Tumbler Ridge News Archives

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Community garden is food for thought
 
Spring is here again, and so are the debates about the pros and cons of the community garden.
 
Some residents dislike the way it looks. Some like the idea, but don't like the location. Some argue food can be just as easily grown in your own back yard, or even more easily just purchased at Shop Easy.

Mad about matter

By: Kelli Dunne, Reporter

A group of Grade 1 and 2 students from Tumbler Ridge Elementary learned all there is to know about slime! The kids were immersed in the world of matter and mixtures during a visit from Let’s Talk Science volunteers from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University last Thursday (May 12).
 
 Let’s Talk Science volunteers, who are current students or recent graduates from UBC and SFU, engaged the kids in exciting hands-on science, where they made their own batches of colourful slime, while explaining the properties of matter and mixtures.

Weekend wedding

WEEKEND WEDDING: Thomas Clarke and Jennifer Stacey were married on the east bank of Flatbed Creek last Saturday (May 14) in a ceremony attended by about 40 people. Rev. Gerald Krauss officiated the vows, held at the Lions' Flatbed Creek campground. Greg Amos photo.

Special guest in TR

SPECIAL GUEST: Janet Hartford takes a minute last Monday (May 9) to visit Hartford Gardens, the park named in her honour in 2006. Hartford now lives in Victoria, but was back in Tumbler Ridge for a visit last week. Greg Amos photo.SPECIAL GUEST: Janet Hartford takes a minute last Monday (May 9) to visit Hartford Gardens, the park named in her honour in 2006. Hartford now lives in Victoria, but was back in Tumbler Ridge for a visit last week. Greg Amos photo.

Quintette study still on track

 
Greg Amos, Editor
 
With a goal in mind of having their permit amended by the end of the year, Teck continues to make progress in its feasibility study towards a possible 2013 re-opening of the Quintette operation.

Steelworkers campaign at Wolverine mine

COLD STEEL: United Steelworkers (USW) organizers Ken McLean (left), Alvin Lukinchuk, and Darren Parkes (right) took their message to the Wolverine site’s main entrance last Thursday (March 10). Parkes estimates USW has set up at the front gates a dozen times so far, with about half a month left to go in their drive to raid the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) union. Submitted photo.

Childcare centre slated to fill gap

Mike Caisley (centre) and Jodi Penner (left) discuss details about a new childcare centre slated to be placed between the community centre and the high school. In this photo, taken in late February, the three are standing within the footprint area of the proposed building. Greg Amos photo.

 
Greg Amos, Editor
 
A proposed new childcare centre to be placed between the community centre and the high school could fill a crucial gap in local services, while creating more space within the community centre.

March 7 council briefs

Spectra Energy community coordinator Jay Morrison – a recently-retired champion speed skater – outlines his company's projects in the Peace Region at last Monday's (March 7) council meeting. Greg Amos photo.

Spectra updates council
While they don't have many projects taking place near Tumbler Ridge, Spectra Energy appeared before council last Monday (March 7) to explain what they're up to in the Peace Region – and to give a $3,000 cheque to  RCMP Victim Services in Tumbler Ridge.

A Midterm's Eve Phantasm

“A Midterm’s Eve Phantasm” was performed last Wednesday and Thursday night (March 9 and 10) at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School (TRSS) by the Kodi-Acts drama club. Instructor Tracy Krauss wrote and directed the play, a knock-off of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, set at the fictional Stratford High, where students are manipulated by devious elves and fairies bent on getting the gullible humans into romantic mix-ups. The play featured a cast and crew of 34 students, and Krauss said she was “very pleased” with all aspects of the production. An audience of close to 100 attended each night of public performance last week. Greg Amos photos

Forest fuel reduction

Pine-beetle affected trees are harvested and stacked in the forested area near the town dump last Tuesday (March 8). The wildfire treatment work got underway the previous weekend, causing some concern to local cross country skiers in the Wolverine Nordic and Mountain Society (WNMS), who use the trails that run adjacent to the 6.79 hectare section seen here. After discussions with the contractor, Fort St. John-based Adlard Environmental, the two sides found a way to ensure the work will benefit the trail system. Adlard will continue to carry out forest fuel reduction work in eight other areas around Tumbler Ridge this spring and summer. More information is available through the Tumbler Ridge Fire Department. Greg Amos photo.