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The new year might mean a new beginning for many but this couldn’t be more true for Lisa and Brad Van Koughnett of Fort St. James.

It was an early surprise for the couple who wel-comed their fi rst child, Leo Eldon Van Koughnett into the world at 8:09 p.m. on Jan 1, 2016.

The couple’s original due date was set for Jan.

19. “We had no idea we would be having a New

Year’s baby. It was such a surprise. It’s still a sur-prise,” said Leo’s mother, Lisa Van Koughnett.

Baby Leo was born at St. John Hospital in Van-derhoof weighing 7 pounds and 8 ounces.

Members of the St. John Hospital Auxiliary Society welcomed Vanderhoof’s New Year’s baby with a gift basket including a quilt donated by the Nechako Quilters Guild and locally purchased

items for mom and baby. Proud father Brad Van Koughnett couldn’t be

happier. “Mom and baby are doing really well.”The fi rst baby born in the Northern Health re-

gion in 2016 is a girl. She was delivered at the Uni-versity Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George at 1:25 a.m. on January 1.

The fi rst baby born in British Columbia is a boy. He was delivered at Surrey Memorial Hospital at 12:15 a.m. on January 1 to a family from Fort Nelson.

It’s a boy! A New year’s baby surprise for Fort St. James couple

Submitted by: Brad Van KoughnettLisa and Brad Van Koughnett at home with their New Year’s baby, Leo Eldon Van Koughnett.

Government continues connecting communities throughout B.C.

More than $1.1 million in grants for a second wave of nine projects funded through the provincewide Con-necting British Colum-bia program will ben-efi t more than 80 B.C. communities located in rural and remote areas of the province by improving access to high-speed Internet.

Connecting British Columbia is a $10-mil-lion, multi-year grant program adminis-tered on behalf of the Province by Northern Development Initia-tive Trust that helps to pay for infrastructure required to deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to homes and businesses in rural locations throughout British Columbia. A total of $5.8 million in Connecting British Columbia funding for eight projects benefi t-ing 70 communities was provided in the fi rst wave of grants last year.

B.C. is on track to meet its goal of 100% high-speed connectiv-ity before 2021 by providing 94% of Brit-ish Columbians with access to high-speed Internet. This makes B.C. one of the most connected jurisdictions in the world.

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Get Active in 2016, Stay Healthy, Have Fun! Skiing, skating, walking, running, sledding. Indoor and outdoor there is lots to do.

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Community Memorial

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The 34th annual Fort St. James Christmas Bird Count was held on Dec. 28 and a record total of 43 species and 2549 birds were ob-served.

Eleven fi eld ob-servers and 14 feeder watchers took part in the event this year.

Joanne Vinnedge is the compiler for the Fort St. James Bird Count and has held this posi-tion for over 30 years.

We observe from dusk till dawn. Record numbers were counted this year and I am so grateful to all of the vol-unteers,” Vinnedge said.

The Christmas Bird Count is part of a North American citi-zen science-wide proj-ect in which observers tally the total number of birds seen on a chosen day within a two week period surrounding Christmas every year.

Results are analysed nationally by Bird Studies Canada and used to deter-mine multi-year trends in bird populations.

In FSJ, the survey area includes a 15 mile circle with the post of-fi ce being in the centre.

Two duck species, the Long-tailed duck and the Ring-necked duck were new to the count area as well as a Hooded merganser that had only been recorded

once before.Decent Trumpeter

swan numbers were seen as well as a re-cord number of Ruffed grouse and Northern goshawks.

Seed-eating Gros-beak and common Red-poll numbers have im-proved this year. These birds in particular tend to be irruptive and fol-low cone and seed crops around the country.

Invasive Eurasian collared-doves appear to be well adjusted in Fort St. James. Ten were observed.

With a very mild fall and most of Stuart Riv-er being open on count day, a higher number of species and individual birds were observed.

“Thanks are due to the talented and dedi-cated birders who join us every year travelling from Prince George and Vanderhoof to partici-pate,” Vinnedge said.

Complete species list:Trumpeter swan 180Mallard 36Common goldeneye 65Barrow’s goldeneye 2Hooded merganser 1Common merganser CW (count week - bird not seen on count day but within 3 days of count day)Long-tailed duck 1Ring-necked duck 1Ruffed grouse 44Spruce grouse 1Bald eagle 4Northern goshawk 4Belted kingfi sher CWDowny woodpecker 23Hairy woodpecker 31Northern fl icker 5Brown creeper 4

Pileated woodpecker 1Northern shrike 1Eurasian collared-dove 10Gray jay 3Steller’s jay 13Black-billed magpie 16American crow 58Common raven 164Black-capped chickadee 449Boreal chickadee 1Mountain chickadee 1Red-breasted nuthatch 12American dipper 4Golden-crowned kinglet 1Eurasian starling CWBohemian waxwing 38Song sparrow 1Dark-eyed junco 22Brewer’s blackbird 6Pine grosbeak 354White-winged crossbill 90Red crossbill 9Common redpoll 640Pine siskin 14Evening grosbeak 136House sparrow 103Total Individuals 2549 birdsTotal number of species 43

Lord love a duck: Christmas bird count brings big surprises

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NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS

Regular Board Mee ngs of the Board of Educa on of School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) for the months of January and February 2016 will be held as follows:

January 18, 2016Video-Conference

February 22, 2016Video-Conference

Designated sites for video-conferencing are: Lakes District Secondary School, Fort St. James Secondary School, Fraser Lake Elementary-Secondary School, and the Vanderhoof School Board O ce.

These mee ngs will commence at 6:00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to a end.

Darlene TurnerSecretary-Treasurer

Environmental Assessment of the Blackwater Gold Project

Public Comment Period and Information Sessions New Gold Inc. is proposing the construction and operation of an open pit gold and silver mine located approximately 110 kilometres southwest of Vanderhoof, British Columbia. As proposed, the project would produce 60,000 tonnes per day of gold and silver ore, over a mine life of 17 years. The Blackwater Gold Project is subject to review under both the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) and B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Act and is undergoing a coordinated environmental assessment. Public Comment Period The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) and B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) are inviting the public to comment on the ongoing environmental assessment of the Blackwater Gold Project. The proponent has recently submitted its Environmental Impact Statement / Application (EIS / Application) which describes the project and its potential to cause environmental, heritage, health, social, and economic effects. A copy of the complete EIS / Application and more information is available online at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca and at www.eao.gov.bc.ca. A summary of the document in English or French is also available on the Agency’s website at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca. Submit comments from January 20, 2016 to February 19, 2016: By Online Form: www.eao.gov.bc.ca By Email: [email protected]

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The Agency accepts comments in either English or in French. Comments only need to be submitted once to either the Agency or the EAO to be considered for both the provincial and federal environmental assessments. Copies of the summary and the complete EIS / Application are also available for viewing at these locations: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Vancouver, B.C. Viewing by appointment only Telephone: 604-666-2431 Fraser Lake Public Library 228 Endako Avenue Fraser Lake, B.C.

Vanderhoof Public Library 230 Stewart Street East Vanderhoof, B.C Prince George Public Library Bob Harkins Branch 888 Canada Games Way Prince George, B.C.

Burns Lake Public Library 585 Government Street Burns Lake, B.C. Prince George Public Library Nechako Branch 6547 Hart Highway Prince George, B.C.

Fort St. James Public Library 425 Manson Street Fort St. James, B.C. Cariboo Regional District Library Quesnel Branch 101-410 Kinchant Street Quesnel, B.C.

Information Sessions: February 2, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Nechako Senior Friendship Centre 219 Victoria Street East Vanderhoof, B.C.

February 3, 2016, from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mouse Mountain Elementary School 266 Taluk Avenue Fraser Lake, B.C.

Information on the Blackwater Gold Project and the EIS / Application will be available at the information sessions, and interested individuals will be able to speak with provincial and federal representatives and New Gold Inc.’s technical team.

All submissions received by the Agency and the EAO during the comment period in relation to the Blackwater Gold Project are considered public. Comments will be posted to the EAO website and will become part of the Agency project file.

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Many Fort St James residents are this month making one of their most important New Year’s resolutions ever.

They are becoming Dementia Friends, com-mitting to learning a little bit about dementia so they can be support-ive and inclusive toward people with the illness.

Dementia has be-come one of the coun-try’s most pressing health issues. Statistics suggest three out of four area residents know someone living with de-mentia.

“People affected by dementia continue to live in and be a part of our communities, and we can support them to stay connected in ways that are meaning-ful for them,” says Le-anne Ranes, Support & Education Coordinator for the non-profi t Al-zheimer Society of B.C. for Fort St James and the North Interior & Skeena.

“Through individual actions we can raise awareness of dementia and reduce the stigma attached to it.”

The Dementia Friend campaign is the cornerstone of Al-zheimer’s Awareness Month, which runs until the end of January.

Becoming a De-mentia Friend is easy, says Ranes. The pro-cess starts by signing up at DementiaFriends.ca. The next step is to understand fi ve simple things about dementia:

* It is not a natural part of aging.

* It is not just about losing your memory. Dementia can affect thinking, communicat-

ing and doing everyday activities.

* It is possible to live well with dementia.

* There is more to a person than a diagnosis of dementia.

* The Alzheimer So-ciety of B.C.’s North In-terior & Skeena branch is here to help Fort St James residents with dementia and their care partners.

That knowledge can easily translate into ac-tion at home and work, Ranes adds.

The Society has sup-ported people living with dementia for 35 years. One of its initia-tives, First Link®, con-nects people affected by dementia with informa-tion, Society support services and programs such as Minds in Mo-tion®, and dementia education sessions at any stage of the journey.

Fort St James resi-dents can fi nd out about upcoming education sessions by contact-ing Leanne Ranes at 250-564-7533 (toll-free 1-866-564-7533) or [email protected], and visiting www.alzheimerbc.org.

Here are some tips to help you when you are connecting with a person living with de-mentia:

* Patience is key for dementia-friendliness.

* Use respectful language. People liv-ing with dementia are not “sufferers” or “pa-tients.”

* Address the person with dementia, rather than those around them, when talking about their experience living with the disease.

* Connect, don’t cor-rect. Respond to feel-ings being shared.

* Use precise lan-

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: Fort St. James residents show support

by becoming Dementia Friendsguage when describing actions or tasks.

* Give directions slowly and clearly.

* Focus on a per-son’s strengths and share tasks with them, like washing dishes or helping them to order at a coffee shop or res-taurant.

* Become educated on dementia and on how to help, by visit-ing www.alzheimerbc.org.

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CHRIS GAREAUSmithers Interior News

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cul-len gave a year-end interview on the year past and what he sees as the future for his NDP party and the Northwest. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at interior-news.com.

Chris Gareau: What do you see as your biggest accomplishments this year?

Nathan Cullen: Considering the outcome of the last federal election for he party, my reelection up here and the team that we built was, I feel very — satisfi ed isn’t the right word, but extremely grateful ... We held off a bit of a red wave that was the trend.

Although, I don’t know, it feels strange to point to a reelection as the greatest ac-complishment. I think not having Stephen Harper as our Prime Minister, I don’t take credit for it but I certainly feel better about the future and some things that matter to me.

CG: With the big disappointment of re-turning to third-party status after being in the lead in the polls at the beginning of the election campaign — it was quite the drop especially in the last bit — will there be a shake-up in leadership or policy for the NDP in 2016?

NC: That will be up to our members. We have a convention in April in Edmonton, and part of our constitution is we do a leadership review. We’d be doing one if we won the

election, so we’re doing one, and that will be up to people there to decide whether they want a change or continue on with Tom.

I suspect the general feeling is that Tom is secure in his leadership, certainly within the caucus. There is the obvious disappoint-ment but I don’t see people making a direct connection to anything in particular he did or didn’t do during the campaign ...

Policy side of things, if I refl ect on it now, I think our message was a bit contradicto-ry in the end. We had these bold, national, sweeping type initiatives: childcare, phar-macare. Yet it ended up being strongly in the frame of balanced budget, and those might have been what we call in politics counter narrative: where there’s ambition and then, it’s not austerity, it’s discipline. Those two things don’t come across as cohesive. So in an election where change was the ultimate question, our contrast wasn’t strong enough.

I mean, these things are hard to pull apart at the end. I certainly don’t feel like I have the defi nitive answer: if we had done X then we would have won it ... because I’m so B.C.-focused, and in B.C., we bucked the trend a little bit, at least, where we picked up seats here and felt really good about our positioning in the public.

I mean, explain Atlantic Canada. You’re losing people who those communities loved, right? MPs like Megan Leslie, Jack Harris — Jack won with [71 per cent] of the vote last time ... and then to walk around St.

John’s and say ‘what do you think of Jack Harris,’ they say ‘love him, great guy, great MP, did his job.’

So I guess we’ve been the benefi ciary of waves before, in Quebec, Alberta, and now we were on the other side of it, and that hap-pens.

CG: Turning back to B.C., the province and some businesses who are looking to in-vest in the North still see LNG as the eco-nomic driver for the next couple decades. Do you, and can that be balanced with the need to combat climate change?

NC: Well it’s interesting because I was just in Paris trying to play a helpful role with the new government because the new Minister is a rookie Minister and has never been to one of these things before, and I’ve been to several. Canada has just made some huge commitments in terms of reducing our carbon emissions, and that runs a bit coun-ter to Premier Clark’s ambition to grow car-bon emissions in B.C. How you square the circle? That’ll happen in the next couple of months in a meeting between the premiers and the Prime Minister.

LNG, fi rst of all, the emissions coming out of it if you want to talk the carbon piece, you can’t imagine another atmosphere; you can’t exclude them. They are what they are; they add to the province’s output and that’s reality, otherwise you’re just dreaming in technicolour.

In terms of the economic side of your

question, I think LNG is not a silver bullet. It cannot and will not answer the economic challenges that the province faces. The job numbers just aren’t there. I think the prom-ises made — was it 100,000 jobs — it was just fanciful and not believable.

So if you look at the specifi cs, break it right down to what’s happening on the ground, I think PETRONAS, that project is in some signifi cant trouble. And it’s always boiled to the same thing: location. I think they were strongly directed by Harper and Clark to pick that site. We changed federal law to enable that to go ahead, and I think they were sold a raw deal, actually. They’ve been trying to modify it, you’ve been see-ing their very expensive changes. They’re adding this and they’ve added that; they’re trying to get around what has always been a problematic location. Problematic for salm-on, for First Nations environmentally. If you were to do it again, I don’t think they would have picked that spot, but the feds and the province pushed them pretty hard.

I’ve had meetings with them just recently and they’re still hopeful but understand the challenges. And I’ve had meetings with the new Environment Minister, who wants a full understanding because she’s the next one — the EA [environmental assessment] is now sitting on her desk, and I think she has until February.

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Cullen on the NDP’s future, LNG and the Bulkley Valley


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***MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE... advocating for better services in our communities, such as: housing, counseling, education and job opportunities. Meetings held on the second Thursday of each month via – video conferencing from the communities of; Burns Lake, Fraser Lake, Granisle, Ft. St. James, Southside and Vanderhoof. 1:30 – 3:00. In Vanderhoof meetings are held in the boardroom at the hospital. Clients, family members and community partners are invited to attend. Your voice is IMPORTANT. For more info on the committee and it’s works contact: Heather @ 250-692-7500. Or your Mental Health Service Provider

***We are looking forward to the 38TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS! Dates are March 7- 20, 2016 and will be held at Nechako Valley Senior Secondary School. Mon-day March 7, Speech Arts. Friday March 11, Strings. Monday March 14- Thursday March 17, Piano. Please see “Syllabus” at www.musicfestivalweb/nechako to see what you can enter today! Online registration begins Dec 1 and clos-

es January 11th; late fees added up to January 22. Absolutely no entries after that date. Thank you!

***VOLUNTEER WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY!...Are you or anyone you know interested in becoming a volunteer? No matter your age or your interests, there are plenty of opportunities for you or your family members to volunteer within our community. At Volunteer Fort St. James we assist local non-profi t organizations in recruiting volunteers and assist volunteers to fi nd an organization(s) they want to work with. If you chose to become a volunteer you are in control. You get to choose the event(s) you volunteer for, how often you volunteer and how much time you’d like to volunteer. Volunteers are not obligated to volunteer for any opportunities, no questions asked. It is as simple as that! If you’d like to become a volunteer, when opportunities become available you have the option to be notifi ed by email, or you can check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/volunteerfsj or stop by the Volunteer Fort St. James Offi ce Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 – 12:30 pm. You can sign up today to become a volunteer at www.volunteerfsj.ca. For more information you can e-mail us at [email protected] or call us at 250-996-8284 (Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 11:30 – 12:30 pm).

***STUART LAKE OUTREACH GROUP FOOD BANK SCHED-ULE... is the third Wed of each month: 10:00 am to noon at the Food Bank behind St. Patrick’s An-glican Church, Stuart Drive. Volun-teers needed. Call 250-567-6744. Food Bank needs canned meals, beans, stews, soups, tuna, salmon, sandwich meats, pasta and sauce, tea, coffee, toilet paper, canned

milk, cereals, etc. At this time we have lots of sugar! Thank you for your generosity.

***UNTOLD TRAUMA...author seeks contributions from non-First Nations students and staff who experienced Catholic residential or day schools abuse in Northern BC. For more info email [email protected]

***FIREWEED STOPPING THEVIOLENCE & OUTREACHSERVICE For those who believe all is possible!...Provides free Confi dential, Safe, and Supportive counselling and outreach services for women. Hours of Service: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. Location: Room 203, 349 Stuart Drive, Fort St James, BC Phone: (250) 996-1214 Fax: (250) 996-7647 Email: fi [email protected]

***STUART LAKE OUTREACH GROUP... hosts a free hot lunch each Tuesday from 10.00am to 1.00pm in the space behind St. Patrick’s Anglican Church. Meals are served by members of area churches and other volunteers from the community. We wish to thank all those who assist by cooking, serving, and cleaning up. Your help is invaluable. We also host a free Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day to all who are lonely or in need. Volunteers for these programs are needed. Please call Gwen at 250-567-6744.

***FORT ST. JAMES SEARCH & RESCUE... New members are welcome, training is provided for more information please contact Paul at 250-996-7478 or Rod at 250-996-3231

***FORT ST. JAMES PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS...

Tuesday 11:30-8:00Wednesday 11:30-4:30

Thursday 11:30-4:30Friday 11:30-8:00

Saturday 11:00-3:00 ***

AUXILIARY TO STUART LAKE HOSPITAL... Monthlymeeting 2nd Wednesday eachmonth. Hospital Cafeteria 7:00 p.m.

***NECHAKO VALLEYCOMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY...Child and YouthMental Health and CounselingServices available at no cost.Monday to Friday 8:30 am to4:30 pm. Call 996-7645 for appointment.

***FORT TRAP AND HANDGUNCLUB... meets last Sunday of every month. Contact (Sue)at 250-996-7728 (h) for moreinformation.

***MUSIC MAKERS...Newmembers always WELCOME. Not everyone has to be on stage, thereis lots of work behind the scenes. Call Heike Fonda at 250-996-7006 for more info.

***PUBLIC SERVICEANNOUNCEMENT...If youknow anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmedby a psychiatrist call the CitizensCommission on Human Rights at:1-800-670-2247.

***AA MEETINGS...Thursdays at8:00pm. United Church on 2ndAve West. Call 250-996-8290 for more information.

***FIREWEED SAFE HAVEN...asafe place for women and their children leaving violence or abuse. 24 hour access - please call 996-8000.

***FORT ST. JAMES PARENT ADVISORY...3rd Tuesday everymonth 7 p.m. at High School.

MEETING SCHEDULE 2016

Meetings tentatively commence at 10:30 a.m. Please call (250) 692-3195/1-800-320-3339 for further information

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January 14, 2016.........RDBN Committee Meetings

January 28, 2016.........RDBN Board Meeting/ SNRHD Meeting

February 11, 2016 .......RDBN Committee Meetings

February 25, 2016 .......RDBN Board Meeting/ SNRHD Meeting

March 10, 2016 ............RDBN Committee Meetings

March 24, 2016 ............RDBN Board Meeting/ SNRHD Meeting

The Committee of the Whole will be discussing the draft 2016 to 2020 Financial Plan at its regular meeting on

January 14, 2016 and at the Committee of the Whole Meetings on February 11 and March 10, 2016. The Financial Plan will be on the agenda for adoption

at the March 24, 2016 Board Meeting.


The Fort St. James Early Child De-velopmental Committee is continuing to offer the Toy Library Program.

According to Committee Coordi-nator, Cheryl Work, the point of the toy library is to allow all children fair and equal access despite any barriers or stress that families might be expe-riencing.

“Our goal is to provide all families in the community with free access to quality toys,” Work said.

Membership and self-serve lend-ing is free. Parents can choose the toy of their child’s choice, sign it out and bring it back in a month’s time.

“We currently have about 100 members but we hope more people will use the library,” Work said.

The committee received funding for toys age specifi c from 0 – 6 yrs.

The majority of the toys were pur-chased and included are games, puz-zles, cars and trucks and even skates and helmuts.

“This is a great resource and we hope more people know about it,” Work said. “We’ve had great feed-back so far. It’s a great opportunity for kids to use these items especially when they grow out of them so quick-ly.”

According to Work, families have said that it’s a great way to fi nd out if their child might be interested in a particular toy. It gives them a chance to try it, move on and try something else.

“Kids get bored so it’s a great op-portunity for any child in the commu-nity to try something new.”

You can visit the Toy Library at Nezul Be Hunuyeh Child and Family Services at 700 Stuart Drive, West in Fort St. James daily from 8 – 4 p.m.

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Children can choose from a variety of games and puzzles. Photos by Barbara Latkowski

The Toy Library offers a variety of toys for children from 0 - 6 yrs.


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Rehearsals are in full swing at the Music Makers Theatre in Fort St. James.

I Only Have Fangs for You will be performed at the theatre in February, 2016 and the cast of seven are eager to bring it all together.

The play is a comedy melodrama by Craig Sodaro. “It’s got a little bit of everything: blood, gore, heroines and vampires. It’s very contemporary,” cast member, Eileen Bennison said.

Bennison is no stranger to the stage and with the commitment in-volved in preparing a full production.

“It’s a lot of work but it’s a funny play. We are having so much fun and that’s what it’s all about.”

The cast, who now consider them-selves family, have been busily re-hearsing twice a week since October.

Allison Eytcheson is co-directing with Elyse Gammon. “It’s a farce, it’s a comical physical comedy,” Eytcheson said.

“There’s also a bit of a plot twist with a character who ends up being not what you expect,” Gammon adds.

The cast is also thrilled with the new lights and sound system that the theatre recently had installed. “We are so excited. It will make a big dif-ference,” Eytcheson said.

The cast has also been receiving regular feedback from a professional instructor from Theatre Northwest in Prince George.

“It’s been so helpful to have pro-fessional eyes looking at us. It gives us a better perspective,” cast member Raquel Friesen said.

All in all, costumes are coming together, sets are being designed and lines are being learnt. As each per-former comes onto the stage, it’s clear that this is a farce not to be missed.

“It really is so funny. We just want everyone to come out and enjoy and to laugh with us and at us,” Friesen said.

I Only Have Fangs for You will be performed on: Feb. 26-27 and on March 4-5.

Music Makers: Getting ready to take a bite

Both first time directors, Elyse Gammon and Allison Eytcheson are excited to see the show come together.

Actors Eileen Bennison and Raquel Friesen get comfortable with their roles. Actors Dylan Jenson and Eileen Bennison.

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Fort St. James, circa 1930.Photo courtesy of B.C. Archives

Aerial view of Fort St. James in 1986.Photo courtesy of Kim Van Dolah

Aerial view of Fort St James in 1986

Aerial view of Fort St. James in 2008.

Fort St. James started out as a trading post in 1806.

Since then, the former BC capital situated on the shores of beautiful Stuart Lake has grown to several thousand people.

Those people have included trappers, miners and generally hardworking characters.

It is important to the history of Fort St. James to salute many of the area’s pioneers.

Born in Allegan, Michigan in 1904, Earl Buck travelled by wagon to Nebraska before set-tling in Saskatchewan.

Buck farmed in that province until 1923, when he came to B.C. and worked for the Hud-son’s Bay Company. Most of his work involved delivering freight to Manson Creek and Germanson Landing.

He married his wife Claire Shaver, in Gull Lake, Saskatch-ewan in 1930. They had four children: Doreen, Ronald, Sha-ron and Aaron.

On January 17, 1925, Ernest McCorkell and Joseph Isadore had a hard trip carrying mail and freight from Takla Landing to Fort St. James because of un-favorable weather conditions. It took them 13 days for the fi rst 70 miles.

On March 31, 1931, the death of Mrs. Gregg, wife of the Hudson Bay Company Fac-tor at Fort St. James, occurred. She was 40 years old, was born in England and married in 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Agnes Cooke’s property was once a stopover place for horse drawn wagons during the early part of this century. The Cooke’s bought the property in 1952.

Freight crews would make the 26 miles jaunt from Fort St. James to Dog Creek the fi rst day before continuing their trip to Fort Fraser.

Dog Creek which runs right through the Cooke property, was named for the many dog teams who came through the area near the turn of the century before the horse teams.

Paul Bloomfi eld is another Fort St. James pioneer, who came to BC from Saskatchewan in 1920. They moved from Van-

derhoof to Fort St. James be-cause his mother felt that area was not civilized enough.

His parents worked at the Fort’s Catholic School.

Besides a rich history, Fort St. James has an extremely large number of things to do.

Tourists can visit the His-toric Park, where the original Hudson’s Bay Post has been lovingly restored.

The Fort St. James National Historic Site, the ancient burial site of Carrier Chief Kwah, Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church, and the monument to legendary bush pilot Russ Bak-er are of great interest to resi-dents and visitors alike.

For hikers, there is a trail up Mt. Pope.

Other attractions include Stuart Lake, for fi shing, boating swimming. Did you know John Stuart (1779-1847) arrived in Fort St. James in 1806 with Si-mon Fraser. Stuarts’ Lake was named after him. He governed New Caledonia from 1809 to 1824.

Nak’azdli Band has almost 1900 members, of which about 700 live on the main reserve along Nakalbun (Stuart Lake). The Band has its own inde-pendent school (Nakalbun El-ementary), gas station (Carrier Food and Fuel), grocery store (Sana’aih Market), daycare, youth centre, greenhouse, and Tl’oh Forest Products. It also owns Nahounli Creek Gas in Fort St. James.

The Nak’azdli Health Centre is an accredited facility, provid-ing services to both Nak’azdli and Fort St. James citizens. Nak’azdli is governed by a Chief and eight Councilors, and has numerous committees to oversee core functions in the community.

Nak’azdli citizens enjoy a close link to a vast territory and continue their traditions of hunting, fi shing, trapping, and harvesting a variety of resourc-es. The two salmon runs, Early and Late Stuart, remain an im-portant source of food so water health and safety is one of the key priorities of the Band.

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The Fort St. James Fire Dept. held a New Year’s Eve celebration marking the 10th an-niversary of its satellite Sowchea Road location.

About 60 people turned out for a night of skating, food, a bonfi re, fi reworks and fun.

The second fi re hall built in 2006 continues to provide service for those living in the Sow-chea Road area.

In 2005, residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of establishing the new fi re hall which is currently under a 10 year contract with the District of Fort St. James.

John Bennison has been with the Dept. for 13 years.

“It means a lot to be able to provide this ser-vice to the residents of Sowchea Road.”

Bennison had seen many positive changes since the second fi re hall came to be.

“In the last 10 years, we are proud to have been able to purchase about $50,000 in new rescue tools and a new rescue truck. The construction of a second fi re hall to serve the community of Fort St. James has meant a lot to us and to the com-munity,” Bennison said.

Bennison is looking forward to what changes lie ahead. “We are al-ways looking for new recruits. Things are al-ways changing but we look forward to these changes.”

For Bennison, his job wouldn’t matter as much if it wasn’t for all of the community support the Dept. has received throughout the years.

“Community mem-bers always pull together every time there is an emergency.”

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Plates at the ready to enjoy the special cake celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Sowchea Road location.


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So that one’s challenging. Shell [LNG Canada’s planned Kitimat terminal, fed by Coastal GasLink that runs south of the Bulkley Valley], a lot more optimistic; just because they’ve got First Nations buy in, the location isn’t as problematic, the pipe-line doesn’t seem to be as problematic ei-ther.

CG: There are lots on the drawing board though, not just Shell and PETRO-NAS.

NC: That’s true; those are the two that have been getting the most attention be-cause they’re the most advanced. So those will be the tests, in a sense, for what fol-lows. I don’t know, does one lead to the other? This is the test; this is the test for the Premier’s whole economic plan, [it] rests particularly on PETRONAS, and that was always a high risk proposition.

And for Trudeau, if I could fi nish that circle, he’s made some strong commit-ments to First Nations: new relationship, new understanding, new way to work together. Both on Enbridge and PETRO-NAS, I think that’s going to be hard for his government to square.

CG: A big barrier to LNG development are literal barriers put up by Unist’ot’en, Madii Lii – I’m sure there are others out-side my coverage area – and they want to build another near Unist’ot’en’s. My

question is, how much input should clans and house groups have when the govern-ment is looking at approving projects, and should they have veto power when a he-reditary chief says no pipelines ever?

NC: That is the – you name your price, $64 billion – it’s a huge question. It’s been ignored and the courts have made some ruling on this, but I think ultimately it’s going to come down to the government. This is the role the government shouldn’t just leave to the courts. I think this is the question: It’s about how you get from A to B; how you make decisions in Cana-da, and I don’t have an easy answer for you. Because some of this is very internal within the First Nation. You’ve got a lot of internal politics going on.

In the past, the government just uses divide and conquer as a strategy. They’ll fi nd one elected band councillor, or they’ll fi nd one house group leader to say yes and they’ll say ‘well, that’s all we need.’ But it creates more confl ict. My feeling is, if you show respect across the board, a lot of these individual challenges start to go away. If you had a government that truly recognized rights and title, and that means for missing and murdered women, education, and a way to make decisions on the land base generally, individual house groups, leaders would feel more comfort-able sitting at the negotiating table rather than blockades.

But it’s been an across-the-board re-fusal to deal with First Nations, and so someone very smart once said resistance is an unmet need. And I think that basic need of nation to nation respect, that’s the elephant in the room: is that you’ve had successive governments that have failed to meet respectfully with First Nations, and so their frustrations manifest in some-times the only way they can, which is in blockades or protests.

CG: By the end of your term, what is the Bulkley Valley going to look like. What changes do you expect?

NC: I think we’re going to continue to diversify, both people and the economy. I think we’ll have deeper and better work-ing relationships with the Wet’suwet’en …

More and more people will choose to live in the Bulkley Valley because of the incredible quality of life here, and that means you bring in talent and skills and the ability to have a strong community. It’s a treasure. The radio station I was just talking to in Ontario said ‘phoning is Mr. Cullen from God’s country.’ Why do you bother coming to Ottawa was his fi rst question; why would you ever leave this incredible place you live? And I think we need to be continuing to promote it. I feel really optimistic about this commu-nity. Everything from the way it looks, the efforts that are put into making the place

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The more diverse we are, the less susceptible we are to what we were talking about earlier, the mar-kets going up and down, the commodities; having all our eggs in one basket is always dangerous way to live in a place.


Ian Melville WraightSeptember 15, 1946 – December 20, 2015

With deep sadness I announce that Ian passed away at his home in 108 Mile Ranch on December 20th at the age of 69. Ian was immensely kind, sensitive, generous and thoughtful. Those who knew him well recognized that he had the soul of a poet. Although known for his keen intellect and dry sense of humour, he lived a quiet, mostly solitary life in the company of his animals. For the past 8 years, he was utterly devoted to his Belgian Shepherd Morley who, happily, has found a new home.Ian grew up in Fort St. James and, after living in Vernon for several years followed by a brief stint in Fort Nelson, he moved to Vancouver in the early 1980s. He spent most of his career with the Industrial Development Bank, but in 1989 he traded in his three-piece suit for a ball cap and sneakers to venture into his own business, a Nutri-Lawn franchise which he operated until his retirement in 2013.Ian was an avid catch-and-release fi sherman and spent many hours with his fi shing buddies on the lakes and rivers of the North Okanagan and the Cariboo. Ian was predeceased by his father Walter (1979), and his mother Betty (1989). He is survived by his sister, Kathie Wraight of Sechelt, BC. Ian will be sorely missed by his Nutri-Lawn family and his many life-long friends.A memorial service will be held in the Lower Mainland in early Spring, with a second farewell in Fort St. James sometime during the summer.

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Position Requirements:• Degree in Nursing from an approved Canadian College/University• Knowledge/Experience in Community Health nursing• A member of the Registered Nurses Association of BC.• Must have BC Immunization Certificate or willing to become certified• Hold a valid Class 5 BC Driver’s License.• Willing to learn about the language and culture of the Carrier people.• Excellent communication skills• Proficient with computers and electronic charting systems.

Duties and Responsibilities: Including but not limited to-• Work as an integral part of the Health Centre team• Data steward/Owner as per Panorama P&S Policy• Develop, implement and evaluate Community Health Programs to better meet the

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Wages will be negotiable based on Nak’azdli Band’s wage scale.Posted until position is filled.

Please submit resume and cover letter to: Jenny Martin, Health DirectorFax: 250-996-2262 • Email: [email protected]

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Job duties: Cleaning rooms and maintaining proper sanitization, keeping all the supplies in rooms and as requested by guests, cleaning the lobby and washrooms, doing laundry.

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Application process: Please email us your resume or drop your resume at the front desk

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Under the medical supervision of a designated Nursing Management Supervisor and the administrative supervision of the Health Director, the Community Health Nurse (CHN) provides a community health program to the Nak’azdli community. The CHN will provide support and direction to other program staff on health related issues

Position Requirements:• Degree in Nursing from an approved Canadian College/University• Knowledge/Experience in Community Health nursing• A member of the Registered Nurses Association of BC.• Must have BC Immunization Certificate or willing to become certified• Hold a valid Class 5 BC Driver’s License.• Willing to learn about the language and culture of the Carrier people.• Excellent communication skills• Proficient with computers and electronic charting systems.

Duties and Responsibilities: Including but not limited to-• Work as an integral part of the Health Centre team• Data steward/Owner as per Panorama P&S Policy• Develop, implement and evaluate Community Health Programs to better meet the

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The Prince George address is: 5162 Northwood Pulpmill Road, Post Office Box 9000, Prince George, British Columbia, V2L 4W2 or Telephone number: (250) 962-3496, Fax number (250) 962-3217, E-mail [email protected]. Copies of the proposed PMP and maps may be examined at the above noted locations in Prince George by appointment with Cheryl Johnston-Schuetz.

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A Taekwondo grading season with Master Michael Barker took place on Jan. 9 at Energy Connection Health and Fitness Ltd., in Fort St. James.

Parents and family members gath-ered and watched as the students of various ages and levels put their best moves forward.

Barker, from White Rock, B.C. along with instructor and owner of En-ergy Connection Vera Poole, facilitated the event and the results were positive and even included a few surprises.

Four students double graded two belt levels.

“I’m so proud of my students,” Poole said. “Master Barker was really impressed and the support from parents was phenomenal.”

Energy Connection is part of North-ern Taekwondo, a group of schools that Barker himself helped formulate. He is a certifi ed international instructor and examiner and has a 7th degree black belt.

Today, these schools are all mem-bers of the Canadian ITF Federation.

For more information about Tae-

Taekwondo grading season: students rising to the top

Master Barker and Vera Poole prepare to grade 18 students at Energy Connection Health & Fitness in Fort St. James.

Taekwondo students are ready for grading.

kwondo in Fort St. James contact: [email protected]

Results of the grading season:White Belts to Yellow Stripe:Corey GingrichLeila GingrichDa’Son Larocue

Danton LarocueKyleigh MartinCharlie OuelletteEllie OuelletteIan Sam Yellow Stripe to Yellow Belt:Klaus Schroeder

Kailum SchroederWaydeann Schaper

Yellow Belt to Green Belt: (these students double graded)

Zuri GrondinPayton Schroeder Logan McKersie

Green Stripe to Blue Stripe: (this student double graded)

Nikolia Ledgebokoff Blue Stripe to Blue Belt:Cassidy MacDougallCela WestFred McKersie


Fort St. James Secondary School hosted another successful basketball tournament for the second year in a row.

The tournament, held in both school gyms, took place on Jan. 9 and 10 and welcomed eight senior teams and nine junior teams who played 28 games making this the largest basket-ball tournament of its kind in North-ern B.C.

James Waddell, athletic director at Fort St. James Secondary School is thrilled with the results and is thank-ful to all of the supporters who helped make the event another success.

“A tournament this big cannot hap-pen without a lot of help. This year we had 14 different referees’ do the 26 games. We also had 31 students help out with the score tables. A few people went above and beyond and did much more than their share of the work,” Waddell said.

A special thank you goes out to teacher Andrew Vogelsang for all his hard work refereeing and overseeing the junior tournament.

“Four of our grade 8 students also got very involved. Special thanks to Jaynee Gauthier, Austyn McKersie, Emily Geerneart, and Maria Spod-niak. These four students all worked many hours making sure this tour-nament was a success. And thank you to all the janitorial staff at FS-JSS. They worked so hard to make sure our school was ready for tourna-ment and then again to make sure the school was ready for classes on Mon-day,” Waddell said.

“We have already had 14 teams

register for next year’s tourna-ment. This speaks volumes to the en-joyment all the teams have when they come to Fort St James each year.”

Tournament Senior Results:Game 1 – FSJ Girls VS Northside Girls 39-48

Game 2 – FLESS Boys VS LDSS Boys 74-69

Game 3 – FSJ Boys VS Northside Boys 47-64

Game 4 – Valemount Girls VS Chet-wynd Girls 61-19

Game 5 – FSJ Boys VS LDSS Boys 52-57

Game 6 – FSJ Girls VS Chetwynd Girls 72-17

Game 7 – LDSS Boys VS Northside Boys 72-66

Game 8 – Valemount Girls VS North-side Girls 48-67

Game 9 – Northside Boys VS FLESS Boys 87-45

Game 10 – Chetwynd Girls VS Northside Girls 27-64

Game 11 – FSJ Boys VS FLESS Boys 33-83

Game 12 – FSJ Girls VS Valemount Girls 46-40

Tournament Junior Results:Game 1 – FSJ Boys VS Northside Boys (NEW GYM) 23-50Game 2 – Northside Girls VS FLESS

Fort St. James Secondary School hosts largest basketball tournament in the North for a second year

Girls 16-42Game 3 – FSJ Boys VS Cedars Boys 7-47Game 4 – FLESS Girls VS Cedars Girls 19-14Game 5 – Valemount Girls VS Northside Girls 22-37Game 6 – Cedars Boys VS Valemount Boys 47-18Game 7 – Tumbler Ridge Girls VS Cedars Girls 20-24Game 8 – Cedars Boys VS Valemount Boys 43-20Game 9 – Northside Boys VS FSJ Boys 61-26Game 10 – Northside Girls VS Tumbler Ridge Girls 33-41Game 11 – Northside Boys VS Valemount Boys

45-16Game 12 – Valemount Girls VS Cedars Girls 23-44Game 13 – FLESS Girls VS Tumbler Ridge Girls 46-30Game 14 – Cedars Boys VS Northside Boys 51-42Game 15 – Valemount Girls VS FLESS Girls 18-39Game 16 – Valemount Boys VS FSJ Boys 37-44 Most Sportsmanlike Team awards:Jr Boys - CedarsJr Girls - Tumbler RidgeSr Boys - NorthsideSr Girls - Fort St James

Valemont Sr Girls play Northside Sr Girls

caledonia courier, january 13, 2016

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