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Hometown win for Smithers teamster


by EMILY BULMER


SMITHERS – It was a great summer of pulling for Curtis Adamson, an up-and-coming teamster from Smithers. Taking first place at the Bulkley Valley Exhibition, he says, “It was exciting to win in Smithers – its fun because family is involved. My sister was helping me out and there was lots of family in the crowd.”


In addition to his


hometown win, Adamson also brought back the Grand Champion title (middle weight division) from the Calgary Stampede this summer for a 63-inch pull at 12,000 pounds.


“It was a big show so it was pretty exciting,” he says. He has had his team of Belgians, Nip and Doc, together for two


years.


“I work them about six days a week, for three hours a day. A lot of time and feed goes into them.”


An older man’s sport


Adamson has been pulling for about six years, and entered the competitive arena three years ago. When asked about what it’s like to be one of the younger competitors, he says, “It is definitely an older man's sport – there’s not a lot of young people. It’s good to learn lots, and there are lots of people to look up to.” Adamson is currently back at university working on an engineering degree so the horses take the winter off at his parents’ farm in rural Smithers. He plans to start training again in the spring.


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Curtis Adamson (far right) assisted by Oren Rosler (left) guides his team of Belgians, Nip (left) and Doc (right), to a first place finish at the Bulkley Valley Exhibition, August 28. (Emily Bulmer photo)


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ABBOTSFORD – The last best hope to halt construction of the Site C power project lies with the federal courts after the BC Court of Appeal dismissed a request by the Peace Valley Landowners’ Association to overturn approval of the project. Lawyers for the landowners’ association argued that four of the recommendations laid out by the joint federal-provincial review panel that examined the project were ignored when the project received approval. However, the justices considering the appeal countered that the recommendations had nothing to do with the environmental assessment of the project, and were therefore immaterial to its approval. While the Peace Valley Landowners Association is discussing next steps with its


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lawyers, the Federal Court of Appeal is considering a request from the Treaty 8 First Nations to have the dam stopped. Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, has lent his support to the cause and in September, the Assembly of First Nations stepped up with its own support.


First Nations received a hearing in federal court on September 13 and are now awaiting a decision. There’s no timeline for the response but opponents of the project are hoping it comes before the dam reaches a point of no- return – something BC Premier Christy Clark has pledged to achieve before the provincial election in May 2017. The reservoir associated with the Site C dam will flood – depending on who’s talking – as little as 7,413 acres or as many as 31,528 acres along 83 kilometres of the Peace River.


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