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By Matthew Bains NORTHEAST – BC Hy-
dro is proposing a nine per cent increase to electric-ity rates this year, and is forecasting a 29 per cent increase compounded over the next three years.
Pending approval from the BC Utilities Commis-sion, ratepayers would see a hike of 9.11 per cent this year, with a 12.92 per cent increase in 2011 and a 4.81 per cent rise in 2012 being proposed in the provincial budget. When compound-ed, this could represent a 29 per cent spike in the current rate.
“It’s largely being driven by our capital projects,” said BC Hydro spokesper-son Susan Danard. “We have $1.8 billion in capital projects that we’re going to be undertaking in the com-ing year, and to fund that we’ll be asking for a nine per cent rate increase.”
Those projects include adding a fifth generator unit at the Revelstoke Generat-ing Station to provide an additional 500 megawatts of electricity, as well as safety upgrades and re-placements for the Gordon M. Shrum (GMS) facility, the Cheakamus and Strath-cona dams, a complete re-placement of the John Hart facility and upgrades to the Mica and Fort Nelson Gen-erating Stations.
BC Hydro is also planning to automate, modernize and integrate its electricity grid and metering systems under its “Smart Me-tering Program,” at a cost of $660 million over the next three years.
Danard said some of those facilities were built over 40 years ago and some are overdue for major upgrades, and added the projects are necessary to either improve safety or in-crease capacity.
“The challenge for us is we have to fore-cast for population growth and some eco-
nomic upturn,” she said. “We’re cautious, of course, about doing that, but there’s a long lead time for these projects and you have to anticipate them before you need them. The last thing you want is to not be able to meet your demand and not be able to provide reli-able power.”
In regards to the increases over the next two years, Danard said those are just rough estimates, which could be influenced by water levels at the dams and interest rates. She said for budgeting purposes they submit those forecasts, but they are only applying to the BCUC for the nine per cent increase
this year, and will submit separate applica-tions in the following years. She added for the average residential customer the nine per cent increase would mean $7 or less on their monthly bills, depending of course on con-sumption.
Danard said if approved, the increase would go into affect on April 1 as an interim rate subject to a more thorough review by the BCUC. If the Commission decided upon fur-ther review to repeal the rate hike, BC Hydro would refund ratepayers.
More reaction to this story in the next edi-tion of the Northeast News.
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off lasting about 16 hours between Dawson Creek RCMP and a man who barricaded himself in his home and threatened to injure himself ended when the man give himself up peacefully on March 2.
Police responded to a complaint of a man who had locked himself in his home on the 600 block of 99 Avenue just before 6 p.m. on March 1. Police set up barricades around the neighbourhood to limit traffic and protect public safety while they began to negotiate with the man. A spokesperson for the detachment confirmed the man threatened bodily harm to himself and had weapons in the house, but had not armed himself during the standoff. No one else was in the home at the time.
Residents in the area were ad-vised of the situation and some were evacuated for safety reasons.
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Matthew Bains photoPolice were seen leaving the scene of a standoff at the 600 block of 99 Av-enue in Dawson Creek shortly after 10 a.m. on March 2, when a man turned himself into police after locking himself in his home and threatening to harm himself.
POLICE BRIEFSOne dead, two injured in two-vehicle collision CHETWYND – Chetwynd RCMP confirmed a woman
was killed and two others injured following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 on Feb. 27.
The female passenger of a westbound minivan was pro-nounced dead on scene after police attended the collision about 36 kilometres west of Chetwynd at about 3:45 p.m. The driver of the minivan and the driver of the eastbound vehicle were both taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The name of the deceased was being withheld at press time.
Dumbbell used to enter vet clinic CHETWYND – Police are requesting the public’s as-
sistance in catching the culprit(s) responsible for a break and enter at the Chetwynd Veterinary Hospital.
At about 2 a.m. on Feb. 28, an unknown person(s) en-tered the building, located on Weiland Road, by breaking through the front door with a 50 pound dumbbell.
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FORT ST. JOHN – It’s been one month since the new provincial legislation has come into effect in relation to distracted drivers . As of Feb. 1, 2010, driver’s must use a handsfree communication device in order to use a cell phone, or other electronic device, while operating a motor vehicle.
For new drivers who fall into either of the ‘N’ or ‘L’ cat-egories of a class 7 license, they are not permitted to use any electronic device, regardless if the device is a hands-free communication device, while they are driving.
Members of the Fort St. John detachment have been ac-tively enforcing this law since its conception. During the month of February, the North Peace Traffic Services Sec-tion concentrated their enforcement on local highways. Members of the detachment’s Municipal Traffic Section and General Duty Section have also been actively enforc-ing the laws in Fort St. John and surrounding communi-ties. In February alone, over 50 people have been stopped for violating the new legislation.
North Peace Traffic Services recently set up a speed watch on Highway 97 near Charlie Lake and, over a two hour period, over 600 vehicles were observed traveling eastbound on the highway – three per cent of those drivers were observed talking on their cell phones.
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Police are asking anyone who may have observed the vehicle, or its occupants, at the lookout or in the area in the early morning hours of Feb. 21 to contact the Fort St. John RCMP at (250) 787-8140.
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By Matthew BainsDAWSON CREEK – Dawson Creek resi-
dents had their say regarding city council’s proposed 2010 budget.
About 90 residents attended the first public consultation meeting on March 2 at the Ki-wanis Performing Arts Centre. The turnout was noticeably higher than last year, when only a handful people showed up.
Residents were not shy about giving input either, especially those affected by the coun-cil’s proposed cuts to community grants and fee-for-service supports in an effort to tighten discretionary spending. That includes a 50 per cent reduction in fee-for-service support for the Art Gallery, Kiwanis Performing Arts Centre, Mile 0 Park Society, the Kiwanis Band and the Beautification Committee, rep-resenting just over $65,000 total. A $32,617 fee-for-service for Police-Based Victim Ser-vices in 2010 would be eliminated.
The budget for miscellaneous community grants would be cut in half to $50,000, and grants to the DC Stables and Arena Associa-tion and the DC Exhibition Association would also be cut in half to $5,000 each. The grant for the municipal library would be reduced by $3,000 to $57,000. The $19,000 grant to sup-port upgrades to St. Emile’s Cemetery would be eliminated. In total, $82,000 in commu-nity grants would be cut, and $179,657 total would be cut when combined with the fee-for-service cuts.
Mayor and council heard from representa-tives of some of those community organiza-tions during the meeting. Ellen Corea, presi-dent of the South Peace Community Arts Council, said she understands city council is in a difficult position, but they are overlook-ing the benefits to the local economy and to tourism those groups provide.
“When you make your priorities tourism and economic development, I think you’re overlooking certain things,” said Corea. “I think you’re overlooking the fact that a lot of these community organizations actually get matching funding and actually make money for the city.”
She added council should not forget those groups are made up primarily of volunteers and it is through their efforts that Dawson Creek remains an attractive place to live.
“A community isn’t bricks and mortar, a community is people, and the only way we can get economic development in our com-munity is to have the type of community you want to move into,” she said.
Barbara Swail said she is deeply concerned about the direction of council in the area of sustainability, noting their decision not to rehire a sustainability director after that po-sition became vacant in December. She said the majority of voters elected the current mayor and council largely on the sustainabil-ity mandate and that should not be hijacked by the agenda of those in the minority.
“I’m very concerned that we’re going to end up pedaling backwards at a time when we most definitely should be going forward,” said Swail. “We got on the world stage as leaders, and here we are dropping the ball for $10,000 here and $2,000 there and a little of this and a little of that, and they’re not even the majority of the taxpayers who voted for you.”
Councillor Marilyn Belak said she feels the budget constraints will be dealt with in the short-term and sustainability will continue to be the city’s focus in the long-term. Bernier added council is still committed to the plans put in place by the previous director.
“The money is an issue, but I think we can
still get a lot of what we want done without the money,” said the mayor.
Swail was referring to the Dawson Creek Ratepayers, the group that rallied opposition to council’s proposed borrowing bylaw that was defeated in a referendum in November, prompting council to revisit their financial plan. Three members of that group’s execu-tive were present at the meeting.
Brian Lekei said the group believes City Hall is headed in the right direction, but the group’s treasurer, Ian Marchuck, added there is still much more reductions in operational spending that could be made, while main-taining the community grants and supports. They pointed to things like City Hall’s phone bills, the use of public fleet vehicles for pri-vate uses and the reimbursements paid to the mayor and council for travel expenses.
“Are you going to set an example with the smallest of things that can save money so that our community groups can get full grants, so that we can have the services and amenities we have and build on them?” asked member Shaely Endicott.
Chief financial officer Shelly Woolf re-plied that with the exception of staff on-call for emergency services, personal use of fleet vehicles is not advised and employees have to sign expense statements demonstrating a business use. Bernier said council and staff are proposing a 50 per cent reduction in the travel budgets at City Hall, a freeze on wages for exempt staff this year and $1.6 million in total operational cuts this year. He said council has recognized following the referen-dum that the status-quo is not acceptable and changes need to be made.
“That’s not a bad thing,” he said. “Some-times we need to be brought down to realize where we’re at.”
The Ratepayers also questioned the use of FairShare money to fund operations, believ-ing the provincial government transfer should be used entirely for capital projects. Mayor and council disagreed, saying the money helps to keep tax rates lower. Councilor Sue Kenny said it should be viewed as an indus-trial property tax, and added while grants are often available for capital projects, they very rarely can be used to provide core services. Councilor Bud Powell said with the oil and gas industry expected to be operating in the region for the next 30 or more years, there’s no reason to expect that the agreement with the Province couldn’t be renegotiated after 2020.
• City council earned the praise of the Step Up and Ride Society, which provides transportation to those in the community who cannot access public transit. Supervisor Mona McNalley said they are very happy the $25,000-a-year grant will be maintained so they can continue offering the same level of service, and it shows a commitment from city council to seniors and those with disabilities.
• Council also received the praise of Shawn Trottier, manager of the Louisiana Pacific plant, for proposing to lower the ma-jor industrial tax rate to $19.15 (per $1,000 of assessed value) from $42.29 last year. The forestry sector has been hit hard by the global economic downturn, and workers and contractors at the local plant are in the midst of a three-month production curtailment. “While this cost savings alone will not offset the predicted continuing impact of the current economy, it will certainly help us get through this unprecedented downturn,” stated Trottier in a letter to council. “The knowledge that we have your support is of equal significance to all of us.”
DC residents have their say regarding 2010 budget
By Matthew Bains DAWSON CREEK – New students enrolling in
Dawson Creek elementary schools will be expected to attend the school in their neighbourhood staring next school year, as the school district will be reinforcing catchment areas.
Catchment areas were recently updated for each of the four elementary schools in the city. Those areas had not been redrawn since the closure of O’Brien and Grandview Schools, but the new map will also take into account the pending closure of Parkhill Elementary at the end of this school year.
Assistant superintendent Rob Dennis explained the catchment areas were established by the Province in the School Act as a way to prevent overcrowding of
schools. However, he said with declining en-rollment over the last several years opening up school spaces, the pressure to enforce the catchment areas diminished and the school dis-trict allowed a quasi-open boundaries policy. He said now that decline in enrollment has put the emphasis back on enforcing catchment ar-eas.
“We now have schools where populations are getting diminished to the point where we need catchments in order to sustain populations in schools and not overstuff other schools,” said Dennis.
When enrollments are received, the four el-ementary schools will be expected to give pri-ority to students who live in their respective ar-eas. However, students who attended a school outside of their catchment area this year will still be able to attend that school until the com-pletion of Grade 7. Parents who want to send their child to a school outside of their catchment area where a sibling is already attending
can also do so. Dennis said the effect on school popu-lations would be realized over a seven-year period as the children of new fami-lies to Dawson Creek enter the school system and the students currently enrolled complete Grade 7. He add-ed it shouldn’t be an issue for parents moving from another part of the prov-ince, as School District 59 was one of the few districts
not enforcing the catchment areas.The board had instructed staff to review the catch-
ment areas for rural schools in the district, but the sug-gestion that came forward to them on Feb. 24 was not to adjust the boundaries. It was suggested this would amount to robbing from one school to sustain another and that parents should continue to decide for them-selves what rural schools will be sustained by enrolling their children there.
Dennis said there is still an issue of a duplication of services, as the district is currently supporting the op-eration of rural elementary schools, while at the same time providing transportation for rural students attend-ing schools in Dawson Creek.
The board considered phasing-in a fee structure to ap-ply to non-eligible bus students to deal with the budget gap in providing that service, but they ultimately voted against that suggestion.
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$100 - $299: Randall Alexander * Ken Almond * Irene H. Ardill * Alvin & Colleen Badry * Jeannine Bahm * Dennis & Diane Bloor * Dixie Chambers * D & D Insula-tors Ltd * Devon Corporation * Ken Dingman * Dr. Bryan Rogers * Reginald Durrell & Pat Dool * Hans & Annamarie Eggiman * Gerald Gardner * J.W. & O. Gentles * Walter & Rose Hetman * Internet Guys Inc. * Charlotte Jackson * Arthur & Annabelle Johnson * Bonnie J. Leonfellner * Marlene Lessing * Marcel & Sandra Levac * Mackeno Ventures, James Little * Steven McAdams Law Corporation * Bob & Marjorie McCornick * Doris Mertler * Rose Mooney * Hans & Elsie Myhre * Neil Carlstrom Oilfield Ltd. * Nelda Neilson * Norlands Ventures, Paul von Nostrand * Alene Peck * Josephine Pimm * Glen B. & Lorna J. Pomeroy * Ross & Linda Pomeroy * Dianne & Glen Pope * Probe Corrosion Services Ltd. * Provincial Employees Association * Elizabeth Ra-domski * Madeline Scott * Laurie & Edward Shuster * Snider Electronics, Wendall Snider * Kim Sones * Spectra Energy * St. Martins ACW * Mel & Ethelann
Stewart * Kathryn Thorlakson * TLC Trans Canada Carrier * Transpine Farms Ltd., Frederick T. Lehmann * Charles & Mary Vincent * Danny Weber * Linda Wigglesworth * Harvey & Margaret Wood * Terry & Carolyn Wood * Dick Ardill *
$300 - $499 Victor E. Brandl * Anna Fell * Fort Motors * Grace Cosmetics, Barbara Marsh * Austin & Evelyn Had-land * Kathy Howkins * Ministry of the Environ-ment Staff
$500 - $999Roxanne Chmelyk * Devon Corporation * Dallas D. Friesen * Gordon & Dawn Gentles * Carol Gregoire * Mildred LeClerc * Ewart & Gwen Loucks * Macen-na Staffing Services * Edith Perry * Albert Scholl *
$1,000 - $1,999Spectra Energy Transmission * Jeanne M. Clelland * Sue-Anne Drschiwiski * North Peace Savings & Credit Union * Tom & Thelma Ostero
$5,000: * ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corporation
DONATIONS MADE THROUGH THE ALZHEIMER FAM-ILY SUPPORT GROUP TOTALLING $3,235.56 came from * Kathy Thorlakson, * Heather Nyberg, * Fort Bowling Lanes, Kevin Alexander
We acknowledge the receipt of donations in memory of the following:Lloyd Callison * Bert LeClerc * Noreen Blais * Harold Wilson * Emmett Smith * Jeannette Haugen * Phillis Doetzel * Sadie Howe * Viola Martin * Laura Snyder
PEACE LUTHERAN CARE CENTRE FOUNDATION donation envelopes for your gifts or memorials are available at North Peace Care Centre at 9907 110 Ave Fort St. John BC V1J 2S9 Mon - Fri. Mail or deliver your donation to North Peace Care Centre. Income Tax receipts are always provided.
BECOME A MEMBER for the benefit of the residents of the North Peace Care Centre. Application forms are available at North Peace Care Centre for $5.00. Memberships purchased before August 1, 2010 allow voting privileges at the Annual General Meeting held in September. If you miss the deadline date you are welcome to attend the AGM and sign up then, although you will not have voting privileges at that meeting. Come join our worthwhile cause. Questions? Call Mae Lorette at 250-787-0218.
THANK YOU FORT ST. JOHN & AREA FOR HELPING US PROVIDE THE GIFT OF COMFORT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH PEACE CARE CENTRE!
After four years of concentrating on raising $83,000 to help the Northern Health Authority purchase a new bus for the use of North Peace Care Centre residents and $50,000 for a gazebo at North Peace Care Centre, in 2009 we concentrated on raising money for equipment for the North Peace Care Centre, equipment not provided by the Northern Health Council. Nursing management made the selections and the Peace Lutheran Care Centre Foundation paid out of donations made to the Healthy Living Fund. When you make a donation to our annual fundraiser it will be used for that purpose alone.
CHAPLAINCY: A chaplain is an important component of long-term care and the foundation is happy to announce the continued support of a part time chaplain selected by the local Ministerial Group. Terry Price holds services and visits residents of the North Peace Care Centre regularly to offer love and hope from a position deeply rooted in Christian faith. This program is paid from the interest on a fund long established for that purpose, but we welcome ongoing community support. If it feels right for you, then please make donations specifically to the Chaplaincy Fund.
We encourage you to consider making provisions in your estate for a gift to Peace Lutheran Care Centre Foundation (call Mae Lorette at 250 787 0218 for details). Be sure to state that the donation is for either The Annual Fundraiser or for Chaplaincy. We honour all specific requests.
PEACE LUTHERAN CARE CENTRE FOUNDATION(Foundation for the North Peace Care Centre) THANK YOU
We upgraded two computers donated by Spec-tra Energy. $3,500 from North Peace Savings & Credit Union plus donations by individuals provided the remainder of the $7,100 necessary to equip these computers with special needs desk, specialized hardware, and software so that they can be used by residents with special requirements. (Some have discovered Face-Book!)
Bed alarms - $1,600
55” TV & DVD for EC. Surround Sound for IC.
Funded by a ConocoPhillips gift of $5,000
Landscape improvements to Special Care Unit funded by Spectra Energy with a donation of $1,000, labor provided by their employees. Additional funding from Alzheimer’s Support Group.
Two Laerdal Suction Units with reusable con-tainer - $2,100
Fourteen Slings – to aid in comfortable safe repositioning - $2,500
Equipment for residents’ computers plus free internet to one of the two computers – Value: $750 from Internet Guys Inc.
Christmas Party for the “non-senior” residents - $350 from Fort Motors
Repair to residents’ washer previously pur-chased by the foundation - $538
Six Compressor Pulmo-Aide 115V with Nebu-lizer - $717.
Piano Tuning
EQUIPMENT, IMPROVEMENTS, PROGRAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS PROVIDED IN 2009
District to enforce catchment areas for elementary schools
Contributed photoThis map shows the catchment areas for the four elementary schools in Dawson Creek.
Amidst an economy that is starting to turn the corner with 135,000 net new Ca-nadian jobs since July 2009, this week’s Speech from the Throne reaffirmed that our Conservative Government will con-tinue to protect incomes, create jobs, ease credit markets and help workers and communities get back on their feet.
Yet we have set the groundwork to re-turn to fiscal balance by winding down stimulus spending as economic activity rebounds and by restraining federal pro-gram spending while protecting growth in transfers that directly benefit Canada, such as pensions, health care and educa-tion.
Here are some highlights:Our Conservative Government will
lead by example. We will introduce leg-islation to freeze salaries of the Prime Minister, Ministers, Members of Par-liament and Senators and to freeze the overall budgets of ministers’ offices and call on MPs and Senators to do the same. We will also freeze the operating bud-gets for federal departments, the amount
spent on administration and overhead. Our efforts towards job creation and
job protection will continue. We will introduce additional measures to help young Canadians enter to-day’s tough job market. We will invest in skills and edu-cation, including enhanced support for apprenticeships, strengthened First Nations education and expanded op-portunities for top gradu-ates to commercialize their ideas.
We will keep taxes low and competitive, open mar-kets to Canadian goods and services, strengthen laws governing in-tellectual property and copyright and launch a digital economy strategy to drive new technology.
We will take further steps to fight climate change by leading the world in clean electricity generation and provide funding to help developing economies reduce their emissions and adapt to cli-
mate change. In terms of natural resource oppor-
tunities, a priority for our region, our government has committed to untan-
gling the daunting maze of regulations that needlessly complicates projects ap-proval, replacing it with simple, clearer processes that offer improved envi-ronmental protection and greater certainty to indus-try. And we will partner with the forest industry to enter new markets and de-ploy new technologies.
We will take steps to support a competitive livestock indus-try, pursue market access for agricul-tural products and ensure freedom of choice for which western barley farmers overwhelmingly voted.
You can also look for us to strength-en the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) for sole-support, single parents families.
Our commitment to crime and justice reform will continue despite ongoing ef-forts by the opposition parties to block our justice agenda.
We will also give families of murder victims access to special benefits under Employment Insurance and give em-ployees of federally-regulated industries the right to unpaid leave if they or mem-bers of their families are victimized by crime.
And we’ll change unfair rules restrict-ing access to benefits under EI for mili-tary families who have paid into the sys-tem for years.
For those Canadians who built our na-tion, we will strengthen Canada’s retire-ment income system and support legisla-tion establishing Seniors Day.
Due to printing deadlines, I am writing this edition of MP Report the day before Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is set to table Budget 2010. You can expect spe-cifics on many of these initiatives above to be outlined in the budget.
Stay tuned…
Northeast NEWSPage 6 March 11, 2010
Opportunity knocks
By Jay Hill
Words of OpinionEDITORIAL
MP Report
Throne speech focused on job creation and future prosperity
A number of Northeast residents will certainly benefit by two agreements recently reached in the region.
The first agreement, between Doig River First Nations and Aeolis Wind, will allow the proposed wind projects at Hackney Hills and Thunder Mountain to continue to move forward with its potential construction.
Having such projects represent a huge potential for the region economically, where it could be put on the map for its wind energy growth, as well as the positive environ-mental results that stem from its construction if it moves forward.
The other agreement, between the Northeast Aboriginal Business and Wellness Centre and Northern Health, will help to provide continued medical services in the down-town core of Fort St. John after the new hospital opens on the city’s outskirts.
The idea behind the addition of a nurse practitioner at the centre, and potential expansion in the future to other medi-cal services, is that not everyone would be able to access the services the hospital can provide in its new location.
Having someone available in the downtown core will allow, as the agreement states, continued services to not only Aboriginal people, but all people in the community, including the homeless and those closer to downtown to see a medical professional more easily.
That ability will ensure that even after the hospital has moved, community members can rest assured knowing a nurse practitioner is still not far from their home.
While both agreements are very different, the benefits are very much obvious. The potential for both projects to expand further will only mean positives for the future for residents living in the Northeast.
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This letter is in response to Senator Richard Neufeld’s recent meeting with Fort St. John council.
Editor:I attended the council meeting on Feb. 8 to hear what Mr. Neufeld had to say about Site
C.Mr. Neufeld is no longer a policy maker, nor is he in a position of political influence, but
he seems to find it difficult to let go of one of his pet projects, Site C, which, if it were built would immensely benefit industry and big business, not the people of BC and least of all the residents of the North Peace. I find it highly presumptuous of Mr. Neufeld to suggest that we should all get into the same boat and sing from the same song sheet, meaning we should forget our objections and our opposition to Site C for the sake of some token benefits.
A fair and honourable approach to Site C would have been an independent review of all the pros and cons. There is no shortage of experts in Canada who would have delivered a flawless assessment of Site C, but Mr. Neufeld did not want that. Instead, he had BC Hydro conduct their so-called consultation to the tune of nearly $40 million dollars. The BC Hy-dro process was flawed from the beginning because it was not objective. The publications, which were the guidelines for the meetings, contained numerous unsubstantiated claims, a great deal of pro-Site C propaganda, distortions, misleading information, exaggerations and half-truths.
Mr. David Conway stated repeatedly, and I quote: “The cabinet sets the policy and BC Hydro implements it.” The results and conclusions were predictable, definitely predeter-mined and not obtained in an at-arms-length method.
Mr. Neufeld has always been a representative of industry and big business as Minister of Energy and Mines, true to Premier Campbell’s motto – British Columbia is for sale. Had Mr. Neufeld been at all interested in the well-being of the citizens of BC, particularly those at the lower end of the economic scale, he, as influential minister in cabinet, would have op-posed policies that led BC to have the lowest minimum wage and the highest child poverty rate in Canada. Furthermore, he has shown little or no interest in the detrimental effects imposed by the oil and gas industry on landowners and affected residents under guidelines set by his ministry.
Mr. Neufeld stated at the council meeting that he was present as a local citizen and as a Senator representing all of BC. He certainly does not represent me, nor anyone really be-cause he was not elected, but appointed by the very man Harper, who for years ranted and raved against the Senate. He was appointed because Harper needed loyal yes-men to guar-antee the quick passage of his legislation. What Mr. Neufeld had to say in council chamber was one man’s opinion, nothing more!
Of course the city would need substantial financial support to cope with the demands placed on it if Site C should go ahead, but this support must be a prerequisite, not a matter of negotiation as Mr. Neufeld suggested. And what about this area as a whole? We would be the big losers, despite the few taken concessions the government would throw our way. We would lose a historic and unique valley, the only one in all of the Americas where a river starts west of the Rockies/Andes and does not flow into the Pacific. We would lose a substantial amount of the best agricultural land in the prov-ince, historic sites, and homes. We would lose unique eco-systems, wildlife habitats, etc, and there would be climate change, as Hydro has already acknowledged. There would be higher humidity and more fog during fall, exactly when farmers need dry conditions to bring in their crops. So what would we gain from Site C? Absolutely nothing.
Are we really willing to sell the soul of the Peace River Country for forty pieces of silver?
Mike KroecherCharlie Lake
Northeast NEWS March 11, 2010 Page 7
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Not happy with Neufeld’s ideasEditor:It will cost the taxpayers $15,000 a year
for two more years for the fluoride poison in our water. It is a crying shame that we are paying to harm the health of everyone in Fort St. John.
Under ‘fluoride poisoned orchard and cows’ it tells the story of how Oscar Ir-ving was paid $750,000 from the Rock-efeller Institute with the purpose to secure a national fluoride campaign. So he be-came head of the Public Health Service in 1945, when they were making the atomic bomb. Oscar Irving has never been in the service of the Public Health. He got this poison in our drinking water from the garbage from the atomic bombs, which is just more depopulation.
Under ‘fluoride poisoned salmon, hon-ey bees, sterilization of Natzi inmates’ it will wake you up to what they are doing to our health before it is too late to protect your children.
Fluoride causes cancer faster than any other chemical, causes hip and knee re-placement, deformed teeth, arthritis, Al-zheimer’s and many more health prob-lems. Diabetics die if fluorinated water is used in a dialysis machine. Baby bottle formula is not to have fluoride water in it as it destroys their teeth and bones and
their brain cells.Two more years of poison is not good
for anyone in FSJ.Forget about flowers, Christmas lights,
ice carnivals, iron works and painted water towers and use this money to give us pure clean water that will benefit the health of us all, visitors included.
I hope the people of Fort St. John will look at their computers so they can find out that the atomic bomb company were able to make 20,000 per cent profit on selling this poison to the public instead of finding a place to get rid of it as they are not allowed to put it in the garbage dump in stainless steel or plastic as it will eat through these containers. But this way, it creates more money in our health care system for repairing all our health prob-lems.
Little William, age three, had fluoride put on his teeth then was given water to rinse his mouth, but he swallowed it. In five hours, he went into a coma and died.
So we must put a stop to this poison when it comes to the referendum, or sooner if someone knows of a better and quicker way.
Thanking you for any help that you can give.
Dorothy Folk, Fort St. John
No benefits to fluoride use
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By Matthew Bains DAWSON CREEK – Tamara Ziemer was elected on Feb.
27 to represent Dawson Creek as the new board trustee for School District 59.
Ziemer captured 30 votes in a by-elec-tion that saw 74 votes cast for three can-didates running to represent electoral area 3 (Dawson Creek), a position vacated by the departing Christabelle Kux-Kardos.
The mother of two will be stepping down from her position as chair of the parent advisory council (PAC) at Ecolé Frank Ross, where her daughter has been enrolled for two years, to take on her new role. She said with two young children who will be going through the school system for the next many years, she’s not looking to make big changes, but to learn more about the process.
“There’s so many different dynamics involved in public education that really it’s more about learning about the whole process and how it works, rather than wanting to implement changes or any-thing like that,” said Ziemer. “I just want to learn and see if there’s anything I can to do to make things better.”
She is expecting to graduate this year with a degree in psychology from the University of Northern British Co-
lumbia, after putting her studies on hold for a while to stay at home with her step-daughter. She said she is originally from Ontario but went to high school in Daw-son Creek. She moved away to begin her post-secondary studies but returned a few years ago when her husband was trans-ferred here. She said it is good to be back as she has a sister here who also has small children.
Ziemer said she hopes her connec-tions with parents and teachers, and her experiences in participating in debates and building strong inter-personal skills, will help her in her new position. She acknowledged the school board is in the midst of some challenging decisions around reconfiguration of schools, but said those decisions are necessary.
“There are hard decisions to make, be-cause not everybody is going to be happy, but you need to keep the larger picture in mind and look at the district as a whole,”
she said. “I think the idea is to save money on transportation and things like that so we can put it into programs.”
She said she met with board members on March 3 to get more understanding of those issues, and was impressed by the open and honest discussion that took place.
Editor:I am concerned for seniors!The years of 2009 and now 2010 are years where seniors
face a number of fee increases and additional costs. For some it will mean a hardship.
The year 2009 saw the introduction of the carbon tax, three cents per litre, to increase in 2010 another three cents per litre.
In 2010, medical premiums increase by six per cent with a plan to increase again in 2011 and 2012 by six per cent each year. We in BC pay premiums until the age of 80, no other province in Canada at this date in time pay any premiums. Their services are just as good or better than ours, even in the “have not provinces.”
Medical premiums are not funds designated for health but go into general revenue. This year, we are now seeing increased fees for long term care. The fees are for rent and based on 80 per cent of your income. For some that will mean an increase, others will have a reduction. People are to be left with $275 per month. However medications not covered by Pharmacare can easily use up the $275.
Now seniors are facing a possible HST Tax. No it is not a done deal!
This proposed tax would add seven per cent to the cost of many goods and services that are exempt from the PST. This proposed tax would transfer the entire sales tax burden from business to consumers. It would cost the average household $2100 per year.
More for utilities, more for hair cuts, perms etc., more for joining a fitness centre, more for movies, more for vitamins, over the counter pain killers, rent, hotel rooms, more for eating out, plus many more daily needs.
This begs the question – how many of these increases will put middle income earners in the low income bracket? How long will low income earners make it before they are destitute? Many seniors today are fearful of outliving their money. These increases do not offer any comfort with the concerns.
I am unaware of any offer to increase the OAS or the Cana-da Pension Plan, there should be an ACOL clause for seniors.
The Citizens Initiative, instigated by Bill Vander Zalm and ratified by BC Elections provide us with a method to oppose this tax.
Mr. Vander Zalm is planning to come to Fort St. John on March 14. Get the information!
Jean Leahy, Fort St. John
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Editor:Congratulations to the medal winners at the 2010
Olympics and shame on the homeless for causing a disturbance! We wouldn’t want the world to know that some of our citizens are just as bad off as the poor of Europe, Asia and Africa.
Last week, they even spoke of revolution (you mean like the French Revolution when the Seine ran red with the blood of their corrupt leader?) They should be happy that they are poor so they don’t have to worry about be-ing robbed.
I must be rich since I stopped counting at 25 robber-ies and acts of vandalism 10 years ago, which happened while I was out welding or operating equipment in the oil patch, the lion’s share of my wages going to support good men like Senator Andy Thompson, living in Mex-ico since 1962 and judges like the Honourable David Ramsey of Prince George who along with 10 henchmen were blackmailing and seducing little native girls “some as young as 13” (CBC Reporter) and others of ‘our elite’.
Nobody will tell me what the poverty line is, but I sus-pect that I’m below it, living on my Canada Pension of $163.11 per month, since so much of the last 30 years has been spend guarding my home from thieving dopers and members of our temporary police force. I say tempo-rary, since their contract is over in 2012.
This isn’t just a rant. I’ve offered half of my property at half the going rate
of real estate. River frontage lots with no money down, rental purchase and I’d do the preliminary surveying as a partial solution to our homeless problem. Neither the Minister of Housing or my MLA even answered my let-ters.
Enjoy the games and to hell with the poor. Let them eat cake.Ron HorneFarmington
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New school board trustee elected in DC
Matthew Bains photoDawson Creek’s new school board trustee, Tamara Ziemer, seen here with her two-year old son, Linden.
Not many benefits for seniors in 2010
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Matthew Bains photoThe South Peace Community Resources Society hosted an evening of celebration on March 6 in recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8. The event in-cluded dinner and entertainment from the Gems of the Nile belly dancers, singer Linda Studley featuring gui-tarist Ian Smith, playwright Cynthia Livingston, coun-try music duo No Limitz, and a motivational speech from life coach Joyce Lee. Some of the participants are seen here joining a dance facilitated by instructor Monica Dobrowolski.
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The protocol agreement provides a framework for address-ing issues such as environmental protection, Treaty Rights, ed-ucation and training, community development and economic
opportunities. “I believe, for our Nation, it’s important that we be in-
volved,” said Doig River Chief Norman Davis. “We have to look to the future, to environmental issues and things like that.”
He said in his opinion, renewable energy will be a big part of that future, not just in the region but the entire world and added the agreement is a framework for engagement in the future. Davis said he believes that relationship will include
economic opportunities, as well as training and education for their members.
The Thunder Mountain project received certification from the provincial Environmental Assessment Office in Decem-ber. The first phase of the project will have a capacity of up to 333 megawatts and will be located approximately 33 kilome-tres southeast of Tumbler Ridge.
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By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – A newly signed agreement is pro-
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east Aboriginal Business and Wellness Centre and North-ern Health will see a nurse practitioner stationed at the centre for one and a half days per week.
This, said the centres executive director Paulette Fla-mond, moves the centre towards its goals for the future.
“We just thought it would be a perfect fit and it’s our vision, of course, because we do offer wellness services, to one day see an Aboriginal health centre in Fort St. John in the downtown core, hopefully, that will service not only Aboriginal people but again other people that are living in the downtown area,” she said.
She added that goal of a health centre would, hopefully, one day feature a variety of health services for the commu-nity as a whole including such things as a medical doctor, nurses, massage therapists and other forms of alternative medicine.
Flamond said such centres already exist in such areas as Prince George and in Toronto, and quite successfully, and with the new hospital slated for the outskirts of the city, she believes it’s important to think about continuing to of-fer health services in the downtown core.
“There’s a lot of people that access the downtown ser-vices already,” she said. “A lot of our First Nations people when they come in, they go to the downtown core to either do their banking or to do their grocery shopping.
“Not only will we be using the service for the Aborigi-nal people in the community, but we will also be targeting the Women’s Resource Centre, the Salvation Army and bringing in people that are on the street that may need to have some medical care and some attention. So it’s not specifically Aboriginal, even though it’s through our Ab-original organization because we’re inclusive, even with the work that we do today.”
Diella Schatz, the nurse practitioner chosen for the role at the centre, said she has already been out in the com-munity networking and letting people know just what the
centre now offers.“It’s been a challenge and it’s been a privilege and I’m
just feeling very grateful for being part of this move for-ward in health care.”
As a nurse practitioner, Schatz is able to write prescrip-tions, diagnose patients and order tests but she stresses she is not a doctor.
The position, however, said Angela De Smit, North Peace health services administrator, is able to fill in some of the gaps in health services in communities.
“It allows us to put a health care provider into areas where we normally wouldn’t be able to have them go into or function as independently,” she said. “This is that linkage in terms of addressing the health services and the health needs of the homeless in our community as well as the Aboriginal’s in our community. So I can only see that it’s going to expand and it’s going to be a great service.”
In the short term, Northern Health and NPABWC will be marketing the new role available at the centre and what exactly it can offer to community members.
Agreement moves forward NEABWC’s plans for health centre
Northeast NEWS March 11, 2010 Page 11
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By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – Northern Health is moving forward
with initiatives surrounding cancer in the region.The Northern Cancer Control Strategy, which has been in
the works for three years, has made a lot of progress, as orga-nizers work to develop a business plan to improve the cancer strategy for the north.
“Why they stimulated the whole spectrum of cancer control is because we know that just putting a centre down is not going to help reduce cancer incidences in the north,” said Dr. Ron-ald Chapman. “You literally have to work on prevention and screening, you have to work on your diagnostics, treatment and even on your supportive care, so you need to develop the whole spectrum of the continuum.”
The groups involved, in-cluding the BC Cancer Agen-cy and Northern Health, fo-cused around six main topics in its research to understand how to better the current sys-tems surrounding cancer in the north – prevention and promotion, screening, detec-tion and diagnosis, treatment, supportive care and rehabilita-tion and house based palliative and end of life care.
Chapman said the group
aims to improve those areas as patients who have cancer travel through a variety of levels of care in order to get their treatment.
“If you have a look at the three or four major cancers, you find patients have to go through quite a journey through different levels of care before they get treated and this journey comes with a set of challenges because it’s communi-cation, it’s system challenges, it’s waiting times sometimes, anxiety, so there’s are a lot of inter-esting challenges facing the [patient],” he said. “What we’re trying to do with the strategy is try and actually improve some of those particular areas.”
Steps taken presently include two new screen-ing programs for mammography and cervical tests happening at the community level, noting Fort St. John as a specialist centre where diag-nostics can be done, programs through preven-tion and promotion as well as work on screening and treatment, among others.
Chapman said with the new cancer centre being built in Prince George, the group is hoping to have the facility become that of patients’ choice in the region.
Right now, he said, patients are often sent to Vancouver or Edmonton, depending on the treatment, but through the devel-opment of positive relation-ships, Chapman said he hopes that changes.
“We hope that we can change the referral package but to do that requires a lot of work. It requires, particularly, first of all, rendering a good service, service that every-
body particularly feels they certainly get value for money,” he said. “Secondly, is building important relationships.”
Those relationships, he added, have grown a lot over the last three years and they hope that continues into the future.
The addition of a cancer unit in Dawson Creek, which opened recently, along with the newly added use of telemedi-cine, has also helped Northern Health figure out viable sys-tems for some of the smaller communities in the region.
“We’ve got to get everybody’s mind trained, the patients need to be comfortable with it,” he said. “So it doesn’t matter where the professional’s sitting, at least the patient can get the service where they’re actually living, and that makes a huge difference.”
Chapman added the group hopes through a newly devel-oped navigation service that, by mapping out the journey of a breast cancer patient, for example, Northern Health will be able to determine the path each community follows.
“What’s nice is once you map that out and you get it all to-gether you start to see where some challenges are in the system and you can start tweaking the system to try and improve that,” he said. “Sometimes it’s big tweaks and sometimes it’s small tweaks that we have to make and then hopefully it makes life easier for everybody as they go through the system.”
Chapman said the goal right now is working towards wrap-ping up the initiative by the end of 2012 after the Prince George cancer centre is slated to open in September 2012.
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HURRY! oNlY AvAilAblE MARcH 1 – APRil 18, 2010©2010 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP) All rights reserved. ®,™ Trademarks of BRP or its affiliates. *Offers valid in Canada at participating Ski-Doo® dealers on purchases of new and unused 2011 Ski-Doo snowmobiles (excluding spring-only models) ordered between 03/01/2010 and 04/18/2010 (Eligible Sled). Consumers may choose any 2 options among the choices available in Options 1, 2 or 3 described below. **option 1) No down payment and no payments for 6 months. BRP will pay the interest for the first 5 months. Financing is subject to credit approval. Not all applicants will qualify for credit. ‡option 2) 2nd year engine coverage. 1 year BRP limited warranty plus 1 year BRP Extended Service Term (B.E.S.T) engine coverage only. B.E.S.T. is subject to a $50 deductible per repair. §option 3) Free electric start. If consumer does not choose 2 among the 3 options listed above, only then is consumer eligible to receive a $600 rebate applicable on the purchase of any Eligible Sled. +best 2010 Price offer guarantee: BRP guarantees to all consumers who purchase an Eligible Sled that no BRP manufacture rebate greater than $600 will be available until 2011. If a higher rebate is offered by BRP before 2011, then any consumer who purchased an Eligible Sled will receive a credit equal to twice the difference between the better rebate offered by BRP and $600. Such credit can only be used towards the purchase of any new BRP vehicle made before December 31, 2013. Credit will be sent directly to consumer. The rebate comparison will be based on rebates available for identical Ski-Doo snowmobile and does not take into consideration any rebate that may be offered by BRP dealers. Promotions are subject to termination or change at any time without notice. See your participating Ski-Doo dealer for all details. Offer may not be assigned, traded, sold or combined with any other offer unless expressly stated herein. Offer void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. BRP reserves the right, at any time, to discontinue or change specifications, prices, designs, features, models or equipment without incurring any obligation. Always consult your snowmobile dealer when selecting a snowmobile for your particular needs and carefully read and pay special attention to your Operator’s Guide, Safety Video, Safety Handbook and to the safety labelling on your snowmobile. Always ride responsibly and safely. Always wear appropriate clothing, including a helmet. Printed in Canada. P/N: 484800802
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HURRY! oNlY AvAilAblE MARcH 1 – APRil 18, 2010©2010 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP) All rights reserved. ®,™ Trademarks of BRP or its affiliates. *Offers valid in Canada at participating Ski-Doo® dealers on purchases of new and unused 2011 Ski-Doo snowmobiles (excluding spring-only models) ordered between 03/01/2010 and 04/18/2010 (Eligible Sled). Consumers may choose any 2 options among the choices available in Options 1, 2 or 3 described below. **option 1) No down payment and no payments for 6 months. BRP will pay the interest for the first 5 months. Financing is subject to credit approval. Not all applicants will qualify for credit. ‡option 2) 2nd year engine coverage. 1 year BRP limited warranty plus 1 year BRP Extended Service Term (B.E.S.T) engine coverage only. B.E.S.T. is subject to a $50 deductible per repair. §option 3) Free electric start. If consumer does not choose 2 among the 3 options listed above, only then is consumer eligible to receive a $600 rebate applicable on the purchase of any Eligible Sled. +best 2010 Price offer guarantee: BRP guarantees to all consumers who purchase an Eligible Sled that no BRP manufacture rebate greater than $600 will be available until 2011. If a higher rebate is offered by BRP before 2011, then any consumer who purchased an Eligible Sled will receive a credit equal to twice the difference between the better rebate offered by BRP and $600. Such credit can only be used towards the purchase of any new BRP vehicle made before December 31, 2013. Credit will be sent directly to consumer. The rebate comparison will be based on rebates available for identical Ski-Doo snowmobile and does not take into consideration any rebate that may be offered by BRP dealers. Promotions are subject to termination or change at any time without notice. See your participating Ski-Doo dealer for all details. Offer may not be assigned, traded, sold or combined with any other offer unless expressly stated herein. Offer void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. BRP reserves the right, at any time, to discontinue or change specifications, prices, designs, features, models or equipment without incurring any obligation. Always consult your snowmobile dealer when selecting a snowmobile for your particular needs and carefully read and pay special attention to your Operator’s Guide, Safety Video, Safety Handbook and to the safety labelling on your snowmobile. Always ride responsibly and safely. Always wear appropriate clothing, including a helmet. Printed in Canada. P/N: 484800802
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HURRY! oNlY AvAilAblE MARcH 1 – APRil 18, 2010©2010 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP) All rights reserved. ®,™ Trademarks of BRP or its affiliates. *Offers valid in Canada at participating Ski-Doo® dealers on purchases of new and unused 2011 Ski-Doo snowmobiles (excluding spring-only models) ordered between 03/01/2010 and 04/18/2010 (Eligible Sled). Consumers may choose any 2 options among the choices available in Options 1, 2 or 3 described below. **option 1) No down payment and no payments for 6 months. BRP will pay the interest for the first 5 months. Financing is subject to credit approval. Not all applicants will qualify for credit. ‡option 2) 2nd year engine coverage. 1 year BRP limited warranty plus 1 year BRP Extended Service Term (B.E.S.T) engine coverage only. B.E.S.T. is subject to a $50 deductible per repair. §option 3) Free electric start. If consumer does not choose 2 among the 3 options listed above, only then is consumer eligible to receive a $600 rebate applicable on the purchase of any Eligible Sled. +best 2010 Price offer guarantee: BRP guarantees to all consumers who purchase an Eligible Sled that no BRP manufacture rebate greater than $600 will be available until 2011. If a higher rebate is offered by BRP before 2011, then any consumer who purchased an Eligible Sled will receive a credit equal to twice the difference between the better rebate offered by BRP and $600. Such credit can only be used towards the purchase of any new BRP vehicle made before December 31, 2013. Credit will be sent directly to consumer. The rebate comparison will be based on rebates available for identical Ski-Doo snowmobile and does not take into consideration any rebate that may be offered by BRP dealers. Promotions are subject to termination or change at any time without notice. See your participating Ski-Doo dealer for all details. Offer may not be assigned, traded, sold or combined with any other offer unless expressly stated herein. Offer void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. BRP reserves the right, at any time, to discontinue or change specifications, prices, designs, features, models or equipment without incurring any obligation. Always consult your snowmobile dealer when selecting a snowmobile for your particular needs and carefully read and pay special attention to your Operator’s Guide, Safety Video, Safety Handbook and to the safety labelling on your snowmobile. Always ride responsibly and safely. Always wear appropriate clothing, including a helmet. Printed in Canada. P/N: 484800802
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By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – A vital part to the con-
struction of the Fort St. John Hospital was started on March 5.
The start of the installation of steel beams on site allows the project to move forward on schedule and residents will begin to see the project take shape in the coming months.
Having the process started, said David Got-fried, construction project manager, moves the project closer to its milestone of having the building completely enclosed by next winter.
“We’re happy with the way the plans un-folding and we do have a little bit of float here and there so we’re optimistic that this mile-stone at the end of the year is easily obtain-able,” he said.
Gotfried said the steel structures are the bones of the building where everything else is hung or attached to. He said the crew will start to put poles in and tie them back to the build-ing at which time a deck will be layed down and steel continues up to the next floor.
From there, he added, the cladding panels will be added to the structure and windows
installed, which finishes up sealing in the project.
Being this far along, however, is due to technology used on site during the winter months.
As the cold set in, the foundation was covered with insulated mats, which kept the structure from freezing and allowed the crew to complete the installation of drainage for the building.
Without that technology, Gotfried said the project would be behind six weeks to two months.
“So rather than uncovering it all at once, just uncover an area where we were working for the specific day or week, did our drainage, covered it back up, heated it and moved on,” he said. “Through the winter, that enabled us
to complete all the underground drainage for the hospital which is a big plus because it has to be in before the steel starts.”
Presently, there are approximately 30 crew members on site. That number is expected to grow to its peak of approximately 260 people by the fall, when the interior is worked on as well.
Of those workers on site, Gotfried said many attempts are being made to hire locally where they can.
He said moving into further changes on site, the area has been blessed with an early spring but they are taking the weather day by day.
“We’re pleased the way things are going and design is always a push, we’re carrying on with that as we go, being a design build type of project,” he said. “We’re happy to see the steel guys on site, the piling guys on site and all corners of the site starting to hum.”
A web cam has been set up for residents to view the progress of the hospital’s construc-tion and is expected to launch via the Northern Health website at the end of March.
Melanie Robinson photoInsulated mats on the site of the Fort St. John Hospital, which keep the ground from freezing, has allowed the project to remain on time.
Hospital site taking shape
By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – After over a year, the Fort St. John Eco-
Depot is once again accepting glass food containers.The depot stopped accepting the containers in January of
2009 because it pays for everything leaving the facility and the economic downturn last year did not make it feasible to process everything.
“We stored all of our cardboard for six months before we could ship it out, we had 900 bails sitting in our parking lot
waiting to ship out so it was a really, really rough time,” said Lindsay Heal, general manager of the facility. “We were just trying to keep the program viable and in order to do that, glass is never worth very much, it’s kind of a nuisance material in some ways but it’s still necessary to be recycled so we decided to cancel the glass cancella-tion. So now the markets have started to come back and now we’re looking at re-introducing the items and adding additional items as well.”
Those new items include styrofoam recycling, along with other products that will be expanded into the future. In addition to more items being recycled, Heal said the company has seen success with its recent expansion to curbside recycling in the Dawson Creek area and the city wide expansion in Fort St. John in July – with approxi-mately 450 to 500 homes signed up so far in Fort St. John.
“new people are signing up everyday as they hear about the program or they see the blue bags at the curb and they’re going ‘what’s that, do we have that?’ So, it’s funny, there’s clusters of houses that all have it, one resident gets it and then the neighbours says ‘oh I think I should sign up for that.’ So more and more people as they hear about it are signing up.”
Heal said with the suc-cess of curbside, the Eco-Depot is looking to ex-pand its services further into areas such as Taylor, Pouce Coupe and a po-tential re-opening of the
program in Chetwynd after it proved unsuccessful a couple years ago.
“I’m hoping we can work with [Chetwynd Recycling] and maybe design a different way of collecting,” she said. “Maybe the collection meth-
ods weren’t right, there’s a reason people aren’t participating and that’s what we always have to do [is find out] if there’s a reason they’re not going to do it and how can we make chang-es to improve.”
In the coming months, the company is looking to put more recycle bins at rural locations such as Wonowon, Cecil Lake and Goodlow and they’ve already placed a box in Rose Prai-rie. It is also working on doing a share shed program this sum-mer where residents can bring down clothing, furniture and other items as an exchange with other residents.
Eco-Depot is working with the City of Fort St. John to use the glass that is processed throughout the community as part of the city’s initiative towards sustainability.
Heal said the company will process the glass into ‘glass sand’ which can be used as a substitute for anywhere sand would be used.
“So hopefully we start to see it around the city and people will see their recycled glass,” she said.
For more information on the programs offered at Eco-De-pot, visit www.ecodepotrecycling.com.
Northeast NEWS March 11, 2010 Page 15
Beware of Charities Offering Bigger Tax Rewards
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The donation started with the best intentions. Mary Fraser in British Co-lumbia made a $10,000 donation to a registered charity. They provided her with a receipt for $20,000 to claim on her taxes. They explained that her $10,000 would buy more supplies in the third world coun-try she was trying to help. The extra $10,000 on the donation receipt helped boost Ms. Fraser’s tax re-fund while helping others.
Unfortunately, the reg-istered charity acted im-properly and in fact, was in violation of Canada’s Tax Act. And even though Ms. Fraser acted in good faith and believed the $20,000 receipt was legal, she is still responsible for repaying the tax on the $10,000 she did not actu-ally donate. Now she is facing a tax bill of several thousands of dollars.
Canadians are generous when it comes to chari-table donations. Nearly one quarter of Canadians claimed charitable dona-tions on their taxes in 2007 for a total of $8.6 billion. While the tax credit is one
incentive, many Canadi-ans are passionate about the charities they support. However, choosing the wrong charity can have tax implications later on.
Canada Revenue Agen-cy (CRA) has begun a wide crackdown on registered charities acting improp-erly with some trying to create more of a tax shelter opportunity. Un-suspecting Canadians are making donations only to face a large tax bill once the CRA revokes a license. A registered charity acting properly will only issue a tax receipt for the amount received by the donor.
If Canadian taxpayers make donations to a regis-tered charity, they are en-titled to claim a 15 percent tax credit for the first $200 donated and then 29 per-cent for the amount over $200. Spouses or common-law partners can combine their donations to gain a better tax break or taxpay-ers can save their receipts and claim multiple years to maximize the benefit.
The CRA has already announced more than 10 charities whose status was
revoked in 2009 and have several ongoing investi-gations. Tax profession-als across the country are warning people about the dangers of these types of scams. Even if they are un-witting participants in the scam, they are still respon-sible for all their tax liabili-ties. So if a charity is offer-ing a deal that sounds too good to be true, it proba-bly is violating the Tax Act.
A tax professional at H&R Block can talk about other credits and deduc-tions that may affect you. Call 250 785 7549 in Fort St John or 250 782 7906 in Dawson Creek.
This article provides only an overview of the regulations in force at the date of publication, and no action should be taken without consulting the detailed legislation or seeking professional advice. Therefore no re-sponsibility for loss oc-casioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of the material contained in this bulletin can be accepted by H&R Block Canada, Inc.
Glass recycling, other programs expanding in Peace Region
Melanie Robinson photoResidents in Fort St. John will now have the opportunity to recycle their glass food containers now that the Eco-Depot is once again accepting them on site and with curbside recy-cling. The glass had not been accepted since January 2009.
Northeast NEWSPage 16 March 11, 2010
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The first phase of the Hackney Hills project, to be located about 45 kilome-tres from Hudson’s Hope, will have a capacity of 380 megawatts. That proj-ect is still in the pre-application stage of the EA process. Both projects are lo-cated within Treaty 8 territories.
“It’s a very important agreement, as are all the agreements we’ve signed with First Nations communities in the region,” said Colleen Brown, direc-tor of projects and planning at Aeolis Wind’s regional office in Fort St. John. “It’s an important step in relationship-building and setting parameters for fur-ther engagement.”
She said they’ve already signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Halfway River First Nation regard-ing both projects, and negotiations with other communities are ongoing. She said some of the concerns raised by Ab-original and non-Aboriginal communi-ties include noise, road access and the impact to Treaty Rights, and consulta-tion with those communities will con-tinue throughout the operational phases of the projects. She added opportunities for education and training were indenti-fied as priorities for those communities and her company will work to enhance those opportunities through partner-ships with other organizations.
“It’s a natural area for co-operation,” said Brown, adding they will be sup-
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She said there are still significant ob-jectives for the projects to reach before construction can begin, most notably obtaining energy-purchase agreements with BC Hydro, which would then have to be ratified by the British Columbia Utilities Commission. She said the company submitted proposals for both projects under BC Hydro’s Call for Clean Power in November 2008, but they are still awaiting a decision. She added there is a price threshold that will determine if each project is economi-cally viable, based on factors such as engineering costs, the length of trans-mission lines and generators needed.
Brown said the company has a num-ber of investigative use permits and licences of occupation in a number of other sites in the Northeast, and they are excited about the potential for wind energy in the region.
She added they also have interest in other areas of the province, but wind power is still in its infancy in British Columbia. However, she said they’re encouraged by the signals from govern-ment and from industry and added they wouldn’t have established an office in Fort St. John if they didn’t believe wind power in this region was going to be a reality.
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D1 - D2 Cows 45.00-51.25D3 - D4 Cows 40.00-47.00Holstein Cows NoneHeiferettes 50.00-60.00Bologna Bulls 60.00-67.00Feeder Bulls 60.00-75.00Good Bred Cows NoneGood Bred Heifers None Cow/ Calf Pairs NoneOlder Cows NoneMilk Cows None
809 head of cattle went through the ring of Dawson Creek Action on March 4, 2010
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AGRICULTUREBy Matthew Bains
NORTHEAST – The federal government has announced funding to improve slaughter capacity and innovation for the struggling cat-tle sector in its 2010 budget, and will maintain its commitment to improving market access and marketing freedom for grain farmers.
The Conservative government will increase funding available under the Slaughter Im-provement Program by $10 million to support the introduction of new, cost-effective tech-nologies, and $25 million to cattle processing plants that handle cattle over 30 months of age. They will also provide $40 million over three years to support the development and commercialization of technologies related to the removal and use of specified risk materials (SRM) to reduce handling costs and create po-tential revenue sources from these materials.
Roland Baumann, president of the BC Cattlemen’s Association, said that is wel-come news, as he said in conversations with the federal ministry there were no indications that much help was coming. He said while the province is a minor player in the country when it comes to slaughter capacity, it is important to maintain what we have to continue to serve the local market.
“Every dollar that flows into the slaughter sector here in British Columbia helps,” he said. “They’re struggling to be competitive, and at least that’s a cash infusion, because smaller plants have a bigger struggle to make it compared to the bigger ones just because of the economies of scale.”
Baumann explained SRM refers to the parts of the animal prone to transmitting bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), specifi-cally the brain, spine, tonsils and other parts
in cattle over 30 months of age. He said since the most recent outbreaks of BSE, producers have been required to dispose of those materi-als at a cost. He said before BSE, those materi-als could be utilized, for example, in bone and meat meal used for fertilizer.
“If we can find a solution where we could actually make money out of it or reduce the cost to get rid of them, that would be helpful,” he said.
The government will maintain operational funding for the Canadian Grain Commission at $51.7 million over the next two years. The budget reaffirms the government’s commit-ment to modernizing the Canadian Grain Act and the operations of the Commission, making it more flexible to adapt to changing require-ments for grains both domestically and inter-nationally. They also commit to working with grain farmers to promote marketing freedom.
Doug Robertson, president of the Grain Growers of Canada, said while there are some positives included in the budget, he is disap-pointed to hear there will be no new funding for core agronomic research. His organization and others representing over 1,000 farmers across the country, including the BC Grain Producers here in the BC Peace Region, have called on the government to double core ag-ronomic research over the next 10 years. He said it appears the government did not get the message.
“What we’re talking about is keeping the doors open on basic research facilities, espe-cially their own federal research facilities,” he said. “It’s critical that we have an independent amount of work being done on the core agro-nomic research.”
The government has committed $135 mil-
lion over the next two years towards the The National Research Council Canada’s (NRC) regional innovation clusters program, support-ing research and innovation in targeted areas through partnerships between businesses, aca-demia and government. Robertson said that re-search will be focused more towards end-use products, and while he doesn’t disagree with that approach, understanding that research funding hasn’t always been used appropriately in the past, he said that won’t address fund-ing basic research. He said that’s because the private sector is unlikely to fund research that may benefit farmers but won’t generate imme-diate returns on those investments.
“If I was a company I wouldn’t pay for stuff that didn’t make me money in the end, but that’s research that benefits everybody, not just farmers, but the public in general, to have a more efficient agricultural sector,” he said.
He added for wheat and barley especially, the private sector is reluctant to fund breed-ers to research new varieties when that work could be ultimately dismissed by the Canadian Wheat Board.
However, Robertson said he is encouraged by the government’s commitment to continue working on market access, fair trade and bi-lateral agreements. He said standards need to be worked on internationally so that non-tariff trade barriers that are not based in science can be removed. He said as long as a multilateral agreement can not be reached through the World Trade Organization those trade dis-putes will continue.
He said the government’s direction to re-store voluntary barley marketing under the CWB is also positive.
“Barley is something the Wheat Board
doesn’t do a very good job with, and really need to get them to concentrate in what they do well.”
An explanation and reaction to the provin-cial budget as it relates to agriculture will be included in the next edition of the Northeast News.
***The week of March 14 to 20 marks Cana-
dian Agricultural Safety Week, and the theme this year is “Plan – Farm – Safety!”
Theresa Whalen, farm safety consultant with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, said the safety campaign has been ongoing for about three decades now, but this is one of the first years where they will carry the theme over the next three years. The first year, “plan,” in-volves farmers examining their operations to see where improvements can be made. The second and third years will focus on imple-mentation and documentation, and assessment and further improvements, respectively.
“We’re really encouraging Canadian farm-ers to create their safety plans with us over these next three years,” said Whalen. “We’ll do it all together, and we’re starting this year with the ‘plan’ part, that is going to be identi-fying possible hazards.”
She said occupational health and safety regulations are different in each province, so they can’t create a general policy for the entire country, but they can offer to work with farm-ers through a safety plan that encompasses some of the fundamentals.
Some of the resources included on the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s website cover topics such as handling of pes-ticides, emergency preparedness and grain bin safety.
Federal budget includes necessary funding for agriculture
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PY: O
ffers
avail
able
at pa
rticip
ating
deale
rs on
ly. De
aler m
ay se
ll or le
ase f
or le
ss. Fa
ctory
order
may b
e req
uired
. Lim
ited t
ime o
ffers.
Offer
s may
be ch
ange
d or c
ance
lled a
t any
time w
ithou
t noti
ce. S
ome c
ondit
ions a
pply.
See p
artici
patin
g Dea
ler fo
r deta
ils. †O
ffer v
alid f
rom M
arch 2
, 2010
to Ap
ril 30
, 2010
(the
“Prog
ram Pe
riod”
). Rec
eive u
p to $
1,000
of se
lected
Genu
ine Fo
rd ac
cesso
ries a
t no e
xtra c
harge
with
the p
urcha
se or
lea
se of
any n
ew 20
10 Fo
rd F-1
50 (e
xclud
ing Ra
ptor),
Spor
t Trac
, Ran
ger, o
r Sup
er Du
ty de
livere
d or f
actor
y orde
red be
twee
n Marc
h 2, 2
010 an
d Apr
il 30,
2010.
Taxe
s pay
able
on to
tal pr
ice of
the v
ehicl
e, inc
luding
acce
ssorie
s. Offe
r is su
bject
to ve
hicle
and a
ccesso
ry av
ailab
ility.
Deale
r may
sell f
or le
ss. $1
,000 i
s not
redee
mable
for c
ash a
nd ca
n only
be ap
plied
to Ge
nuine
Ford
acce
ssorie
s. This
offer
appli
es up
to a
maxim
um of
$1,00
0 wor
th of
acce
ssorie
s. To
talac
cesso
ries m
ay ex
ceed
$1,00
0. Fa
ctory
instal
led ac
cesso
ries a
re no
t elig
ible u
nder
this
offer.
Only
one o
ffer m
ay be
appli
ed to
ward
the p
urcha
se or
leas
e of a
n elig
ible v
ehicl
e. Th
is off
er ca
n be u
sed i
n con
juncti
on w
ith m
ost r
etail c
onsu
mer o
ffers
made
avail
able
by Fo
rd of
Cana
da at
the t
ime o
f facto
ry-ord
er or
deliv
ery pu
rchas
e/lea
se (b
ut no
t a co
mbina
tion o
f both
). This
offer
is co
mbina
ble w
ith th
e Com
merci
al Co
nnec
tion P
rogram
. This
offer
is no
t com
bin-
able
with
CPA,
GPC,
Daily
Renta
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wanc
es, th
e Com
merci
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et Inc
entiv
e Prog
ram (C
FIP), o
r the
A/X/
Z/D/
F Plan
Prog
ram. R
ainch
ecks
avail
able
on fa
ctory
orders
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ited t
ime o
ffer. O
ffer m
ay be
canc
elled
at an
y tim
e with
out n
otice
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e con
dition
s app
ly. Of
fer av
ailab
le to
reside
nts of
Cana
da on
ly. Ac
cesso
ries m
ay no
t be e
xactl
y as s
hown
. See
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r for
detai
ls. ††R
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licab
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ll lea
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in, $0
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epos
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ll amo
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ncing
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djustm
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dedu
cted.
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inclu
des a
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f $1,5
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nd ex
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LT 4x
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2 with
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anua
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smiss
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150 Re
gular
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with
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or $2
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20,49
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er tot
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freigh
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ex
clude
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nsura
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ration
, PPS
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el Fil
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ll amo
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fer va
lid fro
m De
cemb
er 21,
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arch 3
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od”)
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he pu
rchas
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lease
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new
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d is s
ubjec
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ilabil
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d may
be ch
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ance
lled a
t any
time w
ithou
t noti
ce. O
nly on
e offe
r may
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plied
towa
rds th
e purc
hase
or le
ase o
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eligi
ble ve
hicle.
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ffer c
an be
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ligibl
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embe
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ansfe
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to im
media
te fam
ily m
embe
rs liv
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ithin
the s
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ouse
hold
as an
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ble Co
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embe
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is off
er ca
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sed i
n con
juncti
on w
ith m
ost r
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hicles
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lso be
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ith th
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merci
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rogram
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ntive
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ligibl
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tomers
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FIN, th
is off
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nctio
n with
the C
omme
rcial
Fleet
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tive (
CFIP)
. This
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mbina
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e RCL
prog
ram, b
ut no
t com
binab
le wi
th an
y CPA
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ada,
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pplic
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taxes
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lated
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By Matthew BainsPOUCE COUPE – Students at Pouce Coupe Elementary School are hoping their
efforts to “go green” will win them $500 in a province-wide eco-action contest.The school is participating in the second year of the BC Green Games, adminis-
tered by Science World, a non-profit organization which promotes education and positive attitudes towards science and technology. Over $20,000 in prizes will be awarded to schools in the province, including four $500 Viewer’s Choice Awards, two to elementary schools and two to secondary schools.
Pouce Coupe students submitted a PowerPoint presentation detailing their efforts to reduce organic waste through composting. Principal Christy Fennell explained the project started in Mrs. McDonald’s Grade 5/6/7 science class with individual students putting apple cores, banana peels and other waste items into a plastic bag containing soil and a measured amount of water. Fennell said the idea worked so well they decided to purchase a large compost bin so the whole school could get in-volved. She said once the bags are full the contents are emptied into the composter located behind the school and the students repeat the process.
“We’ve significantly reduced the amount of waste we have from lunch,” said Fennell, adding they’ve cut the number of garbage bags filled at lunch to three from six.
She said the school received a grant last year to landscape gardens around the building, so the compost will be used for the flower beds. She said that was the students’ idea and their input and effort has really driven the project from start to finish.
“We really focus on having students generate ideas as opposed to the teachers just telling what they do,” she said. “We find if they can create their own ideas and take ownership over it, then it’s more sustainable, they take pride in their school and it improves school culture.”
Fennell said the school’s green initiatives are led by four students on a “Destina-tion Conservation” team with responsibilities including creating the PowerPoint presentation.
“Composting takes a lot less time than you would think,” said Pam Machuik, a Grade 7 student and member of that team, on what they learned from the project. “It took two weeks for a whole apple to compost.”
“It really stinks,” added Liam Barkhouse, a Grade 6 student and team member. Fennell said the school had embraced being environmentally-friendly even be-
fore they became involved in the BC Green Games. She said that started with the design of the school when it was built, but students have also made recycling and energy conservation their priorities. She added the school will also be purchasing trees that each student will start to grow in the classroom, and then when they feel it’s time, they will plant them around the playground.
“We’re hoping that they can learn all of these green initiatives and then take them with them on in their lives to make the world a better place,” said Fennell.
She said the school would like the public to go online to bcgreengames.ca, where once they are registered, they can view the PowerPoint presentation and vote for the school to win the Viewer’s Choice Award.
Voting closes on March 15 and the winners will be announced before April 24. The contest is sponsored by BC Hydro and Terasen Gas.
Pouce students enter compost project in Green Games
Matthew Bains photoFrom left: Pam Machuik, Liam Barkhouse and Emma Bachmann, three members of Pouce Coupe Elementary School’s “Destination Conservation” team, demonstrate how students at the school have been composting their organic waste.
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If you are interested in becoming a board member,
please contact Kim at the Library 250-785-3731
Vector Geomatics is a locally owned and operated professional land surveying company in Fort St John, which provides a wide range of professional land surveying, municipal engineering, planning, and land information/mapping solutions to oil and gas, transportation and land development clients within North Eastern British Columbia.
In order to effectively meet client expectations, we need to bring additional associates into this company, who have a vision for the future and who want to contribute in a meaningful way to a growing and vital company.
Experienced CAD OperatorGreat opportunity for a self motivated individual to contribute their skills and ideas to our existing team of drafting technicians. Key interests should be in using Autodesk products such as Map3D to their maximum potential. Skills in SQL database queries, Feature Classifications, and CAD to GIS integration will be given priority as this position offers room to develop and contribute in a meaningful team effort for the advancement of our products. Two to three years of experience in Oil & Gas applications will be considered an asset.
Email [email protected] with resume and cover letter explaining your career goals.
Survey Assistant (Chainman)Vector Geomatics currently has employment opportunities for Survey Assistants/ Chainman with experience in Oil & Gas surveying. Individuals with a good work ethic and a desire to advance in the survey industry will be particularly suited for this position. Opportunities will be given for training and advancement.
This position entails physically demanding outdoor work, and requires a valid driver’s license, with a clean driver’s abstract. Current Faller certification, First Aid Level I, H2S Alive, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, WHMIS and ATV/Snowmobile Safety certificates will be an asset.
Send resume detailing related work experience along with a current copy of your driver’s abstract to:
Jason Whale, CEOVector Geomatics Land Surveying Ltd.Email: [email protected] Fax: 250-785-7454
School District No. 60 (Peace River North)ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CLERK
COMPETITION #28-122Reporting to the Controller this position is responsible for coordinating the payment of supplier invoices, expense vouchers and preparing the cheques for payment.
Duties and Responsibilities:• Organizes and performs the data entry of invoices, cheque requisitions and expense vouchers
requiring payment • Prepares and prints computer generated cheques and cheque registers • Prepares statements used for income tax purposes upon request • Reconciles monthly general ledger accounts payable balances • Interacts with bank regarding U.S. drafts and void cheques
This is a part time position which will become full time. Start at 3.5hrs/day April 6-July 16, 2010 then to full time starting August 16, 2010. Please contact Nic Weswick, Controller for more information (250) 261-6001, or check out our website at www.prn.bc.ca under Careers.
Duties and Responsibilities:• Grade 12 or equivalency, plus 6 months post secondary accounting courses • Understanding of basic accounting principles • accurate data entry skills • Over 2 years experience in a computerized batch-entry accounts payable system is preferred. • A Criminal Records Search must be completed and results returned to the Administration Office
prior to employees starting any position in the District
Please send resume to:School District No. 6010112-105th AvenueFort St. John, BC V1J 4S4
Please quote Competition # or Position title when applying.Your application/resume may be emailed to [email protected]
requires CLASS 1 TANK TRUCK DRIVER
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Must have all required safety tickets, competitive wage and benefits package.
Full time permanent based in Hudson’s Hope.Please fax resume and abstract to
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Business for sale
For sale in the real estate industry. Turn Key business, well established. Please contact 250.264.7598 for information.
for sale
Brand new 2010 PJ 18 ft. 14000 lbs deck above trailer. LCD lights and 8 ft ramp. $8,500.00 OBO. Call: 250.232.5002 leave mes-sage. (03/18)
Down sizing. Like new, Sundowner rollbar equipped MTC’S, Medical supplies and equipment, AED’S and Motorolla 800 bag phones. Call: 780.814.0425 (03/11
Arctic Cat sleds for sale (2005) King Cat 900 and (1999) ZL600. Very good condition. Call 250.785.1085 for more information. (03/11)
Business opportunity
Passion consultants want-ed. Join my Passion par-ties Team today. Unlimited opportunity / income. Must Be at least 19! Call Kim 250.781.3335 (03/11)
Completely updated 1200 plus Square Ft. 2 bedroom home. Concrete driveway, detached garage, wood/gas fireplaces and fenced yard. 10603 92nd Street Asking $385,000.00 Call 250.262.9069 (03/11)
Invitation to Tender 100TH AVENUE WATERMAIN
Sealed tenders clearly marked with the project name will be received by the City of Fort St. John until 2:00 p.m., local time on Tuesday March 30th, 2010, at 10631 – 100th
Street, Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z5
The work consists of: • Approximately 1100 lm of 300mm, PVC watermain • Approximately 500 lm of 200mm PVC watermain • Approximately 14 fire hydrants.
Tender packages may be obtained by General Contractors from the office of Urban Systems Ltd. 10808 – 100th Street, Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z6 after 1:00 p.m. local time, March 10, 2010, upon
payment of a non-refundable amount of $100.00 (incl. GST) by cash or certified cheque made payable to Urban Systems Ltd.
This Tender is also being issued electronically through the BC Bid website (www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca)where any interested party may download the Tender documents directly from the aforementioned website. Tenderers that choose to register with the office of Urban Systems Ltd. shall receive email
or faxed copies of all addendums. Any addendums, amendments or further information will be published on the BC Bid website. It is the sole responsibility of the Tenderer to monitor the website
regularly to check for updates.
Tender documents are available for view at the City of Fort St. John and the Fort St. John Construction Association.
Tenders must be accompanied by the required Tender Surety specified in the Tender Documents
OWNER ENGINEER City of Fort St. John Urban Systems Ltd. 10631 – 100th Street 10808 – 100th Street Fort St. John, BC V1J 3Z5 Fort St. John, BC V1J Telephone: (250) 787-8150 Telephone: (250) 785-9697 Fax: (250) 787-8181 Fax: (250) 785-9691 Attention: Victor Shopland Attention: Rob Close, Project Manager Director of Infrastructure & Capital Works Email: [email protected]
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The lowest bid or any bid may not be accepted.
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One bedroom non-smoking apt. in adult building. New carpet, etc, includes cable $700.00 No Pets. Must have references. Phone 250.785.430
South Peace Community Resources Society10110 – 13th Street, P.O. Box 713, Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H7, Phone: (250) 782-9174
Posting Circular: Job-1523Community Support Worker
Job 1523 Community Support WorkerClosing Date: March 19, 2010Submit Resumes to: Lori Brooks, Human Resource Coordinator P.O. Box 713 (10110-13th Street) Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4H7 Fax: (250) 782 4167 E-mail: [email protected]
• Please include Competition Job-1523 with resumeOnly short-listed applicants will be contacted
• This position is open to female applicants only
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Frank Beatton lived at the Hudson’s Bay Post on the north shore of the Peace River and kept entries of daily life in early Fort St. John. The recordings of this early Hudson’s Bay Company Factor have been digitized by The Cemetery Seekers and brought home to Fort St. John. This project was funded by the North Peace Savings and Credit Union. Over 4,000 images were photographed at the provincial archives in October 2008.
Excerpts from March 1910Tuesday March 1 Busy as yesterday. Self went up to the
island to look for House Logs. Started to snow this morning and continued all day. Joseph’s stepson arrived.
Wednesday March 2 Self out after horses. Fine clear day, but cold with a north wind.
Thursday March 3 Self and Fields went for a load of ice and then hauled some fire wood. Continues cold and stormy.
Friday March 4 Self and Fields cutting fire wood. Wil-liam Mackwenson arrived and brought one Marten. Snow-ing nearly all day.
Saturday March 5 Self and Fields put the horses back to the prairie. Continues cold and stormy.
Sunday March 6 A fine clear day.Monday March 7 Self went down the river expecting to
meet the boys from Dunvegan. Went about 15 miles, no sign of the mail. Blowing a strong gale of wind from the S. West. Sakusa and five others arrived from Appasasin’s Camp.
Tuesday March 8 Self and Fields busy with Indians. Muz-
zole and Wolf’s boy arrived from Clear Water River. No sign of the packet. A fine mild day with a strong west wind. A regular thaw.
Wednesday March 9 Self and Fields taking out ice. Con-tinues blowing a regular Chinook wind. Snow going fast. Still no packet.
Thursday March 10 Busy at wood all day. Blowing as yesterday. The snow going fast. The boys around from Dun-vegan this evening after a hard trip of 5 ½ days through deep snow and slush.
Friday March 11 Self and Fields in office all day. Blowing as yesterday. The hills all bare of snow with lots of water on the ice. Revillion Bros are starting a dog train tomorrow down to Dunvegan.
Saturday March 12 J.B. LaLonde started this morning to Dunvegan. Busy at odd jobs. Continues fine warm weather.
Sunday March 13 Self off after horses.Monday March 14 All hands taking out and hauling up
ice. Put it in the old root house. Continues fine weather. The snow nearly all gone on the hill.
Tuesday March 15 Edward and Fields hauling cord wood. Self at odd jobs. Continues fine weather. One of the dogs got poisoned this evening. Alapice Cardinal arrived from Puskupie Prairie.
The Beatton Journals and other documents can be viewed digitally at the North Peace Museum. Inquiries: (250) 787-0430.
Beatton’s take on FSJ 100 years ago
Melanie Robinson photoA nice spring-like day was the perfect reason for Ja-son and Misty Granberg to take a stroll into the city from the Old Fort on a Friday night. The Granberg’s took their horses (from left) Mousse and Thunder who are experienced around cars and loved to get out for a run, so in the end everyone got to enjoy the great outdoors.
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March 11 • Be the Change, Fort St. John at the North
Peace Cultural Centre featuring performances by local school children accompanied by Voices of Nature, Key Note Speaker Tzeporah Berman, and an introduction to the Fort St. John Commu-nity Energy and Emissions Plan. This event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
March 12 • Be the Change at Whole Wheat & Honey
featuring Voices of Nature and coffee compli-ments of the City of Fort St. John. This event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.
March 13• The Pomeroy Academy of Irish Dance will
hold its seventh annual St. Patrick’s Day Ceili at 6:30 p.m. at the Taylor Community Hall. Tickets are $10 for all ages and are available at Smarti Pantz.
March 13• Former BC Premier Bill Vander Zalm and
friends are hosting a Town Hall meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Kiwanis Performing Arts Centre, 1100 95 Avenue, Dawson Creek. The purpose of the Town Hall meeting is to raise awareness of the Citizen’s Initiative petition against the HST being conducting throughout BC from April 6 to July 5, 2010. For more information about Fight HST visit www.fightHST.com.
March 13 and 14• The Dawson Creek Speed Skating Club has
been chosen to host the Worksafe BC Provincial Short Track Speed Skating Championships at the memorial arena beginning at 8 a.m. This is a highly prestigious event with the top speed skat-ers from British Columbia competing for med-als. Medal winners in this event will qualify to attend the Canadian Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Campbellton, New Bruns-wick from March 26 to 28. Help us cheer on our skaters and enjoy an exciting two days of intense competition, with the best and fastest skating in BC.
March 13 and 14• Wolverine Challenge Sled Dog Races in
Tumbler Ridge. There will be a new route that offers great views for spectators from the Club House; come early to watch the mushers set up to race! Races begin at 9 a.m. and the last race is at 1 p.m. both days.
March 14• Jam Cam curling bonspiel sponsored by
the FSJ Lions Club at 9 a.m. at the FSJ Curling Club for kindergarten to Grade 7 children. Call Michael Stephenson at (250) 785-1831 for more information.
March 14 to 21• The Peace River North Performing Arts Fes-
tival features young people from Northern BC performing pieces from their respective disci-plines for adjudication and awards culminating
in a final concert on March 21 where highlights of the week will be presented. Some of the types of performances will include piano (including classical, baroque, contemporary and more), choral, speech arts, solo strings, solo instrumen-tal, band and dance (including ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and more).
March 17• The Fort St. John Public Library Associa-
tion’s annual general meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Cultural Centre. All are welcome to attend. If you are interested in becoming a board member, please contact Kim at the library at (250) 785-3731.
March 18• A free workshop for immigrants in the com-
munity about The Canadian Tax System will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the District De-velopment Center School Board Office. Please RSVP to Susie Furman (250) 785-5323, Chris-tine Bourgeois (250) 785-2110 or Mayrena Mills (250) 262-6086 at SUCCESS by March 15.
March 18 to 20• Friends of the Dawson Creek Public Library
annual book sale during regular library hours. Books for all reading tastes and ages at great prices. If you would like to donate your clean, gently used books for the sale, drop them at the library until March 16. All proceeds help library projects and programs. For more information call (250) 782-4661.
March 19 to 20 • Art for Happiness Spring Show and Open
House in Tumbler Ridge. Introducing Canadian imports of art and craft supplies. March 19 from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. open to public, free ad-mission with an art demonstration at 4:30 p.m. Evening reception for registered guests and of-ficials at 8 p.m. March 20 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. registered visitors only. Trade Fair for busi-nesses and art and craft professionals – registra-tion required. At 8 p.m. there will be a Creative Roundtable with Artful Dinner in the Commu-nity Centre, doors open 7:30 p.m. For more in-formation or to register: [email protected].
March 20• Market Square featuring crafts, baked goods,
garage sale items, group and organizations fund-raising items from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge at the Community Centre in Tumbler Ridge.
March 20 • First Annual Ridge Riders Poker Ride in
Tumbler Ridge at 9 a.m. at Babcock Mountain. Entry Fee is $25 + $5 per additional hands. Call BJ at (250) 242-1248 or Carrie at (250) 242-4233.
March 20• Club night at the Fort St. John curling rink.
It’s the first day of spring why not celebrate with the last curling club event. Come out and have
fun while supporting your club. Cocktails at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. with tickets for $15 available at the concession or the bar.
ONGOING Fort St. John• The Canadian Cancer Society Fort St. John
unit meets the first Wednesday of each month, September to June, at noon at the Business Re-source Centre behind the museum. Volunteers always welcome.
• A Youth Relapse Prevention Group may be held weekly, in the afternoons at Mental Health and Addiction Services, #300 - 9900 – 100 Ave. For more information call Chris or Shaun at (250) 262-5269.
• Alcoholics Anonymous - If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or some-one to talk to (250) 785-8866.
• The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life in Fort St John will be held on May 29th. To register go to www.cancer.ca/relay or call Gwen at 1.800.811.5666.
• Fort St. John Multiple Sclerosis support group. If you or anyone you know has MS and have any questions or just need to talk, please call Susie at (250) 785-2381 or Sandi at (250) 787-2652.
• “Butterfly Families – Families Supporting Families” is open to all caregivers of children and youth with Special Needs. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at the Child Devel-opment Centre from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 10408 105 Avenue. Does your child have learning, be-havior or other complex special needs? Would you like to connect with other caregivers? Child minding available but please call ahead a few days before the meeting. Call (250) 785-3200 for more information.
• There will be Scottish Country Dancing every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Central El-ementary. Come and learn simple steps, have a fun workout and meet new people. For more in-formation, call Oliver at (250) 785-9508.
• Pregnancy tests, pregnancy options, peer-counselling and support are available at the North Peace Pregnancy Care Centre. New loca-tion at #208 10139 100 Street (above TD Bank). Drop in hours Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday from noon to 4 p.m. or to make an appointment call our 24 hour hot-line at (250) 262-1280. All services are free and completely confidential.
Fort Nelson• Alcoholics Anonymous - Monday 8 p.m.
Catholic Church Basement (closed meeting); Wednesday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Thursday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Saturday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria; Sunday 8 p.m. Friendship Centre.
• Cocaine Anonymous - Tuesday 8 p.m. Cath-
olic Church Basement; Friday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria.
• Alanon - Tuesday 8 p.m. Northern Lights College (back door).
• The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life in Fort Nelson will be held on June 5th. To register go to www.cancer.ca/relay or call Car-mella at (250) 500-2499
Pouce Coupe• Alcoholics Anonymous - Friday 8 p.m. Old
Library (closed). 250-786-0155.• Youth Drop-In at Pouce Coupe Community
Church Annex (the old Pouce library). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All teens ages 13 to 17 welcome.
Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and
Friday at 8 p.m. at the Public Library, 5012 46 Street. 250-788-9658
• NA meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Air-port waiting room.
Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Wed. 8
p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church).• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor
curling, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.
• Wednesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Cribbage, Whist & good company. Beginners welcome! 7 pm in the Library. Small drop-in fee.
Taylor• Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASARA)
meetings every second Tuesday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7 p.m. For information call Bob at 250-789-9152 or 250-787-5802.
• The Alaska Highway RRA (Recreation Air-craft Association) meets every third Thursday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7:30 p.m. For information call Richard at 250-782-2421 or Heath at (250) 785-4758.
Dawson Creek• Craft group for Mental Health and Addic-
tions Clients. Meets Thurs 1:30 -3:30 at 1017-103 Ave., Dawson Creek. (250) 782-4410.
• Alcoholics Anonymous - meets Mon., Tues., Fri., & Sat., 8 p.m. at Peace River Health Unit. Wed. 8 p.m. Hospital Education Room. All meetings are open.
• Mile 0 Al-Anon meets 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday evening at Parkhill Community School 9700-5th Street, Dawson Creek.
• Relapse Prevention. Mental Health and Ad-dictions 1017-103rd Ave., Dawson Creek, (250) 782-4410. Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. Everyone welcome! Please call to confirm meeting.
• The Bear Mountain Ski Hill has Jam Night every Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Bring your instrument and your friends and come jam’in. For more information phone (250) 782-4988 or go to bearmountainskihill.ca.
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May 13 to June 17• Are you living with a chronic health condition? The Univer-
sity of Victoria and Northern Health Authority are pleased to of-fer ‘Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions’ in Fort St. John. This free six-session education program for persons living with chronic health conditions will be available at #300, 9900 100 Avenue. The workshop meets for six Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. To register or for more information, call Terry Cayer - Cordinator toll free at 1-866-902-3767 or e-mail [email protected]. Space is limited so call today.
May 23• First annual Peace Region Palaeontology Symposium featur-
ing the fourth annual Fossil Road Show, speakers, door prizes and guided children’s activities. Held at the Tumbler Ridge Public Library and Curling Rink. For more information contact (250) 242-3466.
May 23• Country dance at Farmington Hall featuring Highway 40!
Dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., no minors. Tickets $15 each, avail-able at Farmington Store. For more information, call Clarisse (250) 843-7954.
May 24• The Forgotten House -- Grizzly Valley Players present a mati-
nee at 3 p.m. in Room 5 of the Community Centre in Tumbler Ridge. May 29 to 31
• Couple’s “Love and Romance” Retreat at The King’s Valley Christian Camp. Accommodation available. For further informa-tion or registration call (250) 827-3549. May 17 to June 28
• Triathlon Training clinics are coming to Fort St. John. Come out and learn about triathlon and get prepared for the local upcom-ing triathlons. Held on May 3, 4, and 6 are clinics on swimming stroke improvement, bike tuning and equipment and triathlon. Come hear from local triathletes and ask questions about events, training, preparation and anything else you like. Sign up at the North Peace Leisure Pool or contact Becky at (250)787-5780 or [email protected] for more information.
Upcoming local Triathlons include: Dawson Creek May 24Fort St. John June 7 Fort Nelson June 28
May 12 to July 28• Relapse Prevention Group - Tuesdays from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at
Mental Health & Addiction Services. Contact Dennis at (250)262-5269.
May 23• The Derrick Dance Club of Fort St. John will be hosting a
dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Senior Citizens Hall at 10908 100 Street. Music by Night Sounds. Members $10, non members $12. Everyone 19 and over is welcome. For information call Lucy at (250) 785-2867 or Judy at (250) 787-0460.
May 23• The Magic of Sam Pearce Show is scheduled at the Stone-
bridge Hotel with the show to benefit the Fort St. John Firefighters.May 25 to May 29• Do you think you’ve been treated unfairly by a B.C. govern-
ment ministry or public agency? The B.C. Ombudsman may be able to help. The Ombudsman’s staff will be in the following communities on the dates listed below, and are available by ap-pointment to discuss your problem or complaint. Call 1-800-567-3247 to book an appointment or see www.ombudsman.bc.ca for more info.
Fort Nelson May 25Fort St. John May 26Dawson Creek May 27Mackenzie May 28Chetwynd May 29May 27• John and Eloise Bergen, missionaries working with ‘Hope for
the Nations’ in Kenya were brutally attacked and severly wound-
ed when burglars broke into their African home in 2008. Come and hear the testimony on how God’s love carried the Burgens through the ordeal. This Canadian couple from Vernon, BC have chosen forgiveness, and are returning to continue the missionary work they started in Kenya. Drilling wells, growing food, and helping to support six orphanages. The event is at Quality Inn at 7 p.m.
May 28• Abbeyfield Houses of Fort St. John is holding their AGM at
7 p.m. at Northern Lights College. Everyone welcome. Direc-tors and volunteers needed. Memberships will be sold prior to the meeting ($10). Please come out and support our home for senior’s independent living! For more information call Clara at (250) 785-6450.
May 29• Access Awareness Day in Fort St. John. Stay tuned to the
Northeast News for more information.May 30• The Fort Nelson Woman of Industry is holding a golf tourna-
ment at the golf course. Lots of door prizes, putter to be won and an extra prize if a member brings a friend that becomes a member. Please RSVP to Karen Prouse at [email protected]
May 30• The Welcome Wagon events, the Baby Shower and Grand-
parent Showcase will be taking place at the Stonebridge Hotel at 1 p.m. The Bridal Showcase will take place at 6:30 p.m.
May 30• The 34 annual Trutch Gymkhana is being held at the Mile
206 Trutch Rodeo Grounds, lots of camping space available and a concession will be on site. Great family fun, all ages ride!! Please call Beth at (250) 262-5712 for more information.
June 4• Ladies out of town dinner in conjunction with the Oil Men’s
Golf Tournament presented by OilWives Club of FSJ. Cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. at the Pomeroy Inns and Suites. Tickets are $50 and include: entertainment, dinner, dessert, wine, jewellry draw, games and door prizes. Tickets available at Flow-ers by Tamee, Frontier Jewellers. Call Marlene (250) 785-8737 or Debbie at (250) 787-5100 for more information.
June 6• Rotary Manor Annual Garage Sale from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
1121-90 Avenue. Household items, tools, toys, furniture, coffee and donuts and much more. Donations welcome after May 4 (no appliances please). All proceed to toward resident programs and activities. Rain or shine, no early birds, there will be no sales be-fore 9 a.m.
June 14• Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion walk, wheel, run and wheel-
chair challenge. Registration at 12:30, event starts at 1 p.m. in Cen-tennial Park. For information, contact event leader Lori Slater at (250) 787-1912 or [email protected]
July 12• North Peace Horticultural Society plans their annual Garden
Tour. Bring your family and tour a variety of Fort St. John gar-dens.
August 1• The Marilyn Leffler Memorial Ride and Show ‘n Shine in sup-
port of the Canadian Cancer Society BC and Yukon Region. Regis-tration begins July 1 for this all day event at Casey’s Pub in Fort St. John. Show ‘n Shine awards for seven motorcycle categories and lots of door prizes. Event includes a ride to the viewpoint on the Hudson’s Hope Road. Everyone welcome to this fundraising event to fight cancer.
August 21 to 23• The North Peace Horticultural Society presents their 16th an-
nual Flower Show and Exhibition at the North Peace Cultural Cen-tre. The event will be open to the public on Aug. 22 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Aug. 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Awards presenta-tions will take place at 4 p.m. Refreshments will be available by donations on both Saturday and Sunday while the show is open. Categories include arrangements, art, houseplants, patio plants,
hanging baskets, cut flowers, photography and several children’s categories. Look for the flower show book in several locations.
ONGOING Fort St. John• The Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society is seeking moti-
vated people to join their volunteer team. If helping people sparks your interest drop by the office at #201, 10142-100 Ave. (above Girl Guides Thrift Store) or call 250-787-1121.
• A Youth Relapse Prevention Group may be held weekly, in the afternoons at Mental Health and Addiction Services, #300 - 9900 – 100 Ave. For more information call Chris or Shaun at 250-262-5269.
• The Citizens Patrol is seeking people who can volunteer at least five hours a month. Perfect for those new to town, those con-cerned about safety, who want to make the community a safer place to work, live and play. Call coordinator Connie 250-262-4530 or RCMP liaison Rick 250-787-8100.
• Alcoholics Anonymous - If you think you might have a prob-lem with drinking. Call for times and places or someone to talk to 250-785-8866.
Fort Nelson• Alcoholics Anonymous - Monday 8 p.m. Catholic Church
Basement (closed meeting); Wednesday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Thursday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Saturday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria; Sunday 8 p.m. Friendship Centre
• Cocaine Anonymous - Tuesday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Base-ment; Friday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria.
• Alanon - Tuesday 8 p.m. Northern Lights College (back door).Pouce Coupe• Alcoholics Anonymous - Friday 8 p.m. Old Library (closed).
250-786-0155• Computer Class at the Pouce Coupe Seniors Hall every Mon-
day and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Low Im-pact exercise class every Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Open to everyone! For more information call Carol at 250-786-5673
Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Monday and Friday at 8 p.m. at
the Friendship Centre. 250-788-9658• NA meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Airport waiting room.• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Minor ball 5 pm-7 pm at Chetwynd
Ballpark & Rec. Centre Diamonds.Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Wed. 8 p.m. 115 Com-
mercial Park (Baptist Church).• Mondays: Bingo - 6 pm doors open, 7 pm games begin. Com-
munity Centre Rms. 4&5.• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, carpet
bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.
• Wednesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Cribbage, Whist & good company. Beginners welcome! 7 pm in the Library. Small drop-in fee.
Taylor• Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASARA) meetings every sec-
ond Tuesday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7 p.m. For information call Bob at 250-789-9152 or 250-787-5802.
• New Totem Archery is now at the Taylor Community Hall Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. Contact newtotem-archery.com.
• The Alaska Highway RRA (Recreation Aircraft Association) meets every third Thursday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7:30 p.m. For information call Richard at 250-782-2421 or Heath at 250-785-4758.
Dawson Creek• The Dawson Creek Chamber of Commerce luncheons are
held the first Thursday of each month at noon at the Best Western. Different guest speaker each month. Members and Non-members welcome. Contact: Lesley Pewarchuck 250-782 4868.
If your non-profit group has events or meeting you wish pub-lished, send them by fax to (250) 787-7090 or via email to: [email protected].
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