Dawson Creek Mirror 2023-0914

LONG HOT SUMMER

Rob Brown Managing Editor

The fires were still burning some eight hours after an explosion lit up the Mile Zero skyline Friday night.

While emergency personnel were on hand battling the blaze, just after

midnight area residents claim a fireball erupted from the scene.

At 12:11am, a fireball exploded at the property.

The Dawson Creek Fire Department said it was likely caused by a propane tank.

RCMP say the incident is not suspicious.

Crews were still on scene at 7am Saturday with the fire still burning on site, before extinguishing the outstanding fires.

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PresbyterianChurch

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BethelPentecostalChurch

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ContactOffice:250-782-5885 office@betheldc.ca Web:www.betheldc.ca 1150117StDawsonCreek

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FirstBaptistChurch

Sundayserviceisat10:30am

1400-113Ave.DawsonCreek 250-7824792. Incrisis,getaholdofPastorTerry byappointmentonly. office@dcfirstbaptist.ca Liveonourwebsite. www.dcfirstbaptist.ca

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GraceLutheranChurch

Graceisacaringchurch community.Wewelcomeallto worshipandshareourlifein Christ’slove.250-782-3624

Email:grace@pris.ca

1110117StDawsonCreek

SundayWorship10:30am

NotreDameCatholicChurch

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Contact:Fr.VenerandoSabacan

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908104AveDawsonCreek

SouthPeaceUnitedChurch

MarilynCarroll

250-782-2636

Email:spuc@neonet.bc.ca

1110117StDawsonCreek

SundayWorship10:30am

St.Paul’sLutheranChurch

SundayService:11am

250-782-3085

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901CornwallCres,DawsonCreek

SouthPeaceBibleMissionary

SundayService:10am&7pm

WednesdayService:7pm

250-786-5711

Pastor:StephanePoulin

491148thAve,PouceCoupe

ApostolicLighthouse

PastorAaronFarmer

SundayWorship|11AM

WednesdayBibleStudy|7PM

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701-96AAve,DawsonCreek

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Latter-DaySaints

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ChurchoftheNazarene

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GrandviewChapel

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TonyVigar250-782-4225

90094AveDawsonCreek

SundayMeetings10:30am

PeaceMissionChapel

Contact:PastorBillMann

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SundayMeetings11:00am

Seventh-DayAdventistChurch

BibleStudy:10:00am

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Contact:250-782-1710

9201-14thSt.DawsonCreek

Pastor:MichaelMcPherson

PouceCoupeCommunityChurch

PastorCoryLizotte250-786-0160

SundayMeetings10:30am

StMarksAnglicanChurch

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SundayService:11:00am

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StJamesPresbyterianChurch

1501-108Ave.DawsonCreek

TraditionalSundayService:10am

NewBeginningsBaptistChurch Services:Sundays10:30am

10221-18thStDawsonCreek

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RollaBibleBaptistChurch

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Baha’iFaith

Anindependentworldreligion foundedbyBahá’u’lláh–(Glory ofGod)in1844.Hetaughtthe onenessofhumanity,theoneness ofGod,theonenessofreligion. Devotionalgatheringsandstudy circlesopentoall.www.bahai.org

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SalvationArmyChurch

250-782-4812

1436104Ave.DawsonCreek

ChurchService:Sundays11:00am

ChurchoftheNewJerusalem

AdistinctiveChristianchurch dedicatedtolearning,living andsharingthespiritual understandingoftheBibleas revealedinbookswrittenby EmanuelSwedenborg.Allare welcometoourservicesand otherevents. Dawsoncreeknewchurch.ca formoreinfoandthechurch newsletter.250-782-8035

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GideonsInternational

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B.C. adds 12K jobs in August, real estate takes a hit

Canada as a whole added 40,000 jobs, with Alberta (+18,000 jobs) serving as the biggest contributor amid 9,000 job losses in Ontario.

The stats agency also revealed B.C.’s unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 5.2% compared with a month prior. The national rate remained static at 5.5%.

Employment within the finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing category took a hit in B.C., shedding 7,700 jobs amid high interest rates.

Leading into the school year, the province added 10,200 jobs to the education services category.

“Canada’s job market has been following a sawtooth pattern this year, with a soft report generally followed by a snapback,” BMO chief economist Douglas Porter said in a note.

“This was the month for a minor snapback. While August was for the most part a respectable month, it’s worth pounding home the point that Canada now needs a steady flow of jobs just to match raging population growth.”

He said 50,000 jobs are needed

monthly to hold the unemployment rate where it is.

Porter added that this month’s jobs data won’t be enough to influence the Bank of Canada’s thinking following the pause on rate hikes earlier this week.

“It’s not strong enough to prompt an immediate rethink on the pause, but it’s also certainly not soft enough to rule out further hikes,” he said.

TD senior economist James Orlando echoed those sentiments.

“Consumer spending is slowing under the weight of 475 [basis points] in rate hikes over the last 18 months, and the real estate market is rolling over again after the BoC’s June/July rate hikes,” he said in a note.

“Given that markets are pricing a 50-50 chance of another BoC hike this year, it is clear that market participants are still looking for more evidence of an economic slowdown.”

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KPAC was where it was at for Onam celebrations in Mile Zero last week.

Onam is an annual Indian harvest and cultural festival related to Hinduism celebrated mostly by the people of the province of Kerala.

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Kiskatinaw Curved Bridge update

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The Kiskatinaw Curved Bridge has been closed since the summer of 2021, due to a slide that impacted the bridges’ structure.

The bridge is located 30 km north of Dawson creek and will remain closed while geotechnical investigations are conducted according to the ministry of Transportation.

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BC Hydro adds higherpowered chargers network, includes Peace

BC Hydro announced it is adding higher-powered chargers to its fastcharging network with the introduction of 180-kilowatt charging units, which can add up to 180 kilometres of driving to an average electric vehicle in about 10 minutes.

“B.C. is a leader in electric vehicle adoption and has one of the largest public electric vehicle charging networks in Canada, and we are committed to providing more options for drivers looking to charge their vehicles, especially if they are short on time,” says Hon. Josie Osborne, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation. “These new higher-powered chargers have the ability to charge electric vehicles in a fraction of the time.”

In addition to being faster, the units also offer dual charging or power sharing, which allows two customers to use the same charger. For example, a 180-kilowatt charger can adjust to provide two 90-kilowatt charging units and allow more drivers to access public charging stations.

The adoption of electric vehicles across British Columbia has increased significantly. There are now more than 120,000 EVs on the road in B.C., and BC Hydro predicts there will be between 700,000 and 900,000 EVs within the next 10 years.

“Our recent research found that of the 40 per cent of British Columbians looking to purchase a new vehicle in the next three years, many are considering an electric vehicle,” says Chris O’Riley, President and CEO of BC Hydro. “We are listening to the feedback from our customers who tell us they are looking for more charging options and higher-powered chargers to join our fast charging network, and we are excited to begin the installation of these 180-kilowatt units later this fall.”

The first communities expected to receive these units include Tumbler Ridge, Manning Park, Mackenzie and Surrey. BC Hydro aims to start installing these units in late fall 2023 and many of its new locations planned in 2024 will also receive these higher-powered charging units.

BC Hydro’s provincewide fast charging network currently includes 153 charging units at 84 sites in communities throughout B.C. BC Hydro is looking to add 3,000 ports to its network over the next 10 years. The chargers are funded in a partnership with the Province of B.C. and Natural Resources Canada.

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Editorial: Words of wisdom from 1894, Canada’s first Labour Day

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Everything that we have that is worth anything is the product of labour, of the hand or of the head. That’s hardly a new idea; in fact, it was a key point in the first Labour Day editorial published on our pages — or more precisely, our predecessor, the Daily Colonist — on Sept. 2, 1894, the day before the first national holiday in honour of working people.

Beyond that, many of the points made in the 1894 editorial ring true today, noting as it does that labour should be held in high esteem.

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The editorial reflects its times; for example, there are a dozen references to males in the workforce, a pointed snub of the women who were also working. (Admittedly, women employed outside the home were very much in the minority 129 years ago, but plenty of them held paying jobs.)

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“It seems to be one of the laws of nature that men should work for what they have,” the editorial says. “Nature furnishes them with the raw material and they must, by labour, get almost everything else for themselves.”

It also asks if we could be as happy as we are if we had nothing to do, and could get everything we required by merely wishing for it.

“What healthy-minded man would lose the pleasure of doing things? What pleasure is purer or gives more satisfaction than that which is obtained from exercising the powers of our bodies or our minds

“This is a pleasure about which very little is said, but it is one which all who have endeavoured to do anything useful have felt. Besides the enjoyment there is in the exercise of the powers of the mind and the body, that exercising is the only way of developing them.”

The 1894 editorial painted a rather bleak picture of what human life would be like without labour. “Men and women would lead a dreary animal existence, and they would be useless, unformed creatures,” it says.

“Labour, strenuous labour, continued through centuries, has transformed the savage, clad in skins and living in caves, into the civilized man who has conquered the earth and who makes all parts of

“It has changed him from a wild creature, only a little above the brutes in intellectual power, into a high-minded philosopher or a deep-thinking man of science, who has by hard and persistent labour wrung from nature her deeply-hidden secrets and made her forces obedient to his will.

“Should not labour then be held in high honour? Not one particular kind of labour, but all kinds, for they have been all necessary to the progress and the happiness of mankind.”

The editorial dismisses the idea, apparently promoted by some labour advocates, that labour and capital are natural enemies.

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OPINION Nichols: brain dead

Brain dead and don’t know it.

The political proponents of the current orthodoxies, that is.

The present state of society’s tolerance for top-down political dictation of acceptable belief is beyond belief. The present state of society’s acceptance of political interference in a public servant’s pursuit of her or his duties is unacceptable.

Henry, the VIII of his name, was very fond of SirThomas More to the extent that he elevated More to the position of Lord High Chancellor of England. That’s like Next in Command. Yet More confided to his wife that, if his head could buy one castle for Henry in France, he would not hesitate to remove it from More’s body. As long as it was politically expedient to keep More in office and his head secure, More was in office intact. When Henry wanted More to approve a measure that violated More’s conscience, More’s conscientious refusal brought him to the man with the axe.

And now…A police officer is disciplined for following regular protocol when, oh horrors, her or his pursuit of duty runs counter to braindead current orthodoxies espoused by our political masters. Any idea where this leads?

Hang around a while longer and find out. An otherwise-healthy human being, not yet 38 years old, is offered euthanasia instead of the requested psychological help.

Are human beings so disposable?

In Canada?

And we tolerate such official behavior? We don’t rise in outrage to end the blight?

Lord, deliver me from falling into the hands of a perverted state!

Respected scientists, when following the science, are in danger of running afoul of current orthodoxies and the penalties are severe in the extreme even if the head remains perched on the neck. Loss of status. Loss of credentials. Loss of livelihood. Loss of friends.

Cancelled!

Without recourse, with no appeal.

For the sake of following where the science leads.

Is this where we want our once free and open country to go?

Two or three years ago I wrote that Canada was on the brink of a maelstrom. Little did I realize how close the brink!

Are we willing to accept the basic dictatorship model of the Chinese Communist Party espoused by our Dear Leader, the PM? Or is it mere apathy, ignorance, brain malfunction that permits the political pathologies of current power brokers to gain ground?

When we have the means to turn them out of office with the stroke of a pen – pencil? Don’t get me wrong. These folks are human mortals like the

rest of us. They need our prayers more than our applause.

Like ours, their time will come to die and after that, what?

So, pray for their sanity and clarity of mind but be careful when you vote.

In the meantime, the direction in which they are steering our country does not bode well for those we will leave behind.

It is the cancel culture that I rail against. Once upon a time thinking people were valued and applauded. In the universities students then crowded the lecture theatres of professors who were unafraid of losing their status for speaking their minds.

Not so now. And we call to mind names such as Dr. Byram Bridle, an exceptionally competent virologist, vaccinologist and immunologist, Dr. Julie Ponesse, a former professor of ethics who taught at Ontario’s Huron University College for 20 years, Dr. Jordan Peterson, almost a household name, psychologist, media personality, former professor.

These are some of Canada’s sacrifices on the altar of public opinion inflamed by a media funded by government.

Here’s one among countless many from the south: Peter McCulloch, cardiologist, one time vice chief of internal medicine at Baylor University Medical Center and a professor at Texas A&M University.

Cancelled!

It has happened here in British Columbia to those who dared to keep their integrity in the face of official decrees that compelled silence at the price of integrity. Their integrity cost them their careers, their friends, sometimes their families. But how can one live without integrity?

I am not arguing for the rightness or wrongness of the positions these people took, although after following the science, the history, and the money for several years, I believe they were and are right.

How can we advance in knowledge if people are cancelled for questioning the official dogma? Is freedom to think, to speak, and to write gone with a one-way ticket?

As you read this column, other issues are being manufactured to take our minds and our wills in exchange for subservience, submission, silence.

We human beings were created to be free. Free to choose, free to speak, free to assemble, free to move, free to acquire knowledge, free to debate and, above all, free to be adults who make decisions for ourselves and our minor children without undue government interference.

Yes, and free to experience the consequences of our choices.

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The Growing Risk of Echinococcus and it’s Risk to You and Your Pets

Written by Bailey Harper 4th year UCVM vet student

What is Echinococcus?

Echinococcus is a genus of intestinal parasites from the Cestode family found in wild canids (wolves, coyotes, arctic foxes and red foxes) and are zoonotic.

The family of Cestodes are what we call tapeworms and unlike other tapeworms, echinococcus species can cause Echinococcal disease (ED) in humans as well as in domestic dogs and cats. Typically they are spread through infected wildlife to humans and their pets.

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There are two types of Echinococcus species found here in Canada and both of them have been found in BC as well as AB. Echinococcus granulosus is the more common of the two and is typically found in wolves, Echinococcus multilocularis is less common in prevalence as well as geographic spread and is found more commonly in coyotes and foxes. Both forms of Echinococcus can be found in

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all wild canids which are considered their definitive hosts here in Canada. Typical parasite lifecycles usually involve only one species as the host where Echinococcus uses both intermediate hosts and definitive hosts. With definitive hosts, the parasite does not cause any clinical signs in the animal it has infected and can complete its full lifecycle from egg to adult. With intermediate hosts, the parasite can only complete part of its lifestyle, causes clinical disease signs, and the host itself needs to be ingested by the definitive host for the parasite to complete its lifecycle. For Echinococcus the intermediate hosts are usually rodents but can also be livestock, pets, or humans. In intermediate hosts the parasite egg is ingested and then an oncosphere (a larva) is released to travel through the bloodstream to different organs where it then matures and grows into a hydatid cyst. While both Echinococcus species cause ED and cysts to form in different organs in the body of intermediate hosts, E. multilocularis is the more severe form of the disease. E. granulosus causes cystic hydatid disease and typically the hydatid cysts form in the liver or lungs, but they can also form in other organs such as the spleen, kidneys, heart, or central nervous system. In the case of ED caused by E. multilocularis alveolar hydatid disease cysts form instead in these same organs. Cystic hydatid disease cysts are usually single well demarcated cysts that don’t spread where alveolar hydatic cysts are usually clusters of cysts that grow rapidly and metastasize or spread to surrounding tissues. While both forms can cause clinical signs, ED caused by E. granulosus tends to be slow growing and not cause any clinical signs for years depending on which tissue the cyst forms in. ED caused by E. multilocularis tends to cause a severe immune response, you see more acute clinical signs and clinical signs tend to be more severe. Both forms if left untreated can be fatal.

How it is spread?

Echinococcus is transferred by the eggs in the feces of definitive hosts or through the ingestion of meat containing cysts from intermediate hosts such as rodents by definitive hosts. Dogs and cats can act as both intermediate and definitive hosts meaning they can be clinically sick with ED or be clinically

unaffected and spread the disease through their feces. Typically with wild animals the disease is spread through the ingestion of rodent intermediate hosts by wild canids. These wild canids then defecate out the eggs which are ingested by intermediate hosts through contaminated grass, dirt or water and the cycle continues. Coyotes and foxes are in such close contact with urban areas it can lead to the spread to humans and pets much more easily with the eggs being in dirt and grass around the feces even if the feces themselves aren’t ingested.

Treatment

For definitive hosts, treatment is simple and involves deworming with a product that works against tapeworms. For humans and other dead end hosts treatment is much more complex and is not always successful. Surgery to remove the cysts, deworming medication, chemotherapy and percutaneous aspiration injection of chemicals and reaspiration (PAIR) are some of the treatment options for humans.

Prevention

While cases of ED are not common in Canada it IS possible and prevention of ED is much less complicated than treatment.

• Wash your hands after being in dirt that has any chance of being contaminated by wildlife feces before touching your face

• Wear gloves if you handle wild canids as the eggs can be in their fur

• Don’t ever touch the feces of wild canids without wearing gloves

• Wash and/or cook vegetables and berries that may be contaminated by wildlife feces or don’t eat them at all

• Don’t drink untreated water

• Wash your hands after petting dogs or cats that have a potential to be infected

• Don’t let your pets ingest rodents

• Treat your pets with regular deworming that includes a drug that works on tapeworms (praziquantel).

If you have any questions about treatments for deworming your pets please contact your veterinarian.

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PRRD to talk grant writing, regional funding

More than $2.1 million has been secured since March 2021 for 28 regional projects by their grant writing services and programming.

Officials from Clear Course Ltd. Are expected to be on hand Thursday morning at the PRRD to provide a breakdown of services and more to members of the PRRD’s Electoral Area Directors committee.

Approximately 25% of time has been spent on grant proposal writing, 50% on building capacity and collaborating with community groups, 20% project services (creating tools, designing information sessions & workshops), and the

remaining 5 percent on project management/ administration. This amounts to 23 grant proposals from 14 community groups totalling $1,660,081 awarded. Another 18 grant proposal outcomes pending connected to $841,515 in funding requests for the area.

2023 grant highlights include $100K for the North East Native Advancing Society Indigenous Plant Field Guide, $96,950 for the South Peace Mile 0 Park Society Pioneer Village Re-roofing project, and $13K for Chetwynd Public Library’s Mental Health programming.

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Co-op Expo day on the way!

Get ready to bring the kids down to the Co-op’s Home and Agro Centre Expo – slated for this Saturday.

Up for grabs are prizes, trophies and all kinds of bragging rights during tests of skills like the Hammer Slammer, Screw Off, and Shinglepalooza.

You can catch a BBQ with proceeds going to Nawican all day. Also check out the dunk tank as some of Dawson Creek’s finest local celebrities will take the plunge. Finest, local, and celebrity all continue to be relative terms.

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RCMP investigates suspicious cat death

Tom Summer Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The Hudson’s Hope RCMP are seeking to speak with anyone who may have any information regarding the suspicious death of a cat which occurred on September 5th in Hudson’s Hope.

On this date, the Hudson’s Hope RCMP received a report of a beloved family cat named Belle, which had been found deceased in the area of Paquette Ave. and Kyllo St. Upon the investigation, it was confirmed that the death of this feline was intentional and quite disturbing. Police are investigating this incident on the basis of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation

can contact the Hudson’s Hope RCMP directly at (250) 7835241, or anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-2228477.

Tom Summer, Alaska Highway News, Local Journalism Initiative. Have a story idea or opinion? Email tsummer@ahnfsj.ca

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9183 Utility Trailers

5th wheel trailer

hitch, top brand Demco Hijacker, 16,000 lb. slider, phone 250719-9272.

1043

News of the Day

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1043

News of the Day

1055

Coming Events

Acquired Brain Injury Support Group: ABI Support group meets every 2nd & 4th Thursday of month at 6:00pm at the Northern Brain Injury Association office: #11-1405 102 Ave Dawson Creek. Please call 250-719-4673 for more information.

http://nbia.ca/

1043

News of the Day

1055

Coming Events

South Peace Historical Society

Meetings

Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

TOPS B.C. #3450, Arras meets every Wednesday at Cutbank Hall @ 10:00 A.M. For more info call LINDA AT 250-8437410 or LINDA AT 250-843-0033. Join us having fun while winning with weight loss

TOPS Evening Sessions Meet

Thursday at 6:00pm

New Beginnings

Baptist Church in DC, 10221-18th St

Phone: Judy 250-7829540 or Gail 250-782-7208 for more info.

1060

Community Notes

We’re here to help!

• PREVENTION

• EDUCATION

• SUPPORT Northern Brain Injury Association

1-866-979-HOPE (4673)

We’re here to help!

• PREVENTION

• EDUCATION

• SUPPORT Northern Brain Injury Association

1-866-979-HOPE (4673)

1090

Funeral Services

Reynar’s Funeral Services & Crematorium 1300 102 Avenue Dawson Creek, BC 250-782-2424

1-800-217-2299

wecare@reynars.com

1120 Found

Found Child’s CAT Toy Truck on Cecil Lake Road. Call 250-787-8784

1130 Meeting Place

PC Roots Group Meeting: 4th Saturday/month, 1:30pm, NAR Park in the small annex.

Getting started on family tree research, need help? Come learn & share experiences with other amateur genealogists. New members welcome. For more info call Lynn: 250-7824058, Anne: 250-7827137. peacecountryroots.ca

2025 Bicycles

For Sale: Huffy Mountain Bike. Steel Frame, 27in Wheels. Call 250789-3778

2026 Books, Coins, Stamps

Todd’s Coins: Buying gold, silver & coins

250-864-3521

2145 Wanted to Buy

Looking for School Desks and Playground Equipment for a School. Call Ernest at 780-926-9412

2215 Heavy Equipment

3521

Saddles & Tack

WANTED: Used Horseshoes. Call Ron at 780-774-2017 Western Saddle for Sale. Also have Boots, Cinches, Bridle and Halter. Call 250-7893778

3535 Livestock

Custom Built Livestock Shelters, Windbreak Panels and Rig Mats Built to Order. Delivery Options. 780-518-7469

1105 Obituaries

3563 Dogs

Bordoodle Puppies! Ready Sept 23. Vetchecked. Will make very smart dogs! By Grande Prairie. 780882-3541 St. Pyrenees puppies! (3/4-St

TOPS 3907: Take Off Pounds Sensibly Meet Thursday mornings 9:30 am New Beginnings Baptist Church 1022118th St. Phone Marge 780-864-5205 for more info.

1165 Volunteers

Home Senior Help Line at 250-219-2119 - for help finding services for seniors.

1405 Education

TAKE YOUR CONFIDENCE & communication a level. Get the career and family life of your dreams! Jon a Toastmasters International group near you. www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

2005 Antiques

Buying Antiques Coins, toys, tools advertising, & more Will buy bulk. Call/text 780-832-8216

2015 Art & Collectibles Complete Set of 1978 Ford Factory F150F350 Service Manuals.

A1 condition. Asking $250 Firm. 250-7855321

For sale: D7-17A Cat. Call for more info. 250-772-5407

2230 Tractors

1960 John Deere 830 Tractor. Good tires. Good running condition. Asking $10,000. Call Doug 780-8640522

1984 Case 4690 4WD Tractor. Single tires. Great running condition. Asking $18,000. Call Doug 780-8640522

Case 1175 2WD Tractor with loader. Great running condition. Asking $15,000. Call Doug 780-864-0522

For Sale: 3020 John Deere tractor. Asking $5000 OBO. Call 250789-3778

Have a 1947 Massey Ferguson Tractor. Looking to trade for something of similar value. 780-356-2411

3520 Horses & Tack

Looking for 3-horse angle-haul horse trailer. 250-759-4956

Wanted: large round horse hay bales within 45 minutes of Pouce Coupe, 250-786-5860 or Wonowon@shaw.ca

Victor James Collins

November 15, 1940

August 15, 2023

Victor Collins of Vancouver, formerly of Dawson Creek, passed away at Vancouver General Hospital on August 15th, 2023 at the age of 82 with his sisters Donna and Frances by his side.

Victor was the third born child to Walter and Margaret (Madge) Collins. He was born in St. Joseph’s hospital in Dawson Creek.

Vic graduated in 1958 from South Peace Senior Secondary. He went on to graduate from UBC with a degree in Education. He was an elementary teacher in several schools in Chetwynd and Dawson Creek and retired as the principal of Parkhill Elementary school after 25 years of service. Throughout his life Victor loved sports. He bowled, was a dynamite pitcher in the fast-pitch softball league and was an avid competitive curler. He also enjoyed playing bridge and was an excellent player.

When Vic retired to Vancouver, he bought a condo in Vancouver’s West End and lived there until his passing. He continued playing bridge, attending theater productions, reading, walking and joining his friends for the morning gabfest at Melriches Coffeehouse on Davie Street. Frequent walks in Stanley Park and along the seawall kept Victor healthy and in good shape.

Victor ate supper at Stepho’s on Davie Street and later the Olympia Greek restaurant on Denman almost every day for twenty-five years. He had “Vic’s table” by the window and the staff loved him for the gentleman he was.

Vic loved Puerto Vallarta and spent many winters there. He also had his favourite restaurant there where they celebrated his birthday each year.

Victor was predeceased by his parents Walter and Madge Collins, brother Walter Stanley (Stan) as well as brothers-in-law Ted Marsh and George Smith. He leaves to mourn four sisters Darlene Smith (Manitoba), Myrna (Herman) Frank (Switzerland,) Donna (Keith) Studley (Dawson Creek), Frances Marsh (Kamloops) and brother Ron (Lorraine) Collins (Dawson Creek), as well as cousins, nieces, nephews and many good friends.

In accordance with his wishes, there will be no service. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that those wishing to do so donate to a charity of their choice in Victor’s name.

Victor you will be missed. Rest in peace!

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1105

Obituaries

Swisscheesefondue

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ThischeesefonduefromSwitzerlandisapuredelight.

Servings:6

Ingredients

•1clovegarlic,crushed

•2teaspoonscornstarch

•1cupdrywhitewine

•400gramsGruyerecheese,grated

•200gramsVacherincheese,grated

•200gramsEmmentalcheese,grated

•1/2teaspoonfreshlygroundnutmeg

•Freshlygroundblackpepper,totaste

•2tablespoonskirsch

•1baguette,cutintocubes

Directions

1.Rubtheinsideofthefonduepotwiththecrushedgarlicclove.Add thecornstarchandwinetothefonduepotandwhisktocombine.

2.Turnthefonduepotuptomedium-high.Oncethewineishot, graduallyaddthecheeses,stirringtomeltthem.Seasonwithnutmeg andpeppertotaste.Finishwiththekirsch.

3.Servewithcubedbread.Guestscandipthebreadintothesauce e withafonduefork.

Inadditiontocubedbread,feelfreetoserveotherfoodsfordipping,such ascoldcuts,sausagesandvegetables.Letyourimaginationrunwild!

1105 Obituaries

Gunda Helene Napen

August 19, 1936 – September 2, 2023

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Gunda Napen, longtime resident of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the age of 87 years. Survived by her husband Lawrence, and children Dalvin Napen (Lynda), Lorraine Jessee (Dave), Shirley Hanson and Deanna Napen, 11 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.

Celebration of Life was held on September 11, 2023 at Reynar’s Funeral Home, followed by refreshments, light lunch and memory sharing at the Dawson Creek Senior Citizens Hall.

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6030 Houses for Sale

Log House on Moberly Lake, in-law suite, oak hardwood floors, on 5 acres. $345,000. 250-795-7990

SWITZERLAND

6045 Manufactured/ Mobile Homes

SRI HOMES (FSJ,BC) 16ft, 20ft, 22ft SingleWides now on Sale. Email salesfsj@pineridgemodular.com

Sales(Warren Martin) 250-262-2847

SRI HOMES (FSJ,BC) accepting orders for 24ft and 32ft DoubleWides. Email salesfsj@pineridgemodular.com

Sales(Warren Martin) 250-262-2847

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6065 Real Estate Services

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8102 Doors/ Windows

CUT THUMB DOORS & HARDWARE LTD 1004 100 Ave Dawson Creek, BC 250-782-9321

District of Chetwynd Notice of

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT APPLICATION

Pursuant to Section 499 of the Local Government Act RSBC 2015, the Council of the District of Chetwynd gives notice that it will be receiving an application at its October 3, 2023 Regular Council meeting from Dana Wilfur requesting approval for a Development Variance Permit to vary District of Chetwynd Zoning Bylaw 1150, 2023 on property located at Lot 2, DL 398, PRD Plan 25063 (5309 Hillside Avenue) to permit a 30 x 40 garage to be built next to his house, the maximum square footage of the garage, as well as the height and width of the garage on Lot 2 District Lot 398 Peace River District Plan 25063 (5309 Hillside Avenue) within District of Chetwynd boundaries.

Property owners who believe interest in their property may be affected by the proposed development variance permit may view the application and all other written information pertaining to this matter in detail at the Chetwynd District Office located at 5400 Hospital Road, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays, from September 6, 2023 to 4:30 p.m. on October 3, 2023. An opportunity for public input will be included during the Regular Council Meeting to be held October 3, 2023; submissions by email, fax or mail are also welcome before October 3, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

Any inquiries or public input on the above application should be referred to Deanne Ennis, Corporate Officer, Telephone: (250) 401-4100, Fax: (250) 401-4101, email: d-chet@gochetwynd.com or by writing the District of Chetwynd, P.O. Box 357, Chetwynd, BC, V0C lJ0.

Dated this 6th day of September, 2023.

D. Ennis Corporate Officer

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Home Hardware Building Centre

1628 Alaska Ave Dawson Creek, BC

250-782-7891

M&M Meat Market

11612 8th St Dawson Creek, BC

250-782-5525

Safeway Liquor Mile 0

10100 8th St #300

Dawson Creek, BC

250-782-6255

Save-On-Foods in the Dawson Mall

11000 8th St

Dawson Creek, BC

250-719-0149

Shopper’s Drug Mart in the Dawson Mall

11000 8th St Dawson Creek, BC

250-782-5903

Sobey’s/Safeway

11216 8th St Dawson Creek, BC

250-782-2253

The Brick

11616 8th St Dawson Creek, BC

250-782-7822

Walmart Supercentre 600 Hwy 2 Dawson Creek, BC

250- 719-0128

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9140 Collectibles & Classic Cars

Have a 1951 Dodge Fargo Truck. Looking to trade for a similar era truck. 780-3562411

9150 Sports & Imports

Have a 1975 Mercedes car. Looking to trade for a 60s era Mercedes. 780-356-2411

9158 Tires

Looking for 14in tires for a 1975 Mercedes car. 780-356-2411

9160 Trucks & Vans

WANTED: 2011 DieselDodge-RAM

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF POUCE COUPE

PO Box 190, Pouce Coupe, BC V0C 2C0 Phone: 250-786-5794 Fax: 250-786-5257 www.poucecoupe.ca

TAX SALE

Pursuant to Section 254 of the Community Charter of BC and Division 7, Section 647 of the Local Government Act of BC, The Village of Pouce Coupe hereby gives first notice to the property owners of the below listed properties of The Village’s intent to recover unpaid property taxes by way of Tax Sale on September 25th, 2023.

The following properties are slated to be sold at the Municipal Tax Sale on September 25th, 2023 at 10:00 AM at the Village Office:

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CANCER–JUN22/JUL22

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LEO–JUL23/AUG23

Youmaytakeimmensepleasurefrom doingmundanechoresthisweek, Leo.Washingwindows,organizingthe garage,sortingthroughunusedclothes …theseareallthingstokeepbusy.

VIRGO–AUG24/SEPT22

Yourchartlandsyouinthesectorof romance,creativityandpassionthis week,Virgo.Embracealloftheseelementsinyourlifetothefullest.

LIBRA–SEPT23/OCT23

Libra,eventhoughyouhavebeena veritablesocialbutterflylately,youmay needtorestyourwingsforalittlebit thisweek.Slowdownandstickcloser tohome.

SCORPIO–OCT24/NOV22

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SAGITTARIUS–NOV23/DEC21

5320 ELEVATOR RD

5012 51 AVE POUCE COUPE, BC

POUCE COUPE, BC

4819 54 AVE

POUCE COUPE, BC

5314 49 ST POUCE COUPE, BC

5312 49 ST POUCE COUPE, BC

5310 49 ST POUCE COUPE, BC

4, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER LAND DISTRICT, PLAN 1806

LOT 1, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER DISTRICT PLAN BCP41996

LOT 3, 4, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER DISTRICT, PLAN 3000

BLK A, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER DISTRICT, PLAN 3326

008-784-281

Sagittarius,definewhatyouconsider valuable,thendoeverythinginyour meanstopursuethosethings.Setting goalscanhelp.

CAPRICORN–DEC22/JAN20

2,454.28

013-752-421 013-752-511 $ 1,402.01

008-784-388$ 5,899.97

LOT 6, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER DISTRICT PLAN EPP12591 028-624-734$ 2,532.43

LOT 7, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER LAND DISTRICT, PLAN EPP12591 028-624-742$

LOT 8, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER LAND DISTRICT, PLAN EPP12591

LOT 11, SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 77, RANGE 14, WEST OF THE 6TH MERIDIAN, PEACE RIVER LAND DISTRICT, PLAN EPP12591

The tax sale shall be by way of public auction held in the Council Chambers of the Village Office, located at 5011 49th Avenue in Pouce Coupe. The starting bid for all properties is the upset price. All purchasers must pay in full within one hour of the auction in cash, debit, or certified cheque or the property will be promptly put back on tax sale. Bidders must be physically present, and no telephone or email bidding will be accepted.

Capricorn,getreadytotakecenter stagethesenextfewdaysandbask inthelimelight.Everyoneseemingly wantstogetapieceofyouandyou mightbepulledindifferentdirections.

AQUARIUS–JAN21/FEB18

Youarecomingoffofaseasonofeasy living,Aquarius.Butdon’texpectthe applecarttobeupset.Thetimesof smoothsailinghaveonlyjustbegun.

PISCES–FEB19/MAR20

It’sallaboutteamspiritrightnow, Pisces.Don’tdoanythingaloneforthe nextseveraldays.Youneedpeoplein yourcornercheeringyouandotherson.

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