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Christy Clark was in Fort St. John on April 18 to express her party’s continued commitment to Site C and to drum up support for the BC Liberals in the lead up to the provincial election May 9. The BC Liberal leader had MLA candidate for Peace River North Dan Davies at her side at the podium to tell the assembled crowd of dignitaries and tradesfolk that

the BC Liberals are the only party that can get Site C built. “I’m here with Dan today to talk about a really clear choice for our future. It’s a choice between a bright future and going backward. It is a choice between growth and decline,� Clark said. “If we get re-elected this project will go ahead. The opposition each have a plan. Under the NDP, Site C would be dead. Under the Greens, it would be deader.� The media event was held

at Inland Concrete, one of around 225 Peace River businesses benefitting from Site C work already underway. “Site C, as you know, is a multi-year project. It’s going to mean that even more people have work in the future; it means job security for the people who are already employed at places like Inland Concrete. “Rather than having to go from job to job and hunting for new work every time a project ends, the men and

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women behind me are much more likely to be able to have certainty to be able to look after the people that they love,� Clark said to applause. The BC Liberal platform includes a commitment to continue to grow new markets for agriculture and natural resources, to become a global leader in technology, tourism, film and advanced manufacturing, and to making record investments in schools, hospitals, transit and roads.

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Education a hot topic at NPSS forum Student loans, post-secondary studies debated ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Four of the five Peace River North candidates ventured to North Peace Secondary School on Tuesday for an All Candidates Forum geared towards the students. Organized by Grade 12 student Annie Peachey, the forum gave students the

opportunity to hear the candidates’ thoughts on topics like post-secondary education, affordable housing, and marijuana legalization. “It’s a really important opportunity because there’s going to be at least 100 students at this school that will be eligible to vote on May 9, and a lot of them don’t know

about the political parties and what their stance on the issues are,� said Peachey. NDP candidate Rob Dempsey, Liberal candidate Dan Davies, and Independent candidates Bob Fedderly and Jeff Richert took part in the forum, sharing their platforms and ideas on the issues.

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BC Hydro is once again facing heavy fines after environmental inspectors found excessive sediment runoff into the Peace River at the Site C dam site last month. Federal officials with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) inspected the dam site between March 24 and 28, and found sediment problems at three locations that threaten to impact fish in the river. According to a CEAA notice, BC Hydro’s erosion and sediment mitigation measures “were not effective in preventing sediment-laden water from entering fishbearing waters.� CEAA intends to issue its environmental order on April 21, and is giving the Crown utility until April 30 to provide it with erosion and sediment control plans, undertake remediation works, and provide water quality sampling reports from one creek that was impacted. BC Hydro is facing fines of up to $200,000 on a first offence if it does not come into compliance with the conditions of its environmental certificate. Fines increase to $400,000 on subsequent offences. Site C spokesman Dave Conway told the Vancouver Sun that more than 2,200 inspections of the dam site were undertaken between September 2016 and March 2017 to ensure erosion and sediment control compliance. See SITE C on A3

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19-month-old Phoenix MacQuarrie donned his best bunny ears to take part in the Kin Club’s annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 15. ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

Please don’t puncture the planet TOWER TALE: Near Winnipeg, thieves stole a cellphone tower. Took it apart, loaded it on a big truck, and drove away. Maybe the crooks are planning to start their own cellphone company, there’s big money in that racket. Wow, imagine stealing a cellphone tower! And this just in: Niagara Falls is missing.

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ROADWORTHY REPORT: In Quebec, police stopped a man driving an old car. The vehicle’s suspension had been replaced by a chunk of wood and chicken wire. Why was he driving a car that was held together by a chunk of wood and chicken wire? I don’t know. Maybe he ran out of chewing gum and cardboard.

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ELECTION DEJECTION: B.C.’s election campaign officially kicked off, with some polls showing many voters are unimpressed with candidates on both sides of the political spectrum. Someone once said: “An election is when a con man talks fine words to his victims and convinces them they can be part of the con.” Oh, wait a moment, it was me who said that.

BELLY BULB: Doctors in Saudi Arabia removed a light bulb from a man’s stomach. The 29 year old man said he swallowed the light bulb when he was 10. This is what can happen when you have a sore throat and your Mom shines a light in your mouth to get a close look.

DREAM DETAILS: Scientists found the area of the human brain that controls our dreams. It’s just a matter of time until there’s a device you can buy that lets you dream in high-definition 3-D with Dolby Surround Sound.

STAR CHORES: There’s an online conDRILL THRILL: Japanese engineers test where Star Wars fans can win a role in will drill the deepest hole ever drilled the new Han Solo movie. Be very cautious into the Earth. I hope they’re careful. I’m 112.9 John,Fort BCSt.- 7John Day Forecast - Environment Canada DOGGY DETAILS: A new study show if youhttps://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-78_metric_e.html see an online contest where you can no expert, but if they drill too deep and talking to your dog will make your dog win a role in the next Smurfs movie. puncture the planet, we’ll fly around the Alberta-B.C. border smarter. And in the same study: You only universe like a balloon with air escaping. N/A have to say, “Who’s a good boy! Who’s a SMURF SMIRK: The Smurfs movie Ppppppttttthhhhhhhhhh! good boy!” 500 times for your dog to start was in Peace Country theatres. Here’s Fort Nelson N/A believing he really is a good boy. my question: If Smurfette married the SNAKE SNARK: In Sioux Falls, South Jolly Green Giant, would their babies be Dakota: A man was fined for walking his Groundbirch SMELL THIS: In Italy last week, the turqouise? snake without a leash. Hey, if you know 109.9  Environment and natural resources  Weather information  Weather  Local forecasts  British Columbia Supreme Court ruled annoying your where to tie the knot, a snake can be its neighbors by cooking smelly food is a MEANWHILE IN HOLLYWOOD: A own leash. (To be totally correct: He was Chetwynd 115.9 crime. I’m not worried. I don’t have Italian strike is looming in Hollywood movie not fined for WALKING his snake without neighbors. studios. Creative writers may walk out. Or a leash. He was fined for SLITHERING his Tumbler Ridge 119.9 they may stroll out, saunter out, amble snake without a leash) BOB & WILLIE: Bob Dylan announced out, trudge out, hike out, stride out, Observed at: Fort St. John Airport 2:00 PM MST Tuesday 18 April 2017 Current Conditions Nelson, BCGeorge - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada the summer tour that https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-83_metric_e.html wander out, traipse out, sashay out. Hey, BUNNY BULLETIN: The Easter Bunny Prince 107.9 after completing brings him to Dawson Creek he will go they’re creative, right? arrived in the Peace Country, satisfying Condition: Light Snow Temperature: -5.0°C Wind: NNW 5 km/h tour with Willie Nelson. They should call 100 per cent of my annual chocolate egg Hythe 105.9 Pressure: 102.0 kPa Legendary Old Geezers For Dewthe point: MEANWHILE -9.8°C Wind Chill: -7 it the “Two IN THE NETHERLANDS: requirements. I remember Easter egg Price of One” tour. Bob and Willie have A new a contest24 where Tendency: Falling Humidity: 69%Dutch TV show hasVisibility: km hunts when I was a kid. My Mom was not a man tries to guess if a woman is fat or a fun person. She hid our Easter eggs in a Grande Prairie 107.9 made big money in the music biz. And whatever they spend their millions on, it pregnant. Then the woman tries to guess carton in the fridge. sure as heck ain’t anti-wrinkle cream. if the man is a moron or a jackass. Bob Snyder can be reached at: Calgary e  Environment and natural 103.9resources  Weather information  Weather  Local forecasts  British Columbia chewsthenews@fastmail.com Dawson Creek

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Charlie Lake stewardship on AGM agenda The Charlie Lake Conservation Society will hold its annual general meeting Thursday. The meeting is a chance for residents as well as lake users to learn more about the society’s activities over the last year. It’s also a chance for residents to join the group and pitch in their skills and expertise towards conserving and enhancing the lake’s watershed. The quality and health of the lake has been a going concern for many in the community, particularly after last summer’s concerns over potentially toxic blue-green algae found in the lake. The society held a meeting in February to talk about the ecology and health of the lake and for residents and users to learn more from experts from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. The society’s AGM takes place Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at the Urban Systems offices in Fort St. John. For more information, visit charlielakeconservationsociety. ca.

Council agreed to send a letter of support for the program to the Ministry of Health in order to keep the program going. The market plans to open on May 6 and run until mid-October. Last year, the membership made the decision to become an outdoor market and set up shop in Centennial Park, where it had a great experience and reaction from the community. The market will run every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, email fsjfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

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Mayor Lori Ackerman was impressed by the program and how it helps those in need. “It’s a wonderful program and I’m glad the ministry of health started to fund this. I didn’t know this was part of the farmers market,” she said. Ackerman wondered if the farmers’ market could handle the demand if there were more coupon books available to those in need. “I believe we could, we have enough vendors who are stepping up to the plate to bring vegetables and fruit,” said Bernardin.

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Cadets return from Vimy centennial with pride, understanding ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Aidan Isenbecker recently stood on the shores of Juno Beach, the same shores his great grandfather stood on a century before, only without the gunfire and heavy artillery looming overhead. Isenbecker carried with him a WWI era snuffbox, which had also seen the battle for Vimy Ridge in 1917. “My great grandfather was shot on the beach in Juno, but survived,” he said. “(My grandmother) thought it would be a cool idea to either get a picture of me with it there, or bring back some sand in it.” Isenbecker managed to get approval to bring back some sand from Juno Beach in the snuffbox, which he sealed up along with a small photo of his great grandfather to bring home. The idea of standing where his great grandfather once did was mind-blowing. “It was shocking, it looks so beautiful now and it was just shocking trying to think of what it looked like back then.” Isenbecker was one of 20 Fort St. John cadets from the 2276 PPCLI Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry Corps who spent the last two years raising money to attend the

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Cadets Allyssa Gass, Aidan Isenbecker and Jesse Simons recently returned from France where they attended the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge ceremony.

historic 100th anniversary ceremony of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France April 3 to 11. For many of the cadets, it was their first time leaving Canada. Allyssa Gass was one of those cadets and called the trip an eye-opening experience, saying there was a great sense of

Canadian pride in being there. “Most of the teenagers didn’t understand why they were there. They didn’t get that 100 years ago the ground was red and the lives we have today are because of that,” she said. Seeing where thousands of young Canadians huddled

in trenches and worked to reclaim the escarpment from German forces was an intense experience for the cadets. “It was really cool, but, at the same time, kind of terrifying,” said Gass. “Kids were our age, not much older, walking into it not knowing if they’d see the

next day.” Isenbecker echoed that thought. “It would have been insanely scary,” he said. There are portions of the Vimy area that France has left untouched since the First World War, where the ground is pockmarked with small craters from shell blasts and where the remains of fallen soldiers lay to this day. “It felt like it was held (in place) there, like it could have happened yesterday,” said Gass. April 9 marked the Vimy Centennial ceremony, where 25,000 Canadians gathered at the memorial site. Biplanes flew overhead, there was a 21gun salute, and both the French and Canadian militaries were present. The local cadets were pretty far back from the action, which they said was disappointing, but cadet Jesse Simons was still impressed with how the ceremony came together. “I got up close and took a video,” he said. “I watched the military falling in and the RCMP, and it was spectacular compared to other things I’ve seen.” Despite the jet lag on the return trip, the three cadets said they would make the trip again someday. “If I ever got the change to go again, I definitely would,” said Isenbecker.

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rowing up in a small town is hard. You rarely get opportunities to go overseas, especially for such a prestigious ceremony. Given the chance, you would jump on, just like I did. After fundraising for years, the time came for us cadets to head to Vimy Ridge. It felt so unreal. We toured around London for the first few days, seeing Big Ben, the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace and the London Eye. We also had the privilege of attending a memorial service at Green Park just outside of the palace. The ceremony was brief but moving. They spoke of the dedication the soldiers had for their country. It was quite inspiring. Even more so was another, smaller ceremony we attended at Shorncliffe. The stories they told of the training ground for Canadian troops, the stories they told of the little town close by, and the casualties that came. Regardless of the sun in my eyes, I started to tear up.

Just after this ceremony, we were heading to the ferry, going to cross the English Channel, as they did 100 years ago, however, it was only the beginning. Crossing the Channel from the United Kingdom to France was breathtaking. We hadn’t even docked and people were already taking pictures. An enjoyable little adventure was getting to stay in Belgium. Yes, we would travel around France during the day and return to Belgium by night. There, we stayed in a hostel, a little different, I know, in close quarters with others. In France, one of the big highlights was when we visited Juno Beach along with its museum. For lots of the cadets, the feelings from Shorncliffe were eerily similar to walking down the beach. The shoreline had something special to it when literally walking in their footsteps. The beach’s abiding meaning to Canada and its citizens was easily understood but hard to fully grasp. Seeing the rest of France was a true once-in-a-lifetime experience. We shopped at a local French market, but the

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The shores of Juno Beach carry special meaning when you’re walking in the footsteps of soldiers past.

best was yet to come. The big day was here: the Vimy 100th Anniversary Ceremony. We’ve seen the monument in pictures, but its height, colour, and meaning was something indescribable other than the sense of importance and remembrance. Soon, the dignitaries started arriving. The atmosphere was full of hope, love, and respect. Never in my life had I felt something quite like this.

We heard inspirational singers, prayers, and speeches. We saw Prime Minister Trudeau, Prince William and Prince Harry. The whole ceremony was incredibly emotional for all. On our last day, we took a river cruise, passing under bridges, seeing amazing history, and later that night we hiked up the Eiffel Tower. This marked the end of our trip and a good way to go. Lots of what we learned and the ceremonies

we attended were of things we could comprehend, yet never quite understand. We will remember them. Emma Lavigne is a cadet with the 2276 PPCLI Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry Corps. She was one of 20 local cadets who embarked on a nineday journey to Europe from April 3 to 11 to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Disposal well operations near Peace Canyon Dam suspended TOM SUMMER Alaska Highway News

The District of Hudson’s Hope is looking to hold a meeting with both BC Hydro and the Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) to discuss the future of a water disposal well located near Canyon Drive. The well is one of sixteen drilled in the mid-2000s by Canada Energy Partners Inc., a Lousianabased company that owns much of the sub-surface rights in the area. The company purchased these rights in the hopes of

striking it big in the natural gas industry, via extraction of coal bed methane. The venture did not prove successful, so the wells were repurposed in January for industrial water disposal. Unfortunately, this also became an issue of minor contention, as the well sits within three kilometres of the Peace Canyon Dam. The OGC issued an order to Canada Energy Partners on March 16, telling the company to suspend all disposal activities at the well in question. This is because existing faults

are sensitive to sub-ground disturbances, and repeated disposal activity has the potential to trigger seismic events. “There is a risk of an induced event sufficient to generate the peak ground accelerations necessary to cause damage to the Peace Canyon dam,” Lance Ollenberger, the OGC’s vice president of compliance operations, wrote in the order. “This level of ground motion has already been recorded in association with induced seismicity in other areas of north east BC. If such an event were to

occur the consequences would be severe.” The order came a day after BC Hydro informed the OGC on March 15 that the Peace Canyon dam is “susceptible to relatively low-level peak ground accelerations.” Canada Energy Partners has complied with the order. Hudson’s Hope Mayor Gwen Johansson has reached out to both the OGC and BC Hydro for a meeting to explain the geology involved with the well, the reservoir, and the dam. Both parties have agreed to

meet, but no date has been set so far. It should be noted that in B.C., local governments no longer have direct control over what happens on Crown land. “I don’t believe there is any particular urgency for a meeting, but I do believe that local people have a right to know what is happening in their community,” Johansson said. “The District needs to know what policies are put in place that affect our municipality. It affects our zoning, land use planning, and emergency preparedness.”

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Letters to the Editor CARTOON CRAZY In the AHN April 13 edition the cartoon might as well have been an NDP ad. If anyone had fact checked your figures, you would have found that the gross BC debt is $65 billion not $72 billion as you stated. In 1991, the gross debt was about $20 billion. After ten years of mostly “balanced budgets” by the NDP the gross debt was about $40 billion. In fifteen years of Liberals, again after mostly “balanced budgets,” the debt is $65 billion. The debt to GDP ratio remains about the same. So without adjusting for inflation, NDP increased the debt $2 billion per year. The Liberals increase was $1.6 billion per year. Before the last federal election, the media continuously ridiculed Harper and the Conservatives. We know what that brought us. I’m no fan of the Liberals, but if the media wishes to support one side, at least a little truth would be nice. — Roger Brandl, Fort St. John THE SITE C ELECTION ISSUE The Site C plot thickens with each passing day. Heading into the provincial election in May, the project has been coming under intense scrutiny. The economic fiasco is a big topic on social media, and is fast becoming an election issue that Christy Clark would like to see go away. John Horgan, leader of the NDP says he’ll

send it to the BC Utilities Commission for an economic review. That could see the end of a project that could cost BC ratepayers upwards of $10 billion dollars but will never pay for itself or make any money. The premier has given a break to businesses and resource companies on their hydro rates, but none to the private ratepayers who will be taking up that slack with hydro rate increases. An InSight poll suggests that over 70 per cent of British Columbians want the dam halted until an economic review is completed as many of them saw soaring hydro bills this past winter that they were unable to pay. Many found themselves in the untenable position of either eating or heating, including seniors and young families. It doesn’t look like the rate hikes will end anytime soon either, since the entire cost of the project is borrowed money and payments will be deferred several years, with interest to be paid on that borrowed money. Our 4X great grandchildren will be left with this massive debt. I guess Christy Clark doesn’t believe we should leave things better for our progeny than we found it. So as the three parties gear up to hop on their campaign buses and head down the road to talk to all of us about how much better our lives will be if we elect them, there will be a special passenger on the BC Liberal party’s bus. The Chairman of BC Hydro is going along with Christy Clark, to no doubt tell us what an amazing deal Site C will be. Brad Bennett, son of Premier Bill and grandson of BC Hydro’s creator W.A.C., won’t be telling

you that Site C could possibly bankrupt BC Hydro or drop B.C.’s AAA credit rating. He also won’t tell you that him campaigning on the BC Liberal bus is an absolute conflict of interest for the premier, but from what we’ve seen lately, that doesn’t seem to bother her much. I was wondering if it bothers you, the voter? — Shelley Ouellette, Fort St. John WHAT POLITICAL PARTY DO YOU SUPPORT? May 9, 2017 is election day in B.C. What party do you support? A political party that supports business or a political party that supports unions. Business gives out paycheques every two weeks. Unions do not give out paycheques. Common sense prevails —Joe Sawchuk, Duncan LETTER WRITER WRONG ON APPRENTICESHIP COMPLETION (Re: ‘Devil In The Details When It Comes To Apprenticeships In B.C.,’ Letters, April 13) I am writing on behalf of the Industry Training Authority (ITA) to request a correction. The correct rate is 43%, not 35% as listed in the article. — Jasmine Alano Senior Account Manager, Corporate Communications Edelman

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here’s a lot of chatter going on south of the border about who has the biggest nuclear bomb and who’s not afraid to use it, which can seem a little unsettling when you factor in the sheer number of people that will die should one of those two country’s decided to go for it. A nuclear holocaust isn’t a joke, but in order to assuage some fears, I’ve taken upon myself to investigate for you, my loyal readers, as to whether we in Fort St. John would feel any impact of a wayward nuke landing in our vicinity. Enter WouldISurviveANuke. com! The website allows you to enter your location on a world map and will determine if you would survive the fallout from several different types

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of bombs—it even includes a dinosaur-ending meteor. In regards to the latter, no, we would not survive if such a meteor hit North America. Well, some people might, but they’d have horrible third degree burns so death might actually be preferable in that case. The website factors in major target zones for bombs and then measures the distance your location is from the fallout. In Fort St. John’s case, the nearest target zone is Edmonton. We’re fortunate that we’re

so rural, because most bombs wouldn’t have any impact on us at all. Not even the 50 megaton bomb, which would obliterate the entire capital city of Alberta, as well as surrounding communities like Spruce Grove, St. Albert, Sherwood Park and Fort Saskatchewan. In all seriousness, it is a terrifying thought that it’s gotten to this point—did we ever think America would poke the bear that is North Korea to the point where they are pretty much saying “knock it off or we start firing,” with America responding with “don’t test us”? It’s a thermonuclear pissing match. It’s dad threatening to turn the car around if you don’t keep quiet back there. It’s childish “I know you are but what am I?” antics.

That’s what happens when you’ve got world leaders who live in their own dream world and don’t factor in that their actions impact those around them. I think that’s called empathy. Unfortunately, we can’t rule out that one of these two nations won’t jump the gun and press the big red button/turn the key/ whatever they use to launch a nuke. The world is in a realm it’s never been before in terms of global leadership and actions. Over-inflated egos are growing larger by the day. We can only hope calmer heads will prevail. Folks in the Peace Region likely won’t need a bomb shelter any time soon, but it doesn’t hurt to keep your eye on the news cycle. Follow Aleisha on Twitter at @aleishahendry

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Peace River North candidates Rob Dempsey, Dan Davies, Bob Fedderly and Jeff Richert took part in an All Candidates Forum at North peace Secondary School on April 18.

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Dempsey, who is a teacher at NPSS, took a hard line on student loans, saying recent grads trying to make it in the workforce and paying interest on those loans is a huge struggle. “Why aren’t we at least giving you student loans and not charging you interest on it? That’s hundreds of dollars that you’re going to be spending just on the interest when you get into the job market, assuming you get a job,” he said. Richert saw student loans as more of an investment that will pay off over time. “You pour a pile of money into an investment account, things don’t happen immediately, it takes time, and that’s important to understand when it comes to education, it takes time and it’s important to build on what you’ve got,” he said. Fedderly pointed out that the area is getting its first new school in 30 years with the Ma Murray Community School, but calls it the result of a prioritized system. “It’s not just the year before an election that we should be seeing school and education infrastructure investments, it has to be an ongoing effort,” he said. Davies noted that he wanted to see more post-secondary education opportunities closer to home. “If we can train our young people here in the northeast, it’s more likely that we’re going to be able to keep young people here in the northeast, which is

CAT REGULATIONS AND BACKYARD HEN KEEPING

Students at NPSS saw teacher Rob Dempsey in a new light Tuesday as he participated in an election forum at the school as the Peace River North NDP candidate.

going to benefit all of us in our workforce,” he said. Peachey said she was pleased with how many students came out for the forum. “It’s a bit of a bummer that the buses were cancelled because I think we would have had a larger group, but they’re pretty engaged,” she said.

Council received a presentation from staff regarding options for cat regulations and backyard hen keeping. These topics arose during community consultation for the new Animal Control Bylaw and Council directed staff to bring forward some options for consideration. Key questions for cat regulations include whether or not cats should be regulated in the same fashion as dogs and the level of enforcement, if any, desired by Council. Key questions for backyard hens include whether or not the City wishes to allow backyard hens in specific zones in the community and, if yes, the development of principles to form a public consultation process. Council felt that cat regulations and backyard hen keeping required more in-depth discussions and referred the issues to the Strategic Planning sessions scheduled for June 2017.

LONG SERVICE AWARDS

Council presented Long Service Awards to Tawnya Phillips (5 Years) and Julie Romine (20 Years) in recognition of their continued years of service as employees of the City of Fort St. John.

PROCLAMATION OF MS AWARENESS MONTH

The month of May 2017 was proclaimed as “MS Awareness Month” in the City of Fort St. John. The intent is to call attention to the exemplary efforts of the 100,000 Canadians who live every day with the challenges of Multiple Sclerosis, a neurological disease. BC has the third highest concentration of people with MS in Canada.

BC FARMERS’ MARKET – NUTRITION COUPON PROGRAM In 2016, the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets partnered with the Fort St. John Farmers’ Market, Fort St. John and Area Better at Home and the Salvation Army (Fort St. John) to provide lower-income pregnant women, families and seniors with coupons to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, cheese, eggs, nuts, fish, meat and herbs at their local farmers’ market. Over the year, a total of $4,449 was invested in Fort St. John through this program. A representative from the local Farmers’ Market appeared before Council to highlight the program’s impact in Fort St. John. Council is interested in this program and the possibility of expansion and will be requesting a presentation from the Fort St. John Better at Home Program to further discuss this.

TENDER AWARD – 2017/2018 CONCRETE MAINTENANCE The tender for the City’s 2017/2018 Concrete Maintenance program was awarded to the lowest qualified bidder, Boreal Pacific Enterprises (a division of LB Paving Ltd.) from Smithers, BC for the unit rates in their tender submission dated March 23, 2017 with the total project costs not to exceed the budgeted amount of $200,000. This tender is for miscellaneous concrete restoration throughout the City in various configurations of concrete curb, gutter and sidewalks including complete site restoration of asphalt and landscaping.

DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS FIRE DEPARTMENT PICKUP TRUCK

Council approved the sale of a surplus 2006 GMC 3500 pickup to the Peace River Regional District, for the Charlie Lake Fire Department, for the sum of $9,000. When the vehicle was removed from service, the Charlie Lake Volunteer Fire Department expressed interest in purchasing it for the purpose of carrying additional wild land fire fighting equipment.

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BC Liberal leader Christy Clark signs hard hats during a campaign stop in Fort St. John Tuesday. CLARK from A1

“(Clark) is the only leader with a proven plan for a strong B.C. and a bright future, and the only leader who is working to get jobs for our people, including getting Site C built,” Davies said. According to the BC Liberals, the province is now number one in Canada in job creation, number one in economic growth, and has the lowest unemployment rate compared to the rest of the country. “More people are coming here, many of them from across the Rockies to build their homes here . . . and that growth means that our electricity needs to keep up, the growth and load we estimate will be about 40 per cent increase over the

next 20 years, and so we need reliable power,” Clark said. Following her speech at Inland, Clark met with supporters and local media at Davies’ campaign office before flying south to meet constituents and media in Dawson Creek. Clark became the 35th Premier of British Columbia in March 2011, and is the second woman to serve as our province’s premier after Rita Johnston in 1991. The other two major party leaders include John Horgan of the NDP and Andrew Weaver of the BC Green Party.

• At the March 27, 2017 Committee of the Whole meeting, a beekeeping expert addressed Council regarding potential amendments of Beekeeping Bylaw No. 2373, 2017. In general, the beekeeping expert felt that the bylaw reached a reasonable balance and reflected public input. He suggested adding a clause to clarify the concept of swarming and the management of it. He also suggested the removal of a clause regarding the fencing and height of hives as he felt it was too prescriptive and was actually covered by general requirements in the bylaw. Staff provided a report to Council regarding the suggested amendments and the bylaw was given third reading, as amended, by title only. The bylaw is scheduled for adoption on April 24, 2017. • Inter-Community Business Licence Bylaw No. 2371, 2017 and Business Licence Bylaw No. 2372, 2017 were adopted by title only. Also known as a mobile business licence, Bylaw No. 2371, 2017 will allow businesses to operate across participating jurisdictions with a single business licence. This program is currently in effect in a number of regions in the province and has now been introduced to the Peace Region. • The 2017 Tax Rates Bylaw No. 2381, 2017 was introduced and read for the first three times by title only. This is an annual operating requirement and the bylaw establishes the rates to raise the tax revenue needed to offset the expenses in the 2017 Financial Plan. The 2017 property tax rates have been kept at the 2016 levels.

UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS

A Committee of the Whole meeting is tentatively scheduled for Monday April 24, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. The Regular Council Meeting will follow at 3:00 p.m. The meetings will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers and the public is welcome to attend.

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LOCAL NEWS

Wet and whacky Easter weekend

IN LOVING MEMORY

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Giovanna Mucci made a $50,000 donation to the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation April 7 in memory of her late husband, Edmondo. The couple came to Fort St. John from Italy in 1959, where they were hardworking business owners in the community for 50 years, starting with Westend Grocery and 4M Furniture. Giving back to the community was important to both of them. The donation kicks off the hospital foundation’s Bluey Day fundraising, which has the goal of $100,000.

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As far as holiday long weekends go, Easter was a wet and whacky weekend to forget—and a good time to go on vacation if you had one booked. According to Environment Canada, roughly 40 centimetres of fresh snow fell over the city over five days. It started with a storm late in the day on April 13, refusing to let up for 48 hours. By the time it was said and done, Fort St. John recorded 30 centimetres of accumulation on the ground, forecaster Greg Pearce said. Down south toward the Braden Road, that area recorded 39 centimetres, while up the highway at Mile 73 recorded 34 cm, according to Pearce. Despite a brief reprieve on Sunday, Monday dropped another eight centimetres on the city. “It’s your old, friendly Arctic front,” said Pearce. “At this time of year, you can still have Arctic outbreaks. The Arctic front came down and just happened to coincide with a Pacific front that came in and collided over the Peace Country.” “That’s a recipe for heavy snow in the Peace,” he added. That cold air came down from Yellowknife, Pearce said, with the cold air still expected to hover around on Tuesday and Wednesday before retreating. Temperatures were expected to return to seasonal norms by Wednesday, with the mercury forecast to hit 12 C under sunny skies by Wednesday. The extreme snowfall record for April was 28.2 centimetres on April 14, 2002. The extreme snowfall record for May was 47.8 centimetres on May 22, 1960.

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NLC approves $34.1M budget ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Northern Lights College approved a $34.1 million budget at a meeting of the board of governors last month. The budget allows for an increase in college staff, equal to 6.75 full-time positions. It also includes upgrades to the residences in Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, as well as more emotional support services for students. The budget will also address objectives listed in the B.C. Skills for Jobs Blueprint. Programs that this money will go towards include social work, early childhood education and care, applied business technology, power engineering, business management, oil and gas field operator, education assistant, health care assistant, and adult basic education. “After several months of dedicated work I’m pleased to report that the result of the 2017-18 fiscal plan is a balanced budget with a slight surplus comparable to last year’s budget,” said Anndra Graff, the college’s vice president of finance and corporate services. “This year’s budget is responsive to the needs of multiples departments and program areas with the end goal of giving students who attend Northern Lights College the best overall experience that we can deliver.”

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Plans for an estimated $18-million liquefied natural gas plant near Fort Nelson have received regulatory approval. The BC Oil and Gas Commission has granted KT Energy a LNG facility permit from to build and operate its proposed Fort Nelson LNG Plant, expected to start construction next year. “It is an important step in moving forward on an exciting project that will be good for the economy of B.C. and the North, and for our company,” KT Energy CEO Betty Cheng said

in a statement. The estimated $18-million plant, in development since 2015, would be located 130 kilometres northwest of Fort Nelson. It will have an initial capacity of 20,000 gallons of LNG per day, according to the company. Because the existing natural gas pipeline network ends in Fort Nelson, the company views Fort Nelson as a “gateway” for a long-haul LNG supply for northern B.C., the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska. It says it would use

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the Alaska Highway, as well as Highway 77, as a “virtual pipeline” to transport natural gas to off-grid communities and industrial and commercial users looking to replace fuels such as diesel with a more economic and environmentally friendly option. “Natural gas is a more environmentally friendly and economic source of energy than the liquid petroleum products it would supplement and replace,” the company noted in an announcement. See KT on A12

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Defeating imposter syndrome and more at Spark conference ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Women who want to make a difference in their communities and change the world will find inspiration at the Spark Women’s Leadership Conference in May. The annual two-day conference features women in business and community leaders that share their stories and provide insight to support other women. The keynote speaker for this year’s conference is Dr. Valerie Young, author of The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It, which looks at the so-called “imposter syndrome” and how women can overcome it. FILE PHOTO There will also be discussions on Lori Slater and May Apsassin helped open the targeting Facebook ads, how to build Spark Women’s Leadership Conference in 2016. a bulletproof reputation, going from burnout to recovery, advertising 101 and more. Registration is currently open to 17 at the Pomeroy Hotel. For more for the Spark Women’s Leadership information, visit sharingthespark. Conference, which runs from May 16 com.

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Even through the last two years of the downturn, Knull cites “very positive” half cycle economics—over 30 per cent rates of return. In the current commodity price environment, those rates of return have climbed to between 40 and 90 per cent (based on strip prices, without escalation, half cycle). “It’s liquids-rich Montney. Our production is 70 per cent gas and 30 per cent liquids, but the revenue ratio is a lot better. We’re actually a balanced company on a revenue basis because 50 per cent comes from liquids and 50 per cent comes from gas,” Knull said. Saguaro also doesn’t have to be obsessed with quarterly results, as some public companies are, he adds. It can focus on building for the long run, continually experimenting with frac design, increasing the tonnes of sand per meter and other technology tweaks. “Every well that we have fracked out of the 32 that we have on production, we have changed something on the fracking side. We either went to tighter spacing, or more sand, or different mediums—whether that was an energized frac or a full slickwater frac—how fast we pumped... So we’re always pulling one lever every time we do something to see if it helps and we’ll continue to do that for our 1500-well inventory,” Knull says. Like Seven Generations, which was a private equitybacked company that quietly went about its business in the Montney before going public at the end of 2014— Saguaro is being built for a potential IPO. “We’re still pretty young and we’re not pressured for a liquidity event. We’ve set the company up with good governance. It’s in a good play with lots of economic locations. We’re pretty much self-funding with our debt and cash flow for a full development plan, which could take us to 140,000 bbl/d and hold flat for 10 years,” Knull says. “So I think this company would compete very well for capital in the public markets. But we’re not quite there yet. But we’re always for sale.”

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COURT DOCKET A summary of what went on in Peace Region courts for the week ending April 7. There were no cases up for sentencing in Hudson’s Hope or Fort Nelson. Fort St John Law Courts • Travis Dean Cress (born 1993) was handed a one-year probation order with a conditional discharge, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of mischief $5,000 or under. • Joseph Jean Paul Contant (born 1968) was ordered to provide a DNA sample, given 21 days in jail, handed a oneyear probation order, a fiveyear discretionary firearms ban, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of

assault causing bodily harm. Contant was further assessed a $100 victim surcharge for a breaching a probation order. • Shaun Bryson Inwood (born 1982) was fined $750, and assessed a $225 victim surcharge for one count of possession of a controlled substance. • Yuchana Mayich Kuch (born 1993) avoided a jail term, but was handed a 12-month probation order and assessed a $200 victim surcharge for one count of fraud $5,000 or under. • Clifford Leeallan Stanley (born 1982) was ordered to provide a DNA sample, given 52 days in jail, handed a 24-month probation order, a lifetime mandatory firearms ban, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for six counts of possession of firearm, etc. contrary to order. — Tom Summer

COUNCIL INITIATIVE 104 Avenue Between 101 And 102 Street Local Area Service Project No. 3, 2017 The City of Fort St. John intends to install catchbasins, street lighting, sidewalks, asphalt paving, curb & gutter, driveway and boulevard restoration works on 87 Avenue west of 107 Street. PROJECT COSTS Total estimated cost of Parcel Owner’s Portion Total estimated cost of the City’s Portion Total estimated Cost of Project

$165,790.98 $398,936.59 $564,727.57

Parcel Owners Options and Cost Summary Annual charge per metre $73.84 Commuted value per metre $1,483.40 Number of years 20 Affected parcel owners who want to petition against this work proceeding must do so by submitting their written objection to: Director of Legislative and Administrative Services at City Hall, 10631 – 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z5 on or before 4:30 p.m. on May 21, 2017. Council may proceed with this project unless petitions against the service are received by May 21, 2017. The City will be borrowing funds for the residents’ portion of this project over a 20 year term. The City’s portion for this project will be paid from the Capital Budget Account.

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COUNCIL INITIATIVE 98 Avenue Between 102 and 104 Streets and 104 Street Between 97 and 98 Avenues Local Area Service Project No. 1, 2017 The City of Fort St. John intends to install catchbasins, street lighting, sidewalks, asphalt paving, curb & gutter, driveway and boulevard restoration works on 98 Avenue between 102 and 104 Streets and 104 Street between 97 and 98 Avenues.

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and impaired driving, among others. Around 6 p.m. on April 8, Fort St. John RCMP received a report of two people operating racing style quads in a dangerous manner— travelling in excess of 120 km/ hr and heading northbound on the Alaska Highway from Taylor towards Fort St. John. Officers saw the quads turn onto the 271 Road, where

Northern Health changes approach to indigenous health Northern Health’s aboriginal health team has changed its name and launched a new website. “We have the opportunity to write history that will be remembered for addressing inequities, for being inclusive and for achieving culturally safe health care delivery,” said Dr. Margo Greenwood, vice president of the Indigenous Health Team. The group continues to work within Northern Health to build a health care system that honours diversity and provides culturally-safe services for indigenous peoples and communities. The team name was altered to reflect the evolving contexts and new relationships that come with change. “We cover a region that has issues that other parts of the province don’t understand. There is a closeness people in trauma feel with one another here that you don’t get in big cities,” Greenwood said. “The work of Northern

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“By making LNG more readily available, the Fort Nelson LNG Plant will stimulate and accelerate the adoption of natural gas in the North, making it a preferred option.” The company says it will manufacture and supply the modular LNG processing equipment for the plant, equipment it says has already been proven in China. The company hopes to start site preparation and construction next summer, according to Cheng. On site

installation and construction is expected to take one to two months, with the plant scheduled to come online in late 2018. Any subsequent expansions would be tailored to market conditions. However, the company still needs to secure offtake agreements for the gas. But it has established contacts with potential customers, Cheng said. “We are willing to develop the LNG supply chain with partners to stimulate and

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Affected parcel owners who want to petition against this work proceeding must do so by submitting their written objection to: Director of Legislative and Administrative Services at City Hall, 10631 – 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z5 on or before 4:30 p.m. on May 21, 2017. Council may proceed with this project unless petitions against the service are received by May 21, 2017. The City will be borrowing funds for the residents’ portion of this project over a 20 year term. The City’s portion for this project will be paid from the Capital Budget Account.

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accelerate the adoption of LNG, making it a preferred option,” Cheng said. KT Energy is affiliated with Kai Tian Energy Group, a group of companies in China and Canada that has been in the natural gas sector since 2002. Its Canadian operations are based in Vancouver. On its website, KT Energy says it plans to build several “mini LNG modular plants” to meet Canadian domestic demand. The Fort Nelson plant would be its first.

86 Street Frontage Road Between 91 and 93 Avenues Local Area Service Project No. 2, 2017 The City of Fort St. John intends to install catchbasins, street lighting, sidewalks, asphalt paving, curb & gutter, driveway and boulevard restoration works on 86 Street frontage road between 91 and 93 Avenues.

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patient liasons, health improvement committees, friendship centres and Metis associations across B.C. An animated video was also released that introduces cultural safety to health-care providers. “The launch of the new Northern Indigenous Health website and cultural safety video is a great example of the systematic shift Northern Health leadership is committed to achieving throughout their organizations and with their peers,” said First Nations Health Authority regional director Nicole Cross. “We look forward to seeing the great work ahead for cultural safety within Northern Health and the positive impacts this will have on the experience of our northern First Nation communities.” For more information regarding the Indigenous Health program, go online: www.indigenoushealthnh.ca.

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they were delayed by a pickup truck. Police were able to detain Smith, but the other escaped after hitting an officer with the quad. The officer suffered minor injuries. Police are asking the driver of the pickup truck and anyone else who may have witnessed the incident to contact the Fort St. John RCMP at 250-7878100 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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heck out the numbers! The fossil fuel era is anything but over, but it’s certainly in decline. Concerns about climate change and pollution continue to drive the most rapid energy shift the world has ever seen, and nothing, not even Donald Trump, can stop it. Coal is being phased out (sort of ) while renewables continue to grow by leaps and bounds. The numbers reveal Watt’s actually Happening. CHINA CANCELS 104 COAL PLANTS As President Trump promises to cancel everything that makes any sense, including the US Clean Power Plan, other countries are eager to take over their role as a climate leader, chief among them China. China’s new five-year plan (2016-2020) has cancelled 104 large-scale coal-fired power plants, about half of which were already under construction. Last year, it cancelled thirty. Altogether, the cancelled plants amount to about 140 GW (one gigawatt equals one thousand megawatts, about the size of B.C.’s Site C dam), capping China’ installed coal-fired capacity at 1100 gigawatts by 2020, and mothballing all coal use by 2040. China is grappling with an oversupply of capacity caused by reduced energy demand, severe pollution-caused health problems and a very rapid increase in wind and solar. EUROPE MUST PHASE OUT COAL BY 2030 A new report by think tank Climate Analytics finds that all of Europe’s 300 coal plants must be closed by 2030 if the EU is to meet its Paris climate pledges. Coal use in the EU is falling by about one per cent per year, says the study, but Europe still generates a quarter of its power and a fifth of its greenhouse gases from coal. The study also says that coal plants will have to shut down across the entire planet by 2050 to prevent dangerous climate warming. This will be a big challenge. Although China is now leading the way, Donald Trump has promised a coal renaissance in the USA. Germany and Poland cause more than half of the EU’s coal emissions and also face political hurdles to making the change. The UK, Europe’s third highest coal user, has committed to complete coalphase out by 2025, but again, politics threatens. BANKS DROP COAL Several large financial institutions have announced plans to reduce their exposure to coal mining and coal power production, including Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citig-

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roup, and JP Morgan. The announcements state that they will no longer grant new financing for thermal coal mining or new coal-fire power plant construction. They are some of the 400 private and public organizations that signed the Paris Pledge for Action (part of the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change). Their new policies emphasize their “commitment to protect the climate and to contribute to the overall targets set by the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels.” US SOLAR AND WIND STILL STRONG In spite of silly Trump tweets to the contrary, U.S. renewables have never been stronger. Solar energy in the U.S. ranked as the number one source of new electric generation for the first time last year, doubling the previous record set in 2015. New solar last year in the US topped out at 14,625 MW (megawatts), accounting for 39 per cent of new capacity additions across all fuel types. The growth is primarily due to solar’s cost competitiveness with fossil fuel alternatives, including natural gas. The US is now home to more than 1.3 million solar PV installations with a total capacity of over 40 GW (40 thousand megawatts). Meanwhile, some 8,000 MW of wind were installed in the US last year, employing more than 100,000 people. Wind continues to show strong growth in China (of course), India, Germany, France and the Netherlands, with Canada showing a modest gain of 702 megawatts. Total global wind capacity reached 487 GW last year. Since 2011, annual investments in renewable electricity have exceeded those in fossil fuel, and have totaled almost $2.5 trillion over that time span. Some 6.7 million people have clean power jobs worldwide, and the costs of solar and wind keep falling. There will always be pockets of insanity and greed trying to slow down the transition to a clean energy world, but the numbers tell the real story. It has begun. Don Pettit is a founding member of the Peace Energy Cooperative. He can be reached at dpettit@pris.ca Above: In the U.S., the solar industry (like the solar thermal/electric plant shown above) now employs more people than coal, oil and gas combined, plus another 100,000 in the growing wind industry.

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Students and teachers sat in on an All Candidates Forum at North Peace Secondary School on April 18. Four of the five Peace River North candidates took part and gave their thoughts on a variety of issues, such as access to post-secondary education and affordable housing.

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A horde of kids tramped through the snow to find their eggs during the Kin Club’s 37th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 15. About 450 kids took part, despite the snow.

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Tawnya Phillips was given a Long Service Award for her five years of working for the City of Fort St. John at a recent council meeting. She started as a part time clerk in the finance department, and now works as a full time clerk in the public works department.

COUNCIL INITIATIVE 87 Avenue West of 107 Street Local Area Service Project No. 4, 2017 The City of Fort St. John intends to install catchbasins, street lighting, asphalt paving, curb & gutter, driveway and boulevard restoration works on 87 Avenue west of 107 Street. PROJECT COSTS Total estimated cost of Parcel Owner’s Portion Total estimated cost of the City’s Portion Total estimated Cost of Project

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Inconnu looks for big strides at Westerns Three swimmers off to Western Championships this weekend

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Fort St. John will be well represented at the 2017 Speedo Western Championships, with three Inconnu swimmers ready to hit the waters in Calgary this weekend. Tate Haugan, Brittany Welsh, and Eric Louie will represent the club April 20 to 23. “We’ve worked so hard so far this year to get there,” said first year head coach Steve Carson. For 16-year-old Haugan, this is the biggest swim meet of his young career. He’ll take part in the 100 and 400-metre freestyle events, as well as the 200m individual medley. “I’m feeling pretty good. Training’s been going pretty good so far so I should have a decent swim meet,” Haugan said. For Haugan and Louie, this is their first time representing their club at the Western nationals meet. But for 16year old Brittany Welsh, this is her fifth time headed there. “I haven’t felt this good in a while so I’m super excited,” Welsh said. She hopes to do better this time than she has in the past, and will be participating in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke

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races, as well as the 100m and 400m freestyle. Eric Louie, 15, will compete in the most races, including the 50m and 100m butterfly, the 50m and 100m breaststroke, and the 50m and 100m freestyle. This is his first long course meet of the year. “I’m looking forward to just competing and to swim all those races again. It’s been a while since I’ve done a long course meet,” Louie said. The team has been busy so far, but had a nice time during spring break to recover, and

are ready to go, according to Carson. “I’m just looking for them to do their best, plain and simple,” Carson said when asked what he expects from his team. He says the team has been working on swimming smarter this year, and not harder. “Brittany and Tate are both swimming 400 metres, and the goal is to swim smarter during the race and not expend ourselves too much too early,” he said. The Inconnu Swim Club

has been performing very well this year under the first year head coach. “I’ve seen results where we’ve taken off a lot of time, and we’re able to hold our pace longer,” Carson said. Haugan, Welsh, and Louie have been very busy and active in their training leading up to the Calgary swim meet. After this meet, the club will be busy all the way until August, including an upcoming meet in Prince George and provincials in July.

Fivestar nails rebirth of boxing with Regenesis DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsjn.ca

New legends were born and others were told anew at Regenesis last week. Fivestar Fight League’s 18th event was held at the Pomeroy Hotel and Conference Centre April 14 in front of a loud and appreciative sold-out crowd of more than 600 people. There were 16 fights in total, fought over four hours. Boxers from the Fivestar Boxing Academy went 8-2. However, one of those losses was in a match where two Fivestar fighters fought each other, so a loss was inevitable. “This was about being able to put the work into these kids and kind of unleash the regenesis and rebirth of Fivestar into the boxing world. It was our first boxing show,” Fivestar President and CEO Justin Donally said. That was the reason behind the name Regenesis, for people to come and witness the next generation of combat athletes, as Donally put it. There were fighters from as young as eight to adults on the card. The event went over great,

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Travis Lesschaeve, left, from Grand Prairie exchanges blows with Carson Benedict from Kelowna in the main event of the evening.

as there was everything from close split decisions, to fun exhibitions and back-andforth affairs. Along with the crowd, the Rocky references alone, including a speech from Rocky 4 by Raphael Bergman, were worth the price of admission.

Fight of the night and fighter of the night both went to Nick Young. He improved to 8-0 in a compelling and exciting fight against Mohammad Inaim from the Surrey School of Boxing, whose record fell to 6-2. “It was actually one of my

goals to be 8-0 by the time this fight was done. It was one of the short-term goals I set for myself this year and it just feels awesome to have accomplished that,” Young said. See REGENESIS on B4

t’s called a randonneur. Or no, it’s not. Actually the randonneur isn’t a thing, or a race, its’s a person. The actual event is called the populair, but it’s not a race either. This is my confusing thought process as I prepared to cover one of my first stories as sports reporter for the Alaska Highway News. A randonneur, it turns out, is a French term (and we’re talking Paris French here, the fancy stuff) for a long distance cyclist who completes crazy long distances, sometimes upwards of 600 kilometres, for —get this—a pin. And if you complete 40,000 km in your travels as a randonneur, you get, you guessed it, another pin. At first, it seems kind of crazy to me but then once I got to meet the local randonneurs and see their passion for it, I became enamored with the idea. One puts their body through hell for some modest reward, but can be super proud of oneself for doing something most people can’t do and be in great shape because of it. Because let me tell you, I have yet to meet an out of shape randonneur. I’ve also only met three, but that’s beside the point. That story very fittingly describes my first two weeks on the job. I left behind the big city, to the mythical land of Fort St. John so far away, only to feel right at home the moment I got here. It’s not too different from the village of Boyle where I grew up, or the types of sporting events that I went to as a child. Plus there are rodeos, lots and lots of rodeos. I’m also learning on the job, about sports of all things, of which I thought I knew everything. But there’s so many cool little events that you never thought you’d find yourself covering, such as archery or cycling or even rhythmic gymnastics. I definitely watched rhythmic gymnastics during the Olympics this summer though, that stuff is awesome. But the greatest lesson I learned was to never ever trust something posted on April 1, no matter how much your editor urges you to check it out. It doesn’t matter if it sounds really cool like High Performance Truck Racing Lessons, because it’s too good to be true, and you’ll be left feeling like a fool. But I find myself enjoying that experience too, just like I’ve enjoyed my time in Fort St. John thus far. Dillon Giancola covers sports in Northeast B.C. for the Alaska Highway News and Dawson Creek Mirror. Email him at sports@ahnfsj.ca

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Blizzard biking at its finest—literally Spring Stage race gets under way with four stages last weekend DILLON GIANCOLA sports@ahnfsjn.ca

The furious blizzard did its best, but it couldn’t keep the Blizzard Bike Club from participating in the first four stages of the Spring Stage Race. Only two members participated in the first two stages, but by the fourth stage, a dozen riders took to the snow covered roads last weekend. Dan Webster leads the men’s category in points with 15 after four stages, while Kristine Bock leads the women’s and Josh Telizyn the junior’s. The 31st riding of the Spring Stage Race features eight stages over a period of 15 days. “It’s a race where you can easily burn yourself out. Luckily, the roads were clear from Friday’s snow, and the event was great,” said Saturday’s Stage Three winner Robert Sapp. He said the win was a great reward after a long winter of training. The first stage was the Cecil Lake hill climb, which saw Ben Dawson beat Dan Webster by more than two minutes. Stage two was cut short to only one lap of Frozen John, but had a similar result. Dawson narrowly beat Webster by three seconds. Two more riders joined the group for stage three on Saturday, with much better weather conditions. Sapp beat Webster by 13 seconds. There was finally a good turnout on Sunday’s stage with 12 riders coming out. Stephen Ferris finished first. The rest of the stages take place over this week and into next, finishing with a 16-kilometre time trial on April 27 at 6:30 p.m.

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PRO GOLF WEEKLY UPDATE Golf News, Tips, Trivia & Stats

This Week: The Valero Texas Open

The Valero Texas Open dates back to 1922 when it was first called the Texas Open. It is played at TPC San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas. Defending: Charley Hoffman Many big-name players have won this Winning Score: 12-under par tournament, including Sam Snead, Winning Share: $1,116,000 Ben Hogan, and Arnold Palmer, who won it three years in a row. It has always been considered a tournament where it is quite easy to shoot low. In 2003, it was the site of the 72-hole PGA Tour scoring record of 254, shot by Tommy Armour III. Last year, Charley Hoffman staved off Patrick Reed’s late challenge to notch his fourth career victory. TPC San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 7,522 yards, Par 72

Golf TV Schedule The Valero Texas Open Day Time Thu, 4/20 3:30pm-6:30pm Fri, 4/21 3:30pm-6:30pm Sat, 4/22 1:00pm-2:30pm Sat, 4/22 3:00pm-6:00pm Sun, 4/23 1:00pm-2:30pm Sun, 4/23 3:00pm-6:00pm

Last Week: Wesley Bryan won the RBC Heritage

Wesley Bryan shot a Tournament Results 4-under-par 67 on Sunday 1. Wesley Bryan Score: -13 to win his first PGA Tour Earnings: $1,170,000 title at the RBC Heritage 2. Luke Donald Score: -12 at Harbour Town Golf Links in Earnings: $702,000 Hilton Head, S.C. Bryan edged Player Score Earnings -11 $338,000 out England’s Luke Donald by T-3. Patrick Cantlay T-3. Ollie Schniederjans -11 $338,000 one shot to become the first South T-3. William McGirt -11 $338,000 Carolina native in the 49-year history of the RBC Heritage to win. “This is as good as it gets,” Bryan said. “It’s one that I grew up dreaming on the practice green late at night when I was a kid, like this putt’s to win the Heritage.”

Golfing News

World number one Dustin Johnson will make his first start since withdrawing from the Masters when he competes in the Wells Fargo Championship at Eagle Point Golf Club in North Carolina from May 4-7. Johnson, who walked off the first tee and withdrew from the Masters a day after slipping down a staircase and injuring his lower back, Golf Trivia had been the favorite to win at Augusta Which golfer won the first Texas Open National. The 32-year-old won last year’s U.S. in 1922? Open and took over as the world number one in February. He had arrived at the Masters a) Walter Hagen c) Bobby Cruickshank having won each of his previous three events. b) Bob MacDonald d) Bill Mehlhorn Answer: b) Bob MacDonald defeated Cyril Walker Johnson’s best finish in the Wells Fargo Championship was a tie for 29th in 2010. by one stroke in the first Texas Open in 1922. Network GOLF GOLF GOLF CBS GOLF CBS

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Lessons from the Golf Pro The fairway bunker shot is one of the most difficult in the game since we do not see it that often. Perhaps the hardest part is to figure out which club is the right one to use. The most important aspect of this is to not think about the green. Your sole focus should be on trying to determine which club will allow you to clear the lip of the bunker so you will not bury it in the lip. Here are a couple other tips to remember when you are playing the fairway bunker shot. Unlike a bunker shot near the green, you do not need to dig your feet in the sand very much at all. This would make your feet below the ball and you could hit a fat shot. The other tip is to not try and make a fancy shot from the fairway bunker. Just make your normal swing and the results will turn out much better than you think.

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Turned Professional: 2012 FedEx Cup Ranking: 14th World Ranking: 37th PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through April 16, 2017

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2) Hideki Matsuyama 1,822 pts. / 4 top tens

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Soccer club looking for coaches The Fort St. John soccer club is need of coaches. The search has been on and a few openings remain. If you are interested in applying to be a head coach, visit www.

FSJsoccer.com. There is room in a coaching clinic happening this Saturday, April 22 if you are interested in coaching or just want to get a sense of what it

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involves. It will be put on by an Alberta Soccer Association facilitator. At this point there is no set starting date for league play. —Dillon Giancola

Three local boys advance in U16 hockey tryouts The first round of U16 hockey tryouts have been completed, and the second round started this week. Three local boys made it to

the next round, joining the top 144 players in B.C. Devan Minard and Johnny Herrington both made it through.

They played for the Northern Metallic Tier 2 Flyers this past year in Fort St. John.Joining them was goalie Jordan Fairlie, who played for

the Tier 1 Okanagan Hockey Academy team. Results for the U15 tryouts have not yet been announced. —Dillon Giancola

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The Fort St. John Ice girls volleyball team took home gold in division 5 at the Volleyball Alberta provincials in Edmonton from April 8 to 9. They beat Beaverlodge in a three-set match in the finals.

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Tanner McCracken warms up his pitching arm during North Peace Minor Baseball practice earlier this month.

W EEKLY P RO R ACING U PDATE Racing News, Stats & Trivia

2017 Standings Cup Series Top Ten Points Points: 315 Wins: 1 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 5

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Location: Bristol, Tenn. Date: April 23rd, 2:00 p.m. TV: FOX Last Year’s Pole: Carl Edwards - 127.997 mph Last Year’s Winner: Carl Edwards

2) Chase Elliott

Points: 298 Wins: 0 Top 5: 3 Top 10: 5

3) Martin Truex Jr.

Points: 275 Wins: 1 Top 5: 2 Top 10: 4

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4) Brad Keselowski Distance: 0.53 miles Shape: Oval Turns / Straights: 36 / 16 degrees

Points: 274 Wins: 2 Top 5: 5 Top 10: 6

5) Joey Logano

Points: 243 Wins: 0 Top 5: 4 Top 10: 6

6) Ryan Blaney In the fall of 1969, Bristol Motor Speedway was reshaped and remeasured. The turns were banked at 36 degrees and it became a 0.533-mile oval, or the “World’s Fastest Half Mile”. Improvements continued, bringing its current seating capacity to 160,000. The concrete racing surface is 40 feet wide with straightaways 650 feet long. “Racin’ the way it ought’a be” is the slogan that this raceway uses and because it is the shortest track with the highest banking, it makes for exciting racing. Carl Edwards won last year’s Food City 500. The race will be aired on FOX.

Points: 224 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 3

7) Kyle Busch

Points: 211 Wins: 0 Top 5: 2 Top 10: 3

8) Jamie McMurray

Points: 209 Wins: 0 Top 5: 0 Top 10: 4

9) Clint Bowyer

Points: 204 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 3

10) Kevin Harvick

Points: 198 Wins: 0 Top 5: 1 Top 10: 3

Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) William Byron 3) Ryan Reed 4) Darrell Wallace Jr. 5) Justin Allgaier 6) Matt Tifft 7) Daniel Hemric 8) Brennan Poole 9) Michael Annett 10) Blake Koch

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Racing News Kyle Larson, the current Cup Series points leader, returned to the track Saturday where he made his first career sprint car start and won his first-ever race 10-years ago. In the middle of the race at the Placerville Speedway, Larson made a move around Kyle Hirst en route to winning the second round of action with the new Sprint Car Challenge Tour. Larson’s victory came aboard the potent Silva Motorsports/Finley Farms Special No. 57 machine, in what was a stout field of 63 Winged 360 Sprint Cars.

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Retirement Might Be On The Horizon For Danica Patrick Last week while launching her new clothing line on HSN, Danica Patrick was asked about when her racing career might come to an end. Patrick said, “As long as it’s fun – and it hasn’t been super fun lately. But every year I start the year, I always have hope that it’s going to be the year that things are going to click. I understand my career hasn’t progressed.” Patrick has improved each season that she has been in NASCAR. After her first full season in 2013 her average finish was 26th, after 2016 it was 22nd, and it rose each year in 2014 and 2015 as well. That being said, Patrick has never won a race, had a top-five finish, finished higher than 24th in the standings or had more than 20 lead-lap finishes in a season.

Three-time Formula 1 champ Lewis Hamilton interested in Daytona 500 Lewis Hamilton, the 32-year-old Mercedes driver, said he’d like to “one day” enter a NASCAR race, “like the Daytona 500 maybe.” The three-time Formula 1 champion made his comments when asked about fellow F1 driver Fernando Alonso’s decision to enter the Indianapolis 500. “I wouldn’t miss out any of the races in Formula One to compete elsewhere,” Hamilton said, according to Fox Sports, but he noted after his F1 career winds down he still pictures himself racing. This isn’t the first time Hamilton has discussed a try at NASCAR. He also said he’d be interested in entering a MotoGP race, where the world’s best motorcycle racers compete.

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Young has come along way from what Donally describes as a chubby little 12-year old to someone who should make B.C.’s provincial team next year. “I’ve been fighting all these southpaws and it finally felt good to fight an orthodox guy again,” Young added. Another exciting and popular fight was local star Ashley Rouble against her Team B.C. teammate Kali Bachman Gawley. No winner was declared, as the fight was a tune-up of sorts for both fighters ahead of the 2017 Boxing Canadian Championships, and Donally didn’t want to see either of them get hurt. “It was a fun one for me, it was nice to finally be back home. It’s been last October since I’ve been home competing,” Rouble said.

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North Peace 4-H District Council Communications Report Saturday, April 8th at the Northern Lights College proved to be a busy day for many local 4-H’ers. The top Communications projects in the North Peace 4-H District all came together with the top Communications projects from the South Peace 4-H District and competed for the best rankings in the Peace River Regional area. The top Senior Speech and top Senior Demonstration have the opportunity to move onto Provincial Communications happening in Salmon Arm, B.C. from July 20th to 22nd. Congratulations to our top (Gold) Seniors – Emma Casey, Sara and Grace Trask, and Jayden Stafford; Juniors – Isabel Amboe, Brooke Buege, and Eilish Daly. A big shout out to our second (Silver) Seniors – Tory Snider, Ruth Wiebe, Kaylyn Wiebe and Courtney Wallace; Juniors – Aurora Lea, Emily Babcock, and Haley Loewen. Also a round of applause from our heads, hands, and hearts for our MC’s Keanna Wideman (Silver Willow 4-H Club) and Katie Kimmie (Beatton Community 4-H Club). Without the support of our volunteer judges we would not be able to hold these Communications competitions. A heartfelt thanks to Larry Lorentz, Sarah Dewitt, Robert Carroll, Becky

Newsham, Devin Grey, Gail Woodford, Stacey Nimmo, Mike Fowler, and Dan Davies. Without you we couldn’t “learn to do by doing”! This year the Peace River Regional 4-H community was also lucky to have the 2017 Peace River Regional 4-H Showcase at the college on the same day. There was an Open House for the public in the morning to learn more about what 4-H has to offer youth in the area and to check out some cute critters. After the morning Regional Communications were wrapped up current members, leaders and 4-H families interested in learning more about 4-H and the scholarship opportunities, Provincial Programs and activities, Executive rolls and Club meeting practices, and Senior projects were welcome to join for afternoon workshops. Thank you to Suzanne Skaaning and Nigel Erving for giving their presentation and answering everyone’s questions and to Sarah Van Heeswijk from the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture for bringing leader training to our region so our leaders didn’t have to travel out of town. Fantastic job and good luck again next year all 4-H’ers!

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“It’s almost a play that’s best watched twice.”

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What does Richard Corbin know when he invites two couples to join him at his skybox? Not a whole lot, it turns out. The Stage North production of What Corbin Knew will show the audience what the titular character wasn’t aware when it hits the stage April 27 to 29 at Evangel Chapel. “It has a lot of humour, it has a few surprise twists, mostly ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO the excellent back and forth between the two characters, Aaron Eady and Amy Davidson play one of the obnoxious couples in Stage North’s production of What Corbin Knew. especially the females, is the biggest draw for it,” said “You start to understand why director Les Anderson. suburban couple, while Aaron affect each other that they these couples are so at odds Richard Corbin, played by Eady and Amy Davidson play didn’t realize at first.” The play’s first act shows with each other,” said Maika. Kevin Smith, is an architect Arno and Thadda, a struggling events unfolding from The play has a good mix with access to a fancy skybox obnoxious bohemian couple. at an events centre, and invites “It’s definitely a culture Richard’s perspective, while of experienced actors and the whole story is told again in reasonably new actors, as well two couples he knows to join clash,” said Maika. him there. Monica Maika and “Personalities are very the second act, this time from as stage crew, which Anderson Kyle Behrens play Margo and different, as well as some life the perspectives of the two wanted for this show. “I was trying to bring in that Marshall, a well-off obnoxious choices they have made that couples.

mix because one of the things that Stage North has to do is try and mentor new people,” he said. “So that’s been my goal.” Anderson says the show will definitely get people talking. “It’s almost a play that’s best watched twice,” he said. “You see everything in the first act, and then in the second act you see the stuff that Corbin didn’t know, but you don’t see all the events that you actually did see in the first act. So going back and seeing all the first act with a new perspective gives it a whole different meaning.” The play does have coarse language and mature subject matter, so the actors suggest leaving the kids at home. Anderson encourages people to check out the play out, not only because it’s a good show, but because it will create a lot of discussion. “You’re going to leave the play and it’s going to create discussion because it doesn’t tell you everything, it leaves some stuff open to interpretation,” he said. What Corbin Knew runs from April 27 to 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Evangel Chapel. For more information, call the North Peace Cultural Centre box office at 250-785-1992.

Indigenous artists Auger, Knott awarded Two local artists have been chosen for an indigenous art award. Current resident Helen Knott and former resident Kristen Auger were selected for the Hnyatyshyn Foundation REVEAL Indigenous Art Award and will receive $10,000 to “fuel

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Aspiring and established writers in the Peace Region will have the chance to gather and share their words in Fort St. John next month. InScribe Christian Writers’ Fellowship is holding a “wordshop” at Evangel Chapel on May 13, where writers of novels, short stories, poetry and more can meet likeminded people, learn about publishing, and how to market their work. “It’s a way to connect people in a smaller area that might not be able to get out to a larger center,” said Tracy Krauss, the local organizer for InScribe. “It’s nice to meet people and get encouragement and feel inspired.” The group is Canada-wide and hosts a large conference in Edmonton every year, as well as six smaller conferences across the country. The May 13 event in Fort St. John will be the only conference in B.C. The one-day event will feature local writer Erin Peters as the keynote speaker, and will have several smaller breakout sessions for marketing, beginning writers, time management and more. Even though a Christian group is putting on the

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workshop, Krauss said it’s not a religious event. “It’s not a preaching thing or talking about faith in anyway, it’s mostly about the writing aspect of things,” she said, so writers of any denomination are more than welcome to attend. Krauss also wants to see writers coming out of the woodwork for the event, from professional writers to hobbyists. “We want to encourage people who are writing, whatever that might be, to come out and share because that tends to be where you gain confidence and people

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Woman Song returns

ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT AT CASEY’S

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Songstresses in the Peace Region get their night to shine this week at the annual Woman Song concert. Now in its third year, Woman Song showcases the talent of local female singers and musicians and helps raise funds and donations for the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society and other charities in the community. Ladies slated to perform this year include Megan Clarance, who blew the crowd away last year with her powerful voice, as well as Rebecca McCord, Erin Dee, Meag N’ Company, The Pasties and more.

Megan Clarance, pictured here performing at last year’s show, will be back again this year to sing at this year’s Woman Song concert April 21.

Woman Song takes place April 21 at the Lido Theatre. For more information, call 250-785-3011.

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Eyes of Blue perform at a recent open mic at the Lido in Fort St. John.

and East Van’s Noah Walker on guitar. Also coming along is Carolyn Mark, who plays a wide range of music and doesn’t like to be tied down to any one style. Pratt and Shore have plenty of new material after spending the winter apart from each other and look forward to sharing it with their fans. The Twin Peaks One Week Stand Tour kickoff takes place April 22 at the Lido Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. For more information, call 250-785-3011. —Aleisha Hendry For Thursday April 20, 2017

LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) This is a lovely day to enjoy the company of others — especially children — because you are in a warm, loving and playful mood. Expect to meet someone from another culture. SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) Matters related to home and family will be positive today. This also is a good day for a family business. A gathering at your home will be a success. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) It’s easy for you to be upbeat and positive today, because you believe in yourself! This is important because for Sagittarians, optimism is a survival issue. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) Business and commerce are favored today. Any financial arrangements you initiate will lead to future profits. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Today the Moon is in your sign, dancing with Jupiter, which is why you feel joyful and content. People will be happy to meet you and listen to your positive views. PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) You are content today. You realize that appreciating what you have is the key to happiness. (Negativity is wanting things to be different from the way they are.)

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Looking for Love Dear Annie: I am a collegeage male and in desperate need of your advice. There is in my class a wonderful young woman, someone with whom I have talked often but never deeply. I want to get to know her better but simply do not know how; in fact, I do not even know whether she is as interested in me as I am in her. This is made worse by my autism, which prevents me from detecting emotions and social cues. What should I do? I seek someone whose hand I can hold and whose eyes light up when they look on me. That is all I want and all I need. -- Forsaken Dear Forsaken: There are a great number of books that go into more depth about the unwritten rules of dating than I ever could here, and some are geared toward people with autism -- Kerry Magro’s “Autism and Falling in Love” and Joe Navarro’s “Ten ‘Must Know’ Body Language Secrets for Dating,” to name just two. But I will say that the best romantic relationships start as friendships, so you’re off to a good start simply by talking to this young woman often. Perhaps you could ask whether she’d like to get coffee sometime. If she says yes, take the opportunity to build a connection by asking about her background -- where she is from, whether she has any siblings, what she’s hoping to do after college, etc. Tell her about your-

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self in equal measure. And if she turns down your invitation, don’t despair. I promise, everyone has felt the sting of rejection at some point or another. Simply take it as practice for asking out the next girl who sparks your interest. Dear Annie: I enjoy your column. After reading today’s letter from “Frustrated,” whose cousin is constantly getting angry over minor things, I was compelled to write. The cousin’s behavior could be symptoms of a mental illness, specifically borderline personality disorder or paranoid personality disorder. The National Institute of Mental Health defines BPD as “a serious mental disorder marked by a pattern of ongoing instability in moods, behavior, self-image, and functioning. These experiences often result in impulsive actions and unstable relationships.” There were several red flags “Frustrated” used to describe her cousin that made me think she may have BPD: She’s always confrontational; she always quits jobs because of confrontations and blames the employers; and she has been like this for years, with the behavior get-

ting worse. Your advice to stage an intervention and express concern was good. “Frustrated” should also encourage her to seek help from a mental health professional. I realize that a disorder cannot be diagnosed based on a few comments, but learning more about personality disorders could help “Frustrated” and his or her sisters when interacting with their cousin. I learned about BPD two years ago after my son fathered a child with a woman diagnosed with BPD. It has been a difficult journey, but recognizing that she has a mental disorder has helped us cope with the situation. Most people in the general public, including family court judges, have never heard of BPD. The National Institute of Mental Health is an excellent resource for information about personality disorders and other mental health issues. -- Advocating for Mental Health Dear Advocating: Thank you for raising awareness about this commonly misunderstood disorder. Interested readers can find more information at http://www.nimh.nih.gov. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM

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Community

“Northern kids are nothing if not hardy.”

CONTACT US ALEISHA HENDRY 250-785-5631

- Collin Budd

ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Grandson’s diagnosis hit home Kelly Fell is one of two dozen brave shavers signed up for Bluey Day, and the hospital foundation is looking for more ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

Kelly Fell has been participating in the Fort St. John Hospital Foundations’ Bluey Day for the last few years. She knew it was an annual event in town, but it wasn’t until 2008 when her four-and-a-half-yearold grandson was diagnosed with Wilms’ tumour, a type of kidney cancer, that that the importance of the event truly hit home. “I paid attention to it, but I never did anything until 2008 and I thought, ‘you should help out,’” she said. Her grandson lived in Fort Nelson and had to travel to Edmonton for his treatments. After he passed away in 2008, Fell, a care aide at Peace Villa, was determined to do her part to help, so families didn’t have to travel so far to get treatment. “So many people are

touched by cancer, and if you can stay home and get your treatment near your family …the healing process is from the support you get from the people that love you,” said Fell. In the first year of taking part in memory of her grandson, Fell raised around $2,000. And she’s been participating the last three years due to the event needing brave shavers willing to step up to go bald and raise money for the cause. “I don’t have a lot of money to give myself, but I’ve got hair and I’ve got time,” she said. Bluey Day participants collect pledges and have their head shaved to raise money for the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation. The goal for this year is $100,000. As of April 13, 26 people were signed up to shave their heads. The hospital foundation’s goal is to have 50 shavers for the May 27 event.

Jessica Kalman, chief development officer for the hospital foundation, said the event can be a poignant one for those that take part. “Some are supporting a friend or family member’s journey, others are doing it for themselves,” she said. “It can be very emotional.” The money raised this year goes towards the cancer diagnostic and treatment fund, which is a general fund that can pay for any type of equipment the Fort St. John Hospital may need for the diagnosing and treatment of cancer. In previous years, money had gone towards upgrades to the hospital’s CT scanner, and to the MRI machine that will be installed this year. People interested in taking part and raising money can sign up any time between now and the end of May at the hospital foundation office. For more information, call 250-261-7563.

ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

Kelly Fell is getting her head shaved for this year’s Bluey Day fundraiser May 27.

Dental clinic for lowincome patients coming Dental work can often be an afterthought when there are other bills to pay, so Alaska Avenue Dental is helping out. As part of the Give Back Smile Program, the clinic is opening its doors to the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society low-income clients and will provide them with dent-

al checkups, cleanings and a health kit. The event takes place April 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call Alaska Avenue Dental at 250787-1606 to book an appointment. Be sure to mention it’s for the Women’s Resource Society. —Aleisha Hendry

FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY

ALEISHA HENDRY PHOTO

Kids of all ages took off into Kin Park for the Kin Club’s 37th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 15. The snow didn’t bother the egg hunters at all, as they trudged their way through the park to get the eggs for their age group.

Snow can’t slow down FSJ egg hunters ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

The best laid plans of bunnies and men are often thwarted by Mother Nature. The Fort St. John Kin Club discovered this while preparing for the 37th Annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 15. Kin Club President Collin Budd was praising the weather on the Thursday before the hunt, as Kin Park appeared clear of snow. “The park was green and beautiful, we thought, ‘This is going to be the best Easter Egg Hunt ever,’” said Budd. “Then the snow happened.” It’s not unusual to have snow in Kin Park on Easter weekend, but the huge dump of heavy wet snow took everyone by surprise.

When the Kin Club volunteers arrived at the park on Saturday morning, they found a parking lot filled with snow too deep for vehicles. After a frantic call to the city, a public works employee came down on their break with a loader and cleared the parking lot. “The City of Fort St. John saved the Easter Egg Hunt this year,” said Budd. With the parking lot cleared, around 450 kids were able to make their way through the park to collect the club’s special biodegradable plastic eggs, which Budd said worked very well. There was a lot of falling, snowballs and laughter because, as Budd said, “northern kids are nothing if not hardy.”

United Way hosting community garden clean up next month The United Way is hosting a Day of Caring at the Community Garden next month. On May 13, residents are encouraged to come out and help prepare the Community Gardens for another season of planting and growing fresh food. Day of Caring is a United Way initiative that mobilizes volunteers, local business, corporations and organizations to collaborate and complete

hands on projects for not for profit organizations within Northern B.C. Those coming out to help should bring garden gloves, a shovel and a wheelbarrow if they have one. The United Way Community Garden clean up goes from 1 to 4 p.m. on May 13. For more information, call 250-263-9266 ext. 1 or email emilyg@unitedwaynbc.ca —Aleisha Hendry

ANGLICAN CHURCH of CANADA NoRTH PEACE PARISH Please join us at our temporary location at the Lutheran Church 9812 108 Ave Ph: 250-785-6471 “All are Invited and Welcome Here” - (Luke 14:23) SERVICES St. Martin’s, fort St. John, BC Sundays 1:30 p.m. Rev. Enid Pow ********** Church of the Good Shepherd Taylor, BC - Sundays 9:30 a.m. ********** St. Matthias, Cecil Lake, BC 3rd Sun. of the Month 3:00 p.m. Holy Communion BAHA’I fAITH BAHA’I fAITH National Baha’i Information 1-800-433-3284 Regular Firesides Mondays @ 8:00 p.m. Deepenings continued Wednesdays at 250-7870089 Next Feast Info. 250-787-0089 ********** BAPTIST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 9607-107th Ave., fSJ Ph. (Office) 250-785-4307 Pastor: Michael Hayes Associate Pastor: Doug Janzen SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE 10:30AM ********** CATHoLIC RoMAN CATHoLIC CHURCH (Resurrection Church) Pastor: Rev. Vener Sabacan Phone 250-785-3413 www.fsjcatholic.ca MASSES: Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 10:00 a.m. oNLY OFFICE HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. BAPTISM: Contact the Pastor 3 months before baptism. MARRIAGES: Contact the Pastor 3 months before the wedding. ********** ALLIANCE CHURCH 9804-99 Ave., fort St. John, BC V1J 3T8 Ph: 250-785-4644 fax: 250-785-8932 e-mail: office@fsjalliance.ca www.fsjalliance.ca SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE: 9:15am & 11:00am KIDVILLE: for ages 2yrs.-Gr.6 @ 9:15am **********

CoMMUNITY CHURCH CHARLIE LAKE CoMMUNITY CHURCH Associate Pastor: Jared Braun 250-785-1723 fax: 250-785-4136 clcc@pris.ca SUNDAY SCHooL: 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP: 10:40am 1st left turn off Alaska Highway past the Charlie Lake Store. ********** PEACE CoMMUNITY CHURCH 10556-100th Street, Taylor, BC Pastor: Wally Pohlmann Phone: 250-789-3045 HoURS: 9:00am-Noon Monday-Wednesday & friday Email: office@taylorchurch.ca Website: www.taylorchurch.ca SUNDAY ADULT CLASS - 9:30am SUNDAY WoRSHIP SERVICE - 10:30am ********** EVANGELICAL foRT ST. JoHN EVANGELICAL MISSIoN 8220-89th Avenue, fSJ Pastor: Andy Wiebe Sunday School September-June begins at 9:30am Sunday mornings. Worship Service - 10:45am Phone: 250-787-2550 ******* INTERDENoMINATIoNAL UPPER PINE GoSPEL CHAPEL Church Phone: 250-827-3833 Email: upgc@pris.ca Board Chairman: Andy Burkholder 250-827-3811 Box 66, Rose Prairie, BC ********** LUTHERAN PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 9812-108th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 2R3 Office Phone: 250-785-2718 Pastor: Rev. Kebede Dibaba Regular Worship Schedule: 9:00am Youth, Adult Bible Study 10:00am Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School ********** PEACE RIVER MUSLIM ASSoCIATIoN Information: 250-787-1264 Jumm’a (Friday) Prayer @ 1:00pm 203-10903-100th Street, fort St. John, BC email: tahermorsi@shaw.ca ********** MENNoNITE NoRTH PEACE MENNoNITE BRETHREN CHURCH North Peace Mennonite Brethren Church 10816 106 St. fort St. John, BC V1J 5V2 250-785-3869 Lead Pastor: Andrew Eby Associate Pastor of Youth &

Young Adults: Don Banman SUNDAY SERVICE TIMES: 9:15am & 11:00am ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome! Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3231 ********** NoNDENoMINATIoNAL CHRISTIAN LIfE CENTRE “Associated with “Fellowship of Christian Assemblies” “King Jesus is Lord Over the Peace” 8923-112th Avenue, fort St. John, BC V1J 6G2 website: www.christianlifefsj.ca Ph: 250-785-4040 fax: 250-785-4021 Pastor Steve Oboh Principal of Christian Life School: Garry Jones Everyone Welcome Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00am Nursery available and Sunday School is held during the sermon for ages 3-12 years. Christian Life Centre is “Home of Christian Life School” ********** foRT ST. JoHN NATIVE BIBLE fELLoWSHIP Sunday Worship: 11:00am Wed., Night Bible Study: 7:30pm Pastor John A Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** GIDEoNS INTERNATIoNAL Fort St. John Camp Ray Hein 250-827-3636 John Giesbrecht 250-785-0127 ********** NoRTHERN LIGHTS CHURCH INTERNATIoNAL (Rose Prairie, BC Sunday Service: Pre-Service Prayer: 10:30am Worship Service: 11:00am Everyone Welcome ********** THE SHELTER CHURCH “...the Lord will be a shelter for His people” Joel 3:6 9808-98A Ave. fort St. John, BC 250-785-3888 SUNDAY SERVICE: 10am Pastor: Oral Benterud 250-785-9151 ********** PENTECoSTAL THE PENTECoSTALS of foRT ST. JoHN Phone: 250-787-9888 Pastor: Jason McLaughlin Sunday 10am Service, Sunday School Youth Sunday 11am Worship Service Tuesday 7pm Prayer Wednesday 7pm Bibile Study Friday 7pm Youth

********** PENTECoSTAL ASSEMBLIES of CANADA EVANGEL CHAPEL 10040-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-3386 Fax: 250-785-8345 Lead Pastor: Tony Warriner Sunday Services: 9:30am, 11:00am www.evangelfsj.com ********** The Journey 10011-100 St., fort St. John Phone: 250-785-6254 Pastor: Larry Lorentz Services: Sundays: 10:30am Tuesdays: 7:00pm ********** PRESBYTERIAN fort St. John Presbyterian Church 9907-98th St., fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-2482 fax: 250-785-2482 12:30 p.m. - Pie and Coffee 1:00 p.m. - Worship Service Everyone is invited to participate ********** REfoRMED TRINITY CoVENANT CHURCH Sunday Service: 10:00am Meets at the North Peace Cultural Center fort St. John, BC Elder: Mike Donovan Phone: 250-787-7702 matthew@trinitycovenant.ca Affiliated with C.R.E.C. ********** THE SALVATIoN ARMY THE SALVATIoN ARMY Sunday Worship Service: 10:30am 10116-100th Ave., fort St. John, BC Come Worship With Us. For information; Phone 250-785-0506 or food Bank 250-785-0500 ********** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 9008-100th Avenue, fort St. John, BC Phone: 250-785-8632 Pastor: Cavin Chwyl Phone: 250-719-7949 Saturday Service: 9:30am ********** UNITED CHURCH of CANADA ST. LUKE’S UNITED 9907-98 St., fort St. John, BC Office: 250-785-2919 fax: 250-785-2788 Email: stlukeuc@telus.net Sunday Worship Service @ 10:00am All are Welcome! The United Church of Canada is a Union of Congregationalist, Methodist & Presbyterian Churches in Canada formed in 1925.

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PERSPECTIVES

Vet visit victories: your pet’s checkup should be relaxing, not a nightmare

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ou know how much anxiety that going to your doctor can sometimes cause you? Now, just imagine if you had no idea where you were, or what was going to happen to you there. You travelled there against your will in a noisy, unfamiliar contraption. And to top it off, there’s a guy in the waiting room yelling at the top of his lungs (apparently just for the fun of it), and another who may be eyeing you up for lunch! Hopefully you’ve never actually had an experience quite like this, but it may be all too true from your pet’s point of view, with scary car rides and unruly critters in the waiting room. So, what can you do to help turn the potential nightmare of a vet visit into a relaxed and happy experience? Here are a few tips. Getting your pet used to being poked and prodded from nose to tail at home goes a long way in preparing them for vet exams. Using lots of positive reinforcement like petting and treats is important, and don’t forget to frequently handle their paws and practice looking in their mouths. If you have a cat or small dog that travels in a kennel, don’t just suddenly bring out this scary chamber to signify an impending vet visit. Instead, keep it accessible and make it comfy and inviting. You may even try feeding your pet inside the kennel. The same goes for car rides—make sure your pet is familiar and comfortable with travel, with most trips leading to fun walks and visiting friends, rather than just ending up at the vet clinic. Starting at eight weeks old, puppies and kittens should be brought to their veterinarian regularly for wellness exams and vaccines. As well as going a long way in keeping them healthy, these visits also give your pet a chance to become familiar with the

Dr. Amy Hayduk NORTH PEACE CREATURE FEATURE

veterinary experience in a positive light. This means less stress during future vet visits, when Fluffy may already be dealing with the strain of an upset stomach or a broken bone. As alluded to above, a busy waiting room can be quite intimidating and even downright scary for your pet. If you have a timid critter or especially one who may feel like they’re being served as lunch (prey species like rabbits), take them to a quieter corner or keep them in the car until their appointment. For smaller pets in kennels, draping a blanket over the kennel to create a private cave can help them feel safe. A spritz of a dog or cat ‘happy pheromone’ before leaving home, or bringing along a calm furry friend for moral support may also help to smooth the whole experience. And remember, you’re always welcome to bring your critters to the clinic for a ‘fun visit’ just to say hi, maybe practice hopping on the scale, and enjoy a treat or two! Dr. Amy Hayduk grew up in the Nass Valley of northwest BC and graduated from the Western College of Veterinary medicine as the 2014 “gold medalist” after completing a master’s degree in biochemistry at the University of Northern BC. She enjoys all aspects of mixed animal practice with special interests in small animal surgery and equine medicine.

Support the local arts!! Springtime in the Peace Judy Kucharuk THE DESK OF THE GREEN-EYED GIRL

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he ditches were swollen with rushing water and in the early morning there was a thin sheet of ice that disguised the danger. There was no time for dilly-dallying as we walked to the end of the driveway to wait for the school bus—we knew there would be plenty of time for that at the end of the day. Springtime in the Peace Country has always been an uncertain season, even years ago when I was a kid. Throughout March and April we would swing back and forth between having warm, windy days where the snow entirely melted to waking up to a snow covered yard. “Make up your mind!” Most days, my rubber boots were already wet on the inside because I could not resist stepping on that thin ice the previous day. They didn’t dry overnight so that meant I had to place a bread bag over my socks and then put on my boots creating a moisture barrier. I wasn’t embarrassed because I wasn’t the first of my classmates to be relegated to bread bagging my boots and I wouldn’t be the last. In fact, it might help from having someone inadvertently taking my boots at the end of the day. We all had the same boots. Not like now where rubber boots have suddenly become fashionable and warm—did I say warm? The rubber boots of today are properly lined and designed to bridge the winter/spring/winter swinging temperatures. No more crying over freezing toes. Back in the day (yes, when we walked to school uphill both ways), back in the day the boots were just rubber boots and they did one job and that was keep you dry. Not warm and dry, just dry: ”What are you, a sissy?” Recess at school was like playing in a big mud puddle. Even with your splash pants on, water and mud would find its way onto your clothing. Of course, it had help. It was so much fun! I would ride home on the school bus, mismatched sized boots on my feet, bread bags long gone and pants soaking wet. Hearing the squeal of the brakes and the whoosh of air when the bus came to a stop at the end of our long driveway and my sister and I would run out giggling and head straight for the deepest ruts in the road. What did it matter? We were wet already? Ahhhh, springtime in the Peace Country. 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”. Follow her on twitter @judylaine

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© 2014 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 30, No. 22

What happens when you put a car on a ramp? It will roll down to the ground. An invisible force is pulling it down: gravity.

Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the articles below and correct the eight spelling errors you find. The first one is done for you.

Gravity always pulls objex towards the central of the Earth. Even if you are

Susan and Taylor each made a gravity-powered car. Gravity has the same amount of pull on all of the cars in a race down a ramp. Each kid is using science to make his or her car go faster.

“Racers start your engines!” is something you normally hear at an automobile race like NASCAR or the Indy 500.

Susan is using weight. She has glued some pennies to her car to make it heavier. But its boxy shape has drag which slows it down.

But, what if a car had no engine? How would it move? Could it still be a race car?

up a flight of stares, gravity pulls you

toward the centre of the Earth. Builders of buildings use this fact to halp them build walls that are vertical.

he E in STEM is for engineering. Engineers are changing the world all of the time. They dream up creative, practical solutions and work with other smart, inspiring people to invent, design and create things that matter. Be an engineer and create your own Gravity Racer! Here are instructions to get you started.

walking

Taylor has engineered his car to have less drag. When a car moves through the air, it causes friction. Friction causes drag, a force that slows a moving object. Streamlined and smooth objects ha have less drag fla ones. than jagged or flat

A plumb bob,

which is a wait on the end of a

string, is a tools builders use to

❏ cereal box ❏ 4 plastic bottle caps ❏ 2 bamboo skewers ❏ 2 straws ❏ ruler ❏ hot glue ❏ paint or markers ❏ tape ❏ scissors

see if a structure

is vertical. They hang

the plumb bob next to the structure. If the

string and structure are

parallel, the structure in vertical. Cut a 6” x 9” rectangle out of a cardboard cereal box.

Cut another rectangle, 6” x 4” and fold as shown.

Tape the angled hood onto the larger rectangle.

Decorate your Gravity Racer.

Hot glue a bamboo skewer to the inside center of a plastic bottle cap.

Tape straw axles to bottom of car body. Make sure the wheels spin freely.

RRoll o your gravity racer down a ramp. Measure how far it rolls. What happens if you add weight how to to your y racer, such as taping pennies to it? What else can you do to make it roll farther?

How many new words can you make using the letters in the words:

1 - 5 words: Language Lightweight 6 - 12 words: Rising Reader 13 or more words: Gravitational Greatness

Look through the newspaper for examples of gravity being a good thing. Then look for examples where less gravity would be useful. Make a list of what you would miss about gravity if you were on the moon.

Insert skewer through straw to create an axle. Hot glue bottle cap to other end of skewer.

CHALLENGE CREATIVE GRAVITY SKEWERS DRIVER INVENT DESIGN DREAM SMART RACE STEM WORK TAPE GLUE

Look through the newspaper to find:

A numeral over 1,000 A numeral less than 10 A telephone number A Roman numeral An address An age A zipcode The score of a game Tomorrow’s forecast

Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word PLUMB in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you.

Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. N G I S E D M A E G

S R G S I K E G R Y

K E L O T N N A U D E V U U R E V W R D

This week’s word:

E R P L T I A R N A

The adjective vertical means straight up and down or upright.

S H T C C W O R K E

Melody likes to wear shirts with vertical stripes.

W I E N L I M E L R R D A Y S M A R T T C R C R E A T I V E

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

VERTICAL

Try to use the word vertical in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.

Write a poem or descriptive paragraph telling what you like and don’t like about gravity. Think about how life would be different without gravity.

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TOWN HALL The Future of Fish and Wildlife: Are we losing what makes BC special? The BC Wildlife Federation is concerned about the future of fish and wildlife populations, and future generation’s ability to hunt, fish, camp, and recreate in British Columbia. The Town Hall offers an opportunity to discuss the trends, threats to fish, public access to public resources, wildlife populations, and how we can turn things around. Topics for Discussion Declining caribou, elk, moose, and deer populations Declining fish populations Declining budgets for natural resource conservation Lack of science for fish and wildlife management How you can drive positive change ●●

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Celebrate Canada 150 on Mother’s Day with The North Peace Community Choir and Chamber Orchestra Sunday May 14, 2017 at 3:00 pm at Unchagah Hall Merrill J. Flewelling: Conductor Vivaldi Four Seasons, “Spring”: Lance Stoney, Violin Torelli Trumpet Concerto: Chris Young, Trumpet Vivaldi Violin & Cello Concerto: Josh Giesbrecht, Violin & Jordan Dyck, Cello Vivaldi “Gloria”, Choir & Orchestra Tickets available at Shopper’s Drug Mart DC for $20 each

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DAWSON CREEK BADMINTON CLUB From Sept. 19, 2016 to April 26, 2017 Mondays & Wednesdays Time: 7:30-9:30 pm Central Campus Gym Dawson Creek Do not play on any statutory or school holidays. Go on the school website to check on the holidays Please pay before you start playing. Players under 16 years must have an adult with them. You will need clean gym shoes and a racquet. Contact Dan or Judy Pandachuck: 250782-4783 Friday, April 21st, 2017-Ham & Beef Supper-Pouce Coupe Seniors Hall-$15.00 per person. Doors open at 5:00 pm, Supper at 5:30 pm. KNIT NIGHT: Thursdays at Faking Sanity Cafe in Dawson Creek6:30 to 8:30 PM.

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Midtown Mini Storage will be holding an auction on bid13.com starting May 1, 2017 unless accounts are paid in full to recover fees from the following units that have accounts in arrears for more than 90 days. The owners of the units are able to make full payments on their accounts until the time of auction stored at Midtown Ministorage, FSJ (10508 95 Avenue). Please contact (250) 263-9723.

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MILE 0 QUILTERS GUILD: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7PM at Calvin Kruk Performing Arts Centre in Dawson Creek

South Peace Historical Society MeetingsThird Wednesday of the month in Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

The Borderline Culture Series presents: James Keelaghan in concert with opener: Jim & Penny Malmberg - Saturday, April 22, 2017 @ the DEMMITT COMMUNITY CENTRE (1/2mile South of Hwy 43 on RR 132) Doors open at 7:00 pm (AB) Concert @ 8:00 pm . Tickets advance: $25.00 Door: $27.00. For Tickets and Information call: 780-356-2904 or go to www.borderlineculture.com

SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca Save the Dates July 7, 5:00 pm to July 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm for the 23rd Annual Mile Zero Cruisers Summer Cruise weekend starts with Registration held at the Dawson Co-op. Bring down your pride and joy and register for the 2017 Summer Cruise Car Show weekend. All registrants will receive access to all weekend events as well as a chance to win prizes. Check in this paper for more details closer to the show!

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Lydia Ostashek

of Tumbler Ridge will be held

Saturday, April 22 at 11:00am

Vehicles to auction: Matt Leacock- Older Red Dodge Turbo (IC3BG24K7KG115396) Brandon Lambert: Older GMC Van (TGR3684511737). Older Dodge Durango (1B4HS282ZXXF575075) Christina Webb: 2002 BMW (WBAFB33571LH11578) Joey Contant: Chevy Lumina (2G1WL52M7T9237215) Gary Bath - various Army vehicles Brian Horne: Scamper Campers and ’92 Terry 5th Wheel Fred MacDonald: Jaguar

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Memorial service announcement for the late

Robert MacDermaid, Andrew Gibbons, Courtnall Appsassin, Tyler Forrest, Lindsay Johnson

from the Royal Canadian Legion Hall. In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy can be made to the Dawson Creek Hospital Foundation, the Elks Royal Purple Fund or the BC Heart & Stroke Foundation. Condolences may be forwarded through www.hamresfuneral.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. SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm The Gathering Artisan Market Saturdays from May 6 - Oct 14 8:30am - 1:30pm 1444 102nd Ave, Dawson Creek, BC All Homemade Market

Tuesday, April 25, 2017- 1: 30 pmSouth Peace Seniors Access Workshop“Origami Paper Craft” Presented by Yuka Yamada-International Student Advisor for Northern Lights College. Located at the Seniors Access Office in the Co-Op Mall. EVERYONE WELCOME!

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Requirements: Trade certification & oilfield experience, written/verbal communication skills, computer proficiency & experience with Gas compression. File Clerk: Our clients in the Fort St. John area are currently seeking a File Clerk to scan documents into an electronic filing system. This is a full-time position running Monday-Friday, with some flexibility on the hours, as is to be filled immediately. Responsibilities: Scanning documents into filing system -

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You must be comfortable working with Simply Accounting (SAGE 50), & have a good sense of humour!

Layton Bressers, Foreman of Works 9904 Dudley Drive, PO Box 330 Hudson’s Hope, BC, V0C 1V0 Telephone: (250) 783-9901 Fax: (250) 783-5741 foreman@hudsonshope.ca

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Applications with a detailed resume of work experience, education, and qualifications will be received at the Municipal Office, 9904 Dudley Drive, mailed, emailed or faxed by Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 by 4:30 pm. Please provide copies of tickets or certifications. If any clarification is required, please contact the undersigned. Rate of Pay: Between $30.90 per hourAs of January 1, 2017 rates, BCGEU Collective Agreement

If you think you’re a fit for any of our listed positions, bring your resume with 3 work-related references to our office today!

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Preference will be given to those applicants with: grader operator experience; a valid Water Distribution or Water Treatment Level 1 Certificate; a valid Wastewater Collection or Wastewater Treatment Level 1 Certificate. Any mechanical tickets or heavy equipment operator and maintenance experience will be considered. A Class 1 or 2 driver’s license with an airbrake endorsement will be required. A mechanical background with equipment on air will be considered an asset. Shift work including weekends may be required. A driver’s abstract and criminal record check may be a condition of employment. The successful candidate will be designated as General Trades 3. The job description is available upon request.

Part-Time Bookkeeper: Our clients are looking to fill a part-time, flexible bookkeeping position in their new office. Ideal candidates will be experienced in all aspects of bookkeeping & have at least 3 years experience in a similar position.

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One (1) Position Available. The District of Hudson’s Hope is accepting applications for employment as General Trades-Level 3 for the Hudson’s Hope Public Works Department. Grader Operator experience preferred. The District of Hudson’s Hope invites applications from qualified persons for the full-time position of General Trades. The successful candidate will be required to operate a variety of equipment, including the grader and perform any assignments related to water supply, sewage disposal, storm drainage, roadway maintenance and construction, recreation facilities and municipal services. The work also involves the safe operation, routine inspection and maintenance of equipment and vehicles used on the job.

Duties will include: On/off site mechanical maintenance, rebuilding & repairing components, performing safety inspections & completing purchase orders.

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DISTRICT OF HUDSON’S HOPE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: GENERAL TRADES

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GENERAL EMPLOYMENT Cruz Family Caregiver for a Baby $11/hr − Optional ac− commodation available at no charge on live in basis. This is not a condition for employ− ment. Duties are: bathe, dress and feed the ba− by; oversee baby’s ac− tivities; tend to the emotional well−being;− Maintain safe and healthy environment; Keep daily activities and health information re− garding the baby. 250−719−5226 marygon zales.cruz@yahoo.com

Ha Hea Enterprises Inc, dba Redwood Esso 10216-100St, Box 30, Taylor, BC V0C 2K0 Job Title: Convenience Store/Gas Station Clerk N0C 6421 (3 positions Available) Duties: Assisting customers. Conducting sales by cash register (cash, debit, credit transactions). Monitoring inventory levels. Assist in display of merchandise. Stocking and maintaining product shelves. Requirements: Prior retail experience is an asset. Secondary School or equivalent. Salary & Benefits: $12.50/hour, Subsidizing housing, 10 days paid holidays. Permanent-Full-time position (40 hours per week) Location of work: Redwood Esso Station at 10216-100St, Taylor BC How to Apply: By Fax: 250-789-3195 By Email: redwoodesso@hotmail.com TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAINING Flaggers, Pilots, Towing DC: May 10&11 $300 PG: May 13&14 $280 1-866-737-2389 or roadsafetytcs.com

ANTIQUES COMING EVENTS WEDNESDAYS: COMPUTER INFORMATION -Seniors Computer Club - Dawson CO-OP Bistro 1:15pm 250-782-4668 for more information

VOLUNTEERS “Better at Home is looking for Volunteers who can help local seniors by driving them to shop or to appointments. Please Call 250782-2341 or stop in to the Better at Home office in the Co-op Mall.

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT For Hire: caregiver to look after my 2 children; 4 year old girl and 3 year old boy. Permanent, full time at a rate of 11.50/hour for 40 hrs/week. Completion of Secondary School : some college/CEGEP/ vocational. 1 to 2 years experience supervision or care for children. Accommodation available on a live-in basis at no cost, but is not a condition of employment. Main duties include: supervise and care; assist/guide children on personal hygiene; meal preparation; organize and participate in children’s activities and may perform light housekeeping. Applicatant may apply via email: joan24garcia@ yahoo.

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FOR SALE MISC Slide in camper to fit pickup truck. $375 firm 250-329-6308

GARAGE SALES Garage Sale!! Everything must go 10404-101St Ave. Lots of stuff. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm Saturday 10am-2pm

BUSINESS SERVICES Arctic Duct Cleaning, Furnace & duct cleaning, Chimney sweep. 250-787-7217 (FSJ) Express Pawn Ph 250-785-2232. We Buy Gold! Broken, stones missing, any condition. We also pawn jewelry. Free estimates.

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Court Bailiff ’s Sale The court bailiff will offer for sale by sealed bid the interest of the following judgment debtor, BRIAN BOND, in the following goods and chattels purported to be

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1 PA R C E L O F Recreational/Grassland - Francois Lake, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 2 in Prince George. 229.8 +/- title acres on two titles. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Realtor: Tom Moran (PREC) - Re/ Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction.com/ realestate.

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1 HOME PARCEL - Prince George, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 2 in Prince George. 344.742 +/- title acres. 165 +/- cultivated acres. 980 +/- sq. ft. mobile home plus additions. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Realtor: Tom Moran (PREC) - Re/Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction. com/realestate. SERVICES

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2005 SKI-DOO SUMMIT 1000 VIN# 2BP5CD5A85V000437 Sold on an as is, where is basis. Sealed bids will be received at the court bailiff ’s at the noted address below, up to the hour of 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, 2017. Sale may be subject to cancellation without notice. The court bailiff reserves the right to adjourn the sale without notice and may apply to the court for further direction if the need arises. Terms of Sale: Each bid must be accompanied by a bank draft or money order for 10 per cent of the bid made payable to the court bailiff ’s office. The balance of the bid, plus Social Services Tax and GST (if applicable), to be paid immediately upon acceptance of the bid. Failure to pay the balance at the agreed time may result in forfeiture of the deposit. To view the vehicle, call or visit Joyce Smith or Jennifer Smith Court Bailiff Expert Bailiff & Collection Services Ltd. 10315 - 100 Avenue Fort St. John, B.C. V1J 1Y8 250-785-9222

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC REVIEW OF FOREST OPERATIONS SCHEDULE #3

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'Spouses Selling Houses'

8112-90 AVE-DUPLEX–NEW FLOORING & PAINT, 3 BR ( LARGE MASTER); 2 BATHS, FENCED YARD, APPLIANCES; ASKING $1400 NO PETS. PHONE ANNETTE 250-793-4394 3 BDRM, DUPLEX FOR RENT. FAMILY ROOM ON MAIN FLOOR. FULL BASEMENT. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. 8804 - 89TH AVENUE. SMALL PET FRIENDLY, NO SMOKERS. $1,400/MTH PLUS UTILITIES.

and Commercial, Farms, Shops, Land, Property Management

Notice is hereby given that Forest Operations Schedule #3 (FOS #3) has been prepared. FOS #3 applies to the Fort St. John Timber Supply Area and depicts the proposed location of timber harvesting and road construction activities for the period August 1st, 2017 to July 31st 2023 for forest tenures held by participant licencees of the Fort St. John Pilot Project. This includes B.C. Timber Sales, as well as the following coniferous and deciduous tenures held by participant licencees:

Gary 261-1214

Annette 793-4394

Gary Reeder Realty Ltd.

FL A18154 and Pulpwood Agreement 12 (Canadian Forest Products Ltd.), FL A60049, A85946 and Pulpwood Agreement 20 (Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd.), FL A60972 (Chetwynd Mechanical Pulp Inc.), and FL A56771 (Canadian Forest Products Ltd. & Dunne-za).

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FAMILY HOME IN THE NORTHEAST

LAND AND BLDG. FOR SALE-11204-100 AVE

NORTH EAST BUNGALOW, 4BR, 2BTH, DBLE GARAGE, FULLY DEVELOPED BSMT. $378,000.

INCLUDES BUILDING- 4282 SF, CARETAKER SUITE, FRONT OFFICE/RETAIL, 3 BAYS ON 2 LOTS; PLUS EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES FOR CAR WASH AND LUBE CENTRE. WELL MAINTAINED, GREAT LOCATION, CONTACT ANNETTE FOR INFO & TO VIEW BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. 250-793-4394

FOS #3 will be available for public review and comment from April 7th, 2017 until June 6th, 2017. Copies of FOS #3 are available for viewing between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday at the following locations: Canadian Forest Products Ltd.: 9312 - 259 Road (Swanson Lumber Road), Fort St. John, B.C., and B.C. Ministry of Forests (B.C. Timber Sales): 9000-17th Street, Dawson Creek, B.C. and online at http://fsjpilotproject.com/fos.html

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ALPINE VILLAGE COMPLEX 1200/1500/2400 SQ FT SPACES AVAILABLE $12.00/ SQ FT PLUS TRIPLE NET CALL GARY @ 250-261-1214 FOR LEASE DETAILS

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Written comments are invited and should be directed to the attention of:

Application No. 357282 Permit No.: PA 108743

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Application for a Permit under the Provisions of the Environmental Management Act

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During an emergency relief scenario, the potential maximum rate of air emissions discharge from the facility will be 1324.8 kg/hr. The characteristics of the air emissions during a brief emergency relief scenario are the following: 1198.08 kg/hr SO2, 67.32 kg/hr of NOx, and 59.40 kg/hr of CO. During an acid gas injection well workover where a flare event is activated, characteristics of emissions from the relief flare are calculated at a maximum rate of 4877.71 kg/hr, and the characteristics of the air emissions are the following: 4817.16 kg/hr of SO2, 1.87 kg/hr of NOx and 58.68 kg/hr of CO. The vapour recovery system shutdown allowance granted by the regulator determines that this flare event would have an air emissions rate of 2.15 kg/hr with the following characteristics of air emissions: 2.09 kg/hr of SO2, 0.02 kg/hr NOx and 0.03 kg/hr of CO. All the above mentioned emissions are properly dispersed through a flare(s) that is designed in accordance with OGC regulations to meet the BC ambient Air Quality Objectives. Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed air emissions and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Regional Manager, Environmental Protection at 6534 Airport Road, Fort St. John, BC. V1J 4M6. The identity of the respondents and the content of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record. Dated this 12th day of April, 2017 Contact person: Tina Osiowy, ARC Resources Telephone No. (403) 776-5064

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A career with unlimited potential Enbridge is more than an energy company. Beyond transporting, delivering and generating energy, we have a higher purpose: to fuel people’s quality of life. If you share our vision, join our team and explore the opportunity to build a career with unlimited potential.

Maintenance Coordinator Lead by example to achieve results in Fort St. John Combining your maintenance planning and execution skills with your troubleshooting and leadership abilities, you will coordinate both routine and non-routine maintenance activities for the Transmission North – Measurement department, to ensure work is performed safely and efficiently, and is properly documented. This role calls for a journeyperson, tradesperson or other qualified individual with a technical certificate, licence or education (e.g., electrical or instrumentation) plus 5 years’ experience in an oil and gas field environment, or an equivalent background. Well organized and a good communicator, you can participate in cross-functional groups and motivate others to achieve common goals. You hold a valid driver’s licence, are skilled with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and can handle on-call and overtime work if required. To apply online, please go to canadajobs.spectraenergy.com, by May 1, 2017. For more information about Enbridge, visit: enbridge.com.

CALL NOW! REASONABLE RENTS! 1 & 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS. CLEAN, QUIET, ADULT SECURED BUILDING ON BUS ROUTE IN DC .WHEELCHAIR FRIENDLY ON LOWER LEVEL. NO PETS. 250782-1331 MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW. Completely Renovated 1 Bedroom & Bachelor Suites in DC. Bus Stop at Front Door. Adults Only. Senior Discount. REFERENCES REQUIRED. 250-843-7337

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Dawson Creek Northern Lights Apartments has 1 Bedroom/Bachelor Apartments Available. Cable/Heat, Water/Hot Water Included. Please Phone : 250-782-7130. ASK FOR INCENTIVES

HOUSES FOR RENT Quiet Adult Living in Large 3 bedroom Farmhouse in Home Owners Yard. $1200.00/month +utilities. RV Parking can be Included. 6 Miles from Dawson Creek. No Smokers, Dogs, Reptiles or Horses. Other Pets Negotiable. References Required. Phone: 250-784-8571.

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During normal operations, the maximum rate of air emissions discharged from this facility which operates 24 hours a day and 7 days a week will be 26.24 kg/ hr. The characteristics of the air emissions during normal operations are the following: 11.84 kg/hr of NOx and 14.4 kg/hr of CO. These emissions are reduced through high efficiency burner management and proper dispersion through exhaust and flare stacks that are designed in accordance with the OGC regulations to meet the BC Ambient Air Quality Objectives.

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We, ARC Resources Ltd. of 1200, 308-4th Ave. S.W. Calgary, intend to submit this application to the Director, to authorize the discharge of air emissions from the Dawson Phase 3 natural gas processing plant. The sources of discharge are: • 10944 kW Solar turbine generator 1 • 10944 kW Solar turbine generator 2 • Low pressure flare stack (emergency) • High pressure flare stack (emergency) • Acid gas flare stack • 4103 kW utility heater • 1102 kW essential services generator (emergency) The land upon which the facility will be situated and the discharge will occur is in LSD 13-07-080-14 W6M, which is located 17 km north of Dawson Creek.

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The participant licencees including B.C. Timber Sales, will review comments provided by the public concerning FOS #3. The Forest Operations Schedule may subsequently be revised as a result of written comments received prior to 4:30 pm, June 6th, 2017.

SOLID 1040 SF HOME, LARGE DINING ROOM, 3 BR , FULL CONCRETE BASEMENT. UPDATED BATHROOM, NEW SHINGLES APPROX. 2 YRS AGO. LARGE LOT, BACK LANE ACCESS, GREEN HOUSE, SHED. ELECTRICAL UPGRADE TO 100 AMP

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A TWO STOREY OFFICE BUILDING , IN A GREAT LOCATION. THE MAIN FLOOR IS 3145 SQ FT OF OFFICE, KITCHEN AND BATHROOMS. THE SECOND FLOOR OF 3145 SQ FT HAS CLASSROOMS & BOARDROOMS. AN ADDITIONAL 3098 SQ FT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY A RADIO STATION TENANT. THE TOTAL USABLE SPACE IS 9388 SQ FT. THE BUILDING COULD BE USED AS MULTI-TENANT OFFICE RENTALS. PRICE $1,100,000.00

Tony Wipfli, RPF BC Timber Sales 9000-17th Street, Dawson Creek, B.C. V1G 4A4 Telephone 250 262-3335, Fax 250 784-0143

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Evan Hauk, RPF or Darrell Regimbald, RPF Canadian Forest Products Ltd. RR #1, Site 13, Compartment 2, Fort St. John, B.C. V1J 4M6 Telephone 250 787-3600, Fax 250 787-3622

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2010 CADILLAC ESV 7 PAS ESCALADE Cash/ trade/lease to own terms. $22,900 V8 auto, power sunroof, remote start, KL entry, DVD, roof rack, power heated leather seats, AC, tilt, cruise, pws, pdls, rear camera. 183,210kms. 780−485−0900

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Daddy and Me program back for another round this spring Community Bridge is holding its Daddy and Me events at several places in the community over the next few months. On April 22 there will be a Superhero Party at the Fort St. John Public Library at 3 p.m. On May 10 there will be an evening of bowling at Fort Bowling Lanes at 6 p.m. On June 17 there will be a petting zoo

at Heart Break Acres from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Daddy and Me events are for kids aged zero to six years old and their dads, uncles, grandfathers and male caregivers. Registration is not required and a healthy snack is provided. For more information, call 250-7856021 ext. 232. — Aleisha Hendry

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The Easter Bunny got into a snowball fight with some of the kids taking part in the Kin club Easter Egg Hunt on April 15.

Paint and pass allows teens and tweens to leave their mark Teens and tweens will have the chance to leave their mark during Paint and Pass at the Fort St. John Public Library. Young artists will start with their own blank canvas and work on it for five minutes until the bell rings, then they pass their painting to their neighbour. By the end of the night, they will have added their own artistic flair to 10 other

paintings, and have their original piece to take home. Paint and Pass for tweens aged nine to 13 will get to participate May 6 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Teens aged 13 to 18 will have their turn May 13 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. There are only 10 spots per session, so be sure to sign up quickly. For more information, call 250-785-3731. — Aleisha Hendry

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Shooting landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes

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hooting a great photo is rarely a spur of the moment occasion. Most great photos are searched out and planned. I do a lot of searching. My spidey-senses goes berserk when I find it something that I can see in my mind laid out on canvas. When I’m out searching, I look for certain aspects including the three most important pieces of a great photo: foreground, subject, and horizon. In order of importance, I believe the foreground the most important piece of the photo because it leads you into the photo. I look for depth and ridged terrain like stones, rolling hills, or anything creative including, but not limited to, beet pickles, feet, ice cream floats, bicycles, tire tracks, and roof shingles. Once you’ve found your foreground and subject, if any, you must gauge what percentage of your photo will contain the foreground. I try to stick either at 33 or 66 percent of the photo based on the rule of thirds, and the comparative awesomeness of the foreground and everything above the horizon also known as the background. Some people like minimalistic photos though, so these are not rules, just suggestions. I am not a fan of minimalistic photos, there’s nothing awesome about two single strips of color in my opinion. For awesomeness, you need to even the odds of foreground vs. background by choosing the right day and time of day. Yay for sunsets, northern lights, and galaxies.

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Preferred times to shoot There is no preferred time to shoot. I can shoot all day and night. There are tools that you can use to bring awesomeness to landscape shots and places to shoot that can speak to a large variety of people. But nothing beats the golden hour at sunrise and sunset. You can shoot a woodland path and the awesomeness of the untouched undeveloped land can speak to city folk, or shoot the Alberta oil sands and the whole world goes nuts. Use your intuition and find the beauty or awe in your framing. There’s nothing worse than a great sky and roadside garbage in your photo unless you can make the photo speak and tell a story. Put me in that situation and I’ll dump my camera in the dirt and get a great shot of the roadside garbage as the subject because it tells a story. However, that’s been done before and not my cup of tea, but I am guilty. TOOLS OF A LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER My favourite tool is my polarizer filter. It’s like a pair of Oakley’s for your camera. The polarizer filter screws on the end of your lens and has a mechanism that

DARCY SHAWCHEK PHOTO

Northern Lights College. This photo uses all three aspects of a great photo: foreground, subject, and background.

allows you to tune it to the direction of light. It will take the harsh rays out of the sky and show the blue and reduce the harshness of light on the clouds giving them more depth and detail. It also takes the glare off reflective surfaces like windows and water, allowing you to see their transparency much clearer. My second favorite is the neutral density filter or “ND filter.” The ND filter is like dark Men-In-Black-style cheap, non-polarized shades for your camera. It allows you to do longer exposures during the day to capture movement. They come in three forms: variable, by stop, and gradient. Use this

to make your waterfalls milky and alive, or to capture motion blur at the race track by following the subject. I personally like the gradient ND filter. It allows me to cut the brightness of the sky and reveal shadows and other things in the foreground. ND filters require you to have a tripod if you want to keep the detail in your surroundings. If you aren’t using a tripod you are doing it wrong. Take your time, eat some popcorn, and relax. Your best photo is the one that you haven’t taken yet. I always remember to take in at least two of my three minimum requirements of a great shot. If it’s not there, I

get bored and shoot straight up and go for minimalistic, which rarely happens. My buddy and partner in crime that shares all night shooting benders calls landscapes “treasure hunting.” I hope you are finding treasures. Use these tips for any kind of wondrous imagery. Happy shooting!

Darcy Shawchek is a photographer based in Fort St. John, who is on a mission to capture the breathtaking and majestic Peace River area through the lens, day or night. Email him your photography questions at dr.shawchek@ gmail.com

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QUESTION 1: Born in 1945 in Springhill, Nova Scotia, this singer-songwriter was the first Canadian solo female artist to sell 500,000 records in the United States.

ewan Association on Human Rights, an NGO that focused on defending the rights of marginalized individuals throughout the province. In the mid-eighties, Wilson relocated to Toronto, where he took a position working for the Toronto Board of Education in its Race Relations and Equity Office. He also formed the Rites! collective, which published Rites: For Lesbian and Gay Liberation. Additionally, Wilson volunteered with the Federation of Toronto Tenants’ Association, the Friends of Downtown, AIDS Action Now! and Mission for Peace. In 1988, Wilson became politically mobilized and was nominated as an NDP candidate for the Rosedale riding. He was the first openly gay candidate nominated by a major political party in Canada. However, in the midst of campaigning, Wilson was diagnosed with HIV and dropped out of the race. He spent the rest of his lifetime as an AIDS activist and was founding chair of the Canadian Network of Organizations of People Living With HIV/AIDS. He died of an AIDSrelated illness in 1992. Doug Wilson’s incredible legacy lives on through the Doug Wilson Award, which is given annually to University of Saskatchewan students who help advance the cause of LGBTQ rights on campus. The tireless activist made an impact on society that goes beyond any single cause, and his courageous fight played a crucial part in building the open, forward-thinking Canada that we share today.

QUESTION 2: Which Canadian city is known as the diamond capital of North America?

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You probably owned a pair as a kid, but this device, invented by Canadians Donald L. Hings and Alfred J. Gross in 1942, was originally intended for military use.

QUESTION 4: Despite being blind in one eye, this Ottawa native scored 14 goals in a Stanley Cup game in 1905. He holds the record of most goals scored by a single player in a professional hockey match to this day.

1: Anne Murray

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Championing equality for all Canadians In 1975, Douglas Wilson was a graduate student in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. Recently out of the closet, he wanted to form an on-campus gay association and placed an ad in the student paper to recruit members. The university’s Dean of Education was appalled by the idea and rapidly revoked Wilson’s eligibility to supervise practice teachers. When news of this got around, students, staff and teachers at the university elected to fight the decision. The story was picked up by the media and gained national attention, thereby bringing to light the seldom-discussed issue of gay rights. While the courts ultimately ruled in favour of the university, Wilson refused to skulk back into the closet. Instead, he dedicated the rest of his life to human rights activism, believing that every individual deserved to be treated with the same respect regardless of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation. Wilson got involved in a number of initiatives that supported gay and lesbian causes. He helped form the Saskatchewan Gay Coalition, served as fourth president of the Gay Community Centre of Saskatoon, and was instrumental in creating Metamorphosis, a festival celebrating diversity and inclusion in the Prairies. He also established Stubblejumper Press, which published literary works penned by gay and lesbian authors from across Canada. Around this same period, Wilson was hired as the executive director of the Saskatch-

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German people have lived in Canada since the 18th century. The very first German settlement was established in the 1750s in Nova Scotia, and evidence of this early community survives to this day in the names of towns and churches along the province’s south shore. The Little Deutsch Church in Halifax, founded in 1752, is the oldest surviving German church in Canada and has been a National Historic Site since 1997. Elsewhere, a smaller group of German settlers established communities along the St. Lawrence River during the 1760s. The American Revolution prompted further immigration, with German Loyalists fleeing to Canada in considerable numbers throughout the 1770s. Waterloo County in Ontario was a hub for German immigrants from both the United States and Europe during the 1830s, before Western Canada took over as the destination of choice. German settlers in Manitoba were mainly Mennonites from Prussia, while those in British Columbia came by way of the U.S. during the Cariboo Gold Rush. By 1911, there were over 150,000 Germans spread out across virtually every province in Canada. Things changed dramatically during the World Wars. Immigration slowed significantly, and German Canadians who had once been widely accepted were suddenly ostracized. Many were interned for being disloyal to Canada. As a result, numerous German Canadians elected to change their names and even deny their German heritage. Thankfully, the end of the Second World War brought an end to this trend. From 1945 onwards, Germans once again came to Canada, this time in greater numbers. By 1994, the community reached 400,000 individuals. Today, there are over three million Canadians who claim full or partial German ancestry. Many towns still bear German names, and German is the mother tongue of 430,000 people across Canada. Prominent German Canadians include Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger; award-winning author Miriam Toews; architect Eberhard Zeidler; former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker; and NHL left winger Dany Heatley.

The lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) was chosen to become Alberta’s provincial arboreal emblem in 1984. Its wood was once used to make railway ties that connected Alberta to the eastern provinces. Today, it’s used to fabricate poles, pulp, plywood and more. The lodgepole pine can reach 25 metres in height and live as long as 100 years.

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