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FORT ST. JOHN – Fort St. John’s Olym-pic hero Denny Morrison was all smiles at his homecoming celebration on Apr. 10 at the Pomeroy Sports Centre, where he and teammate Gilmore Junio spoke to a crowd of about 100 people and signed autographs.

The friends made headlines at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games when Junio self-lessly gave up his spot in the 1000-metre race after Morrison tripped and fell in the Olympic trials.

Morrison went on to take home a silver medal in that event, fi nishing 0.04 seconds behind the gold medal winner Stefan Groot-huis, of the Netherlands.

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DAWSON CREEK - Like many other post-secondary educations around the prov-ince, Northern Lights College is also tight-ening up their fi nancial belts in preparation of expected budget cuts and fi nancial pres-sures for the year ahead.

On Apr. 9, the College’s board of direc-tors approved their 2014-2015 budget for $31.7 million. This year the board faced a reduced budget of approximately $875,000, accounting for the estimated $189,000 op-erational funding reduction from the Min-

istry of Advanced Education, the elimina-tion of base budget funding for English as a Second Language instruction, the mandated wage and salary increase for unionized staff members, increased amortization costs and increased building maintenance and utility costs.

“This has been an extremely diffi cult budget process for Northern Lights Col-lege. Simply put, we are faced with increas-ing costs and decreasing revenues from our traditional funding sources. At the same time, we are trying to ensure that our stu-dents receive the necessary education and training to help them meet labour needs in the northeast and across the province,” said

NLC president and chief executive offi ce, Laurie Rancourt, in the press release.

In order to achieve a balanced budget, which all universities and colleges are mandated to do, the college has decided to initiate a number of measures, including the elimination of the equivalent of 6.55 full time positions. Rancourt said 18.5 full time positions would be impacted, includ-ing those that have been laid off, and nine who have applied for early retirement and voluntary leave. However, the creation of 11.95 new full time positions and 21.75 va-cant positions will potentially be available to impacted staff members.

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DAWSON CREEK - Eight of the 24 members of Team Peace Region walked away with medals from the Skills

Canada Provincial Championships in Abbotsford last week. On Apr. 9, students from across the region competed in

events such as: welding, aesthetics, hairdressing, carpentry, sumo robot, animation, robotics, graphic design and spa-ghetti bridge building. Many of the team members were gold medalists during the regional competition on Jan. 31.

Among the winners were Benjamin Couterier of North-ern Lights College (NLC) who won a silver medal in the aircraft maintenance competition, Joshua Belkin of NLC who won a bronze medal in carpentry and Hayden Stebing, also from the college, who won a gold medal for electrical wiring.

From North Peace Secondary School, Robert McMullin won gold for electrical wiring. In the Junior Skills compe-tition, Chase Gibson and Braden Querin, from the South Peace campus of Dawson Creek Secondary School took home gold medals for their Gravity Vehicle, and Caleb Willms and Skyler Chowace, also of South Peace, won gold for their Spaghetti Bridge.

This year the team was quite successful considering last year they won three medals for two competitions, and re-turned without gold. Stebing and McMullin will have the opportunity to compete in the Skills Canada National Com-petition in Toronto this June.

“This is a selection year for Nationals, so World Skills happens every two years and moves around the world, and if you are the gold medalists at the National Competition you would likely be on Team Canada for World Skills,” said Jamie Maxwell, Regional Skills competition orga-nizer.

Maxwell expected that the team would do well in electri-cal wiring, before the competition was underway, but had no clue how the team would actually fare.

“The electrical wiring students, they have been coached on the weekend...but a lot of the kids, we have no idea what it’s going to be like for them in terms of their per-formance against somebody else. I don’t really know, and often, I’ve been surprised as anyone else at the medal cer-emony, you’re sitting there waiting, and then you get a medal, it’s a pleasant sur-

prise,” Maxwell said. School District 59 students Karissa Porteous who was

accepted into the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering pro-gram at NLC and Rebecca Holovaci who was accepted into the Automotive Service Technician program at NLC also made their way down to Abbotsford. They participated in the Women in Trades conference, which aims to connect female high school students with women who are em-ployed in the trades.

Regional competitors were asked to pay $300 to help the cost of the trip, but they were also helped by Encana, who continued to be a major sponsor for the team this year.

“The team is getting bigger each year, because as we add high school regional competitions, then it generates another single or pair that could move onto the provincials. At the post-secondary level, you don’t always have to have a competition, so the electrical students are nominated,” Maxwell said.

While Maxwell was a chaperon for the competitors, he was also tapped to be a judge in the aircraft maintenance competition. He was also asked to take notes on what the students are required to do in each event.

“I have instructions to do some spying because heavy duty is running down there this year as a competition, and so I’m supposed to be going and taking pictures and steal-ing as much as I can because we would like to run heavy duty here at the regional competition next year,” he said.

Maxwell said that he strives to make the regional com-petition as much like provincials as possible to prepare stu-dents for what they would be up against, and hopes to add new events in the future.

“We are always interested in what is coming up and what is new,” said Maxwell.

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RCMP recommended 12 charges of fraud over $5,000 and one charge of fraud under $5,000 in September 2013, with the items he sold listed as ranging from $2,000 to $49,000, according to a press release.

Bradley Kowalczyk entered a non-guilty plea on Feb. 11th, 2014.

There is no trial date set, said Neil Mackenzie, media spokesperson for the criminal justice branch.


NLC budget Continued from Front.

The new positions will aim to serve the college in: stu-dent services, trades and apprenticeship programming, aca-demic and vocational programming, international educa-tion, payroll, food services at the Dawson Creek campus and information technology.

Other measures of addressing their reduced budget in-clude implementing a temporary hiring freeze for the next two months and a tuition increase of two per cent. Rancourt said the increase would fl uctuate for students depending on their program, and that the increase would range from $54 to $75, per year.

After undertaking a review of the programming, the Col-lege has also decided to cancel the visual arts program at the Dawson Creek campus, though popular courses will still be offered based on student interest. More career and college preparation courses will be delivered online, in-stead of in-class, as a means of saving money.

“That’s part of the life cycle of programming in post-secondary educa-tion, we always have to be looking at, are there new programs that we should be bringing online? Are there programs that ex-ist that are not in demand anymore? So regardless what happens on a bud-get perspective, we can’t, and shouldn’t be trying to save all programs be-cause we do have to be publicly accountable, we are publicly funded,” Rancourt said.

This isn’t the fi rst time the College has faced budget pressures, and it likely won’t be the last,

with the Province of B.C. planning to cut $25 million from the Ministry of Advanced Education’s budget in 2015-2016.

“We don’t know how that is going to impact different regions and different institutions, so it’s very diffi cult to say. Our hope is that as the economic activity continues to grow in our area and across the north, and with the training that is going to be needed, we start seeing a re-

verse in that, but at this point all we know is the cuts that are going to be planned,” said Rancourt.

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FORT ST. JOHN – UNBC students might start noticing changes on campus with the new balanced operating bud-get set at $400,000 less than last year, with further cuts an-ticipated for the future, while they’ll pay more for tuition.

To help balance the budget, the Board of Governors ap-proved a tuition fee increase of two per cent, which amounts to $96 extra per year, for a full-time undergraduate student.

A reduction in provincial grant money administered to the Ministry of Advanced Education is one of the main rea-sons for the smaller budget, felt by universities across B.C., but other factors are also at work, giving educators cause for concern.

“Nobody’s happy,” said Todd Whitcombe, UNBC pro-fessor and chairman of the Senate Committee on the uni-versity budget.

“It’s not the fi rst year we’ve had a cut, and a lot of people are sort of resigned to having a system that is, I won’t say poorly funded because it’s not true, but the continual cost pressure idea,” he said.

The overall budget is $68-million, and $400,000 is a “considerable chunk,” said UNBC interim president, Mark Dale.

“We’ve had to reduce a number of staff positions, staff and faculty, so clearly this is going to have an impact.”

Students might not feel the pinch of cost saving measures immediately, but they may well in the future with further reductions in the provincial grant estimated at $473,000 for 2014-2015.

“There is obviously a con-cern that if we are facing an-other decline in future years then it will certainly start to have more of an impact on what we can provide to stu-dents,” said Dale.

Static student enrolment is one of many factors infl u-encing the budget.

“We have rising expenses and decreasing revenues. And it’s not being made up by an increase in student en-rolment, which would bring tuition dollars,” said Dale.

Although enrolment went up “quite rapidly” when UNBC was fi rst formed, special purpose teaching institutions like the Univer-sity of the Fraser Valley and Kwantlen Polytechnic Uni-versity have affected growth.

“They are now univer-sities, and so for students that want to get a university degree and they can stay in the south, then that makes it very convenient and rela-tively inexpensive compared to having to come north,” Dale said.

He estimates that 20 per cent of their undergradu-ate students were from the southern part of the prov-ince.

The general trend of peo-ple to move to urban areas also works against UNBC, as does the economic situ-ation of the north, where there’s employment readily

available for people who might otherwise be students, Dale explained.

Further complicating matters is the declining numbers of many school districts.

“If you look over the num-ber of students who are grad-uating from high schools in many of the northern school districts, that number is de-clining, so that has an ef-fect,” he said.

Money from federal agen-cies for research has also been declining at UNBC, where the amount received is based on research success, said Dale.

No decisions have been made yet as to how the re-duced budget will affect uni-versity operations.

“We have to go through an exercise of looking at what we’re doing and developing priorities and decide which of our activities to enhance, and which to maintain and

which just to let go. So we will be pursuing that kind of exercise over the next little while,” said Dale.


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March has been a very busy month in Victoria debating Legislation but I man-aged to be home most Fridays and Satur-days for local events. I will only be able to highlight a few of these but If you get a chance please check out my constituency report on my website www.mikebernierm-la.ca where I gave a half an hour interview on a few of the exciting things taking place in the South Peace.

I was very happy to host Mayor Wren, Councillor Mackay, PRRD Chair Good-ings, Rich McCrea, and Dr. Charles Helm from Tumbler Ridge while they gave a pre-sentation to the BC Liberal Caucus at the Legislature on March 12th. They did a great job showcasing the community and telling the amazing story of all the dinosaur fi nds in the region. The focus of the presentation was the importance of these initiatives and economic diversifi cation that may result for the region.

The Village of Pouce Coupe held its by-election on March 22nd and I would like to congratulate Mayor Bill Plowright and Councillor Andre Lavoie on their new ap-pointments and look forward to working with them in their new roles on Council.

I was very honoured to be the signatory witness and emcee for a milestone event held at the Legislature on March 26th as the Province entered into an Incremental Treaty Agreement with Lake Babine Na-tion to support new forestry and eco-tour-ism opportunities. I then went to Vancou-ver, where I was asked to be the chair for the fi rst B.C. Roundtable on the Economy and Environment. This roundtable discus-sion brought together representatives from First Nations, industry, the environmental sector, local government and labour or-ganizations for a positive and productive discussion. Our government is committed to fi nding best practices and solutions from all stakeholders ensuring we continue to be

the leader in economic growth in Canada, while protecting our pristine environment and I am very humbled to be chairing this group of amazing individuals as we work towards that balance.

I attended the Chetwynd Trade Show on March 29th and enjoyed meeting and speak-ing to many of my Chetwynd constituents. I will also be attending the Dawson Creek Trade Show taking place on April 11-13th and look forward to seeing everyone there.

I met with a group of 40 investors from Vancouver and Calgary in Dawson Creek on March 30th to highlight some of the great economic activities taking place in the South Peace. Our area has received great interest from across the Province, Country and world over the past couple of years and I look forward to the benefi ts this economic activity will bring to all of us.

I will be holding my second “Meet your MLA” Event in Tumbler Ridge on Tues-day, April 15th at the Tumbler Ridge Mu-seum at 255 Murray Drive from 3:00 – 5:00 pm so please be sure to drop by or, if you wish to schedule a brief private meeting with me, please contact the Dawson Creek offi ce at 1-855-582-3430 or email [email protected].

Finally, we will be holding our 2014 Spring Session until the end of May so, while I will be in Victoria a great deal dur-ing that time, I am going to make sure I am available for constituents via telephone, email or Facebook and I am hoping to con-tinue to be in the riding most Fridays and Saturdays. Please be sure to contact Cindy at the offi ce (250-782-3430) to arrange a time to meet with me or have me attend any function. Thanks again for the opportunity to represent you.

Mike BernierMLA – Peace River South

MLA March updateHow our BC government has introduced

Bill 24 resembles how Russia’s Vladi-mir Putin just redrew the Russia/ Ukraine borders. No democracy here either. Our government promised consultation when they announced a core review of the ALR and the ALC, but it did not happen. On the day Bill 24 was announced, Bill Ben-nett acknowledged that there ‘maybe’ was not adequate consultation, and he would take the blame for that. Polls have consis-tently shown that people with knowledge of the ALR overwhelmingly support it, and Bill 24 does not refl ect that. This govern-ment has no mandate to make such radical changes to the Act.

Much of the language used by the gov-ernment about Bill 24 is misleading, such as this quote from Pat Pimm, Minister of Agriculture :

“These improvements are aimed at con-tinuing to protect B.C.’s rich farmland and helping farmers make a better living from it. The changes ensure the ALC is able to protect our fertile agricultural land for an-other 40 years, while ensuring future gen-erations of farmers can continue to produce food for B.C. families.”

In light of the proposed Zone 2 changes to the Act, that doesn’t appear to make any sense. Bill 24 does nothing to increase farm productivity or protect farmland, rather it does the opposite. It will open the door again for land speculation and profi ting from ALR land for nonfarm uses. This may result in increased farmland prices, making it harder for true farmers to acquire land for farming. These kinds of impacts to farm-land and farming were what resulted in the formation of the ALR 40 years ago.

We are fortunate to have the ALR and the independent ALC in this province. The regional districts of the province have

all developed their own community plans in accordance with the existing ALC Act. There is also already a delegation agree-ment between the ALC and the Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) whereby the OGC per-mits certain oil and gas activities on ALR land. The perception that only farming ac-tivities are permitted on ALR land under the existing Act is simply not true. How-ever, the independent ALC is critical as a sober oversight that is detached from local interest and decision making that may not be in the best interest of the greater good, which ultimately is protection of farmland for future generations. It is actually a good system, but not a perfect one. However, any changes should only come as a result of a thoughtful and widely consulted process. I am told that the so called core review pro-cess did not even consult with the ALC. These are the people who deal with these issues every day, and I would almost bet the farm that they could offer useful sug-gestions.

As reported by Gwynne Dyer, the real message of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report is that the main impact is on the food supply. Worldwide, food production is predicted to decline. Therefore, we should consider preserving farmland as our priority, even if it is for future production, not short term fi nancial gain from non-farm uses. Furthermore, we should be concerned about our current need to import over 50% of the food we need. Our government should be taking steps to increase our food self-suffi ciency, not pro-posing to gut the precious ALC Act.

Ken BoonFort St. John, BC.

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It’s time for a quick update on the performance of my new solar power system. After our long and unusually snowy winter, the sun is returning and the power is begin-ning to fl ow. Following is a description of the system, a rationale for the design, and a look at how much electricity it is beginning to produce.

HOW IT WORKSThis system was chosen for its simplicity and relative-

ly low cost. All of the components were ordered through Dawson Creek’s very own Peace Energy Cooperative. In fact, having a local supplier and local expertise was the in-spiration that got me off my butt to fi nally “solarize” my building, a dream I have had for some time. Of course, the fact that the price for solar panels has plummeted over the last few years sure helped!

The system consists of a solar array fl ush-mounted on the roof and an inverter that feeds power into the grid. Nothing else. When sunlight falls on the solar array, it generates direct current electricity, which the inverter changes to al-ternating current to be grid-compatible. The solar electric-ity powers the building fi rst, and then any excess is fed into the grid. If the solar array is not generating enough power for the building’s lights and computers etc., power is drawn from the grid as usual. This is called a “grid-tie” system.

My existing BC Hydro Smart Meter automatically tracks how much power is used by the building as well as how much is generated by the solar array. I am billed only for the difference, and if at the end of the year a surplus has been generated, BC Hydro pays me (now that’s a refresh-ing change!) for that surplus at 10 cents per kilowatt hour, a bit more than the approximate 7 cents that I usually pay for power.

INSTALLATIONEverything was quickly and expertly installed by Moch

Electric Ltd. with help from RJ Stam Construction Ltd. It took one day (two people and helper) to install the racking system on the roof, another day to attach the panels and wire them together, and part of a third day to wire in the

inverter. It was electrically inspected and commissioned in November, and after fi lling out a simple one-page form, ap-proved by BC Hydro for grid-tie almost immediately.

It was very reassuring to fi nd that BC Hydro has greatly streamlined the approval process for grid-tie systems. I was impressed with how quick and simple it was!

SNOW COVERHaving commissioned the system in early winter, next

thing I knew is was snowing, snowing and then snowing some more, covering the panels for weeks on end. When thick snow completely covered the panels, output dropped to zero, as expected, but it was good to see the panels clear-ing quickly with even the slightest warming of weather due to my fairly steep roof slope, the dark coloured panels and their slippery glass surface.

Our very low winter sun angle, short days plus snow cover means that ninety percent of my solar power will be generated in the spring, summer and fall, so any power gen-erated in the winter I consider a bonus.

However, even in January the array would peak at about 2000 watts when clear of snow on a sunny day. Now, in late March, it is already putting out its rated maximum peak output of 5000 watts. Not bad at all.

CONSERVATIONOwning a solar-powered building has made me more

aware of wasted electricity. LED lights are being added to the existing compact fl uorescents and fl uorescent tubes. A large and unnecessary outdoor yard light was eliminated. At the end of the work day, computers and all lights are turned off, except for a few LED security lights. Simple common sense conservation, and certainly no hardship.

By looking at previous electrical bills and estimating yearly solar output, Peace Energy and I calculated that this solar power system should supply all of the electrical needs of my commercial building and the electrical bills, averaged over the year,

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It’s almost time for your child to head off for college or university. But how do you make sure he or she will make the right educational choices – and is it better to select a school near home or farther away?

• Research education programs and schools and con-sider a trip to the school. Be sure your child is comfort-able with their choice.

• As early as possible, plan how you will pay for your child’s post-secondary education:

o Investments held in a Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) work well and take advantage of govern-ment contributions as well as income-splitting.

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Director Jerrilyn Schembri reported that this year’s Em-peror’s Challenge Half Marathon Mountain Run was sold out within 30 hours of registration opening on Apr. 8. One thousand participants are set to participate in the event, which is celebrating its 16th year, on Aug. 9. The childrens’ race is still open to accept registrations.

DIRECTORS TO WORK ON WORKER CAMPS

By the request of alternate director for Area C, Brad-ley Sperling, directors passed a motion to solicit a meeting with all worker camp operators who have obtained permits from the the Peace River Regional District. Chief adminis-trative offi cer, Fred Banham, said that the district has only dealt with six applications, but that there are many others obtained through the Oil and Gas Commission and Front-Counter BC. Directors hope to discuss the potential of a bed tax with those operators who they have permitted; they do not have jurisdiction to introduce a bed tax to operators who obtain their permits through other authorities.

“I really think it involves all of us...this would be a good start,” said Sperling.

SPECIAL EVENTS TO RECEIVE GRANTS

The Dawson Creek Youth Centre Society (The ARK) was granted $950 from the board to host their 3rd Annual Youth Ice Breaker Ball Hockey Tournament. The ARK is

partnering with Young Life Dawson Creek for their tourna-ment on Apr. 25 and 26. They expect 120-150 youth ages 9 to 18 to participate. Organizers indicate that the money will be allocated towards renting the Memorial Area for the event.

The board has also awarded a $1,000 grant to the Spirit of the Peace Powwow Society to help in hosting their ninth annual competition powwow on June 21 in Taylor.

BUILDING BYLAW MOVES TO SPECIAL MEETING

A draft building bylaw will be the topic of discussion at a special committee of the whole meeting, scheduled for Apr. 29. Directors received the Draft 2014 Building Bylaw prepared by staff and agreed to engage a facilitator to assist managing the discussion about the bylaw at the meeting.

Alternate director for Area D Joe Breti was less than pleased with the draft, because he felt it went beyond the mandate that was provided by the board. He also said that the content of the draft was far removed from the content within Building Bylaw 1189. He prefered that staff create another draft of the bylaw, to be amended by the board and presented to the public.

Chief administrative offi cer, Fred Banham, said the draft is a working copy that hasn’t been given any readings. He said that a committee of the whole meeting would allow the opportunity for directors to raise concerns, ask ques-tions and suggest changes to the draft to be considered and included in a revised copy.

WIND PROJECTS TURNING IN TUMBLER RIDGE

Carlie Smith of Boralex presented to the PRRD board about their partnership with Aeolis Wind Power and their

plans to develop two small wind energy projects near Tum-bler Ridge. The projects, Babcock Ridge and Moose Lake, would both have a maximum of seven wind turbines at each site, be 80 to 100 metres in height and provide up to 15 megawatts of power.

Smith reports that Boralex has completed their environ-mental studies of the area, and that because of the projects’ small footprint they were able to bypass an environmental assessment. Continued on Page 11.


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years ago to home schooled students in Fort St. John as part of her masters thesis, and this year, with the help of sponsors, she’s been able to open it up to the whole com-munity.

“When I taught it before it was just trans-formational for some of them,” said Had-land-Wesenberg.

“The kids do so well.” She has them set personal goals, whatev-

er they think they can do by the end of the course. For some kids that means doing a one to two minute speech, and for others it might mean a fi ve to seven minute speech.

“It doesn’t matter where they are, it’s self paced so they are just going to improve,” she said. “Whatever they’re working to-wards, then they’re going to make prog-ress.”

The eight-week program takes place once a week. Tues., Apr. 8, was the fi rst

class. Even after just one ses-sion there was a tremendous difference in how the kids interacted with one another.

“At the very beginning nobody was saying anything, it was dead silence, and al-ready by the end of the class you see them coming out and being more forthcom-ing in their ideas, and being more themselves and natural and laughing, and getting to know one another,” Had-land-Wesenberg said.

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However, they are still required to ob-tain a permit from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations. Once a permit is obtained, Smith says the company plans on applying to BC Hydro’s Standing Offer Program, to sell their power.

COMMITTEE HOPES TO INVADE PERMITS

The board will send a letter to Minister of the Environment Mary Polak requesting that a ‘industry pest management permit re-view,’ be undertaken by the ministry, as the information is important to the District’s enforcement and compliance component of their Invasive Plant Program.

The board also approved the recommen-dation to add a clause to B.3.IV. in the tem-porary use permits for Temporary Worker Camp applications. The clause states, ‘all works shall be undertaken in a manner that minimizes soil disturbance. All exposed mineral soil is to be restored as described in the Peace-Liard Re-vegetation Manual.’ Both recommendations came from the In-vasive Plant Committee.

PRRD FINDS CAO IN CHRIS CVIK

Chris Cvik has been named the new chief administrative offi cer to replace current CAO Fred Banham. Banham announced his plans to retire last Fall, and a search to fi nd his replacement followed shortly after. Cvik will join the District starting May 1, from Prince Albert, Sask. where he held the position of director of corporate service. His education credentials include: Certifi ed Management Accountant, Bachelor in Proj-ect Management, Masters in Business Ad-ministration and a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

GOODINGS SHARES FAIR SHARE UPDATE

Chair of the board, Karen Goodings, updated the directors on her meeting with Minister of Community, Sport and Cul-tural Development Coralee Oakes about the need to continuing Fair Share in the re-gion. Goodings said that Oakes felt it was important that the District be involved in future Fair Share meetings and encouraged the idea of them working collaboratively. Goodings said that they discussed the im-pacts to the region from the drive to provide natural gas, and recommended to the board that they follow through with making sure the Province recognizes that Fair Share is not revenue sharing, but is a grant in lieu of taxation.

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A guest speaker, previous graduate of the course Blake Simpson, 16, was there to talk about his experience and how Speak Up, Speak Out benefi tted him.

He’d already been through B.C. 4-H, a youth program designed to build leadership skills, and although he gave presentations that involved a lot of preparatory work, he still wasn’t the greatest at impromptu speaking. That’s where Speak Up, Speak Out really helped him.


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• Melroe 5x16 plow • 16 ft. drill fill tank • Rock picker, ground drive • HAY and HARVEST: JD 7700

turbo combine • 1976 Hesston 6600 20 ft. swather, diesel • 1987 JD 430 round baler, gathering

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750 bu. hopper bin • Rosco 3000 bu. bin, wood floor •

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DAWSON CREEK - While no one truly knows when their time on earth is going to end, generally, we all seek comfort during our last days and moments. The volunteers of the South Peace Hospice Palliative Care Society strive to do just that for local palliative care patients.

The programs hosted by the Society are partly funded by provincial and Northern Health grants, but program coor-dinator Linda La Fleur said they also rely on community donations to support their work, which fl uctuates year-to-year.

In an effort to raise money the Society is hosting their second annual Bowling Fundraising Event on May 10 at the Hypertension Escape Bowling Lanes in Dawson Creek. The event is one of two the Society organizes annually. La Fleur is hoping to attract 60 teams of two for the event which will include a steak supper and prizes.

“We don’t like to focus on fundraising because our fo-cus is the palliative care patients, but if we could do two good fundraisers a year then we don’t have to worry every month,” La Fleur said.

Last year, the Society hosted a Ukrainian dinner to raise money, and in the past have held raffl es and sold pies and tarts during Christmas and during the Mile Zero Cruisers’ Show and Shine.

During the Bowling Fundraising Event last year, the So-ciety raised approximately $2,900, and La Fleur hopes to reach $5,000 this year. Proceeds will be allocated towards the Society’s bed loan program, education and training for volunteers, grief support programs and maintaining pallia-tive care beds at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital and at Rotary Manor.

The Society has four electric hospital beds with special air pressure mattresses and over-the- bed tables; they loan them out to palliative care patients for free. Some of the

money raised will be allocated towards hiring a contractor to deliver and assemble the beds for patients.

With help from local organizations, the Society also up-keeps a room at the local hospital for palliative care pa-tients. They also have two dedicated rooms at Rotary Man-or that are furnished, so families can stay with their loved ones during their last days.

“It gives them a home-like atmosphere to be in. It’s just more private for families, because you don’t want to be in a four-bed ward when you’re dying,” said La Fleur. “The view out of the window [at Rotary Manor] is quite nice, so it’s a little bit bigger space, nice place for someone when they are spending their last time on earth...they are not just shoved in a regular room.”

The Society has been operating in Dawson Creek since 1989. Patients and families with members going through palliative care can request volunteers to assist making the patient more comfortable. La Fleur says her volunteers are ‘the glue’ that helps keep everything together.

Volunteers spend time with the patient, giving family members a little break.

“It gives the family time to get out of the house and pay the bills, get groceries, go for a coffee, go for a drive, just to get away and get a bit of a break,” said La Fleur.

“We don’t take over their care or anything, it’s just some extra help. Lots of families that have used our services are very grateful,” she said.

May 4-10 is National Hos-pice Palliative Care Week, and May is National Hospice Month. Besides the bowling

fundraiser, the Society also hopes to set up an educational booth in the hospital.

“I would really encourage people to sign a team up. They don’t have to be a regular bowler, hot shot bowlers or any-thing, because this is just for the fun of it, it’s purely for the fun of it” said La Fleur.

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Preschool art gala Continued from Page 12.

“What we hoped for was a real celebration of kids and a real celebration of their talents and families really embrace that...so often what we we’ve seen is for one artist ticket that has been sold, and three adult tickets are coming with. So it is really meeting the goals that we wanted, which is creating that special moment for a young child,” Hughes-Brinsky said.

“We have had a really good response this round, I think that it could hopefully be our annual event. I think it could be a really great event for kids,” she said.

Although the Centre is funded by the Ministry of Children and Family De-velopment, Hughes-Brinsky said that additional funds are often needed for capital expenses, equipment and to support their many pro-grams. The Centre was built in the 80s and capital proj-ects are frequently under-taken.

The young artists spent two months working on their masterpieces, with help from their caregivers at the Centre. Paint was their sole medium used in their pic-tures. Younger children used hand and footprints to ex-press themselves, and many older children were inspired by space, a topic they were learning about in one of their programs.

“The four-year-old chil-

dren were given the opportunity to just create on their own, because they are older, they defi nitely have some ideas on what they would like to paint. The younger children, we did support them a little bit more, and some of theirs are created with a handprint or a footprint, to just give their art a bit of vision before they add their own special details,” Hughes-Brinsky said.

In the past, the Centre has hosted a Try-A Triathlon as a means of raising funds. It attracted many adults and few children. They stopped hosting that event three years ago, and before Saturday’s

event, haven’t hosted a signifi cant fundraiser since. Hughes-Brinsky hopes the gala will be an annual event,

and thanked Fixx Urban Grill for their support of the event. “The Fixx Urban Grill is a major sponsor partner for us,

and has been exceptionally generous in their support of our event,” she said.


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Morrison’s homecoming Continued from Front.

“It’s so cool to have so much support from the home-

town and the community, and showing up at the airport and having a crowd there to welcome you, it’s special, and I couldn’t be happier to be from the north of B.C., Fort St. John,” said Morrison, in an interview with the Northeast News.

A display to celebrate Morrison’s achievement has been incorporated at the Pomeroy Sports Centre, and Ryan Pomeroy, CEO of Pomeroy Lodging Group, gave a speech to honour the athletes.

“We’re here to celebrate success, we’re here to celebrate tenacity, teamwork, and community,” he said. “But most importantly we’re here to welcome two great examples of all of those things in Gilmore and Denny, and I want to welcome them both, I want to welcome them home.”

For Junio, from Calgary, it was his fi rst time here, but as Pomeroy explained in his speech, Fort St. John has adopted him as one of its own; a gesture that Junio feels warmly about.

“The community has been very welcoming, and it’s been amazing to come to this facility…You know, I’m kind of admiring the Denny shrine myself, and hopefully, some-where, I can get one of my own,” Junio said in an interview.

Junio was an Olympic rookie when he stepped aside for Morrison, but he has his sights set on Pyeongchang 2018, the next Winter Olympics host, and getting ready for that is already a priority.

“We’re going to get back to training here pretty soon,” said Junio.

While gearing up for the next Olympics is important for Morrison too, his preparation strategy is a little different.

“My four years looks different than his . . . I think I’ll

take on a different sport for a year or two and then come back to speed skating in 2016 and make my comeback, or whatever you want to call it, and hopefully I’m revitalized and re-energized by taking a step away.”

Getting recharged is nothing new for Morrison who has seemingly made a career of overcoming obstacles along his journey as a world class athlete.

“There’s been struggles along the way, and just when you think you’re at the top and at the top of your game, you get shot down again. That happens over and over again in life.”

At the Vancouver 2010 Olympics he was geared up and optimistic about taking home a medal, but fi nished 13th in the 1,000-metre, his best event. In 2012, he was the world champion, and then he broke his leg.

“Even coming back from Vancouver, mentally, was something I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do for a long time, and I wasn’t really motivated, and my support team, my coaches got me on board mentally,” he said.

But then, at Sochi, he tripped in the fi nal 50-metres of his qualifying race.

“It was a pretty dismal feeling,” said Morrison.The re-skate was closer to his race than he expected or

wanted, with only only about 45 minutes between them, when normally he spends three and a half hours warming up. Because of this he wasn’t able to fi nish the race like he normally does.

That’s when Junio stepped in. “Even in his re-skate I was really hoping he actually beat

me, I was just, ‘beat my time, just beat my time.’ Because Denny’s one of our best skaters, so he has to be at those games,” said Junio.

And sure enough, thanks to Junio’s generosity and team spirit, he was.


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Now in grade 11, her study that looks at the fatty acids in pollen was just one of 198 projects at the Northern B.C. Regional Science Fair that took place at the North Peace Secondary School on Apr. 8.

Perhaps not surprisingly, given her extensive research, Haugen-Koechl, a North Peace Secondary student, is one of fi ve fi nalists heading to the Canada Wide Science Fair in Windsor, Ontario, on May 10.

Her impressive study is in good company with her peers’ work.

Kyle Plamondon, also from North Peace Secondary, is going too. He took home the top senior prize for his simula-tion of a star cluster.

The stars in a cluster called Hyades, he explained, are moving around in chaotic orbits due to their gravity on each other, because there are so many different gravitational forces applying on them.

He has taken what the current cluster looks like and, us-ing gravitational calculations, projecting what it will look like in the future using computer simulations.

“And doing that, as I experimented with different mass-es, the idea was that the cluster would increase in size over time, but then at a certain point that maximum size of sepa-ration from the cluster slowly separating over time would come to decrease and that max point, basically, is where I could solve for the average mass of stars in the cluster,” said Plamondon.

It’s the same theme that got him to the Canada Wide Sci-ence Fair last year, but he’s expanded on his research and signifi cantly improved it.

“So one of the biggest things is the accuracy as well as designing my own computer program for giving better vi-sual representations for what the numbers are really doing,

and so with more accuracy I started using more complex algorithms to get accurate orbits of each star,” he said.

“Another thing that I’ve done is I’ve started looking into a function to determine a more close approximation to what the mass will look like, instead of just doing certain masses and seeing which ones are the closest, but using an actual trend line to fi nd the data.”

For the most accurate representation he’s been using sci-entifi c data that’s been coming from universities.

Plamondon’s younger brother Jesse, from Bert Bowes Middle School, is also gearing up for the national competi-tion for the second year in a row after winning second place in the junior category.

His project displayed a robot for use in mines to detect hydrogen sulfi de, an extremely hazardous toxic compound.

The top junior project went to Victoria Plazer, also from Bert Bowes, and she’s also heading to the Canada Wide competition, as is Kyra Taylor from Upper Pines Junior School, who received an honourable mention in the junior category.

Students from 24 schools spanning School District 59 in Dawson Creek, School District 60 in Fort St. John and School District 81 in Fort Nelson participated.

“It’s been great, actually there’s a lot of really, really good projects,” said Jennie Copeland, chairperson of the Northern B.C. Regional Science Fair. She’s also, inciden-tally, Jesse and Kyle Plamondon’s mother.

She’s been on the Regional Science Fair committee for the past fi ve years.

“I’ve watched over the years as they’ve changed their projects, and it’s really good to see them increase the level of what they’re doing. They’re getting more and more chal-lenged in their work,” she said.

For the kids in grade four to six, the Science Fair is often done through school, but when they get into junior high school, students take on projects voluntarily, outside of class time.

“So some of the kids have been putting a year or two years into a project that they will never get a mark for,” explained Copeland.


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Fort St. John• Apr. 26: Fort St. John Achievers Toastmaters 20th Anniversary Celebration, 6-9p.m. at the Quality Inn Northern Grande. All past and present Toastmasters are invited to attend. For more information contact Lori Slater at [email protected], 250-787-1912 or Gayle Wag-ner at [email protected], 250-785-3991. • Mar. 11 – May 31: The Fort St. John North Peace Museum presents the exhibit A Shadow Over the Earth: The Life and Death of the Passenger Pigeon. This display was developed by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History & Project Passenger Pigeon. It commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of the last passenger pigeon in 1914. The Passenger Pigeon’s range extended as far north as the Peace River – it was even shot and eaten at Rocky Mountain Fort. Now it’s gone. How can we prevent this from happen-ing again? Come fi nd out March 11, 2014 to May 31 2014 at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum (9323 100th Street Fort St. John, BC). For more information call 250-787-0430. • Apr. 26: Derrick Dance Club of Fort St. John hosting a Country Music Dance from 8:30 pm to 12:30 am in the Senior Citizens Hall (10908-100 St) Music by ‘Let er Rip.’ Every-one 19 and over welcome. More info: Chris at 250-785-1021 or George at 250-827-3396

Dawson Creek • Apr. 22: The Dawson Creek Library will host a reading by BC Book Prize fi nalists at 7pm. Robin Stevenson and Catherine Greenwood will read from their shortlisted books. Join us for this special evening for all readers and books lovers. Refreshments will be served at this free event. Call 250-782-4661 for more details. • May 10: Farmington Spring Tea and Craft Sale at Parkland Elementary School from 1-3p.m. To reserve a sale table phone Kim at 250-843-7018. • 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.

Chetwynd• Apr.: Pine Valley Senior Association. Tuesday - Carpet Bowling at 1:30 pm, Wednesday - Computers at 1:30 pm, Friday - Bingo at 1:30 pm, Saturday - Crib at 1:00 pm & Whist at 7:00 pm. Everyone over 55 years-old is welcome. For more information & hall rental call Bernice at 250-788-2307.

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, coping strategies, ideas for living well with PD, good humour, social support and more. Last Wednes-day of the month at 11:00 am McDonald’s Restaurant 10920 Alaska Road North Ft. St. John, BC Note: there is no meeting in December 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-profi t organization in Fort St. John. Our Settlement Program provides information, ori-entation, assessment, referral and service linking, educa-tional workshops 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 applying 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 communica-tion 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.• “Butterfl y 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, behav-ior 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: northpeacepregnancy-care.ca. To make an appointment call our 24 hour hotline at (250) 262-1280. All services are free and completely confi dential.• Are you tired of the crime? Then do the time. Join the Fort St. John Citizens Patrol. Donate a minimum of fi ve hours per month. For information, call (250) 262-4530. • Pan African Caribbean Association welcomes the com-munity to join our group to promote community aware-ness 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 bor-row 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 wonderful 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 activi-ties at www.npcc.bc.ca, or pick up a brochure at the North Peace Cultural 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 fi rst 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 visu-ally impaired or who cares about someone with vision diffi culties 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) Intercession 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 meeting. 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, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.

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DAWSON CREEK - Northeastern B.C.’s interests in the oil and gas industry were represented during the Stand-ing Committee on Natural Resources’ meeting last week by Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Mayor Bill Streeper and president of Energy Services BC, Dave Tur-chanski, based out of Fort St. John.

Streeper and Turchanski joined the meeting in Ottawa via teleconference on Apr. 8, to assist the Committee in their study of cross-Canada benefi ts of developing the oil and gas industry of the en-ergy sector.

Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer was also in attendance.

“Natural resource development is more than just an eco-nomic benefi t. It creates op-portunities, and that enables families to stay together. Strong families are essential to strong communities, and

our Government is working hard to make those opportuni-ties happen,” said Zimmer.

Streeper highlighted the importance of oil and gas activ-ity, and the role it plays to residents of Fort Nelson and surrounding communities. He said the forestry industry in the municipality was shut down and that they rely heavily on oil and gas development.

“If it wasn’t for the activity of oil and gas, especially in the north, we would have very restricted income to sup-

port our citizens and to sup-port our communities. We are very much in favour of the oil and gas industry, the things they do, the employ-ment they create and the jobs they supply in our communi-ties,” said Streeper.

Besides providing direct employment opportunities to residents, Streeper said that indirect jobs are also supported by the oil and gas industry. Many have taken advantage of the growth of the industry to become entrepreneurs in the service sector. Streeper himself was a part of that sector, he employed 84 people, and said he contributed $8.4 million a year to wages.

“Oil and gas is an industry that creates a lot of small business people to large business people... This [service

sector] is one of the main backbones of the oil and gas industry. The employment created by this industry is major...and very reliable and a very strong part of northern communities,” he said.

Turchanski, representing over 200 members of Energy Services BC, outlined some of the challenges for the ser-vice sector during his pre-sentation to the Committee.



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He listed market resources, understanding exporter and producer procurement processes and relationship building with producers and exporters as some of their barriers. He said members of parliament and their limited information of the B.C. service sector could also be a potential barrier.

The oil and gas industry has also contributed to Fort Nel-son’s infrastructure.

The municipality has seen approximately $90 million in royalties since the introduction of the industry to the area, which has helped to fund their recreation centre, roads, and water systems. Streeper also reports that residents have cell service now because the industry has put towers up for their use.

“This is the backbone to our community, our recreation centre does everything, but give birth. Our recreation cen-tre is used for all types of community events, including fu-nerals. We have yet to have a maternity ward put in there,” Streeper joked.

“The oil and gas industry has contributed extensively to a lot of our rural aspects as far as road use, road develop-ment...to the point of being paved, most of it is to service the oil and gas industry. Our water system in Fort Nelson is largely supported by the oil and gas industry as they pur-chase water in large amounts for the use of their camps.”

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