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| JONNY WAKEFIELD PHOTOElaina Tuttle and Tammy Lockhart display some designs for semicolon tattoos—a symbol among mental health advocates for refusing to give up. "It's helping to get rid of the stigma," Lockhart says of Project Semicolon, which happens this Saturday.

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'You say his name and a smile comes to your face'

| PHOTO SUPPLIED BY MERISSA HUNTERJoshua Livingston, who grew up in Dawson Creek, was working in Grande Prairie when he was killed in a collision on Highway 43 on Jan. 23.

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DAWSON CREEK — Dawson Creek is rallying around the family of a young man who died in a collision over the weekend.

More than $6,600 have been raised online for the family of Joshua Livingston, 20, who was killed in an accident east of Grande Prairie Jan. 23.

"We have lots of support right now," said Casey McMahan, Livingston's older sister. "Obviously, my family is devastated. Both of my parents' jobs have been very supportive, they're taking dona-tions at their work too.

"Even down to people bringing food every night, every day," she added. "Lunch, breakfast, you name it, they've done it for my family."

Livingston died after his vehicle collided with a turning semi-truck on Highway 43 east of Grande Prairie—a slushy day with poor visibility due to fog.

"No words can describe what that family is ex-periencing right now," said Merissa Hunter, who organized a GoFundMe campaign to cover the family's funeral and grieving expenses. "They're lucky to have such an amazing support group standing behind them."

Hunter said Livingston was "like a younger brother" to her.

"You say his name and a smile comes to your face," she said.

Livingston was raised in Dawson Creek, and attended both Dawson Creek Secondary and home school.

He had recently moved to Grande Prairie, where he worked at the Source. It was a natural fit for the avid gamer.

As of Thursday afternoon, the Livingston Fam-ily Fund had brought in more than $6,655 online. Hunter said she was thrilled with the response, but wasn't surprised.

"They always had open doors when it came to young people in the community," she said of the family. "I wanted to do what we could do for them."

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| MIKE CARTER PHOTODying poplars along Chetwynd’s boulevard walkway are getting the axe to make way for newer, healthier trees. “They’re starting to die,” said Paul Gordon, the district’s director of engineering and public works. “I’ve got one (section of the) boulevard that I know I’ll be lucky to get two more years (out of).”

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DAWSON CREEK — Forty-three B.C., 29 Alberta, one Ontario, one California.

That was the breakdown of licence plates in the parking lot of the George Dawson Inn just after 6 p.m. Tuesday eve-ning, during a BC Hydro busi-ness networking session for the Site C dam project.

The count was far from sci-entific—it represented one moment in time and captured customers at the inn's restau-rant, liquor store and hotel. But it does give some sense of where businesses are com-ing from to try to get a piece of B.C.'s largest infrastructure project.

Where workers on the dam will come from has been an ongoing debate since it was approved in late 2014.

Some, including the Inter-nal Union of Operating Engi-neers, have argued Albertans are getting a disproportionate number of contracts, leaving B.C. workers in the lurch.

BC Hydro CEO Jessica Mc-Donald, on the other hand,

told the Alaska Highway News earlier this month that "75 to 80 per cent" of workers on site were from B.C.

Still, the project has faced criticisms for the number of "Alberta plates" on the work site.

Energy Minister Bill Bennett addressed the concern when Hydro awarded a $1.5-billion contract to Peace River Hydro Partners in November.

"Somebody says there's a lot of Alberta licence plates kicking around," Bennett said. "That's because B.C. (work-ers) are coming home from Al-berta to work on this project."

The Dawson Creek event aimed to connect local sub-contractors with Peace River Hydro Partners, a conglom-erate that includes Petrowest Corp., an Alberta firm with operations in Fort St. John, Acciona Infrastructure and Samsung Inc.'s construction

division. It was one of five network-

ing events to be held in North-ern B.C. cities between Jan. 25 and Feb. 3. Hydro expects to announce a new round of job fairs next week.

According to Site C spokes-person Dave Conway, 300 companies attended busi-ness-to-business sessions in Fort St. John Jan. 25. The day's events included a session spe-cifically for Aboriginal-owned businesses. Contracts for se-curity and bank clearing were awarded to Aboriginal- or band-owned firms last year.

Dawson Creek, the shortest driving distance from Alberta, drew 172 companies between two sessions.

A Chetwynd event sched-uled for Jan. 27 had 55 com-panies registered. Which com-panies will land jobs on the largest BC Hydro contract ever awarded remains to be seen.

| JONNY WAKEFIELD PHOTOMore than 170 businesses registered for a BC Hydro business-to-business networking session in Dawson Creek Tuesday for the Site C dam.

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LOCAL NEWSEnbridge buys Murphy Oil gas plants near Dawson Creek for $538-million

DAWSON CREEK — Enbridge Inc. has an-nounced the $538-million acquisition of the Tupper Main and Tupper West gas plants and associated pipelines in Northeast B.C., from the Canadian subsidiary of Murphy Oil Cor-poration.

Located 35 kilometres southwest of Daw-son Creek, the Tupper Main and Tupper West plants are adjacent to Enbridge's existing Sex-smith gathering system and close to the Alli-ance pipeline, the 3,700-kilometre line to sup-plies gas from Northeast B.C. and Alberta to Chicago and midwestern U.S. markets.

"This acquisition fits extremely well with Enbridge's low risk value proposition and

supports our key priority of extending and di-versifying growth," C. Gregory Harper, presi-dent of gas pipelines and processing, said in a release.

"These assets, which are currently in op-eration, are underpinned by long-term con-tracts that generate highly predictable cash flows. They also enhance our natural gas foot-print within the Montney, one of the most at-tractive gas plays in North America, and add gas processing services in proximity to our ex-isting Sexsmith gathering system."

The company is already part owner of sev-eral natural gas pipelines in Northeast B.C., an Enbridge spokesperson wrote in an email.

Tupper Main came into service in late 2008

and has a licensed capacity of 110 million cubic feet (mmcf) per day. Tupper West went into service in early 2011 and has a licensed capacity of 210 mmcf per day. The assets in-

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PHOTO DANEKA HUSSEY KFC Old Posts Hockey Club presents a cheque of $1,500 to the Dawson Creek & District Hospital Foundation to be used for the Oncology department! The team raised the money in the spirit of Movember campaign for prostate cancer awareness, and decided to donate the money locally! Terry O’Dwyer, and Floyd St. Germain were the organizers of this fundraising donation.

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Bumstead said he's heard positive rumblings about both LNG Canada and Pacific NorthWest LNG while on a trip to Vancouver.

Among those: Petronas, the Ma-laysian oil and gas giant behind a planned multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas plant in Prince Rupert, is increasing its footprint in downtown Vancouver.

Pacific NorthWest LNG, a consor-tium led by Petronas, confirmed that it has leased two floors of office space at the 35-storey Park Place tower at 666 Burrard Street. That gives the

company a total of 34,000 square feet.The company’s upstream subsid-

iary, Progress Energy, is the most ac-tive drilling company in the North Peace, as it provides reserves for the project.

Bumstead said a decision on the project’s federal environmental as-sessment certificate is expected soon.

“If that’s completed, then it’s just this whole issue for them on the West Coast, in terms of getting the agree-ments and support from some of the communities and First Nations,” he said.

The two floors of Vancouver of-fice space will accommodate up to 75 staff. About 40 employees currently working out of 1066 West Hastings will move into Park Place when renova-tions are complete.

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CHETWYND — The District of Chetwynd has approved the sale of up to six of its chainsaw carvings.

As it stands now, the plan is to plug the money from the sales into a reserve that will recoup the cost of the $40,000 annual grant the district gives to its International Chainsaw Carving Championship.

The district has already approved the grant for the 2016 event.

The town says it will start with selling one carving, and then review the process after that sale is complete.

Bidding will be open on the first carving until Feb. 22. So far, the district hasn’t received any interest.

The carving is one from 2006 called “Midnight Howl,” by Mark Coe. The carving is currently

located next to the Chetwynd Public Library.

“It was just one that we’ve had since the very beginning (of the championship),” Ellen McAvany, Chetwynd’s economic development officer, said.

“It’s a very good carving, the maintenance is up to date and it’s ready to be sold.”

McAvany noted that nothing is set in stone as far as where the money from future carving sales will end up.

“From what (council has) directed at this point... funding will be used as revenues for future chainsaw carving events,” she said.

“The overall result is so that we can reduce costs. Ideally, the $40,000 going out, that money going into reserve would offset (that), but the future of what that money is going for will be decided by council.”

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Connecticut carver Jeff Samudosky works on a piece during the "Quick Carve" event at the 2015 Chetwynd International Chainsaw Carving Championship. The District of Chetwynd has approved the sale of up to six carvings. The first carving, "Midnight Howl" by Mark Coe from 2006, will be open for bids until Feb. 22.


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DAWSON CREEK — A little ink can go a long way.

Dawson Creek's Buzz Bin and a local drop-in cen-tre are hoping a tattoo blitz on Saturday will help spark conversations about mental illness.

Project Semicolon aims to raise awareness around de-pression, anxiety, addiction and suicide by having sup-porters get the dot and com-ma inked on their bodies.

The semicolon, used to separate independent claus-es, has special meaning in mental health circles, ac-cording to Buzz Bin owner Elaina Tuttle.

"It's when an author chooses to not end the sto-ry," she said, saying it has become a symbol for refus-ing to give up.

Tuttle is joining together with On Our Own, a local mental health drop-in cen-tre, to raise awareness of mental health issues and services in the community.

On Our Own began 21 years ago, with its first office in the basement of the Daw-son Creek Hospital. It now operates out of a storefront

on 10th Street.People in need of out-

patient mental health treatment are referred to the non-profit, which has around 70 users.

"For me, it's helping to get rid of the stigma—dis-cussing it," said co-ordi-nator Tammy Lockhart. "If you have a physical illness, you're not going to be em-barrassed or ashamed for having it. Mental illness is an invisible illness, but it's your health as well."

A free service funded by Northern Health, On Our Own provides daily meals, peer support and employ-ment opportunities for mental health out-patients, some of whom have low in-comes.

"That's just the people who have been referred," Tuttle said of people who use the service.

"Really, there's a lot of people in the community who suffer from depres-sion, anxiety and different forms of mental health who haven't been diagnosed."

The event runs Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Every Wednes-day-1:15pm to 2:15pm at the Coop Bistro-Sen-iors Computer Club-All Seniors are welcome to this free club. For beginners and people wanting to learn more. infor-mation, instruc-tion and discus-sion. minor glitches attended to in class.Bring your lap-tops, notepads, cameras, electron-ic gadgets. No computer, no problem. we have some to lend.Call Anne Sy-mons at 250-782-4668 for informa-tion and registra-tion.February 13: VALENTINE’S DINNER & DANCE at Farm-ington Hall.Doors open at 7:00 PM; Dinner served at 7:30 PM. Dance to follow with the Band “Morgan McGowan & Cover Me”. Tick-ets must be pur-chased in Ad-vance. No minors allowed. Tickets available at Tiger Stationers in Dawson Creek or phone Michelle at 250-784-6944.Sons of Norway Lodge # 79 meets at 6: 00 P.M. 2nd Tuesday of the month at (KPAC) Calvin Kruk Cen-tre for The Arts, Room 204 (sec-ond fl oor). Ad-dress10401 10 St., Dawson creek, B.C.

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The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage vegetation, including noxious weeds and invasive plants on all land owned, leased, and/or controlled by Encana for oil and gas production, transmission, distribution and storage within the plan area, including oil and gas wells and associated production facilities (and their access roads), several pipelines and gas processing plants. These sites are located in proximity to the communities of Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Tumbler Ridge, Hudson’s Hope, Pouce Coupe and Chetwynd. All sites are within the geographic boundaries of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the Peace River Regional District.

Using the principles of integrated vegetation management (IPM), the pest management methods proposed include seeding, hand-pulling, mowing, whipping, deep ripping, caping, brushing (selective slashing), biological control agents, and the use of pesticides. The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name and some example(s) of trade names of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: aminocyclopyrachlor (Navius, Truvist), aminopyralid (Milestone, Restore, Sightline, ClearView), amitrole (Amitrole T), bromacil (Krovar, Hyvar, Calmix Pellets), chlorsulfuron (Telar, Truvist), clopyralid (Transline, Lontrel 360), dicamba (Dyvel, Killex, Banvel, Vanquish, Oracle), diuron (Karmex), flumioxazin (Payload, Torpedo), glyphosate (Roundup, Roundup Weathermax, Glyphos, Vantage XRT, Credit, Touchdown), hexazinone (Velpar), imazapyr (Esplanade, Arsenal), indaziflam (Esplanade SC), metsulfuron-methyl (Escort, Ally, Sightline, ClearView), MCPA (MCPA Esther and Amine), picloram (Aspect, Tordon 101, Tordon 22k), propyzamide (Kerb SC), quizalofop (Assure II, Yuma), sodium diflufenzopyr (Overdrive), simazine (Precep Nine T, Simazine), triclopyr (Garlon RTU, Garlon XRT), 2,4-D (2,4-D Amine 500, 2,4-D Amine 600). Application methods includes: cut surface, basal bark, injection and foliar.

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Saturday,Febru-ary 6th- Dawson Creek Royal Ca-nadian Legion Branch#141 will be holding its Monthly General Meeting at the branch, located in the former library building (Youth Care Centre) at 1017-105th Ave., on Saturday Feb-ruary 6th at 1:00pm. Please use the main en-trance located on the northeast corner of the building (next to 105 Ave).

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The Demmitt Cul-tural Foundation Presents: Bill Bourne (FSJ’s Jo-seph te Bulte opening the show)Saturday Febru-ary 13, 2016 @ the DEMMITT COMMUNITY CENTRE (1/2mile South of Hwy 43 on RR 132) Doors open at 7:00 pm Con-cert: 8:00 pm Tickets: $25 Ad-vance and $27 at the Door. For tickets and infor-mation call: 780-356-2904 or go to www.border-lineculture.com

Visually Impaired Support Group meets the fi rst Tuesday of each month at 12 noon at First Baptist Church (south side of Tremblay School) 1400-113 Ave Dawson Creek. Come and enjoy a simple lunch (by dona-tion) and a short program. For fur-ther information please phone Margaret, 250-782-3221 or Pam, 250-782-5187

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Arctic Duct Cleaning, Furnace & duct cleaning, Chim-ney sweep. 250-787-7217 (FSJ)

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CHETWYND — Chetwynd's CHET TV made a case to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on Wednesday, asking the regulator for more local TV funding from cable and satellite providers.

The commission is holding hearings on its local and community television programming policy through Feb. 3.

Station manager Leo Sabulsky appeared via Skype at the hearings in Gatineau, Que. against an ominous backdrop. Earlier this week, the advocacy group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting released a report warning that half of all local TV stations in the country could close by 2020.

"It's a struggle," Sabulsky told the Alaska Highway News.

But, could the station go under? "I won't let it," he said.

"We've got many irons in the fire," he added.

In addition to its radio and television broadcasts, the station's storefront offers a selection of books by local authors at the Pine Tree bookstore. It's also renting office space within the station to local MLA and provincial Education Minister Mike Bernier.

CHET TV is carried nationally on Bell satellite and locally on Eastlink cable.

Sabulsky hopes to push the CRTC to mandate more support from broadcast distributors for community stations, to make up for advertising dollars lost to bigger networks. Failing that, Sabulsky believes a portion of network broadcasting revenues should help even out local losses in national advertising dollars.

"I don't think we're challenged (to the point) that we're going to go under," Sabulsky said. "The only thing is it sure would be nice if the federal government or the (broadcast distributors) gave us some funds to help... Throw us a bone. It doesn't have to be a big bone."

Sabulsky was also looking for support to have the channel carried on more networks.

He said he felt like the commission heard the station's concerns. "We'll see what they have to say."

The Friends of Canadian Broadcasting study paints a grim picture for local TV

stations like CHET TV.Many consumers are "cutting

the cord"—cancelling their cable subscriptions and replacing them with online programming and devices like Apple TV and Google's Chromecast, which offer video on demand services like Shomi, Netflix and CraveTV.

Recent changes to CRTC regulations will cause those revenues to drop further, the report warns, citing the unbundling of TV packages as a contributor.

Starting in March, cable and satellite providers are required to offer a "skinny" basic service capped at $25, along with a pick-and-pay selection of individual channels.

While this move will pass savings on to consumers, the report warns that it would reduce revenues that would otherwise go to local TV stations.

The CRTC has said it is convinced local TV stations can continue to produce quality TV.

"The approach that the commission will eventually adopt will need to ensure that all elements contribute in an appropriate manner to the creation and presentation of local programming that meets Canadians' needs," the CRTC told the Canadian Press earlier this week.

It added that "robbing Peter to pay Paul" would not make the situation any better.

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CHET TV station manager Leo Sabulsky gave a presentation to the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission Wednesday.

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CHETWYND POPLARS CONTINUED FROM PAGE A3more of those poplars will be getting the axe.According to the district, the trees have

reached the end of their lifespan and are dying off.

But Paul Gordon, Chetwynd's director of engineering and public works, says a plan to replace them is underway.

"Because of the public watching, they're not going to like to see me cutting down these great big full trees," Gordon said.

"Some of them might still be healthy. But I think (people will) be satisfied when we're out there planting the new trees."

It’s part of the district’s Boulevard Walkway beautification plan, which aims to improve the town’s walking trail by adding new lighting, shrubs, and paving new sections to complete the loop.

The plan was first approved in 2013. Since then, it has gone through a few changes, the latest of which will be approved next month.

“It was too vague,” Gordon said. “It was just a bunch of pretty pictures.”

The only work to be done on it so far is the replacement of the mound holding the “Welcome to Chetwynd” sign travellers see as they approach the town from Dawson Creek.

This spring, the district will be hiring a design team to come up with a detailed plan. But by next month, a five-year plan for the dying poplars will come into focus.

“They’re starting to die,” Gordon said. “I’ve got

one (section of the) boulevard that I know I’ll be lucky to get two more years (out of).”

The dying trees will soon be replaced by new, full-grown poplars. Negotiations are continuing between the district and nurseries in the region to provide the trees.

“There is more than one supplier and I am not committed to anyone yet,” Gordon said.

The new trees will cost about $400 a piece.The first phase of the plan would see

Chetwynd plant 80 of the new trees, for a total cost of about $32,000. Council has approved $50,000.

The replacements will begin along the walkway near Gear-O-Rama on the North Access Road.

Gordon says the trees were slated to have a 30-year life span, but the town got 50 years out of them instead.

“They’re dropping off,” he said. “I have cut so many down now that there are

so many gaps in the boulevard. We need a plan because we want to restore it from one end of town to the other. It’s going to take years, but we’ve got to start sometime.”

Gordon said a full plan will be released in the coming weeks.

In the past, Dawson Creek has had it’s own problems with the poplars that line city streets.

In 2014, a naturally occurring bacteria was blamed for “decimating” many of the city’s street trees, according to horticulturalist David Siemens.

PETRONAS CONTINUED FROM PAGE A7 The company’s expansion in Vancouver may

go some way to allaying fears that Petronas and its partners might pull the plug on the PNW LNG project, which has a total estimated capital cost of between $40 billion and $50 billion. The LNG plant in Prince Rupert alone has a capital cost of approximately US$11 billion.

Fears were raised recently that Petronas might defer the project, after the Wall Street Journal obtained an internal memo that indicates Petronas is planning to cut capital spending by US$11 billion in response to falling revenue from low oil prices.

But Petronas has several multibillion-dollar projects on the drawing board, and some industry insiders speculate the company might simply spread the cuts across a number of projects, rather than shelve an entire project.

As for LNG Canada, a Shell-led project proposed in Kitimat, Bumstead said signs point to a 2016 investment decision.

“They got their export licence, their permit from the Oil and Gas Commission,” he said.

“The more you see the building of capacity and processing in our region, it just seems to me they’re starting to get more and more profile about what they’re doing.”

“Shell have been very quiet about it over the years, they’ve always said 2016 (for a final investment decision),” he added.

That project would source gas from the South

Peace, meaning it would have a larger direct impact on Dawson Creek compared to the Petronas project.

Bumstead was in Vancouver for an event honouring the winners of a “40 under 40” ranking, which included Hawkair CEO Jay Dilley, whose airline took over service to Dawson Creek in 2014. In February, he will travel to Calgary to meet with oil and gas companies about municipal issues.

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BoardPEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT HIGHLIGHTS

Next PRRDBoard Meetings:

February 11, 201610:00am | Dawson Creek

February 25, 201610:00am | Fort St John

Dawson Creek O� ceTel: 250-784-3200Toll Free: 1-800-670-7773Email: [email protected]

Fort St. John O� ceTel: 250-785-8084Toll Free: 1-800-670-7773Email: [email protected]

To view board schedules and minutes visit:www.prrd.bc.ca

Peace River Regional District Official Page

This newsletter is for information purposes only and is not to be considered the o� cial minutes. diverse. vast. abundant.

February 2016

Wind Farms within the PRRD jurisdictionSince March 2015 four Agriculture Land Reserve and three rezoning applications for wind farms that are within the land use jurisdiction of the Peace River Regional District have been received. There is every indication from industry that more wind farm applications may come forward. The PRRD zoning bylaws at present do not include a “wind farm” as a permitted use.Sta� have been directed to research regulations for wind farms on private land from other Canadian jurisdictions.

Invasive Plants Dumping Program ReinstatedThe free dumping program for invasive plants taken to the Bessborough, Chetwynd and North Peace land� lls, in clear plastic bags, will be reinstated this year.

Zoning AmendmentsThe following applications were adopted: Kris Wuthrich to rezone a 25 ha portion from A-2 (Large Agricultural Holdings Zone) to A-1 (Small Agricultural Holdings Zone) to facilitate the subdivision of a 25 ha parcel.Robert Gardner to rezone the property from A-2 (Large Agriculture Holdings Zone) to I-1 (Light Industrial Zone) to allow for the storage of oil � eld equipment.

Proposed O&G Tenure DispositionA� ecting Blackfoot Regional Park

The Peace River Regional District will be sending a letter to the Ministry of Natural gas objecting to the proposed sale of parcel #1511004 and strongly requests that this parcel be withdrawn from the disposition.

ALR ApplicationsThe Board forwarded the Busche and Brown applications to the Agricultural Land Commission.

Board Procedure BylawThe Board Procedure bylaw was adopted by the Board, completing the yearlong revision process of the bylaw.

North Peace Fringe AreaO� cial Community Plan-Get involved, Have your say, Make a Di� erenceThe Peace River Regional District is updating the North Peace Fringe Area O� cial Community Plan (OCP), which will guide decisions about how the Region will evolve over time.The OCP will set out a vision for the future that considers objectives and policies relating to topics including: residential, commercial, and industrial land uses; agricultural lands; the natural environment; infrastructure; and community well-being.The Regional District sta� and consultants will be talking to the community about the potential options and implications of accommodating growth, and establishing a vision and supporting policies to guide growth and change in the future.The Regional District is encouraging landowners, residents, businesses, and others with an interest in the future of the North Peace Fringe Area to get involved in the process, which will be launching its second phase of public engagement initiatives in February.

There are many ways to participate in the OCP process:Attend a public open houseFebruary 15th, Baldonnel Elementary School (5-8PM)February 16th, Charlie Lake Community Club (5-8PM)February 17th, North Peace Cultural Centre (5-8PM)

Stay connected:Watch for updates and announcements on thePRRD website http://prrd.bc.ca

Engage on social media: twitter@NorthPeaceOCP or PRRD Facebook pageContact the Regional District directly: Claire Negrin,Assistant Manager of Development Services [email protected] Phone: 250-784-3231

Complete the online survey between February 15th and 29th by visiting the PRRD Engage Pagehttp://prrd.bc.ca/engage/

Request for Volunteers –Agriculture Advisory CommitteeThe Peace River Regional District is seeking three (3) members at large from the region to serve as members on the Agriculture Advisory Committee (AAC). The Committee was established to provide advice to the Regional District Board regarding agriculture in the region. The Committee will review and provide advice on matters regarding the agricultural sector in the Regional District, including recommendations for ways to enhance agriculture in the region. The deadline for submissions is February 26, 2016

Three New Transfer Stations WereOpened in January!Moberly Lake Transfer Station - 6464 Lakeshore Drive - Opened: Monday, Tuesday, Friday,Saturday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday 12 p.m. to 6pmUpper Halfway Transfer Station - 19337 Upper Halfway Road - Opened: Tuesday, Friday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m;Wednesday 2 p.m. to 8 p.m; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Rolla Transfer Station - 5207 213 Road -Opened: Tuesday, Friday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m; Wednesday 2 p.m. to 8 p.m; Saturday 1 0 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Building InspectorDevon Bacon was designated as a building inspector for the Peace River Regional District.

2016 Telephone BooksThe 2016 telephone books are available to bepicked up at the PRRD Dawson Creek o� ce,1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC.

Committee of the Whole MeetingFeb 23, 2016, Dawson Creek, 10 am- 5 pmA Committee of the Whole meeting will be held to consider the PRRD “draft” Financial Plan.

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