Pouce Coupe, British Columbia

Pouce Coupe is a small village in the Peace River region of northeastern British Columbia, near Dawson Creek. The Village runs building permits and inspections, business licences, dog and cat licences and animal control, bylaw enforcement, its own water and sewer systems (it buys its water from the City of Dawson Creek), curbside garbage and recycling collection through a contractor, a yard waste compost area, parks, the cemetery and the Pouce Coupe Volunteer Fire Department. The Peace River Regional District runs the Bessborough Landfill and its share sheds, and the Village's building inspector is shared with other Peace River municipalities. Policing is by the Dawson Creek RCMP detachment, which keeps a community policing office in the Pouce Coupe Fire Hall. Many things people think of as "village" matters, like marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences, are provincial.