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July 29, 2010 - Vol.7 - No.29 By Melanie Robinson NORTHEAST – When Jay Hill started his political career 22 years ago, he certainly did not think it would be a career that lasted as long as it did. The MP for Prince George-Peace River, who first ran for federal politics in the 1988 election for the Reform Party, an- nounced last week he would not run again in the next election. Hill said the decision did not come easily, but he has always said he would get out of politics when things continue to go well, and he believes now is that time. “I’ve always believed that, unfortunately, a lot of politicians stay beyond their best before date so I’ve always wanted to exit while things are going well and I thought I was still reasonably well thought of,” he said. “I think that’s, hopefully, still the case and so I started to look towards the next election and believed it was the right time for me to leave.” Leave poli- tics, not his love for the North- east or the peo- ple in it. Hill was born in Fort St. John in 1952 and, through his con- nection with agriculture, was able to repre- sent the industry when he served as the president of the BC Grain Producer’s Asso- ciation and as the director for grain with the BC Federation of Agriculture. He was first elected into federal politics in 1993, and since then, has seen a lot of changes, especially in the last six years. With minority governments, Hill said he’s seen an increase in partisanship both at the federal level and also through rela- tionships with provincial government’s and municipalities. It is those partnerships Hill said he’s proud of, and what have allowed Canada to get through the downturn so successfully. Those relationships, however, did not come easy. “[You’re] always sort of one vote away from an election and so it’s very difficult to take the partisanship out and actually work co-operatively and collectively as a Parliament to get things done for Canadians,” he said. “I think that’s the biggest difference that I have noticed, compared to the first three Par- liaments that I was part of, which were majority Liberal gov- ernments. Although I was certainly not happy being in opposi- tion for those 13 years, it did provide a stability for the country by having majority governments as opposed to having this con- stant threat of an election campaign.” Hill is not the only one to notice the difference that partisan- ship has made, either. He said he was surprised by the number of phone calls and e-mails he received hours after making the announcement of his decision. A phone call from Opposition House Leader, Ralph Goo- dale, is just one example of the relationships he’s created over the years. “I found Mr. Hill a person that you could do serious busi- ness with, especially when you are trying to make parliament function in the situation of a minority government,” said Goo- dale to the Northeast News. “I appreciated his candor and we could arrive at a conclusion on what we would do on an issue – we could just look at each other and shake hands and we both knew the next steps to take. His words could be counted on and I will miss him on the job.” Hill speaks fondly of the accomplishments he’s made in the past 17 years – some on a personal level, some political. He spoke fondly of the ability, after 10 years of arguing for it, being able to reinstall the northern living tax deduction for residents of MacKenzie. He said he believes the deduction was removed by error and he’s indebted to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for the sense of foresight and fairness he showed in that situation. Politically, Hill said he’s proud of the changes the federal government has made to bring financial stability and low taxa- tion to the nation. “I hope that we’re not going to see the end of that,” he said. “Canadians, whether they realize it or not, currently pay the lowest taxes that they have in 50 years under our government. As well, the changes we have made and continue to make to the justice system of Canada, bringing a greater level of ac- countability – those that break the law will be held accountable for their crimes under our government. Lastly, I think the con- tinued focus on democratic reform, in particular of the upper chamber of the Senate to try and bring elections to the Sen- ate of Canada and also term limits to ensure that somebody doesn’t serve for 30 years, I think, are worthwhile goals and certainly supported by the people in western Canada and in Prince George-Peace River. So some major accomplishments there, and some jobs still left to be done, but I would look to- wards that.” Hill said there have been many challenges with his career in politics, but that’s the nature of the job in providing strong lead- ership for northeastern British Columbia. He said the new MP for Prince George-Peace River will face continued challenges in industries such as agriculture, forestry and oil and gas. “We’re a long ways from Ottawa up here in northern BC, and it takes a lot to be noticed, it’s hard work and I would commend that hard work to them to address those challenges,” he said. While Hill and his wife, Leah, are intending to relocate to Calgary, where two of their children now live, he is quick to add that does not mean he has lost his connection with the place he was born and raised. Hill said he has a love for the Northeast, and the people in it, and laughs when he says he drank the water from the Peace River quite early in his life. That laughter didn’t last long, however, as he thought about what he would say to the constituents who, after many years, have continued to support him and what he has done to repre- sent the region. Hill, in fact, could be seen choking back tears when asked that question and his response can easily be summed up in two words: “thank you”. Classified word ad Best Buy 20 words 3 weeks $ 10 00 Your 20 word or less private party for sale classified ad will be delivered to over 20,000 homes and businesses in 3 consecutive issues of the Northeast News. 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July 29, 2010 - Vol.7 - No.29
By Melanie RobinsonNORTHEAST – When Jay Hill started his political career
22 years ago, he certainly did not think it would be a career that lasted as long as it did.
The MP for Prince George-Peace River, who first ran for federal politics in the 1988 election for the Reform Party, an-nounced last week he would not run again in the next election.
Hill said the decision did not come easily, but he has always said he would get out of politics when things continue to go well, and he believes now is that time.
“I’ve always believed that, unfortunately, a lot of politicians stay beyond their best before date so I’ve always wanted to exit while things are going well and I thought I was still reasonably
well thought of,” he said. “I think that’s, hopefully, still the case and so I started to look towards the next election and believed it was the right time for me to leave.”
Leave poli-tics, not his love for the North-east or the peo-ple in it.
Hill was born in Fort St. John in 1952 and, through his con-nection with agriculture, was able to repre-sent the industry when he served as the president of the BC Grain
Producer’s Asso-ciation and as the
director for grain with the BC Federation of Agriculture.He was first elected into federal politics in 1993, and since
then, has seen a lot of changes, especially in the last six years.With minority governments, Hill said he’s seen an increase
in partisanship both at the federal level and also through rela-tionships with provincial government’s and municipalities.
It is those partnerships Hill said he’s proud of, and what have allowed Canada to get through the downturn so successfully.
Those relationships, however, did not come easy.“[You’re] always sort of one vote away from an election and
so it’s very difficult to take the partisanship out and actually work co-operatively and collectively as a Parliament to get things done for Canadians,” he said. “I think that’s the biggest difference that I have noticed, compared to the first three Par-liaments that I was part of, which were majority Liberal gov-ernments. Although I was certainly not happy being in opposi-tion for those 13 years, it did provide a stability for the country by having majority governments as opposed to having this con-stant threat of an election campaign.”
Hill is not the only one to notice the difference that partisan-ship has made, either. He said he was surprised by the number of phone calls and e-mails he received hours after making the announcement of his decision.
A phone call from Opposition House Leader, Ralph Goo-dale, is just one example of the relationships he’s created over the years.
“I found Mr. Hill a person that you could do serious busi-ness with, especially when you are trying to make parliament function in the situation of a minority government,” said Goo-dale to the Northeast News. “I appreciated his candor and we could arrive at a conclusion on what we would do on an issue – we could just look at each other and shake hands and we both knew the next steps to take. His words could be counted on and I will miss him on the job.”
Hill speaks fondly of the accomplishments he’s made in the past 17 years – some on a personal level, some political.
He spoke fondly of the ability, after 10 years of arguing for it, being able to reinstall the northern living tax deduction for residents of MacKenzie. He said he believes the deduction was removed by error and he’s indebted to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for the sense of foresight and fairness he showed in
that situation.Politically, Hill said he’s proud of the changes the federal
government has made to bring financial stability and low taxa-tion to the nation.
“I hope that we’re not going to see the end of that,” he said. “Canadians, whether they realize it or not, currently pay the lowest taxes that they have in 50 years under our government. As well, the changes we have made and continue to make to the justice system of Canada, bringing a greater level of ac-countability – those that break the law will be held accountable for their crimes under our government. Lastly, I think the con-tinued focus on democratic reform, in particular of the upper chamber of the Senate to try and bring elections to the Sen-ate of Canada and also term limits to ensure that somebody doesn’t serve for 30 years, I think, are worthwhile goals and certainly supported by the people in western Canada and in Prince George-Peace River. So some major accomplishments there, and some jobs still left to be done, but I would look to-wards that.”
Hill said there have been many challenges with his career in politics, but that’s the nature of the job in providing strong lead-ership for northeastern British Columbia. He said the new MP for Prince George-Peace River will face continued challenges in industries such as agriculture, forestry and oil and gas.
“We’re a long ways from Ottawa up here in northern BC, and it takes a lot to be noticed, it’s hard work and I would commend that hard work to them to address those challenges,” he said.
While Hill and his wife, Leah, are intending to relocate to Calgary, where two of their children now live, he is quick to add that does not mean he has lost his connection with the place he was born and raised.
Hill said he has a love for the Northeast, and the people in it, and laughs when he says he drank the water from the Peace River quite early in his life.
That laughter didn’t last long, however, as he thought about what he would say to the constituents who, after many years, have continued to support him and what he has done to repre-sent the region.
Hill, in fact, could be seen choking back tears when asked that question and his response can easily be summed up in two words: “thank you”.
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By Matthew BainsDAWSON CREEK – The controversial industrial landfill
project proposed next to Swan Lake will not be going ahead after the board of the Peace River Regional District voted to refuse an application for the required zoning and official com-munity plan amendments on July 22.
However, that decision was not without a rigorous debate, and the vote was split six to four in favour of refusing the appli-
cation, with the directors of Tumbler Ridge and Taylor being ineligible to vote for technical reasons.
Chetwynd director Evan Saugstad opposed the motion to refuse the application, stating he wasn’t supporting the proj-ect, but felt the provincial environmental assessment process should be completed before the board made its decision. He said there were questions around if those types of landfills are needed in the region, where they should be located, how they would be managed and how financial security would be guar-anteed for the life of the project, that needed to be answered.
Saugstad said he felt those questions would not be answered unless the assessment process was complete and without those answers he could not make an informed decision.
“I don’t have the information to base [a decision] on other than a political decision to say that the people don’t want it there,” he said. “Just because somebody doesn’t like it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily good or bad.”
He said if the environmental assessment process didn’t an-swer those questions to the board’s satisfaction, they could still retain the right to refuse the application.
Fort St. John director Bruce Lantz agreed. “We have an environmental review process for a reason, and
I don’t think we want to circumvent that or jump ahead of that, because that negates the whole purpose of having it,” he said.
Dawson Creek director Mike Bernier and Hudson’s Hope alternate director Darryl Johnson also opposed the motion.
However, Electoral Area D director Wayne Hiebert, who represents the Tupper area residents opposed to the landfill, said he felt many of those questions were already answered, but he just did not agree with the location.
“I feel we do need a landfill for the oil and gas industry, but this, from everything I’ve looked at, is just the wrong location for it,” he said.
Electoral Area C director Arthur Hadland said it was clear residents did not want the landfill at that location, adding the conflict was indicative of a larger problem.
“I think we just see this continuous effort to industrialize the rural communities, and I’m opposed to that happening, and I think we need to send a clear signal that this willy-nilly applica-tion process in not acceptable,” he said.
He added he was not confident in the objectiveness of the EA
process, citing when the OSB plant was proposed in Fort St. John, he attended some of the meetings and was not impressed.
“I couldn’t tell the difference between the proponent and the environmental assessment people,” he said, a comment that was received with enthusiastic applause from the Tupper area residents who were at the board meeting.
Resident Colleen Borodula said she was relieved by the board’s decision, but disappointed by some of the directors’ faith in the environmental process.
“We don’t trust the environmental assessment office, it’s just a paperwork shuffle,” she said.
Corey Higham, representing the proponent, Secure Energy Services, attended the meeting, and said the board’s decision was disappointing.
“We feel we had a good site, and we were working through the environmental assessment process to answer the technical questions and concerns the public and the board had, so we’re a little disappointed they didn’t let that process play out the way we think it should have,” he said.
He said his company has not yet made a decision on whether to pursue an alternate site in the region.
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Swan Lake landfill project nixed by regional district board
Contributed photoAn industrial landfill proposed near Swan Lake (seen here) will not be going ahead as the regional district board voted not to approve the necessary zoning and of-ficial community plan amendments.
By Matthew BainsPEACE REGION – A group representing landowners
in the Peace Region is not satisfied with the government or regulator’s assurances about the safety of the oil and gas industry and have retained the services of a lawyer in an effort to change regulations.
“At this point in time, we’re not looking at lawsuits or legal action in that sense,” said Lois Hill, member of the Peace Environment and Safety Trustees Society (PEST). “If we can work collaboratively with government and with industry to achieve the changes we want, that would be the ideal situation.”
Hill said they received funding from Vancouver-based West Coast Environmental Law to cover most of the cost of retaining a lawyer from a Victoria law firm, but they are required to pay $1,200 of the $6,000 cost. She made a request on July 22 that the regional district provide $2,000 to cover that expense, as well as the group’s own expenses as they continue their own research and confer-
ence with the lawyer. Hill said the lawyer would look
into the legal implications under cur-rent legislation as it relates to protect-ing the public’s safety from the risks she said residents living near gas wells or facilities are exposed to. She added the lawyer would also examine the regulations set to be enacted un-der the Oil and Gas Activities Act in the near future.
“We need to be sure that, when we come up with the positive reasons that we need change and we need to be protected, that the Ministry won’t just turn around and say that will all be covered in the new Act.”
Hill said her group’s own examina-tion of some of those proposed regu-lations doesn’t convince them protec-tion of the public’s health and safety will be improved. She said, for exam-ple, they had asked that companies be required to inform landowners of the potential for a risk or hazard before any lease is signed for their proper-ties, but the Ministry and the OGC would only agree that landowners should be informed about any quality of life issues such as dust or noise.
“Those are the kinds of things we would like to see changed in the new legislation,” said Hill.
She added concerns about health and safety were am-plified by the gas leak that occurred last November south of Pouce Coupe. She said the Oil and Gas Commission’s investigation into the incident failed to address or even acknowledge the health impacts to residents and their livestock.
“We decided, as the Peace Environment Safety Trust-
ees, that we weren’t satisfied with this, and we wanted to find out what further actions or direction we should take,” she said.
She added Northern Health was never involved in that investigation. Medical officers with the health authority wrote a letter to the OGC in February citing their own concerns with the lack of co-ordination with medical staff at the time of the incident.
PEST called for a public inquiry into the gas leak and a petition they circulated garnered signatures from nearly 40 local individuals and 28 different regional and pro-vincial groups that supported that request. The regional district board also supported that call.
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Group hires lawyer to look into oil and gas safety issues
Matthew Bains photoLois Hill and Brian Derfler with the Peace Environment and Safety Trust-ees Society requested the regional district’s support as their group engages a lawyer to look into the legal implications of current and new regulations regarding the health and safety of residents living near gas wells or facilities.
staff changes at the northeast newsAssociate Publisher
Brent has been named the Associate Publisher at the Northeast News where his media experience will help grow and redefine the weekly paper that services the entire Peace area.
Brent is a long time resident of the Peace Region and was born and raised in Fort Nelson. There, he started his media career working with both Energy 102.3 FM and The Fort Nelson News where he covered local events, sold and designed advertisements and made sure the paper got to the press each week. Brent found his way to Fort St. John and started working with The Alaska Highway News in both
fields of design and sales. After a few years, he transi-tioned over to 100.1 Moose FM and Energeticcity.ca where he sold and designed advertisements and helped with some on-air duties, in-cluding news. Brent has also helped in numerous projects with Motion Media, a local
media production com-pany including video production and news stories for CTV, Glob-al and CBC, digital signage, magazine de-velopment and graphic design.
Brent currently sits in his third year as a Director for the Fort St. John and District Chamber of Com-merce and is also on the executive as the communications chair for Synergy FSJ. Brent has been involved in other community groups throughout the years including Fort St. John and District Crime Stop-pers, 2009 Fort St. John International Air Show committee, Fort Nelson Chamber of Commerce, Fort Nelson Citizens on Patrol and the Fort Nelson Crime Stoppers Association.
By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – It’s been just over a year since Mary
Polak was chosen for her position as the Minister of Chil-dren and Family Development, but she has some strong goals in mind.
The minister, who was in town to attend an elders and youth gathering in the region, also met with local agencies such as the Child Development Centre and the Fort St. John Friendship Society.
She said such visits are important for residents around the province to realize they have a connection to both the ministry and Victoria.
“It’s good for me to be able to see first hand what’s go-ing on in communities, to get to talk to staff on a pretty personal and informal basis, to hear about some of the challenges that they’re facing, but also to show to them that there is a commitment on the part of the ministry to really be supporting them and working with them,” she said.
The agencies in the Northeast, she added, work very well together, which benefits members of the communities in which they serve, but she said like the ministry, there are challenges when it comes to recruitment and retention.
At the Child Development Centre, for example, they are working to recruit professionals such as speech and language pathologists, but have been finding it difficult to do so.
Polak said it’s difficult in this region because when it comes to administration jobs, oil and gas companies tend to pay more.
Recruitment and retention, however, is not the minis-try’s overarching goal.
“Up until now, we’ve really been known in public as the ministry that comes and takes your kids away,” she said.
“What I am hoping to see happen in a few years time is that we are finally known for what we do best, which is being the first place that a family should call if they need some help and support.”
She said that goal is not going to be achieved overnight, as there is trust to build with residents.
The goal, however, she quickly added, is achievable.
“It’s something that our people are really, real-ly good at, but we need to be able to do the work to get that message out so that families don’t feel threatened by that kind of contact,” she said.
Progress has been made in that, in the last year, the ministry staff have changed how they are viewing themselves and a change in practice is underway in how the ministry, which has a staff of approximately 4,300 employees, works with families.
The idea, she said, is to move more towards a holistic assessment as families come to them.
“We’re looking at everything around that family, and in some cases the extended family, and determining not just is the child at risk but what areas of support can we bring to bear for this family,” she said. “Maybe if we add some additional supports early on, maybe we can stop a fam-
ily from getting into an at risk situation. So thinking a lot more in a preventative way.”
Other changes at the ministry level include working to provide families with the services they need in this day and age and determining how the government can work together to create more day care spaces, covering day care funding for parents and looking into present issues around part-time day care as well.
Polak said residents are likely to see the ministry look at all regulations for childcare to see if they make sense, be-cause not all present regulations are realistic and the chal-lenge is determining the scope of the problem.
“We’ve got to look at all of those things because avail-ability and affordability are two of the biggest concerns that we hear from parents and at this point in time, sadly, you end up with people who are inhibited in terms of get-ting back into the workforce just because they can’t find childcare,” she said.
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Contributed photoPart of Minister of Children and Family Development, Mary Polak’s visit to the Northeast included a visit to the Fort St. John Friendship Society and its students.
Bittersweet.That’s the only word that came to
mind this Tuesday evening when I rose to address the Prince George-Peace Riv-er Conservative board of directors.
What words could I use to convey my deepest appreciation for the loyalty, sup-port and friendship I’ve unconditionally received over the past couple of decades from these folks?
Bitter... because it’s sad to know the time has come to end a career that has brought me many of my most cherished memories and accomplishments.
Sweet... because I’ve always felt that for politicians the time to go is when things are still going well – when you’ve reached the crest of the hill, but before starting down the other side – for me that time is now. And, that is why I chose now to announce that I will not be seek-ing re-election as your Member of Par-liament. I want to ensure that those folks
I owe my greatest loyalty and immense gratitude to – those who have always been there to support me through seven federal elections and all the years in be-tween, have sufficient time to select the next Conserva-tive candidate for our great constituency.
Last week, Leah and I had the opportunity to attend “the greatest outdoor show on earth”... the Calgary Stampede. Among the many events we packed into that week was the Prime Minis-ter’s annual Calgary South-west BBQ at Heritage Park.
I remarked that the last time I was at a political event there was 22 years ago next month when I, along with a couple of dozen other freshly nominated Re-form party candidates gathered for a rally to show our readiness to contest the
upcoming 1988 federal election. One of those was a young man named
Stephen Harper. And here he was ad-dressing his riding supporters, and hun-
dreds of others, as our Prime Minister.
Twenty-two years. While it seems such a long time most of the time, as is the case in all our lives, actually the time has flown past, marked by so many emotional remembrances – the bad and the good. And, as is often said, you can’t truly know one with-
out the other. Highlights stand out. After a long 14-
year battle, I’ll never forget the joy I ex-perienced when my cabinet colleague, Jim Flaherty restored the northern resi-dence allowance to Mackenzie. Or when support across Canada for my pri-
vate member’s legislation proposing a federal tax credit for adoption expenses compelled the Liberals to incorporate it into our tax system.
I’ve always believed that the most im-portant things in life are the relationships we build – I truly have been blessed by my political occupation, which has al-lowed me the opportunity to make good friends all across this great land of ours and around the world.
What an unbelievable honour it has been for me to be your Member of Par-liament all these years. To have consis-tently won re-election by healthy major-ities each and every campaign. To have known the feeling of having the support of so many truly terrific people. To owe so much to so many, as opposed to “so few” as Winston Churchill’s famous quote put it!
And, to borrow from another oft-re-peated quote: “thanks for the memories.”
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Politicians and the Peace
By Jay Hill
Words of OpinionEDITORIAL
MP Report
A message to my constituents: ‘Thanks for the memories’
Last week, the Peace River area was overflowing with politicians, from fed-eral Senator Richard Neufeld, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Bill Bennett, Minister of Children and Family Development Mary Polak, Minis-ter of Finance Colin Hansen and Prince George – Peace River MP Jay Hill who were all in the area for one reason or an-other.
The newly-appointed Minister Bennett arrived to see the area that his ministry covers and to meet representatives from the oil and gas industry and local munici-palities, while Minister Polak attended the second annual Nenan Youth and El-ders Gathering and to showcase how her ministry is trying to make positive chang-es. Minister Hansen spoke to local busi-nesses about their concerns with the HST and the Honorable Jay Hill came home to announce his retirement from politics.
For anyone remotely interested in politics, it was an interesting week as we saw many provincial ministers came to a region that rarely gets visitors from Victoria. It seemed they all had one main reason for their trip as they reassured the Peace that their MLA is representing the area. The BC Liberals are hoping to con-tinue to hold the Peace River North rid-ing, especially with the HST backlash and the start-up of the BC Conservatives.
Moving into federal territory was MP Hill’s announcement that he would re-tire after this term. That announcement, which had some calling it the “best worst political secret of the week”, sent waves of congratulatory messages from other MP’s in the country plus a rare insight from Op-position House Leader and Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. Now, the internal race begins to find a new representative for the Conservatives with Fort St. John Council-lor Don Irwin being the first to announce his intentions. There is, however, specula-tion that the list will continue to grow.
With another politician not having a home, Mr. Lekstrom may be enticed by the idea of federal politics, but there are also grumblings that he may indeed stay on the provincial side of the game, but run under the BC Conservative banner. This may be decided by the time you read this but it may also still be speculation. Word is that the BC Conservatives are looking to start big, as they try to draft politicians from other backgrounds such as Trevor Bolin and Blair Lekstrom.
Time can only tell, so like you, I will sit here and wait to hear more announce-ments over the next few weeks. Anyway you look at it – this could be the time for someone to stand up and put their vision on the table while arguing they are ready for that next step in representing the area.
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we discussed was the number of people who live in this area who are asking about the continued Fire Protection Service. I feel that it is my responsibility to bring you all up to date regarding our service.
Many of you understand that the Charlie Lake Fire Department has provided fire protection to this area for 30 years this September. We are funded by the PRRD and we have two pumpers, a tender to supply water as we do not have water hydrants, a grass fire unit and a rescue vehicle. We have a paid Chief and the rest of the staff are volunteers.
Some of you will have read the letters about the Charlie Lake Fire Department published in the local paper in the spring of 2010. These letters and the subsequent events seems to have caused some anxiety and a lot of misunderstanding, which I would like to clear up.
My first point is that, contrary to the views expressed in the paper, most of the local residents are supportive of the fire department. At the public meeting, called by the director for Area ‘C’ where 35 people attended, the discussion was about funding. We had included in our budget funding for another paid person to help with training, daytime personnel availability, maintaining equipment to WCB and fire code standards – the job now being too large for one person. At the end of the public meeting the fire committee, consisting of PRRD directors Had-land and Goodings, two members of the public, two society members and two fire department officers met and voted on the budget recom-mendations – the budget was approved by seven for and one against. At the next PRRD meteing, the director for Area ‘C’ presented the budget less the $80,000 for the second paid position, which is depending on assessment of about $10 per household. This has left the Charlie Lake Fire Department members feeling that they have been slapped in the face.
The Charlie Lake Fire Department is in need of more volunteers. We have 18 or so firefighters but we need eight to 10 more and there is a very good reason for this. Charlie Lake contains approximately 2,100 homes, businesses and farms or small holdings. Most of the residents work outside of the area, either in Fort St. John or further away. Some employers in the area are reluctant to allow employees to leave work during the day. Also, because of the WCB regulations, firefighters over 55 cannot enter a burning building and many of our firefighters who are
available during the day have reached this age.To meet the required safety standards, we need four fire-
fighters on scene before we can enter a burning building. If you are over 19, in good general health, male or female, we need you to join our team to help maintain the standard of fire protection at Charlie Lake. What we do offer – fire-fighter training to provincial standards, use of our in house gym, the best available equipment, all personal protective gear and a great group of people to work with.
Please stop in at the Fire Hall during the day or call Chief Pinkerton at (250) 264-7090.
Douglas AllenPresidentCharlie Lake Grandhaven Protection Society
Volunteers needed in CLEditor: Why should BC Hydro be allowed to proceed
any further with the Site C project on the Peace River? The project is being sold to the public and government in a very shady and dishonest way. The people following the process are becoming furious with the way Hydro is misrepresenting the project.
The Stage 2 report booklet put out by BC Hydro is propaganda. For example the moose numbers have been stated as 343 when the actual study found over 1,000. Important information has been purposely omitted such as landowner concerns. Hydro met with landowners and told them that their concerns mattered and would be taken into consideration. How dare they print the Stage 2 re-port booklet and not mention one of their concerns when they are the most impacted and their lives and livelihoods would change forever if the proj-ect goes through.
These are only two samples out of the Stage 2 report booklet when there are hundreds of misrep-
resented figures and left out information. What about the bear? To this date they have
not been studied and may be the most impacted if the water rises in early spring, they and their cubs would be drowned in their dens? Hydro needs to come forward and admit that they have not been upfront with the actual impacts on people, envi-ronment and wildlife. It will be a great injustice to lose the valley for greed to sell the majority of the power to the United States, but it will be a greater injustice if the loss is based on Hydro being al-lowed to distort and omit information and figures as it sees fit.
I want Hydro to admit that Site C should not be built on this type of unstable soil. WAC Ben-nett Dam is built in rock – that makes sense. How can government and big business only care about money and ignore the destruction of people, wild-life and the environment? We all live on only one planet. We have nowhere else to go.
Clara LondonFort St. John
Editor:Surprise, surprise! I’m talking about news that
the combination of dryer weather in BC due to cli-mate change and BC’s growing population means BC Hydro can’t produce enough power anymore from its hydroelectric dams and now has to import it. Who saw that one coming?
The fact that BC Hydro isn’t going to be pass-ing the quarter billion dollar cost of these power imports onto their ratepayers isn’t much comfort either. BC Hydro says they intend to make up the cost in a future year when they produce more electricity than their ratepayers can use. But when will that be? BC Hydro hasn’t been able to do that
with any regularity for years now, and for the past decade they’ve had to import electricity in every year except one.
The lesson learned? You can’t stop building power generating infrastructure for two and half decades like we’ve done in BC and not expect to run out of electricity. The people responsible for these things need to get on the ball and make sure BC gets ahead of the curve again. We’ve got the resources and more than anyplace else we should be able to produce the power we need and be more than self sufficient.
Kevin LeeVancouver, BC
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By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – While it wasn’t the purpose of his trav-
els, the new harmonized sales tax was certainly a large part of Colin Hansen’s discussions while in the Peace Region.
The Minister of Finance said his visit last week was part of a tour he and other cabinet ministers like to take after the spring session and, while the aim is to get feedback from vari-ous communities around the province, this year’s discussions are largely based around the new tax.
“I think now that we’ve had a few weeks experience with the tax, I think people are starting to appreciate how it does apply and how it doesn’t apply and I think for the vast major-ity of people it’s not having as big an impact as people were anticipating,” he said.
A lot of discussions in the Northeast, he added, are based around some of the issues between British Columbia and Al-berta – a concern before the tax was put in place on July 1.
The elimination of the provincial sales tax and the harmo-nization, he said, is actually going to be a large benefit for the majority of businesses, leveling the playing field with the sister province in the long run.
Hansen compared the challenges between a business in Fort St. John and a business in Grande Prairie, for example.
Before the HST, the Fort St. John business would be paying an additional seven per cent on everything from telephones, vehicle purchases, stationary items and carpentry, among oth-ers, but under the HST, just like in Grande Prairie, those costs can be claimed fully at 12 per cent.
The goal of the Province, said Hansen, is to get that mes-sage across to residents and also, Alberta based companies who may be contracting with local workers. The perception is often that Alberta companies working in BC can only claim the five per cent back when it comes to supplies when in fact, they can claim the full 12 per cent.
“I think there’s a real communications challenge and I think when it comes to the HST, I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve done a terrible job on the communications and actually ex-plaining to British Columbians how the HST works, how it’s going to be better for the economy,” he said.
While there are benefits for business, Hansen said he ad-mits there are challenges for individual consumers, but not to the extent people were expecting.
“What I’ve found is the more we can inform people about how it works, the more people are prepared to say ‘yep, I actu-ally get it. The HST is actually a much better tax system than the [system] that it’s replacing,’” he said.
He admits the Province is still facing criticism from people who believe the new tax was being considered before the election in May 2009.
Hansen stood by the fact that the conversion was not on the radar.
“The HST was not on our radar and it was based on infor-mation that Ministry of Finance officials brought to us after the election that actually prompted us to revisit the whole is-sue of HST,” he said.
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By Matthew BainsNORTHEAST – Bill Bennett made his first visit to the
Northeast in his new capacity as Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources last week.
Bennett met with stakeholders in Fort Nelson, Fort St. John and Dawson Creek and took questions from local government leaders on the board of the Peace River Regional District dur-ing a meeting on July 22.
Here are some of the topics he talked about:On natural gas development:Bennett credited former minister Richard Neufeld, who he
met with on his tour of the region, for putting in place the roy-alty regime that has encouraged the type and degree of natural gas development seen in the region today. He said he plans to call on the now-Senator Neufeld often, as a valuable source of information on the industry and the region.
The MLA for Kootenay East acknowledged Neufeld and his immediate predecessor, Blair Lekstrom, had the advantage of being from the Northeast. Bennett said he didn’t think that would be a significant hurdle in his dealings with industry, but admitted other stakeholders may have some concerns about having a minister from another region.
“I think the people who live here, the farmers, the people who do business here, the suppliers to the industry, the local Chamber of Commerce, those are the folks that, I think under-standably, are concerned,” he said.
However, he said he comes from a region that is very similar to the Northeast.
“We have the same border issues where I live that you have here,” he said. “We also have a huge mining industry, a small, fledgling coal-bed gas industry and a big forest industry, so we have a lot of the same natural resource extraction issues that you have here in the Northeast.”
Bennett said he thinks the relationship between industry and rural landowners will improve with the increased presence of the Oil and Gas Commission in the region and the pending regulatory changes under the Oil and Gas Activities Act.
Story continued on Page 22
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By Matthew Bains DAWSON CREEK – Speed, power, precision and agility
were all on display at the Dawson Creek Airshow on July 21.Nine members of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Show
Team were the first to take to the skies that evening above the airport. The pilots demonstrated their precision with their CT114 Tutor jets, flying in tight formations only a few metres away from each other, then bursting into different formations.
Particularly impressive was when two Snowbirds would come from either direction and cross each other at speeds of 1,000 kilometres an hour, coming within a metre of each other.
The Snowbirds have been performing at airshows for 40 years.
However, flying in his first-ever airshow was “Super” Dave Mathieson. He is no stranger to flying, though, having logged about 14,000 hours as a commercial pilot.
“This is just a hobby, and it’s what I love doing, to just go blow off some steam and have some fun,” said Mathieson of performing aerobatic stunts.
He was flying an experimental version of a Pitt Special, a biplane that was customized specifically to perform stunts, such as rolls at 400 degrees per second.
“If you can dream it up, you can do it in this airplane – you can’t break it in the air,” he said.
Mathieson credits verteran performer Jerzy Strzyz as one of the people who helped him get into aerobatics.
Strzyz, hailing from Poland, is an aerobatic instructor and member of the International Council of Airshows. He was flying his Sukhoi 26, a very ca-pable plane for performing all kinds of stunts.
Strzyz displayed his spe-cialty, which is taking his plane vertical. He would roll and tumble as he climbed higher into the skies, and then perform the “hammerhead,” a stunt where he stalls his plane and begins to fall back down to earth, only to pull himself out of the descent in what appears to be the last possible moment.
A couple of unusual aircraft were on display at the airshow,
including Bill Shepherd’s Yak 11, a version of a World War II Russian fighter plane, and Manfred Radius’ sailplane, which showed impressive agility as it performed loops, rolls and slides, all without the assistance of an engine.
Captain Joe Shetterly, hailing from Arizona, showed off the awe-inspiring A-10 Thunderbolt II, an aircraft the US Air Force specifically use for close air support of ground forces. The twin-engine jet is extremely versatile, with a short turn ra-dius and quick takeoff and landing capability, and is designed to take and dish out a lot of firepower, coming equipped with a Gatling-type cannon that can fire nearly 4,000 rounds per min-ute, as well as an array of missiles and bombs.
Not to be outdone was Captain Brian Bews of the 425 Tacti-cal Fighter Squadron of the Canadian Forces, flying a CF-18 Hornet. Bews demonstrated the dynamic aircraft’s tight turn radius and speed – the Hornet can easily break the sound bar-rier, maxing out at about 2,200 kilometres an hour, although Bews kept the aircraft at about half-speed.
He also showed his experi-ence with the Hornet, having
logged 1,200 hours, by flying upside down and parallel to the runway and cutting a ribbon that was held by crews on the ground.
Both the A-10 and CF-18 showed off their firepower in a few staged “attacks,” although the pyrotechnics were really provided by April Zalesky and the AV8FX team on the ground.
The show was capped off with a fireworks display appropri-ately provided by Team Rocket. Ken Fowler and Eric Hansen had the pyrotechnics attached to the Harmon Rocket airplanes they built from scratch, firing them off as they performed loops, rolls and other stunts in formation.
Their planes are built for speed, maxing out at about 386 kilometres an hour.
“These airplanes are so capable,” said Fowler. “You can have two people, 100 pounds of baggage and be anywhere in North America in a day.”
Team Rocket has been performing together for six years.See photos on Page 11
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Canada Day Celebrations 2010 The City of Fort St John would like to thank our volunteers, vendors and the community for making the 2010 Canada Day Celebrations a huge success!
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Matthew Bains photos
(Left): The C a n a d i a n Forces Snow-birds group in a tight forma-tion.
(Right): “Super” Dave Mathie-son’s customized biplane is built to perform some amazing aero-batic stunts at high speeds.
A e r o b a t i c s veteran Jerzy Strzyz per-formed this amazing trick during his performance. Not to be out-done, Captain Brian Bews performed a similar stunt in a jet air-plane later that evening.
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It replaces an older bus the society has used since 2008, but due to its size and mechanical problems, options were lim-ited.
In fact, the previous bus is still at a ga-rage getting work done and the society would have been without a bus for the last month had the new one not shown up.
Seniors pay $5 to use the bus and it will take them wherever they want and to as many stops as they want in the com-munity – round trip.
When the program first started, Navor-ozny said there were only 10 people that used it in the first month, but more re-cently, 318 people used the service dur-ing the month of March – and she expects that number to keep growing.
“Some people go out everyday now, they just like to ride the bus,” she said, adding spots like the grocery store, the post office and the doctors are some of the popular stops. “Some will just get on to go for a coffee or just drive around on the bus, it’s a social thing for lots of people.”
Milton Cooper, a member of the fam-ily who is well-known for his generosity in the community, said the family felt it was a good cause, so it was an easy deci-sion to donate.
Navorozny said the value of the bus was just under $103,000, but through grants, the society would have had to raise about $85,000.
While companies and people in Fort Nelson are quite generous, Navorozny said she’s not sure how long it would have taken to raise those dollars.
“I can’t even imagine how long it would have taken,” she said. “Our town has been really wonderful, it might have
been sooner than we thought, it might have been a very long process.”
That, however, is not a concern, and now seniors 55 plus and any members of the community with mobility issues are riding in style, and more comfortably, than ever before.
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Navorozny said in the past a number of people didn’t stay in the community as they got older, but that has changed, so the need is growing for the services a facility would offer.
“ P e o p l e are staying here, their kids are here, their g r a n d k i d s are here, they’re re-tiring in Fort Nelson, they’re stay-ing here,” she said. “ T h a t ’ s where the need is com-ing here.”
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By Matthew BainsDAWSON CREEK – Cheryl Smith is
normally a private person and wouldn’t ask for attention to be focused on her but a battle with multiple sclerosis has left her with no choice.
Friends of Smith have organized a ben-efit concert to raise money so she can re-ceive a new treatment in the United States, which could cost upwards of $5,000.
She explained she was diagnosed with MS in 2000, though looking back she re-members experiencing warning signs with-out knowing the cause.
“The attack I had when I found out I had MS was I couldn’t talk, and when I did talk it was like I was drunk, my words were really slurred, and my balance was really bad,” said Smith.
However, she said, the symptoms are wide rang-ing.
“ L a t e l y I’ve been re-ally shaky,” she said. “The fatigue is horrible, you’re just tired all the time. You wake up tired, and
when you have a shower, you have to lay down and rest after the shower.”
She said she’s in a relapsing and remitting stage of the disease and takes daily injections to slow down the frequen-cy of the attacks. She said at first she tried to live with the disease, thinking she would get better or there would be a cure, but she’s now concerned she way be getting worse.
Smith said having MS has affected her whole family. She said she hasn’t been able to drive for years, and perform-ing household tasks can be challenging, so her husband has been forced to work and take care of the home. She said she can’t go very far outside the house, and when she goes for walks, she has her son follow her with a scooter just in case.
Smith said she became desperate and started researching online, hoping to find anything that might help. What she found was a treatment not offered in Canada.
That treatment is described in an article published in Ma-cleans magazine last month. According to that article, an Italian professor of medicine conducted research last year into the disease, in which he found all 65 patients in the study had blockages in veins in their neck or thorax, a condi-tion he called chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency.
“When their blockages were cleared with a basic venous angioplasty, many found their symptoms improved; others saw the degenerative disease’s progress halt altogether,” the article states.
Smith said her researched showed the procedure was being performed in India and Kuwait, for example, but not in Canada. The Macleans’ article documents the struggles of other MS patients trying to receive the procedure in Canada.
“When Canada takes a wait and see attitude, well it’s hard to wait and see when you don’t know how bad you might get,” said Smith, fighting back tears as she spoke.
She said she thought she might have to go overseas at great expense to have the proce-dure, but she found a medical centre in New York that will perform it. She said it can be as cheap as $5,000, but depends on the procedure. She said they insert a dye into her veins to determine if there is a blockage and then they perform a balloon angioplasty to clear the blockage. It may require stents (artificial ‘tubes’) to be inserted, which cost $2,000 each, so that’s where the cost is unkown.
Smith said she’s not expecting a miracle but any alleviation of the symptoms would be a marked improvement.
“It’s kind of like the lottery – if you never play it you’re guaranteed not to win, and if you play it, you’re probably not going to win, but you at least have a chance,” she said.
To help her pay for the surgery, her friends are putting on a benefit concert at Unchagah Hall on June 23 at 7 p.m. Joanne Anderson explained the evening will feature perfor-mances from local country and gospel acts.
She said admission will be by donation, so people are encouraged to give as much as they can afford.
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The Salvation Army is continuing to work to-wards their goal of getting an emergency social ser-vices kitchen truck for the region. The truck, which would be used for a variety of purposes from respond-ing to community needs in terms of emergencies, as well as community events and addressing residents’ needs costs approximately $185,000 – with about $41,000 raised so far – and has two microwaves, a griddle, a six burner stove with oven, fridges and freezers, sinks and the ability to serve coffee. Do-nations towards the truck can be made at the Salva-tion Army.
By Matthew BainsDAWSON CREEK – It’s not a small list
of accomplishments for the man nicknamed “Shorty”.
Gordon Smith, Dawson Creek’s fire chief, was recently recognized for 30 years of ser-vice protecting public safety with the Gover-nor General’s Fire Services Exemplary Ser-vice Bar. A medal is awarded after 20 years of service and a bar for each additional decade.
“We call it the old man’s badge, because to get it you’ve got to be around for a few years,” joked Smith. “It’s a nice recognition. Thirty years doing any one thing is a long time.”
He is eligible for a provincial service award in 2012.
A few years ago, he earned the professional designation of Chief Fire Officer through the Fire Chief’s Association of BC.
“They recognize individual fire chiefs, or chief officers, for their service, training edu-cation and experience, all those things that are demonstrated in the fire service in your com-munity,” he said.
The 53 year-old started his firefighting ca-reer in Pine Point, NWT, a small mining com-munity on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake, after moving there at the age of 12 from
southern Alberta when his father got a job in the mine. As a young man, Smith also worked in the mine, but said one fateful day started him on a path towards becoming a career fire-fighter.
He said while coming home from work, a fire truck passed him on the road, and curious, he followed the truck, only to discover it was responding to a fire resulting from electrical problems at the mobile home he was living in at the time.
“I watched the firefighters do what they do, and I said, ‘hey, that looks like it would be interesting,’ so I joined the local volunteer de-partment,” he said. “I was 21 and I haven’t looked back.”
Smith said he had been a part of an emer-gency response team responsible for search and rescue and firefighting in the mine, so joining the local department was a natural fit.
He worked in Pine Point for another eight years, but the mine started to slow down and jobs were becoming scarce, so in 1987, he found work in the Quintette Mine and moved to Tumbler Ridge.
Smith continued to volunteer in his new home as a firefighter, which meant he was also responsible for bylaw enforcement, building
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He said volunteer firefighters really are es-sential in small communities like Tumbler Ridge that can’t afford to hire full-time mem-bers. He added in North America, volunteer firefighters probably save taxpayers billions of dollars every year.
As he continued his training, Smith also began pursuing a further education, studying human resource management and psychology through college courses, starting in the early 90’s.
“I’m interested in how people think, why people do things the way they do,” said Smith.
In the late 90’s, he took a degree program through the Justice Institute of British Colum-bia focusing on human resource management and earned his degree last year.
“The higher education is something that we need …you can’t get everything you need in the field, you have to take some theoreti-cal training so you can understand why things happen the way they do,” he said.
His dedication paid off, as he was hired as
Tumbler Ridge’s fire chief in 1998, the only career position in the department.
“It was a busy job and I’m one of those individuals who loves to keep busy,” he said.
Smith said he wasn’t actively look-ing for another job, but in 2004 a po-sition became open as fire chief in Dawson Creek and he was intrigued by the opportunity to work for a larger department where he could focus his time strictly on the firefighting aspect.
He said in his time as Dawson Creek’s fire chief there have been some memorable fires, such as the gra-nary fire a couple of years ago, and the Tembec mill fire most recently, but all incidents are potentially dangerous.
“Almost every fire is a challenge until you get it under control,” he said. “We’ve had small fires where you
think it’s not going to be anything but it turns into a two or three hour incident.”
Smith said naturally there are inherent dan-gers in being a firefighter, but they understand those risks, and make sure to have the best equipment and a lot of training to prepare for those situations.
“We did 2,500 hours of training last year alone,” he said. “We do constant training, not only in new skills, but maintaining the skills we already have.”
While he’s not sure yet if he will be around to receive the award for 40 years of service, he loves his job and loves the community where he lives with his wife and young son.
“It’s touching base with kids in Grade 1 when you go there and show them the fire truck and they ask you questions, as well as going and pulling a person out of a burning building and saving their lives, all those things and everything in between, it’s all good,” he said.
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Matthew Bains photoGordon Smith’s career as a firefighter started in the Northwest Territories, before moving to Tumbler Ridge and becoming the fire chief there and then taking that position in Dawson Creek in 2004.
By Matthew BainsNORTH PEACE – A family in the Peace River Valley
is inviting the public to help them celebrate reaching a milestone.
The Ardill Ranch, located between the Halfway River and Farrell Creek off of Highway 29, is marking its 90th anniversary with an informal celebration on Aug. 1, start-ing in the afternoon at 1 p.m.
“We just want to have a party and it’s a good excuse,” explained Renee Ardill. “It’s a happy occasion, and some-thing worth taking note of, I think.”
She said her family and friends will be there, but the
event is open to anybody who would like to come and visit and hear stories about the history of the ranch and the val-ley. She added they don’t have any activities planned, but they will have food and refreshments.
Renee explained the history of the ranch begins with her grandparents, Jack and Betty Ardill. She said her grand-father immigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1912, origi-nally settling in Cache Creek, BC. He would later work as a surveyor in the Athabasca region in northern Alberta.
She said when World War I broke out, her grandfather enlisted in the military and went to fight overseas, but be-fore he left he received some advice from a former col-
league. “An old surveyor told him
that if he survived the war, he should come back to the Peace River country and start a ranch,” said Ardill.
Renee said her grand-parents met when Jack was overseas, and when the war ended, he listened to that advice and the two moved to the valley. They started a homestead of 160 acres, but that was doubled another 160 acres under a soldier’s land grant.
Renee said her father and uncle grew the ranch into what it is today, which in-cludes about 10,000 acres, as well as a sizeable grazing lease. She said her grandpar-ents grew all kinds of crops, including alfalfa, in their day, but as the cost of equip-ment became too expensive, the ranch transitioned more into cattle.
“We don’t have the big acres of field to do well at growing grain, we’re bet-ter suited for cattle because we have the range, and we have good water,” she said. “Grandpa picked a good spot, because it has every-thing.”
She said now they raise
about 350 heads of cattle. Renee said she spent most of her life on the ranch, al-
though she left to study physical education and geography at the University of British Columbia. She said ranching is all she has ever wanted to do, but she felt it was impor-tant to have something to fall back on in case she couldn’t continue.
She said it’s hard to describe what living in the Peace River Valley has meant to her over the years.
“It’s home, it’s been everything, pretty much,” she said. “This land is very important, it’s the basis for everything, and the location is as good as it gets …it’s a beautiful spot.”
She added the valley has great agricultural potential and a climate that can’t be found anywhere else in the North.
“We can grow things here that were not supposed to be able to grow in this area,” she said, adding that includes watermelons and corn.
Renee said seven family members live on the ranch, including her brother and her parents, who are actively involved in the day-to-day operations, and her aunt, who is retired. She said there have been many ups and downs over her history with the ranch, but she appreciates the unique quality of life.
“It’s been a good life, and it’s a good place,” she said. “It’s offered a good living for all of us up to this point and hopefully we can continue.”
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BC Hydro reminds the public that the zone between W.A.C. Bennett dam to 100 metres south of Gething Creek on Dinosaur Reservoir, and the zone between Peace Canyon dam and the Peace River Bridge are extremely dangerous, due to their proximity to the dams. The public is prohibited from entering these zones.
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Contributed photoThe residents of Ardill’s Ranch are looking forward to celebrating their 90th anniversary on Aug. 1 and have invited those interested in the region to attend.
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Drivers Class 1 & 3 Pressure Truck Tank Truck Hot Oiler End Dump
Lease Truck Operators
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to our Head office at(782) 532-8729
Attn: Human Resources
EmploymEnt opportunitiEssales representatives
Dispatchersmanagers
(780) 532-8729
Fax resumes
Be part of a growing team!Oilfield Hauling Company has
employment opportunities available
All safety tickets required.Minimum 3 years experience
Employment OpportunitiesGrande Prairie, ABGrande Cache, AB
Ft. St. John, BC
Drivers Class 1 & 3 Pressure Truck Tank Truck Hot Oiler End Dump
Lease Truck Operators
Fax Resume and Drivers Abstract
to our Head office at(782) 532-8729
Attn: Human Resources
Be part of a growing team!Oilfield Hauling Company has
employment opportunities available
All safety tickets required.Minimum 3 years experience
Employment OpportunitiesGrande Prairie, ABGrande Cache, AB
Ft. St. John, BC
Drivers Class 1 & 3 Pressure Truck Tank Truck Hot Oiler End Dump
Lease Truck Operators
Fax Resume and Drivers Abstract
to our Head office at(782) 532-8729
Attn: Human Resources
Be part of a growing team!Oilfield Hauling Company has
employment opportunities available
All safety tickets required.Minimum 3 years experience
Employment OpportunitiesGrande Prairie, ABGrande Cache, AB
Ft. St. John, BC
Drivers Class 1 & 3 Pressure Truck Tank Truck Hot Oiler End Dump
Lease Truck Operators
Fax Resume and Drivers Abstract
to our Head office at(782) 532-8729
Attn: Human Resources
EmploymEnt opportunitiEssales representatives
Dispatchersmanagers
(780) 532-8729
Fax resumes
Career OppOrtunity
Career OppOrtunityHelp Wanted
GET PAID TO SHOP! Mystery Shopping is a great way to earn extra money! Immediate assignments available in Fort St. John, BC, Apply online at: www.spotcheckservices.com (08/05)
For SaleTaylor 50X120 LOT. Prepaid water / sewer at lot line. Lot is level. Asking $55,000.000 Call 604-327-9597 or email [email protected] (07/29)
For SaleDOWNSIZING. Bedroom suite, Dining Room suite as well as a Couch and Chair. Good condition. To View call Maria at 250-785-3576 (07/29)
For SaleMUST SELL 2005 Dodge Caravan Black, 83,000 km, A/C, DVD Player, CD Player, power locks and windows,Cruise control. Clean, in great condition. Asking $10,500.00 Call Tara at 250-785-9608 Please leave a message. (07/29)
For Sale2009 Cougar 301 BHS 31 ft Travel Trailer Excellent condition throughout, large master bedroom with four bunk beds, sleeps 10 total Rear garage storage area and extendable bike stor-age, one push out, arctic package, two new Optimum batteries etc etc. Great fam-ily trailer! Call to view at 250-271-0986. $24,900.00 OBO (08/05)
VeHicleS For Sale
2005 Toyota Camry LE Grey exterior, Air cond, 4 cyl. Great on gas, auto-matic, PS, Cruise, AM/FM/CD stereo. Brand new summer and winter tires. 70,000 km. $11,700.00 Phone: 250-262-6327 1988 Ford Econoline Van - Back bench fold out to bed. Equipped for wheel-chair - electric lift, tie downs & lowered floor. 178930 km, some rust $1,250 - Phone 250-785-4557
Multiple locations of Apts and Town HomesRenovated Suites
Call Mary-Lou today 250-782-7466
Li-Car Management GroupNow taking applications for
1, 2 and 3 bedroom units.Call our office for more information
or one of our Professional Site managers!Alpine- Bruce 250-785-1852 • Bona Vista - Natasha 250-787-1075 Sandalwood- Bob 250-262-2011 • Hillcrest- Glen 250-261-4216 Driftwood- Bob 250-262-2011 • Melsher- Office 250-785-2662
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Reduced to $885,000 - Prime farmland in great lo-cation on pavement just 17 miles north of Fort St. John (Across from Upper Pine School - NW, NE, SE, SW 1/4’s Sec. 31-86-18) 4 bedroom home with basement and upstairs, great landscaped yard and garden, 50’x100’ machine shed, metal granaries, and hopper bins on cement (35,000 bu storage) - 2 barns, heated waterers, fenced, corrals, $8560 sur-face lease annual income.
Additional half section adjacent to this section listed at $350,000. S 1/2 Sec 5-87-18 - 1/2 mile pavement frontage surface lease income $10,115 per year.
1/4 section on 262 Road one mile west of pavement listed at $175,000, good building site in S.E. corner.All 3 properties have approx. 95% arbitration.
1988 Four Winns is in excellent shape. Live aboard! sleeps four. Sink, stove, bathroom with shower, stereo, full camper top. Great for fishing or just cruising the lakes and
the ocean. Could be used for guided tours.
$21.900 OBO • Call Pete - 250-566-1706
For Sale
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Wood Furniture100% Solid wood furni-ture Pine beds $575.00 to Diamond willow king bed $1840.00 Pine, birch tables, Aspen bistros, willow bar-stools and log benches. To view furniture call Lisa in FSJ 250.263.7765 or Doug in Hudson’s Hope 250.783.9156 lynxcree-kwoodsmiths.com (yrly)
For rentLarge one bedroom apart-ment. Owner operated. Clean and safe, heat and hot water included $750.00 call: 250-785-8665 (07/29) 2 Rooms in large quiet house. $350.00 includes utilities, use of kitchen and High speed internet access. Call: 250-789-3551 (07/24)
For rentAction Property Management - We now have houses/acreag-es available in Dawson Creek, Rose Prairie and Farmington for August 1st. To view check out our web-site at www.actionproperty.ca or call 250-787-7177 for more information. (08/05) Wanted to rentPensioners looking for a small house or apt to rent. Pet friendly. Call 250-264-2399 (08/12)
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Congratulations to all the new parents!
July 6 to August 19• The Fort St. John Public Library has
storytimes every Tuesday and Thursday in the summer with ages two to six from 10:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. and ages seven to 14 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. At storytime we do games, read books, make crafts and have lots of fun. For more info call (250) 785-3731 or e-mail [email protected].
July 26 to 30• Planet Zoom Vacation Bible School
Where Bold Bee-Lievers Zip, Zap and Zoom for Jesus. Lots of fun activities: crafts, games, bible challenges, music and singing, cool snacks and meeting friends. Come and join us from 9 a.m. to noon daily at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 901 Cornwall Crescent. Phone (250) 782-7046 to register or for more infor-mation.
July 30 to August 1• Gospel tent meetings in Centen-
nial Park, with the theme, “Families for God”, sponsored by the Montney Men-nonite Church. Everyone welcome. For more information, call (250) 827-3747.
July 31 and August 1• The 38th annual World’s Invitational
Class A Gold Panning Championships takes places at Peace Island Park in Tay-lor. A registration desk will be on site at the park on Saturday. Along with the panning events, we have metal detecting, children’s activities, an arts and crafts fair, a barbeque in the park and much more fun for the whole family. There will also be a community parade Saturday morning, as well as a pancake breakfast
on Sunday morning. If you would like camping reservations in the park, please call Peace Island Park at (250) 789-9295.
August 1• The Dawson Creek Alliance Church is
hosting the “African Children’s Choir”at the Pioneer Village, 1901 Alaska High-way, Dawson Creek, at 7 p.m.
August 7• Garage sale at old Fort Motors build-
ing. This is a fundraiser for CCSVI treat-ment (angioplasty) for Fort St. John residents Brent Harris, Holly Osterlund and Colleen Pedersen. Anyone with do-nations can call Denise (250) 262-2090.
August 7• Car wash (weather permitting) at the
Totem Shell from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is a fundraiser for a CCSVI treatment (angioplasty) for Fort St. John residents Brent Harris, Holly Osterlund and Col-leen Pedersen. Alternate date is Aug. 8.
August 21 and 22 • The North Peace Horticultural Soci-
ety is holding thier annual 17th annual Flower Show and Exhibition at the North Peace Cultural Centre in Fort. St. John. Entries will be taken from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Aug. 20 and from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 21. The Flower Show and Tea will begin on Aug.21 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., and continue on Aug. 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free - come and be amazed at what our northern com-munity can display.
September 12• The second annual Superwalk for
Parkinsons will take place at Northern
Lights College beside the road and the parking lot with registration starting at 12 p.m. and the walk commencing at 1 p.m.
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 someone to talk to (250) 785-8866.
• Fort St. John Multiple Sclerosis sup-port 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 in-formation call Chris or Shaun at (250) 262-5269.
• “Butterfly Families – Families Sup-porting Families” is open to all caregiv-ers 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., 10408 105 Avenue. Does your child have learn-ing, behavior or other complex special needs? Would you like to connect with other caregivers? Child minding avail-able 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 avail-able at the North Peace Pregnancy Care Centre. New location 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 hotline at (250) 262-1280. All services are free and completely confi-dential.
• New Totem Archery has changed locations for the summer. We are at our outdoor range, which is located north on a 100 Street on the 244 Road – take a right after the vet clinic, signs are posted. We are open Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Bows are free to try as well. Everyone welcome. Contact [email protected] or www.newtotem-archery.com for more info.
• Grandhaven District and Community Association meets the third Tuesday of each month in the Grandhaven Hall at 8 p.m. Keep this hall operating in this com-munity.
• Are you tired of the crime? Then do the time. Join the Fort St. John Citizens Patrol. Donate a minimum of five hours per month. For information, call (250) 262-4530.
• There will be Scottish Country Danc-ing every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Central Elementary. Come and learn simple steps, have a fun workout and meet new people. For more information, call Oliver at (250) 785-9508.
• The Derrick Dance Club is cancel-ing the dances for the summer. If there is enough interest, they will start again in the fall. We need more support to keep them going. For more information call Richard at (250) 785-4534.
Fort Nelson• Alcoholics Anonymous - Monday 8
p.m. Catholic Church Basement (closed meeting); Wednesday 8 p.m. Catho-lic Church Basement; Thursday 8 p.m.
Catholic Church Basement; Saturday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria; Sunday 8 p.m. Friendship Centre.
• The Community Market is held at the Westend Campground every Saturday except on long weekends. For more info or a vendor package please contact Jay-lene 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 Com-munity Church Annex (the old Pouce li-brary). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ages 13 to 17.
Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tues-
day and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Public Li-brary, 5012 46 Street. 250-788-9658
• NA meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Airport waiting room.
Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting
Wed. 8 p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Bap-tist Church).
• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Com-munity Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.
Taylor• Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASA-
RA) meetings every second Tuesday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7 p.m. For infor-mation call Bob at 250-789-9152 or 250-787-5802.
• The Alaska Highway RRA (Recre-ation 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.
• Alcoholics Anonymous - meets Mon., Tues., Fri., & Sat., 8 p.m. at Peace River Health Unit. Wed. 8 p.m. Hospital Education Room. All meetings are open.
• Mile 0 Al-Anon meets 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday evening at Parkh-ill Community School 9700-5th Street, Dawson Creek.
• Relapse Prevention. Mental Health and Addictions 1017-103rd Ave., Daw-son Creek, (250) 782-4410. Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. Everyone welcome! Please call to confirm meeting.
• Local resident Shaun Whynacht is looking to build a network of Dawson Creek and area residents who want to get out and be more active on the tennis courts this summer. All you need is ten-nis racket, a can of balls and some sneak-ers. He will be holding a free workshop this summer for new players, or if you are an experienced tennis player and looking for a nice, active match, he is looking to bring that community together too. If you are interested in getting involved, contact Shaun by e-mail at [email protected]., or by calling (250) 219-6050, or join the Facebook group Tennis Anyone – Dawson Creek.
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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
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
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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On behalf of the Women’s Resource Centre, Women’s/ Children’s Emergency Shelter and Foster Parents of Fort St. John, we are raising money to supply 1,000 “Sweet Dreams Initiative” kits for local children in crisis.
We would like to thank you for helping us meet this goal and most of all, thank you for helping these children in need. To make a donation or receive more information please contact your
local Western Financial Group Office:
Each kit will include: 1 pair of pyjamas, 1 reading/picture book, 1 stuffed teddy bear, 1 toothbrush, toothpaste, 1 night light and an addressed stamped postcard for the child to send a thank you to the supplier.
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While the drive to create is within an artist’s spirit, the process of creating being the motivation for art, for many
serious artists, setting and achieving goals in their work is a critical guideline for evalu-ating their art and progress. For writer Re-bekah Rempel, seeing her poetry in print for the first time is an exciting realization of a goal she’s worked towards for years.
Rempel grew up in Tomslake and at-tended high school in Dawson Creek. She always loved to write, but saw her own work in a new light when acclaimed poet Lorna Crozier visited her high school. Rempel was awakened to poetry beyond her own lyrical scribblings.
“I began to realize the full potential of what poetry can be,” Rempel explains.
Seeing the possibilities for her passion for writing motivated Rempel to pursue writing as a career path. She enrolled in the Univer-sity of Victoria, excited for the opportunity to study under and be mentored by Crozier and other Canadian literary greats. Now 25, Rempel’s years of study and dedication to her craft have created a woman who is elo-quent about her work (“People who say they don’t like poetry just haven’t met the right poem”) and, with the inclusion of her poetry in Unfurled: Collected Poetry from North-ern BC Women, published by Caitlin Press and scheduled for release in September 2010, a woman who is excited about receiv-ing recognition among BC writers.
Poetry for Rempel is a lot like music – the act of “convincing through sound” – as a poet Rempel seeks to strike the reader with a visual, an emotion, or a memory using something that first struck her. Inspiration for a poem can come from many different sources, images in the course of daily life – a child standing alone at a fence, two dead
seagulls on a lawn, or Rempel’s own memories and experiences. Rempel describes her poetry as fiction, explaining that often what is true, rings false, and that fiction often translates better in writing. Often a poem surprises her dur-ing its creation as Rempel allows it to guide her to a conclusion that wouldn’t be possible if she attempt-ed to stay strictly autobiographical.
With only six courses left to com-plete her degree, Rempel is taking a break from studying, living in Rolla with her husband.
“At first when I left school, I was terrified of being alone,” she says of her writing, knowing that she would have to be deliberate about seek-ing out support and self-motivated to write. Rempel was proactive in seeking the community she desired, connecting with Dawson Creek writer and songwriter, Linda Connell Studley and forming an informal writers’ group, which quickly drew additional members and now meets monthly. Rempel has also kept in touch with former classmates, meeting online to continue critiquing and supporting one another.
In addition to promoting the book throughout the fall, Rempel is continuing to write poetry, faithfully submitting her work to literary journals, and is also revising a work of fiction, a novel she began while still in high school.
As an artist whose medium is often misunderstood, Rempel encourages everyone to explore poetry.
“It’s not just Shakespeare and sonnets,” she explains. “Classics are good, but contemporary poetry is important, too.”
Rempel attempts in her own work to use her Peace Region heritage to create work that resonates with local readers while piquing the interest of outsiders. As residents of a region that often feels dismissed as rustic and backwards, we need advocates in every area of the arts, sharing the beauty and poetry of our homeland.
Unfurled: Collected Poems by Northern BC Women is published by Caitlin Press. Information about the anthology can be found online at www.caitlin-press.com
The local launch of Unfurled will take place at Sweetwater 905 on Sept. 4 at the Mattson Ranch, Rolla, BC.
Poetry is for everyone, says local writer
of the Peace
Contributed photoWriter Rebekah Rempel.
By Angela Fehr
Want to meet her?Rempel is looking forward to be a part of promoting
Unfurled and will be in at-tendance at the local launch of the book on Sept. 4, 2010 in Rolla at Sweetwater 905,
an arts event held annually at the Mattson Ranch on Rolla’s
Sweetwater Road.
That Town
You might know it: that town you can’t wait to leave,where you drag your past around like an extra limb people gawk at. Where you grow up longing for
anywhere else.
In mine, everyone has to shovel gravel from their lawns after the snow melts, and the neighbours put out a planter
made from moose antlers. In summerJUST MARRIED might be taped to a quad,
and during hunting season NO DRESSING WILD GAME is posted at every carwash.
Flannel coats are called Fort Nelson dinner-jackets.Black garbage bags are roughneck suitcases.
Flare stacks burn in fields like industrial birthday candleswaiting for one colossal wish.
But when I finally left, I couldn’t help but remember the art gallery in the old grain elevator,
its ramp spiralling to the top.How canola floods the land yellow in July.
And when the temperature nose-dives every sound is magnified—footsteps
echo over snow, my breath a crystal globecracking in the air—a kind of clarity.
Then, an awkward sadness I would deny again and again
as I imagined northern lights careening tire-tracks of green
across a sky shattered with stars. -Rebekah Rempel
Frank Beatton lived at the Hudson’s Bay Post on the north shore of the Peace River and kept entries of daily life in early Fort St. John. The recordings of this early Hudson’s Bay Company Factor have been digitized by The Cemetery Seekers and brought home to Fort St. John. This project was funded by the North Peace Savings and Credit Union. Over 4,000 images were photographed at the provincial archives in October 2008.
Excerpts from July 1910Saturday July 16 Working at potatoes.Sunday July 17 Self went out to see the hay grounds. Hay very poor. Wablice and Wm.
Nachumes arrived.Monday July 18 Busy with Indians and hoeing potatoes. Very hot. River going down.Tuesday July 19 Joseph brought down a raft of firewood.Wednesday July 20 Hauling up firewood with the team. Mr. Lynn and Chas Calishen
and party arrived from Fort Graham – 7 day trek. Cloudy with showers toward evening.Thursday July 21 Mr. Lynn’s men making a raft to go down the river with. Self cut-
ting up firewood in the evening. F. Anderson and Chas Calishen preparing to start for the mountains.
Friday July 22 Hot dry weather. F. Anderson and C. Calishen left for the mountains.Saturday July 23 Self fixing up furs and cutting firewood. G. Amundson arrived from
M. Lake. Mr. Lynn and L. Moosie making a raft to go down the river. Sunday July 24 Mr. Lynn and L. Moosie left with raft to PR.Monday July 25 Self at odd jobs around the place. Amundson left this morning for
Hudson’s Hope. Cloudy with a few showers.Tuesday July 26 Self after horses. Two white men arrived from across the mountains
with horses. They are looking up farm land. Showers all day.Wednesday July 27 Cloudy with a few showers. Samson arrived from PR Crossing.
Also three white men looking up land. Self working in store all day.Thursday July 28 Samson looking after horses. Hired him until the first part of next
June. Self in office. A fine clear day. Burbanks and a boy arrived from Atcha’s Camp.Friday July 29 Samson at wood, self after horses. Duncan McDonald arrived from
Dunvegan along with John Knott with a canoe. Fine weather.Saturday July 30 Self in store. Samson cutting firewood. Blowing a strong gale of
wind.The Beatton Journals and other documents can be viewed
digitally at the North Peace Museum. Inquiries: (250) 787-0430.
“I think we’re moving in the right direction. I think in the past, from what I’ve seen, there hasn’t been enough respect given to landowners, but I think that’s in the pro-cess of changing.”
Bennett admitted he was concerned about the cuts to ministry staff made before he took over the portfolio, adding he would like to see most, if not all, of those posi-tions restored.
On the relationship with First Nations:Bennett said there needs to be ongoing work in this
area. “I think the key is not just signing an economic ben-
efits agreement, for example, and then just walking away and thinking that’s all we have to do,” he said. “I think there’s a need for the Oil and Gas Commission, staff from my ministry, and certainly from industry, to really work hard at those relationships and almost make it a daily thing.”
He acknowledged there are outstanding concerns lo-cal First Nations have with energy development and the impacts to the land base and their culture, but added there are also examples of successful relationships between in-dustry, government and First Nations that are a model for the rest of Canada.
Site C:Bennett admitted he didn’t fully understand the need
for the project until he met with BC Hydro officials. He now believes it is significant to meeting future electricity demand.
“Site C will give us some extra capacity for firm pow-er, and it’s very much needed in the province, particu-larly to balance out the intermittent green power that will be generated through these independent power projects,” he said.
The minister heard a number of issues brought forward by regional directors around slope stability, the impact of opening another bridge across the Peace River to the public and the risks of erosion to the nearby Fort St. John landfill, for example. He said he understands there are many issues and he will work closely with BC Hydro to see that they are addressed.
He added he was very impressed in his meetings with BC Hydro executives and said their new leadership is committed to improving relationships with residents.
“They, I think, understand that BC Hydro needs to op-erate differently than in the past in terms of their relation-ship with communities and how they do their business.”
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