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PRRD clears way for Encana gas plant Facility expected to begin operations in 2017 MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

Peace River Regional District directors have approved zoning and official community plan amendments that will allow Encana to build its South Central Liquids Hub. Directors voted 8-3 July 28 in support of the amendments, allowing Encana to proceed with the 19-hectare development in Tomslake, south of Dawson Creek. The board’s decision allows the agricultural parcel to be used for heavy industrial. Rural directors Karen Goodings, Larry Houley, and Hudson’s Hope Mayor Gwen Johansson were the only ones to oppose the amendments, while Director Leonard Hiebert, who represents Area D where the plant will be located, excused himself from the vote citing a conflict of interest. “This facility is a reflection of Encana’s commitment to the world-class energy assets in the Dawson Creek area,� Encana spokesperson Doug McIntyre said. “It will support a number of our near-term and future investment plans in the Montney, one of our core four assets.�

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Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser worried that opposing zoning and official community plan amendments to allow Encana to build its South Central Liquids Hub would send a wrong message to industry.

The costs for the project were not provided, but McIntyre said the facility is expected to be operational in the first or second quarter of 2017. “Encana always strives to hire locally and we anticipate there will be employment opportunities arising from the liquids hub,� he said.

As anticipated, much of the PRRD directors’ debate over the plan centred on the the area’s Official Community Plan (OCP)—the document that governs medium-term development in rural areas, including the size of industrial facilities. “The situation is we have a proponent here that wants to carry on an activity that’s contrary to a community plan that’s been publicly vetted and adopted by this board. It’s the only document that enforces the interests of agriculture,â€? said Houley, an alternate director for Area E. Houley said Encana brought forth a “very good business proposal,â€? but likened the matter to discussions that took place in the early 2000s on where to site the Peace Valley OSB plant in Fort St. John. “There was a process where there was a long list of sites, then a short list of sites, and good reasons given on why it should be there,â€? Houley said. “In this case ‌ all the reasons I see given by Encana are valid to their interests. I haven’t heard if any other sites could be considered and what the impact of other sites would be.â€?

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The hands were quick and the water was sloshing at the 44th annual Worlds Invitational Gold Panning Championships in Taylor last weekend. For some, like Dave Coupland, it was a return to victory as Coupland took home the trophy in the the Class ‘A’ Invitational after winning it last in 1996. For others, like Chris and Matthew Totusek, the event was a family affair. See more on A3 and B15.

Petronas considering B.C. LNG delay Pacific NorthWest LNG ‘unattractive’: Wall Street Journal MATT PREPROST editor@ahnfsj.ca

A report from the Wall Street Journal Aug. 2 suggests Petronas could delay its final investment decision on Pacific NorthWest LNG. Citing two unnamed sources “familiar with the matter,� the Journal says a glut of gas on the world market, coupled with low oil and gas prices has “rendered the project unattractive at the moment.� Though the sources did not say how long the delay could

be, it follows on a previous Alaska Highway News report that the Malaysian oil and gas giant likely won’t make a final investment decision on Pacific NorthWest until June 2017, after British Columbia’s next general election. Weak oil prices have hit Petronas’ bottom line hard—its first quarter profit dropped a staggering 60 per cent this year from last, from an estimated $3.6 billion CDN to $1.4 billion, according to the Journal. Petronas is expected to release its second quarter results on

Aug. 22. Soft LNG prices since 2014 are expected to remain as new supply from the United States, Australia, and Russia is brought into the market over the next five years, according to the Journal. Last year, Petronas and its partners gave Pacific NorthWest LNG conditional approval contingent on approval by the B.C. legislature and an environmental certificate from the federal government.

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Justin Trudeau’s government has authorized its first set of Site C permits, allowing construction to continue on the controversial $8.8-billion project. Critics of the dam say the approval quashes any hopes they had of the new government delaying or further reviewing Site C. “Up until now, the Trudeau government had not issued a permit on this project,� Ken Boon, a Peace Valley farmer and opponent of the project, said in an interview. The permits allow BC Hydro to block the flow of the Peace River and disrupt fisheries—activities which require federal approval. The initial permits needed for construction were issued under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The B.C. government approved Site C in December 2014. “It’s very disappointing,� Boon said. “There was somewhat of a delay happening under the Trudeau government as far as issuing these permits, and we took that as a positive sign that they were looking at this more seriously.� Boon said the new permits amount to a stamp of approval from the new government, which promised to renew a “nationto-nation� relationship between Ottawa and First Nations. See PERMITS on A12

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The scorched remnants of the Beatton Airport Road wildfire near Mile 73 of the Alaska Highway has made way to brilliant and vibrant fields of fireweed. Known scientifically as chamerion angustifolium, fireweed is a native plant found throughout the northern hemisphere, but earned its nickname for being the first plant to take root in the soil after a forest fire.

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Chris and Matthew Totusek (third and fourth from left) got a chance to line up side-by-side at the 44th annual Worlds Invitational Gold Panning Championships—an event their dad had been taking them to as long as they can remember.

Family affair represents the true nature of gold panning From uncles to cousins to sisters and brothers, the lineage of gold panning champions at the 44th annual championships in Taylor run deep. On Sunday in the World Class ‘A’ invitational event at Peace Island Park, brothers Chris and Matthew Totusek got a chance to line up sideby-side in an event that their dad had been taking them to as long as they can remember. “I’ve been doing this since I was a kid,” Matthew said about his competition history. “I was pretty anxious, started feeling butterflies in my stomach in the nugget round. It was pretty fun though. (My brother) brought me here to tag along, it was an awesome experience.” PETRONAS from A1

$500 million over the next two years. A delayed final investment decision would be politically difficult for the governing B.C. Liberal party, which is facing an election campaign in May 2017. Developing a liquefied natural gas industry was a major plank of the B.C. Liberal platform during the 2013 election. As many as 20 LNG export projects were proposed for B.C.’s coast, with Pacific NorthWest long considered the front runner. Now, economic headwinds, including a glut of gas on the world market, make it possible none of the projects will proceed. —with files from Jonny Wakefield

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Matthew, who finally made the A competition after sifting his way through the ranks on and off over the last 10 years, was just excited to see how he faired against his brother and some of the other long-time competitors. “It was awesome, I cheered,” he said about the news he made it to the top class. “I thought I won, so it was actually pretty cool, I enjoyed it.” His brother Chris, who has had some success at gold panning competitions across the province and in Alberta, said despite 15 years of experience, he still feels the nerves. “It was not bad, pretty nerve wracking leading up to it and the days before, but as soon as you get here you know it’s on,” he said. “You’re nervous and you

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BC Hydro demand projections off by half of Site C output More power still needed in the long-term, Bennett says as critics jump on 3,300 gigawatt-hour shortfall JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

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Workers at the Site C dam site on the Peace River in July. BC Hydro overestimated demand for electricity by more than 3,000 gigawatt-hours last year.

BC Hydro’s electricity demand projections were off by more than half a dam last year, according to the Crown corporation’s annual report. Steep declines in electricity demand from mills, mines and oil and gas producers, as well as a warm winter, contributed to a 3,351 gigawatt-hours (Gwh) shortfall in demand forecasts. For comparison, the Site C dam under construction on the Peace River near Fort St. John would generate 5,100 Gwh a year. Site C critics say the big shortfall in demand is further argument against the project, which they say is not needed to meet B.C.’s energy needs on the current timeline. During a special session of the legislature July 25, B.C. NDP Hydro critic Adrian Dix called Hydro’s demand projections a “big miss” that would result in future rate increases. “That’s a lot of gigawatt hours,” he said. “That’s the reason why they’re failing. That’s why the people of British Columbia are getting stuck with massive rate increases well into the future. That’s why they’re owing money to BC Hydro— to pay for this government’s incompetence and their determination to borrow money to pretend that their fiscal plans make sense.” Bill Bennett, Minister of Energy and Mines, said the shortfall represented a single year in a 10-year plan. “The member (Dix) mentions the demand forecast for one year as if it should be bang on, spot on accurate,” he said. “From time to time, the demand forecast is going to change on a year-by-year basis.” He said that long term, B.C. will need

more power. “We know that our economy is going to continue to grow,” he said. “We know that our population is going to continue to grow, because it is. We know that B.C. is going to continue to attract new jobs, leading the country, and that’s what’s going to drive new demand.” Bennett said the public remains confident in BC Hydro. “I think all you have to do is take a look around the world to make a determination as to how BC Hydro is doing and whether ratepayers in B.C. should have faith in BC Hydro,” he said. “Our residential rates here in this province are the third-lowest in North America.” A drop in commodity prices, including coal and natural gas, contributed to the shortfall in demand. BC Hydro opted this year to allow certain mining companies to defer their power bills with interest until commodity prices recovery. While Site C is billed as producing enough electricity to power 450,000 homes a year, much of the electricity would likely go to industrial customers, including liquefied natural gas. The government has also floated the idea of selling power to Alberta, which is looking to move away from coal-fired electricity generation. Dix also criticized BC Hydro for increased reliance on deferral accounts, which he said allowed the government to “secretly” add $1 billion in debt last year. The B.C. NDP alternative to Site C, dubbed the PowerBC plan, would focus on retrofitting homes, businesses and public buildings to increase energy efficiency. The plan also includes upgrades to generating capacity at existing dams. The party has said it will review Site C if it forms a government in 2017.

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• A Public Meeting for 73 Street Between 91 and 93 Avenues and a Portion of Lane Within Block 7, Plan 12116 Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw No. 2326, 2016 was held to allow for public input. Following the Public Meeting, the bylaw was adopted by title only. The portion CITY BEAT of road to fbe closed on273rd and between 91st Avenue and 93rd Avenue. The portion Updates rom July is25, 016 Street Council Mlies eetings of lane to be closed lies between 73rd Street and 72nd Street and south of the East Bypass BYLAWS Road. The purpose of the closure is to facilitate the amalgamation of the lands from multiple • A Pparcels ublic Meeting for 73 larger Street parcels. Between 9This 1 and consolidati 93 Avenues on and will a Portion of Lane Block 7, Psize lan for a small into four provide lotsWofithin a suitable 12116 Closure and Removal which of Highway Dedication Bylaw N o. 2326, 2goal 016 wregarding as held to ainfi llow llfof or pvacant ublic lots commercial development will help to achieve Council’s input. Following the Public Meeting, the bylaw was adopted by title only. The portion of road to be within the City. •

closed is on 73rd Street and lies between 91st Avenue and 93rd Avenue. The portion of lane to be closed lies between 73rd Street and 72nd Street and south of the East Bypass Road. The purpose of Solid Waste Management Amendment Bylaw No. 2327, 2016 was given first three readings the closure is to facilitate the amalgamation of the lands from multiple small parcels into four larger on July 11, 2016. Subsequent to that meeting, a typographical error was found in the bylaw parcels. This consolidation will provide lots of a suitable size for a commercial development which will help third to achieve Council’s goal regarding infill July of vacant ots within meeti the City. therefore reading was repealed at the 25th lRegular ng and the bylaw was then • Solid Waste Management Amendment Bylaw No. 2327, 2016 was given first three readings on July given third reading as amended. The bylaw will be adopted on August 8, 2016. This bylaw 11, 2016. Subsequent to that meeting, a typographical error was found in the bylaw therefore third amendment provides additional clarification as to what can be placed in the garbage versus the reading cart. was repealed at the July 25th Regular meeting and the bylaw was then given third reading as recycling amended. The bylaw will be adopted on August 8, 2016. This bylaw amendment provides additional clarification as to what can be placed in the garbage versus the recycling cart.

2016 PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION

8,889 Notices printed and mailed in mid-May. At the end of July 4th, collection was at 2016 PTax ROPERTY TAX were COLLECTION 85.99% ofNotices the $50,720,065.17 property taxes. on ratewisas down from 2015 8,889 Tax were printed and charged mailed in for mid-­‐May. At the end oThis f July collecti 4th, collection at 85.99% of the $50,720,065.17 charged for property taxes. This collection rate is down from 2015 by 3.44%. The by 3.44%. The Tax Department also received eight new deferment applications, which is up from Tax Department also received eight new deferment applications, which is up from the one received in the one received in the previous year. The 5 year comparison in tax collection is shown below: the previous year. The 5 year comparison in tax collection is shown below: Taxes Receivable Taxes Outstanding Percentage Outstanding Penalty Tax Notice printed

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TAYLOR GOLD PANNING PARADE

The City of Fort PANNING St. John received an invitation from the District of Taylor to attend their 44th Annual TAYLOR GOLD PARADE World's Invitational Class 'A' Gold Panning Championships on the weekend of July 29th, 30th and 31st.

The City of Fort St. John received an invitation from the District of Taylor to attend their 44th The invitation was also a request for Council's attendance as a parade participant on Friday July 29, 2016 Annual World’s Invitati onal Class ‘A’ Gold Panning Championships theEngine weekend oftruck, July 29th, at 6:30pm. Councillor Klassen was authorized to represent the City in the on City’s 2 fire 30th and 31st. invitation was also a request for Council’s attendance as a parade participant accompanied by The a firefighter. on Friday July 29, 2016 at 6:30pm. Councillor Klassen was authorized to represent the City in the SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 60 REQUEST FOR RELIEF BUILDING City’s Engine 2 fire truck, accompanied byFaROM firefi ghter. PERMIT FEES Council regretfully declined the request from School District No. 60 to waive the Building Permit Fees,

Development Cost Charges for the construction the Margaret Ma Murray Community SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. and 60 Deposits REQUEST FOR RELIEFof FROM BUILDING PERMIT FEES School. This reflects the current bylaw and standard practice. Building Permit Fees and Development

Council regretfully declined the request from School District No. 60 to waive the Building Permit Fees, Development Cost Charges and Deposits for the construction of the Margaret Ma Murray Community School. This reflects the current bylaw and standard practice. Building Permit Fees and Development Cost Charges are integral components to the funding of the City’s budget and are required to maintain and upgrade the infrastructure that is required for developments and new buildings. History and experience indicate that the use of deposits is the most effective tool to ensure the ultimate completion of projects and their compliance with the City’s bylaws in terms of paving, landscaping and the protection of existing city infrastructure.

UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETINGS The next Regular Council meeting is scheduled for Monday August 8, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. The public is welcome to attend this meeting.

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BC Hydro is facing a $3.5 billion revenue shortfall due to lower industrial power sales and delays in a liquefied natural gas industry taking off, and independent power producers may have to help pay for the shortfall through renegotiated contracts. On Thursday, July 28, BC Hydro submitted its revenue requirements to the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC). It includes a load forecast that assumes three liquefied natural gas plants that would be electrified going forward. BC Hydro is asking the BCUC to approve a 10.5 per cent rate increase over three years—starting with a 4 per cent in 2017, as per its 10-year rates plan. They might have had to be even higher to cope with a $3.5 billion revenue shortfall, except BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald insists the utility will implement measures to cope with that shortfall without hitting up ratepayers above what they are already being asked to pay. Large industry—mines, pulp mills, cement plants, gas processing plants— represents 27 per cent of the power draw in B.C. But a downturn in mining, the closure of the Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mill, and a delay in an LNG industry taking off is reducing the demand for power from industry. “A lot has changed since the 2013 10 Year Rates Plan was introduced,” McDonald said in a press release. “Many of our industrial customers are facing declining prices for the commodities they produce, which means $3.5 billion less revenue for BC Hydro over that period. “In preparing this application, we had a choice: instead of passing those issues onto our customers, we gave careful thought to new measures to reduce our costs even further so we could stick to our plan to ensure low and predictable rates.” Among those measures is a plan to review the long-term power purchase contracts it has with existing independent power producers, as well as a review its standing offer program (SOP) “to reflect the declining costs of new power technology.” In other words, BC Hydro wants to renegotiate the prices it agreed to pay IPPs, based on the fact that the costs of building renewable energy projects, like

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wind power, are going down. “We are extremely disappointed with the pull back on the standing offer program,” said Paul Kariya, executive director for Clean Energy BC, which represents independent power producers. “SOP is a program that works well for First Nations and rural and regional B.C. economies. CEBC members to date have invested just about $9 billion of capital in B.C. and created 18,000 construction jobs.” Other cost-cutting measures include reducing capital expenditures by $380 million over three years, and a workforce reduction in which the work contracted out to private contractors will be brought in house—a move BC Hydro says will save $20 million over three years. Documents filed with the BCUC sheds some light on the long-term load forecast. Despite some uncertainty over LNG projects going forward, BC Hydro’s load forecasts assumes demand for new power from three LNG projects: FortisBC’s Tilbury Island plant, the Woodfibre LNG project in Squamish, and the Shell LNG Canada project in Kitimat. Notably absent from BC Hydro’s projections is the Petronas Pacific NorthWest LNG project. BC Hydro explains that only the three projects identified above plan to electrify from the grid. In other words, no other LNG projects are expected to have a significant power draw. They would generate much of their energy needs from natural gas. If those three projects go ahead, the additional energy demand is forecast at 2,662 gigawatt hours per year. That is roughly half what the Site C dam would produce (5,100 GWh per year). When demand from LNG is included, the demand for power is estimated to increase by 29 per cent over the next two decades, including savings from demand side management.

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City cracks down on waste hazards Fort St. John city councillors have approved amendments to the city’s solid waste management bylaw in an effort to curb hazardous materials from ending up in curbside garbage and recycling carts. The amendments passed at council’s July 25 meeting in response to a growing number of dangerous materials showing up in the carts. Under the bylaw, a number of materials are officially prohibited and residents could be fined if the banned materials are found in their bins. Those materials include: • biomedical or other toxic, radioactive or pathogenic waste • liquid wastes • explosives or explosive substances • oil and oil by-products • animal carcasses • gypsum • appliances/power tools • contaminated soils • tires • batteries • propane tanks • pharmaceutical products • paint • yard waste (grass trimmings and leaves allowed in garbage carts) • any other materials deemed hazardous for collection, such as glass.

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Venice Aspi, 11 (left), and Jomir Valmores, 8, hit the Fort Bowling Lanes on Thursday, July 28, as part of a free bowling event put on by SUCCESS for immigrant newcomers, caregivers, and refugees. Aspi moved to Canada from the Philippines when she was six years old. Valmores, also from the Philippines, moved to town in 2010. R0011274101

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Police search for stolen skid steer RCMP are looking for $35,000 skid steer they say was stolen from a construction site in Fort St. John last week. Police say the theft happened sometime during the night on July 26 at a construction site in the area of 81A Street and 83 Avenue. A Caterpillar 257B skid steer was stolen, described as black and yellow in colour, with an open cab and an attached bucket. Anyone with information is asked to call the detachment at 250-787-8100. Those wanting to submit an anonymous tip can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. A cash reward of up to $2,000 will be paid for tips that lead to an arrest and charge, police say. —Matt Preprost

PM Trudeau seeks youth for advisory council Are you between the ages of 16 and 24 with a bone to grind about Canada’s oil and gas development policies or ideas on how to take the Peace Region from bust to boom again? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking for Canadians to sit on his Youth Council. The government says the council will advise Trudeau on national issues, from employment to education to climate change and more. The council will meet several times a year and is open to anyone aged 16 to 24. The first round of council members have until Aug. 12 to join and meet with Trudeau in early October. A second round of members will have until Oct. 7 to join and meet with Trudeau in 2017. For more information, visit canada.ca/youth. —Matt Preprost

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Letters to the Editor NOW’S THE PERFECT TIME TO BUILD SITE C (Re: ‘Former Site C panel chair now an outspoken opponent,’ Alaska Highway News, July 8, 2016)

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Although I am not qualified to and do not question Dr. Harry Swain’s credentials, I can not help but question some of his conclusions and opinions. First and foremost Swain states “So, as with some of the environmental effects, what we’re doing here is moving some of the economic and financial benefits up to the Peace River Region, up to Fort St John, at a cost to the rest of the province that most people would ignore, right?” Mr. Swain is obviously ignoring the fact that most of the the wealth and economic benefits generated in this province from forestry, mining, oil and gas, etc., have been funnelled into the Fraser Valley and Victoria at the expense of the rest of the province for many decades now. The Peace River Region and people that live here have contributed more than their fair share of economic benefits to their southern neighbors and will continue to do so for a long time to come. Site C will at least benefit all British Columbians and future generations so they can turn on their lights, stock the refrigerator, and charge their electric cars and other electronic gadgetry. In contrast, all BC taxpayers have been and are paying billions of dollars for Lower Mainland infrastructure that many will never use. For Mr. Swain to call the Site C funding “a pure displacement effect” is laughable and if anything undermines his credibility, his preceding hypothetical suggestion that this money could be spent “on colleges, universities and for tunnels beneath the Fraser River and transit in Vancouver” confirms this. Mr. Swain and this article also point out the fact that hydro exports from BC are selling at $45.10/MWh compared to $100.43/MWh for BC residential customers. Are you shocked! Don’t be. This is nothing new and not a problem related only to BC Hydro and Powerex. Canadians have been getting short changed on the exports of our resources since exporting began, case in point Canadian oil has been selling underpriced into the US market at an estimated loss of $15 billion per year to the Canadian economy. For this article to imply that this is only related to the excess power that will be generated from Site C is erroneous and is doing a disfavor to the unaware masses of British Columbians and Canadians. Also, is there really “a built in asymmetric reward for utility companies to inflate demand?” I for one am relieved that our current government has the foresight to be adding extra capacity to our electrical grid.

Do we expect BC Hydro and our government to wait until there are “brownouts, angry people, questions in the legislature and headlines in the newspaper” before moving ahead and providing a reliable and sufficient amount of renewable energy? Should BC Hydro let our TV and computer screens go blank and food rot in refrigerators? I think not. Considering the current downturn in the oil and gas sector, now is the perfect time to construct the Site C Clean Energy Project. —Allwyn Stewart, Fort St. John MISLEADING LANGUAGE POISONS CLIMATE DEBATE (Re: ‘Forthcoming climate plan must put B.C. back on track ,’ Letters, July 21, 2016) In using the term “carbon pollution,” B.C.’s Climate Leadership Team member Matt Horne is using doublespeak, what the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines as “language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth.” “Carbon pollution” really means carbon dioxide (CO2), an invisible, odorless gas essential to plant photosynthesis. This is more than just an academic point. It is an example of how misleading language has poisoned the climate debate. Calling CO2 “carbon pollution” encourages people to think of it as something dirty, like graphite or soot. Calling CO2 by its proper name would help people remember that, regardless of its role in climate change, a topic of intense debate in the science community, it is anything but pollution. Horne should explain to the public that we are actually near the lowest level of CO2 in Earth’s history. During a multi-million-year period about 450 million years ago, CO2 was about 1,100 per cent of today’s level, while Earth was stuck in one of the coldest period of the last half-billion years. At other times, it was hot when CO2 levels were high. At still other times, it was neither unusually hot nor cold. There is no consistent correlation between CO2 levels and temperatures in the geologic record. Besides the waste of billions of dollars and the loss of millions of jobs due to the climate scare, another tragedy unfolding. Of the more than $1 billion spent every day across the world on climate finance, only six per cent is devoted to helping vulnerable societies adapt to climate change. The rest is dedicated to trying to stop climatic events that may someday happen. This is the real climate crisis that should concern the Climate Leadership Team. —Tom Harris, Executive Director, International Climate Science Coalition

UNCANNY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SITE C AND MUSKRAT FALLS Have you ever heard of “Muskrat Falls” in Newfoundland? If you have not, it may be because it might be best to keep it quiet. Turns out that Muskrat Falls is the latest “hydro electric” project to go belly up in debt. It is a project that began in 2010 under the previous government and was estimated to have cost $6.2 billion. At the moment, the price tag has ballooned (surprise?) to a whopping $11.3 billion and counting for the Newfoundland government . The government has run out of money and is desperately seeking an additional $4 billion from the federal government. It will likely get the support but there is no guarantee that this will be enough. The new CEO of Nalcor, which is building the facility, now admits that Muskrat Falls is a project ill conceived, but the “ratepayers” of the province will shoulder the costs (who else would?). The new Premier Dwight Ball has called it a “boondoggle” of the previous government (always good to pass the buck). This project shares an uncanny number of similarities with BC’s own hydro electric pet project called Site C. Here are some of the “errors” made by Newfoundland that look alarmingly identical to BC’s own hydro project: 1) Newfoundland “skipped” using its own Utility Commission to evaluate the financial viability or need of the project. 2) Newfoundland had its own FederalProvincial Joint Panel Review of the project. The government of the day “ignored” many of the recommendations that came from the JRP. 3) Newfoundland’s electricity bills are slated to skyrocket from 11.9 cents/kWh to 21.4 cents/kWh by 2021 effectively doubling their ratepayers’ costs. 4) Newfoundland”s Nalcor “predicted” massive increases in demand for electricity… they were wrong. One might think that BC is “following the lead” of Newfoundland… into bankruptcy! This seems to be a case of the “blind leading the blind” when it comes to understanding the logic of the BC Liberals and their quest to build Site C. —Rick Koechl and Mike Kroecher, Charlie Lake

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Zimmer raises concern about prohibited firearm magazine

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Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Bob Zimmer maintains the RCMP’s decision to make the magazine for Ruger 10/22 rifle prohibited goes against Criminal Code regulations.

“Magazines designed for 22 Long Rifle calibre 10/22 platform firearms that have not been altered, or “pinned”, so that they can hold more than 10 cartridges are prohibited devices.” Zimmer said many constituents have reached out to him after hearing of the change and has sent a letter to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson outlining his and their concerns. Zimmer maintained the decision goes against Criminal Code regulations saying magazines for rimfire ammunition are not include in the restrictions. “I urge you to reverse this unfortunate decision which has done nothing to promote public safety, and has only created fear and uncertainty within the law-abiding firearms community,” Zimmer said in the letter to Paulson. Owners of the magazine have the option of complying with the regulation by pinning the magazine so it holds no more than 10 rounds. There is also an option of lawfully disposing of an overcapacity magazine for those who no longer want to possess one. For details, they’re asked to call the CFP at 1-800-731-4000.

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Mel Kostiuk sands the edges of one of his most recent creations outside his mobile studio in the Totem Mall parking lot. The Calgary woodcarver has made Fort St. John his summer home, and will be in town until October before packing up and heading home to work on larger projects for the winter.

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The hub will draw natural gas from existing pipelines and separate the liquids, including propane and butane, to be sold on the open market. Encana has said it chose the Blockline Road area just off Highway 2 for the plant because it is close existing pipelines, allowing the company to forgo building extra pipeline routes and facilities. Nearby Crown land, which many opponents would like to see the plant built on, isn’t suitable, according to the company. Encana adds that without the South Central Liquids Hub, further development of natural gas in the area would be difficult. The PRRD received 176 letters and two petitions in support of the development, against 22 letters and a single petition in opposition. Many residents who live near the plant say they generally support the oil and gas industry, but oppose the project’s location due to health concerns, property values, and an “invasion” of their rural way of life. Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser voted for the amendments, noting the district’s official community plan allows for the development of oil and gas production facilities on agricultural land. Community plans are also only a guideline, he added. “They’re not written in stone,” Fraser said. “That’s why there’s an opportunity to make amendments to them.” Fraser worried about the message that board opposition might send to the oil and gas industry, which he said “co-exists fine” with the region’s agricultural industry. “We can say we might not be interested in it being in this area, go ahead and move it. Then all the other residents (around where) they’ll have to

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Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP Bob Zimmer is upset with the way he said the RCMP’s Canadian Firearms Program has rolled out a decision regarding a type of firearms magazine. In a statement issued this week, Zimmer said the decision has made the magazine for Ruger 10/22 rifle prohibited and was done so without issuing a public bulletin. The decision makes “many law-abiding firearms owners unknowingly considered criminals,” he added. In a statement recently posted on the CFP’s website, the agency confirmed magazines for the 10/22 platform that can be used in semiautomatic handguns as well as rifles are prohibited unless their capacity is limited to 10 rounds, a point Zimmer did not mention in his statement. The move follows on a bulletin originally issued in September 2013 which set out the status for magazines for centrefire rifles and handguns but failed to address magazines for rimfire firearms. In a revised version posted that same month, the bulletin says the 10-round limit also applies to magazines for rimfire guns and notes the omission made in the original. And it uses the Ruger BX-25 magazine as an example, saying it can be used in the brand’s Charger handgun as well as its SR 22 rifle. The magazine can hold up to 25 rounds. “As a result, this magazine is a prohibited device unless modified so its capacity is 10 cartridges or less,” the CFP says. Ruger’s BX-1 rotary magazine holds 10 rounds, according to the company’s website. The most-recent posting was put up to further explain the September 2013 bulletin. It includes an answer to the question: What magazines are prescribed as prohibited?

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Years after campaign promise, DC hospital expansion in limbo MIKE CARTER dcreporter@dcdn.ca

A planned three-phase expansion at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital won’t be happening anytime soon, according Health Minister Terry Lake. Lake preached patience as the project works its way through the government’s planning process. It’s not currently in the ministry’s capital spending plan. All three phases of the expansion will cost an estimated $250 million, split 60/40 between the province and the Peace River Regional Hospital District (PRRHD), respectively. Forty per cent is the maximum amount the PRRHD can contribute to captal projects under the Ministry of Health’s jurisdiction. Right now, Lake said top priorities are the large projects already underway in Penticton, Kamloops, New Westminster and at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. “There is only so much we can fit in the budget,” Lake said. “I don’t want to create false expectations.” The first phase will include expansions to the Emergency Department to add a decontamination room. It would also bring in larger surgery units and renovations to patient rooms, a priority for the hospital which is the orthopaedic centre for the region. Lake says the need for the project at the hospital is well known within the ministry Earlier this month, the min-

ister toured the facility and met with PRRHD directors. “It was good to get a hands -on tour to see exactly what we’re dealing with,” he said. Lake said a decontamination room near the emergency department is especially important in an area like the South Peace where people’s jobs often bring them in contact with hazardous materials. “In Dawson Creek right now you have basically a hose. You wash someone down with it and make the best of it,” he said. “It’s a building that’s aging and doesn’t meet (today’s) standards,” Lake said and his staff are finding the same problems across the province. “Operating rooms built in the 1970s were quite a bit smaller than the standard today,” Lake said. Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace is in the same shape as the hospital in Dawson Creek, he added. “Both of these (facilities) are kind of at the same stage where we need to find room in the (budget),” Lake said. When that might happen is anybody’s guess. Peace River South MLA Mike Bernier left voters with the impression the expansion would be complete by 2017. While on the campaign trail in 2013, he promised to complete the project in his first term of office. In an interview in April, he said making that promise was a mistake. “Is it going to be started before the next election? No,” Bernier said. “But my goal is to make sure it stays on the (ministry’s) radar.”

PRRD to study future of Chetwynd library Peace River Regional District directors voted unanimously July 28 to approve a $40,000 feasibility study that will explore whether a new library building is needed in Chetwynd. The library had been eyeing a $190,000 facelift to its existing building, however, in a July 19 letter, library board chair Margaret Movold said a number of issues have arisen with the building. “As the Library Board delved further into these issues, we brought them forth to our landlords, the District of Chetwynd,” Movold wrote. “All parties agreed that we must look at the integrity of the building before proceeding with any renovations.” Movold estimates it will cost around $478,500 to get the building into “appropriate condition,” but notes “there are concerns we may have further

unknown issues due to the age of the building once renovations would commence.” The district-owned building, built in the 1960s, has had several additions over the years. Improvements were last made on the building in 2012 when flooring was replaced. The library initially planned to move forward with just a facelift, with the costs split between the District of Chetwynd ($100,000), the Peace River Regional District ($50,000) and the library ($8,400), and the hopes of securing a $26,000 Northern Development Initiative Trust grant. In February, library director Anna Peasgood said she hoped the project would be completed by the end of the year, in time for the 50th anniversary of the library’s incorporation. —Matt Preprost

Pouce Coupe park clean up put off to next year Pouce Park took a beating in June’s heavy rainfall, which deposited more than three feet of sand and dirt over the six-hectare park, destabilizing many of the buildings. Engineers say the caretaker’s residence is no longer structurally sound; it will need to be demolished and rebuilt. The caretakers have moved off-site and power will be disconnected so construction work will not be impeded. Other structures have not yet been fully examined— sand deposited by flood waters needs to be dug up before engineers can make a full assessment of building foundations. The park itself will remain closed for the rest of the year. “It’s going to be a major job,” Pouce Coupe CFO Adam Langenmaier told council in

the July 20 meeting. Insurance will cover the cost of rebuilding the structures, but removing the hefty sand drifts is covered by the province’s disaster relief program, up to 80 per cent. Village staff aren’t in a hurry to start work on restoring the park. “It’s the same disaster relief program that residents go through, so we don’t want to make noise and push to the front of the line when there are people with very pressing needs,” Langenmaier said in an interview. “We’re not out of home, we’re not losing revenue for having a park out of service for a while.” In the meantime, public works staff are working to clearly mark the park boundaries. —Zoë Ducklow

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Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil LNG project gets 15-year export extension WCC LNG the second proposed export facility to receive extension on original 25-year licence British Columbia’s attempts to bust onto the global liquefied natural gas market got a shot in the arm July 28. WCC, a liquefied natural gas export facility that’s being jointly pursued by Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil, last week received a 15-year extension to its LNG export licence from the National Energy Board. The project is planned for the Tuck Inlet, a deep water port near Prince Rupert. It would have an initial capacity to ship up to 15 million tonnes of LNG a year to buyers in Asia. The gas would be sourced from Northeast B.C. and transported to the coast via either Spectra Energy’s $7.5-billion Westcoast

Connector Gas Transmission project or TransCanada’s $5-billion Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line. The 15-year extension to the company’s export licence is the result of new legislation introduced through Canada’s Economic Action Plan passed by the former Conservative party government in June 2015. The change allowed for natural gas export licences to be extended to a term of 40 years, up from the previous 25. WCC LNG originally received a 25-year export licence in December 2013. It’s the second project to receive an extension under the new legislation. The Shell-led LNG Canada project was the first, gaining approval for its 15-year extension to its 25year licence in January.

Petronas’ proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export terminal has applied, but has not yet received approval to extend its 25-year permit to 40 years. WCC LNG’s export licence extension will help the company compete for Asian customers. Key to the NEB’s decision to extend the licence was to determine whether the quantity of natural gas WCC seeks to export was surplus to Canadian demand. To do this, a long-term natural gas supply and demand forecast that looks forward as far as 2065 was conducted by Solomon Associates. It determined that the amount of gas WCC seeks to export does not exceed the expected Canadian demand. “Western Canadian gas

resources are robust and the NEB says it does not expect continue to grow with the all LNG export licences issued development of horizontal by the board will be used or drilling and multi-stage (frack- used to the full allowance. Both Imperial Oil and Exing) technologies,” the NEB report said, adding that there xonMobil have drilling rights is an abundance of low-cost in Northeast B.C. If no gas is exported within natural gas resources available in the North American 10 years of July 28, the licence and Canadian shale-gas and will expire. unconventional-gas plays. According to Natural Gas Investors Group Financial Services Inc., I.G. Insurance Services Inc. Intelligence, the decision brings the total volume DENEAN ARNTSON, cfp of Canadian Financial Consultant gas approved for export by 9319 - 100th Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 1X8 the NEB to a Ph. (250) 785-4312 Fax (250) 785-2344 whopping 528 Cell (250) 262-4112 trillion cubic feet. denean.arntson@investorsgroup.com How e v e r, Licensed Sponsored by The Great-West Life Assurance Company *

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this or discard it? 4. Protect your stuff: Moves can result in broken or lost goods—so make sure you’ll be compensated if that happens. Moving companies offer basic coverage but it’s not insurance and typically pays about 60 cents per pound per item. You may be able to purchase additional coverage for a fee and you should also consider coverage through an insurance broker—but first, ask your agent if your current policy includes goods-in-transit insurance. And, to be doubly safe, consider transporting small, valuable pieces, like jewelry, yourself. 5. Rest up for the big day: No matter how well you plan for it, moving day will still be stressful. Schedule “time-outs” during the day to recharge your batteries. This column is written and published by Investors Group Financial Services Inc. For more information on this topic, contact your Investors Group consultant.

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It doesn’t matter whether you’re moving across the street or across the country, moving to a new home is stressful. Make it less stressful by making these five moves before you move. 1. Calculate the cost: Your first move is to build an accurate moving budget. Write down all the costs you think you’ll incur – including such obvious expenses as paying the movers or renting a van (if you’re doing it yourself ) and such not-so-obvious expenses as the cost of a hotel room or rental house if yours isn’t ready yet, the cost of meals out until you get your kitchen up and running, the cost to store some or all of your belongings for a period of time, the cost of insurance to keep your stuff safe. And don’t forget the cost of boxes and other packing supplies. 2. Choose a mover: This can be difficult. You may want to begin by asking friends who they used when they moved and check out online reviews—they aren’t fool-proof but they can help. As well, the Government of Canada has a great consumer checklistw that will help you find a good mover. When you’ve selected a few, call up each mover to get a quote and be sure to ask these questions: Do you contract work to a third party? How am I protected if any of my belongings are damaged or lost? What is your claim process? Do you guarantee the delivery date? In addition to “traditional” movers, consider other options such as do-it-yourself truck rentals and moveable storage units. Assess costs, suitability and the “stress quotient” of each. 3. Downsize your stuff: Moving time is the time to get rid of the stuff you’ve squirreled away but never use. As you’re packing, ask yourself this simple question: Should I pack

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Nova Gas urges NEB to approve North Montney extension

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It’s been a seven-year wait, but ground has finally broken on an expansion and merger of Pawn-amania and Energetic Vacuums. Kalmar Construction crews are building the new 3,600 square foot storefront on 99 Avenue across from the North Peace Cultural Centre, tripling the size of the two businesses. “We’re just excited to be able to offer more,” said Alaina Gagne, who runs the vacuum shop while her husband Dominic runs the pawn shop. “I can bring in more lines of vacuums, offer more supplies,

(and) have everything more organized. It’s kind of cluttered. “We’re always crammed, we have more items to sell, just nowhere to put them,” she said. The pawn shop business has been in Dominic Gagne’s family since 1967 when it started out in Hudson’s Hope. The family moved the business to Fort St. John and operated beside the Condill Hotel through the 1980s before moving to its current location in 1990. Dominic Gagne bought the business and gave it its current name in 1997 and has been running it ever since. The couple bought the vacuum store in 2009, eventually moving it from 100 Street to its current location next to the pawn shop.

The pawn business has remained relatively stable during the economic slowdown, Dominic Gagne said. “With the economy slow, a lot more stuff comes in,” he said. “The people that would normally spend $500 on a brand new TV and they want to save a few bucks, they’ll come in and buy a TV for $250.” He has had to limit pawns to $100 and cut back prices, however. “Say you pawned your laptop, you’re used to getting $100 for it, now you’ll get it $50 for it. So if you want $100, bring two laptops,” he said. “And then what I do, instead of selling say for $300, now I sell for $150.”

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A requested one-year extension to NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.’s (NGTL) sunset clause for its North Montney pipeline project should be granted without any further regulatory process, the company says. “There has been no material change in the circumstances considered by the (National Energy) Board in the (previous) proceedings that in any way affects the validity of its approval of the project,” according to a NGTL submission to the board. NGTL was responding to letters to the board from the Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) and Saulteau First Nation (SFN) expressing concern about the extension. The company has sought the extension due to the uncertainty around the timing of Progress Energy Canada Ltd.’s Pacific NorthWest LNG project. A final investment decision on the LNG project has been delayed pending the outcome of a federal environmental assessment, now expected this fall. NGTL says the $1.7-billion North Montney project has already been subject to a thorough and lengthy environmental review and regulatory process in which all the parties, including the board, invested a significant amount of time and resources. At the conclusion of that process, the NEB issued a report in which it concluded that that the project was in the public interest, subject to 59 conditions, it says. The conditions were designed by the board to ensure that construction will occur safely and the environment and the interests of potentially affected stakeholders will be appropriately protected. The request that the sunset clause be extended by one year to June 10, 2017 should not — contrary to the suggestions of the Saulteau and Blueberry River — involve reopening the original hearing for the project or inquiring broadly whether there is any basis to revisit the board’s approval, the company says. “BRFN and SFN are attempting to use the process for consideration of an extension of the project’s sunset clause as an opportunity to reargue their positions in the (previous) proceeding,” according to NGTL. “They have not provided any new evidence to suggest that the project’s environmental effects will change if the sunset clause is extended, or that the extension will result in any new effects that must be considered.” NGTL in its submission also describes as “irrelevant” to the extension process the BRFN argument that challenges the adequacy of the Crown’s consultation for the project. “The issue of whether the Crown satisfied its duty to consult for the project will be determined by the courts and is entirely independent of the board’s decision to extend the sunset clause,” the company says. In addition, NGTL describes as “inappropriate” a request from SFN that if the board extends the sunset clause that it require the company to use the additional time to investigate alternate routes for the project and carry out further investigations concerning wildlife habitat disturbance. “Requiring additional studies to be carried out prior to construction, on the assumption that construction would not start until June 2017, would delay the project if NGTL is otherwise ready to start prior to that date,” says the company.

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Gas flaring to power proposed electricity station in Alta. Peace

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Plant would ‘significantly’ reduce flaring and emissions, company says A Calgary company says a proposed power plant in the Alberta Peace will harness energy from oil and gas flaring to generate low-emission electricity. Kineticor Resource Corp. and oil and gas producers near Peace River have entered into an agreement to build and operate a 100-megawatt power project fuelled by gas which would otherwise go up a flare stack. The $100-million project promises to cut emissions from the oil and gas sector while “significantly” reducing flaring in the area, Kineticor Business Development Manager Kate Nesbitt said. “Not only are we reducing emissions because the turbines on this power project have a higher combustion efficiency, we’re also creating a useful product,” she said in an interview. Baytex Energy, one of the largest heavy oil producers in the area, has signed onto the project, Nesbitt said. She said it was too soon to name other producers involved. Flaring allows upstream oil and gas producers to burn off excess gas produced during the extraction process. In the case of the Peace River plant, that gas is a byproduct of heavy oil production. Typically, gas is flared to reduce pressure on equipment when a producer is unable to process or transport the excess product. The practice tends to be controversial in oil producing regions. The Blueberry River First Nation, for example, refers to parts of its traditional territory as “Little Kuwait” due to flaring associated with natural gas production in the area. In mandate letters issued by B.C. Premier Christy Clark, Natural Gas Min-

ister Rich Coleman was instructed to work with industry to eliminate “routine” natural gas flaring—a significant emitter of methane. And a citizens group in the B.C. Peace has begun an air quality monitoring program due to concerns about flaring’s health effects. Trapping and using that gas to generate electricity could mitigate some of those issues. Nesbitt said there’s little natural gas transmission capacity in the Peace River area, giving producers few choices but to flare. The Alberta Energy Regulator is also placing new restrictions on the practice, which made the need for alternatives more urgent. “We needed to come up with a solution to conserve the gas,” she said. “We’re really trying to approach power generation differently in Alberta,” she added, noting power from similar projects could go toward replacing coal-fired generation on Alberta’s electricity grid. “We don’t think the current or previous model of large, centralized power generation is always the best idea.” Similar projects exist in Saskatchewan, she said. “We think we need to look at the value chain and actually connect the gas producers to electricity generators. What we’re trying to do is bring those sectors together and generate electricity where the gas is produced.” The Peace River Power Project would produce enough power for 90,000 homes and reduce emissions by around 3.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over the life of the facility. The project is expected to create around 120 jobs during construction. Kineticor hopes to begin construction during the second half of 2017.

Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd. has entered into an asset exchange agreement, which includes Montney acreage, wells and non-operated facility interests with a large industry partner on jointly held acreage in the Daiber, Cameron and Blair areas of Painted Pony’s Northeast B.C. Montney asset. As a result of this swap, Painted Pony’s average working interest across its Montney acreage will increase from 75 per cent currently to greater than 86 per cent at closing. All of the land and wells acquired in the transaction will be held by Painted Pony at 100 per cent working interest. Painted Pony and the counterparty have agreed to exchange 9,856 net acres. The swap transaction is anticipated to have a neutral impact on Painted Pony’s reserves. Painted Pony will receive three Montney horizontal wells, which will be 100 per cent working interest and will be redirected to produce at the new AltaGas

Ltd. Townsend facility. The counterparty will receive wells that Painted Pony has a 20 per cent working interest in, which produce into a facility owned and operated by the counterparty. The counterparty will receive approximately four mmcf equivalent per day of production and once the acquired wells have been tied into Painted Pony facilities, Painted Pony will receive 9.4 mmcfe a day of production, a net 5.4 mmcfe a day (900 boe per day) gain. “This is a great deal for our company,” said Patrick Ward, president and CEO of Painted Pony. “This strategic asset exchange enables Painted Pony to increase the average working interest on our lands while consolidating adjacent acreage offsetting some of Painted Pony’s most productive wells. The swap has an effective date of Jan. 1, 2016, and is subject to usual closing conditions and regulatory approvals. —Daily Oil Bulletin

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Painted Pony in swap of Montney acreage

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Here’s a blast from the past—crews assemble the iconic golf ball landmark sign for the Lone Wolf Golf Course. According to the Taylor Times, Petro Canada donated one of its tanks to the District of Taylor in 1994 when its refinery closed. Dennis Harker, along with volunteers, spearheaded the moving of the ball. Today, the district is looking to move the structure roughly 137 yards east of its current home near the Lone Wolf clubhouse, and out of the way of an upcoming housing development. The district is looking to have the relocation completed by Sept. 30.

More coffee, housing and retail development for Fort St. John The City of Fort St. John has issued 22 development permits so far this year, with 13 of them for new construction, according to a city report. Among the highlights are: • A permit for Cambridge Estates, which will see the construction of 95 townhouses and 7 coach homes at 11703-102 Street. WCPG Canadian Developments Ltd. is undertaking the work; • A permit for a four-unit commercial retail plaza at

9203-100 Street next to Safeway. Neoteric Architecture was awarded the permit; • A permit for a new office building for H&R Block on 99 Avenue. The site, being undertaken by WL Construction, will include parking; • A permit for Gateway Phase 2, in which work is currently underway at 11119 Alska Road. It will include five commercial units, two office units, and a gas station; • A permit for a new Tim

Hortons, to be located at 9704-112 Street. The location will include a drive-thru; • A permit for Sunset Square, two four-storey mixed-use complexes that will feature commercial units on the ground floor with residential units on the upper floors; and • A permit for North Peace Savings & Credit Union’s new three-storey office building at 10364-100 Street. —Matt Preprost

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The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations continue to challenge the project in court, saying flooding the Peace River Valley will disrupt their ability to exercise Treaty rights. The two nations will be in federal court in Montreal this September. “This looks like they’re breaking their promises to First Nations people on a renewed relationship. It is very disappointing,” Boon said. The Peace Valley Landowner Association, of which Boon is president, also filed a lawsuit against Site C, which has since been rejected, though an appeal is pending. By BC Hydro’s estimates, the Site C reservoir would expand the Peace River up to three times its width and flood 5,340 hectares of land, seven per cent of which is privately owned. In an email, BC Hydro confirmed permits had been issued for the project by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, as well as Transport Canada, which also authorize operating the facility for the next 50 years. “Site C is a complex project with many different elements and the permits are an important part of construction proceeding as planned,” wrote spokeswoman Simi Heer. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans did not respond to a request for comment. Stewart Phillip, head of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, described the approval as a bitter disappointment, especially in light of Canada’s pledge announced earlier this year to embrace the UN Declaration on the

Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “It represents an absolute betrayal of all of the commitments and promises Prime Minister Trudeau made during the last election,” Phillip said. “We’re not the least bit impressed with Trudeau’s actions in comparison to his lofty public platitudes.” The project is the subject of multiple legal challenges, from First Nations, landowners and environmental groups alike. But last week’s authorization means construction of the megaproject won’t be held up while grievances make their way through the courts, including an appeal court decision on a Treaty 8 First Nations lawsuit that is expected this September. Caleb Behn, a Treaty 8 member and the executive director of the advocacy group Keepers of the Water, described the permit approval as a politically motivated decision that reinforced the Trudeau Liberals’ business-as-usual approach to First Nations relations. “We are the heart and soul of the oil and gas economy in this country. We have given coal. We have given oil. We have given trees. My dad went to residential school. We gave souls,” Behn said. “And this is how you’re going to treat us in the 21st century? This is the kind of hypocrisy that makes me question the wisdom of my ancestors choosing to sign on to treaties.” Behn predicted Site C will be a hot topic in next year’s provincial election. —with files from the Canadian Press

COURT DOCKET Here’s a look at what happened in Peace Region courts for the week ending July 29. Fort Nelson Law Courts: • Barry Wayne Lawrie (born 1969) was sentenced to 645 days in jail, three years of probation, and given a lifetime ban from firearms ownership for one count of sexual assault and one count uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. • Preston Allen Burke (born 1981) was sentenced to three days in jail, handed a $350 fine, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under. • Christopher Blaine Capot Blanc (born 1976) was given a conditional sentence of 180 days, sentenced to two years probation, and handed $200 in victim surcharges for one count of assault causing bodily harm and three counts of breaching a probation order. • Nicole Manuel (born 1986) was given a conditional discharge and sentenced to two years of probation for two counts of breaching an undertaking or recognizance. Dawson Creek Law Courts: • Patricia Dawn Courtoreille (born 1985) was sentenced to 28 days in jail, two years probation, and handed $200 in victim surcharges for one count take/occupy a vehicle or vessel without consent of owner and one count failure to appear pursuant to a court order. • Aaron Raymond Munch (born 1982) was sentenced to 396 days in jail, 54 months of probation, ordered to provide a DNA sample, banned from firearms ownership for 20 years, and handed $300 in victim surcharges for two counts of wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer, one count causing unnecessary pain or suffering to an animal, and one count breach of probation. • Brandon Ell Schwartz (born 1985) was sentenced to two years probation, after

which he will be handed a suspended sentence, ordered to provide a DNA sample, banned from firearms ownership for 10 years, and handed a $200 victim surcharge for one count of trafficking of a controlled substance. • Roy Allen Supernaut (born 1992) was handed a suspended sentence of 36 months, sentenced to 36 months probation, banned from firearms ownership for 10 years, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of trafficking of a controlled substance and one count breach of an undertaking or recognizance. • Christopher Jordan Parkinson (born 1979) was sentenced to 42 days in jail, three years of probation, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and assessed $500 in victim surcharges for one count fear of injury/ damage by another person, one count breach of an undertaking or recognizance, one count uttering threats, and one count break and enter to commit an indictable offence. • Kyle Ronald Hanes (born 1987) was sentenced to one year in jail, banned from firearms ownership for 10 years, ordered to provide a DNA sample, and assessed a $200 victim surcharge for one count of robbery. • Jason Wayne Redhead (born 1978) was sentenced to 28 days in jail, and assessed $200 in victim surcharges for one count of assault and three counts of breaching a probation order. Chetwynd Law Courts: • Michael Kenneth Franklin (born 1995) was handed a conditional discharge, sentenced to six months of probation, and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count breach of probation. • Calvin Lawrence Willis (born 1972) was sentenced to 120 days in jail banned from driving for one year and handed $200 in victim surcharges for one count care or control of a vehicle with a blood/alcohol level over .08 and one count personation with intent to gain advantage. —Mike Carter

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Workshops will teach you the ins and outs of theatre p.m. to 9 p.m. This workshop includes a bit of everything for everyone behind the curtain. • From the Script to the Stage (acting) on Saturday, Aug. 20. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This workshop teaches the major moves from words to action, catching the spirit of the director and the skill of the actor. • Tech-Speak for Dummies (technical production) on Sunday, Aug. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This workshop teaches participats how to stage a show with minimum of theatre tech knowledge. Registration deadline is August 15. Workshops are $5 for Stage North members or $15 for non-members. For more information, contact Sue Popesku at 250-785- 6214 or email spopesku@shaw.ca. —Submitted by Stage North Theatre Society

Residents sent 55 tonnes of flood junk to the landfill JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

Dozens of residents lost furniture, appliances and priceless family heirlooms when record rains flooded Dawson Creek the rest of the South Peace in June. Just how much trash did the floods generate? The official total is far from complete, but new data from the Peace River Regional District gives some sense of the loss. According to a new report, Dawson Creek residents dumped 55.39 tonnes (55,390 kg) of flood-damaged waste June 20-29, when the regional district waived $5,685 in tipping fees to take pressure of those hardest hit by the storm. Paulo Eichelberger, manager of solid waste services, said the region hauled 19

large roll-off bins to the dump. He said the waste included large appliances, wood and metal waste, and “bulky” items including broken furniture. For comparison, the rock trucks moving material for Site C dam construction have a hauling capacity of around 33,500 kilograms. According to fire officials, around 110 homes were impacted by flooding. The city spent around $300,000 on initial flood response. Chetwynd did not cite any specific waste costs due to flooding because “individual residents in the city brought in their flood damaged waste directly to the landfill,” the report states. A more detailed report on how the flood impacted local landfill services will be delivered at a later PRRD meeting.

Chetwynd throws support behind industrial park proposal The District of Chetwynd has thrown its support behind a developer’s proposal to build a 20-hectare industrial park outside the town’s boundary. Rat Race Contracting Ltd. made the proposal, saying the project will hopefully lure larger businesses to the South Peace. The park is planned for an area west of town on Wabi Hill off of Highway 97. Dean Beattie, a partner in the project, said it will provide much needed industrial lands which are becomming scarce in the areas surrounding Chetwynd. Before the development can proceed it will need approval from the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) to rezone land currently held in agricultural reserve. That application is working its way through public consultation.

The first phase of the project would bring in 10, two hectare lots with hydro connections. But no municipal water and sewer services are proposed. The developers are working with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to design a suitable intersection for the property located near an existing roadside pull out. A 4-hectare corner of the lot was rezoned for light industrial use in 2004 and is currently occupied by an industrial storage yard. Rat Race Contracting said it plans to surround the property with trees and shrubs which will act a noise buffer. There are no residential properties near the proposed area and the majority of the site would not be visible from the highway. —Mike Carter

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From the BC SPCA Website Trucks and dogs aren’t always the best mix, as Teddy Bear unfortunately discovered, when the truck he was in zig-zagged suddenly to miss a pothole, and Teddy Bear went flying out of the truck bed, where he had been riding, loose. The impact separated his hip and broke the top of his femur bone, an extremely painful injury. He was surrendered to the Williams Lake SPCA when his former guardian could not afford the veterinary costs, and SPCA staff are hopeful the community can help. “Teddy Bear is a good example of why we caution pet guardians to never, ride with their dog loose in the back of a truck,” says Liz Dighton, BC SPCA Williams Lake and District Branch manager. “We hear all the time how ‘My dog LOVES to ride in the back of my truck!’ – and we’re sure he does – your dog would probably also love to eat a box of chocolates, but that doesn’t make it right.” The BC SPCA recommends pet guardians to keep their pets inside the vehicle, and use a secured crate or dog seatbelt to restrain their pets. If an animal owner must transport a dog in the back of a truck, the BC SPCA recommends using a secured crate in the centre of the truck box or using short leads that are cross-tied to the dog’s harness to ensure safety from falling out of the truck, strangulation or death. Think of their safety Dogs restrained in the back of trucks with loose ropes or

ties can accidentally hang themselves. Depending on the weather, exposing your pet to the elements can also lead to heatstroke or hypothermia. Think of the cost Your pet could fall or be thrown out, sustaining serious injuries or even death, leaving you with a broken heart and expensive vet bills. If your thrown pet causes a collision, you could be held responsible for any associated cost. Think of the law Section 72 of the Motor Vehicle Act prohibits the transport of an unsecured pet in the back of a pickup. If your pet is injured, you can be charged under the B.C. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Bring your dog inside your vehicle Put the dog in the vehicle with you. Inside, use a secured crate or a dog seat belt to restrain your pet. Unrestrained pets are a major distraction to drivers, and can cause vehicle collisions. In a crash, pets become flying projectiles and can injure themselves, you and your passengers. Other safe alternatives If you must transport your pet in the back of a truck, do it safely. The safest method for transporting your pet is inside a secured crate in the centre of your truck box. The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a not-for-profit organization reliant on public donations. Our mission is to protect and enhance the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in B.C.

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The B.C. government says it has achieved carbon neutrality in the public sector for the sixth consecutive year. But that neutrality continues to be accomplished by punishing schools, hospitals and other public institutions that are financially constrained from investing in energy efficiencies by fining them. Every year, as part of its carbon neutral government policy, the B.C. government forces Crown corporations, school and hospital districts and municipal government that fail to become carbon neutral to pay carbon offsets. It’s a form of cap and trade that applies only to the public sector. In 2015, it collected $15.6 million in carbon fines from the public sector. It then uses some of the money it collects to buy carbon credits in the private sector to help businesses reduce their own carbon footprint by investing in energy efficiency, fuel switching and other projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In 2015, B.C.’s public sector produced 44,000 tonnes fewer greenhouse gas emissions than in 2010, according to the Ministry of Environment’s annual Carbon Neutral Government report, released Thursday, July 28. That’s the equivalent of taking 9,400 cars off the road. But when the data is “normalized for weather,” the public sector actually generated more GHGs in 2015 and 2014 than it did in 2013, according to Hadi Dowlatabadi, a University of BC professor and research chairman for applied mathematics and integrated assessment of climate change. “They are claiming declines because they’re doing emissions based on actual weather,” he said. “When you do weather normalized, this is the second year in a row – 2014 and 2015 were both higher than 2013. It’s their own data.” Health authorities and

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Every year, as part of its carbon neutral government policy, the B.C. government forces Crown corporations, school and hospital districts and municipal government that fail to become carbon neutral to pay carbon offsets. It’s a form of cap and trade that applies only to the public sector.

school districts continue to get hammered under the carbon neutral policy, with the Fraser and Interior Health Authorities forced to pay close to $1 million each in carbon offsets in 2015. Health authorities overall in B.C. paid a little over $5 million in 2015 in carbon offsets. School districts paid $3.5 million. Hardest hit are districts like Surrey, where growing enrolment means more portables, which are not energy efficient. The Surrey school district was forced to pay $388,750 in carbon offsets in 2015. Vancouver school district paid $361,950. In 2015, the B.C. government bought $7.2 million worth of credits, the bulk of which went to forestry conservation projects, which are controversial. In 2015, an improved forestry management project for the north and central cost region of the Great Bear Rain Forest received $1 million. The Haida Gwaii area of the Great Bear Rain Forest received $3.1 million. The Cheakamus Community Forest in Whistler received $297,458.

Dowlatabadi thinks investing in carbon sinks, like forestry conservation, is the least valuable investment, when it comes to getting actual, measurable carbon reductions. For one thing, the actual carbon reduction that results from simply letting trees grow is difficult to measure, and the investment can be wiped with a single forest fire or pest infestation. Dowlatabadi would rather see any carbon credits the province collects go into funding energy efficiency projects that will help schools and hospitals actually achieve the carbon neutrality the policy is supposed to encourage. He thinks the amount the government is currently investing is far too little. “If you’re the government, you can buy debt at 3% or less, and capitalize all your future offset debt,” he said. “You’ve got $15 million a year, you could borrow $15 million at 3% for years into the future and invest all of that in improving the infrastructure in the province, rather than putting it into a forest that could go up in smoke tomorrow.”

Northeast B.C. adding to world’s dino knowledge Dinosaurs may be creatures of the past but interest in the monstrous beasts seems to be growing exponentially in these post-modern times. At least this seems to be true of the artifacts these animals have left behind. A few weeks ago I attended the “unveiling” of a dinosaur trackway in a wilderness area mainly west and a bit north of Chetwynd. Based on the information I gleaned from the experts in attendance, this is one of the largest trackways known to modern bipeds. Some of the experts in attendance travelled from as far away as China and Europe to be present at this unprecedented-in-our-area event. What is it about the dinosaur that makes it such an attraction for us? After all, we can never know how they actually appeared, the sounds of their voices, their mating rituals. True, a dinosaur is a dinosaur, but their varieties were as different as the birds that hang in our atmosphere today. From chicken size to monsters of many tons, they roamed the earth leaving only the evidence of their passing as imprints in the mud or skeletal parts and broken bones, now mineralized. To use the term, “unveiling” to describe the event at the trackway may be a bit misleading, even hubristic. We moderns love to know everything there is to know and to show that we know. About dinosaurs, so far we don’t a whole bunch. And we can’t. These tracks were left by sentient beasts (sentient’s an assump-

tion) who existed before we do (a fact) so, by the nature of our mortal limitations we have to make conjectures to the best of our abilities (somewhat limited by time in the case of dinosaurs). All this means that the “unveiling” is more like an uncovering, a sweeping away of some of the detritus of centuries to reveal only that there is so much that we don’t know and, perhaps, can never know. So far away; so unreachable; so tantalizing, so keep on studying! This detritus of centuries is more than a burden of earth and rock with its tendrils of organic matter. It is ideas, philosophies, prejudices, commitments, funding handicaps, all of which are harder to move than the natural litter that has hidden the stone-bound evidences until the present has revealed them. Tumbler Ridge has certainly taken advantage of dinosaur discoveries adjacent to the community to plant the seeds and nurture the plant of an almost-unrivaled tourist attraction. The evidence is here, everywhere, under our chairs, unseen, mostly unseeable. In the Pine Pass the casual wanderer will readily find fossils by the ton. And we pause and wonder. How? When? Why? But the present benefit of past wonders? It, too, is there to be uncovered, unveiled, waiting for the detritus of rivalries, prejudices, personal ambitions to be swept away. Merlin Nichols is the mayor of Chetwynd.

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Culture camp teaches provincial staff about area First Nations

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B.C. government staff recently attended a two-day culture camp on Bear Flat where they foraged for food, learned about medicinal plants, relationships with the land, the local indigenous worldview and protocols, and interactions with industry from First Nations educators. At top left, Art Napoleon talks with the group about indigenous approaches to economic development, balancing economics with environmental and social health.

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Eighteen provincial workers recently spent two days camping in the Peace River valley learning about Treaty 8 First Nations beliefs and culture. They camped through a hailstorm on Bear Flat, learned the basics of smudging, and the surprisingly difficult process of taking down a teepee. Renee Simard frequently interacts with First Nations people with her work at the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation (MARR). “I felt there was a serious lack of any kind of training directly related with First Nations. I was the First Nations relations advisor and yet didn’t know the protocols and traditions,” Simard said. “I felt that was important for us to learn, especially if we’re trying to move toward reconciliation.” She proposed the camp through a staffdirected training program that lets staff get training they feel is relevant to their jobs. The seventeen other people who signed up were mostly from the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) based in Dawson Creek, with some from the Ministry of Environment and MARR. The camp was facilitated by Treaty 8 Tribal Association. “It was about creating connectedness between their communities and ours because we work so closely with them. Most of their traditions are oral, so you can’t just go to books and find this information, so you have to learn it first-hand,” Simard said. “I think it will give people a deeper appreciation for who’s being affected by the different permits and stuff that we’re issuing.” Uniting mind, body, and spirit The camp is part of a cultural employment strategy that the Treaty 8 Tribal Association has been working on with federal funding. Karen Aird is a consultant who’s worked closely on the strategy, and organized this camp. It isn’t just for industry or government partners, she said, it’s also for members of Treaty 8 tribes. “We’re hoping to reinvigorate and bring back some of the teachings, especially to some of the younger people. We want to get them out here doing the same stuff,” Aird said. Near the end of the second day, educator and faith-keeper Art Napoleon led a session about First Nations protocols. Everyone sat inside the teepee while a low fire smoked away in the centre. He talked about smudging, which commonly happens at the beginning of any ceremony. “Inhaling it does not get you high,” he joked, as another facilitator went around the circle with a small pan of smoking sage for everyone to wash the smoke over them. “Symbolically, you’re washing yourself with the smoke, but you’re also uniting body, mind, spirit.” Not all traditions are as commonly known and practiced as smudging. “Protocols vary from tribe to tribe,” Napoleon said. “With colonization, some of us lost them for a while.” He tells of old pipe bearers and ceremony keepers, who, according to legend, buried their pipes on the hills overlooking the Moberly, saying they needed to put them to rest.

Tammy Watson is a Saulteau First Nation member and staffer at FLNRO provincial ministry who attended the culture camp with her non-Indigenous co-workers.

“There was a lot of pressure from the Catholic church. In other places, these healers were branded as practicing black magic and turned their communities against them. On the prairies, a lot of them went underground. So that’s where some of us went back, to learn from the elders who were practicing those ways. But even then, the ceremonies have been influenced. What you see today is not exactly what existed a long time ago. You’ll see little bits of Christian influence, even a little bit of pan-Indianism. It’s not all pure. We were severely impacted.” First Nations, industry relationships An important part of this camp is talking about relationship between the First Nations and industry. Napoleon grew up at Saulteau and has been involved in land use negotiations and cultural preservation for a long time. Through the years he’s seen a shift from focusing on mitigation and habitat protection to jobs and financial benefit. “There was a time when consultation to us meant an opportunity for co-stewardship. So it would allow us to be part of the design of any socio-cultural impact, land-use studies, environmental impact assessments,” Napoleon said. “These are the things we should be focusing on as stewards of the land. Then if there’s still work, that’s an add on. Now it’s become the other way around.” Tammy Watson was in a unique position at the camp, being both a Saulteau member and a government worker. She’s been working with FLNRO for a few months as the First Nations advisor on crown land applications. “My coworkers get confused sometimes because I say ‘we’ when I’m taking about the First Nations and the government,” she said with a laugh. Watson was nervous to work for government initially, wondering if people would question her credibility, but ultimately wanted to be part of the change. At the end of the camp, everyone had a turn to stand in front of their peers and share a resolution or a reflection. “I’m going to do dishes when I go to communities,” one staffer said, referring to Aird’s encouragement that people involve themselves at First Nations events. “I used to hesitate to be myself, but I’m just going to barge in and be myself.” “Twenty-one years ago, this would not have happened. It means so much to see how earnest you all are to learn these things,” Aird said, reflecting on the history of First Nations consultation with government. “Now is the time for change. I’m positive that things are changing.”

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WEST MO DAYS 2016

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Noreen Brown (left), one of the Mano’s Girls pugeesee team, drums during the quarter finals at West Moberly First Nations annual West Mo Days July 29 to 31. Right, Bella Fox cuts dry meat.

August 2016 The Dawson South Centralized Liquids Hub OCP Amendment (Encana Corporation)

The OCP and Zoning Amendment Bylaws No.2228 (Encana), 2015 and No.2238 (Encana), 2016 were adopted to re-designate and rezone 19.37 ha (47.8 acres) of the subject property for construction and operation of a battery and production facility (The Dawson South Centralized Liquids Hub).

Agricultural Land Commission Applications (ALC)

North Peace Regional Landfill Financing

The Regional Board, approved the borrowing of $2.5 million over 5 years, to finance the North Peace Landfill project, with the remainder of financing to come from Capital Reserves. The approval is subject to a public consultation process and Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development approval of the amendment to the Regional Solid Waste Management Plan.

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Meeting with the Minister of Health

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The Board approved the Kisser and Biere applications to proceed to the ALC.

Temporary Use Permit Application

The Board authorized the issuance of a Temporary Use Permit for the operation of an independent school that focuses on agricultural project-based learning.

Farmers Advocate Office

The Regional Board will renew to the Farmers’ Advocate Office contract for a one-year term from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017.

BC Utilities Commission Request for Comments on Residential Inclining Block Electricity Rates

If you are a residential electricity customer of BC Hydro or FortisBC without access to natural gas, the Commission is seeking your comments on or before Monday, August 15, 2016 about: • the impacts you have experienced or identified from the residential inclining block electricity rates; and • your awareness of ways to mitigate any impacts. For more information please contact the Commission at 1-800-663-1385 or go to http://www.bcuc.com/

Invasive Plant Disposal

Minister Terry Lake met with Directors on July 5th to discuss: • Medical professional recruitment and retention including staff shortages in medical facilities; • The residential care and assisted living facilities shortage; • The Dawson Creek & District hospital patient care replacement project plan; • And the work camp guidelines and registration

Flood Tipping Fees Credit to Dawson Creek

The Regional District will issue a credit in the amount of $5,685.55 (incl. GST) to the City of Dawson Creek for the landfill tip fees they incurred as a result of their efforts to collect “flood damaged waste” from their residents.

Chetwynd Public Library Feasibility Study

The Board authorised up to $40,000 to conduct a feasibility study that will investigate options for a new library building.

Transfer Station Open Houses

The Regional District, in conjunction with the Northern Environmental Action Team (NEAT) and Tervita, has been and will continue hosting a series of Transfer Station Open Houses in August. Events are aimed at providing education and outreach activities on waste reduction and recycling while also showing different waste and recycling options. Wonowon Aug 6 | 10am - 12pm

Buick Creek Aug 6 | 3am - 5pm

Prespatou Prespatou Aug 13 | 10am - 12pm Aug 13 | 3am - 5pm Cecil Lake Cecil Lake Aug 20 | 10am - 12pm Aug 20 | 3am - 5pm

Next PRRD Board Meetings:

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Electoral Area Directors

Electoral Area B - Director Karen Goodings karen.goodings@prrd.bc.ca Electoral Area C - Director Brad Sperling brad.sperling@prrd.bc.ca Electoral Area D - Director Leonard Hiebert leonard.hiebert@prrd.bc.ca

• Electoral Area “D” will contribute $1500 to the south Peace Art Society to assist them to support the education and exhibition programs operated by the Dawson Creek Art Gallery.

Contract Awards

Henderson Roofing Ltd. has been awarded the contract to complete required repairs to the Charlie Lake Fire Department room. File IT Solutions has been awarded the contract to complete a corporate records management assessment for the Peace River Regional District office.

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• Electoral Area “B” will provide a grant of $7055 to the Goodlow Community Club initiative to build a gate at the cemetery. • The North Pine Farmers Institute will receive a loan and grant totaling $600,000 for the upgrades, repairs and expansion that are required at the North Pine Grain Elevator. Electoral Area “B”, “C” and “D” will provide a $300,000 Fair Share grant ($200,000 from Area B; $50,000 each from Areas C & D); and a $300,000 loan from the Rural Loan Fund which will be registered against the property. • The Electoral Area Directors’ Committee approved a new timeline for the West Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan and approved a Moberly Lake Community Information Mail Out to inform the community of the decision and next steps. • Development Information signs going GREEN! The Electoral Area Directors’ Committee approved that Development Information signs will now be coroplast signs without vinyl which are accepted at recycling sites.

BOIL WATER NOTICE

for Feye Spring Water System

Northern Health has issued an advisory as the system is at risk of containing pathogens. Boil water before using it for drinking, making ice, cooking, washing food or brushing teeth. Use hand sanitizer after washing hands. Water must be boiled- Bring water to a rolling boil for at least 1 minute, OR Use an alternate, safe source of water.

Watch for a Communications Survey on the PRRD Website Mid August!

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Nicolls cashes in at Peace Country Open BYRON HACKETT PHOTO

20-year-old Jared Nicolls won the 58th NAPA Peace Country Open on Monday after defeating Travis Eggers 3&2 in the match play event.

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If there’s a name that everyone knows at the NAPA Peace Country Open, it’s multi-time champion Travis Eggers. Eggers has his name on just about every amateur trophy in the region and was poised to etch it on another title

until he ran into a red hot 20-year-old. Jared Nicolls, who arrived at Lakepoint Golf and Country Club this weekend at the suggestion of his dad to get another tournament in before the Canadian Amateur Championships next week, became the open winner with a 3&2 championship flight winner over Eggers Monday afternoon.

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“I didn’t know much about the event until I went and looked at the trophy the first day I got here and I saw his name on it seven times,” Nicolls recalled. “I played with him before the event, so I knew he’d probably be pretty tough to beat.” The Ponoka, Alberta, native is a National Collegiate Athletic Association golfer at Stetson University in Florida. Hot off his first season in the program he said he just focused on making par to put pressure on his opponents in the match play format event. “The first two rounds I was just steady. I didn’t make a bogey at all in the first two rounds and I kept the ball in play. I putted okay, my ball striking was definitely really good, so I felt like I was really tough to beat the first two days,” Nicolls said. “I just pared the guys to death, so as soon as they made a mistake the hole was pretty much over. I hit a lot of greens, it just mattered on the putter.” In the final against Eggers, the 5-10 sophomore said after a quick start where he birdied two of the first three holes he wasn’t able to pull away from the longtime Lakepoint veteran. “In the championship round, I got off to a pretty quick start, I was 2 under through three and then Travis made a couple good putts really early in the round,” Nicholls said before adding his putting came around on the back nine. “Once again my ball striking was good and I was hitting it close on the front nine, the putts weren’t dropping. I made the turn one down and we got to the back nine and then the putts started dropping and I won three holes in a row. I was two up going into 16 and I made a 15-footer from the fringe to close it out.” Nicolls was all smiles when he finally got his hands on the trophy that was given out this year for the 58th time and said it was an awesome feeling to finally win a big tournament. “I haven’t won a tournament in a long-time, since I’ve been playing golf in Florida, division one, some stiff competition there, so it’s definitely good to

finally win,” he added. Kelly Smeeth took home first place in the ladies flight with a win over Linda Harvey after falling in last year’s open to Cheryl Lequiere. It was also a bounce back year for the tournament with more than 80 golfers participating in the match play event that started on July 31 and finished Aug. 1. Last year only 56 golfers played in the event. With the marquee event of year for Lakepoint in the rearview mirror, the course will quickly turn around for their second biggest tournament of the summer, the Wonowon Water Services Charity Pro-Am from Aug. 9-10. That event also serves as the final major of the Vancouver Golf Tour season.

NAPA Peace Country Open winners Championship flight Jared Nichols 3&2 over Travis Eggers Ladies flight Kelly Smeeth over Linda Harvey 1st flight Craig Letendre over James Ivers 2nd flight Rod Gullion over Dwayne Speager 3rd flight Justin Taylor over Walter Mineault 4th flight Phil Bernert over Lex Neufeld 5th flight Marcel Rose 6th flight Randy Paquette over Mike Gilmer 7th flight Rich Healey

Sporting Clays Provincials bring in top talent BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

It’s a long road to becoming a provincial champion sporting clay shooter and this year it was a literal long road to the event. Competitors came from across the province to the North Peace Rod and Gun Club for three days of shooting and a chance to secure a spot to represent at nationals later this summer. Almost 60 shooters in total squared off, looking to be crowned the best in B.C. NPRGC president John Fisher said despite the long trip for some of the competitors, the weekend went exactly as planned. “It was really good, weather cooperated 100 per cent, it was perfect,” he said. “I would say there were some high quality targets. We had a top three shooter in Canada come and spend an entire week with us and set targets for us… he’s been an unbelievable workhorse for us… he put on something here that will be remembered.” For the NPRGC it was the first time they had hosted B.C. provincials, but with such a

good community of gun enthusiasts both in the area and in the province, everything went off without a hitch. “Perfect, couldn’t be happier,” Fisher said. “On the whole, positives all around. Everybody was happy… I was expecting between 50 and 60 (shooters) and I got 53, so that’s pretty much a bullseye in my book.” Qualifiers will have a short trip for the Canadian Nationals as the event will be held on Sept. 1 in Grande Prairie. “All we are working on in the CNSCA (Canadian National Sporting Clays Association) is your average. We have master class to E and everything in between,” Fisher added. “You go in shooting in your class, so when we go to nationals you’re in your class and this is behind us and another shoot begins.”

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53 shooters hit the North Peace Rod and Gun Club over the weekend for the BC Sporting Clays Provincials. Class winners will attend nationals in Grande Prairie on Labour Day Weekend.

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First annual Giv’r to the Riv’r shows promise BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

The only way to Giv’r to the Riv’r on Saturday was with a mountain bike, a helmet full of confidence, and a shred of insanity. Some combination of those three ingredients were the recipe to the first ever mountain bike event held at Big Bam Ski Hill in Taylor. For Gabe Wiebe, one of the founding members of the Fort St. John Mountain Bike Club, the event couldn’t have gone any better. “We’re overjoyed with how the event went,” he said with a beaming smile. “Weather held out and we had an awesome turnout. Can’t believe this turnout because it is a long weekend and we were expecting less. We had 15 racers from Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek and Fort St. John.” The event, which had already been rescheduled this summer because of inclement weather, attracted 15 riders, an extremely positive turnout for what the club hopes can become a staple in the region. “Quiet honestly, just positive vibes, we were just thinking blue skies. I was checking the weather everyday this past week, every hour,” Wiebe quipped about

the forecast for the day. “We were disappointed that we had to cancel because of the rain back in June but it went even better than we expected. We hope to hold it annually; we think the summer will be better anyway.” It’s been a labour of love at Big Bam for the mountain bike enthusiasts in Fort St. John, who started forming the multitude of jumps and twists in the course in February of this year. “The course is intense, we’ve been getting a lot of feedback that it’s a hard course. You don’t see it too much in sanctioned bike parks like Whistler or Silverstar, people are pretty happy to be alive at the bottom,” Wiebe joked. “We’ve just spent a lot of time here, we’ve been out here camping and working eight to 10 hour days cutting brush and digging dirt for these jumps.” Brett Stevenson took home top honours at the inaugural event, cruising down the steep approximately 1 kilometre course in a time of 2 minutes and 21 seconds in both of his laps. That time was five seconds faster than the nearest competitor Zach Gamsby who finished in 2:26.24 and Brandon Klamut who had a time of 2:26.8. Jesse Mcarthur was the under 18 winner in a time of 2:36.

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Brett Stevenson was the fastest men on the course at the first Annual Giv’r to the Riv’r mountain bike race at Big Bam Ski Hill. Below: Trapper Gilowski grabs some serious air at Sunday’s inaugural downhill mountain bike race.

Charity boxing event coming in October BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

Boxing has always held a strong grip on Fivestar Mixed Martial Arts co-founder Justin Donally and on Oct. 7, he’ll finally deliver a knockout to the longtime dream. Donally announced last Friday via Facebook that the group will bring what might be the first boxing card in well

over a decade to the area and will feature a collection of who’s who in the area of Mixed Martial Arts, including Brad Stewart and Dylan Lielke. Stewart will box in the main event against Jared McComb, two MMA fighters who were once ranked near the top of the middleweight division in Canada. Along with several boxing fights, Donally hopes to show off some of the kickboxing fight-

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ers that have been developing in the area and potentially some grappling super fights as well. UFC fighters Mitch Clarke and Sheldon Westcott will also be on hand to special guest referee a few of the fights. While fighters are lining up to compete at Pomeroy Inn and Suites ballroom for the approximately 600-seat capacity event, the night will also be all about the kids. Donally noted

the plan is to donate 100 per cent of the profits, which he hopes will equate anywhere from $25,000 to $30,000 to help kids get involved in sport. He said the motivation to hold a charity event started when more families than usual weren’t able to keep their kids in programs at the Fivestar Mixed Martial Arts and Crossfit facility because of the economic downturn that has hit the

area hard. He added he’s been brainstorming the idea since at least November of last year and really started pushing to get in going in January. Since then, there’s been a number of people who have offered to help out in anyway they can. If anyone wishes to get involved with the event, they should contact info.fivestarmma@gmail.com.

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

This Week: The Travelers Championship

For many decades, most golfing enthusiasts knew this tournament as the Greater Hartford Open. The tournament began in 1952 as the Defending: Bubba Watson Insurance City Open with Ted Kroll Winning Score: 16-under par winning the inaugural event. Billy Winning Share: $1,152,000 Casper is the only player to emerge victorious at this tournament three separate times, winning in 1963, 1965 and 1968. Peter Jacobsen made history in 2003 at this event. Jacobsen’s victory was his second with the first in 1984. That marked the longest span between victories at the same event in the history of the PGA Tour. TPC River Highlands Cromwell, Conn. 6,844 yards, Par 70

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Last Week: Jimmy Walker won the PGA Championship

Jimmy Walker shot a final Tournament Results round 67 to win the PGA 1. Jimmy Walker Score: -14 Championship on Sunday. Earnings: $1,800,000 He finished at 14-under par 2. Jason Day Score: -13 to become the fourth first-time major Earnings: $1,080,000 champion of the 2016 golf season. 3. Daniel Summerhays Score: -10 Joining Walker as first-time major Earnings: $680,000 winners this year were the Masters champion Danny Willett; Dustin Johnson, who won the United States Open; and Henrik Stenson, the British Open champ. Walker became the first wire-to-wire winner of the PGA Championship since Phil Mickelson, who won at Baltusrol in 2005.

Golfing News

PGA Event: Travelers Championship Day Time Network Thu, 8/4 3pm-6pm GOLF Fri, 8/5 3pm-6pm GOLF Sat, 8/6 3pm-6pm CBS Sun, 8/7 3pm-6pm CBS

Dustin Johnson, the No. 2 player in the world, had a chance to take over the top spot in the World Golf Ranking depending on how the tournament shook out between himself and world No. 1 Jason Day. Johnson entered the PGA Championship as the favorite, but finished the tournament after just two days Golf Trivia as one of the last players in the field. He shot Who was the youngest golfer to win the a brutal seven-over 77 in Round 1, including making an absolute mess of the 18th when PGA Championship? he hit his drive into the water and hit a tree a) Arnold Palmer c) Tiger Woods with his second, making bogey. Johnson b) Gene Sarazen d) Jordan Spieth was marginally better in Round 2, posting a Answer: b) Gene Sarazen won the 1922 PGA two-over 72 but still missed the cut, which Championship at the age of 20 Years, 5 months, snapped the longest active streak on Tour at 25 consecutive made cuts. 22 days.

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Lessons from the Golf Pro One of the shots that we do not get to try too often is when the course is very wet and soggy. The most obvious piece of advice when playing on a wet turf is that you realize that it is a very heavy ground you are playing on. Therefore, your mindset needs to completely change on the type of shots you want to play during the round. You need to make sure that you do not hit behind the ball on a wet ground. This is, by far, the most important task to be accomplished in order to achieve a good shot. If you make contact with the ground prior to hitting the ball, a fat shot will occur. The key to consistent play is to position the ball in the center of your stance and hover the club just behind the ball at address. Finally, try to pick the ball cleanly off the ground.

Player Profile

Jimmy Walker

Turned Professional: 2001 World Ranking: 15th FedEx Cup Ranking: 14th PGA Tour Wins: 6

FedEx Cup Standings Through Aug. 1, 2016

1) Jason Day

2,735 pts. / 9 top tens

2) Dustin Johnson 2,701 pts. / 12 top tens

3) Adam Scott

2,063 pts. / 5 top tens

4) Jordan Spieth 1,965 pts. / 6 top tens

5) Brandt Snedeker 1,555 pts. / 6 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued... Player Points 6) Phil Mickelson 1,532 7) Russell Knox 1,501 8) Patrick Reed 1,470 9) Kevin Kisner 1,423 10) Kevin Chappell 1,422

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Races go on at speedway despite rain BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

Rain has plagued the Taylor Speedway this season with one event lost to poor weather, and the trend almost continued this past August long weekend with a super saturated track threatening the races for three days. Despite the hurdles, the crew at the speedway was able to get racing in for two of the three days from July 31- Aug. 1 and for track president Kelly Hildebrand that was a victory. “The whole weekend went awesome,” he said after the trophies had been handed out on Monday. “It was kind of a bummer on Sunday. We worked hard on the track and the guys worked really hard. Other than that the track was awesome Saturday.

Just smooth as can be and racing was awesome.” It was the usual cast of characters racing throughout the weekend from Johnny Beaumont and family to several of Hildebrand’s own kids. “Nice turnout in the mods and the rest of the classes too,” he added. He noted that while most of the racing was tight on the weekend, the highlight for him is always a no-caution day. “A lot of hard racing, the boys (who) won first this weekend had to work hard coming from the back with 13 mods, if you can take the front (you can win). Caution free was the biggest thing,” Hildebrand said. The final race of the summer at the Taylor Speedway will take place August 27 and 28. For more results checkout the scoreboard on B4.

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Clint Mason (left) rounds a corner hard during Monday action at the Taylor Speedway. Mason won the mini adults class on both Saturday and Monday at the second last race of the season.

Telizyn reflects on medal wins at Alberta games BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

Josh Telizyn sat on the start line of mountain bike racing at the Alberta Summer Games last month, only his second official race, nerves at an all-time high. He was so nervous in fact— one of his coaches had an important tip. “He told me I was in the wrong gear,” Telizyn recalled with a chuckle. The advice was heeded smartly and it turned out well, as the young Fort St. John racer captured bronze in the crosscountry event after the tip and the day before won silver in the

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eliminator event. “In 600 metre sprint event (eliminator), at the start it was everyman for himself. We were all across the line, four of us. At the start line we didn’t have enough room to move our handle maybe half an inch,” said Telizyn about the final in which he needed to win three separate races to advance to. “I don’t think I’ve ever had my heart pounding so hard before going into an event…coming into a monster race like this and making it into a final, that

Josh Telizyn brought home two medals from the Alberta Summer Games in July. He was competed in juts his second sanctioned mountain bike event.

just blew my mind.” In the cross country race, a 14 km total lap race, Telizyn found himself in trouble, starting with the wrong group of racers and then hitting a tree root on the first lap but still managed bronze in his age group. “They started us by age group in waves, they would send the U17 boys out first then the U15 boys and U13 boys. Since I was new to that, I misunderstood and when they said go for the

U17 boys I thought that was go for everybody,” he said. “I crashed the first lap in… at race speed coming around the corner I managed to avoid getting lynched by the tree but then I ran into the root and went over my handle bars.” Overall, the experience is one he will not soon forget. “That just blew my mind,” Telizyn said of the two medals. “I thought I was going to get absolutely crushed out there… but then again I would have been O.K. with it because I came in knowing absolutely nothing about the sport.”

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

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2016 Standings Sprint Cup Series Top Ten 1) Kevin Harvick

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Location: Watkins Glen, N.Y. Date: Aug. 7th, 2:45 p.m. TV: NBCSN Last Year’s Pole: A.J. Allmendinger - 127.839 mph Last Year’s Winner: Joey Logano

Watkins Glen International

Points: 671 Wins: 1 Top 5: 8 Top 10: 16

2) Brad Keselowski

Points: 647 Wins: 4 Top 5: 8 Top 10: 12

3) Kurt Busch

Points: 627 Wins: 1 Top 5: 6 Top 10: 15

Xfinity Series Top Ten Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) Daniel Suarez 3) Ty Dillon 4) Erik Jones 5) Justin Allgaier 6) Brendan Gaughan 7) Brennan Poole 8) Brandon Jones 9) Darrell Wallace Jr. 10) Ryan Reed

4) Joey Logano

Points: 606 Wins: 1 Top 5: 8 Top 10: 13

5) Kyle Busch

Watkins Glen International is a 2.45 mile road course located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the south end of Seneca Lake. With its rise from ragged infancy in 1948 to its position as America’s premier racing facility, the Glen continues to be an astounding success story. In addition to holding major NASCAR and SCCA events, Watkins Glen also hosts one of the nation’s premier vintage events, the Zippo U.S. Vintage Grand Prix. Current points leader, Kevin Harvick, finished 3rd in last year’s race.

Points: 601 Wins: 4 Top 5: 11 Top 10: 13

6) Carl Edwards

Points: 593 Wins: 2 Top 5: 7 Top 10: 12

7) Martin Truex Jr. Points: 573 Wins: 1 Top 5: 3

Top 10: 9

8) Jimmie Johnson

Points: 552 Wins: 2 Top 5: 7 Top 10: 8

9) Matt Kenseth

Racing News

Pocono Raceway made history this year in a way that no track would ever want to make it. For the first time in NASCAR history, a track had both of its races postponed. For a track that saw Dale Earnhardt Jr. sweep both of its races in 2014, it got the promoter’s and fans’ bad luck in 2016. “It’s awful luck,” said Pocono Raceway president Brandon Igdalsky after the rainout. “Kyle Busch gets the great record last week and we get the awful record this week.”

Racing Trivia

Points: 545 Wins: 2 Top 5: 4 Top 10: 9

Which driver won the 1996 race at Watkins Glen at the age of 47?

10) Denny Hamlin

a) Bill Elliott b) Dale Jarrett

Points: 542 Wins: 1 Top 5: 6 Top 10: 9

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c) Geoff Bodine d) Sterling Marlin Answer : c) Geoff Bodine

Shape: Road Course Distance: 2.45 miles Banking: None

Points 633 619 598 584 576 565 556 545 500 464

Last Weekend’s Race: Pennsylvania 400 Postponed as of Press Time Pennsylvania 400 Qualifying Driver Speed Martin Truex Jr. 179.244 Carl Edwards 178.873 Paul Menard 178.671 Denny Hamlin 178.540 Ryan Newman 178.433 Tony Stewart 178.394 Brad Keselowski 178.359 Chase Elliott 177.571 Matt Kenseth 177.413 Joey Logano 177.151

Intermittent fits of rain postponed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway to an 11 a.m. ET Monday start. Wet weather moved into the area Saturday evening, and it was raining hard Sunday morning as teams went through pre-race inspection. A fleet of Air Titan 2.0 trucks were on hand to get the track ready as the clouds broke near the scheduled 1:30 p.m. ET start time, but rain began to fall again at approximately 2:30 p.m. ET to halt the track-drying process.

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Top 10s 9 22

Avg. Finish 12.4 12.2

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Morrison named to 2016-2017 long track team BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

There’s now light at the end of the recovery tunnel for Fort St. John Olympic speed skating Denny Morrison. The four-time Olympian and one of Canada’s most decorated speed skaters was announced to the Long Track National Elite level squad by Speed Skating Canada on last week. Morrison is currently recovering from a stroke he suffered on April 23 while biking on the Arizona Trail, but hopes that after consultation with his medical team he will be able to return to full time training in early fall. “Following my cerebrovascular accident and several conversations with the medical team, I had an angiogram surgery June 21st to place two stents into the carotid artery in my neck in order to repair the damage in that area,” Morrison said.

“I now have a plan to safely work back up to maximal effort training without disturbing the healing process of the stents in my carotid artery and I’m about halfway through that process. So far, I’ve mostly been riding my bicycle at a relaxed pace to keep myself in shape and to keep a smile on my face. I’ve also been on ice a couple of times although I can only complete about 1/10th of the program so far. One more reason I’m excited is that I will be able to increase my aerobic threshold next week. “I’ve also been on blood thinners since early June and will continue that prescription until late September, at which point I will move to a smaller dosage of blood thinners, which I may stay on for a year or more. I’m looking to have clearance to do maximal training efforts again late September.” Overall, Speed Skating Canada named 34 athletes in three different

categories based on performances last season: National Elite, National Senior and National Development pools. Morrison will be joined in the National Elite and Senior pools by 18 other skaters. Joining the 30-year-old in representing the Peace Region on the national development team are Braden Clouthier and Jacob Graham of Dawson Creek. Both Clouthier and Graham also trained with Speed Skating Canada in Calgary last season. “I’ve also been on blood thinners since early June and will continue that prescription until late September, at which point I will move to a smaller dosage of blood thinners, which I may stay on for a year or more. I’m looking to have clearance to do maximal training efforts again late September.”

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Fort St. John’s own Denny Morrison was once again named to the Canadian Long Track Speed Skating team.

SCOREBOARD MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE

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Central 1 Chi Cubs 2 St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati

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0.602 0.531 0.520 0.433 0.394

2.5 11.0 15.5 17.0

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East Team 1 Baltimore 2 Boston 3 Toronto 4 NY Yankees 5 Tampa Bay

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L 40 42 44 48 60

GB PCT 0.592 2.5 0.567 3.0 0.560 7.5 0.515 20.0 0.388

Central 1 Cleveland 2 Detroit 3 Chi White Sox 4 Kansas City 5 Minnesota

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West 1 San Francisco 2 LA Dodgers 3 Colorado 4 San Diego 5 Arizona

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Mini Sprints- 80CC 1. #4 Kaden Beebe Mini Juniors 1. #24 Dakota Krahn 2. #88 Camryn Beaumont 3. #99 Dylan Beaumont Mini Adults 1. #3 Clint Mason 2. #11 Mike Taylor 3. #69 Kyle Mason Sports 1. #25 Cam Campbell 2. #4 Matt Burdock 3. #64 Wayne Dale IMCA Modified 1. #9 Roger Bonnieville 2. #99 AJ Everton 3. #33 Gord Beaumont 4. #44 Ron McNabb

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Prespatou 4-H Community Club

Hello again Our club has been very busy this month and the end of last month. On April 23rd the prespatou 4-h club attended a grooming demonstration at the rod hedges area. I would like to say a very big thank-you to Blake Mclean for giving the demonstration. The following week on April 26th our club had our annual Garbage clean up followed by a practice judging rally. I would like to say thankyou for everyone who volunteered to help out with the clean up. On April 30th we had our monthly weigh-in and i am proud to say that all our animals are healthy. On May 28 the seniors in our club took a course in Level one first aid and I am proud to say that they all passed.

– Gloria Loewen, Prespatou 4H

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“As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of secondguessing yourself based on the opinions of others.” -Dwight Yoakam

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The staff at Jackfish Dundee’s Pub are ready to host and take on staff from other restaurants and pubs in town at the Bartender Olympics, which kick off on Sunday, Aug. 7.

Bartender Olympics return to Charlie Lake ALEISHA HENDRY ahendry@ahnfsj.ca

After being on hiatus for several years, the staff at Jackfish Dundee’s Pub have decided it’s long past time to revive the Bartender Olympics. Jackfish general manager Nikki Falkenberg took part in the Olympics years ago and remembers it being a lot of fun.

“I used to participate when I worked at Egan’s many moons ago and now I’m the GM here and I thought it was so fun, and it was quite a community event, so I thought we’d get it going again,” she said. There will be a variety of events, including a drink/ shot making competition and an obstacle course that participants will have to go through

“A lot of the newer establishments have never heard of it. This is going to be the first time for some of them, so we’ll see what the turnout is.”

with a tray full of “drinks,” which they have to keep upright

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Since busting into stardom in the 1980s, Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, with five of his albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart.

Dwight Yoakam coming to the Peace Country in October If you’re a Dwight Yoakam fan you’re in luck—the Billboard charting, Grammy-winning country music star is coming to the Peace Region this October. Yoakam is set to play the Encana Events Centre in Dawson Creek on Thursday, Oct. 20. He’ll be joined by Canadian country artists Meghan Patrick and The Washboard Union. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Aug. 5,

at 10 a.m. through the Encana Events Centre box office, or online at tigerboxofficeplus.ca. Since busting into stardom in the 1980s, Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, with five of his albums topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart. He released his latest album, Second Hand Heart, in 2015. — Staff

or else lose points for spillage. Six teams had officially RSVP’d as of July 29, but Falkenberg says they could have up to 10 teams take part. “A lot of the newer establishments have never heard of it,” she said. “This is going to be the first time for some of them, so we’ll see what the turnout is.” The Bartender Olympics take place Sunday, Aug. 7, on the

back lawn at Jackfish Dundee’s. Events are expected to get started around noon. Falkenberg thinks the event will be a good time for everyone taking part as well as those that come to watch the shenanigans. “Especially with the economy the way it is, we want to bring people together and have a good time.”

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AC/DC tribute band Who Made Who rocked the Lido Theatre on July 28, playing songs from both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson era to an enthusiastic crowd .

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GREAT TIME AT GRIZFEST

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Tom Cochrane and Red Rider capped off a day full of music at Grizfest with a blazing performance that took the crowd on a trip through this man’s 40plus years of rock and roll. Not to be outdone by some of the younger acts, the 63 year old showed he can still rock it with the best.

Pokemon Go challenge this weekend in Centennial Park Have you been out catching Pokemon around Fort St. John? The Rotary Club of Fort St. John is hosting a Pokemon Go catching competition at Centennial Park on Saturday. The competition will see Pokemon fans of all ages try and catch as many pocket monsters as they can over three hours. Those that catch the most will be the winners. There will be grand prizes

for trainers 12 and over, as well as those under 12 years old. There will also be plenty of runner-up prizes. There will be food and drinks available, as well as charging stations for participant’s phones, so no one has to worry about their battery dying as they’re trying to nab a Snorlax. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m., with the competition running from 1-4 p.m. — Aleisha Hendry

Dylan Villain of Kelowna’s The Wild! gave Saturday’s loudest and most energetic performance at Grizfest, with a tip of the hat at the end to some heavy metal greats as the band ripped out Motorhead’s Ace of Spades.

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Niagara Falls’ Honeymoon Suite put on a crowd pleasing performance at Grizfest Saturday, July 30, performing classic hits like New Girl Now, Bad Attitude and Feel it Again. Above, Johnnie Dee shows he still has what it takes to get the crowd singing along.

HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) You’re keen to get better organized today, even though someone who is a teacher or from another culture might discourage you. Perhaps this person wants to play? TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) Explore creative opportunities today. Accept invitations to party and enjoy sports events and the arts. Financial restrictions might limit your choice. (Ain’t it the truth?) GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) Lately, your busy pace has been exhausting. That’s why you welcome an opportunity to cocoon at home and enjoy the comfort of familiar surroundings. CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) Today you’re full of bright ideas that you want to share with others. Late in the day, someone might discourage you, because this person is older or more experienced. Don’t let this happen. LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) Keep an eye on your finances today, because you might want to shop or explore financial negotiations. Whatever you do seems to be at odds with your social plans. VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) Be aware that your reaction to others and daily events might be more emo.tional than usual today. Don’t worry about this - it happens. (An older family

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member might discourage you.) LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) Work alone or behind the scenes today, because this will suit you best. Your increased popularity lately has stretched you a bit thin. Take a rest! SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) Enjoy schmoozing with others today, especially younger people. A serious conversation with a female acquaintance will be important. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) You are high-viz today - people notice you. This suits you perfectly, because you have something to say. Don’t secondguess yourself and don’t hold back. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) This is a fun day to discuss future travel plans. You will enjoy meeting people from different cultures and backgrounds because you want to expand your experience of the world. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) Tie up loose details regarding debt, shared property, taxes and inheritances. Someone older than you might have strong opinions about this late in the day. PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) You have to compromise with others, because the Moon is opposite your sign. This is not a big deal. Just go with the flow. Late in the day, someone older might be opinionated. (Dodge this if you can.)

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Dear Annie: My significant other and I were in a relationship for 15 years. One evening, I was feeling insecure and asked whether there was someone else. Very soon after that, my significant other completely cut off all contact with me. We were in a commitment and planning to get married, but now there is absolutely no communication, which just drives me to want to contact him even more than I would have in the past. I’m trying to stay anchored in optimism, hoping that this storm will pass, he will get back in touch and we will restore our relationship. How does a person shut down and not have any communication? This has spurred me to start obsessing. Without the ability to know when we will speak again, I feel paralyzed. It’s very irritating, and it makes me feel totally separate from this person. Wouldn’t it create a better outcome if there were a resounding “no” or if we talked it through? How long do I hold on? Maybe it’s too late. Or maybe even if he were to come back, I should be wary and concerned that he could have ever completely shut down like this. Thanks in advance for your input. -- Left Behind Dear Left: People often live in a state of open-ended anguish when a loved one goes missing or dies in a way that makes a body irretrievable. Denial is a stage of grief, and without concrete evidence of a person’s death, it can be very hard to move past it.

Annie Lane DEAR ANNIE

Similarly, without a definite breakup from your partner, you’re stuck in a holding pattern. That’s what makes his cowardly behavior so unbelievably cruel and selfish. If he has made himself totally unreachable, then you need to decide once and for all that things are over between you. Truly over. Only then can you have closure, properly mourn the relationship and move on. Whatever you do, don’t blame yourself. One moment of your feeling insecure should not lead your significant other to cut off all ties after being in a relationship for 15 years. I would ask what prompted your suspicions in the first place. Trust your intuition. Dear Annie: Can you tell me a polite way to respond to a “friend” who constantly says mean things? For example, she’ll say, “What’s that line on your face?” “What happened to your arm? You have spots on it.” “Wow! You have a big nose.” She always does it while in the company of others, which embarrasses me. Often she doesn’t even address me but makes the comments to other people within my earshot. I’m not sure what I did to deserve this, as I’ve only tried to be nice to her. Does she do this because she is insecure? I don’t

want to hurt her feelings, but I’ve reached a point where I don’t want to be in her company anymore. Hope you can help. -- Frustrated Friend Dear Frustrated: You were right to put “friend” in quotation marks. This woman is no friend; she is a frenemy. Forget being frustrated. You have my permission to be (SET ITAL)outraged(END ITAL). Shaming a person in front of others is a form of bullying. You sound like a sweet person, and she has probably chosen you as the object of her animosity because of that. She mistakes your kindness for weakness. So stand up for yourself the next time she insults you. I would suggest a harsh comeback, but if you’re not comfortable with that, then say something upbeat but firm -- for example, “Unless you’re my doctor, I don’t need you examining my skin.” If there is some reason you can’t or don’t want to distance yourself from this bully, you need to at least keep her in check. 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. 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 2016 CREATORS.COM

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“Keep your face always toward the sunshine— and shadows will fall behind you.” - Walt Whitman

Pride of ownership with classic car Bill Eberle is very proud of his car. Many people take pride in ownership of their vehicle, but few can say they have a 1929 Ford Model A Coupe that runs, in his words, better than new. Eberle’s family has had the now-classic car since it was brand new. His uncle in Saskatchewan bought it and after using it for a few years, put it away in storage. “He was courting his wife at the time he had this car,” said Eberle. “He finally had to go out to work in the bush so he packed this car in his barn and it was there for years.” The next owner was Eberle’s brother, who in the 1960s took

the car to Regina and stored it away in his garage. After visiting his brother and asking if he’d sell the car, his brother originally said no, but a few months later, Eberle got a call from his brother telling him if he wanted the car to come down and get it. That’s exactly what Eberle did, and once he got the Coupe back to Fort St. John, he got set to restoring it. The Model A now gleams blue with yellow rims on its tires, making it stand out when Eberle drives it during the warmer months of the year. He’s entered the Model A in the Show and Shine and other car shows, and has come away with several first places. “I’m very proud of it,” he said.

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Bill Eberle sits in his 1929 Ford Model A Coupe. The car has been in his family since it was brand new, and Eberle says it now runs better than new.

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Bill Eberle’s Ford Model A Coupe before he restored it.

FOOD DRIVE

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Jamie Parsons shows off the donations she received at a food drive for the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Centre on July 28.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES OF FORT ST JOHN & ST JAMES IN DAWSON CREEK Would like to extend an invitation to the community to attend the

RECOGNITION CEREMONY FOR TERRY HAGEN

as their Shared Minister St James in Dawson Creek has been without a minister for 2 years and Fort St. John for 7 years. Both congregations have faithfully conducted services every Sunday through the years.

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Please join us as we celebrate having a new Minister at FORT ST JOHN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 9907 98th Street August 6th at 2pm Sunday Services in August will be: Fort St John Presbyterian Church at 9am St James in Dawson Creek at 11:15 am

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 Lead Pastor: Alfred Reschke 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: Art Voth 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 & 10:00am ********** 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) 827-3131 ********** 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

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Are you looking forward to the Olympics in Rio? It’s time for YOU to get in on the fun in your backyard or neighborhood park. Most of the events on this page work for two or more players. So, invite some friends to join you at The Kid Scoop Backyard Games!

Hold That Pose!

(Be sure to pick up all the little water balloon pieces after the event!)

Draw four squares on your patio or the sidewalk. Draw a large numeral 1 in the first box, a large 3 in the second box, a large 5 in the third box and a large 7 in the fourth square. Stuff you need: • water balloons • sidewalk chalk

the defining te Pitching was en the two b Find an action photograph in the newspaper.

From a good distance away, each player throws four water balloons, trying to score the most points. If your balloon lands in the box marked 1, you get one point, score three points for the box marked 3 and so on.

Find the two identical girls. Look carefully! Stuff you need: • At least 4 players • 1 person to judge • Boom box

Choose one person to be the judge. Divide everyone else into teams of two. One person on Before each each team is the stander; the other is the shadow. throw, spin around three times! The judge turns on the music, and each stander moves to the music, while Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple step directions to play a game. her shadow tries to make the same movements. When the judge stops the music, everyone freezes. If the stander and the shadow are not in Can you find identical positions, they’re each object’s Crumple one sheet of newspaper out. The game continues Stuff you need: shadow on into a ball. Wrap tape around it to until only one identical • newspaper this page? hold it together. Facing your pair remains. • tape Standards Link: Investigation: partner, hold a sheet of newspaper Find similarities in common objects. flat between you. Try to make the ball bounce up and down on the newspaper. How high can you toss it and still catch it? How many times in a row can you catch it?

Stuff you need: • plastic flying disc or coffee can lid • empty box or laundry basket

Place the box or basket on one side of the yard. Each player takes a turn trying to throw the disc into it from 10 steps away. After everyone has had a turn, try throwing from 30 steps away. Score 10 points for each successful throw. Have left-handers throw with their right hands and right-handers throw with their left hands.

Platter Patterns: Draw the disc that comes next in each row below.

Reading Racers

Choose a long article in the newspaper. Read it for 60 seconds. Then have a friend read it for 60 seconds. Each of you write down the who, what, when, where and why in the article as best as you can remember. Then, read the article aloud and see who got the most right. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Respond to who, what, when, where and why questions; identify the main idea and supporting details in expository reading.

Standards Link: Math/Probability: Extend simple patterns.

STEPS BALL SHADOWS DISC MUSIC GAME POINTS STUFF BACKYARD PARK EVENTS WATER THROW MOST BOUNCE

Decide on a start and a finish line on a patch of grass. Then, somersault like a bike wheel as you race towards the finish line! Somersaults can make you dizzy! Help this kid find his way to the finish line. Standards Link: Physical Education: Eye hand coordination.

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

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After you catch your breath, read the caption or article that goes with the photo.

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This week’s word:

SYNCHRONIZE

The verb synchronize means to go or work together at the same time or same rate. The swimmers synchronized their leg movements precisely.

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

What is your favorite event at the Summer Olympics and why?

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What is energy? Everything, everywhere E

verything is energy. Energy is everywhere. Two revolutionary facts that could change the world. But alas, we seem stubbornly rooted in a 19th century mind set that ignores much of what we have learned over the last 100 years. Maybe its time to catch up with what science is teaching us. Maybe that will help us make better choices. EVERYTHING IS ENERGY It’s weird, but it’s true. Einstein proved it mathematically over a century ago, and then somebody used that math to build a bomb and bang! Yes, E really does equal MC squared! Energy (light and heat for instance) and mass (physical stuff ) are just different forms of the same thing. Then it gets even stranger. Though it seems to us that space and time are very real, the rock-solid matrix in which we are thoroughly imbedded, such is not the case. Science has proven that both space and time are anything but fixed. Einstein joined them together into “space-time” and then proved that they are relative to the motion of the observer. Speed up, and your time slows down while your space contracts, and visa versa. This isn’t just geeky math stuff, its practical knowledge we use every day. If some big brains didn’t understand this “time dilation” effect, many modern inventions just wouldn’t work. Like GPS. GPS satellites travel at 8,700 miles per hour, slowing down their on-board clocks

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relative to us Earth-bound mammals. Add them all up, and there are a total of six Einsteinian time distortion effects that must be accurately and continuously corrected, or our GPS navigational systems would be hopelessly inaccurate. This weird stuff is actually useful! QUANTUM STRANGENESS Now that we’re deeply into strangeness, the time has come to talk about the strangest thing of all—the magical world of quantum physics. Einstein used the new quantum mechanics (new then, old hat and thoroughly proven now) to explain how the photoelectric effect works, how solar panels turn sunlight directly into electricity. For that he received his one and only Nobel Prize. Quantum stuff gets weirder than weird though, because it strongly suggests that time and space don’t actually exist, except as concepts in our own minds. According to quantum physics, nothing exists until we experience it through our senses, and then only as a construct in our minds. We carry around time and space like turtles wear shells. Handy when figuring out where your socks are or when to meet Joe for lunch, but its all just stuff we make up with

the raw material our senses supply. I type these words, my fingers touching the keyboard ... or so I think. Science tells us that the atoms in my fingers and keyboard are 99.9 per cent empty space. We don’t often think of a physical object as a vague wisp of energy, but that’s exactly what it is. Everything that seems solid to us is barely there. ENERGY IS EVERYWHERE Renewable energies like solar and wind are revolutionary because they throw away the old paradigm of “scarcity.” If energy falls freely from the sky and blows around us in the wind (which it does) and

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The Wheel-A-Thon for Hope Air on July 23 saw an increase in the number of participants and raised $3,000, which will cover 12 flights for local families. Pictured are Glenda Baruelo, Anna du Bois, Liz Calder, Karen Baruelo, Duane Walker, Alicia Caulder, Pam Besserer, and Darlene Thomas.

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Born to a working-class Montreal family at the dawn of the Great Depression, Lucille Teasdale knew that becoming a doctor—her childhood dream—would be an uphill struggle. Undeterred, she jumped headfirst into her studies and graduated from medical school in 1955, before going on to become one DR. LUCILLE TEASDALE-CORTI of Quebec’s first female surgeons. (1929 – 1996) Surgeon and humanitarian Lucille Teasdale met Piero Corti in the mid1950s while interning at a children’s hospital in Montreal. They quickly bonded over shared aspirations, but Corti soon left Canada to pursue a hospital project in Uganda. Their paths crossed again a few years later, when Teasdale agreed to work with Corti as the Ugandan hospital’s first surgeon. The pair arrived in Lacor, Uganda in 1961. Teasdale was

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Beatton Journals

August 1916

Tues 1st Self and George to make hay but broke the driver rod of the Mower and had to get a new one made. Smith’s boat arrived from the Hope this evening and camped for the night.

Tues 8th The SS Athabasca arrived this morning and continued on her way down. Too wet for haying. Self in store. Wed 9th Self off to hay Camp. Johnny looking after store.

stalked 32 Loads. The PR Boy arrived from PR Xing.

Mon 28th Self cut my Wheat at the Ranch. A fine clear day.

Sun 20th The PR Boy left this morning for H. Hope.

Tues 29th Self in office. A fine clear day. River Rising. Dr Green arrived from H. hope also Mr. Mansell.

Mon 21st Attachie & Dick arrived from Halfway River. They report the PR Boy stuck on a Bar above Dog Island. Water falling fast. A fine clear day.

Wed 2nd Hired J.B. LeLonde to help at the Hay. We fixed the mower and also went for the rake. Smith left this morning. Very fine weather.

Sat 12th Been busy Haying. We put up 8 loads. 3 men passed down the River from H. Hope.

Thurs 3rd Started hay making. A fine clear day. Mail arrived.

Sun 13th Mr. Robison came down from H.H. to get his papers made out for Homestead at H. Hope outside the Block.

Tues 22nd Very hot. Self very busy.

Mon 14th Self out at Hay all day.

Thurs 24th The PR Boy passed down this morning.

Tues 15th As yesterday. Stalked 9 loads.

Sat 26th The N. Call arrived with freight for Revillions with the Liberal Nominee on Board who is to run for this district.

Sat 5th Arrived from hay Camp. Sun 6th The H.B. Steamer Athabasca arrived this afternoon from PR Xing. After discharging some freight for this place they left for H. Hope. Mon 7th Boys stalking Hay. Self in office. F. Tredwell arrived from the S. pine. A big thunder storm this evening.

Wed 16th Self cut the barley up at the Ranche. A fine clear day. Brady passed down the River to Taylor’s flat.

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Wed 23rd A fine clear day.

Sun 27th The SS Northland Call left this morning but got stuck on a bar for a little time.

Wed 30th Continues weather. Self at odd jobs.

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Thurs 31st Self in Store. Continues fine weather. Joe LeMore & Keeling arrived from H. Hope. Self cut the oats and it turned out a fairly good crop. The Alaska Highway News is now carrying the journals of pioneer Frank Beatton, who was clerk for the Hudson’s Bay Company at Old Fort St. John. His journals will appear the first Thursday of every month. Digital images of the journals are available to view for research purposes at the North Peace Museum.

Sat 19th Finished Haying. We

Pouce Coupe Museum roof will be replaced this fall Pouce Coupe’s Museum’s leaky roof will be replaced in September after council accepted a $15,878 bid from Vancouver based Peak to Peak Roofing. The other bid considered was from local company GMH Roofing which came in at $21,367. Councillors debated whether to accept the higher bid in the interest of giving work to a local company, but ultimately de-

cided on the lower bid in a 3-1 vote. “I would rather pay an extra $5,000 to keep it local,” Coun. Colleen Evans said. She was the one councillor who voted against accepting the lower bid. Peak to Peak is going to use a local sub-contractor from Dawson Creek for part of the work, and has stated an interest in concentrating their work in the Peace Region, Chief Financial Officer Adam Langenmaier told council.

“How long will they stick around though?” Councilor Barb Smith asked. “Are they going to take the project and then just go back south?” “That would probably depend on how much work they get up here,” Langenmaier said. He advised council to approve the Peak to Peak bid which includes a five-year warranty. Work is set to begin in September after the museum closes for the season, and will take about one week to complete.

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