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Approximately eight students have been removed by their parents from Parkland Elementary for a litany of reasons over the last few weeks – however the lynchpin seems to be after school officials switched Education Assistants within the school leaving parents and others in the dark about the move Mom Nadine Bovey Harris says school officials threw her two autistic sons under the proverbial school bus after a decision to remove the only qualified EA for toileting for her son – despite it being a significant part of his needs, education and development plan.

She pulled her two sons out of Parkland Elementary earlier this month after staff unilaterally changed her six-yearold son’s support worker without her knowledge.

“On (a) Friday we met at Parkland to talk goals, and map out a new plan for Ethan. We are agreeing on the plan and

set one. Then on Monday they removed the only Education Assistant he has ever known. I found out when I walked in to Parkland Tuesday, his EA was in another class,” she says.

“Even the EA didn’t know what was going on. We were told ‘it is what it is.’”

“There are only 50 kids at the school and when a few more parents take next steps, there will be closer to 40,” she says. Harris may be closer to actual attendance numbers than she knows.

A second parent says she pulled her two children for the same reason.

“Eight children have been removed over the last two weeks, and another six are looking at leaving,” says one parent.

The process is a huge piece of the plan being put in place – EA times, needs of each child, and more, however SD 59 officials say parents do not have final say on the matter.

“Parents have the right to consult – however they do not get final say on the decision,” says Candace Clouthier with SD 59, noting there was no comment on specific student cases, or concerns the

division is currently dealing with.

Previous case law regarding education of autistic children The BC Supreme Court ruled that the Abbotsford School District breached its statutory duty to meaningfully consult with a student’s parents regarding the education of their autistic child.

As a result of what is none provincially as “the Hewko case”, there are three main parent/child rights: The right to consult.

This means that the parents can not simply be “told”, but have a right to participate fully in their child’s education. They also have the right to be consulted prior to an aide being assigned. The aide must have “instructional control” over the child. This is not the same as “functional control”. The child does not need a babysitter. They need the right circumstances for learning.

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School District 59 trustees voted against recording their board meetings for public viewing at the February meeting.

Tumbler Ridge trustee Roxanne Gulick brought forward the idea, noting that many of the public can’t make the board meetings, which are typically held at 1 pm on Wednesdays and in Dawson Creek. (The March 13 meeting will be held in Chetwynd).

“It could possibly garner more interest,” says Gulick.

A camera is already in place in the Dawson Creek boardroom.

“The cost is minimal, it’s already installed,” says superintendent Candace Clouthier.

Some board members indicated a concern that recording meeting could change how they approach discussion.

“I would be concerned that it would change the behaviour of the board to more of a political focus than a student focus,” says Chetwynd trustee Crystal Hillton, noting discussion might be regulated more.

“Like everybody’s going to watch this, better say the right thing, as opposed to right now.”

DC Rural and Pouce trustee Travis Jones indicated that if they were recorded, meetings should be more formal.

Gulick noted she got the idea from Tumbler Ridge council, who record their meetings and put it online for the public to watch at anytime. (Many municipalities do this — Dawson records theirs, Pouce and the Peace River Regional District recently began recording their meetings). She notes that councillors don’t seem to be constricted by being recorded, nor are any more formal than they would be without a camera.

“I think people would be more relaxed that we aren’t these unapproachable people,” she explains.

Privacy laws regarding student presenters, and where to host the videos online were listed as concerns.

The motion to record board meetings on a trial basis until September was supported by Gulick, Jennifer Lalonde, and Chad Anderson, but was defeated.

The board asked staff to bring back more information on the matter of recording from other school district boards, and will bring it back for discussion at a later date. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Nice fair share, city looks to cut police positions from budget AUSTIN CozICAr Staff Writer

As part of the 2019 budget process, Dawson Creek City Council is looking at reducing the number of officers paid for by the City to 22 from 25.

The budget report estimates it would save the City approximately $365,000 on an annual basis.

However, that reduction is not reflected in the proposed 2019 budget.

The process, Mayor Dale Bumstead says, is more complicated than just council agreeing to the reduction.

“The reason there is no cost in there at this point is it’s a contract that we have with the federal government and provincial government in policing, so it’s not something we can just say we’re reducing it by three and we can go ahead and do that — there’s a whole process,” he explains.

“Even if a vacancy occurred and we said we don’t want to fill it, we may not have the ability to do that. That’s a process we go through with the federal government and provincial government under the agreement.”

The budget report states that upon a request by the City to reduce the number of officers “a review would take into account whether the proposed nomination would lower the level of resources below the level needed to deliver effective and efficient policing or to maintain public or officer safety.”

As well, the report notes “this reduction would take place as and when

vacancies occur and would not impact the existing members.”

The proposal was brought up in deliberations by council.

“Everything was on the table,” says Bumstead. “It was a topic brought forward by council and they said look is this an area we should consider and we haven’t been fully complemented at 25 members for a number of years now, do we need 25 members? So that’s how that discussion came about.”

At Monday’s council meeting, Councillors Blair Lekstrom and Jerimy Earl spoke in favour of the proposal.

“When we put this forward as an initiative, I didn’t conceive of it as we’re cutting services, so much as we’re bringing the budget into alignment with reality as it has been over the last three years,” says Earl.

“This is not taking members off the street,” says Lekstrom. “These are just part of the difficult choices we are going to make [. . .] We’re talking about [cutting] $1.3 million out of our operating budget this year, with the potential for $5 or 6 million over the coming years. The easiest cuts are in your first year.”

Last year saw a number of vacancies in the Dawson Creek RCMP. In a report that will be presented to council Monday, Staff Sergeant Damon Werrell notes that as of February 12, there are two hard vacancies remaining — the position needs to be filled, as opposed to soft vacancies, which are officers on leave — and he expects them to be filled by mid-March, “after which the

Mile 0 Communicators make it Toastmasters month

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Dale Bumstead was on hand with city councillors Jerimy Adam Earl and Amy Kaempf, to proclaim it Toastmasters Month with Mile 0 Communicators Toastmasters Club.

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Detachment will be fully staffed.”

At a previous meeting, Werrell said vacancies doesn’t necessarily mean holes.

“When I say we had vacancies, it doesn’t mean we were running with a bunch of holes,” explained Sgt. Damon Werrell at the January 28 Committee of the Whole meeting. “For example, we have a five man provincial traffic unit that was collapsed onto the detachment. The provincial came and filled the holes that we had, so we did carry vacancies, but those holes that were there were filled with provincial resources just in the short term so were able to provide our policing service and ensure the public safety and security of Dawson Creek.”

The City funds 25, while the Province funds four additional officers bringing the total capacity to 29.

Councillor Charlie Parslow was

against the idea to reduce the number of officers, making a motion to strike the item off of the operational cuts.

“Dawson Creek is one of the most dangerous places to live in Canada, and we need to correct that. We need the resources,” says Parslow.

Ultimately, the motion was defeated, with Lekstrom, Earl, Amy Kaempf, and Paul Gevatkoff voting against it.

A final decision on the matter won’t be made until after the public budget meeting on March 11 at 7 pm at the Coop Mercer Hall in the Encana Events Centre. Mayor Dale Bumstead says that he hopes the public comes with their concerns or ideas to the meeting.

“We always are looking for input from our community and residents on the budget.” reporter@dcdn.ca

DC 100 Women Who Care holding sixth meeting March 4 The Dawson Creek 100 Women Who Care will be hosting their semi-annual meeting March 4 at the George Dawson Inn. This is the sixth meeting for the group, who have given $85,000 to community initiatives so far.

At each meeting, the 100 (plus) women vote amongst three non-profits, who each give a five minute presentation, and choose one which each member donates $100. (A $10,000-plus donation in the end).

The most recent recipients of the

100 Womens’ donation was the Sunrise Rotary’s Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

For more information or to obtain a commitment form to join, email 100womendawsoncreek@gmail.com, join the “100 Women Who Care Dawson Creek Chapter” Facebook group, or contact by cell 250-219-4403 or 250784-4321. Commitment forms can also be found at Eats and Treats, the Dawson Creek Library, and City Hall. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Tough cuts planned in DC budget - public meeting March 11 AUSTIN COZICAR Staff Writer

In the second draft report of the City of Dawson Creek’s budget, several more of Council’s reduction strategies in the operating budget were revealed.

In the first draft, strategies included: reducing park maintenance standards by $400,000, removing funding for the project manager position and half of the building inspector position ($152,642), reducing the library budget by 10% ($59,400), reducing recreation programs with savings of $20,000, reducing promotional items for administration and develop-

ment services by 50% ($12,500), reducing travel and training by 20% ($110,941), reducing the use consultants by 43% ($326,057), reducing per diem from $125 to $75 ($9,140), and further reducing the administration budget by 7% ($140,000), as well as an increase to $376 per hour of August ice time.

While the total reduction number didn’t change between drafts — $1,351,867 — the list included in the budget “has been revised to itemize some resolutions that were pending further discussion with Union and other organizations.”

The one drawing the most attention from the public was reducing the RCMP member nomination from 25 members to 22. (Turn to p. 3 for more on that).

Newly revealed initiatives include removing funding from the Energy Management program ($15,601) and the Sustainability program ($17,626), as well as removing partial funding for the grant allocated to the Archivist position at the Historical Society to the tune of $30,000.

The second draft will be presented at the March 11 public meeting at the Co-op Mercer Hall in the Encana Events Centre at 7 pm. Council note that final decisions on reduction strategies and the budget will not be made until after public consultation.

Caribou Protection will do a half hour presentation including mapping, socio-economic impacts and on what they are hearing from other stakeholders.

MP Bob Zimmer, MLA Mike Bernier, and PRRD Area E Director Dan Rose are said to be guest panelists for both meetings, while DC councillor Blair Lekstrom will be at the one in Dawson, and Chet-

wynd councillor Clay Bassendowski will be in Chetwynd.

Both events are slated to run from 9 am to 12 pm on their respective Saturday. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Caribou closure town halls in South Peace planned in March The first two Saturdays of March will hold Caribou Closure town halls in the South Peace.

The first will go March 2 at the George Dawson Inn in Dawson Creek, while the next weekend will see the Chetwynd edition at the Pomeroy Inn & Suites on March 9.

Organizers say that the Concerned Citizens for

Science World is On the JUNIOR Road to Mile Zero and more SKILLS Science World is bringing its unique and entertaining science shows to Dawson Creek, Groundbirch, Chetwynd, Pouce Coupe and Tumbler Ridge. Thanks to Windsor Plywood Foundation, our Presenting Sponsor for the school visits, Science World’s On The Road team will visiting these communities from February 25 to March 1, performing at schools and participating in the Community Science Celebration, on March 2 in Dawson Creek.

Science World On The Road visits over 30,000 students each year at schools outside the Lower Mainland, who might not otherwise have a chance to visit Science World at TELUS World of Science.

The team’s high-energy gymnasium presentations are curriculum linked and will provide students with unforgettable science experiences.

The On The Road team will wrap up its visit by participating in the Community Science Celebration on Saturday, March 2. This free community event will include eyepopping shows, demonstrations and challenges, along with an opportunity to meet all the people in

the community doing cool science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) every day. Visitors can explore an ambulance, tour the local airplane hangar, learn about aboriginal medicine and more!

“We are thrilled to be participating in the Community Science Celebration in Dawson Creek,” said Jo-Ann Coggan, Director of Community Outreach for Science World. “It is a showcase of the community for the community and will profile local businesses, organizations and innovators. Science World will provide fun, dynamic science experiences for the whole family as part of this event.”

The community Science Celebration on March 2 will be at NLC DC from 10:30-4pm

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er 24-month probation order for possession of stolen property under $5,000. Boyle was • Riley James Boyle (born 1992) was sentenced to 14 days in jail for two separate sentenced to 150 days in jail and handed a counts of breach of undertaking.

24-month probation order for theft of motor vehicle. Boyle was handed another 24 • Braiden Lee Nolan (born 1993) was months of probation for possession of sto- handed a one-year probation order with a len property over $5,000. Boyle was ordered suspended sentence for theft $5,000 or unto provide a DNA sample and handed anoth- der.

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In the first look at the Pouce Coupe 2019-2023 operating budget at last Tuesday’s budget meeting, the areas of general government, environmental health, public health and welfare, and recreation will see a combined decrease of $35,887 — going from a budget of $1,111,438 in 2018 to $1,075,551 in the proposed budget.

This continues a downward trend in spending — in 2016, the Village budgeted $1,327,373 for the four categories.

“The important thing to highlight is that with all of these budget decreases, we’ve actually increased the amount of stuff we’re doing,” says CAO Chris Leggett.

The general government cost — administration, finance, town hall operations — sees the largest decrease going from $754,265 in 2018 to $712,423 in 2019.

Public health and welfare (animal control, bylaw and cemetery) also sees a decrease from $48,832 to $40,500.

Environmental health will, however, see an increase from $47,816 to $48,003 due to garbage truck repair estimates and union wage increases, and recreation will see a large increase of $14,100 to $274,625 due to additional Canada Day costs and museum operating costs.

All except environmental health also saw decreases in the actual amount spent compared to what was budgeted in 2018. general government saw $69,385 saved in actual spending, public health $17,162, and recreation $16,303. Environmental health saw a $2,202 increase from the budgeted amount in 2018. (Using unaudited numbers).

Upon being asked by council about what the tax increase for 2019 might look like, Leggett said he would recommend an average increase of $2 or $3 per month per household as they have been doing in previous years, although the decision would be up to council.

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Caribou discussions continue behind closed doors, say MLAs

After more cancelled caribou meetings and no answers, northern British Columbians are left in limbo, say MLAs Mike Bernier and Dan Davies.

Northern BC Liberal MLAs raised this issue in the legislature this week on behalf of their constituents who have shared concerns regarding closed-door meetings, limited local engagement and questionable comments by the Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources Operations and Rural Development.

“The minister talks about a made-in-BC solution, but so far I only see closed door meetings, cancelled information sessions and postponed promises,” added South Peace River MLA Mike Bernier. “Local MLAs and their constituents are being shut out of a process that should include all voices within the caribou territory, not just those in Victoria. I question how you effectively engage on a plan that does not connect with the local communities that will be most affected.”

“Over the past year British Columbians have been

kept completely in the dark over the mountain caribou issue,” said Peace River North MLA Dan Davies.

“One would think, with the minister presiding over a rural part of this province, that he would echo the concerns of all of his constituents. However given his comments over the weekend it seems that the minister is fine visiting his friends in an illegal blockade, but is fearful of British Columbians who have been legitimately asking for information that does and will affect their lives in rural parts of the province.”

“The minister claims that his staff did not have all of the information necessary for them to engage with locals and to hear their concerns, and keep cancelling multiple meetings last minute.” remarked Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett. “This seems like a stretch to me, as they have the information necessary for their supposed made-in-B.C. solution meetings with the federal government and local First Nations. The lack of information is worrying locals who

are concerned about not only the sustained health of the caribou population, but the health of other important aspects of rural northern life, like the resource economy and tourism industry.”

“People who work and raise their families in rural British Columbia deserve to be part of this process,” said Kootenay East MLA Tom Shypitka. “By refusing to meet them, the minister shows that he really doesn’t care about the opinions of hard-working British Columbians in rural B.C. Preliminary consultations on this have been devoid of local input. Why is the minister keeping British Columbians in the dark on decisions that will directly affect their lifestyle?”

Government claims that a draft version of the caribou recovery plan is expected this month.

Meetings are schedule for March 2 in DC and March 9 in Chetwynd to talk caribou. editor@dcdn.ca

Dawson Creek RCMP report for January At the time of this report the Detachment is carrying two hard vacancies (positions are not filled).

Both positions are expected to be filled by the middle of March after which the Detachment will be fully staffed.

RCMP statistical reporting was significantly modified and new rules were adopted, effect as of January 1st, 2019.

As a result of these changes statistical comparisons to months prior to January 1st, 2019 would not accurately reflect the correct information.

For this reason; moving forward, statistical comparisons will be made each month based on the previous month and not on the same month from the year before. For the month of January 2019 there will be no statisti-

cal comparisons made.

There have been 524 (75%) calls for service for the City of Dawson Creek and 174 (25%) in the rural surrounding area since January 1st, 2019. Comparative to last year for the same time period, this equates to a decrease in calls for service for the city of 2% and an increase of calls for service in the rural area of 2%. The following trends have been outlined for the period of January pertaining to offences regarding calls for service and pro-active investigations: • Theft of vehicle - 18 calls for service • Theft from vehicle - 7 calls for service • Break and Enter to Residence - 6

On January 21st the Dawson Creek RCMP had a BAIT car activation which lead to the arrest of two suspects; and also the recovery of a stolen truck (other than the BAIT car). Both suspects have been charged and their charges are before the courts.

There were additional commercial B&Es in Dawson Creek throughout January. Dawson Creek RCMP have recently made a significant arrest in relation to the B&Es in the City of Dawson Creek which have occurred throughout the last 6 months. More information will be provided when able.

calls for service • Break and Enter to Business - 12 calls for service • Assault/Assault with Weapon/Aggravated Assault - 19 calls for service • Sexual Assault/Sexual Interference - 2 call for service • Drug Possession/Drug Trafficking - 3 calls for service • Drug Overdose - 1 call for service • Impaired Driving (alcohol and drug), 24hr Suspensions, Immediate Roadside Prohibition - 8 calls for service • Motor Vehicle Accident - 46 calls for service • Theft (including shoplifting) - 32 calls for service • Mental Health - 28 calls for service

(Damon P Werrell) S/Sgt Detachment Commander Dawson Creek RCMP

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Rated by Maclean’s as #16 of Canada’s most dangerous cities and an increase in RCMP call volume last year by 2.5% and the City is proposing cutting RCMP positions? Where is the logic in this? We need more RCMP not less - Christine Dawn According to this article the number of calls per year works out to 26 per day. You’re darn right about needing more not less! It’s going to come down to reactive policing not proactive!

- Violet Andrus Every one who can should attend the budget meeting at the city to protest this !

- Laurie Wilson You could have a 1000 of them here and it would only increase the fines on the working class man. Too scared to mess with real criminals!!!

- Cory Neufeld NOT! in favor of this idea!! surely you can cut spending in other less important places.

- Laura Studley Vamplew I’m sure the business getting their windows smashed and ransacked will love this. - Cody Skopnik So extend the runway and buy a house for out of town patients but cut cops.... how can you make cuts to emergency services but spend money on the runway extension?

- Alex Pfeifer This would be a huge mistake, we need more, not less! The police resources are already too little as is, taking away from the resources already in place would be a really bad idea.

- Jo Jo Price If the police are cut we might as well hand our stuff right over to all the thieves and do it with a smile and a thank you. This isn’t right!!!!!

- Vivienne Kenesky Cannot investigate crimes because of a shortage of officers!!!

- Linda Formaniuk This isn’t what we need we need

more police officers!

- Trisha Sheppard More not less, as our city grows so do our needs.

- Lana Costley Schmidt Goodman Sorry to say but how about stop spending money on stupid stuff and put it where it’s needed cut members isn’t going to help your cap because now you have to pay more overtime to them and cutting RCMP members is a very bad decision on the city’s part.

-Shane Lovell That’s just ridiculous Who’s idea was this? You should go back to bed cause you still got your jammies on. Turns out, people still surprise me.

- Colleen Tkachanko Dont we want people to move their families to Dawson? And for Dawson to be a safe town again?

- Tara Ellison Can the people vote on the two most useless?

- Cody Skopnik

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According to those being robbed, and those doing the robbing with their continued efforts, there was little being done about the downtown break ins until a Saturday morning when business owners started sharing stories and talking signage.

Storeowners were telling us no investigations were being conducted at all into the robberies.

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luck.”

Then all of a sudden, more conversations with the community, a community meeting or three, and the crime scenes become CSI: Mile Zero, according to business owners.

Pouce Coupe is in the middle of stomping out these type of developments by not granting them business licenses.

Rumours are another municipality is looking at funding their own constables as DC looks at cutting RCMP positions.

Over the last month, there has been nothing but a proliferation of calls to this office from ratepayers, residents, parents, and more saying “something isn’t right,” on all kinds of topics and quote, unquote governing bodies, and general organizations.

Suspect(s) have since been caught.

That’s how it works - the community tells us where to go - what to work on.

The Soldiers of Odin felt the need to silently start and build a chapter for citing community safety, potential patrols, and other collaborative non profit-like reasons.

I get people don’t like to bring up crack houses, if you don’t even acknowledge problems, they can never be addressed - only glossed over and turned into talking points.

Last fall around the same time as all of the above, we all heard during both council candidate and mayoral debates about crack houses, flop houses, and more.

From chemical dumping, to oil and gas concerns in the field, to investigations quashed, to the sex trade operating with damn near store fronts and more, with people looking the other way. These are stories that have walked into this office and activated us.

Residents were saying nothing was being done - I contend nothing will be done. In DC.

We’ll look into these stories just

like we will interview the homebrew store for a homebrew story, or an accountant’s office for a tax tale.

Some of this stuff I thought I’d left behind a lifetime ago as a reporter but we’ll bring in the big city if you’d like. Seems like there are big city problems here.

As one news organization claimed they were working on sex trade investigations, they were also advertising for a brothel quite literally three blocks away from their mountain-like HQ. I know because I was standing in it - you have to see these things for yourself - then they are not up for nonsensical debate like personal truths, or second hand knowledge.

Not to sound like a fictitious archaeologist totem of mine, but we’re not in the search for truth around here - we’re in search of the facts.

Because the fact is the truth will change depending on the mouth from which is flows.

We’ll look into these stores as well, too. We have the time. And it seems everyone else may be a bit short on people power these days.

Until next time, managing editor Rob Brown

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NICHOLS: Your prescription this week is eat, drink, be thankful It was during the early years of the 20th century that European-descent settlers, following the traders, started bumping over the muddy, rootbound trails into the vast and fertile Peace River District toting all their mortal goods in the narrow boxes of high-wheeled wagons rattling behind sweaty horses as they shake their heads, flick their ears, and swish their tails against the swarming black flies and mosquitoes already well established in the area.

As the settlers rested their hopeful, wandering eyes on the rivers, the valleys, and the tree-shaded meadows, they were refreshed. But their dreams were not of the riches that might lie far beneath the soil. Neither were these thoughts in the minds of those who followed their tracks to this land of new promise and new beginnings – at least not for several decades.

Like their forebears who pushed west across North America for three hundred years before them, their thoughts were on land, soil, trees, and water. Where the soil produced healthy trees, where the water ran free, that’s where they would build their cabins and their fences, clear the first land, turn the first sod, and plant their first crops.

Many of them would pause from time to time and give thanks to their

Creator for the good land they had found, for the crops it yielded, and for the prosperity the soil provided in exchange for their sweat and blisters and aching muscles. And this is where they would build their first churches and schools.

Some, as always, took their blessings for granted, worked hard, and prospered as the rain fell equally on all.

It was not an easy life but it was a richly rewarding life as children came, grew, matured, and built homes of their own. Many of the farms established a century ago are still in the families today.

Populations increased; society became more complex. Commerce expanded; towns grew. Nearby forests lured the entrepreneur and sawmills were established. Still, agriculture was the mainstay of the economy. Agriculture is always the mainstay of the economy. A town, a city surrounded by fields of grain and hay with livestock grazing in green pastures is a town or city that can look expectantly to a long and happy existence.

So it has been throughout history; fast forward to the present: so it is now.

Take a flight over our great North East.

Fly east, fly west, go north and south.

Shut out the industrial sites that have grown up over the last half century.

What do you see? Farms, ranches, fields of hay and grain, livestock grazing in verdant pastures. Signs and evidence of hope, peace, and present prosperity.

No, I am not putting down industry.

Industry has brought great additional wealth to our world far and near. But agriculture in our area has for too long experienced the short end of the stick.

It’s time our farmers and ranchers received the recognition and respect they are due for the enormous contribution they have made and continue to make to the good of society.

I called this land “our great North East” because we live here, plow its soil, plumb its depths for riches, extract its hidden treasures, and harvest its forests. But is it really ours?

Certainly we have the legal use of the land for various purposes though too often we have abused our privileges through ignorance or greed. But can anyone rightly claim to own the land?

Can anyone rightfully claim to own any piece of this good earth? Even our elected governments can exercise the right of eminent domain to expropriate the land we might have lived on for generations, with compensation, of course – all for the common good.

I submit that the answer to the two questions above is negative. As human beings the Creator has given us

the right and responsibility to manage the land, care for its human beings, fauna, and flora, and use its resources with discretion born of wisdom and experience. It’s all spelled out in the user manual. But call it “my” land in an absolute sense, no.

In our economy we have delegated many of the responsibilities for management and care to our elected governments with the understanding that if our governments mismanage or abuse their delegated responsibilities the electors may relieve them of office in due course. It’s just the way we do things – decently and in order like the Creator would expect. And we rightfully expect that our governments will involve the electors in major decisions before the decisions are made.

Oh, by the way, thousands of years before our time the Ancients had something to say about agriculture: “He who tills [the] land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough [and] whoever keeps the [apple]tree will eat its fruit.”

So let us eat the fruit of this good land, quaff its pure water, and be thankful.

Merlin Nichols Columnist

SNYDER: See the face on the TV screen?

SNOW, OH NO! In California, the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area had TEN FEET of snow in four days. If you look at a map of California, the shape of the state kind of resembles a ski hill. (By the way: It must be stressful to work in a bank near a ski resort)

LIGHTSABER LAUGH: We start news chewing in France, where lightsaber dueling is now a recognized sport. It may spread to Canada. People do battle with pretend lightsabers. Gee, this is a great sponsorship opportunity for Duracell batteries.

My question for “Star Wars” fans: How many nearsighted Jedi knights died because they were holding their lightsaber the wrong way around when they turned it on?

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO: Sunday night in Hollywood it was the Oscars. Over many years of watching the Oscars I’ve noticed something strange, maybe you saw this Sunday. When movie stars accept their Oscar statue they always turn it over and look at the base. Maybe they’re checking for a label: “Dishwasher Safe”.

CABLE CHAOS: Last week there was panic in Dawson Creek and Fort St John when cable TV went out. Shaw TV received hundreds of calls from panicky people before service was restored. Cable TV lets you be entertained by people you wouldn’t have in your home. The choice of programming is varied.

For example, the American news channels. You can pick between the “Everything is terrible in the USA’ news channel - or the “Everything is wonderful in the USA’ news channel.

PARTICULARLY POLITICAL: In Ottawa the big scandal continued. Was the Attorney-General pressured by the PM’s office to intervene in a corruption prosecution? Many commentators say we need politicians to be more transparent. Politicians and transparency go together like Cruella DeVille and Dalmatian puppies.

MONTANA MEMO: Thousands of Americans have signed a humorous online petition to sell Montana to Canada and use the proceeds to pay down their national debt. I say “No thanks. We have all the beautiful scenery we need. There’s some of it we haven’t looked at yet”.

BLOOD BULLETIN: Feeling tired and old? There’s a warning that getting a transfusion of “young blood” is risky. Apparently there are ads on the Internet offering transfusions of blood from young donors. If you’re not sure this is right for you start with a small dose. Maybe just an armful. One old guy had a young blood transfusion. Now he spends all day listening to Justin Bieber music, texting, and putting Clearasil on his face.

SEAWORLD: At SeaWorld in San Diego, 16 people were trapped for four hours in a gondola. Big deal. Hundreds of dolphins, seals, killer whales and sharks have been trapped at SeaWorld for years.

on an airline flight. By the way: If you’re born on a plane you do not get free air travel for life. That’s a myth. Although throughout your lifetime you can drop by the airport anytime, even if you don’t have a ticket, they will frisk you, free of charge.

SHATNER SINGS: William Shatner (Captain James T Kirk) has a new album of country music, it includes the track “Beam Me Up”. Captain Kirk was a country music fan. I remember an episode of “Star Trek” where a sliding door on the Enterprise malfunctioned and squished Kirk’s big cowboy hat.

FAT FINE: The Russian government may start fining citizens for being overweight. Maybe we could try that here. The police could hand out “fat tickets”.

Imagine the scene: A cop pulls you over. He says: “Sir, step out of the car and onto the scale”.

CRUISE NEWS: Tom Cruise is currently filming “Top Gun 2” onboard an aircraft carrier. Crew members have been instructed not to talk to Tom, he doesn’t want to be distracted. I guess being as weird as Tom Cruise takes a lot of concentration.

DRAGON DETAIL: Peace Country movie fans enjoyed the new film “How To Train Your Dragon, 3”. The saddest thing about being a fire-breathing dragon? You can never blow out the candles on your birthday cake. I hear many of today’s young dragons have switched to vaping. chewsthenews@fastmail.com

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Harris says her son’s EA was the only qualified EA to work with toileting.

“She had been his EA since he started school there. They didn’t know about the switch any more than I did, this was a unilateral one that made no sense. All they did was switch Ethan’s EA with my other autistic son Aiden’s EA. The one EA being laid off was a result of me pulling my kids - as the funding was no longer there to cover her hours,” says Harris.

So while not fired, officials note one EA is hoping to be able to work at a different district school, but did lose a position at Parkland.

Harris says like many parents, she is frustrated that it seems no one includes guardians on information related to their own children.

“Nobody tells us anything.”

Harris said she had little choice but to remove her children from the school.

“I have no choice I am sending him into this place for a complete failure- you see that as a parent and you have to do something,” she says.

They assured us were working towards his targets and goals as outlined with the school and division, and they just flipped it all he could have been sitting in his own feces – and they don’t seem to care about that.

Something is wrong.”

She says an apology did come from SD 59 – not from anyone related to the decision that was made, however.

“I received an apology for what happened.

I brought forward my ideas on how to prevent situations like this from happening again, including paperwork on what meaningful consultation is,” she said. While Harris has already pulled two of her kids – another parent speaking without attribution said they were also looking at a move.

“If our kids are at risk – what else can we do? I have very little trust in the school for the care of children. It’s the same reason I’m not giving you my name,” they said.

“Why does it have to get to a level of going to media to get the attention of SD 59? It’s absurd.”

A fourth parent says there are days now when there is no one with First Aid training in the building, and that other parents are considering moves.

“One of the EAs had the appropriate first aid training, but she has been let go. Now there is only one EA with double the work, double the students under her care, it makes no sense. If another staff is missing, there is no one trained at the school.”

Harris says there seems to be little to no responsibility or oversight.

“They were lining up to have my son sit in his own feces.”

Another previous court decision On November 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) handed down a landmark decision on disability rights. The Moore case says that students with disabilities are entitled to receive the accommodation measures they need to access and benefit from the service of public education. In this regard, the Court said that adequate special education is not “a dispensable luxury”. The Court acknowledged that such measures serve as “the ramp that provides access to the statutory commitment to education made to all children in British Columbia.” editor@dcdn.ca

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Budget misses balanced approach BC needs Mike Bernier, MLA Peace River South Those of us who call Northern BC home know there are fundamentals when it comes to our finances. We live in resource communities and we know resource prices can turn on a dime. And because of this we know we have to invest today to make sure we remain prosperous tomorrow.

This tends to make us a conservative bunch. I’m not talking about the ballot box, but about our finances.

We know that we can’t commit to spending tomorrow based on today’s windfall. That would put everything we worked so hard for at risk. When we commit to spend, whether it’s taking on a mortgage or getting a loan to grow a small business, we know we have to stick to what we can afford,

and only commit to bills we can keep paying in a worst-case scenario.

Sitting through the budget speech last Tuesday in Victoria, it became clear the NDP government needs to learn a lesson in a balanced approach, and they need to learn it fast.

If they don’t, all the job-creation and economic strength build up over the past 16 years could be lost.

The budget aimed grabbing headlines and votes by making big spending promises. But there was no plan along with that spending to make sure those promises can be paid for.

The budget actually mapped out taking on $400 million in new public debt per month over the coming years. And the resource sector they are counting on to pay the bills? Taxpayer pockets. They are hiking taxes by $1,100 per person and $2,500 per

family.

Buried in the budget are a lot of numbers that don’t grab as many headlines. It’s the stuff so many people think is boring – like economic outlooks and financial assumptions.

And the story buried in those numbers is clear – there are economic challenges ahead. We already know that problems in Europe, and U.S. trade conflicts with China, threaten our economic stability. A multitude of forces are fighting to keep Canada from selling its oil and gas to the world and getting a fair price.

One of those worrying numbers?

The BC government is already expecting resource revenues to fall by 30 per cent. This means there could less activity in the sectors that drive our economy, and our communities, here in the Peace.

That is where Budget 2019 is a staggering failure. There isn’t a single idea or initiative put forward to try to reverse declining resource revenues, or to try and strengthen the jobs and the economic activity of the resource sector on which so much of our province, and so many of our families, depend.

The government has already failed to deliver its child care and poverty reduction plans. If they continue to ignore the resource economy, there’s little chance they will be able to afford their headline-grabbing new promises.

A budget needs to take a balanced approach – weighing what’s sustainable, and investing in things that will strengthen that stability. On that count, last week’s budget was anything but balanced.

Hannah O’Brien and the doggie diet Hannah O’Brien Columnist Recently the dog and I had checkups in the same week, and, even odder, our results were similar. We are both in overall good health, except for the fact that we are a little, ummm, corpulent. His veterinarian suggested we feed him on a schedule as opposed to whenever the dish is empty, and mine told me the same. Kidding!

But I am pre-diabetic and needed to radically modify my diet. On top of a new eating regime, the dog and I are

supposed to get more exercise. Fine, we can do that. Turns out exercise is the easy part. The dog and I aren’t the only ones getting a workout these days, so is my willpower. I thought my daily allotment was expended on avoiding alcohol in the morning, and not texting while driving, turns out it’s now keeping me from eating myself into a coma. My office is always full of delicious, and forbidden, snacks. It’s a nightmare. If my self-control ever diminishes, I hope there’s a squad of diet enforcers who’ll patrol the streets looking for illegal overeaters. They’d

pull me over and find some contraband in my car. Is that an Oh Henry ma’am? Well, ahem, yes officer but…

You do realize that you are not supposed to be eating that ma’am? Yes… I do…but I had a really long day at work and… Ma’am I’m going to have to ask you to step out of the vehicle.

That’d learn me. Or I’d end up going underground like a delinquent, sneaking black-market snacks into the house via tunnels. Unfortunately, one of those scenarios will never occur. I quit smoking a few years back and find this much harder. The thing

is, I could survive without smoking. I cannot survive without food. Don’t get me wrong, quitting anything is really hard, so when I quit smoking what did I do? I turned to food. If I can quit smoking, I know I can do this too. I just need to find a suitable replacement for carbs, and it won’t be you cauliflower!! I see you pretending to be all the carbs you soooo are not, why can’t you just be yourself? In any case, it’s good we are on the road to health, I hope we don’t get lost.

Pouce Coupe special and capital proejcts list gets the greenlight The Village of Pouce Coupe council gave their approval to a 2019-23 Special and Capital Projects list with 19 items in 2019 for a total of $815,335.

The big ticket item in the most recent revision is the Skate Park which has $325,000 slotted in 2019. With just over $150,000 already spent, $250,000 was plotted in the preliminary version, but plans for landscaping in 2020 and lighting in 2021 were directed by council to all be done in 2019.

(CAO Chris Leggett acknowledged this could delay the end date past Canada Day, as had been projected). $60,000 is pegged in every year of the five year plan for paving. $50,000 is in the 2019 column for boundary extension and street lights.

upgrades were scratched off the list, while council decided rather than a $200,000 project to upgrade sewer lines, to put $100,000 a year in to a sewer reserve.

Late items added in the first meeting to the list included a film investment for $25,000 split over three years, and $25,000 for museum exterior repairs. $115,000 for a lagoon low meter in 2019 generated discussion at the most recent meeting, considering the meter itself costs about $8,000, with Council requesting staff to obtain more quotes, as they asked for regarding museum repairs. (The flow meter would be covered by a $93,000 grant according to the list).

In the initial draft, there were 29 projects were initially presented in the preliminary list, with a 27 of them slotted in 2019 for the value of $1,092,000.

The Skate Park, paving, asset management, boundary extension, sidewalks, lagoon flow meter, and recoding chart of accounts were up for pre-approval.

$50,000 for a bike/multi-use path project was moved to 2020, which would see $100,000 spent over two years.

Council gave approval to the list with the caveat that “anything that has to be done in the Village needs three quotes.”

Numerous beautification projects were delayed until 2020, as was a sand shelter project and Pouce Park upgrades. $25,000 of post office interior

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Nurses at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital had fun reading the book “ Murphy Mondays,” illustrated by Wembly’s Wendi Nordell. Veresen Midstream LP purchased and donated 150 books to be available for nurses and doctors at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital to give to children needing extra comfort during a hospital visit. Left to right: manager Joelle Adams, Ashlyn, Erin Zier Vogel, Lyndsey Greenhalgh, and Terri Sandnes. COZICAR

Nawican hosting Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day The event will be held at Nawican from 11 am to 2pm March 16. Dancers,

music, guest speakers, food and more.

IWD at the GDI The Dawson Creek Literacy Society is co-hosting an event for IWD March 12 at noon.

For more information, call 250-7824211.

Feel Good Jacket slips back onto Mile Zero St. Patrick’s Day might be more widely associated with pints of Guinness than Irish cuisine, but that does not mean revelers cannot indulge in some tasty food this March 17th. Those with a day of celebration ahead may want to start their day off with this recipe for “Irish Potato Bread” from Linda Collister’s “Quick Breads” (Ryland, Peters & Small). The bread can be served alongside a pile of bacon and just-cooked eggs to make for a delicious, hearty breakfast.

Irish Potato Bread Makes 8 Serves 4

13⁄4 cups smooth mashed potatoes (1 very large cooked potato or 2 medium) 3⁄4 cup self-rising flour 1⁄4 teaspoon powdered mustard 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt Several grinds of black pepper 1 tablespoon snipped chives or 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 extra-large egg, beaten Butter for frying Mix the mashed potatoes with the flour, mustard, salt, pepper, and herbs. Do this with a wooden spoon, not a food processor (otherwise, you’ll get a gluey mess).

Work in the beaten egg to make a firm dough. If it is very soft and sticky, work in a little more flour.

Turn out the dough onto a floured work surface, flour your hands, then knead the dough once or twice to make a smooth ball. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions and shape each one into a small cake, about 21⁄2 inches across.

When ready to cook, heat a little butter in a large heavy skillet, preferably nonstick, and cook the breads over medium heat for about 7 minutes on each side, until they turn good golden brown and are slightly puffed. Serve immediately. PC183828

A band making in roads in the Peace region is back for a handful of engagements up and down the Alaska Highway.

Feel Good Jacket bills themselves as the musical love child of Metallica, Bowie, and Blondie. The three piece is barely a year old now, and their new album, Battle Rock, has been getting its live legs underneath it ans the band

has developed their live show over the last half year.

Thursday, March 7 sees Feel Good Jacket at Boston Pizza before heading to Casey’s to play the John March 8.

The band slips up to Fort Nelson for a private gig before back to DC for a Sunday March 10 Iron Relics unplugged show.

PRRD increases solid waste requisition The Peace River Regional District board agreed to avoid short term borrowing. They instead increased their solid waste requisition by 31.98% to cover over $5 million of solid waste capital projects this year — increasing the tax rate to $0.3053/$1,000 of Converted Residential Assessment on improvements from $0.2399/$1,000 in the draft budget.

With $6,978,120 in the solid waste capital reserves, the PRRD has $5,352,500 of capital projects in solid waste for 2019 alone, and about $2.4 million lined up in 2020. They needed to do something to come up with the money.

Staff advised against draining the capital reserve.

Other options for funding the projects presented to the board by staff

included short term borrowing of over $2 million and $4 million with corresponding tax rates for requisitions.

Ultimately Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser indicated his preference to not engage in short term borrowing, which would include debt servicing. The board agreed to the motion to just increase the requisition rather than engage in borrowing.

For solid waste capital — just part of the solid waste requisition — the rate was set at $0.0964/$1,000, which would see $2,314,500 generated through the requisition. The other $3,038,000 would come via the capital reserve.

After the vote passed, board directors noted they still need a 5-10 year capital plan and to decide how much to put in reserves each year. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Runway extension costs go up to $1.82 million - city still on board AUSTIN COZICAR Staff Writer

The cost of the Dawson Creek’s share of the runway project with a grant application has gone up to $1.82 million with other costs looming.

A recently released Preliminary Cost Estimate and Preliminary Design Report, the project is now estimated at $7,293,714.50, meaning that the City’s share increases to $1,823,428.62 — requiring the City to put away $223,428.62 in the 2020 budget.

In addition to the grant requirements, $311,010 would be needed to overlay the turning button if the runway is extended — while it is not cov-

ered in the grant, it would need to be done, and thus bring up the extra costs so far to over $530K for the 2020 budget.

There are a number of unknowns remaining. Reports on zoning and obstacle limitation surfaces are still being worked on, which would impact costs.

The possible sterilization of land to the east of the airport is another unknown, with Mayor Dale Bumstead saying the landowner has been in contact with the City with their concerns.

At the January 17 council meeting, council gave the go-ahead applying to a BC Air Access Program grant that would cover 75% of the cost of the project, and effectively committed $1,275,000 to cover the rest of the

then costed at $5.1 million project if the grant was successful. The City had $1.6 million in reserves for the project.

While the unknowns remain, staff needed an answer on whether council was willing to commit the extra $223K to the project, saying the grant gave them two weeks from February 18 to update the numbers, thus requiring a quick decision.

Councillor Paul Gevatkoff spoke in favour of moving forward with it, noting the importance of the airport and for a longer runway to allow more aircrafts to land at the airport.

“We’re at a critical point in this process,” he says. “We need to make this investment now and demonstrate to industry that we can accommodate them

and that we want them to use Dawson Creek as their service centre.

“When we’re talking about economic development, we need to have something here to attract business.”

Councillor Charlie Parslow was against the idea, noting the costs will likely continue to rise.

Councillor Blair Lekstrom was reticent about the unknown costs, as well.

He put forward an amendment noting their support for the application includes the ability for the City withdraw the grant application if the costs continue to rise.

Council approved the amended motion, with Parslow voting against. reporter@dcdn.ca

ENERGY

A look at Coastal Gaslink work upcoming in the PRRD

TransCanada planning Groundbirch pipeline expansion TransCanada are planning a 24 km pipeline expansion to loop the western section of the Groundbirch Mainline to increase the capacity on the NOVA Gas Transmission (NGTL) system.

It will begin near the Groundbirch East receipt meter station and end near the Dawson Creek receipt meter station.

TransCanada officials say it is similar to the Tower Birch construction which wrapped in 2017, albeit on a smaller scale.

“We’re in pretty early days of this project. At the end of last year, we started chatting with communities, with indigenous groups, with landowners about this project and giving them some idea of what it might look like,” says Catie O’Neal, Public Affairs, West-

ern Canada with TransCanada.

They are looking to file a Section 58 application with the National Energy Board “most likely” in March.

“Assuming we get those regulatory approvals, our plan would be to start construction in the first quarter of 2020, that would be a lot of more early work activity, so clearing and stuff like that, grading. Tentatively that would start in February,” O’Neal explains.

Mainline construction would begin in the second quarter of 2020, with the project anticipated to go in service November 1, 2020.

Peak workforce on Tower Birch was 850 to 900. This will see an anticipated peak of 400 to 450, and because of that will use existing accommodation. reporter@dcdn.ca

possible, so we’re not drawing on the resources of the municipalities or the Regional District wherever we can,” says O’Neal.

There are two stockpile locations in the PRRD sections,

one about 10 km west of Chetwynd, and one at the Sukunka River camp.

“After the construction crews have gone away, most of the work area is returned to its previous state as much is prac-

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The two main camps in sections 1 and 2 are the Sukunka River camp about 40 km southwest of Chetwynd, which would be used over three construction seasons, and the Chetwynd camp which is about 6.5 km south of Chetwynd.

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The workload is split into eight sections — of which, sections one and two fall in the Peace Region. Surerus Murphy is the contractor for these two sections. (Surerus Murphy is a joint venture between Fort St. John-based Surerus Pipeline and J. Murphy & Sons, headquartered in London, UK).

“Talking about our 2019 construction program, this is really all about getting access to the right of way, so the facilities, the actual pipeline construction work will be taking place more in 2020. This 2019 work has a lot to do with clearing mostly and building the access roads that we require,” says Catie O’Neal, Public Affairs, Western Canada with TransCanada.

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If you’re looking to take the family tribe out over a weekend or better yet for Spring break, think about this type of action-packed trip cross border to Grande Prairie to help disrupt your Peace.

Art Gallery of Grande Prairie – feast for the eyes, ears, and brain There is more than meets the eye at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie – and right now it is all about sensory over-

Glamour & Vapours is a screening of video works by Canadian artists Lorna Mills and Karilynn Ming Ho that interrogates (and integrates) screen culture and capacity for visual and sensory overload.

Elements of the exhibitions often bring audio into the mix for attendees as well. The Art Gallery of GP is quite simply world class - with Londoners visiting the gallery’s most recent opening of Itchiku Kubota’s Mountain Kimono installation.

A completely interactive Carlstrom Family Green Space allows youngsters to work on crafts that directly reflect existing work on display in the gallery.

The space is an interactive gallery and self-directed studio space located on the second floor.

Since September 2009, we have dedicated a space in the gallery to the interactive exploration of and response to art. It is a great way for parents to connect their kids to the importance of museums, why they are part of the cultural zeitgeist, says Melanie Jenner, gallery administrator “Families can learn about the exhibit and the real artists we are featuring - and can recreate their own versions

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of the works,” adds Jenner, looking at hundreds of miniature kimonos reflecting the Kubota Kimono installation.

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie is not all about international touring artists - there is plenty of Canadian content on the walls and contained within the permanent collection of the gallery.

“We’ve more than 800 pieces in the permanent collection, including 14 Allan Sapp works. It is really incredible to have these types of works with us, in this case from such a celebrated Cree artist,” says Jenner.

On March 19, 2007 almost half of the Gallery collapsed under the heavy snow load on the roof. The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie opened in its current location in the Montrose Cultural Centre in 2009. The collapsed building was restored allowing the Art Gallery to fully open the restored building in 2012, and continue the initial plans of connecting the 1929 building to the Montrose Cultural Centre.

It is hands on for young and old at Wembley’s Phil Currie Museum The Philip Currie Museum is an interactive learning marvel - please touch is the mantra within its walls and about most of the artifacts on display.

Make it your first stop away from Mile Zero, or let the dino knowledge devour you on the way back home to Dawson Creek. Located in Wembley, the museum is all about the tactile interactions with young and old – and is a great way to open, or close your weekend adventure with some handson dinosaur knowledge.

“You go to many museums say do not touch. We have signs that say ‘please touch this,’ ‘please handle that,’” says Brittany Kelsey, event coordinator with the Currie Museum.

The Phil Currie is indeed an immersive experience for the ages. All ages of history, and manner of people.

Ones inner child is bound to come out with the interactivity and hands on approach to the entire facility. Kids can stand and look through a glass bottom floor to see what bones are being uncovered, or what bone beds the museum might be working on in the field, next. Video screens can be aimed at hanging exhibits in the museum to reveal more information.

“We do get a lot of parents catching themselves, saying ‘don’t touch that,’ and then realizing, no, the kids should be encouraged and to go for it,” says

Kelsey.

This aspect certainly does allow parents to relax a bit and allowing the younger members of the family to explore, hunt, and learn about dinosaurs in their own way, with their own adventure. The museum is literally a playground in the Wembley community - inside and out.

Kelsey says often the museum, Wembley and nearby campgrounds combine forces for a full-day of family programming.

“We are trying to build relationships with our neighbors that only help getting families and travellers to stop and spend some time here.”

Syncing up with British Columbia’s family day has also been key in bringing more bodies to the museum.

“This is a place where the community and travellers can come and enjoy what we have.”

This can be dinos, a T-Rex burger in the Dine-O-Saur restaurant from executive chef Antonio Magnone, or a Gin and Jazz evening for adults, there is a diverse amount of programming going on under Phil Currie’s roof.

Upcoming events at the Currie include; a March 15 PD Camp. Looking for something to take the kids to during a PD Day – well this is it. They also roll on April 12 and June 7. March 25 to 29 sees a Spring Break Camp for 7 to 11 year olds. Adventure back to the land before time - find out what it is like to be a real life paleontologist and examine actual found fossils. July and August bring summer day camps for aged 4 to 16. Discover the adventure.

If you ‘d like to be a paleontologist for a day - they can do it – check out the Philip Currie Museum online right now at dinomuseum.ca Mom Flora Stikker says the family attraction to the museum is obvious.

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Clockwise from top: family fun at Nitehawk during dusk, treasures discovered at the Philip Currie Museum by Oliver and Tymber, art investigations with youngster Finn Giesbrecht, and catching some waves and hanging ten. SnowSeekerS/nancy ShieldS/ Brown

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Clockwise from above - dinosaur discoveries of all kinds with Sofia, Nitehawk with 70 mm vision, and high up and hot with Grande Prairie Live Theatre. BROWN “We love it here - we have a family pass and use it to bring guests who visit us,” she says as one child checks on exhibit, another peruses stuffies in the gift shop.

Nick Carter, education program instructor at the Currie says his job does involve a lot of myth busting - mainly propagated from a series of Spielberg movies.

The famous Pipestone bone bed just south of the museum was discovered in the early 1970s when Al Lakusta stumbled onto some bones while out on a nature walk one day at Pipestone Creek. His findings that day in 1974 would eventually be identified as bones of a yet to be discovered species Pachyrhinosaurus – a type of horned dinosaur, which subsequently was rechristened Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, after Lakusta.

“Turns out this is one of the densest bone beds in the world,” says Carter.

The actual Pipestone location is remodeled in the Currie, however the bone bed is a tourist attraction all year round.

“In the summer there are the bone beds, this time of year there are fires down in the campground nearby,” says Kelsey. Carter explains the Pipestone bone bed site succinctly.

“Take a thousand dinosaurs, pout them in a blender and pour them over a couple football fields in size.”

Seconds away from the hustle of the downtown core, but far enough away to be considered a getaway, the Four Points Sheraton in Grande Prairie has room at their inn for the weary family of travellers, or single editor. Across the road from the Eastlink Center and various other amenities, you have enough to keep your clan busy, or stay inside the hotel, unplug the iPhone and discover a lost room of the past off the Four Points lobby - an actual library ...with real books that have words in them.

Grande Prairie Theatre Live is right on tap – let it pour If you would like to see the polished production of a true stage north - check out GP Theatre Live.

Check out programming of a theatre company that has been rocking for more than 50 years, and plays to more than 10,000 people a year. More than 250 volunteers collaborate to bring community theatre to GP and beyond.

Check out their work in their personal 165-seat venue, as well as at the more grandiose stage of the 500 seat plus proscenium thrusting Douglas Cardinal Theatre, and more.

haps the hottest and most in the moment art form. The subtlety is there, the acting is real. The familiar stories you know, perhaps presented in a new way, with new takes, moment to moment in the live theatre environment.

You can’t beat it.

The Shakespeare classic – The Taming of the Shrew runs throughout March at GP Theatre Live.

Nitehawk flies bright each night for family action If the arts aren’t your bag as a family, Nitehawk year-round adventure park is always ready to get you suited up ready to scream down their mountain. Fourteen ski and board runs, as well as the Snowmakers Lounge bring the chalet feel front and centre.

Nitehawk is as advertised for families young and old. Want to be a Wapiti Warrior? A Nitehawk Ninja? They’ve

got you covered. A tube zone? Check.

Luge? Yes. “Our programs, camps and lessons are done to recognize the needs of the students, and their abilities regardless of age,” says assistant manager at Nitehawk Johnathan Clarkson, who has been on the hill for more than 17 years.

Discovering ski and snowboarding, parent and tots, learn to slide classes and more, is all about keeping the family unit front and center, both on the Nitehawk slopes and in its chalets.

Fourteen action-packed and scenic runs from the Easy Street and Will-OWay, or more expert levels like Hwy. 40, and Roller Coaster.

There are affordable adventures to be found with every step out your front door in the Peace Region - you just need to keep your head on a swivel, and eye out for them. editor@dcdn.ca

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With a theatre company interested in runs beyond single weekends, viewers can opt to see the arc of performances individually, and with collective casts.

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Carter says the best is certainly yet to come.

“We are only scratching the surface - to see what is out there. We have only covered a percentage of the area - a small area.”

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History of the DC and area Hospital Auxiliary Judi McGowan

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Back in 1931, the Hospital Auxiliary Women came up with some very interesting “fundraisers” for their new hospital - They had a “Waist Campaign” - ladies of our town were encouraged to measure their waist and donate a penny for each inch!

All “figures” were kept confidential and they raised $27.55. These ladies also operated a refreshment booth at all Legion, School and Farmer’s Picnics. This was no small project because the Ice Cream and soft drinks had to be brought in from Grande Prairie, Alberta!

Moving along - In the spring of 1938, the Auxiliary held a Stampede Queen Contest, selling votes for one

cent each. Edith Tucker from South Dawson won and was crowned by Mrs. Kate Edwards. Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Braden, Mrs. Groh and Mr, Jack McLaughlin were responsible for the crown, robes and decorations.

The ladies also hosted a successful raffle of a hand made quilt donated by the Sunnybrook Women’s Institute. The Auxiliary were then able to complete the refurnishing and “kalsomining” of the Nurses’ Dining Room and supplied paint for the hospital kitchen. Oh my, that was 80 years ago!

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A topic which has been stewing in my mind for quite some time has been the gradual disappearance of various landmark eating establishments in our area over the years. I have been mentally masticating upon the many new restaurants that have recently opened their doors in Dawson Creek to add variety of fare and warmth of surroundings to the ever-changing cafe scene.

Travel back in time with me if you will, and remember a few of the eateries that have vanished from the local landscape.

In some instances the proprietorship and name changed while the restaurant remained in the same location, or later was rebuilt after being destroyed by fire.

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tal. Now that was a special thing to do as part of Christmas Day. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you folks following our wee stories on the History of the Auxiliary to the Dawson Creek and District Hospital! I just bet that at some point, they all sang “Silent Night”.

In January of 1939, the Arras Women’s Institute donated a quilt that was raffled. This reminds me of the generous folks and groups who continue to donate to our Auxiliary.

At that time, the amount still owing on the building fun was $1,951,00.

In October, the Auxiliary presented a gift to the 500th baby born in the hospital. That baby was Ethel Sewell.

To be cont’d

February 1943, the Five-Cent to a Dollar Store on the corner of 102nd Avenue and 11th Street (now where the Sunlite Cafe is located), was remodeled and became the American Lunch. In July 1945, Walter and Henry Wright bought the cafe, changed the name to the Arcadian Cafe and operated the business until 1947. They sold out and the restaurant became the Pacific Cafe, and later the Starlite Cafe operated by Pete Wing and Harry Dar. For many years the Wing’s Cabaret was located where the Pagoda Restaurant now stands and was owned and operated by Jack Wing and Bill Der. The Milk Bar was originally operated by the Fletchers and Carberrys, then Kay and Bill Miller took over and later moved the business west on 102nd Avenue in the Peter’s Home & Auto Building.

The Royal Cafe was located where the Saan Store is today, and was later purchased by Paul Mah and was moved to 17th Street where it became the Mile One Cafe.

Going further east along 102nd Avenue (on the site of the Mile Zero Hotel) the old Maple Leaf Hotel was remodeled and became the Shangri-la & Spanish Grill which operated from 1943 to 1945 when it was purchased by Aurele Carriere and became the Bluebird Cafe.

The Bluebird Cafe was later moved to Alaska Avenue where the Travelodge now stands, and still later was moved to Pouce Coupe and converted into a rooming house which was destroyed by fire in January 1980.

On the north side of 102nd Avenue where VanHoy Stationers is today, was Chick’s White Lunch.

In 1943 Mah Show and Mah Fong purchased the old Harper’s Store on the corner of 102nd Avenue and 10th Street (where the Bank of Montreal now stands), and opened and operated the New Palace Hotel and Cafe until 1967.

Going further west along 102nd Avenue in the Dudley & Wilson Building was Smittie’s Pancake House, which later became the Colonial Restaurant.

Young’s Coffee Shop was located further west on 102nd Avenue where the Windsor Hotel now stands.

The Empress Cafe was located on 10th Street where the Park Hotel stands today.

Sue Johnson and Lynn Washington celebrated Heritage Week Saturday with a table at the DC Mall for the Peace Country Roots Group. COZICAR

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Skirts on Fire play coming to KPAC March 7 to 10 AUSTIN CozICAr Staff Writer

The South Peace Players are putting on their 25th show, a comedy called ‘Skirts on Fire’ by Edmonton playwright Stewart Lemoine, with showings Thursday to Saturday, March 7 to 9 at 7:30 pm, and a Sunday afternoon matinee at 2 pm on the 10th.

“The story line is based on a literary hoax, how it came about and how it will continue. There are lies and deceptions; false identities and a crowded party in a very small hotel room in New York. Liar, liar, pants on fire, or in this case, skirts on fire,” says actress Mary Beaulne.

The main troublemaker is played

by Roger Anderson, who is abetted by performances by Trent Tower, Pat Finkle, Louise Rogers, Terri Foster, and Beaulne.

“We have a really strong cast,” notes Beaulne.

Notably, while the South Peace Players’ previous 24 shows were at the South Peace United Church, this will be their first to take place at KPAC — this is the first play in the KPAC building, Beaulne says.

While it’s a comedy intended for adult audiences, there is no inappropriate content, Beaulne explains. She says their last few plays were more Southern slapstick, but this one is a bit more plot-driven.

They’ve been working steady on the play since the New Year. (The cast was rounded up just before Christmas).

Tickets can be found at Simple Pleasures or by calling Mary at 250-7865085, or at the door. reporter@dcdn.ca

Roger Anderson and Trent Tower rehearse a scene ahead of next week’s performances. COZICAR

Little Miss Higgins on the way!

March 6 sees Little Miss Higgins strut her stuff at the DCAG. Old time country blues, jazz and folk are all promised.

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Dawson Creek Choral Society put on a good show at the KPAC Friday evening. COZICAR

Neru Mehta speaks with conviction at the Mile 0 Communicators Toastmasters open house. COZICAR

NLC DC trades students Gavin Terry, Simon Ramsey, Sapphire Kuch at last week’s Skills Canada competition. COZICAR

Nolan Morris wows playing a fiddle at the Peace Songwriters coffee house on Saturday. COZICAR

Paint Nite for St. Mark’s Food Bank brought in a full house over the weekend. PALFY

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DEVELOP YOURSELF

Key to motivation – internal or external or both?

Amna Khaliq Columnist

According to Psychology, motivation is described as ‘the wants or needs that direct behavior towards a goal.’

In economics, a need is a basic idea behind survival. Needs can include things like food, water, and shelter according to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Want is an advance step from need. It is a desire that you and I have, a desire of a bigger home, luxurious car, new model of cell phone or a trip around the world. It is completely alright not to meet your wants/desires, but a need is a must. Motivation works as a bridge between a person and his/her wants and needs. Motivation follows the action. You cannot be motivated just by saying ‘ I am motivated’, you gotta take actions to pursue your plan to achieve your

wants and needs and so to meet your goals. It is completely impossible to control our thoughts and feelings. But, thankfully, we can all control our actions.

Everything that has happened to you up to this point… your current occupation (whether you love or hate it), your relationships right now (whether you love or hate them), and your body right now (whether you love or hate it) are results of your choices, decisions and actions. I know it can be a tough pill to swallow. But you got to swallow it every day or even multiples times a day. Your life will not change from passive-aggressively blaming everyone and everything around you. Positive changes only happen when you take responsibility and actions including for all the bad, stuck and horrible to good, luck and wonderful.

At some point in your life, you have to take actions until you do, nothing changes and nothing will.

Motivation will only come your way when you take action to change your own life. You don’t want to sit peacefully until that burning desire is fulfilled. One thing that I enjoy daily to get my dose of motivation is that I start my day with a motivational video, could be a 2-minute video. You can listen/watch it on repeat or a new video every day before you check emails or social media. Something this small can have a huge impact on our lives. Reading biographies and listening to the motivational podcast can also help. What do you do to get motivation, mind sharing?

Amna Khaliq is a Business Management Instructor at Northern Lights College. The views expressed are her own. She believes that kindness, smiles, love, and yawning is contagious.

In her spare time, she likes traveling, cooking, reading and working out.

Zen Habits: take it to the edge - this rule will help you grow Leo Babauta

In all of my many challenges and habit changes and book writing and learning, I’ve found one thing to be the most powerfully beneficial to all growth, learning and training.

I call it the Rule of the Edge.

Here’s the rule: practice at your edge most of the time.

And this rule is what will help you grow the most, over time.

What do I mean by “your edge”? I mean going just to the edge of discomfort, just to the edge of what is difficult for you, what is pushing your boundaries a bit.

If you’re practicing music, and you just practice the scales all the time, after awhile, doing the scales is too easy for you. You aren’t learning very much by only practicing musical scales. Sure, it’s still a good practice, but you have to push to something that’s more challenging for you.

If you’re exercising, easy exercise is a good thing … but you also need to push yourself. Just a bit.

But your edge isn’t pushing yourself until you’re ready to collapse. It’s not pushing to injury, pushing so that you can’t practice tomorrow. It’s not studying all day long until your brain has melted. it.

It’s going to the edge, not diving off And

when

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say,

“Practice

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your edge most of the time,” notice the phrase “most of the time.” You shouldn’t be at your edge all the time.

It’s exhausting, and can take a lot of focus. Instead, try to be there more than half the time. Don’t be lazy, but also give yourself some easy practice.

There’s a lot of value in easy practice — it cements your learning, keeps you in good shape, keeps you sharp. It locks in the easy stuff as easy. And it can be a lot of fun.

You can also experiment with pushing a little past your edge, if you have the experience to know that it’s safe.

But best to do this under supervision of a teacher or trainer if you aren’t sure.

So mix it up. More than half of your practice should be at your edge, but anywhere from 20-40% of your practice should be easy stuff. A blend is best — not “all easy and then all edge” but “easy, edge, easy, edge, edge, easy easy” or something similar.

What Edge Training Looks Like in Practice Here’s how this kind of edge practice might work in real life: If you’re practicing yoga, you might do an hourlong practice where about 60% of the poses (roughly) are challenging for you (but not so challenging that you’ll be injured or exhausted), and the rest are easy ones that allow you to focus on your breath and recover from the edge poses.

If you’re running, you’ll mix up your running days — four days will be challenging but not crazy, and some with easy ones thrown in between. And a

rest day or two, of course.

If you’re learning chess or Go, you’ll do problems or drills that are hard for you, and also a bunch of easy ones.

The easy one cement the patterns. The edge ones teach you new patterns.

If you’re creating a habit, like learning to meditate, start with just short meditations (let’s say 2-5 minutes), as that will be your edge when you start.

But eventually you’ll want to do longer meditations (10 minutes, 20, even more), finding the spot that’s your edge. And mixing in some shorter, easier ones will help you stay sharp at your edge.

If you want to train yourself to get comfortable with discomfort and uncertainty, you find a way to make yourself uncomfortable each day, and practice mindfulness in the middle of that discomfort. For example, taking a cold shower might be your edge. But another day, you might just go outside when it’s a little chilly, with only a T-shirt on, for 20 minutes. You might practice at the edge of your discomfort with exercise, speaking on a stage, meditating for longer, etc.

The Way to Practice at Your Edge When you’re at your edge, it’s one thing to just tolerate it, to grit your teeth and bear it until it’s over … and quite another thing to actually practice with the discomfort and uncertainty of being at that edge.

If you want to get the most out of practicing at your edge, here’s what I suggest: Go up to the edge and stay there for a little longer than you’d like. You want to collapse, you want to exit. Instead, hold the pose for a little longer. See it as your growth in action.

Now drop mindfully into the discomfort & uncertainty. Drop into your body, noticing the sensations of the discomfort. Standing on stage in front of hundreds of people? Notice the sensations of anxiety or nervousness (or excitement, whatever you’d like to call it). Running a hard mile? Notice the sensations in your legs and torso.

Practice opening in that uncertainty & discomfort. See what you can do to relax into this feeling of being at your edge. Can you bring a sense of curiosity? Explore the bodily feeling for a bit, noticing what it’s like. Relax your muscles around these sensations. Bring a sense of gentleness to it. A sense of compassion. A sense of humor. Open your mind to all sensations in the present moment, including the sense of discomfort but also all of your surroundings. Open up to a vast skylike mind.

With practice, your edge can even be a place where you find comfort. A sense of easy. A sense of joy at the deliciousness of the groundlessness.

Some Rules About the Rule of the Edge The Rule of the Edge comes with a few sub-rules: Don’t always be at your edge. Ease off. Do some easy stuff too.

Sometimes it’s OK to go past your edge, if you keep yourself safe. It’s a sense of exploration, finding new edges.

Your edge will change over time. Notice how it shifts. Keep pushing a little further into your edge, if you sense the shift.

Practice mindfully at your edge, don’t just try to get through it.

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FaithCorner DC Ministerial Association

Contact: David Roch 250-782-0150 davidphyllisroch@gmail.com 11501 17th St, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4P2

Alliance Church

Contact: 250-782-3837 Pastor: D. Cyril Marlatt Steven Roszmann, Youth Pastor dawsoncreekalliance.ca/ 9009 10 St. Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4T1

Bethel Pentecostal Church

Contact: Gordon Warriner 250-782-5885 Web: www.betheldc.ca 11501 17th Street, Dawson Creek

Dawson Creek Community Church

Contact: David Roch 250-782-0150 davidphyllisroch@gmail.com 1224 103 Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2G9

First Baptist Church

Pouce Coupe Community Church

Contact: Pastor Cory Lizotte 250-786-0160 Sunday Meetings 10:00 am

Salvation Army Church 250-782-4812 1436 104th Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC Church Service: Sundays 11:00 am

South Peace United Church

Contact: Marilyn Carroll 250-782-2636 Web: www.neonet.bc.ca/ unitedchurchdawsoncreek/ Spuc_Home.html Email: spuc@neonet.bc.ca 11101 17th Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4Z3 Sunday Worship 10:30 am

St James Presbyterian Church

Baha’i Faith

An independent world religion founded by Bahá’u’lláh – (Glory of God) in 1844. He taught the oneness of humanity, the oneness of God, the oneness of religion.

Devotional gatherings and study circles open to all.

Contact : Dale Campbell 250-719-7427 (bahai.org)

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 250-782-4921 Web: www.mormon.org/ 10901 13th Street, Dawson Creek, BC

Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene Service times: Sunday 2pm, Friday 7pm Website: www.dcnazarene.com Pastor Megan Polowski Email: dcnazarene@gmail.com Phone: 250-719-7425

Sunday Worship 11:00 am School: 11:00 a.m.

Soup Kitchen: Every Tuesday & Thursday Gideons 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Food Bank: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays International & Thursdays Canada The Grizzly Valley Chapter is 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Grace Lutheran Church Grace is a caring church community. We welcome all to worship and share our life in Christ’s love.

250-782-3624 Email : grace@pris.ca 11101 17th Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4Z3 Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Grandview Chapel

Is a friendly church nestled on the hill in Dawson Creek, BC

grandviewchapel.ca Contact: Tony Vigar 250-782-4225 900 94 Ave. Dawson Creek, Sunday Meetings 10:30 am

Notre Dame Catholic Church

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Sunday Service: 11am 250-782-3085 stpaul58@telus.net 901 Cornwall Crescent, Dawson Creek, BC

South Peace Bible Missionary Sunday Service: 10am & 7pm Wednesday Service: 7pm 250-786-5711 Pastor: Stephane Poulin 4911 48th Ave, Pouce Coupe, BC

Apostolic Lighthouse

Contact: Pastor James Bridges 250-782-5489

Please contact the office for service times and for ministerial program anna@peacecountry.com 709-96A Ave, information

Contact: Fr. Venerando Sabacan 250-782-3456 Email: nddc@shaw.ca 908 104 Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2H7

Dawson Creek, BC V1G 1M6 Meeting Time: Wednesday - 7 p.m. Sunday - 2 p.m.

Contact: Eileen Klassen 250-219-6375 northgate.a.f@gmail.com 1800 109 Ave, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 2V5 Sunday Meetings 10:00 am

Peace Mission Chapel

Contact: Pastor Lee Stevenson 250-843-7506 Sunday Meetings 11:00 am

Seventh-Day Adventist Church Bible Study: 10:00 am Church Services: 11:00 am

Contact: Church office 250-782-1710 9201-14th Street, A distinctive Christian church Dawson Creek, BC dedicated to learning, living and sharing the spiritual understanding Pastor: Cavin Chwyl

of the Bible as revealed in books written by Emanuel Swedenborg.

We worship the Lord, Jesus Christ as God Himself in Human form.

We believe his whole word is a divine allegory with a spiritual sense. We also have a unique and extensive set of teachings about be involved in service to the people the life after death. Our motto “ of Dawson Creek. Our Sunday service St Marks All religion is of life, and the life is at 10:30am year round. We have of religion is to do what is good.”

Children’s Sunday School year round as Anglican Church All are welcome to our services well (except long weekends).

Contact Rev. Don Thompson and other events. Please go to 1400-113th Ave. Dawson Creek, BC 250-782-2939 www.dawsoncreeknewchurch.

V1G2Z2.

Email: stmarks@pris.ca ca for more info and the church 250-782 4792.

1029 103 Ave, Dawson Creek, newsletter. email: office@dcfirstbaptist.ca 250-782-8035 BC V1G 2G6 Website:www.dcfirstbaptist.ca 9013 8th Street, 250-782-2939 Contact: Pastor Terry Coe Dawson Creek, BC V1G 3N3 Sunday Service & Sunday terry@dcfirstbaptist.ca

Contact: Trevor Birak 250-784-8530 Trevor.Birak@gmail.com

We meet to worship God, study the Bible, encourage and support each other, and work together to further God’s purposes in the world.

Church of the New Jerusalem

Pastor Terry Hagen 250-782-4616 We invite you to come and join in with stjamespastorterry@gmail.com other believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.

1501-108 Ave., We serve our community by providing opportunities to worship, study God’s Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8 Sunday Service: 10:00 a.m.

Word (The Bible),fellowship and to

Family Foursquare

Northgate Anabaptist Fellowship (Mennonite Church, BC)

part of the national Gideons organization. Our mission is to share God’s Word with effective and engaging forms of Scripture.

Reaching people everywhere with the Gospel through personal witness and partnership with the local church.

Contacts: William “Bill” & Pauline Hendley, ph. 250-788-8177 (H) 250-788-6902 (C) Email: newtouch@pris.ca; Stanton & Charlotte Miller, ph: 250-782-3881 (H) Email: cemiller083@gmail.com

Jehovah’s Witnesses

250-782-7487 644 105A Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC

New Beginnings Baptist Church Services: Sundays 10:30am 10221-18th St Dawson Creek, BC Pastor: Dr. Michael Stark newbeginningsbaptist.ca

Rolla Bible Baptist Church

Pastor Bob Rempel 250-759-4540 Web: rollachurch.com Email: rolla@pris.ca Location: Rolla, BC at the corner of 400 Ave. and 403 St. Services: Sundays 10:30am

Lloyd Miller, Mail horses ready to set off from Rolla, 1914 - 1916

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SPORTS + SORTS

Dawson Creek athletes medal at Special Olympics BC Winter Games

Top: While they’ll be playing on separate teams in Russia, Jason Ginter and Danielle Schmiemann played together in DC at the Mixed Doubles Provincials finishing second after going undefeated in the round robin. Left: Tristan Steinke COZICAR, SUPPLIED

Local curlers off to Russia for international university games

Left: DC Strike Force — left to right Lisa Perry, Ralph Woidack, David Johnston, Ronny Collington, coach Jack Walsh, and Dawn Stromquist — earned gold over the weekend.

Right: Kianna Sherk celebrates her bronze medal win. SUPPLIED

The Dawson Creek Strike Force — comprised of bowlers Ronny Collington, David A couple of Dawson Creek products — Jason Ginter and Johnston, Lisa Perry, Dawn Stromquist, and Tristan Steinke — will be heading to Krasnoyarsk, Russia from Ralph Woidack, and led by coach Jack Walsh — March 2 to 12 for the 2019 Winter Universiade — international earned a gold medal in fifth division play at the university games — in curling.

BC Special Olympics WInter Games in Vernon over the weekend.

The two are close friends from Dawson Creek, and who played on the University of Alberta men’s curling team that won last Collington also earned two individual awards year’s nationals against Winnipeg to go onto the international — men’s high single for 268 points in one game, stage. and men’s highest pins over average with 101 pins over his average.

They aren’t the only local connection. Danielle Schmiemann, Steinke’s fiance, will be playing for the U of A’s women’s team A pins over average tournament, Dawson’s who also qualified for the games last year.

Strike Force had 15 pins more than the second place Kootenay Strikers.

Schmiemann, who won gold with U of A in the previous Universiade, will also be Canada’s flagbearer for the games.

Dawson’s Peter Fenneman also competed in the tournament as an injury replacement Ginter and Schmiemann were in Dawson Creek for the Mixed for the Prince George Hi Rollers, who earned Doubles Provincials, where they competed on a team together and finished with a silver medal after going through the round robin undefeated.

“I went to the university games a couple of years ago, and it was by far the coolest thing that I’ve ever experienced, so I’m really excited that our women’s team and their men’s team were all pretty good friends, and the fact that we get to do it together and represent Canada is unbelievable and so amazing,” says Schmiemann. “We’re pretty fortunate to get to do it together as sort of one big team.”

Ginter noted he’s excited because it’s the first time he’s been overseas.

What’s going to be the key for the two Canadian teams to do well?

“Just stick to our systems. We have a really great coaching staff that really knows what they’re doing and they’ll prepare us well for what we need to expect there and we’ll just have to bring our own a-game,” says Ginter.

“The Europeans are very strong. University sport is quite large in Europe, so lots of good teams. That’s by far the strongest two fields I’ve ever played in, so that’s going to be tough, but I think we have pretty high expectations going in, and I think we can probably both expect a medal,” says Schmiemann. reporter@dcdn.ca

bronze, 105 pins behind DC. This is the first cycle five-pin bowling is part of the Winter cycle — it’s a four year cycle, with regionals, provincials, nationals, and the international tournament in different years — and Perry, Collington, and Fenneman repped DC in last year’s summer nationals.

The gold likely means a berth at nationals in 2020 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, but Walsh says nothing is official yet.

From speed skating, Kianna Sherk also represented Dawson in Vernon.

She earned a bronze medal in the 777 metre race, ladies division. reporter@dcdn.ca

KFC Old Posts Hockey Club would like to thank all participants and sponsors at their Old Timers Hockey Tournament January 11-13. All money raised will go to local charities and minor sports such as the KFC Junior Ladies Jamboree, Minor Hockey Sportsman awards, Dawson Creek & District Hospital Foundation, and Minor Baseball.

Thank you to all Sponsors Bay Tree General Store Boston Pizza Browns’ Chevrolet Buick GMC C. Norman Trenching City Furniture First Line Solutions Glacier Glass

Jiffy Lube Longhorn Oilfield Services Swamp Donkey United Spring & Brake Weaver Bros Auction Wright’s Food Service

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Good times at the Men’s and Women’s Bonspiel

DCSS-SP Athletes of the Month

Brody Anderson & Cadence Spenner When all was said and done, Janelle Dale, Tony Ethier, Tammy Zenner, and Melissa Millsap took the women’s A event. COZiCAR Left to right: Rachel Fonda and Chloe Armitage of Gridiron Fitness, and athletes Cadence Spenner and Brody Anderson. SUbmitted DCSS-SP Athletes of the Month are Brody Anderson and Cadence Spenner.

Both play for their respective Junior Basketball Teams. Brody and Cadence are dedicated to their sports and to their teams. They have shown respect to their coaches, teammates, officials and opponents. They are both at the

gym early, stay late and put in a 110% at each and every practice and game.

Thank you to this month’s sponsors: Gridiron and Fitness for Life.

Submitted by Judy Eagles

A sharply dressed crew. Team Pavlis — Derek Nernberg, Travis Jones, Marc Luckwell, and Stefan Pavlis — won the men’s A. COZiCAR It was the first time that the Dawson Creek Curling Club hosted their annual men’s and women’s bonspiel on the same weekend, and with packed sheets of ice all weekend and a full house upstairs, it looks like a good time was had by all.

Team Pavlis, consisting of Stefan Pavlis, Marc Luckwell, Travis Jones, and Derek Nernberg claimed top prize in the men’s A division event, while Janelle Dale, Melissa Millsap, Tammy Zenner, and Tony Ethier won the women’s A event after a hard fought weekend.

Bruce Frederickson, Kyle Chantree, Lindsey Reid, and Rob Manson took the men’s B event, while Pam Eales, Emma Wendt, Cindy Newby, Holly Larden won B on the women’s side.

Team Ginter — Jeff Ginter, Doug

Scott, Eric Smart, and Carter Scott — claimed men’s C, while Team Maxwell — Marlene Maxwell, Cheryl Ireland, Glenna Beamer, and Bridgitte Lamoureux — took C for the women.

David Hay, Cliff Kostiuk, Mike MacLennan, and Jerome Deis won the men’s D event, while Gail Stefanyk, Gwen Wildeman, Lacey Jones, and Ashley Vyse claimed it on the women’s side.

In the E event, the Ace Instrumentation team — Warren Rechenmacher, Glenn Hogberg, Oleh Dutka, Derek Rechenmacher, and Glen McLean — won out on the men’s side, while Penny LePage, Christina Wards, Kim Buchen, Tab Young, and Loryn Day claimed the women’s prize. reporter@dcdn.ca

Al Schudlo, Randy Carlstad, and John Inkster hard at work in the D event finals Sunday. COZiCAR

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Fun after school with Elementary curling

Senior Canucks’ style of play hard to match for the Manning Comets

Elementary curling wraps up the season this Saturday with their annual bonspiel. They had their highest turnout ever with 21 teams of over 80 kids. Here’s some photos from one of their final Thursday afternoon sessions. COZICAR

Jason Higson takes the faceoff Thursday night against a Manning forward. COZICAR

Linden Rausse and Martin Kemp sweep.

Avery Dostal gets ready to roll.

It was a good start to the Dawson Creek Senior Canucks’ postseason play over the weekend with a 9-2 win at home and 4-0 win on the road. The shutout on the road during the playoffs was apparently a first for the C’s, according to NPHL.com.

From puck drop on game one Thursday, it looked they were already going full tilt, but chatting with the players, it took a bit for them to get going at the speed they would like.

“We’ve been practicing hard, but you can’t replicate a game,” said Mike Lalonde after Thursday’s game. “It takes a bit to get going when you don’t play game speed for a bit.”

“Coach came in and he said keep things simple,” said John Wayne Howes. “Legs were definitely not there, it took a while to get into it.”

While they practiced, they hadn’t played a game since February 2 with the first round bye, while Manning was fresh off a six-game playoff series the Saturday before.

In game one, the Canucks came out of the first intermission with a modest 3-1 lead. Six more goals and the game was theirs at 9-2.

Both game one and two saw the C’s put up 55 or more shots, while limiting

the Comets to under 25.

Game two was a bit quieter in the scoring column with a goal a period for the C’s before an empty netter by Jason Higson to wrap things up.

Comet goalie Braden Gamble played a strong game Saturday, stopping 51 of 54 shots (.944 SV%), but the Canucks were just relentless.

Canucks goalie Kenton White, while he won’t be winning the MVP award likely with scorelines the C’s have been putting up, provided consistent goaltending, playing both game one and two. Shutouts are fairly rare in the NPHL, so his 24 save performance Saturday stopping everything put on net is no small feat.

While game three at home occured after the press deadline, the Senior Canucks take their act back on the road Friday with game four in Manning.

Four wins ends the series. If needed, The C’s come back the following night in Memorial Arena. (And should game six and/or seven be needed, they will go Tuesday in Manning and Thursday in Dawson).

Puck drop is at 8:30 pm for all games. reporter@dcdn.ca

Junior C playoffs begin Friday

Team effort by instructor Julien Chenier, and students Maya Trasy and Ayleah Thornton.

Richell Schwartz gives Mavrick Studley some pointers.

The Dawson Creek Junior Canucks begin playoff action Friday night.

Well rested after a first round bye, they’ll be playing a team that’s hot off a five game series.

Who will that be? That’s still to be determined.

Thursday night’s game five between the County of Grande Prairie JDA Kings and the Sexsmith Vipers will determine the Canucks’ opponent. (Tonight, if you’re reading on the date on the top of the page).

Finishing in second place, the Junior C’s will play the highest seed remaining, while the first place Fort St. John Huskies, who also got a bye, will get the low seed.

The Kings finished third and the highest seed remaining, so if they win their series, they will be the Canucks’ opponent.

Should Sexsmith win, they are sixth place, and the C’s will instead play the winner of the North Peace NavigatorsFairview Flyers series. (The final game was on Wednesday — perhaps still upcoming if you’re catching an early peak at this paper).

Either way, a team that has played five games since the season ended and last played either Wednesday or Thursday will see quick action against a rested Canucks team that hasn’t played since February 13.

Out of the three possible teams, the Canucks have the best record against Fairview, going 6-1 in the regular season with a goal differential of plus20. They also have a positive record against the Navs 4-3, but a goal differential of minus-2.

The Kings were another tight season series, but they had the edge by one game. The Canucks have a positive goal differential of 2, thanks to a 11-1 beatdown early in the season. (GP sat in last place for first two months of the season, going 1-9 in September and October, before finishing the following months of play 18-6-2 — ironically their turnaround came at the C’s expense, snapping an 11 game winning streak and starting a four game winning streak against the Canucks November 17).

Regardless of who they face, the second round won’t be a given for either team.

But the prize is a berth to the NWJHL finals, and for both finalists, a spot in provincials in Wetaskiwin.

And regardless of who they play, the Canucks get home ice in game one.

Puck drop against the yet to be named team is at 8 pm at the Memorial Arena Friday. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Lorraine Capelle and Patrick Howell have been busy spreading the word about the Dawson Creek Triathlon. Here they are at the Health and Wellness Expo. Registration is open. COZICAR

Tumbler hosts Saturday Sled Town party The Tumbler Ridge Riders are celebrating their community winning the Sled Town competition with a ride to the Bald Spot and back Saturday, and inviting members of the community to join them as a thanks for the support.

They are meeting 9 am behind the

post office.

A fire, refreshments, and a group photo in front of town hall are promised along the way. reporter@dcdn.ca

Get in the with

16 year old Dawson Creek speed skater Dakota Ruel with his four medals from the Canadian Age Class Long Track Championships in Winnipeg earlier this month. Skating in a division of 17 skaters, he earned gold for winning the 500m Olympic style distance, a silver in Championships in his age class, and two bronze — one for 300m distance and one for team pursuits. RON CARTIER

Disc golf Powder Bowl Sunday in Pouce Park The Dawson Creek Disc Golf Club is hosting the Pouce Park Powder Bowl Sunday, March 3, with donations of the proceeds going towards the Pouce Coupe Food Bank and Young Life.

The name says it all — disc golf in winter conditions at Pouce Park, with snow on the ground.

“This event is designed to introduce players to a new course and layout in Pouce Coupe, raise monies for a good

cause, and to have fun,” say organizers.

Tee off for the first nine goes at 11 am, but for those who don’t have as much time, they are welcome to join on the back nine on the reverse layout at 12:30 pm.

Registration can be done online, or in person at the event. For more information, or to register, go to: www.discgolfscene.com/pouce. reporter@dcdn.ca

BC Hockey 100 great moments: Bill Ennos

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Bill Ennos was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and was drafted in the ninth round of the NHL draft by the New York Islanders. Bill never played professional hockey, but played for the University of British Columbia during his years at university.

Ennos made his greatest contribution to the game of hockey off the ice, when he joined the BC Amateur Hockey Association as a program director in 1980. Bill would eventually take over from Bob Nicholson as Development Coordinator in 1989. Bill was a leader when developing the BC Junior Olympic program, and the transition

to Best Ever, and finally the Program of Excellence.

Ennos earned the Life Member’s Award in 2008, and was inducted into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014 into the Builders category. Bill Ennos retired from BC Hockey (formerly the BC Amatuer Hockey Association) in 2018, as the Director of Programs, although he wore many hats over the years for the organization. Bill spent nearly 40 years with the organization, and saw many changes, moves, and growth during his tenure with the organization.

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DAWSON CREEK CHORAL SOCIETY MUSICAL THEATRE MARCH 7 TO 9

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST JR. Skills Canada! Above: Chance Glazier, a grade 6 at Ma Murray, shows a keen interest in being a mechanic at a try a trade event under the watchful eyes of Charlie Yahey and Merrick Gerlinsky, who are taking the automotive service technician course here in Dawson. Below: Instructor Brant Churchill, a teacher at NPSS watches as Jacob Ostig, a grade 12 student who came all the way from Fort Nelson compete in the robotics competition. COZICAR

Dhruti Keshwala, from India, is studying aircraft maintenance at NLC. COZICAR

Sparse crowd Monday the 25th to hear Leonard Hiebert talk D issues in Pouce Monday, full crowd Tuesday Feb. 26 afternoon for a Rotary/Chamber collab luncheon about Site C, and the lonely Alaska Highway. BROWN

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KNITTING GROUP meets every Thursday at Faking Sanity from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

FARMERS MARKET Every Saturday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm 10300 8th St Dawson Creek. New Vendors Welcome. 250-219-4048 MILE “O” QUILTER’S GUILD meets every Tuesday & Thursday at Calvin Kruk KPAC, Dawson Creek in Studio #10 at 7pm SOUTH PEACE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETINGS Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

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ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP: ABI Support group occurring every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 6:00pm at the Northern Brain Injury Association office. Northern Brain Injury Association office: #111405 102 ave Dawson Creek BC. Please call (250) 719-4673 for more information. http://nbia.ca/ THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP meets the first Tuesday of every month at the First Baptist Church, 1400 13th Ave at 12 .00 for lunch and a program. Lunch by donation. For more information please call 250-782-7208 or 250-7823221 (leave a message if no answer) SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP: 4th Sunday/month - from Sept-June 1:30 pm in the Roots Building at the NAR Park. Getting started on family tree research, need Help? Come learn & share experiences with other amateur genealogists. New members welcome. For more info call: Lynn- 250-782-4058. Neil- 250782-7651. http://peacecountryroots. ca SATURDAYS LEARN YOUR ROOTS: Every Saturday Sept-June 10:00 am - 12:00 pm to members wanting to use the genealogy library. A member will be available by appointment to anyone requiring help on how to get started on your family history.

Everyone is welcome. We are located in the small building in NAR Park. For appointment call: Lynn- 250-7824058. Neil- 250-782-7651. Website http://peacecountryroots.ca SENIORS GAME TIME: First Thursday of the Month until May. 10:30 am-12 pm MST Dawson Creek Public Library. Join Literacy Now and the Dawson Creek Municipal Library for Seniors Game Time.

There are board games, cards, and more. Do you have a favourite game to play? Bring it along and share with new friends! Bring a friend and be entered in a draw! Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments are provided.

Holiness is who you belong to Jenée Baldwin Columnist

Sin is exhausting.

It damages our self esteem, destroys our peace, and dims our hope for the future.

Sin is a barrier to fellowship with God, causing us to feel isolated. Sin drove Adam and Eve out of their peaceful paradise and into the shocking reality of a world that required backbreaking labour to survive, and included pain and death.

Sin caused them to feel shame for the first time, driving them to hide from God, who had always walked and talked with them as a friend until then. Sin is what Satan desires, in order to keep us in a downtrodden and spiritually ineffective state.

I rarely wear white, because my life as a single mom is messy, and it’s only a matter of time before I’m going to get splashed with food from cooking, mud from a dog jumping up for cuddles, lipstick from a teenage daughter giving me a hug, oil from adjusting something under the hood of the car, or dust from emptying the vacuum cannister. White clothing would only highlight the filth.

It’s the same way with God. His presence is perfect, pure, and spotless, and nothing impure can blend in and hide with Him.

The Bible says that we are so flawed that even our good deeds are like filthy rags to God… so how can we ever be in fellowship with Him? Holiness does not come from the good things we do. Holiness comes from who we belong to. Giving God control of our life, confessing our sins and failures, and accepting His authority and Lordship over our life brings us into a right relationship with Him. He looks on us and only sees righteousness, because we have been forgiven and made pure.

I recently watched a video of a man who had been colour-blind from birth. He was given a pair of special glasses as a gift, and when he put them on, the grey monotony he had always known was suddenly changed to all the colours of the rainbow.

When we surrender our sin to God, He now looks at us through the filter of forgiveness and sees nothing but righteousness. We are no longer seen as filthy sinners who cannot be in His presence, we are welcomed into His arms with joy. Sin does not have to be the thing that keeps us weighed down and hopeless.

“Let us lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”

Hebrews 12:1

KUCHARUK: you thought we forgot about her, but we didn’t.

Judy

KUCHARUK A handful of years ago, I sat in the audience while the keynote speaker, an older man, shared how appreciative he was that the host organization had compensated him by making a donation of polio vaccines available to a third world country. He was visibly moved by the gesture and went on further to explain exactly why this donation had made such an impact.

The man stood on the stage and shared his childhood experience with polio and how the disease ravaged his family. He recalled seeing their weekly grocery order being delivered to the end of their driveway because the grocer was terrified of becoming infected. He said that his home became a prison and they were left to fight the disease on their own, without support from friends and family.

He was grateful that the host organization had seen the significance of the simple act of a polio vaccine – something that Canadians take for granted.

I wonder what he thinks when he hears of someone who refuses to vaccinate their child?

When he hears about someone who says, “I don’t believe in the science behind vaccinations” or “Vaccinations are dangerous”.

The decision to say no to a potentially life saving vaccination makes me shake my head.

When I hear and read some of the misguided and dangerous information that is spread by those we call ‘anti-vaxxers’, I get chills.

Why would someone willingly refuse to protect his or her child?

The recent outbreak of measles in the lower mainland and Washington State has people scrambling to vaccinate their children. Listening to the radio the other morning, one man

said that there was a 300-person wait-list for the measles vaccine at the nearest Health Unit.

Is that what it takes for folks to finally realize the importance of an immunization schedule? Does there need to be an outbreak in our own back yard for them to take it seriously?

You cannot take Fido to the kennel without proving that his shots are up to date, but you can send your 5-year-old daughter to kindergarten without protection.

The thing about vaccines is that, yes, they do protect YOUR child, but more importantly, the herd of vaccinated children protect those vulnerable individuals who have not yet received the vaccines. Take measles for example: a baby doesn’t receive the measles vaccine until a year of age. Measles is highly contagious and is an airborne virus, which can spread through a simple cough. Mom takes baby with her to pick up the older sibling from pre-school and comes into contact with the virus. Bam! Baby is sick.

Mom takes baby to hospital because she doesn’t know what is causing the rash, the cough and the high fever. While sitting in the waiting room, baby coughs and the particles are transmitted to a toddler who hasn’t been vaccinated because he has a compromised immune system. Now they are both sick and one of them might not survive.

Please, please vaccinate your children. The generation most affected by these preventable diseases is dwindling in numbers; therefore we are less likely to hear their horror stories. We shouldn’t have to hear them deliver a speech in order to believe that vaccinations save lives.

Judy Kucharuk is a lover of sarcasm, witty people and footnotes. You can read her book “Naked Tuesday” or catch her on CBC Radio Daybreak North where she shares her “Peace of Mind”.

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Crushing on a friend Dear Annie: “Jeremy” and I have known each other And if he does reciprocate your feelings, you may have for a few years and hung out as friends in group settings. Last year, he moved to my neighbourhood, and we started occasionally grabbing a drink after work or carpooling to mutual friends’ things together.

We have gotten to know each other really well, and at this point, I consider him among my closest friends.

But a few months ago, I started to develop feelings for him — getting excited and nervous before seeing him, happy when he sends me text messages, etc.

I am not sure, but I think he likes me, too.

He contacts me almost every day, and I’ve noticed he hasn’t gone on a date in a few months. He used to go out with women from dating apps pretty regularly. Maybe I’m reading into it too much. But even if I’m not and he does like me back, I want to stamp this out before it goes any further. He’s such a good friend, and I would hate to mess that up. How do I get over this and get back to our friendship? — Crushing Friend

just found a soul mate. There’s no better foundation for a long-term relationship than friendship.

Dear Annie: To me, “Stripped” sounded as if she was concerned about a possible personality change.

I would have asked her to check with her doctor to make sure she doesn’t have a chemical imbalance or a tumor. I would not want a sudden change in habit to be overlooked. — Diane

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Dear Crushing Friend: The value you place on friendship is admirable and wise. But you have feelings for Jeremy, and that fact changes the dynamics, whether or not you confess them. There’s no putting that genie back in the bottle.

If you should persuade yourself to move on without saying something, a part of you would always wonder what would have happened if you had. It’s the things we don’t do in life that we regret the most.

So say something. Tell Jeremy how you feel. If it should turn out he doesn’t feel the same, take some space and allow yourself to move on. You might find in a few months that you have no romantic feelings for him and can continue being friends, or you might never be close friends in the way you are now, and that would be OK, too. Sometimes Cupid’s arrow points our lives in different directions, and it’s nobody’s fault.

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Dear Diane: You bring up a great point about the letter from “Stripped.” A sudden personality change can indeed be the canary in the coal mine for health issues, and I appreciate your writing. The following is another response to her letter.

Dear Annie: I also am 69 years old and find that getting naked for a while during the day is very relaxing. I think your assessment of the situation was spot on.

Years ago, when many people our age were raising families, there was no privacy to speak of, so we just didn’t do it. Now, with no distractions, we can. I think “Stripped” is very normal, and truth be known, there are many more doing the same thing but keeping it to themselves. — Stripped Also Dear Stripped Also: It seems that this is a common habit, and aside from the point that Diane made in the previous letter, it seems totally harmless — provided that proper privacy measures are taken, of course.

“Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie” is out now! Annie Lane’s debut book — featuring favorite columns on love, friendship, family and etiquette — is available as a paperback and e-book. Visit http://www.creatorspublishing. com for more information. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

ARIES – MAR 21/ApR 20

Aries, you have high hopes about everything that crosses your path this week. This includes your love life. You might be eager to step things up a notch in that area.

TAURUS – ApR 21/MAy 21

Taurus, find comfort in the fact that your spouse or significant other and you share the same perspective about important topics. He or she also has integrity, which means a lot.

GEMINI – MAy 22/JUN 21

Conversations this week will be on point, Gemini.

Everything you have to say will be unequivocal, and others will follow your instructions in every detail.

CANCER – JUN 22/JUl 22

If you are single, it is possible you will meet someone this week you believe could be long-term relationship material. This person may be your complete opposite.

lEO – JUl 23/AUG 23

Finding success in things that you want to do can take a few rough drafts, Leo. Do not be discouraged if a few attempts do not yield the desired outcomes.

VIRGO – AUG 24/SEpT 22

Communication will come much easier to you this week, Virgo. This hasn’t always been the case, as you sometimes worry about how your words will be received.

lIBRA – SEpT 23/OCT 23

An event may occur this week that fortifies financial stability at home, Libra. This may involve real estate or developing a new long-term financial plan.

SCORpIO – OCT 24/NOV 22

Scorpio, you will not need to work too hard to prove to someone who loves you just how amazing you are. These people understand that, and you’re grateful for it.

SAGITTARIUS – NOV 23/DEC 21

Sagittarius, as long as the people you surround yourself with are able to respect you and give you some breathing room, they’re healthy to be around.

CApRICORN – DEC 22/JAN 20

Capricorn, friends will not steer you wrong this week, especially if you are looking to them for advice on love. They may have some heartfelt words of wisdom.

AQUARIUS – JAN 21/FEB 18

Your love life and social life are intertwined this week, Aries. It is very likely that you will spend ample time with friends as well as that special person in your life.

pISCES – FEB 19/MAR 20

Pisces, many people set goals early in a new year, and you can try to follow suit. This may provide some guidance for you as the year progresses.

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A form can be obtained by joining the Facebook page, emailing 100womendawsoncreek@gmail.com; Contact a member or contact 250784-4321 or 250219-4403 “Better at Home is looking for Volunteers who can help local seniors by driving them to shop or to appointments. Please Call 250-782-2341 or stop in to the Better at Home office in the Co-op Mall.

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/ BADMINTON CLUB Sept. 17, 2018 to April 29, 2019: Mondays & Wednesdays: 7:309:30 pm: Central Campus Gym: Dawson Creek Do not play on any statutory or school holidays.

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Contact Dan or Judy Pandachuck: 250-782-4783 Borderline Culture Series presents: Tanner James Duo -Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Demmitt Community Centre (1/2 Mile South of Hwy 43 on RR 132). Doors open at 7:00 pm (AB time) Concert at 8:00pm. Advance Tickets: $25. Door $30. For tickets and information call 780-356-2904 or go to www.borderlineculture.com Dawson Creek Seniors Hall Activities 1011 McKellar Ave. Floor curling, carpet bowling, pool, line dancing, bridge, crib, darts, bingo, Wellness Exercise, craft classes. Schedules are available at the hall. Come and see our hall and try out our activities.

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The Visually Impaired Support Group meets the first Tuesday of every month at the First Baptist Church, 1400 13th Ave at 12:00 for lunch and a program. Lunch by donation. For more information please call 250-782-7208 or 250-782-3221 (leave a message if no answer).

encana The Encana Events Centre (www.dawsoncreekeventscentre.com) operated by Spectra Venue Management (www.SpectraExperiences. com) is the premier event facility providing a wide range of sports and entertainment opportunities for the Alberta and British Columbia Peace Region. We are currently seeking a Facility Operator who is mature, highly motivated, and a customer-focused team player possessing a positive attitude.

The Facility Operator will assist the Chief Engineer in the overall facility maintenance including the preparation and maintenance of the ice surface, automated building controls, HVAC and electrical systems, preventative maintenance programs, and general building repairs. Duties include, but are not limited to, the repair of machinery, performing preventive maintenance of HVAC and boiler systems and general equipment such as plumbing, electrical and refrigeration systems. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal, mechanical aptitude, computer and communication skills along with being able to work within a team environment. Minimum requirements include 5th Class Refrigeration Endorsement, Refrigeration Operator, or 4th Class Power Engineering ticket. This position can be physically demanding, and evening and weekend shifts will be required. Your ability to work with minimum supervision, performs duties in a safe manner, and consistently demonstrates efficient, effective use of time and resources will ensure your success. This position is full time and comes with a competitive wage and a comprehensive benefits package.

Please mail your cover letter and current resume to the attention of Tylor Hawkins, Director of Operations, Spectra Venue Management, # 1, 300 Highway 2, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 0A4, or email to thawkins@ dawsoncreekeventscentre.com.

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South Peace Historical Society Meetings Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors-would you like to help a senior keep their walkway cleared this winter? Dawson Creek Better at Home can help you find a senior in your neighbor who needs help with snow shovelling. Call: 250782-2341 or stop in to the Better at Home office in the Co-op Mall.

Thursday at 9:30 am-New Beginnings Baptist Church in DC, 10221-18th St.TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly).

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Everyone is welcome. We are located in the small building in NAR Park. For appointment call: Lynn250-782-4058.

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South Peace Players present “Skirts on Fire”, a production at Kiwanis Performing Arts Centre , 10401-10th Street, Dawson Creek.

Thursday March 7th at 7:30 pm Friday, March 8th at 7:30 pm Saturday,March 9th at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 10th at 2:00 pmmatinee Tickets for sale at Simple Pleasures in Dawson Creek. All tickets are $20 in advance; $23 at the door.

SITE REPRESENTATIVE SERVICES At Scattered Family Housing in Dawson Creek, BC Public Bid Call #1070-1920-017 British Columbia Housing Management Commission, (BC Housing), is tendering for Site Representative Services, for the furnishing of Property Management Services, for 50 scattered family housing units in Dawson Creek, BC. The respondents must provide information, documentation, references, rates, and meet the following minimum requirements, to be considered for evaluation: • A minimum of two (2) years of related property management experience; • Individual, contractor and employee(s) will be subject to a criminal records review; • Demonstrated ability in the performance of building, grounds, janitorial and custodial duties; • Good communication skills, both written and oral; • Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with the public, government agencies and tenants; • Good organizational and administrative skills; • Ownership or access to, suitable tools and equipment required to perform the duties of manager/caretaker; • Must hold a valid BC Drivers License and have the use of a reliable vehicle; • A working knowledge of the British Columbia Residential Tenancy Act; A Notice of Proposal will be posted on MERX: www.merx.com and on BC Bid: www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca. Documents can be obtained by contacting BC Housing by email only: northernregion@bchousing.org Request for Proposal documents will be received at the Northern Region – Prince George, 1380-2nd Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3B5 only up to 2:00 PM, Friday, April 5, 2019, in the form noted in the RFP, and opened at that time.

An Optional Site Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at: 411 97A Avenue, Dawson Creek Please direct all inquiries to: Jennifer Steele, Property Portfolio Manager at BC Housing, Northern Region - Prince George, BC.

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We are encouraging you to sign up teams this year and challenge other teams to raise money as well.

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Are you 65 or older? Do you live in Dawson Creek?

Do you need help with: yard work, snow removal, handyman tasks, housekeeping, transportation to shopping or to appointments.

Or maybe you’d just like someone to come for a friendly visit some time?

Contact Better at Home 250-7822341 Email: lstudley@spcrs.ca or athorpe@spcrs.ca Visit our office in the Dawson CoOp Mall Mon-Fri 9am-3:30pm

1215 General Employment JOIN OUR TEAM!

We are looking for newspaper carriers!

To join our team, call Margot

250-782-4888

Macland Restaurants Ltd o/a Tim Hortons 11608-8th Street & 1308 Alaska Avenue /Dawson Creek, BC. FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT Full time/part-time Shift-Work Nights/Overnights/ Early-Mornings/ Weekends. Fulltime days $13.25/hr, afternoons $14.00/hr, graveyards $14.75/hr + benefits, part time $12.75/ hour.

Please apply by Email: at dawsoncreektims@gmail.com

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1055 Coming Events

250.782.4888

Apartments/ 1215 General Employment 5015 Business Opportunities 6505 Condos for Rent

Mail room Assistant required immediately Contract Position - Heavy lifting involved - Need valid driver’s license - Strong organizational skills - Reliable - 3 days/week Tu/Wd/Th Apply in person to Tanis (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays) 901 100th Ave Dawson Creek BC No phone calls please.

Time 1219 Part Help

Mail room Assistant required immediately Contract Position - Heavy lifting involved - Need valid driver’s license - Strong organizational skills - Reliable - 3 days/week Tu/Wd/Th Apply in person to Tanis (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays) 901 100th Ave Dawson Creek BC No phone calls please.

2060 For Sale - Misc

SAWMILLS from only $4,397 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension.

In stock ready to ship.

FREE Info & DVD: www.Norw o o d S a w mills.com/400OT 1-800-567-0404 Ext:400OT.

INVENTORS WANTED! Do you have a new product idea, but you’re not sure where to start?

CALL DAVISON TODAY

1-800-218-2909 OR VISIT US AT

Inventing.Davison.com/BC

GET YOUR FREE INVENTOR’S GUIDE! TROUBLE WALKING? HIP or KNEE REPLACEMENT, or other conditions causing restrictions in daily activities? $2,000 tax credit. $40,000 refund cheque/rebates. Disability Tax Credit. 1-844453-5372

5520 Legal/Public Notices

North East Metis Association invites all members to the

Annual General Meeting

March 30, 2019 2:00 - 4:00 pm 1005 102 Ave Lunch and refreshments will be served after meeting.

For information: 250-782-2710 C R I M I N A L RECORD? Why suffer Employment/Licensing loss? Travel/Business opportunities?

Be embarrassed?

Think: Criminal Pardon. US Entry Waiver.

Record Purge. File Destruction.

Free Consultation 1800-347-2540. accesslegalmjf.com

Got a News Tip? Give the editor a CALL! 250-782-4888 ext 112 or editor@dcdn.ca

BIRCHVIEW MANOR Furnished and Unfurnished 1 Bedroom Suites.

Adults Only, Senior Discount. Bus Stop at Front Door.

250-784-5817 Dawson Creek Northern Lights Apartments has 1 Bedroom/Bachelor Apartments Available.

Cable/Heat, Water/Hot Water Included. Please Phone : 250-7827130.

ASK FOR INCENTIVES

SteelBuildings/ 9035 Granaries

STEEL BUILDING SALE... ”REALLY BIG SALE-EXTRA WINTER DISCOUNT ON NOW!!” 20X21 $5,726. 25X25 $6,370. 30X31 $8,818. 32X33 $8,995. 35X35 $12,464. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-855212-7036. www.pioneersteel.ca

Arrive Alive!

Don’t Drink & Drive

A32 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The Dawson Creek Mirror

Clubs of Dawson Creek

Annual Fishing March 3, 2019

Derby

Swan Lake Provincial Park

310:00Heats am - 11:30 am 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

t a e r G zes i r P

$40 OR $100

Angler Fees:

per hole 3 holes for

Contact: Alex 250-719-4760 • Dale 250-719-7427

Must Have Valid Fishing License