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Coun. Gord Klassen pressed his fellow councillors Monday to consider ways to boost city funding to the library, which has remained flat since 2008.

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Nine-year-old Addison Nolan (left), and Evan Bordeleau, 8, try their hand at sweeping during the family bonspiel as part of the 70th anniversary celebrations at the Fort St. John Curling Club on Saturday, Oct. 22. See story on B1.

Williston emissions a question mark Dam reservoirs are big emitters, according to a new study. Despite that, little is known about emissions from B.C.’s largest lake JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

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A new study suggests dam reservoirs are far greater emitters of climate-warming gases than previously thought. But when it comes to emissions, B.C.’s largest lake is a big question mark. There are crucial gaps in greenhouse gas emissions data on Williston Reservoir, the 240-mile long lake behind the W.A.C. Bennett Dam, according to researchers on the study published this month in the journal BioScience. Using existing measurements, the researchers found hydroelectric and irrigation reservoirs add around a billion gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents to the atmosphere each year—roughly 1.3 per

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cent of global emissions. “Based on what we found‌ reservoirs that are more biologically productive, that are growing more algae and intercepting more nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are going to emit more methane,â€? said Bridget Deemer, who contributed to the study as a PhD student at Washington State University.

However, “there are a lot of reservoirs where these measurements haven’t been made,� she said. That includes Williston Lake, for which there is no known data on methane emissions—a greenhouse gas several times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2). See WILLISTON on A15

Gymnastics club nearing deal for new space BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

The North Peace Gymnastics Association (NPGA) has struggled to retain membership in their current temporary location since a fire devastated their space at the recreation complex in 2015, but it now appears there is a light at the end of the tunnel. The group’s board of directors asked the City of Fort St. John at Monday’s council

meeting for a letter of support in their quest to received funding from the BC Rural Dividend Program. In the letter, the NPGA states that they are nearing a partnership with a “local company to renovate an existing commercial building in the heart of the city.� The funding from the grant would help kickstart the renovations needed to make the building work for the gymnastics club. The city approved the re-

quest for a letter, and if the grant is approved the gymnastic club could receive up to $500,000 in funding to upgrade the space. NPGA president Stephanie Engelmyer confirmed to the Alaska Highway News earlier this week that they are “close� to nearing a deal with a local business, but the specifics have not yet been finalized. See GYMNASTICS on A4

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Fort St. John’s public library could see its slice of city funding increase for the first time in nearly a decade in 2017. Councillors deferred a vote on budgetary grants for eight groups on Monday and sent administrators back to their calculators to find ways to raise the city’s $380,000 contribution to the library, which has remained flat since 2008. Library officials have urged for years for more funding to meet increased demands for space and services, but those calls have been rejected. Coun. Gord Klassen said more people are turning to the library in the economic downturn for its resources to help look for jobs or upgrade their skills. “Especially as we go through this time where people are perhaps without work, people are coming to the community, they are looking for a place to gather, so it is becoming a‌ community centre,â€? he said. “There are a lot of good reasons why we should continue to support the public library by increasing their budget this year.â€? The city has budgeted $527,717 in budget grants for 2017. Staff initially recommend councillors approve eight grants totalling $510,692, with grants remaining flat for the library, arts council, the women’s resource society bus pass program, the fall fair, the historical society, and the tourism board. Staff had recommended a $40,000 grant for next year’s air show, up from $20,000 in 2015, and recommended the justice society receive $17,217 next year, down from $20,451 in 2016. Klassen wants to see the library’s grant boosted to $400,000, suggesting the increase could come from cutting the city’s grant to the air show in half, allocating the remaining $17,000 in the city’s budget, or a mix of both. See LIBRARY on A7

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In the future, we will all be totally bald HALLOWEEN SCENE: As I travel around the Peace Country, I see many spooky Halloween displays. (For me, the best thing about Halloween is that I can finally get rid of my leftover Easter and Valentine’s Day candy.) In Toronto last year, there was a Halloween Haunted House that was so terrifying, in case you died of fright, you had to sign a legal waiver before they let you in. But remember: It’s not an authentic Haunted House waiver unless you sign it in blood. Halloween is the second biggest holiday after Christmas. If you want to be mean and confuse a lot of little kids, go out at Halloween dressed like Santa. In the USA, the #1 seller is the Donald Trump Halloween mask. The scary thing is, it’s reversible. You flip it over, on the other side there’s a Vladimir Putin mask.

in stores next March. When I was young I never had a Nintendo Game Boy. My Mom bought me a cheap knock-off. The Lame Boy.

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BALD BULLETIN: A scientist predicts 500 years from now all humans will be totally bald. I predict aliens on other planets will complain about the sun’s rays reflecting off our heads. MARS MEMO: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio told a magazine he wants to go to Mars. How about this for a movie idea: Leonardo is on a spaceship traveling to Mars, Celine Dion starts singing, the spaceship hits an iceberg.

DROUGHT LOOKOUT: An expert predicts 2017 will be a year of severe drought for the Peace Country and most of Western Canada. Vancouver is famous for its rain, but 2016 was so dry, water restriction were in place. I read about a Vancouver lawn care company that made money spray painting brown lawns green. For an extra 50 bucks they would paint tulips on your grass for you to tiptoe through.

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schedule targets are met should be considered,” the report notes. Overall, Site C appears to have benefitted from the downturn in oil prices, which has depressed labour costs in a region that was at near-full employment when the project was approved in Dec. 2014.

While the difference between the U.S. and Canadian dollars could drive up the cost of goods purchased outside Canada, the report notes Hydro has “effectively mitigated” the risk of currency fluctuations “through risktransfer and risk sharing with the contractors.”

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A risk assessment of the Site C dam has found little reason to believe the project will miss deadlines or run over budget, but notes slides and other geotechnical issues in the Peace River Valley could drive costs as work on the project ramps up. BC Hydro hired Ernst & Young and BTY Consultancy Group to carry out risk assessment of Site C—the controversial $8.8 billion hydroelectric facility under construction near Fort St. John. Consultants reviewed more than 100 project documents, interviewed managers and visited the worksite as part of the review this summer. Overall, they gave the project a clean bill of health, saying Site C is on track to meet its budget and 2024 completion date. “Given Site C’s early stage in its lifecycle, our review did not find any evidence to suggest that major project milestones and financial targets will not be met,” the report’s executive summary states. “Overall, the Site C project is both clearly defined and well-planned.” While the review is largely positive news for BC Hydro, it highlights a number of “key gaps” in management of the project—including the potential for slides along the dam’s 83-kilometre reservoir, the low Canadian dollar and the need to keep a lid on contractor costs. The report, released Oct. 11, includes 10 recommendations as construction on the dam’s main civil works begins. The $1.75 billion civil works contract includes some of the riskiest work on the project— including the 60-metre high earth fill dam, river diversion tunnels, spillways and the concrete foundation of the generating station. Hydro’s contract approach has already transferred risk “to the extent possible, over to the contractors,” the report notes. However, the assessment recommends Site C staff keep a close eye

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on the Johnson Creek Road, Fire Chief Edward Albury says, though it’s unknown how long the pile will take to extinguish. “It’s like any other saw dust pile … it just burns and burns,” Albury said. “(The owner is) working on it. They didn’t want to disturb it dur-

ing summer so the spark doesn’t get in to the bush but now that its wet they’re dealing with it now.” The fire has been monitored throughout the summer when it began, though Albury couldn’t say exactly when it started.

Residents are being advised that there may be continued smoke hovering above the district until the pile is extinguished. The district is working with the owner to mitigate the smoke and visits the site often, Albury said. A water truck and other equipment

Geotechnical and soil issues could pose problems for the project, including shearing along the wall of the valley and bedrock deterioration, the report found. Over a rainy summer in the Peace Region, opponents of the project have released aerial photos of dike-work and water retention basins carved into the north bank of the Peace. Whether slides of other geotechnical issues will delay Site C or blow the budget remains to be seen. Site C has $440 million in reserves set aside to cover the costs of unexpected geotechnical issues, according to the report. And although BC Hydro has conducted “extensive” geotechnical investigations throughout the valley, “it is impossible to understand every nuance of the sub-surface conditions of such a large site,” Ernst & Young found. “As a result, unforeseen problems have arisen, and will continue to arise, requiring innovative engineering responses to contain cost increases,” the report notes. The independent Joint Review Panel appointed to review Site C heard that landslides along the reservoir could have an impact on Site C during and after construction. BC Hydro argued that the while slides were a concern, diversion tunnels and other engineering could “sufficiently prevent a landslide-generated wave from overtopping the cofferdam during construction or the earth fill dam during operation. The Ernst & Young report has limitations, and is not a full, independent review. The report’s disclaimer notes that researchers “relied upon information provided by their client (BC Hydro)” and “have not audited, reviewed or otherwise attempted to verify the accuracy or completeness of such information.” The public watchdog group IntegrityBC also noted that Ernst & Young is a major contributor to provincial election campaigns, donating the lion’s share to the governing B.C. Liberals. are on site to continuously turn the pile and keep it wet, he said. “I was down there over the course of the weekend talking with the owner. They’re trying to mitigate the problem because the problem is smoke,” he said. “He wants to get it out and we have a plan to dealing with it.” Because the pile is located in a gravel pit, there is no worry of the fire spreading, Albury said. Residents are asked to call the district office with any questions or concerns.

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Nearly a year and a half after the start of construction, the worker camp that will house the Site C workforce is complete. Energy Minister Bill Bennett and BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald cut the ribbon at the camp’s grand opening Oct. 19. The camp will house up to 1,600 workers, and includes a spiritual centre, hair salon, movie theatre, coffee shop, games room, a full gym with fitness classes, a convenience store, a massage therapist and a licensed lounge. It will house the majority of workers on the $8.8-billion dam project near Fort. St John. The $470-million structure was completed on-time and on-budget by ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group, according to a BC Hydro release. The camp was designed to compete with lucrative oilfield wages and amenities at a time

of high oil prices and stiff competition for employees. Asked if the camp now seemed “overbuilt” following the oil downturn, Bennett disagreed. “When we were thinking about whether we should go ahead with the project, there were concerns that because of how hot the oil and gas industry was at the time, there would be a shortage of workers and materials and equipment,” Bennett said. “Since we made the decision, the oil and gas industry has fallen flat and it’s a little easier to find workers.” He said that could change, with oil and gas prices improving and liquefied natural gas project on the horizon. “That’s a cycle that’s not predictable. Between now and the time Site C’s finished, you could easily see oil back up again, and some very intense competition for workers over in Alberta. You could also see, and I believe you are going to see before this pro-

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Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde visited the Peace Region Oct. 22 to take in an aerial tour of the Peace River and the WAC Bennett and Peace Canyon dams, and Site C work site.

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ject is done, some LNG facilities being built, and those companies are going to be doing exactly what’s been done here: they’re going to compete for workers.” He added he wasn’t concerned about the project being stopped by First Nations legal challenges. “Based on what’s happened so far, the legal system has supported the work that’s been done by BC Hydro, because we’ve won everything that’s been decided to this point in time,” Bennett said. “Until a judge says ‘stop,’ we’re going to keep building this thing. It’s the right thing to do, the vast majority of people in the province support it, and the vast majority of people in the province are going to benefit from it.” The camp also includes a pub, called River’s Bend, which received a liquor license last week. —with files from Matt Preprost

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The Targeted Initiatives for Older Workers (TIOW) program is up and running at the Tumbler Ridge Campus of Northern Lights College. For people Northern Lights College students get hands-on training thanks to Highland Helicopters and Sean Whitford, manager and pilot. aged 55 to 64, the Federal-Provincial program intends to assist older workers with programming that increases their employability, reintegrates them Students at Northern Lights College helicopter, before lifting up for a brief into employment, and ensures that (NLC) were able to get hands-on flight and then landing again. The they remain active and productive experience with a helicopter equipped students also took part in unloading labour market participants while their as a rescue medi-vac transport recently. the tools and clearing the area, working communities undergo adjustment. On September 20, Highland with the pilot using hand signals and The group bonded over a barbecue Helicopters dispatched a Euro Copter procedures they learned earlier in the during some of the early classes in A-Star, piloted by Sean Whitford, day. September. The program consists of “We will be working with Highland classroom-based activities, such as manager of FSJ Highland Base. Whitford landed at the NLC Simulated Helicopters in the future,” said Seinen. resume writing, interview techniques, Wellsite on the Fort St. John Campus, “About 30 per cent of the class does conducting targeted job searches, and Learning how to load for medical transport. where groups of eight students received extensive helicopter work during their basic familiarity with computers. practicum placements.” a helicopter orientation. In total, 38 students attended the After the on-site orientations, students took part in a powerpoint special presentation, and were very presentation, ground school pleased with the knowledge they presentation, basic flight theory, gained. Highland Helicopters Fort St. machine mechanics, and an indepth John Station and Whitford generously flight and safety discussion. The students then split into groups donated the helicopter time, fuel, of five, and approached the helicopter and man hours, and has a strong while it was powered-up, working commitment to support education and with instructor Mike Seinen to learn the community. We thank them for Learning how to approach a helicopter. Some of the TIOW class enjoying their BBQ. how to load, transport, and board the their kind generosity.

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Even with this shred of positive news, Engelmyer said the mood had the club has increased ten fold. “We are ecstatic,” Engelmyer said. “The mood in the gym in the past few weeks has been happy. We have a new board of directors and they have been amazing. They jumped on this application and the opportunity for this new facility and things have been going really good. We’ve been seeing a lot of movement in the last few weeks.” With the club seemingly ready to move on from their old space leased from the city, General Manager of Community Services Wally Ferris said the damage from the 2015 fire is still being assessed and is expected to completed soon. “We’re still in negations with the insurance company. A report will be coming forward to a council meeting,” Ferris said. “The discussions are a negotiation with respect a city owned asset and an organization that did lease that space from the city. Those negotiations are confidential and they’re ongoing and we’re very close to wrapping those up.”

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Acting City Manager Wally Ferris trades a $10 bill for a poppy from Dylan Radcliffe at the Oct. 24 council meeting. The annual poppy campaign sees more than 90 per cent of funds staying local.

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The Royal Canadian Legion will kick off its annual poppy campaign in Fort St. John on Oct. 30. Legion members, cadets, volunteers, and donations trays will be popping up about town to collect funds for veterans services and local charitable giving in the lead up to Remembrance Day. More than 90 per cent of the funds raised stay local, says Tracy Radcliffe, president of the Fort St. John Legion. Last year, $23,000 was given out to the community through the Poppy Fund, including donations to the hospital and five post-secondary student bursaries, she said. Funds are also used to support veterans with housing modifications such as wheelchair accessibility, and to support veterans returning to school. “We give them a hand,” Radcliffe said. The small slice of funds that leave

the community support the Veterans Transition Program at the University of British Columbia, which helps military members return to civilian life. Coun. Dan Davies, a legion member and Canadian Forces reservist, says the face of the Canadian veteran continues to change, with many of them as young as 20 or 30 years old. “If you were to ask a number of people 10 years ago to visualize what a veteran looked like you would probably get a similar picture of an elderly person. But that is not the veteran today,” he said. “Fort St. John, in fact our entire area, has a lot of these young veterans who have come up here, retiring or after serving 10 years in the Canadian Armed Forces … for opportunities in the oil and gas industry.” Remembrance Day ceremonies begin Friday, Nov. 11 with a parade at 10 a.m. from the legion. A service will following in the legion auditorium, after which their will be an afternoon of entertainment and a turkey supper.

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1st Annual Firefly 5k Walk/Run a Glowing Success! On the evening of October 1st, energetic walkers and runners, young and old, lit up the night in the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation’s 1st Annual Firefly 5k Walk/ Run. This ‘glow in the dark’ event was to raise awareness about the Foundation’s Endowment Funds and the event raised over $9,000. A huge Thank You to all participants and the Sponsors who made it such a ‘glowing’ success!

Runners dressed in all kinds of creative glow in the dark outfits to run the course outlined in glow sticks.

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November is “Be an Angel” Month online, via email, and at local financial institutions. The goal this year’s campaign is to raise $250,000. All campaign donations will be directed to the “Angel Fund,” which will go towards the purchase of equipment at the Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa Facility. Please ‘be an angel’ this year and give! Tickets to the Angel Gala on Saturday, November 5th are available at the Foundation Office (located in the FSJ Hospital - 8407 112 Ave)

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Letters to the Editor EARL POLLON’S LEGACY LIVES ON (Re: ‘The Shopping Cart Injustice,’ Letters, Alaska Highway News, Oct. 13, 2016) I would like to send a note of appreciation for the poignant poem by Wally du Temple titled “The Shopping Cart Injustice,” and published in the October 12, 2016, Letters to the Editor section of Alaska Highway News. The co-author of This Was Our Valley, Earl K. Pollon, has passed away, but his legacy lives on through his written work and his enduring love for the Peace. I continue to write and hope that my work will continue to offer positive memories to readers of the many accomplishments of the people of the Peace River country and beyond. —Shirlee Smith Matheson, Calgary www.ssmatheson.ca SITE C CREATING LOCAL JOBS, SKILLS TRAINING INVESTMENTS (Re: ‘BC Hydro data sheds light on local workforce at Site C,’ Alaska Highway News, Oct. 13)

In August, there were 1,816 workers on the Site C project in total, with 1,580 being from B.C. (87 per cent), and 665 workers were from the Peace River Regional District, representing 47 per cent of the regional work. Central 1 Credit Union’s recent three-year economic forecast of northeast B.C., which was reported on by Alaska Highway News, describes a challenging economic downturn through to 2018, but highlights that, “BC Hydro’s Site C dam will be the key buffer against job losses as some unemployed workers in the region are redeployed to the project.” BC Hydro’s public reporting on the participation of regional workers and businesses supports this statement. There continues to be a high level of interest in our project, and we are pleased to report the regional employment statistics as a measure of our ongoing openness and transparency on Site C employment. — Dave Conway Community Relations Manager, Site C BC Hydro SITE C WORK CAMP GROSSLY LAVISH

Over the last 14 months of Site C construction, BC Hydro and its contractors have been generating local economic benefits in the Peace Region, with almost half of all jobs in the region going to local workers. The project has also had the participation of many regional businesses, and ongoing investment in skills, training and apprenticeship opportunities.

(Re: ‘Compete for workers’: Grand opening at amenities-heavy Site C camp,’ Alaska Highway News, Oct. 27, 2016) BC Hydro finished building the temporary work camp as part of that $470 million contract, and a private jet zooms into FSJ for the official ribbon cutting at this disgusting display

of arrogance, ignorance and waste that all BC Hydro ratepayers now have to pay for. Are we supposed to be thrilled about this? Christy Clark has ensured that BC Hydro spends no end of money to finance Site C in her attempt to get it “past the point of no return.” Much of this money is being spent on temporary infrastructure such as camps and bridges that will be tore down in just a few years. Meanwhile, much needed funding for critical public infrastructure in our communities is lacking. The billions to be spent on Site C is money that will not be spent on replacing our crumbling public infrastructure, education, health care or social programs. One glaring example locally is the aging Peace River Bridge at Taylor on the Alaska Highway which we are told needs to be replaced. By expert accounts, there is no market for the power from Site C, and the BC government seems to be simply promoting it as a job creation program during a slowdown in the economy. If that is what this is all about, just imagine what could be done with $9 billion of public money to truly help this province and put people to work in their own communities. Then we could avoid spending $470 million on a grossly lavish temporary camp for out of town workers who have to leave their families and homes for work. We could also avoid the destructive environmental and socioeconomic problems of destroying over 107 km of river valley, including expropriating landowners from their homes. —Ken Boon, Bear Flat

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e are quickly developing the tools to harvest the vast and limitless energies of sun and wind. The world has begun its fourth great energy transition. But we have a long, long way to go. A recent report from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association states that climate change shows signs of accelerating. We have reached 400 ppm carbon dioxide, a level beyond which increasing weather instability is predicted. This past June was the hottest since records began in 1880, and was preceded by 14 consecutive months that each broke the previous records, all set in 2015. “While the El Nino event in the tropical Pacific this winter gave a boost to global temperatures from October onward, it is the underlying trend which is producing these record numbers,” said NASA’s Gavin Schmidt. We need to reduce carbon emissions to the atmosphere dramatically, and also get very energy smart very quickly. Right now, we are very, very energy stupid. The good news is that we know

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what to do, and we have begun to do it. We need to waste so very much less energy through efficiency and energy recovery, which we have begun. We need to ramp up production of solar panels and wind turbines to quickly reduce costs, which we are doing. We need to sequester carbon in soils by increasing their fertility, and in plants by growing sustainably harvested forests, which is beginning. We need rapid advancement in energy storage technologies, so we can set up a transportation system that doesn’t pollute, and this is beginning to happen. And we need a global price on carbon to provide incentives to do all of this, and we are getting there too. This remarkable and critical power shift to renewables provides vast opportunity for those creative minds willing to embrace it. And

LANDFILL GAS TO DIESEL UK-based Renovare Fuels has invented technology that converts climate-changing landfill gas to liquid diesel and gasoline fuels suitable for all motor vehicles, ships and planes with no engine retrofitting required. The process takes the potent climate-changing gas methane, turns it into a liquid fuel which when burned essentially converts it to carbon dioxide, a much less potent greenhouse gas. SOLAR ENHANCES BIODIVERSITY New research has found that when land-based solar farms include appropriate land management plans, they can enhance biodiversity and provide ecosystem services for both people and agriculture. Planting solar sites with diverse seed mixes, employing conservation grazing or mowing, providing a mosaic of meadow habitat and foraging grounds for wildlife and habit for pollinating insects, all bring benefits along with the cash

crop of solar electricity. CHINA CONTINUES TO LEAD If you still think of China as the world’s worst polluter, you need to give your head a shake. China is tripling its installed wind capacity, shooting for 500 GW (500 billion watts) by 2030. China already has the highest wind power globally by far, accounting for a third of all wind power worldwide, followed by the US with 17 per cent of the global share. A recent GlobalData report states: “China’s quick adoption of wind power can be attributed to a wider global trend driven by depleting fossil fuel reserves, the declining cost of wind power generation and a growing sensitivity towards environmental issues.” China is also the world leader in solar power. Their up-scaling of solar panel production has created a global boom in solar installation and plummeting prices. Don Pettit is a founding member of the Peace Energy Cooperative. He can be reached at dpettit@pris.ca

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Northern B.C. hits record number of overdose deaths in September SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN Prince George Citizen

Northern B.C. has reached record-breaking levels of drug overdose deaths, according to new data released by the B.C. Coroners Service. By the end of September, 32 people in the north had died after illicit drug use, three more than the 26 who had died in all of 2015. Across the province, 555 people have died in this manner between January and September, a 60 per cent increase compared to the same time period last year. Of the deaths, 13 fatal overdoses have been seen in Northeast B.C., which includes Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, according to the Coroners Service data. Eleven of those deaths are directly related to fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid that local authorities have called an ongoing “epidemic.” Fentanyl-related deaths in Northeast B.C. are up from just four in 2015, while the region has seen a total of 24

fentanyl-related deaths since 2012. The Coroner’s Service was unable to narrow down the number of fatal overdoses in the region by city and township, citing privacy concerns. Fort St. John RCMP have recently begun carrying the life-saving antidote naloxone to deal with overdoses in the community and protect themselves from accidental exposure to the drug. In the Northern Interior, which covers Prince George, Burns Lake, Mackenzie, McBride and Quesnel, its 13 overdose deaths are on pace to reach last year’s record of 16. At least 10 of the deaths so far were in Prince George and directly connected to fentanyl, according to data last updated to the end of August. In Northwest B.C., there have been six fatal overdoses, two of them attributable to fentanyl. There have been 23 total fentanylrelated deaths across all of Northern B.C. this year, up from 12 recorded in 2015. —with staff files

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“As much as I appreciate the air show … and love the celebration it is, the library is the next thing to an essential service to our community,” he said, noting that even a grant of $397,000 would still be a “substantial increase.” The Fort St. John International Air Show Society has requested $40,000 for 2017 to plan a weekend show as part of the Alaska Highway’s 75th anniversary celebrations. It has proposed to return $20,000 to the city should the event make enough money. At a committee of the whole meeting prior to Monday’s council meeting, Coun. Trevor Bolin warned the city will likely see less tax revenues next year. Property assessments in the city are currently down between 12 to 14 per cent, and dropping “at a rapidly alarming rate,” he said.

“I agree that they do need more funding,” Bolin said. “I’m concerned we’re not in a position this year to do it.” Coun. Larry Evans echoed the concerns, adding that other groups who requested additional funding were being held in line. “We’re opening a can of worms we don’t want to open,” he said. Coun. Dan Davies said the city is in a unique position where the library is operates as a non-profit society and not as a municipal function, which would carry more costs. He didn’t think a funding boost would impact other organizations. “The library is much more than just books,” he said. “I think this is a time when we do need to invest in this important organization in our community.”

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The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of BC (ICBA) is joining a group of Northeast B.C. mayors and businesses aimed at promoting “responsible” resource development. The ICBA and Northeast B.C. Resource Municipalities Coalition came together for the announcement in Fort St. John. Mayor Lori Ackerman said having the ICBA on board allows a further reach for the coalition’s message. “It’s important for us to get the word out across British Columbia, that we are focused on responsible resource development and that is what the ICBA is focused on as well,” she said. “Together we are going to be able to join forces along with the other 1,600 members, and create some great synergy.” The ICBA is an association of “open shop” contractors formed in the 1970s to lobby against trade union influence in public sector construction. Mike Davis, vice president of regional initiatives for the ICBA, said the coalition and his organization share similar views on resource development. “Anytime you have a lot of different groups talking about the same stuff, if you can unite that group than that voice gets pretty loud,” he said. “If we can gather folks that have similar mindsets as our organizations, then I think when you are trying to get stuff done you carry a powerful message. We’ve always said strength in numbers is important.” Taylor Mayor Rob Fraser said the coalition has three focuses, including ensuring competitive and fair business practices, getting Canadian resources to world markets, and making sure that long-term jobs are available from “responsible” resource growth. Ackerman, along with executive of the coalition Colin Griffith, spoke on the steps of the B.C. legislature earlier this year. They said the coalitions efforts are helping the province and country understand the value of responsible resource man-

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Rotary in our community!

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Fall in Dawson Creek is always an interesting time for Rotarians. In 2006 pigeon racing was at the forefront of attention as a brand new fundraiser for the club, spearheaded Campbell. by Mr. Dale It is also a time when Mr. James (Jim) N. McPhail, one of the founding members of Rotary in Dawson Creek, was

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remembered for his philanthropy in our community. Our history is rich with the bounty of giving, volunteering and striving for the betterment of ourselves, fitting for the Thanksgiving season.

Ready to make history with us? Get involved. If you would like to find out more about Rotary you can contact the Rotary Club of Dawson Creek Sunrise at RotaryDCSunrise@gmail.com

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016 A11

BUSINESS

The Bra Lady

Farmers brace for losses after early snowfall

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the BC Grain Producers Association, said this is the first time since 1981 that the association’s research fields have had crops snowed-in. “We were only able to get off about half of our canola. We couldn’t get all our cereals off before the snow hit,” she said. “What I’ve heard is producers are breaking even, but their profit is laying in the fields.” That’s bad news for B.C.’s multimillion dollar grain and oilseed industry, 80 per cent of which is concentrated in the Peace. Shaun Grant, general manager of the South Peace Grain Cleaning Coop, said he knows of one mid-size producer who’s pegged his losses at $1 million. “There wasn’t time to complete the harvest,” he said. “The ground conditions have been very wet and soft, and then it started to rain and that delayed harvest. Then the snow came right behind it. There just physically weren’t enough days for guys to accomplish what they

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A12 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016

BUSINESS

Cattle price drops 40% from 2015, causing trouble for ranchers

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Members of the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society were joined by local residents and Mayor Lori Ackerman and Coun. Byron Stewart for the annual Take Back The Night march downtown on Oct. 18. The march originated in the 1970s and is meant to raise awareness of violence against women.

For many ranchers in the Peace Region running cow and calf operations, the fall is generally the time to cash in on a long spring and summer of hard work. But as ranchers in the Peace head to market this year, they’re being hit hard by about a 40 per cent drop in revenue on average due to the declining price of cattle. Local rancher Larry Fossum, past president of the BC Cattlemen’s Association, said the situation has left him having to do more with less. “Any rancher that has a full-time income coming off the ranch would be (earning) roughly 40 per cent less right now if they sold their cows,” he said. “It’s a significant hit to the industry and even those folks who have off-farm income are feeling it.” According to a report in Country Life in B.C., Anne Wasko told the BC Association of Cattle Feeders last last month in Vernon that the US

was solely to blame for the over correction in price. Wasko said the cow inventory in that country has come on so strong that the market hasn’t had time to catch up. But for Fossum and other Peace Country ranchers, it’s becoming a tough pill to swallow no matter why it’s happening. And if prices continue in the direction they’re headed, he could be out of business. His main concern at the moment is paying for everything that you need to run a farm. “There’s the price of diesel fuel, part and labour to get things fixed… all of this things don’t fall with the price of calves,” he said. “They go the other direction if anything.” The cost of feed is also stable, he said. All he can do for now is make it work whatever way he can. “You tighten your belt up and try to do with less and hope things turn around for next year,” Fossum said. “That’s about all you can do. If 40 per cent of your income is not there, you do what you have to do to get by.”

Summer rig activity in 2016 fell 60% from 2014 MIKE CARTER dcreporter@dcdn.ca

An Oct. 25 report from the National Energy Board (NEB) shows low oil and natural gas prices have caused Western Canadian rig activity to fall significantly over the past two years, adjusting for seasonal fluctuations. Rig activity in Western Canada through 2010 to 2014 varied seasonally between 300 and 425 rigs drilling at any time. In 2015, about 150 were operating on average at anytime. The latest numbers for 2016 show summer rig activity fell more than 60 per cent from those 2014 numbers to 85. The NEB report also showed that the trend of rigs moving away from drilling vertical wells for conventional oil and gas has continued. This past summer, an average of four rigs per week were drilled vertically, compared to an average of 80 per week that were drilled horizontally. “After decades of devel-

opment, western Canada’s conventional resources are already heavily drilled and many of the remaining prospects do not produce enough oil and gas to recover the cost of drilling them—especially with low prices,” the report said. Drilling activity is now concentrated where producers have their most economic prospects, the NEB said, which is largely in core areas of tight gas—like in northeastern B.C.—and tight oil production. More than 90 per cent of today’s western Canadian rigs are drilling horizontal wells. Rig activity typically peaks in the winter, when the ground is frozen and rigs can move into areas they normally cannot access during the rest of the year. In turn, activity is lowest in the spring, when rigs are prevented form moving into new drilling locations due to the frozen ground melting and the resulting provincial road bans.

Tourmaline acquires assets from Shell Tourmaline Oil Corp. has entered into an agreement with Shell Canada Energy to acquire strategic assets located in the Alberta Deep Basin and the northeast B.C. Montney Complex for total consideration of $1.369 billion (before customary adjustments) including cash consideration of $1 billion and the remainder in Tourmaline common shares. The acquisition is a major step in the company’s ongoing plan to not only become Canada’s, but also one of North America’s, largest, lowest-cost and mostprofitable natural gas and liquids producers, it said this afternoon. The cash portion of the acquisition purchase price will be funded through committed concurrent equity financings totalling $739.4 million and Tourmaline’s existing credit facilities. The Deep Basin assets consist of 382 gross sections (154 of which are joint working interest with Tourmaline) and current low-decline production of approximately 18,650 boe per day. Tourmaline will also acquire Shell Canada’s infrastructure

consisting of three 100 per centoperated gas plants (estimated processing capacity of 200-225 mmcf per day) and 719 kilometres of pipelines, providing Tourmaline with total operated processing capacity of over one bcf per day in the Alberta Deep Basin. The company plans to add approximately 100 mmcf per day of new production in 2017 from the Deep Basin Assets through the drilling of 31 horizontal wells and fill the acquired infrastructure capacity. The Montney assets in B.C. consist of a large, contiguous 100 per cent working interest 101 section land block in an area with 300 metres of Montney gross pay, four separate lobes to develop, and liquid content ranging from 10-80 bbls per mmcf. Current production is approximately 6,200 boe per day from 25 existing horizontal wells that have delineated the land block. In Canada, Shell retains approximately 430,000 net acres in the Duvernay liquids play in Alberta and approximately 218,000 net acres in the Montney gas play in northeast British Columbia. —JWN Energy

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016 A13

BUSINESS

Woodfibre LNG takes another step forward NELSON BENNETT nbennett@biv.com

The company behind the Woodfibre LNG plant is addressing one of the project’s outstanding environmental concerns by agreeing to ditch plans to use seawater in the plant’s cooling process. One of the 25 conditions for approval set out by the Squamish First Nation was to find an alternative to seawater cooling. This week, Pacific Oil and Gas announced it will comply with that condition by using air cooling instead. Also this week, the company announced it had awarded contracts for front-end engineering and design (FEED) services with two companies: JGC Group and KBR Inc., both based in Houston, Texas. Liquefying natural gas involves cooling it to -160 C. Since that refrigeration process uses heat exchange, it generates a considerable amount of waste heat. Originally, the plan was to use seawater from Howe Sound for cooling. It would have used 17,000 cubic metres of seawater per hour, and the recirculated water would re-enter Howe Sound at a higher temperature, which raised concerns about the impacts on the local marine environment. The Squamish First Nation supports the project,

but has set 25 conditions, one of them being an alternative to seawater cooling. Moving to air cooling will have an impact on the plant’s economics, since it means it will reduce the annual production of LNG by about 2% or 42,000 tonnes per year. The total production capacity of the Woodfibre LNG plant is 2.1 million tonnes per year, which is about one-ninth the scale of some of the larger LNG plants that have been proposed elsewhere in B.C. “When you’re building a relationship, you have to make some compromises,” Byng Giraud, Woodfibre’s vice-president of corporate affairs, said. “And all things being equal, it was a compromise we were willing to make.” Unlike other LNG proposals, the Woodfibre LNG plant will use electric drive for the liquefaction process rather than direct drive, which burns natural gas. As for the two FEED contracts awarded, Giraud said they will take eight months to a year to be completed. Once both companies have submitted proposals for a turnkey

solution, the contract to design the plant will be awarded to one of the companies. Giraud said the FEED studies do not need to be complete for Pacific Oil and Gas to move ahead with a final investment decision, but that it’s unlikely to happen before the end of the year. Woodfibre LNG already has signed a tentative offtake agreement with a Chinese buyer for about half of the plant’s annual production, although it has not yet settled on a price. —Business in Vancouver

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COURT DOCKET A weekly summary of what went on in Peace Region courts for the week ending Oct. 21. Fort St. John Law Courts: • Richard (Ricky) Leonard Gerard Cormier (born 1993) was given a conditional discharge for one count of assault. Cormier was also fined $500, banned from driving for one year, and handed a $75 victim surcharge for one count of driving while prohibited/ licence suspended. • Douglas Chance Gibson (born 1991) entered into an agreement to keep the peace and be on good behaviour for one year and was fined $500 for one count of fear of injury/ damage by another person. • Jason Lloyd Lambert (born 1987) was sentenced to three days in jail and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count breach of a probation order. Lambert was also assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft $5,000 or under. • Bobbi Lynn Gerber (born 1988) was given a conditional discharge and sentenced to one year of probation for one count of assault. • Felicia Erin Lamoureux (born 1990) was sentenced to one year of probation after which she will be given a suspended sentence and was handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count theft $5,000 or under. • Mathew Camron Atchison Wiebe (born 1993) was fined $1,000, banned from driving for a year, and handed a $300 victim surcharge for one count failure or refusal to provide breathalyzer sample; handed a $100 victim surcharge of one count, failing to appear pursuant to a court order; and fined $500 and handed a $75 victim surcharge for one count driving while prohibited/ licence suspended. • Thomas David Simmons (born 1962) was handed a $100 victim surcharge for breach of an undertaking; sentenced to 18 months probation, ordered to pay $9,270 in restitution, and given a victim surcharge of $100 for one count of mischief to property over $5,000. Simmons was given an identical sentence for one count of uttering threats. • Joseph Ronald Brousseau (born 1967) was sentenced to one year of probation after which he will be given a suspended sentence, ordered to provide a DNA sample, given a discretionary ban from firearms for one year, and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of assault. • Derek Lee Pouce Coupe (born 1975) was fined $1,500, sentenced to one year of probation, banned from driving for a year, and handed a $100 victim surcharge for one count, care or control of a vehicle/vessel with over .08 blood/alcohol level. Dawson Creek Law Courts: • Venne Arthy Davis Goulet (born 1984) was fined $250 and assessed a $75 victim surcharge for one count of breach of an undertaking. Goulet was also given a conditional discharge, one year of probation, and given a $100 victim surcharge for one count of assault. • Bradley Norman Supernant (born 1968) was fined $1,000 and assessed a $150 victim surcharge for one count of driving while prohibited/licence suspended. • Darci Carson (born 1994) was sentenced to 12 months probation, after which they will be given a suspended sentence, and assessed a $100 victim surcharge for one count of theft. —Mike Carter

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Community comes together for curling The Fort St. John Curling Club celebrated its 70th anniversary on the weekend BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

Heather (Godberson) Nedohin still remembers the day when she was the youngest curler to win at the Farmer’s Bonspiel, and as her teammate, her grandpa was the oldest. While she still recalls the pancake breakfast more fondly than that victory, several decades later on Saturday at the Fort St. John Curling Club’s 70th anniversary, those childhood memories were front and centre for everyone to hop in the time machine and experience. “The thing I enjoyed the most, coming around the corner and seeing a display of the history of the club, the way it dates back a long time,” the former Canadian Junior World Champion said. “Seventy years is quite an accomplishment for a community that enjoys the game. It’s more than just the curling club. This was a spot— that’s where you went in the winter time.” The club celebrated the occasion by inviting families past and present to the rink for a day of family curling and supper Saturday. They spread memorabilia across the lobby, from old brooms, trophies, jackets and photos of the good old days. Chad Bordeleau, who still lives and works in Fort St. John and also managed the club for nine years, was out curling with his son, said it gave him great joy to share the experience. “The biggest thing is just showing them (the game),” he said. “They see Dad curls on Wednesdays. It’s more just letting them come out and try it. I remember being six or seven

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Artifacts like old curler jackets, brooms and trophies were on display in the lobby of the Fort St. John Curling Rink over the weekend to celebrate the club’s 70th anniversary.

years old, running down the ice throwing rocks after a bonspiel.” Bordeleau added that from his time managing and his time at the rink as a junior curler, he remembers the people the most. “The amount of people. There used to be men’s league, we would have full draws, nothing like getting 56 teams. Big bonspiels. There was just a ton of people,” he said. While the turnouts are more modest today, families like the Richters and the Hoskers have remained a staple. Connie Richter, who has held various roles at the rink since 1962 and is a lifetime member, said the club has a proud history. “The history of this club has been just awesome,” she said. “We’ve sent a lot of great curlers out

of this club that have gone on to provincials. We’ve had seniors that have gone on to different things. we’ve hosted Canadians, we’ve hosted a lot of other curling events. Today, still we boast about Heather Godberson Nedohin, we boast about the Hoskers, and we have a (Sterling Middleton) coming out of our club that is curling down south right now.” Nedohin, who spent her formative years from 5-17 at the Fort St. John Curling Club, added while she’d been back once or twice in the last few years, seeing so many old friends and photos brought back waves of emotion. “There’s a lot of pride,” Nedohin said about her return. “I am definitely a little emotional. You see all the pictures from the past and you realize it was such a great period of time when things were so positive.

They were so supportive. There’s a lot of families here that take you under their wing and get to play the game and that’s pretty special.” The former world junior champion still spends her time at the rink these days as a club manager in Sherwood Park, Alberta, but seeing all the families she grew up with in Fort St. John was a testament to the community and its commitment to curling. “This was my daycare,” she said. “This was where my mom worked and played and, as a rink rat, I found pleasure going out and just running the rocks around and figuring out shots. Just being a kid out on the ice and kind of having the key to the place.”

World Masters Speed Skating dates set

March 10-12, 2017, will be a historic weekend in Fort St. John BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

A few years in the making, the Fort St. John Elks Speed Skating Club announced on Monday, Oct. 24, the dates for the upcoming World Masters Allround Games. From March 10-12, 2017, some of the best speed skaters in the world aged 30 and older will compete at the Pomeroy Sport Centre Oval. It will be the first international speed skating event ever hosted in Fort St. John. “Hosting the World Masters Games will not only be the largest, it will also be the first ever international skating event we have organized. We have always enjoyed tremendous support from the City of Fort St John, as well as from individuals and businesses,” said DeeAnn Stickel, who chairs the 2017 Games Organizing Committee. The International Masters’ Speed Skating Committee (IMSSC) awarded the World Masters to Fort St. John in 2014 after Elks Vice President Wim Kok was encouraged to bid on the event. According to Kok, the committee had a preference for indoor facilities and liked what Fort St. John had when the oval was first built in 2010. Acting Mayor Byron Stewart called the city “three times lucky” to host the event in between the World Under-17 hockey tournaments.

“To me, it’s an exciting time, having international competitions in our community,” he said. “It’s a feather in our hat.” Kok added that athletes would have a chance to participate in two high level competitions over the course of 10 days, with the Calgary Oval finale a week after the event in Fort St. John. Depending on age, each athlete will skate four distances, ranging from 500 to 5000m. A total of 200 skaters will be accepted into the competition, with 40 spots available for Canadians. Canadian skaters are exempt from qualifying standards as the host of the event, but other countries like Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Russia have their own qualifying standards. Stickel added that just hours after uploading competition details and registration package on the IMSSC website, they received registrations from Canada, Germany, Norway, and the United States. ”We are very excited for this opportunity to showcase our Community, the Pomeroy Sport Centre, the Club and the sport of speed skating,“ Stickel said. The Elks have hosted plenty of high profile speed skating events, including most recently the long track portion of 2015 Canada Winter Games that was moved to Fort St. John from Prince George. They have also hosted Canada Cups, National Championships and the 2012 Masters Championships.

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Flyers cough up preseason win They will drop the puck on the NPHL regular season Oct. 29 BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

In pre-season, sometimes hockey players need reminding it’s a 60-minute game. More precisely in Friday’s exhibition tilt between the Fort St. John Flyers and Dawson Creek Senior Canucks— 62:36. In just under three minutes, the Sr. C’s erased a two goal deficit and turned in a 5-4 overtime win at North Peace Arena. The rivalry game was the only tune up game before the North Peace Hockey League starts Oct. 29. Flyers head coach Andrew Leriger wasn’t at all concerned with the result. “It’s exhibition, I really could care less about the score,” he said. “It’s about seeing what the guys have, I have a lot of guys this year that have played in the past, that haven’t played competitive hockey in three or four years. It’s about getting your feet wet. It is what it is. If that was a league game, number one I wouldn’t have my fourth line out there (late).” The Flyers looked utterly dominant through the first 40 minutes, with goals from Dan Pappin, Brennen Giroux, and Andrew Payou (2). They outshot Dawson Creek 33-21 through the first two periods. After a Justin McLeod shorthanded goal midway through the third, the Sr. C’s started to show some life before Colton Gies scored with 1:21 left on the clock with the extra attacker. Dawson Creek’s Chris Stevens scored his second of the night with 48 seconds left, another goal for the vistors with the extra man.

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Travis McLean started in net and only allowed one goal for the Fort St. John Senior Flyers on Friday, Oct. 21.

Taylor tapped in a rebound early in overtime to seal the win for the Senior Canucks. Travis McLean started in net for Fort St. John and made way for Ty Gulickson in the second half of the game. Overall Leriger likes what he has seen from the Flyers in training camp and thinks that depth will play a huge part in another long playoff run this season. “We have a couple guys who played a couple years prior that are back in the lineup,” he said. “We have a couple injuries that we’re dealing with so we’ll be a little short with veterans going into the start of the league. We’ve got depth. I’ve got four solid lines and seven defensemen and that’s not including the guys that are hurt.” The Flyers open the NPHL regular season at home on Saturday, Oct. 29 against when they host the Grande Prairie Athletics.

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Huskies losing streak extends to three The pups have been outscored 8-1 in the third period and overtime of their last 3 games BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

The Fort St. John Huskies are due for a week of soul searching after their third straight defeat on Saturday night, this time a 3-2 overtime loss against the Sexsmith Vipers at North Peace Arena. For the majority of two periods Saturday, the Huskies looked disjointed, lost and struggled to generate much offense, including only seven shots through the third period and overtime. “We stopped moving our feet. We start planting, we get the pass on the wall and we start watching and looking for another pass instead of moving our feet and pushing the play up the ice like we did the first two periods and it catches up to us,” Assistant Coach Todd Alexander said. “Their forecheck jumped all over that and figured it out. Then we couldn’t get out of our zone and our goalie bailed us out there, made quite a few big saves in the third period. Just overall it wasn’t pretty.” In the last three losses, the Huskies have been outscored 8-1 in the third period and overtime. Alexander said his young team is not doing a good enough job at elevating their game when push comes to shove late in contests. “We’ve lost three games in a row. We’re finding ways to give the game away. We’re doing a terrible job of closing games out. And we’re not doing a very good job of bringing our energy up and matching play,” Alexander added. “It got away from us, we were doing a good job, I thought it was O.K. for the first two periods. The third period and overtime was not good at all. That’s something that we’re going to have to address next week.”

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Fort St. John Huskies’ Kyle Crawford scored once in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Sexsmith Vipers on Saturday.

The Huskies fell behind 1-0 in the first period despite outshooting the Vipers 11-8 in the opening frame. Kyle Crawford and Brandon Howard scored for the Huskies on the second. The Vipers tied it at two late in the third and won the game with 1:19 left in overtime. Alexander added that not only does the leadership group need to step up, the coaching staff might also need to make an adjustment before they face the league-leading Dawson Creek Junior Canucks on Friday, Oct. 28. “They have to figure out who’s going to step up and lead the group. We’re still waiting for that guy to emerge,” Alexander said. “Unfortunately we can’t get out on the ice and show them what to do. As far as some of our plays go and stuff, I’ll take responsibility for that. Those are my plays and things we are working on and trying to force, fix and teach. So those are things that we’ll have to re-evaluate. Maybe we’re giving them too much. We have to go back to the basics and figure a few things out because what we’re doing right now just isn’t working.”

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Justin Thomas defended Tournament Results his CIMB Classic title at 1. Justin Thomas Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia Score: -23 Earnings: $1,260,000 on Sunday. He fired a final 2. Hideki Matsuyama round 8-under par 64 to come from Score: -20 four shots behind overnight leader Earnings: $756,000 Score Earnings Anirban Lahiri. Thomas caught Player T-3. Derek Fathauer -19 $406,000 Lahiri, when the 29-year-old Indian, T-3. Anirban Lahiri -19 $406,000 had a quadruple-bogey nine on the par-five third hole. Lahiri finished in a tie for third alongside Derek Fathauer, while a strong finish across the final two holes saw Hideki Matsuyama claim second.

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Last Week: Justin Thomas won the CIMB Classic

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Dustin Johnson won the 2016 PGA of America Player of the Year Award. The award is presented to the top TOUR professional based on a point system for tournament wins, official money standings, and scoring averages. Johnson, the reigning U.S. Open Champion, collected 90 points this year, while Jason Day finished with 74. Johnson and Day were each three-time winners this season. Johnson was also this year’s Vardon Trophy winner with an adjusted scoring average of 69.172 based upon 87 complete rounds. Adam Scott finished runnerup at 69.470, while Jordan Spieth was third (69.520) and Phil Mickelson fourth (69.582).

Lessons from the Golf Pro If you have ever watched a tournament on television, you will almost always see a particular “stunt” performed once during the coverage. A player will get ready to make his drive/iron shot/putt and then stop as a menacing insect has interrupted the procedure. While insects are quite prevalent through most of the country, this is usually a trick that the professional is using to break the tension of the moment. For whatever reason, the pro is not ready to make his/her shot and decides to restart the motion. What more convenient way to do that than to swat the pesky fly out of the way. For the amateur, we usually do not react the same way. We do not want to back out of a shot due to fear of embarrassment and go ahead and make a terrible shot. The next time you don’t feel comfortable, just stop and restart your routine and better results will occur.

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Justin Thomas

Turned Professional: 2013 FedEx Cup Ranking: 1st World Ranking: 34th PGA Tour Wins: 2

FedEx Cup Standings Through Oct. 23, 2016

1) Justin Thomas 575 pts. / 2 top tens

2) Brendan Steele 533 pts. / 1 top tens

3) Patton Kizzire 300 pts. / 1 top tens

4) Hideki Matsuyama 300 pts. / 1 top tens

5) Derek Fathauer 214 pts. / 1 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued... Player Points 6) Scott Piercy 196 7) Paul Casey 173 8) Anirban Lahiri 163 9) Keegan Bradley 138 10) Johnson Wagner 134

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Morrison qualifies for World Cup fall season

NPSS boys soccer team win zone title

Oct 21-23 was a busy weekend for NPSS athletes BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

The NPSS Oscars boys soccer team cruised to victory at the North Central Zone Championships last weekend in Dawson Creek, and punched their ticket to AAA provincials in November. The Oscars kicked off the weekend Saturday, Oct. 22, on the right foot with a 5-2 win over DCSS, before beating Williams Lake 7-2. In the final NPSS beat Williams Lake 6-1 to clinch the zone win. Gage Adkins was named the top goalie, Mitch Linley was the top defender and Zach L’Heureux was awarded the golden boot for his five goals in three games. “The boys played solid, from the goalie out,” coach Ryan Leclair said. “They were committed to playing strong defence, which led to lots of opportunities to score in transition. We have a very skilled team and lots of players were able to score, making it difficult for the opposition to just key in and try to stop our top scorers.” The Oscars will travel to Burnaby for provincials from Oct. 24-26, and Leclair said the eight returning players are thrilled to have a opportunity after the zone loss last year. The trip will cost close to $10,000 and the team is currently seeking sponsor to help with the trip. Anyone interested should contact NPSS for more details. Girls Volleyball Both the junior and senior NPSS Ooks volleyball teams battled hard last weekend at home tournament against tough competition. The Sr. Girls lost to Glenmary in the quarter -finals and the Jr. Girls dropped their quarter

-final game to Dawson Creek. Dawson Creek beat Chetwynd in the final of the tournament and Glenmary finished third. The NPSS Sr. girls finished third in their pool with wins over Dawson Creek Junior Girls and Peace Wapiti. The NPSS Jr. Girls beat Hines Creek and lost to Dawson Creek and Glenmary to also finish third in their pool. Cross Country The NPSS cross country team also enjoyed some success in Quesnel at the zone championships with all 10 runners qualifying for provincials on Nov. 5 in Kelowna.

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Daelyn Jeffers makes a pass during the NPSS Ooks senior girls tournament quarter-final match against Glenmary. on Saturday, Oct. 22. Dawson Creek Secondary went on to win the tournament.

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Denny Morrison already has his mind set on winning, only moments after he’d taken a step that some thought he might never take again. “During my recovery, I kept telling myself that I just needed to get on the ice and do like I’ve done in the past. But I’m just not able to do that yet,” he told Speed Skating Canada after making two successful qualifying skates at the Fall World Cup Selections in Calgary from Oct. 21-23. “I’ve been away from the ice for two years and I need to give myself time. In the 1500 (metre), I really put emphasis on relaxing and it gave me some good results. I’m excited to use that as a foundation to build off of, and I’m confident that I can get post-stroke personal bests.” The weekend in Calgary marked Morrison’s first sanctioned race in 18 months since a motorcycle accident in 2015 and suffering a stroke last April. He finished second in his signature race, the 1500m on Sunday, in a time of 1:46:62, a half second ahead of the 1:47.14 he needed to be eligible for the distance in the 2016-2017 World Cup season. Morrison’s other qualifying time came in the 1000m on Saturday, where he raced to a fourth place finish with a time of 1:09.508, three thousands of a second off teammate Laurent Dubreuil’s third place time. “I’m feeling happy right now,

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Fort St. John’s own Denny Morrison raced qualifying times in both the 1000 and 1500m at the World Cup Fall Selections last weekend, Oct. 21-23 in Calgary.

especially about being in the hunt with the top guys. These are some of the best sprinters in the world,” Morrison said, a 2014 Olympic silver medalist in the 1000m. “Vincent (de Haître) beat me by 1.5 seconds and he is going to be on the podium on the World Cup Circuit this year. With the perspective I have from yesterday and based on where I am regarding my recovery, it feels good to be in the hunt like this. My opener is just not there, I’m a second behind these guys. The snap is also missing, so if I can get that back, things will fall into place.” The final list of skaters who will be named to the Canadian team for the first ISU Long Track Speed Skating World Cup stage of the season, Nov. 11-13 in Harbin, China, will be announced in the coming weeks.

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2016 Standings Chase for the Cup

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Location: Ridgeway, Va. Date: Oct. 30th, 1:00 p.m. TV: NBCSN Last Year’s Pole: Joey Logano - 98.548 mph Last Year’s Winner: Jeff Gordon

Xfinity Series Driver 1) Elliott Sadler 2) Daniel Suarez 3) Blake Koch 4) Justin Allgaier 5) Eric Jones 6) Ryan Reed 7) Brendan Gaughan 8) Darrell Wallace Jr. 9) Ty Dillon 10) Brennan Poole 11) Brandon Jones 12) Ryan Sieg

Kevin Harvick Points: 4000

Joey Logano Points: 4000

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Kevin Harvick confronted his teammate Kurt Busch on pit road after Sunday’s race at Talladega, appearing to lean into Busch’s car and initiate physical contact. Harvick said his car didn’t have a scratch on it until the cool-down lap contact with Busch. Asked if Busch gave Harvick an explanation for the incident, Harvick said only, “Not really.” Busch finished fourth while Harvick was seventh, and both drivers advanced to the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Points: 4000

This week’s race is the seventh in the Chase for the Sprint Cup and first race of the Eliminator Round. The first race at Martinsville Speedway was run on September 7, 1947 and Robert “Red” Bryon won $500 out of a $2,000 purse. NASCAR was formed in 1948 and Martinsville Speedway ran its first NASCAR race on July 4th of that year. At slightly more than half a mile, Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Circuit but it has 800-foot straights, turns banked at only 12 degrees and has been called “two drag strips with a turnaround on each end.” The demanding layout consistently produces some of the wildest fender scrubbing, push and shove racing on the tour.

Kyle Busch Points: 4000

Carl Edwards Points: 4000

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Who is the youngest driver in the modern era to win the Cup Championship? a) Denny Hamlin c) Jeff Gordon b) Kyle Busch d) Jimmie Johnson

Points: 4000

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Answer : c) Jeff Gordon won the 1995 Cup Championship at the age of 24 years, 3 months, and 8 days.

Shape: Oval Distance: 0.526 miles Turns / Straights: 12º / 0º

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Last Weekend’s Race: Joey Logano won the Hellmann’s 500 Hellmann’s 500 Top Ten Driver Points Joey Logano 44 Brian Scott 39 Denny Hamlin 39 Kurt Busch 37 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 37 Kyle Larson 35 Kevin Harvick 34 Aric Almirola 33 Austin Dillon 33 AJ Allmendinger 31

Joey Logano repeated as winner of the Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Logano entered the race tied for eighth in the Chase standings and was able to deliver under pressure to earn his second consecutive fall race victory at Talladega. “It feels really good,” Logano said. “This morning, you kind of wake up like, ‘what’s going to happen?’ This is the first time in the Chase format that I came to Talladega without a win to be locked into the next round. The feeling of the weekend was a lot different when you are not locked into the next one.” Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski were eliminated from the Chase with Sunday’s checkered flag.

Joey Logano Born: May 24, 1990 Crew Chief: Todd Gordon Car: Ford

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Wins 2 6

Top 10s 22 28

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A 1-1 weekend showed some progress for the newly formed regional midget female team BYRON HACKETT sports@ahnfsj.ca

The LB Predators looked ready to pounce on their second weekend win last weekend before a third period collapse spoiled the home opener for the newly formed regional midget girls under-18 hockey team. The Predators hosted the second game of a home-andhome with Fairview on Sunday at the Pomeroy Sport Centre, but allowed four goals in the third period in a 5-3 loss. In Saturday’s road win, the Predators outshot Fairview 44-17 and won 4-1. “We played them (Saturday) and we beat them fairly handily and outshot them badly, and I thought we came out in the first really slow (today),” head coach Rob Larson

said after the loss Sunday. “Didn’t have the intensity of Saturday. Second period we picked it up and played our game. They got a couple goals on us in the third and we just seemed to kind of collapse. Lack of experience playing as a group.” The Predators fell behind 1-0 in the first, but surged ahead in the second with goals from Coralynn Nichol, Danielle Christie and Hayley Stephens. Fairview took the lead for good in the third with four straight goals less than 10 minutes apart. Larson said learning how to close out games will come with experience and considering his team is extremely new to both playing together and the level of hockey they are playing at, growing pains like Sunday’s

loss should be expected. “No doubt that we have some talent. Fairly young group of girls and they just haven’t been in some of these situations before,” he said. “We’ve been to AA tournament, a little bit over our heads but we just see progression happening every game. I’m really optimistic about the future that this team is going to build towards something special down the road.” He added the biggest strides he’s seen with the team have been with chemistry developing, but also an understanding of the system he hopes they can play in the future. “We’re getting a little better breakout and our power play is gradually getting better. I

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Madison Fell backhands a puck past the Fairview goalie in the second period of the LB Predators 5-3 loss on Sunday at the Pomeroy Sport Centre.

think in general they are just starting to click more than anything and we are getting some line combinations going. Some girls had never played together before and they are starting to get some chemistry with each other,” he said.

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NWJHL Standings as of Oct. 24 GP 1 Jr. Canucks 6 2 JDA Kings 7 3 Navigators 6 4 Flyers 6 5 Huskies 6 6 Vipers 5 7 Blades 6

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Huskies at Jr. Canucks Oct. 28 JDA Kings at Vipers Oct. 28 Navigators at Flyers Oct. 28, 8:30 p.m. Navigators at Blades Oct. 29 Huskies at JDA Kings Oct. 29 Jr. Canucks at Flyers Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m. Jr. Canucks at Vipers Oct. *Games start at 8 p.m. unless indicated

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Hello everyone. Today I have a special article for you. This month’s article is all about our Beatton Community Horse 4-H leaders. These are the people who run the club. Without these volunteers this club wouldn’t be possible. Our main Horse Leader is Julia Fellers. Julia grew up in Alberta and was a part of the Big Hill Light Horse Club staring when she was 8 and continuing until she was 19. She was also a part of the Cochrane Pony Club during some of those years. Julia has trained and showed horses most of her life, as well during her teens she apprenticed and worked under a few very successful Quarter Horse Trainers. She has a love for a show ring that is evident through her training and coaching. Julia coordinates the riding and learning about our horses portion of 4H. Our Cloverbud Leader, as well as Horse Leader, is Jody Watson. Jody grew up on a mountain ranch in the Graham Valley where her father and grandfather were outfitters, where the raised many horses. She started riding before she could walk! Her family also has a ranch in Hudson’s Hope. She started attended gymkhanas and saddle club around the age of 8. Jody started breaking colts at age 9 after a colt breaking clinic. She’s competed at the National High School Rodeo Finals in Illinios and New Mexico for team roping, goat tying, and breakaway roping. She’s also been to the Canadian High School Finals in those same events. She is responsible for the cloverbuds mainly, but also helps out with the others in the club regularly. Our A Leader, who is also a Horse Leader, is Christine Taylor. Christine is fairly new to 4H but shes been teaching and coaching for all ages since the 1980’s. She has loved horses for as long as she can remember but it wasn’t until she was an adult that she bought her first horse. Christine shows, drives, trains, rides for pleasure as well as in the mountains. She fully embraces our

motto, Learn To Do By Doing, and is currently working on a Certificate of Equine Business as well as a Diploma in Equine Studies. Christine takes care of submitting registrations, members marks, and club requests to the District, Regional, and Provincial Councils when it’s needed. She also works to make sure all members get the most of their 4H experience. Our B Leader is Trena Hebert. Trena helps organize paperwork and events. Without her things would be a lot more hectic. She was somewhat involved with horse at a young age, but recently got back into horses when her daughter joined our club and started riding. Trena has her own horse so she can enjoy riding alongside her daughter and at events. We would all like to thanks these wonderful volunteers for all the work and effort they have contributed to our club. We couldn’t do this without you. Check out our Facebook page, Beatton Community 4H for more information on how to join us and these awesome Leaders! 4H is getting ready to start up for 2017! Gracie

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Documentary celebrates hero of the Charlie Lake Tragedy

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Filmmaker Viktoria Sahl (middle) with local historian and councillor Larry Evans and Chris Maundrell during a visit to Gus Hedin’s trapper cabin on Charlie Lake.

Three years ago, a Swedish filmmaker visited Fort St. John to learn everything she could about a Swedish trapper and how he came to save five men from drowning in Charlie Lake during the building of the Alaska Highway. In January, Viktoria Sahl will release her long awaited documentary The Swedish Trapper on the life of Gustaf Hedin, which includes his heroics during the Charlie Lake Tragedy, where 12 men died after their boat carrying equipment and supplies capsized on May 14, 1942. Chronicling Hedin’s life took Sahl and her filmmaking partner Elin Jonsson on an international mission, visiting Canada, Australia, and Tasmania as they retraced Hedin’s footsteps and life of adventure. Animator Charlotte Sköld was brought on to visualize and bring Hedin’s

exploits to life. Clocking in at 40 minutes, The Swedish Trapper will be screened at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum and features interviews with historian and city councillor Larry Evans and other locals about how Hedin lived his life as a trapper along the lake. We spoke to Sahl via email about her project.

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Country music legend Dwight Yoakam rolled through Dawson Creek last week, transforming the Encana Events Centre into the largest party in the Peace. Yoakam rolled through hit after hit on a show just three days before his birthday, Oct. 23.

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When I had graduated, I came to think of that story again when I was looking for a subject to do a film about. Together with a friend, Elin Jonsson, we started to find out more about him, like what his name was (we didn’t know at the time) and also that he had saved five men during World War II. AHN: What made you want to do a documentary about the man? VS: Gus’s story is adventurous and brave. It definitely has all the qualities of a Hollywood blockbuster. Back then, when we started this project, I was really drawn to how he had left Sweden, which I felt was boring and small at the time, to travel the world. I could identify with that. Doing this documentary made it possible for me to go to

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of the building of the Alaska Highway? VS: First off, I have actually learned what a trapper is! But the most valuable thing I take with me more than the research is the people I’ve met and spoken to during the filming. Every person I’ve met have been very helpful. Gus saved five soldiers from the tragic accident. They were all working on the Alaska Highway to become reality. Gus’s testimony of the accident helps us to remember the people who gave their lives to build Alaska Highway. To learn more, visit facebook. com/theswedishtrapper

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Stage North’s latest production Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story had Fort St. John audiences raving about the rock ‘n’ roll biopic after its opening weekend. Holly and the Crickets, and the rest of the cast return to the North Peace Cultural Centre stage Thursday night for a final series of shows that wrap Oct. 29.

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Monday Night at the Movies Brooklyn Feb 1 With the Fort St. John Film Society Aurora Cinema

NOV 3 | Montreal Guitar Trio At North Peace Cultural Centrefor 7:30pm Trent McClellan Comedy High On High Feb Day 5, 6,Out 7 NOV 5 & 6 | Lido Ladies Theatre 8pm With FSJ Dance Society at NP Secondary School 10amThe -4pm Vagina Monologues Feb 5 With Resource Society at NPCC NOVthe 7 | Women’s Monday Night Film Sunset Song Art “Dinner 12-Cinema Mar 1 WithExhibit the FSJ Film SocietyTalk” at theFeb Aurora With artists Mary Parslow, Alan White, 7pm Karen Heathman, Peace Gallery North NPCC NOV 15 | Tapping Into Talent LocalFred TalentPenner at Seniors #4 Public in Apt Concert FebInvited 13 2pm NPCCCouncil 3:30pmmeeting NOV 16 | FSJ Arts 12 noon At the Artspost 10320 94 Avenue Koba’s Great Big Show Live Feb 14 NOV 18 | Band Performance NPCC 1PM in Centennial Park MondayWinds NightCom. at the Movies with Northern Band after the Santa Parade Sleeping Giant Feb 15 With the Fort St. John Film Society Aurora Cinema NOV 19 | OpeningofRecycleReuseRejoice Christmas Decoration Sale Music Feb 15, 16 George Canyon Country At the Artspost 10am4pm8pm runs until Dec 10. Lido Theatre

Ballet Kelowna’s Boundless Feb 19 NPCC 7:30pm

NOV 19 | Hudson Hope Harvest Social 5:30pmMonday Night at the Movies With the Hudsons Hope Museum Tickets $25 James White Feb 29 With the Fort St. John Film Society NOV 20 | Music Student Recitals and Fundraiser Aurora Cinema With NP Music Teachers Assoc at NL College 2 Dinner of North Peace Historical pmAGM and 3pm Society Feb 24 NOV 21 Monday Night Film Senior |Citizens Hall Tickets at 250-787-0430 Captain Fantastic With the FSJ Film Society at the Aurora AGM of PLRAC Feb 20 Cinema 7pm With the Peace Liard Regional Arts Council in NOV 24 | SchoolDawson DistrictCreek Band Concert at NPCC NOV 25 John | BestArts of Rudy Schubert Fort St. Council Meeting Feb 17 Documentary Night 10320 94 Avenue At the Artspost New Comers Welcome 12 noon At the FSJ Museum 7pm Artist’s Choice Juried Exhibition Jan 8 - 30 With the Federation of Canadian Artists at Dawson Creek Art Gallery Creek

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HOROSCOPE ARIES (MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19) You will be powerful today during discussions about taxes, debt, shared property and inheritances. Knowing this, choose to go after what you want, because you likely will get it! TAURUS (APRIL 20 TO MAY 20) You might come on a bit too strong during discussions with partners and close friends. (Or perhaps they do?) Take a deep breath and step back. Easy does it. GEMINI (MAY 21 TO JUNE 20) You will accomplish a lot at work today, because you are focused and enthusiastic. Furthermore, when talking to others, you make a strong impression! CANCER (JUNE 21 TO JULY 22) You are in touch with your creative vibes today, which is why this is a great day for artistic work or creative projects. It’s also a good day to teach children. LEO (JULY 23 TO AUG. 22) Tackle home repairs with enthusiasm today because you’re full of bright ideas! Family discussions also will be vigorous and exciting. VIRGO (AUG. 23 TO SEPT. 22) This is a strong day for those of you who sell, market, teach, act or write, because you are in touch with what you want to say. You know how to express your ideas!

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LIBRA (SEPT. 23 TO OCT. 22) You will be convincing in matters related to business, cash flow, finances and making money. You might even teach someone about business or finan.cial matters today. SCORPIO (OCT. 23 TO NOV. 21) Today it’s easy to put a lot of yourself into whatever you say. This is why others will listen to you. You are genuinely enthusiastic! SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 TO DEC. 21) Your ability to research anything is tops today. You’ll be like a dog with a bone. You won’t give up until you find what you’re looking for. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 TO JAN. 19) Conversations with friends and members of groups will be lively today. Quite likely, you will take charge because there is something you want to say to everyone. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 TO FEB. 18) You make a great impression on people in authority today, including bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs. They see that you believe what you say, which makes them want to hear your ideas. PISCES (FEB. 19 TO MARCH 20) This is an excellent day to study anything new. Some of you also will be excited about making future travel plans. Whatever you do, you will do it with enthusiasm!

Comments About Weight Dear Annie: The holidays are coming, and I’m feeling anxious already. Most of the events with my family will include buffets -- which will also include criticism about what I eat, how much I eat and how much I weigh. I am 5 feet 3 inches tall, and I weigh 115 pounds. My husband’s family members, with the exception of him, are, by medical definition, morbidly obese. I am careful about what I eat. I exercise and take care of myself. So do my husband and our children. I have never and would never comment on what his family members eat or their weight. Why is it acceptable for them to comment on me? I’ll hear, “You don’t eat enough.” “Is that all you’re taking?” “You’re too skinny.” All comments are said loud enough for all to hear and with a snide tone. Do I continue to smile and be silent? Is there something I should say in return? This has been going on for 29 years. -Sad About the Holidays Dear Sad: If one of your in-laws had a genuine worry about your weight and health, there would be a time and a place to talk to you about it, and it definitely wouldn’t be at the family holiday buffet, after a few glasses of wine, in

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front of every cousin, niece and nephew. It sounds as if they’re speaking more from a place of insecurity than concern. That said, I doubt they have any idea that their comments are rude. Because thinness is idealized in our society, many people mistakenly think it’s OK to pick on a person for being skinny, even if they would never pick on someone for being heavy. Talk to your husband about how these comments bother you. Perhaps he can persuade them to cut it out. And if they continue with their remarks anyway, try not to let it eat at you. What matters is that you’re healthy, and that’s something only you and your doctor can determine. Dear Annie: I totally recognized my daughter’s experience after she gave birth to my grandson in your recent column about postpartum depression. It was heartbreaking. Your identification of it and your recommendations were spot on, but it

concerns me that you did not include medication as an option, as well. Perhaps you quite correctly assumed the therapist would prescribe an appropriate medication, but you missed an opportunity to inform the public that additional help in the form of medication is out there for many. In my daughter’s case, the proper medication was what finally enabled her to break free and begin the path to regaining her old self and enjoying her son. It took her eight months to realize medication was what she needed. She looks back now and wishes she did not wait so long. Thank you for bringing attention to the all-too-common issue of postpartum depression. Too many people write it off as baby blues and don’t seek out help. I’m happy to say my daughter is back to her old self, while still on medication, and my grandson is now 8 years old, the joy of our lives.

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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To hear Blaine Nicholson tell it, it’s hard to overstate the impact former MLA Don Phillips had on the Peace Region. During his nearly 20 years in the B.C. legislature, the bombastic member for the South Peace bridged rivers, had the ear of the premier and almost single-handedly created the town of Tumbler Ridge. But don’t get him wrong: the two weren’t the best of friends. “It might sound like I liked Don Phillips: I didn’t like Don Phillips,” said Nicholson, a real estate agent and former member of the Social Credit party. “He was that in-your-face, push, push type of person. You either liked him or you didn’t, and a lot of people didn’t like him. But they’d vote for him, because they knew he’d do what was best for this area.” On Oct. 5, Phillips passed away at his home near Brisbane, Australia, where he lived with his wife. He was 87. The Social Credit MLA, known as “leather lungs” for his booming voice, revived the Social Credit party after its 1972 loss to the B.C. NDP and championed the Northeast Coal strategy that saw the creation of highways and railheads to extract coal from around what would become Tumbler Ridge. Phillips, a car dealer in Dawson Creek, was first elected to the legislature in 1966 under Premier W.A.C. Bennett. He would serve until 1986, briefly out of office between 1969 and 1972 following the election of another Social Credit MLA who jumped to the Progressive Conservatives. Phillips was soon on track for a cabinet post. As the Vancouver Sun’s Vaughn Palmer tells it, Phillips was blunt with the premier about his temperament: “if you give me labour, there will be a strike. If you give me education there will be a strike. If you give me health there will be a strike.” He was given the post of economic development and trade minister, and his eye turned to the rich, untapped coal deposits in the south of his riding.

That meant trade missions to Japan, which became an early buyer of Tumbler Ridge’s steelmaking coal. He was successful, perhaps in spite of himself. “You think of a bombastic character like Don Phillips dealing with the Japanese, with all the bowing and protocol, that he would be the exact wrong person,” said Nicholson. “But the Japanese loved him because he really did say and do whatever he darn well pleased.” Mike Caisley, a town councillor who served as Tumbler Ridge’s first mayor when it was incorporated in 1981, said Philips was “instrumental” in Northeast Coal. At the time, it was an economic development project on par with the current government’s liquefied natural gas strategy. “The Northeast Coal project was the biggest thing that happened in the province of B.C. for many, many years up to that point in time, and he was very much instrumental in making that happen,” Caisley said. Nicholson recalled spirited exchanges with the MLA during his days as president of the Dawson Creek and District Chamber of Commerce. “He came to us and basically said ‘you’re coming at us with too many issues. You have to narrow it down to three, and I’ll fight for those three.’” One of those was replacing the Peace River ferry at Clayhurst with a bridge. The crossing now bears his name, though few people know it. Despite his influence, longtime Tumbler Ridge resident Karen Connelly said Phillips isn’t well remembered in the town. In addition to being one of the first people hired at the Quintette mine, as a receptionist, Connelly babysat Phillips’ children when she lived in Dawson Creek. “I think it would only be the people like Mike Caisley and myself who have been there from Day 1 that would appreciate the involvement Don Phillips had,” said Connelly. “The younger generation, they don’t know who he is.”

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FORT ST. JOHN & DISTRICT CHURCH DIRECTORY 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 & 11:00am ********** MENNoNITE MoNTNEY MENNoNITE CHURCH SUNDAY MoRNING: Sunday School & Worship: 9:30am SUNDAY EVENING: 2nd & 4th Sundays: 7:00pm Everyone Welcome! Pastor Warren Martin Phone: (250) 827-3131 ********** 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

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

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It’s the little things that drive customer satisfaction Judy Kucharuk THE DESK OF THE GREEN-EYED GIRL

Knowing where all of the clean bathrooms are during a road trip is important. Currently when traveling to Edmonton, we stop at the Beaverlodge A & W (darn that morning coffee), the Valleyview Shell Station, and now the Whitecourt Esso Super Station. It doesn’t matter what the fuel prices are, they could be higher than the station immediately beside them, but the clean bathroom is their trump card, so we will get gas and visit the loo. Isn’t it strange? Isn’t it strange that something as seemingly insignificant as a bathroom would sway your decision? You would even pay more? It proves that little things matter. Little things like clean bathrooms and friendly staff make a difference. Snow swept from sidewalks in winter and clean windows in summer make a difference. It’s the little things.

JONNY WAKEFIELD Peace River Regional District directors have OK’d a plan to expand the Dawson Creek Sportsman’s Club. At its Oct. 13 meeting, the board gave its blessing to remove 24 hectares of land east of Dawson Creek adjacent to the club’s existing gun range from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). The parcel, a forested area located on a bend in the Pouce River, could soon be home to additional shooting facilities. According to an application to re-

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move the land from the ALR reviewed by the regional district, the club would like to expand to potentially include additional gun ranges, sporting clay and trap shooting courses, target shooting, an archery range, walking trails and a playground. While the parcel is in the land reserve, the report notes it has little potential for agriculture due to location and soil quality. The regional district’s approval does not mean the land will come out of the ALR. The final decision rests with the province’s Agricultural Land Commission.

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Bernie Stewart 67 years of Fort St. John, B.C. passed away October 22nd, 2016 surrounded by family and friends. Bernie was born in Meadow Lake Saskatchewan on July 29th, 1949 to David and Pauline (Dunbar) Stewart. Bernie was known for his exceptional mechanical skills, loyalty to his friends and unique personality. It was impossible to forget him after just one meeting. Bernie was forever etched into one’s memory. Bernie is survived by his brother Terry Stewart, sisters Brenda (Stewart) Harvey and Rae-Lyn (Stewart) Loroff and predeceased by his son Dusty Ray Stewart, father David Stewart and mother Pauline (Dunbar) Stewart. A celebration of life will be held for Bernie at the Fort St. John Friendship Centre, Saturday October 29th, 2016 at 1:00pm.

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Catholic Women’s League. Winter Wonderland Tea & Bazaar. Immaculata Centre 9504-100 Ave. Homemade crafts from various vendors. Sat. November 5th, 2016 10:30am-3:00pm Tea starts at 11:00-3:00pm Friends of the FSJ Library Annual General Meeting Nov 15 2016 Noon-1pm at the FSJ Library. Members new & old welcome. Seeking new Directors & Volunteers.

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Lydia Ostashek April 27, 1938 ~ September 23, 2016

On Friday September 23rd at 7:45 p.m. Lydia Ostashek, with her husband Nick at her side, peacefully drifted into eternal sleep. Lydia, 4th of 6 children, was born to Andrew and Olga Charchuk of Hines Creek Alberta on April 27, 1938. She was so proud that she was the first Canadian born child to her immigrant parents. She spent her childhood and teen years in Hines Creek, graduation from high school in 1957. After graduation she moved to Coal River, BC at mile 543 on the Alaska Highway. It was there she met the love of her life and after a brief courtship, moved back home and made all necessary arrangements for their wedding on November 24th 1957. After a honeymoon in Vancouver they moved to the Beatton River Airport north of Fort St. John where Nick was the senior radio operator for the Department of Transport (DOT). Their first two sons, Donald and Terry, were born during Nick and Lydia’s time at Beatton River. In July of 1960 that airport was closed and they moved to the Fort St. John Airport. Two more sons, Wesley and Kevin were born here. In 1968 Nick left the D.O.T. and they moved into town where they lived until 2001. While living there Lydia worked as a rental clerk for AVIS, kept a beautiful home, spent many hours with her hobbies: sewing, crocheting and gardening. At this time she joined the Royal Purple Lodge holding many positions in that organization, culminating in becoming the District Deputy for the area. She enjoyed many hours of fellowship with her sisters at meetings and other functions, catering for parties and weddings, travelling to other lodges from Whitehorse and Faro to St. John Nfld and many more in between. In 2001 Nick and Lydia, always loving the outdoor life style, moved to Tumbler Ridge where they lived until her passing. Lydia was predeceased by her parents, Olga and Andrew, brother Harry and son Donald. She is survived by brothers Alex, Fred, Mike and sister Anne, sons Terry (Koreena) of Prince George, Wesley (Fort St. John), Kevin (Christine) of Cumberland. Also surviving her are grandsons Christopher (Melissa) of Fairview AB, Shaun of Fort St. John and Cooper of Cumberland. And lastly her pride and joy, her 4 great grandchildren, Cayden, Haylee, Ayviah and Madlyn. We will never forget you! Rest in Peace! Celebration of life will be held in Fort St. John at the end of April with internment of cremated remains at the Forest Lawn cemetery.

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NORTH PEACE DIVISION OF FAMILY PRACTICE PRACTICE IMPROVEMNET COACH The North Peace Division of Family Practice (NPDoFP) is a growing, innovative, local orga− nization working to strengthen primary care. The Practice Improvement Coach will be re− sponsible to proactively reach out to physician practices, identify improvement opportunities and through networking and coaching, assist practices to implement various initiatives. Pre− vious experience in primary care or healthcare background are assets. The job description is available at www.divisionsbc.ca/north−peace Compensation is competitive and will vary de− pending on experience. Application closing date is Tuesday, November 1st, 2016. Please send resume and cover letter to: Mary Augustine, ED, NPDoFP maugustine@divisionsbc.ca 250−785−6677 maugustine@divisionsbc.ca www.divisionsbc.ca/north−peace

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It is with great sadness that the family of David J Nicholas announces his sudden passing in his home on August 5, 2016, at the age of 78 years. He lived and worked in the Fort St John, BC area for many years, then moved to Comox, BC after retiring. David’s favourite pastime was walking around the harbour in Comox, where he could often be found both morning and evening. David leaves a sister Wendy in Ontario, as well as nieces Amanda and Vanessa in Canada, plus nieces Christina, Debbie and nephew Stephen in England, and cousins Sheila, Graham and Richard in the village of Corston, England, where David was born. Cremation has taken place. Rest in peace.

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The AGM for the North Peace Fall Fair Society will be held on November 8, 2016 at the North Peace Cultural Centre at 7:30pm. Anyone interested in being involved in the fair is welcome to attend.

CARD OF THANKS The South Peace Seniors’ Association wish to thank everyone who donated to the Senior’s Day Celebration on October 1st. Also thank you to all who braved the weather and attended.

COMING EVENTS ART CLASSES UNTIL JUNE 30: Each day a different skill for after school youth DAWSON CREEK ART GALLERY: 3:30 to 5:00PM 250782-2601 Dawson Creek Mens Basketball League looking for teams and players. Interested in playing organized basketball during winter. Have a team or need a team contact Trevor at 250-719-1211 or email dcmesleague@yahoo.ca KNIT NIGHT: Thursdays at Faking Sanity Cafe in Dawson Creek6:30 to 8:30 PM.

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COMING EVENTS DAWSON CREEK BADMINTON CLUB From Sept. 19, 2016 to April 26, 2017 Mondays & Wednesdays Time: 7:30-9:30 pm Central Campus Gym Dawson Creek Do not play on any statutory or school holidays. Go on the school website to check on the holidays Please pay before you start playing. Players under 16 years must have an adult with them. You will need clean gym shoes and a racquet. Contact Dan or Judy Pandachuck: 250782-4783 Gord Bamford with special guest Jesse Mast Sat. Nov. 19, 2016 7:30 pm MST North Peace Cultural Centre, Fort St. John MOOSE FM and the Community Touring Alliance are pleased to welcome Gord Bamford with special guest Jesse Mast to the North Peace Cultural Centre on Saturday November 19, 2016. http://www.npcc.bc.ca /events-mainmenu-51

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MILE 0 QUILTERS GUILD: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7PM at Calvin Kruk Performing Arts Centre in Dawson Creek Saturday, November 5th - 1:00 pm Dawson Creek Royal Canadian Legion Branch#141 will be holding its Monthly General Meeting at the branch located at 900-102nd Ave, (side entrance) across 9th Street from Lakeview Credit Union SATURDAYS: LEARN YOUR ROOTS - Genealogy information NAR PARK ROOTS BUILDING 10:00am peacecountryroots.ca Save the Dates July 7, 5:00 pm to July 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm for the 23rd Annual Mile Zero Cruisers Summer Cruise weekend starts with Registration held at the Dawson Co-op. Bring down your pride and joy and register for the 2017 Summer Cruise Car Show weekend. All registrants will receive access to all weekend events as well as a chance to win prizes. Check in this paper for more details closer to the show! South Peace Historical Society Meetings Third Wednesday of the month. In Dawson Creek at the Calvin Kruk Centre Archives Room at 2 pm.

SUNDAYS: FAMILY TREE HELP - Peace Country Roots Group Meeting - Fourth Sunday of each Month at the CALVIN KRUK CENTRE in Dawson Creek 1:30pm WEDNESDAYS: COMPUTER INFORMATION -Seniors Computer Club - Dawson CO-OP Bistro 1:15pm 250-782-4668 for more information

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URBAN SYSTEMS HAS AN IMMEDIATE OPENING: CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST Our Design Production Team (DPT) is looking for an experienced intermediate to senior civil technologist to provide design, inspection, mentor−ship, and project leadership assistance to our practice. Apply online: www.urbansystems.ca/careers Deadline: October 31, 2016 250−785−9697 LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES

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Take notice that Darren Warncke. from Chetwynd, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Northeast Region, for a Crown Land Agriculture Extensive tenure situated on Provincial Crown land located at Cowie Creek.

The Lands File for this application is 8015894. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to Nick Donnelly, Authorization Officer, Northeast Region, MFLNRO, at 100-10003-110th Avenue, Fort St. John, BC V1J 6M7, (250) 7873435. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to November 26, 2016. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information and a map of the application area. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. Access to these records requires the submission of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Visit http://www.gov.bc.ca/freedomofinformation to learn more about FOI submissions.

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Lillian Weber

Lillian was born on July 11th, 1918 in Vanguard Saskatchewan to Daniel and Abigail McCuaig. In 1928 Abigail, Lillian, and Lillian’s younger sister Mae moved to Fort St. John with their stepfather Roy Taylor. The family resided at Fish Creek. Brother Gordon was born on January 1st, 1932. The children attended school in Fort St. John travelling by horseback. On August 15th. 1936 Lillian married local homesteader Dan Weber in Sexsmith, Alberta. They moved to the Weber land in Pineview where they resided with Dan’s Dad, Charles. On November 13th, 1937, their son Ken was born. The family lived in Pineview for many years. Dan farmed in the summer and drove truck in the winter. In later years the family resided in Pineview in the summer then moved to the property next door to the present RCMP building in the winter. They were active curlers and Dan became an Elk while Lil joined the Order Of The Royal Purple. In 1961 they moved into their home at the corner of 105th and 98th street. Dan passed away in November 1976. Lil continued to live in her ‘pink house on the corner’ until after 95th birthday when she moved to her condo in College Heights. Over the past 2 years Macular Degeneration and declining health forced moves to NPSHS Apartment 3 & 4, the hospital, then over to the Bluebelle Section of Peace Villa Care Centre where she passed away peacefully on October 9th. The family is grateful for the care that Lillian was given while residing in the Care Home and also the care she received from Drs. Nobar and Mackie. Lillian was a great cook, loved curling, shopping, and playing cards. She also loved travelling and visiting over 15 countries. She was predeceased by her husband, Dan, sister, Mae Ikert and brother, Gordon Taylor. This feisty lady will be remembered and missed by her son Ken, daughter-in-law Gail, grandson Dan (Monique), their sons Wyatt, Luke, Brett & Jordy, granddaughter Darci (Jack) Hynes, their sons Brian, Daylan, Kagan & Kohl, granddaughter Dawn (Chris) Thompson, and their daughters Makenna & Payton. She also leaves her sister-in-law, Lorena Taylor, nephews Maurice Fines and Guy Taylor and nieces Audrey Thomas and Caleen Taylor, plus many great and great-great nieces and nephews. Lillian was one of the few remaining original North Peace Pioneers. A piece of our local history was lost with her passing. Donations in memory of Lillian can be made to North Peace Seniors Housing Society. GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

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Old Fort resident at risk of losing home as landslides increase JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@dcdn.ca

Darrell Williams loves his riverfront property in the Old Fort neighbourhood. From his deck, he can see a bend in the Peace River, just downstream from where the Site C dam is under construction. Neighbours and friends used to come over to swim in a river backchannel and barbecue on the shore on hot summer days. Then the slides started. Williams, 69, says he’s at risk of losing his home as more and more of the property slides into the river. While he blames vibrations from blasting and pile-driving two kilometres upstream, it’s not clear what role dam construction is playing in the slides. “I love my property, I love my house, it’s just beautiful,” said Williams. “To think of losing it, my stomach’s just churning. I get sick every day. I’m really having a tough time dealing with it, almost like a nervous breakdown at this point.” Williams is one of several dozen people living in the Old Fort Road subdivision, a few kilometres downriver from the $8.8-billion Site C dam. One of the entrances to the project is on Old Fort Road, which is being realigned to accommodate trucks hauling stone to the construction site. Williams has lived for

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Above: Old Fort resident Darrell Williams looks over his home’s balcony onto a landslide he believes is being caused by pile driving and blasting work at the Site C dam site, roughly two kilometres upstream. Right: Williams inspects damage and loss of land right outside the door of his home he says was caused by a recent land slide.

10 years on the 1.37-acre property, which includes a house, accessory buildings, and a trailer he rents to tenants. Williams said the slides on his property began to happen more frequently in the past three to four months, when BC Hydro crews were blasting near the dam site and

pile driving for a temporary construction bridge over the river. In its weekly construction bulletins, BC Hydro warns residents near the project to

expect shaking and vibration as work continues. “On the hot days a while back, you could hear the (construction equipment) running, and you could feel

it,” he said. “My neighbours above me, their pictures fall off the wall every once in awhile. It’s just like, holy cow.” He contacted BC Hydro, who sent staff to inspect the property. “At first they were really worried and offered to give me rooms for me and my tenants to stay in town until they looked into it,” he said. It’s not clear, though, whether dam construction alone is to blame. Dave Conway, Site C spokesperson, said “it’s our understanding that there’s quite a history of instability (on the property) that’s documented by the Peace River Regional District (PRRD).” The PRRD warned Williams for building on his property without permit in 2011, according to a report. He is currently working on an addition to his home. Williams, for his part, says engineers have inspected the property and found no issue with the work he’s performed. Conway said BC Hydro takes complaints “very seriously.” “(We) would investigate to understand if the claim’s warranted,” he said. If the slides continue, there’s a risk one of Williams’ outbuildings could hit the water and septic lines, making his home uninhabitable. “I’m just so upset,” he said. “I’m about to turn 70, (and) I’m going to be homeless.”

Hydro seeks to clear 1,200 hectares for Site C reservoir JONNY WAKEFIELD reporter@ahnfsj.ca

BC Hydro is seeking permission to clear 1,230 hectares of trees and vegetation in the Peace River Valley as work ramps up on the controversial Site C dam project. The utility has applied to begin clearing upstream from the

dam site, located just outside the City of Fort St. John, according to a report included on the latest Peace River Regional District (PRRD) agenda. The licence of occupation would allow crews to begin clearing land for the eastern section of Site C’s 83-kilometre reservoir. The provincial government quietly removed some

of the Crown land from the Agricultural Land Reserve in 2015. Vancouver’s Stanley Park, for comparison, is around 400 hectares. The licence would permit a big ramp up in construction on the $8.8-billion project, approved in 2014. According to the PRRD report, clearing around the dam

site itself is nearly complete. The next step it to begin logging and clearing land up the valley towards Cache Creek—a small rural community along Highway 29. The licence would allow for the clearing of vegetation, saleable timber, and the construction of access roads on both sides of the Peace River. The work was

set to begin this August, according to a BC Hydro document, and is expected to take five years. Peace River Regional District directors had the option of commenting on the licence at the Oct. 13 board meeting in Dawson Creek. However, the PRRD does not ultimately approve the licence, which is granted by the province.

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