “That’s the wonderful thing about sailing: it’s lots of fun.” The catamaran is ideal for those just learning how to sail, as it’s easy to steer and easy to bring back up if it tips over, and has already convinced one greade 12 student to start sailing by herself.

The good news about the catamaran was set against the bad news that the sailing camp planned for the summer didn’t get enough registrants, and had to be cancelled. “B.C. Sailing puts the camps on, and they need 12 to 15 registrants aged 6–15 years old. We only had five register.” Still, Inden points out that there are 10 kids—most of whom have their own boats—who are part of the club. One 16-year-old went to Sidney, B.C. this summer and completed CANsail levels 1, 2, and 3. “He has one more level to complete, and then could come back here and instruct at the sailing club if he wanted to.”

The club also helps sponsor someone aged 13– 25 to attend a SALTS (Sail and Life Training Society) trip aboard a traditional “tall ship”. Several 10-

day trips are held each summer, with those aboard crewing the ship around Vancouver Island.

Inden stresses that the SLSC is a year-round group, however. “The summer is busier, but we have two ice-sailing boats that are available to people who want to use them. Ice sailing is fast, and you need good conditions: no snow and black ice.”

While most people will probably give up sailing for the year in late September, Inden says he’ll keep going until the ice comes. “When the warm lake water hits the cold morning air and pumps up steam in October and November, the lake is really pretty with the fog on it.”

For more information about the Stuart Lake Sailing Club, call Paul at (250) 996-8226.

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Courier Improving adult literacy in Nechako Lakes The provincial government is granting $204,691 to regional organizations to provide residents with the literacy skills they need to participate in B.C.’s growing economy.

The organizations are: ¡ Vanderhoof Public Library - $33,800 ¡ Fraser Lake Library - $33,800 ¡ Fort St. James Public Library family program - $29,600 ¡ Fort St. James Public Library adult program - $18,000 ¡ Nak’azdli Band-Social Development Department - $33,800 “By providing adults in our communities with the chance to improve their literacy skills, these programs will help people reach their education goals,â€? Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad said.

The grant comes from the $2.4 million government has invested in community adult literacy programs in 75 B.C. communities in 2015-16.

Funding is distributed to non-profit community groups to offer free literacy training that is easily accessible in local places such as schools, Aboriginal friendship centres and community centres. The program is tailored to suit the needs of any adult with low-literacy ability, and is delivered by trained volunteers offering one-

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Community organizations collaborate with a public post-secondary institution in their region. These partnerships encourage the transition of adult learners from literacy programs to post-secondary studies and/or employment training. The College of New Caledonia is collaborating with the Vanderhoof Public Library, the Fraser Lake Library, the Fort. St James Public Library and the Nak’azdli Band-Social Development Department. Northwest Community College is collaborating with Houston Link to Learning.

Since 2001, the provincial government has invested more than $25 million in community adult literacy programs, helping approximately 100,000 adults improve their reading, writing and math skills.

For more information about community adult literacy programs, visit:http:// www.aved.gov.bc.ca/literacy/welcome. htm.

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Vaccinations help keep the whole community safe nations are for a person’s health, but they’re also about protecting your community,” says Bethelsen. “There’s the The start of a new school odd person who can’t have a vaccinayear means that children— tion, and if everyone else does then it especially younger ones— protects them. It’s herd immunity.” will be exposed to a variety Kendall notes that parents of children of diseases. Some, such as enrolling in kindergarten should prothe common cold, can’t be vide a copy of the child’s immunization reliably prevented; but a record. “If someone at school contracts good many can, which is a vaccine-preventable infectious diswhy it’s important to keep ease, children who are not immunized your child’s immunizations may have to stay home until it is safe.” up to date.

It is not mandatory for parents in B.C. “Starting off the school to provide this information, although year with an up-to-date imKendall joins the Canadian Medical Asmunization schedule is a sociation in urging this province to join safe and effective way to Ontario and New Brunswick, where safeguard your kids from parents are required to show vaccinamany serious and potention information when enrolling chiltially deadly diseases,” dren in school. says provincial health offiKendall says that having easy access cer Dr. Perry Kendall. to vaccination records gives healthcare “By the time a child professionals a way to identify parents reaches five or six years whose children haven’t been immunized, old, he or she should have so that they can be spoken to to help received booster shots that Parents of children entering kindergarten in Fort St. James this year should ensure their child’s vac- clear up any misinformation or misunprotect against measles, po- cinations are up to date. derstanding. “We can tell them the facts lio, chicken pox, whooping and what is real and what is not real, and Stock photo cough, and more, and kids hopefully convince a good proportion of outbreaks, they still exist. They spread ents might be unsure how up-to-date their in grades 6 and 9 should rethem that what they’re actually fearing is ceive follow-up vaccinations. This is all quickly among those who are not immu- children’s immunizations, Pene Berth- either unreal or not scientifically valid, or part of B.C.’s free, routine immunization nized, can cause serious complications, elsen, a Public Health nurse at the clinic is in fact a misplaced fear.” and can be life-threatening.” in Fort St. James, says all parents have to program.

And it’s not just children who need to Students entering kindergarten in do is call the clinic (250-996-7178), and keep their vaccinations up to date; grown“It is thanks to routine vaccinations that many of these diseases seem like Fort St. James are expected to have had staff will check. If necessary, parents can ups need to watch out. “Adults should be distant threats; however, as we’ve seen booster shots that supplement their infant then make an appointment to schedule getting tetanus shots every 10 years,” with recent whooping cough and measles series of vaccinations (at two, four, six, any “catch-up” shots that are needed. says Berthelsen, “to help prevent illness.”

12, and 18 months). However, some par“The approach we take is that vacciBARBARA RODEN Caledonia Courier

RCMP remind motorists, kids are back in school off your children in school zones, allow them time to exit the car on the side closest to the sidewalk. Never allow a child to cross the street mid-block. · If a vehicle is stopped in front of you or in the lane next to you, they may be

yielding to a pedestrian, so proceed with caution and be prepared to stop. · Watch for school buses. Vehicles approaching from both directions must stop for school buses when their lights are flashing.

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NOTICE OF A MAINTENANCE POWER OUTAGE FORT ST. JAMES AREA We will be making electrical system improvements in your area. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately six hours.

Where: Fort St. James, Tl’azt’en, Nak’azdli, Yekooche When: Sunday, September 20, 2015 Time: Midnight to 6:00 a.m.

To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, please turn off all lights, electrical heaters and major appliances and unplug all electronics.

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With the start of the new school year RCMP ask drivers to be especially careful and watch for children on the roads as the kids head back to class.

The beginning of school also means School Zones will be in effect throughout the region with speed limits of 30 kilometers per hour during scheduled school days from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Police will be closely monitoring drivers’ speeds in school zones around the province.

“The new school year provides a good opportunity for parents to speak to their children about road safety. Police want to ensure everyone has a safe start to the school year and again remind drivers to slow down and watch for children along the road,” said Cpl. Mike Rail.

Some safety tips from police and our partners at ICBC. Drivers: · When dropping

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The school years go by in no time at all BARBARA RODEN Caledonia Courier

All across the province it’s back to school time (grade school, I mean: kindergarten through grade 12) for hundreds of thousands of parents and children. Is it, as those ubiquitous TV ads would have it, “the most wonderful time of the year” for parents? Not where back to school shopping is concerned.

Any parent who’s recently had to shop for even basic items will have no problem believing that the back to school spending season is second only to Christmas in terms of cash outlay. Perhaps the ads mean that it’s the most wonderful time of the year for anyone selling school supplies, school clothing, and anything else destined to wind up in the school’s lost and found bin by the middle of October.

For the last 13 years our household has, like so many others, battled the back to school blues (students blue about going back to school, and parents blue when they think of next month’s credit card bill). We’ve been governed by the simple rhythm of the school calendar which is, by and large, something you don’t really think about; it’s simply the way things are, as immutable as the seasons.

Well, all that has come to an end, as our son Tim graduated from grade 12 in June.

Don’t ask me where those 13 years fled to. It

seems like only yesterday that I was putting his kindergarten photo into an album while he gazed up at me, and then there I was, in the blink of an eye, gazing up at all 6’7” of him as we walked to the stage at graduation so he could receive his diploma.

I do know, however, that life in the Roden household will be somewhat different from here on in, no longer governed by warnings about missing the bus, reminders about homework, and attending all those events— PAC meetings, Christmas concerts, monthend assemblies—that crowd the school calendar. Part of me rejoices in the fact that Tim is now starting on another stage of his life; but part of me already misses the school days that have formed the timetable of our world since he started kindergarten all those years ago.

There are things I won’t miss, however, such as the bewildering number of forms that had to be filled out at the start of each school year, many of them carbon copies of the forms I’d filled out the year(s) before.

Since we’ve lived at the same address for 18 years, I should probably have just photocopied that first set of forms back in kindergarten and kept recycling them.

I also won’t miss the perpetual headache that is school lunches, the realisation that I have completely forgotten everything I learned in high school math (I’m sorry, Mr.

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Cunningham; you did your best), and that my high school French isn’t much better, and the discovery—in the depths of a backpack—of a notice about something coming up the next day that entails a) the baking of 24 cupcakes; b) the production of an insanely detailed costume; c) the creation of some craft that Martha Stewart could knock off in an hour but which will cause me nothing but grief, a few choice swear words, and a search for bandages; or d) all of the above (a particularly nasty recurring nightmare I’ve been having that will, I hope, finally go away now).

Not that I didn’t try my best, when I got the notices about those crafty parent-and child projects that various teachers insisted on holding. When Tim was in kindergarten, parents were invited to come in one day near Christmas and make gingerbread houses with their children. Like the eager first- (and only-) time Mom that I was, I decided against buying a gingerbread house kit with pre-baked gingerbread (yes, these are a thing), and instead looked up gingerbread recipes and followed the most promising (that is to say, easiest) one as best I could.

I ended up with several sheets of (pretty much edible, once I scraped off the burnt bits) gingerbread which possessed roughly two straight edges among them. I decided that the icing would (probably) hold them

together, and act as a sort of grout, which was a bonus.

When I took the gingerbread into school the next day, however, I was taken aback to see that most of the other moms had purchased kits. A quick survey revealed that the moms who had baked gingerbread were almost all first-timers; the others were on their second or third child, and had presumably been there, done that, and decided life was far too short.

Then there was the overnight field trip to the Vancouver Aquarium when Tim was in grade three. I stowed everything we were bringing—duffel bag, sleeping bags, pillows—under the bus, but was surprised to see, when I boarded, that most of the other parents were clutching pillows. By the time we got to Yale, not quite halfway to Vancouver, I realized that the pillows were for more than just sleeping with, since I’d never ridden a school bus for longer than a few minutes and had not appreciated how bum-numbingly jolting they are for hours at a time. School bus drivers of the world, I salute you.

And now it’s come to an end, in what seems like no time at all—certainly not 13 years—leaving little except memories.

Would I change anything, if it was all to do again? Not much; although I’d definitely give those gingerbread house kits a try.

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“Get ready to grow” with agriculturist workshop BARBARA RODEN Caledonia Courier

Are you a local agriculturist who has ever wondered if you could be doing something “more” with what you produce? Are you someone who’s interested in small-scale food processing? Or are you a local restaurateur who’d like to see about bottling and selling the homemade barbecue sauce or dressing that your customers rave about?

If so, then you won’t want to miss the “Get Ready to Grow” workshop being held in the Fort St. James fire hall on Sept. 22 at 10:00 am. It’s a learning session about the value-added food business, co-sponsored by Beyond the Market (an economic development strategy run by Community Futures Fraser Fort George) and the Certified Organic Association of BC. However, Beyond the Market’s Jillian Merrick says that attendees don’t have to be certified organic to attend the session.

“It’s for anyone who wants information about value-added food businesses and how to get started,” she says. She describes value-added food businesses as ones where a basic piece of food is transformed into a product with a higher value to the consumer: turning meat into jerky, for example, or berries into preserves or ice cream.

“It’s aimed at folks who’ve got started in the agriculture sector but now want to go to the next level, or anyone interested in small-scale food processing,” she says. “And if a restaurant, for example,

wants to get started producing its own product it can help them negotiate the regulatory environment.”

There are four main questions that the session sets out to answer. Can you transform food products into something more valuable? Are there buyers out there interested in your products? What regulations affect your industry? Is there a profit to be made?

Candice Appleby, Executive Director of the Small Scale Food Processors Association, will be facilitating the session and answering these questions. She is a provincial expert in the value-added food industry, with extensive experience in food safety programs and in financing farm ventures. In addition to the Fort St. James event, there will be workshops in Prince George, Vanderhoof, Smithers, Terrace, and Dunster.

Merrick is pleased to be able to continue to bring these workshops to Fort St. James, which was in danger of losing the Beyond the Market program due to limited funds on the part of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako. “The RDBN found it challenging to offer these workshops in Vanderhoof and Smithers, and there was no funding for Fort St. James. So the District stepped up and came in as a partner in 2014 to make up the shortfall and ensure that people here can still get access to the sessions.”

Get Ready to Grow is free of charge for all who want to attend. To register, please contact Jillian Merrick at 250-562-9622, ext. 115.

Prevention of FASD BARBARA RODEN Caledonia Courier

A campaign to educate people about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is about to kick off in Fort St. James.

Entitled “I’m Worth the Wait: Nine Months No Alcohol”, the initiative is being spearheaded by Joan MacGillivray, the Community Action Program for Children FASD worker at the Nechako Valley Community Services Society.

Sept. 9 is FASD Prevention and Support Day, and MacGillivray had two breakfasts planned: one at the high school and one at the Key on Stuart Drive beside the Credit Union.

“At the high school we wanted to show that whatever goes in mom’s mouth affects her baby, while at the Key we wanted to bring the community together.”

The 10:00am Key breakfast on the 9th is open to all community members who’d like to attend.

One of the purposes of the current campaign is to educate service providers about how they can support mothers in their plans to not drink during pregnancy. “And men can help their partners by taking a ‘pregnancy pause’ while she’s pregnant,” says MacGillivray, adding that other people can help out by making sure they offer non-alcoholic drinks at parties and gatherings, and by not pressuring people to drink. “We have to be compassionate, and

support pregnant women in not drinking, because it’s not an individual problem; it’s one that needs community support.”

She notes that there are many organizations around the Fort that offer support, advice, and assistance to women who are pregnant, think they might be pregnant, or are trying to get pregnant, and who need help, either with their drinking or with any other questions they have. The medical clinic, public health units, and mental health and addictions unit have resources, information, and support, while the NVCSS offers a range of support for parents, and for their children aged 0 to + years.

“It’s not just for FASD,” adds MacGillivray, noting that the society has a Stop the Violence counsellor and other resources for parents, guardians, and children. “And we’re very resourceful. If we can’t help, then we will direct you to someone who can.”

However, FASD is a major concern in the province. A conservative estimate is that nine out of every 1,000 babies in Canada are born with FASD, which means at least 41,679 people affected in British Columbia. It’s the leading known preventable form of brain damage and developmental disability in the country, which is one of the reasons that September is FASD Prevention and Support month throughout the province.

MacGillivray says that

awareness of FASD has come a long way over the last few decades. “Schools have supports in place for students with FASD, and testing for FASD and other behavioural issues can be done through the College of New Caledonia. All you need is a referral from a doctor if you suspect your child might have FASD. About 70% of the pregnancies of women between the ages of 20 and 30 are unplanned,” she continues. “If the mother was a social drinker then the baby might be fine, but if she was addicted there’s more risk for the child.”

This is one of the reasons that MacGillivray is trying to get funding to have two “Think Before You Drink” machines installed in washrooms in the Fort. For $2 a woman can obtain a pregnancy testing kit in privacy and get accurate results almost immediately. The machines will also provide information about who to call locally if the woman has questions or concerns.

MacGillivray says that the NVCSS is looking to see if there is enough local interest from mothers and fathers to form a parents’ support group. “It would be open to all for whatever the community needs,” she says. “It’s a way to share resources.” Anyone interested in being part of a parents’ support group, or finding out what others services the NVCSS offers, can call them at (250) 996-7645.

The Get Ready to Grow workshop will offer information on value-added food businesses—such as turning meat into sausages—and how to get started.

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occasions. *** FORT ST. JAMES SEARCH & RESCUE... steering committee meetings first Tuesday of every month. 7:00 p.m. above the Fort St. James Firehall. Training is the third Tuesday of every month at the Firehall at 7 p.m. New members are welcome and training is provided.

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Tuesday 11:30-8:00 Wednesday 11:30-4:30 Thursday 11:30-4:30 Friday 11:30-8:00 Saturday 11:00-3:00 *** AUXILIARY TO STUART LAKE HOSPITAL... Monthly meeting 2nd Wednesday each month. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 p.m. *** NECHAKO VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY...Child and Youth Mental Health and Counseling Services available at no cost.

Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Call 996-7645 for appointment. *** FORT TRAP AND HANDGUN CLUB... meets last Sunday of every month. Contact (Sue) at 250-996-7728 (h) for more information. *** MUSIC MAKERS...New members always WELCOME. Not everyone has to be on stage, there is lots of work behind the scenes.

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NEWS Grant helps Nordic club build new facilities Courier

BARBARA RODEN Caledonia Courier

Those using the Nordic ski trails at Murray Ridge this winter will be able to take advantage of two large kiosks providing trail maps and information, as well as a new outhouse, thanks to a grant from the Northern BC Tourism Association’s Community Tourism Opportunities program and the District of Fort St. James.

The $3,500 grant was given to the Stuart Lake Nordic Society, with the NBCTA and the District each funding 50%.

Over the weekend of August 29, volunteers from the Nordic Society erected the kiosks— similar to those found in BC parks—and outhouse. “A big thanks to Al Henderson for donating his backhoe and his time and effort to the project,” says volunteer Paul Inden. “Putting the posts in the ground, digging out the pit for the outhouse: what took him a day would have taken us a week by hand.”

The SLNS works with Murray Ridge to maintain the Nordic trails there, and volunteers use a sled to main-

tain a trail along the lake, from the National Historic Site past Cottonwood Park to Stones Bay. “They’re very close and convenient for skiers who live in

town,” says Inden. “And they’re convenient for walkers as well. The trail gets groomed once a week, and it’s like a sidewalk.”

A family member-

ship for a winter’sworth of Nordic skiing at Murray Ridge is just $40.00. For more information, pick up a leaflet at the District Office or call (250) 996-8226.

Paul (l) and Sam Inden were part of a work bee on Aug. 29 at the Nordic trails at Murray Ridge, constructing new kiosks and (seen here) a new outhouse for the cross country trail network there, as well as trimming brush, looking for blow downs, sweeping out the hut, and piling old lumber. The work bee consisted of Toni Dagenais, David Nutbrown, Marilyn Gammon, and the Inden family (Paul, Kelley, Hannelise, and Sam

Notice of Annual General Meeting School District No 91 Business Company Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the company will be held at the School District No 91 Board of office - 153 E. Connaught St. Vanderhoof, BC on September 29, 2015 at 2:30 pm for the following purposes: 1. Receive Directors and Auditors Reports for the year ended June 30, 2015 2. Make Directors Appointments 3. Consider business arising from Directors and Auditors Reports, not requiring special resolution or an exceptional resolution

Photos by Kelley Inden

Fire season damping down TOM FLETCHER Black Press

Campfire bans were lifted for most of B.C. heading into the Labour Day weekend, and rain in most areas of the province has helped crews make progress on most of the 176 fires burning in B.C. as of last week.

Campfire bans were lifted in the Kamloops and Southeast fire centres, although restrictions continue on use of burn barrels and fireworks. No fire bans remain across northern B.C., and the only remaining campfire ban is in the Cariboo fire centre for areas west of the Fraser River.

Kevin Skrepnek, chief information officer for the B.C. Wildfire Service, cautioned that areas of high and extreme fire danger re-

main in the Chilcotin, South Thompson River valley and the southern part of the Prince George fire centre. But continued cool weather and showers last week offered some relief for communities and firefighters.

“Just about all our major fires took at least a little bit of rain, and this has certainly made some significant progress,” Skrepnek said.

Some of the most threatening fires have eased. Evacuation orders for the Testalinden Creek fire near Oliver were downgraded to alerts last week, and alerts were lifted for Grand Forks and Christina Lake as B.C. and U.S. crews made progress on the Stickpin fire burning near the border in Washington.

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DISTRICT OF FORT ST. JAMES 2015 TAX SALE On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers at the District of Fort St. James Office, 477 Stuart Drive West, Fort St. James, BC, I will sell at Public Auction the lands and improvements thereon, in the list set out below, UNLESS THE OUTSTANDING DELINQUENT TAXES, INCLUDING INTEREST, ARE PAID PRIOR TO THE DATE OF TAX SALE. Roll No. 180258 230300 546000 600202 600228

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Look out for some new signage around Fort St. James in the fall of 2015, when close to three dozen directional and informational signs will be put in place. “The signs were part of our Tourism Strategy,� says District EDO Emily Colombo.

She adds that they were also necessary because of the growing population of Fort St. James. “Between 2006 and 2011 our population increased by 25%; the second fastest growing community in the province. More and more people are moving to town.�

The signs have been made possible by a grant from the Northern BC Tourism Association Community Tourism Opportunities program, to help provide “wayfinding signage�. In addition to pointing out places within the Fort (such as the library, bike park, tennis courts, fire hall, arena, and more), signs will show the way to the Nordic trails at Murray Ridge, the Kokanee salmon run near Sowchea Creek, and the scenic drive from the National Historic Site to Stones Bay Road and then

to Mt. Pope. There will also be signs for places such as the Sailing Club, Our Lady of Good Hope church, the cemetery trails, and Sowchea Provincial Park, as well as signs giving directions to various locations.

The purpose of the grant—which pays for 50% of the costs of the project— was to “develop and implement a wayfinding system in Fort St. James providing directional signage to instruct tourists on key locations and traffic flows.� Colombo says that the District’s Tourism Committee, which includes Ruth Lloyd and Bob Grill, did drives around the town and identified locations where signage was needed, as well as what information needed to be on the signs.

The signs are ready to go, as soon as consultation has finished with BC 1 regarding any underground infrastructure where the signs are to be located. The necessary permits are also being obtained from the Ministry of Highways.

The Community Tourism Opportunities program is designed to assist communities that are in a position to implement their own tourism building initiatives.

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