Paddle event aims to raise awareness on Site C and river access
Friday July 11 2008 report describes the Paddle for the Peace organized by PVEA and WMFM to discuss energy policy and river recreation. Willson and Yeoman emphasize informing the public, protecting the river, and broad Aboriginal and non Aboriginal collaboration. Registration opens July 12 with a 5.00 dollar fee, kids under 13 free.
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B.C
PVEA
West Moberly
Yeoman
Halfway River
Youth help screen health in northern communities
Vanessa Lilly, a Halfway River high school student, joined medical training usually reserved for professionals as the Healthy Heart Society sent a satellite team to northern First Nations communities. The group trained local care providers, focusing on measuring blood pressure, weight girth, and body mass index. Joyce Resin, director of the organization, spoke about expanding training to students.
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Halfway River
Vanessa Lilly
Healthy Heart Society
Joyce Resin
Heart health tour trains youth volunteers in Fort St. John area
Vanessa Lilly of the Healthy Heart Society notes elders may miss risky lifestyle aspects while youth from North Peace Secondary in Fort St. John assist in a heart screening tour in Halfway River. Resin says three Halfway River students were trained and will teach peers locally. The event screened 42 community members and included 122 people from Fort St. John Friendship Centre and Saulteau First Nations.
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North Peace Secondary
Fort St. John
Lilly
Fort St. John Friendship Centre
Saulteau First Nations
Saulteau
Correction note on July Fourth coal office story
The Chetwynd Echo issues an apology for misnaming officials in the July 4 report. It clarifies that Richard Neufeld, then Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum, attended the event, not Kevin Krueger.
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Energy, Mines and Petroleum
Richard Neufeld
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