Photo by Alice Summer at 6 Mile on the Peace River, now under the Williston reservoir. An Operetta By Janet L. Strang. THE NORTH PEACE RIVER FOLK ARE DAMMED When I was a lass I took a turn, Up the Peace River Valley where the waters churn. Over meadows green to the canyon steep, The natural beauty made a mortal weep. CHORUS: Over Meadows green to the canyon steep, The natural beauty made a mortal weep. --- And I can remember when it was a treat, In the winter time when all would meet. To skate on the ice and slide on the snow, That was on the Peace River in the days long ago. CHORUS: To skate on the ice and slide on the snow, That was on the Peace River in the days long ago. --- Now the mead
Legal Update: Peace Valley Landowner Association (PVLA) Site C Litigation Federal Court Application for Judicial Review: PVLA was before the Federal Court last week along with B.C. and Alberta Treaty 8 First Nations opposing a motion by BC Hydro to cut short the time available to PVLA and the First Nations to cross-examine and prepare legal arguments for the Federal Court hearings. BC Hydro put evidence before the Court of the costs to BC Hydro of any delay in its Site C construction schedule once construction starts. The Court refused the BC Hydro motion, and refused to set the hearings for May 2015 as BC Hydro had requested. The hearings will now likely be set for summer 2015, depending on
