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By Matthew BainsPEACE REGION – For most of the year,

the Peace Region is a beautiful place to look at, but disappearing snow in the springtime can reveal some unsightly areas.

The board of the Peace River Regional District has heard complaints from a couple of residents who feel they’re living next to properties that are eyesores and that need to be cleaned up.

Ken Barrett, who lives in Pouce Coupe on the Old Edmonton Highway, wrote to direc-tors stating that since 2007 when his family moved there, the property to the west of them has been accumulating garbage. He said that includes car and truck bodies, large home ap-pliances and raw materials like asphalt, metal, wood and concrete.

He said he’s seen others treating the prop-erty like a dump and when the Bissette Creek Bridge was upgraded last year, he said the contractor dumped asphalt there as well.

Barrett wrote not only is the property an eyesore, but he’s concerned about the impact to his property value and possible environ-mental issues.

Another resident said the junk is a common problem around Pouce Coupe, Rolla and the Chilton sub-division just outside of Dawson Creek. She suggested there should be a bylaw to deal with unsightly rural lots that are not on farmland.

Currently, there are no unsightly premises bylaws in any of the elec-toral areas, although Bruce Simard, gen-eral manager of de-velopment services for the district, said they can enforce zoning bylaws in the case of salvage yards run on agricul-tural land.

Electoral Area C may become the first to enact such a bylaw, as directors approved a motion to that end on April 22, and are now waiting for approval from the Province.

However, Electoral Area D director Wayne Hiebert said he’s aware that similar bylaws have been proposed in his area in the past, but resi-

dents haven’t supported them.“Just about every farmer in the country has a

couple of old, beat-up tractors that are sitting in the field, and maybe a combine or two, and they did not feel they wanted to be classified as an unsightly premise by someone,” he said.

He added he’s aware of an elderly resident in Rolla who collects materials for recycling, but

isn’t able to move them out as quickly as they are collected.

Hiebert said there are other ways to deal with those issues

other than bylaws. He said sometimes just talk-ing to residents and telling them there are com-plaints from neighbours is enough.

He added if it is approved, the Area C bylaw will be a bit of a pilot for other rural areas and he’ll be following closely to see if it can actually work.

Unsightly premises cause concerns for rural residents

Contributed photoSome rural residents have voiced concerns about un-sightly premises in the Peace Region, such as this property in Pouce Coupe that appears tobe operating as a salvage yard. However, there are cur-rently no bylaws regarding un-sightly premises in the region and Electoral Area D director Wayne Hiebert said many ru-ral residents have opposed en-acting them in the past.

By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN -- Last year in British Columbia, ap-

proximately 94,000 workers were injured on the job and another 121 lost their lives.

It was in recognition of those workers that approxi-mately 50 people walked the streets of Fort St. John, join-ing 100 countries around the world, who on April 28 rec-ognize the Day of Mourning.

Mark Gaehring, with the Peace River District Labour Council said the event has come a long way from three years ago when only six survivors gathered at the city’s workers’ memorial.

“Never again will there be six survivor’s here in the rain on April 28,” he said. “One hundred countries around the world now celebrate this day. It’s not so much a celebra-tion, it’s to remember -- remember the fact that health and safety is the most important thing we can do on our work site and it’s a joint effort.”

The idea with the event, he added, is to raise awareness

of issues and to ensure that safety be-comes everyone’s responsibility.

“It’s not the worker’s responsibility and it’s not the employers responsi-bility, it’s everyone’s responsibility,” he said. “Employers are workers too, we stress that -- we need to co-operate in all aspects of health and safety.”

While the province has an injury rate of three per cent, David Vince, regional prevention manager for WorkSafe BC, said any number is too high.

Next year, organizers would like to see more people come out to the event and possibly beat the approxi-mately 150 people who attended two years ago – beating out attendance in Vancouver.

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Matthew Bains photoMembers of the community gathered at the Dawson Creek Fire Hall on April 28 to participate in the annual Day of Mourning, which recognizes those killed and injured in work related incidents and the need to improve

workplace safety. Bea Rutledge, representing the Peace River District Labour Council and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2403 said everybody has a role to play in workplace safety. Duncan Redfearn, safety co-ordinator with the City of Dawson Creek, facilitated the ceremony.

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Melanie Robinson photoIn Fort St. John, approximately 50 people marched the streets of the city to raise awareness of the event, rec-ognized in 100 countries worldwide. Organizers hope to have more people attend the event in the future.

By Matthew BainsNORTHEAST – British Columbia’s independent

regulator of electricity rates will no longer be mak-ing decisions on renewable energy development in the province.

Under the Clean Energy Act, enacted on April 28, BC Hydro no longer needs approval from the BC Utilities Commission for projects including the Site C Dam and electricity purchased from independent power produc-ers such as wind projects.

Instead, BC Hydro has 18 months to develop an In-tegrated Resource Plan to meet electricity needs over the next 30 years, with input from stakeholders, to be approved by the government. That plan will then guide BC Utilities Commission decisions.

Energy Minister Blair Lekstrom said the BCUC will still have the authority to set domestic rates, and to en-sure all energy projects are financed in a responsible way, but will not determine whether a project will pro-ceed.

He added he believes the public will have far more in-put into projects through the Integrated Resource Plan, rather than by making submissions to the BC Utilities Commission process, which he said was often domi-nated by lawyers representing special interests.

The legislation also enables BC Hydro to secure long-term export power sales to other jurisdictions. It will work with independent power producers to market clean energy and to ensure reliability by supplementing the output of intermittent sources such as wind, run-of-river and solar with power from large hydroelectric dams.

The Act states ratepayers will not be subsidizing export power sales and the BC Utilities Commission will have the authority to ensure that doesn’t happen. Lekstrom said British Columbia has traded power with other jurisdictions for decades, to the benefit of its citi-zens.

“On average, about $100 million a year has come back to British Columbia,” he said. “We think we have the potential to grow that significantly as the rest of North America looks to find clean, green energy.”

The legislation will also see the transfer of all BC Transmission Corporation assets, liabilities and em-ployees to BC Hydro.

NDP energy critic John Horgan said the BC Utilities Commission will no longer have control over domestic rates and will only be able to raise rates in response to government-approved projects.

“Most definitely, ratepayers should be concerned,” said Horgan. “The Commission has no oversight, be-yond increasing rates to pay for whatever the proj-ect may be.”

He said there may be stakeholder consultations, but those in opposition won’t have the same rights to cross-examination and there won’t be an indepen-dent panel hearing that evi-dence.

Horgan said while gov-ernments current and past

may have influenced BC Utilities Commission deci-sions by issuing special directives, in almost every in-stance it was isolated cases involving a specific project. He said governments could ultimately be held account-able to voters for those decisions.

“Now the government is interfering in the whole pro-cess,” he said. “That ultimately will lead to political interference on a scale that is unparalleled in British Columbia’s history.”

He said it would be impossible to distinguish power generated for domestic use from power intended for ex-port.

“They’ll use that very valuable reservoir capacity to shape these private projects and then sell to the United States,” he said. “If that doesn’t have an impact on do-mestic use, I don’t know how you do that, it would be an engineering miracle.”

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By Melanie Robinson TAYLOR – The smiles on the faces of

Taylor Elementary School students were huge and the excitement audible when they got to see their new school jerseys for the first time.

“They’re awesome!” one student ex-claimed, while putting on a jersey.

“Look, they have numbers on the back,” added another.

The donation of 80 jerseys, just about enough for each student at the school, were part of an initiative by Shell Canada, Troyer Ventures and Imagine That, who joined together to replace the school’s ex-isting jerseys.

And the excitement, said John Fordham with Shell Canada, was what it was all about.

“The smiles are worth it,” he said. “It speaks volumes. They are absolutely our future and if we can help out, we will. It was just a good community thing.”

Steve Troyer with Troyer Ventures agreed.

“We care about this community just like we do every other community and

it’s a great opportunity to be able to give back.”

Laura Schmick, with Imagine That, said she has coached some of the school’s sports teams and the need for new shirts was obvious.

Just having them, she said, has in-creased the school spirit and will make students proud to be a ‘Taylor Tiger.’

“We didn’t look like a whole school, we didn’t look like an actual team,” she said.

“That was one of the goals that a lot of the kids were saying – we want to look like a team, we want to go out there as the Taylor Tigers and now they’re just ecstat-ic about this and they’re coming together as a full team, which is important.”

School principal Sheldon Steele said the sense of pride and morale that comes with having the uniforms is fantastic, and it was obvious from the smiles on the chil-dren’s faces when they opened the box.

“Some of the uniforms in town looked a lot better than ours, according to the kids, and so when they see that and it’s fresh and new with the tiger on it, they’re pretty proud of it, I think.”

Melanie Robinson photoThe students at Taylor Elementary are excited to say ‘go tigers’ with their new jerseys, provided by donations by Imagine That, Troyer Ventures and Shell Canada.

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By Matthew BainsPOUCE COUPE – A new house built in Pouce Coupe may

not seem like a cause for celebration, but it was for students in the 2009/10 residential construction program at Northern Lights College.

Students invited guests to see their finished product, located in the new Peterson subdivision, at a showing on April 23. Construction began in September with 16 students and ended in April with 13 students. The amount of work they did in that timeframe even impressed their instructor, Mark Heartt.

“Every year I think nobody’s going to exceed last year’s class, but this year’s class did such a wonderful job that it was amazing,” said Heartt.

“It’s amazing what these students can do when they come in September and they really have no prior knowl-edge, yet this is what they produce.”

He said they actually did more work than expected this year, by building a patio deck, finishing the two-car garage and doing some landscaping and upgrades that normally would be contracted out after the students were finished.

The 1,288 square foot bungalow is built on a foundation of insulated concrete form. “It’s like building a Lego house,” ex-plained student Kyle Chantree. “It’s got teeth, and you just lock it all together and you put rebar in and pour the concrete.”

He said while that part of construction was enjoyable, not every part was.

“I don’t like shingling,” said Chantree, adding it was time-consuming nailing each shingle onto the roof individually in the cold of winter.

However, he said he wasn’t discouraged and would like to pursue residential construction in the future.

The house has three bedrooms, each with generous closet space, and two full bathrooms, including one attached to the master bedroom. The floors in the bedrooms and living room are made from a laminate material that gives the impression of a rich hardwood floor. Chantree took credit for picking out the sample.

The living room and kitchen are open to each other, with high, vaulted ceilings that make the rooms feel larger. Student Travis Mallia said those features make it a great house for

entertaining. The kitchen has an island and cabinets made from cypress, with laminate tops.

“I like the kitchen,” said student Jessica Anderson. “I personally worked on quite a bit of the coun-tertops and everything in

there, and I think it turned

out really nice.”She said the countertops were challenging because they

built them at the college and then brought them to the house and had to make them all fit.

However, Anderson said with a project like this one, some-times construction isn’t the hardest part, but rather working closely with so many different personalities.

“You have to learn to get along with everyone, and you have to learn to work together, and this is what happens when you do,” she said, adding she believes carpentry is in her future.

The Village of Pouce Coupe donated the 1,600 square foot lot for the home.

Village councillor Peter Kut attended the showing, and said he was impressed by how quickly the house was built and the quality of the work.

He said while he doesn’t think the village will be able to donate more lots because of the cost to taxpayers of connect-ing water and sewer, he thinks council would be open to other partnerships with the college.

Heartt said they are grateful for the donation and hopes the house will set a standard for construction of new homes in the

subdivision. Brad Lyon, communications director for the col-lege, said they would be interested in building more homes in Pouce Coupe.

He added the college didn’t want to speculate how much the house will sell for, but it’s expected, as in previous years, they will be able to cover the cost of the program, with money left over to put back into the program for next year’s project.


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Contributed photoThirteen students from the residential construction program at the Northern Lights College, along with instructor Mark Heartt (far right), celebrate the completion of the house they built in Pouce Coupe (left).

By Matthew Bains“The rush you get from helping people is absolutely

amazing,” says local high school student Leah Black.Speaking to council on April 12, Black and fellow stu-

dents told how they were inspired by a visit to Vancou-ver GM Place last September where 15,000 students from around the province heard speakers including actress Mia Farrow, Animal Welfare activist Jane Goodall and even the

Tibetan leader Dalai Lama.“The Dalai Lama spoke of compas-

sion, something that’s very rare in high school,” said Black. “We all went silent when he came on stage, it was abso-lutely amazing. We were bombarded by the most amazing energy. GM Place was filled with 15,000 students just ready and eager to change the world.”

About 25 students from the South Peace school district are participating in Me to We, a social enterprise that promotes global change through daily actions.

Through donations and contribu-tions, the organization also supports Free the Children, a not-for-profit group dedicated to eliminating child labour around the world.

Black said the event really inspired her to make a difference. She started in Vancouver by handing out apples to the homeless and then by helping in a local soup kitchen when she returned home.

“Volunteering is something I believe everybody needs to do,” she said.

Grade 10 student Deeva Bowry said their efforts have in-cluded the Halloween for Hunger food drive and a pie throw at the school that raised over $800 for dinner and gifts for a local family in need at Christmas.

“We realize that you have to start at home before you can help anyone else outside of your country,” said Bowry.

Grade 12 student Kaitlyn Hiebert said they are also help-ing globally by assisting young Rotarians in putting on the Malawi Dinner to raise money for a school in that country and by collecting 10 garbage bags full of clothes to send to Haiti following this year’s devastating earthquake. She added the group is hoping to raise enough money to travel to Ecuador to help build a school.

“The Me to We team hopes to impact the world by bring-ing hope and joy to those in need,” she said.

Grade 10 student Sasha Thomas said in order to build that school they will need to raise $8,500 through volunteering and fundraising.

Fellow student Ashley Aarts added the trip in September was made possible through donations from the Lakeview Credit Union and the Provincial Capital Commission, which provided funds for the students to tour the Parliament Build-ings and the Royal BC Museum in Victoria.

Bill Oppen, a director with the Commission, was at the council meeting to present the group with a cheque for $11,070 to cover the costs of the trip.

He said his organization started a program four years ago to help students from other communities visit the capital and they jumped at the chance to help the Me to We group.

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The land upon which the facility will be situated and the discharge will occur is the NW 1/4 of Section 36, Township 27, West of the 6th Meridian, Peace River District, British Columbia, located approximately 5km south of the intersection of Highways 2 and 52, within the Peace River Regional District.

The capacity of solid waste to be discharged to this facility will be 6,880,000 cubic meters. The operating period for this facility will be a maximum of 24 hours per day, 365 days/year. The characteristic of the waste are as follows:

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Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed discharge of waste and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Regional Manager, Ministry of the Environment at 325, 1011 - 4th Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3H9. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record.

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By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – Green thumb or not, residents in

the city are encouraged to try their hand at gardening this year.

A plan for a community garden near the Alliance Church is underway and was advanced further on April 12 when council voted to provide two water tanks on site.

The garden will be a shared space where residents from throughout the community can collectively gar-den in a designated area.

The project follows in the footstep of a similar ini-tiative in Prince George where a mobile community garden, one that can be relocated quite easily, was cre-ated – and quite successfully.

“Community gardens in general are happening all over the north, that’s not just a Prince George thing or Vancouver thing,” said Emily Goodman, executive di-rector of the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society, a partner in the program.

“There are community gardens in Chetwynd, Hud-son’s Hope, Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson. So there’s

no reason that we shouldn’t have a successful growing community garden in Fort St. John.”

A minimum of 50 per cent of the plots on site will be dedicated to low-income individuals and families, added Goodman, a decision made by the food security committee formed through the Healthy Living Allow-ance.

While the history of community gardens in the city have “waxed and waned a bit,” she said it’s important to provide the low-income demographic access to nu-tritious, fresh foods.

The program, however, is open to everyone and is a unique concept, said Mayor Bruce Lantz.

The idea with the mobile garden is to do the planting in containers that can be transported elsewhere if the land, donated by the church, is needed in the future.

Those containers could include resident garbage cans, which will soon be replaced by the city’s man-date to create universal cans for all residents in the city.

If the garden is successful, he said he’d like to see more situated around the community.

“The community garden itself has the potential to be a vital part of the community,” he said. “At some point I would love to see more than one of these gardens around the City of Fort St. John, but we’ll start with this, we’ll get all the bugs out and make sure that it’s working well and then we can look at other locations perhaps.”

A bin drive is expected in the coming months, with a goal of collecting approximately 250 bins for the garden. Those bins could include anything from old garbage bins to storage containers found in the home, as long as they’re food safe, said Goodman.

She said the groups involved do not have a goal for a number of participants this year, but they hope to continue the concept into the future.

For more information, contact the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society at (250) 787-1121.


Environmental Assessment of the Proposed Heritage Secure Landfill

Open House and Invitation to Comment

Secure Energy Services Inc. (Proponent) is proposing to develop a new 45-hectare secure landfill for the disposal of oilfield and industrial waste approximately five kilometres south of Tupper, B.C. (proposed Project). The proposed Project would include the following key components: waste cells, scale, scale house/field office, naturally occurring radioactive material monitoring equipment, laboratory, above ground leachate storage tank and maintenance garage.

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

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

In order to provide information to the public about the Application, and to receive comments from the public, the Environmental Assessment Office of British Columbia (EAO) invites the public to attend an Open House to be held:

at: Tupper Hall, Tupper, B.C. on: May 27, 2010 from: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

At 6:00 p.m. there will be a presentation by the EAO on the process with an opportunity to ask questions about the process. A second presentation on the proposed Project will be given by the Proponent.

If you are unable to attend the Open House, you may still wish to make a written submission. There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the Application. The comment period will begin on May 17, 2010and end at midnight on June 16, 2010. All comments received during this comment period will be considered. The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the proposed Project are identified for consideration as part of the assessment process.

The EAO accepts public comments through the following ways:• By Online Form at

http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca • By Mail:

Nicole VinetteProject Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1

• By Fax:Fax: 250-356-6448

An electronic copy of the Application and information regarding the environmental assessment process are available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca. Copies of the Application are also available for viewing at these locations:

Dawson Creek Public Library 1001 McKellar Avenue Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4W7

Toms Lake Post Office Toms Lake, BC V0C 2L0

The Proponent has requested that the following provincial permits be reviewed concurrently under the Act:

• Authorization to Discharge Waste under the Environmental Management Act;

• Lease Crown Land Tenure under the Land Act;• Transportation/Roadway Tenure under the Land

Act.

These applications are also available at the above locations, and comments on these may also be submitted to the EAO during the comment period as described above.

NOTE: All submissions received by the EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to the EAO website. While the EAO will withhold your name and location upon request, all comments will be posted. EAO does not accept confidential submissions.

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Starting May 4• A week of plays by theatre clubs through-

out the region opens at the North Peace Cultural Centre in Fort St. John when the 2010 Peace River Zone Theatre Festival takes to the stage. Six different shows from the communities of Tumbler Ridge, Dawson Creek and Fort St. John will compete for an opportunity to represent the Peace Region at the provincial competition in July. Tickets are only $10/adult and $8/student or senior per show. Festival passes for all six shows is $48/$36.Performances during the week start at 7:30 p.m. with the Saturday matinee at 1 p.m. and Saturday evening at 8 p.m. Satur-day evening begins with a Meet and Greet at 6 p.m. and all Saturday evening ticket holders are welcome. The Awards Ceremony will follow the evening performance. Adjudicator Andrew McIlroy from Vancouver will be selecting all awards and the Best Production of the Festival.

May 6• The Northern Brain Injury Associations’s

AGM will be held at 5 p.m. in the common room of the Prince George Brain Injured Group, 1247 4 Avenue, Prince George. All members or those wishing to become members are invited to attend. For more information please contact Car-men Jose at 1-866-979-4673 or [email protected].

May 7• We would like to inform everybody that as

we reach the end of the 18th season of Itchy Feet in Tumbler Ridge, we are going to have Chris Walker from the Daybreak North of CBC to share his travel experience to the Middle East. He will talk about Building Blocks: Architecture and Religion in the Middle East. It will be held at the Tumbler Ridge Public Library, at 7:00 p.m.

May 8• Farmerettes Tea and Quilt Show at Parkland

School in Farmington from 1 to 4 p.m. Enjoy strawberry shortcake. To reserve a sale table, contact Kim at (250) 843-7017.

May 8• Come celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with

the country legend great impressionist of Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, June Cart-er, host Minnie Pearl with special guest Cousin Clair. Come out for a night of fun at Sudeten Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. with refreshments. Door prizes. Admission by donation. For more information call (250) 782-3365.

May 8• The Dawson Creek Horticultural Society

will be sponsoring a free Show and Grow af-ternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Farmers Market tent on the Co-Op parking lot. Ages five to 12 to be accompanied by adults and ages 13 to 16 are welcome. Plant a sunflower to show at the fall fair in August or plant an upside down tomato in

a recycled pop bottle.May 8• The Dawson Creek Kiwanis Community

Band and Majorettes present their 14th annual spring concert and Schnitzel dinner at KPAC 1100 95 Avenue in Dawson Creek. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Concert at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at Simple Pleasures KPAC and from all band members. For more information call Cheryl at (250) 782-5323.

May 8 • Spring Tea and Quilt Show at Parkland

School in Farmington from 1 to 4 p.m. Cost is $4 per person at the door for Strawberry Shortcake. For more information phone Kim at the Farmer-ettes Club at (250) 843-7018.

May 9 • Mother’s Day Swim in Tumbler Ridge with

half price admission for families who bring Mom for a swim during regular hours.

May 10 to 14 • Pitch-In Week – Get involved, help clean

up your community of Tumbler Ridge! Keep it beautiful for all to enjoy. Register for a spe-cific area that you would like to clean and pick up your FREE garbage bags at the Community Centre Front Desk. Garbage bags can be left at curbside for pick up. To make arrangements for larger items in advance contact Public Works at (250) 242-4242.

May 13• The Fort St. John Public Library and NEAT

present a free composting workshop at the pub-lic library at 6:30 p.m. For more information call the library at (250) 785-3731 or NEAT at (250) 785-6328.

May 14 to 15• Dionysus Theatre Co. presents SYLVIA,

the best doggone comedy in town on at KPAC in Dawson Creek. Advance tickets only for $20 and are available at Uniglobe Phillips Travel and at KPAC. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. Anyone who has loved a dog will re-late to SYLVIA. A couple finds their marriage in tumult when a stray dog, played by Amanda O’Leary, bounds into their lives. Not suitable for children. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Dawson Creek SPCA. For information, please call Cynthia at (250) 786-6837 or email [email protected].

May 15 • Supporting Children With Autism Spectrum

Disorder for ages zero to eight with Tawnya Schulz in Tumbler Ridge. Cost is free. Contact Tricia Todd at (250) 242-0173 or Jodi Penner at (250) 242-4503 for more information. Space is limited – booking is essential.

May 15• Peace Region Palaeontology Research Cen-

tre events in Tumbler Ridge. Dinosaur Discov-ery Gallery 2010 Grand Opening from 9 a.m. to

9:50 a.m. at 255 Murray Drive (former Claude Galibois School). Also 2nd Annual Palaeontol-ogy Symposium and 5th Fossil Road Show from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Twilight Lodge. No pre-registration required. Admission by dona-tion. Contact Lisa Buckley at (250) 242-4051 for more information.

ONGOING Fort St. John• Alcoholics Anonymous - If you think you

might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or some-one to talk to (250) 785-8866.

• Fort St. John Multiple Sclerosis support group. If you or anyone you know has MS and have any questions or just need to talk, please call Susie at (250) 785-2381 or Sandi at (250) 787-2652.

• The Canadian Cancer Society Fort St. John unit meets the first Wednesday of each month, September to June, at noon at the Business Re-source Centre behind the museum. Volunteers always welcome.

• 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 Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life in Fort St John will be held on May 29th. To register go to www.cancer.ca/relay or call Gwen at 1.800.811.5666.

• “Butterfly Families – Families Supporting Families” is open to all caregivers of children and youth with Special Needs. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at the Child Devel-opment Centre from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 10408 105 Avenue. Does your child have learning, be-havior or other complex special needs? Would you like to connect with other caregivers? Child minding available but please call ahead a few days before the meeting. Call (250) 785-3200 for more information.

• FSJ Gradfest 2010 meets the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. in the North Peace Sec-ondary School cafeteria. This is a safe, fun filled event for all Grads following the ceremonies and grand march. We are in need of volunteers and donations. Anyone wanting to volunteer contact Carl: [email protected], any donations contact Shelley: [email protected] and any prize dona-tions contact Jenn: [email protected].

Fort Nelson• Alcoholics Anonymous - Monday 8 p.m.

Catholic Church Basement (closed meeting); Wednesday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Thursday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Saturday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria; Sunday 8 p.m. Friendship Centre.

• Cocaine Anonymous - Tuesday 8 p.m. Cath-olic Church Basement; Friday 8 p.m. Hospital

Cafeteria.• Alanon - Tuesday 8 p.m. Northern Lights

College (back door).• The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For

Life in Fort Nelson will be held on June 5th. To register go to www.cancer.ca/relay or call Car-mella at (250) 500-2499

Pouce Coupe• Alcoholics Anonymous - Friday 8 p.m. Old

Library (closed). 250-786-0155.• Youth Drop-In at Pouce Coupe Community

Church Annex (the old Pouce library). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ages 13 to 17 wel-come.

Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and

Friday at 8 p.m. at the Public Library, 5012 46 Street. 250-788-9658

• NA meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Air-port waiting room.

Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Wed. 8

p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church).• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor

curling, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.

Taylor• Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASARA)

meetings every second Tuesday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7 p.m. For information call Bob at 250-789-9152 or 250-787-5802.

• The Alaska Highway RRA (Recreation Air-craft Association) meets every third Thursday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7:30 p.m. For information call Richard at 250-782-2421 or Heath at (250) 785-4758.

Dawson Creek• Craft group for Mental Health and Addic-

tions Clients. Meets Thurs 1:30 -3:30 at 1017-103 Ave., Dawson Creek. (250) 782-4410.

• 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 Parkhill Community School 9700-5th Street, Dawson Creek.

• Relapse Prevention. Mental Health and Ad-dictions 1017-103rd Ave., Dawson Creek, (250) 782-4410. Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. Everyone welcome! Please call to confirm meeting.

• The Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life in Dawson Creek will be held on June 5th. To register go to www.cancer.ca/relay or call Marie at (250) 784-1913.

• The Canadian Cancer Society, Dawson Creek Unit, meets the last Monday of every month, September to June, at 7 p.m. in their of-fice at 1000 105 Avenue in Dawson Creek. New volunteers always welcome.


May 13 to June 17• Are you living with a chronic health condition? The Univer-

sity of Victoria and Northern Health Authority are pleased to of-fer ‘Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions’ in Fort St. John. This free six-session education program for persons living with chronic health conditions will be available at #300, 9900 100 Avenue. The workshop meets for six Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. To register or for more information, call Terry Cayer - Cordinator toll free at 1-866-902-3767 or e-mail [email protected]. Space is limited so call today.

May 23• First annual Peace Region Palaeontology Symposium featur-

ing the fourth annual Fossil Road Show, speakers, door prizes and guided children’s activities. Held at the Tumbler Ridge Public Library and Curling Rink. For more information contact (250) 242-3466.

May 23• Country dance at Farmington Hall featuring Highway 40!

Dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., no minors. Tickets $15 each, avail-able at Farmington Store. For more information, call Clarisse (250) 843-7954.

May 24• The Forgotten House -- Grizzly Valley Players present a mati-

nee at 3 p.m. in Room 5 of the Community Centre in Tumbler Ridge. May 29 to 31

• Couple’s “Love and Romance” Retreat at The King’s Valley Christian Camp. Accommodation available. For further informa-tion or registration call (250) 827-3549. May 17 to June 28

• Triathlon Training clinics are coming to Fort St. John. Come out and learn about triathlon and get prepared for the local upcom-ing triathlons. Held on May 3, 4, and 6 are clinics on swimming stroke improvement, bike tuning and equipment and triathlon. Come hear from local triathletes and ask questions about events, training, preparation and anything else you like. Sign up at the North Peace Leisure Pool or contact Becky at (250)787-5780 or [email protected] for more information.

Upcoming local Triathlons include: Dawson Creek May 24Fort St. John June 7 Fort Nelson June 28

May 12 to July 28• Relapse Prevention Group - Tuesdays from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at

Mental Health & Addiction Services. Contact Dennis at (250)262-5269.

May 23• The Derrick Dance Club of Fort St. John will be hosting a

dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Senior Citizens Hall at 10908 100 Street. Music by Night Sounds. Members $10, non members $12. Everyone 19 and over is welcome. For information call Lucy at (250) 785-2867 or Judy at (250) 787-0460.

May 23• The Magic of Sam Pearce Show is scheduled at the Stone-

bridge Hotel with the show to benefit the Fort St. John Firefighters.May 25 to May 29• Do you think you’ve been treated unfairly by a B.C. govern-

ment ministry or public agency? The B.C. Ombudsman may be able to help. The Ombudsman’s staff will be in the following communities on the dates listed below, and are available by ap-pointment to discuss your problem or complaint. Call 1-800-567-3247 to book an appointment or see www.ombudsman.bc.ca for more info.

Fort Nelson May 25Fort St. John May 26Dawson Creek May 27Mackenzie May 28Chetwynd May 29May 27• John and Eloise Bergen, missionaries working with ‘Hope for

the Nations’ in Kenya were brutally attacked and severly wound-

ed when burglars broke into their African home in 2008. Come and hear the testimony on how God’s love carried the Burgens through the ordeal. This Canadian couple from Vernon, BC have chosen forgiveness, and are returning to continue the missionary work they started in Kenya. Drilling wells, growing food, and helping to support six orphanages. The event is at Quality Inn at 7 p.m.

May 28• Abbeyfield Houses of Fort St. John is holding their AGM at

7 p.m. at Northern Lights College. Everyone welcome. Direc-tors and volunteers needed. Memberships will be sold prior to the meeting ($10). Please come out and support our home for senior’s independent living! For more information call Clara at (250) 785-6450.

May 29• Access Awareness Day in Fort St. John. Stay tuned to the

Northeast News for more information.May 30• The Fort Nelson Woman of Industry is holding a golf tourna-

ment at the golf course. Lots of door prizes, putter to be won and an extra prize if a member brings a friend that becomes a member. Please RSVP to Karen Prouse at [email protected]

May 30• The Welcome Wagon events, the Baby Shower and Grand-

parent Showcase will be taking place at the Stonebridge Hotel at 1 p.m. The Bridal Showcase will take place at 6:30 p.m.

May 30• The 34 annual Trutch Gymkhana is being held at the Mile

206 Trutch Rodeo Grounds, lots of camping space available and a concession will be on site. Great family fun, all ages ride!! Please call Beth at (250) 262-5712 for more information.

June 4• Ladies out of town dinner in conjunction with the Oil Men’s

Golf Tournament presented by OilWives Club of FSJ. Cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. at the Pomeroy Inns and Suites. Tickets are $50 and include: entertainment, dinner, dessert, wine, jewellry draw, games and door prizes. Tickets available at Flow-ers by Tamee, Frontier Jewellers. Call Marlene (250) 785-8737 or Debbie at (250) 787-5100 for more information.

June 6• Rotary Manor Annual Garage Sale from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

1121-90 Avenue. Household items, tools, toys, furniture, coffee and donuts and much more. Donations welcome after May 4 (no appliances please). All proceed to toward resident programs and activities. Rain or shine, no early birds, there will be no sales be-fore 9 a.m.

June 14• Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion walk, wheel, run and wheel-

chair challenge. Registration at 12:30, event starts at 1 p.m. in Cen-tennial Park. For information, contact event leader Lori Slater at (250) 787-1912 or [email protected]

July 12• North Peace Horticultural Society plans their annual Garden

Tour. Bring your family and tour a variety of Fort St. John gar-dens.

August 1• The Marilyn Leffler Memorial Ride and Show ‘n Shine in sup-

port of the Canadian Cancer Society BC and Yukon Region. Regis-tration begins July 1 for this all day event at Casey’s Pub in Fort St. John. Show ‘n Shine awards for seven motorcycle categories and lots of door prizes. Event includes a ride to the viewpoint on the Hudson’s Hope Road. Everyone welcome to this fundraising event to fight cancer.

August 21 to 23• The North Peace Horticultural Society presents their 16th an-

nual Flower Show and Exhibition at the North Peace Cultural Cen-tre. The event will be open to the public on Aug. 22 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Aug. 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Awards presenta-tions will take place at 4 p.m. Refreshments will be available by donations on both Saturday and Sunday while the show is open. Categories include arrangements, art, houseplants, patio plants,

hanging baskets, cut flowers, photography and several children’s categories. Look for the flower show book in several locations.

ONGOING Fort St. John• The Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society is seeking moti-

vated people to join their volunteer team. If helping people sparks your interest drop by the office at #201, 10142-100 Ave. (above Girl Guides Thrift Store) or call 250-787-1121.

• A Youth Relapse Prevention Group may be held weekly, in the afternoons at Mental Health and Addiction Services, #300 - 9900 – 100 Ave. For more information call Chris or Shaun at 250-262-5269.

• The Citizens Patrol is seeking people who can volunteer at least five hours a month. Perfect for those new to town, those con-cerned about safety, who want to make the community a safer place to work, live and play. Call coordinator Connie 250-262-4530 or RCMP liaison Rick 250-787-8100.

• Alcoholics Anonymous - If you think you might have a prob-lem with drinking. Call for times and places or someone to talk to 250-785-8866.

Fort Nelson• Alcoholics Anonymous - Monday 8 p.m. Catholic Church

Basement (closed meeting); Wednesday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Thursday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Basement; Saturday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria; Sunday 8 p.m. Friendship Centre

• Cocaine Anonymous - Tuesday 8 p.m. Catholic Church Base-ment; Friday 8 p.m. Hospital Cafeteria.

• Alanon - Tuesday 8 p.m. Northern Lights College (back door).Pouce Coupe• Alcoholics Anonymous - Friday 8 p.m. Old Library (closed).

250-786-0155• Computer Class at the Pouce Coupe Seniors Hall every Mon-

day and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Low Im-pact exercise class every Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Open to everyone! For more information call Carol at 250-786-5673

Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Monday and Friday at 8 p.m. at

the Friendship Centre. 250-788-9658• NA meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Airport waiting room.• Tuesdays & Thursdays: Minor ball 5 pm-7 pm at Chetwynd

Ballpark & Rec. Centre Diamonds.Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Wed. 8 p.m. 115 Com-

mercial Park (Baptist Church).• Mondays: Bingo - 6 pm doors open, 7 pm games begin. Com-

munity Centre Rms. 4&5.• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, carpet

bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.

• Wednesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Cribbage, Whist & good company. Beginners welcome! 7 pm in the Library. Small drop-in fee.

Taylor• Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASARA) meetings every sec-

ond Tuesday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7 p.m. For information call Bob at 250-789-9152 or 250-787-5802.

• New Totem Archery is now at the Taylor Community Hall Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. Contact newtotem-archery.com.

• The Alaska Highway RRA (Recreation Aircraft Association) meets every third Thursday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7:30 p.m. For information call Richard at 250-782-2421 or Heath at 250-785-4758.

Dawson Creek• The Dawson Creek Chamber of Commerce luncheons are

held the first Thursday of each month at noon at the Best Western. Different guest speaker each month. Members and Non-members welcome. Contact: Lesley Pewarchuck 250-782 4868.

If your non-profit group has events or meeting you wish pub-lished, send them by fax to (250) 787-7090 or via email to: [email protected].

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Community Calendar

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 Oc-tober 2008.

Excerpts from May 1910Monday May 2 All hands planting potatoes in the

garden. A fine work day. Joseph arrived from the

South Pine River. Chukie and Asyuity patched.Tuesday May 3 Working in garden, a fine clear

day. Edward went down after horses to the lower flat. Japase arrived from Montaigne’s camp.

Wednesday May 4 Busy as yesterday. Charlie Cali-hasen and a boy arrived from Moberly Lake and report

lots of furs in that quarter.Thursday May 5 All

hands planting potatoes in the lower field. I also put in a little barley and oats. Lasque arrived from the South Pine. He reports having found the body of a white man laying in the bush up at the Pine River which must be that of Bickford who was winter-ing up there. Blowing a gale of wind all day. Mr. Campbell leaves tomorrow for the Pine River.

Friday May 6 Mr. Camp-bell leaves this morning for the South Pine. All hands planting potatoes. Blowing a strong gale of wind all day. The river rising fast.

Saturday May 7 Self and Edward working in the garden. Fields on sick list again. A fine clear day. Thomas and Lakota ar-rived from North Pine.

Sunday May 8 Cold and stormy with rain.

Monday May 9 Self and Edward in garden. Fields in office. Bob Barker and Ed LaBoucane arrived from Dunvegan with a ca-noe. They also brought up the mail. Samson and Nak arrived from the South Pine. Wuscully arrived from Cache Creek. A fine clear day. Cloudy towards evening.

Tuesday May 10 Busy in garden. Edward after horses. Fields on sick list. River falling.

Wednesday May 11 Self writing letters. Edward at odd jobs. Fields still sick. Started to rain and contin-ued all day.

Thursday May 12 Self feeling very sick. Edward at odd jobs. Fields still sick. A French man arrived from below with eight horses on his way up the South Pine River.

Friday May 13 Self feel-ing much better. Fields still sick. Edward cutting potatoes for the Mission. Edward and LaBoucane left for Dunvegan. Wm. Bradley also left for Ed-monton. A fine clear day with a few showers.

Saturday May 14 Self busy with Indians. A few of these came in and paid their debts. Fields helping but got sick again. Edward after horses. Rain all after-noon.

The Beatton Journals and other documents can be viewed digitally at the North Peace Museum. In-quiries: (250) 787-0430.


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By Matthew BainsSOUTH PEACE – The board of

School District 59 approved changes to next year’s school funding that will see budgets for most rural schools in the South Peace increase, while fund-ing for two Dawson Creek schools is reduced.

Secretary-treasurer Gerry Slykhuis recommended the changes, which he said resulted from a review of school budgets involving district manage-ment and the principals of each of the 23 schools in the district. As a result, funding from some schools is reallo-cated to others.

“All these adjustments are revenue neutral to the schools as a whole,” said Slykhuis. “Some schools are going to get more and some schools are going to get less.”

Six of the district’s nine rural schools will receive a combined total of $213,874 – $873 per student – more than this year in rural grants, which covers operating costs not covered by their base funding.

“We’ve always felt the rural schools were the poor cousins, funding wise – most of them, not all,” said Slykhuis.

The two independent colony schools – South Peace and Peace View Ele-mentary Schools – will actually see a decrease of about $2,500 and McLeod Elementary will see a decrease of about $28,000.

Board vice-chair Judy Clavier was concerned about the drop in funding for McLeod Elementary, but superinten-dent Kathy Sawchuk said the changes

are more equitable to rural schools in terms of average funding per student and the ratio of staff to students at each school.

South Peace Secondary School and Central Middle School in Dawson Creek will receive $233 less per stu-dent than last year. Slykhuis said those schools benefit from the economies of scale and larger class sizes, so they could still operate well with less fund-ing per student.

Funding for the Distributed Learning program, which educates students out-side of a formal classroom setting, will remain at $300 less per student than that of other schools. Slykhuis said that program requires fewer resources than a full-day classroom does.

A class size adjustment formula will be continued for elementary schools next year. For each student over the ad-justment levels – 19 students in a kin-dergarten class, 20 students in a Grades 1 to 3 class, or 26 students in a Grades 4 to 7 class – per student funding will be reduced 50 per cent.

Slykhuis said this reflects the fact that large classrooms generate significantly more income than needed to cover their costs. He added about one-third of that funding will be reallocated back into some schools to deal with challenges with split classrooms.

Chetwynd Secondary School will re-ceive $50,000 for a pilot project aimed at targeted interventions at the Grade 8 level. Sawchuk said the school is lead-ing the district in data analysis and us-ing that data for specific interventions

to enhance learning outcomes. She said the results of the project will be mea-sured and evaluated and the results will be available to other schools in the dis-trict.

Tremblay Elementary School in Dawson Creek will receive $150,000 to develop fine arts and athletic courses, as well as other student supports, as the transition of students from Parkhill Elementary takes place when it closes at the end of the year. The school will also continue to receive 100 per cent of its per student funding for Aboriginal education next year.

The district provided a one-time top up for Aboriginal education in Win-drem and Moberly Lake schools this

year as well, but that will be discontin-ued. Although the provincial allocation for Aboriginal education will increase by $100 per student, those two schools will see a net decrease of $200 per Ab-original student next year.

All schools will receive per student increases of $125 for English as a Sec-ond Language (ESL) learners, $900 for Special Education Level 3 and $354 for adult education.

However, schools will see an increase in the cost of teachers’ wages and ben-efits, as a 2.5 per cent increase takes effect July 1. Two per cent is covered by collective agreement funding from the Province, but schools will pay for the remaining 0.5 per cent.

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The project, if approved, would be the third dam on the Peace River and would produce enough electricity to power 410,000 homes in the province for upwards of 100 years.

Representatives from BC Hydro recently spoke to North-east News on the work that has been done and the significant work that remains.

On the need, and cost, of the project:Michael Savidant, commercial manager for the project,

said BC Hydro is projecting a 20 to 40 percent increase in demand over the next 20 years. Even with conservation ini-tiatives and energy purchases from independent power pro-ducers, BC Hydro is forecasting a gap in supply and demand of about 11,000 gigawatt hours by 2029, making the 4,600 gigawatt hours per year produced by Site C an attractive op-tion.

Savidant said they looked at resource availability, volume and capacity, location, environmental and social impacts, price and lead time when comparing Site C to other alterna-tives. He said the key findings were Site C could produce reliable, flexible electricity – taking advantage of the water stored upstream to reduce the size of the project – at a relative cost per unit of energy less than many other sources.

Historical estimates have Site C costing between five to 6.6 billion dollars, but Savidant said they expect to have an updated cost estimate early next year, before they submit the project for regulatory approval. He said it’s too early to spec-ulate on what the impact to electricity rates would be and said the cost to the public of Stage 1 and 2 is nearly $44 million.

On public and stakeholder consultation:Community relations manager Dave Conway said Stage

2 consultation began in December, 2007 and concluded in

December, 2008. He said there was pre-consultation – 48 stakeholder meetings and one open house – to define what and how consultation efforts should pro-ceed. In 2008, two rounds of consulta-tion between May and June and Octo-ber and December included 55 stake-holder meetings and 17 open houses. Throughout the consul-tation process, BC Hydro states hundreds of feedback forms, submissions and visits to consultation offices in Fort St. John and Hudson’s Hope were received.

BC Hydro has identified 360 hectares of privately-owned land that could be impacted by flooding caused by the reser-voir. Conway said they would like to negotiate settlements with those landowners if possible, but said an arbitrator could be called in, or land could be expropriated, if it came to that.

The Stage 2 report states summary reports on consultation meetings were written independently and posted on BC Hy-dro’s website. A provincial and federal Environmental As-sessment will begin in Stage 3 and Conway said that will be independent from BC Hydro and will include many more opportunities for consultation.

On environmental/socio-economic impacts:Siobhan Jackson, environmental/social issues manager for

the project, said baseline studies have been done in prepara-tion for the independent assessments in Stage 3. She said they began in 2004 with fish and aquaculture studies.

She said data was collected on water quality and tempera-ture throughout the Peace River system, with the aim of pre-dicting potential impacts of the Site C reservoir. She said fish tissue samples were analyzed for methyl mercury accumula-tion and concentrations were below Health Canada advisory levels. The toxin can be released into the aquatic food chain from rotting vegetation in reservoirs, increasing in concentra-tion at each step.

Vegetation samples from the potential reservoir area re-vealed very low levels of inorganic mercury, according to the Stage 2 report. However, BC Hydro has committed to a res-ervoir-clearing program to remove trees prior to flooding and further studies on methyl mercury to be conducted in Stage 3.

Jackson said they’ve developed a weather model for the area – which will be further developed in Stage 3 – that will allow them to predict changes impacting local climate and the impacts to agriculture and road conditions on Highway

29. She said baseline veg-

etation and wildlife surveys have been completed for the Peace River Valley, which in-cluded detailed habitat maps and tracking the movements of deer, elk and moose. Op-ponents of the project have questioned why grizzly bears were not included in those

surveys. Jackson said bears may move in and out of the val-ley, but their habitats are wide-ranging and should not be im-pacted by the project.

Jackson said historical archeological surveys will be up-dated in Stage 3, with input from First Nations and the BC Archeology Branch.

She said preliminary work has been done to assess the socio-economic impacts of the project, with input from local governments and the Province. She said agriculture has been one area where there are many concerns and Stage 3 will in-volve updating land capability and current uses to complete an impact assessment. She added consultation with affected communities will continue in Stage 3 to assess the potential benefits and costs from the influx of workers.

On engineering/technical work:Engineering consultant John Nunn said historical design

work done on Site C needs to be updated to reflect modern engineering standards and guidelines for hydroelectric proj-ects. He said, for example, assessments for seismic activity and flooding have been done and the project will be built to withstand the most severe events in both cases.

Shoreline impacts and slope stability are two main con-cerns raised by opponents of the project. Nunn said there are actually five impact lines related to flooding, stability, ero-sion, groundwater and landslide-generated waves that are be-ing assessed. He said preliminary work has identified sensi-tive areas along the 280 kilometres of potential shoreline, but much more work is needed to better define impact lines.

He said an area of particular interest is the Hudson’s Hope shoreline.

“There’s one portion of the bank there where the bedrock dips down below where the reservoir level would be and there’s potential issues with erosion and some loss of land,” he said.

He said there are engineering options they can explore, but that will be done with consultation with stakeholders.

He acknowledged the Peace River Valley has experienced significant landslides in the past, but he said with extensive modeling and monitoring, those risks can be identified and almost entirely negated.

“That’s what gives us confidence that despite the slope instability that everyone talks about in the Peace, the dam would be fine,” he said.

Four segments of Highway 29 – at Lynx Creek, Farrell Creek, Halfway River and Bear Flat – will need to be re-located should the project proceed. Nunn said many differ-ent route and bridge crossing options are being looked at and each will be assessed for their impact to wildlife, heritage sites and existing properties.

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By Matthew BainsNORTHEAST – First Nations communities in the Peace

are outraged over the government’s decision to move ahead with the Site C Dam.

“We are still of the belief that the Stage Two process is

incomplete and we think making a decision so soon is premature,” said Tribal Chief Liz Logan, speaking on behalf of the Council of Treaty 8 Chiefs.

The Province announced on April 19 that it would move to Stage 3 of the project, the third dam on the Peace River, which is the environmental and regulatory review stage.

Stage 2, the consultation and technical review, com-menced in the fall of 2007, and involved discussions with the public, stakeholders, communities, property owners and Aboriginal groups.

The council claims that BC Hydro is in breach of a consultation agreement signed in 2008, but their con-cerns have been ignored.

They claim they were consulted late in Stage Two, potential impacts to treaty rights were not fully identi-fied and no mitigation measures were identified.

Logan said BC Hydro has refused to allow a tradi-tional land use study to determine how the project would impact treaty rights, including hunting, fishing and pres-ervation of culturally significant sites.

She said she’s not confident those concerns will be addressed in Stage Three, because it seems the dam will be built regardless of the findings.

“We don’t have too much confidence in the environ-mental assessment process because we have yet to see any kind of major project be rejected because of envi-

ronmental concerns,” said Logan.Logan, who ran as a Green Party candidate for Peace River

North in the last provincial election, said the Province has yet to address past infringements to treaty rights following the

construction of the WAC Bennett and Peace Canyon Dams. However, the government did reach a settlement last year

with the Tsay Kay Dene First Nation regarding grievances resulting from the construction of the WAC Bennett Dam and Williston Reservoir.

The settlement included a $21 million endowment and about $2 million paid annually for as long as power is pro-duced at those facilities.

Logan said she couldn’t say if a similar settlement with Treaty 8 would change the chiefs’ opposition to Site C.

BC Hydro’s written response to the Treaty 8 report stated consultation efforts have been honourable. It states the two parties have met 31 times and have exchanged over 100 let-ters and 800 emails.

BC Hydro contends that consultation with First Nations was initiated at a very early stage, that Treaty 8 council was advised it would be consulted through all stages of the proj-ect, and there was never an expectation that work to identify mitigation and accommodation measures would conclude in Stage Two.

The Crown corporation states it is receptive to funding a traditional land use study with Treaty 8.

Energy Minister Blair Lekstrom, who reviewed the Stage Two reports, said he believes legal requirements to consult with Treaty 8 have been met so far, and will continue in Stage Three.

“We have a constitutional requirement to meet with, ac-commodate and consult with Treaty 8 and we will live up to our legal obligations,” said Lekstrom.

“It does not mean they have veto power.”


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Treaty 8 frustrated with consultation on Site C projectSITE C

Contributed photoTribal Chief Liz Logan with the Council of Treaty 8 Chiefs, believes the Province did not make the right decision to move ahead to Stage 3 of the Site C dam project. In addition to that, she believes other concerns of the council are not likely to be addressed in Stage 3 and the dam is likely to go through de-spite its findings.

Melanie Robinson photoThese three boys, among others, took some time out of their day on April 19 to col-lect recyclables around Surerus ball fields for the residents in the apartment fire that had occurred earlier that week near Sobey’s in Fort St. John. From left: Jason Lee, 9, Caleb Reschke, 10 and Matthew Newth, 9. The boys said they were inspired to do the kind deed by Reschke’s brother Amos, 12, who came up with the idea to collect the recyclables for the apartment residents.

Two announcements, exactly one month apart. In the first, our Conservative Government stated we will once again extend the amnesty for law-abiding gun owners so that, until we can scrap it in Parliament, they do not run afoul of the ineffective and wasteful long-gun reg-istry. In the second, Liberal Leader Mi-chael Ignatieff announced his intention to “whip” his MPs into voting to keep the registry.

A Private Members Bill by my Conser-vative colleague, MP Candace Hoeppner proposes straightforward legislation that reflects our Government’s long-standing position to repeal the long-gun registry.

Private Members legislation is tradi-tionally subject to a ‘free vote’ by MPs, meaning they vote according to their own conscience or constituents’ wishes rather than along partisan lines. Heeding the voice of their constituents who want the long-gun registry scrapped, a group

of Liberal MPs, known as the “Liberal Eight”, voted to support Ms. Hoeppner’s Bill C-391 so that it could advance to Committee Stage.

Last week however, their own leader gave notice that he will no longer tolerate these MPs carrying out their constituents’ wishes. The next time this private mem-bers bill, C-391, comes to a vote, Mr. Ignatieff will order or ‘whip’ all Liberal MPs into keeping the long-gun registry.

Mr. Ignatieff tried to soften the blow with some suggested “tinkering” to fire-arms laws. Perhaps, he mused, farmers and hunters could be let off with a fine the first time they violate the long-gun registry.

Are rural Canadians, farmers, hunters and fisherman supposed to thank Mr. Ig-

natieff for this so-called “compromise” because he will only consider them crimi-nals when they contravene the long-gun

registry a second time?!!Interestingly, the next

day Liberal MP Martha Hall Finley admitted “we really didn’t, when this [the long-gun registry] was brought in, ask the hunters and the farmers for their advice.”

Well as one MP who was there when the Liberals

rammed this firearms legislation through Parliament in 1995, I can tell you that my fellow Reform MPs and I asked hunters, farmers, fisherman and every other law-abiding gun owner across the nation! They told us the registry was a bad idea. We told Parliament. The Liberals and the NDP simply weren’t listening.

Fifteen years later they still aren’t lis-

tening. Following Mr. Ignatieff’s edict, the Liberals and their Coalition partners on the Public Safety Committee attempt-ed to hijack all debate on the issue by fixing the witness list for Bill C-391 so that out of the 33 witnesses to appear, 28 were known to be in favour of keeping the long-gun registry.

Mr. Ignatieff hopes by proposing “first offence fines” in the long-gun registry that he will score political points with ru-ral Canadians, as well as urban Canadi-ans who have been mislead into believing that the long-gun registry will somehow minimize gun fights in their streets by handgun-toting gangs.

In fact, I predict the Liberals will fur-ther alienate both rural and urban Cana-dians by steadfastly refusing to admit that the long-gun registry is a colossal waste of taxpayers’ money that was a failure from the start and does absolutely nothing to keep Canadians safe!


Inform before, not after

By Jay Hill

Words of OpinionEDITORIAL

MP Report

Ignatieff ‘whips’ up scheme to keep Canadian gun registry

Opposition to the HST continues to build. In many ridings more than 10 per cent of voters have signed petitions opposing the tax and there is now a real possibility it will be forced to a referendum. Ordinarily polite and oblig-ing Canadians are mounting a tax revolt.

When the announcement of the tax was made a year ago opposition was muted, although some people felt deceived, thinking the Liberals had reneged on a promise not to introduce a new tax. People were also surprised. The an-nouncement seemed to come out of nowhere. Had they been working on this in secret or was it pure opportunism to get the federal transfer payment that was offered to the province as an incentive to harmonize with the GST?

The wider feeling seemed to be that acceptance of the tax was inevitable. Efforts to explain the tax were low key and many people didn’t appear to understand it.

In general the Liberal argument in favour of the tax is that it will stream-line the collection process, thereby reducing compliance cost for business and making business more competitive. In turn this will attract more business to the province and create more jobs, which will benefit everyone.

The opponents of the tax argue that it is spread over a wider number of goods and services than the present PST and this will result in an increased tax burden on the most vulnerable. Those who can least afford it will either pay more or do without, and small business will suffer a loss of revenue as a consequence.

Whichever side of the debate you are on, one thing is clear. Governments who introduce new taxes should do so carefully and only after consultation with their citizens. The French introduced the much-hated temporary salt tax in 1286. In 1790 it was finally repealed after serving as one of the precipitat-ing causes of the French Revolution and the old social order was swept away. It is a lesson worth remembering. People resent taxes. We don’t pay them because we like them. We pay them because we accept them as our part of the social contract in a democratic society. More effort should have gone into selling the benefits of this tax to us. Instead we face a divisive contretemps. Fortunately we no longer use guillotines to replace governments.

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Editor:Someone really needs to write an “HST for

Dummies” book for all the gullible people who’ve been conned into believing the HST is a new tax that will cost them more money than they’re paying right now. PT Barnum re-ally knew what he was talking about when he said there’s a sucker born every minute and BC seems to be full of them these days.

There are layers and layers of hidden pro-vincial sales taxes embedded in the things you buy right now. And it works out to far more

than the seven per cent PST you currently see on your receipts. Do people in BC really want to go on blindly paying these hidden, very costly layers of PST? I don’t.

The PST is an antiquated, costly, uncom-petitive tax. BC is one of the last places in the country to do away with it and replace it with a value-added HST.

This is definitely a case where ignorance is not bliss.

Michael McBratneyPort Moody, BC


FEEDBACKEditor:In the April 9 edition of The Mirror, two

pages were devoted to dealing with bullies. If you interpret the liberal philosophies be-hind how to teach children as young as five years of age how to deal with bullies, you also begin to understand how our country has gone to hell.

According to paragraph 10 (p. A12), the “intensity and scariness” of bullying is new. What is far more frightening are the expecta-tions we are idiotically imposing on vulner-able children in that we attempt to do what we have done with adults who are unethi-cal, cruel and even criminal: in other words, teach someone else to take responsibility for people’s idiotic behavior – and the younger the better.

I take issue with the advice where, when a student threatens to kill another student, the story advises, “The second step is to re-solve the situation by arming children with the tools to stand up for themselves,” (para. 21). Why are five-year-old children being psychologically manipulated with the dev-astating expectation that they should be re-sponsible for teaching abusive others how to treat them? Most adults are uncomfortable confronting pushy and harassing coworkers! Given that the children are told they need to manage that early on because they will likely experience it later, it is a sad commentary on society. We expect more from children than we can produce ourselves and it is ridiculous.

Indeed, we must teach them [children] to use a “telling, reporting voice instead of a whining, tattling voice,” (p. A13, para. 2). I hate to break the news, but if you are a young person who is constantly picking on people you are pretty darn mean as a person (para. 6). If using our words is so effective, then

why am I having such challenges with the panhandling issue in downtown Dawson Creek? My words have not worked a single time I’ve used them and I have a fairly good command of the English language. I can just imagine saying/hearing, “Wow, this is a be-haviour we don’t like to see. I know you can make the situation better…” (para. 8).

And, what has happened to the protective instincts in adults? It is staggering to think that a swim teacher (think “adult”) could watch a larger child harass a younger one by pulling her underwater and do nothing. The mother says, “You can’t deal with it for them” (para. 21). News flash: As a parent and adult, it is absolutely your job to “deal with it” for them, protect them and show them that you will always be an advocate for them while they are under your watch. So the little girl “used her words” and promptly was “smacked fully in the face with a flutter board” (para. 24). (There is nothing like the effectiveness of using your words.)

When we are unconcerned about chil-dren’s rights (unless they are doing the bul-lying), we have sunk as far as we can pos-sibly sink. I am thankful every day that my children are no longer in school where the article admits that there is “a deterioration of moral behaviour” (para. 11). Unfortunately they will see that everywhere; however, we should never place the onus on children to take action to change that situation.

You might give children some “tools” to work with, but remember that the adults are morally required to be the primary “con-struction workers” and “supervisors” in charge of, and responsible for, safety at the sites.

Melody H.Dawson Creek

In an article titled “Resident asks city council to put a stop to red light violations,” which appeared in the Northeast News on April 22, it was mistakenly stated that the speed limit for 8 Street and Alaska Avenue in Dawson Creek is 60 kilometres an hour. A reader

correctly pointed out the speed limit for those areas is 50 kilometres an hour.

The Northeast News appreciates the correction and apologizes for any confusion the error may have

caused.

CORRECTION

Incorrect methods being usedEditor:Business and HST:A common complaint about the HST is

that it ‘benefits big business’ – and that the average taxpayer will have to pick up all of the savings that big business will receive. The more important part of that statement is that the employees of that business are also true beneficiaries. When companies gain competi-tive advantages, they can grow and expand, hiring more people for the long-term.

Currently, PST is applied at every step in the creation of a product. Those multiple PST charges are embedded in the price you pay at the store – even though you can’t see it. And of course, you pay PST on the final purchase price. Under the current PST system, embed-ded PST results in higher production costs, less investment, fewer jobs and lower wages. Under the proposed HST system, those em-bedded costs are removed for savings. The proposed HST will remove about $2 bil-lion worth of embedded PST and will result in more investment, jobs and higher wages. Costs of doing business will come down as the 5 per cent GST rebate on business inputs increases to a 12 per cent HST rebate. Cur-rently, only GST-taxable items are refunded;

under the HST, the full 12 per cent (5 per cent plus 7 per cent) comes back to the business through the input tax credit system.

Due to our tax structure in 2001, small busi-ness was leaving British Columbia almost daily and setting up in Alberta. Today they are starting to move back due to the fact that we are now competitive with the Alberta rate and we will have zero small business tax rate by 2011.

Large corporations were also leaving Brit-ish Columbia and moving to the east in 2000. Today, we are starting to see them come back as we now have one of the most competitive tax structures in the world. This is the right step to take for BC’s economy as it will en-courage a competitive business climate here in BC and make our exports more competitive abroad.

Not only will the provincial tax portion of HST become reclaimable for businesses, HST will lower the cost of goods and services. This will result in additional savings, which in-creases the buying power of your dollar.

To be continued in next week’s issue of the Northeast News.

Pat PimmMLA for Peace River North

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Editor:It is disturbing that Mr. Campbell has said the Environ-

mental Assessment for the proposed Site C dam “will not kill the project.” Obviously the attitude is “let’s see how de-structive this will be. Wow! That’s pretty bad …okay, let’s do it!”

The destructiveness of the proposed Site C dam is no se-cret to BC citizens, and Mr. Campbell is no exception. If dams were such a wonderful idea, he wouldn’t be putting an end to their construction after Site C is built (if that happens).

All this announcement has really done is show us that Mr. Campbell wants to get his way regardless of the needs of the people who he represents and there is no safety net to protect our rivers; it’s up to us, the people of BC, and especially of the Peace Region. Are we willing to sacrifice this precious and invaluable piece of BC so that Mr. Campbell can go out with a bang? It’s our river, it’s our democracy, and I think it’s time to take it back.

Melody BlaneyFort St. John

Editor: No sooner did the Premier announce the Site C dam is

going to be built than the naysayers started saying no. No doubt the same naysayers who say no to run of river, no to wind, no to the Olympics, no to just about anything else you can think of.

So if we don’t build Site C, and we don’t build run of river or wind, where do these naysayers propose we get our power?

Are we going to start rationing power the way we ration lawn watering in the summer? Will even numbered houses get to turn on their lights and appliances Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays and odd numbered houses on the alternate days? Give me a break!

I, for one, am not going to give in to the naysayers. I’m going to say yes. Yes to run of river. Yes to wind. Yes to Site C. And yes to anything else that will make this province great and give us the competitive advantages we need to succeed.

Sandra Robinson, Maple Ridge

MORE FEEDBACKGive our river back

Just no other option

By Melanie RobinsonFORT ST. JOHN – Fort St. John Chamber of Com-

merce president Russ Beerling said it would be a ‘worst case scenario’ economically if BC Hydro decides to house potential workers for the proposed Site C dam in camps rather than in Fort St. John.

The dam project, which would be the third on the Peace River, went to the third Stage, the regulatory review pro-cess, on April 19.

“In a perfect world, if they didn’t put a camp out there and people had to occupy space in Fort St. John then we would see a huge increase in the economy here,” he said.

“We would see a huge increase in retail, we’d see ho-tels, restaurants and so on. If the camp goes out there, in my opinion, that’s probably the worst case scenario eco-nomically because then we won’t see as big a spin-off as what people are expecting.”

He added that speculation is premature because the project has not been approved and BC Hydro has not stated where workers will be housed and what their work

rotations will be.Though there are potential benefits to the community,

Beerling said there are also negatives.He said with an increase in population stemming from

the approximately 35,000 direct and indirect jobs in the life of the project before it starts operating in 2020, there is sure to be an increase in crime – an obvious concern.

“Where there’s money, there’s drugs, so we’ll see an increase in that activity. But, hopefully, if they don’t put camps out there, we’ll see an influx of hotels being used, apartment blocks being filled again and possibly a change in the housing market,” he said.

For now, the Fort St. John Chamber of Commerce has not taken a stand on the project but will represent the interests of local businesses when further decisions are made.

“If it does get to that stage where there’s no turning back, then we step up and ensure that Hydro considers the economics of the community that they’re coming into,” he said.

Business could boom if project is builtSITE C

Contibuted photoDawson Creek Mayor Mike Bernier is seen here buying the first ticket from Kiwanis Performing Arts Cen-tre manager Terri Hannen for the “Take the Car or Take the Cash” Raffle during the recent Kiwanis Trade Show. KPAC will be selling 5,000 tickets for $20 each in an ef-fort to raise money for programs and services as they make the tran-sition to the new arts centre. Tick-ets are available at KPAC, Browns’ Chevrolet, Busy Bee Signs and the Art Gallery. The draw will be made on Aug. 21 at Peacefest in Dawson Creek and the purchase of a raffle ticket ensures free admission to the music festival.

Body of Dwight Middleton locatedFORT ST. JOHN – On May 2, Search and

Rescue personnel from Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge, in partnership with RCMP members from Dawson Creek and Fort St. John resumed their search for the body of Dwight Middleton. Approximately 20 volun-teers conducted an expanded search of the area around where Middleton’s vehicle had been located near a well site off of Hwy. 52 on Feb. 20.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., the body of an adult male was located approximately 200 metres from the well site. Investigators believe that this is the body of Dwight Middleton and will be conducting further examination in or-der to confirm his identity. Middleton’s family has been advised of the discovery and are re-questing privacy during this difficult time.

Fort St. John and Dawson Creek RCMP wish to extend an abundance of gratitude to the men and women who dedi-cate their time volunteering with Search and Rescue. These highly trained individuals vol-unteered numerous days of their own time in order to assist with several different searches of this area since February. In addition to searching from the ground, pilots with CASARA volunteered their planes and personal time to conduct aerial searches – all efforts were para-mount in locating Mr. Middle-ton.

Break and Enter/TheftTAYLOR – On April 26,

between the hours of 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., there was a Break and Enter that occurred on the south end of 100 Street in Tay-lor. An unknown suspect(s) en-tered the residence by breaking

the window of the front door. Upon attending the residence, it was determined that several items were stolen including a 42” LCD TV, golf clubs, photo printer, speakers, two guitars and a DVD player.

Break and Enter/TheftFORT ST. JOHN – On April 25 before 7

a.m., there was a break and enter that occurred at A-1 Brake Supply Ltd. on the East Bypass Road near 100 Avenue in Fort St. John. An unknown suspect(s) entered the business by forcing heir way through the rear door. Upon attending the business, it was determined that a “blue mig welder” and a “black car battery charger, with various voltage connections” was taken from inside of the business.

If you witnessed, or have any information regarding this incident or any other crime, please call the detachment at (250) 787-8140.

By Matthew BainsDAWSON CREEK – Some resi-

dents are unhappy with the amount of gravel sprayed onto their front yards by city road crews during the winter.

City council has received a couple of letters from residents stating their lawns are being ruined by the gravel and that it has gotten worse in the last few years.

Kevin Henderson, director of op-erations for the city, said he has heard there seems to be a lot more gravel than in the past, but he won’t know for sure until his department has reviewed its winter operations.

He said the amount of gravel used on icy roads depends on the weather conditions, but it usually doesn’t vary significantly.

“We do have a duty to ensure the roadways are safe throughout the winter,” said Henderson. “Unfortu-nately, the byproduct is sand up on the boulevards.”

Students and instructors from the South Peace Secondary School Al-ternate Program are helping seniors and disabled residents rake their yards.

The group, one of four groups that signed up for the job, was out on April 20 raking up loose gravel from a lawn at the corner of 15 Street and 102 Avenue. In return, the city will pay them $40 for every front lawn and $80 for a corner lot.

Teacher Holly Cunningham said the group was assigned to clean up six corner lots. They plan to use the money for field trips, including swimming, golfing and camping.

Litter is another issue needing attention in the spring and the city will once again hold its “Clean-up Day” on May 15.

Non-profit groups with a minimum of 10 people are encouraged to register by visiting City Hall or calling (250) 784-3604 before May 12. The campaign is open to the first 60 groups that reg-ister.

For four hours of service, each group will receive a $200 honorarium. Partici-pants will also be treated to a free barbeque that after-noon, courtesy of the Kins-men Club.

The second annual Swap and Shop will also be held on May 15 at the Memorial Arena, a free garage sale where people can drop off old items and/or purchase something to take home. Drop-off goes from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. and pick-up starts at 8 a.m. and ends at noon.

Melanie Turcotte, sus-tainability clerk with the city, said the inaugural

event was a great success, and there were some very useful items for the taking.“I was kind of surprised when a couple of toilets showed up that were new,” said

Turcotte. “We had a used bed that was in really good shape, with a mattress and ev-erything.”

She said most of the items that weren’t taken were donated to the Salvation Army and the Mizpah Transition House, with only a small amount ending up in the dump.

Turcotte said it’s important to note, however, they will not be accepting junk.


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Matthew Bains photoStudents and instructors from the South Peace Secondary School Alternate Program rake up gravel on April 20 in an effort to help seniors and the disabled while earning money for field trips. The program is one of a few aimed at cleaning up Dawson Creek this spring.

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