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When Rick Hansen finished his Man in Motion World Tour he was greeted with the words, “The end is just the beginning.” He said he didn’t believe it; he was finished and done, but on stage at the University of Northern British Columbia marking the 25th anniversary of his tour he said he believes it more than ever now. “My best work is in front of me,” Hansen said. “When I had my injury I probably would have sold my soul for the use of my legs but not now. It was a hard journey but more rewarding.” Since the original tour $245 million has been raised for spinal-cord research, rehabilitation and quality of life initiative. There is also a 70 per cent chance of some varying degree of recovery for individuals in Canada with a spinal-cord injury. Hansen said the purpose of his tour was never to raise money but awareness. He said today the differences can be seen in communities all over and it’s partially due to “difference makers.” The 25th Anniversary Relay, Many in Motion, recognizes 7,000 “difference makers” across Canada. These are individuals who have made their communities better and healthier places to live. They will also be relaying the Rick Hansen Medal across Canada. Hansen said the biggest improvement over the past 25 years is seeing how quickly people are treated after receiving an injury. Quicker treatment leads to a higher chance of recovery. At the time of his accident he sat for hours before being seen and days before an operation. He believes if he had been seen immediately he might have had a strong recovery. He said he is proud of the improvements he has seen and he believes in the science to make spinal injuries a thing of the past. “I believe one day the wheelchair will be something you see in
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Man in Motion Rick Hansen speaks to an appreciative crowd at UNBC Monday.
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Rick Hansen has a lot of fond memories of Prince George. The Man in Motion told a large crowd at the Civic Plaza on Monday evening about one of them. “When I was learning to live with my disability,” he said, “I decided I wanted to be the world champion in the wheelchair marathon. So a friend and I decided to come up here to see if we could do it. “Terry Fox and I came here to participate in the Prince George to Boston Marathon, and we had the chance to live our dreams.”
On the 25th anniversary of his around-the-world wheelchair tour, Hansen returned to Prince George and talked about how much had changed since then. “We’ve been working for the past 25 years to build a community together, an inclusive world. Now, we this celebration, that Many in Motion has transformed Man in Motion into a national dream.” Local Paralympian Paul Jalbert was with Hansen on the stage at the Civic Plaza, after being the last medal-bearer for the Prince George portion of the anniversary relay. “Paul,” Hansen said, “I couldn’t think of a better
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Prince George Paralympian Paul Jalbert and Rick Hansen wheel through the city Monday, marking the 25th anniversary of the Man in Motion tour. Jalbert talked about the effect the original tour had on him during the End of Day celebrations. Jalbert was the final medal-bearer on the Prince George leg of the event which retraces the Candian route of Hansen’s 1987 worldwide marathon.
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Catherine McCarthy passes the Rick Hansen relay medal off to Glen Mikkelsen on Monday afternoon.
End of Day participant than you. You’ve inspired others by taking one step at a time on your journey.” After the official ceremony, Hansen spoke about the changes he has seen in how disabled people work in their communities. “The biggest difference is how people respond to people with disabilities. Now, those people are leading, they’re taking a major role in their communities.” After 25 years, Hansen says it’s been great to see old and new faces on the Canadian tour. “It’s unbelievable to see
old friends again, but it’s just as great to be introduced to a new generation of young people who say they’ve been inspired by my story.” As Hansen finished his interview, the song Man in Motion could be heard over the music system at the plaza. Did he ever grow tired of hearing that song, made a hit by John Parr? A huge grin came over his face. “I never get tired of it. I think it’s because every time I hear it, it brings back tons of memories. I flip back in my mind to the images of the first tour.”
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Justin Cabral took time off studying to meet Rick Hansen speak at UNBC March 19 in honour the the 25th anniversary of his Man in Motion tour.
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a museum,” he said. “I truly believe that the newly-injured in 25 years will have a chance to walk.” Apart from science, Hansen
said, “attitudes are the greatest accomplishments. They mend.” Hansen’s said for him he had to find the humour and keep going, because it comes down to “not just talking about it, but doing it.”
And as if a tour through 34 countries wasn’t enough of an action, Hansen said he is still looking for ways to keep inspiring others. Seeing the actions others have done to pass on his message challenges him to do more.
“It makes me think I have to set my bar higher to continue to be inspiring.” He said he was happy with the challenge and proud to see the relay continue. “Many in Motion is a more
sustainable way to make change. There is support from young and old alike engaged to make a difference,” he said. “Thank you for the work you’ve being doing ... you’re all difference makers.”
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Supt. Brian Cantera March 16 announces the formation of the North District Integrated Marijuana Enforcement Team (NDIME). on the success of the CRIME program and that is why we will be providing the resources to ensure that the momentum continues,” she said. The North District Integrated Marijuana Enforcement Team (NDIME) focuses on grow-ops throughout Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House. It is stationed out of Prince George. “The North District Integrated Marijuana Enforcement Task Force will provide expertise and support to local detachments,” Bond said. The task force will receive additional pro-
vincial support from Regional General Investigative Services and North District Criminal Intelligence Probe Team, and federal support from the Integrated Proceeds of Crime Section. NDIME includes members from Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, two RCMP Drug Enforcement branch members, and one member from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. Unlike CRIME, this task force does not have a time limit. “We expect this to be an ongoing program,” Bond said. “I’ve made it very
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A RCMP task force targeting large-scale marijuana production in the Cariboo North District Region was deemed successful after its 15-month mandate resulted in seizing nearly 11 tons of pot on 70 properties. It also resulted in criminal charges being laid against 78 people. B.C. Justice Minister Shirley Bond and Supt. Brian Cantera, officer in charge RCMP Federal Drug Enforcement Branch, praised the Cariboo Region Integrated Marijuana Enforcement (CRIME) task force at a news conference Friday. “From a policing perspective, the results that we have seen from the CRIME project were very substantial,” Cantera said. “Through strategic and targeted enforcement we were able to disrupt and dismantle the grow-ops. This prevented the illegal marijuana from being used as commodity to export and purchase other drugs, such as cocaine, or firearms.” CRIME was created to work closely with local detachments to disrupt the ability of organized crime from illegal grow-ops after the RCMP in the region identified the grow-ops as a widespread problem. Bond announced due to the previous success, a new program will be picking up where CRIME ended. “We want to build
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River Road Dike Construction Project The River Road Dike Construction Project is a multi-year project consisting of the construction of a 3.3 km offset flood protection dike built to the provincial guidelines and to the approval of the provincial Dike Inspector. The proposed alignment of the dike is along the north side and immediately adjacent to River Road. 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 second of two postings of this public notice. DATED this the 21st day of March, 2012. Walter Babicz Corporate Officer City of Prince George
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ICTORIA – The noise of the teachers’ strike drowned out debate on the B.C. budget so thoroughly that one of Finance Minister Kevin Falcon’s more controversial ideas only made the news last week. Reporters dubbed it “Welfare Air.” Falcon plans a pilot program to offer social assistance recipients training and airfare if they can line up a job in B.C.’s northern energy boomtowns. Workers are being imported to fill jobs there, while in Metro Vancouver and elsewhere the number of single employable people applying for social assistance is rising. Much of oil and gas work is dirty and dangerous. These days most industrial jobs involve sophisticated electronics, and the technical skill level required is high. But there are entry-level jobs going begging, and relatively high pay is offered to fill positions in a short-staffed service sector in the Peace region. NDP MLA Carole James, no stranger to northern B.C., dismissed Falcon’s plan as a stunt. There are unemployed people in the region who should be B.C. offered training before we start flying Views people up from Vancouver, James said. TOMFLETCHER Yet I repeatedly hear from northern employers that the labour shortage is real and growing. The NDP warns that B.C. faces a future of “people without jobs, and jobs without people.” Mostly they blame the B.C. Liberals for removing apprenticeship programs from union control. I spoke with James about post-secondary needs a couple of weeks ago. She mentioned NDP leader Adrian Dix’s signature policy to restore B.C. student grants, funded by a capital tax on financial institutions. She also agreed that part of the problem is young people taking post-secondary education that leads to fields with poor job prospects. I suggested that if B.C. taxpayers are to increase their subsidy to post-secondary students, already worth about two-thirds of their schooling costs, perhaps grants could be targeted to areas of pressing economic need. To my surprise, James agreed that is worth considering. This is significant, not only because it is likely to be unpopular in the education establishment. There is a good chance that James, a former school trustee, will be B.C.’s education minister in 14 months. After writing about the labour shortage last week, I was bombarded with messages from an irate Vancouver high school teacher who mocked the whole notion as corporate propaganda. No labour shortage exists, globally or in B.C., he claimed. Rather, “capitalists” of the “one per cent” have tried to “vocationalize” public education for a century, but the “people” have always “resisted.” Radicalism aside, why would matching student aid to employment demand be unpopular with teachers? Education Minister George Abbott offered a clue during the lengthy debate over ending the teachers’ strike. Abbott noted that for every three teachers coming out of B.C. universities, there is currently only one job available. Our education system trains too many people for what they want to do, rather than what the economy needs. Further to that, a tax on banks will be popular with some of today’s students, who protested against capitalism in the “occupy” camps that will resume as the weather improves. Others will examine the idea and conclude that financial institutions will recover the tax from customers, and perhaps find ways to get the job done with fewer employees.
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Buying the election ... or not It’s Roy Spooner’s fault that Mayor Shari Green $15,000. spent scads of money on her campaign. Frank Everitt squeaked into the last spot on counRoy, in case you didn’t know, is the sales and mar- cil, but spent $24,952. keting manager here at the Free Press. About halfway Garth Frizzell ran the most effective campaign, through the campaign he met with Green’s camgetting elected but only spending $2,321. So it’s hard paign team and convinced them that she to make a blanket statement that some needed to spend more on advertising. bought their way onto council. Subsequently, Green broke the bank and More interesting than how much each Writer’s dished out more than $81,000 for her candidate spent, though, is who contribBlock campaign (btw … not all of that was uted to their campaigns. There is always spent here at the Free Press – come to BILLPHILLIPS the perception that contributors, at least think of it, not nearly enough of it was large ones, will have the ear of the counspent at the Free Press). cilor during the term. And that can cause problems. Of course Roy also had the same meeting with Green’s campaign contributors, to no one’s surDan Rogers’ people and, obviously, they should prise, are a who’s who of local business interests, have listened. John Major topping list at more than $13,000. There has been a bit of a hubbub around town Frank Everitt’s, on the other hand and to no one’s since it was revealed that Green spent a small forsurprise, were comprised mostly of union donatune on her election campaign. Rogers, on the other tions. However, he also received campaign donahand, spent just over $38,436 on his bid for re-elections from Conifex, Canfor, Carrier Lumber, and … tion to the mayor’s post. surprise, surprise … John Major. Can money buy an election? So, if you think that those who fund candidates Before we get too excited about it, we should take have an undue influence over those candidates once a look at the city councilor races as well. they’re elected, here’s what you need to know. Lyn Hall topped the polls. He spent $8,514 on his Dave Wilbur spent almost $16,000 on his camcampaign. Brian Skakun, who topped the polls in paign but listed only $4,800 in campaign donations. 2008 and polled second behind Hall, spent $7,166 on We can only assume that he footed the bill for the his campaign (although it could be argued that he rest. received plenty of free publicity leading up to the The largest single contributor to Cameron Stolz’s November election). campaign was his store, Great White Entertainment, Compare that with Albert Koehler, who spent at just over $3,200. $39,965 on his campaign and polled fourth behind And while Albert Koehler spent almost $40,000 on Skakun, Hall, and Murry Krause who spent $9,954. his campaign his main three contributors were himCameron Stolz polled behind all of the above, but self ($23,252), his wife Jutta ($5,000), and his busispent $15,327. Dave Wilbur also spent more than ness Tribotec International ($9,612).
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Editor: It’s been a long time since I have read such an uninhibited, nasty diatribe as that spouted by Victor Bowman in your 16 March edition. Mr. Bowman waded into the debate on the robo-call scandal wielding a broadsword sparing few players except those accused of subverting Canadian democracy. He managed to assemble a remarkable string of accusations and slurs the like which I have not witnessed since the last time I trod a school playground. According to Mr. Bowman, many Members of Parliament came from “the shallow end of the gene pool.” A lot of journalists are lazy, stupid gossipmongers. Bob Rae, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (a gaggle of “proven incompetents”) performs like an idiot, failing to understand the function of Elections Canada. Rae has the temerity to insinuate that members of the “duly elected” governing party are somehow corrupt. This begs the question. It is yet to be determined whether some of these members were, indeed, “duly elected.” According to Bowman, those of
us questioning the “shenanigans” of the accused are merely “braying” about “unproven breaches of election law.” He goes on to declare that Elections Canada can act independently of politics, an assumption that flies in the face of the Harper regime’s micro-
management. Furthermore, Bowman claims that Elections Canada has “unlimited resources” which would make it unique in this federal government. On and on went Mr. Bowman’s ranting, freely slandering everyone in sight with the exception of
those of the Conservative Party of Canada accused of subverting democracy, an accusation which, if proven, would appear to be akin to treason against our very system of democracy. Mr. Bowman should heed the statement he made in the body of
his missive where he wrote, “the method of covering up one’s own incompetence is to malign others” and concluding with “let’s all be (a bit more) truthful and rational.” James Loughery Prince George
Potholes aren’t only eyesore in Prince George Editor: Your recent editorial, Pot Holes are Bad for Business, is extremely interesting and the recent survey by the Chamber of Commerce hits the nail on the head. Image, it appears in our city, is not really associated with commerce as our city sees it. The city and the Ministry of Highways at one time had an agreement that Highways would landscape one side of the Bypass and the city would be responsible for the other. It was an unfair agreement but nevertheless it took the city many years to do their side after Highways
had completed their share. The landscaping of a short distance of highway is not the only image problem in our city. Most of the wild areas along our city streets are left in that state. The city boasts about all the parks that we have throughout our city but most are just raw wild areas. After they finished logging the beetle kill in these areas, they were devastated. Most of the remaining fir was damaged during the harvest of the dead pine. There’s an area along 20th Avenue across from Prince George Second-
ary School that has just native willow and weeds growing in it. This is just one location but these are throughout the city, unkempt and wild. The city has discontinued the tree planting program. When you drive through the area east of Victoria and the Fraser, it’s a pleasing area to look at. But that’s all gone. The large homes that they are allowing to build on a 60-foot lot leave little room for trees which are so attractive. In the light industrial areas along Quinn and Ogilvie the parking is in front of the building so all you have is black
asphalt for a street view. In other cities these areas are landscaped with green grass and flowers. The parking is behind or alongside the structure. And here’s another idea. Instead of annoying the resident along Wright Creek Road with dumping the sludge on a farm field, why don’t they spread this safe product on city parks? It could be liquefied and pumped on at night when no one will be the wiser. Add some grass seed and it would not need to be cut as often to keep the weeds from showing. Ospika Boulevard is another area that could do with some
new grass. The only areas on the boulevard that have green grass are the upper part and then they hauled big ugly boulders to protect the trees with shabby uncut grass around them. Imagine South Fort George Park with nice green grass three inches tall and no plantain or dandelions showing. When will our city learn that “image” is also part of the infrastructure? It appears that diking is more important on a 100-year flood plain that has a problem every 50 years or so. Kim Reynolds Prince George
This is something I’ve really “moosed” over the years Last week a gentleman gave me a couple ing. of moose roasts and some stewing meat And the cousins would always bring a after I mentioned I hadn’t had it in years, little extra to leave behind for a treat. and I felt like I’d won the lottery. That smell still always makes me happy. I don’t know if it’s my Not everyone can cook wild Metis lineage or it’s just meat properly. My dad sure can because I grew up here, in and so could my best friend’s Life in the north, but to me there mom. In my early teens there the fat is nothing like moose roast, was nothing better than spendstew or steak. ing the night at Rosa and Marlane When I was a kid and our DELYNDAPILON lene’s place and getting to eat Metis cousins came through whatever their mom, Dorothy, town, they’d always stop and spend the was cooking that day. night. There was no phone call ahead of Dorothy was the oldest daughter of the time. There was no need. If they knocked, Chief at a reserve way out in the middle of we opened up and it was just a given that it the forest somewhere past Fort St. James. would be an evening of tall tales, catching She had very high standards and she was up on who was doing what, good music pretty darned used to having her opinion and card games. Then, once exhaustion hit, not only taken into consideration but folwe’d find places to curl up and sleep. lowed to a T. I remember one visit to the Morning meant waking up to the smell reserve when she decided all the young of coffee percolating and moose steak fryboys were wearing their hair too long. She
sat them down one by one and shaved them darned near bald. She got every one of them – well, all except for Little Duncan. He hid under the porch until she left for salmon fishing. When she caught sight of him on her return (from a safe distance – Little Duncan was no fool) she frowned, muttered a bit about the way he looked, and laughed that great deep laugh she had. She wasn’t laughing so much on the way back home, though. See, Wild Bill (that’s what everyone called Dorothy’s husband) was never much of a mechanic. When his car overheated that hot summer day, he decided the best remedy would be to leave the hood open a crack and drive a little faster so the air could blow in and cool off the motor. When the wind caught the hood and blew it up, blocking the view out the windshield just as both us and an oncoming logging truck were about to cross a
bridge, Dorothy turned the air purple, cussing out Wild Bill and calling not only his intelligence but the intelligence of every white man ever born into question. I know. Not politically correct, but that’s what happened. That night, home safe at last, Dorothy made fish soup for supper. There was nothing better than her fish soup. Basically, she used all the leftover fish, moose meat, deer meat and a ton of vegetables and spice to make one of the finest tasting things I’ve ever had. I tried to duplicate it once, but even the cat wouldn’t eat my finished product. Of course, I was pretty young at the time and didn’t know you shouldn’t use an entire two cups of flour to thicken a soup. Well, one way or another I’m getting a bit peckish. Think I’ll call home and tell them to take out one of them moose roasts and put it on to bake when I stop by at lunch time.
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Court docket In Provincial Court in Prince George on Feb. 16: Michal A. Matus was found guilty of possession of stolen property with a value greater than $5,000, sentenced to jail time served of 21 days, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and placed on probation for eight months. James W. Shanoss was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 14 days in jail. Scott E. Wesner was found guilty of assault, fined $3,000, assessed a victim surcharge of $450 and placed on probation for one year. In Provincial Court in Prince George on Feb. 17: Ildiko E. Auxi was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and received a conditional sentence of three months. Kevin K.J. Beauchamp was found guilty of assault with a weapon, sentenced to 236 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and prohibited from possessing firearms for five years. Beauchamp was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 60 days in jail. Beauchamp was also found guilty of a second count of sailing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 236 days in jail and placed on probation for 18 months. Robert Forsyth was found guilty of assault with a weapon, sentenced to one day in jai and placed on probation for one year. Wayne M. Prince was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Prince was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 60 days in jail. In Provincial Court in Prince George on Feb. 20: Cerole V.J. Izony was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and placed on probation for 12
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Teila Vanderploeg concentrates on drawing a maple leaf for a noisemaker she’s creating at the Two Rivers Gallery station during the Rick Hansen 25th anniversary celebrations at the Civic Plaza on Monday. months. Ralph E. Vansomer was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to 30 days in jail. In Provincial Court in Prince George on Feb. 21: Stacey M. Fjellner was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail. In Provincial Court in Prince George on Feb. 22: Deborah M. Abraham was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol reading over .08, fined $1,500 and prohibited from driving for one year. Lori-Anne M. Avery was found guilty of making harassing telephone calls, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and placed on probation for 18 months. Samantha L. Banks was found guilty of public mischief, received a conditional
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The Prince George Cougars’ 72-game regular season got off to an encouraging start, as they recorded a Western Hockey League road victory over the Kamloops Blazers. It also ended on a winning note, as they defeated the same team 4-2 on Saturday night, this time at CN Centre. What fell in between, the other 70 contests, hurt the Cats as they finished four points short of a playoff berth with 24 wins, 46 losses, zero overtime setbacks and two shootout defeats (24-460-2). Last in the 10-team Western Conference, the Cougars have now fallen short of the playoffs in five of the last nine seasons. “It’s always good to win your last one, I think,” Cougars head coach Dean Clark said. “It’s a tough game to play in when you know you’re not really playing for anything but a little bit of pride.” Despite lengthy struggles throughout the season, the Cougars hung in the playoff race until the final weekend of the regular season. They were officially eliminated Friday night in Kamloops, losing 10-4 to the Blazers in the first half of the
home-and-home doubleheader. While the Cougars begin a lengthy offseason, the Blazers enter the playoffs as the secondseeded team in the conference, taking the B.C. Division title with a 47-20-2-3 mark. The 99-point total is the highest for Kamloops since the 1998-99 season, when the team finished with 48 wins, 11 losses and 13 ties. In an interesting twist, the Blazers meet the Marc Habscheid-coached Victoria Royals in the first round of the WHL playoffs starting Friday. Habscheid was behind the Blazers’ bench in 1998-99, guiding the team all the way to the WHL championship final before they lost to the Calgary Hitmen. The 1998-99 campaign was also the last in which the Blazers advanced beyond Round 1 of the playoffs. “(The Royals) are a team that we can’t take for granted, especially with the way that they finished their season off,” said Blazers forward Dylan Willick, a Prince George minor hockey product. The situation on the weekend was a change from a year ago, when the Blazers entered the final regular season game in a foul mood, eliminated from postseason contention by the Cougars the previous evening at
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Sliding on the ice at CN Centre, Prince George Cougars forward Troy Bourke tries maintaining possession of the puck in between Kamloops Blazers’ Bronson Maschmeyer, left, and Tim Bozon during their Western Hockey League game on Saturday evening. home. The Cats finished seventh in the conference in 2010-11 with a 33-35-2-2 mark, swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Kelowna Rockets. “I think we’ve got some young guys who have really improved here in the second half, which I think is important moving forward,” Clark said. “But certainly we need to take a more consistent step in the direction that we
want to go, and we want to have a higher standard of play, and I think our summer is going to be very, very important. We got to take a page out of (the Blazers’) book. They didn’t make the playoffs last year and now look.” Defenceman Reid Jackson scored the game winner on Saturday night, a power-play marker at the 16:48 mark of the third period. Devon Fordyce picked
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The UNBC Northern Timberwolves returned from their second trip to women’s basketball nationals with the same record as their first appearance. But head coach Loralyn Murdoch called the weekend event in Lethbridge, Alta. a better Canadian Colleges Athletic Association championship tournament for her team than the 2008 competition in Truro, N.S. In both tourna-
ments, they sported 1-2 records with their final losses coming in the bronze semifinal round. “It was very similar, but it’s a very different team this year,” Murdoch said. “I think we went into the tournament much more prepared than we did the first time and we were much more competitive in the games that we lost.” The Timberwolves’ final game on Saturday resulted in a 73-57 loss to the Grant MacEwan University Griffins of Edmonton, this
year’s Alberta champions who entered the eight-team tournament ranked first. The Timberwolves were seeded third when the tournament began on Thursday. “I think we improved. I think the younger players got more and more confidence as the tournament progressed and we got rid of the nerves,” Murdoch said. The Timberwolves finished in a tie for fifth with the Algonquin College Thunder of Ottawa.
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The St. Foy College Dynamiques captured the CCAA title, outscoring their Quebec rival Dawson College Blues 86-56 in Saturday evening’s championship game. The St. Thomas University Tommies of Fredricton, N.S. downed MacEwan 73-56 to win bronze. The Timberwolves opened their schedule on Thursday evening against Algonquin. They rebounded from a 74-62 loss to the Thunder to defeat the host Lethbridge College Kodiaks 74-67 on Friday afternoon. The Seneca College Sting of Toronto also competed in Lethbridge. Murdoch noted that their effort against the Griffins at nationals was a significant improvement over the pre-season game they played against them last fall. “Had we hit a couple of more shots and had they missed a couple of shots, it might’ve been a different result,” she said. Ti m b e r w o l v e s ’ fourth-year guard Kady Dandeneau made the tournament’s second all-star team. “It was really nice to see that she was recognized for her efforts,” Murdoch said. “She
played the best basketball of her year there and it just goes to show that your hard work pays off.” On Wednesday night, fifth-year forward Jennifer Clyne was named to the CCAA All-Canadian team. Clyne led the Timberwolves in scoring this past season, with an average of 17 points, 4.21 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. A Prince George product and graduating business student, she was also named a PacWest first-team allstar and CCAA Athlete of the Month for February. Posts Erin Beckett and Maria Neumann join Clyne as graduates on the UNBC women’s basketball team. “It’s really, really hard to continue to improve over five years. A lot of girls in their fifth year are very close to finishing their degree and life takes over a little bit,” Murdoch said. “But Jen Clyne is one of the players, she constantly this year worked on her game. She didn’t kind of stay at the same level as she ended the year before. She got better and I commend her for that and that’s not easy to do in your fifth year.”
With the 2011-12 campaign over, attention immediately turns to next season for the Timberwolves. That noted, the team is holding its identification camp this weekend, with sessions set for Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. The camp is free and Murdoch encourages anybody interested to attend. Information on the Timberwolves is available through the website at www.unbc. ca/athletics.
MEN UNBC was also represented at the CCAA men’s basketball nationals in Truro on the weekend. In that tournament, the Timberwolves ended up in a fifth-place tie with the Indiens d’Ahuntsic of Quebec at 1-2. The Mohawk College Mountaineers of Hamilton, Ont. won the title. For more on the UNBC men’s basketball team, check Friday’s Free Press.
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Area biathletes bring home four medals
Six athletes from northern B.C. participated in the 2012 National Biathlon Championships in Valcartier, Que. last week.
Caledonia Nordic Ski Club members Sarah Beaudry, Arthur Roots and Leah Forsdick, CNSC products Matt Neumann and Aaron Neumann, and
Burns Lake’s Emily Dickson of the Omineca Ski Club were part of the provincial team in the event. The competition was held from Thursday to Sunday.
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Northern B.C. athletes eligible for the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George who participated in the 2012 National Biathlon Championships on the weekend are Arthur Roots, left, Sarah Beaudry, Emily Dickson and Leah Forsdick.
The results pleased the athletes’ coaches. Top performances included a gold medal by Beaudry in the youth women’s 6 km sprint and silver medal by Dickson in the senior girls’ 7.5 km individual event. Matt and Aaron, who train full-time in Canmore, Alta., also had high results. Aaron placed fourth in the junior men’s 10 km sprint, while Matt took eighth in the men’s 12.5 km pursuit. Roots took fifth in the youth men’s 10 km pursuit, while Forsdick took 13th in the senior girls’ 7.5 km individual event. Te m p e r a t u r e s throughout the week made snow conditions wet and slow. Temperatures got up to 15C and athletes had to strategize so they weren’t using up all of their energy in the first half of the race.
The course at Valcartier includes a steep climb up the mountain behind the range, with the first half of the course almost all climbing. Valcartier is one of two national training centres for biathlon, with the other in Canmore. Other results at nationals, with category in parentheses, were: Beaudry (youth women) - second in 10 km individual and second in 7.5 km pursuit; Roots (youth men) - seventh in 7.5 km sprint and eighth in 12.5 individual; Dickson (senior girls) - sixth in 7.5 km pursuit and 11th in 6 km sprint; Forsdick (senior girls) - 20th in 7.5 km pursuit and 23rd in 6 km sprint; Matt Neumann (men) - eighth in 15 km mass start and ninth in 10 km sprint; and Aaron Neumann (junior men) - fifth in 12.5 km pursuit and
seventh in 12.5 km mass start. Beaudry, Roots, Forsdick and Dickson are eligible to participate in the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George. Beaudry and Roots joined Matt and Aaron as members of Team B.C. at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax.
The Otway Nordic Centre is well into preparation mode for the 2015 Games, with plans for upgrades to the biathlon range and trails underway. The 1,000-day countdown to the Games is approaching, with the multi-sport national winter event slated for Feb. 12 to March 1, 2015.
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The Prince George Spruce Kings didn’t get a split in Merritt like they would’ve preferred. Then after they returned home, they suffered a 4-3 overtime heartbreaker against the Centennials on Monday night. What that led to was desperation for the Spruce Kings, as they entered Game 4 of their best-ofseven series against the Merritt Centennials in must-win territory. The Cents entered the contest on Tuesday night at the Coliseum (score unavailable at press time) with an opportunity to advance to the Interior Conference final with a four-game sweep. Evan Stack was the hero on Monday night, recording the winner 5:41 into the first overtime session. The Cents overcame a comeback from the Spruce Kings, who recovered from a 3-1 deficit to force overtime. Forwards Gerry Fitzgerald, Myles Fitzgerald and Paul De Jersey scored for the Spruce Kings.
Reece Wilcox, Sean Maktaak and Dylan Chanter scored Merritt’s other goals. Gerry recorded a goal and an assist while Leo added a helper as the Fitzgerald triplets led the way with a combined four points. The Centennials opened the series with a 4-1 victory on Friday. They followed that triumph with a 3-1 win on Saturday before the set moved to Prince George. Lino Chimienti recorded the win in net on Monday night, turning aside 25 shots as the Centennials outshot the home team 31-28. Kirk Thompson took the loss for the Spruce Kings. The Spruce Kings finished 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Cents were 0-for-4. Announced attendance was 1,309. Prior to Tuesday night’s game the rest of the series, each game if Ia n W EBSTER / M e r r itt He r a ld necessary, looked like this: ThursWith a Merritt Centennials player applying pressure at the side of the net, Spruce Kings day, 7 p.m. in Merritt; Friday, 7 p.m. at the Coliseum; and Satur- defenceman Ben Woodley picks up the puck in front of goalie Ty Swabb during their B.C. Hockey League playoff game on Friday night in Merritt. day, 7:30 p.m. in Merritt.
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2100 new teaching assistants have been hired since 2001. And, with a new $165 million Learning Improvement Fund, we will hire more.
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When it comes to sports reporting, there seems to be a fine line separating too much to cover and not enough events. There never seems to be the right amount of things going on. It’s feast or famine, you might say. Take my job with the Free Press (if you want to call it that) for example. On the weekend, significant games involving each of the city’s main sports teams were held: the UNBC basketball teams competed at Canadian Colleges Athletic Association nationals; the Prince George Spruce Kings opened their B.C. Hockey League playoffs in Merritt; the Western Hockey League’s Cougars wrapped up their 2011-12 campaign; and the Cariboo Cougars welcomed the Vancouver North East Chiefs to Kin 1 for ULL the BC Hockey OURT Major RESS Midget ALISTAIR League semifinals. On top of that, the Spruce Capital Warriors’ Laurie Mann tribute dinner show was held on Saturday evening at the Northern Sport Centre. As much as I’d prefer to be covering WHL playoffs this weekend, with the Cougars and UNBC Northern Timberwolves finished their respective 2011-12 campaigns, I can focus my attention this weekend on the Spruce Kings and Cariboo Cougars. It’s a relief that it’s lighter, but how long until it’s too light? The Merritt Centennials entered Tuesday night’s game with a commanding 3-0 lead over the Spruce Kings in their best-of-seven series, and the Cariboo squad is on the road this weekend to face the Vancouver North West Giants. What that means is the Prince George Aboriginal Youth Hockey Championships at the Kin Centre may stand as the only major competition in the city this weekend. Do you understand what I mean about a fine line? That
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The Phoenix Coyotes and Vancouver Canucks warm up prior to their NHL game at Rogers Arena on March 14. The Coyotes defeated the Canucks 5-4 in the contest. noted, April marks an opportunity to start covering the sports groups I don’t normally report on MCINNIS as much, and start previewing spring sports leagues.
CANUCKS GAME Last Wednesday, I took advantage of a Pacific Western Brewing offer to watch the Vancouver Canucks’
home game against the Phoenix Coyotes from the PWB suite in Rogers Arena. The Canucks losing 5-4 to the Coyotes was a minor downer in what was otherwise an enjoyable trip. I’ll admit I felt like kind of a big deal watching the game in the same suite as the past and former publishers of the Prince George Citizen and CKPG News general manager Ken Kilcullen. Not the only Free Press representative, I also had the
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Playbill OLD WEST Elder Citizens Recreation Association (ECRA) and the Forever Young Chorus present Songs of the Old West, an upbeat concert with special guest, Prince George Senior Idol Laurie Meier. Wear your cowboy attire and join the crowd. Prize for best costume. Shows run Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets $10 available at ECRA offices.
IMPROV Prince George’s own improvised theatre comedy troupe, Serious Moonlight Productions presents Improv Ad Nauseum on March 24 at the Twisted Cork restaurant. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Advance tickets are $10 available at Studio 2880 ticket office and Twisted Cork Restaurant. Tickets are $12.50 at the door if available.
HARLEY WINNER The P.G. Firefighters and Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation’s 2012 Harley Raffle was a sellout with all 3,500 tickets sold. The winner of the 2012 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail Classic was Don Clifford of Prince George. Second prize of an official Harley-Davidson leather jacket was Heather Anderson of Prince George. Third prize winner was Jim Anderson, winning a $250 gift certificate to the Harley Davidson shop in Prince George. All proceeds from the raffle are donated to the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation and will be used for equipment purchases.
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Michael Horinopoulos (Dr. Horrible) joined other actors from UNBC’s drama club production Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog to sing one number in the Wintergarden on March 15 to encourage people to buy tickets to their production.
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Super villain Dr. Horrible is trying to take over the world, defeat his arch nemesis, Captain Hammer, and win the love of Penny, the girl of his dreams. On March 30 and 31 the fight will take centre stage as the UNBC drama club reenacts Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. “I’m so excited I can hardly wait,” said Arielle Bernier,
director and producer of the play. “Everyone has being working so hard and they have improved so much since we started.” Bernier, who also plays the role of Penny, held auditions last October and over 30 people showed up. Michael Horinopoulos was cast at Dr. Horrible, Max Buchner as his arch nemesis Captain Hammer, and Neil Brooks as his friend Moist.
Bernier said the play will remain pretty close to the original. “It will be good laughs if you’ve see it and a whole new experience if you haven’t,” she said. She said the play is short, fun to put on and is great fun for the whole family to watch. As for what she’s most excited about ,it would be “Evil Thomas Jefferson (played by Justin Cabral)!” she said.
“No, I’m kidding. Honestly, the interaction between Max and Michael is so much fun. I just love watching them every rehearsal.” There will be three showings: March 30 at 7 p.m. and March 31 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. All showings are held in the UNBC Canfor Theatre. Tickets can be purchased Monday through Wednesday for $5 in the Wintergarden or for $10 at the door.
UNBC students want bottled water banned NATALIE CAMERON Free Press
Bottled water will be banned from the University of Northern British Columbia campus if one student group has anything to say about it. The third Annual Bottle Water Free Day at UNBC was hosted by Students for a Green University last Thursday. “The primary focus of this year’s campaign was to raise awareness about the negative impacts that bottled water has on the environment,” said Kallie Smith, the event’s primary organizer. “I suppose the ultimate goal
of this campaign is to move UNBC towards becoming a bottled water free campus.” One of the major problems is the current beverage provider at UNBC has a contract with the school. The provider recognizes the reason bottled water is brought to campus is because it is the biggest seller, Smith said. Therefore, this year’s campaign focused on encouraging people not to purchase bottled water. “Students were given the opportunity to pledge to not drink bottled water and we hope to use these pledge sheets in future conversations with administration,” Smith said. “We believe that these pledge sheets serve as
a demonstration of student efforts to become bottled water free and we hope the administration will echo these efforts and support UNBC moving towards a more bottled water free campus.” Smith said the group managed to get over five pages of pledges. Currently, the only postsecondary school in B.C. to commit to being bottled water free is Vancouver Island University. On Sept. 1, a water pledge was signed by the VIU president, Ralph Nilson, and the student union chairperson, Katie Marocchi. The pledge commits the school to being bottled water free by June 2012.
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Poets kick off Enpipe Line on March 26 Northern poets will gather in Prince George on Monday, March 26 to celebrate the art of resistance poetry and the northern launch of The Enpipe Line: 70,000+ kms of poetry written in resistance to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines proposal.
Prince George poets Rob Budde and Al Rempel, who contributed work to The Enpipe Line, and Sarah de Leeuw and GillianWigmore, whose work looks honestly at the sometimes harsh realities engendered by business as usual in the north, will be
joined by Sheila Peters, a Smithers contributor to the project and coowner of Creekstone Press which published the project in book form. Other contributors will also be there. “Global economics bring great forces to bear upon our corner of the planet,” Peters
said. “Many of us make poems, as John Berger says, to place something substantial against the cruelty and indifference of the world. All of us are planning to make written or oral presentations to the Joint Review Panel examining the Enbridge proj-
ect.” The Enpipe Line project started in Prince George in November 2010 when Budde invited Vancouver poet Christine Leclerc to read at UNBC. She had taken part in an occupation of the Enbridge offices in Vancouver. That was
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where the “enpipe” image first came to her. (To enpipe – a project coinage – is to block up and/or fill a pipe to bursting.) It lived online at www.enpipeline.org until Peters approached Leclerc about publishing the project as a book. “The project speaks powerfully to those of us living along the proposed pipeline route, reminding us that we are not alone in resisting these pipelines,” Peters said. Other northern contributors include Charlene M Mattson, Marilyn Belak, and Weston McGee. An editorial collective made up of some of Vancouver’s most interesting younger
writers – Jen Currin, Jordan Hall, Ray Hsu, Christine Leclerc, Nikki Reimer, Melissa Sawatsky and Daniel Zomparelli – worked with close to one hundred poets from around the world to create the book. “We came together as a community to write something that speaks to the heart of the resistance to Enbridge’s tar sands pipeline,” said Leclerc. “The possible world we hear on quiet days has a breath as close as imagination.” Proceeds from the sale of the book go into a Northern Gateway Pipelines resistance legal defense fund administered by the editorial collective.
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Helping nursing students meet future patients ALLAN WISHART allanw@pgfreepress.com
Melanie Labatch says there was a simple reason for organizing an Aboriginal Health Initiative Gathering. “My granny always said,” the CNC nursing student says, “’You can sit down and talk business with someone, but you always have to sit down for a meal with them too.’” Labatch, a second-year student who is a member of Saik’uz First Nation, said the gathering on Monday, involving the Saik’uz and Lheidli T’enneh communities, was planned as a very informal affair. “It starts with a potluck supper, then we have an Aboriginal nurse to give a short talk. We’ll split up for some workshops, which we’ll rotate through. There are some booths set up for things like tobacco cessation and diabetes. We have some art displays. “It’s just to bring people together so the students can get to know the people they’re going to be treating.” Monday’s gathering has been in the organizational stages since the beginning of January, she says, but its roots go back to when she
started her program at CNC. “Since I started here, I put out the invitation to people in the program to come out to Saik’uz. It’s a simple fact that if you’re Aboriginal, the chances are you’re going to be in worse health, so these are the people the students will be dealing with after they graduate.” She was able to get some interest, but never enough to make a gathering at Saik’uz possible. So this year, she decided to go the opposite route. “We will have a couple of Elders here, so the students can talk to them. They will also talk about traditional medicine.” The gathering also gave people the chance to sign up for a sweat at Narcosli, and to come to Saik’uz to meet Elders and the community. “We need to do something to bridge the gap between the students and the people they will be treating,” Labatch says. She has also spoken with a number of first-year students and people who plan to enter the program, and received a commitment from them to hold a similar event next year. “We have to give it legs. We can’t measure the outcomes until it actually happens. Then we’ll be able to see how well it worked.”
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■ RELAY FOR LIFE
Honorary chair was there at the start Jim VanderPloeg was part of first Rompin’ Stompin’ fundraiser for Cancer Society Jim VanderPloeg was introduced Wednesday as the honorary chair for this year’s fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. He lost his father, Simon, to cancer in 1991.
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During his father ’s illness, the family spent time at the cancer clinic in Vancouver and VanderPloeg was “blown away” by the kindness and support. When he got back to Prince George, he went to the Canadian Cancer Society and wanted to give his support. “It was a real team effort that first year. Steve Horton was the manager then, and he put a lot of work into it.” Their first idea for a fundraiser didn’t get off the ground. “My first idea was to hold a bike relay through the city. When we went to the RCMP, they informed us we couldn’t close down all the streets in the city for the event.” So it was back to the drawing board, where Horton remembered a 12-hour relay held in Coquitlam. “We decided we had to one-up them,” VanderPloeg said, “so we went for 24 hours.” The first year of the event, 1993, saw six
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Prince George Relay for Life honorary chairperson Jim VanderPloeg, left, talks about the first event in Prince George in 1993 as he and team development leader Trevor Patenaude display a T-shirt from the first event. teams registered. “We thought if we could get to 20 teams, we’d be rocking,” VanderPloeg said.
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Willow River Recreation Association Willow River Recreation/Equestrian Property The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George intends to consider adoption of the Willow River Recreation Association Equestrian Property Use Agreement Authorization Bylaw No. 2734, 2012 at its meeting of April 19, 2012. Bylaw No. 2734 will authorize the Regional District to enter into a renewal agreement, terminating in 2017, with the Willow River Recreation Association for the Willow River Recreation/Equestrian property located off Arnett Rd., in Willow River, BC, Electoral Area F, described as Lot A, District Lot 785, Cariboo District Plan 8289. In consideration of the entitlements given, the Regional District will receive a nominal sum of $1.00 for the specified term of the agreement. A copy of Bylaw No. 2734 is available for viewing on the Regional District website, at: http://rdffg.civicweb.net (Agenda for March 2012, Regional Board meeting Item No. 13.5), or in hard copy at the Regional District Service Centre at 155 George Street, Prince George, BC during regular business hours. Persons wishing to file a written submission in respect of Bylaw No. 2734 should do so not later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March, 30, 2012. Cindy Paton Community Services, Service Centre Representative
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Enjoy the culture and cooking of another land without leaving Prince George. Norooz, Persian New Year celebrations, will come together locally with music, musicians and authentic menu on March 31. The event ushers in the spring equinox. “Norooz has partnered with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) for this event, which is part of the Silk Road Series,” said Navaz guitarist Eric Tompkins. “It begins with Norooz and ends with the PGSO’s Silk Road concert on April 21.” Navaz will be entertaining with Persian music. “Norooz dates back to pre-Islamic times, so not surprisingly, it’s considered a very Persian festival,” said Tompkins. “In Iran, the celebration takes place over a two-week period but here we have only one night. Norooz is similar to Easter with the theme of re-birth. However, unlike Easter, it is more festive and cheerful. We are trying to promote an event that celebrates spring and also brings people together with great food and music.” The music of Navaz will be featured at the Norooz party and
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Guitarist Eric Tompkins and singer/percussionist Neda Jalali from Navaz join with Zaffron Cuisine for a Norooz Persian New Year event on March 31 at the Columbus Community Centre. the song list includes Navaz originals, interpretations of Hafez and Rumi poetry, popular Persian songs and
Arabic song. Navaz band members are Tompkins; Neda Jalali, vocals and percussion; Peyman Rohan-
Mackay signs books Lower Mainland author Robert Mackay has drawn on family history for a novel about the First World War. Mackay’s father fought in Picardy, France during the conflict, and the Vancouver author uses that as the basis for Soldier of the Horse. The story starts in Winnipeg in 1914, when Tom Macrae, a law student with a settled life on the prairies, enlists in the Canadian Forces and is sent overseas. As a member of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, Macrae serves in and out of the trenches, taking part in the stalemated struggles on the
Western Front. Along with the comradeship between the men, the book also emphasizes the bonds of trust created between the soldiers and their horses. Together, they face a hurricane f shells, machine guns and bayonets, and discover the best and worst of humanity. Meanwhile, back home, Macrae’s sweetheart, Ellen, has decision of her own to make in his absence. Mackay will be at Books and Company, 1685 Third Ave., to sign copies of Soldier of the Horse on March 24, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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deh, setar; Mohammad Sayyedi, daf and onbak; Richard Jenne, drums; Raghu Lokanathan, accordion; Curtis Abriel, bass; and Shawn Smith, saxophone. Most of the instruments used in creating Persian music are interesting and quite unusual. The setar is a stringed instrument with a similar sound to the Greek Bouzouki and the oud, also a stringed instrument, is perhaps the most popular Middle-eastern instrument creating the sound of a low bass. The tonbak and daf are drums of different shapes that create different sounds. The party menu includes shirazi (salad of diced cucumber, tomato with parsley, lemon juice and olive oil, paired with yoghurt and served with Persian flat bread). Main Course: jujeh kabab (grilled boneless chicken, marinated in herbs, spices, saffron and zesty lemon), served with basmati saffron rice; ghormeh sabzi (stew of fragrant herbs, spring onions, chunks of beef, beans), served with basmati saffron rice; jujeh va aloo (stew of marinated chicken with
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“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Canadian Cancer Society Join us in the Daffodil Campaign - be part of a street team or at a booth with daffodil pins and flowers, or help deliver pins and cut flowers to businesses, at various times late March & in April. Email: daffodilpg@bc.cancer.ca Nancy 250-564-0885 MADD Canada We are looking for a dedicated volunteer to be the local representative – Community Leader - for MADD. Help with public awareness in the community and offer victim support to victims of impaired driving. Email: tcrawford@madd.ca 1-877-676-6233 Project Friendship Society Looking for 2-3 volunteers for setup and/or take down for recreational sessions – Weds (Sept - June), at the Kinsmen Community Complex: Set up at 11:30, take down 2:15. Sandra 250-962-9320
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AGM, Hart Pioneer Centre, March 22, 1 p.m. Pete Zwiers discusses awardwinning wildlife photography, March 22, 7 p.m., 4051 18th Ave. DayBreakers Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association,1692 10th 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.
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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 250-962-7985.
FRIDAY Songs of the Old West, March 23, 7 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave., featuring Forever Young Chorus and Laurie Meier.
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SUNDAY Pancake breakfast, March 25, 8:30-11 a.m., Eagles Hall, Dagg Road. Caledonia Ramblers easy trip from Birchleg Trail to Huble Farm, March 25. Meet in parking lot behind city hal, 8:50 a.m. Information: Nowell at bestleftjab58@yahoo. ca or 250-562-7485. Songs of the Old West, March 25, 2 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave., featuring Forever Young Chorus and Laurie Meier. Meat draw, Royal Canadian Legion, 3-5 p.m., sponsored by Peace Keepers
General meeting, March 26, 1 p.m., Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. Planning for the Future, free workshop offered by Alzheimer Society of B.C., March 26, 2-4 p.m. Information: Leanne Jones 250-564-7533 or 1-866-564-7533, or e-mail ljones@ alzheimerbc.org. Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., St. Michael’s Church Hall. Information: Gys 250563-4828 or Reta 250962-2740. Royal Purple meets meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or Jeanette 250-5639362.
TUESDAY ECRA AGM, March 27, 1 p.m., 1692 10th Ave. 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. Hospital retirees breakfast meeting, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club. Information 250-5637497 or 250-5632885.
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DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Journeymen Carpenters and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Carpenters must have experience with installation of footing forms, slab on grade forms, build and install wall, column and elevated horizontal forms. Ability to layout work, off supplied control lines. And 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
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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
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Teeter Tots Early Learning Centre is currently seeking candidates to join our team in caring for children aged 3 – 12 years for the summer months. We are located at the Columbus Community Center in College Heights. The position start date is July 3rd, 2012 and consists of a minimum of 30 hours per week. Interested candidates must possess a clear Criminal Record Check, a Responsible Adult Certificate, valid Driver’s License, and Driver’s Abstract, First Aid and Food Safe. Please send resume via Fax: (250)964-2788 or Email: fun@teetertots.ca
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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We are looking for strong, fit people who… • Are interested in performing hard physical work in remote camp settings • Enjoy working in a team environment with a progressive and growing company that offers opportunity for growth and advancement • Are able to refrain from alcohol & drugs while working • Can work 12 hours a day, with 28 days in/14 days out shift rotations • Have good judgment, mechanical aptitude; strong work ethic and computer experience are preferred The Driller’s Helper Course is a comprehensive pre-employment program that prepares individuals to be able to work in the field of diamond drilling. At the end of the program you will have knowledge of: • Understanding of Safe Work Practices • WHMIS Certificate • Occupational First Aid Level 1 • First Aid Transportation Endorsement • Spill Response Training Certificate • Bear Awareness • Connection & Use of Construction Headers Propane Certificate • Hands on experience from a Hy-Tech drill set up in our yard • Supply pump set up and maintenance • Ontario Common Core Surface Training • Chainsaw Operation • Drill assembly • Hose Line • Helicopter Safety • Drill tear down and helicopter moves • Site clean-up and environmental responsibility • Safe operation of power tools and equipment (track vehicles, ATV’s, skidders) For more information and to obtain an application please visit our Website at: hy-techdrilling@hotmail.com or email us at jobapps@hy-techdrilling.com Application Deadline: April 9th, 2012
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.
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Pine Glen Apartments 255 N. Ospika (Rental Office) Spacious clean 2 & 3 bdrm 1 1/2 bath Heat, Hot water & Parking incl. Laundry & Play ground on Site. Ask about our new rates Bus route to all amenities 250-561-1823
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For Sale By Owner 3500 SQFT home in College Heights. 4/5 bdrm, 3.5 bath, view, garage, pool, new HE furn., new roof, $317,000. 250964-4416.
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Heavy Duty Machinery A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com Dresser TD8G bulldozer, 7300hrs., $20,000. Ford F550 2003 flatdeck w/ball. $17,000. 30 yard/hr. gold trommel, new, never used. $25,000. Equipment can be viewed at Fox Mtn. Wms. Lake. hst applicable. (250)392-1113, mobile (250) 302-1198.
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250-561-1447 1 1/2 - 2 bdrm apts. Safe, clean & quiet. Receive your 12th month rent free (conditions apply) 250-613-7483 Darby Apts. Bach $500, 1 bdr. $570, 2 bdr. $650; heat, h/w incl., 1601 Queensway; 250-596-4275 250-301-0664 Briarwood Apts. 1330/80 Foothills Blvd. 1 & 2 Bdrm suites 250-561-1571 Downtown 1 bdrm condo, on 7th floor. Apr 1st. Utilities incl. Laundry available. 1/2 month free for senior. (250)596-3838 HARDWOOD MANOR APTS Under New Management! Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm suites
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JUBILEE Apt’s 1 bedroom Adult orientated, close to downtown & bus route. N/S, N/P. Parking.
Call: (250) 562-7172 Park Village Apartments 125 N Ospika Blvd 2 & 3 bdrm suites Phone 250-612-5162 VENICE PLACE APTS 1438 Queensway Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm Suites Balcony, Elevator, Underground parking. Heat included Call (250)561-1446
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Between: TWYLA MAE CHAMBERLAIN PLAINTIFF And: REUBEN RYAN and PATRICIA LAWSON DEFENDANTS And: INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THIRD PARTY Subject to Rule 15-1 ADVERTISEMENT To: REUBEN RYAN TAKE NOTICE THAT on March 15, 2012 an Order was made for service on you of a Notice of Civil Claim issued from the Nanaimo Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in proceeding number M62839 by way of this advertisement. In the proceeding, the Plaintiff TWYLA MAE CHAMBERLAIN claims the following relief against you: 1. General and special damages; 2. Costs of this action; 3. Interest pursuant to the Court Order Interest Act; and 4. Such further relief as the Court may seem just.
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2 bdrm furn/unfurn NS Utilities & laundry incl. References required. Incentive for seniors. Avail immed. 250-562-2444
You may obtain, from the Nanaimo Registry, at 35 Front Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 5J1, a copy of the Notice of Civil Claim and the Order providing for service by this advertisement.
Bachelor 1,2,3 bdr. Avail Mar. 1st. 1/2 month free for seniors. 250-596-3838
This advertisement is placed by John R. Jordan, counsel for the Plaintiff TWYLA MAE CHAMBERLAIN, whose address for service is P.O. Box 455, Station “A”, 607 – 495 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 5L5 (Phone: 250-754-1295)
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TAKE NOTICE THAT on March 15, 2012 an Order was made for service on you of a Notice of Civil Claim issued from the Nanaimo Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in proceeding number M62693 by way of this advertisement. In the proceeding, the Plaintiff, SYLVIA MARIE PARK, claims the following relief against you: 1. General and special damages; 2. Costs of this action; 3. Interest pursuant to the Court Order Interest Act; and 4. Such further relief as the Court may seem just. You must file a responding pleading within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you. You may obtain, from the Nanaimo Registry, at 35 Front Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 5J1, a copy of the Notice of Civil Claim and the Order providing for service by this advertisement. This advertisement is placed by John R. Jordan, counsel for the Plaintiff SYLVIA MARIE PARK, whose address for service is P.O. Box 455, Station “A”, 607 – 495 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, B.C., V9R 5L5 (Phone: 250754-1295)
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