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work to unravel its problems. “Ted was prepared to improve and make this place a better place rather than just complain about it,” Brownridge said. “You don’t replace people like that.” It adds to the sorrow that Ted Moffat passed away Family, Brownridge said, was just days before the Kordyban Lodge was set to host its very important to grand opening. Moffat. But family Moffat, who operated the Northern didn’t just mean his Hardware, a family-owned and operated parents, spouse and business that’s been part of the landscape children. It included in the city for almost a century, passed his employees. away Feb. 26. The Lodge’s grand opening “Ted was more is set for March 1. than an employer to “He was a huge supporter of the his staff members,” Kordyban Lodge,” Brian Brownridge of Dennis Busby, manBrownridge Insurance, a long-time friend ager of Northern of Moffat and a fellow supporter of the Hardware, said. “We Kordyban Lodge campaign, said. “It’s did become his family opening Friday. Ted passed yesterday over the years, I had due to cancer, and he was in Vancouver Ted Moffat the privilege to have for his treatment. -Died Tuesday him as my employer “He was proud of the fact that was an for 20 years. Not only accomplishment for Prince George.” did I lose my boss, I lost a very Brownridge, who went to school with Moffat’s sister, good friend. There’s so many Val, and who has known the family for a number of years, said Moffat was born and raised in Prince George, people who could say that. We’re going to miss him a whole lot.” and proud of it. “He was an extremely prinThe love he had for the city spurred him to be politicipled man,” Brownridge said. cally astute. Brownridge, who served as a city alderman “The important things in his life under Ted’s father, Harold, said. He and Moffat enjoyed were his family and community. a number of spirited political conversations. He said His family was extended, That Moffat enjoyed talking politics – or just about anything was reflected in his business. Ted else, with just about anyone willing to join in. considered those people an exten“Ted had an incredible sense of humour. Nobody -enjoyed telling a story more than Ted,” Brownridge said. sion of his family. There’s a vibe in that store that doesn’t exist in “He’d hold court up in the furniture section with anymost businesses today.” one who cared to have a discussion about damn near Hilliard Clare, who worked side by side with Moffat anything. for over 50 years, agrees. “I don’t know whether problems were created or “He went about running the business,” Clare said. solved but he was always willing to listen.” “He wasn’t a really out-front guy, but he was very conBrownridge said Moffat’s love for the city was tied to cerned about business and employees. This organization politics, in that he wanted whatever was best for Prince has run like a family as long as I’ve been here, and that’s George. 60 years. “The underlying concern with Ted if it was politics Clare added Moffat also cared a great deal about his or otherwise was is it going to improve things for the customers. City of Prince George? He had a belief in Prince George “He was helpful. He was very concerned about busisecond to none. He loved it here. He loved the people of ness. He followed his old grandfather’s theory that the Prince George.” most important person in the world was the one who But not only did he love the city, he was willing to
comes through that front door,” he said. Clare smiled remembering an old saying at the Northern, and one many people in Prince George believe true. “The saying is if we don’t have it you don’t need it,” he laughed. He added Moffat was a good communicator. “We would meet each day as it came. He always shared any problems, and we’d try to address them. He was very good at communicating with me.” Moffat was known both for his generosity and his inclination to shy from the spotlight. “He was involved in the Fiddler’s Club, involved in a logging association. He was very much a community-oriented guy, and he was always endeavouring to improve the downtown area,” Clare said. Brownridge added Moffat was generous both with his time and his money. “Ted was generous, giving not only of money but of his time. He served on a number of boards.” The boards spanned a myriad of interests, from the Old Time Fiddlers to being a member of the board of directors for B.C. Rail to Brian Brownridge the forestry museum. Brownridge agreed with Clare in that Moffat wasn’t one to seek the spotlight. “Ted was very much under the radar. He wasn’t the guy who wanted to be front and centre. That was always ted’s way.” He laughed when asked if Moffat was ever interested in the mayor’s chair. “That’s a bit of a stretch. I have spent more time with Ted in the last six to eight months than any other individual. Certainly, we had politics in our blood and we had many discussions but if he was going to run it would have been before now.” Brownridge said Moffat knew of his illness for several months before his passing.
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An investigation into a complaint about the procurement process surrounding the Wood Innovation and Design Centre filed last November found the process was taking place in an open and fair manner and should proceed, according to Jobs Minister Pat Bell. The finding, he added, was made by Jane Shackell, the project’s fairness advisor. Recently it was reported that Dan McLaren and Brian Fehr named the provincial government in a complaint about protocols involving the
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lots of people will open the newspaper and see the WIDC in the headline and zone out again,” he said. “It’s been on the table for a long time. That’s unfortunate, but it’s been complex.” The WIDC was first announced in a 2009 throne speech and two subsequent ones. Land once belonging to McLaren, the site of the old P.G. Hotel between Fourth and Fifth avenues on George Street was purchased. The hotel was demolished. Though not included in this year’s throne speech, Bell said the project is now between three proponents. Financial submissions will be submitted by those three and the bid winner will be chosen from among them. “We hope to have a contract signed and a proponent announced by mid-March, and construction thereafter,” Bell said in a previous interview, adding if the weather holds out construction should begin almost immediately after that. According to the allegations reported by CBC, McLaren and Fehr were told in May 2012 by government representatives that they would be shortlisted for the project if the land needed for it was bought ahead of time. Neither were. The complexities involved in a project like the WIDC are why lawyers like Shackell are important, Bell said. “I’m confident the process is reasonable and will result in a good building in downtown Prince George,” Bell said.
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The gymnasium at Foothills Elementary was a sea of pink on Wednesday as students marked AntiBullying Day. A group of senior students did a dance routine to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way as part of the assembly.
It seems Prince George Free Press readers don’t agree too much with what city council has been up to lately. An online poll conducted February 15-24 garnered 476 responses to questions about various issues that council has been dealing with: • Do you agree with the suggestion to sell or privatize the Four Seasons Pool? 74.8 per cent “no.” • Should city administration have granted Coun. Brian Skakun’s request for financial information regarding specific expenditures? 78.7 per cent “yes.” • Should council have supported Coun. Brian Skakun’s request for financial information regarding specific expenditures? 79.6
per cent “yes.” • Do you think the core services review is a worthwhile endeavour? 67 per cent “no.” • Do you think the city received value for the money spent on the core services review? 81.9 per cent “no.” • Do you think the city should sell the Pine Valley Golf Course? 56.6 per cent “no.” • Do you support changing the Official Community Plan to allow a women’s recovery centre at the old Haldi Road school? 54.7 per cent “no.” • Do you think the Maclean’s crime ranking is a serious issue for Prince George? 63.4 per cent “yes.”
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Sarah Holland has one regret about the 2013-14 school calendar approved at Tuesday’s board meeting. “It’s a pity,” says the chair of the District Parents Advisory Council, “that they had to approve this calendar before we got a chance to see how the two-week spring break works.” Ministry changes to the regulations meant the calendar had to be submitted by March 31, and also had to reflect a new minimum number of hours of instruction. “We were very interested in seeing how the two-week break works,” Holland says. “A major-
ity of the parents who responded to a survey we did were supportive of it, but it’s something new. It’s not what people are used to. “I was talking with someone recently who wasn’t even aware there was a two-week break this year.” This year’s spring break runs from March 18 to 29, with students returning to school on April 1. “Her reaction,” Holland says, “was, ‘This is an April Fools joke, right?’” Holland was happy the board decided not to approve the 2014-15 calendar at the Tuesday meeting, even though its spring break is “set in stone”. “A previous board decided the spring break should coincide
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with the (Canada Winter) Games, so there isn’t much we can do with that.” She’s not opposed to the idea, noting it will give students a chance to participate in the Games. She also says the idea of the 2013-14 calendar being the same as the one used in most other districts has benefits. “There are events, such as provincial hockey, that take place during spring break, so that will be helpful.” Prince George and District Teachers Association president Matt Pearce says the major concern teachers have with the calendar is the timing of the break. “There were some concerns raised about the two-week break coming in the middle of the sec-
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but says they have time to work around some of the potential problems. “We want to see if there’s a way to break up that stretch from the beginning of March to June.” He says the break during the Games works well on a number of fronts. “I think Games organizers are hoping there will be teachers willing to volunteer during the Games, and it also gives senior students a chance to get in the community hours they need as a graduation requirement.” The 2013-14 school year starts on Sept. 4, with the winter break from Dec. 23 to Jan. 3 and the spring break from March 17 to 28. The last day of the school year is June 26.
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Family-doctor access promised for 2015
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A pilot project that included Prince George provided the basis for the new A GP for Me program, which will be launched April 1 and promises all B.C. citizens who want a family doctor will be able to access one by 2015. The program is being provided through a partnership between the province and the B.C. Medical Association. About $132.4 million will fund the program, with a significant portion of the money coming from the existing physician master agreement. The program will provide funding so doctors can consult with patients via phone, provide incentives for doctors to take on more patients with complex conditions like cancer, and provide funding supporting local physi-
cian groups to work collaboratively with health authorities to support better access to primary care. Simultaneously a complementary program will be launched so patients in the hospital get care from their family doctor. Dr. Garry Knoll, chair of board of Prince George Division of Family Practice, which participated in the pilot project, said physicians in the division involved were given support to develop programs for unattached patients they thought would work in their community. In Prince George this meant attacking the problem on several different fronts, Knoll said. “For Prince George we decided if we were going to increase capacity, a problem as large as it was, we figured it would have to be a multi-faceted program. So we sketched out a program that
does a few things.� They began by trying to help patients that face multiple barriers because of disease and, sometimes, socio-economic problems. “Often those folks have neglected their health problems and have a higher rate of disease than others,� Knoll said. They opened the Blue Pine clinic which is currently taking unattached patients from places like the heart clinic and emergency. “The plan is the Blue Pine clinic would scale up and eventually begin to take others who identified themselves who don’t have family doctors.,� he said. Northern Health and the division supports the clinic in a number of ways. A second prong of the plan teaches doctors a more efficient way to run the office. “We’re excited about a pro-
gram to increase physician’s capacity to see patients in an efficient way by off-loading tasks they do that don’t really need their expertise. The office is redesigned so it’s more efficient and everyone can do a better targeted job. Primary care coaches were employed to help doctors achieve more efficiency, since, Knoll said, doctors are already so busy it’s difficult for them to do strategic planning. They are also working with the city and Northern Health as well as with public health for an integrated and collaborative approach to decrease
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the demands on the health care system by improving the health of Prince George citizens. Knoll said his best educated guess is there were somewhere between 13,000 and 14,000 people without family doctors in the area when the program started. About a year ago Knoll said they found about 4,000 of those had found doctors. Knoll, who sometimes works at the Spruceland walk-in clinic, said according to his experience, there has been a difference.
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Council’s defining moment The city council meeting on March 4 will give The amendment to the Official Community Plan all of us a clear indication of the type of council is to allow the rezoning of a property in the Haldi we have. At that meeting they will show us their Road area to allow the operation of a rehabilitation commitment to long-term planning or the lack facility known as the Women’s Recovery Center. The thereof. They will be considering an amendment to property in question is the former Haldi Lake School the Official Community Plan. which had been sold and converted into a private The Official Community Plan is created to residence with the changed to Rural Residential. give council a framework as to how our city will Our community is seriously short of rehabilitation develop. A lot of staff time and public input goes facilities, like most other communities in the provinto the creation of the Official Community Plan. It ince. is our roadmap to the future. The majority of citizens opposing the change to Previous councils, with the exception of the last the Official Community Plan to allow rezoning for a council, have used the Official Community Plan as rehabilitation facility are simply concerned that the a guide in making their decisions on introduction of an institutional facility what is to be where. They have used will impact negatively on the rural charit as a guide in rezoning properties to acteristics of the area. avoid us suffering from a bad decision Out of this process a larger concern in the future. has arisen which should worry all of us. The previous council, and our current Onside We have an Official Community Plan council, to date, have chosen to ignore which was developed with input from VICTORBOWMAN the prudence of having a plan and interested citizens as well as staff and following it. They appear to take the attitude that council. Council approved the current official comthe plan was just an annoyance that could be disremunity plan a couple of years ago. The plan is revisgarded at will. ited in detail every five years and again approved The ironic part is that this plan is the one they by the council. approved a short time ago. When members of the current Council consider They did not have a problem with ignoring the amending the Official Community Plan on an ad official community plan until a group of citizens hoc basis, they also must consider the potential took them to the British Columbia Supreme Court to implications for the city. challenge a rezoning that conflicted with the Official If members of council feel they can casually Community Plan. The court upheld the contention change the plan on a whim, then the city is very of the citizens that any rezoning which did not conlikely going to find them in serious and expensive form to the Official Community Plan was not legal. trouble in the future. If they choose to ignore the Not only did the court determine that the city has Official Community Plan, the plan is of no use and acted outside of the law, they determined the city none of us can view our neighbourhoods as safe was sufficiently negligent in their duties that cost from the intrusion of unsuitable development. were also assessed to the city and paid to the citiHopefully at the March 4 meeting, members of zens group. It was your tax dollars that paid for the council will show the leadership and integrity we costs billed by the law firm they hired to represent bargained for when went to the polls during the last the city and the costs awarded to the citizens group. municipal election. Circulation Manager: Lana Metz Email: circulation@pgfreepress.com.............250-564-0504
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PAUL STRICKLAND Speical to Free Press
Courses in Greek and Latin should be returned to the school system. I don’t mean the study of these languages should be compulsory, but the courses should be offered and available every year. The quality of political thought would improve, and redundancy and wordiness in writing would be reduced. Admittedly, when such courses were compulsory up through the 1920s and 1930s in many districts, they were often taught by gradgrinds and taskmaster disciplinarians who conveyed no sense of the greatness of Greek and Roman literature, philosophy and art. In New England during this period, for example, the teaching of these foundational languages did not focus on reading and understanding the great books of the ancient world, writes the late president of the University of Chicago, Robert Maynard Hutchins, in his book No Friendly Voice. Instead, instructors of the day insisted on young people “studying their language in infinite detail and as an end in itself in such a way as to create in the student a profound distaste for the ancient world and all its works.” However, it was a mistake to get rid of courses in the classical languages entirely. Evidence of the lack of knowledge of these languages can be seen in much unnecessary wordiness and grammatical errors in current speech and publications. We often hear and read the redundant phrase “one-year anniversary” on the radio and in newspapers. The Latin word for
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Draven Kruikshanks from Duchess Park discusses a future in welding with Brittany Brown and Wendy Blaskovic with Thompson Rivers University at a job fair held at the Civic Centre Wednesday. year is already contained in the first two syllables of “anniversary.” It would be better to say “first anniversary.” In “Report on Business Weekend” in last Saturday’s Globe and Mail, we read, “Social media is ubiquitous.” “Media” is the plural of the Latin word “medium”, and the verb in the quoted sentence should be “are.” The many social media include Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. The phrase “media is” grates on my ears in the same way that “sheep is grazing on the hillside” would. A
similar error is “data shows.” If at least one person in each newsroom knew a bit of Latin, these errors and redundancies would be caught and corrected. The great Canadian novelist, Hugh MacLennan, author of Barometer Rising and Two Solitudes, went through Oxford’s undergraduate program in classical languages. His writing was a powerful influence on the development of contemporary Canadian English. A knowledge of Latin is the key to a better understanding
of French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian and other languages. UNBC has its Northern Medical Program. Dr. Eldon Lee of Prince George, a retired gynecologist who teaches ancient Greek in evening classes in his home, says Greek is the source of much medical terminology. Dr. Lee says everyone who takes an advanced degree should study Latin and Greek. I don’t know if I would go that far. But it is of concern that only a few Latin phrases can be found
in Canada’s Criminal Code now, and they are only occasionally used in Prince George courtrooms. Are connections being lost with Roman law and its influence on the shaping of legal terminology? To its credit, the Northern B.C. legal community includes some lawyers and judges who have a very thorough knowledge of Latin and Greek. The school board should develop optional local courses in Latin and Greek that are always available to students who might be interested.
Bullying awareness gaining, but more to be done Wednesday was officially Bullying suffer from lack of confidence, depresAwareness Day here in our province, bet- sion, anger management issues, and ter known to most people as Pink Shirt difficulties in school. In extreme cases, Day. bullying can lead to suicide. I was proud to wear pink and I hope Bullying is not an easy problem to many of you also parsolve; it takes a strong, ticipated in Pink Shirt Day, united effort, and it requires showing your support for on several levels. GovMLA action putting an end to bullying ernment, community orgaReport nizations, school teachers, by wearing a pink T-shirt. The tragic death of parents, and youth all have a SHIRLEYBOND Amanda Todd last year role to play if we are to sucreminded all of us of the need to take ceed in putting an end to bullying. We action. The sad fact is, bullying is pervamust all do our part. sive in our society; a recent study found Some types of bullying are very difthat here in B.C., 62 per cent of those sur- ficult to identify and prevent, such as veyed reported that they suffered from cyber-bullying. That’s why we created bullying as a child or teenager and 46 the ERASE Bullying (Expect Respect per cent of them said this caused lasting and A Safe Education) program, which damage. Bullying can take many forms, provides tools and training to combat including physical, verbal, peer pressure, bullying. Through the ERASE Bullying and cyber-bullying, and the effect can be website, www.erasebullying.ca, youth devastating. People who are bullied can can anonymously report bullying, and
both youth and parents can access information and other useful resources. The ERASE Bullying program also includes a telephone contact number that youth can call to report bullying anonymously. In addition, a five-year program which will provide training for over 15,000 teachers and community partners in identifying and preventing bullying has been created; by the end of this school year, every school district in the province will have begun providing this training. We have also been funding antibullying programs run by schools, police agencies, and community groups through proceeds from civil forfeiture. These groups can apply for grants through the civil forfeiture program, and in November our government announced $1 million in grants for antibullying programs throughout the province. While government has an important
part to play in putting an end to bullying and funding anti-bullying programs, but local organizations, educators, parents, and youth themselves must also be involved. That’s why I am moved by the story of Pink Shirt Day, which now symbolizes our fight against bullying. Pink Shirt Day was inspired by the story of a couple of students who stood up for a classmate who was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt. They bought a number of pink shirts and convinced other classmates to wear them. Not only did this show of support make the bullied student realize he wasn’t alone, it also showed the bullies that their behavior wasn’t considered acceptable by other students. In the fight against bullying, we must all do our part; not just on Pink Shirt Day, but every day we see bullying take place.
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Playbill KENNEDYS BACK Artspace welcomes the Kennedy Sisters to the stage on Saturday, March 9 starting at 8 p.m. Carlie and Julie Kennedy are twins who will captivate the audience with their unique fusion of folk, country, jazz and Celtic music. Nominated for five B.C. Country music awards, their performances bring toetapping tunes along with intimate, heartfelt songs. Tickets are at Books and Company for $15.
MOZART The PGSO presents the second of its Cathedral Concerts – Mozart’s Requiem. While Mozart did not live to see it completed, Requiem is considered one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. Mar 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Tickets are at Studio 2880 ticket office.
WAILERS Dancers are wanted to keep Blues Underground up on its feet. The organization returns to do a dance with Toronto’s 24th Street Wailers on Saturday, April 13 at the Kinsmen Community Complex, 777 Kinsmen Place. Tickets are $25 ($20 members). Advance ticket sales only, tickets are at Books and Company.
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Helping young players improve Adjudicator talks about good and bad with pianists TERESA MALLAM arts@pgfreepress.com
It was music to their ears. Sage advice from very learned adjudicators is what the young pianists came to hear Wednesday evening. Following their piano recitals – in a room so quiet you could hear a pin drop – the students got individual attention from adjudicator Dr. Ronald Morgan of Vancouver. He went over their performed pieces with them and offered suggestions on how they might improve. At the 7:30 p.m. recital, Isaiah Bromley Singh played Chopin’s Waltz in C sharp minor. Morgan had carefully listened to him play – now it was Singh’s turn to listen carefully. “I like it to start a little softer... take your time at the end [of the piece],” Morgan suggested. The adjudicator looked at his notes. “This one thing needs a little cleanup,” he said, pointing to a place on the sheet music sitting on top of the piano. “Can I watch?” Singh played the part again. This time, Morgan was smiling. “Yes, success,” he said. “I find myself talking about this a lot – about looking at the big picture. Take a step back and listen to it to see where you are going [with the piece].” In his adjudication, Morgan pointed out ways Singh could improve his playing technique such as “flying over” the keys with his wrists – while still “articulating” with his fingers. Pointing out a spot in the music where he thought Singh did very well, he said, “I love this shaping and what you were doing here.”
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Sophie Czechmeister listens to adjudicator Dr. Ronald Morgan of Vancouver as he goes through her recital piece, Chopin’s Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 4, Wednesday evening at Evangelical Free Church. The church is one of two venues for participants in this year’s P.G. and District Music Festival. For recitals at the church, two pianos are on stage so the adjudicator can play on the piano next to the student and show how mistakes can be corrected,
or simply how the music could sound better. Proud parents and piano teachers sit in the audience. Adjudicators play an impor-
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tant role in the music festival not just as judges but as mentors who often shape the future of young musicians. Morgan has made it his life’s work to help others learn and he currently teaches piano and pedogogy (the art of teaching) at this own studio in Burnaby. Morgan has an advanced degree in piano performance and musiciology from Estman School of Music. He has performed solo and collaborative recitals in Canada, U.S., Britain, Japan, Hong Kong. He taught piano at the University of Hawaii for four yrears (2000 to 2004). Participants in the P.G. and District Music Festival perform in a wide variety of disciplines in categories including vocal and musical theatre, choral, instrumental (trumpets, flutes, etc.,) piano and strings. Piano sessions are held at the Evangelical Free Church on 5th Avenue. Instrumental, vocal, choral and strings sessions are at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church at 3590 Dufferin Ave. The 2013 Prince George and District Musical Festival (Feb. 23 to March 4) showcases the best of the best performances with two finale music concerts held at Vanier Hall on March 9. Junior participants selected by the 2013 adjudicators will perform in Showcase Concert which starts at 5:30 p.m. Others recommended by adjudicators will be asked to perform at the Gala Concert at 8 p.m. Adjudicators in each discipline may also recommend participants from the local festival to go on to Provincial Festival of the Performing Arts B.C. which takes place May 26 to 30 in Chilliwack.
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Going for the ultimate Record-breaking number of entries this year DELYNDA PILON newsroom@pgfreepress.com
With an eye to fostering an interest in engineering, Don Williams has helped organize the Ultimate Bridge Building contest and Geo Rocks event for between 10 and 12 of its 16 years of existence. Williams said many in the profession do something during National Engineering and Geoscience month to showcase their profession. “The intent every year is to foster interest in engineering as a profession,” he said. “Different engineering groups all try to do activities engineering.” Williams, who works for All North Engineering, said this year they broke the record in entries, with 83 contestants trying their hand at building the ultimate bridge, as well as in the strength category, with one bridge handling the pressure of 795 lb. of pressure before breaking. “This year we had the most people registered, 83 entries,” Williams said. “In our
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Looking from the parking lot, there appears to be a lot of work ahead to complete the Kin Centre. But Andy Beesley, the manager of CN Centre and recreational facilities for the City, says construction is close to 50 per complete. The Kin Centre Enhancement Project is the most significant facility upgrade for the 2015 Canada Winter Games. The $16-million project began last May with a target completion of October.
Beesley said that the project is still on time and budget. Ian McKay of Vancouver-based PBK Architects designed the new facility. Yellowridge Construction of Langley is building the new centre. An open house for the project was held Wednesday inside the Kin Centre atrium. McKay made a day trip to the city. McKay’s relationship to Prince George projects dates back to his efforts planning the CN Centre, which opened in 1995. His experience in arena design dates back to
1993. McKay, a registered architect for the past 10 years, has been involved with building design for 25 years. Asked what feature of the Kin Centre project he likes the most, he talked about the roof of Kin 1. “We’ve got steel structure, but all-wood roof, so wood was important to the city obviously. They have their wood-first policy, so being able to put all that wood in, I think, will be the showpiece,” he said. “I think connecting the three rinks together was the main goal too because they
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Ian McKay of PBK Architects of Vancouver designed the Kin Centre Enhancement Project, and visited Prince George this week to meet with other parties and answer questions from the public.
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REGISTRATION FOR HIRED EQUIPMENT May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014 The City of Prince George is now accepting registrations for hired equipment on an as-required basis from May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014. Registration forms are available on the City web site www.princegeorge.ca or from the Transportation Division, located at 3990 – 18th Avenue. Registration forms must be hand delivered to the Transportation Division or mailed to 1100 Patricia Blvd V2L 3V9 no later than 4:30 P.M. Friday, March 22nd, 2013.
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Volunteers are the heart of our community and we need your help in recognizing those that give so much of themselves for others. The City of Prince George annually recognizes the outstanding contributions of individuals in our community. Several awards are bestowed on volunteers that contribute so much and make a difference in our community. If you know a volunteer who has made a significant contribution, please let us know. There are four types of awards including the Recreation & Culture Award, Community Service Award, Youth of the Year Award and the Outstanding Volunteer Award. Nominations are due by 4:30 pm on March 4th, 2013 and can be submitted to City Hall. For more information or a Nomination Package please contact Community Services at 250-561-7640 or www.princegeorge.ca click City Living > Civic Appreciation.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL: P13-05 Civic Plaza Enhancement Project, closing date: March 13, 2013 P13-04 Snow, Ice & Storm Water Utility, closing date: March 11, 2013
Regular Council Meeting Monday, March 4th Council Chambers- 6:00 p.m. Finance and Audit Committee Monday, March 4th 2nd Floor Conference Room – 12:00 p.m. Advisory Committee on Development Design Wednesday, March 6th Annex – 12:00 p.m. 100th Anniversary Committee Thursday, March 7th Annex- 12:00 p.m.
Broadcasting of Council Meetings: To follow live Council meetings, visit the City’s website at www.princegeorge.ca as webcasting services and video archiving of agenda items are available for the public.
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were three separate rinks which weren’t connected so well. This new work will connect them up and make it really usable and nice for public too because you’ll walk in, you’ll be able to wander through between them.” The final project will include a renovated lounge area with a new concession, new dressing rooms, expanded portable seating and new glass to make it more spectator friendly. Kin 1 will be expanded to an Olympic standard (200’ X 100’) from the previous non-conforming size (185’ X 85’) to meet Canada Games requirements. The framework for the new roof is already
being put in place. “The next phase that we’re seeing is the outer shell starting to go up, and the first stage of that is to put up the giant metal beam structure,” Beesley said. Although construction began only 10 months ago, McKay noted that they completed a Kin Centre study about a decade ago. At that time, they knew renovation work would be necessary. The Canada Winter Games’ funding allowed the project to move forward. McKay was awarded the project in the summer of 2011. The drawings were completed a year ago.
ACCESS AWARD OF MERIT The Prince George Advisory Committee on Accessibility invites nominations for the Access Award of Merit. The Access Award of Merit is presented annually to individuals, groups or businesses that have made a significant contribution towards a barrier free community, which is both universally accessible and inclusive to all residents. This Award is the highest honour granted by the City of Prince George in recognition of contributions to universal inclusiveness to improve the quality of life for all residents in this northern community. Application deadline is Friday, March 8th, 2013 at 5:00pm. For further information on the Award, please contact the City Manager’s Office at 250.561.7684
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Joanna Chapman-Smith, along with fellow songbird James Lamb play Artspace on March 10.
Songwriters play at Artspace Canadian songwriters Joanna Chapman-Smith and James Lamb will be at Artspace on March 10 for an intimate setting music performance. In her Feb. 22 news release, Chapman-Smith says she is returning to Artspace with fellow folkie James Lamb to spend a cozy Sunday afternoon of masterful guitar playing, powerful voices and moving songs. Chapman-Smith was raised in Toronto, born to a multi-cultural family with roots from New Zealand to Italy. Her work is unique and vast in scope. She moves from jazz to walk, folk to flamenco, tying together a world of sounds with her rare vocal skill. The artist has toured widely in Canada and Europe and her travels tend to show up in her stories and music. The award-winning songwriter just released a new album, Love Me Deeply, which has already received rave reviews. Stuart Derdeyn, The Province, says: “Love Me Deeply is the sort of love-and-loss album that can’t but grab anyone who hears it by the gut... her fluid, folky voice literally dances through heart-wrenching lyrics of despair and spiritual black-
ening yet leaves you smiling knowingly all the way.” Lamb is a Canadian songwriter born to a large family of folk musicians from the Kootenay Mountains in British Columbia. Since 2005, Lamb has toured across the country performing on large stages and in tiny rural nooks. His live presentation can haunt a room with thoughtful joy, his unique voice, his fascinating composition and commanding stage presence can plunge even the noisiest bar goers into mesmerized silence. The pair will also head to Valemount, B.C. March 11 to 15 to teach music in the local schools through Songbirds Travelling Music School, an initiative started by ChapmanSmith in fall 2011 to bring touring musicians into communities for teaching. “I recognized a desire and a need on both parts,” she said. “The desire for musicians to get more community engagement in the towns we visit and on the part of music-loving communities who are suffering from current arts-funding cuts.” Joanna Chapman-Smith and James Lamb perform live at Artspace on Sunday, March 10. Show starts at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10.
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Shorts COUGARS The Prince George Cougars will host the Kamloops Blazers in a Western Hockey League game this evening. Still hoping to climb into a playoff position, the Cougars have recorded 18 wins, 36 losses, two ties and six shootout defeats (18-36-2-6). They sit ninth in the 10-team Western Conference. The Cougars will also play at home on Monday and Tuesday against the Tri-City Americans. Each of the Cougars’ next three games will begin at 7 p.m. at CN Centre. In other team news, dates have been set for the second annual Prince George Cougars Alumni Hospital Charity Golf Tournament. This year’s event is scheduled for Aug. 15 and 16. For more information on the Cats, visit www.pgcougars.com.
CARIBOO CATS With their playoffs on the horizon, the Cariboo Cougars are entering the final weekend of the 2012-13 BC Hockey Major Midget League regular season. The Cougars will be in Coquitlam this weekend for a doubleheader against the Vancouver North East Chiefs. The teams will hit the ice on Saturday and Sunday. With two regular-season games remaining, the Cougars sport a record of 30 wins, seven losses and one tie (30-7-1).
CURLING This weekend, the Prince George Golf and Curling Club is playing host to the annual Ladies Bonspiel. Action is scheduled to get underway today and run through Sunday.
Snow doesn’t slow biathletes
The Biathlon BC Cup series wrapped up on the weekend at the Otway Nordic Centre. The Caledonia Nordic Ski Club played host to the B.C. championships on Saturday and Sunday. Under snowy conditions, the club welcomed visitors from throughout the province. With 17 athletes, the Caledonia club had the largest team. The top performance went to Claire Lapointe, who took first place in the senior girls’ 7.5-kilometre pursuit. Emily Dickson was battling the flu and didn’t post the results she would’ve preferred. The event consisted of the sprint on Saturday and pursuit on Sunday. Eight members of the Caledonia club, based A lis ta ir M cINNIS/ Fre e Pre s s on this season’s performances, have been Female competitors line up at the shooting range during Sunday’s pursuit event, part of the Biathlon named to Team BC. They BC provincial championships at the Otway Nordic Centre on the weekend. are: Josiah Fisher (senior year; Arthur Roots (youth men) - fourth year; years. boys) - first year; Lapointe (senior girls) - first Sarah Beaudry (youth women) - fifth year; The provincial team will compete at the year; Emily Dickson (senior girls) - second Matt Neumann (senior men) - many years; national championships in Whistler from year; Leah Forsdick (youth women) - second and Megan Heinicke (senior women) - many March 15 to 20.
Beaudry keeps busy with biathlons ALISTAIR MCINNIS sports@pgfreepress.com
These days, Sarah Beaudry resides in Canmore. Although she lives in Alberta, the Prince George biathlete will be spending a couple of weeks back in her home province. Beaudry will travel to B.C.’s south coast to compete in two major national competitions in Whistler. First, she’ll enter the North American and Canadian Biathlon Championships from March 15 to 20. After that event wraps up, she’ll have only a couple of days to prepare for the Haywood Ski Nationals from March 23 to 30. It’s a hectic and challenging time of year. But nothing Beaudry isn’t used to, as she’s entered both events before. But the situation for Beaudry, a 2012 Duchess Park Secondary graduate, is different this year than the past. A product of the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club, she won’t be travelling to the nationals from Prince George. Beaudry relocated to Canmore
last summer to start spending The level of competition on her winters training full-time at the course will also be differthe Canmore Nordic Centre, the ent. Although no stranger to base for Canada’s national biath- the Haywood Ski Nationals, lon team. Living in Canmore has Beaudry will be moving up a been a lesson in time manage- division to the junior women’s ment. On top of her training, category. she’s been working “It’ll be pretty part-time at Startight competition but bucks and is taking I’m hoping to get a a calculus course podium. We’ll see. through Athabasca That would be excitUniversity. ing if I did.” It’s been a change Beaudry will also from the days of livget the opportunity ing with her parents to reconnect with in Prince George. teammates, her father “It’s really good Pierre and mother because my team Liesbet. The CaledoSarah Beaudry is a really good nia Nordic Ski Club is - Biathlete planning on sending team and I’m training with some girls a group down to the who are better than me, so that’s Callahan Valley for the crossalways good,” Beaudry said dur- country skiing nationals. ing a phone interview on TuesAs coaches and officials, day. “But it’s also been a big step Pierre and Liesbet remain heavjust moving out and living on ily involved with the Caledonia my own and training full-time club at the Otway Nordic Cenand everything, and still trying tre. to have a job and do classes. It’s Beaudry is looking forward to a lot of stuff, but it’s been really spending time with her parents good, the experience.” in Whistler. As a bonus, she’ll
have them by her side on March 19, when she celebrates her 19th birthday. In January, Beaudry competed at the Biathlon Youth World Championships in Obertilliach, Austria. In her second trip to the top international biathlon competition for youth, she posted her best finish. She missed only two of 20 shots, four rounds, in recording a time of 34 minutes and 37.4 seconds (34:37.4) to finish fifth in the youth women’s 10 km individual event. “My big goal this year was to get a top five at World Juniors, and my World Juniors started off kind of rough and I was a little bit concerned,” she said. “I managed to pull through on the last day of individual racing and get the fifth place so that was really exciting and what I was really going for this year, so I was really happy that I made it happen in the end.” Beaudry is eligible to compete in the 2015 Canada Winter Games. The Games will be held in Prince George from Feb. 13 to March 1, 2015.
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nally preparing to box in a match consisting of four three-minute rounds. Since plans have changed, he’s getting ready for a tilt featuring five twominute rounds. Ken Huber of Kamloops represents Speirs’ opponent. The pugilists will
exchange blows in the main event of a Spruce Capital Warriors card, a cruiserweight match (under 200 pounds). The competition is scheduled for Saturday evening, 7 p.m. at the Roll-A-Dome. This won’t be like past Warriors’ events. Saturday marks Spruce
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Thomas Speirs tries connecting during a sparring session with teammate Marcus Hume at a Spruce Capital Warriors Boxing Club training session in January. Capital’s first card as members of Combsport (The British Columbia Combative Sports Association). Ten fights are in the lineup, six which will be professional style four-round tilts. The other three will be three-round Olympic style amateur matches. Warriors head coach Wayne Sponagle noted that ticket sales have gone well. As of Wednesday, most of the 150 ringside tickets had been sold, but there were plenty of rush seats available. Prices are $40 for ring-
side and $20 for rush. The club is also offering 200 table seats at $30 each. Tickets are available at Prince George 24 Hour Fitness, the Roll-A-Dome, Rocky Mountain Fitness and the Westwood Sports Pub. They’ll also be sold at the door. For ticket information, contact promoter Bruno Selegari at 250613-7511.
BASEBALL This summer will be another busy one for baseball in Prince George. In addition to the
2013 World Baseball Challenge, the city will play host to the B.C. Minor Baseball Association Peewee AAA provincials from Aug. 8 to 11 (rain date on Aug. 12). The peewee provincials will unfold at Volunteer Park in the Hart. The event will feature top 11- and 12-year-old players in B.C., with 10 teams expected to compete. For the WBC, the youth competition offers another exciting event its organizing committee can work with.
SPRING It’s that time of year again. While snow is still prevalent throughout the city, spring sports seasons are just around the corner. Active Living Market is this weekend in Pine Centre Mall. Representatives from different sports leagues will have tables set up in the mall to take registration for the 2013 season. The event will run on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
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Kings want to enter playoffs on high note ALISTAIR MCINNIS sports@pgfreepress.com
This late in the regular season, some teams have a tendency of laying off the gas pedal. For other clubs, playoff hockey has started early. Facing elimination from championship contention, “must win” becomes a more common term. The Prince George Spruce Kings fall under the former group. Even in the weeks leading to Feb. 16, the day they clinched a playoff spot, the Spruce Kings appeared destined to finish third in the five-team Mainland Division. Only four dates remain on the Spruce Kings’ 56-game regular season, and head coach Dave Dupas hopes they can get on a roll entering the postseason. Overall the Spruce Kings have 24 wins, 20 losses, one tie and seven overtime defeats (24-20-1-7) in the regular season. But they were only 3-5 in eight games in February. “We have to be better. It’s just as simple as that,” Dupas said following a practice on Tuesday morning. “We had some tough games, but if we want to go anywhere, we have to beat tough teams in tough buildings when it gets tough for us.” The Spruce Kings’ four remaining games are home ice match-ups against teams sporting lower winning percentages entering this weekend. Easy wins, right? Not likely. At this point, the three regular-season opponents left for the Spruce Kings are still seeking playoff spots. Their rivals for tonight’s game (7 p.m. at the Coliseum), the Vernon Vipers, are clinging to slim playoff hopes with a 17-25-1-9 mark. They’re last in the six-team Interior Divi-
sion, six points behind the Salmon Arm SilverBacks (22-23-2-4) and Trail Smoke Eaters (24-27-0-2), tied for fourth with 50 points. Three of four playoff teams in the Interior have been determined, and with two games in hand on the Smokies, the SilverBacks appear to have the inside track on the fourth and final spot. The SilverBacks are the Spruce Kings’ final regular-season opponent. They’ll play on March 9 at the Coliseum. To wrap up another busy three-game weekend, the Spruce Kings will host their Mainland Division rivals, the Langley Rivermen. They’ll hit the Coliseum ice for a doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday. The fourth-place Rivermen (22-23-1-5) are the only Mainland team that hasn’t clinched a playoff berth. They sit five points ahead of the last-place Coquitlam Express (22-29-1-0). Langley can secure a playoff spot and eliminate Coquitlam this weekend. If they sweep the Spruce Kings, they’ll still have a chance at third in the division. “You look at these last seven (regularseason) games and you think, on that schedule Chilliwack is the one team that is going to be difficult. We should be able to, if we play well, handle the other six games,” Dupas said. “But Coquitlam, Langley, Salmon Arm and Vernon are all still battling for the last playoff spots.” The Spruce Kings faced a desperate Coquitlam team during a Mainland road trip on the weekend and lost twice, 5-3 on Friday and 4-1 on Sunday. In between the losses, the Spruce Kings recorded a 5-3 win over the Chilliwack Chiefs on Saturday. NOTES: PLAYOFFS – The BCHL postseason begins on March 15, with the top four Mainland teams hitting the ice for best-of-five open-
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Prince George Spruce Kings goalie Kirk Thompson attempts to make a save against the Chilliwack Chiefs during their B.C. Hockey League game on Saturday evening in Chilliwack. Thompson recorded 45 saves in a 5-3 Spruce Kings victory. ing round series. If the Spruce Kings finish third, they’ll play at Chilliwack on March 15 and 16. They would play at home on March 17 with a fourth game, if necessary, on March 18. If a fifth and deciding game is required, it would take place March 19 at the higher seeded team’s arena. BREAK – Next week represents a break in the Spruce Kings’ schedule, with the Salmon Arm contest the only game the following weekend.
“It’s nice to be home and nice to get that rest, nice to get off the bus and off the road,” Dupas said. “But with that said, there’s always that added pressure of performing at home where hopefully it gets the guys motivated more and it gets them playing hard for their home fans.” STAR PERFORMANCE – In Saturday’s win over the Chiefs, Spruce Kings starting goalie Kirk Thompson was named the first star with a 45-save performance. The Chiefs outshot the visitors 48-25.
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However, the Cougars had the Prince George sports spotlight completely to themselves on that night. The Spruce Kings were out of town and the UNBC basketball teams had already completed their season. Moreover, there wasn’t a one-time special event elsewhere in the city like a boxing card (which will happen Saturday, March 2 at the Roll-A-Dome) and, as a bonus, the Vancouver Canucks were not playing on TV. To create a better atmosphere in the building, the Cougars need to attract more spectators. Yes, “free” tickets would accomplish that, but no business, in any line of work, can afford to give away their product. This is a classic case of a Catch-22 and the problem remains that in order for the team to continue to reside in Prince George, a quick solution is needed. Edwin Louis Cole once stated, “You don’t drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there.” The Cougars are just trying to stay afloat, season by season, and that becomes more difficult as the tidal waves get bigger and bigger. FROM THE QUOTE RACK: Johnny Damon, 39, apparently would love a chance to play for the Yankees again in the wake of the injury to Curtis Granderson. To fit in with the rest of their team, New York, however, is presumably looking for someone with more experience. Contributor Janice Hough of Palo Alto, California (www.leftcoastsportsbabe.com) According to Forbes Magazine, Sacramento is no longer one of the most miserable cities in the country. A magazine spokesman cites the reason as the Kings are about to leave town. Contributor Bill Littlejohn of South Lake Tahoe, California Bulls star Joakim Noah is 0-for-7 in career three-pointers. Anyone surprised a guy named Noah prefers his points two by two? Comedy writer RJ Currie (www. Sportsdeke.com) Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio stations 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for hqprincegeorge.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to hmiller@94xfm.com. Follow him on twitter: @Hartley_Miller
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ConďŹ ned Space Entry / Rescue Apr 4 – 5/13 Thu & Fri 9:00am – 4:00pm Cost: $225
Small Engine Repair Apr 8 -12/13 Mon - Thu 4:00 – 10:00pm Cost: $ 595
CFC / HCFC / HFC Control & Recovery Apr 9/13 Tue 8:00am – 4:30pm Cost: $ 215
Air Conditioning Basics Apr 15 – 17/13 Mon – Wed 6:00 – 10:00pm Cost: $ 250
TrafďŹ c Control Person CertiďŹ cate Apr 17- 18/13 Wed & Thu 8:00am – 4:30pm Cost: $325
Registration recommended 2 weeks before the start date. For all our 2012/13 course offerings visit our website at www.cnc.bc.ca
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COLLEGE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Ice Hockey 5-7 years by December 31, 2013. Children born in 2006, 2007 & 2008. Early registration for College Heights Ice Hockey will be held at our Spring Registration Night Monday March 11th @ 7:30pm at the Columbus Centre (7201 Domano Blvd.) More information call 250-964-2662. Maximum 72 Limited spaces available. Returning players registered in early March.
Days: Monday & Wednesday OR Tuesday & Thursday Time: 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Location: TBA Dates: October 2013 - March 2014 Fees: $250.00
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Friday March 2 1 - 4pm Acrylic - Wilf Moore
Registration for new participants start Monday, March 11 @ 7:30pm at C.H.C.A. Spring Registration Night at Columbus Centre 7201 Domano Blvd.
Wednesday March 20 1 - 4pm Mixed Media - Kat Valcourt Thursday March 21 1 - 4pm Water Colour Pencil & Pet Drawing Sharon Paul
We offer a licensed program focused on giving your child a clean, safe, friendly and fun environment where they will enjoy learning centres, free play, artwork, making new friends and learning to share and co-operate in a classroom situation. $20 Non refundable Registration Fee Required. Returning children registered in early March. “NEWâ€? Introduction to Preschool 30 months - 3.5 years 1 day a week program • Parent Participating $35 per month
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Child must be toilet training and parent/caregiver must do a Parent Helper Duty Day once every 4 - 6 weeks.
Tuesday April 2 7:30 - 9:30pm Oil - Kathy Rochon
2 Day a Week Programs: 3-5 years old, Limit 16 per program Parent Participating $75 per month (One Parent Duty Day per month) OR Non-Parent Participating $95 per month Tuesday & Thursday A.M. 9:00 - 11:00 AM Monday & Wednesday A.M. 9:00 - 11:00 AM Monday & Wednesday P.M. 12:15 - 2:15 PM Tuesday & Thursday P.M. 12:15 - 2:15 PM
Thursday April 4 7 - 9pm Coloured Charcoal & Pen & Ink Marna Tufnell Date TBA 1 - 4pm Water Colour - Sharon Antonenko
4 Year Old Only Programs: (Children born in 2009) Limit 16 per program Non-Parent Participating Programs We will be offering 2 1/2 hour programs twice OR three times a week for children in their last year of Preschool.
Monday/Wednesday/Friday A.M. 9:00 - 11:30 am Tuesday & Thursday A.M. 9:00 - 11:30 am Tuesday & Thursday P.M. 12:15- 2:45 pm
($20 non-refundable deposit required)
All programs located at #105-6500 Southridge Ave. For more information call Cheryl @ 250-964-2662
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ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday May 1, 2013 5:00 – 6:00 pm Prince George Civic Centre Room 205 General Public and all interested parties are invited to attend the presentation of the Prince George Airport Authority’s Annual Report and 2012 Operational Overview
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Falcon Equipment is a leading Distributor/ Installer of Hydraulic Truck Equipment with locations throughout Western Canada.
HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS & CRANE INSTALLERS NEEDED! Our Prince George Shop is looking for people who: • Think logically and are attune with changes in technology • Are self-motivated to meet workplace challenges Experience with Articulating and Stiffboom Cranes Preferred. Electrical and Hydraulic Experience is Necessary. We offer competitive wages and beneÀts in a growth-oriented environment.
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IMSS Building 1270-2nd Ave
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Aboriginal Supported Child Development: Program Coordinator- F/T (Temporary) Closing date: March 13, 2013 at 4:30 pm A hard copy listing the roles, responsibilities and qualiďŹ cations of the position are available from the Prince George Native Friendship Centre’s website at www.pgnfc.com (click on Join Our Team / Careers). To apply, submit a resume, cover letter and three (3) references detailing which position you are applying for, to: Prince George Native Friendship Centre 1600 Third Avenue Prince George, BC V2L 3G6 Fax: (250) 563-0924 E-mail: employment@pgnfc.com Applications will be accepted until dates noted on postings, no telephone inquiries please. We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Sex and the Kitty A single unspayed cat can produce 470,000 offspring in just seven years. Sadly, most of them end up abandoned at BC SPCA shelters or condemned to a grim life on the streets. Be responsible - don’t litter.
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Help Wanted Curry Kingdom Restaurant requires full time experienced cooks with min 2 yrs exp, specializing in South Indian and Srilankan. $18 per hour. Drop off resume to 1789 S. Nicholson St. between 10am - 9pm
East Indian Cooks Wanted Nijjer Food Ltd. dba Dana Mandi & Indian Restaurant a full service Indian restaurant located at 2095 - 5th Ave, Prince George, B.C. needs (4) Full time, permanent, ethnic Cooks specializing in Indian Cuisines and (1) sweet maker (Mithai). Job duties include menu design and planning, back cooking for banquets, special religious and community events, labour & food cost control, shift supervision and training of employees. Also responsible for preparing orders for out of town deliveries. Minimum 3 years of experience. Knowledge of Hindi or Punjabi an asset. Salary $ 18/hr. Email resume to nijjerb@hotmail.com. EXPERIENCED CDA required for Dr. Dale Henry, starting April. Prostho module an asset. OfďŹ ce Hours TuesdayWednesday-Thursday 7:30am - 6pm. Resumes to: 201-330632nd Ave, Vernon, V1T 2M6 Fax 250-545-6872 or email: docsmiley@shawcable.com Resident Manager for 20 unit Silver Star Motel,Vernon Fax 250-545-3859 email silverstar motel@shaw.ca
Trades, Technical FITTER/FABRICATOR Maple Ridge shop req. full time Fitter/Fabricator with speciďŹ c pressure vessel/heat exchanger experience. Can interpret shop dwgs is well versed in layout, ďŹ tting and tacking of pressure vessel tube and shell heat exchangers & tanks w/minimum supervision. Competitive Salary, with BeneďŹ ts Including Pension. Please e-mail resume emmfg.com
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Bath & Kitchen Specialist We bring creative design ideas to the table, as we work closely with you to achieve the perfect remodel. No job too big and none certainly, too small. Call Tom today for free estimate.
250-961-0439 G Gilbert Renovation Year round reno needs. Int/ext, nothing too small. 30 yrs exp. Free estimates! Call Gaetan (250) 560-5845 or 552-7184
Lou’s Renos Roger’s Renos Decks, fences, basements rental units. For all your home reno needs. References available. Free estimates call 250-964-6106 Ivan at 250-552-8106 or Roger 250-552-0471
Moving & Storage BK Moving. Small moves. Call 250-635-4317 or cell 250-6312307 ask for Buck.
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Electric 10� Sliding Mitre Saw, 13 amp, bought at Home Depo, only used 6 times, $100 (250)564-7464
$200 & Under Firewood, driest wood in town split & delivered $180/cord (250)964-2020
Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53 in stock. SPECIAL 44’ x 40’ Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800! Sets up in one day! Also Damaged 40’ $1950 Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph. 1-866-528-7108 Free Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
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MECHANIC WANTED Career Need A LIFT??? Arpac is expanding ... again! As a leader in Western Canada’s material handling industry, Arpac is seeking an experienced automotive or HD mechanic to operate our new Service Vehicle in Prince George. The successful candidate, a customer-focused self-starter, will travel to customer job sites repairing customer equipment. This is a great opportunity to partner with a frontrunner in establishing a new territory.
We Offer Competitive Wages & Health Benefits, RRSP Program, Company Vehicle, Rewards Program, Great Work Environment and More!
Career-minded individuals can email their resume: hr@arpac.ca or fax: (1) 604-940-4082 Check out www.arpac.ca for more info.
Courses available include Applied Sciences, Arts, Business, English, Math, Psychology and more. Check out our courses online. www.cnc.bc.ca/Exploring/Services/International_Education.htm 3330 - 22nd Avenue, Prince George, BC V2N 1P8 • Te l ( 2 5 0 ) 5 6 1 - 5 8 5 7 • Fax (250) 561-5856
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HILLSBOROUGH Apts Newly updated, spacious 3 bdrm apts. Clean, quiet, secure entrance. No Pets. Includes H/W Utilities extra
VENICE PLACE APTS 1438 Queensway Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm Suites Balcony, Elevator, Underground parking. Heat included Call (250)561-1446
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• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available • Close to hospital & downtown • Rent includes heat, hot water • Elevator to undercover parking • Fridge, stove, quality carpets, drapes • Laundry on each floor • No pets
McLeese Lake Estates MHP Large single & double wide manufactured home sites available. Quiet country living, with low pad rent, year round RV sites available for month to month rental, full hookups. (Not a campground.) 1(877)304-4644
Suites, Lower 1 bdrm bsmt suite, College Hts, sep entrance, $650/mo incl utilities. 778-349-4584
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Majestic Management (1981) Ltd. CE • OFFI ERCIAL M • COM IL • RETA Space available for rent For all your rental needs Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT
Off N. Nechako, w/d, f/s. Mature, working people only. N/S $850. Avail immed. Call Theresa 250-962-5570
Want to Rent Wanting to Rent long-term rental, country home with natural gas & wood heat. 10-15 kms from town, bus route necessary. Will pay up to 3 mo in advance. Call (250)962-8226
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ASTTBC Technology Strategy Packed With Careers “Technology is the backbone of every BC industry, impacting virtually every aspect of the economy.”
Stepping Up
– BC Technology Report Card 2012 : KPMG
for BC Technology
ECHNOLOGY is BC’s fastest growing sector with employment of 84,000 – more jobs than forestry, mining, and oil and gas combined. 1 Technology today permeates every job and workplace in BC. Technology-reliant occupations in BC employed almost 150,000 workers in 2012. Certified technologist, technician and technical specialist positions represent almost 57,000 jobs, some 38% of this employment. 25,000 new technology job openings are expected by 2020, including about 8,600 more technologists and technicians. Oh, yes – and thousands of currently employed technology professionals nearing retirement must be replaced! Yet most young BC men and women – and their parents – currently overlook scores of stimulating science and technology careers. So… WHY aren’t grads and adult career-changers lining up for two-year programs at BCIT and colleges that lead straight into rewarding careers in applied science and engineering technology? “Part of the reason is that no clear strategic direction exists for technology education in BC,” observes John Leech, AScT, CAE, Executive Director of the 10,000 member Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC). “‘A Strategic Direction for Technology Education and Skills in British Columbia’, released on January 29th 2013, maps out an action plan for technology education and skills development.”
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John Leech, AScT, CAE Executive Director, ASTTBC For more info:
Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia 10767 – 148th Street, Surrey, BC V3R 0S4 T 604.585.2788 F 604.585.2790 techinfo@asttbc.org
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Check out our web page for NEGM activities that ASTTBC is supporting… www.ASTTBC.org/negm
Key goals outlined in ASTTBC’s Strategic Direction report: • Develop a strategic direction for technology education and skills in BC. • Create a technology education and training plan for BC tied to labour market demand. • Promote technology careers, skills and education in BC. • Increase high-school technology career preparation programs and teaching science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). • Increase Aboriginal participation in technology education and careers. full report available to download
• Increase participation and career advancement for women in technology. • Improve access for Internationally Trained Professionals.
For more information on ASTTBC’s Strategic Direction Report, please visit… www.ASTTBC.org/sd
“ASTTBC’s Strategic Direction stresses the ‘middle path’ between colleges and institutes, and university degrees and trades apprenticeships.” “The payoff is summed up in just one word – opportunity!”, Leech enthuses. “We see career opportunity for our young graduates, male and female, for Aboriginal people and new Canadians, becoming professional technologists, technicians and technical specialists.” ASTTBC’s strategy challenges the K–12 school system to redouble efforts to engage young students in ‘STEM’ subjects – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – and urges the creation of a BC ‘Science and Technology Culture’. STEM skills are the means by which Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Finland have established leadership in key industries. 2 A recent BC Technology Industries Association survey found ‘specialty’ technicians and technologists are the single most important position for BC technology companies to fill currently. The recent BC Mining HR Task Force forecast shows technologists and technicians are prominent in the industry’s five most in-demand occupations, including geological and mineral technologists, drafting technologists and technicians, and mapping and related technologists and technicians. “The need for more technology skills training programs for British Columbians is simply overwhelming,” concludes Leech. ■ 1 BC Jobs Plan: 1-Year Progress Report 2 Canadian Council of Chief Executives, 2012
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Keynote Speakers: Mayor Lori Ackerman (Morning) Fort St. John Lori Ackerman has served as a Councillor for the City of Fort St John since 2005 before being elected as the community’s first female Mayor in November of 2011. Lori has also represented the City as a Director with the Peace River Regional District since 2006 and the Northern Development Initiative Trust since 2008. Since becoming Mayor, Lori has been appointed to the Province’s Local Government RCMP Contract Management Committee and is a member of the Steering Committee for the BC Mayor’s Caucus. Her volunteer work includes, Emergency Social Services; Scouts Canada; was a founding member of the United Way Cabinet in Fort St John and chaired the community’s Homeless Shelter committee to name a few. In 2002, she received the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for her work in the community and in 2005 the Silver Acorn for her distinguished service in Scouting. Lori is the Executive Director for Sci-Tech North which is perfect because Lori believes that BC can harvest it’s natural resources and with the use of innovative BC born technology, doing it more efficiently, effectively and leave a lighter footprint.
Diane Buckner (Lunch) Host of CBC’s Dragons’ Den Dianne Buckner is best-known to Canadians as the host of CBC Television’s hit reality program Dragons’ Den, where eager entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a group of self-made Canadian millionaire investors. Other viewers may remember her ten years as the host of Venture, the successful and long-running series that chronicled the adventures of entrepreneurs. When Venture retired from the airwaves in 2007, Dianne co-created a new show, Fortune Hunters for CBC’s news network. It ran for two seasons, focusing on the social and consumer trends that create opportunities for entrepreneurs. In addition to her role on Dragons’ Den, Dianne is a member of the Business Team at CBC News. She writes a weekly column about small business for cbc.ca – the number one site for news in Canada. She also appears regularly on CBC’s local supper-hour newscasts across the country, reporting on the top business stories of the day. In the course of her work, Dianne has spoken with prime ministers, celebrity CEOs such as Jack Welch and super investor Warren Buffet, and has traveled extensively to countries such as Japan, Australia, the Netherlands and Iceland in pursuit of stories for CBC viewers. Her perspective on the world, and on the world of business, is unique
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