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Blair Lekstrom has been busy since his appointment as community liaison on the caribou agreements by Premier John Horgan.

“Pretty well in a community like ours, you talk to people about it, I’ve had a number of emails from different people, not just in the region but other areas as well.”

While his mandate is the Peace Region, he anticipates the provincial government will look at applying what they’ve learned from this across the province.

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With the short timeframe — the deadline for consultations has been extended to May 31 — he says it’s not likely enough time to host more public meetings like the town hall, but he’s reaching out.

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After years of struggle with crime rates and property values declining because of a development, - Pouce Coupe is taking care of business by burning Hillcrest cottages to the ground.

The Pouce Coupe Volunteer Fire Department will be conducting a controlled structural fire training exercise this weekend weather permitting, by burning four small cottages at the Hillcrest property at 5205 50th Ave and 5211 Hospital Road.

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and there are no public safety issues, and that extensive planning has been done.

At the April 17 council meeting, council and staff talked about the advantage of getting rid of these buildings.

“This has been something the community has been struggling with for years and we’re this close to achieving something that no previous council has been to clean up,” says CAO Chris Leggett. ...continued on page A13

He plans to meet with the Peace River Regional District, First Nations, industry, the Concerned Citizens for Caribou Recovery, and elected provincial and federal representatives, as well as responding to all the queries from the public.

The message he’s hearing is loud and clear.

“We’re okay with looking after caribou, we think we can do it in a manner that doesn’t block any access to the backcountry, it doesn’t jeopardize our communities and industry, the people that create the jobs, and we want to do this together, we’ve been locked out of it thus far.

“We want to be part of the solution, not be told what’s gonna happen when it’s 94% of the population that has at this point felt excluded from the process.” ...continued on page A2

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Caribou - this issue is above politics Lekstrom says he reached out to the Premier — a friend of his — about a week before the announcement to discuss the issue. After that, Horgan reached out and asked him if he’d take the role.

“His hands are somewhat tied with the federal government’s timeframe on this as well, but I’ve said clearly if our region is working together with the provincial government and our local governments and our local region

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“For the premier to be able to adjust his schedule, do what he did and get up here, and also I appreciate — it doesn’t matter what political party you’re from — if people are big enough to come out and say, ‘Hey, we haven’t handled this properly,’ and that’s what I’ve heard him say. I appreciate those comments, but like I said, we can’t change what happened yesterday, so let’s go forward from where we’re at, and see if we can find a solution.”

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and residents and First Nations, the federal government can keep their nose out of it until we find a solution,” he continues.

“Hopefully [the federal government] would recognize we’re making progress, if we are, and we’re going to know that within the next four weeks, without question.”

The issue is above politics, he says.

“This to me is a non-political issue, it’s one that I live here, my family lives here, my grandchildren, my friends, and as I’ve said a 100 times before, we’re all in this together, so definitely I want to try and make this work.

“When any one of our communities is impacted in a negative way, we all feel it.” reporter@dcdn.ca

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Pouce taxes up about $2 per month for homeowners Which two are exactly alike?

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Pouce Council voted to raise taxes in the village about $2 per month for the average homeowner at last Tuesday’s budget meeting.

The vote was not unanimous.

The topic originally came up for vote at the April 2 meeting, but with Councillor Barb Smith absent, council was deadlocked at 2-2 — Mayor Lorraine Michetti and Councillor Donna White for, and Councillors Marlene Hebert and Ken Drover against.

Smith was the deciding vote, in favour, at the April 16 meeting.

“We’ve got to be sustainable,” she said.

CAO Chris Leggett had recommended the increase in mill rate, saying that the Village needed to create more revenue.

While property values have gone up on average from $54,708 in 1997 to $207,076 in 2018, the mill rate has actually gone down for residents from $6.17 per $1,000 in 1997 to $2.92 in 2018. This was done by councils in the past to keep taxes low.

As for cuts, Leggett said the Village has already made most of the cuts they can without reducing services. The positive financial effects of cuts are short-lived, anyways, as costs of operations rise year after year.

Council has been implementing increases to the mill rate over the last two years — a $40 increase on average in 2018, and $36 in 2017.

“These increases are very modest on a dollar value basis, but necessary to remedy the inactions of the past and bring the Village closer to Council’s stated goal of self sustainability,” Leggett said.

It should be noted that the $24 per year is an average tax increase, as the number is dependent on the mill rate.

Residents with a higher than average property value will see a larger in-

crease in their bill, while those with a lower than average value will see a lower increase.

And while the Village’s tax rates have remained relatively low, other taxes Pouce residents pay — PRRD and school, for example — continue to rise, meaning a larger tax bill regardless. From 2012 to 2017, the school mill rate for Pouce residents was higher than the municipal mill rate.

Hebert spoke strongly against the raise.

“Pouce Coupe has stayed relatively the same, other than businesses have left,” she said, noting the increases in taxes from many years ago.

“It impacts single mothers, working, trying to make a living, trying to buy groceries. If you’re paying $6 for celery, that’s a lot of money.”

When asked what cuts she’d be willing to do, Hebert noted garbage and recycling outside of Village boundaries and medical service calls by the fire department. (Both issues council noted they will have to take a look at in the future).

Drover indicated he was not in favour of an increase — or cuts to services — at this time.

“It’s something we’re going to have to do, but six months into the job, I’m not going to do it.”

Ultimately, the motion passed 3-2.

The move also sees class 6 business licences in Pouce increase by $25 per year on average — the mill rate had been cut over the years similar to the residential rates — as well as a new class 5 light industrial rate, as a class 6 property had been reclassified as class 5 by BC Assessment. The class 5 licence is 25% higher than the class 6 licence. reporter@dcdn.ca

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SD 59 First Nations bus agreement still needs to be signed AUSTIN COZICAR Staff Writer

Despite an April 5 deadline, School District 59 has not yet signed their transportation agreement with the Saulteau and West Moberly First Nations, as required by the 2018 BC Tripartite Education Agreement (BCTEA).

“Both are done, and I say that they’re in a finished product, but they’re not signed,” said Assistant Superintendent Christy Fennell.

Scheduling conflicts were the reason — a session for the First Nations bands to learn about the agreements was held the Monday after the deadline passed, and the bands were then away at the First Nations School Association conference.

Fennell noted they are going to set up another meeting to get the documents signed.

The District also sent a copy to the Ministry for feedback and received

Rosenau BBQ for breast cancer goes May 11 Rosenau Transport will be hosting their Annual Breast Cancer BBQ Fundraiser Saturday May 11, from 11 am to 2 pm in the Co-op parking lot.

Ahead of the big day, they are looking for donations, volunteers, and help with the event.

They will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs and more, with proceeds going towards the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

If you have any questions, please contact Karen Brisebois at Rosenau 250-782-2901 ext. 2850 or e-mail karen.brisebois@rosenau.ca.

They are looking to beat last year’s total, with over $3,000 raised.

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some questions from the province. Calculation errors were also noted. The District is updating the said calculations.

As for the agreement itself, the District has to show the services already provided, and there was an opportunity in the agreement for the First Nations to request more services and for the District to request funding from the Canadian government to provide that service.

Requests that the bands put in were

for a bus that would run later in the day so students could participate in extracurricular activities, as well as a dual credit bus for transportation between Moberly and Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek.

The District will also be working between now and June with Saulteau First Nation and West Moberly First Nation to create a Learning Enhancement Agreement with each First Nation. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Women’s Clothing Swap goes Saturday; donate clothes starting today The Encana Events Centre is hosting a women’s clothing swap this Saturday.

For the swap, they’re asking you to bring in gently used clothing — no stains, tears, etc — and drop them off at the Encana upper lobby Thursday from 2 to 5 pm, Friday from 5 to 7 pm, or before the swap Saturday from noon to 3. (They ask for no more than 20 items).

The donated items will net you a token to pick up other clothes.

The swap itself starts at 6:30 pm.

For those who don’t have any clothes to donate, the swap opens to the public at 7:30 pm.

All leftover clothing will be donated to Networks Ministries and the Nawican Friendship Centre.

For more information about the swap contact Judy Kucharuk, Manager Special Events at the EEC, jkucharuk@dawsoncreekeventscentre.com or call 250-795-3305. reporter@dcdn.ca

Sushi class on the board Dawson Creek NLC campus is hosting a sushi class on April 25. Master the technique of making perfect sushi.

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Another episode of Peace region justice with Tom Summer

Chetwynd Law Courts • Hope Kaylah Whitten (born 1998) was handed a one-year probation order with a conditional discharge for assaulting a peace officer.

FSJ decisions • Regan Eileen Mackinnon (born 1987) was sentenced to 13 days in jail and handed 12 months of probation for disturbing the peace. Mackinnon was handed 12 months of probation with a suspended sentence for theft $5,000 or under.

• Jonathan Richard Giesbrecht (born 1979) was handed twelve months of probation with a conditional discharge for assault.

• James Phillip Haggard (born 1994) was fined $500 and handed a one-year driving ban for driving with a suspended licence.

Haggard was fined another $500 and handed a one-year driving ban for a second charge of driving with a suspended licence.

Haggard was handed twelve months of probation for breaching probation.

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Day of Mourning BBQ goes Friday afternoon

The City of Dawson Creek will host a barbecue for the Day of Mourning later this month.

Day of Mourning falls on Sunday, April 28, and was was initiated by the Canadian Labour Congress in 1984 to remember lost co-workers, friends, and family who lost their lives, were disabled or injured in the workplace and those afflicted with industrial disease.

“Sometimes a message is easy to

hear but not appreciate the significance of how important it is for us to have our families go off to work and come home safely,” said Mayor Dale Bumstead. “We need to take this seriously.”

While the official day falls on the 28th, the City will host its barbecue a day early on Friday, April 26 at 12 pm at the Worker’s Memorial Sculpture.

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He says the move would reduce maintenance costs for the City, and would provide noise suppression and improve the visual quality. He pointed to a similar example in Leopkky Park.

The trees will be planted by volunteers and acquired by Gevatkoff.

“I intend to provide this service at no cost to taxpayers,” he says. “A mix of native species will be used, and the project is planned to be completed over two years.”

Gevatkoff says the trees would not need maintenance as he is intending on creating a “normal wooded area boreal forest.”

While many on council largely liked the idea in principle, but weren’t comfortable with the amount of area suggested.

“I think planting trees is a great

idea, I think the ability to buffer the railway tracks from the residents is a good idea,” says Councillor Blair Lekstrom. “I’m not so comfortable taking 160 feet of a park out that’s one of the high use parks.”

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He suggested spreading it out along the railway corridor.

Councillor Charlie Parslow spoke in favour of Gevatkoff’s idea.

“I think this is a very good constructive suggestion that should be pursued.”

Gevatkoff says he wanted council to pass the motion without putting more work on staff. He says he would need to know by the middle of May to start the project, and start planting them in June.

Council agreed to the motion, but added an amendment that a community information session will be held first, with feedback presented back to council. The exact area of tree planting will be worked on. reporter@dcdn.ca

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It is well known that multinational retailers operate on small profit margins, after all, a half a percent of a million dollars a day is still a lot of money.

This is the economics of large numbers - volume sales, hence the mega stores. For every dollar exchanged, perhaps 30 cents goes toward wages, another 40 for goods and services (transport), maybe 20 for overhead, a few percent for administration and a fraction is returned to shareholders as profit.

In other words, 70 cents of every dollar spent, leaves the community to be spent elsewhere. If communities operated on a profit and loss basis similar to private businesses, this would be seen as a glaring inefficiency.

The small independents fair better. As much as 60-70 percent of their earned dollars stay in the community to

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The City Budget I don’t envy council yet I question some of their decisions. Clearly it’s too late to argue for the things that were lost, however this opens up the opportunity to criticize the things that were cut. I was devastated to see the losses to the library and the arts. It’s not surprising that those were the first to go, they always are. Somehow communities always fail to see the importance that the arts bring to a town. Again, too late to argue for their continued support, but not too late to lament their cuts. Only time will show the effects of their budgetary decreases.

The Climate Report Yikes what a nightmare this was!

Canada, namely the North, is warming at twice the rate as the rest of the

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world. Northern Canada is warming at three times the global norm. Double yikes! Anyone who has lived up here for any amount of time could tell you that the weather is vastly different now than it was as briefly as ten years ago, that’s undeniable. The important question is what are we going to do about it?

The Alberta Provincial Election Yikes what a nightmare this was!

I feel like this answers my question above. What are we going to do about climate change? Nothing - except make it worse! Alberta elected the UCP which is pro climate change. My apologies, they are pro-pipeline. My apologies – they are pro-jobs and the economy!

They’re also interested in researching charitable environmental organizations to ensure that they aren’t being funded by non-Canadian groups in attempts to stifle Canadian energy growth. How dare the David Suzuki foundation and Leadnow fight against climate change; I mean who needs fresh non-fracked water, clean air, and pristine nature.

I know that when I’m feeling tense or stressed I like to spend some time in industrial parks; there’s something about the diesel fumes, the flare stacks, and

the soothing sounds of compressors that makes me feel far more at peace than rivers flowing, birds singing, and cool clear air.

Pharmacist Under the Microscope Yikes - okay I know I’m repeating myself but this was a nightmare to read.

Perhaps it’s because he was my pharmacist, or because I knew him from school, but I was disappointed with the rapid spread of his downfall. We treat criminally convicted individuals with more decency than we did him. In fact, there could be a convicted sex offender (pedophile, rapist, etc.) living in our midst, and the citizens of Dawson Creek would not be aware, nothing fit to print in those scenarios. The “rights” of the convicted sex offenders are protected, and criminal trials are not usually widely publicized, yet we know many details about the pharmacist. I’m not picking solely on The Mirror, CBC had an article as well, and I’m assuming other media outlets did too. Just doesn’t seem right that a pedophile can be treated with more dignity and privacy than a pharmacist. I’m not condoning what he did, merely saying that perhaps we need to re-evaluate what’s public knowledge, and what isn’t.

Probably humorous to watch if you didn’t know what was happening.

I would marvel at how quickly the swat could happen. There was barely a, “Judy! I told you to quit…SWAT!” My mother could put Mr. Miyagi to shame with her lightening fast reflexes. She was quick!

We could expect the same at school from our teachers who would smack your hand with a wooden ruler….bam! You wouldn’t even know that they were packing until you felt the sharp pain of the ruler flick onto the sensitive part of your hand. I remember uttering bad words under my breath as tears welled in my eyes and I was overcome with humiliation.

Society evolves and much like cigarette smoking, both the swat and the spanking are no longer acceptable lifestyle choices.

To think that we thought that we could reason with a toddler by delivering a spanking is embarrassing and makes me uncomfortable.

As parenting became much more complex, so did the punishment or consequences bestowed upon children. Personally, I wasn’t much of a swatter or someone who gave spankings. My children grew up in the decades where various child psychologists were researching the efficacy of time-outs.

The granola parents were the first to engage this type of parenting, while the rest of us remained on the fence. “You mean that you can teach a child consequences by sending them to their room for a time out?”

We couldn’t fully grasp the witchcraft that must be involved with this parenting technique.

I remember the last time I engaged in any altercation with my then teenage daughter. The only thing I could do to get her to PLEASE STOP was to actually sit on her. I believe that situation ended with laughter but not before both of us looked at each other with an expression that said, “We are getting too old for this stuff”.

Now I am a Grandparent and the urge to swat or deliver a spanking is a rare occurrence. I have not and probably will never do either to any of them for obvious reasons: It doesn’t work and I would never want to be the person to cause them pain. I can teach them consequences without laying a hand on them – that darn witchcraft works.

- Adapted from a document signed and adopted by the City of Vancouver in 1987.

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At that rate a local service group, a hospital or school board spend close to 100 percent of their dollars in the community in which they are situated.

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You don’t see much spanking or even an occasional swat happening any longer.

Back in the day, you might get a swat if you continued to do something after being told ONCE to stop. There were rarely second or third reminders before the swat occurred.

There were various and sundry types of swats that you might receive: The reach around swat happened if you were kicking the seat in front of you in the car. Your Mom or Dad would reach around with one hand while still steering the big ol’ Chrysler four door land yacht AND holding a cigarette with the other hand and blindly SWAT you on whatever body part they could reach.

A swat normally referred to the connection of the hand to the body once. Multiple swats at one time would be referred to as a spanking.

Another popular swat technique was the circle swat where your parent held you captive by one hand while trying to swat you on the buttocks with the other hand.

Invariably you would travel in a circle trying to get away from the offending hand.

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NICHOLS surveys the North Montney work with Surerus Clockwise from top: The pipeline ditch is then excavated using a mix of excavators and ditching wheels – dependent on the ground conditions. Lowering in Using sideboom tractors, the pipe is then lifted and lowered into the ground. The pipe ends are then prepared using a rotation end prep machine.

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LEG LAFF: Let’s start this week’s news chewing session in Louisiana. A woman was arrested after she battered her boyfriend with an unusual weapon. His prosthetic leg. The man is OK. His prosthetic leg was damaged, but he doesn’t care. With a knee that bends both ways, he can do some wild and crazy dance moves.

NOTRE FLAME: Experts predict people will want to see the fire damage at Notre Dame Cathedral. It could actually be a boost in tourism for Paris. More tourists in Paris? Folks who’ve visited the French capital are wondering if this will throw the touristsper-rude-waiter ratio out of whack.

GLACIERS GOING: Meanwhile, tourism is down in Iceland because the glaciers people go there to see are melting. You’ll know global warming is bad when Iceland is forced to change its name.

OUCH! Our next stop is London. A UK man went to hospital for a bladder check up. They circumcised him by mistake. That’s kind of like going to your dentist for a cleaning - and he does a root canal.

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other place for a beard, let’s hear it. Experts say men with a beard should wash it after every meal. That’s ridiculous. My beard is a convenient source of between meal snacks.

MUD MEMO: A company in Toronto is making a stack of money selling Lake Ontario mud as a beauty product. They literally scrape up mud, put it in jars and sell it to women to use as a facial. This could be a huge money-making idea for the Peace Country. This time of year the Peace is the mud capital of the world. There are millions of wrinkly women out there who need our mud. And you thought mud was just dirt with a bad attitude!

FIRE FIEND: Next stop in our news chewing world tour is Edmonton. A 22 year old man was charged with setting fire to more than a dozen cars on a busy street. The man’s name is - are you ready? Malice Sutton. Yes, his first name is MALICE. Maybe Malice was angry because his mother didn’t name him ARSON.

BENEDICT BULLETIN: Movie star Benedict Cumberbatch was driving his Lamborghini when he bumped a man on a bicycle. The actor got out of his car and the guy slapped him in the face. He was lucky the guy didn’t batch him in his cumberdict.

By the way, Benedict Cumberbatch is not his real name. His real name is Snuppledink Popplikdump.

DOGGY DETAIL: Did you see last week’s amazing story about the dog that was rescued in the Gulf of Thailand. It was swimming in the ocean, 135 miles from the nearest land. Everybody is making a big fuss about the dog. But how about a few words of praise for the guy who threw the Frisbee 135 miles?

BEARD BULLETIN: A new hygiene study shows the average man with a beard has millions of germs located near his mouth and nose. Well, yeah. That’s the usual place for a beard. If you can suggest an-

GATOR GAG: In Hillsboro, Florida: An 8-foot alligator was ejected from a Walmart store. Clerks continued checking out customers’ purchases as the alligator was dragged out the door. Alligator or no alligator - Walmart gives snappy service.

ONLINE ALL THE TIME: A news report said Vancouver now has more than 30 counsellors offering help for Internet addiction. There is one very good thing about the Internet. If you spend much time online, you soon learn the Internet is absolute proof that you are not the stupidest person on Earth.

SHADE STUFF: Celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez launched a new line of expensive sunglasses. Last summer my buddy dropped his expensive sunglasses in Swan Lake. It was annoying, but at least he knows somewhere out there in the lake there’s a really cool-looking fish. chewsthenews@fastmail.com

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Roasted Banana Coffee Cake Serves 8

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus 1 tablespoon at room temperature for the pan 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 2 bananas 3⁄4 cup chopped pecans 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 11⁄2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1⁄4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1 cup granulated sugar 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1⁄4 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan with the 1 tablespoon room temperature butter and dust with the granulated sugar and tip out any excess.

Place the bananas on a small rimmed baking sheet and roast for 15 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool.

In a small bowl, combine the pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.

Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and nutmeg through a fine-mesh strainer into a medium bowl.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on low speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, then add the roasted bananas, sour cream and vanilla.

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With the mixer running on low speed, spoon in the flour mixture and mix until just combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Sprinkle evenly with the pecan topping. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean with a few crumbs attached.

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SD 59 required to offer free menstrual products by dispenser by end of the year Schools in BC, including those in School District 59, will be required by a ministerial order to provide free menstrual products in washrooms.

“In our District, we’ve always provided free products for students in schools,” noted Superintendent Candy Clouthier. “[But] they haven’t been in dispensers in the washrooms or the school, they would go to the office or go to the counselor, or go to their teacher if they needed something like that, in elementary as well as secondary.”

The order calls for them to

be accessible in washrooms.

“The ministerial order talks about having dispensers in the girls washrooms, but also being available for those students who may be transgender. There has be products available for everybody basically,” said Clouthier.

The order also includes $300,000 of start-up money for school across the province to implement this — particularly the dispensers.

They are required to have them in by December 31 of this year.

“In our district, it will be

monitored and the custodians will be doing the work around making sure those dispensers remained filled,” said Clouthier.

“We do also need to have students input on the provision of the product, so I’m not quite sure what that looks like, but we’ll see what that’s

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Clouthier also noted the District needs to create a policy for it. reporter@dcdn.ca

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SD 59 to take part in measles vaccination catch up The province has launched a measles immunization catch-up campaign for schools across BC, and SD 59 schools are no different.

tion status in September. It’s a mandatory process for them to be registered, not mandatory that they have to be immunized,” said Clouthier.

“All schools have been given information around the campaign and have informed parents, letters have already been sent home explaining the parameters around the campaign,” noted SD 59 superintendent Candy Clouthier.

“If there is an outbreak up here, we would then be working with the Ministry and Public Health to determine which students could or couldn’t come to school if there was an outbreak, as they did in Vancouver with the measles outbreak.”

“Public Health is going to do all the work which we’re very thankful for, so they’re going to be tracking down who has immunizations and who doesn’t. Every student will get a letter sent home [on their status].”

The immunization itself is not mandatory. Keeping track of it is, however.

“Parents can still opt out of the immunization, and our responsibility in September will be to make sure we have documented who is immunized and who is not immunized.

So students will not be prevented from coming to school regardless of their immuniza-

For primary grades, they are requesting parents be in attendance for the immunizations, and parents can request to have the immunization done outside of the school.

“The message we’ve given to principals is that we will support the campaign , we work hand in hand with Public Health, and we’re not going o provide parents with our opinion whether we believe in immunization or not, that is a parent choice — they get to choose that and they need to determine what the pros and cons are,” concluded Clouthier. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Leggett, however, told council that this is their one real chance to get rid of the buildings. The agreement was signed with the property owner last Monday.

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The training for the fire department — Tomslake, Arras fire departments, PNG Gas, Dawson Creek Search and Rescue will be on the scene as well — would likely cost $1,600 per person to send them off. Leggett estimates the cost of the burn at $2,000 at most.

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“The Dawson Creek RCMP would like to remind residents to secure their homes before leaving for the day,” said Cst. Jaime Flikweert, Media Relations Officer for the DC RCMP. “Property owners can help reduce their risk of becoming a victim by improving the physical security of their own homes.”

They suggest: Best Practices: Secure (lock) all entrances/ exits into your residence prior to leaving your property Use quality deadbolts on all exterior doors Invest in a monitored alarm and/or video surveillance system.

Secure (lock) all windows In the event of a break in: If you return to your residence and notice that a break in has occurred, do not enter the building.

Call the police immediately Do not touch anything or clean up until after police have arrived and inspected the area for evidence.

If you have video surveillance systems, make sure everyone knows how to use it and burn the footage to a disk or USB. This alleviates the confusion and time delay that may occur to help with identifying possible suspects.

“Residential break and enters can have a large impact on homeowners and their families due to the amount of stress that may come with having your home broken into,” said Flikweert.

RCMP say at this time there is not enough evidence to approve any charges against any person(s) for the recent break and enters. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Talking box theft with Canada Post While we in the BC Peace region seem to be going through a glut of stolen mail right now - is this something CP deals with across Canada this time each year?

Unfortunately, property crimes occur across the country at all times of the year, including in the Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek and Fort St. John areas.

Canada Post takes these matters and the security of the mail very seriously.

If so - are there geographical hot spots and or other times of the year (i.e. Christmas, V-Day) that mail theft rises?

Thieves are determined regardless of the target. It takes an equal level of determination to deter and stop those who commit property crimes, and we are committed to do everything possible to support the police in their efforts to do so. While we will not provide specific details, our efforts involve everything from equipment, to monitoring, to working closely with police.

Canada Post also tests new equipment, anti-pry kits as well as new locks to deter anyone trying to break into our facilities or equipment.

When these type of incidents occur, we ask that any customers who believe that they have not received a specific piece of mail contact the sender.

Customers who have not received an expected parcel should first inform the sender to initiate a claim, then contact Canada Post Customer Service at 1-800-267-1177. For any concerns regarding identity theft, we recommend contacting the Canadian Anti-Fraud

Centre at 1-888-495-8501.

Here are some tips to help secure your mail and protect your identity: · Collect your mail daily; · If you plan to be away, use Canada Post’s Hold Mail Service to suspend delivery until you return; · When you move, file a change of address with Canada Post and inform your banks and other companies of your new address.

We encourage anyone who witnesses any suspicious activity to immediately inform the authorities and Canada Post Customer Service at 1-800-267-1177.

Some apartment managers and property management companies in the Peace region have asked Canada Post to not deliver the mail, but rather hold it at depots, or the post offices for people to come in and pick up.

Is ‘not delivering the mail’ even allowed - from either a CP point of view, or when it comes to union contracts with employees who deliver the mail for CP? At times, Canada Post may receive a request to make a temporary change to delivery. As in the example you’ve provided, the property management company of an apartment building may request that we hold the mail or make it available for pickup at one of our facilities while they repair apartment lock boxes. We do accommodate these types of requests and, once the repairs are completed, we resume mail delivery.

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Repairs needed for the Pouce museum were actually rather minor upon closer inspection according to Village staff, and the museum will open on time.

“There’s nothing over there that the building inspector observed from a safety standpoint that was bad to the point the facility couldn’t be opened on time,” CAO Chris Leggett said.

But Councillor Ken Drover says work still needs to be done, saying a safety inspection is needed — not just

that of the integrity of the building.

Electrical is another concern.

“We need an electrician, we need a carpenter,” he said. “It’s our building.”

Council motioned for staff to contact the BC Construction Safety Alliance.

Council and staff said more communication is needed from the museum board over the state of the building.

The museum is slated to open May 1, with a grand opening ceremony for the season on May 11. reporter@dcdn.ca

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The fight is not yet over

by Mike Bernier Peace River South MLA Congratulations to the people of the Peace for raising your voices, expressing your concerns the caribou protection plans being rolled out by the government, and having those concerns heard in Victoria. It’s a long way to deliver a message, but you did it.

The voice of the Peace was so loud because of the incredible work by the Concerned Citizens for Caribou Recovery. They collected more than 30,000 signatures on their petition. For comparison, remember that the entire population of the Peace is just over 65,000. It was one of the highlights of my entire time in public life to deliver that petition on the floor of the Legislature on April 10.

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That petition called on the government to halt the process, conduct broader consultations, begin economic and socio-economic impacts of the caribou recovery proposals, and provide base line scientific data for the closures. We got some of what we were looking for when Premier John Horgan finally came to Dawson Creek April 15 to acknowledge the concerns of the region and so much of rural British Columbia.

But the Premier only extended the on-going consultation of the existing draft caribou recovery plans by a month and appointed my predecessor as MLA (and current Dawson Creek Councillor) Blair Lekstrom as a liaison to the Premier on the issue. What was missing? Any commitment to taking our concerns seriously,

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or any further stakeholder input being allowed. The Premier created this mess and tried to blow it off by just saying “my bad.” To me his quick fly in and fly out was only a political stunt to try to turn down the temperature on how own government’s ham-fisted approach that has generated so much across rural BC. I’m worried because the extra month appears to only give the environmental groups more time to cuddle up to this Government in their quest to shut down our back country.

Also troubling is the Premier’s failure deliver on what we need from any recovery plan: • more science included in the plans, • a commitment to zero job losses, • references to predator management, • a commitment to hear from local groups.

There’s plenty still to hear on all of these topics. They are issues the people of the Peace have been begging to be heard on since long before the draft agreements were released and my caution is it is late in the game for the input to come and there are so many warning signs in what’s missing.

All of this is why it’s clear to me that even though the Premier thinks the first battle is over, the fight is far from won. What’s at stake is enjoyment of the lifestyle that is the reason why so many of us call the Peace our home, as well as and the resource activity that builds our communities, supports our families, and sends tax dollars to be spent far away in Victoria.

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Songwriters this weekend

The Peace Songwriters are hosting their monthly coffeehouse this Saturday.

Anyone can perform — whether it’s a song, poetry, or spoken word — and the event takes the shape of an open mic of sorts, with each participate getting the time for three songs or pieces.

And while the Songwriters are hosting it, they don’t seem to frown on covers either — so bring what you have.

It’s a good crowd that encourages performers of all skills and ages.

Of course, if you don’t feel like performing yourself, it’s still a great time watching local talent perform straight from the heart.

Doors open 6:30 pm at the KPAC, and the music begins 7 pm, going until 9.

Join instructor Melissa Klassen for a Paint Night Fundraiser for the St. Mark’s Food Bank.

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Peace River South Festival of the Arts Piano, voice, strings, dance and more will be showcased all week April 24 to 27 as part of the festival at both KPAC and Unchagah Hall.

“There will be a great selection of performers, and food of all kinds at our opening ceremonies,” says KPAC executive director Shayna Ham-

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Wednesday May 1 brings the honours concert, while year –end recitals are slated into May with both Alice in Wonderland and High Hopes presentations. editor@dcdn.ca

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Above: clockwise from top left — a new board of directors for the South Peace Historial Archives; Leo Arsenault performs a poem at the March Peace Songwriters coffeehouse, going again this Saturday; Easter egg hunt in a haystack at the Easter Eggstravaganza Sunday. Below: clockwise from top left — Saturday morning, after a run, the Heartstrings and Shoelaces running group celebrates Dawneen Ryan’s (holding the cake) race in the Marathon des Sables (turn to A21 for the story); Coy Cup ring up close and personal; and the editor set his camera controls for the heart of the sun last week. COZICAR, BROWN

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Clockwise from top: full house at the Trash Can Bingo Friday afternoon; Robin Gibson enjoys a good meal at the Nawican Easter/Elders supper; Easter dance and band rehearsals at Bethel Pentecostal; and Arleene Thorpe was in the Easter spirit at Sunday’s Easter Eggstravaganza at the Encana Events Centre. COZICAR, BROWN

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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.

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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.

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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

A councillor displays some of his paintings at a gallery exhibit in 2004. The arts centre in downtown is now named after him.

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Dawneen Ryan runs 251 km in the Sahara Desert in the Marathon des Sables

SPORTS + SORTS

Left: Dawneen Ryan (#221) with the Moroccan winners; shots of the race taken by Ryan on the right. DAWNEEN RYAN AUSTIN CozICAr Staff Writer

Days that got up to 50 degrees celsius, nights that cooled down to about five degrees with a harsh wind. 251 kilometres over seven days (six days and a day of rest) in the Sahara Desert, with one 16 hour day calling for 80 clicks on the desert sand, it’s no wonder many call the Marathon des Sables the toughest foot race on the planet.

But for Dawneen Ryan, the toughest part was the weight that you carry.

You have to wear a backpack with all of your supplies — sleeping bag, shelter tent, compass, scorpion venom kit, food to name a few items — and it couldn’t weigh less than 15 lbs, but practically speaking you aren’t getting it below 20 lbs.

Even the food eaten — rice krispies for breakfast, fruit bars, liquid calories for water, and dehydrated potatoes for supper — really came down to the weight it took up.

“That was the hardest part for me,” she says, now back home in Dawson Creek from Morocco, where she was one of nine Canadians in the 34th edition of the famous race earlier this month.

“It’s been on my bucket list for a long time,” she says. “It’s a bit like the Boston Marathon of ultra running.”

The substitute teacher from Dawson

is no stranger to international races.

She’s made a goal of running a race on every continent, since starting her quest in 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. She’s done races in Mexico, Scotland, Slovenia, and Italy to name a few.

With the Marathon des Sables under her belt, she’s only missing two continents from her list — South America and Australia. And yes, we’re counting Antarctica — she ran a race there on King George Island. (“We run in colder weather here than I experienced there, it was probably about minus 25 there.

We run even to minus 40,” she notes).

The Marathon des Sables certainly lived up to its reputation.

People were airlifted out due to the heat, and with the daytime temperatures regularly in the 40’s, and topping out at about 50 degrees, the runners had to make sure they took breaks.

“It sucks your energy, we’re not used to it. I was probably coming from the worst place out of anybody coming from here going to there,” she admits.

In a stage race, the runners do about a marathon each day, with one long day of about 80 kilometres — a 16 hour day, Ryan says, finishing at midnight in the dark — followed by a day of rest, and then one last day to do the rest of the kilometres remaining.

“Every day you’re getting up and repeating it. It’s not like a one day thing, you go home and you rest — it becomes

a bit of a grind, because every day you’re getting up, you’ve got to spend an hour just on your feet, bandaging your feet, getting them ready for the day, because you have to protect them from the sand, the rocks,” Ryan shares.

“The sand is a little bit like the snow, you know how you have different types of sand and different types of snow. So you look for those ripples, you kind of look for them, because you know it’s harder , so if you find that you walk on that, because other you’re just sinking down.

“Running in the sand for a long time really strains your calves, you’re sort of trudging, baring down, especially with the backpack, it was a lot more hillier than you would think, I imagine the desert to be flat somehow, it’s not, there’s a lot of big hills, we climbed one hill and they actually have a rope that you have to pull yourself up on.”

And nighttime was no easier chore either. With the aforementioned low temperatures, the wind is always blowing — a tough nights sleep with shelter tents open to the wind and sand.

“You’re always getting covered in sand, you’d wake up in the night and be covered in sand. The sand was in everything,” she says.

But she was prepared for the feat.

Before the race in Dawson, training three to four hours a day in the lead-up to the race, including running

with a weighted vest. And while she couldn’t replicate the temperature here — snowshoeing every day up the hill was one of her exercise — she did heat-training in a sauna, getting herself used to enduring heat for long periods of time.

It all paid off, with Ryan finishing the race.

“I didn’t seem to be suffering as much as some people did. I don’t know, maybe it’s just you get so focused on your tas that you just sort of bare through it,” she says.

And it was worth it.

Ryan notes the Erg Chebbi, the sand dunes like those in Lawrence of Arabia or any other movie in a desert.

“That was the most amazing thing, all you can see are dunes, it’s sort of what you see in the movies,” she says.

“You realize how vulnerable you are.”

Camels were a common sight, with Ryan even noticing a herd of about 500 at one point during the race.

And once the race was finished, it was hard to come back down.

“You almost feel like you have a fever when you’re done, everybody gets that, weird dreams. Just as your body’s sort of coming down because you’ve been on this high intensity for seven days,” she says. continued on A22

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Pouce disc golf course not granted permanent status, but council in support of disc golf club

Loveena McCorkell, Seve Avey, and Flynn Smith washing cars Saturday for a Mile Zero Judo fundraiser to send athletes to nationals. In the end, they raised $1,236. COZICAR Disc Golf Club VP Kevin Zarifeh (left) and president Daniel Martin (right) present Councillor Ken Drover (centre) with a $120 cheque for the Pouce Coupe Food Bank. COZICAR

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Pouce Coupe council was willing to write a letter of support for the Dawson Creek Disc Golf Club, but held off on giving the Pouce Park course permanent status.

The club had three asks at the April 17 council meeting — the said letter of support, permission to make the course a permanent fixture, and $10,000 to make the course permanent with baskets, teepads, and signs. (Baskets cost upwards of $600 each, as do teepads, and signage would cost about $100 per hole).

While the Dawson course at Barbaree Park has permanent status and signage, it does not have teepads. (The club has asked Dawson council previously).

“What we’ve done as a club is we’ve started to think a little bit bigger,” said club vice president Kevin Zarifeh, who noted they wanted to draw in the BC disc golf championships, which a Pouce course would help in their bid for 2020 or 2021.

Council had previously given the club permission at the October 17 meeting for a trial run of the course until June 30 this year. The course has nine holes with tone targets rather than the ideal baskets, with a counter clock-

wise layout to make an 18 hole game.

The club has since hosted a Powder Bowl in Pouce Park (a winter tourney in the snow) and just recently a pick up and play (pick up garbage while playing a round).

While council indicated their enthusiasm for the sport, and willingness by some to donate the requested amount (Councillor Ken Drover spoke against), staff warned against permanent decisions with Pouce Park too soon.

“We don’t have a solid game plan for how Pouce Park is going to look,” said CAO Chris Leggett, noting the current layout of the course conflicts with some plans for a walking trail. “We’ve got to be absolutely certain if we’re giving an organization written permission.

“It would be extremely premature.”

But while the course wasn’t granted permanent status, the course with the tone poles is still open for anyone to play. Council noted their support, also offering the services of their grant writer in addition to the letter of support.

“I think it’s something we need to have at the park, they do clean up the park,” said Mayor Lorraine Michetti. reporter@dcdn.ca

Disco skate Friday Miss the 70’s? Or just like the style?

Kin Arena is hosting a roller skate disco night Friday at 6 pm.

Loud music, flashing lights and a fun atmosphere are promised. They say bring your roller/Inline skates. All ages

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Dawneen on support from the community The support from back home was tremendous, she says.

She’s part of the “Heartstrings and Shoelaces” running group in Dawson Creek, who meet four times a week at the Tim Hortons on 8th St — Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 am, and 8 am on Saturdays. (They’re open to anyone, with any degree of skill level running, and no commitment is needed — just show up at Timmies when you feel like going for a run).

“I couldn’t have done it without all the support and encouragement, especially my running group friends, just about every day someone came with me to do at least part of my training,” she says.

“Then when I was there, everybody was emailing me and sending messages of encouragement.”

They followed the race online, keeping track of her live as she finished the various stages and crossed the finish line. When she got home, they presented her with a cake.

And of course, her family has been a great help.

“My husband was my equipment manager,” she laughs.

“But he was in charge of all my stuff, how to arrange my backpack and how to make sure it was all going to work, and took all my food, and wrapped it so it would all fit, and that’s a big burden.”

While the Marathon des Sables is a big one off the list, she’s not finished yet. Ryan’s hoping to tick off South America and Australia next spring.

“I still have lots on the list.” reporter@dcdn.ca

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High school rodeo Chetwynd event winners Ribbon Roping: Saturday: Danny Jones & Twiggy Esau Sunday: Korbin Mills & Fallon Jones JR Girls Breakaway Roping: Saturday: Fallon Jones Sunday: Fallon Jones SR Girls Goat Tying: Saturday: Rylie Bondaroff Sunday: Tyler Bondaroff JR Girls Goat Tying: Saturday: Fallon Jones Sunday: Fallon Jones Steer Wrestling: Saturday: Ben Jackson Sunday: Tyler Pederson SR Pole Bending: Saturday: Aspen Wollen Sunday: Aspen Wollen JR Pole Bending: Saturday: Fallon Jones Sunday: Twiggy Esau SR Team Roping: Saturday: Zane Jones & Jesse Jones Sunday: Tucker Esau & Jaytin Jones JR Saddle Bronc: NO QUALIFIED RIDES Bull Riding: Saturday: Brekkan Loewen Sunday: Brekkan Loewen

SR Barrel Racing: Saturday: Rachel Moat Sunday: Aspen Wollen SR Tie Down Roping: Saturday: Tyrel Roberts Sunday: Zane Jones SR Breakaway Roping: Saturday: Kaitlin Busson Sunday: Hanna Pederson Saddle Bronc: Saturday: Tyrel Roberts Sunday: Jesse Jones

Tyler Bondaroff from Arras is able rope a calf during the Senior Girls Breakaway competition April 21 at the Northern BC HIgh School Rodeo in Chetwynd. Another Spring Rodeo event is planned for this weekend in Chetwynd. DAVE

JR Barrel Racing: Saturday: Twiggy Esau Sunday: Rylie Dowling JR Chute Dogging: Saturday: Carson Gunderson Sunday: Carson Johnson JR Boys Breakaway: Saturday: Carson Johnson Sunday: Carson Johnson JR Team Roping: Saturday: Korbin Mills & Carson Johnson Sunday: Fallon Jones & Cashlyn Callison

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Shots from indoor archery Saturday at the Dawson Creek Curling Club. Clockwise from left — Hunter Bull shows strong form in his shot; Colby Johnson, Rick Martin, Ray Melom, and Chase Martin inspect their target, a sasquatch; and Don Stout takes aim. COZICAR

DC disc golf first league day of the season goes Sunday Disc golf league days start up this Sunday at the Barbaree Park course.

Up until this season, the Dawson Creek Disc Golf Club hosted their league nights on Mondays, but members decided to switch up the day to allow for more families to participate.

Golf courses open in and around Dawson

League days are planned for every Sunday afternoon beginning at 2 pm.

And while they like to keep score, It’s golf season again in Dawson newcomers and casual players are wel- Creek. With the early spring, courses in come any week. and around town are opening for busireporter@dcdn.ca ness.

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A little bit farther out of city limits, head on down the 97 towards Fort St. John, and Farmington Fairways is also open for business, with men’s and women’s nights having begun this week. reporter@dcdn.ca

Local hockey players compete in U16 cup in Salmon Arm Three hockey players from the South Peace were in Salmon Arm over the weekend for the 2019 Male U16 BC Cup. Dawson Creek’s Jace Norman and Chetwynd’s Hayden Smith and Pryce Peats were among the 144 invites to the tournaments, having earned their way by their performances at the regional camps.

Norman is a member of the Dawson Creek Minor Hockey Association, while Peats is part of the North East Zone program and Smith plays at the

Yale Hockey Academy in Abbotsford.

Players advancing from the BC Cup will attend the 2019 Provincial Camp, which will be held from July 29 to August 2 at Shawnigan Lake School in Shawnigan Lake, BC. Meanwhile, Maddox Pierce of the DCMHA was one of 160 players selected for the 2019 Male U15 Provincial Camp that will go at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton BC from May 9 to 12. reporter@dcdn.ca

BC Hockey 100 great moments: Andy Moog Andy Moog (Penticton, BC) was a National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender for many years, but he wasn’t the first great goaltender in his family. Andy’s father Don Moog, played for the 1955 World Champion Penticton Vees.

Andy also played for the Vees, strapping on the pads for the Penticton Junior A team for a season, before jumping to the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) Billings Bighorns, leading to him being drafted in the seventh round by the Edmonton Oilers.

Moog played for the Oilers for seven (7) seasons, and won three (3) Stanley Cups with Edmonton during their 1980’s dynasty. Moog won the William M. Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals against

in 1990, when he played for the Bruins.

That season Moog and the Bruins were defeated by his former team, the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final.

Since his retirement, Moog has worked as an assistant coach and goaltending coach for the Dallas Stars. Andy Moog was inducted into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000.

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YOUR WEEKLY COMMUNITY LISTINGS 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.

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.

TOPS B.C. #3450, ARRAS meets every Wednesday at Cutbank Hall @ 10:00 A.M. For more info call LINDA at 250-843-7410 or LINDA at 250843-0033. Join us having fun while winning with weight loss

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TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY) Meets Thursday at 9:30 am New Beginnings Baptist Church 10221-18th St. Phone Gail 250-7827208 for more info.

TOPS EVENING SESSIONS Meets Thursday at 6:00 pm New Beginnings Baptist Church 1022118th St Phone: Judy 250-782-9540 or Gail 250-782-7208 for more info.

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: Neil- 250-782-7651. 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: Neil- 250-782-7651. 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.

The gauzy curtain Jenée Baldwin Today I had a message from a friend, someone I have always looked up to.

God has always seemed to be more real to her than to most of us, and I always hoped that by spending time with her some of that clear vision would rub off on me.

My friend is in the last few, precious days of a terminal illness. She is rarely awake now, and I didn’t expect to hear from her again this side of heaven, but I opened my email and read: ‘’Things are peaceful, God is so near and I’m awfully weary of dealing with the pain. I’ve admired the heck outta you and the courage you have to stand up against crushing attacks. It’s been a privilege to get to know you. See you on the other side of the gauzy curtain and we will DANCE!’’ As I sat there and cried for her, for her family, for the terrible pain and loss of finishing the race without my friend, my daughter came up to hug me and read the note that was on the screen. ‘’Mama, what’s the gauzy curtain?’’

I thought for a minute, and then pointed to the sheer drapes in our living room window. ‘’Look through those drapes, Baby. What do you see?’’ ‘’I can see the shapes of the trees and the houses.’’ ‘’Can you see the leaves on the trees? Or the birds in

the branches? Can you see the flowers planted at the base of the tree?’’ ‘’No. It’s too cloudy looking through the drapes.’’ ‘’Yes, that’s what it’s like looking at heaven from here. That’s the gauzy curtain. We can’t see through it clearly. But when we die, we will be on the other side and we will be right there with all the beauty of heaven, and we will see Jesus face to face.’’

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Save me a dance, Sweet Sister. I love you and will miss you terribly, with your wisdom and wise counsel.

Goodbye for now, until we meet at the feet of the One who died so that we can live forever. ‘’Now we see a dim reflection, as if we were looking in a mirror, but then we shall see clearly. Now I know only a part, but then I will know fully, as God has known me.’’ 1 Corinthians 13:12

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I’ve known since middle school. We are now in our early 60s. Usually we gather in a place that has wonderful clothing stores. I live in an area where shopping is limited, so I often see items I’d love to buy.

My problem is that my friends are highly critical of everything I try on, but not of each other. I’m fairly certain the reason is because I am the only one of us who still weighs what I did when we finished high school. We were all slender then. The others are substantially larger now, probably by 40 or more pounds.

I have tried not coming out of the dressing room to avoid their comments, but sometimes I need to because of the mirror availability. And sometimes they’ll insist that I show them what I have on. Going shopping by myself on these trips is not an option.

Several years ago, I just stopped trying on clothes with them and just bought cute accessories instead. Last year, I tried on some items, listened to their negative comments, but didn’t buy anything. When I got back home I called the shop and had them send me the clothes I liked. (Of course, I had to pay shipping.) Meanwhile, when I wore the clothes, I got numerous compliments not only from friends, but even from strangers who came up to me and asked where I bought such a cute jacket, blouse, etc.

I try to be very supportive of each of my friends about the way they look, for example complimenting them on their clothes or jewelry or hairstyle, etc.

We will be getting together again soon in a great shopping location. Is there anything I can do or say to prevent them from being so critical of me when trying on clothes? Or do I just bite the bullet for the sake of our friendship, which I do truly value, and just buy more earrings and scarves? — What Are Friends For

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Dear What Are Friends For: Water off a duck’s back: That’s what these comments should be to you. If you like how something looks on you, buy it.

If they try to talk you out of it, smile, thank them for the feedback, and buy it anyway. Confidence and good humor are stronger forces than pettiness and jealousy. I have a feeling that once they see they can’t take you down a peg, they’ll stop trying.

Dear Annie: Your advice is usually so good, but I was surprised but your response to “Hurt in the Pacific Northwest,” who was upset by her brotherin-law’s joke on Facebook that, by this woman’s own admission, she is “very sensitive” and has “trouble letting things go” — and she demonstrates that here. She is tripping over pebbles to find offense in this situation, but you told her that he was wrong to speak that way! I think gently pointing out that she overreacted would have been doing her a service. Life must hurt and offend her every day. — Benefit of the Doubt Dear Benefit of the Doubt: I received enough feedback to this effect to think that I may have missed the mark on this one. I appreciate your letter.

“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.

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TAURUS – ApR 21/MAy 21 It can be challenging to balance private and public life, Taurus. Make a concerted effort to be open, but don’t overshare information, either. Work with others, if necessary.

GEMINI – MAy 22/JUN 21 Gemini, you want to have momentum, but something trips you up and slows you down considerably. You have to find a work-around if you want to be happy.

CANCER – JUN 22/JUl 22 Older, unresolved issues may bubble up this week and grab at your attention, Cancer. Seek out close companions who may be able to guide you through.

lEO – JUl 23/AUG 23 Leo, consistency at work starts to shine through in your career status and progress at the company.

Competition seems to fall away, and you take a leadership role.

VIRGO – AUG 24/SEpT 22 Showcase your talents to people unfamiliar with what you can do, Virgo. This renewed enthusiasm may inspire you and others going forward.

lIBRA – SEpT 23/OCT 23 Libra, the longer you let your needs go unaddressed, the more the pressure and stress will mount. Find a way to put yourself first this week.

SCORpIO – OCT 24/NOV 22 Your sense of security and routine is put to the test with a new visitor to your household, Scorpio. This visitor may require a few concessions on your part.

SAGITTARIUS – NOV 23/DEC 21 Sagittarius, try your best to breeze through interruptions at work this week. Your projects are all on schedule, and you want to keep them going forward.

CApRICORN – DEC 22/JAN 20 Your attention may be drawn to the material things in your life right now, Capricorn. It is okay to focus on the niceties surrounding you once in a while.

AQUARIUS – JAN 21/FEB 18 Make some changes at home so that living spaces reflect your personality and desire for comfort and coziness, Aquarius. It can make for more harmonious living.

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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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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.

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.

Drop in to Better at Home and find out how you can help. Casual Volunteers Wanted! A perfect fit for your busy schedule Casual Better at Home volunteers: -Help out on a ‘one-time’ basis -Fill gaps when regular volunteers are unavailable -Can accept or decline any request Call today for more information on this easy, flexible volunteer opportunity. 250782-2341 Farmington Farmerettes Annual Spring Strawberry Tea & Craft SaleSaturday, May 4 from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm. At Parkland School, 5104 Parkland Road in Farmington. Enjoy Strawberry Shortcake and Beverages for $4 per Person; Browse the Hand-Quilted Items and Craft Tables. For More Information or to Reserve a Craft Table, Phone 250843-7018 Have an Event or meeting you need to Advertise?

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KNIT NIGHT: Thursdays at Faking Sanity Cafe in Dawson Creek6:30 to 8:30 PM. Mile “O” Quilter’s Guild meets every Tuesday & Thursday in Dawson Creek at KPAC in Studio #10 at 7pm

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Edmonton’s Concordia Concert Choir tours with “When the Sun Comes” May 02, 2019 7:00pm - 8:30pm St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dawson Creek, BC Free (freewill offering will be received) Jordan Van Biert Conductor and Laura Hawley Accompanist The full arc of the circle of life, full of rich and tender imagery both sensory and spiritual, threads through this portrait of the cycle of seasons.

The Concordia Concert Choir, directed this year by Jordan Van Biert, is part of the academic program at Concordia University of Edmonton.

The choir is comprised of 30 auditioned singers from various disciplines and interests.

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PC Roots Group Building Open: Every Saturday Sept-June 10:00am-12:00pm 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: Lynn250-782-4058.

Neil- 250-7827651. Website http://peacecountryroots.ca

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PC Roots Group Meeting: 4th Sunday/month - from Sept-June 1:30pm in the Roots Building at NAR Park.

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Come learn & share experiences with other amateur genealogists.

New members welcome. For more info call: Lynn- 250-7824058. Neil- 250782-7651. Website http://peacecountryroots.ca Please join us on June 2nd for the 2nd annual Walk to End ALS. at the Greenspace at 100th Ave. & 100th St. Fort St. John, BC Registration for the event will begin at 10am. There will be food, music, games, raffles, activities and lots for the whole family to do. The walk is about 4km long but the route brings you back to the Greenspace multiple times, if you need to shorten your distance.

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

Sports team vs. sports team. Business vs. business.

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Create some competition and let’s make this year better than last!

Go to this site to pre-register for this walk: events.alsbc.ca.

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SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca Save the Dates July 12, 13, 14, 2019 for the Mile Zero Cruisers Silver Anniversary Summer Cruise weekend Bring down your pride and joy and register for the Car Show weekend.

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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.

Sunday, April 28The Mile “0” Quilters will hold their ANNUAL QUILT SHOW and STRAWBERRY TEA from 1:00 4:00 at the Calvin Kruk Arts Centre (KPAC), 10401 10th Street, Downtown, Dawson Creek. Guest Vendors will Display their Products. Scissor Sharpening Available. Admission: $6.00; Five and Under, No Charge. There is a Door Prize.

SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm Thursday at 9:30 am-New Beginnings Baptist Church in DC, 10221-18th St.TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly).

Phone: Gail at 250-782-7208 for more info.

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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).

TOPS B.C. #3450, Arras meets every Wednesday at Cutbank Hall @ 10:00 A.M. For more info call LINDA AT 250-843-7410 or LINDA AT 250-843-0033.

Join us having fun while winning with weight loss TOPS Evening Sessions Meet Thursday at 6:00 pm New Beginnings Baptist Church in DC, 10221-18th St Phone: Judy 250782-9540 or Gail 250-782-7208 for more info.

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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 “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.

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Nanny/Live-in Caregiver required for 4 children ages 10/7/4/ & 18-months. Full-Time Live-in only. Duties include: Care for younger children at home. Make beds and do laundry.

Light house cleaning.

Working hours 8am4pm Monday-Friday Weekends off. $10.25/hr or $1640/mth. Must speak English. Related Experience necessary.

Prefer high school graduate or someone with higher education and/or caregiver training. Call 250-2192291/250-467-9112 or email: salverene01@yahoo.com

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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.

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CASUAL PART-TIME DRIVERS

School District No. 59 (Peace River South) requires casual, part-time school bus drivers to serve routes in the Dawson Creek and surrounding rural areas.

Successful applicants must possess, or be willing to obtain, a valid BC Class 2 driver’s license. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

Please provide a recent driver’s abstract with your application.

Apply to Brittany Faulkner, Director of Human Resources, by email at bfaulkner@sd59.bc.ca or by mail at 11600 – 7th Street, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4R8. Applications can be obtained from the School District office or School District web page (www.sd59.bc.ca). Please include the names of two work related references with day contact phone numbers. Continued clear criminal record checks are a requirement of employment.

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PETRONAS Energy Canada Ltd. We have an exciting opportunity for a Field Regulatory & Environ− mental Coordinator to join our team in Fort St. John! Travel within our Northeast BC opera− tions and occasional travel to Calgary is required. Visit our website for more information and to apply.

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SENIOR PLANT OPERATOR

Loca�on: Pouce Coupe, AB Status: Full-�me permanent Posted: April 15, 2019

Repor�ng to the Gas Plant Foreman, the right candidate is fully familiar with all aspects of sour gas plant opera�ons, procedures for safety, troubleshoo�ng, produc�on logging, start-up, shut-down and equipment maintenance.

General Requirements and Responsibili�es: • Fully competent in the safe opera�on, maintenance and repair of pressure, process and rota�ng equipment; • Experienced in troubleshoo�ng upset plant condi�ons; • Provide mentorship and coaching to more junior employees; • Able to work independently with minimal guidance from Foreman and Lead Operators; • Assists with organiza�on and implementa�on of company-wide programs such as preventa�ve maintenance, pipeline integrity, electrical QMP, turnarounds, pressure equipment integrity, etc.; • Support our HSE program by assis�ng in the development of opera�onal policies, standards, procedures, and prac�ces.

Educa�on, Skills and Abili�es: • 8+ years’ opera�ng experience in a Gas Plant environment; • 4th Class Power Engineering or higher is required; • Control Room/Board opera�ng experience is considered a significant asset; • Safety Cer�fica�on required – H2S Alive, First Aid and CPR, Common Safety Orienta�on, etc.; • Ability to self-start as well as work effec�vely as a team member; • Cri�cal thinking skills with the ability to manage and assess risk; • A�en�on to detail with the ability to manage and priori�ze workloads; • Excellent organiza�onal and communica�on skills both wri�en and verbal; • Computer skills like Outlook, Word, Excel, some experience with PVR, Scada, Roughneck or DATS is beneficial.

Applica�on Process Note that this posi�on is located at Birchcliff ’s 3-22-78-12W6 Pouce Coupe Gas Plant. The ideal candidate must reside in the Spirit River, Dawson Creek or Pouce Coupe area.

Interested applicants are invited to submit their resume to careers@birchcliffenergy.com with the term “Senior Plant Operator” in the subject line of the email.

Birchcliff Energy Ltd. (www.birchcliffenergy.com) offers compe��ve compensa�on, stock op�ons and benefits to its employees.

The successful applicant will be a highly mo�vated, flexible, enthusias�c and well-organized individual who enjoys being part of a fast-paced team.

We thank you in advance for your submission; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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THURSDAY, MAY 9TH 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. CONFERENCE ROOM, SUPER 8 MOTEL 1440 ALASKA AVE Looking for community-minded people who are interested in becoming involved in the organiza�on as board members, volunteers, or associate members for the upcoming 2019/2020 season.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF COUNCIL INITIATIVE LOCAL AREA SERVICE BYLAW NO. 4415, 2019 TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corpora�on of the City of Dawson Creek intends to install a Street Ligh�ng Upgrade (“the project”), on the following road: 112th Avenue (8th Street to 13th Street) Total es�mated cost of the City’s Por�on Total Es�mated cost of the Parcel Owner’s Por�on Total Es�mated Cost of Project

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Take notice that Paul Sawchuk of Chetwynd, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (MFLNRORD), Northeast Region, for a temporary permit for roadway purposes covering approximately 0.51 hectares situated on Provincial Crown land in the vicinity of Chetwynd, Peace River District.

The Lands File for this application is 8014777.

Written comments concerning this application should be directed to Jason Pederson, Authorization Officer, Northeast Region, MFLNRORD, at 100, 10003-110 Avenue, Fort St. John, BC, V1J 6M7, (250) 261-2063. Comments will be received by MFLNRORD up to June 2, 2019. MFLNRORD may not be able to consider comments received after this date.

Please visit the website at http://comment. nrs.gov.bc.ca/ for more information and a map of the application area.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. Access to these records requires the submission of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Visit http://www.gov.bc.ca/freedomofinformation to learn more about FOI submissions.

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OR Annual charge per linear taxable foot of frontage payable over 10 consecu�ve years

CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF POUCE COUPE

$9.44

Persons within the benefi�ng area, shown crosshatched and outlined in red, desiring to pe��on against the undertaking of the works must do so by lodging their wri�en objec�ons to the Corporate Administrator, City Hall, P.O. Box 150, Dawson Creek, B.C., V1G 4G4 on or before 4:30 pm on May 27, 2019. If not more than 50% of the parcel owners represen�ng 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements pe��on against the project on or before the deadline, Council may proceed with the project. The property owners’ por�on of the project cost is to be funded through borrowing with costs recovered through a parcel tax on those parcels in the benefi�ng area and the City por�on is to be funded through a general property tax. The maximum term of the debt is ten years.

SUMMER STUDENT PUBLIC WORKS Department: Status: No. of positions: Union: Hours of work: Salary:

Public Works Temporary 3 CUPE Local 2403-03 7.5 hours per day 30 hours per week $19.01/hour

Job Summary:

The Village of Pouce Coupe is looking for seasonal employees to work in our Public Works department for the summer. The position start date would be early May to June and would go through to the end of August 2019.

Qualifications: •

Must be attending school, college, or university during last school term and returning to your studies in the subsequent academic year.

Skills and Abilities • • •

Ability to work as a team player within the department and overall organization.

Must present a neat appearance and deal tactfully and effectively with the public.

Preference will be given to applicants with a valid driver’s license.

Duties: •

• • •

Perform public works tasks in the Village operations including ground maintenance, water and sewer maintenance, operating light equipment, road work, and other public works projects as required.

Mowing and maintaining municipal park space (mowing, whipersniping, watering).

Organize inventories of materials and supplies; ensure suitable records are maintained as necessary.

Escalate inquiries or complaints from the public to Public Work Lead Hand.

How to apply for this position:

Brenda Ginter, Corporate Officer 250-784-3614 • bginter@dawsoncreek.ca

Email: sstokes@poucecoupe.ca Fax: 250-786-5257 Or drop off at the Village Office 5011 49th Avenue, Pouce Coupe, BC Attention: Sandy Stokes.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

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NOTICE OF COUNCIL INITIATIVE LOCAL AREA SERVICE BYLAW NO. 4414, 2019 TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corpora�on of the City of Dawson Creek intends to install a Street Ligh�ng Upgrade (“the project”), on the following road: 92nd Avenue (17th Street to 19th Street) Total es�mated cost of the City’s Por�on

$9,872.24

Total Es�mated cost of the Parcel Owner’s Por�on

$81,356.97

Total Es�mated Cost of Project

$91,229.21

Parcel Owners Op�ons and Cost Summary Lump sum up front charge per linear taxable foot

$56.27

OR Annual charge per linear taxable foot of frontage payable over 10 consecu�ve years

$6.60

Persons within the benefi�ng area, shown crosshatched and outlined in red, desiring to pe��on against the undertaking of the works must do so by lodging their wri�en objec�ons to the Corporate Administrator, City Hall, P.O. Box 150, Dawson Creek, B.C., V1G 4G4 on or before 4:30 pm on May 27, 2019. If not more than 50% of the parcel owners represen�ng 50% of the assessed value of land and improvements pe��on against the project on or before the deadline, Council may proceed with the project. The property owners’ por�on of the project cost is to be funded through borrowing with costs recovered through a parcel tax on those parcels in the benefi�ng area and the City por�on is to be funded through a general property tax. The maximum term of the debt is ten years.

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