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By Matthew Bains DAWSON CREEK – Residents of the

Paradise Valley/Rocky Mountain subdivi-sion immediately south of Dawson Creek made clear their opposition to a proposed wellsite near their homes.

About 30 of the 44 landowners indenti-fied in the 1.5-kilometre notification radius showed up at a warehouse in the city for an impromptu meeting on Oct. 18. Also at the meeting by invitation were Brian Lieverse, community relations advisor for EnCana Corp., and Peace River South MLA Blair Lekstrom.

EnCana is proposing to drill up to six wells on a multi-well pad on a quarter sec-tion about two kilometres south of the city off the 215 Road. Lieverse said while he wasn’t aware of all the details surrounding the wellsite, he would attempt to answer any questions he could, assuring residents the company would consult with them throughout the regulatory process to try to address their concerns.

However, one resident, wishing to re-main anonymous, cut right to the chase.

“I don’t think too many people in the room are really interested in seeing this (wellsite) developed there,” he said. “What would it take to stop EnCana from putting it there? What do we have to say or do?”

Lieverse said the company does have a process to deal with those concerns, but he does not know what has been looked at presently.

“What we try to do when we have a situ-ation like this, where we have people that are concerned about the location of a well, is we go back and take a look with our ge-ologist if there’s some potential to move the well,” he said.

However, another resident said she was not in favour of a wellsite anywhere in the valley the sub-division overlooks.

“We don’t want it there and we don’t want it to the west,” she said. “The wind comes from the west and we’re still going to get all the flaring. What will it do to our property values? What will it do to the health of our children?”

Lieverse reiterated his company’s commitment to working with residents to find a workable solution.

“This is by no means a done deal,” he said. “We want to work with you and we plan on working with you. Are we going to make everybody happy? Probably not, but we want to the best we can.”

A question was asked about an evacuation plan in case of an emergency, as the only exit for resi-dents in the subdivision is past the wellsite on the

215 Road. “One of the options would be to have people

shelter in place,” said Lieverse. “That would give us time, if it’s a short duration, to deal with the emergency. If it’s a longer duration, then we would take a look at what steps we need to have to remove people safely from the area.”

He said hydraulic fracturing and mutli-well pads reduce the need for multiple wellsites in the same area.

“The idea with this location is we can drain a large area without having to get closer to your sub-division,” he said, although he added there are lim-its to how far they can drill horizontally.

Gary Loiselle said while he isn’t directly affected by the proposed well, he is a neighbouring land-owner, and he told residents they should be aware there are other wells proposed in the area.

“There’s much more than just this one site, there’s a whole bunch of sites and we have to be able to nail

it down, have the people here who make decisions and get everything in writing,” he said.

Lieverse acknowledged there are other wellsites proposed in the area south of the city, but didn’t have the specific locations.

Lekstrom told residents he was just there to gath-er information and could not influence the decision-making process.

“I can’t tell you that wellsite will or won’t hap-pen, I couldn’t stand here and tell you that tonight,” he said. “Do I think that’s an ideal spot for a rig? No. But, do I think I can stop it arbitrarily by wav-ing my hand? No.”

He said unless EnCana agreed to move the well-site during the course of discussions with landown-ers, the decision would ultimately be made by the Oil and Gas Commission.

He encouraged residents to write down their con-cerns and submit them both to the OGC and En-Cana.

Residents opposed to wellsite south of Dawson

Matthew Bains photoLandowner Gary Loiselle points to a map he obtained of proposed wellsites in the area south of Dawson Creek, urging residents of the Paradise Valley/Rocky Mountain subdivision to be aware of the larger plan as they negotiate with EnCana over a wellsite near their homes.

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Calgary-based CCS Corporation is proposing to build a facility that would receive, treat and dispose of various waste materials, including oil/water emulsion, drilling mud, completion fluids, produced water and tank bottom sludge. The facility would be located next to Highway 97, just south of the 230 Road, about 12 kilometres south of Taylor. The company has yet to file a formal application with the Oil and Gas Commission.

However, area residents are already alarmed about the potential impacts. Jackie Alberts, who lives less than a kilometre east of the proposed site, was responsible for organizing a petition that included 19 signatures of resi-dents and a list of their concerns and was submitted to the company, the OGC and the Peace River Regional Dis-trict.

“My neighbours and I talked about it and nobody’s very happy,” she said. “We come out to the country for quiet, darkness and privacy and to get away from traffic and such.”

The letter outlines concerns around odours from rou-tine operation and potential upsets, noise and visual pol-lution, increased truck traffic and property devaluation. The letter states residents recognize a need for such a fa-cility in the area, but they ask for a more suitable location away from residents.

Alberts said they already have had pipelines and other facilities installed in their area and she is worried about the cumulative impacts to their property value and qual-ity of life.

“It will end up being just like Tomslake and Tupper, where you’re absolutely overrun by oilfield facilities and pipelines,” she said. “Pretty soon you can’t use your

property because it’s so crisscrossed with pipelines that it’s useless and you can’t put a home on it because there are setbacks from pipelines.”

Cal Stephenson, who lives about three kilometres east of the proposed site, said he was wary about the way he and others were notified about the proposal, through a let-ter of non-objection from the company. The letter stated if no response was received within 15 working days of delivery, it would be assumed the recipient had no ob-jections to the proposal and the landowner would not be contacted by the OGC during the regulatory process. However, it states if the letter is signed and returned, that also indicates no objection to the project.

“I think it’s kind of a dubious way of this company try-ing to get the OGC to go ahead with their application,” said Stephenson.

He added the 230 Road leading out to the highway is already very congested at times and is in poor condition from heavy use, so he’s definitely concerned about the 30 to 50 trucks the company states will be entering the site per day. The company states it does not anticipate any odours being released from the site during operation, and that a vapour recovery unit would be connected to the flare stack, but Stephenson said he doesn’t believe the odour from the waste can be contained to the site.

“I’ve worked in the oilpatch for 22 years – there isn’t very much that doesn’t smell,” he said.

A spokesperson for CCS, Shauna Lowry, responded in an email to questions about the proposed facility, stat-ing the company has over 25 years of experience build-ing and operating treatment, recovery and disposal (TRD) facilities and currently operates 22 in Western Canada.

The operational process would separate oilfield waste materials into recoverable hydrocarbons (oil), waste wa-ter and solids. The recoverable oil would be sold, solid waste trucked to an engineered oilfield landfill and waste

water filtered and injected into a disposal well on site. All fluid wastes would be contained in sealed tanks or pipe.

The spokesperson stated the company will work with the Ministry of Transportation to determine road use and any required upgrades.

She also stated CCS is committed to consulting with residents and landowners in the area and will be sending a “revised and more informative notification letter shortly” to further clarify the project and conform with new regu-lations.


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By Matthew BainsPEACE REGION – Representatives

from Calgary-based Enbridge were recent-ly in Dawson Creek to give a presentation on the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project to members of the Cham-ber of Commerce.

The presentation came after municipal leaders endorsed two resolutions oppos-ing the project at the Union of British Co-

lumbia Municipalities convention on Oct. 1. The resolutions called for a legislated ban on oil tanker traffic along the North Coast and for the UBCM to oppose crude oil from Alberta’s oilsands being shipped in pipelines across northern British Co-lumbia. First Nations communities and en-vironmental groups have also condemned the project.

Kevin Brown, community relations manager for the project, said he wasn’t surprised there remains a high level of concern, particularly among coastal communi-ties, about the project.

“This is why Enbridge committed to meeting with communities whenever we can to help people under-stand what our proposal is,” he said.

Colin Kinsley, former mayor of Prince George and

current chair of the Northern Gateway Alli-ance, said Cana-dians should be wary of the op-position to the project, citing an Oct. 15 arti-cle in the Finan-cial Post. The article states that deep-pock-eted US chari-ties and foun-dations with unclear motives are funding op-position in this country to the d e v e l o p m e n t of the Alberta oilsands. He explained the Alliance is made up of over 500 local gov-ernment and business leaders that support the project and want it to proceed to the regulatory review process.

Enbridge insists the Northern Gateway project – a dual-pipeline that would extend nearly 1,200 kilometres from near Edmon-ton to Kitimat – would open up Asian mar-kets to Canadian crude oil while creating thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue to local and regional gov-ernments. However, the pipeline would cross large areas of pristine wilderness and 773 water crossings – from small, seasonal streams to major rivers like the Stuart and Endako – and would entail over 200 ad-ditional oil tankers traversing the waters of the North Coast every year.

Enbridge has come under fire for two pipeline ruptures in the United States over the summer. Cleanup efforts continue around a rupture in late July that leaked about 19,500 barrels of sour crude oil into tributaries of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. About 6,100 barrels of oil was

leaked from a pipeline in a small town in Illinois on Sept. 9.

Brown said every effort will be made to learn the lessons of those incidents and apply them to the Northern Gateway proj-ect. When asked about potential response times in the case of a rupture, he said it would depend on where the leak occurred and how big it was. He said the pipeline would be monitored around-the-clock from Edmonton and would have emer-gency shut-off valves and pump stations to isolate any leaks. He added the distances between shut-off valves would be much smaller where river crossings are con-cerned.

To avoid the risks of landslides and ava-lanches in the Coast Mountains, Brown said the company is proposing to drill two, six-kilometre long tunnels in the moun-tains near the Kitimat Valley.

In regards to coastal tanker traffic, he said the tankers would have double-rein-forced hulls and every tanker would be tethered to two tug boats to help guide them in and out of the Port of Kitimat.

He pointed out the Port of Vancouver has accepted oil tankers – admittedly smaller in size – for more than 50 years without incident.

The project is currently under a joint review panel by the federal Ministry of the Environment and the National Energy Board.

More information on the regulatory process can be found online at gatewaypan-el.review-examen.gc.ca.

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By Matthew Bains NORTHEAST – Some questions about the separation of government and industry have been

raised after it was reported three former senior bureaucrats with the Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources went to work for oil and gas companies within months of leaving the civil service.

Post-employment restriction guidelines stipulate that executives – deputy ministers, assistant dep-uty ministers and associates – wait a year before working for a company those executives had sub-stantial involvement with immediately preceding the end of his/her employment with the Province.

However, as reported by Sean Holman, reporter/editor for Public Eye, the former head of the ministry’s oil and gas division, Gordon Goodman, went to work for EOG Resources – Canadian subsidiary of a Texas-based company – just months after approving a $3.84 million royalty rate reduction on the company’s bid to build roads in the Horn River Basin. Holman reported it was one of two applications from the company approved by Goodman in the more than two years he lead the oil and gas division.

Holman reported that two other former staffers – Michael Lambert, director of strategic initiatives for the oil and gas division, and Natalie Poole-Moffatt, top aide to the former minister – also went to work for oil and gas companies months after working for the ministry.

Lambert is quoted as saying he worked on the new en-vironmental protection and management regulation under the Oil and Gas Activities Act, but insisted the company he now works for, EnCana Corp., did not have any undue influence on crafting that regulation.

Holman reported Poole-Moffatt signed an agreement to have no professional contact with ministry officials or the minister’s office for one year, before she assumed her new position with Apache Canada Inc.

Neither would be subject to the above-mentioned post-employment restriction guidelines, but they are bound by a confidentiality agreement.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Citizens’ Services said in Goodman’s case, he exercised due diligence by contacting the Public Service Agency to ensure he was not in conflict regarding those restrictions and the agency determined there was no conflict in his moving directly to work for EOG after leaving government. Furthermore, the spokesperson said the royalty credit program is based on fixed criteria predetermined by legislation, so Goodman did not exercise discretion on which applications were ap-proved.

John Horgan, the NDP’s energy critic, said he asked for an explanation from government why an exception to the post-employment restriction was granted. He said he was told that a review had been done involving the Office of the Premier, but he is seeking further explanation.

“It’s more a question of what are the rules, and if these rules exist, why did you bend them in this instance,” he said. “My interpretation of the letter I received from government is, ‘he left, he asked us to look at it, we looked at it, and we thought everything was fine.’ That’s just not good enough.”

He said while it’s his understanding Goodman exercised no discretion on royalty credit applications, public percep-tion in this case is important.

“Justice not only has to be done, but it has to be seen to be done,” he said. “It’s not a stretch for a citizen of British Co-lumbia to say, ‘this guy just signed a letter giving $4 million to this company and now he works for them.’ It requires explanation, and it requires transparency.”

He said Lambert’s situation gives him cause for concern as well.

“I think the Government of British Columbia and the minister responsible should be concerned the author of the recommendations is now in a position to use his knowledge of those regulations to benefit the private sector, contrary to what I believe the public would expect,” said Horgan.

Horgan said in the case of Poole-Moffatt, he applauds her efforts to go above and beyond the requirements of the code of conduct, but would like to see rules in place to ensure that is the norm and not the exception. He said he has tabled legislation in the past that would seek more rigor in post-employment codes of conduct for senior public servants and political appointees.

Premier Gordon Campbell was in Dawson Creek recent-ly, and when asked, he said he wasn’t aware of the specific cases mentioned above, but he said he didn’t believe more stringent guidelines for public officials were necessary.

“I think we actually have some pretty rigorous and open guidelines for public servants,” said Campbell. “They all sign oaths of office when they arrive, there’s a code of conduct which is pretty explicit and I haven’t received any explicit complaints about people breaching the code of con-duct.”

Concerns about former ministry officials working for industry

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Well, this is it.It was nearly 18 years ago that I put

pen to paper, sat down and wrote my first newspaper column.

Now after hundreds (I purposely spared you from numbering them) I write the final one.

“They” say that truth is stranger than fiction and I certainly believe that when I reflect back upon these past 17 years that I’ve been so fortunate and privileged to have been your Member of Parliament.

And while it’s been exhilarating to have been given the opportunity to sit down to dinner with Kings and Presi-dents, to have attended receptions in Ot-tawa and around the world for a myriad of heads-of-state, famous people and as-sorted VIPS, it is the memories of friend-ship, kindness and pride that I will cher-ish the most.

Friendship. Yes, colleagues and staff ... bonding that in some cases will undoubt-

edly outlast my political career. But also the unexpected acts of friendship I’ve experienced in every corner of our great country and in virtually every country I’ve been privileged to visit around the globe. Likewise, completely unexpected acts of kindness.

And lastly, all the inci-dents of pride. How proud I’ve been to be able to intro-duce myself as your MP.

“Hi, I’m Jay Hill, Mem-ber of Parliament for Prince George-Peace River.”

What an unbelievable honour you’ve bestowed upon me not once or twice, but six times! No matter how hard I, and my staff, have worked for you over these many years, part of me has always felt humbled and somehow, inadequate.

I want to use this last opportunity to shower praise on some of my longest

suffering …er I mean …serving, staff.In Ottawa, Charmaine Crockett (14

years) and Christine Wylupski (10 years). I felt a part of their families as

I’ve watched them experi-ence the joy and the strug-gles as each raises their three children.

Charmaine, my co-conspirator and part-time ghost writer for this col-umn (there, I’ve come clean). Christine, always a smile to brighten every day, both the good and

bad, ensuring I keep things in perspec-tive.

In Fort St. John, Carol Larson who spent 10 years as my senior constituency assistant and was my campaign manager for three election campaigns. And, Barb Gale, whom so capably took care of the day-to-day needs of my constituents in

Prince George.All four forever so much more than

just loyal employees …but rather special friends.

So how do I end this, my very last weekly column? I suppose I want to re-iterate what I said in the House of Com-mons chamber when I announced I would resign, effective Oct. 25:

The thing that I will miss most about politics is the people. Vibrant, passion-ate people. For life is about relation-ships, our personal ones with family and friends, our professional ones with workmates, staff and colleagues …and constituents.

Already as I reflect on my time as your MP, I realize that although I will be able to recall the important issues and the de-bates lost and won, in the end, it is my memory of the people I met along that journey that I will carry with me always.

Thank you.


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By Jay Hill

Words of OpinionEDITORIAL

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The time has come – to fade to black – MP Jay Hill’s last column

On Oct. 20, you may have noticed there was a lot more purple around town. People all across North America wore purple that day to observe a new commemoration called Spirit Day. Spirit Day was a day for people to wear the co-lour purple to show support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youth who are victims of bullying. Purple was chosen as the colour as it represents spirit in the LGBT rain-bow flag. In thanks to Facebook and social media, Canadian Brittany McMillian was able to spread the campaign and at-tention caught on.

Lately in the news, there have been reports on bullying and how over six teenage boys killed themselves due to the pressure and stress of being bullied on a daily basis. This day was to honour those we had taken their lives due to bul-lying and homophobia, but it was also to show others who face the same pressures and bullying that there are people out there who support the victims.

The support for projects like this and others are growing. Recently the It Gets Better project was launched by Dan Sav-age and since then, there are now thousands of It Gets Better videos on YouTube from people like President Obama and Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns. Joel Burns gave a 12 minute speech at his city council meeting where he talked about his own life and how he was bullied growing up.

Bullying and homophobia need to stop. Schools should be places where people can be themselves and have the ability to grow and learn. Spirit Day should be something that hap-pens everyday, and not just in the schools, but in our com-munity and country.

This way, we will learn that our differences are what make us human.

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Editor:My hat goes off to the delegates that

attended the Union of BC Municipalities and voted against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project.

This common sense, responsible judg-ment is extremely rare where oil and gas activity is involved. Keep up the good work.

We need to publicize the many extreme-ly negative aspects of this project and re-ject it. It will cross 773 bodies of water on it’s way from Alberta to the port at Kiti-mat.

Enbridge cannot guarantee that there will be no land or water based oil spills in these pristine areas. This pipeline is the tip of the environmental disaster iceberg. The sole purpose of this pipeline is to enable unrestricted expansion of the tar sands projects. The constantly expanding tail-ings ponds already cover an area the size of the city of Vancouver, several meters deep in toxic, oily, water foul drowning quicksand.

No technology or equipment currently exists that is capable of cleaning up and mitigat-ing the effects of this toxic mess. The cost of clean up has been ball parked at $50 billion and may end up as a huge burden for Alberta taxpayers. The tar sands al-ready produce 1.4 million barrels of oil per day and we get virtually nothing for it. What kind of unconsciona-ble greed would be required to desire to expand this en-

vironmentally degrading, unsustainable project? They are burning up billions of dollars worth of our natural gas that we’re not being fairly compensated for.

The tar sands projects are Canada’s larg-est contributor of greenhouse gas emis-sions, but are little more than legalized theft of Canada’s resources because of our ridiculously low royalty rates.

Do not be taken in by talk of prosperity. The few jobs created by these projects will be totally insignificant, when in the near future, many people will be sick and dying from environmental degradation, starva-tion and violent weather events. After vir-tually giving our resources to these foreign corporations, Canadians still pay through the nose for the fuel that is produced. Go figure.

I pray that all of our governments will work together to prevent tar sands expan-sion and to bring accountability and fair compensation for what is already being taken.

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FEEDBACKEditor:On Oct. 4, 2010, the government of BC

put the new Oil and Gas Activities Regula-tions into effect.

The Minister of Energy and Mines, Bill Bennett, was quoted as stating that: “what we’ve done here is take the very best prac-tices that existed in the oil and gas industry in the Northeast and codified them into a set of regulations.”

The Minister has clearly not spent enough time reviewing the new regulations. The top priority of the new body of regulations focuses on slashing bureaucratic red tape for the oil and gas companies involved in the Northeast. Public health continues to take the back seat. Here are some examples to make the point:

The new regulations are extremely vague and do not use scientific standards of measurement. Take well water for in-stance. The regulation states that the en-ergy company must not cause “material adverse impacts.” What does this mean? No mention is made of toxic chemicals, or maximum discharges of toxic materials into a watershed or aquifer. No mention is made of maximum extraction volumes of surface water or well water by an oil and gas company. The regulation even goes on to say that a company can have an adverse impact on water, for example if it is “im-practicable” to avoid it! What in the world does the word “impracticable” even mean?

The new regulation refuses to implement any science based gas monitoring systems in order to alert nearby residents. It has worked in a number of Alberta communi-ties, yet the BC Regulations use something called the “follow your nose” approach

(yes really) to locate leaks and spills, re-lying on residents to report possible leaks. This one must be especially hard to swal-low for those residents living near the Nov. 22, 2009 toxic sour gas leak close to Pouce Coupe where a number of people and animals were exposed to concentrated amounts of lethal H2S gas. They indeed “followed their noses” because no sentinel monitoring was in place to warn them.

As if this isn’t enough, consider that there are at least 32 exemption clauses in the new Drilling and Production Regula-tions alone. In fact, well setbacks, gas leak detection and emergency response clauses within the act, arguably the most signifi-cant protections for residents under the new regulations, all have exemption claus-es attached.

In other words, the little bit of protection granted to citizens of this province under the new regulations could disappear in the blink of someone’s eye (no mention is made of “who” can use these exemptions or “when” or “how” they might be used).

The new regulations are politically charged and directed to benefit industry. Somehow, this must be balanced by in-volving the Public Health Act. It really is time to involve this Act, under the auspic-es of the Ministry of Health and the local health authority. They must become part-ners with the OGC in overseeing the oil and gas industry in BC. The OGC is not in a position to monitor or initiate any of our health related issues with the energy industry. That much is clear. It is time for our health agencies to become partners in regulating BC’s oil and gas industry.

Rick Koechl, Charlie Lake

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Editor:I am outraged at the last minute name change from

Enerplex to the Pomeroy Sport Centre. This is supposed to be a community building for

families and enhance our city for all citizens. Appar-ently money speaks louder than the consciences of those we have elected. When were the citizens who are

paying the taxes on this complex given a voice in this decision?

There also may be some confusion to newcomers to our Energetic City because it could also be called the ‘Booster Juice Building.’

I am all for a health conscious business being a part of this community sport centre but do we really need it

tacked on the front entrance? Do the right thing and let the legacy of this building

reflect our pride in those who contributed to sports in our community, not just with money, but dedication, time and commitment to our young athletes.

J. CarriganFort St. John

MORE FEEDBACKCity made the wrong decision with the Enerplex name change

By Matthew BainsDAWSON CREEK – City council heard overwhelmingly

from residents gathered at a town hall meeting recently that they should proceed with building the Calvin Kruk Centre for the Arts, even if it means borrowing money to do so.

Many of the over 200 residents gathered at the existing Ki-wanis Performing Arts Centre on Oct. 19 spoke in favour of the project, but perhaps none were more effective than some of the current students.

“I’ve been a student here in dance for about 14 years and every year our sup-plies and things get worse,” said Megan Gabriel. “We have broken mirrors and our floors don’t get cleaned very often – we don’t have what we need. If our arena was getting this run down, we wouldn’t even be having this conversa-tion.”

Dancer Emma Regush said she also supports the move.

“There would be more room and more studios for all the performing arts and it would be nicer and more fun,” she said. “We have multi-million dol-lar facilities for [sports] – we just need a nice place to dance.”

Mayor Mike Bernier said council had committed not to borrow money for the project, but higher-than-expected bids for construction forced them to rethink that position. He said after consider-ing options council was left with really only two – borrow the money to finish the project, or cancel it.

Gerald Longson with MHPM Project Managers explained the construction bids went to five prequalified general contrac-tors, including a local one, and they received three bids back.

“Much to our dismay, all three bids came in around $3.5 mil-lion higher than we told council it was going to cost,” he said. “We were surprised, just like council was surprised, just like the building committee and the architects were surprised.”

Longson said the higher prices resulted from a combina-tion of several factors, but generally it was a hot economy in

Dawson Creek and the Peace Region that allows contractors to charge much more than anticipated. He added some mechani-cal, electrical and structural work saw profit margins upwards of 30 per cent.

When asked, Longson said it would not be possible to find design changes that could make up the $3.5 million without fundamentally changing the plans for the building.

When asked why construction wasn’t divided up into sev-eral smaller contracts, Bernier said that was done with the

Multiplex and was one of the factors behind the cost overruns there. He said hir-ing a general contractor for a fixed-price contract would guarantee there wouldn’t be cost overruns with the pro-posed design.

David Griffith suggested the project could be put on hold, or built in phases, until more funding or lower costs could be realized. Bernier said prices would likely rise as the economy heats up over the next few years, and the structural integrity and safety of the Grandview build-ing, which currently houses KPAC, is also a factor.

The project is not without its critics. Carole Hogg, a vo-

cal opponent of this city council, said she was skeptical of the costs when the project began and remains so now.

She added the public should have had input on the naming of the new arts centre.

Bernier said council thought it was important to honour the late, former mayor because of his promotion of and service to the arts in Dawson Creek. However, he said this council rec-ognizes the benefit not just to the arts community, but to the whole community, as it asks for permission to proceed with the arts centre.

“This is for you, for everybody in the community, and we as

a council recognize that,” he said. “It’s not for us, it’s not for Calvin’s legacy, this is for the city of Dawson Creek.”


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Residents voice support for arts centre project in Dawson

Matthew Bains photoDancers Emma Regush (left) and Emily Shuman spoke in favour of proceeding with building the new arts centre, which received thunderous ap-plause from those at a town hall meeting on Oct. 19. However, city council still has to go to a coun-ter petition process in order to borrow money for the project.


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By Matthew Bains DAWSON CREEK – Organizers have

decided on a location and some design concepts for a proposed outdoor waterpark in Dawson Creek.

In partnership with the South Peace Mile 0 Park Society, the Mr. Mike’s Kinsmen Community Waterpark will be built next to Rotary Lake, towards the front corner of the park.

“There’s already existing infrastructure in place, which could save us a lot of mon-ey,” explained project manager Johanna Kunz. “As well, why not utilize that park? It’s such a beautiful park as is, let’s just add to it and make it even better.”

She said the waterpark will drain into the man-made lake and take advantage of the existing recycled water system. She said the Mile 0 Park Society agreed to maintain the waterpark as part of the regular mainte-nance they do to the existing park.

Kunz said the design concept has the waterpark divided into three sections. A toddler bay will include elements with gentle sprays. A family bay will have an interactive “piano” and “tuba,” where cov-ering up the corresponding spray hole can generate musical notes. A teen bay will feature multi-directional water cannons,

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“The idea is to have three different areas, so you can have the little kids upfront, and the older kids towards the back, and that way you won’t have the older kids run-ning around – because we know everyone gets excited – and knocking the little kids over,” said Kunz.

Kunz added having a location allows them to now focus on fundraising, in an effort to raise the $400,000 estimated for the project. She said they are working on fun and innovative ideas to raise money that could include a “polar bear swim” at Rotary Lake, a poker tournament, and/or a gala dinner.

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Paul Gevatkoff, president of the Mile 0 Parks Society, said the society’s mem-bers voted unanimously to have the wa-terpark built at Rotary Lake, which the society maintains along with the Pioneer Village and the Mile 0 RV Park.

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Matthew Bains photoProject manager Johanna Kunz, joined by Darcy Dober (left) and Christian Croston, president and vice president, respectively, of the new Stonewell Development Society, and Paul Gevatkoff, president of the Mile 0 Parks Society, gathered at Rotary Lake for an announcement on a proposed community waterpark in Dawson Creek.

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By Melanie RobinsonTAYLOR – Breakfast is the most important meal of the

day – we’ve all heard that.It’s for that reason that students at Taylor Elementary

marched to their local community hall for a taste of delicious breakfast options on Oct. 14.

It’s called A Walk to Breakfast and, now in its third year, it aims to teach students and parents about the ben-efits of breakfast, while also promoting a healthy lifestyle.

“When the kids come to school having had those sugary breakfasts, there’s the research that’s out there right now that talks about how the learning hits a really high spike really fast and then the focus is gone, behaviour issues start to peak, learning focus goes down,” said school principal Jason Gill.

Those, however, that eat a healthy breakfast tend to do better on tests and at school, which Gill said shows the importance of fueling the brain in the right way.

Students who participated in the walk, unique to the Dis-trict of Taylor, thoroughly enjoyed the selections includ-ing granola with yogurt, oatmeal, pancakes and fresh fruit.

Also included in the walk were some parents of stu-dents, which allowed the program to hit the whole family, said Gill.

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It’s not all about eating healthy, however, but also being active in day-to-day lives.

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posed to trying to change a behaviour [later],” he said. “When your, for example, my age, it’s a lot harder to change those habits.”

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Melanie Robinson photoStudents from Taylor Elementary School enjoyed some deli-cious options for breakfast on Oct. 14, as part of a program called Walk to Breakfast through the district and the school distrct.

Contributed photoBruno Bourassa director of gaming operations for Chances FSJ presents Ashley Bentley, executive director of the Fort St. John Hospital Foundation with cheques totaling $19,482.86. All the monies were raised dur-ing the third annual Chances Charity Golf and Poker Tournaments and Divas Las Vegas Impersonators con-cert held in September. This year, the money will be put towards the purchase of a portable ultrasound for the emergency department in the Fort St. John Hospital.

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Middle School in Dawson Creek are eagerly anticipating their trip to Spain in March, but before they get there, they had to raise a bit of money.

A garage sale fundraiser was held at the school on Oct. 16. Vice principal Caron Jones, who organized the fundraiser, ex-plained the idea came about when Shopper’s Drug Mart do-nated four pallets of surplus, holiday-themed items.

“I don’t generally get involved on the fundraising end of things for these trips, but this was one that was too good to pass up on,” said Jones. “The kids have been working for about three or four weeks now tagging items – we literally had thousands of items here.”

She said B & T Locksmiths donated items as well and the students brought in their own items to sell. Not including those private tables, the event raised just over $1,800, which will be divided up amongst the students based on the hours they worked, and will help cover the $4,400 each cost of the trip.

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Zakary Schwartz added, “it’s a once in a lifetime chance, really.”

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Last year in May, students at the school traveled overseas to take part in the 65th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

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Matthew Bains photoStudents from Central Middle School will be traveling to Spain in March. From front left to back right: Alana Hug, Alexa Garrison, Jordan Sloane, Andrea George, Andrea Bouchard, Devon Poisson, Zakary Schwartz and Devan Bellam, who took part in a recent fundraiser.

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That is why, through a partnership with School District 60 and the local curling club, grade seven students from some district schools are learning about the sport.

And so far, they’re enjoying it.“I enjoyed it and realized I do have quite a

bit of balance on ice,” said Aleisha Kantz, a student at Bert Bowes.

Kantz said the excitement about the sport is apparent throughout her classmates as well and she can see herself doing some curling down the road, when she has more

time.This, said Edward

Schmidt, a level three coach who is helping to teach the students, is what the program aims to do.

Schmidt said a ju-nior curling program in the city has had low numbers and, through this partner-ship, they’re trying to encourage more students to take part in the sport.

He said some stu-dents don’t presently because it’s not as accessible as those that can be played in school gyms.

“This is the time to start them is in grade 7,” he said. “They’re young, they’re agile, enthused, they’re getting out of the class-rooms. Unfortunately, teachers don’t coach curling because it is somewhat of a special skill. It’s not like basketball, badminton or volleyball where the gym is right next door, they actually have to take time out of their classrooms and come down, so I appreciate that too.”

Trustee Linda Sewell, who was on site helping with the workshops and said it of-fers the students participating an opportunity to learn how to be active in different ways.

“All students aren’t active in the same way so the more opportunities we can provide for them, the better it is to encouraging them to be active for life,” she said. “This is a type of sport you can do for the rest of your life.”

It’s also something the school district would probably considering doing into the future, she added.

Grade seven student Brennan Mann said while he’s never curled before the program began, it’s something he might pursue in the future.

“I think it’s fun, it’s a good experience,” he said. “I never curled before so I wasn’t sure if I’d like it but I like it.”

The students in the program will get a se-ries of lessons on the sport, including five hours of training, four hours on ice and one hour of in-school training.

Bert Bowes’ grade seven classes were ex-pected to wrap up their program during the week of Oct. 25, at which time the students from grade seven at Dr. Kearney were ex-pected to take on the program.

The junior curling program in Fort St. John takes place on Monday’s at 3:30 p.m.


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By Brent HodsonLast week I got an opportunity to visit with Janice Closson

at the Fort St. John Public Library. If you haven’t been into the library since they re-opened then I would highly recom-mend you stop in today and check it out.

The new flooring is in and it’s nice and shiny, and while the flooring was done, the staff at the library took the time to re-organize and change the layout of their space. When I saw the space, I was surprised to see how larger it looks and feels, even though there was no expansion to their current space.

Janice filled me in on some of the great events that are going on right now at the library. Their ‘Reading Buddies’ program is up and running now and its purpose is to improve literacy skills in children in Grades 2 and 3. What happens is that the children in Grade 2 or 3 are paired up with a read-ing buddy and they work together at the library for one hour per week. They will work on both reading and reading aloud skills. The reading buddy they are paired with are students who are in Grades 6 to 12 and that are interested in volunteer-ing their time to work with children.

The program is free to attend and happens every Wednes-day from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and you just need to register at the library by calling (250) 785-3731.

This is a great opportunity to help improve the literacy skills of those in Grade 2 and 3 and they do get rewarded with every sixth book they read.

Coming up in November is the annual Food for Fines pro-gram at the library. This is your chance to return any overdue books that you may have from the library and they will for-give them when you also bring in a non-perishable food item.

Even if you have 10 overdue books, just bring in 10 non-perishable food items and all is forgiven, no questions asked.

Another great event coming up is the annual reading of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.

This year will feature a special guest from CBC Radio plus Mayor Bruce Lantz, Moose FM’s Kelly Doiron and more. This is a great fundraiser for the library and it will be on Nov. 27 with ticket prices for adults at $16 and children’s and seniors being $11.

You will also find a silent auction and some refreshments

including eggnog and Christmas cookies.With all that going on, you may wonder what else can they

be doing. Well I am glad you asked. If you already have a library card then you have the whole world in your hand. Not the whole world, but you do have access to some amazing programs that are available only to members on the library website.

Those areas include audio books, reference sites including medical journals and small engine repair books.

There is a lot available online at http://fortstjohn.bclibrary.ca/

The Fort St. John Library is open six days a week, they are closed on Monday but are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

I am looking forward to each week bringing some news on a event or something that is going on here in the Northeast. If you have an idea you would like to read about, e-mail [email protected].

Community Outlook: Free to Read

By Matthew BainsDAWSON CREEK – The Dawson Creek Salva-

tion Army is looking to fill the shelves of its food bank through “Together is Amazing,” a partnership with Shaw Cable and Campbell’s Soup.

Until Nov. 15, every pound of food donated to the Sal-vation Army will be matched by the two corporate spon-sors.

“So if I get a pound of food, I actually get three pounds,” explained John MacDonald, family services director with the Dawson Creek Salvation Army. “It’s amazing that these two corporate sponsors have come up to help the food banks try to fill their shelves in this time of need.”

He said the campaign is not just in Dawson Creek, but throughout Canada.

MacDonald said all types of food are accepted.“Someone donated a cow

the other day,” he said. “We’re quite short on beef right now, so it was quite welcomed, and Lawrence Meats is going to help us with the costs of wrapping and that.”

He said fresh produce is welcomed as much as non-perishable items and they are out of soup right now, so a donation of Campbell’s Soup would be very appro-priate.

MacDonald said the do-nations are always critical,

but especially now that winter is approaching.

“With costs today, a single parent just can’t hardly even survive, never mind these astro-nomical gas bills and power bills here in the North.,” he said. “Food costs is one of the things where they try to save as much as they can.”

He added it’s espe-cially important to make sure young people are well fed so they can fo-cus on school.

Donations can be made at the Salvation Army Family Services office at 1019 103 Avenue, or at the Shaw Cable office at the corner of 15 Street and 102 Avenue.

By Michele MobleyDid you know that spending just a little bit

of time engaging in activities with your fam-ily can increase your literacy skills?

For example, pick one night a week when everyone in your home can get together for a board game, cards or dice. Many family games involve reading, problem solving,

numeracy or all of the above. Get together with other families and decide on a book to read, then get together and watch the movie version after you have finished the book.

Families with younger children can have an indoor picnic and story-time, with snacks themed from their favourite books. For ex-ample, Winnie-the-Pooh books would make

a nice companion to honey cereal or honey toast. Make a family journal by having ev-eryone draw names and then write a story and draw a pic-ture relating to that person. When all the stories are com-plete your family will also have a wonderful memento!

Be creative, have fun and get everyone involved in family literacy.

Michele Mobley is the lit-eracy outreach co-ordinator in Dawson Creek and can be reached at (250) 719-6047 or at [email protected].


Help Us Plan Your Future!

The Peace River Regional District is presenting its draft

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of your rural community.

7 pm to 9 pm • Presentation at 7:30 pm

Rural Official Community Plan

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Nov. 29 Chetwynd Rec Centre

Nov. 30 McLeod Community Hall

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By Matthew BainsNORTHEAST – Representatives from the BC beef in-

dustry and provincial government were part of a Canadian delegation on an eight-day trade mission to China and Japan earlier this month.

Steve Thomson, BC’s Minister of Agriculture and Lands, said while his overall objective was to promote and open markets for all BC agricultural products, the main focus was on beef. Two members of the BC Cattlemen’s Association, along with Alberta agriculture minister, Jack Hayden, and one member of the Canadian Beef Export Federation, joined him in China.

“It was part of the partnership approach and marketing the Canadian beef industry,” said Thomson. “It was very clear that there is a pent-up demand for our beef in the Chinese market.”

He said, specifically, they were looking to expedite the process to have China open up to beef from Canadian cattle under 30 months of age. He said there were no specific time-lines as to when China may be open to those imports, but they had assurances the approval process would be done as quickly as possible, beginning with inspections of Canadian packing plants in November.

Thomson said he doesn’t think the safety of Canadian beef is an issue for Chinese officials.

“We got the impression the steps we’ve taken within the Canadian industry for age verification and traceability, and our food safety systems and the quality of our product, has a very strong reputation,” he said.

Mark Grafton, one of the delegates from the BC Cattle-men’s Association and a rancher in the Prince George area, said opening the Chinese market is huge for the local industry.

“China is some of the most exciting news we’ve heard for a while,” he said. “We have an indus-try that hasn’t had much to be optimistic about for quite a while and this is a bright spot showing up.” He said while he doesn’t anticipate a lot of beef going from BC to China initially, any expansion and diversification of the

markets for Canadian beef should help the bottom line. He added it could also increase interest in other countries such as South Korea.

Grafton said there is a window of opportunity, while beef exports from the United States into China are still restricted, to really push the Canadian brand. He said the Chinese feel Canadian barley-finished beef has health benefits over the US corn-fed beef. He added the cold Canadian winter is actually a benefit for marketing, as the Chinese equate snow with purity.

“China seems to be wanting mainly high-quality beef for their restaurant and hospitality trade, but I think there’s also a possibility of moving specialty meats such as offal (internal organs) and feet and a lot of the products that are a little bit tougher to move and anything like that adds value to the car-cass and is to our advantage,” he said.

He added Canada has built a reputation as a good trading partner with China and can build on the success of exporting other agricultural products such as canola and the recent suc-cess of British Columbia’s forestry sector in China.

Japan, said Grafton, is a more challenging market to crack. He said Japan currently imports beef from cows un-der 21 months old, but Canadian cattle typically finish over 21 months, so the goal is have that country accept beef from cows under 30 months old.

“Japan’s not really interested in opening more to Canada then it will to the United States,” said Grafton. “At this point it doesn’t look like Japan is in a real hurry to expand the type of product they are bringing in.”

He said layers of bureaucracy, and public perception about the cleanliness of imported beef, are also hurdles to expanding beef exports to Japan.

Thomson agreed with Grafton’s assessment of the situation in Japan, but said his federal counterpart, Gerry Ritz, who was part of the Canadian delegation to Japan, continues to work on the issue.

“These are both priority markets for our province, in the Asia-Pacific Initiative, and identified as priority markets for our Canadian beef industry as well,” said Thomson.


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PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT

BY-LAW NO. 1902, 2010

A Public Information Meeting is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 1, 2010, at the Charlie Lake Community Hall, located at 12717 Charlie Lake Ave. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from those persons who believe that their interest in property will be affected by the following proposal.

Zoning Amendment By-law No. 1902, 2010, proposes to create a new zone ‘Potential Sewer Service’ (P-SS) to implement a policy direction recently adopted within North Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan, to encourage infilling and compact development in 4 priority areas.

The zoning amendment proposes to set a new minimum parcel size of 8 ha (20 acres) unless connected to a community sewer system; (see table on reverse side of notice)

Setting a larger minimum parcel size for lands located within these 4 priority areas, will re-enforce the priority to support new subdivision developments that incorporate a community sewage system.

This proposed amendment by-law is not delivering a community sewer service.

The P-SS zone will affect land parcels located within Area No.’s 1, 2, 3 and 4 as shown below:

This notice is in general form only. A copy of the proposed amendment bylaw and relevant background documents may be reviewed in detail, between the hours of 8:30 am to 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at the Peace River Regional District office, located at 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC or 9505 - 100th St Fort St. John, BC.

Any inquiries, comments or concerns should be referred to Debbie Kunz or Bruce Simard in the Development Services Department, by calling 1-250-784-3200 or 1-800-670-7773, or fax: 1-250-784-3201.

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PUBLIC MEETING NOTIFICATIONPROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT

BY-LAW NO. 1902, 2010

A Public Information Meeting is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 1, 2010, at the Charlie Lake Community Hall, located at 12717 Charlie Lake Ave. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from those persons who believe that their interest in property will be affected by the following proposal.

Zoning Amendment By-law No. 1902, 2010, proposes to create a new zone ‘Potential Sewer Service’ (P-SS) to implement a policy direction recently adopted within North Peace Fringe Area Official Community Plan, to encourage infilling and compact development in 4 priority areas.

The zoning amendment proposes to set a new minimum parcel size of 8 ha (20 acres) unless connected to a community sewer system; (see table on reverse side of notice)

Setting a larger minimum parcel size for lands located within these 4 priority areas, will re-enforce the priority to support new subdivision developments that incorporate a community sewage system.

This proposed amendment by-law is not delivering a community sewer service.

The P-SS zone will affect land parcels located within Area No.’s 1, 2, 3 and 4 as shown below:

This notice is in general form only. A copy of the proposed amendment bylaw and relevant background documents may be reviewed in detail, between the hours of 8:30 am to 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at the Peace River Regional District office, located at 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC or 9505 - 100th St Fort St. John, BC.

Any inquiries, comments or concerns should be referred to Debbie Kunz or Bruce Simard in the Development Services Department, by calling 1-250-784-3200 or 1-800-670-7773, or fax: 1-250-784-3201.

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Bid 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, Monday October 25th, 2010, upon payment of a non-refundable amount of $100.00 (incl. HST)

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website. It is the sole responsibility of the Bidders to monitor the website regularly to check for updates.

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October 28• A building bridges workshop will take place

at the George Dawson Inn from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for service providers from the anti-violence, mental health, addictions, health care, child pro-tection and other helping sectors. To register, contact Deanna Sudnik at (250) 782-9174 ex. 230.

October 29• John Connolly, a singer/songwriter from

PEI, who recently performed at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games will performing at the Dawson Creek Art Gallery at 7 p.m. His self titled album won three Music PEI 2009 awards for “Alternative Artist of the Year” as well as, “Male Vocalist of the Year” and “Album of the Year”. Tickets are only $15 available at the Art Gallery, KPAC (cash only) and at the door.

October 29• The Fort St. John Association for Commu-

nity Living would like to invite the community of Fort St. John to their End Of Their 50th Year Open House Party from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at their office at 10251 100 Avenue. Come and enjoy a variety of live local music, appies, craft sale, tour our office and meet and greet.

October 29• The Nawican Friendship Center be holding

a “50’s Dinner and Entertainment Evening.” Come dress up in your favourite 50’s costume at a cost of $10 for adults, $5 for 12 years and under. All proceeds will go to Rosann Nichol who is raising money to go to New York for an operation for her MS. Tickets will be on sale at the door or contact the center at (250) 782-5202.

October 29• Five performances at the NPCC at 7:30

p.m. in Fort St. John, “Chicago The Musical” is the must-see show of the season. Local stars will Razzle-Dazzle ‘Em with a story of murder and injustice spiced with memorable tunes and amazing choreography. Tickets and informa-tion available at the North Peace Cultural Centre (250) 785-1992 or online at tickets.npcc.bc.ca.

October 30• The Farmington Halloween dance, featuring

country band Damn Straight, will take place at the Farmington Hall from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dress to impress: prizes for best costumes. Tickets are $15 each and include a midnight lunch and pumpkin carving. Call Clarise at (250) 843-7954 or visit Farmington Store for advance tickets only. Sorry no minors.

October 30• Big Brothers Big Sisters is holding a Hallow-

een Fundraiser – “Nightmare on 100th”. Doors open at 7 p.m. at the Lido with the event includ-ing a $1,000 costume contest, free rides home and live music by the band The Suspicious. General tickets are on sale now and can be pur-chased for $25 at the Visitor Information Centre or through our agency by calling (250) 787-9674 or e-mailing [email protected]. The event is for those 19 years and older.

October 31• Trick or Tricking in the Pioneer Village from

4 p.m. to 7 p.m. for children 10 and under. Trick or treating, games and prizes. Admission is a non-perishable food item.This event is looking for volunteers, who should contact Kim at (250) 782-1515.

October 31• Terror in the Village from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at

Pioneer Village for children and guests 10 plus.Guided tours around the haunted village. Admis-sion is $5. This event is looking for volunteers, who should contact Kim at (250) 782-1515.

October 31• The North Peace Cultural Centre’s artSpace

Program is holding it’s first annual Family Hal-loween Party and Haunted House from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature a Spooked-out Haunted House, crafts for all ages, games,

snacks, a concession and costume contests for children and adults. Advanced tickets are $10 for parent and child and $20 for family. Tickets at the door will be $12.50 for parent and child and $25 for a family. Purchase tickets at the North Peace Cultural Centre Box Office, by phone at (250) 785-1992 or online at www.npcc.bc.ca.

October 31• This Halloween North Peace Secondary Stu-

dents will be trick-or-treating for Halloween for Hunger. Please give donations of non-perishable food items to support the local food bank.

November 3• The Dawson Creek Interact Club (the high

school division of Rotary) will be holding a Ma-lawi Dinner and Auction Fundraiser to help build a school in Malawi. The event takes place at the George Dawson Inn and doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and are on sale at Simple Pleasures, Cut Thumb Glass and the Co-op Administration Office.

November 4• The third annual fundraising dinner and silent

auction at Chances Gaming Centre in Dawson Creek will take place at 6 p.m. for the Dawson Creek and District Hospital Foundation. Tickets are $50 each or $75 for a couple and includes a five course dinner! For more information or to purchase tickets, call Jerimy at (250) 784-7355 or e-mail [email protected].

November 6• Ol’ Time Country at the Tower Lake Hall.

C’mon out for supper and some old time coun-try music and cowboy poetry, presented by The Campfire Cowboys! Tickets are $25 each and the event starts at 6 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets call Amanda at (250) 789-9866.

ONGOINGFort St. John• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• “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.

• 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.

• Grandhaven District and Community Asso-ciation meets the third Tuesday of each month in the Grandhaven Hall at 8 p.m. Keep this hall operating in this community.

• 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 informa-tion, call (250) 262-4530.

• Pan African Caribbean Association wel-

comes the community to join our group to pro-mote community awareness of culture, music and cuisine. Phone Donald at (250) 785-0815 for more information.

• New Totem Archery will have their first in-door shoot at the Fort St. John Co-op Mall on Nov. 2 and then every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.

• Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) meets ev-ery Tuesday at the Goodlow Church at 9:30 a.m.

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 Community Market is held at the West-end Campground every Saturday except on long weekends. For more info or a vendor package please contact Jaylene Arnold at (250) 774-2541 or Audrey Reynolds (250) 774-6574.

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. Ages 13 to 17.

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.

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 1001 110 Avenue, Dawson Creek. (250) 719-6525.

• 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. ev-ery Thursday evening at the Health Unit, Daw-son Creek.

• Relapse Prevention. Mental Health and Ad-dictions 1001 110 Ave., Dawson Creek, (250) 719-6525. Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. Everyone welcome! Please call to confirm meeting.

• Prenatal Classes will be taking place at the South Peace Child Development Centre this fall with classes in September, October and No-vember from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Register at Northern Lights College or call (250) 782-5251 for more information. Cost is $70 per couple.


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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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As our world becomes increasingly urban, the places that remain wild and free take on almost a mythical significance, as do those that live among them. A life spent experiencing the wilderness is sure to be full of adventure that, in the hands of a good storyteller, opens the eyes and drops the jaw of the listener.

Bob Kjos’s memoir, Horseshoe in My Hip Pocket, is that type of jaw-dropping tale. In the 75 years of his life, Kjos has lived not only a rich and varied life, but an exciting one. The adventures he has had and the experiences he has lived fill over 300 pages, creating a page-turner that has sold out within a few months of the first printing.

It’s one thing to write a thrilling adventure novel, but the story is doubly gripping when the adventures are true. Kjos’s grandparents were early settlers in the Sundre area of central Alberta, where Kjos was born in 1935. When he was 12, his family moved north, buy-ing the Black Cat Ranch near Hinton. Kjos did a man’s work to help move the stock across the country and then helped run the ranch while his dad operated sum-mer pack horse trips for tourists and adventure-seek-ers. When the ranch was sold a few years later, Kjos and his father worked with the oil companies, guiding geologists into remote areas that were not otherwise accessible.

Kjos’s love of an active, varied life is evident as he tells of his adulthood. In the sixties, he built a business catching wild horses in the Sundre area, and then, as the country became more populated, he moved with his wife and family up north to Toad River, BC, where they owned and operated the Toad River Lodge, to-gether with a cattle ranch and hunting operation. Kjos’s experience in the wilderness and in running pack horses came into play again in this new region. Kjos homesteaded and ranched in the Toad River area for 20 years before retiring to Fort St. John in 1986.

While our region is home to many ranchers, outfit-ters and adventurers, each one has his own unique sto-ry, but it is hard to imagine that any could match the tales of heart-pounding thrills and chills that Kjos has experienced. To be able to relate these as a storyteller takes a special knack as well, and Kjos’s book is a la-bour of 10 years, at least once being given up on and set aside. It was the repeated urgings of family and friends to hear his tale that had Kjos return to writing his story. Not comfortable with the computer, Kjos wrote his book the old-fashioned way, in longhand,

then handing the manuscript over to be typed and edited by his wife and daughter.

Kjos said his biggest problem was figuring out what to leave out – his priority being a focus on his adventures, rather than getting

b o g g e d down in a dry reci-tation of dates and f a c t s . Added to the stories of ranch-ing, wild horse hunt-ing and g u i d i n g , his experi-ences as a bush pilot (complete with a few “wrecks”) and as a championship team roper gave him no lack of material to add excitement to every chapter, for an “unputdownable” read.

The response to the book has been amazing. Released in June, the book sold out its first run of 3,000 copies and is in

the midst of a second printing now, available the end of October. Kjos credits the book’s success in part to his widespread reputation, as

his lifestyle and history in both BC and Alberta have given him connections with many people through the years and word of mouth has driven sales to a large degree.

Kjos has no in-tention to write an-other book, but has instead embarked on a new hobby; painting.

He’s been teach-ing himself to paint in oils and acrylic, express-ing on canvas his love of the west, wildlife and rodeo, learning a new skill with the drive of someone who has never slowed down long enough to be bored.

Local adventurer’s tale a ‘pageturner’

of the Peace

Contributed photoAuthor Bob Kjos.

By Angela Fehr

Upcoming EventsPeace Region Arts Events October 21 to November 4

ChetwyndOctober 22

Coffeehouse at the Chetwynd Public Library,

6 p.m.

Dawson CreekOctober 22 to 23

OctoBEERfest at KPAC, 6 p.m. to midnight

October 29 John Connolly performs at

Dawson Creek Art Gallery, 7 p.m.

Fort St. JohnOctober 22 to 24

The Two Marys Printmaking Workshop, Miep’s Studio

October 29, 30, November 4, 5 & 6 - Chicago the Musical,

7 p.m., North Peace Cultural Centre.

Tumbler Ridge October 23, 30 Rocky Horror Picture Night,

6 p.m. at the Community Centre

These are just a few of the local arts events occurring through October. Contact your local arts council for

more information.

Want more?Bob Kjos’s book, “Horseshoe

in My Hip Pocket,” is available throughout the Peace Region at

the Fort St. John and Fort Nelson museums, Bill’s

News in Dawson Creek, the Toad River Lodge and Trap-

per’s Den Wildlife Emporium on Mile 293.

Bob Kjos can be contacted by e-mail at [email protected].


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