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Initiatives Prince George CEO Tim McEwan left the organization at the board’s request because it was looking for a change of direction in leadership style, according to the board’s vice-president, Mark Feldinger. Feldinger said McEwan did an exceptional job for four years, but it was time for a change. “Tim was brought in as a transformative leader,” Feldinger said during a press conference Friday morning. The conference came in response to Freedom of Information and Privacy Act requests from the media surrounding the departure of McEwan from IPG. When McEwan announced his departure Jan. 30, the release said he was leaving to pursue new and exciting opportunities, however the board approached him Jan. 13 and informed him of its plans. Between then and its signing on Jan. 27, terms were negotiated for a departure agreement including six months full salary and benefits, a $15,000 bonus at the end of the six months and a $20,000 moving allowance, totalling nearly $140,000. The agreement includes clauses promising neither McEwan nor the board will disparage the other but speak positively in keeping with agreed-upon ‘talking points’. Both parties agreed to maintain full confidentiality regarding the terms of what is being referred to as a negotiated departure agreement. A press release from the board says the agreement was negotiated with advice from an independent legal advisor. It goes on to say that after the agreement was made but before it was signed, McEwan informed the board he had received a job offer he was inclined to

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The Vanway Trebles perform for an appreciative audience at a Showcase Recital on Saturday evening at Vanier Hall. The recital and festival gala wrapped up the 61st annual Prince George and District Music Festival. accept. Feldinger said the agreement was signed to minimize the economic impact to IPG and the City of Prince George, the organizations chief shareholder. McEwan had 28 months remaining on his contract, and Feldinger pointed out the negotiated terms cost significantly less. He added IPG wants to be better aligned with the city’s goals and pointed out there is a new mayor and council in place as well as new members on the board. “We’re looking for a more collaborative approach with the city. I think Ms. (Heather) Oland is ably suited to that role,” he said of the current acting CEO. Feldinger said after the board has the opportunity to review her performance they will confirm that, or not.

He added IPG will be going through a service review which will include looking at its strategic plan and possibly refining it. “I suggest the general tenets will not change dramatically,” he said. However questions remain regarding the fairness of McEwan’s departure package. McEwan left IPG, a publicly funded company, and became associate deputy minister for Major Investments, another publiclyfunded company, effectively taking over one job while enjoying the fruits of a departure agreement from the other. And at least a portion of the salary in both arenas comes from the public purse, whether at the municipal or provincial level. MLA Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innova-

tion, under which the Major Investments office will fall, said he did not hire McEwan, but became aware of his addition after he was offered the job. “The process started last December when the position was posted,” Bell said. “That is managed by public service, so I was not aware he’d been offered the position until after. In terms of Tim’s package, it isn’t something we were involved in, nor would it be appropriate for us to be. It really is an issue between Tim and IPG. It really is not appropriate for me to get involved in that.” Mayor Shari Green said, if challenged, the move is probably a legal one though whether or not it is moral remains questionable. “The issue for the community and taxpayers is he is getting taxpayer-funded severance pay and going to

a taxpayer-funded job with the province. If it was challenged, it’s probably legal. Whether it’s moral, whether it leaves a good taste in the taxpayer’s mouth? Well, the answer is no,” she said. Currently, Green said, the service agreement existing between IPG and the city outlines management of the organization, and through this agreement the city maintains an arm’s-length approach. However, with goals of creating a stronger relationship and ensuring communication is solid, the finance and audit committee is currently reviewing that service agreement. “Does the city need economic development? Yes. I believe we need IPG. The city needs to ensure the taxpayer is protected. IPG needs to be stable, and we will get there,” she said.

There will be no Coyotes at 355 Vancouver St. An application to turn the old Odeon Theatre into a night club featuring highend country and western bands as well as a large dance floor was denied before reaching the first two readings of a rezoning bylaw. Council followed the recommendation made by staff to deny the application for a variety of reasons, with Coun. Frank Everitt voting to move the application forward, which would have meant scheduling a public hearing. Everitt said stopping the process before a public hearing sends the wrong message to investors. “We said we are open for business,” Everitt said. “I think the applicant deserves a public hearing. This sends the wrong message to investors.” Coun. Cameron Stolz disagreed. “We may be open for business but not any business in any spot,” he said, adding that an application for an MDF plant in the downtown core would not make it to first and second reading either, though it may be a welcome addition to another area. Stolz said the key piece for him in denyturn to PAGE A2

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Shelley Termuende, left, and Madeline Lojewski started up Facebook groups promoting Kony 2012 Cover the Night in Prince George after watching the 30-minute video KONY 2012 by the U.S.-based charity organization Invisible Children. The girls said the events are asking people to get together April 20 to spread Joseph Kony’s name, not to promote Invisible Children.

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After watching the film KONY 2012 and hearing the plea to “Make Kony famous”, two girls attending the University of Northern British Columbia took up the call. The 30-minute video brings attention to Joseph Kony, a Ugandan wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. It encourages viewers to “blanket every street in every city until the sun comes up” with posters, stickers and other forms of advertisements on April 20 to get Kony’s name known. “It kind of just sparked something in me, that this is the moment that, when given an opportunity such as this, you have to take it,” said Madeline Lojewski, a student at UNBC. “After I saw that video I knew something had to be done, somebody had to get on board with it and I knew people would.” Lojewski said she began a Facebook event asking people to join her April 20 to “cover the night”

in Prince George. She said her group started with 65 invites and within a day there was 2,000. Lojewski’s friend and classmate Shelley Termuende said she had the exact same response to the video so she also created a Facebook event and watched the number of invites soar. There are three main Kony Facebook events in Prince George: KONY 2012: Hit the Streets - Prince George, KONY 2012 - UNBC, and KONY 2012 - Prince George. Lojewski and Termuende are the administrators of the first two. The girls said they are working to unify all three groups (which at time of press have a range between 300 and 1,500 people marked as attending) so they can work together on April 20. The plan is “on April 20 all meet up in a singular place … and from there on, go put the posters around town and just make sure the government sees that we’re interested and we have a full heart and that we’ve pledged to take a stand to this and to work together,” Lojewski said. The girls said the campaign is

all about the response the following day. “We care and April 21 is going to be the day that [the government] sees that and that they’re going to recognize it and that the world will make a change for the better,” Lojewski said. Termuende interrupted, “It’s going to be that day where you see the light.” However, covering the city with posters may not have the desired response from the City of Prince George. “I would certainly ask in respect that they just make sure that they take care of their own community while you raise awareness in the fight of others,” said Shari Green, mayor of Prince George. “People need to respect private property and in terms of public property, street lamps, that kind of thing, they need to realize that there is a cost to the city when they do those kind of things because it will need to be removed and cleaned and it will take some city crews to look after that so there is some expense involved with that.” Some people have commented

on the events they’re concerned the acts will be an illegal activity and taken as vandalism. Cpl. Craig Douglass, media liaison with the Prince George RCMP, said if the actions are defacing property or committing acts of violence, it is not going to be allowed. However, if the actions are putting up posters on your own property, there is no law against it. Lojewski said the potential for people getting out of hand and creating vandalism is a concern. “You just have to trust and you just have to have that natural instinct that people are going to take the good and that’s going to overpower any bad or any safety issues that are going to happen,” she said. Termuende said the campaign is about more than just putting up posters. “This campaign is showing the world that through the interconnectedness of individuals we can and will be able to make a positive contribution in the world … this is a chance for everyone to come together for a really worthwhile cause.”

An inquest will be held into the death of Blaine Conrad Sargeant, according to the BC Coroners Service. Sargent, 19, died at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia on Sept. 21, 2011. He had been taken to hospital after going into medical distress at the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre a short time after returning from a court appearance in Williams Lake. Presiding coroner Donita Kuzma and a jury will hear evidence from subpoenaed witnesses to determine the facts surrounding this death. While the jury may not, by law, make any findings of legal responsibility, it will have the opportunity to make recommendations aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances in the future. A date and place for the inquest will be announced once these have been confirmed.

PEPPER SPRAY At approximately 2:20 p.m. on Monday, the Prince George RCMP responded to a report of an assault using pepper spray on the 1600 block of Victoria Street in Prince George. General duty investigators responded and discovered a 35-yearold Prince George man suffering from the effects of pepper spray. According to the victim, he was walking south on the west side of Victoria Street approaching 17th Avenue when an unknown man yelled his name. When the victim turned to see who it was, he was sprayed. The suspect fled. No other details are known.

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ing the application was the RCMP concerns about the club, which included the strain it would put on resources at closing time. Dan Milburn, director of planning and development at the city, introduced the report during Monday’s meeting. He said the proposed hours of the club were 11 a.m. until 3 a.m. with a capacity for 400 people, which included staff. He said the department considered land use impact and consulted with the bylaw department as well as the fire department and the RCMP. A public consultation process brought responses, some at an open house, others through correspondence, from over 200 people. Though some spoke in favour of the club, the majority opposed its proposed location, which is zoned C1, making it incompatible with obtaining a primary liquor licence unless it is rezoned. Coun. Dave Wilbur said he was inclined to deny the application. “It’s not zoned to allow this type of development,” he said. “It’s not consistent with the OCP (official community plan). It’s not a good fit in my view.” Coun. Murry Krause added council might need to consider a place for nightclub type of developments. “We’ve heard loud and clear from residents and the community they don’t want it here,” he said. “I think we need advance planning to either contain or manage these kinds of developments.” “I think the concept is great,” Mayor Shari Green said. “But it should be in the heart of downtown.” R U N • S K I • S W I M • A P PA R E L

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Studies researching various aspects of cancer have generally been conducted in large urban centres, but with the creation of the cancer centre in the north, avenues are opening for local research. Seed grants have been given the green light for several new studies expected to provide information that will not only establish a baseline of data on northern and rural patients, but help experts adjust care accordingly. Lindsay Van der Meer, a dietician at the University Hospital of Northern B.C., was the recipient of one of those grants. “I applied with kind of two hats in mind,” she said. The first plays to her role as a regional oncology dietician. The second will help her meet requirements for a thesis for her Masters of Health which she is pursuing through Athabasca University. Van der Meer’s particular interest lies in the area of breast cancer and nutrition. “I’m also interested in rural health care,” she said. Van der Meer saw a call for proposals for grants and noted some key themes had to be met, including a focus on rural communities. Her study is called Assessing the Nutritional Needs for Rural Women with Breast Cancer. “I hope the grant will help to fund that study,” she said. The first step is looking at data collection

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Bylaw No. 8409 would authorize the City to undertake and carry out or cause to be carried out the River Road Dike Construction Project, generally in accordance with the plans on file in the municipal office, and to do all things necessary in connection therewith and without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (a) to borrow upon the credit of the municipality a sum not exceeding three million five hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars ($3,558,000); and (b) to acquire all such real property, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, rights or authorities as may be requisite or desirable for or in connection with the River Road Dike Construction Project. The maximum term for which debentures may be issued to secure the debt created by Bylaw No. 8409 is twenty (20) years. It is estimated that the borrowing of $3,558,000 over 20 years will result in a tax increase for the average residential property of approximately $5.66 per year. A copy of Bylaw No. 8409 and a more detailed summary of the River Road Dike Construction Project is available at City Hall between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Applicable Area and Elector Eligibility The area to which this alternative approval process applies is the entire area of the City of Prince George. The municipal Council may proceed with the adoption of Bylaw No. 8409 unless by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at least 10% of the electors submit signed Elector Response Forms indicating that Council must obtain assent of the electors by a referendum vote before proceeding with the adoption of Bylaw No. 8409. For the purpose of this alternative approval process, Council has determined that there are 53,511 electors in the City of Prince George. The municipal Council may therefore proceed with the adoption of Bylaw No. 8409 unless at least 5,351 electors submit a completed copy of an Elector Response Form to the City of Prince George by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. In order to sign an Elector Response Form, a person must either be a resident elector or a non-resident property elector (not both) of the City of Prince George. For the purposes of this alternative approval process an elector is a person who would meet the qualifications referred to in section 161(1)(a) of the Local Government Act if assent of the electors were sought, either as a resident elector or non-resident property elector.

To sign the Elector Response Form as a resident elector a person must: • be a Canadian citizen; • be at least 18 years of age; • have lived in British Columbia for at least six months before signing the Elector Response Form; • have lived within the City of Prince George for at least 30 days before signing the Elector Response Form; and • not be otherwise disqualified from voting by the Local Government Act or by other law. To sign the Elector Response Form as a non-resident property elector a person must: • be a Canadian citizen; • be at least 18 years of age; • have lived in British Columbia for at least six months before signing the Elector Response Form; • have owned property within the City of Prince George for at least 30 days before signing the Elector Response Form, and if there is more than one registered owner of the property only one of them may sign the Elector Response Form with the written consent of the majority of the registered owners of the property; and • not be otherwise disqualified from voting by the Local Government Act or by other law. A person may not sign more than one Elector Response Form in relation to this alternative approval process. Elector Response Forms Elector Response Forms must in the form approved by the Council of the City of Prince George. Elector Response Forms are available at the First Floor or the Fifth Floor of Prince George City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, B.C., between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Elector Response Forms are also available from the City’s website: princegeorge.ca The deadline for submitting the Elector Response Form to the City of Prince George is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Electors may submit completed Elector Response Forms by hand delivery, by mail, by facsimile (fax), or by email as a PDF document attachment, as follows. Address for delivery or mail: City of Prince George 5th Floor - 1100 Patricia Blvd., Prince George, BC V2L 3V9 Attention: Corporate Officer Facsimile (fax) number: 250-561-0183 PDF submission address: cityclerk@city.pg.bc.ca If submitting the Elector Response Form to the City of Prince George by facsimile (fax) or by email as a PDF document attachment, please ensure that the transmission was completed. This is the first of two postings of this public notice. DATED this the 14th day of March, 2012.

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im McEwan should do the ethical thing and refuse to accept the golden handshake the Initiatives Prince George board handed him. Mayor Shari Green is right in saying that perhaps legally there is nothing wrong with him double-dipping in the public trough. Morally, however, it rankles to the core to think he will collect a provincial government paycheque for the next six months while also collecting a City of Prince George paycheque. It must be particularly infuriating for the hundreds of workers in this community who have had to fight for years to get severance pay owed to them. The entire issue just stinks. IPG vice-chair Mark Feldinger last week said the board would not have negotiated the deal with McEwan if they had known he had another job. It kind of gets fuzzy here. Sometime between the day the IPG board negotiated the deal and when the parties actually signed it, McEwan got the job with the province. However, that is kind of moot because the IPG board should have simply negotiated into the deal a standard rider that if McEwan secured another job during the six months he was being paid out for, his payments from IPG would stop. That, actually, is city policy. It’s a standard practice designed to prevent double-dipping, i.e. protect the taxpayer. Feldinger said IPG is happy with the severance package it negotiated and that the alternative was to pay out the 28 months left on McEwan’s contract, suggesting the $140,000 was the lesser of two evils. This is simply a red herring. It’s standard in employment contracts of such a nature to have a termination agreement built in. This is a clause that determines, at the time of hiring, what the payout will be if the employer decides to terminate the employee without cause, which is what this was. If McEwan’s contract didn’t have such a clause then there was a serious oversight by the board when it hired him. However, McEwan’s contract apparently did have such a clause and it apparently stipulated six months’ pay. That means the board had a way to fire McEwan without paying out the full amount of his contract. The board was not obligated to pay the full amount of the contract, only the six months, which it did. So all that was negotiated was some lovely parting gifts for McEwan. Those include a $15,000 bonus at the end of the six months we’re paying him to not be here. Shouldn’t a bonus be for meeting performance targets? What performance targets will he meet when he’s no longer working for IPG? But even more ludicrous is the fact that the board initiated McEwan’s departure, so they are saying he’s not the right person for the job now, but we’re going to give him a bonus for doing such a good job of not being the right guy for the job. The other negotiated item was a $20,000 moving allowance. This is simply ridiculous. It should be his new employer, the province, that pays his moving costs. That’s what usually happens. We suspect the Prince George taxpayer paid for McEwan’s move when he came to the city four years ago. Now we cover his moving costs to leave? Astounding. We suspect what has happened is the board initiated Mc– Ewan’s departure, felt sorry for him, and gave him a few extra goodies to ease their conscience. That simply is not good business. When Green and the current council was elected last year, many felt IPG was on the list of entities to change. With this, the board has handed Green and council not only an excuse to revamp IPG, but a mandate to do so.

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Potholes and other quips The best line of the night went to former mayor tumes, which added to the overall fun. Dan Rogers. I’m not sure which concerned me more: the “What’s with all the potholes up in College fact that a lot of people seemed to wearing 1930s Heights?” he quipped about teaching gangster-type fedoras or the fact that they his daughter to drive. He then took looked good in them. Personally, I dusted great delight in calling into question city off the old cowboy hats and boots. Not Writer’s council’s inaction on dealing with the too original, I know, but any excuse to potholes in town. get the manure-kickers (hey, it’s a family Block And there were a couple of councilBILLPHILLIPS newspaper) out is a good one. ors in attendance at the Prince George I was also honoured to be officially Chamber of Commerce’s president’s gala Saturday, sworn in as vice-president of the chamber, along for which Rogers was the master of ceremonies. with my fellow executive and board members. After a couple of decades in public life, it must have Coun. Lyn Hall did the honours. However, with been great fun for the former mayor to, as a taxa stylish straw chapeau, he suggested that had he payer, poke fun at city council. known about the hats theme sooner, he would have His line about potholes in the city brought the worn a Boston Bruins hat. house down. And we elected this guy?!!! His other line about there not being a severance It’s a good thing he wasn’t wearing a Bruins hat package when you get unceremoniously ‘termibecause I’m thinking that if he had been, the oath nated’ from public life, had me laughing but only we took as directors of the chamber wouldn’t be received a smattering of applause. Well, you win enforceable. I’m pretty sure that’s in our constitusome, you lose some. tion. I always liked former Chilcotin MP Paul St. Seriously, it was a great night and thanks to Lyn Pierre’s line that he retired from public life … by for doing the honours and installing the board. popular demand. Kudos also to the organizers of the evening. It’s good to see Rogers has retained his sense of They did a great job. It was great to see the differhumour and that he seems to be doing fine. ent hats, including a few Fascinators. It was a great evening with the theme “hats off to For the chamber, it is now entering its 101st year the chamber.” People were encouraged to wear hats, of existence in Prince George. most did and some even dressed up in period cosThat’s pretty amazing.

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Smoking is easy to quit – every time I hate smoking. I absonot hide their habit. Their lutely do. hair smells, their clothing When I found out I was smells, their car smells... pregnant I Then there’s quit cold turthe lovely key, as they little hack that Life in say (my son visits each and the fat is turning 20 every mornin August). ing, adding a lane Then, about DELYNDAPILON touch of the a year and a ridiculous to half ago, I was at the lake your day. As in you wake with a friend who lit up up, you hack, hack, hack and the smell was divine. until you can’t hack anyIt brought back every posi- more, and then you go outtive thing I remembered side and light up a smoke. about smoking, that first But for me the absolute drag and the ‘ahhhh’ worst part is the way the afterward, the languorous guy who owns the cigalaziness, the sense you’re rette company leers at me doing something slightly whenever I stand at the naughty that puts a smirk counter of a handy store on your face because you and put another $10 in feel just a wee bit bad. his pocket. This guy looks So I decided to take just kind of like Boss Hogg. one drag for old time’s He’s got a southern accent sake, then go back to my (I don’t know why) and smoke-free life. he is one of those arrogant But one split second of born with a silver spoon insanity and I was hooked. in his mouth guys who Before I knew it I went spends his days looking from snarking a drag here over the rim of his glasses and there to buying – just at people like me. one pack – to sucking Okay, so I know he only smoke into my lungs at lives in my imagination, about the same rate as I but he really burns my botdid before I quit. tom. He creates a product It didn’t take long to he knows is going to kill remember everything I the people dumb enough hate about smoking. First to get addicted to it, then is the stench. Smokers canhe sneers at me when he

sees me buying it. Oh, right, forgot again for just a sec he’s a figment of my imagination. Well, the good news is today Mr. Figment is not getting my $10. And that’s the third day in a row. See, I finally quit. Uhmm. Again.

I had to do it my own way and in my own time. I tried doing the patch/ gum thing, but that didn’t work for me. When I quit I’d just as soon not have to think on the thing I gave up at all. And I don’t want to prolong the inevitable withdrawal from the drug

the smoke was giving me. When I quit, I want to call it done as soon as I can. Seeing as I’ve been this route before, I know the physical cravings are over after about three days. After that, it’s all mental. What do you do with your hands? What do you do

when you want five minutes away from your computer? That kind of thing. Now, to steal a bit from pop culture and a bit from literature, As Bob is my witness (think Rugrats), I will never smoke again (loosely Gone With The Wind - OK, very loosely).

Numbers on dike vote don’t add up Editor: The city has chosen to go to the Alternative Approval route on the dike project for River Road. No surprises here, the city has chosen the AAP route for every project in the last 15 years more or less. i.e. Cameron St. Bridge, police station, community energy system, new office building at 18th and Ospika, River Road ugrade 2010, and now River Road dike project 2012. The Community Charter states that the city can either go to a referendum or the AAP. The city always opts for the AAP, which would indicate that they do not want to give the taxpayers a vote on these money issues, especially if there is a possibility that it would be voted down. So taxpayers need to collect 5,351 signatures (10 per cent of the eligible voters) in order to have this issue go to a referendum. The average number of people in Prince George who vote in an election is approx 18,000, yet we must get 10 per cent of eligible vot-

ers, which is estimated to be 53,510. Hardly seems fair. Using a page from George Orwell’s 1984, the city indicates that the River Road borrowing of $3,558,000 would result in an increase of $5.66 per year per residential property for 20 years. This of course makes it look like it doesnt amount to anything. Fact is, this is a red herring – the borrowing of $3,558,000 over 20 years will cost taxpayers $279,594 per year, or a total of $5,591,880 in interest. We just borrowed $ $3,894,000 in 2010 for an upgrade to River Road. Interest on this loan over 20 years would be another $2 million in interest. The City stated in a media release May 14, 2010: “A reconstructed River Road will exhibit a road profile that will be above the 200-year flood level. With the completion of this project, flood disruptions will be minimized.” Now that want to build a dike. The actual cost of the River Road upgrades since 2010 will be $7 million for 2010, $5.4 million Fed/Prov,

$3.5 million city, and$2.5 from the land reserve fund (city) 2010 for a total cost of approx $18.4 million, plus $10 million in interest over 20 years. That, my friends, is why we have no money for road, water, sewer, garbage, etc. The city’s debt servicing is $12 million per year. This borrowing has to stop. The alternative approval (elector response) form is on the city’s website. If you want to stop the borrowing, print off a copy and e-mail, mail, fax, or hand deliver to City Hall. Print extra copies and have your friends, relatives, significant others, sign. If people have difficulty accessing this form, it can be picked up at City Hall. In addtion I would be more than happy to deliver copies of the form to anyone interested in signing, or getting signatures. Let’s stop the borrowing madness, and get some of our money spent on needed infrastructure. Eric Allen Prince George

My body’s clock seems to be going backwards I’m going to blame my rather disjointed What would have been 9 p.m. Saturday thinking this week on the time change over night was only 8 p.m. on Sunday, so you the weekend. would think I’d be able to stay Shall we amble? up later, according to the clock. I • As probably happens to actually was feeling quite tired by a fair number of people, my Allan’s about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, which is sleep patterns were thrown unusual, even for someone who Amblings off a bit by the time change goes to bed as early as I do. ALLANWISHART Sunday morning. • I was up at the Northern And no, it wasn’t because Sports Centre on Saturday evening, I had to get up at 2 a.m. to change my covering the championship game of the clocks. I found out a few years ago you can Single A Girls Basketball Provincials, and I change them the night before and there are found myself thinking about how to define no criminal penalties. “most valuable player”. The strange thing is my sleep pattern I had seen little of the previous action, went the opposite of what I expected. and I know the MVP isn’t picked strictly

on the final game, but for the first half of the game, I would not have said Ruth Hamblin of Houston Christian was the best player on the court. A couple of her teammates seemed to be having better games. Then I thought some more about what I had seen, and realized Hamblin had the most influence on the game, even without seeming to be the top player. On both offence and defence, Cedars Christian had to design its game plan around Hamblin: how to stop her on offence and how to avoid her on defence (or force her into fouls). When one player can force the other team to rethink its game plan that drasti-

cally, and shows the willingness to step aside and let her own teammates carry the load by taking advantage of the extra space they get, that’s the definition of MVP. • It looks like the city crews are into the three P’s portion of the year – plow, patch and puddles. I’ve seen crews out plowing snow after ti falls, then I’ve seen crews a couple of days later patching some of the potholes around the city (anyone know the story of Sisyphus and the never-ending task?), and then a couple of days after that I see them out, waist-deep in a puddle, trying to find the drain so they can unplug it and get rid of all the water.

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Court docket In Provincial Court in Prince George on Feb. 14: Robert I. Holford was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $1,500, assessed a victims surcharge of $50 and prohibited from driving for one year. Bradley J. Hughes was found guilty under the Motor Vehicle Act of driving while prohibited, sentenced to 14 days in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and prohibited from driving for two years. Hughes was also found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while prohibited, fined $800, assessed a victim surcharge of $120 and prohibited from driving for one year. David J. Mason was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for one year. Curtis T. Bjorklund was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and two counts of resisting a peace officer, sentenced to one day in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and placed on probation for 18 months. Shaylynn B. Ghostkeeper was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to seven days in jail. Ghostkeeper was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail. Darcy K.L. Larson was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and received a conditional sentence of nine months. In Provincial Court in Prince George on Feb. 15: Matthew T. Doerksen was found guilty of mischief, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and placed on probation for one year. Brandon M. Felix was found guilty of break and enter, received a conditional sentence of 12 months and was prohibited

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Crime Stoppers is asking the publlic’s assistance in locating the folllowing person who is wanted on a British Columbia wide warrant. As B o of 0900 hrs this 13th day of March 2 2012, Aric George HAMILTON (B: 1990-03-14) is wanted on a British 1 Columbia wide warrant for THEFT C Aric George UNDER $5000. HAMILTON is HAMILTON described as a Caucasian male, 178 178 cm or 5’10” cm or 5’10” tall and weighs 64 kg 64 kg or 141 lbs or 141 lbs. HAMILTON has brown hair and hazel eyes.

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Shorts CARIBOO CATS The Cariboo Cougars discovered on the weekend who they’d face in the BC Hockey Major Midget League semifinals. The Cougars will host the Vancouver North East Chiefs in a best-ofthree set this weekend at Kin 1. Game times are scheduled for Friday at 7:15 p.m., Saturday at 6:45 p.m. and, if necessary, Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The Cougars earned the bye for finishing second in the 11-team standings. They won the season series against the Chiefs with three wins and a tie, outscoring them 23-14 in four games. The third-ranked Chiefs are coming off a twogame sweep over the Valley West Hawks in the quarterfinal round on the weekend.

BASKETBALL B.C. high school basketball senior provincials were held on the weekend. On the boys’ side, the Duchess Park Condors finished eighth in Kamloops while the Cedars Christian Eagles ended up 16th in Langley. The PGSS Polars finished 15th in girls triple-A provincials in North Vancouver. They were named the most sportsmanlike team in the competition.

SPEED SKATING Ten members of the Blizzard Speed Skating Club competed in a regional short-track meet in Vanderhoof on Saturday. Matej Pederson won gold while Keanan St. Rose, Morgan Aucoin and Sylvia Masich captured silver. Brooklyn White and Jayden White were bronze medalists.

Kings snap Vees’ streak in last game ALISTAIR MCINNIS sports@pgfreepress.com

No matter where the Prince George Spruce Kings finish this season, they’ll be known as the streak stoppers. In front of a Coliseum sell-out crowd of 2,112 on Saturday night, the visiting Penticton Vees suffered their first B.C. Hockey League defeat in 43 games when they finished on the wrong end of a 5-2 score. Their previous loss was more than four months ago, a 3-2 overtime setback at home against the Merritt Centennials on Nov. 5. “We played great the whole game and I don’t think we had one bad shift tonight,” Spruce Kings forward Paul De Jersey said. “Everyone on the team bought into the system and it was pretty much a perfect game and that’s what you need to do to beat the Vees.” For the home team on Saturday evening, the victory was significant for more than just putting an end to the BCHL-leading Vees’ winning streak. The win gave the playoff-bound Spruce Kings third-place in the Interior standings, completing their 60-game schedule with 33 wins, 21 losses, two ties and four overtime defeats (33-21-2-4). Third means they’ll start the the best-of-seven conference semifinal round in Merritt on Friday against the second-place Centen-

nials (34-18-2-6). If the Spruce Kings lost to Penticton, they would’ve needed the fourth-place Chilliwack Chiefs (3322-2-3) to lose or tie at home to avoid starting the playoffs against the Vees at the South Okanagan Events Centre. And the only record more impressive than the Vees’ 54-40-2 regular season is their 29-0-0-1 mark at home. The Chiefs hoped to pass the Spruce Kings on the last day of the regular season, and finished only one point out of third. Already knowing they’d finish no higher than fourth, they picked up a 5-2 home-ice win over the last-place Trail Smoke Eaters (11-42-1-6) on Sunday. With a 7-2-1-0 run in their last 10 games, the Chiefs put pressure on the Spruce Kings. But now they’re stuck with the daunting task of trying to knock off the Vees, who finished 34 points above the Cents. That semifinal series will also get underway on Friday. “Playing Penticton would’ve been unbelievable for us too. That’s a huge stage, you’re playing that team in the playoffs,” Spruce Kings head coach Dave Dupas said. “I think that’d be great. But if I had to choose, I’d rather choose Merritt, not that that’s going to be an easy series for us.” The Spruce Kings will open their playoff schedule against a team they haven’t played since Dec.

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Prince George Spruce Kings forward Jarryd Ten Vaanholt, left, dangles with the puck near the blueline while linemates Tyson Witala, middle, and Paul De Jersey look on during their B.C. Hockey League game against the Penticton Vees on Friday evening at the Coliseum. 9 at the Coliseum. The Centennials won that contest 4-3 and took the seven-game season series in a landslide, with a 5-1-0-1 record for 11 of a possible 14 points. But the Dec. 9 game was just before the halfway point of the season, and a lot has changed. Merritt’s key to success this season hasn’t been complicated. “They fire everything to the net and get traffic in there so we’re going to have to start dealing with that now,” Dupas said, “and we’ll sit back and go watch some video from earlier in the season and just see exactly where they’re beating us, and try

to fix it.” In Saturday’s victory, De Jersey (three assists) and forward Michael Colantone (two goals, one assist) had three-point games to lead the Spruce Kings offensively. Forwards Jarryd Ten Vaanholt and Miles Fitzgerald and defenceman Ben Woodley also scored for the home team. Curtis Loik and Bryce Gervais replied for Penticton. Goalie Ty Swabb got the nod for the Spruce Kings in both games of the doubleheader, which started with an 8-5 Vees victory in front of another capacity crowd on Friday night. “It actually gives me a lot of confidence knowing

that my coach wants to go with me,” Swabb said. With their top goalie Michael Garteig, a Prince George product, nursing a lower-body injury, the Vees started Chad Katunar both games. Also out of the lineup with an injury was forward Connor Reilly, while defencemen Mike Reilly and Troy Stecher were healthy scratches for the visitors. Vees head coach/GM Fred Harbinson wasn’t using the lineup changes as an excuse. “I think the only thing I can really say is I thought the Spruce Kings played two very good games and they deserved to win at least one of them.”

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Paul De Jersey has reached a B.C. Hockey League achievement no other member of the Spruce Kings has previously. He’s won the Brett Hall Trophy as the league scoring champion. With three helpers on Saturday night, the 19-year-old West Vancouver product finished the 2011-12 regular season with 41 goals and 57 assists for 98 points. In fitting fashion, he secured the title against the Penticton Vees, who had a couple of their own in contention for the individual scoring crown. De Jersey, who ended up two points ahead

of runner-up Joey Benik of Penticton, is the first Spruce King to win the BCHL scoring title. The team joined the league in 1996. “It’s just an incredible season all around. I could’ve never dreamed of having the season I had this year,” he said. “I’m just really thankful for all of the guys that were my teammates, the team for supporting me the whole way.” Benik collected 30 goals and 66 assists for 96 points. Two other Penticton forwards, Mario Lucia and Wade Murphy, rounded out the top four. Lucia collected 42 goals and 51 assists for 93 points, while Murphy’s 91-point total of 36 goals and 55 helpers left him fourth. Seven of the BCHL’s top 10 scorers are members of the Vees.

“I gave everything I had (Saturday night) and every shift I went as hard as I possibly could, and just hoping for some goals and also some luck,” De Jersey said. “Those guys I was playing against, they’re all unbelievable so I’m just really grateful.” The BCHL announced its regular-season award winners on Monday. De Jersey was also the Interior Conference choice for the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy as Most Valuable Player. Prince George product Michael Garteig of the Vees won the goaltending award for the lowest-goals against average (GAA) in at least 1,000 minutes played. He finished the regular season with a 1.93 GAA, sporting a 41-4 record and five shutouts in 45 games.

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Cougars need help in hunt for playoff berth The Prince George Cougars’ run at a playoff berth was down to its final breath on Tuesday night. The Cats entered their road game against the TriCity Americans knowing a regulation loss would mathematically eliminate them from the Western Hockey League playoffs. They entered the contest last in the 22-team league with 22 wins, 45 losses, zero overtime setbacks and two shootout defeats (22-45-0-2). Before Tuesday night’s action began, the Cougars had 46 points to sit in the basement of the 10-team Western Conference. They were five points behind the eighth and final playoff spot held by the Victoria Royals (22-41-3-4). Two other teams are bunched

in a group of four squads battling for two remaining playoff spots. The seventhplace Everett Silvertips (21-38-2-8) had 52 points, while the ninth-place Seattle Thunderbirds (23-431-1) had 48 points. The Cougars close out their 2011-12 regular season schedule against the Kamloops Blazers in a homeand-home doubleheader, Friday in Kamloops and Saturday at home. Saturday’s CN Centre contest is scheduled for 7 p.m. Having already secured the B.C. Division title, the Blazers will finish the regular season no lower than second in the conference. They carry a 46-18-2-3 record into tonight’s road game against the Spokane Chiefs. The Cougars and Ameri-

cans also met on Sunday to start a split doubleheader in the Tri-Cities. The Americans won that game 5-3, nearly stopping the Cougars’ playoff push by breaking a 3-3 tie with only 49 seconds left in regulation time. Brendan Shinnimin was credited with both the game winner, his 56th, and the empty-net insurance marker 31 seconds before the final buzzer. He added two assists for a four-point game. Adam Hughesman scored a hat trick for the Americans. Rookie forwards Alex Forsberg and Chase Witala each recorded a goal and an assist for the Cougars, while Alex’s brother Jesse scored the visitors’ other goal. Drew Owsley took the loss in the Cougars’ goal.

Eric Comrie started the game for Tri-City, but was replaced by Ty Rimmer

late in the first period after allowing three goals on nine shots. Rimmer turned aside

all 17 he saw the rest of the way, as the Americans outshot the Cougars 30-26.

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Local biathlete Sarah Beaudry was just skiing on Friday as she helped get youngsters out on the trails at the Otway Nordic Centre as part of the First Annual Ski Tournament, billed as “Like a sports day, only on skis”. Beaudry and two other Caledonia Nordic Ski Club members, Leah Forsdick and Arthur Roots, are with the provincial team this week competing in the Canadian National Biathlon Championships, today through Sunday in Valcartier, Que.

FUNDING FOR STUDENTS, NOT FOR WAGE HIKES. The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other beneﬁts that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BC families. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases. It’s unacceptable that schools are disrupted and that students and their families are inconvenienced over an unreasonable salary demand in difﬁcult economic times. The union is making claims and demands that simply don’t add up.

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The government wants more time for teacher training and to ensure that Pro-D days really are for professional development.

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The government supports seniority but qualiﬁcations must also count so that math teachers teach math, and science teachers teach science.

The union says that teachers who perform poorly in evaluations will be dismissed – ‘one strike and you’re out’.

The government wants to support teacher improvement through a standardized evaluation process.

The union says that government refuses to negotiate.

There has been over a year of negotiations and 78 full bargaining sessions.

The union says that class size limits have been eliminated.

Class size limits will remain in place on all grades across BC.

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As the teams gathered in the hallway at the Northern Sport Centre on Saturday evening, Ruth Hamblin had one request for her coach, Wendall Ewald. “Coach,” said Hamblin, towering over everyone in the hallway as she had in leading the Houston Christian Wildcats to a second straight provincial basketball championship, “I need a hug.” Ewald was happy to oblige, then hugged each of the other senior players on the squad. It was a moment to savour, because there may not be another one for a while. “We might not have a team next year,” Ewald had said quietly a few moments earlier. “It’s one of the problems with being a small school. We only had nine girls in Grade 11 and 12 this year, so we may go from hanging our second straight banner to not even having a team.” But that’s a worry for the next school year. Saturday night was about an 80-63 win over the host Cedars Christian Eagles in the championship game, the second title game in a row between the northern rivals. Last year’s game saw the Wildcats post a 75-48 win. The win also gave the Wildcats a 26-0 record this season. Ewald said the Eagles showed some new styles in this year’s

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Ruth Hamblin of Houston Christan shoots over Kayla Eby of Cedars Christian in the Single A Girls Provincial Championship final game Saturday at the Northern Sports Centre. final. “Their pressure defence this year is much improved over last year. They obviously wanted to put pressure on our guards, but it ended up that our guards could handle it.” Cedars coach Al MacDonald agreed the pressure his team put on had worked, but not well enough. “We found some success pressing, we forced some turnovers, but

then we had too many turnovers ourselves. I thought we had more depth than they did, so the pressure would hurt them more. They’re a very fast team, though, and they stayed away from fouls.” Cedars Christian had a large crowd at the Northern Sport Centre rocking early, as they jumped out to a 6-2 lead, but drives by Kelly Ewald and inside baskets by Hamblin had the Wildcats up 19-10

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the same Royals team. The Vees’ impressive winning streak started with a 7-2 win ULL in Trail way OURT back on RESS Nov. 11. ALISTAIR Their previous defeat before Saturday was a 3-2 overtime loss to the Merritt Centennials on home ice on Nov. 5. (Note: the loss to the Centennials was Penticton’s only homeice defeat in the regular season, as they finished 29-0-0-1 at the South Okanagan Events Centre.) The streak was

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remarkable, an unbelievable accomplishment considering the BCHL’s high level of competition. It’s the greatest string of MCINNIS wins by a Canadian Junior Hockey League team. But is it a Canadian junior A record? Not technically. The 42-win mark ties the mark held by the 1981-82 Flin Flon Bombers of the Norman Junior Hockey League. That season, the Bombers finished a perfect 42-0-0 in the

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NJHL, a short-lived league which folded in 1985. But further examination into this mark would indicate the Vees’ accomplishment is much more impressive, even with the Bombers finishing the 1981-82 NJHL regular season undefeated. Flin Flon set the mark in a four-team loop, while 16 teams play in the BCHL. “If you’ve never heard of the Norman Junior Hockey League, you’re not alone,” posted Global Edmonton sports reporter/ anchor Dean Millard on his Coming Down the Pipe! online hockey blog (thepipelineshow. blogspot.com). What’s interesting is that a team which had an opportunity to set the outright mark with 43 straight wins didn’t have its strongest lineup on the ice. Players out of the Penticton lineup on Saturday included healthy scratches Mike Reilly and Troy Stecher, a couple of top defenceman. Vees head coach and general manager Fred Harbinson also pointed out following Saturday’s loss that goalie Mike Garteig, a Prince George product, and forward Connor Reilly missed the weekend doubleheader with injuries. The loss, while a surprise on the surface, was probably a relief to the Vees. Outside the team’s dressing room for a post-game inter-

view with Harbinson, I didn’t sense a feeling of disbelief among the players. It’s been well documented how the Vees have taken a business-like approach throughout the season, with emotions never too high or low. Their ultimate goal remains a national title and given their record and talent within the lineup, it appears to be more a question of how many games it takes, not if they do it. “It probably doesn’t hurt for our guys to taste a little defeat,” Harbinson said. “That was the first time we lost since November 3 or something like that.” Not quite Fred, but close. You’re a couple of days off. On the other side, it’s hard downplaying the significance of the victory for the rejuvenated Spruce Kings, an organization playing to sellout crowds at the Coliseum for the first time in a couple of decades. Spruce Kings head coach Dave Dupas said he’d never seen a winning streak anywhere near 42 games in more than 10 years of coaching junior and semipro, and about 15 years south of the border playing varsity, semipro and inline. “Absolutely not. I’ve never seen it and they deserve it,” he said. “They’re an unbelievable hockey team, and it had to end sometime. I’m just happy that it ended here tonight.”

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Strengths of the UNBC men’s basketball team have been well documented. The Northern Timberwolves are experienced with a lot of depth, led on offence by a talented backcourt, and they can generate baskets off turnovers using a quick transition game. They’ve been no strangers to success, the 2010 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association champions entering their fourth consecutive national tournament. What may present their biggest challenge this week is the environment in which they’re playing. On Tuesday the squad travelled across the country to Truro, N.S., site of the 2012 CCAA eight-team national championship tournament. Nova Scotia is in the Atlantic time zone, which means a four-hour time difference for the top-ranked Timberwolves. They’re scheduled to open on Thursday against the eighthranked Red Deer College Kings at 1 p.m. Truro time,

which means a 9 a.m. tip-off land, the ACAC assists leader at for hometown fans watching 4.91 per game. Another player g y to draw attention from online from Prince George. likely Since they won the Timberwolves the PacWest prois third-year forvincial title on ward Robert Pierce, March 3, Timberthird in ACAC scorwolves head coach ing at 18.41 points Todd Jordan has per game and the been holding early league leader in morning practices rebounds per game, to help his players at 10.68. adjust to Atlantic “(Strickland) runs Time. Monday’s the ship there. He’s practice, their last the engine that Todd Jordan in Prince George drives the car,” Jor- Men’s coach before the crossdan said. Canada flight, The field of teams started at 6:30 a.m. entering the tournament in “They’ve been gutting Truro is rounded out by: No. through it. They’re getting 3 Indiens d’Ahuntsic (Quebec more and more used to it,” champion); No. 4 Mohawk Jordan said. Mountaineers (Ontario chamWith the Kings coming from pion); No. 5 Vanier College Alberta, Jordan doesn’t figure Cheetahs (Quebec wildcard); on the time zone giving either No. 6 St. Thomas University team an advantage. Tommies (Atlantic champion); The Kings enter the tourna- and the No. 7 Mount St. Vinment as one of three wild- cent University Mystics (Atlancards. They finished 11-7 in tic wildcard). the Alberta Colleges Athletic The competition wraps up on Conference regular season. Saturday evening. For updates, The Red Deer lineup includes visit the tournament website at third-year guard Lloyd Strick- ccaamensbasketball2012.ca.

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“Truro is a long way away. That’s a full day of travel, it’s on the A lot can change in other ocean, really,” four years. Murdoch said. “That But Loralyn Mur- was a big adventure, doch hasn’t forgot- the first time that any ten about the UNBC of these girls had really p Northern Timber- experienced that.” wolves’ M u r trip to doch said it Truro for was easy to their first get caught Canadian up in the Colleges w h o l e Athletic event in A s s o Tr u r o , ciation where they women’s finished basketball sixth. nationals. B u t Loralyn Murdoch The head Murdoch - Women’s coach coach of is careful the team not to look can still lean on that past their first oppoexperience to prepare nent. The PacWest proher players for this vincial champions, the year ’s tournament, Timberwolves enter which runs Thursday the eight-team tournathrough Saturday in ment ranked third and Lethbridge, Alta. will open against the sports@pgfreepress.com

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Playbill HEALTHART What role does creativity play in developing and/or maintaining healthy communities? The arts and medicine are often thought of as two very disparate worlds. Yet the connections are found everywhere. Join in a panel discussion at Two Rivers Gallery on Thursday, March 15. Event starts at 7:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Free admission. Refreshments provided. Moderator Sarah de Leeuw.

FOREVER YOUNG Elder Citizens Recreation Association (ECRA) and the Forever Young Chorus presents Songs of the Old West with special guest: Prince George Senior Idol Laurie Meier. Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 each now on sale at ECRA offices, 1692 Tenth Ave. Phone 250-5619381.

IMPROV TIME On March 24 at the Twisted Cork Restaurant, Prince George’s own improvised theatre comedy troupe Serious Moonlight Productions will present its Improv Ad Nauseum show. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Advance tickets $10 available at Studio 2880 ticket centre and if available, $12.50 at the door.

Chamber flips lids for centennial Hats off to the Chamber (of Commerce) fundraiser guests enjoy an evening of dinner, dance, silent and live auctions and a chance to show off their favourite era with their choice of hats. The event was held at the Coast Inn of the North. Counter clockwise from top: Noah Bollinder checks out the sights; a “flapper” era belle enjoys the ball; Free Press sales rep and event organizer Shirley Prokopchuk shares a laugh with Free Press sales and marketing manager Roy Spooner; the Chamber’s new president Bill McGill and director Cindy Pohl mingle with guests in the lobby; Free Press editor Bill Phillips takes oath of office as vice-president; ‘Judge Matthew Begbie’ of the Barkerville troupe gets set to entertain with Goldrush songs; Norm Coyne uses his vintage centurian hat to guide. Te re s a M A LLA M / Fre e Pre s s

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Knitting Izzy dolls for ICROSS is a show of kindness for poor or orphaned children in places like Africa says Joan McKay.

They are called Izzy Dolls or dolls of joy and they have brought happiness to thousands of the world’s poorest children. The handknitted dolls are part of the volunteer work of an organization called ICROSS (International Community for Relief of Starvation and Suffering).) The Canadian chapter was founded by a retired Canadian peacekeeper, Billy Willbond. He and his wife saw firsthand the extreme poverty and sickness in Africa when they traveled to Kenya in 2007 to lay a wreath at a ceremony to honour fallen Canadian Peackeepers who had died in the Congo. Originally the soft dolls were very basic and used as packing

Weave some words and win some prizes Have you got a story to tell? Hear Our Words, a storytelling competition which is part of the 2012 Weaving Words Celebration, invites entrants. The competition is open to anyone in Prince George and surrounding communities who is eligible for one of the eight submission categories. The writing must be your own work, unpublished and not previously submitted. Your writing can be based on real events or fictional. Accompanying artwork is welcome. All work will be reviewed by a panel of talented festival organizers, who will select one entry from each category to recognize as part of the 2012 Weaving Words Celebration which runs Sept. 26 to 29. All winning storytellers will receive a certificate of recognition, share their work on camera for the creation of a keepsake DVD used during the celebration as promotional material, have their

work included in the 2012 premier edition of the Weaving Words chapbook, and receive autographed books by festival authors. Winning UNBC/ CNC students will share their work at the festival event and receive a prize worth $250. All submissions should be typewritten and include the competition cover sheet (can be down-

material to protect fragile medicines shipped in containers overseas. When the containers were emptied, the dolls were given to local children who were often sick or orphaned and who had nothing. However, as more and more volunteers joined in the “knitting brigade”, the dolls became more colourful and “better dressed.” In Prince George, Joan McKay keeps busy during the winter months knitting dozens of the little dolls for ICROSSCanada. “I find it very satisfying to do this,” McKay says of her helpful hobby. “In the latest shipment, I was told by head office there were 30,000 dolls packed in with supplies all knitted by volunteers.” Sitting in a comfy chair by a cozy fireplace at the Elder Citizens Recreation

Association (ECRA) centre on Tenth Ave. Thursday morning, McKay sat with an array of her handknitted dolls. Knitting instructions are given to all volunteers, she said. Some dolls have skirts and tops, others are dressed in sweaters, pants and

toques. The faces of the dolls are knitted in many colours of yarn including black and brown. “I usually sit down in the evening and watch T.V. while I’m knitting and the time goes faster,” said McKay. Each doll takes her a few hours of knit-

ting, stuffing and embroidery work. The faces of the dolls – the eyes, nose and mouth – take time because they are all hand-embroidered. For more information about Izzy dolls and how you can help visit the website at www.icrosscanada.com.

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Rock, folk, ballads, country, Celtic folk and children’s music – none of it is safe in the hands of The Arrogant Worms who love to play with and parody all traditional genres

of music. The country’s top comedy trio plays Artspace above Books and Company on Wednesday (March 14). The Worms have been bringing magic, mayhem and music to “unsuspecting” audiences for 20 years.

With hilarious songs like Carrot Juice is Murder, The Last Saskatchewan Pirate, Jesus’ Brother Bob, Celine Dion, Me Like Hockey and Rippy the Gator, the group has wiggled their way into the hearts of fans all over the world includ-

ing the U.S., Australia and U.K. The musical comedy group – Trevor Strong on vocals, Mike McCormick on guitar and vocals and Chris Patterson on bass guitar and vocals – all do solo work and other projects. Currently

however, they are on tour as a trio. “We’re touring on the strength of our Hindsight 20/20 album which is kind of a greatest hits package,” Patterson told the Free Press. So what has it been like for three fellows who started out

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George from Saskatchewan) but it’s been just an amazing ride for us over the past 20 years.” The group’s fan base covers a whole range of ages, he says. “Some of our early fans are now bringing their kids to our shows,” he said. The Worms have released 13 albums and a 2004 video, Three Worms and an Orchestra. Strong has written a book called Get Stupid (2005.) A hilarious show from Canada’s funniest band, the Arrogant Worms will play Artspace March 14. Concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 available at Books and Company.

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The memory of Dave â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duckâ&#x20AC;? Price will live on at the Prince George Hospice House. Organizers of a dinner held upstairs at the Cariboo Steak and Seafood Restaurant on March 3 were at the Hospice House last week to present a series of cheques for just over $10,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He lived at Hospice House for six weeks,â&#x20AC;? said aunt Linda Montpellier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe how good they were to him or to us. We could stay overnight and they found room

for us. They fed us, they were great.â&#x20AC;? Price was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 and passed away on Nov. 23, 2008 at the age of 26. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the third year weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve held a dinner in his memory,â&#x20AC;? Montpellier said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first two years we donated the proceeds to the Cancer Society, but this year we decided to change to Hospice House.â&#x20AC;? Other members of the organizing committee, including Sara Bolin and Jen Brandner, were longtime friends of Price, and graduated with him from Prince George Secondary.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be forgotten,â&#x20AC;? Montpellier said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we want to make sure he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be.â&#x20AC;? Monpellier and the rest of the organizers want to thank everyone who donated to the event as well as the 122 people who attended. The money raised has been designated for a new piece of equipment at Hospice House. Many of the same people who organized the dinner will also be part again this year of Team Duck in the Relay for Life fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Dianne Sears of Prince George Hospice House, second from right, accepts cheques totalling $10,020 from Linda Montpellier, left, Sara Bolin and Jen Brandner. The money was raised by family and friends of Dave â&#x20AC;&#x153;Duckâ&#x20AC;? Price at a dinner March 3. A lla n W ISHA RT/ Fre e Pre s s

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;She never got the chance.â&#x20AC;? That sort of spirit summed up Lois, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More than once, people have told A couple of months ago, Larry Merritt had decided to scrap the idea of a me that even if she had never met you before, when you were talking to Lois, dinner honouring his late wife, Lois. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looked like a mountain,â&#x20AC;? he you were the most important person in the room.â&#x20AC;? said last week, talkAfter she died, he was ing about the March 16 trying to think of a way to dinner which will be a honour her memory and fundraiser for Kordyban help raise funds for the Lodge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was still grievKordyban Lodge, which ing, and I had decided will be a home away to quit.â&#x20AC;? from home for patients Then a couple of things and their families at the happened. new cancer centre in â&#x20AC;&#x153;I walked into the office Prince George. of a friend of mine that â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was talking to Ryan, day for another reason. Lois Merritt the chef at White Goose Before I said anything, he - Passing remembered Bistro, and he said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why told me he needed two donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you do a fundraistickets for the dinner. I ing dinner in her memhadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even asked him at any time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That same day, a friend came to ory?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took me a couple of weeks to my office, cornered me and volunteered to organize the donations for decide, then I had to decide on a date.â&#x20AC;? the silent auction.â&#x20AC;? March 16 was the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anniThat was when Larry knew he had versary, and Larry decided it would to go ahead. Lois lost a two-year battle with can- make the perfect date for the dinner. The dinner itself is a sellout. As of cer on July 5, 2011. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spent seven weeks in Victoria last week, Larry had six tickets which at the lodge there, and we talked to were spoken for, but hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been paid other people there. When we came for. For more information on the March back, Lois said she wanted to volunteer at the lodge here when it was 16 fundraising dinner, contact the White Goose Bistro at 250-561-1002. built.

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WEDNESDAY Craft sale and display, March 14, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Fibre Arts Guild meets, March 14, 7 p.m., 2880 15th Ave. Information: Ruth 250-564-8482. Canadian Federation of University Women meets, March 21, 7 p.m., Prince George Chateau. Informarion: Maureen 250-5610403 or Marie 250964-6265. Prince George Healing Rooms - Are you hurting? Do you have health issues? Confidential prayers Wednesday noon-2 p.m, All Nations Church, 1395 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-617-9653. COPD support group meets Wednesday, 1 p.m., AiMHi. Information: Nancy 250-561-1393.

“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Auxiliary to University Hospital NBC Thrift Shop - Volunteers are needed to help with sorting, pricing donated goods, clerking and more. 1523 Third Avenue. Applications at the Thrift Shop or at the hospital information desk. St Vincent de Paul Foodbank - Volunteer opportunities with St Vincent de Paul – please contact the Drop-In Centre, 1220 Second Ave Serving 3 meals daily. Call Bernie 250-564-3416 St John Ambulance Brigade Youth - Any youth age 11-18 can join the St John Ambulance Brigade Youth Program. Call Heather 250-561-1696 For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-proﬁt organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

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Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. B.C.Civil Liberties meets every second Wednesday, 6 p.m., Civic Centre. Next meeting March 14. CNC Retirees meet fourth Wednesday, 9 a.m., D’Lanos. Information: Lois 250563-6928. Army Cadet Rangers free youth program, meets Wednesdays, Connaught Youth Centre. Information: Capt. McCue 250565-6993, 250-5649030.

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Members of the Forever Young Chorus rehearse Ghost Riders in the Sky Wednesday for their March 23 and 24 Songs of the Old West Show at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre on 10th Ave.

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Ave. Information: Heather 250-9649699. NCP workers and retirees meet third Thursday of the month, 10 a.m., Pine Centre food court. ECRA Forever Young Chorus meet Thursdays, 12:45 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave. Chess nights, Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., Books and Company. Information: Marilyn 250-562-9580. Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, Spruce Capital Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561. Tai Chi Classes meets Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church basement, 1448 Fifth Ave. Info: Lister 250-964-3849. Old Time Fiddlers jam, Thursday, 7-10 p.m. Elder Citizens

Rec Centre, 1692 10th Ave. NorthBreast Passage Dragon Boat Society meets first Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., Chronic Disease Management Room, UHNBC. Information: Anita 250-563-2949 or Betty 250-9627985.

FRIDAY Live bands, Friday, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

SATURDAY Dance to Country Rose, March 17, 8 p.m.-midnight, Senior Activity Centre. Live bands, Saturday, 8 p.m.midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

SUNDAY Caledonia Ramblers easy trip to Slim Creek Park, March 18. Meet in the parking lot behind city hall, 8:50 a.m. Information: Nowell at bestleftjab58@

yahoo.ca or 250-5627485. Crib tournament, March 18, 1 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Roast beef and Yorkshire buffet, March 18, 5- 6:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Meat draw, Royal Canadian Legion, 3-5 p.m., sponsored by Peace Keepers Proceeds to Alzheimer and MS societies and others.

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Church Hall. Information: Gys 250563-4828 or Reta 250-962-2740. Royal Purple meets meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or Jeanette 250-5639362.

TUESDAY Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays 7–8:30 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250-9626876 or www.tilopa. org. Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Sweet Adelines women’s fourpart chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome. Information: Kathleen 250-563-2975. Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1500 Edmonton St.

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Mariah Recreation Management Services is seeking suitable couples or individuals for employment in the following Provincial Parks for the 2012 season (May - Sept): Beatton, Charlie Lake, Moberly Lake & Swan Lake Duties will include: • Park maintenance & landscaping • Fee collection & park security • Record keeping & customer service • Use of small power tools Requirements: • Must by physically ﬁt & • willing/able to work outdoors in all kinds of weather conditions • Experience with power tools for park maintenance • Must have experience with handling cash & customer service delivery Fax/E-mail resumes to: Mariah Recreational Management Services Fax: (250) 964.2286 mariahrecreation@ hotmail.com

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Journeyman Automotive Technician Four Seasons Automotive Smithers, B.C. • Looking for an experienced journeyman that is highly motivated, productive, and energetic. • Con¿dent in diagnostics, electrical, and engine management. • Is able to communicate with customers and a team player. • Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm • 20 years in business.

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Pinnacle Renewable Energy requires journeyman millwrights at both its Strathnavor and Burns Lake BC plant locations. Ideal candidates will have experience with the various automated operations and systems in a modern pellet plant. They will be highly motivated journeymen that have demonstrated the ability to apply their trade skills and knowledge safely and effectively. Candidates should also have good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. Pinnacle pays competitive rates and provides full beneﬁts. To apply please submit your resume and cover letter, along with proof of trade’s qualiﬁcation. For more information on this position see www. pinnaclepellet.com Send your resume to: E-mail: hr@pinnaclepellet.com No Phone Inquiries Accepted – Closing date March 23, 2012.

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Tatlow Tire, a locally owned and operated automotive and commercial tire store is seeking a career minded individual to join in day to day operations of a busy tire store. Experience in truck/ farm/ and OTR is an asset. Competitive wage package. Must hold a valid class 5 drivers licence.

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Share in our growth and success Lakeland Mills Ltd., a Division of Sinclar Group Forest Products is a privately owned stud lumber manufacturer located on River Road in the C.N. Industrial Site in Prince George, BC. We are known in the industry as producers of some of the highest quality wood products available today. While our focus is meeting the needs of our customers, our success is driven by our people. We are currently looking at adding additional strength to our team in the following position in our three shift Maintenance Department.

Certiﬁed Millwright The successful applicant must have their Millwright T.Q. and have considerable experience in a lumber manufacturing environment. Wages and beneﬁts are those contained in the Collective Agreement with the Steelworkers Local 1-424 Union.

Trades, Technical LOUISIANA-PACIFIC Canada Ltd. requires an experienced Journeyman Electrician for our EWP Operation in Golden B.C. Email resume to: Audra.Stanton@LPCorp.com or fax to 250-344-8859.

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GITKSAN GOVERNMENT COMMISSION IS SEEKING AN: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR You are an energetic, self-motivated, task-oriented individual who enjoys varied responsibilities as the senior representative and service delivery authority. The Executive Director is responsible for implementing of programs, goals and objectives as set by the Board, staff and community development. Management, administrative and financial experience is essential. Basic Requirements: • Significant experience and understanding of organizational, community, Board and proposal development; • Knowledge and understanding of current local and provincial political climate; • must possess excellent organizational, written and verbal skills; • ability to plan, guide and direct Commission programs in social, economic, finance, technical services, housing, lands and membership; • above average interpersonal relationship skills; • working knowledge of band administration, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development reporting requirements and program guidelines; • Post Secondary Degree in Administration/ Management is a definite asset; • Knowledge of Gitksan culture and language is an asset; • Must possess a valid driver’s license; • Criminal Record check to be carried out. Should you possess the necessary skills and qualifications to fill this position please submit a covering letter, resume and at least three references to: Gitksan Government Commission P.O. Box 335, HAZELTON, B.C. V0J 1Y0 Phone: 250-842-2248 or Fax: 250-842-6299 OR E-mail: diane.mcrae@ggc.gitxsan.com Phone: 250-842-0041 A detailed job description may be obtained from the same address. Salary is negotiable depending on experience. This posting will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

Interested applicants can submit a complete resume, including a list of work references and a copy of your certiﬁcation to: hr@lakelandmills.bc.ca or drop off a resume in person to 1385 River Road, Prince George by Monday, March 19, 2012. We would like to thank everyone for submitting their resumes but only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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Chief Administrative Officer POSITION SUMMARY Reporting to the Tahltan Central Council Government Executive, primarily the President, the CAO is responsible for the day-to-day management of TCC’s operations. The CAO is responsible for the financial management and support to the Council, its committees and agencies. The CAO is responsible for coordinating the activities of all employees to ensure efficient delivery of public services approved by the Council. PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES t Manages the day to day affairs of the councils, based on approved policies and bylaws of the Council. t Coordinates the development of policies and bylaws of the Council. t Prepares agendas and attends meetings of the Council and Council Committees. t Provides advice as required to the Council on matters of policy and finance. t Coordinates activities of TCC solicitor and other hired experts. t Ensures that risks are properly insured through the insurance provider. t Prepares and maintains current policies dealing with Council governance and management, e.g., finance, human resources, workplace safety, etc. t Coordinates information technology required by the operations. t Posts entries on a timely basis to the ledger. t Prepares monthly bank reconciliation for all bank accounts. t Prepares regular financial reports for the Council and staff. t Prepares working papers for the auditor as required. t Prepares and presents draft budgets to the Council. t Monitors budgets regularly and takes action on variances. t Prepares applications and claims for all grants available to the TCC. t Prepares and submits the annual reports to government agencies as required. t Administers employee benefit program. t Performs all other assigned duties. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS t University degree with studies in Public or Business Administration; and t Two or more years in a senior public sector management position. The position will be based in Dease Lake, British Columbia at the TCC office. Dease Lake is located in the Northwest Region of British Columbia, approximately 600km north of Terrace and Smithers, BC via Highway 37. Please visit our website at www.tahltan.org for more information on the Tahltan Central Council Please submit your Resume and Cover Letter, or CV to the address below: Attention: Annita Mcphee, President Email: annitamcphee@gmail.com Or info@tahltan.org Fax: 250-771-3020 Tahltan Central Council PO Box #69 Dease Lake, BC VOC 1LO Phone: 250-771-3274 Deadline is March 19, 2012

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DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Laborers and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Laborers will possess competency in assisting on the installation of all types of formwork, performing general labor work and placing concrete. Have the ability to correctly rig and hoist material, ability to signal, rig and work safely with cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project Please forward resumes to patton@bakerconcrete.com EARTH moving project at Huckleberry Mine, 1.5 hrs S. of Houston, BC. Requires following personnel: superintendent and foreman, purchasing/parts manager, heavy duty mechanic, licensed welder, equipment service personnel, timekeeper/office admin, safety/first aid officer, heavy equipment operators (excavator, dozer, scraper, grader, rock truck, packer, water truck, etc) Camp accommodations and meals supplied. Shift rotation 21 on/7 off. Monthly travel allowance provided. Contact jobs@arthon.com or fax (250) 868-6599. No phone calls pls. WELDERS WANTED. Journeyman 2nd and 3rd year apprentices with tank manufacturing experience. Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. Located in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20km West of Lloydminster is looking for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque. Journeyman wages $33. $37.50/hour. Wages for apprentices based on hours and qualifications. Benefits, training programs, full insurance package 100% paid by company, profit sharing bonus. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine for an appointment or send resume to: blaine@autotanks.ca or p r o d u c t i o n @ a u t o t a n k s. c a . 780-846-2231 (Office), 780-846-2241 (Fax).

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