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DAWSON CREEK – Premier Christy Clark and John Lowe, AltaGas executive vice president, signed the first agreement of its kind for domestic liquefied natural gas at Northern Lights College in Daw-son Creek on Fri., June 20.

A group of about 25 invited guests were present to witness the signing of a Letter of Intent that will work towards a project development agreement support-ing AltaGas’ plans to build a network of small L.N.G. facilities throughout north-ern B.C. These facilities would be for do-mestic markets, as well as for export.

“Today’s event is about producing

L.N.G. for the domestic market, giving British Columbians, in addition to the op-portunity we see in Asia, an opportunity for cleaner energy options in British Co-lumbia as well,” said Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman, who was there to speak to the occasion.

AltaGas serves communities in north-ern B.C. through to Kitimat and Prince Rupert, and is the only natural gas pipe-line delivering natural gas to the coast. The first phase of their project is a liq-uefaction facility in Dawson Creek that would convert pipeline quality natural gas into L.N.G.

Initially the plant would serve large customers in the power generation, space heating and oil and gas industries, and as the project develops it would provide

northern communities an alternative to diesel.

“It’s a 20,000 U.S. gallon-a-day plant that we’re looking at, and we’re hoping to have it operational, if everything goes according to plan, it could be operational at the end of this year,” said Lowe.

“And it’s not just this project, what we see is a chain of L.N.G. facilities run-ning from Fort Nelson, Dawson Creek, through the corridor to Prince Rupert and to Kitimat.”

Natural gas is the cleanest burning fos-sil fuel, and as such it would help to keep the environment clean, he said. It’s also half the cost of diesel.

“The price of natural gas in North

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Premier Clark signs with AltaGas supporting domestic use of L.N.G.

Photo Credit Bronwyn ScottPremier Christy Clark and John Lowe, AltaGas executive vice president, signed a Letter of Intent on Fri., June 20, at Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, for the purpose of moving forward on AltaGas’ plans to develop L.N.G. facilities throughout northern B.C.

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TAYLOR – After 28 years as Mayor of the District of Taylor, Fred Jarvis won’t be running for re-election this fall, he announced at a regular council meeting on Tues., June 17.

In all his time as mayor there’s never been a challenge at the polls, but with the municipal election around the corner, he’s got the impression that others could be interested in taking over his role.

“I have been getting indications lately that there could be people that could take it over and that I would have confidence in,” said Mayor Jarvis in an interview with the Northeast News.

He made the announcement because there will be chang-es in the community, and he wants people to know that there will be empty seats on council, he said.

“I’m very confident that there is lots of people within the community that can fill those positions, and I want them [to have] the opportunity to really be able to think about it and pull in to their places that they feel they could fill, and offer up their name.”

It’s always disappointing how few people vote in the mu-nicipal election, he said, but those are the people who make the decisions.

“When I’m in the position I represent absolutely every

citizen in the community, in the regional district, I rep-resent every citizen in the whole regional district . . . I do not represent my one little area, or people of my choos-ing, I endeavor to represent every citizen, because that’s what the job is, is to make a better life for every citizen.”

Mayor Jarvis was first elected to council in Taylor in 1977, and then again in 1983. In 1986 he was elected Mayor. He’s come a long way since those early days.

“I first came in and I didn’t have any idea of any-thing, but there were always people there to help through everything, to help give you confidence that we can han-dle it, and move forward,” said Mayor Jarvis.

The success he’s had throughout his career has been based on reliance on other people and the confi-dence that there is a greater power helping him along the way, he said.

That guidance has come in many ways – through the staff, the people of the community and the whole region, and of course, his family.

“Many people think of that greater power and have many different defi-nitions of it. Mine is my Lord, my God has been al-ways there for me to give me guidance.”

The election coming up has been no exception.

“I feel He’s given me the guidance that there is other people here that could, that I’d be comfortable at stepping aside to move into the position,” he said.

While his announcement was just last week, already peo-ple have been saying that whomever steps into his position will have big shoes to fill, but Mayor Jarvis is insistent that they won’t have any such obligation.

“I’m keeping my shoes because I’m still going to be

here, and I’ve got to continue to use those shoes as long as I’m here,” he said.

While Mayor Jarvis is bowing out after a long and suc-cessful career, it’s not the end of his commitment to better-ing the community. Looking ahead, he plans to remain a fixture as an actively involved citizen.

“I’m going to be ready and willing to help in any area to keep our community great, keep it growing great, keep it as a small commu-nity feeling as much as pos-sible, and not to miss out on things,” said Jarvis.

“It’s the business people, it’s the citizens of the com-munity that really makes things go well, and council

tries to help put that in place, but somebody in the citizenry can also take a big lead on that, and I hope to be one of those people.”

And so while he won’t be running for re-election, Mayor Jarvis isn’t abandoning ship. He’s just changing his posi-tion.


Mayor Jarvis’s 28-year run is coming to an end

Photo Credit Bronwyn ScottMayor Fred Jarvis on June 9th, 2014, at the re-opening of the Taylor Medical Clinic.


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there always for me to give me guidance.

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Photo Credit Metro Creative ConnectionThe Fort Nelson community is divided over the possibility of a public / private medical clinic.

FORT NELSON – An uneasy tension in Fort Nelson has divided the town, with both sides up in arms over a public-private partnership that would fund the Northern Rockies Community Health Centre.

Proponents are interested in more efficient health care with a broader range of services. They’re hopeful that building a new facility would be an incentive to new doc-tors.

Opponents believe there are too many unanswered ques-tions surrounding the proposed medical centre, and doubt-ful that the problem of recruiting doctors to the Northern Rockies’ and Fort Nelson will be solved by building a mul t i -mi l l ion dollar facility.

The idea of a public-private p a r t n e r s h i p was proposed in an initial re-port prepared by a consultant named Brian Spooner, com-missioned by Northern Health.

Out of that report, which looked into a number of al-ternatives for addressing the health care situation in Fort Nelson, the recommendation was that the public-private partnership would probably be the best solution.

Currently there are four doctors in Fort Nelson, but two of them take turns practicing.

“Right now we’re alright, but there’s no telling how long that will last,” said Randy McLean, city manager.

The turnover rate is high, he said.“Northern Health likes this new model – I guess it’s new

for North America, but it’s not so new around the world – of delivering health care. It’s supposed to be a more com-plete health care where they have all the full range of health services, from public health to mental health, all located in one building,” said McLean.

The municipality has had a tough time recruiting doctors over the years, and when they go to universities to talk to new graduates, they consistently hear that they don’t want

to move to a new place and buy into a clinic, he said.“They want to move in somewhere and pay their rent,

and so that keeps their mobility. They don’t want to get locked into something long term, so if the municipality owns and operates the facil-ity, well then we have the ability to facilitate that.”

But Mayor Bill Streeper has spoken out against the project.

“He’s instituted the hu-man cry, I guess, to oppose the health centre. The odd thing about that is when we called for proposals here a few months ago, he was in-volved in a consortium bid-ding on the project, and he wasn’t selected so then he changed from being in fa-vour of it to being against it,” McLean said.

Mayor Streeper insists that he’s always been against the project.

“I disapproved of this whole thing from day one. There is too many questions that have to be answered,” said Streeper.

Questions like, are we go-ing to get doctors that want to rent the building? Who is going to recruit the doctors? And, who is going to pay the staff? Who is going to pay the nurses and the reception-ists?

“That’s never been dis-cussed,” he said. “The tax-payers are going to have to pay for the building until doctors show up that will rent the building.”

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Northern Lights BY JENNIFER FERNANDESDirector, Marketing and Communications

As picturesque as the tiny com-munity of Telegraph Creek is, there is not a lot of traffic going by on any given day.

Located on Highway 37 about 113 kilometres west of Dease Lake where Northern Lights College operates a campus, the village is comprised of a general store, a church, lodge, school, and the River Song Café.

The River Song Café was closed for several years and no one was surprised that it languished for sale for several more until being purchased by the Tahltan Band Council about a year ago.

The River Song Café in Telegraph Creek.

The gravel road to Telegraph Creek, population 350, winds through the Stikine

Canyon also known as Canada’s “Grand Canyon” and features some of the most

remote and beautiful scenery in the country.

The Tahltan decided to reopen the restaurant as a summer business venture to the delight of locals and visitors who perennially brave the twisting roads that wind through Canada’s “Grand Canyon” to view some of the world’s most remarkable and magnificently wild scenery.

Set just off the banks of the surging Stikine River, the River Song Café is now being managed by none other than Hazel Adams, a former Dease Lake Campus student who took the Professional Office Skills program offered there last year.

“Hazel was hired right out of the program,” said Monique Pharand, Dease Lake Campus administra-tive assistant. “The Tahltan Band approached Hazel to take on the job of managing the River Song Café and she accepted just before she graduated the program.”

“I was comfortable with taking on the challenge because I’d been

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Hazel Adams, Manager.

a camp cook for years and had supervised crews of five to six people,” said Adams, “But I was more confident that I could do it because of the program, as it touched on all areas of running a business like computer skills and speaking professionally.”

Pharand remarked that as a local resident, she is very pleased that

the café has reopened successfully.“My husband and I take visitors

there a lot,” she laughed, “They have fresh homemade fruit pies that our guests just love.”

“And Hazel’s daughter is actually the secretary at the front desk of the Dease Lake Campus,” Pharand said, “So you can see, NLC is both an employer and trainer of the local people.”

FORT ST. JOHN – Vacant shop fronts are becoming a more familiar sight in Fort St. John’s downtown core, and out of town building owners are part of the problem.

Joaquin Karakas tapped into the trend when he com-mented on the number of empty storefront windows dur-ing his presentation on downtown revitalization earlier this month.

Karakas, a city planner from Vancouver, was at the Pomeroy Hotel on June 12 to discuss the present stage of downtown planning and to ensure the city is moving in the right direction as it proceeds to phase two of its community planning process.

“When I walked around last night, I noticed what I thought was an increase in the amount of vacancy signs,” he said.

It was a familiar s u b j e c t for some in atten-d a n c e , and Andy A c k e r -man, hus-band to the may-or, piped up on the issue.

“ Y o u talk to the downtown businesses, the ones that are leav-ing, there’s one simple cause. Absentee landlords are jack-ing the rent up downtown, and people are leaving to go somewhere else because unfortunately the rents keep going

up, I’ve heard as high as 25 per cent a year, and people leave. They go to the mall. They go to somewhere else where it’s cheaper to actual-ly rent retail space,” he said. “That’s the real elephant in the room here, downtown.”

Prior to the City’s re-cent announcement of their downtown revitalization fo-cus team, a grassroots group of merchants banded togeth-er with a similar mission to rejuvenate the retail core. They called themselves the Fort St. John Independent Business Association, and absentee landlords is one of the topics they’ve discussed.

One of the group’s mem-bers, Marc Beerling, who owns Marc Joseph & Trends Clothing, is in the process of relocating his business to the mall after his building owner, who lives in Vancouver, drastically increased his rent.

“It amounted to just under 20 per cent, and that’s pretty hard for any small business to stomach,” said Beerling.

He attributes the increase to a misconception of what’s happening here.

“He’s probably sitting in Vancouver reading articles about how busy Fort St. John is, and just looking to cash in, and I think that’s one of the issues mostly [with] absentee owners, is there is the presumption of what is happening up here,” Beerling said.

Building owners who live here have a different perspec-

tive.“When a landlord owns their building in our community,

I think you’re at the forefront of knowing what’s going on in our community, I think you’re invested in our commu-nity,” said Lynette Kitt, owner of The Canadian Grind and Unforgettable Memories Foto Source.

She owns the building that contains her businesses and so hasn’t faced the same trials that Beerling has, but she’s still affected by absentee landlords. As a member of the Business Association she’d like to see a vibrant downtown core, but building owners who live elsewhere aren’t able to participate in those efforts.


Photo Credit Bronwyn ScottThe downtown shop Marc Joseph & Trends Clothing is one business that’s had to move because the landlord, who lives in Vancouver, increased his rent by nearly 20 per cent. Owner Marc Beerling is part of the Fort St. John Independent Business Association.

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Photo Credit Bronwyn ScottTeachers protesting outside Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek on Fri., June 20. Christy Clark was at the college signing a Letter of Intent with AltaGas to grow the use of Liquefied Natural Gas in the province.


FORT ST. JOHN – The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling on Premier Christy Clark to agree to mediation af-ter two more days of unsuccessful face-to-face bargaining with the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association last week.

“At this point, the best way to get that deal that works for B.C.’s public education system is through mediation. Christy Clark should say yes to mediation today,” said B.C.T.F. president Jim Iker said in a press release on June 19.

With the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association and the B.C.T.F. unable to come to a compromise on the issues of class size and composition, wages and benefits, frustration is running high with both parties accusing the other of misrepresenting information to the public.

“We have been dealing with a government that has a re-cord of bargaining in bad faith and imposing unconstitu-tional legislation,” said Iker.

“This government built in a series of surpluses and a sizeable contingency fund in their fiscal plan over the next several years. They have the money. It’s time to reinvest in B.C.’s students.”

Distrust is mounting as the strike continues.“I do not believe that the actions of governments are in

line with what they are saying to the public. It’s very mis-leading . . . they’re misleading taxpayers,” said Michelle Wiebe, representative for the Peace River North Teachers’ Association.

The B.C.P.S.E.A. insists that the demands of teachers are unaffordable and unfair to taxpayers, and that a settlement for teacher should be in line with the agreements that have been made with other public sector employees.

“It’s clear to me that the B.C.T.F. wants to stay in their

own orbit. They don’t want to recognize the realities of our economy, of the needs of taxpayers, and their compensa-tion demands are twice what the other unions have settled for . . . . To say that I’m disappointed is an understatement, I’m profoundly disappointed, on behalf of the premier and the government,” said Education Minister Peter Fassbender during a media event on Thurs., June 19.

“The facts as presented by the B.C.T.F., or their inter-pretation of the facts, is not consistent with what I know I’ve been told by the people at the table,” he said.

He insisted that it was not his intention to bargain through the media, but since the B.C.T.F. has been utiliz-ing media to communicate their message, the province felt the need to respond in similar fashion.

He wanted to set the re-cord straight, not only with taxpayers, but with teachers themselves.

“My intent is to ensure that the misinformation that I believe has been communi-cated by the B.C.T.F. is set straight,” he said.

“They (teachers) need to know exactly what was put on the table by their union and why we are resisting an unaffordable settlement,” said Fassbender, implying that the B.C.T.F. has not

been straightforward with educators in the province.Before entering into the question period at the media

event, Fassbender concluded with a plea to teachers.“We ask you to speak to your leadership, to say, come

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Beer league ball combines two very good things: exer-cise and alcohol. Nevermind that they sort of cancel each other out. But what I most like about it is that you can join with very little playing experience and develop new skills, meet new friends, and get some sun in the process.

Recently my boyfriend and I were fortunate enough to have been invited to play on a beer league softball team, the Brewsers. As newcomers to the community, we weren’t sure we’d have that opportunity here.

For the last two years we played on a team in Surrey, and we really appreciated that beer league ball was something we both enjoyed and could do together.

I’m not going to suggest that after two years of playing I have any kind of skill on the diamond whatsoever, but what I will admit is that have learned to put myself in the line of fire for the greater good.

No longer do I dodge the yellow ball as it whizzes past my head. I haven’t forgotten that it will cause serious dam-age, as I, weighing in at 100-lbs, a stature of 5’5,” stand before a projectile launched by a 200-lb man. Somehow, that peculiar possibility of catching the ball has taken seed in my mind. And I have begun to try.

It doesn’t matter that last week I nursed a bruised palm, or that this week I took a forceful man-launched ball to the shin. It’s worth it. After all, it’s not always easy to find opportunities as an adult to make those kinds of physical, social and emotional improvements that playing in the sun with friends provides. Game on! Bronwyn Scott, reporter

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Whether you are considering using a friend, family member or a regulated child care home or program, when se-lecting child care you need to look at a number of things before making your final selection. You and your child want a long lasting relationship with your child care provider. The person, the environment and the programming are all important pieces that make up a good place for children to spend their days. All parties involved need to be happy with the arrangement.

In order for care providers to pro-vide quality care, they need a good understanding of child development. Knowing what the appropriate devel-opmental milestones are and when they should be reached is important. Research has shown how crucial the first five years are in influencing life-long learning and success. Studies have shown that provider education does impact the quality of the care provided.

The relationship between the parent

and provider as well as the provider and the child is another important fac-tor. The child care provider needs to be able to meet the needs of the child as an individual and also be a partner in raising the child.

Your child’s temperament is also an important consideration. Does your child enjoy larger groups or are they better in a small group? Do they en-joy field trips and events or feel more secure staying in one place? Are they able to fall asleep easily in a room with other children or do they need lots of rocking and cuddling before being laid in their bed in a quiet room?

The environment where your child will be all day must please you both. Opportunities for social, emotional, cognitive and physical development need to be evident. The space must be healthy, safe, clean, and comfort-able. Having adequate amounts of developmentally appropriate toys and material for the number of children in care should be apparent.

Choosing child care can be one of the most difficult jobs a parent has.

If you are providing or want to pro-vide child care you need to follow The Child Care Licensing Regulations and Community Care and Assisted Living Act, provincial laws that set the base level of protection of the health, safe-ty, and dignity of individuals in care. If you care for more than two children who are not related to you, you are re-quired to be licensed. If you are caring for two children and the parents would like to qualify for a higher rate of sub-sidy or you wish to have some training and quality checks in place you may become registered with Child Care Resource and Referral.

You can contact Child Care Re-source and Referral at 250-563-2483 or www.ccrr.bc.ca or Community Care Facilities Licensing at 250-565-2150 or http://www.northernhealth.ca for more information.Kathy Basaraba, Licensing Officer with Public Health Protection

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Dear editor,It is said that sunshine is the best disinfectant, but unfor-

tunately not a lot of light shines on our federal government these days.

Access to information requests are taking longer and ar-rive blacked out. Data is released in grainy photocopies, not electronically. Withholding information has become the default position. Information paid for by taxpayers is hidden from them.

Under my leadership, the Liberal Party has begun to re-verse this trend and raise the bar on openness and trans-parency. A year ago we began publishing our own caucus’ spending every quarter, which led to all-party agreement on the proactive disclosure of parliamentary expenses.

The next step is the introduction of the Transparency Act, which will improve openness not only in Parliament, but in our government.

Right now Canada’s Access to Information Act is stuck in the 1980s. The Transparency Act will pull it into the modern era.

This Act will entrench in law that all government infor-mation must be ‘open by default’ and available in modern formats. It eliminates all fees for Access to Information be-yond the initial $5 request fee. It will initiate a review and modernization of the entire Access to Information system. It strengthens the mandate of the Information Commission-er by giving them the power to enforce information laws. And it ends the secret nature of the House of Commons’

Board of Internal Economy.These are first, tangible steps—within the limit of what

can be proposed in a Private Member’s Bill—that can be put into law this session. None are partisan. And all will be debated and voted on by all MPs in the fall.

The Transparency Act builds on the positive steps we have taken, and will be strengthened as I consult with Ca-nadians and other Parliamentarians when travelling across the country this summer. I am convinced that by working together, we can achieve all-party consensus to pass this bill and bring a bit of sunshine back to our government.

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FORT ST. JOHN – The federal government’s decision on Enbridge places B.C. one step ahead in the race to sat-isfy the Asian demand for Liquefied Natural Gas, and the northeast’s mayors are joining forces to handle the region’s growth.

The newly formed Northeast B.C. Resource Munici-palities Coalition includes Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, Taylor, Chet-wynd, Tumbler Ridge and Pouce Coupe. Senator Richard Neufeld, former MLA for Peace River North and former Mayor of Fort Nelson, is the coalition’s only honorary member.

By planning with the province, industry and First Na-tions, they hope to support the development of natural re-sources, develop strong infrastructure including services to support a growing population, and to undertake a resources infrastructure planning model and process.

“While facilitating resource development we want to en-sure that we have quality of life here,” said Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman in an interview with the Northeast News.

“We’re coming together to work on issues that are perti-nent to all of us, and we’ve also recognized that the natural gas is not the only resource development that could hap-pen here. We have the mines down in Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd, forestry is a huge industry here as well as agri-culture, and so as we move forward we want to ensure that we can address all of those industries,” she said.

Along with Mayor Dale Bumstead of Dawson Creek and Mayor Bill Streeper of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, Mayor Ackerman attended the Canadian In-stitute Energy Group’s 17th Annual B.C. Natural Gas Sym-posium in Vancouver on June 3 and June 4.

Government, industry and First Nations were also there

to discuss the opportunities and challenges in the province as B.C. develops its L.N.G. industry.

“The organizers of this natural gas symposium had re-quested the attendance of the mayors some months ago, as part of wanting to provide a conference that allowed people attending to get a good sense of where B.C. is at in terms of the development of the L.N.G. industry,” said Kevin Brown, communications coordinator for the NEBC Resource Municipalities Coalition.

They wanted voices from the northeast to explain what the impacts to the region and municipalities will be when of an influx of possibly tens of thousands of new workers come to extract, process and transport the gas.

“If we’re going to be welcoming new workers and their

families to the region, we have to get planning our com-munities now to make sure there is adequate housing for them, and other services,” said Brown. That was one of the principal messages that the three mayors shared at the con-ference, he said.

The NEBC Resource Municipalities Coalition is in the early stages of development. They had their inaugural meeting on May 2, where they agreed to move forward with developing their vision and initial objectives.

An official launch of the coalition is expected later this year.

“We only have one opportunity to get this right and our coalition will do everything possible to make sure we do,” said Mayor Bill Streeper in a press release.

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The minimum payment on credit cards is determined either by a percentage of your outstanding balance (usu-ally 2-3%) or a small monthly fee (usually around $10). These are relatively small amounts but if you only pay the monthly minimum, it will take years to pay off your credit card balance.

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Be aware that the ‘heap and sweep’ strategy only works when you are disciplined enough to track your expendi-tures closely and financially able to pay off your credit card balance each month.

With the right strategies, credit cards are useful financial tools. The same is true of your overall financial life – with the right strategies, you can achieve all your financial ob-jectives. A good place to start is by talking with your pro-fessional advisor.

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TAYLOR – The 15th annual Crime Stoppers Golf Tournament had a record number of 156 participants on Fri., June 13, where players were rewarded with a barbecue steak dinner and nearly $17,000 in donated prizes.

The tournament was held at Lone Wolf Golf Course in Taylor, and the weather was perfect for a game in the sun.

“Mother Nature cooperated, the golf course is in fabulous shape, and every-body’s behaving themselves,” said Dave Callum, general manager at Lone Wolf.

“There’s lots of prepara-tion to make things happen, but it’s well worth it for the amount of money that goes back to charity,” he said.

Crime Stoppers is cel-ebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and the golf tour-nament is the only fundraiser that they do, said Sandy Le-vac, president of Northeast B.C. Crime Stoppers.

“It’s one of the organi-zations that help keep the community a safe place for people to raise their families and children,” she said. “I think it is a great community organization and unfortu-nately we need to have more people on the board or that help.” Levac has been in-volved with Crime Stoppers for 12 years.

From Jan. 1 to May 26, 2014, Crime Stoppers re-ceived 110 tips, which re-

sulted in eight arrests. Those arrests cleared five cases, said Jaime Ekkel, coordinator of the Northeast B.C. Crime Stoppers, at a Fort St. John city council meeting on May 26.

“In regards to weapons recovered, prop-erty recovered and drugs seized, year to date we are pushing $42,000. Since our inception we have received 3,086 tips with 266 arrests made out of those 3,000, which has cleared 334 cases. Also year to date with weapons recovered, property re-covered and drugs seized, we’re just over $41,000,000,” she said.

At that meeting, June 10 to June 15 was proclaimed Crime Stoppers Week in the City of Fort St. John.


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A golfer takes a swing at the 15th annual Crime Stoppers Golf Tournament on Fri., June 13.

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America is low, and as more discoveries continue to be made, it’s probably going to continue to be low,” said Pre-mier Christy Clark.

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us in this province, and the northeast of our province is going to make it possible for us to change the future, not just of Brit-ish Columbia, but of the entire country, to change the face of it forever. And we’re a lot closer to that today.”

In signing the Letter of Intent, the province and AltaGas

agree to work together to ensure AltaGas has the regulatory and fiscal certainty they need to get the final investment decision, Clark explained.

“We know that this will be a good investment. The glob-al demand for energy is expected to double over the next 20 years, and as our economy grows with it, right here in British Columbia, we will be no different. We’re going to work to capitalize on this opportunity, we’re going to do it together,” she said.

“Our chance and our opportunity to not just grow this in-dustry, but to maintain it, is to export this product. Seizing the opportunity for a liquefied natural gas industry, clean up the air in China, create 100,000 new jobs here at home, make sure that we lift First Nations up along with us as part of this economic opportunity, get on the path to paying off our debt so that our kids don’t labour under that burden . . . . This is good for Dawson Creek, it’s good for B.C., and it’s very good for Canada.”

The document could assist in moving the first phase of the project to final investment decision.

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there isn’t enough clarity on how it would actually work. “We have a split on council over what’s going on, we

have a split on the public of what’s going on, on this, we have a ‘yes’ side and a ‘no’ side.

“We’ve got people saying, what the hell is happening? We’ve got people saying I don’t understand this, and I my-self think that we should be going back and listing the ques-tions that people have, finding the answers for the question and then go forward,” said Streeper.

To fund the project, a taxpayer with a $300,000 house would be paying $16 per year, and at the end of 25 years, Fort Nelson would have a building worth approximately $6-million.

Council had approved an Alternative Approval Process, a procedure that councils can use to finance projects with-out having to go to the public. However, the public can cancel it and go to referendum if 10 per cent of eligible voters sign a form.

This took place, and there were 860 signatures, more than double the number needed. As a result, a referendum will take place on Aug. 16.

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FORT ST. JOHN – Ron Smeeth, ClearStream Energy area manager for Fort St. John, and Kelly Dowd, project manager, presented $1,200 as well as ten special balance bicycles and helmets to the Child Development Centre on May 12, 2014.

Cindy Singer, Early Learning Program supervisor at the

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Energy employees, who had raffles and 50/50’s at their Christmas party. Smeeth and Dowd matched what employ-ees had raised.

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Photo Credit Submitted photoRon Smeeth, ClearStream Energy area manager, Kelly Dowd, project manager, and Cindy Singer, Early Learning Program supervisor at the Child Development Centre, pose with the generously provided donation to the Child Development Centre on May 12, 2014.


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Getting an absentee landlord to put a fresh coat of paint on their building and take care of other upkeep matters can be a challenge, she said.

“I’m very proactive on that part, I can get out there and sweep my sidewalk and wash my building because I have some pride in it. I care what it looks like, because I live here too.”

The Business Association is hopeful about joining forces with some of the other players in the community, like the Chamber of Commerce, or with the city through Moira Green, Fort St. John’s economic development officer, to address some of the pressing concerns for local business owners.

They’d like to look into coming to an agreement on what needs to be done in terms of upgrades to buildings to give downtown a cohesive look, an initiative that could poten-tially tie in to the City’s downtown revitalization project.

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FORT ST. JOHN- Northern Lights College’s Fort St. John campus celebrated the graduation of approximately 460 students on June 20 at the North Peace Cultural Centre.

The students, who graduated from 38 program areas, were honoured with their certificates and diplomas.

Also recognized was Allan P. Markin, a longtime phi-lanthropist who played a significant role in the construction of the Jim Kassen Industry Training Centre. Markin was conferred with an Honorary Associate of Arts Degree.

Tara Good, a graduate of the Business Management Cer-tificate program, was named the Valedictorian. In addition to her studies at NLC, Good served as one of two student representatives on the Board of Governors.

Other special guests in attendance included City of Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman; Karen Simpson, Chair of the NLC Board of Governors; and Dr. Peter Nunoda, Vice-President Academic and Research of NLC. A blessing by Elaine Catto, who is an NLC Social Services Worker Di-ploma graduate from 2011, opened the ceremony.

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Speaking about racism and hate in gen-eral, abstract terms is one thing; speaking about them in terms of their personal, in-dividualized impact is another.

We’ve touched on some of the funda-mental causes of racism and discrimina-tion – ignorance, blame, feelings of supe-riority, a lack of education or exposure, fear, ‘us’ versus ‘them’ attitudes. These attitudes can also be based on misinfor-mation, generational beliefs, or a need to gain power.

But what about the effects? When talk-ing about racism, it can be difficult to un-derstand the impact that racism has on any community or group of people. Racial dis-crimination can have profound, personal impacts on both individuals and groups.

The Organizing Against Racism and Hate project looks at how discrimination occurs within Dawson Creek. From vis-ible minority groups, to First Nations, to people with non-conforming gender roles, a wide variety of people are subjected to ongoing discrimination, for many of the reasons above. Discrimination, whatever its form, is thoughtless and reactive, and wrongly projects personal, often hidden biases to damaging effect.

Racism and discrimination impact peo-ple, inside and outside of our community. A thoughtless, racially insensitive remark may take only an instant to make, but its impact can be felt for a lifetime after-wards. Residents within Dawson Creek have responded to say they’ve been em-barrassed, rejected, and degraded through racism and other forms of hate in the com-

munity. Some have responded by growing to become racist themselves. Others have stated that they’ve had minority employ-ees verbally abused so badly that they’ve had to schedule a settled Canadian on shift at the same time to prevent further inci-dents.

No amount of cultural or language dif-ference should warrant abuse that endan-gers someone’s emotional well-being. Saddest of all is that these are people who are left to bear these incidents, and to try and recover and go on living with contin-ual mistreatment.

Racism Free Edmonton – a group of 16 Edmonton organizations – states that “long standing racism can result in pro-found trauma that can impact generations of a group or community.”

Racism hinders equal opportunity. It isolates and excludes people and groups. It can negatively impact a person’s physical and psychological health. And it can pre-vent group and community interactions, fostering discomfort, fear, and resentment both within individuals and groups.

These aren’t the things we want for our community. By understanding the impact that racism and hate can and do have in Dawson Creek, we can work towards a stronger, better, more tolerant community.

Resources: http://www.racismfreeed-monton.ca/site/what_is_the_impact_of_racism (Racism Free Edmonton)

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Fatal incident in d.c.

On June 19, the Dawson Creek RCMP, BC Ambulance and STARS (medical air transport) responded to an industrial inci-dent near the Brayden Road.

According to an RCMP release, a tractor trailer was being loaded by a crane when the load shifted off the trailer of the ve-hicle. The shifting load struck a male, 20, employee, who succumed to the injuries he sustained at the scene. The British Colum-bia Coroner’s service and Work Safe B.C. are currently investigating the incident.

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At 10:40 am, on June 20 the Fort St. John RCMP were called to a collision involving three vehicles at the intersection of 100th Street and the Alaska Highway.

A van, travelling north on the Alaska Highway, went through a red light and collided with a vehicle travelling south on 100th Street.

The impact of this crash caused the van to travel into the oncoming lane and strike another vehicle that was stopped at the light.

The driver of the van, a 31-year-old woman, received minor injuries. The pas-senger in the van, a three-year-old girl, was taken to Fort St. John hospital with facial lacerations.

Police will be considering charges under the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act.

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At noon on June 20, Fort St. John police were called to a second collision on the Alaska Highway at 108th Street.

This collision was caused when a driver, travelling north on the highway, failed to stop for a flag person. The vehicle struck a truck turning left in front of it and the momentum caused the truck to hit a third vehicle.

The driver of the northbound vehicle was transported to the Fort St. John hospital with an injured hand.

Police will be considering charges under the British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act.

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CHARLIE LAKE – What is 120 feet tall, symbolizes freedom and unity, is recog-nized abroad and will be up in time to cel-ebrate its 50th birthday in February?

If your answer was a new Canadian flag slated for the entryway to the Charlie Lake RV and Leisure park, you must be a Rotary Club member.

Plans are underway to build the towering flagpole that will display a 20-foot by 40-foot Canadian flag just off the Alaska High-way, and the Fort St. John Rotary Club, co-ordinating the project, is hopeful that it will be up before the end of summer.

It’s good timing, since the flag will be fly-ing for the 50th anniversary of the official ceremony inaugurating the new Canadian flag, which took place on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 15, 1965.

Engineers are at work designing the base of the pole, but it’s no easy feat since the Charlie Lake recreation area was once swampland that was filled in over many

years as community members worked to de-velop the area.

The exact location may vary depending on the stability of the soil, but they’re hope-ful they’ll be able to get it up at the entrance to the park.

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Engineering FeatContinued from Page 13

“We’ve been working on it a little bit off and on through-out the winter and on into spring . . . it should kind of set the tone for people coming and going through the area, said John Lehners, engineer at Beairsto Lehners Ketchum Engi-neering and Surveying.

The idea originated with Grant Timmins, who’s been a Rotary member for 45 years. He pitched the idea to his fellow Rotarians, and they decided to take it on as a com-munity project.

“The flag can symbolize a lot of things to different peo-ple, your freedom, your liberty and your opportunities . . . when you travel it’s well recognized, so it’s meant to stand out as making a statement that this is Canada, the true north strong and free,” said Timmins.

“The flag also honours our people that serve, veterans, and the police and the fire departments that protect us, and it’s a symbol that everyone’s proud of if you’re Canadian,” he said.

The flagstaff will be a recognizable landmark for Charlie Lake, an historically significant area during the construc-tion of the Alaska Highway.

“Grande Prairie is the Swan City, and Dawson Creek is Mile 0, and Beaver Lodge has got the big beaver, and Fort St. John is the Energetic City, but Charlie Lake is actually where the Alaska Highway, they started doing it from,” said Timmins.

Dawson Creek is known as Mile 0, but that’s because the railroad ended there.

“That was the end of iron, that was the end of steel, the train tracks went to Dawson,” said Coun. Larry Evans. But Charlie Lake was the first site for the earliest surveyors and engineers.



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“There used to be a sign around where the fire hall is at Charlie Lake, it said, ‘This is the official start of the Alaska Highway,’” said Evans.

Although the new flag will be an impressive 120 feet high, it won’t be setting any records for height or flag size.

Surrey, B.C. is thought to be home of the largest Cana-dian flag in Canada, reaching 282.4 feet into the sky with a 40-foot by 80-foot flag.

It was originally erected at the Expo 86 site in Vancou-ver, and it’s listed in the 1986 Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s tallest freestanding flagpole.

The base of the pole is supported by 300 tonnes of con-crete, according to information provided by Brad Mesa-ros, fixed operations manager at Barnes Wheaton GM in North Surrey, where the flag is now located.

It’s said that if a single person is holding the end of the flag and there is a gust of wind, it can pick that person off the crow’s nest, the platform used to change the flag. Safe-ty harnesses and tethers are always used when replacing it.


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Canada Day occurs on July 1st, the anniversary of Can-ada’s confederation. Canadians commemorate the day with parades, fireworks, cookouts, and concerts. The popularity of the holiday has been on the incline since the late 1960’s and has since become a nationwide cel-ebration.Formerly known as “Dominion Day,” Canada Day marks the anniversary of the Constitution Act of 1867, joining Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province (now Ontario and Quebec) into a single coun-try. The Constitution Act granted Canada a substantial amount of independence from England, although com-plete independence was not given until 1982. Prior to

1900, there was little Canadian nationalism as many Canadians regarded themselves as British citizens. The first official celebration was held in 1917 to honor Can-ada’s 50th birthday. It was not until 1946 that Phileas Cote, a member of the Quebec House of Commons, sent a private member’s bill to rename Dominion Day as Canada Day. The Senate responded by recommending the holiday be named the “National Holiday of Canada.” Since no one could agree on the name, the bill was de-feated. The government first recognized Canada Day in 1958 by holding a trooping of the color on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Canada’s centennial marked the first widespread celebration in 1967. The event promoted

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Upcoming Fort St. John• Energize downtown public drop-in: A team of planning and design professionals, as well as local stakeholders, is developing design concepts for downtown and they’re sharing their results at a Design Workshop Drop-In on June 26 from 6p.m.-8p.m. at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Attend to provide feedback, To contribute your ideas on-line, visit http://placespeak.ca/EnergizeFSJ•Treasures of the Museum Part IV: The Alaska Highway. June 27 from 7p.m.-10p.m. come find out about more about its history at the North Peace Museum (9323–100 Street). A curator and guest speakers will present using a variety of media and relating the evening’s themes to the develop-ment of Fort St. John and the North Peace. Admission $5, free for members. For more info call 250-787-0430.

• Church in the Park. As part of the Party in the Park cel-ebrations on Canada Day weekend, come celebrate spiritu-ality on Sunday, June 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Centen-nial Park. All faiths welcome. For more info, contact the Evangel Chapel at 250-785-3386.• June 28: Come Dance- Sponsored by the Derrick Dance Club. Music by Adley and Shannon. Ages 19 and older wel-come. Dance club members $12, non-members $15. Dance 8:30-12:30, at 10908-100 Street. For more information call Chris at 250-785-1021 or George at 250-827-3396. •World Fair at Centennial Park on Monday, June 30, from 3p.m.-6p.m. This interactive celebration promotes cultural diversity with educational programs, cultural displays and more! For more info contact Ted Sloan at 250-793-5194.•The annual Canada Day Parade starts at 11 a.m. on July 1st. It will start at the North Peace Arena, head north on 100 St., east on 108 Ave., south on 98 St., east on 101 Ave., south on 96 St. and end at 96 Ave.

Dawson Creek • Daily from June 27-29, come on down to the Mile 0 Park Grand Opening Jamboree! Celebrate the grand opening of the Walter Wright Pioneer Village, Rotary Lake, and the Mile 0 Campground. Enjoy food, good company and live music. A pancake breakfast will take place each morning starting at 8 a.m. On Saturday there will be a parade at noon and fireworks at 9 p.m.•Canada Day Parade, BBQ and celebrations at Pouce Coupe Village & Park. The parade gathers at 9a.m., and starts at 11a.m. Anyone can join in the parade, including kids on their bikes!• Aug. 7: 44th Annual Kiwanis Kids Parade- The Kiddie Parade will assemble and start at the front of the Memorial Arena. Line-up starts at 4:30, judging at 5:15 and parade at 6. Categories include best bike/float, best costume and best pet. Call Gordon Moffatt at 250-782-3551 for more information.

ongoingFort St. John• June 2-Sept. 24: Robert David Symons Countryman Art Exhibit- See the Canadian West through the watercolours of R.D. Symons at the Fort St. John North Peace Museum from June 2 through September 24. Born in England in 1898, Sy-mons was an artist, writer and naturalist who came to Canada in 1914 to be a cowboy on a ranch in Saskatchewan. He lived

near Fort St. John from 1943 to 1961. He painted, worked with horses, wrote books, and was an advocate for conserv-ing nature. For more info contact the Fort St. John North Peace Museum at 250-787-0430 or visit www.fsjmuseum.com. Regular admission fees apply.• New Totem Archery holds their indoor shoots at the Fort St. John Co-op Mall on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m.•ArtSpace classes are back at the North Peace Cultural Cen-tre with programming for all ages. Register for preschool,

Mommy and Me, after-school and adult classes. Check out the selection of activities at www.npcc.bc.ca, or grab a brochure at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Call (250) 785-1992 for more info or to register.• Pug In The Park - Wednesdays 6pm at Mathews Park. Facebook: FSJ Pugs. Now until No-vember (snow)Dawson Creek• The Visually Impaired Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 12 noon at First Baptist Church, 1400 113 Ave. Each month we have a guest speaker and we share lunch. (cost by donation).

Anyone who is visually impaired or who cares about some-one with vision difficulties is welcome to attend. For further information please call Pam 250-782-5187 or Margaret 250-782-3221.• Alcoholics Anonymous - meets Mon., Tues., Fri., & Sat., 8 p.m. at Peace River Health Unit. Wed. 8 p.m. Hospital Education Room. All meetings are open.• Mile 0 Al-Anon meets 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday evening at the Health Unit, Dawson Creek.• Mile 0 Quilt Guild meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m., Studio 10 at KPAC. Join us for sewing, fun and friendship. Contact Gloria at 250-786-5597 for more info.Pouce Coupe• Youth Drop-In at Pouce Coupe Community Church Annex (the old Pouce library). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ages 13 to 17.Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Tansi Friendship Centre, 5301 South Access. If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to, phone 250-788-9658 or 250-788-1100.Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Thursday. 8 p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church). If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to. Phone 250-242-4018.• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.

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It may seem insensitive, but it’s true. And that’s the problem. Destroying the environment is bad for the planet and all the life it supports, including us. But it’s often good for business. The 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico added billions to the U.S. gross domestic product! Even if a spill never occurred (a big “if”, considering the records of Kinder Morgan and other pipeline companies), increas-ing capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels a day would go hand-in-hand with rapid tar sands expansion and more wasteful, destructive burning of fossil fuels — as would approval of Enbridge Northern Gateway and other pipeline projects, as well as increased oil shipments by rail.

The company will make money, the government will reap some tax and royalty benefits and a relatively small number of jobs will be created. But the massive costs of dealing with a pipeline or tanker spill and the resulting cli-mate change consequences will far outweigh the benefits. Of course, under our current economic paradigm, even the costs of responding to global warming impacts show as positive growth in the GDP — the tool we use to measure what passes for progress in this strange worldview.

And so it’s full speed ahead and damn the consequences. Everything is measured in money. B.C.’s economy seems sluggish? Well, obviously, the solution is to get fracking and sell the gas to Asian markets. Never mind that a recent study, commissioned by the Canadian government, con-cludes we don’t know enough about the practice to say it’s safe, the federal government has virtually no regulations surrounding it and provincial rules “are not based on strong

science and remain untested.” Never mind that the more in-frastructure we build for polluting, climate-disrupting fos-sil fuels, the longer it will take us to move away from them. There’s easy money to be had — for someone.

We need to do more than just get off fossil fuels, al-though that’s a priority. We need to conserve, cut back and switch to cleaner energy sources. In Canada, we need a national energy strategy. And guess what? That will create lasting jobs! But we must also find better ways to run our societies than relying on rampant consumption, planned obsolescence, excessive and often-pointless work and an economic system that depends on damaging ways and an absurd measurement to convince us it somehow all amounts to progress.

It’s not about going back to the Dark Ages. It’s about realizing that a good life doesn’t depend on owning more stuff, scoring the latest gadgets or driving bigger, faster cars. Our connections with family, friends, community and nature are vastly more important.

Yes, we need oil and gas, and will for some time. Hav-ing built our cities and infrastructure to accommodate cars rather than people, we can’t turn around overnight. But we can stop wasting our precious resources. By conserving and switching to cleaner energy, we can ensure we still have oil and gas long into the future, perhaps long enough to

learn to appreciate the potential of what’s essentially en-ergy from the sun, stored and compressed over millions of years. If we dig it up and sell it so it can be burned around the world, we consign ourselves to a polluted planet rav-aged by global warming, with nothing to fall back on when fossil fuels are gone.

Scientists around the world have been warning us for decades about the consequences of our wasteful lifestyles, and evidence for the ever-increasing damage caused by pollution and climate change continues to grow. But we have to do more than just wean ourselves off fossil fuels. We must also look to economic systems, progress measure-ments and ways of living that don’t depend on destroying everything the planet provides to keep us healthy and alive.

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June is definitely the best month of the year to take in the splendor of the Peace Region. To be able to enjoy the early sun filled mornings, to experience the long lit evenings, to feel the energy as plants burst forth and to listen to the sweet sounds of the song birds… yes indeed, June is our reward after a long winter.

One of nature’s first gifts to arrive early in the month is the wild rose, also referred to as the Prairie Wild Rose, the provincial flower of Alberta. Take a walk or a drive down most roadways and you can smell the fresh fragrance of this delicate wildflower almost before you can see them.

Although the amazing aroma and rose petals last but a few weeks, the real gift from the wild rose occurs when you return

to the plant in the fall, especially if you wait until the first frost. Almost unnoticed throughout summer, berry-size rosehips, the size of your thumbnail, have been grow-ing for the pickings. A rose hip is merely the fruit of the rose plant with the only un-comfortable part of picking being the pro-tective thorny bushes.

Being extremely high in Vitamin C, rose-hips contain beta carotene, bioflavonoids and pectin. Rose hips are used to help pre-vent colds and influenza. In fact, rosehips contain a higher level of anti-oxidants than blueberries, acai berries and pomegranates! Rosehips help control one’s blood pressure, help lower high cholesterol and aid in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, appar-ently due to both anti-inflammatory and

anti-oxidant effects.Not just for medicinal purposes, rose hips

are used for herbal teas, jam, jelly, syrup, rose hip soup, beverages, pies, bread, wine, and marmalade. They can be eaten raw like a berry but as a caution, the hairs in-side the fruit should be avoided if consum-ing large quantities. For tea, the rose hips may be used fresh or dried and for brewing, just steep a tablespoon or two of clean hips (fresh or dried) in a cup of boiling water for about 10 minutes, sweeten with honey and enjoy.

To make rose hip syrup for pancakes, waffles, and vanilla ice cream; rinse the hips well, pat dry the hips and place them in a saucepan. Barely cover with water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer

until soft, about 10 to 15 minutes. Cool and strain the mixture, pressing the liquid off the hips gently with the back of a spoon, being careful not to break them open and release the seeds. The resulting liquid may also be used to make jelly by adding equal amounts of sugar.

Enjoy the gifts of nature from the Peace Region and reap the benefits this coming winter!

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The Peace Energy Coop open house held on Saturday, May 17 in Dawson Creek was a great success. Guided tours were given of two businesses recently outfitted with state-of-the-art solar electric equipment: South Peace Chiropractic and Peace Energy headquarters in the Peace photo Graphics building. Lots of folks also got a chance to test drive Motorino electric bikes and scooters, now also sold by Peace Energy Cooperative.

The high turn out and enthusiastic crowd made it clear that interest in renewable energy is alive and well in the Peace Country. We all know now that we have to switch to renewable energy sources as soon as we can, so learn-ing how solar power works is an important first step.

At the open house, lots of questions were asked and answered. Here are a few of the most common:

How long do solar electruc panels last? Are they a good long-term investment?

All reputable manufacturers now give a 25-year guar-antee on their solar panels. Real expected lifetime is ex-pected to be in excess of 50 years. Nothing is “used up” and nothing “wears out” on a photovoltaic (PV) panel. Through the magical quantum properties of light and silicon, photons are converted directly into electrons, no moving parts, no chemical reactions. PV panels are truly solid-state electrical generators.

I bought my first panel for my home PV system way back in 1980. It was one of the first commercial-scale panels available. Thirty-four years later that first panel is working just fine. It has been outside exposed to the ele-ments and generating electricity all that time, yet it shows almost no sign of wear or deterioration. And the new pan-els are even better!

Yes, solar electric panels are a very good long-term investment.

I know the price of PV panels has dropped dramati-cally over the last few years. Should I wait to invest until the price comes down even more?

Probably not. The price for panels has dropped over

the last few years from $5 or $6 per watt to close to $1 per watt, making them, for the first time, very affordable. But that price seems to be bottoming-out as the immense and rapidly growing world market adjusts to this new idea of cheap solar power. Demand continues to outstrip production, so that may eventually cause a slight price INCREASE. However, overall the price WILL slowly continue to decrease over the next decade, heading for the magic number of 50 cents per watt, at which point solar electricity will be cost-competitive with coal, currently the cheapest source of power.

So don’t expect any more rapid price drops, but rather a slow, steady price decrease over the next decade or so. Now is an excellent time to go solar.

If I cover my roof with solar panels, what happens when I want to re-shingle it?

No problem. In the first place, the panels protect your shingles from sunlight, the most damaging cause of shin-gle deterioration. When the shingles finally do need re-placing, the entire array can be removed in an afternoon with two people and a power wrench. After re-shingling, the array is easily re-installed right where it was. The pan-

el-to-panel wiring is all of the plug and unplug variety – very simple, but you will want to consult with a qualified electrician to check everything over before re-activating the system.

Although roof mounting is very common and millions of roofs worldwide now feature solar power arrays, pole or rack mounting in your yard near the house is another popular option.

What about payback time?The beauty of a grid-tie PV system is that it DOES pay

for itself over time, unlike most home improvements. Payback in BC is presently slow, perhaps 10 to 15 years, but in Ontario, many states south of the border and most of Europe, payback is much faster because the utilities there pay a premium price for clean solar power. Some day that may happen in BC too, but for now, solar power reduces or eliminates your electricity bills, adds to the value of your home or business, and greatly reduces your carbon footprint. I’d call that a win-win whose time has come.

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Mon 1st Self busy in store with Joe Appassassin fixing up the fur press. William Cartwright, of Milligan’s party arrived from Fort Nilson for the Mail and also for supplies.

Tues 2nd Started to Pack Furs. Kenny, Joseph & Wuskul-ly helping. A fine clear day. Another man arrived from Ft. George.

Wed 3rd Busy as yesterday finished altogether 15 Packs. Cloudy towards evening and looks like rain. A man arrived from Fort George on a Raft. The River Rising. Revillon’s man left for Peace River Crossing on a Raft this morning.

Thurs 4th The SS Peace River arrived with freight, and a number of passengers, including the treaty agent. After unloading the freight they left for Hudsons Hope. Kenny haulling up freight.

Fri 5th The Diamond P Boat arrived this evening with a number of passengers including a Police inspector from B.C. The SS Peace River arrived from the Hope and stopped here almost an hour and then continued on her way down. Self very busy.

Sat 6th A fine clear day. Self in office.

Sun 7th The Diamond P Boat passed down the River. Rain today.

Mon 8th Self taking inventory. Kenny in store. Continues fine.

Tues 9th Self as yesterday. Kenny helping.

Wed 10th Self in store. The SS Peace River arrived from

the Crossing this evening.

Thurs 11th Unloading Steamer. Kenny haulling up Freight. The Steamer left at noon for H Hope.

Fri 12th Busy haulling freight. Joe Appassassin help-ing. Finished at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Continues fine weather. River coming up.

Sat 13th The Steamer arrived from H Hope and left at once for PRL with a few passengers. Continues fine weath-er. Milligan’s pack Train left for the Nelson River.

Sun 14th A fine clear day.

Mon 15th Self busy in office. The mail got in today at noon.

Tues 16th The Mail left this morning for Pouce Coupy and for H Hope. Self very busy. Mr Cartwright left for the Neilson River.

Wed 17th Self busy in store. Continues very fine weather. 2 men came down on a Raft from H Hope. River Rising fast.

Thurs 18th Self as yesterday. Mr Liard the Indian agent arrived from H Hope where he has been paying Treaty and will pay here tomorrow.

Fri 19th Treaty paid to Indians today. Self very busy. In-spector Howland arrived from H Hope. A fine clear day. The R.C. Bishop came down with Mr Howland.

Sat 20th Self very busy in store. Mr Howland in office. Rain towards evening.

Sun 21st Rain all day.

Mon 22nd Self busy in store. The Indian agent left for Dunvegan this morning. A fine clear day.

Tues 23rd The SS Peace River arrived this morning from PRL. Busy unloading and haulling freight. The Steamer left for H Hope in the afternoon.

Wed 24th Self in store. My Howland in office. A lot of people coming down the River nearly every day.

Thurs 25th Busy as yesterday with the Indians. Old Jack Tesa very sick. The Steamer arrived from H Hope this eve-ning.

Fri 26th The Steamer left this morning for PRL. Self & Aglisa covering Fur Packs with Duck. A fine clear day. Mr Howland left on the Steamer.

Sat 27th Busy as yesterday. A warm day. The B.C. Road party passed down the River on their way to the Cut Bank to finish the road to Puskupy Prairie. The River falling.

Sun 28th Self set out to look up hay but found it very poor.

Mon 29th Self hoeing up potatoes. Fine weather. People passing down nearly every day.

Tues 30th Busy as yesterday.

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Sales HoursMonday to Friday

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

SundayCLOSED

2011 Ford Fiesta SES1.6L, auto, PW, PL, PM, push button start, heated front seats, keyless entry - 60,173kms

blue #118309

$13,995

2010 Toyota Venza AWD3.5L, V6, auto, ATC, PL, PW, NAV, leather seats, sunroof, back-upcamera - 69,831kms

black #120858

$22,995

2011 GMC Terrain SLE-22.4L, auto, ATC, PL, PW, cloth bucket seats, keyless entry - 46,343kms

gray #105807

$26,995

2011 Toyota RAV4 Limited3.5L, V6, auto, ATC, PL, PW, leather interior, sunroof,back-up camera - 52,293kms

brown #107798

$22,995

2011 Toyota Highlander Ltd.3.5L, auto, ATC, PL, PW, PS, CD, heated leather seats, keyless entry/start, back-up camera - 31,002kms

white #120007

$39,995

2013 Ford Explorer Limited3.5L, auto, ATC, PL, PW, PS, CD, leather seats, keyless entry/push start, back-up camera - 17,241kms

gray #117916

$42,995

2010 Honda Ridgeline EX-L3.5L, V6, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, remote start, tonneau cover, heated seats,57,399kms

dark cherry metallic #117739

$27,995

2011 Ford Explorer XLT3.5L, auto, PL, PS, PW, PM, dual moon roof, rear parking aid, heated seats - 58,420kms

black #104846

$27,995

2013 Ford Escape SE2L, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, touch screen, heated cloth bucket seats,intelligent 4WD - 23,605kms

blue #117034

$26,995

2012 Ram 1500 Sport5.7L, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, sunroof, leather bucket seats, woodenboxliner - 42,544kms

blue #110139

$36,995

2011 Ford F150 Lariat5L, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, leather heated seats, sunroof, NAV, aftermarket board & rims! - 59,352kms

white #106740

$43,995

1999 Ford Super Duty F350 DRW XLT7.3L, Diesel, manual, PW, PL, cloth bucket seats, runningboards - 127,808kms

black #118870

$24,995

2011 Chevrolet Avalanche LT w/1SC5.3L, auto, ATC, PL, PS, PW, woodgrain interior, cloth bucket seats, rear parking aid - 34,375kms

blue #115900

$38,995

#105306

$29,9952012 FORD

MUSTANG GT

5L, auto, PL, PW, PM, leather h/s, soft-top convertible,

keyless entry- 19,224kms

#111797

4.4L supercharged, auto, PL, PW, PM, NAV, heated/cooled seats, hard-top convertible, keyless entry - 113,144kms

$39,9952008 CADILLACXLR-V

2011 Chevrolet Impala LT3.5L, V6, auto, PL, PS, PW, PM, cloth bucket seats, keyless entry/remote start, woodgrain interior - 44,298kms

gold mist #107007

$17,995

2012 Ford F150 XLT5L, auto, PL, PS, PW, PM, supercab,cloth bucket seats, keyless entry - 64,268kms

white #111325

$24,995

2013 Ram 5500 SLT6.7L, Cummins Diesel, auto, PL, PS, PW, PM, 14ft deck, front tow hooks, keyless entry - 14,434kms

white #113888

$61,995

Sales HoursMonday to Friday

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

SundayCLOSED

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