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In their team skin suit earlier this season, (from left) Logan Sewell, Connor Ebert, Nicole McBride, Alexis Seely, and Austin McKersie practises for speed skating at the Pentiction 2016 BC Winter Games this weekend.

Vanderhoof to BC Winter Games Vivian Chui Omineca Express With skis, guns, or skates ready, five Vanderhoof high performance athletes will be joining more than 1200 others from all over the province at the Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games this weekend.

Linnea Moutray will be participating in biathlon events, while Connor Ebert, Nicole McBride, Alexis Seely, and Logan Sewell will be competing in speed skating.

Taking place from Feb. 25 to 28, this year’s Winter Games features athletes with an average age of 14 competing in 17 different sports.

“Penticton is where the BC Games began in 1978, and we are so pleased to be back and benefiting from the history of sport and event hosting in this community,” said Kelly Mann, President and CEO of the BC Games Society.

“The athletes, coaches, and officials coming to these BC Winter Games are taking their first step towards future national and international level competi-

tions and the expertise of the volunteers will make a mark on their journey.”

Over 50 per cent of Team BC athletes at the 2015 Canada Winter Games were BC Games alumni — 18 of which were part of Team Canada at the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games including Kelowna’s Kelsey Serwa in Ski Cross, Summerland’s Justin Kripps in Bobsleigh, and Josh Dueck of Vernon in Para Alpine.

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A Vanderhoof man is found guilty for his son’s shooting death at Takla Landing.

At Prince George Law Courts on Jan. 27, Jacques Seguin, 69, is sentenced to four years in jail and a lifetime prohibition from using firearms.

According to the written judgment, Seguin had a close and loving relationship with his then 36-year-old son Christopher, who suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, Bipolar Disorder, Type 2 Diabetes, and possibly Asperger’s Syndrome.

Christopher had also struggled with illicit drugs, as well as sudden and irrational mood swings and violent behaviour at times.

On Aug. 16, 2013, Seguin and his son were on a 10day family fishing trip at the family’s vacation cabin.

They were barbecuing the fish they caught that day and drinking beer, relaxed and happy. Seeing bear scat nearby, Seguin had brought his loaded rifle in case of bears.

Going to his cabin to retrieve spices and bringing along his rifle, Seguin returned to see his son enraged, though he did not know why.

Seguin shot Christopher three times. He said that in the past, he had reacted the same way when he was once attacked by a grizzly bear, shooting without thought.

Judge Shannon Keyes states that though the gun shots were not accidental, as Seguin pointed and pulled the trigger, he did not intend to kill his son.

Keyes also accepted that Seguin was observed by all to be grief-stricken and bitterly remorseful ever since Christopher’s death, and that he loved his son, spending years supporting and caring for him despite his mental health programs and volatile temper.

Seguin states that as far as he is concerned, his life is over, as he sees his son’s face every day.

With no criminal history, Seguin is sentenced to a minimum security institution, with access to counselling for grief and loss.

“There is not much the court could do to him by way of sentence that would be more than the life sentence he has imposed upon himself,” Keyes states.

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Nak’azdli Whut’en band council donates $50,000 towards Vanderhoof Aquatic Centre Elders will benefit from using hot tubs and participating in therapeutic aquatic fitness activities. It will be a welcome and much needed addition to the facilities in the north and we want to support it both in our donation and our commitment to using the pool often.”

Fundraising for the Vanderhoof Aquatic Centre began one and a half years ago. The total project goal is $12 million. Of that, $4 million will be collected from taxes and an additional $7.5 million will be raised by the District of Vanderhoof. The community fundraising goal is $500,000—Nak’azdli’s donation

brings the current community total to $450,000.

Construction of the Centre is planned adjacent to the Vanderhoof Arena. This location will take advantage of waste heat produced during the operation of that facility.

Nak’azdli Whut’en is a holistic community that believes in maintaining and enhancing traditional values by learning, living and teaching our culture and heritage. Nak’azdli is vibrant and self-determined–a community made up of diverse individuals and businesses working together to promote education, health and economic progress.

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Zoe and Samara Dhillon (far left) from the Vanderhoof Pool Society was presented with a $50,000 donation from Nak’azdli Whut’en for the aquatic centre earlier this month.

Representatives from Nak’azdli Whut’en recently presented the District of Vanderhoof with a cheque for $50,000. The donation is the largest community donation received thus far towards the Vanderhoof Aquatic Centre. “We are so overjoyed that Nak’azdli has chosen to support this project,” says fundraising chair Zoe Dhillon. “The Centre will help expand recreational opportuni-

Correction On Feb. 17, the Omineca Express’ headline for its report on heavy equipment training in Vanderhoof should be “College of New Caledonia heavy equipment operator program graduates.”

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ties in our region—especially for our youth.” Nak’azdli Youth Council coordinator Desiree Whitely adds, “It will be great for our youth to have a pool so close where they can learn water safety and have fun.”

Nak’azdli Whut’en Council and administration are committed to the health and well-being of its members. Naka’zdli’s comprehensive community plan and the Band’s strategic plan both

identify community health as a priority. “Our youth are our future,” shares Nak’azdli Council Member Alec McKinnon.

“Nak’azdli’s donation is an investment in that future.”

Nicholette Prince, Nak’azdli’s Chief Operating Officer agrees, “We expect many families will take advantage of the pool being close enough to go to in the evenings and on weekends.” Prince continues, “We also imagine our

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Downtown liquor store break-in

A time for parents/ caregivers to come together and support one another while sharing positive experiences around town and through a variety of activities bonding with their preschoolers.

Drop-in every Wednesday 10:00 a.m – 12:00 p.m from Feb. 3 to March 23, with beverages and snacks.

Vanderhoof’s RCMP detachment lodged 74 files in the past week.

HEAD-ON CRASH At 6:33 p.m. on Feb. 18, a serious head-on collision between an SUV and a pickup on Highway 16 near Noonla Road was reported to Vanderhoof’s police.

One of the vehicles crossed over to the opposite lane, by confusion or driver error, but neither speed nor alcohol is being considered as a factor, the police said.

Both drivers, from Vanderhoof and Williams Lake, suffered non-life threatening injuries — one was taken to Vanderhoof’s St. John Hospital for chest injuries and another to Prince George for leg injuries.

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VANDERHOOF MAN FOUND BY STRIEGLER PIT A deceased man from Vanderhoof was found and reported by two witnesses near Striegler Pit area north of the district at noon on Feb. 18.

Vanderhoof’s RCMP is assisting BC Coroners Service with the investigation; the death is not considered suspicious.

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SUMMER CABIN BREAK-AND-ENTER UPDATE Physical evidence, including fingerprints, collected by the RCMP’s forensics team at Cluculz Lake break-and-enter incidents yielded no match from their database.

Three cases of seasonal cabin break-and-enter have been reported so far this year in the area, with the most recent case reported on Feb. 5.

As investigations approach conclusion, police conversations with owners on missing items continue.

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B.C. moose winter tick survey VICTORIA - Members of the public are being asked to help document moose winter tick infestations by completing and submitting an online Moose Winter Tick Survey before April 30, 2016.

The survey will help B.C.’s wildlife health staff monitor the number of moose affected with these ticks and the extent to which they affect moose around the province.

Winter tick infestations are generally observed on moose from February through April. Anyone interested in contributing to the surveillance program can obtain a copy of the survey online at http:// www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/ download/6AAE0D9D 88A34A7EBD487DC4 FED75E18 or by contacting Dustin Walsh at: FLNRMooseTickSurvey@gov.bc.ca or 250 617-0725.

Two males allegedly broke into the Reid Liquor Store on Burrard Avenue, took several bottles, and fled on Feb. 8 early morning.

DOWNTOWN LIQUOR STORE BREAK-IN At 1 a.m. on Feb. 8, Vanderhoof’s RCMP responded to a commercial alarm alerted at the Reid Liquor Store on Burrard Ave. Two males allegedly broke through storefront windows, grabbed several bottles, and fled the scene.

With the assistance of a witness, one suspect was located and is scheduled to appear in the Vanderhoof Courthouse in April.

- with files from Sgt. Svend Nielsen, Vanderhoof RCMP

Province: lower thresholds for MSP premium assistance, do you qualify?

VICTORIA - With more people than ever to qualify for assistance with Medical Services Plan premiums next year, B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie joined Health Minister Terry Lake to remind seniors to check if they are eligible.

A recent survey by the seniors advocate showed just 39% of seniors knew about MSP premium assistance and 66% pay full premiums when the number should be fewer than 50%. The Province is also launching an information campaign to help raise awareness with seniors about premium assistance.

“For many of our loved ones - our parents and grandparents - MSP premium assistance can make a difference in their financial picture by reducing the amount they pay each month,” said Lake. “Through work by the province’s seniors advocate, we now know many seniors who could be receiving assistance with premiums have not applied. We want to ensure everyone who could be benefiting from this assistance does.”

Budget 2016 announced changes to MSP and premium assistance effective Jan. 1, 2017 which will help lower-income families, individuals and seniors with the cost of living. The Province is investing an additional $70 million annually to enhance premium assistance. About 335,000 people

will see their premiums reduced, and an additional 45,000 people will no longer pay premiums at all in 2017.

“I welcome the opportunity to work with the government to increase awareness of the subsidy for MSP that is available for low income seniors,” said Mackenzie. “When you are struggling financially every penny counts and this subsidy will be very meaningful.”

As a result of enhancing premium assistance in 2017, a single senior earning up to $45,000 may qualify for reduced premiums. A senior couple earning up to $51,000 may qualify for reduced premiums. This translates into a savings of up to $480 per year for a senior couple and $324 per year for a single senior.

“MSP premium assistance can make a big difference for any British Columbian who is in financial need,” said Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Darryl Plecas. “Prudent fiscal planning means we’re able to invest in priority programs like premium assistance for the families and individuals in B.C. who need it most including older British Columbians on a fixed income.”

A calculator is also available on the government website to help British Columbians estimate whether they could qualify for premium assistance

now and in 2017. This can be found at: https://extranet.gov.bc.ca/forms/gov/health/msppa.html MSP premium assistance is based on a household’s net income, adjusted for age, family size and disability status. Currently, a single senior can qualify for assistance with net income of $33,000 a year or less.

For a single senior with income less than $25,000, the premium is waived.

In 2017, a single senior could qualify for premium assistance with net income of up to $45,000 a year, and pay no premiums with net income less than $27,000. These thresholds are higher for single couples.

A one-time application must be filled out specifically for the premium assistance program.

Retroactive assistance may be provided for up to the previous six years.

Once the MSP changes from Budget 2016 are implemented Jan. 1, 2017, nearly two million British Columbians will pay no premiums.

The premium assistance program is just one support for lower income seniors. The recently released 11th edition of the BC Seniors’ Guide provides information on a variety of programs and supports to help seniors in communities throughout B.C.

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For its proposed Blackwater mining project southwest of Vanderhoof, New Gold looks to learn from and build on success at its current mine construction in Ontario, where over 10 aboriginal employees have graduated so far from the company’s in-house Surface Miner Aboriginal Training Program, project director said.

Training starts early: New Gold Vivian Chui Omineca Express Early preparation of its employees for long-term work is what New Gold looks to implement for its proposed mine near Vanderhoof, project director said.

Public comment period for New Gold’s Blackwater mining project, located 110 km southwest of Vanderhoof, is drawing to a close on Feb. 19, while federal and provincial environmental review of the project continues this year.

As construction of the company’s open-pit mine in northwest Ontario continues, New Gold is learning to prepare employees with training earlier for Blackwater’s silver and gold mine, which would also be open-pit and is slated to start construction in 2018, said Blackwater Project director Tim Bekhuys.

“Because of our commitment to the indigenous people of the area, one of the things we kicked off just over a year ago is started working with the key First Nations in the area around Blackwater,” Bekhuys said.

The draft of a First Nations training and employment strategy for the project, led by First Nations, was finalized earlier this month, and the company is currently working on its implementation, he added.

“One of the things we look at in that strategy is, it’s really important as a company that we don’t go away and develop a strategy,” Bekhuys said. “It has to be done with the local communities…our role would be to facilitate that at the end.”

The strategy involves matching existing skills and capabilities within the First Nations communities to future jobs with the project, he explained.

“We want to start putting in place strategies and plans to make sure there weren’t any barriers to employment,” Bekhuys said. “We have a good understanding of what training programs, what partnerships we would have to put in place, to get people prepared to work.”

New Gold is also looking to time training with the start of work.

“Nobody wants to be trained to work in a certain area without having a job at the end of it,” he said.

In addition to providing scholarships through various colleges in the region for related long-term careers, the company also trains much of its employees in-house, such as its Surface Mine Aborigi-

nal Training program at its Rainy River Project in Ontario, Bekhuys added.

Over 10 aboriginal workers have graduated so far from the two-month program involving hands-on and classroom training, continuing onto work with production drills and ore haul trucks, he explained.

“We would look towards building on that success for Blackwater, based on our experience at Rainy River,” he said. “The strategy is to train a lot of the people during the construction period, so when we go into production, they build up that experience and they can move into the longer term jobs during the operational period.”

He added, “It’s important for us to look longer term; long term careers, not just jobs.”

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Matching personal values with plans for final stage Vivian Chui Omineca Express “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go,” says Irish author Oscar Wilde on his death bed, according to legend.

Though room decorations may not be a concern for some during their last days, people’s wishes for all aspects of the final journey can be better respected if planning starts early, a Vanderhoof physician said.

This year, Vanderhoof’s doctors look to focus on advance care planning for the final stage of life — starting with an interactive group presentation at the Omineca Medical Clinic on March 2.

“In so many times, [the conversation] happened at crisis, ‘Now you’re really sick, what would you like, what’s important to you, what would you not like us to do,’” said Dr. Nicole Ebert.

“That’s a really awful time to ask a family or patients what their wishes would be.”

The discussion is more than the traditional dialogue on medical technicalities, such as “being hooked up to a machine or not,” Ebert explained.

“We’ve made the dying process medical,” she said. “As opposed to what’s important to you, what are your values and goals, how do you see yourself at the end of life, how would you like the end of life to be.”

The switched focus would allow doctors to choose appropriate medical procedures to match the identified personal values, she added.

“As opposed to having [patients] pick a medical procedure, which isn’t really fair, because unless you’ve seen it, you don’t know what it really is, or if it’s going to help,” Ebert said.

An earlier conversation will not only decrease stress, but also the conflict that may arise between family members, she added.

“It’s amazing how much guilt there is,” Ebert said. “All of a sudden a family member has a stroke and can’t tell you what they want, and nobody knows.

“We’ve seen people living longer and we can do more things at the end of life, so now we’re trying to figure how can we help people through that stage of life…’cause it’s going to happen, the one sure thing.”

Currently, doctors introduce the discussion when their patients have many complex, chronic diseases — conditions that will likely shorten their life or affect how they die — but they look to expand the conversation to the population who don’t, Ebert explained. “‘Cause you never know what’s going to happen…you see that too often, and you read about it all the time now,” she said.

“Sixty is not too young to think about what’s important.”

Death, seemingly too far on the horizon for those feeling healthy, may be a difficult subject for many people, but this is the time to make plans, Ebert said.

“It’s hard to have the conversation with people in their 60s, when they are completely functional; they’re working and they’re like, ‘Why do I want to think about this,’” she said. “Because you are well and you know what’s important, you have time to think about it.

“I have quite a few patients who said they don’t want to talk about it right now, or they’re just not sure.”

As many years can pass before the recorded ideas for that final stage are needed, plans can certainly change and be edited as time goes on, Ebert said.

“This is an evolving thing because what you can see yourself as important for you in your 60s, may be very different from what you think in your 80s,” she said.

“So the conversation keeps getting revisited.

“Your plans can change.”

In addition to the last threshold, the advance care plan may also include earlier implications such as housing, she said. “‘Where do I want to live at that stage of my life — can I live in my home until the end — or do I need to think about, at some point, I may have to move i.e. there’s too many stairs in my house, if I have support around

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Vanderhoof’s doctors are focusing on advance care planning this year, with resources available on display at the Omineca Medical Clinic and an interactive workshop on March 2.

town, has everybody moved away,” Ebert added.

For Julie Ephrom, a registered nurse in Vanderhoof for 36 years, a living will — also known as an advanced directive — outlining her wishes for the final stage in life was created in 1993.

In the 1990s, she was not only involved with sustaining life and dying through her work, but was also the coordinator of the Vanderhoof Palliative Care Society — now called Vanderhoof Hospice Society — where volunteers were trained to accompany people during the end of life, Ephrom explained.

“In that role what I saw was that very often people haven’t had [that] conversation,” she said.

“We started looking at what can we do for people to better communicate their wishes before the event.”

Even if the wishes were discussed, there was no written record.

“You can have a conversation with somebody, then six months later, an event happens, and everybody’s like what did they say,” Ephrom said. “This gives them something to go by.”

For some of her family members who have passed away, living wills that were made months ahead to outline their wishes proved useful during the final moment in the hospital, she recalled.

“It reassures the medical system, it reassures your family, or yourself only,” Ephrom said. “We go through life expecting we’re going to get a hamburger, we go to the movies with our friend.

“We don’t go through life expecting you’ll get whacked at the intersection.”

She added, “It was important to me that I’m self-directed in life; why wouldn’t I be selfdirected in death.”

The interactive group presentation on advance care planning will take place on March 2 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Interested participants are advised to contact the Omineca Medical Clinic to allow adequate space for the event.

This is part one of the Omineca Express’ article series on advance care planning, with more to come in future editions.

Yoga and Health There are many great holistic therapies available in Vanderhoof. And holistic therapies offer great benefits!

Let’s focus our article today on Yoga.

Did you know there are various types of yoga?

Some work on core strength, others focus on meditations, relaxation, endurance, strengthening muscles and even weight loss. Often yoga brings a mindfulness to ones breathing. Breathing well is vital to good health. Breathing can help you relax, and keeps you centered during those difficult postures.

Generally Yoga is great to work on flexibility which stretches and strengthens your muscles.

For Strength yoga is very physical and can be hard to endure, but the rewards are priceless. Not into working hard? There are some more gradual and easier types of yoga, just don’t expect results to be as quick, though you may see some benefits to endurance. Strengthening yoga works on muscle tone.

Yoga and Posture: work on your muscles, and your flexibility better posture would follow, it should become easier to stand tall, keep your back straight, and sit not slouch.

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Vaccinations, Vitamin C, and “Choice” Helen Saul Case Orthomolecular Medicine News Service (OMNS, Feb 13, 2016) Some folks are pretty appalled that my husband and I had our children vaccinated. People write and tell me that vaccinations are dangerous. They warn me about the side effects of this vaccine and that one. They share alternative, natural ways to improve immunity. What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. I am sorry that I did not explain myself better the first time. (http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v11n09. shtml) Let’s fix that.

Vaccinations can be dangerous You don’t have to tell me this. I already know. I watched my child suffer a severe vaccine reaction before my very eyes. Seeing my 15 month old baby, screaming, trying to walk to me but not being able to because she was stumbling and falling over and uncoordinated, is a vision I will never be able to get out of my mind. It was horrific.

I also watched high dose, saturation level vitamin C return her to normal.

I will never forget this either.

But why didn’t I just stop the shots right then and there?

“Choosing” to vaccinate In the article I wrote: “My husband and I chose to have our children vaccinated.” We did. We could have chosen not to.

We could have said no to all shots by choosing a religious exemption stating that shots are against our sincerely held religious beliefs. We chose not to make this our religion.

Philosophical, personal or conscientiously held belief exemptions to vaccinations are not lawful in New York State where our family lives. We could have chosen to move to a different state where philosophical exemptions are allowed. But we chose not to move.

We could have chosen to just flat out refuse immunizations and go face to face against state government and school districts and child protective services. Ultimately, we chose to comply only with state mandated vaccinations, but just the ones required for school, and no more.

So yes, we chose to have our children vaccinated. Truly, though, we didn’t feel we had much choice. Nobody really does. “Choice” can be taken away in an instant.

Shots for every child Pay attention: this is important. As states push stronger and more stringent immunization laws onto their citizens, mandatory vaccination is quickly becoming the rule rather than the exception. You can argue about the dangers of vaccinations, but I will just agree with you. That doesn’t change the fact that children are still getting shots every day. Vaccine reactions and side effects are a real danger. Doctors agree. This is the cold hard reality.

I do not agree with all of the shots recommended for children. I do not agree with the timing of shots for children. I do not agree that toddlers and babies and infants should be given shots so early in their life, so many at a clip, and three, and four, and five doses of the same ones over and over

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again. I do not agree that pregnant mothers of developing babies should be given shots. And I do not condone the fact that no medical or governmental authority instructs parents how to protect against vaccination damage by giving massive doses of vitamin C. “A young child may receive 49 doses of 14 vaccines before age 6, And 69 doses of 16 vaccines before age 18. It is also worrying when you examine the various ingredients that are present in these vaccines. What does make sense is the use of bowel tolerance amounts of oral vitamin C to counter the toxic effects of vaccines.” - Ken Walker, M.D My opinion notwithstanding, every year more than 10 million vaccines are given to children less than a year of age (1). Only somewhere between one and ten percent of vaccine reactions are ever reported (2). That one comes as no surprise to us. Our daughter’s pediatrician did not report her vaccine reaction. We did.

In most states, when it comes to vaccinations, you must become an extremist or you must comply. Parents in my state are not allowed to postpone shots for their children past state mandates without medical exemptions. We can only delay them and spread them out within these limitations. Saying yes to some shots and no to others is not permitted; the law does not allow families a “buffet” approach.

As states look to tighten the screws on medical exemptions, eliminate philosophical and conscientious exemptions, and even try to (unconstitutionally) limit religious exemptions, it is becoming more likely than not: a needle is going into your child.

And we had all better be ready.

“I feel strongly that vaccinations have to be considered separately as applied to the individual and tracked for effectiveness. There will never be a good vaccine for every infectious disease. I would hope that many will heed the fact that high-dose C does wonders in reducing vaccine side effects.”

- Ralph Campbell, M.D. High dose vitamin C for everybody High dose vitamin C safely prevents and treats vaccine side effects (3). This has been evident in our experience.

We watched high dose, saturation level vitamin C bring our daughter back to health after a vaccine reaction. We watched high dose, saturation level vitamin C prevent vaccination side effects. We give both of our children saturation levels of C before, during (yes, right at the doctor’s office) and after immunizations. We don’t give the amount of vitamin C we think might work; we give enough to get the job done.

This is no small task. It takes determination like you have never had before to get your children to take very high amounts of vitamin C again and again, day after day. It also takes love, patience, understanding, praise, yummy “chas-

ers” after taking vitamin C powder in juice, and when all else fails: straight up bribery.

Keeping kids as healthy as possible takes a great deal of effort. And it is worth it. Even our doctor marvels that our children only visit the office for wellness appointments and vaccinations.

I see it this way: when you are a parent and are breastfeeding or giving a bottle, you don’t just give up if your child doesn’t eat. You see to it that your baby gets the nutrition he or she needs. You do it until. That’s how we feel about vitamin C. It is that important.

No shots until my twenties In my article I say “We (my husband and I) believe some immunizations to be worthwhile.” And I do. Two, in fact.

In in my twenties, I received a single tetanus shot after I stepped on a nail that went up through my foot while I was walking through an old barn. Horse dung naturally carries tetanus bacteria and can survive dormant in encased spores for decades (4). While the chance was probably quite slim that I would actually end up with tetanus, I thought it a “good idea” to get a tetanus shot under such circumstances. So did my doctor. I got the shot and took lots of vitamin C too.

I also received a single dose of an MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine years before I became pregnant. My doctor made a case for this one being a good idea if I wanted to have a family. Getting measles while pregnant can result in serious problems for a developing baby. We discussed if any other shots would also be worth the inherent risk. The answer was no. Again, I took vitamin C to bowel tolerance. I was spared any ill effects from the MMR inoculation.

So yes, this would mean I believe some shots are worthwhile. I, myself, have had two. But there’s more to it than that. I did not have a single shot as a child. My parents chose to use vitamins and nutrition as the answers to (and more often for the prevention of) our health problems. Not surprisingly, we were really healthy kids. I was raised all the way into college with no shots, and no antibiotics either. They used vitamins instead because they are safe and they work.

But this was a very tough road for my parents and for me to travel. That road is even more difficult to navigate now with so much more pressure to vaccinate and more vaccinations to be pressured for.

We all want healthy kids We must meet parents where they are. While we work to mandate vaccine safety, demand informed consent, and advocate for real choice, when it comes to whether or not to vaccinate, let’s minimize any chance of vaccine damage now. Children are powerless. We aren’t. Whether we have a choice to vaccinate or not, let’s choose to give them vitamin C and lots of it.

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Festival of the Performing Arts: adjudicator profiles The 38th annual Festival of the Performing Arts will take place from March 7 to 15 at Nechako Valley Secondary’s Integris Community Theatre.

Monday March 7, Speech Arts Friday March 11, Strings

Monday March 14 to Wednesday March 16 Piano Monda March 14, 7:30 p.m.

Interactive choral workshop for all by Dr. Stephen Smith Tuesday March 15, 7:30 p.m.

“Breaking Bach”, Piano

workshop about his Preludes and Fugues for all by Dr. Stephen Smith Sunday March 20, 2:30 p.m.

Spring Arts Gala Concert More information can be found on www.musicfestivalweb.com/nechako or Facebook page.

Dr. Stephen Smith, Piano Adjudicator Listeners, critics, and audience members kknow Stephen Smith as “a sensitive and dynamic performer” with a “highly poetic touch” and “superb musicianship which illuminates everything he pplays.” Simon Carrington (one of the founding members of the Kings Singers) has called Smith “a magnificent pianist,” saying, “It’s a privilege to hear such beautiful playing!” And renowned pianist Jane Coop has called her former student “an extremely intelligent and perceptive musician who has great facility and strength in his technique. His performances are fascinating programmatically and intriguing musically. He is dynamic and exciting on stage, with a compelling, persuasive temperament.”

Dr. Smith grew up in rural Nova Scotia, where he sang and played the piano from an early age. After initial studies in his home province in both piano and organ, he attended the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. While there he

participated in national and international competitions, and won numerous awards and distinctions.

Since 1990, Stephen has lived in Vancouver, obtaining his doctoral degree in piano performance from the University of British Columbia, and contributing to the musical life of the city as a performer, teacher, conductor, arranger and composer.

His wide-ranging musical experience extends from working with church and community choirs, through teaching piano and theory to students of all ages and at all levels, to giving solo and chamber music performances and working regularly with some of Vancouver’s finest professional ensembles, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Chamber Choir.

Smith is also a published composer who has been commissioned by the CBC, the National Youth Choir, and the BC Choral Federation, among many others, and whose choral music is frequently recorded and performed across North America and beyond. His work as both pianist and composer can be heard on dozens of CDs in commercial release, including a solo disc of classical piano miniatures entitled Kaleidoscope, available on iTunes.

As a teacher, his special interests include: the production of a seamless cantabile line; attaining brilliance, evenness, and clarity through finger strength and independence; and helping students to self-diagnose technical problems and solve them by applying appropriate practice techniques. Analytical and historical specialties include the music of Bach, Brahms, and Schumann.

Christina Rodgers, ARCT, Speech Arts Adjudicator Christina Rogers has been a speech arts and voice enthusiast for over 20 years. She holds an ARCT in speech arts from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto where she received the Florence Memorial Scholarship and gold medal for the highest mark in Canada. She has also completed exams with Trinity College, and spent several years teaching at the wellrespected Speech Arts Studio in Edmonton AB and then later in Northern BC where she started the Stewart Speech Arts Festival and has been teaching around 40 students in Terrace, BC. While in her youth, Christina began studying with esteemed speech arts coach Shirley Konrad and multiple voice instructors, winning

numerous awards including the best overall speech award four different times, the best overall voice award, the Telus Scholarship and first place at the provincial level.

Christina spent years training in dance, and because of her diverse theatre skills especially enjoys coaching musical theatre solos. Christina finds

great joy in teaching, adjudicating, composing, and writing. She currently works with groups and private students in Northern BC, with students placing at the provincial level and winning RCM gold medals. She has recently moved to Prince George where she now resides with her husband and three children.

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Simone Hug, Strings Adjudicator Simone Hug was born in December 1979 in a small town in East Germany. She started playing the violin just before she turned 8. At the age of 11 Simone was invited to attend the “Musikgymnasium Schloss Belvedere”/” Franz Liszt” Music Conservatory in Weimar, where she spend the next 13 years of her life. During that time Simone followed the path of an orchestra and singer/ songwriter career and enjoyed participating in numerous concerts & competitions in many different places around the world.

Smithers became Simone’s new home in 2004, where she lives and works as a homeopath and a violin teacher.

Simone teaches intuitively according to each being’s unique way of learning and believes in music as a gift to share with the world in an uncompetitive way.

The Festival of the Performing Arts March 7-20 NVSS, Vanderhoof Please visit our website at www.musicfestivalweb.com/nechako for program details We invite you to visit out facebook page and “like” it to keep up with the festival!

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Viqueens placing second in central zone

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Above: Defeating D. P. Todd and Kelly Road Secondary schools from Prince George, Nechako Valley Secondary’s senior girls basketball team lost to Duchess Park, ranked first in B.C., by 56-74 at the Central Zone Championship on Feb. 20 in Vanderhoof.

Left: The Viqueens’ Jordan Andres, named Player of the Game at the finals game against Duchess Park, leaped for the shot after a breakaway on Feb. 20.

Vanderhoof host Peewee Tier 4 Playoffs A Vanderhoof Bears honed in for another goal against Burns Lake on Feb. 20 — with ending score of 17-0.

The round robin tournament included teams from Fort St. James, Prince Rupert, Burns Lake, and Houston.

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Recognizing cyberbullying Before social media became so prevalent, instances of bullying were somewhat easy to recognize.

However, with a good majority of children now engaged in digital networking and social media, bullying may not end with the ringing of the school bell, and evidence of bullying may not be so readily apparent.

According to Cyberbullying statistics from the i-SAFE foundation, more than half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyberbullying. More than 80 percent of teens use a mobile phone regularly, making it the most popular form of technology and a common medium for repeated cyberbullying.

Cyberbullying takes place through electronic technology and differs from traditional forms of bullying. Cyberbullying can occur via text messaging, blogging, updates to social media sites and/or phone conversations. What makes cyberbullying more difficult to detect and remedy than traditional bullying is that sometimes this type of bullying is veiled in secrecy.

Those who engage in cyberbullying can create aliases and accounts under false names, allowing them to covertly engage in bullying behavior. As a result, tracking down bullies can be challenging.

Although cyberbullying is on the

rise, there are some things that parents and children can do to help put a stop to such unfortunate instances. * Parents who feel their child is not emotionally ready for the responsibility of a digital device can hold back on purchasing a smartphone or choose one with very limited features. Some schools set strict limits on phone usage at school, and children who go only from school to home and vice versa may not have the need for an “emergency phone” that can open up a window for trouble. * Adolescents and teens should feel comfortable talking with their parents without the fear of reprimand.

Otherwise, they may hide instances of cyberbullying or not know how to broach sensitive topics like bullying. Parents can engage in conversation with their children often and stress that the doors of communication are always open. * Teens should be made aware that cyberbullying is a very real occurrence and is not just other kids “having fun” or “joking.” If behavior is repetitive and hurtful, it should be made public and addressed. * Parents can monitor and limit

their children’s personal accounts.

Some smartphone and tablet applications can be mirrored on the main account, enabling parents to see incoming text or video messages. * A laptop or desktop computer should be placed in a shared space so that usage can be monitored.

Parents can restrict tablet or smartphone usage to public areas. * When online, children should be advised not to share personal information. Social media sites may be used by bullies to gather sensitive information about a person that can be used against them at a later time. Children should be urged to keep passwords secret and to never give information such as birthdays, phone numbers and addresses to people who aren’t close friends. Friend lists should be restricted to only those people students interact with frequently to minimize the chance for bullying or other inappropriate behavior. * Teens who have been bullied can keep evidence of the bullying and may benefit from talking with a counselor.

Cyberbullying is a growing concern for educators and parents and has far-reaching implications.

Getting smart about this phenomenon can help staunch new cases of online bullying.

Adults should remain diligent in monitoring what kids are doing online. Bullying can take place through digital devices, such as mobile phones.

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Vanderhoof represented in speed skating and biathlon in Pentiction 2016 BC Winter Games BC GAMES, continued from front page

Biathlon At her fifth year in biathlon, 14-year-old Linnea Moutray will be competing at her first BC Winter Games this weekend.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Moutray said. “[I’m] trying to get my shooting good…get my grip tighter, try and ski faster.”

Earlier this month, Moutray won silver medals in the Junior Girls Sprint and Pursuit events at the third BC Cup provincial biathlon tournament at Whistler Olympic Park.

In addition to regular biathlon practice every Thursday, she has been training every day since last fall — skating on the lakes with nordic blades and poles, skiing, shooting, and getting her rifle sighted — including Christmas Day, she said.

During the summer, training involved more precision shooting, running, as well as roller skiing.

Enjoying cross-country skiing since she was little, she enjoys the opportunities that competing in biathlon offers.

“You get to travel around B.C. to meet new people, making new friends from different places,” Moutray said, adding that her favourite competition venue is Whistler, where signage reminds athletes of its role in Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Coaches Sonya Zurevinski and Gerd Erasmus noticed Moutray’s huge increase in training outside of practices this year.

“Once she realized she really likes it, she came to train more…it’s made a huge difference.” Erasmus said. “She really improved in skiing and shooting this season.

“It really came together.”

Speedskating

Above: (from left) Logan Sewell, Alexis Seely, Austin McKersie, Nicole McBride, and Connor Ebert, practises at the Vanderhoof Arena on Feb. 19 for speed skating at the Pentiction 2016 BC Winter Games this weekend.

Taking place from Feb. 25 to 28, this year’s Winter Games features athletes with an average age of 14 competing in 17 different sports.

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Left: Earlier this month, Moutray won silver medals in the Junior Girls Sprint and Pursuit events at the third BC Cup provincial biathlon tournament at Whistler Olympic Park.

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Heading down from Vanderhoof to compete in this year’s BC Winter Games are Connor Ebert, Nicole McBride, Alexis Seely, and Logan Sewell.

Supported by coaches Nicole Ebert and Vince Sewell, as well as adult supervisor Jessica Seely, they are joined by Fort St. James’ Austin McKersie, who will be competing in a relay race as a team with the four younger members of the group.

For McBride, 14, Alexis, 13, McKersie, 13, and Logan, 14, it’s the first BC Winter Games of their speed skating career. During the last month, the four athletes have been practicing once a week together in preparation for relay.

“I’m a little nervous and super excited,” said Austin, who also skis in addition to speed skating.

Also excited, Alexis looks to do her best and have fun.

“It’s a great chance to meet other athletes,” she said.

McBride aims to improve her personal best time, “try my hardest in everything and just have lots of fun,” she said.

Though speed skating is her main focus this year, McBride is also involved in biathlon and cross country skiing, winning silver in the individual race at the third BC Cup provincial biathlon tournament at Whistler Olympic Park earlier this month.

Skating for the last eight years, Logan looks forward to see what the event will be like and to have fun, he said.

For Connor, 15, it’s his second time participating in the BC Winter Games that takes place every two years.

He has been skating for 13 years, “if you count crawling on the ice,” he said.

“I would really like to thank the community for the support they’ve given for the rink, and the coaches who have put together the program and support beforehand in training,” Connor said.

The speed skating team is sponsored by 15 different local businesses between Vanderhoof and Fort St. James, including equipment, bags, and cut-proof skin suits.

For McKersie’s mother Laura, the event is an opportunity for the athletes to represent their communities.

“They become role models for younger kids,” she said.

“When they are back, they’ll have stories for younger kids… who strive for that position.”

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Five RRSP Tips from CPABC Tax season has started and that means British Columbians are trying to make sense of tax changes and how to handle their RRSPs. The Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) has put together five important RRSP tips for the 2015 tax year:

tax bracket when you withdraw the funds, or if you can save income taxes by moving taxable income to a lower income spouse through a spousal RRSP.

1. Who is Eligible to Contribute to an RRSP?

RRSPs can be tax-effective investment vehicles, especially if you are many years from retirement. If you do decide to take advantage of an RRSP, it is advisable to contribute at the beginning of the year to start the tax-free compounding of earnings within the RRSP earlier.

Also consider monthly contributions to your RRSP throughout the year as opposed to a lump sum contribution at the end of the year or in the first 60 days of the following year.

Anyone with “earned income” in a prior year who is subject to Canadian taxation on that “earned income”, including non-residents, may contribute to an RRSP. You can make part or all of your RRSP contributions to a spousal RRSP under which you are the contributor and your spouse is the annuitant, and you as the contributor are entitled to the tax deduction. For this purpose, a spouse refers to a legally married partner or a common-law partner of the opposite or same sex with whom you have cohabitated for the past 12 months.

To maximize your long-term tax savings, there should be an attempt to equalize the retirement income of both spouses. Therefore, RRSP contributions should go into the name of the spouse who will otherwise have the lower income in retirement. There are, of course, exceptions to this general rule where, for example, both spouses are trying to accumulate funds for the Home Buyers’ Plan or the Lifelong Learning Plan.

Look into the amount you can save with an RRSP contribution today.

3. Early Contribution to an RRSP

If your taxable income is between $11,327 and $44,701, a $1,000 RRSP contribution would reduce your 2015 taxes by up to $227.

If your taxable income is between $44,702 and $89,401, a $1,000 RRSP contribution would reduce your 2015 taxes by about $227 to $343.

If your taxable income is between $89,402 and $138,586, a $1,000 RRSP contribution would reduce your 2015 taxes by about $343 to $407.

If your taxable income is over $138,587, a $1,000 RRSP contribution would reduce your 2015 taxes by about $437 to $458.

Remember, an RRSP is a tax deferral vehicle–you will be taxed on the funds when withdrawn. That said, you would rather pay $1 of income tax tomorrow than $1 of income tax today. Actual tax savings will result if you are in a lower

It might make sense to withdraw funds from your RRSP or a spousal RRSP in the first year you become self-employed and your net income is low as a result of start-up costs, or income is deferred as a result of tax planning.

For example, if you are commencing a business in 2016, you could contribute $10,000 to your RRSP by February 29, 2016, deduct it on your 2015 tax return, and receive a tax refund. You could then withdraw the $10,000, net of withholding taxes from your RRSP later in the year, include it in your 2016 income, and pay little or no tax as a result of having little or no other income in the year.

You can make an RRSP contribution in a year and not claim a tax deduction in that year if you think your marginal tax rate will be higher in a later year. You will still benefit from the tax-deferred earnings. Provided your undeducted RRSP contributions do not exceed your RRSP deduction limit plus $2,000, your undeducted contribution can be carried forward indefinitely, without penalty, for deduction in future years. This could be a substantial advantage if you claim the tax deduction in a year or years when you are in a higher tax bracket.

That said, since the purpose of an RRSP is to save for retirement, you should think very carefully about the future impact on your retirement wealth before withdrawing funds from your RRSP, especially since RRSP contribution room is finite. (If you plan to re-contribute a previous withdrawal, outside of special programs such as the Home Buyers’ Plan, such re-contributions would utilize future RRSP contribution room.) Also be careful about withdrawing from a spousal RRSP because the income could be attributed to the contributing spouse if a spousal RRSP contribution had been made in the prior three years.

For your RRSP contribution to be deductible for a particular tax year, the contribution must be made by the 60th day following the end of the year. For the 2015 tax year, the deadline is February 29, 2016.

4. Is There a Good Time to Use the Money in an RRSP Prior to Retirement?

2. Tax Savings from an RRSP If you have an RRSP deduction limit as shown on your 2014 Notice of Assessment and you are a B.C. resident, the following are the income tax savings you could realize from making an RRSP contribution:

The primary objective of an RRSP is to save for retirement by permitting tax deductions for current period contributions, and tax-deferrals on investment earnings, with the goal of creating a retirement nest egg. Ideally, tax deductions occur during periods of higher income (higher income tax rates) and withdrawals occur during periods of lower income (lower income tax rates). With this in mind, it might sometimes make sense to withdraw funds from your RRSP prior to retirement.

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Fort St. James Waterways Taken from the Nechako Chronicle March 26, 1964 The annual banquet of the Waterways Fish and Game Club on March 6 was again a gala evening. Highlighted by a three hundred plate of wild game supper. Meals served included moose, deer, caribou, beaver, goose, ducks, ptarmigan and grouse. Supplemented with salmon, pike, rainbow, lake trout, oysters and prawns, cooked, baked, roasted and stewed to a delicious state. Served with a host of vegetables prepared by the lady cooks we are so proud to praise in our town.

The Catholic Women’s Club catered the wonderful meal which was served on rows of snow white tables in the Catholic auditorium.

The tables were decorated with candles and flowers. Pies, cakes, pickles and all sorts of goodies were everywhere in evidence.

The dinner was pre-

ceded with a blessing

by Father Shields. After all appetites were appeased and the aroma of steaming coffee was drifting on the air, several of the Fish and Game biologists and the Department of Conservation and Recreation personnel spoke briefly on some very interesting topics. The tables were then cleared and moved to make room for dancing.

The auditorium had a new look for the evening, the 24 foot stage front was lined with mounted game trophy heads and antlers. Immediately under this display was a full length table centered with a beautiful mountain goat rug upon which resided the “Balcombe” Annual Rainbow Derby Shield surrounded by the prize winners trophies.

A lucky membership draw of a Vital Creek jade earring and pendant set was cut and polished and donated

by Mr. Wilf Christen, our local rockhound.

The annual rainbow derby prize were also handed to this year’s winners. First prize a 3.5 hp Scott outboard motor to Paul Felix of Tachie for a rainbow weighing 15 lbs 12 oz, second prize a Coleman two burner camp stove to V. H. Hunter of Edmonton, Alberta with a rainbow 15lbs 1 oz. Both these fish were caught up the north arm of Stuart Lake. Mrs. Blanche Woodhead of Burnaby took third prize with a beautiful 14 lb rainbow from Trembleur Lake.

This banquet and dance was declared by many “the event of the year” and it truly was a well-arranged and managed evening of merriment. The ladies of the Catholic Women’s Club are to be highly praised for the lovely setting and the proficient manner in which they handled such a large undertaking.

The Club’s banquet committee is to also be complimented for their efforts.

Our Lady of Good Hope: the oldest Catholic church in B.C. Taken from the Omineca Express June 1986 Our Lady of Good Hope Church, on the shores of beautiful Stuart Lake is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the province and the oldest of any denomination still in use.

The church was founded in 1873 by Father Jean-Marie Le Jacq and Father George Blanchet (“the builder”) with the assistance of local Carrier Indians.

Father Blanchet on foot in deep snow searched the area for the kind of timber he wanted. He found some three miles across the lake from the Mission site. His only tools were an axe, a hammer and a ruler. He had no horses or wagon for hauling.

Here in the words of Louis Billy Prince is how he solved the problem of getting the timber across the frozen lake to the Mission site.

“Little Father get fifty foot rope, and twenty Indian men and twenty women. He cut timber other side of lake. He tie rope on log. They pull it - men, women, all together across the lake to church. Big logs. They pull two logs a day like this. Take long, long time to build church. But people happy. Make big noise. Sing. Shout. Pull logs, enough for church.”

Mrs. Margaret Seymour remembers it took weeks to complete the log dragging operation. The women of the tribe cooked the food for the work party. And although she and her sister were only little girls at the time, they helped Father Blanchet split shakes and make nails for the roof.

Our Lady of Good Hope has seen many celebrations throughout the year.

Behind the church is the small printing

O rch Ourr Lady of Good Hope Ch Church shop where Father Morice printed books, prayer books and bibles for the Carrier people.

Important dates to remember in the history of Fort St. James 1806 Founded by Simon Fraser and John Stuart for the Northwest Company.

1821 Northwest Company absorbed by the Hudson’s Bay Company. George Simpson appointed a governor in the territory of Rupert’s Land by the Hudson’s Bay Company.

1828 James Douglas, a young clerk assigned to Fort St. James Post and given responsibility of procuring salmon for the post of Chief Trader Connolly. Carrier Indians threaten his life. Governor Sir George Simpson arrived at Fort St. James on Sept 17 on his first visit.

1856 50 years after founding.

Donald Manson replaced by Peter Ogston an officer in charge of New Caledonia.

No record of anniversary celebration.

1858 Importance of Fort St. James as administrative centre ceases as New Caledonia and territory beyond its borders named British Columbia by Queen Victoria. James Douglas, the young fisherman of 1828, then head of the Hudson’s Bay Company Western Department was appointed first Royal Governor.

The name New Caledonia remained only with the Hudson’s Bay Company and was continued many years thereafter to designate this particular trade area.

1862 Gold prospectors pass through the post on their way to the Peace River.

1871 British Columbia joined the Confederated Empire of British North America, with Joseph W. Trutch, first Lieutenant-Governor and John Foster McCreight first elected Premier.

1872 Survey of Canadian Pacific Railway reaches the post.

1873 Father Jean-Marie Le Jacq came to Fort St. James in 1873 to establish Our Lady of Good Hope mission. He was superior of the mission which covered a territory of 122,000 square miles. Many times he would walk from Fort St. James to Babine a distance of 100 miles.

1906 100 years after founding.

Centennial celebrated by four white men, comprising the entire white male population of Fort St. James with a dinner of whole roast beaver.

George Ogston, Vanderhoof realtor and only surviving member of the dinner gathering, was an honor guest at the 150th Anniversary.

1925 On July 25, 1925 a member of the Vancouver Board

of Trade toured the area.

He was very impressed by Douglas Lodge in Fort St. James.

1928 Centennial celebration held at Fort St. James by the Hudson’s Bay Company to commemorate the first visit of Sir George Simpson on Sept 17, 1828.

St. James. Organized and directed by Russell Baker, with residence and base at Fort St. James, the business grew from one aircraft and a staff of three in 1946 to 84 planes and 700 employees

10 years later.

1952 B.C. Power Commission opens diesel generating plan on Nov 17 to provide Fort St. James with its first power service.

1938 Pinchi Mercury property staked and mine opened by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. Stakers were Fort St. James residents: L.R. Dickinson, Manuel Rotticker, Dan Rotticker, George Nielson, Andy Austrom and Frank Cook.

1938 Herbert Hoover, ex-president of the United States visits Fort St. James.

1946 Canada’s third largest airline made its start at Fort

Nechako Chronicle 1954

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A Viqueen sidestepped around Duchess Park Secondary’s defence at the central zone finals on Feb. 20

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You’ll gain access to valuable DivorceCare resources to help you deal with the pain of the past and look forward to rebuilding your life. You can get additional information from www.divorcecare.org.

DivorceCare Group - Thursdays at 7 pm, Feb-April. 780 Loop Road in Vanderhoof (White House across from Nechako Christian Fellowship). Open to anyone who is experiencing the pain of separation or divorce. You can join the group at any time.

For more information and to register, call or text Bob Clark 250.570.9203, June Clark 250.570.9338 or Dave Robinson 778.344.2292 *** THE VANDERHOOF CHESS CLUB...

Exercise your brain! All ages, from beginner to master, feel free to join the Vanderhoof Chess Club every Monday through the school year (except Statutory holidays) 6:30pm - 7:30pm at the NVSS library. It’s FREE. Play chess with friends and meet new people. Use our boards or bring your own. Our goals are to have fun playing chess and to host an Annual Vanderhoof Chess Tournament. For details please contact Jeff Obayashi at jobayashi@hotmail. com or Jeremy Hara at NVSS to sign up for the chess club and/or tournament. *** ADULT BADMINTON...Thursdays at 8:30 pm. Bring your own racket, and wear indoor runners. More info call 250-567-9908. *** MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE... advocating for better services in our communities, such as: housing, counseling, education and job opportunities. Meetings held on the second Thursday of each month via – video conferencing from the communities of; Burns Lake, Fraser Lake, Granisle, Ft. St. James, Southside and Vanderhoof. 1:30 – 3:00. In Vanderhoof meetings are held in the boardroom at the hospital. Clients, family members and community partners are invited to attend. Your voice is IMPORTANT. For more info on the committee and it’s works contact: Heather @ 250-692-7500.

Or your Mental Health Service Provider *** GIRL GUIDES...

Sparks meets 5-6pm Mondays @ United Church.

Brownies meets 6-7:30pmm Mondays @ United Church.

Girl Guides meets 6-7:30pm, Mondays at St. Josephs Gym. Pathfinders meets 6-7:30pm Mondays @ Lutheran Church.

For info on any of these please call Laura Freeman 250-567-6997. *** VA N D E R H O O F PA I N SELFMANAGEMENT GROUP...Do you struggle with persistent pain? Do you feel like your pain is holding your life hostage? Find it difficult to talk about your pain? Join us for an evening of education and understanding at the Vanderhoof Peer-Led Pain SelfManagement Group can help you find answers to your questions. Meetings are held the last Tuesday of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. at the Vanderhoof Public Library - Multipurpose Room, 230 Stewart St E, Vanderhoof. Sharing the struggles and the solutions with other people who truly understand, in a safe environment, will help you reduce isolation, grieve the losses and gain an understanding of persistent pain and how you can take back control of your life. For more information please check out

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PICTURE THIS....Your activity could be featured in “Picture This.” Snap a photo at your groups’ fundraiser. It could be anything from a car wash to cleaning up our streets. It could even include school activities. Basically people making a difference in our community. Send us your photo by e-mail (advertising@ominecaexpress.com) or drop it off at the Omineca Express (150 W. Columbia Street). Please provide a brief description accompanied with the photo.

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Winter quilter’s retreat held at the Nechako Senior Friendship Centre from Feb. 5 to 7. One of the participants demonstrated two-ply spinning with sheeps wool. our website: www.pipain.com *** VANDERHOOF AIR CADETS... Meetings Tues 6:30-9:30 at the Gospel Chapel For more information call: 250-640-0218 or 250-570-7496 *** STUART NECHAKO MANOR...looking for volunteers. Help needed with outings, Serving meals, entertainment and visits for the residents. Please contact Marnie at 250 567 6290 for more information. *** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED....Would you like to become part of a team working together to improve the quality of life for stroke survivors? The Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery Group is looking for volunteers to join their team. Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery’s goal is to encourage stroke survivors to improve their lives through education, exercise, work groups, crafts, outings, etc. No special skills required; training and orientation are provided.

Patience and caring understanding a necessity. Volunteers share responsibilities: assisting with activities, exercises, education, crafts, outings, fund raising.

Time commitment: 3 hour meeting each Monday morning (excluding stat holidays), from September through mid-June.

Please contact Penny (250) 567-3966 vanderhoofstrokerecovery@ gmail.com *** SENIORS CONNECTED... is looking for Seniors in need of Outreach & Transportation. We are also taking applications for Volunteers wanting to take part in the VSC Program. Vanderhoof Seniors Connected is a program dedicated to improving the quality of life for Seniors/Elders in our community through Companionship and Transportation Assistance. Phone 250-567-8587.

For more information contact email at vanderhoofseniors@hotmail.com *** CALLING ALL SENIORS... come and join us for carpet bowling, pool or snooker Monday and Thursday afternoons at the Friendship Centre. We also have cards or bingo on Wednesday evenings. Music nights are also popular and these are the last Friday night of the month. Come and have some fun! Everybody welcome young or golden agers. Call Erling Clemmensen for more info: 250-567-9927. *** AL-ANON...Has your life been affected by someone elses drinking? The Al-Anon is for you! Meetings held on Mondays at 7pm in Community Room at Omineca Safe Home Society. For more information contact Gail at 567-4318. *** THE NORTHSIDE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE... meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Newcomers always welcome. For more information call Brenda, 250 567-9705. *** V’HOOF HOSPICE SOCIETY... Do you have a few hours a month to give? Are you sensitive to the special needs of those persons at the end stages of life? Want to be part of a great organization that makes a difference in our community, then we are looking for you. The V’hoof Hospice Society is a not-for profit charity looking for new volunteer members. Our Society has a desire to help others. We are sensitive to the special needs of the dying patient and their families. We do not have personal agendas or “missions” to our Hospice work. Our main fundraising come in the form of donations to our Tree of Life. We are looking for new members to continue this great service. For more info call Valerie Pagdin at 250-567-6218 (weekdays), 250-567-3889 (evenings/weekends) or vanderhoofhospice@gmail.com ***

THE FOOD BANK... is in serious need of food donations. Specifically the following is needed: “Chunky” soups and stews and canned milk. *** BADMINTON AT FLESS GYM... Every Thursday at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. come out and have some fun! *** ENDAKO HALL SOCIETY... meets every THIRD Wednesday of the month in the hall at 7:30pm. *** THE YELLOWHEAD DRAFT HORSE ASSOCIATION...is an organization for those interested in light and heavy horse driving. Monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month. For more info contact: Jon 250-567-8484. *** NECHAKO QUILTERS GUILD... meets the third Tuesday of the month 9:30 am (Sept. - May) at Nechako View Seniors Common Room. Fran Sheeley 567-5254. *** THE FRASER QUILTERS GUILD... meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Fort Fraser Community Hall.

Newcomers welcome. *** HOSPICE TREE OF LIFE... is to honour the living as well as to remember and honour those who have passed on. For more info call Valerie Pagdin at 250-567-6218 (weekdays), 250-567-3889 (evenings/ weekends) or vanderhoofhospice@gmail. com *** THE FRASER LAKE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP... meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12 noon in Autumn Services. For further information call Judy at 250-6997763. *** VANDERHOOF 899 AIR CADET SQUADRON...Cadets will meet every TUESDAY night – 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel.

Anyone age 12 to 18 interested in the Cadet Program is welcome to attend. Any adult interested in assisting in anyway, please contact the officers at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel Tuesday night. For more information call: Capt. John Callaghan - 250-640-0218, Yvonne Melo - 250-690-7496 Evenings. *** AA MEETING... Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

United Church Hall. 567-8087 or 567-4588 *** FRASER LAKE AA MEETINGS... Tues & Thurs 8:00 p.m. at St. Wilfred’s Church just across from the Village Hall. *** ST. JOHN HOSPITAL AUXILIARY SOCIETY... meets second Tuesday of the month (with the exception of July & August) at 7:00 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. For further info contact Edna 567-9759 - New members welcome. *** VANDERHOOF LIBRARY HOURS Tuesday 10:00am to 5:00pm Wednesday 10:00am to 5:00pm & 6:30pm to 8:30pm Thursday 10:00am to 5:00pm Friday 10:00 am to 6:00pm Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm *** FRASER LAKE LIBRARY HOURS Sunday & Monday Closed Tuesday 10am - 4pm Wednesday & Thursday 12pm - 8pm Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 2pm *** NVSS BOTTLE DEPOT HOURS Open Mon, Tues, Friday 11am-5pm Saturday 10am-5 p.m.

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School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) P.O. Box 129, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 Phone: (250) 567-2284 Fax: (250) 567-4639

STUDENT GROUNDSKEEPERS School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) requires student groundskeepers for summer employment from April 28, 2016, until September 2, 2016, (two in Burns Lake, two in Vanderhoof, one in Fraser Lake and one in Fort St. James). Hours of work will be eight (8) hours per day between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. as determined by the supervisor, Monday to Friday, at a rate of $15.10 per hour.

Preferred Qualifications: • Enrolled in a post-secondary education program and returning in September • Previous experience relevant to the position would be an asset • Competent in the use and care of tools and equipment common to the position • Valid Class 5, BC Driver’s License, unrestricted is desirable • An exemplary driving record as demonstrated by a current driver’s abstract • The ability to perform physically demanding job duties • A current WHMIS certificate Please note: Incumbents who successfully complete this work assignment will be qualified to receive a $1,000 scholarship to a post secondary program of their choice.

Please complete a general application form which is available on the website at: http://www.sd91.bc.ca/ or from the School District Administration Office in Vanderhoof or from any district school.

Please indicate on the application form the location you are applying for and submit by 4:00 p.m., Wednesday March 2, 2016 to: Human Resources School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) P.O. Box 129 Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0 Phone: (250) 567-2284 Fax: (250) 567-4639 Email: cupejobs@sd91.bc.ca

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The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako has established a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel to receive any complaints about the preparation of the tax rolls used in the collection of parcel taxes.

In this area, the Regional District uses parcel frontage taxes for both the Fort Fraser sewer and water systems.

The parcel tax rolls for these services may be inspected from February 22, 2016 to March 4, 2016 at the offices of the Regional District (37 Third Ave., Burns Lake, B.C.) during regular office hours (8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday).

In order for a complaint to be heard, it must be received in writing by 4:30 pm on March 4, 2016. If any complaints are received, the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will sit at 1:00 pm on Thursday March 10, 2016 in the Board Room of the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (37 Third Ave., Burns Lake, B.C.) to consider written complaints received by the deadline.

Further information can be obtained by phoning Hans Berndorff, Financial Administrator of the Regional District (toll free at 1-800-320-3339) or by visiting the Regional District offices during regular office hours.

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PROPOSED FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN AMENDMENT Fraser Lake Sawmills will hold a public viewing of the proposed Amendment 11 to their Forest Stewardship Plan for the Vanderhoof and Fort St. James Forest Districts. This amendment is required to include the CheslaƩa Carrier NaƟon’s Forest License A93806 into the exisƟng plan.

The proposed amendment is available for review and comment at the Lejac mill site east of Fraser Lake on Highway 16 from January 20, 2016. Persons may review the plan at this locaƟon during business hours. WriƩen comments may be submiƩed in person to the Lejac mill site or by mail to: Fraser Lake Sawmills AƩenƟon: Jaret van der Giessen, R.P.F P.O. Box 100 Fraser Lake, BC V0J 1S0 Comments must be received in wriƟng no later than 5:00 pm on March 20, 2016. For further informaƟon, please contact Jaret van der Giessen, R.P.F. at 250-699-6235.

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A Vanderhoof community group is looking to join the Canadian effort in providing Syrian refugee families with a home.

Earlier this month, Tyler Janzen, from the leadership team of Northside Church, presented to the district council the community group’s intention to sponsor and welcome a Syrian family to Vanderhoof this year.

“We are a group of concerned individuals from different backgrounds, united in the common cause of bringing a refugee family to Vanderhoof,” Janzen said.

“We believe that this town is diverse and receptive enough to integrate someone different from ourselves.”

The group has been discussing refugee sponsorship since last October, researching and speaking with organizations from small northern communities about their experiences in sponsorship refugee families, he explained. “[We don’t want] to rush into a situation that could do more harm that good,” Janzen said. “We feel that this decision is an easy one as most of us come from immigrant or refugee pasts and should have compassion for those who now find themselves in similar situations.”

Partnering with the Mennonite Central Committee, the group is now looking to fundraise $30,000 by March 20 to start the sponsorship process.

Arriving in two to four months, one family — comprising of a couple with two to three children — will be sponsored at this moment, though the effort should not stop at one, Janzen said.

To select a family, the sponsorship group will OMINECA EXPRESS file consider the incoming individuals’ English language Tran My Tran (left) and Van Nguyen (third from left) from Vietnam were sponsored in 1979 by five Vanderhoof resiability, their skills that may match with work in the dents, eventually working at Bond Brothers’ Sawmills and living with the Abersek and Bond families for two years.

Vanderhoof area, as well as their situation abroad, he explained. sponsored individuals from Vietnam who were displaced Bond used to travel the world and wanted to help those “There’s persecution of Christians in the refugee camps during the Vietnam War. in need, while Ray Abersek was once a refugee as well from and many aren’t even allowed in the refugee camps,” JanFive residents at the time, including Mike Bond as well Czech Republic, she explained. zen said. “If we have a family that that is happening to, that as Ray and Yannick Abersek, sponsored the first group — While the family has since lost touch with Nguyen, would be a priority.” two girls, 17 and 18. Tran My Tran and Van Nguyen worked they’ve maintained contact with Tran, Linda said.

It’s an opportunity to share and help, he added. full-time at Bond Brothers’ Sawmills, and stayed with the Tran eventually sponsored the rest of her family to Can“We live in abundance and we want to help others in Abersek and Bond families for two years. ada, married fellow Vietnamese refugee Coe Mach in Vanneed, and not trying to live in fear of what could happen,” “It was an eye-opening experience, where we can say derhoof, and is now operating an Asian specialty goods busiJanzen said. how fortunate we are,” said Bond’s niece Linda. “They were ness in Vancouver.

The last time Vanderhoof residents played host to refugee extremely hardworking, dedicated people, and they just “They are just looking for opportunities, just like the rest families may have been in 1979, when community groups wanted a chance.” of us, in life,” she said.

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