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FORT ST. JOHN - Authorities with the Ministry of En-vironment have confi rmed that a vac truck was caught on video being cleaned at mile 143 of the Alaska Highway at Pink Mountain on Mon., March 31.

The tank was lifted up and the doors were open, accord-ing to Sergeant David Vince, which could be indicative of illegal dumping.

“The Conservation Offi cer Service received a complaint of a tank being cleaned and dumping its contents at mile 143 of the Alaska Highway. We don’t know what the con-tents were, we don’t know whether it was freshwater or what it was. We’re currently investigating it,” said Vince.

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DAWSON CREEK - The recent changes to the Agricultural Land Commission isn’t what local horti-culturalist Kevin Knoblauch had in mind for protecting the Peace Re-gion’s farmlands.

The changes were announced on Mar. 27, the same day Knoblauch presented to the Peace River Re-gional District directors, requesting they consider a bylaw to protect the alluvial fl oodplain valleys in the area. Knoblauch wants to protect

and encourage northern food secu-rity and asked the directors what is currently in place to protect those areas from being mined or fl ooded.

“My sole purpose is for the preservation of a rich future for our northern communities that includes huge economic and food security and health benefi ts for the entire region. Please take your awareness of this issue out into your com-munities so that northern residents understand the importance of this vital resource,” said Knoblauch, during his presentation.


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Footage of ‘cleaning’ vac truck fuels investigationContinued from Front.

Although the contents of the truck’s tank are not known, “the placards on it do not refl ect water,” he said.

While Vince wouldn’t comment on the likelihood of this being a case of illegal dumping, he did indicate that the tank of the truck was lifted up, and that there is no need to have the tank lifted for a simple cleaning of the truck’s exterior.

“You know how you dump a grain truck or a dump truck? So it was lifted up in that position,” said Vince.

“If you are washing the outside of it, cleaning the salt and stuff off of it, you certainly don’t need to lift the tank and open the doors. There’s no reason for that tank truck to be lifted up in that position with the door open in the back unless you’re taking whatever con-tents are out of that tank,” he said.

An anonymous source turned in the video, which clearly identifi es the op-erator of the vehicle, Vince said. He would not reveal the company in question as the case is still under investiga-tion.

However, activities such as this have been going on since February, and the company has been under investigation since March 1st, he said.

“We fi nally have the video of it happen-ing on March

31st.”The Northeast News has not seen the footage, which was

submitted to the Ministry. Vince wouldn’t comment on potential penalties if this

turned out to be a case of illegal dumping.“At this point I’m not going to go into anything ‘what

if,’ I just can’t. The Conservation Offi cer Service and also Environment Protection are investigating.”

The Ministry’s Compliance and Enforcement Policy and Procedure, available online, states that “ministry staff consider the severity of actual or potential impact to the environment, human health or safety, the factual circum-stances of the alleged offence or the compliance history of the offender...In some cases the ministry uses progressive

sanctions when previous en-forcement actions have been ineffective.”

Although local RCMP can enforce all statutes, they don’t normally deal with il-legal dumping because it’s an environmental issue, said Corp. Jodi Shelkie, who couldn’t speculate on what the legal ramifi cations would be.

Although mile 143 of the Alaska Highway is outside of Fort St. John, Grace Fika, enforcement offi cer with the City, indicated that the truck’s contents would play a part in determining penal-

ties.“It depends on what it is . . . it depends on what the re-

sponse is going to be.”Proper procedure is to take fi lled trucks to a disposal site

like Newalta or Tervita, said Tony Ploughman, fi eld super-visor at Troyer Ventures, a trucking company.

Vac trucks are used to pick up spills of all varieties, rang-ing from oil, water, sludge to sewage.

There’s no reason for that tank truck to be lifted up in that position with the door

open in the back unless you’re taking whatever con-

tents are out of that tank.


FORT ST. JOHN - Major project costs are soaring to new heights in B.C. and the Northeast represents the third highest of B.C.’s eight regions, according to a Major Proj-ects Inventory report released by the Association of Con-sulting Engineering Companies in B.C.

The province’s capital cost total was $309-billion for projects that were proposed, underway, completed or on hold in 2013, an increase of 18.4 per cent from 2012, which had a year end total of $261-billion.

The Northeast region had capital costs totaling $29.2-bil-lion, mostly for proposed projects in utilities, mining, en-ergy and pipelines, a number that was unchanged in 2013.

While there weren’t a lot of surprises with the provincial fi ndings, according to Keith Sashaw, ACEC president and CEO, the growth in terms of activities in the northern sector has been incredible.

“The Northeast region is, we’ve seen basically an in-crease from about $40-billion of major projects just two years ago, up to $120-billion in terms of major project ac-tivity, so that’s a huge, signifi cant increase,” he said.

He points to projects like the Site C dam, LNG plants [liquefi ed natural gas], pipelines and mines as being a major boost to the local economy.

“All of those are going to be creating employment op-portunities for British Co-lumbians . . . it will be creat-ing economic opportunities for not only the people who are building those projects, but to people who have cor-ner stores and barber shops,” said Sashaw.

Not everyone is as opti-mistic about the develop-ments.

B.C. First Nations held an LNG summit at the Pome-roy Hotel in Fort St. John on Feb. 20 that focused on the environmental, social and cumulative impacts of LNG de-velopment, an event that went well, according to Roland Willson, chief of the West Moberly First Nation.

“There is a lot of focus in the province right now on the LNG plants on the coast, and a lot of focus on the pipelines, and no one is really paying attention to the fact that the ma-jority of the development that’s going to happen is going to happen in Northeastern B.C.,” said Willson.

“In order to fi ll the pipelines, what we’ve been told is that they’re going to need up to 80,000 wells in Northeastern B.C. to put the gas in the pipe to facilitate the LNG plants.”

Since, as he said, two-thirds of First Nations treaty terri-tory in Northeastern B.C. is already taken up with resource development, his big question is, “Where are these 80,000 wells going to go? What’s the level of impact?”

Of the 50 projects in the Northeast, 37 were proposed, 11 were in construction, one was completed and one on hold.

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DAWSON CREEK -TransCanada rep-resentatives heard the frustrations of local business owners during a Dawson Creek and District Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon that was initially intended to provide them with information about potential bid opportunities within the company.

TransCanada currently has several proj-ects in the works including the Prince Ru-pert Gas Transmission Project, the North Montney Mainline Project and the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project, that if approved, would bring work into the Peace region.

While businesses were pleased to hear of the potential investment, many were also concerned about TransCanada’s commit-ment to shopping locally for service pro-viders and other goods. President of the Chamber Jerimy Earl said that falling back on old contacts is one way local companies are being excluded from the bid process.

“The key fear is that instead of going out to local procurement because they have to get it done, they are on timelines, [companies] fall back on old networks or established networks, luring people in from Alberta or Saskatchewan,” Earl said.

One attendee expressed frustration with having to maintain and update staff on safe-ty procedures and policies for each and ev-ery company they hope to work for; a very

pricey practice when work isn’t guaranteed. Another was concerned that opportunities aren’t being advertised to local business. One attendee suggested that TransCanada contact the Chamber of Commerce for a list of service providers when considering awarding contracts.

The mention of a possible work camp for the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project by Dave Kmet, regional manager of LNG land in Prince George for TransCanada, sparked opposition from attendees. Many felt that other local businesses, such as hotels, res-taurants and grocery stores, would suffer from the development of a worker camp if located close to the community.

“Worker camps don’t work for us. It may be good for your company, but not for our community,” said the Chamber’s executive director, Kathleen Connolly.

Connolly said that in some instances, work camps are necessary, but that they take away local business opportunities. Kmet said TransCanada is concerned about overloading the community with workers, and that some executives would stay in lo-cal hotels and use local facilities.

“We are looking for a balance. Right now our business community is not benefi t-ing,” said Connolly.

Kmet said that the Coastal GasLink Pipe-line Project alone would require approxi-mately 2,000 workers during construction; if it receives an Environmental Assessment Certifi cate and fi nal investment approval.

According to TransCanada, construction would bring about 23,000-31,000 full-time person years of direct employment.

They anticipate needing workers for road develop-ment, right-of-way clearing and grading, gravel process-ing, preparation of camp and storage sites, haulers, ditching, welding, pipe in-stallation, site cleanup and reclamation. Further, 15 to 20 permanent fi eld positions would be created to support operating and maintaining the project.

“There are a few messages that we continue to hear over and over, loud and clear. There are high expectations for local jobs and contract-ing, and a hope and a desire that there will be permanent economic improvement in the area,” said Kmet.


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To the Editor: I would like to comment on your article titled “Worker

camps concern Dawson Creek investors.” Several state-ments made by members of the Chamber of commerce, city councils, etc, indicate to me that they have very little knowledge of how the industries have to operate. Local residents can hardly fi nd housing accommodation. How would you fi nd temporary accommodations for one, two or three hundred workers?

Then there is the problem of feeding these workers who work long irregular hours. Work camps are located near job sites. If you were able to fi nd living accommodations, you would have a transportation nightmare getting workers

to and from work. As for sourcing supplies locally, these camps move from one site to another and one province to another. They need a long-term reliable supplier. Supply-ing these camps is a specialized business. They can’t be switching suppliers every couple of months not to mention the much higher costs locally.

Every year I travel from northern BC to the southern U.S. and we have by far the absolute highest prices of any-where I have been.

There are suggesting a registration, taxation and in-spection system for these camps. Imagine! They bring in a camp, set it up, the workers are coming tomorrow, but wait! It fi rst has to be inspected and the inspector will not

be here till next Friday. I can see the local politicians eyes light up when taxa-

tion is mentioned. Every year in Fort St. John our taxes increase 10 to 15% to pay for the wild spending by local government.

They would be wise to learn how to do a better job of managing their own little kingdoms and leave other juris-dictions to the people elected to govern them.

Roger BrandlFort St. John

A week ago my sister told me she was pregnant (over Facebook, because we’re close like that). Obviously, this is great news, but as a fi rst-time aunt I’m having trouble adjusting.

The thought comes to me at least once a day, ‘there’s going to be another person in this family.’ It will also often strike me what this means: another Christmas present to buy, a birthday to celebrate, school productions and con-certs or sports games to attend, likely no more camping for a while, a not-so-roomy back seat when we carpool and participating in more infant-friendly activities. Is being an aunt supposed to be this stressful?

I’ll also have to brush up on my knowledge of what kids think are cool. I’ll have two others competing for the role of the ‘cool’ aunt, but am elected by acclamation if I exclude the candidates from my brother-in-law’s side of the family; at least I have eight more months to hone my skills.

Jill Earl Reporter

Pregnant, with excitement

Work camps necessary for NE communities

ALC changes Continued from Front.

A core review of the ALC resulted in several changes that were announced by Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett and Minister of Forests, Lands and Natu-ral Resource Operations Steve Thomson. The ALC will remain an independent tri-bunal and continue to make fi nal decisions on land uses within the Agricultural Land Reserve.

Changes within the ALC include the cre-ation of two administration zones. Places where land is in higher demand, and there are development and population pressures will be classifi ed as Zone One, and land decisions will be made on the basis of pre-serving agricultural land. Zone Two will include areas where growing seasons are shorter and there are lower value crops, and decisions regarding land use will include preservation as well as considerations to provide farmers with more fl exibility to support their farming operations.

Other changes include formalizing the ALC’s six regional panels into law, al-lowing local governments to engage with the ALC earlier in their land use planning processes, establishing governance and ac-countability frameworks and service stan-dards and discussing opportunities for val-ue-added farming activities on farmland.

While Knoblauch agrees that farmers should have the opportunity to subdivide their acreages for non-farm uses, he’s con-cerned that the province isn’t protecting the most valuable farm land; the alluvial fl oodplains.

“They should have done

that years ago. They should have helped farmers. I have nothing against oil and gas working with farmers if it’s done responsi-bly and safely... but I don’t have a problem with farmers needing to subdivide 10 or 20 acres so that they can retire in the homes that they have spent a lifetime building,” Knoblauch said.

In December, Bennett wrote a letter to Stephen Bellringer, chair of BC Hydro, as-suring him that if the Site C project is ap-proved, the Province will take the appropri-ate action to ensure the requirements of the Commission will not apply to any of the lands affected by the project.

Knoblauch believes that much of the Peace River Valley’s alluvial fl oodplains will be destroyed by the project. Further, that the horticultural industry in the region hasn’t been to able fl ourish because BC Hy-dro has been purchasing properties around the project that are ideal for farming.

“The real issue is the loss of alluvial fl oodplains at Site C, and BC Hydro has been totally willing to discount for the real value of the industry known as horticul-tural. They have shut the best lands down. Who is going to want to invest in a horti-cultural operation that takes generations to build up when they have no security of land that is best in class if it’s all been tied up?” Knoblauch said.

He has also presented his concerns to Dawson Creek councillors in a delegation on Mar. 17, advocating for the growth of the horticultural industry and education of that industry. Council elected to bring the topic back at a future meeting.


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DAWSON CREEK - Throughout the last three years au-thor Claire Battershill has managed a very impressive jug-gling act. Now, she can fi nally celebrate the release of her debut book, Circus, which offi cially went on sale Apr. 8.

Taking up residence in Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto and now London, England, Battershill was born and raised in Dawson Creek. The city even acts as a backdrop to one of the nine short stories included in her book.

“I have been all over the place, and in fact, Dawson Creek is the longest I’ve lived anywhere,” Battershill said.

Battershill only lived in the city until she was 12, but said she fondly remembers attending Frank Ross Elementary, living on Bear Mountain and being a frequent attendee of the Dawson Creek Library.

“I have really fond memories of the library there and the Summer Reading Club, BBQs and everything else that they do there... the Library’s sort of supportiveness and fun at-mosphere was a huge thing that got me into reading in the fi rst place, and obviously, that is my life now, so it was really really infl uential I think, even more then I really real-ized at the time,” she said.

Battershill and her grandfather, Dennis Barnard, attend-ed so often that there is even a plaque in the children’s sec-tion of the Library honouring him. The plaque is placed in the corner where the family often read together, it reads, ‘In memory of Dennis Barnard, who gave his grandchildren a love of the library.’

Starting out writing poetry, Battershill transitioned to short stories and found that she liked that form of writing because she was able to leave the stories more open ended, not something typical of longer fi ction.

“I guess I continue to think about the characters after the story ends. It’s not supposed to be a full narrative arc, you don’t get someone’s whole life, you just get a little slice of it, and it’s sort of taking a section out of something bigger,” she said.

The stories told in Circus vastly differ from each other, each quirky character has their unique challenges. We learn about a luge olympian in love, a father’s special birthday present to his daughter, a grandfather’s bond with his ninja-loving grandson, brothers living with certain impairments, and couples facing hard real-ities. While different in their makeup, at its heart, Circus’ stories are about relation-ships.

“They [relationships] seem to be the most impor-tant thing that I can think of in the world, so to me, I guess that makes the story rather then the action and the event,” Battershill said.

Circus has been in the works since 2011, but the process started many years before that. In 2008, Batter-shill entered her short story, Circus, to the CBC Literary Award, and won. This drew the attention of editors and agents alike, and she signed a contract with McClelland & Stewart, a division of Ran-dom House, for the publica-tion of a book.

Battershill said that she wrote most of her stories in-cluded in the book between 2008 and 2010, while she was starting to work towards her PhD in English Litera-ture and Book History in To-ronto.

“I wrote them individually without really a sense of them as a collection. Then I started to put them together, and then of course like a lot of other people who have short story collections too, it was just a question of which ones fi t together in terms of making a book. The process didn’t start for a couple of years afterwards because I had a lot going on, and I was working on my PhD, so I took my time getting it all together,” said Battershill.

Since then, Battershill was named the co-winner of the 2013 Canadian Authors Association’s Emerging Writer Award and was a fi nalist for the PEN International/New Voices Award. She was a Junior Fellow and apprentice printer at Massey College, has taught English and creative writing at the University of Toronto and at the Ontario Col-lege of Art and Design. Currently, Battershill is teaching at the University of Reading in London, England while earn-ing a second PhD.

Her second book is already underway, but this time it’s an academic book about 20th century biographies.

Before work will continue on her upcoming book, Bat-tershill is taking the time to celebrate Circus’ release with a two-month trip to Canada. A quick visit to the Peace Region may not be possible for Battershill this year, but she said she hopes to return to the area one day.


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TAYLOR - Texting on the job is about to become a lot less common for employees of the District of Taylor.

On Apr. 1 council voted to adopt a policy put forward by municipal managers to address lost productivity resulting from employees using their personal cell phones while on the job.

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that’s how many hours you should be working,” said Mela-ny de Weerdt, director of fi nance for the District.

The policy states that use of personal cell phones and oth-er devices is “distracting to the employee, their co-workers and the public. They diminish professional interaction with both our colleagues and the public we serve, jeopardize a safe work environment and reduce productivity.”

The motive is to fi nd a solution that refl ects the current reality in the workplace, she said.

While the decision wasn’t in response to any immediate or pressing concern, public perception is one of the issues the policy addresses.

“We are still a business, and you want to be doing your job when you’re at work and not be seen in a negative light, so the personal side stays personal and the business side stays business,” said Charlette McLeod, District adminis-trator.

She describes the policy as setting parameters around the technology that’s available – no easy feat.

One of the major hurdles in creating it was fi nding a so-lution that works for employees and employers in different departments and work environments.

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Despite concerns from Alana Hall, manager of the D.C. Art Gallery, council has decided to save the discussion to paint the exterior of one of the city’s landmark buildings until next year’s budget season. Coun. Duncan Malkinson moved the motion to have the discussion this year, but other councillors felt that they were too far along in their budget process to consider the request, which may cost the City $100,000.

In a letter to council, Hall said that the grain elevator that houses the D.C. Art Gallery is in need of repainting. She said that the paint is peeling and bubbling very badly in places; in some areas the wood is exposed. The grain eleva-tor is a heritage building and Hall is worried that without maintenance, the integrity of the structure could be jeop-ardized which would create a costly repair down the road.

MILE 0 PARK PRESENTS PLAN

Dale Campbell, president of the Mile 0 Parks Society, presented the group’s 10-year plan to council during their last meeting on Mar. 31. The Society has a lot of work on their plate and is sure to remain busy with the number of projects they hope to accomplish. Over the next 10 years the Society hopes to build a replica service station, wood-working shop, town offi ce, sweat lodge, drilling rig, hotel, barnyard and horse park and a water station. They also plan on expanding their parking lot, building a sort of monu-ment for Walter Wright, and hope to create an army dis-play, vehicle display, railway track and a grain display. The Baytree Hall is also proposed to move onsite.

Campbell also reported that Rotary Lake saw a lot of us-ers last summer and that the RV Park reservations were up 19 per cent.

WALKING TRACK CLOSED FOR BUSINESS

Ivy Ross, Tyson Savard, Debra Labrentz and Danae Schmidt addressed council over their concerns about the City’s walking track sched-ule. Ross said that from Sep-tember to the end of January the walking track, located on the third fl oor of the Encana Events Centre, had been closed 100 days. She said that the benefi ts of exercise are numerous and that a lot of people utilize the track, especially during the winter months when walking condi-tions outside are not optimal. She requested that council explore more options to keep it open more regularly while

keeping it free. Jim Chute, chief administrative offi cer, said that the rea-

sons for closure are usually due to maintenance or a band renting the space a few days before their scheduled concert to set up and privately practice. Coun. Shaely Wilbur asked that reasons for closure be posted on the City’s website.

CONTRACT FOR WATER RESERVOIR APPROVED

Jacobsen Contracting Ltd. has been awarded the tender for the Loran Reservoir Water Main Installation. They were one of eight contractors to bid on the job and will receive $642,432 for their work.

SURE WATER CAMPAIGN PHASE II MESSAGES MOVED

Council has approved the main messages of their Sure Water campaign Phase II that will kick off at the Kiwanis Trade Show this weekend. Messages include: recapping Phase I and its outcomes, presenting new information about population projections and the Bearhole Lake control weir, outlining funding scenarios for the pipeline option and gathering public feedback based on the new information.

Some councillors hoped that the campaign would in-clude information about infl ation prices, the potential cost of upgrading the city’s water treatment facility and the challenges to obtaining a permit to draw water from a new

source from the Province. Chief administrative offi -cer Jim Chute said that the City hasn’t got a handle on how much a pipeline proj-ect would actually cost (that would require a pricey en-gineering report) and that it wouldn’t make sense to pre-dict infl ation and other costs at this point.


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DAWSON CREEK - Accessing education is regarded as a high priority for many parents in Canada, but the same can’t be said for other parts of the world, which is why Dawson Creek’s Interact Club is continuing to support the Atsikana Pa Ulendo (Girls on the Move) School in Malawi.

On Apr. 16 the Interact Club will host their sixth annual fundraising dinner (their seventh annual event) at Fixx Ur-ban Grill. The evening will include entertainment from lo-cal performers and a silent and live auction. Founders of the School, Christie Johnson and Memory Chazeza, will be in attendance to talk about the importance of Atsikana Pa Ulendo to the Malawian girls that attend.

“They said that it was really empowering to them to be getting an education. It gave them the opportunity to be in-dependent from their more traditional roles that they would have been forced into. They talked about getting married at a young age because really that was the only option for them,” said president of the Club James Ashwell, recount-ing what two of the School’s graduates told them.

Those particular graduates of Atsikana Pa Ulendo re-ceived scholarships and attended Northern Lights College.

Rotarian advisor for the Club, Linda Lees, said many families in Malawi don’t pay for their daughter’s educa-tion; they don’t see the point in investing in them if they are going to belong to their future husband’s family.

“The other thing is that often those young girls are mar-ried to older men who have AIDS, so these older men with AIDS tend to go through quite a few wives because they infect them...so it’s not a good future,” said Lees.

“I guess the biggest difference is that they have abso-lutely no voice, no voice at all, they are not allowed an opinion, that’s the difference between our young women and the women of Malawi,” said Sally Schilds, Rotarian advisor for the Club.

Approximately 320 students attend the all-girl school. It costs approximately $1,000 for each student to attend, and it covers the cost of their tuition and room and board; many of the students are sponsored.

Proceeds raised from the event will be allocated towards the construction of a legacy building which will include a health centre, library, computer lab and a staff room. In previous years the Club has supported the construction of dorm rooms and a cafeteria.

“It’s really fun to do and it’s really amazing to see the progress in the School and to know that we are a part of it. It’s great to help build the school,” said Rachael McPhail, chair of the event’s organizing committee.

McPhail has canvassed the business community for support and is pleased to re-port many donated items for the silent auction or bought tickets.

The Interact Club is open to youths aged 12-18 who want to give back to the com-munity. The Club is often in-volved in community and in-ternational fundraisers, and they try to help out whenever they can. In the past the Club has supported children’s pro-grams at the library, a milk program at Tremblay El-ementary School and raised money for the ReConnect House.

“I think the Interact Club is a really good way to get started in the world of fund-raising and giving back to the community. It’s a really good opportunity to get in-volved and see what is out there for you to do,” Ashwell said.


Rural Seniors Engagement Project: CLEARING SNOW FROM DRIVEWAYSThe Rural Seniors Engagement Project, sponsored by Seniors Access, has formed a focus group of people from most the surrounding areas to work on the concerns put forth at the public meetings held earlier. One of the concerns was getting their driveways snowed in and not being able to fi nd anyone to clear them. We are working on this concern. In order to work on the issue we need some information. If you would like to be part of the endeavor we need you to submit your name, your 911 number and your road name or number. Please contact Sharon Miller at 250 219 1124 or leave a message at the Senior’s Offi ce in the Co-op Mall.

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DAWSON CREEK - The public is welcome to explore a variety of art in the Dawson Creek Art Gallery’s latest exhibit by the Exploring Art Group, which celebrated its opening on Apr. 1.

Water colour, acrylic, batik (painting on rice paper), col-lage, ink and encaustic are just some of the mediums used by the group for their annual show. Approximately 140 paintings are included in the exhibit, created by many of the Exploring Art Group’s 20 members.

The exhibit highlights the projects that the group has been working since beginning their session in September. This year, some projects included painting poppies, pump-kins, trees and animals.

Many members are experienced in one type of art form or another and will often instruct the group in their area of expertise.

“That’s the neat part, we have so much diversity within our group. We have somebody that excels in oil and they’ll share their oil knowledge, somebody that excels in water [colour] will share their water knowledge,” said Ruth Vein-er, member of the group.

The group was formed by Edna McPhail in the early 70s, and continued on after her death in 2008.

“We missed her, we thought that maybe we wouldn’t be able to function... and we thought, ‘no, we can do this, we can do this,’ we just have gone ever since. We just keep

growing and expanding,” said Veiner, adding that the group used to only paint with acrylics.

“You can tell by the display tonight, we have everything. We have some quilting, we have some Easter eggs, we have water colour, oil, batik, there is acrylic too. There’s every medium, not every medium, but compared to just acrylic... and so we’ve called it Exploring Art because we are just exploring, and it’s just such a neat supportive group to belong to,” she said.

The group will be taking a short break for the summer before continuing their regular Tuesday and Wednesday meetings in September. Veiner said that the group does plan on meeting sporadically during the summer to paint. She said she wasn’t sure what the group has in the works for September, but anticipates workshops, learning and of

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Cell phone use creates workplace problemsContinued from Page 10

As electronic devices become more commonplace, so does the problem of personal cell phone use on company time, not just for District employers, but in the private sec-tor as well.

“People shouldn’t have their cell phones at work,” said Sheldon Sears, owner of S. S. Automotive.

He’s had personal dealings with employees using their phones on company time, and one of those employees was fi red because of it.

He points to the younger demographic for having poorer phone etiquette in the workplace, and minimum wage work environments.

“For the most part, if anyone is under the age of, say, 25, they have no respect on usage of cell phones and fi gure it’s a right, and they can use them whenever they want, how-

ever they want,” Sears said. It’s a problem he doesn’t see going away, but one that he

suspects might be incorporated into the B.C. Labour Law in the future.

“Everybody has things that they have to deal with in life . . . tell your boss, let your boss know. Don’t just make that personal call and assume that your boss is going to be OK with it,” said Sears.

While Taylor has taken that initial step in implementing its new cell phone policy, other municipalities may soon be following suit.

“A lot of the municipalities are struggling to fi nd lan-guage around it, and I think actually not just municipalities but any organization, because personal cell phones are such [that] everybody is carrying them now,” said McLeod.

“It used to be a landline that you had to pick up, and it’s more obvious. But with the phones that you pack around with you now, the generation is changing, technology is changing, and the etiquette isn’t really established.”

The Town of Smithers similarly has a cell phone policy restricting personal communications on company time.

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Singer Justin Ralph ready to RocKin the Peace

FORT ST. JOHN - Local country singer Justin Ralph has never set foot in the Lido Theatre, but on Apr. 12 the 30-year-old father of three will be taking the stage as one of six fi nalists in RocKin the Peace.

The Vancouver Island native has been living in Fort St. John for the last three and a half years, and he’s found a community of like minded artists in the Peace Region Songwriters’ Association that has helped him develop his skills and keep his passion for music alive.

Although he’d submitted three songs to the Kin Club of Fort St. John for consideration, the news that he was one of the fi nalists came as a shock.

“I was extremely surprised, I knew that quite a few peo-ple enter and it’s quite a tough contest, so I wasn’t exactly counting too much on it. But I thought, you know what? You have no chance if you don’t enter.”

Ralph started writing his own songs when he was 19, although he has been playing music since he was 10 years old.

He can play almost all brass and woodwind instruments, he’s done percussion for 18 years, he has his second level conductor certifi cation for mass orchestra and he’s also a certifi ed recording engineer.

When he was just getting started he did the sound, light-ing and video screens for concerts and tours, and he’s worked with such artists as the American rock band Dr. Hook, Canada’s Great Big Sea and countless local artists.

At 21 he auditioned for Canadian Idol and made it to the third round with the celebrity judges in Vancouver.

“From then on it’s just been a long process, I’m just try-ing to get my music out there,” he said.

Attending workshops has been one of the ways he’s ad-vanced as a musician.

“You can always learn,” said Ralph.One of the more infl uential ones was about a year and a

half ago, when country musicians Lisa Brokop, from Sur-rey, B.C., and her husband Paul Jefferson, from California, hosted one on songwriting.

“One great thing I love about country music is I’m able to tell a story that, not only when you listen to it can you be able to hear what I’m trying to get across, but people can listen to it and a lot of times it sends them back to some-thing that they can relate to.”

All of Ralph’s songs come from personal experience, things he’s either gone through or witnessed. One of the songs he’ll be performing at RocKin the Peace is “John Wayne,” derived from a happy memory of his youngest son pretending to be a bull rider.

“As a family we used to watch PBR [Professional Bull

Riders] on Saturday nights, and he used to grab the four legged stool from the washroom, put this big pillow that we had on top of it, wrap a skipping rope around it and pretend he was a bull rider,” said Ralph, laughing.

“It was just the greatest thing ever, he hates when I pull the picture out now.”

Going to rodeos has always been one of the family’s favourite pastimes, and country music plays a big part in everyday life.

Although his daughter is just four years old, she’s al-ready learned a lot from her father’s country soul.

“My daughter is a lot of, ‘I want to do what daddy does.’ She loves her music, she has her toy guitar, her toy drum. She loves to sing.”

Between Ralph and his daughter, Fort St. John may be the home of Canada’s next big country star.

Tickets to RocKin the Peace can be purchased at the Lido, 10156 100th Avenue, or by phone, 250-785-3011. General seating is $25, reserved is $30, and at the door tickets are $35.


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FORT ST. JOHN - Barbara Daley’s message to the 250 kids that she’s been teaching art journaling to and lead-ing through the 32nd Peace Liard Juried Exhibition goes against conventional ideas about the creative mind: every-one has one.

“There is no such thing as creative and not creative peo-ple, it’s whether you use your creativity or you don’t,” said Daley, who, for the past three weeks, has been giving art lessons to students in grades four and fi ve.

This age range is a pivotal time in kids’ creative devel-opment, Daley said, something she’d learned from a study authored by Brené Brown, a social worker and professor at the University of Houston.

“It’s the age where kids start looking at what they’re do-ing creatively and deciding it’s not as good as the kid next to them. So they become very self critical and quite often decide that they are not creative,” Daley explained.

Her volunteer effort is in conjunction with the exhibit, which opened on Mar. 29 at the North Peace Culture Centre and runs until Apr. 17.

The opening was a “major success,” according to Barry Moss, gallery co-ordinator. Approximately 100 people at-tended and fi ve pieces sold.

The Fort St. John Community Arts Council hosted the exhibit for the Peace Liard Regional Arts Council, which has been staging it every year since 1982.

Part of the purpose for the exhibit is to promote emerg-ing artists.

In keeping with this theme, Daley, a mixed media artist, organized the kids’ component.

With the help of local artist volunteers, she has been lead-ing students through the exhibit, reading them a children’s book, and using library space to teach them art journaling,

an art form that Daley has been practicing for eight years.Each student is given a journal and taught how to use

images and words to celebrate life and chronicle their days within its pages, using drawing, sketching, painting, col-lage, and any visual form as a means of expression, Daley explained.

It’s the second time she’s has organized the program. The fi rst was six years ago, when she coordinated the entire exhibit the last time it was in Fort St. John.

“I got carried away and decided that we should have an art journaling session for kids in K to 12 . . . it went really well,” she said.

When she was asked to coordinate the exhibit again this year she declined, but decided to go ahead with the kids program. Her reasons are simple.

“I think it’s vital for every child to realize that there are many different ways of expressing creativity . . . we’re try-ing to encourage, especially kids at that four to fi ve level, not to be comparing themselves with other people, and to do creative expression for the fun and joy of it,” Daley said.

An additional Journey of Discovery Art Journaling Pro-gram for young library patrons is taking place on Apr. 26.

Registration is fi lling up but there are still openings for anyone from grade three to grade 12.

“We’re very happy to see that we have kids all the way from grade three to 11 so far,” said Morgan Peltier, chil-dren’s librarian at the Fort St. John Public Library.

“Barb just does amazing things with tapping into your creativity.”

Daley has extensive ex-perience giving workshops in art journaling, normally for adults, but she’s no stranger to working with kids and giving special les-sons in classroom settings. Her passion is to encourage

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

Dawson Creek • Apr. 13: The Mile “0” Quilters is holding their annual Quilt Show and Tea from 1:00 - 4:00 at the Kiwanis Performing Arts Centre (KPAC), 1100 - 95 Avenue, Dawson Creek.•Apr. 19: Country music dance. Music by Old Friends at the Senior Citizens Hall, 1101 McKellar Ave. Dawson Creek dance from 8:30-12:30. Admission includes lunch. Nine-teen years and over welcome. For more information phone Fred at 250-782-2192 or Linda at 250-843-7418. • May 10: Farmington Spring Tea and Craft Sale at Parkland Elementary School from 1-3p.m. To reserve a sale table phone Kim at 250-843-7018. • June 21: Summer Solstice Run at 10am, 5km and 10km for those over age 12 and 3km run for kids 8-12 years-old. BBQ afterwards. Registration cutoff is May 31, call Deep Physio at 250-782-3676 to register.

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

Fort St. John• Ft. St. John Parkinson’s Support Group Parkinson Society British Columbia People living with Parkinson’s disease, caregivers and family members are warmly invited to the Ft. St. John Parkinson’s Support Group. Join others in your community to share information and resources, coping strategies, ideas for living well with PD, good humour, social support and more. Last Wednes-day of the month at 11:00 am McDonald’s Restaurant 10920 Alaska Road North Ft. St. John, BC Note: there is no meeting in December For more information please contact: Sarah at 250 785 7348• S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Northern B.C. Newcomers Integration Service Centre is a non-profi t organization in Fort St. John. Our Settlement Program provides information, ori-entation, assessment, referral and service linking, educa-tional workshops and short term adaptation counselling to immigrants. The program also offers assistance with form completion, correspondence between clients and service providers, navigating immigration processes including sponsorship applications, obtaining permanent residence cards and applying for citizenship. Bridging services are provided to a variety of community and government service agencies and organizations. Service is available in English and Spanish. The Settlement Program is located at: #209 10142-101st Ave (Execuplace building). From 8:30-4:30 p.m. Phone # 250-785-5323 Ext 22.• Toastmasters International Club of Fort St. John meets from 7 - 8:30 pm every Thursday evening at Northern Lights College, Room 105. Learn valuable communica-tion and leadership skills. Contact Joyce Hadland at 250-261-3886 or Lori Slater at 250-787-1912 for more information. No meetings during July and August. • Rocky Mountain Rangers Army Cadets meet at 6:30 PM each Wednesday night at the Royal Canadian Legion on 102nd and 105 Ave. If you are between 12 and 18 years old please drop in or call us at 250-787-5323.• Alcoholics Anonymous - If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to (250) 785-8866.• Fort St. John Multiple Sclerosis support group. If you or anyone you know has MS and have any questions or just need to talk, please call Susie at (250) 785-2381 or Sandi at (250) 787-2652.• “Butterfl y Families – Families Supporting Families” is open to all caregivers of children and youth with Special Needs. We meet the third Wednesday of every month at the Child Development Centre from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,

10417 106 Ave. Does your child have learning, behav-ior or other complex special needs? Would you like to connect with other caregivers? Child minding available but please call ahead a few days before the meeting. Call (250) 785-3200 for more information.• Pregnancy tests, pregnancy options, peer-counselling and support are available at the North Peace Pregnancy Care Centre. New location at #335 9909-100 Ave, Fort St. John. Please visit our website: northpeacepregnancy-care.ca. To make an appointment call our 24 hour hotline at (250) 262-1280. All services are free and completely confi dential.• Are you tired of the crime? Then do the time. Join the Fort St. John Citizens Patrol. Donate a minimum of fi ve hours per month. For information, call (250) 262-4530. • Pan African Caribbean Association welcomes the com-munity to join our group to promote community aware-ness of culture, music and cuisine. Phone Donald at (250) 785-0815 for more information.• New Totem Archery hold their indoor shoots at the Fort St. John Co-op Mall every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.• Come out and join us for an afternoon of play, crafts, a healthy snack, circle time and an opportunity to bor-row books from the Devereaux School Library. This is a chance to meet other people from your community and introduce your children to a school setting. We meet from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. every other Wednesday beginning Oct. 20th. This program is geared for three to four year-olds but siblings are welcome to come with their parents. Call Patti (250) 843-7813 for more information.• Join us for fun, fun, fun at the artSpace! ArtSpace classes are here again at the North Peace Cultural Centre with wonderful programming for all ages! Don’t miss out! Register today for preschool, Mommy and Me, afterschool and adult classes! Check out the great selection of activi-ties at www.npcc.bc.ca, or pick up a brochure at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Call (250) 785-1992 for more information or to register.• Hearts for Adoption Support Group: Waiting families, adoptive families and wondering families/individuals are welcome to join us for adoption stories, resources and snacks! Meets regularly. For dates and times contact Joel or Gigi at 250-787-7559Dawson Creek• The Visually Impaired Support Group meets on the fi rst Tuesday of the month at 12 noon at First Baptist Church, 1400 113 Ave. Each month we have a guest speaker and

we share lunch. (cost by donation). Anyone who is visu-ally impaired or who cares about someone with vision diffi culties is welcome to attend. For further information please call Pam 782-5187 or Margaret 782-3221.• ‘No matter how much time you have to spare, or what your interests are, ‘Better at Home has a volunteer oppor-tunity for you! From mowing a lawn to hanging curtains, there are lots of ways you can help seniors in your com-munity. It can be as simple and enjoyable as stopping in for a visit or taking someone shopping. Can you spare a little time to help a senior to remain independent in their home? Call ‘Better at Home’ at 250-782-2341 and see how easy and enjoyable volunteering can be.’• Alcoholics Anonymous - meets Mon., Tues., Fri., & Sat., 8 p.m. at Peace River Health Unit. Wed. 8 p.m. Hospital Education Room. All meetings are open.• Mile 0 Al-Anon meets 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday evening at the Health Unit, Dawson Creek.• Mile 0 Quilt Guild meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m., Studio 10 at KPAC. Come join us for sewing, fun and friendship. Contact Gloria at 250 786 5597. for more info.• Stream of Life (Korean Church) 433-95 Ave Dawson Creek BC V1G 1H4Phone 250-219-8016 Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM Sunday School: 10:00 AM Bible Study: 7:00 PM (Wednesday) Intercession Pry:700 PM (Thursday)Pouce Coupe• Youth Drop-In at Pouce Coupe Community Church An-nex (the old Pouce library). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ages 13 to 17.Chetwynd• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Public Library, 5012 46 Street. If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to, phone 788-9658 or 788-1100 Tumbler Ridge• Alcoholics Anonymous - meeting Thursday. 8 p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church). If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to. Phone 242-4018.• Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.

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FORT ST. JOHN - For 42 years the CKNL Trade Show has been an integral part of home-based businesses and this year was no exception.

The Apr. 4-6 event was larger than it’s ever been, with the second fl oor completely fi lled with vendors and activi-ties for kids. More than 17,000 people fi lled the Pomeroy Sport Centre over the three-day event.

“We hadn’t really hoped to reach capacity for another year or two so that’s very exciting,” said Christina Hogarth, Trade Show manager.

Every year it keeps getting bigger, with last year’s crowd drawing in 15,000 people, up from 14,000 in 2012, she said.

Safari Jeff’s Animology Tour, a live reptile show, was one of the hot attractions, and a Zumba fl ash mob, a dance fi tness program, caught the attention of bystanders on Sat., April 5, as participants from World Gym danced their hearts out alongside enthusiastic Elmo and Cookie Mon-ster mascots.

The Trade Show is one of the biggest community spring events and for local businesses, the chance to showcase their work is invaluable.

“It basically gets your name out there,” said Tamara Wilkinson, Scentsy Independent Director.

She’s used to selling scented wickless candle products online or from hosting parties, and most of her advertising comes by word of mouth. One of the more valuable benefi ts of the Trade Show is meeting her customers in person.

“It’s great to be able to put a face to names,” said Wilkin-son.

It’s a similar story for Kim Livingstone, owner of Sand and Stone, a homemade jewellery business, who normally operates co-ordinates sales through a Facebook page.

“To get out from behind Facebook, and be out in front, and being able to talk to people, that’s what I love,” she said. “People who would never know of me, because I’m just at my house, I’m not in any stores or anything, can come and see. So it’s a big deal.”

It’s only her second year in business, and her second also at the Trade Show, and she will “absolutely” be coming back. “I love it.”

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Photo Credit Bronwyn Scott(Top) Blake McIvor, 3, from Fort St. John, is amazed by the bubbles emitting from his bubble gun. (Bottom) Safari Jeff holds up an iguana for the 2:30 p.m. show on Saturday, April 5th. Children gathered in the crowd were awe-struck by the reptile show.


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