EVENTS CALENDAR

MONTHLY EVENTS

Tuesday 1.11.2022 Potters Guild Member’s Night – Surface

Decoration @ The Arts Station Inaugural Council Meeting @ Fernie Seniors’ Centre

Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game vs Golden

@ Fernie Arena Ghostrider Hockey Night @ The Pub Pre-Game Beer & Ticket Special

Wednesday 2.11.2022

Pottery Wine & Wheel @ The Arts Station

Friday 4.11.2022

Paint Night with Sue Hanlon @ The Arts Station Live Music: SheVa @ Loaf

Saturday 5.11.2022

Makerspace Repair Café @ Fernie Heritage Library FAST Ski Swap @ Fernie Community Centre

Sunday 6.11.2022

Pool Tournament @ The Pub

Monday 7.11.2022

Beginner Intensive Pottery Wheel Course @ The Arts Station

Tuesday 8.11.2022 Sew Much Fun: Intro Tee Sewing Workshop

@ Fernie Heritage Library Fernie Winter Job Fair @ Fernie Community Centre

Thursday 10.11.2022

Classic Movie Night: Casablanca @ Fernie Heritage Library Live Music: Bella Cat Blues @ Bramasole

WEEKLY EVENTS

Mondays Les Tiguidous French activities for toddlers

(0-5yo) 10:30am @ the Cokato Park playground Club All Play – Fernie Pickleball @ Max Turyk Courts, 8:30-10:30am Kindergym @ Fernie Family Centre, 10am Le Club Baguette Junior @ Rotary Park, outdoor activities and games in French ages 7-12, 3:30pm Jam Night @ Kodiak Lounge, 9pm Poutine and PBR Mondays @ The Pub Educational Cannabis Presentation @ Earth’s Own Naturals

Tuesdays

Seniors Walking Program @ Fernie Community Centre, 11:15am Fernie Options for Sexual Health Clinic Open @ Elk Valley Hospital, by appointment, 1st and 3rd Tuesday of month only Parent and Tot Funtime @ Fernie Family Centre, 9:30am Burger and Beer Night @ The Northern Wing Night @ The Pub Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game @ Fernie Arena

Saturday 12.11.2022

Fernie Ski and Board Fest @ Fernie Community Centre

Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game vs Beaver

Valley @ Fernie Arena Ghostrider Hockey Night @ The Pub Pre-Game Beer & Ticket Special Mogul Smoker @ The Central for Shuttle

Sunday 13.11.2022 Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game vs Grand

Forks @ Fernie Arena Ghostrider Hockey Night @ The Pub Pre-Game Beer & Ticket Special Sunday Sessions with Bella Cat @ The Pub

Monday 14.11.2022 Intermediate Intensive Pottery Wheel

Course @ The Arts Station Regular Council Meeting @ City Hall

Thursday 17.11.2022

Quilt Till You Wilt @ The Arts Station Annual Jingle and Mingle @ Interior Envy

Friday 18.11.2022

Live Music: Charles Benjamin @ Loaf Quilt Till You Wilt @ The Arts Station Live Music: Skinny Dyck Country Band @ The Legion

Saturday 19.11.2022

Quilt Till You Wilt @ The Arts Station Live Music: Lord Knows @ The Legion Comedy Night @ Fernie Distillers

Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game vs Nelson

@ Fernie Arena Ghostrider Hockey Night @ The Pub Pre-Game Beer & Ticket Special

Sunday 20.11.2022

Pool Tournament @ The Pub

Monday 21.11.2022

Committee of the Whole Meeting @ City Hall

Intermediate Intensive Pottery Wheel

Course @ The Arts Station

Friday 25.11.2022

Tea and Talk Book Club @ Fernie Heritage Library Annual Fernie Holiday KickOff @ Station Square, #spenditinfernie Light Up the Arts @ Fernie Arts Station Twilight Craft Fair @ Fernie Community Centre Live Music: Two Ticks @ Loaf Disco Dress Up and DJ Night with Dorothy @ The Legion

Saturday 26.11.2022

Holiday Craft Fair @ Fernie Community Centre

Fernie Ghostriders Hockey Game vs 100 Mile

House @ Fernie Arena Ghostrider Hockey Night @ The Pub Pre-Game Beer & Ticket Special

Sunday 27.11.2022

Sunday Sessions - Artist TBD @ The Pub Board Games Night @ Fernie Heritage Library

Monday 28.11.2022 Intermediate Intensive Pottery Wheel

Course @ The Arts Station Regular Council Meeting @ City Hall

Tuesday 29.11.2022

Live Music: Ruby Waters @ The Northern

Pasta Tuesdays @ Bramasole Visual Arts Guild @ The Arts Station, 12pm Fernie Community Choir Practice @ The Arts Station, 7pm Karaoke @ The Legion

Wednesdays

My Baby and Me @ 551 1st Ave Upstairs, 9:30am CBAL/FHL Story Time @ Fernie Heritage Library, 11am Club All Play – Fernie Pickleball @ Max Turyk Courts, 8:30-10:30am Seniors Walking Program @ Fernie Community Centre, 11:15am Curbside Craft @ Fernie Heritage Library, Pickup is from 11am each Wednesday (ages 5-7) Trivia @ Fernie Hotel All Night Happy Hour @ Bramasole

Thursdays

Kids Café @ Mountainside Church, 9:30am Kindergym @ Fernie Family Centre, 10am Seniors Walking Program @ Fernie Community Centre, 11:15am Bellies to Babies @ Zoom, 2pm

Club Baguette Junior French tutoring and

activities 3pm @ Isabella Dickens library

Club Baguette Adults learn and converse in

French for adults 7pm @ Zoom Pub Team Trivia @ The Pub (returns Nov. 24) Open Mic Night @ Fernie Distillers, 7pm Run Club @ Stag Leap Drop in Card Games @ The Legion Karaoke @ Kodiak Lounge, 9pm

Fridays

Club All Play – Fernie Pickleball @ Max Turyk Courts, 8:30-10:30am Storytime (ages 0-5) @ Fernie Heritage Library Tech Clinic @ The Arts Station, 1pm Fish and Chips @ The Pub Fish and Chips Take Away @ Fernie Hotel, 4pm Meat Draw @ The Fernie Club Cre8 @ The Arts Station Open Mic Night @ Fernie Distillers, 7pm Big Red Fridays @ Bramasole Live Music @ Loaf

Saturdays

Meat Draw @ The Legion Chicken Parmie Special @ The Pub

Sundays

Fernie Netball @ Fernie Community Centre, 6pm

Roast Dinner Special, and free pool after 7pm

@ The Pub

Bears Are Getting Ready

by SYLVIA AYERS, illustrated by SARAH PULLEN

Did you know Bears know winter is coming, too?

While bears are in hyperphagia they need our help to keep them safe.

Bears typically dig dens on slopes at high elevation, with an entrance just large enough for the bear to squeeze in so it will cover quickly with insulating snow, and the space slightly larger than the bear’s body for heat retention. Most bears remain healthy during hibernation. Biologists are studying hibernation in the hopes of preventing osteoporosis and Type II diabetes, helping those suffering from kidney failure, and prolonging the viability of human organs for transplant.

Grizzlies can eat up to 20,000 calories and put on up to three pounds each day as they survive off their fat stores during hibernation. That is why they’re in berry bushes and your apple tree!

During mating season, fertilized eggs remain in a female bear’s womb but will not implant until later. This helps Mama Bear to conserve energy until hibernation and may be a way to control population if food is scarce. If she has not accumulated enough fat, the egg will not be used. Bears are not actually asleep when they hibernate; they are awake in a reduced metabolic state. They can go months without performing usual bodily functions and breathing and heart rates slow right down. This has inspired scientists to explore putting astronauts into “hibernation” for long space voyages to Mars or beyond.

In the autumn, bears go into hyperphagia, and eat a LOT… sort of like us at Thanksgiving.

Make sure your compost isn’t smelly!

Keep your garbage in a bear safe location and don’t take it out until the morning it is collected.

Collect apples and clean your BBQ.

Bring in bird feeders and don’t leave pet food outside.

Resources

Bear Aware | Fernie.com yellowstone.org/bear-hibernation-5-fun-facts/ plt.org/educator-tips/plants-animals-prepare-winter/ kids.nationalgeographic.com/nature/article/animals-prepare-for-winter

One common reason dogs growl or bite is when people try to take something away from them. This is called Resource Guarding: “Behaviour that discourages another to take, or get too close to, an object or valued area in a dog’s possession.” (Dr. Patricia McConnell)

We’re resource guarders too! We lock our homes, our cars, keep our money in the bank and some of us go to more extreme degrees with home security systems, gated communities, and security guards.

Problems arise when we deal with our dog the same way we deal with a person who takes something that belongs to us. We take it personally, angrily reacting by trying to “make” our dog give up what they “stole” from us.

Resource guarding is a normal dog behaviour. Dogs are genetically wired to acquire and hold on to resources that are valuable to them – it’s part of their strong survival instinct. If something is in their possession, it’s theirs until they give it up. Previous ownership of the item is not part of the equation.

Growling and biting when you approach a dog eating his dinner is a more extreme display of resource guarding that’s hard to miss. The more subtle signs, though, can be hard for the average person to detect, like eating more quickly, moving to block their food or toy, staring, showing teeth, or becoming very still when you approach; or turning their head or running away with an item in their mouth.

A common situation that can be alarming to an owner is when they give their dog something new or special like their first raw bone or beef chew, and suddenly their sweet, cuddly pup turns into Cujo!

Proactive Prevention is Everything

Teach your dog how to trade. Offer a toy or treat in exchange and understand that the dog determines the trade value. If they can’t easily and happily drop what they have for what you’re offering, then you need to offer something more or better until they can. Don’t try the “toss and grab” - it won’t work twice!

Dogs understand trading. Everything has a value, and we need to offer the right value to make the transaction satisfactory for both parties. The concept that dogs should simply give us anything they have because we said so or because we are “dominant” is a very dangerous myth. Conflict simply isn’t necessary.

Proactively, there are some good skills that you can teach your dog, so they learn to give up what they have and move a safe distance away. Cued behaviours like “Drop It” and “Leave It” can help a lot.

Never “make” your dog give something up unless it’s an emergency. Using intimidation or physical force sets a dangerous precedent and will only make things worse. For more information, training suggestions and resources, see my blog post “On Guard” at dogpartners.ca.

Resource guarding can quickly escalate especially from adolescence into adulthood. If you have a dog who is growling and biting, please hire a professional trainer who has experience in this area. Let’s keep everyone safe!

Mine!

by VALERIE BARRY

Submitted Photo

“Dogs are genetically wired to acquire and hold on to resources that are valuable to them – it’s part of their strong survival instinct.”