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FORT ST. JOHN – Nearly a thousand students rallied and marched through Fort St. John’s streets to raise awareness about gender based violence on Weds., May 14.

The 7th annual My Strength is Not for Hurting event was a joint initiative of the North Peace Secondary Student Advisory Team and The Peace Project, a three year community initiative to reduce violence against women and girls in Fort St. John.

The tradition was started by Daniel Vecchio, former principal of North Peace Secondary School, whose younger sister Rebecca was murdered by her husband in 2004.

But it was Grade 12 student Esther Wenger, a member of the Student Advisory Team, that got this year’s rally and march off the ground. She’s also on the steering committee for the Peace Project.

“This has been just a total success be-cause of her efforts,” said Jason Gill, stu-dent advisory coach at North Peace Sec-ondary School.

Gill helps students co-ordinate events, and one of his jobs on Wednesday was flipping burgers for the barbecue that took place after students marched to the Fort St. John Fire Hall and back.

Many were wearing shirts that were sold by donation with the motto “My Strength is Not For Hurting,” with proceeds benefitting the Women’s Resource Society.

Public presentations took place in the school gym at 11 a.m., where Praise Uyo, a Nigerian international student at North Peace Secondary, spoke about the Bring Back our Girls movement that calls for the return of over 200 kidnapped Nigerian girls taken last month for attending school.

Another speaker, Clarice Eckford, Peace Project co-ordinator, shared how important it is for men and boys to be involved in end-ing violence, and about the missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada and

the necessity of supporting local Aboriginal communities.

The students, not only from North Peace Secondary but also from the Energetic Learning Campus, were rapt listeners.

“Usually they’re rustling and fidgety . . . there was about 1,000 students in that gym, and they were silent, they were just absolutely focused on the speakers,” said Eckford.

What they spoke about resonated.“As a guy, I was really skeptic, mainly

because of the shirt, because it said, ‘My strength is not for hurting,’ and I always felt like, well that’s stupid. Men should just sit there and do nothing,” said Michael Gies-brecht, in Grade 12.

“But here today I really felt that, no, that’s not the message. And one of the things Mr. Gill said that I really liked, was he said, ‘This shirt is the beginning, this is where we start.’ And that’s true, men should stop, our strength is not for hurting.

“But then it’s also for continuing on with this, our strength is for fighting for the right cause, our strength is for protecting, and women as well. That was one of the biggest things I got out of this today,” he said.

For Shania Kelly, also in Grade 12, the

event triggered passionate feelings.“There is a lot of inequality in this world

and we have not nearly addressed all of it, we’re not even close,” she said.

“A lot of this generation seems to think that we’re all equal, that there’s no prob-lems, women are making the same dollars as men, and they’re not, and that there’s no racism, there’s no homophobia, there’s no transphobia, but there is, it’s everywhere. Everywhere you look.

“Especially in a city like Fort St. John, we’re a rural community and it’s a really, really big boys’ club attitude up here, and there is a lot that we need to do still, and a lot of people are very quick to dismiss it, and say that we’re done, and we’re not.”

The message of the march was to focus specifically on violence against women in Fort St. John, where women’s emergency and transition housing, at Meaope Transi-tion House and Skye’s Place, is always full, according to Eckford.

As for Wenger, she was just happy to have helped further the cause.

“[Daniel Vecchio] became really pas-sionate about the issue, and so we’ve con-tinued on his legacy,” she said.

Strength in numbers for student marchBRONWYN [email protected]

Photo Credit Bronwyn ScottEsther Wenger, second from the right, is the Grade 12 North Peace Secondary student who organized this year’s My Strength is Not for Hurting rally and march to raise awareness of gender based violence in Fort St. John.

May 22 , 2014 Northeast NEWS

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DAWSON CREEK - Becoming an Olympic athlete doesn’t just happen; stu-dents at Devereaux Elementary learned it takes much, much more.

Since September, all 84 students enrolled in the school have been participating in the Classroom Champions program. Devereaux students were paired up with Olympic luger Sam Edney, and on May 13 the students fi-nally got to meet their Olympic hero.

“It’s weird, even though they hadn’t met before previously they have this re-lationship with him through the work that he’s been doing. It was really amazing for them to actually be able to meet him and the school was buzzing with energy, ‘when is Sam coming?’...it was really neat,” said principal Jacqueline Catchpole.

Each month Edney has been teaching the students lessons about being an Olym-pian via Skype or Google Hangouts. Grade four to seven teacher, Becky Campbell, said that lessons included goal setting, fair play, making friends, healthy eating and living, community, perseverance and being a champion. Teachers were able to design their own lessons around the topics, but Ed-ney occasionally gave them a challenge to complete.

In December, Campbell said that her class raised $110 to donate to the Ronald

McDonald House as a part of one of Ed-ney’s challenges.

“They have this perception of an Olym-pian and they were so excited when they actually did get to see him. When I got in from my lunch break all the students were sitting on the couches around Sam and they were all talking with him like they had been best buds for a long time. It was really cool to see how quickly they were drawn to him because they had talked to him for a long time,” Campbell said.

Throughout the year, Campbell’s class designed a miniature luge track in her math class, students realized the importance of setting clear rules to games in order to achieve fair play, and many set goals for themselves.

“I think about 75 per cent of them have actually completed their goals and achieved them, so that’s really awesome, the kids have really liked it,” said Campbell, adding goals included learning how to snowboard, being a better hockey player and barrel racer.

Classroom Champions is a non-profit organization that was co-founded in 2009 by gold-medalist Steve Mesler. It connects Olympic athletes with students to help them realize their potential and the possibility of their dreams. The program utilizes the latest technology, which is donated to the classrooms. Encana sponsored the school to participate in Classroom Champions and

provided them with an Apple TV, an ipad, a laptop and four flat screen TVs.

This is the first year the program has come to Canada.

“We started Classroom Champions be-cause we thought that Olympic athletes and Paralympians had so much more to offer then going to a school one time and talking to kids and leaving and never seeing them again. We thought that using technology would get kids involved in school more and get them involved in the things that they wanted to do,” Mesler said during the bar-beque celebration at Devereaux Elementary on May 13.

“Our students are just learning so many valuable lessons and they get to partner with athletes, like Edney,” said Catchpole.

Students weren’t the only ones to benefit, Edney said that the program has helped him too. During the Sochi Olympics in Febru-ary, Edney said that reflecting on the les-sons he taught the students helped him compete.

Going into the Olympics for his third time, Edney said that he set a goal not to get distracted by other events and the media spotlight, to do this he sacrificed going to the opening ceremonies; he had his individ-

ual competition the next day. He ended up placing 11th individually and fourth place in the luge team event, only one tenth of a second away from winning the bronze medal. He was devastated.

“I felt that I had let myself down, and my teammates down, and my country down, and also I had 100 new fans that I almost let down. When I logged in, and the google chat happened [with Devereaux Elemen-tary], I saw these groups of kids with huge smiles and excitement and signs of con-gratulations, telling me how great of a job I did,” said Edney.

“At that moment I felt that I got back a lot of what I felt like I gave over the year was that moment when I got to see all the kids and how happy they were for me. It was after that google chat, where I had time to reflect and say, ‘you know what, fourth place isn’t that bad,’” he said.

Encana has agreed to fund the program in the school for an additional year.

“It’s been very exciting and rewarding to watch this program grow and succeed in our communities thanks to the dedica-tion of these amazing athletes,” said Brian Lieverse, community relations advisor for Encana in the press release.

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Devereaux students become Classroom Champions with luger Edney

Photo Credit Jill EarlSam Edney finally visits the students he has been mentoring since September.

Photo Credit Jill EarlSteve Mesler talks to students about why he started Classroom Champions.

Northeast NEWS May 22, 2014

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (Proponent), a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited, is proposing the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project (proposed Project), an approximately 900 km natural gas pipeline from near the District of Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG liquefied natural gas export facility on Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward.

The proposed Project would involve the construction and operation of a 48-inch (1,219 mm) diameter pipeline, metering facility, and three compressor stations, with provision for up to an additional five compressor stations to allow for future expansion. The proposed Project will have an initial capacity of approximately 2.0 billion cubic feet (bcf/day) with potential for expansion to approximately 3.6 bcf/day.

The proposed Project is subject to review under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act.

The Proponent has now submitted its application (Application) to obtain an environmental assessment certificate, which is required before any work can be undertaken on the proposed Project.

In order to provide information to the public about the Application, and to receive comments from the public, the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (EAO) invites the public to attend Open Houses at the following locations. All open houses will be held between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

June 16 – Terrace Open House Best Western Plus Terrace, Skeena Ballroom 4553 Greig Avenue, Terrace

June 17 – Port Edward Open House Community Centre 770 Pacific Avenue, Port Edward

June 18 – Hazelton Open House New Hazelton Elementary School 3275 Bowser Street, New Hazelton

June 19 – Smithers Open House Hudson’s Bay Lodge, Ferguson Room 3251 Highway 16 East, Smithers

June 23 – Hudson’s Hope Open House Community Hall 10310 Kyllo Street, Hudson’s Hope

June 24 – Mackenzie Open House St. Peter’s Church Hall 599 Skeena Drive, Mackenzie

June 25 – Fort St. James Open House Music Maker’s Hall 255 2nd Avenue East, Fort St. James

There are 45 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the Application. The comment period will begin on May 26, 2014 and end on July 10, 2014. All comments received during this comment period will be considered.

The intention of seeking public comments on the Application for an environmental assessment certificate is to ensure that all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the proposed Project are identified for consideration as part of the assessment process.

EAO accepts public comments through the following ways:

• By Online Form at: http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca

• By Mail: Nathan Braun Project Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1

• By Fax: Fax: 250.387.0230

An electronic copy of the Application and information regarding the environmental assessment process are available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca. Paper copies of the Application are available for viewing at public libraries in Prince Rupert, Granisle, Hazelton and Fort St. James, as well as TransCanada offices:

• #1300, 10504 – 100 Ave., Fort St. John

• #201, 760 Kinsmen Place, Prince George

• #630, 609 Granville Street, Vancouver

Digital copies are available at libraries in Fort St. John, Taylor, Hudson’s Hope, Chetwynd, Mackenzie, Prince George, Stewart and Terrace. For community members interested in paper copies libraries will redirect you to other resources.

Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project

Open House and Invitation to Comment

NOTE: All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to EAO website.

Park Boundary Adjustment Application

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. is preparing a Park Boundary Adjustment application for Anhluut’ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga’asanskwhl Nisga’a, the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. As part of this process, BC Parks requires Prince Rupert Gas Transmission to undertake public consultation, including open houses.

A distance of 12.1 kilometres of the proposed natural gas transmission line is proposed to follow Highway 113 through Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park. An adjustment to the park boundary will be required if the project is to proceed along the proposed route.

As part of the open houses, information on the proposed boundary adjustment will be available. Participants will have the opportunity to provide input to inform Prince Rupert Gas Transmission’s Application to BC Parks.

A summary of the application is available for viewing at www.princerupertgas.com. Public comments on the proposed boundary adjustment should be submitted to Prince Rupert Gas Transmission via an online form at www.princerupertgas.com. Comments will be accepted between May 26 to July 10.

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission will provide a summary of comments to BC Parks.

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DAWSON CREEK - The Ministry of Agriculture reaffirmed their position on Bill 24 to the Peace River Regional Dis-trict, after directors agreed to send a letter opposing the proposed Bill during their last meeting on April 24.

In their letter, the directors asked Ag-ricultural Minister Norm Letnick to with-draw the Bill. They opposed the changes that would divide the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones; they also felt the changes lacked consultation. North Peace MLA Pat Pimm and South Peace MLA Mike Bernier were also sent a copy of the opposition letter.

“The Agricultural Land Commission were no more aware of this coming out...that’s not really good consultation. We as a regional district, we are the ones that deal with the applications and we weren’t con-sulted,” said board chair Karen Goodings, during the May 15 meeting.

While no correspondence to the district has been received from the Ministry of Ag-riculture, Goodings said that they have only seen press releases stating that the proposed two zones will remain and that agriculture will continue to be the top priority of the ALC.

“I don’t know if there’s anything further that we can do,” said Goodings.

The debate on the second reading of Bill 24 continued last week in the B.C. legisla-ture. Letnick proposed several amendments to the Bill on May 15, that he announced earlier this month. One of which included three incidences in which the chair of the commission can refer an application to the executive committee: if it is of provincial importance, the application raises an issue that is of general importance for the admin-istration of the Act, the determination of the application may substantially affect more than one panel region.

Also included in Letnick’s amendments was the added statement giving the execu-tive committee all the powers, duties and functions of the commission in relation to

a refered application. “A decision of the executive committee

is for all purposes a decision of the commis-sion,” the clause reads.

The minister added a list of consider-ations in descending order of priority which must be examined when reviewing an ap-plication from Zone Two (Northern B.C.), they are: the purposes of the commission set out in section 6 (the preservation of agricul-tural land); economic, cultural and social values; regional and community planning objectives; other prescribed considerations.

“While it is very difficult to reach com-plete consensus, I want to thank British Columbians for conveying their thoughts and vision to me. I believe these changes improve the existing act, maintain the pres-ervation of agricultural land as the number one priority, and continue to support farm-ers and the growth of the agricultural sector as was always intended,” Letnick said in a press release, announcing the amendments after considering the thousands of letter he received about the Bill.

“British Columbians want the commis-

sion to continue making independent deci-sions, with preservation of farmland as its number one priority. These amendments to Bill 24 ensure those views are clearly writ-ten in law,” he said.

Like the regional district, North Peace farmer, Ken Boon, is also opposed to Bill 24. He believes that by the Province des-ignating the northeast as Zone Two, they are not recognizing the value and quality of land in the region; he said a lot of land is recognized as Class 1 and 2.

“Why would we want to weaken the pro-tection of Class 1 farmland in the north, where it’s actually more valuable than if it was down south, as far as local food secu-rity and importance,” Boon said.

“I think it’s window dressing in the Provincial interest...I know they did some house cleaning, I think in their haste to put this together they have cleaned up some, crossed some T’s and dotted some I’s, but really I don’t think there’s any significant change and it’s too bad,” he said.


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FORT ST. JOHN – Plans to extend the city boundary are moving right along.

On Mon., May 12, council authorized staff to send a for-mal boundary extension proposal application to the Min-istry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development for consideration.

The Ministry, the lead agency on boundary extensions, will review the application and make recommendations to cabinet. From there the province will make a decision.

“They could do a number of things. They’ll review it and say, it looks good to us, they could review it and say, part of it looks OK, but we’re not happy with these properties, we want you to delete them from the boundary extension. Or, we really think that it should be this configuration,” said Dianne Hunter, city manager.

If they request changes, the city will have to amend their proposal application and re-submit it.

Getting to this stage has taken about 18 months, al-though first talks of extend-ing the boundary date back to 2008.

Earlier applications were met with heavy opposition, and a majority was needed to move forward. Having neat, squared boundaries is also one of the Ministry’s re-quirements.

“Once we heard from the property owners, who was in favour, who was opposed,

we redrafted the boundary extension,” explained Dianne Hunter, city manager. “The main objective there really was to include those properties that were in favour.”

Now there are just 11 parcels of land included in the ex-pansion proposal, but there are still three landowners who object to being incorporated.

“You always catch up maybe one or two par-cels that are buried in there, that there’s no way you can go around them,” said Hunter, re-ferring primar-ily to a narrow strip of land

that extends into Area C known as Tracy’s Finger, after Tracy Bloor, one of the affected landowners.

“A whole boundary has gone around them for years, and so now in trying to get those parcels on the other side of Frontage Road into the community, it’s going to have to come in because the Ministry does not allow us to create what they call ‘donut holes.’

“We couldn’t just exclude them and still take in the other parcels, they had to come in with the larger parcels,” said Hunter.

The next step was referring the proposal to various agen-cies for comment. The city has heard from the Peace River Regional District, the Agricultural Land Commission and the Ministry of Transportation as part of that process.

When the city receives an affirmative response from the province, which could take several months, city residents will be asked whether or not they support the extension.

If up to 10 per cent of voters express a concern, it will go to a formal referendum. Otherwise it will be deemed that the majority of the residents have no objections and the boundary extension will go ahead.

Boundary extension plans take a leap forwardBRONWYN [email protected]

You always catch up one or two par-cels that are buried in there, that there’s no way you can go

around them.


Boundary extension plans take a leap forward

FORT ST. JOHN – How seniors view the prospect of aging in northern B.C. was the focus of Northern Health’s latest com-munity consultation report, released on Mon., May 5.

Let’s Talk About Healthy Aging and Se-niors’ Wellness delves into what seniors are looking forward to, and what their needs and expectations are as they grow older.

Previous consulta-tion processes, which take place about every two years, have focused on northern cancer care, men’s health, and mental health and addictions.

“Always the reports then lead to the develop-ment of plans and to ac-tions,” said Charles Jago, Northern Health board chair.

Consultations took place in 15 northern communities from September to November 2013. They included 11 public sessions, five community focus groups and four First Nations focus groups, as well as a session with representatives from the Northern Health board and northern regional hospital districts.

Each discussion began with the question, what do healthy aging and wellness mean

to you? Participants were also asked about what

is working in their community to help them stay healthy, get better and to live well with illness, and where there is room for im-provement.

It’s not clear yet what how this informa-tion will be integrated in to new plans and actions, but one unanimous theme was that seniors’ expressed a strong desire to stay in their homes longer and to have more op-tions to help the transition from home into

supported care.To make this possible,

the report indicates that a greater range of housing alternatives is needed, as is more community based services to provide home maintenance support.

As well, a more trans-portation options and better transit accessibil-ity would be required, and providing seniors with comprehensive informa-

tion on community and health services, and how to access them, would help keep se-niors independent.

“This was a very rich and worthwhile conversation that we had in communities across the north,” said Cathy Ulrich, North-ern Health chief executive officer.

Northern Health’s will distribute the report internally and make sure that

Tackling the grey areas of seniors’ care: report zeroes in on growing oldBRONWYN [email protected]

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The natural resources sector employs thousands of peo-ple in BC and is continually growing. Northeastern BC has gained significantly from the development of this sector. Developing natural resources creates direct jobs and jobs in supporting industries. Job creation and a strong Canadian economy are our Government’s top priority.

Currently, the natural resources sector employs fifty thousand people in BC, with the further development of our natural resources this number will only grow. The op-portunity that resource development presents is obvious but even more opportunity is possible for British Columbians and that is, in addition to shipping the raw resource into the global market, refining that natural resource in BC.

I support both shipping raw bitumen to foreign markets as well as refining raw bitumen in BC. We need to seize every opportunity that our natural resources offer. In order to grow our economy and create more jobs we must work on value adding to our raw resources where it is economi-cally viable.

There are few large refineries in Western Canada, and they are currently unable to meet the demands of the mar-ket. It has been nearly 30 years since a new refinery was

built in Canada and it is time to improve our capacity to process crude oil. Creating new value-added oil processing in BC would create thousands of permanent jobs and new opportunities for Canadians.

The added benefit of increased refining capacity in Can-ada is better price stability at the gas pumps. As a country, we are sorely lacking in refining capacity and we have been for decades. A refinery in BC would be a positive step in improving Canada’s energy infrastructure.

A wide and diversified sector is able to respond to all of the demands and changes in the market, while creating jobs for thousands of Canadians. The Oil and Gas sector creates high paying jobs that help meet the demands of the Canadi-an and international markets. Our Government is dedicated to developing our natural resources safely and responsibly, as it is a large contributor to our strong and stable economy. I strongly support initiatives to create jobs for Canadians.

Bob ZimmerMP, Prince George-Peace RiverChair, BC/Yukon Caucus

Dear Editor:

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s elitist war on B.C.’s resource industries is becoming more than a bit tiresome. Without energy, mining, logging, and other resource industries, the City of Vancouver would not have much reason to exist and would have no real basis to its economy.

Fortunately for the suffering citizens of Vancouver who’ve grown increasingly angered by Robertson’s ar-rogant, misguided agendas, his war on B.C.’s economy must now contend with four major unions, along with the British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council, which have all thrown

their support behind the job-creating Kinder Morgan and Enbridge pipelines.

This brings the resource industry battleground right to Robertson’s front doorstep and will no doubt cause discord among the ranks of his labour supporters. All I can say is good on these four unions for the balanced perspec-tive and leadership they are showing on this issue. It’s time that someone showed Robertson what this province and its economy are really all about.

Michael TaylorCoquitlam, B.C.

On addressing unanswered questions such as “Site C”:Intelligent, unbiased, dialog with a bigot is akin to con-

versation with a stump. Hard nosed, narrow minded, nega-tivity is a dead end road leading only to the demise of the speaker, with no positive results. In making any decisions, always pursue the positive possibilities. Fortunately, life goes on and that natural progress of the worlds civilization does not stop or go on the rant of a bigot. Furthermore, two negatives never make a positive. Keep smiling, Vic Gouldie, Hudson’s Hope

Waking up to a mix of rain and snow last Thursday was not what I had envisioned for the day before I was to start my long weekend; I don’t think that’s what anyone wanted to see.

The consistently sunny weather lured me into a false sense of security; for a moment I forgot of the endless pos-sibilities of weather in the north. I believe that our weather is an equal opportunist; it doesn’t discriminate against months or seasons.

For the few sweet months of summer that residents can at least be 80 per cent certain that they won’t see that ‘white stuff,’ high winds and rain are always a threat.

This little ramble isn’t meant to depress and dishearten, but is to reassure you of what is likely to come. Many weekends this summer, which you will have planned spe-cial events and outings, will be seemingly ruined by the weather.

In my opinion, we all have two options: either scrap your plans and hide inside, or keep calm and carry on. Camp-ing, hiking or boating with grey skies looming may not be as ideal as blue skies with not a cloud in sight, but what’s worse is the alternative: not going at all.

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Shaw, recently named an ambassador for Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, received a grant for approximately $10,000 from Northern Health’s Partnering for Healthier Communities program in March. Her proj-ect, Community Cooking Classes to Plan, Collect, Prepare, Consume Healthy Foods on a Budget, has three components.

One part of the project encourages resi-dents to work with the Chetwynd Com-munity Gardens. Shaw believes that it’s important for people to see the process of planting a seed, watching it grow and then enjoying it as a meal.

“Maybe grandma and grandpa used to garden, but if mom and dad didn’t, maybe you’ve lost that. Maybe you didn’t know about it,” Shaw said. “We will be able to plant stuff, which is so incredible, and I think it’s so wonderful, not just for chil-dren. It’s so important to see something that you plant in the ground, and then you get to eat it.”

Another portion of the project will be a six-week course on healthy eating, taught by the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Shaw believes healthy eating is a skill that once learned will last a lifetime.

“Unfortunately, if you pick up any of the newspapers or watch TV shows, they are always talking about childhood obesity, but they are also talking about things like diabetes, they are talking about things like heart disease, so let’s be preventative. Let’s create healthy food, and instead of being re-active...let’s be preventative,” she said.

A series of multicultural cooking classes is planned to be the third portion of the program. Shaw said that along with rich ethnic diversity, Chetwynd also is home to phenomenal cooks; she hopes that several community members will step-up to share their culture’s traditional meals.

“I think it would be wonderful for them to show how to do different things, and we might as well utilize the local resources we have. It would be really cool,” Shaw said.

“The reason why I’m pairing up with be-ing an ambassador for Jamie Oliver is be-cause it’s very complementary.”



From plant to plateBudget friendly, healthy eating workshops to come to Chetwynd

Photo Credit Contributed PhotoJulie Shaw plans to introduce healthy eating workshops to Chetwynd.


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FORT ST. JOHN – Devin Gallant, 7, has been in a wheelchair since he was three, so when the school gyms were abuzz with the 2nd annual Bo Hedges Wheelchair Basketball Challenge on Weds., May 7, he was thrilled.

Gallant has spinal muscular atrophy, and he was in his own sports wheelchair at the fundraising event where stu-dents competed against public divisions that included local firefighters and R.C.M.P.

“He’s so happy, he’s ec-static,” said his mother, Mandy Gallant. “This is what he wants to see, he loves that all the kids are in a wheelchair with him.”

The Wheel-chair Basketball Challenge honours the event’s namesake Bo Hedges, who was born in Fort St. John and has been playing wheelchair basketball on the Senior Men’s Na-tional Team since 2007. In 2012 he won Paralympic gold.

Students from Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson and Fort St. John participated in three divisions at the junior, intermedi-ate and senior levels. They competed against the Bo Hedges divisions at North Peace Secondary from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to raise awareness and funds for wheelchair sports equipment.

There were more than 30 wheelchairs in use in the gyms, but only 12 of them belong to School District 60. The Prince George Titans, who helped organize the event with the B.C. Wheelchair Society, provided the others.

The turnout was “wonderful,” according to Nancy Har-ris, northern coordinator for B.C. Wheelchair Basketball.

“We had several of the teams out last year that have come out this year, and we have a few more teams on top of that,” she said, add-ing that last year’s event was just two hours, and this year it’s five.

One of the biggest mes-sages of the day was that wheelchair basketball has a level playing field, and that everyone – disabled or able bodied – can play.

“We all have different abilities. That’s my bottom line,” she said.

The greater interest this year is in part due to kids learning about wheelchair basketball in school, said Avril Harris, 23, who was coaching and refereeing.

Harris has played on the Junior Provincial Team since he was 13 years old, and his parents, Nancy and Pat Harris, have been instru-mental in bringing wheel-chair sports to northern B.C.

“We went to their schools last year when we came up, and so this year we asked if any kids wanted to play on a team in this mini tournament, and if they did they could put a team in, so a lot of them put a team in,” he said.

While there were returning teams, like the firefighters and nurses, the competition wasn’t too fierce, as many par-ticipants had never played before.

“It’s more of a have fun, get a bunch of your friends to-gether, make a team, see if you can beat other teams, like the firefighters, R.C.M.P., or some of the younger kids, some of them are pretty good. And, basically, have a good evening of wheelchair basketball,” said Harris.

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Photo Credit Bronwyn ScottChris Austin, of the Fort St. John Fire Department, shields to prevent Jessica Bueckart, of the Fort. St. John R.C.M.P., from passing the ball to her colleague at the 2nd annual Bo Hedges Wheelchair Basketball Challenge on Weds., May 7, 2014, at North Peace Secondary. The event was to raise awareness about wheelchair basketball as an inclusive sport, and to raise funds for wheelchair sports equipment for School District 60.


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TFW program causes hospiTaliTy concerns Council passed a motion, moved by

Mayor Dale Bumstead, to write a letter to Minister of Employment and Social Devel-opment Jason Kenny, supporting the use of temporary foreign workers in the hospital-ity industry. Bumstead said that the contro-versial program needs to get back on track, in order to fill the vacancies in the hospital-ity industry in the city. There is a currently a moratorium on the program.

inTersecTion improvemenT City staff will be investigating the pos-

sibilities of improving the intersection of 17th Street and the Alaska Highway, on the request of council. With the ongoing development north of the city, Mayor Dale Bumstead said that that intersection was only going to get busier and needed to be widened. He believed that with the current vacancy of Home Hardware, now would be a good time to acquire land, as opposed to when that land had already been redevel-oped.

council conTinues commiTTee search Those interested in being involved in the

City’s Residential Development Commit-tee will have a further two weeks to sub-mit their names to City Hall. Councillors chose to extend the deadline after they only had six people come forward, after the op-

portunity was advertised and mailed out to 150 stakeholders. Coun. Shealy Wilbur be-lieved that self-advocates and low-income families would not be represented with the current selection of candidates. The pur-pose of the committee is to advise on the issue of secondary suites and development in the city.

in search For honey bee rep. While city councillors would like to

proclaim May 29 as “Day of the Honey Bee,” it is their policy to only present proc-lamations to causes with local representa-tives. Saskatchewan local, Clinton Ekdahl, founder of “The Day of the Honey Bee,” requested the proclamation and that council waive their policy for purposes of educa-tional awareness. He also asked that coun-cil allow backyard apiaries, and that they write a letter to the provincial and federal representatives supporting provincial and federal proclamations. Coun. Terry McFa-dyen volunteered to receive the proclama-tion, but council later chose to search for a more appropriate recipient.

council looking aT being a smoke-Free ciTy Council hopes to discuss the potential

for adopting a Smoke Free Public Spaces Bylaw in a Committee of the Whole meet-ing with representatives from the Canadian Cancer Society. Topics under consideration include: the level of restriction, enforce-ment, public consultation, locations of smoke-free areas, grant funding availability and a possible trial period.

Taxi license granTed in appeal hearingLonnie Shoop was given a second chance

by council, after he was turned down by the RCMP to receive his license to drive a taxi. Sgt. Scott West said that in his background check of Shoop, he found three offences of speeding, a case of impaired driving in 1990, and a drug offense in 2009.

During his appeal, Shoop said that he hasn’t had an alcoholic drink in 20 years,

he doesn’t do drugs, or even smoke ciga-rettes. He said that he knows of the pain and misery that comes with a drug lifestyle. He admits to falling into a bad crowd for a time, but has since gotten out of it – all for the sake of his three children.

“I’m putting my life on the line. I’ve got lots to lose,” Shoop said, vowing to stay away from drugs forever.

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Photo Credit Jill EarlThe Sons of Norway celebrated the country’s 200th anniversary of being an independent nation at the NAR Park in Dawson Creek.

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DAWSON CREEK - With an impres-sive seven-win, zero-loss record, Dawson Creek’s Under 16 girls volleyball team brought home the provincial gold from Ed-monton on May 4.

Coaches Tyler and Adel Morhart said there were some close calls throughout the two-day championship, but that the team was able to refocus to emerge victorious.

“Our team, skill wise, was actually quite a bit stronger. The toughest thing with any sport is the mental game, so being able to hold your composure in pressure situations, that’s where our team really stood out over other teams...we would be down seven points, and the other teams just couldn’t get that last point to win, and we would come past them and take that set and win. Luck-ily, our team came together and we just played for every point,” said Tyler.

He recalls the girls screaming and liter-ally jumping for joy after scoring their win-ning point.

“It was very emotional,” Adel recalled. The team only played in one premier

tournament, which ranked the team in the second division; however, because they didn’t play in any other tournaments before the provincial championships, the team was placed in the fourth division. Tyler said the games were still very competitive.

They competed in the Alberta provin-cial championships. For many northeastern teams it’s easier to get to games and tourna-ments in Alberta, whereas playing in B.C. would require several lengthy trips south.

The last time a volleyball team brought back a provincial banner to the city was when a boys team played in 2005.

“For us, it’s just great to bring back a provincial banner that isn’t, for example, hockey...It’s been nine years since a volley-ball team has brought this provincial banner home to the community,” said Adel.

The win was extra-sweet for the Morharts; this was their first year as head coaches to the team. They previously vol-unteered as assistant coaches with the same group of girls last year when they played with the Under 15 group. Before that, they taught the 10-13 age category.

Working with the team the previous year allowed them to form a connection with the players, Tyler said. According to him, it was that connection that helped establish trust.

“You build a connection with the play-ers, you know how each player learns and you know how to get through to them; so that relationship, they trust us, we trust them. They listen to us because that trust is built between us,” he said.

Their season began in January with 13 players, but a few dropped out of the team and the Morharts were left with eight p l a y e r s . They aimed to prac-tice twice a week, but due to con-flicting use of their prac-tice space, the team was only able to practice once a week during the

month of March. They made up for lost time in April by going to three practices a week; one practice was optional, and was dedicated to working individually with the players to build their skills and confidence.

To ensure their team was always being challenged, Tyler and Adel would have their team play against teams in a higher age level.

“It forced us to play at a higher calibre of volleyball,” Tyler said.

“How me and Adel like to gauge our team is how quickly we developed com-pared to other teams. Last year, there were teams that we played all year and never beat, this year, we beat those teams every time we played them. That means that our team is progressing at a faster rate than these other teams,” he added.

One of their coaching philosophies is having the players have an equal amount of playing time. They said that some coaches only play their best players, but in the end that doesn’t help the team.

“For us, we believe that to be a better

team you win and lose together, you have to grow as a team,” Adel said.

She said that both herself and Tyler de-cided to coach volleyball because they wanted to promote the sport to a younger generation, and have them take advantage of the various scholarship opportunities available for volleyball players.

They hope to stay with the team as they advance to the Under 17 division, but that will depend on the wishes of the players and their parents. Tyler said that next year will be a big year for the girls, since that is when a lot of university and college teams do their recruiting.

“We are so proud of our team. Like I said, we won it as a team, why we’re able to do this is just because of the dedication and the effort put in from the players, and the team...they supported each other on the court,” said Tyler.

“Nothing is more rewarding than setting up a plan for the team, based on the whole year, and then being able to accomplish it and achieve it,” he said.


D.C. U16 girls volleyball brings home gold

Photo Credit Contributed PhotoAdel Morhart, Emily Shuman, Taylor Schweitzer, Kaelei MacMurchy, Gillian Finkle, Meagan Reynen, Hayley Malibu, Ashley Schweitzer, Cira Davison, and Tyler Morhart celebrate winning Gold during the Alberta Provincial Championships.


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Rolla’s Request appRovedThe School District 59 board approved Rolla Traditional

School’s request to change their name to the Rolla Dis-covery School. Trustee Wayne Ezeard said that the name change is an effort to better reflect the school and their phi-losophy. The request will be sent to the Ministry of Educa-tion for final approval.

Their request also included staff looking into the possi-

bility of having existing rural buses drop students headed to the Rolla school off at a central location in Dawson Creek, so that they may then board a bus to the school. Ezeard said that the school fundraises $31,000 a year in order to pro-vide a bus to their Dawson Creek students. He said that the bus helps to increase attendance and attract more students.

Superintendent Kathy Sawchuk said that the school pre-dicts an enrolment of 24 students next September. It’s the board’s policy to do a review of any school with enrolment that drops below 40. Staff have been directed to look into the potential for a designated bus drop-zone in Dawson Creek.

New supeRiNteNdeNt Named

Leslie Lambie, School District 59’s assistant superin-tendent, has been named the district’s new superintendent, to take effect in September. Current superintendent Kathy Sawchuk announced her intention to step down in Janu-ary. She plans on taking a part-time position as a director of instruction, helping to provide Aboriginal students with academic support.

studeNts help seNioRs’ society with techNology Ten students at Tumbler Ridge Elementary have helped

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With help from grant funding from New Horizons for Seniors, the society was able to purchase 10 iPads, two computers and a scanner.

The seniors wanted to write their personal stories using the technology, and as a part of the project, students are to present the seniors’ stories to their class. The project is set to continue with a new group of 10 students in January.

S.D. 59 finDS SucceSS in Self-regulation

Early learning project manager, Gloria Cleeve, was tasked in 2011 to find a model for positive discipline that could be used in teaching early learners to self-regulate. Cleeve found that many students in the district entering kindergarten were not prepared; she said that this could have long-term repercussions. Her criteria for a program included: a model that was not manipulative to children, could be taught locally and would be affordable to the dis-trict.

Cleeve chose the model suggested by Dr. Jane Nelson, who has authored many books on positive discipline. Since then, Cleeve reports that she has successfully completed positive discipline facilitator training, so that she can teach others how to teach positive discipline. Many courses have been offered in the community to parents, teachers and caregivers. According to Cleeve, there is an appetite for even more courses to be offered.

Thanks to a grant from Northern Health, Cleeve will be able to offer facilitator training in Tumbler Ridge; she is still waiting to see whether she will be able to offer training in Chetwynd.

Food Revolution Continued from Page 7.

“He’s very much into healthy eating, getting the kids cooking and eating properly, and so that really mirrors the grant application that I applied for and received,” she added.

As an ambassador for chef Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolu-tion, Shaw is simply tasked with promoting healthy eating. On May 16, the organization celebrated Food Revolution Day. Shaw did not formally plan any celebratory events for this year, but is just pleased to announce her upcoming projects.

Northern Health’s grant funding was committed for a term of one year, however Shaw hopes that the program will find other potential partners to keep her projects in the community long-term.

“My goal is to make Chetwynd the best community it can be,” Shaw said. “I would love to get different groups...on board and keep this long-term because I think it’s im-portant.”

Photo Credit Jill EarlS.D. 59 superintendent Kathy Sawchuk congratulates Les-lie Lambie, who will take over her position in September.


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Fort St. John• May 30: Learn about all things preservation at our third Treasures of the Museum night at 7pm. The North Peace Cemetery Seekers will be talking about the documentation of the Old Fort Cemetery. Other presentations will feature preservation projects at the museum and how you can pre-serve some of your historical treasures. “Treasures of the Museum” is a four-part talk series. Each evening will take place the last Friday from March through June.

Dawson Creek • May 24: The Dawson Creek Library will host a reading and book signing by local author Jadzia Cypress at 2p.m. Jadzia will read from her books, The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Meditation and Crystals and Truth-fables: an In-digo’s journey. Refreshments will be served at this free li-brary reading. • May 31: Rotary Manor is hosting their annual garage sale on May 31 from 9-1p.m. Household items, tools, toys, fur-niture, coffee, donuts and much more. Donations welcome (no appliances please). All proceeds go towards resident

programs and activities. Rain or Shine. No early birds, there will be no sales before 9a.m. Come check out our sale. Questions or concerns please call Recreation at 250-719-3487. • June 14: The Friends of the Dawson Creek Library are celebrating their 30th anniversary on Saturday June 14 at 2p.m. at the library. Live music, a cupcake tea, displays and door prizes. This informal, relaxing celebration is for everyone in our community. • June 21: Summer Solstice Run at 10am, 5km and 10km for those over age 12 and 3km run for kids 8-12 years-old. BBQ afterwards. Registration cutoff is May 31, call Deep Physio at 250-782-3676 to register.

Fort St. John• Ft. St. John Parkinson’s Support Group Parkinson Society British Columbia People living with Parkinson’s disease, caregivers and family members are warmly invited to the Ft. St. John Parkinson’s Support Group. Join others in your community to share information and resources, cop-ing strategies, ideas for living well with PD, good humour, social support and more. Last Wednesday of the month at 11:00 am McDonald’s Restaurant 10920 Alaska Road North Ft. St. John, BC Note: there is no meeting in De-cember For more information please contact: Sarah at 250 785 7348• S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Northern B.C. Newcomers Integration Service Centre is a non-profit organization in Fort St. John. Our Settlement Program provides information, orientation, assessment, referral and service linking, educational work-shops and short term adaptation counselling to immigrants. The program also offers assistance with form completion, correspondence between clients and service providers, navigating immigration processes including sponsorship applications, obtaining permanent residence cards and ap-plying for citizenship. Bridging services are provided to a variety of community and government service agencies and organizations. Service is available in English and Spanish. The Settlement Program is located at: #209 10142-101st Ave (Execuplace building). From 8:30-4:30 p.m. Phone # 250-785-5323 Ext 22.• Toastmasters International Club of Fort St. John meets from 7 - 8:30 pm every Thursday evening at Northern Lights College, Room 105. Learn valuable communication and leadership skills. Contact Joyce Hadland at 250-261-3886 or Lori Slater at 250-787-1912 for more information. No meetings during July and August. • Rocky Mountain Rangers Army Cadets meet at 6:30 PM each Wednesday night at the Royal Canadian Legion on 102nd and 105 Ave. If you are between 12 and 18 years old please drop in or call us at 250-787-5323.• Alcoholics Anonymous - If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to (250) 785-8866.• 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 Development Centre from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 10417 106 Ave. Does your child have learning, behavior 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.• Pregnancy tests, pregnancy options, peer-counselling and support are available at the North Peace Pregnancy Care Centre. New location at #335 9909-100 Ave, Fort St. John. Please visit our website: northpeacepregnancycare.ca. To make an appointment call our 24 hour hotline at (250) 262-1280. All services are free and completely confidential.• Are you tired of the crime? Then do the time. Join the Fort St. John Citizens Patrol. Donate a minimum of five hours per month. For information, call (250) 262-4530. • Pan African Caribbean Association welcomes the com-munity to join our group to promote community awareness of culture, music and cuisine. Phone Donald at (250) 785-0815 for more information.• New Totem Archery hold their indoor shoots at the Fort St. John Co-op Mall every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.• Come out and join us for an afternoon of play, crafts, a healthy snack, circle time and an opportunity to borrow books from the Devereaux School Library. This is a chance to meet other people from your community and introduce your children to a school setting. We meet from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. every other Wednesday beginning Oct. 20th. This program is geared for three to four year-olds but siblings are welcome to come with their parents. Call Patti (250) 843-7813 for more information.• Join us for fun, fun, fun at the artSpace! ArtSpace classes are here again at the North Peace Cultural Centre with won-derful programming for all ages! Don’t miss out! Register today for preschool, Mommy and Me, afterschool and adult classes! Check out the great selection of activities at www.npcc.bc.ca, or pick up a brochure at the North Peace Cul-tural Centre. Call (250) 785-1992 for more information or to register.• Hearts for Adoption Support Group: Waiting families, adoptive families and wondering families/individuals are welcome to join us for adoption stories, resources and snacks! Meets regularly. For dates and times contact Joel or Gigi at 250-787-7559Dawson Creek• The Visually Impaired Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 12 noon at First Baptist Church,

1400 113 Ave. Each month we have a guest speaker and we share lunch. (cost by donation). Anyone who is visually impaired or who cares about someone with vision difficul-ties is welcome to attend. For further information please call Pam 782-5187 or Margaret 782-3221.• ‘No matter how much time you have to spare, or what your interests are, ‘Better at Home has a volunteer oppor-tunity for you! From mowing a lawn to hanging curtains, there are lots of ways you can help seniors in your com-munity. It can be as simple and enjoyable as stopping in for a visit or taking someone shopping. Can you spare a little time to help a senior to remain independent in their home? Call ‘Better at Home’ at 250-782-2341 and see how easy and enjoyable volunteering can be.’• 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 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday evening at the Health Unit, Dawson Creek.• Mile 0 Quilt Guild meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m., Studio 10 at KPAC. Come join us for sewing, fun and friendship. Contact Gloria at 250 786 5597. for more info.• Stream of Life (Korean Church) 433-95 Ave Dawson Creek BC V1G 1H4Phone 250-219-8016 Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study: 7:00 PM (Wednesday) In-tercession Pry:700 PM (Thursday)Pouce Coupe• Youth Drop-In at Pouce Coupe Community Church An-nex (the old Pouce library). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ages 13 to 17.Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Public Library, 5012 46 Street. If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meet-ing. Call for times and places or someone to talk to, phone 788-9658 or 788-1100 Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Thursday. 8 p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church). If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to. Phone 242-4018.• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, car-pet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Com-munity Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.

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FORT ST. JOHN – Elder abuse workshops at the North Peace Seniors Housing Society on Mon., May 5 and Tues., May 6, taught seniors how to deal with dining hall bullies, among other abuse contexts.

Hosted by the B.C. Centre for Elder Advocacy and Sup-port, the workshops centered on bullying between older adults in communal settings, identifying and dealing with elder abuse, and advance care planning and financial abuse.

While bullying is often considered a playground phe-nomenon, that’s not the case, said Lin Chen, workshop and outreach coordinator.

Health conditions like Alzheimer’s or dementia can cause seniors to be aggressive towards one another. Less overt behaviors in communal settings, like reserving seats in the dining hall, can hurt too.

“During meal times at seniors’ housing complexes, there have been incidences of bullying there where somebody bullies anti-socially by intentionally and purposefully sav-ing seats,” said Chen.

Having kitchen and dining hall workers monitor to en-sure nobody is blocking seats could help create more wel-coming and positive atmospheres, she said, and some hous-ing complexes in the U.S. have done this.

But abuse contexts aren’t restricted to communal living environments, and abusers are often trusted individuals in a position of power and authority with the older adult, she explained.

While in some cases it’s doctors, lawyers, building managers and legal guardians who are purposefully being abusive, it can be a family member who is causing harm without trying to.

“Maybe it is that they are the direct caregiver of their older parent or family member, and they are stressed out or frustrated as a caregiver, and might either not provide sufficient care, or not allow their older family member to

do certain things, but with-out having the awareness or intention that they mean to harm.”

Family dynamics like mental health or substance abuse issues can also com-plicate abuse situations, said Chen. In some cases the caregiver doing the abusing is dependent on the older adult to meet their own ba-sic needs, financially or oth-erwise.

One of the workshops she hosted centered on frauds, scams and identity theft. Being careful when giv-ing financial information over the phone or in person and destroying documents with personal information were important points she stressed.

To help reduce elder abuse, awareness is key. Pay attention to the older adults around you. Maybe your neighbour or friend seems more withdrawn than usual, or has bruises, and if so, check in with them and give them an opportunity to open up and share their concerns, Chen advises.

“Too often it’s the case where older adults affected by elder abuse are very isolated or having to depend on their abuser for their care. So if at least somebody else other than the abuser checks in and notices, that’s one key step to take

in dealing with it first and foremost,” she said.For anyone who would like to know more about elder

abuse or to discuss concerns, the Seniors Abuse and Infor-mation Line, 1-866-437-1940, is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily except holidays. Translation services are available.

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The information will be used to inform planning related to senior services, and how and what partner-ships need to be established between seniors’ and other community organi-

zations to move forward, said Ulrich.As a result of a previous consulta-

tion on northern cancer care, a cancer treatment centre and cancer lodge was developed in Prince George.

After the men’s health consultation, a new division of men’s health was established at Northern Health, and a website that provides information in

response to what was expressed in the consultation was created.

According to the report, it’s esti-mated that by 2050, seniors will make up 27 per cent of Canada’s population, and even more in northern B.C. as youth move out of northern commu-nities, and more seniors choose to re-main in their communities as they age.

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Photo Credit Bronwyn ScottLin Chen, workshop and outreach coordinator for B.C. Elder Advocacy and Support, hosted workshops on Mon., May 5, and Tues., May 6, to help seniors and care givers understand and address elder abuse.


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Sat 2nd Self busy in sore. Kenny helping. Charlie & Burbanks arrived. Klusky also came in and paid his Dept. Cold & stormy.

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Wed 6th Self busy with Indians. All Attachie’s band came in and paid their depts. A fine clear day.

Thurs 7th Self busy in store. Charlie & Burbanks came in and paid their depts.

Fri 8th Self in office. Kenny in store. Continues fine weather. Put in a few potatoes this evening in the Garden.

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Sun 10th The D.P. Steamer left this morning for the Hope.

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Tues 12th The D.P. Steamer arrived from the Hope this morning and left for P.R. Crossing. 5 Men arrived on their Boats from H. Hope on their way out.

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Prince George Free PressDescriptionWe are seeking a team player with a professional attitude to work and learn in a fast paced, business environment.Quali cationsThe ideal candidate must be motivated and take the initiative to sell multiple media products, including on-line advertising and special products, work with existing customers and develop new customers. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Above average communication skills, valid driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle are necessary.If a rewarding challenge resonates with you, contact us today. Please submit your resume and cover letter to:

Ron Drillen, General Manager Prince George Free Press 1773 South Lyon Street Prince George, B.C., V2N 1T3, Canada Tel: (250) 564-0005 Ext.115 Fax: (250) 562-0025 Email: [email protected]

Outside Advertising Sales Representative

AberdeenPublishing.com778-754-5722

Opportunity for professional salesman with knowledge and interest in farm equipment, industrial equipment,

and related products. Prefer a person with good communication and listening skills, empathy, ego, drive

and a desire to keep advancing.Progressive computer skills are required as well as

leadership skills. Remuneration proportional to sales ability, could reach the highest in the industry.

Please apply by fax 250-785-9771 or email [email protected].

We are a New Holland dealer in Fort St. John, BC.

BUTLER FARM EQUIPMENT LTD.9008-107 STREET, FORT ST. JOHN, BCPH: 250-785-1800 • FAX: 250-785-9771

Professional Salesman

Full Time-Permanent Farm Equipment Operators needed for Clover Farms Ltd. located in

17466 Siphon Creek Road, Cecil Lake, BC, V0C 1G0.

Start Date: ASAP

Main Duties include:Operate field equipment for field preparation and planting, haying

operation and crop cutting, Maintain and repair all ranch equipmentand motor vehicles, Help occasionally with animal husbandry, Feed

and maintain building and fences, General farm clean upEducation not required – Experience is an asset

Salary: $12.37 to 15.00 Hourly, 60 Hours per weekApply by e-mail to: [email protected], mail

(address above), or fax to: 250-827-3525

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POPLAR AND SPRUCE/PINE LOGS

CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS LTD. IS PURCHASING DECIDUOUS LOGS (Poplar, Aspen, Birch) FOR PEACE VALLEY OSB (Fort St John) AND SPRUCE/PINE LOGS FOR THE FORT ST JOHN SAWMILL. IF YOU HAVE DECIDUOUS OR CONIFEROUS LOGS AND ARE INTERESTED IN SELLING, PLEASE CALL:

KEVIN SHAW – (250) 787-3667 ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING A LOGGING CONTRACTOR AND DIRECT PAYMENT TO THE LANDOWNER ARE AVAILABLE OPTIONS. 9312 259 Road, R.R. #1, Site 13, Compartment 2, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada V1J 4M6

Telephone 250-787-3600 Fax 250-787-3622 E-mail : [email protected]

Canadian Forest Products Ltd.

Fort St. John

Expanding into Dawson Creek and Fort St. John

www.bc.abuyerschoice.com

All training included. Call Dave for a presentation.

1-855-301-2233

Get your message out!The Northeast News goes to 31 communities from Tumbler Ridge to past Fort Nelson, and from Chetwynd to the Alberta border.Reach over 18000 homes, businesses and farms.Place your classified word ad in the Northeast News for 3 weeks at a cost of $12.00 (plus tax, maximum of 20 words) Call Evelyne at 250-787-7030 to place your ad TODAY!


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Older Model 20 ft Fifth Wheel Trailer, Clean & Good ConditionContact Ernie Reimer 250-785-5833 05/29

Cleaning ServiceFor residential or com-mercial cleaning call or text: Mary at 250-329-8976 05/29

Buy The Whole House Off set mortgage with Base-ment Suite Rental Main floor 3 bedroom, bath, kitchen & living room: Lower floor 2 bedroom, bath, Kitchen & living room renting at $1400.00 per month. Shared Laundry $30,000 in recent repairs Located at 6388 Daisy Ave, Fort St John. Call 1-250-493-1807 Price $399,000 OBOPre Approvals only 05/15

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Terry Travel Trailer27’ - 2007 Bumper Pull.Queen bed, no bunks, 1 slide, microwave, AC, Entertainment Centre. Very good condition. Asking $14,000 firm.Phone: 250-827-3896, can leave message.

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Alpine GlassWindows & Doors Ltd.

2009 People’s Choice Award Winner

250-785-64099712-108 Street, Fort St. John

• Windshields• Custom Showers

• Flooring•Windows & doors

Securing all points of the Peace Region

• Master Key System•Lockout Boards • Padlocks

Automotive Chipped Transponder Keys

Available

250-785-64099712-108 ST FORT ST JOHN

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Contact ourof ce for more information!

Phone:250-785-2662

Email:[email protected]

Sterling Management Services Ltd. has for rent:

• PROPERTY MANAGEMENT • COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL •

Bach. 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. Townhouses,

Duplexes & Houses.Fort St. John

Dawson CreekCommercial Space For Lease/Rent

250.785.2829

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blue #118309

$13,995

2011 Chevrolet Equinox LS2.4L, auto, PL, PS, PW, PM, AWD, keyless entry, cloth bucket seats, 75,307kms

black #107123

$15,995

2010 Honda Ridgeline EX-L3.5L, V6, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, remote start, tonneau cover, heated seats,57,399kms

dark cherry metallic #117739

$27,995

2011 Ford Explorer XLT3.5L, auto, PL, PS, PW, PM, dual moon roof, rear parking aid, heated seats - 58,420kms

black #104846

$27,995

2011 Ford Edge SEL3.5L, V6, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, large sunroofs, heated leather seats, keylessentry - 57,705kms

blue #106739

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black #109924

$15,995

2010 Ford Expedition Max Limited5.4L, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, leather heated seats, DVD, keyless entry,sunroof - 116,919kms

black #101831

$44,995

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grey #119158

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white #107446

$38,995

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blue #110139

$36,995

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white #110142

$34,995

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white #109983

$53,995

2012 Ram 3500 Laramie6.7L, Diesel, ATC, PL, PS, PW, manual transmission, leather seats, back-up camera - 46,522kms

silver #110385

$44,995

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white #100424

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white #106740

$43,995

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white #100424

$38,995

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$39,9952011 TOYOTA

HIGHLANDER LTD.

3.5L, auto, ATC, PL, PW, PS, CD, heated leather seats, keyless entry/start, back-up camera - 31,002kms

#120007

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$37,9952013 FORD E450 CUBE VAN

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