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Omineca

Express

C h ar g e s

laid agains

t

those accuse

d

of killing V

an-

derhoof lo

cal

Fribjon Bjo

rn-

son have b

een

upgraded fr

om

second deg

ree

murder to fi

rst

degree murd

er.

W e sl e y

Dennis D

un-

can, James

Da-

vid Junior C

har-

lie and Jess

e Darren B

ird have all

been charg

ed

with first deg

ree murder in

relation to

the slaying.

Bird and Ch

arlie have al

so been char

ged with

indignity to

human remai

ns. Teresa M

arie Charlie

is charged w

ith obstructi

on of justice

and acces-

sory to murd

er after the f

act.

Bjornsons

head was fou

nd in 2012 i

n a vacant

building on

the Nakazd

li reserve ne

ar Fort St.

James, a littl

e under a mo

nth after he

was reported

missing. Bjo

rnson, 28 an

d the father

of two, was

last seen at a

7-Eleven in

Vanderhoof.

The remain

-

der of Bjorn

sons body h

as not been

located.

The accused

will appear

in court on J

uly 14 and

will appear a

gain on July

21, 2014.

If convicted

the accused

may face lif

e in prison.

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Paramedic D

enise Raym

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Vanderhoof

paramedics c

elebrated the

ir

40 year ann

iversary on

July 9, 2014

by

showing off

some fancy

new medical

tech-

nology recen

tly installed

in Vanderh

oof

ambulances.

Two CAREs

tream medic

al patient ca

re

monitors, w

hich monit

or vital sig

ns of

transportees

, were recen

tly added the

Van-

derhoof EMS

s repertoire

after fundrai

sing

a total of $5

,700 to purch

ase them.

Were the l

ast crew in t

he north to g

et

these monit

ors, parame

dic Karen W

iebe

said. Wiebe

attributes t

he late arriv

al of

the monitor

s to having

a less than p

erma-

nent workfor

ce. We didn

t have a ste

ady

crew of work

ers, she sai

d. Now we

do,

so I took it u

pon myself t

o ask for a h

and

in purchasin

g them and w

eve manage

d to

get two.

The monitor

s automatica

lly take vita

l

sign measure

ments from

patients, fr

eeing

up paramedi

cs to tend to

additional p

atient

needs as we

ll as providi

ng more acc

urate

readings.

Monitors ca

n print out a

vital sign rea

d-

ing to be giv

en to doctors

upon arrival

, al-

though the Va

nderhoof deta

chment has y

et

to raise enou

gh money to

purchase th

e ad-

ditional prin

ters.

Vanderhoof

has also rec

ently acquir

ed

a new 900 s

eries ambula

nce that is la

rger,

runs on gaso

line as oppos

ed to diesel a

nd is

more eco-frie

ndly.

In the old c

ars we had e

verything ki

nd

of tucked a

way, param

edic Wiebe s

aid

during a pre

sentation of

the new tec

hnol-

ogy. There

were wires

and cords o

n the

floor. If you

had a patien

t on a venti

lator

then all of th

ose importan

t cords were

run-

ning right by

your feet.

Aside from

a generous s

pread of foo

d,

guests were

treated by p

aramedic D

enise

Raymond t

o a blood-p

ressure and

vital

signs reading

with the new

equipment.

Wiebe hopes

to raise eno

ugh money i

n

the future to

purchase pae

diatric sets to

ac-

company the

monitors.

Charges

upgraded

in

Bjornson

case

Fribjon Bjor

nson

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They say D

isneyland

is the happie

st place on

earth and it

would seem

that asserti

on is true

based off the

response of

Vanderhoof

Childrens

Theatre (VC

T) members

upon return

ing home

from their ei

ght day get-

away to the

fabled child-

hood paradis

e.

The VCT re

turned to

Vanderhoof

from Dis-

neyland in

Anaheim,

Calif. on Ju

ly 17, after

a week of h

oning their

theatrical sk

ills in Dis-

neylands

performing

arts worksho

ps, part of

the mega-co

rporations

youth progr

ams.

The VCT s

pent 10

months

fundraising

the $80,000

necessary

to bring the

40 people

involved in

the VCT

across the bo

rder.

The trip w

as more

than I ever

expected,

said Richa

rd Wruth,

director of

the VCT.

I would li

ke to thank

every person

and busi-

ness that w

as able to

help make th

is trip pos-

sible. I can

t wait to do

it again.

During thei

r time at

Disneyland,

members

of the VCT

took part

in a variety

of perfor-

mance works

hops. The

workshops t

hat we par-

ticipated in

were truly

the most ama

zing work-

shops that

I have ever

been involv

ed with,

Wruth said.

To see the

kids peel ba

ck their lay-

ers and be a

ble to bring

multiple ch

aracters to

life when a

sked was

amazing.

But VCT m

embers

didnt just

enjoy the

workshops,

outside of

working ou

t their artis-

tic muscles

the young

thespians to

ok part in

everything

Disneyland

had to offer.

My favou-

rite part of t

he trip was

everything,

exclaimed

Faith Baker

, one of the

children wh

o participat-

ed in the trip

. I loved

California S

creaming

it was so fun

.

Jubilation

wasnt

limited to B

aker, there

was a torren

t of positive

feedback fr

om nearly

every person

involved

in the adven

ture.

Jody Geernae

rt Cas-

sista said

having the

opportunity

to go to

Disneyland

with this

amazing gr

oup is one

that I will re

member for

the rest of m

y life.

Kids involve

d in the

trip werent

the only

ones spouti

ng out ex-

clamations

about the

trip, parent

s of VCT

members als

o had posi-

tive things t

o say about

the experien

ce.

Kelly Baker

, mother

of Faith Ba

ker, said I

have only h

eard amaz-

ing and fu

nny stories

from my daug

hter since

her return

from this

trip. Kelly

Baker add-

ed I am so

grateful for

Richard [W

ruth] and all

the other g

reat people

involved for

giving my

daughter th

is opportu-

nity and fo

r providing

an experien

ce she will

carry with

her for the

rest of her li

fe.

Kelly Baker

s senti-

ments were

shared by

virtually ev

eryone else

in the group

with chil-

dren and p

arents alike

espousing

their grati-

tude for Wr

uth and his

efforts to bri

ng this fan-

tasy in to fru

ition.

Thanks to

Richard

for dreamin

g big, said

Lynnette De

lisle, a VCT

parent. Ho

w lucky we

are as a co

mmunity to

have someon

e in it that

is such a ro

le model fo

r

our children

!

It was cer

tainly a

memorable

experience

for everyon

e involved.

Seeing the

faces of the

kids and ad

ult the mo-

ment we a

rrived was

a moment I

will never

forget, Wr

uth said of

the experien

ce.

Wruth and

VCT

dont intend

this to be

a one time

thing, both

Wruth and

the rest of

his VCT c

ompatriots

are already

beginning

to plan for

next years

excursion. T

hey better

start fundra

ising now.

The Vander

hoof Childre

ns Theatre

pose for so

me group p

hotos durin

g their trip t

o Disneyland

in Anaheim

, Calif.

Photos via

Richard Wr

uth

Vanderhoof

Childrens T

heatre visit D

isneyland

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Vanderhoof Museum gets overhaul

Jesse ColeOmineca ExpressThe

Vanderhoof

Heritage Museum and

Historic Village has

received a substantial

amount of funding for

some well deserved

renovations and im-

provements. Funding, around

$41,000, for the proj-

ect comes from the

Job Creation Partner-

ship. The Job Creation

Partnership is a branch

of British Columbias

Community and Em-

ployer Partnerships

which aim to increase

employability and job

creation through British

Columbia.Renovations are

to be completed by a

group of four work-

ers who will gain real-

world job experience

and skill building. Improvements to the

buildings will include

wheelchair accessible

ramps to the OK Cafe,

Reimer residence and

Royal Bank building

in the historic village.

New paint, windows

and doors will also

be installed as well as

a limestone pathway

connecting the village

buildings and museum. Vanderhoof mayor

Gerry Theissen said of

the renovations The

Job Creation Partner-

ship is a welcome pro-

gram for the District of

Vanderhoof. There are

many local initiatives in

our community which

have operated on purely

volunteer help and this

project will help us, as

a community, to build

capacity and give the

participants some great

work experience.The project is slated

to take place over a 22-

week period this sum-

mer.

Mayor Gerry Thiessen and MLA John Rustad present a cheque for $41,000 towards the renovations of Vanderhoof

Museum and historic village.

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Vanderhoof Museum receives $41,000 towards renovations

Jesse ColeOmineca Express

June 26 marked a historic day in Aboriginal-Ca-

nadian relations after a unanimous decision by the

Supreme Court of Canada was delivered that up-

held the rights of indigenous communites to owner-

ship of traditional territory.

The decision comes in a case that is nearly 20

years old in which the Tsilhqotin First Nation laid

claim to some 1, 700 km of land in the Nemiah Val-

ley. The decision was not just cause for the people of

Tsilhqotin to celebrate but rather set precedent for

all First Nations communities in British Columbia.

The news was welcomed news for the Nakazdli

First Nation of the Fort St. James area. The

Nakazdli have been involved in an on-going strug-

gle against the proposed Northern Gateway pipe-

line which would be built through their traditional

territory. The Supreme Court decision means that ab-

original communties like the Nakazdli First Na-

tion, have the legal right to refuse consent to any

development or encroachment on their traditional

territory. Nakazdli members took to the streets with

drums and song in response to the landmark an-

nouncement.Nakazdli chief Fred Sam hopes this will be the

end of the pipeline saying We really dont want it

going through our territory. We havent given our

consent.This is not only a victory for First Nations but

for all British Columbians who oppose the pipeline,

as this decision will create a considerable roadblock

for companies like Enbridge to navigate around.

Sam said he believes that the federal govern-

ment needs to listen not only to First Nations com-

munities, but also to all British Columbians - an

overwhelming number of which are opposed to the

pipeline. Sam insists that Nakazdli are not against de-

velopment or business in their lands, but rather are

for environmentally sound, responsible business.

Were a forward thinking community, he said.

We need fair deals and the environment needs to

be a priority. We need to look at these partnerships

in greater depth.Sam said the decision is like seeing the light at

the end of a tunnel and that he hopes the govern-

ment sees it too, Hopefully they see its important

to work with us.

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Rebecca W

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Caledonia Co

urier

Once started

, a fire

can burn thr

ough a mod

-

ern-day hom

e over five

times faster

than an olde

r

home consid

ering the

type of fuel

. Where old

-

er homes a

re built wit

h

solid wood, n

ewer homes

have partic

le board an

d

synthetics.

Nonetheless

,

a fire can

rip through

any buildin

g faster tha

n

people can e

scape some-

times, so its

always good

to be prepar

ed, said For

t

St. James Fir

e Chief Mi-

chael Navra

til.

Weve got

[wildfires]

all around

us but wer

e

doing alrig

ht. We had

a

couple little

fires in the

past few w

eeks but the

y

were contain

ed and were

lucky they

were, said

Chief Navra

til.

About six

to eight

times a yea

r the Fire

Rescue Team

in Fort St.

James hold

s a trainin

g

session in th

e two-store

y

concrete stru

cture behind

the North

Arm Pub

and Public

Works. The

building mi

mics the fir

st

floor and b

asement of

a

house.

Many tim

es we are

going dow

n into a fir

e

so this wi

ll simulate

that.

Its called a

blow grade

fire

attack, said

Chief Navra

til.

Typically,

firefighters

will suit up

inside the

truck

on their w

ay to a call

and

then pull th

e hose from

the

speedlay (h

ose holder)

for

immediate

use. For tra

ining

purposes th

e volunteers

had

the hose alre

ady laid out

and

were able to

focus on pro

perly

dressing the

mselves.

Were st

arting fro

m

scratch. It

s much qu

icker

if were go

ing to a fir

e and

plus, its ho

t out. said C

hief

Navratil.

A firefighte

r uniform c

an

add around

70 extra p

ounds

and consist

s of flame

re-

tardant boo

ts, pants, c

oat,

gloves, helm

et, and air pa

ck.

Using a bud

dy check sy

stem

each firefig

hter must ch

eck

their partner

to make sur

e no

skin is show

ing, their p

ants

are secure a

nd their coat

is on

properly.

Once everyt

hing has bee

n

checked, th

e water is on

, and

the delegatin

g officer out

side

gives the g

o ahead,

the attack

team can

approach t

he entry.

But before

entering

someone m

ust re-

move their g

love and

use the bac

k of their

hand to fin

d the hot

spot of the d

oor. This

is where th

e thermal

line is and d

etermines

how low

they can

walk in the b

uilding.

If we get

there

early enoug

h the line

will be h

igher up.

The line als

o tells us

where the

gases are

that can be

upwards

of 800 deg

rees. Ive

gone into

structures

were the top

of a big-

screen TV

is melted

and the bott

om in fine,

said

Alex Gross

, 25, who i

s cur-

rently the tr

aining office

r and

in charge of

delegating

over

radio from

outside the

build-

ing. It is a

lso his job,

prior

to entry, to

do a walk ar

ound

spotting gas

, oil or hy

dro

lines and to

notify BC H

ydro

or PNG if t

here are any

pos-

sible live wi

res or lines.

After findin

g the hot sp

ot,

the firefigh

ter must t

hen

check the flo

or with an a

xe or

halligon (m

ultipurpose

tool)

to sound the

floor and m

ake

sure it is st

ructurally s

afe to

enter.

This [pract

ise building

]

is concrete b

ut most resi

denc-

es are wood

so this will

let us

know if we

can enter or

will

the floor fall

, said Mr. G

ross.

If its ok to

enter, it w

ill

be complet

ely black

inside

and since th

ey wont be

able

to see anyth

ing most of

the

time, its es

sential to fo

llow

the walls an

d open doo

rs to

search each

room. There

are

two types of

teams that

will

enter the bu

ilding. An a

ttack

team and a r

escue team.

For tonigh

t we did an a

ll-

in-one just t

o train and h

ave

us thinking

that way,

said

Chief Navra

til.

Richard Su

tton, 25, a

nd

Davin Birdi

, 17, are fire

fight-

er volunteer

s that went

into

the burning

building a c

ouple

times for pra

ctise.

Its nice to

be apart o

f

the commu

nity. It all

ows

you to give

back, you le

arn

some life-sa

ving skills,

and

plus, you get

to hang out w

ith

sparky, joke

d Mr. Sutton

.

Firefighter v

olunteers ar

e

low, especi

ally during

the

summer mo

nths, said C

hief

Navratil. If

anyone is i

nter-

ested in bec

oming an on

-call

paid volunte

er firefighte

r call

250-996-86

70 and tal

k to

Nancy for an

application.

Photo by Re

becca Wats

on

ATTACKING

FIRE: Fort

St. James F

ire Chief Mi

chael Navr

atil is seen

during the J

uly 17 traini

ng session

after ignitin

g a

practise fire

to simulate

a real-life s

ituation.

Photo by Re

becca Wats

on

TRAINING:

Two volunte

ers and Ch

ief Navratil

are seen o

utside

the training

building prep

aring to ent

er.

Rebecca W

atson

Caledonia Co

urier

The risk of w

ildfires

for Fort St.

James has

been appare

nt in the

recent ash a

nd smoke.

Although

there

are currently

no wild-

fires in the

area, the

Nakazdli

Band and

District of

Fort St.

James office

s continue

to monitor

the situa-

tion throug

h informa-

tion provide

d by the

Wildfire M

anagement

Branch.

If and w

hen a

wildfire s

tarts that

could impac

t the com-

munity, th

e Wildfire

Managemen

t Branch

(WMB) wil

l contact

the District

of Fort St.

James and

Nakazdli

Band and th

e Integrat-

ed Emerge

ncy Man-

agement Pla

n will be

activated,

said Emily

Colombo,

economic

development

officer, in

a media rele

ase Friday

July 18.

Residents

will be

notified by

the Dis-

trict of Fort

St. James

and Nakazd

li Band if

either an

Evacuation

Alert or

Evacuation

Order is re

quired via

door-to-doo

r notifica-

tion, the d

istrict and

band websi

tes, Twitter

and Facebo

ok feeds,

local radio s

tation 97.9

and electron

ic signs.

The District

of Fort

St. James also

reminds

families to r

eview their

emergency

plans in-

cluding the

steps they

would take i

n the event

a home evac

uation was

in order. Fa

milies may

consider th

ings like

insurance p

apers and

important d

ocuments,

personal me

morabilia

and medical

require-

ments such

as pre-

scriptions an

d glasses.

The district

also re-

minds resid

ents within

municipal

boundaries

that a burn

ing permit

is required

for back-

yard campfi

res and to

be cautious

when hav-

ing and pu

tting them

out.

Fire Risk in

Fort St. Ja

mes

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NEWS BRIEFS Naka

zdli greenh

ouse

expanding

Rebecca W

atson

Caledonia Co

urier

For the first

time in d

e-

cades an eff

ort is being

made

to produce

fresh produ

ce on

Nakazdli la

nd.

The Naka

zdli green-

house, now

in its se

cond

year, is mo

ving forwa

rd as

planned, sa

id greenho

use

manager And

rew Stairs.

The project

even has

a

small demon

stration gar

den

in front of th

e Nakazdli

band

office to s

how people

the

growing veg

etables.

We are tr

ying to re-

es-

tablish the n

otion that fr

uits

and vegetabl

es can be gr

own

on the Nak

azdli reserv

e just

like in the ol

d days, said

Mr.

Stairs. The

operation

con-

sists of a

long greenh

ouse,

ten raised fl

atbeds and t

hree

rows of gr

ound-level

flat

beds. The g

reenhouse al

one

is filled with

over 600 to

ma-

to plants th

at will be r

eady

in 5-6 week

s. The six c

om-

mercial ty

pes

being grown

include red a

nd

yellow cher

ry,

two types

of

red beef ste

ak,

pink beef

steak, and

yel-

low beef ste

ak.

Ten plants

of

heritage v

ari-

ety are also

being

grown to sh

ow people w

hat

they look lik

e.

The outdo

or raised a

nd

flat vegetabl

e beds will

also

soon harves

t potatoes,

on-

ions, cucum

bers, leeks

and

strawberries.

Some of th

e produce w

ill

go to the

Nakazdli H

ealth

Centre whil

e most wi

ll be

sold at the

local San

aaih

Market and

farmers ma

rket.

With so ma

ny tomato pl

ants,

the field to

matoes wil

l be

fully replac

ed at the gr

ocer

with many le

ft over to se

ll at

the market. T

his means a w

ay

of financial e

arnings and

also

provides ban

d members w

ith

more oppor

tunity for jo

bs off

the reserve, s

aid Mr. Stai

rs.

Commerci

al gain an

d

social gain

. Its emplo

ying

people and p

roducing fo

od,

said Mr. S

tairs. Curre

ntly

the greenho

use

staff consis

ts

of only a

few

employees.

La-

rissa Georg

e,

19, and Stev

en

Basil, 23,

of

the Naka

zdli

reserve,

are

the two n

ew-

est employ

ees

who were gi

v-

en the oppo

rtunity

through help

of the Naka

zdli

bands resou

rce co-ordin

ator

Alexandra

Lvqqi. The

band

was able to

provide th

em

with prope

r work war

e in-

cluding glov

es and boots

to

ensure they

are able to w

ork

in a safe env

ironment.

We dont h

ave a lot of a

g-

riculture but

since the g

reen-

house start

ed last ye

ar its

been a pos

itive experie

nce,

said Ms. Lvq

qi.

If everythi

ng continu

es

as planne

d, greenho

use

employees w

ill soon be g

iven

the task of

cleaning up

the

land around

the greenho

use.

The plan is

to remove

the

waste left

by a nearby

mill

to make ro

om for a h

uge

vegetable pa

tch. Any un

used

wood pieces

still in go

od

condition w

ill be used

to

create an

indoor hea

ting

system to hel

p the greenho

use

sustain the w

inter.

These are

the first step

s.

Next year we

will see at l

east

10 more rai

sed beds, a

nd a

much wider

variety of cr

ops,

said Mr. Stai

rs.

GREENHOU

SE GROW

ING: Alliso

n Sam is see

n working in

the Nakazd

li band gree

nhouse.

Pho

to by : Rebe

cca Watson

Nakazdli gr

eenhouse

Sanaaih

Market

to benefit

from

fresh

produce

Rebecca W

atson

Caledonia Co

urier

The Sanaai

h Market

is owned a

nd operated

by the Nak

azdli band.

Although i

t is impos-

sible for th

e market to

replace all

its fresh

produce, th

is year will

be the firs

t time the

grocery stor

e offers any

type of loc

ally grown

vegetable.

Since openin

g five

years ago,

the market

has employ

ed over 15

full-time an

d part-time

band memb

ers and

gives a tax e

xempt to all

status native

s.

Many e

mployees

and custom

ers feel the

market giv

es them a

real sense of

communi-

ty including

store clerk

Diana Morr

is, who lives

on the Na

kazdli re-

serve and ha

s worked at

the Sanaaih

Market for

two years.

This is a

place

where fami

lies meet. I

have worked

many jobs

as a waitress

, in a day-

care, in an

office, and

I was never

able to in-

teract with p

eople like I

do here. I c

an talk with

people abou

t anything.

New cookin

g recipes,

or just abou

t how they

are doing in

general. I

love it here

, said Ms.

Morris.

The market

not only

provides pe

ople with

the oppor

tunity for

work and m

eans of fini-

cal gain for

the band, i

t

helps ensure

fair prices

for all res

idents, said

store manag

er Jay

Gregg.

Overwaitea

had

a monopoly

for a few

years. Com

petition is

always goo

d, said Mr

.

Gregg.

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The murder trial of Cody Alan Legebo-

koff, 24, who stands charged in the deaths

of four area women will continue Monday.

Court was adjourned Thursday after the

B.C. Supreme Court jury heard from three

RCMP officers about varying aspects of

their investigation including a search of

Legebokoffs apartment and his car. Court

was shown two tools, an axe and a picka-

roon (log-turning tool,) that have been

previously introduced as possible murder

weapons.Corp. John Grierson, a member of the

serious crime unit in 2010 and 2011 said

he helped with manual labour in the

search of the accuseds truck between

January 13 and 15 of 2011. Grierson said

he noted what appeared to be blood on the

back side passenger seat and samples were

seized. Also a bank book was found in the

vehicles glove box.The second witness Thursday, Const.

Dennis Engel, testified that said he went to

Legebokoffs apartment on Dec. 1, 2010

and during a search, found a pickaroon

leaning against the wall, right side of the

bed, behind a bedside table. The officer

said he also found a small axe in a boot

closet.On cross-examination by defence coun-

sel James Heller, the officer was asked if

the pickaroon was easy to see?

You could see the handle, Engel said.

Engel also described later taking the

pickaroon with him to Erie, Pennyslvania

where it was to examined by forensic an-

thropologist Stephen Symes, a specialist

in tool markings on bone. Symes previous-

ly testified that he could not eliminate the

pickaroon as the weapon used in at least

one of the attacks.Asked by Heller if it was tough going

through security, Engel explained that Air

Canada was aware of the trip and its pur-

pose, so clearance documentation was in

order and he was able to have it with him

the whole time, during the flight.

Engel also told the court about his role

in a Dec. 3 and 4, 2010 search of the area

where the body of Loren Leslie, 15, was

found. He said he saw lots of blood in

fresh snow that he estimated was six to

eight centimetres deep. On re-examination

by the Crown, the witness said the blood

he saw in areas was not on the surface but

being kicked up by search and rescue

people.Corp. Dino Raja testified about his part

in the 2011 searches connected with the

case against Legebokoff including a grid

search.The trial which began June 2 is ex-

pected to last several weeks and continues

before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Glen

Parrett. Witnesses in the case so far have

included family members of the victims,

several medical experts and several RCMP

officers involved in the case.

Legebokoff Trial: Pickaroon tagged

as possible weapon

By Jesse ColeOmineca ExpressJamie MacDonald says that her

favourite aspect of speedskating is

how exciting the sport can be. Im

in short track speedskating and it

can be pretty intense, the Fort St.

James local says. There is a lot of

G-force and speed - you really need

to be able to be agile coming in and

out of the corners. Its like roller

derby on ice. MacDonald, who has been named

as part of the Canadian national

speedskating teams development

team branch, has been speedskating

since she was only six years old.

Our neighbour recommended the

sport and I just ended up falling in

love with it. The national development team is

the training ground for speedskat-

ers who show exceptional promise.

It serves to hone their skills in

hopes of helping them compete on a

national and perhaps even olympic

level. The Canadian national team con-

sists of 12 of the top speedskaters

from across Canada, of which eight

are part of the national team while

the remaining four are placed on the

development team.Basically theyre training us to

bring us up to a world-class level,

says MacDonald of her role in the

team. MacDonalds rise to the national

development team came after she

earned a spot competing with the Inter-

national University Sports Federation

(FISU). The spot with FISU brought

MacDonald all the way to Italy, where

she competed in a 1000-metre race in

Trentino, Italy. Her performance at this

race, where she placed 19th, was what

got her recruited to the national team.

Its an achievement that MacDonald

is proud of but says came as a surprise.

Im proud of myself, but I definitely

surprised myself. Adding, I knew I

was good, but I didnt realize I could

be that good.MacDonalds aspirations dont stop

with the development team. She has

even loftier goals for her future, both

abroad and at home. Next year Im

hoping to be on the FISU games team

and Id like to improve my ranking here

in Canada, she says.

MacDonald also has her sights set on

the 2018 olympics saying, I hope to

get more practice at a high-level and

make the olympic team for 2018.

Local speedskater makes national development team

Jamie MacDonald 1500 metre race.

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