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The first tree for the Carbon Offset Aggregate Cooperative was planted at the Central B.C. Railway and Forestry Museum Tuesday, commemorating a landmark agreement which will see Crown land, especially that which was devastated by the mountain pine beetle or forest fires, replanted. Alongside the first COAC tree, the seven billionth seedling from the province’s silviculture industry was planted. Mary-Anne Arcand, COAC president, said last summer she was approached by a gentleman with the idea carbon could be captured through tree planting. “We started last September,” Arcand said, adding they bid on a government proposal to replant Crown land, especially areas devastated by the mountain pine beetle and forest fires. “Nobody is obligated to replant,” Arcand said, underscoring the difference between what happens on Crown land and what happens otherwise. “It’s left to natural regeneration.” Many times this means trees are sparse and straggly, hardly the healthy forests that provide shelter for wildlife, escape for naturalists and economic prosperity for loggers. “We need to take it to that next step,” Arcand, who also heads up the local logging association, said. “We wanted to do more.” The COAC is the official coordinating entity for carbon projects on crown land for B.C.
According to a news release this means COAC manages the data for lands that get replanted under the agreement (fee-forservice), translation of that data into carbon offsets (fee-for-service) and commission on the sales. It is also a mechanism for private sources to help rehabilitate B.C.’s forests, with a trust fund to draw from for decades and an aggregated carbon bank to sell from. “This means COAC has two ways to protect the environment,” MLA Shirley Bond said. The first carbon offset aggregation program reduces diesel consumption in big trucks and equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and helps owners save on operating costs, converting fuel savings into carbon offset credits. This agreement allows COAC to add reforestation and incremental silviculture to that portfolio, planting trees to capture carbon offsets which finances planting more trees. To take part in the process, contractors must join the COAC diesel reduction program. Arcand said this means a more carbonfriendly, fuel-efficient environment. “This is for the sake of my nine grandkids, their kids and their kid’s kids,” she said. On May 29 the first 9,000 trees were to be planted for carbon in the Nazko area, southwest of Quesnel. These trees are funded by the province, according to a press release. During the first week of June, another 10,000 privately funded trees will be planted in the same area. De Ly nd a PILON/ Fre e Pre s s
Mary-Anne Arcand had her granddaughter, Emma, plant the first Carbon Offset Aggregation Cooperative seedling at the Central B.C. Railway and Forestry Museum. The tree commemorates a new way of approaching silviculture in the province, which includes replanting crown land, paying for it with carbon offsets, a project headed by COAC. The seventh billion seedling was planted during the same ceremony.
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Man arrested for theft after bait car break-in He took the bait and the RCMP reeled him in. One man was arrested after a bait car was hit early Tuesday morning. Just after 2 a.m. Prince George RCMP General Duty officers attended Chartwell Crescent in the Westgate area of Prince George. A 46-year-old man was arrested without incident hiding in a back yard. At the time of his arrest, the suspect was in possession of a backpack containing a Canon camera, Nikon binoculars and a Gerber knife, all believed to have been stolen. The owners of these items are requested to contact Const. Rob Lamont at (250)561-3300 to claim the property. The suspect is currently under two probation orders from previous property crime related convic-
tions. At the time of the arrest, he was violating a 9 p.m. curfew condition set out in one of the probation orders. The Prince George resident, originally from Ontario, is also out on bail awaiting trial in another Prince George property crime investigation from earlier in May 2013. Prince George RCMP will be recommending a number of charges. The accused is currently on the Prince George RCMP’s Prolific Offender Watch List and is very well known to police. Officers believe he was committing the offences to support a drug addiction. Prince George’s Bait Car Program includes ‘bait property’, valuables placed in bait cars to assist in the apprehension of persons that steal from vehicles.
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If someone decides to dump their trash on your property, you are obliged to move it away at your own expense. Although if you know who did the dumping, you might be able to pursue the matter in civil court. It’s kind of obvious that a service station doesn’t generally sell mattresses or moose meat, so for one to have several of one and the skeleton of the other in the vicinity of its garbage bins smacks of
illegal dumping. Such is the case behind the Day and Night on the Hart Highway where a moose carcass was dumped. Guy Gusdal, with city bylaw services, said as far as he knows the city doesn’t keep stats on illegal dumping. “From the way our authority is written we deal with the property owner regardless of how it got there,” he said Although it may seem unfair, Gusdal said that is where the line must be drawn. “It’s up to them (owners) to look after their property,” he
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gets involved, generally, after a complaint has been filed. “Basically this is all complaint driven,” he said. “If we have a property we are dealing with, and we notice the property next to it is just as bad, we’ll go and deal with it at the same time, but initially getting us out is on a complaint basis.” Complaints of unsightly messes increase somewhat in spring. “It is a seasonal thing,” he said. “In winter the snow covers everything, and we don’t see it. But, on the other hand,
most people are generally good at cleaning up things in spring too.” Gusdal had no comment on whether closing the Quinn Street transfer station caused more illegal dumping. “It’s hard to say what impact, if any, it will have on what we do,” he said. “It’s not going to impact us as much as sanitation, because they will be dealing with what is left on city property.” Gusdal added Conservation Officers should be called if someone is reporting something like a dumped carcass.
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The Conservative government has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to consider whether various proposed reforms can be done by ParThe ongoing Senate saga isn’t exactly what liament alone. Zimmer said they are taking furPrince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer ther steps to accelerate changes to the Senate’s envisions for the Upper Chamber. rules on expenses and closing any loopholes in “Like Prime Minister Stephen Harper, I am the existing rule. disappointed in the developments that have “I did not enter public office for personal occurred in recent weeks,� said Zimmer. “As gain, but to make Canada a better place,� said the prime minister stated, there is no place in Zimmer. public office for those who seek to use it for The B.C. government will go ahead with their own, personal benefit.� its plan for Alberta-style senate Investigations into expenses of elections if it proves impossible to senators, particularly Mike Duffy, scrap the senate altogether, Premier have cast a negative light on the Christy Clark said this week. institution. And, it has cost Harper Clark issued a statement in his chief of staff. Nigel Wright response to the controversy over resigned when it was discovered senate expense claims that has he, personally, paid approximately gripped Ottawa. On record as pre$90,000 in expenses for Duffy who ferring the senate be scrapped, then no longer had to comply with Clark declined to comment on fedthe audit committee looking into eral Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s the matter. statement to a Montreal newspaper Bob Zimmer “It was our Conservative Govthat the senate should be preserved - Area MP because Quebec has 24 senators ernment that introduced and passed the Federal Accountability and Alberta and B.C. have only six Act,� said Zimmer. “This legislaeach. tion strengthened the powers of the Auditor “It’s true British Columbians have long been General, toughened the role of the Ethics Com- troubled by an unelected senate, but it should missioner, reformed political parties financing, be fixed or folded and not a distraction,� Clark and strengthened auditing and accountability said. within federal departments. “The Prime Minister invited us to move the “In addition to these changes, we have heard process of senate reform forward. To that end, from Canadians about the need to reform the we have moved legislation in the house before Senate. It is clear that the status quo cannot the election that would make a senate election continue, and changes need to be made as possible. It has not been passed and it will not quickly as possible.� be re-introduced until there is clarity from the Supreme Court.� Clark added: “We need to remember the fact that B.C. and the West is dramatically under-represented in the unelected senate.� The federal government has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether it can abolish the senate, or impose term limits and a provincial election requirement on new senators appointed. When former B.C. Liberal MLA John Les tabled senate election legislation in 2011, Clark made her preference clear. “I think that if we could, under the constitution, we should abolish the senate,� Clark said at the time, adding that electing senators would be the next best thing. Prime Minister Stephen Harper returned to the House of Commons Tuesday to face opposition questions on the conduct of senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, whose expense claims have come under scrutiny. Both have left the Conservative caucus to sit as independents, along with former Con6567 Hart Hwy in the Hart Ctr. servative Senator PatPH: 250-962-6678 rick Brazeau and Libwww.fabriclandwest.com eral Mac Harb, whose Store Hours: Mon.- Wed. & Sat. 9:30-5:30, expenses are also subThur. & Fri. 9:30-9:00, Sun. Noon-5:00 ject to an audit.
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Caterpillars overrunning city again
Although Canadian music icon Stompin’ Tom Connors passed away this year, those who grew up to his music might be reminded these days of his lyrics: “Bugs, bugs, bugs, if I had them all in jugs, I’d dig, dig, dig ‘til a big big hole was dug, dug, dug, dug, dug and that would be the end of the bug song.” Thanks to a forest tent caterpillar infestation everywhere in the city is ‘bugged.’ The malacosoma disstria, as it is scientifically called, has been a pest locally at least as far back as the 1920s, when the Forest Service began documenting its hungry hike up, down and around its favourite food source, the trembling aspen, or poplar tree. Emile Begin, a local registered professional forester, spent the first 25 years of his career working at the Forest Health office, documenting a variety of pests, including the forest tent caterpillar. He said the infestation comes as a cycle. “It’s anywhere from three to six or seven years, so kind of an 11-year cycle with three to six of infestation,” he said. There really is no peak year of infestation within that cycle. Rather the prevalence of the bug is dependent largely on weather, particularly because its natural nemesis, a bacterium known as BTK, needs warm moist weather - and plenty of tent caterpillars to feed on - to flourish. “If it does, then we have less tent caterpillars,” Begin said. The tent caterpillars have six ‘in-star’ stages
of varying size, from 1/16 of an inch to 1 1/4 inches. “The female moth lays eggs in the fall in these grey and white band and over-winter as eggs,” Begin said. “One female lays a family of eggs. They hatch in the spring and that’s called the first instar.” The cycle continues until the caterpillars are well-fed, ready to pupate and start the cycle again. “They will be around most of the summer,” he said. Begin added that a row of poplars from the CN Centre are already coated with cocoons. “It looks like snow on the poplars,” Begin said. “They are early, but it was an early summer.” Though poplars have ‘back-up buds’ and can re-foliate after the tent caterpillars are finished feeding for a season, consecutive seasons of defoliation may destroy the tree. “I know there will be mortality,” Begin said. “There are some soccer field trees that were
heavily defoliated. Some, I think, won’t make it.” Destruction in the Prince George Forest Service Area is likely to be extensive, though that won’t be known for a surety until August, when aerial sketch mapping is done. Currently, like last year, Chief Lake Road is, literally, crawling with caterpillars. Begin said he’s had
reports of infestation from the city to Saxton Lake, down Highway 16 to Isle Pierre, along University Way and Tyner as well as in College Heights. Though they mainly concentrate on aspen, new shoots on conifers aren’t safe during a hungry season. However it’s pretty safe for conifers. “It’s really quite light and only on new
shoots, and they have back-buds that develop in the fall. It’s pretty safe for conifers but really problematic with aspen,” Begin said. Within two weeks the roads along areas of high infestation, like Chief Lake Road, are likely to be slick with the bodies of dead caterpillars, leading to warnings to drivers to use caution. Begin said it will be greasy, smeary and stinky. For those who want to at least slow the caterpillars down, Begin said a dormant oil mixed according to the label, sprayed on trees in the fall, would work. Home owners could spray in summer as well. Thuricide is a natural bacterium that controls tent caterpillars. It is used in organic gardening. “It’s the lesser of the evils out there, and better than broad spectrum chemicals that kill everything, including beneficial insects,” Begin said. “It takes about five days to work, and it’s critical to
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rince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer says he’s “disappointed” with the ongoing Senate scandal in Ottawa. It’s not exactly a strongly worded condemnation of the shenanigans with the Upper Chamber, but in these days of MPs not questioning or criticizing higher-ups ever, it’s about as strong a word as an MP will use. The ongoing saga has to be difficult for Zimmer, whose real political roots and philosophy goes back to the old Reform Party for which Senate reform was a major, major issue. It was Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s not only stacking of the Senate, but adding to its numbers to ensure the goods and services tax became a reality that angered many Canadians, including conservative-thinking ones who went on to create the Reform Party. We don’t hear anything about a triple-E Senate anymore … equal, elected, and effective. The irony is that Stephen Harper was among those Reform folks who pushed so hard for it years ago. Now he sits with a Senate mess on his hands that has cost him his chief of staff. One could easily argue that senate reform would have been virtually impossible during Harper ’s years at the helm of minority government and it’s too soon into the majority term to get anything done. However, we’ve heard precious little from Harper or the Conservatives about Senate reform since they took power. Another bit of irony is that the senators now in the firing line – Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, and Patrick Brazeau – are all Harper appointees. Will the latest scandal prompt some actual Senate reform? It’s hard to say because these types of scandals seem to surface every couple of years without anything changing. NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has said it’s time for the Senate to be eliminated and that it will be a plank in the NDP platform in the next election. For Mulcair, it’s easy. The fact that there has never been an NDP prime minister means New Democrats rarely get appointed. In fact, there is only one. Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, however, followed in the footsteps of his father this week by alienating the West. Justin Trudeau pointed out how Quebec has a numerical advantage in Senate and, as such, doesn’t want to monkey with that. He’s playing politics, appealing to where he needs to win … Quebec. So where does that leave Senate reform? Pretty much where it’s been for a long time … on the backburner only to rear its ugly head when yet another of the elites forgets that the plebeians are watching.
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Rules upon rules upon rules Rules, do we have enough of them yet? We have rules to get some theoretical change to the finances become a society of rule makers wanting a set of of the country. Some worked, some didn’t. During rules for everything in our lives. this ongoing process, numerous bits were added The consequence of the stacking rule upon rule is and taken away, often for no logical or understandthe addition of more complexities in our lives rather able reason. than less. The government was enthusiastically assisted We do need some rules to guide us in certain by the bureaucracy who amongst other things saw situations. We need the rules of the road so all of an opportunity to grow their department. As their us are operating our vehicles in a logical manner. department grows their salary is increased and the If there were no rules and we could decide to drive bragging rights on the weekend barbecue circuit on whichever side of the road we wished, the result expand as well. One wonders if many of them ever would be chaos. Most of the rules governing how give a little thought to how much it costs the honest we drive and what we drive make sense and are working people of the country who diligently pay beneficial to all of us. their taxes. The laws protecting us from assault, Then there are the dumb rules. Promurder and other mayhem are necesvincially we have passed legislation sary to maintain a civil society. Without forbidding your friend from selling those laws, which are rules by another you a nice fresh plump chicken that name, civilized and orderly society has been dispatched with humanity would be impossible. and prepared for cooking in a safe Onside There are good rules beneficial to manner. Your friend breaks the law VICTORBOWMAN us all, and generally supported by if he sells you the prepared chicken, almost all, those rules make sense and but he can sell you the same chicken are acceptable until legislators, parliamentarians, stuffed into burlap bag alive and be legal. Then you municipal politicians and others begin to fiddle with can mess around with, perhaps limited skills, and them. Too frequently the changes and additions to get the same chicken to your oven and that is supthe basic rules result in poorer rules and more rules posed to guarantee some sort of safety. to explain and enforce changes. In contrast your hunter friend can harvest a A good example of making rules for a relatively moose, drag it through the bush, whack it up into simple task more and more complex is one that we consumable-sized pieces in the back shed, give you all know well, the dreaded income tax. In a few a chunk, and all is well. decades the rules have moved from understandable The next time you hear someone calling for rules to the average person to several volumes of incomagainst this or that, ask yourself if it is really necesprehensible rules that even intelligent and wellsary. We have lost our way and it is past time when educated accountants have difficulty in interpreting. we shirk our personal responsibilities and blame The average citizen doesn’t have any hope of workother. ing them out on their own. Perhaps the writers of There is no law that can demand ethics, integrity, the rules don’t even understand them. and common sense. There is a necessity for us all to There is more than one villain responsible for use our own intelligence and judgment. Generally, creating this complex system. The Parliament of those calling for more rules are often simply looking Canada, under many governments, changed the for a way to dodge their responsibilities. Circulation Manager: Lana Metz Email: circulation@pgfreepress.com.............250-564-0504
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settlements. Too few treaties have been signed since the federal and provincial and First Nations agreed on the principle of negotiated treaties recognizing self-government and control over resources. Premier Clark must decide on a political direction for treaty settlements that, in concert with the federal government, seeks to hasten progress. At the moment the political end of land claims has fallen way behind the economic reality of relations with aboriginal peoples. Pick any major project in this region from BC Hydro’s Northwest Transmission Line, to mines, to liquefied natural gas plants plans and the pipelines to feed them and you’ll find some kind of economic deal signed with a First Nation or a promise of signing one. These deals so far fall under the broad “consult and accommodate” approach that’s been developed thanks to court rulings. The challenge for the premier is to now find a political model that fits with the growing economic importance of aboriginal peoples. - Terrace Standard
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A delegation from Wuyi University in Jiangmen, China, a sister city of Prince George, visited the city last week, signing memorandums of understanding with UNBC and the Barkerville Heritage Trust. The MOU with UNBC is designed to promote cooperation in education and research.
When English becomes your preferred language Editor: Schools that teach English as a Second Language, ESL for short, are getting more popular these days for those foreign students who come to study in B.C. Many Asian students are clumsy or foreign to the English language. In order for them to extend study in the Canadian schooling system they need to enroll in ESL schools to get their language skills up to standard. Many of them are successful passing the exams but when it comes to speaking it, instead of putting information in writing, they are still far from being remotely fluent. Most of them can only speak broken English. The most common trend is that as soon as class is over and they hold conversations among themselves, it is always their native language that they revert to. It is their comfort zone. If we observe those young people we will notice hardly would two people unfamiliar to the English language making an effort to practice it between them. When they go home, it is always their mother tongue that dictates the conversations. Those students may still excel in school because most of the school work is done by writing and not by speaking. This gives rise to a generation of professionals who could give us a perfect written report but be unable to present it verbally or even express themselves in fluent English. I am not talking about accents as
that’s a completely irrelevant issue. The secret to being fluent in any language skills is practice, practice and practice. By correcting the mistakes of each other one can learn more efficiently. By speaking it out loud one can hear the language. In our community, the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has a significant representation of the Asian population with the Chinese being the most dominant. I have met many such students and have heard many of their conversations done in Mandarin or Cantonese but rarely in English especially when they are not Canadian-born. I have heard them complaining about the difficulty of grasping the basics of the English language and how they could not get the pronunciations right, especially those who speak Cantonese as there are no “R” sounds in the Cantonese language. For those who are of Mandarin speaking, they tend to curl their tongues with every word they say as Mandarin is not as flat as Cantonese and there are many “R” sounds in the language. These students fail to listen to the spoken way of those with English as their native language and learn how to maneuver the language in a more effective way by actually speaking it and imitating the sounds. The easiest way to conquer the lan-
guage is try to word the message differently until a way is found that is understandable to all parties. The habit of communicating in broken English does not help in future careers unless one can find a job that doesn’t require verbal communications. It has become a common trend that foreign professionals are frustrated at finding relevant jobs that are a fair match to their qualifications because of verbal communication issues. Potential employers get baffled because they cannot understand what the applicants are saying while the applicants get frustrated with their message not getting across. My advice to the newcomers who are learning the English is that “close enough” is never enough in this competing environment for jobs, recognition and development. One may never be an expert in the English language, as most of us are not, but one should be able to join a few sentences together like reading a paragraph from a book. Experiment with the language to break new grounds. Do not be afraid to make mistakes as practice makes perfect. Break away from the comfort zone and tell yourself that you are English speaking. Read materials out loud so you can hear yourself and get familiarized with the sound of you speaking English. After a written assignment read it back
out loud to yourself. Do not feel shy with verbal communications as the louder and more often you practice the pronunciations and the flow of the content, the better you will get. Don’t just use the very same words over and over again. Listen, speak and solicit feedback. The comfort level will rise. The other important thing is to think in English. It is very uneasy in the beginning and you may not be able to do it every time but it is important to make an effort of it. If you can think in English at least most of the time, then you can say you have accepted the language. Until you have accepted the language, you will always feel awkward towards it. Always practice, practice and practice whenever you can and try to convince yourself English is your best pal. Previously a landed immigrant, I had gone through many phases in mastering the English language. I studied it extensively but never practiced it often enough. It’s not until I started telling myself that English is going to be my new found first language and speak it whenever I can that I noticed tremendous improvements that eventually I can say I can speak English rather well. Now English is my “verbal habit”. I am still learning the skill and listening to feedbacks. Sarah Xia Prince George
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North houses still affordable
TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREETS
Northern British Columbia continues to be one of the most affordable places to buy a home, according to the 10th annual housing affordability study. The study was conducted by the B.C. Northern Real Estate Board. As with years prior, the study shows that northern communities continue to be affordable places to buy single detached family homes. The association reports that the costs in northern B.C. are about 31.6 per cent of median family income compared to 66.4 per cent for the entire province. The index shows the ratio of pre-tax median family income required to purchase an average single family detached house in 2013 (plus taxes and utilities). It is based on a five-year fixed mortgage rate with a 25 per cent down payment. Despite dramatic average house price increases across northern British Columbia since the first housing affordability study was completed in 2003, owning a home in the northern and north central region consumes a much smaller percentage of household income compared with the burden of home ownership in Vancouver. For 2012, the Housing Affordability Index (HAI) for northern British Columbia was 31.6 per cent compared with 82.2 per cent for Vancouver.
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Paving crews were out Tuesday, doing some work on the area around 18th Avenue and South Lyon Street.
Warriors show off new jerseys
YOUR CITY MATTERS May 31, 2013 COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS MEETINGS
INVITATION TO TENDER T13-19 Asphalt Micro Surfacing Treatment, closing Date: June 6, 2013
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL P13-09 Consulting Services for the Development of a Nature Interpretation & Outdoor Learning Network, closing Date: June 24, 2013 For information concerning City of Prince George bidding opportunities visit BC Bid @ www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca
PROCLAMATIONS Advisory Committee on Development Design Wednesday, June 5th 12:00 p.m. 2nd Floor Conference Room
Select Committee on Prince George’s 100th Anniversary Thursday, June 6th – – 12:00 p.m. Annex
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.
JOB POSTINGS Lifeguard/Instructors (6 positions), #13/038 closing Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:00 p.m.
June 1, 2013 is proclaimed “Access Awareness Day” June 1, 2013 is proclaimed “Intergenerational Day Canada” June 3, 2013 is proclaimed “Happy Helmet Day” June 2013 is proclaimed “Brain Injury Awareness Month”
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The Wheelin’ Warriors of the North will be giving their new jerseys a workout on June 2, and everyone’s invited. The bicycle team, which will be taking part in the Ride to Conquer Cancer from Vancouver to Seattle on June 15 and 16, is holding a fundraiser June 2 at Fort George Park. It’s a barbecue with Mike burgers for sale as well as other refreshments and baked goods. All the funds raised will go to the team, benefitting the BC Cancer Foundation. The team will also be taking a ride through the community, showing off their new jerseys, and the public is invited to join them on their own bikes. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Bigger dealership in place for new year DELYNDA PILON
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By week’s end the new Toyota dealership at the Highway 16/97 junction will have a roof in place as construction continues towards a Jan. 1 opening date. Mike Taylor, manger dealer development for Toyota Canada, visited the site Wednesday, pointing out several facets of the dealership while ensuring the franchise complies with company standards. Taylor said the new building will have a 10-bay shop, a significant upgrade from the former busy site, where customers were experiencing waiting times before being serviced. “We are pleased to make the investment,” Taylor said. “The dealership is an owner/ operator franchise.” Taylor said he was in the city to make sure the building meets look and size standards. He said it will have a bigger showroom to display as many cars as possible. “And the shop will be much larger, for more efficiency,” he said. “The customer will be able to drive
right into the shop here, not wait out in the snow.” Although Taylor said there are basic models of dealerships, each is ‘twigged’ to fit the owner/operator’s vision as well as the environment it will encompass, so each is unique. The walls are pre-cast in Kelowna, and the trusses for the roof are already in place as is the underground utilities. After the structure is up, construction slows down somewhat as details are added. “Details take longer,” Taylor said. “We want to open Jan. 1.” He said there is a lot of excitement in the North right now, with a relatively new dealership in Smithers and upgrades planned in Williams Lake, Quesnel, Whitehorse and Terrace. Taylor added that a new building usually brings new interest and more sales at a dealership, something he hopes to see in the city. “There’s visibly easier access,” he said. “It will be pleasant, and there won’t be delays getting into the shop.” Besides the excitement on site, earthmoving equipment is
Roy Lancaster, Toyota general manager, left, and Brian Guenther, superintendent with Silver Rock, show Mike Taylor, manager dealer development Toyota, the new construction site at the highways 16 and 97 intersection where a larger Toyota dealership is expected to open its doors Jan. 1. De Ly nd a PILON/ Fre e Pre s s
cleaning up the neighbouring chunk of land, readying it for what is purported to be a new Dodge dealership. Taylor said he welcomes another dealer-
ship, adding a cluster of similar businesses draws more customers, and he’s proud to show their product next to another dealer anytime
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Playbill EKPHRASTIC Writing in between, through, out, around and into Visual Art. Join in for a night of Ekphrastic Poetry at the Groop Gallery, 1127 Third Ave. Reception tonight (Friday) from 7 to 9 p.m. Readings by poets Adrienne Fitzpatrick, Al Rempel, Daniel Gallant, Jeremy Stewart, Josh Massey, Rob Budde and Si Transken begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information visit www.groopgallery.com.
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Musician/singer Lloyd Larsen will be on piano and drums at Cafe Voltaire for their regular Friday Night Mic tonight (May 31). The fun kicks off at 8 p.m. and the event is free of charge. Cafe Voltaire is in Books and Company.
ROYALTY TEA ECRA seniors invite all princes and princesses to attend Prince and Princess Tea and Parade on Saturday, June 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre,1692 10th Ave. Wear your prince or princess outfits and accessories, then join in for tea or juice, goodies and sandwiches and royal parade. Seating is limited. No tickets at the door. Proceeds go to fund centre operations.
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Most people know Harry Backlin as a successful realtor and businessman but he’s also an accomplished artist. Above, paintings of a loon, killer whales and a pair of otters grace the walls of his office.
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Realtor Harry Backlin likes to tell the story of the big fish that didn’t get away. He captured the marlin of his dreams – on canvas – after returning from a fishing expedition in Mexico. “In 2000, I went on a fishing trip with other businessmen to Puerto Vallarta,” he told the Free
Press Monday. “They were having a fishing derby and I wanted to get a marlin – but I couldn’t catch one. So I took pictures of them and when I got home, I painted the one you see on the wall.” Backlin points to a painting in the upper corner of his downtown office, a blue marlin, its long body and spear-like snout rising dramatically out of the sea. Most of Backlin’s subjects do
not escape him. To date, he’s completed dozens of paintings. They were done simply as a hobby – he says, and as a challenge to master. Art lessons began not for him, but for his father. “My dad and mom used to come out to Prince George from Winnipeg and they would stay with me for a few months over the winter. I wanted to keep dad [Dan] busy, so I asked a local art-
ist, Mary Dykes if she could take on a new student.” The student was 81, he added. “She sat down with him at 9 a.m. and when I came back at 12 p.m. he had done a picture on legal sized paper. It had scenery and mountains. He was able to do it because he had such a steady hand and he had good eyesight.” turn to PAGE A11
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Backlin started art with simple things from PAGE A10
His father’s success encouraged Backlin to try his own hand at cre-
ating art. He talked about it with Dykes. “I told her I can’t draw a circle let alone paint one. But I told her I wanted to paint clouds, mountains,
trees and water. [Mary] said I had to work with just two colours, blue and white. When it was all done, I looked in the mirror (he laughs) and said, ‘Michaelangelo, you’ve done it.’” After that, he painted animals and birds, scenery, “nothing intricate” but things that made him happy. A former teacher, Backlin said he never thought when he was a young student that he had the imagination to do art; it took someone late in life to convince him he could do it. “I think over the years I’ve done 150 pictures and I’ve never sold one, never given one away,” he said. His subjects include otters, killer whales and loons. He began painting 35 years ago and stopped doing it a few years ago. Why? Because he decided to take up guitar. “I went down to B and B Music. I told them I wanted to learn a few chords so I could put some of my poetry – I used to write a lot of poetry – to music. I closed the door so no one would have to listen to me.” For Backlin it was a long time since he’d first dabbled at either drawing or poetry. “I had a son and when he was three or four years old, I used to draw pictures for him with crayons and then I’d put poems down below.” Memories flood back. “My son became an environmental engineer. He graduated from one of the finest schools, in New York City where he lived with his mother. He had his pilot’s license. One day he lifted a package that was too heavy and hurt his back. He ended up in hospital in Boston with a growth on his spine which required surgery.” The operation lasted seven hours. “His mother called me from New York and
said Neil’s heart had stopped during the operation. He was 32 years old. He was my only child. He never smoked, he never drank and he was a body builder. But his heart just couldn’t take it.” Backlin pulls three worn photos from his wallet. One of them shows a movie-star handsome young man in a business suit, two others show Neil in a swimsuit with bulging muscles in body-building poses. “You have to go on in life,” says Backlin of the tragic personal loss. “The most precious thing you can have is good health and peace of mind. If you believe in caring and sharing, you can sleep at night. If not, your subconscious takes over and it never sleeps.” Backlin, who started out as a school teacher in Manitoba, talks for a minute about turning negatives into positives. It is more a philosophy lesson than an answer to why he got started in art – until he mentions how opportunity presents itself. “In every adversity, failure or disappointment in life, there is a seed of greater benefit. The key is to be able to identify the seed and do something with it. If you can’t do it yourself, talk to positive thinking people who can help you.” That rule applies to everyone, he says, whether they are a just-making-ends-meet taxi driver or the affluent head of a company. Life can be wonderful, he says, and using our imagination is just one gift. When the reporter suggests that Backlin’s next career could be inspirational speaker, he laughs. But he doesn’t say no. The seed has been planted.
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Rescue society gets helping hand at Expo Today, at the Canada North Resource Expo in Prince George, The Inland Group and Tigercat Industries Inc. will donate $20,000 to the Northern B.C. Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operations Society (H.E.R.O.S.) and Northland Dodge Motorsports Park.
Northern B.C. H.E.R.O.S. is a non-profit charitable society dedicated to the task of saving lives and improving medical outcomes for victims of serious trauma by providing the North Central Interior region with a dedicated helicopter emergency medical
system. Under new ownership and with expansion plans for 2013, Northland Motorsports Park is the only facility of its kind in B.C. – donating proceeds to local charities. Canada’s only multifunctional, year-round racing facil-
ity is operated with a unique business model that donates facility proceeds back to local charities (currently Northern B.C. H.E.R.O.S. www. nbcheros.org). Now with NHRA sanctioning and once CMRA scheduling is finalized, attendance is
expected to be up this year. The Inland Group operates in the competitive heavy-duty truck and equipment marketplace. With 15 locations throughout British Columbia and the Yukon, Inland Kenworth and Parker Pacific
Equipment serve industries such as construction, utility, forestry and mining. Tigercat specializes in the design and manufacturing of premium quality forestry equipment and specialized off-road industrial equipment.
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Girl Guides of Canada Chief Commissioner Sharon Callahan, centre, presents Ashley Hedstrom with a trader crest during a visit to the city last week. Fellow Brownie Kendall Svendsen had received a similar crest at another meeting Callahan was at earlier in the week. The girls were accompanied at the Civic Centre for the campfire event by their mothers, Kerri Svendsen and Andrea Hedstrom.
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Brain injury can happen in a moment ALLAN WISHART allanw@pgfreepress.com
Ian Parker makes the point simply. “It only takes a tiny little bump to get a brain injury,� says Parker, who suffered such an injury in October 2006, when he as a passenger in a motor vehicle in an accident, “and nobody knows how hard it is to recover.� Parker was one of the members of the Prince George Brian Injury Group (PGBIG) who spoke Wednesday at a kickoff event for Happy Helmet Day. The Northern Brain Injury Association (NBIA) is sponsoring the event, which calls on people to wear a helmet on Monday, June 3 – regardless of how it looks. “We’re guessing the reasons for not wearing a helmet on Happy Helmet Day would be much the same as not wearing them for sporting activities,� a press release said. “Reasons like, ‘It messes my hair’ and ‘I look goofy in a helmet’. “Those are good reasons for not wearing your helmet at the office, but they are not good reasons to go without a helmet during activities where you risk hitting your head.� Brayden Erickson, another PGBIG member, knows what that can lead to. “Last year, I suffered two brain injuries. I hit a tree while I was snowboarding in January, and
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Brayden Erickson, left, and Ian Parker both know the importance of wearing helmets, and they want everyone to wear a helmet everywhere on Monday. woke up a month and a half later in the hospital. I was in an induced coma, and they actually had to remove some of my skull so my brain had room to expand. “I was in an induced coma, and I don’t remember anything about the accident. I’d like to, which is kind of strange.� Then, 23 days after getting out of the hospital, “I was longboard-
ing, being towed behind a truck. This one wasn’t as bad.� He’s learned his lesson, and he hopes others do too. “I don’t do anything without a helmet now. You don’t know what’s going to happen when you’re doing these activities. “It’s tough to realize when you’re young, but you’re not invincible.� NBIA president Doug Jones
said the idea behind Happy Helmet Day was a simple one. “Wearing your helmet can save your life. Wearing your helmet to work may invoke all those ideas about looking goofy, but do it anyways.� Parker says he, like Erickson, always wears a helmet when he’s doing anything where he could suffer a head injury. “I can’t understand why
nobody enforces the helmet laws in Prince George. We need to have more education for the kids about safety.� So don’t worry about how it looks, wear a helmet to work, school or wherever on Monday, June 3. Then take a picture of yourself with the helmet on and sent it to NBIA. You can find them on Facebook or Twitter or at nbia.ca.
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Take some shortcuts for a lush lawn There are one million acres of lawn across the country. Many homeowners aspire to having a lush, green lawn as the showcase of their properties. The front lawn can make a statement and indicate to passersby the property owners’ personalities and design preferences. Lawn care takes some dedication and hard work, but there are certain ways to cut down on the amount of effort required to maintain a landscape. By employing a few different shortcuts, you can have a healthy, lush lawn without spending all of your free time cutting the grass or pruning the trees. • Stop weeds at the start. Weeding is one of the most time-consuming parts of maintaining a lawn. Weeds can proliferate throughout the lawn if not addressed in a timely manner. Once weeds take root they can become a nuisance, so it’s best to treat weeds before they even have a chance to sprout. Apply a preemergent weed control product as soon as possible in the spring and then reapply it about three months later to ensure weeds are eradicated. That equates to much less tedious lawn maintenance during the season. • Plant a urine-resistant grass. Having a dog and maintaining a lush lawn has always been a particular conundrum for homeowners. Dog urine is high in
nitrogen. While nitrogen, when applied in the correct ratio, can be a lawn-growth stimulant, in the large concentration that occurs in pet urine, it causes the grass to dry up and burn, resulting in bare spots. Replanting with urine-resistant grasses can help cut down on the level of damage to the lawn from your own pet or pets that happen to make potty stops on your property. The grasses most resistant to urine tend to be perennial ryegrasses and fescues. • Wake up and water. Watering in the early mornings saves time and energy in the long run by fostering a tougher, more droughtresistant lawn. If you water early in the day, less water will be lost to evaporation. Limit watering to a few times per week, and less if you have had adequate rain. Avoid watering at night, which can expose the lawn to bacteria and attract insects. • Mow when the lawn is dry. It’s not advisable to mow the lawn when it is wet. Slippery conditions can not only make it more dangerous to push a mower, but also slow down the time it can take to tackle the chore. The mower blades can become clogged and coated with wet grass clippings, necessitating stopping and starting the task. Another thing to consider is lawn diseases spread more readily through wet clippings. Stick to mowing when the lawn is
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Save some time on lawn maintenance with a few shortcuts. completely dry. • Let clippings fly. Mulching mowers, or those that just distribute clippings on the lawn as you go, can be healthier for the grass. They will serve as fertilizer and redistribute nutrients to the lawn as they breakdown into the soil. According to “The Organic Lawn Care Manual,”
leaving clippings on the lawn will fulfill about 25 percent of fertilizer requirements. Plus, you save time bagging up clippings. • Mow less often. Raise the mower’s blade so that the grass is longer in between cuttings. The taller grass will shade the soil and block weeds from germinating. It also helps improve
soil’s moisture retention. • Don’t cut corners. Adjusting a landscape design to have arches and curves can reduce the time it takes to mow and edge a property. Hard corners in a landscape will require more time to keep straight and pristine. Caring for a lawn can take less time and effort than you think.
Encorp Pacific is requesting your feedback on our Beverage Container Stewardship Plan Encorp was originally formed in 1994 and appointed by beverage brand owners as the not-for-profit product stewardship corporation responsible for all beverage containers and all alcohol beverage containers (except for aluminum beer cans and refillable beer bottles). Since inception, Encorp has fulfilled the requirements of the BC Recycling Regulation. This regulation calls for the submission of a revised plan every five years. Stakeholders are invited to review the plan online and submit feedback anytime until July 2, 2013. The plan will also be available for review at the following public meeting: Date: June 4, 2013 Time: 1:00pm—3:00pm
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Gardening is a rewarding hobby with thousands of devotees. Backyard gardens provide beauty and aesthetic appeal to a landscape, and they can be a source of homegrown food and a natural habitat for outdoor wildlife. A self-sustaining garden can be an efficient addition to any home, but gardens require upkeep and a certain measure of dedication. A self-sufficient garden is a garden that sustains itself through proper planning and execution. Such gardens can almost take care of themselves so long as the soil is healthy soil, the seeds are reused, and organic material is produced. Self-sustaining gardens also represent a lifestyle where individuals are responsible for producing their own foods – thus sustaining themselves without the need to shop for produce elsewhere. When planting your own self-sustaining garden, consider the following tips. • Start with soil. Healthy soil is essential to a thriving gar-
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accordingly so that the vegetables will have the best chances for success. • Purchase quality seeds. Use fresh seeds, particularly ones that have been harvested from your own garden the year before, to have the best chances for germination. Or buy seeds from a reputable source, like a garden center or an online retailer who specializes in vegetable seeds. • Start seedlings indoors. You may want to work with seedlings indoors so that you can monitor growth and care for them more easily. Then transplant the seedlings outside when they are stable enough for the elements.
den. The soil must have the right pH, correct texture and composition, and be full of nutrients. Very often the native soil in yards is not adequate to keep a garden thriving. In such instances, the soil needs to be improved. Adding compost -- which can be produced in the yard as well -- to the soil will enrich the
soil with nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. • Maintain proper soil consistency. Soil that is the right consistency, meaning the optimum balance of sand, clay and actual soil, is another necessity for a self-sustaining garden. The ideal ratio should be 40 percent sand, 40 percent silt and 20 percent clay. Having the
right balance of soil can secure root formation and promote proper drainage. • Test the pH. Certain plants need a specific pH in order to grow. A neutral pH range is typically ideal for growing vegetables. A pH tester can be purchased from a gardening center. Amend the soil accordingly to get the soil back to
its correct level. • Know the growing season. Vegetables should be planted during the season in which they will thrive. Peas, beets and cabbage, for example, are cold-temperature vegetables, while cucumbers, squash and melons thrive in warm climates. Plant
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Folk singer and raconteur Lydia Hol has many talents. She plays guitar, mandolin and bodhran. She writes songs and tells stories and she has a voice that has been described by reviewers as “dynamic yet delicate.� A voice that is instantly engaging. Hol plays Prince George on Monday at a popular downtown venue. “The show at Nancy O’s will be a solo acoustic show of original songs, featuring songs off my debut EP Boats,� Hol told the
Free Press on Wednesday. “[The six songs] on the EP are EastCoast inspired songs that tell stories of the sea, and of love, and heartbreak.� For the local live concert, Holl will play her mandolin and guitar, she said. The audience will be treated to a live show, a night of storytelling, poetry and song. The release of her single Bitter Heart, a collaboration with baroque-Celtic band Thereafter, won her acclaim as a regional finalist in CBC’s Search for Canada’s Best New Artist. During her teens, Hol studied music and voice.
Relay for Life best ever Coquitlam now has a target. The Prince George Relay for Life fundraising total now stands at $520,000 after the May 11 and 12 event at Masich Place Stadium. That’s better than the city’s previous high of $514,000, set in 2008. It’s also the highest total for the year in Canada – so far. Coquitlam, the only city to raise more than Prince George last year, holds its Relay for Life on Saturday. Last year, their event raised about $550,000. All funds raised across the country go to the Canadian Cancer Society. Helen Owen, the team lead for the Prince George Relay for Life, is very happy with the local numbers. “I want to thank the community of Prince
George, all the volunteers, participants, sponsors and donors for their outstanding support of Relay for Life 2013,� she said in a press release.
She then studied jazz vocals and 19th Century English literature both here and in Dublin, Ireland. She says her songwriting is really inspired by people, whether it is the character of a book I’ve read or someone that I meet. “I’ve always been fascinated by the great authors. For example Boats is inspired by a character from John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. The ocean is also a big inspiration for me as I grew up on the West Coast. Songs of sailors, and the ocean are often in my writing.� In Ireland, Hol immersed herself in the traditional folk music of the Emerald Isle.
When she returned to Canada, she had taken with her some refreshing new musical ideas. At first shy to perform, she gained confidence as an artist after a grassroots folk festival. “When I saw that connection created between artist and audience, I realized I needed to take part in that. “My intention is to connect with my audience, to have them swept away by the songs, lyrics and ideas. I find a story often can be the highlight of a show for audience members.� Besides her solo gigs and projects, Hol is a member of the West Coast blues/rock band Head of the Herd.
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Lesley White has a passion for all things western: horses, ranching, the land. For 17 years she has been specializing in the western art genre, and painting the life of a working cowboy. But she has also painted
contemporary pieces. When Groop Gallery opened its doors a few years ago, owner Melanie Desjardines persuaded White to “come out of the closet” and show her abstract work. “These non-representational pieces are at the other end of the spectrum for Lesley, both in
style and subject,” said Desjardines on their website. “She finds the stretch between the two keep her work fresh and challenging.” However, it’s back to her roots for White’s solo exhibit which runs June 7 to July 7. The exhibit, The Cowboy Way, features oil on canvas works – images of
horses, cows, saddles and round-up – and scenes that evoke a day in the life of a cowboy. White was born in Winnipeg and describes her roots as rural beginnings although she’s also lived in urban settings. She moved to B.C. with her family in 1957. In her artist’s bio, the artist says time spent in
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Artist Lesley White in her home studio. Her oil paintings will be on display in an exhibit, The Cowboy Way, from June 7 to July 7, at Groop Galley. the saddle and painting outdoors are two methods she uses to gather photographic references and to paint colour studies so she can later compose a painting in her home studio. Her studio is a modern and sleek space on the upper floor where natural daylight streams through the windows. “I waited for my own home studio for many years,” she told the Free Press reporter during a tour of the expansive room at the top of the stairs. “It was a long time coming. I used to work out of a tiny, little
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“The gallery is a fantastic venue for artists to show their work.” Her “cowboy” themes hit home with urban as well as rural dwellers. “People connect with my work because – if you go back far enough – most people had grandparents or greatgrandparents who were farmers or ranchers, particularly in western Canada. So these images take them back.” Lesley White’s solo exhibition, The Cowboy Way, opens Friday, June 7 and runs until July 7. For more visit www. oilsbylesley.com.
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The Indo-Canadian Seniors Society wants to make sure its members are getting information they can use. On May 25, the society hosted the first in what is planned to be a series of seminars. Held at the Sikh Temple on Kelly Street, the seminar saw Dr. Satish Mann speak about the symptoms and treatment of diabetes, while psychiatrist Arti Mani spoke about a variety of mental health issues, including dementia.
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I’m sure you’ve seen or heard all the usual headlines … “65 is the new 55” … “baby boomers are moving up the aging ladder” … “the fastest growing Canadian age group is 60 to 64” … so you’re likely not surprised to read seniors over 55 constitute 24.6 per cent of Prince George’s population (as of the 2011 Canadian census). What does that mean? Well, it means services for seniors are progressively more imperative. It means seniors’ issues and concerns are more and more significant. Do you know who PGCOS is? Yes, it’s a non-profit organization that operates from the Seniors Resource Centre
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at 721 Victoria St. You’ve probably already been here to check out our new digs. Or you’ve already called to ask about our services. Did you know PGCOS has been around since 1990? That’s over 20 years of providing services, addressing concerns and issues and working to empower P.G. seniors. Did you know you might actually be a member of PGCOS? If you are a paid-up member of one of the five seniors’ activity centres in town or of one of a number of local retiree organizations, you could already be a PGCOS member. What does that mean? It means you have a voice in this organization. You are welcome to attend quarterly
membership meetings. You are encouraged to participate in our annual general meeting. You are even encouraged to share your wisdom … after all, you are a senior with lots of fabulous talents and accumulated experiences! Who better to have a hand in the ongoing formation and future direction of PGCOS? We are looking for seniors with expertise in advocacy, fundraising, housing, human resources, policies and procedures, public rela-
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Nachhtar Chahal, one of the organizers of the seminar, said they hope to have a number of other seminars along the same lines. “Where possible, such as today, we will have speakers using our own language. Where we can’t, for instance if we have an RCMP member talking about domestic violence, we will make sure we have someone serving as a translator, so the people here can understand what is being said.”
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Shorts ROAD RACE The Family YMCA Road Race is taking place on Sunday morning. The event is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. at Masich Place Stadium. Running races with distances of 21.1 km (half marathon), 10 km and 5 km will unfold. Sunday also marks the YMCA Healthy Kids Day, with events taking place at the YMCA of Northern BC. More information is available online through www.nbcy.org.
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SOCCER The North Cariboo Senior Soccer League has four games on its schedule this evening. A trio of games will take place at 6:30 p.m. Eden Spas/Mr. Jake’s will play Queensway Auto World (30+ Division), the Wanderers will meet Westwood Pub (30 Open Division) and the Kodiaks Team B will hit the pitch against Team Powerhouse (30 Open Division). At 8:30 p.m., Mr. Jake’s Steakhouse will play Mann Dental (Open).
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The search for the next UNBC director of athletics and recreation is over. As it turned out, the hiring committee didn’t even have to look off campus for the successful candidate. Long-time UNBC women’s basketball head coach Loralyn Murdoch will begin filling the position on Monday. At a press conference at the Northern Sport Centre on Wednesday, UNBC
president George Iwama introduced Murdoch as their newest director of athletics and recreation. “I think it’s a really good opportunity professionally,” Murdoch said. “I’ve been involved in athletics since a long time ago, and it just seemed the right time to maybe move into a little bit more of an administrative role and start helping the coaches and the other support staff with our move forward into CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport).” The position became vacant
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was selected from a pool of 33 applicants, six who were shortlisted for interviews. “I would say that her communications and her knowledge of the athletics department was definitely an asset,” Owen said. “It’s something that did make our job a bit easier. But beyond that, her leadership skills, that’s what we’re looking for and that’s what we see in Loralyn and we’re very excited to have her on the team.” turn to PAGE B6
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With Loralyn Murdoch stepping into the UNBC director of athletics and recreation position, Mercedes Van Koughnett will be guided by a new head coach in the 2013-14 campaign, her fifth and final women’s basketball season.
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For UNBC’s newest director of athletics and recreation, finding a suitable women’s basketball head coach may be one of the least difficult tasks of her new job. Involved with the team since 1997, Loralyn Murdoch may understand the position better than anybody. Stepping aside to let the next bench boss take over may be the hardest part. “I love coaching, the women’s program has done everything to me for inception, and it’s going to be real tough to maybe hand that over,” Murdoch said on Wednesday at the Northern Sport Centre, where she was introduced as the new athletic director. “But I’m looking forward to being involved in a different capacity and in the meantime it’s status quo. The girls are still practicing, we’re still doing everything that we can.” Murdoch has been in contact with members of the team, making them aware of her situation. “We train as is, they report to me until there’s a time that there’s someone else in place,” she said. “But absolutely nothing changes. It’s just as important to me as it was before. I’m just in a different capacity.” But things have changed. Murdoch may continue running practice sessions, but with her new position comes a different set of responsibilities. Monday marks her first day filling the new role, and she’ll be in Toronto next week representing UNBC at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) annual general meeting. The job posting went on the UNBC website on Wednesday. Although the position may attract interest within Prince George, Murdoch wouldn’t tip her hand in any
direction on Wednesday. “The posting will be up today, applications will be accepted starting today, and we’re going to go through that process as quickly as we can to make sure we hire the best person for the job.” Murdoch played a direct role in the transformation of the Timberwolves, coaching the team for all but two seasons since their first Canadian Colleges Athletic Association campaign started in 1999. Under the guidance of Murdoch, the Timberwolves won two provincial titles (2008 and 2012), competed in nationals twice, and successfully joined the Canada West Universities Athletic Association branch of CIS in 2012. The next head coach will oversee a team with a returning core that includes three players entering their fifth and final seasons: guard/ forward Mercedes Van Koughnett, guard Jennifer Bruce and forward Emily Kaehn. Todd Jordan, UNBC men’s basketball head coach, looks forward to working with Murdoch in a different capacity. “It’s exciting. We’re going to see what type of applicants we get for that position. I’m sure they’ll find a quality candidate to take that job,” he said. “It’s always exciting being able to work with a new person across the hall and share ideas and get new ideas into the department. I think that’s an exciting process for us moving forward and I’m looking forward to bringing in a new staff member who can bring new things to our department.” The women’s basketball head coach position is classified as a Grade 10 with a salary range of $55,983.20 to $57,712.20. The application deadline is set at 4:30 p.m. on June 17, with priority consideration going to internal applications received by June 6.
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Prince George Northern Eagles player Jordan Angove runs the ball along the sidelines against the Richmond Raiders during their B.C. Football Conference Tier 2 juvenile game on Sunday at Masich Place Stadium. The Raiders outscored the Eagles 38-8. coach of the New Jersey Devils, Robinson has a reports indicate the Canucks are interested in playoff record of 31-17, which includes a Stanthe former Dallas head coach who was released ley Cup title plus a Stanley Cup Final appearby the Stars May 14. Gulutzan had a record ance. of 64-57-9 in his two non-playoff seasons with Dave Tippett: There is no guarantee he will Dallas. be available as he is in the final year of his conGuy Boucher: One good season with Tampa tract with the Phoenix Coyotes. Tippett is one leading the Lightning to the Eastern Conferof those coaches who has done more with less, ence Final in 2011, but 1½ bad seasons with the with both Dallas and Phoenix. Only last season Lightning before he was fired this year. the overachieving Coyotes reached Longshot: This would be hitting a the Western Conference Final with home run: a team that had one of the lowest • Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Hart payrolls in the league. Like RobinBabcock son, Tippett is regarded as a superb Beat • Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel teacher. Quenneville. HARTLEYMILLER Jacques Martin: The Canucks • Nashville Predators coach Barry had success hiring Alain Vigneault Trotz after he was fired from Montreal so why I said it was a longshot, but if for some reanot consider going that route again? Martin son one of the three would consider leaving coached the Habs to the Eastern Conference their current team, then even Gillis would be Final just three years ago. Yes, he might be consmart enough to scoop one of those guys up. sidered a re-tread having coached in Montreal, Don’t worry, the following five won’t be conFlorida, Ottawa and St. Louis but might be a sidered: perfect fit for a ready-made team in Vancouver. • Former Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson. Being regarded as a defensive coach may work • Former Flames coach Brent Sutter. against Martin. • Former Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice. Lindy Ruff: Having guided the Buffalo • Detroit Red Wings assistant Tom Renney. Sabres for 14 seasons, Ruff’s name will always • Former Blackhawks coach Alpo Suhonen come up when a job of this magnitude is avail(record of 29-41-8-4 in 2000-01). Remember the able. It is hard to dispute his 571 wins and he Finnish born Alpo? Yes, he was the man Don has coached in a cup final. Cherry once referred to as “some kind of dog Scott Arneil: He is with the Canucks orgafood.” nization as head coach of the Chicago Wolves. FROM THE QUOTE RACK: Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy was scratched Mike Gillis told the Team 1040 Arneil is a canfrom his Sunday start after injuring his finger while didate. “Absolutely Scott will be considered. He’s got great experience. He’s had tremendous doing the dishes. The doctor’s report says that he was done in by a cutter over the plate. success at the minor-league level and it seems Contributor Bill Littlejohn of South Lake that coaches learn an awful lot going through Tahoe, California a negative experience and getting fired,” Gillis said. Arneil was just 45-60-18 in 1 ½ seasons as A new world’s record for riding a Ferris Wheel the bench boss of the Columbus Blue Jackets. was set in Chicago at more than 48 hours. He said Dallas Eakins: The Toronto Marlies coach has built a reputation for developing young tal- it was like a typical Cubs season. There were highs, there were lows and at the end it always finishes at ent, however, most of the Canucks better talent the bottom. isn’t that young. Comedy writer Jim Barach (jokesbyjim.blogJohn Stevens: LA Kings assistant who spot.com/) served as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers (2006-09), leading the Flyers to the Eastern ConHartley Miller is the sports director for radio staference Final in 2008. tions 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for Doug Houda: The Bruins assistant is in his hqprincegeorge.com. Send along a quote, note, or fifth season with Boston but his resume does anecdote to hmiller@94xfm.com. not include any head coaching experience. Follow him on twitter: @Hartley_Miller Glen Gulutzan: I am not sure why but
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International Inc., the world’s largest Caterpillar equipment dealer. Founded in 1933, Finning has built a world-class network of product support services. “We are really looking forward to working with the 2015 Canada Winter Games and leaving a lasting legacy for northern B.C.,” Finning Canada regional general manager Don Gowan stated in a Canada Games press release. “The decision to partner was an easy one for us. This will be the largest multi-sport event the region has ever experienced, and the opportunity to use our Cat equipment to help build sporting facilities and provide equipment to help power, heat and light the outdoor venues is a contribution we didn’t hesitate making.” The 2015 Canada Winter Games are scheduled for Feb. 13 to March 15, 2015. Prince George and the region
is expected to play host to 2,350 athletes, 950 coaches and officials, up to 4,500 volunteers, hundreds of media and medical professionals and thousands of visitors. The event will be the largest sports and cultural event ever held in Prince George and northern B.C., expected to generate an economic impact of between $70 million and $90 million. “Behind every sponsorship, there’s a great story of how the partnership will impact the 2015 Canada Winter Games,” 2015 Canada Winter Games CEO Stuart
Ballantyne stated in the release. “Finning and Cat Rental’s commitment to providing power generation and heavy equipment for the 2015 Games means that, for example, snowboarding athletes in Prince George and the north-central region will have a top-notch facility for training leading up to and following the 2015 Games. And visiting athletes from across Canada will experience that snowboarding course at Games time. Legacies will literally be built from the investment that Finning Canada is making in the 2015 Games.”
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spent a few years guiding female players at the College of New Caledonia. She has four years of varsity playing experience, at the University of Alberta and Grande Prairie Regional College. Murdoch is also well educated. The PGSS alumnus holds a physical education degree from the University of Alberta and
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agenda including a review of UNBC’s probationary status. The Timberwolves are hopeful they’ll become full-fledged members of CIS. “We have a site visit coming up and that’s all going to have to be in place to ensure that we’re doing everything we’re supposed to be doing,” said Murdoch, noting that dates haven’t been set. Cameron was on hand for Wednesday’s press conference. Men’s head coaches Todd Jordan (basketball) and Alan Alderson (soccer) were also in attendance. “Personally as a friend, I think it’s a great opportunity for Loralyn where she’s at in her career. I’ve been involved with the program as a player, coach, assistant coach, for well over 10 years now,” Jordan said, “and just seeing her leadership skills, the way that she’s led her team, I’m excited to see her take those skills and that leadership role and move it to a new position, obviously a vital position for our athletic department and for our university moving forward. I think she’s a great person to take on that role and has the skills to do a great job.” While the position is a major opportunity for Murdoch, applying for the job wasn’t a slam-dunk decision. She noted that she threw her name in the hat shortly before the deadline, and that it required consultation from senior administrators at UNBC. In making the move, she’s also sacrificing her head coaching position. “Coaching has been a huge part of my life, and I’m really looking forward now to overseeing in a different way,” she said. “We still have our club programs and that sort of thing. I can still coach. But it was tough.”
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Auto dealers work on labour market VICTORIA - Government has invested $100,000 in a Labour Market Partnerships Program agreement with the Automobile Retailers Association (ARA) and its automotive industry partners to undertake labour market research to identify the future labour needs of the sector. B.C.’s automotive industry, which includes the automotive aftermarket and service sectors, will need more skilled employees in the near future, and this partnership allowed the industry to identify their human resource needs to ensure they have skilled workers to fill key positions in these sectors. The research project took an industry “pulse check” to compare future labour demand with anticipated supply to see how they will align. The project identified a future gap in all employment areas in the automotive sector, with particularly significant gaps in technical and professional occupations. The study is the first of its type in British Columbia to determine future skilled labour needs for the automotive sector. This project was funded through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA). According to the ARA, which undertook the project on behalf of the sector, and whose members include power sport dealers, licensed motor dealers, towing, collision repair, mechanical repair, auto recyclers, auto rental, and auto glass companies, a steady stream of skilled employees will be needed to guarantee continued provision of service excellence. With this information now in hand, ARA plans to develop a comprehensive human resource
strategy for the sector and identify industryspecific training needs to ensure workers with the right skills are available, and in the future, trained here in B.C. In 2012-13, the $280million LMDA budget is being used to provide employment assistance services, job-creation partnerships, labour market partnerships, selfemployment, skills development and targeted wage subsidies programs. Under the BC Jobs Plan and BC Skills and Training Plan, government is actively working to ensure that British Columbians have the skills they need to be first in line for jobs in the province through an investment of $75 million for new capital and equipment to complement $500 million in annual investments in employment and skills training programs.
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ResidenƟal Care Staī 5 Regular full Ɵme and relief Male and female staī needed to create a posiƟve home life, support people when parƟcipaƟng in community events, making choices and pursuing other opportuniƟes. You will also assist people with daily living skills which may include personal care. Requirements: Ability to enroll in Community and School Support (CASS) Courses 140, 145, 130, & 150, experience with disabiliƟes, knowledge of conŇict resoluƟon/ crisis intervenƟon, ability to organize acƟviƟes, establish rapport with clients; and observe and recognize changes. Valid B.C. Class 5 Driver’s License and Driving Abstract; work requires the use of a personal vehicle. Basic computer skills and physical ability to carry out the duƟes. Excellent beneĮts and Municipal Pension Plan provided. Is Caring Your Passion? Join AiMHi’s 450 dedicated employees providing advocacy, support and services to people who have special needs.
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• Changes in technology ensure the need to provide opportunities for on-going skill upgrading. • The Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA) Labour Market Partnership program provides financial assistance to encourage, support and facilitate labour force adjustments and human resource planning activities which are in the public interest.
• In British Columbia, funding under the LMDA is used to support labour market programs and services for residents who are collecting Employment Insurance (EI) benefits or have received them in the last three years, or for parents re-entering the labour force who have collected EI parental benefits in the last five years. Learn More: * Automotive Retailers Association: www. ara.bc.ca
FOREST WORKERS WANTED Industrial Forestry Service Ltd. (IFS) is now recruiting 10 Job Creation Partnership (JCP) Participants to work in the Prince George Community Forest. Work will include the use of chainsaws, brush saws, pruning saws & chippers. To be eligible to apply, applicants must be unemployed, have an active EI claim, or an EI claim that ended during the previous 3 years (5 years for maternity or parental leave). If interested please contact the WorkBC Employment Service Centre at 1511-3rd Avenue, Prince George, B.C., to attend a JCP orientation and to obtain a referral. JCP Program interviews will then be held at IFS at 1595 Fifth Avenue, Prince George, B.C. For further information please contact Bruce Barry, RPF at 250-564-4115, Local 238.
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Home Sharing AiMHi -One Community – One Vision Interested in a rewarding and Ňexible lifestyle? Home Sharing is an amazing way to help others and give back to the community. Home Sharing Contractors oīer people with a developmental disability a supporƟve living experience. We are currently seeking a full Ɵme care giver for a 20 year old young man, who is full of smiles, loves listening to music, watching movies, swimming, bowling, bocce ball in the park, and going for walks around the neighborhood. He communicates through gestures and understands simple instrucƟons. He laughs when he is amused and happy. He uses a wheelchair for his mobility needs. He likes to keep busy and would require someone to be with him 24 hours a day. If you would like to learn more about caring for this young man or other adults, please contact Home Sharing Coordinator at 250-564-6408 ext 251, or e-mail home.sharing@aimhi.ca
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PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Our People make a difference in the community The Prince George Native Friendship Centre, a visionary non-profit society, has been serving the needs of the entire community for the past 43 years. We are seeking candidates for the following position(s) within our organization: Adult Residential Services: Lifeskills Worker – Full Time Closing date: May 31, 2013 at 12 Noon A hard copy listing the roles, responsibilities and qualifications 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.
ORMOND LAKE CULTURAL HEALING CENTRE
POSTED UNTIL FILLED The Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) integrated Mental Health and Addictions Wellness Program has an opening for a Maintenance Helper with the Addictions Recovery team. This position participates in creating a healing environment utilizing a holistic approach that promotes a cultural lifestyle free from addictions and restores a sense of pride in the Carrier Sekani culture. Key accountabilities • Assists with regular everyday camp functions and maintenance of equipment. • Ensure that all OLCHC equipment – power saw, tools, flammable fluids are stored away safely. • Responsible for transporting generator fuel back and forth to OLCHC site. • Make minor repairs to camp as needed. The successful candidate has • Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent • Class 5 Drivers License • First Aide level 1 with transportation endorsement, Propane safety ticket, WHIMIS, Chain saw safety and maintenance ticket, Transportation of dangerous goods, Pleasure craft operator ticket • Maintenance experience; familiarity with operation of diesel/gas generators This position is based out of the Ormond Lake Cultural Healing Centre, approximately 25 kms from Fraser Lake, and on a modified schedule, 7 days at10 hours per day and 7 days off from May to October. Proof of education, a class 5 Driver’s License, and a clear criminal records check will be requested from the successful applicant. For more information, visit www.csfs.org. To apply, send your resume and cover letter to: Email: hr@csfs.org Fax: 250-563-3376 Human Resources, Carrier Sekani Family Services 987 Fourth Avenue, Prince George, BC, V2L 3H7 This position will be posted until filled. We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Drivers/Courier/ Trucking Looking for experienced Super B drivers from Vanderhoof to Prince Rupert. From PG to Edmonton + local work. Fax 250-964-3057, Phone 250961-0444 or email resume to lallytruckingltd@hotmail.com
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We are now hiring in all departments: Fishing, camping, hardware, housewares, foam shop. Offering competitive wages and benefits. Accepting resumes at the store Mondays and Thursdays from 10 am till noon!
Born in Chilliwack, Linda (Suderman) Stobbe died peacefully at her home in Victoria on April 9th, 2013 after a very rewarding life of piano teaching and performance. She is survived by her husband Ben, sons Karl (Stephanie), Joel (Tracy), daughter Julia (Jason) Nobel and grandchildren Katherine, Mathew and Benjamin Paul Linda spent 27 years of her life teaching and performing in Prince George. A Memorial Tribute Service/Concert for Linda will be held on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 at Westwood Mennonite Brethren Church at 3:00pm. A musical prelude featuring colleagues and former students will be begin at 2:30pm. Members of the Stobbe and Studerman family plan to be present. Join us as we celebrate Linda’s musical footprint here in Prince George. For further information, contact Rose at 250-563-6558
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Houston Forest Products a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd., located in Houston, B.C. is accepting applications for a Certified Millwright to work in our Maintenance Department. Five years’ experience in the sawmill industry would be preferred. A competitive wage and benefit package is provided. The successful applicants must be willing to relocate to Houston, B.C. Interested applicants should submit their resume and cover letter before June 28, 2013 to: Houston Forest Products 1300 Morice River Road Houston, B.C. V0J 1Z1 Fax: 250-845-5301 Email: jenny.powell@westfraser.com We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
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Low mileage, clean CarProof, amazing condition, amazing price Sale $15,999 Hub City Motors 1822 Queensway 250.564.7228 www.hubcitymotors.com
Space available for rent For all your rental needs Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT
Duplex / 4 Plex Pet friendly,1 to 3 bdrm, central location. Senior friendly. Call 250-596-5027
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For Seniors 55+ 1 bdrm suite All utilities included except phone & internet. Call Theresa 250-962-5570
Office/Retail 900 sq ft 533 Dominion St. Retail/Office space $900/mo neg + gst. Heat & Ph. not incl. Ph:Anna 563-1289 or Danillo 563-2738
Chunzoolh Forest Products Limited Community Forest Agreement K1N Project Description: Right of way harvesting and construction of approximately 11.65 kilometers, all-weather forest road in the Wright Creek/Gunniza Lake area
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Tender Packages may be obtained, and the Sealed Tender Bids may be submitted, at the following address until the closing date: Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. c/o S.M. Forrest and Assoc. Ltd. 100-466 Second Ave. Prince George, BC V2L 2Z7 Closing Date: June 14, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. All Tender Information Will Remain Confidential The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND DETAILED PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS PLEASE CONTACT:
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Trucks & Vans 1999 Dodge Dakota,Ext cab pick up with canopy. 6 cyl, std, rear wheel drive, 173,000 km, exc cond., senior driven $4500 OBO Call (250)964-3336
Wrecker/Used Parts USED TIRES Cars & Trucks $25 & up
Most Sizes Available 15270 Hwy 97 South 250.963.3435
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250.395.6250
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250.564-8884
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