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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Just before they go on stage to perform their Bollywood Hits number at Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Monday, Bollywood Dream Dancers Sarah Styler, Maya Duncan and Emma Bains get in a little texting to their friends.

Special meeting for CORE SERVICES REVIEW Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com The core services review will be frontand-centre at a rare morning meeting of council Monday. The special meeting of council is slated to get underway at 8:30 a.m. Monday. It is not known how long the meeting will go, however councillors also have an incamera session at 4 p.m. to receive a staff report to council. They will be back at it at 6 p.m for the regular public meeting. The main focus of the morning meeting, however, will be to deal with staff

recommendations regarding the KPMG core services review report. Staff is recommending that council approve and/or consider more than 50 recommendations for cutting costs at city hall. The recommendations include reviewing the service agreements between the city and Initiatives Prince George and Tourism Prince George. They also call for increased fees for a litany of city services from business licences to parks, sports fields, and city facilities. Staff also recommends bringing back pay parking downtown with a rate of

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$1 per hour, something the Downtown Business Improvement Area has lobbied against. The staff recommendation to council also calls for the elected officials to approve continuing with core service review plans already underway, which includes such items as discussing a curbside recycling program with the Fraser-Fort George Regional Distrct and a commitment that city crews will continue to open driveways as part of its snow removal program. Last month council abandoned one of the more controversial aspects of the core services review by voting 5-4 to keep the Pine Valley Golf Course.

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Allan WISHART/Free Press Nita Tinsley, Sophie Thomas’s oldest granddaughter, left, Emily Tinsley, Sophie’s oldest daughter, and her husband, Ted, take a walk through Sophie’s Garden, dedicated Saturday at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for the North.

Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Chief Stanley Thomas said Saturday was only a new beginning. The son of the late Sophie Thomas, and a member of the Saik’uz First Nation, told a group gathered at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for the North, “She left us a lifelong story to tell. “Today we start another chapter.” Saturday saw the Healing Garden at the centre officially named Sophie’s Garden, in honour of Sophie Thomas, a respected

Dakelh Elder and traditional healer. “It is a great honour they give my mother,” Stanley said. “She plowed a great path for me and my family.” Then he amended one of his remarks. “It’s our mom, not my mom,” he said, indicating his brothers and sisters also present. Then he amended it again. “I think I can safely say she was all of our’s mom.” Pamela Tobin, the regional director of operations for the agency, worked with Sophie on the design of the garden. “One of the stipulations for the

company which won the contract to build this facility was to make it as welcoming as possible for the Aboriginal communities in the north.” So she called Jasmine Thomas, Sophie’s greatgranddaughter, and asked for her family’s input. “We pulled together a committee, which Sophie was part of. We met with the architect and planned the garden, and what would be in it.” Sophie passed away just a few days after that first meeting, but her family continued to work closely in Tracy-Ann McCall the design of the garden, making sure the plants were on your great indigenous, and ones Sophie Allan WISHART/Free Press accomplishment were had used in her Jasmine Thomas, a great-granddaughter of Sophie Thomas, drums and own recipes. sings while Maureen Thomas, Sophie’s daughter, unveils a plaque markof receiving ing the healing garden at the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North as “All the plants Sophie’s Garden, recognizing the contributions of the late healer. your MBA. here have healing properties,” Tobin We are all very said. “Some you “We put the plants in last “When we started the planning, rub on your proud of you. summer, and were very happy to in 2009, this was just a parking lot. hands and then your face, see they all came back. You come Sophie’s dream has come true.” and it keeps mosquitoes by here anytime, and there are Sophie’s daughter, Maureen, away. Others have healing Love from your properties for cancer people out in the garden. Staff unveiled a plaque in the garden members will sit out here for honouring Sophie, and read a treatments.” family lunch, clients and visitors will quote from Sophie on the plaque: The centre and the garden come out and just sit for a while.” “If we look after our earth, it will opened in November, and Looking around the grounds, look after us. If we destroy it, we’ll Tobin said the healing garden she laughed. destroy ourselves.” has seen a lot of use.

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Paul ALBERTS/Tourism Prince George This view from LC Gunn Park shows fireworks light the night sky in Prince George on Canada Day on Monday.

Light show returns for five years ... THANKS TO CANFOR The return of the fireworks at Canada Day this year was certainly appreciated by those who took in the stellar show. And they will be back for another five years, thanks to Canfor. “Prince George ended a beautiful summer Canadian birthday this week with incredible fireworks, thanks to the involvement of Canfor,” said Mayor Shari Green, in a press release. “I was pleased to see Canfor celebrate so generously with our community, and five more years of lighting up our sky on such a special day is a testament to their commitment to Prince George.”

The fireworks returned as a colourful display of national pride for the city after a four-year absence. This year’s display lit the skies above Prince George from atop Connaught Hill Park, providing residents with vantage points across the city. “Canfor was proud to sponsor the Canada Day fireworks as part of our company’s 75th Anniversary,” said Canfor President and CEO Don Kayne. “We were so impressed by the response of the community of Prince George to the return of the fireworks celebration that we are pleased to sign on as the presenting sponsor for the next five years. We’d like to thank Mayor Green

for providing this opportunity. We hope the fireworks continue to be an enjoyable Canada Day event for families in Prince George for years to come.” The City has worked in partnership with the Multicultural Heritage Society for the past 39 years to host a community party to celebrate Canada’s birthday. “We are thrilled to have Canfor on board for the next five years,” said Marlies Greulich, Executive Director of the Multicultural Heritage Society. “The fireworks display is the grand finale to one of our city’s most anticipated celebrations. They represent the candles on the birthday cake.”

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Bad drivers fined In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 24: Clinton K. Murdock was found guilty of assault causing bodily harm and sentenced to 60 days in jail. Tatiana R. Sutherland was found guilty of two counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 30 days in jail and placed on probation for one year. Sutherland was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to 32 days in jail. Braeden J. Yasinsky was found guilty of causing a disturbance and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and assessed a victim surcharge of $400. In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 27: Russell G. Corson was found guilty of robbery, sentenced to seven months in jail, placed on probation for one year, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms. Corson was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, sentenced to 60 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Winner of 11 International Awards

Community Alert WA N T E D C Crime Stoppers is asking the ppublic’s assistance in locating tthe following person who is wanted on a British Columbia w wide warrant. As of 0900hrs this w 44th day of July 2013, Paul Sydney JJames MASON (B: 1978-01-20) iis wanted on a British Columbia Paul Sydney James wide warrant for FAIL TO COMPLY MASON WITH PROBATION. MASON is 170 cm or 5’7” described as a Caucasian male, 77 kg or 170 lbs. 170 cm or 5’7” tall and weighs 77 kg or 170 lbs. MASON has blonde hair and blue eyes.

WA N T E D Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following person who is wanted on a British Columbia wide warrant. As of 0900hrs this 4th day of July 2013, Cyle Sheldon Clifford BREEDEN (B: 1987-11-10) is wanted on a British Columbia Cyle Sheldon Clifford wide warrant for MISCHIEF UNDER BREEDEN $5000. BREEDEN is described as 170 cm or 5’7” a First Nations male, 170 cm or 82 kg or 181 lbs. 5’7” tall and weighs 82 kg or 181 lbs. BREEDEN has brown hair and brown eyes.

WA N T E D Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following person who is wanted on f a British Columbia wide warrant. As of 0900hrs this 4th day of July 2013, Douglas William GIBBS (B: 1986-0630) is wanted on a British Columbia wide w warrant for UTTERING THREATS Douglas William TO CAUSE BODILY HARM x 2. GIBBS GIBBS is described as a Caucasian male, 173 cm or 5’8” 173 cm or 5’8” tall and weighs 75 75kg or 166 lbs kg or 166 lbs. GIBBS has brown hair and blue eyes. GIBBS should be considered violent.

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In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 28: Joshua P. Fillion was found guilty of driving without due care and attention, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $75. Bradley V. Lang was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year. John B. Tom was found guilty of driving with a suspended licence, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year. In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 29: Steven L. Abela was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, sentenced to 351 days in jail and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms. Allison M. Anatole was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to 15 hours of community service work. Kevin A. Aquino was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year. Vernon L.M. Knott was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 28 days in jail. Candice M. Lolly was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to eight days in jail. Benjamin E. Wilson was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year. In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 30: Michelle L. Barfoot was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to one day in jail. Shaylynn B. Ghostkeeper was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to six days in jail. Eric A. Karr was found guilty of mischief and placed on probation for one year.

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Thefts get time in jail and probation In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 30: Petdro A. Felix was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. Felix was also found guilty of a second count of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to one day in jail and time credited of seven days and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. Felix was also found guilty of identity fraud, sentenced to one day in jail and time credited of 13 days and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. Felix was also found guilty of a third count of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, received a conditional sentence of

six months, was placed on probation for six months and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. Mathew S. Jones was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, failing to comply with a probation order and three counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to 60 days in jail. Jones was also found guilty of a fourth count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to 50 days in jail and time credited of 10 days. Thunderchild M. Parenteau was found guilty of three counts of failing to comply with a probation

order, sentenced to 43 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 31: Cindy C. Felix was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order and placed on probation for one year. Ernie Jakesta was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 27 days in jail. John E. Klimek was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year. In Provincial Court in Prince George on June 3: Trevor A. Biner was found guilty of mischief, placed on

probation for 18 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Kassandra A. Joseph was found guilty of two counts of assault and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to one day in jail and placed on probation for 18 months. Kevin K.J. Beauchamp was found guilty of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and causing a disturbance, sentenced to 112 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms. Chad A. Drake was found guilty of production of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, received a conditional sentence of 20 months, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. Robert J. Paine was found guilty of failing With over 30 years of experience, I can help you preserve your freedom, reputation and livelihood. to comply with a probation order and For an appointment call 564-4454 sentenced to 46 days 980 Fourth Avenue, Prince George • aartsenlaw.com in jail.

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The Prince George RCMP has a new tool to assist officers in policing the detachment area. The detachment has recently acquired a utility terrain vehicle (UTV), commonly known as a ‘side-by-side all terrain vehicle’. This Canadian-made Can-Am Commander two-seat UTV will be clearly identifiable as a police vehicle, as it has been decaled and outfitted with RCMP equipment. This new machine will be put into service later this week, following two operator training sessions. Prince George RCMP Detachment personnel are responsible to provide policing services to an area in excess of 20,000 square kilometres including the entire City of Prince George and a significant portion of the Fraser-Fort George Regional District. With increased demands for policing in rural areas, it is necessary to have a means of transportation to and from remote areas with poor or no road access. Up until now, Prince George RCMP have had to rely on other agencies when they need to access areas in emergency situations; This vehicle will allow the detachment to better protect RCMP members from both the elements and threats during the course of their duties, where access of regular police vehicles is not an option. It will allow for increased patrols for enforcement of outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing and recreational vehicle use and increased visibility through patrols, providing added sense of safety and security to residents of the communities they police.

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allows us to celebrate differences within our own workforce and within the community. It is an honour to participate in this year’s parade.” The RCMP would like to show its support for both the event and the LGBT community, as well as celebrate the diversity within Prince George and surrounding communities. “Many public and private sector occupations continue to face challenges that make it difficult or impossible for people to be the true and honest people they are. Today, I am proud to welcome members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who will be taking part in the Pride Parade for the first time in Northern British Columbia”

says Valentine Crawford, President of the Prince George Pride Society. “The Pride Parade continues to be a beacon of hope, strength, and visibility for the LGBT community around the world. The diversity here at home continues to grow and as such the Pride Parade is just as important today as it was 30 years ago.” The 16th annual Prince George Pride Parade is organized by the Prince George Pride Society. Over 500 people are expected to participate in this year’s parade, set to begin at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday July 6, at City Hall. For more information about the parade and related events, go to www. pgpride.com.

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For the first time ever, the RCMP will be taking part in the Prince George Pride Parade to be held in downtown Prince George on July 6. Police officers and staff from the Prince George Detachment and North District Headquarter building are looking forward to participating in the Pride Parade for the first time. “The North District RCMP are proud to participate in this year’s Pride Parade.” said Chief Supt. Rod Booth, Commander of the RCMP in northern B.C. “We are a police force that thrives on its diversity and equality of all our employees. We all share the same goal and that is to keep Canadians safe. Our involvement in this event

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www.pgfreepress.com Prince George - NEWS - Free Press A6 Friday, July 5, 2013 A pilot program launched recently by the University of Northern British Columbia is providing UNBC engineering students with valuable experience needed for implementing bioenergy technology in northern B.C. communities. The course, Northern BC Bioenergy, offers UNBC Environmental Engineering students the opportunity to learn about bioenergy and district heating systems design in Austria, where these systems are common, and gives them access to both university and industrial manufacturing expertise. The course is based around a two-week field trip to Austria, which Photo submitted the students took this UNBC students, faculty, and staff at the Binder boiler manufacture facility in Bärnbach, Austria. Left to right: Rico Berkhout, Amanda Drew spring with the goal of (UNBC Energy Technician), Shayna Scott, Soledad Ronco, Rebecca Page, Allison Matfin, Thomas Cheney, Kathleen Horita, Dr. Belinda broadening northern Larisch (Instructor), and Sean Carlson. B.C. knowledge of bioenergy systems. The students will be solution, as it utilizes local Conference and Exhibition, residences and day care. bioenergy systems and networks designing bioenergy systems for renewable resources. Using which is held in Prince George This course was also supported and there are no better people local communities to determine locally sourced bioenergy also every two years. by the Northern Health Authority, to learn from than the Austrians the feasibility of implementing makes sense economically; it will A critical component of the who provided students with who have been developing bioenergy heating systems in create jobs in these communities course is the relevance of the projects for hospitals and clinics this technology for more than their communities. and reduce reliance on external student projects, all of which are in McBride, MacKenzie, Smithers, three decades,” says UNBC “Having people trained and energy sources.” based on actual sites and designed Masset, Quesnel, Terrace, Environmental Engineering experienced with this technology Fifteen participants, including using real energy data. The Dease Lake, and Burns Lake. student Sean Carlson of Prince will benefit northern B.C. as seven UNBC Environmental students have been assigned to The students will be submitting Rupert, who says he intends to more rural and remote, off-grid Engineering students and one one or two communities, which rough drafts of their designs for return home after graduation to communities express interest in UNBC MA NRES student, were either already involved with how bioenergy technology can pursue a career as an Engineering implementing these systems,” says participated in the course, bioenergy projects, or intend to be added to the existing heating Consultant and apply what instructor and UNBC Adjunct which was delivered with the implement the technology in systems in these communities by he learned in the course. “I’ve Professor Belinda Larisch, who assistance of the Canadian Trade the future. These communities June 30, with their final designs learned the technology is not developed the course. “Some Commission and the bioenergy include Barkerville, Wells, due in September. The results feasible for every community, but communities, such as Gitsegukla industry in Austria, and Hazelton, New Hazelton, UNBC, will be shared with the project with northern B.C.’s abundant near Hazelton, have already supported in part by donations and Westbank First Nation. A sponsors. forests, and with so many off-grid started. Bioenergy represents from the BC Bioenergy Network, further project was closer to “Northern B.C. needs people communities, I think it’s going to one possible sustainable energy and the International Bioenergy home, involving UNBC’s student who know how to design be very big in the near future.”

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Francois Lake body may be from 1984 Officials believe they now have the identity of a man whose body was found deep in the waters of Francois Lake June 27. Although dental work is now being checked, officials believe the man is John Mowat, who went missing while working on an outboard motor on

his boat July 13, 1984. At first, the man was thought to be Syd Neville, who went missing after his boat capsized in rough water June 7 and is presumed to have drowned. A police report from the time of Mowat’s disappearance indicates a boat was found in the

middle of Francois Lake, two miles west of Sandy’s Resort. The boat was determined to be Mowat’s and witnesses at the time reported Mowat was observed traveling across the lake at a high rate of speed. The motor was heard to be revved and then stall. The boat was towed to shore containing items including a life jacket. A search was undertaken of the area and included the water and land. Mowat was never located and was categorized as missing and

presumed drowned. An Idaho search team using specialized equipment arrived June 24 to look for Neville and subsequently discovered a body June 27 in approximately 175 metres of water. The body was recovered June 30. The Idaho team is continuing the search for Neville. Joining the search this week is a specialist with a water dog from Alberta. It’s trained to detect the scent of a drowned person.

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Crews from the Wildfire Management Branch are responding to 12 new fires in the Dome Creek and Driscoll Creek area along Highway 16 about 120 kilometres east of Prince George. Lightning moved through the area over the long weekend and these fires are likely the result of “holdovers” from strikes associated with the weekend system. Initial attack crews are responding to these fires, all of which are estimated at less than one hectare

in size. None of these incidents are threatening any homes or infrastructure. If you see a wildfire please report it by calling *5555 on most cellular phones or 1-800-663-5555. The Prince George Fire Center covers an area from the Yukon and the Northwest territories in the North to Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, the Cottonwood River and the Robson Valley in the South; and from the Alberta border in the East to the Skeena Mountains in the West.

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AUGMENTING the AUXILIARY

Allan WISHART/Free Press RCMP Sgt. Al Steinhauser, left, Auxiliary constables Joe Naaykens and Giulio Massini and auxiliary co-ordinator Ewen Freethy talk about a recently begun drive to recruit more auxiliary members.

Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Joe Naaykens says there’s one thing to remember about becoming a member of the RCMP Auxiliary. “There’s nobody that doesn’t fit the program.” Naaykens should know, he’s been an Auxiliary Constable for 19 years, working his volunteer shifts for about 200 hours a year around his regular job as an engineer for Via Rail. Aux. Const. Giulio Massini describes himself as “semi-retired.” “I was a commercial pilot, then I went to the Air Force for a while, now I work as a bus driver with Diversified Transport.” Rather than being out of the street, the two constables were inside the detachment Friday, talking about what it’s like being an Auxiliary Constable, and the need for more of them in Prince George. “We have 13 auxiliaries right now,” coordinator Ewen Freethy says. “We have had as many as 38. Most people make a five-year commitment; right now we’re only asking for three.” Massini and Naaykens work together a lot, especially doing foot patrols downtown. “We’re a regular pairing,” Naaykens says, “because our schedules work well together. The schedules are very flexible around whatever else you do.” Sgt. Al Steinhauser, the assistant coordinator, says the qualifications aren’t that hard to meet. “You have to commit to 160 hours of volunteer work a year, be 19 or older, physically fit, and able to pass a security test.” He said they are especially looking for women, and are also aiming for cultural diversity among the group. Naaykens says one of the favourite memories of his Auxiliary work is with diversity. “I was working Canada Day about seven years ago, and a few non-white people came over, and asked if they could get a picture of themselves with me. “I said sure, and after they took the picture they told me they were from Sierra Leone (in Africa) and were going to send the picture back home to show how in Canada you could stand with the police so easily. “I guess back home it was a different story.” Naaykens and Massini agree one of the most important aspects of being an Auxiliary members is the community feeling.

“The thing I like best,” Massini says, “is doing the public relations work, especially in the schools. The kids just love being able to sit in the car and use the lights and sirens.” Those sirens made a real hit in some of the schools they visited over the last year. “We made an effort to get out to all the rural schools in the district,” Naaykens says. “You get totally different reactions from the kids. In the city, they’re so used to hearing sirens, it’s no big deal. “Out in places like Giscome and Hixon, it’s something new. You get the chance to meet the kids face-to-face, and they find out police officers are regular people too.” Auxiliary officers are considered peace officers under the law, and can carry

out many of the same duties as regular officers, but there are some differences. “They have to take direction from a full-time officer or another member of the force,” Freethy says. “They can do anything they are directed to do. They can drive a car from one place to another, but they can’t do it with the lights and siren on, for instance.” Sometimes, going along with regular patrols produces less-than-pleasant memories, Massini says. “I was on a foot patrol with regular forces,” he says, “and we got a call to the old P.G. Hotel. A young man had hung himself. There was still money in his wallet, so it wasn’t a murder. “I can still see his face in my mind.”

Even with memories like that once in a long while, nether Naaykens or Massini would change what they do as volunteers, and encourage anyone interested to get more information now, with the next round of training coming up. Training includes law, defensive tactics, traffic control, communications and operation of police equipment, and knowledge of community policing and crime prevention programs. Anyone interested can submit a request of interest to pg_media@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or drop by the detachment office at 999 Brunswick St. You will receive a full information and application package, which must be submitted by July 15.

YOUR CITY MATTERS July 5, 2013 COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS MEETINGS

Mayor’s Task Force on Crime Tuesday, July 9 – 3:00 p.m. 2nd Floor Conference Room

Advisory Committee on Development Design Wednesday, July 10 – 12:00 p.m. 2nd Floor Conference Room

Advisory Committee on Accessibility Wednesday, July 10 – 5:00 p.m. 2nd Floor Conference Room

Special City Council Meeting Monday, July 8 – 8:30 a.m. Council Chambers

Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 8 – 6:00 p.m. Council Chambers

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PROCLAMATIONS July 4 – 7, 2013 is “Pride Week: Wear Your Colours” in the City of Prince George

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Jeff Nagel Black Press Two Surrey residents accused of planting pressure cooker bombs outside the B.C. legislature on Canada Day are described by police as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Al-Qaeda-inspiredâ&#x20AC;? but â&#x20AC;&#x153;selfradicalized.â&#x20AC;? B.C. RCMP arrested John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie Korody in Abbotsford at 2 p.m. Monday after a fivemonth investigation that began in February. The alleged homegrown terror plot is similar to that of the Boston Marathon bombers, who used pressure cooker bombs to send shrapnel through the crowd near the raceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finish line on April 15. RCMP seized three explosive devices made from pressure cookers that contained nails, bolts, nuts and washers that were placed on the legislative assembly grounds. Nuttall, 38, and Korody, 29, are charged with making or possessing an explosive device, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, and knowingly facilitating terrorist activity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These individuals were inspired by Al-Qaeda ideology,â&#x20AC;? RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our investigation has determined this was a domestic threat without international linkages.â&#x20AC;? The alleged motive of the two accused is not clear but there is no indication of any connection to Islamic beliefs or religion. The RCMP says the pair â&#x20AC;&#x153;took steps to build explosive devices and place them at the British Columbia Legislature in Victoria where crowds were expected to gather on Canada Day.â&#x20AC;? The legislative lawn and inner harbour were crowded with an estimated 40,000 revelers for Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canada Day concert and fireworks. Police arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t saying if undercover officers were working with the duo but Malizia said they were being closely monitored and police ensured the bombs were inert

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Photo submitted An RCMP evidence table shows the makings of the bombs police say were set to go off during Canada Day celebrations in Victoria.

and could not detonate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the RCMP believed this threat was real, at no time was the security of the public at risk,â&#x20AC;? Malizia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We detected the threat early and disrupted it.â&#x20AC;? The arrests were made after a joint investigation of the RCMP E Division, the Canadian Border Services Agency and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, dubbed Project Souvenir. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to reassure our citizens that at all times during the investigation, our primary focus was the safety and protection of the public,â&#x20AC;? Malizia said. Nor was the Canada Day crowd in Victoria the only potential target that may have been contemplated.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The suspects were committed to acts of violence and discussed a wide variety of targets and techniques,â&#x20AC;? said RCMP Assistant Commissioner Wayne Rideout, adding they were â&#x20AC;&#x153;self-radicalizedâ&#x20AC;? and aimed to cause â&#x20AC;&#x153;maximum impact to Canadian citizens at the B.C. Legislature on a national holiday.â&#x20AC;? A variety of covert investigation methods were used to control any method the suspects had to commit harm, Photo submitted RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia brings the media up to date he added. on the arrests made Monday afternoon. Rideout said the bombs are believed significant challenges in their 60-day conditional sentence to have been (house arrest) and one year of made in Surrey and at other life,â&#x20AC;? Watts said. She also understands probation. locations in B.C. they gathered much of their Nuttall and Korody appeared â&#x20AC;&#x153;As these devices were information about what they in Surrey Provincial Court constructed we were in were doing from the Internet. Tuesday and make their next very tight control,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fairly appearance July 9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were confident that 100% Locally Owned unsophisticated,â&#x20AC;? Watts said. Victoria was the site of at least public risk was absolutely & Operated! Korody has no prior criminal one terrorist plot in the past, minimized.â&#x20AC;? charges, but Nuttall was the Millennium bomber plot Surrey Mayor Dianne convicted of robbery in 2003 in 2000. Ahmed Ressam, an Watts said the two alleged in Victoria and received an Algerian member of Al Qaeda, terrorists have lived in 18-month conditional sentence. assembled bomb materials Surrey for about 18 months while staying at a Vancouver and had a transient lifestyle, An addicted drug user at motel, then loaded them in the moving fluidly in the region the time, Nuttall had hit a businessman on the head with a trunk of his car and traveled to from Delta to Surrey to Prince George 250-964-1103 rock and stole his briefcase. Victoria. Vancouver. #450 - 5240 Domano Boulevard In March 2010, he was Ressam attempted to enter the She couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say whether Located in College Heights next to Save-On Foods convicted of assault, mischief U.S. on the MV Coho ferry from /PU SFEFFNBCMF XJUI BOZ PUIFS PĂľFS the pair had substance 0OF DPVQPO QFS DVTUPNFS $PVQPO FYQJSFT "VH Not redeemable with any other offer. One coupon per customer. Coupon expires July 14, 2013. and possessing a weapon for Victoria to Washington, but abuse issues. a dangerous purpose â&#x20AC;&#x201C; also he was arrested by U.S. border â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t confirm that, in Victoria â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and received a security at Port Angeles. I know that they had

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Allan WISHART/Free Press Jessica Brown makes the first stop of her first walking tour of the downtown for the summer. The tours runs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11 a.m., starting at the checkout counter of the library. With the theme of this year’s tour being public art, it made sense to have the first stop be Rosee de Matin, by Marc LaCaille, part of the Eagles in the City group, located right in front of the library.

Cullen wants energy strategy Skeena – Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen is calling for the creation of a national energy strategy as more and more companies turn their eyes to the north coast for exporting Canadian energy. However, he said the best place to start such a conversation is in the riding that will be most impacted. “We need to develop our own energy strategy based on our own values, and I believe that will resonate with the rest of Canada. The Prime Minister and the Premier are really off the playing field and off the radar,” he said. “There is no vision from the provincial or federal government. If I was a betting man, if there were 10 projects in front of them they would rubber stamp them all. They are not going to try and stop development in any way ... I don’t think 10 projects in the area is possible and I don’t think 10 is a good idea.” One of the pillars of any energy strategy would be Canadian oil, which is currently proposed to come to the Northwest through either pipeline or rail. When it comes to Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway, Cullen said it is essentially a non-issue. “People don’t want to talk to me about Enbridge any more, they see it as a done deal,” he said of the

many protests and opposition from municipal governments and First Nations groups. “The benefit of Enbridge is that it really brought people together and got all of us to work together.” As for oil-by-rail, an idea proposed by Nexen Energy in February and raised again by Kitimat Clean Ltd. president David Black, Cullen said although the track infrastructure is in place and CN currently carries oil to the east coast and the U.S., an environmental assessment would still be needed. “To move that volume of product over a line that is not designed for it, you would need an impact assessment to ensure you are not heading for disaster ... the tracks are right beside the risk, they run right beside many of the rivers in the region,” he said, noting CN should welcome such a study. “If it really is a good idea you shouldn’t be afraid of an assessment. If it is a solid, safe project, you should have nothing to hide ... if the selling point is that it can be done without an assessment, that is not a good one for people in the northwest. It raises a lot of flags.” Mark Hallman of CN said the company would not comment on “speculative” operations.

“Bigger thinking, Better design, Bolder ambitions” Professor Jack Lohman, CBE; CEO Royal BC Museum

The Royal BC Museum is looking forward – what do we need to accomplish for future generations? We believe a refreshed, modern museum and archives is at the heart of celebrating British Columbia and its place in the wider world. Bigger thinking, better design, bolder ambitions – these will mark what we do for the beneﬁt of the society and economy of our province. Please join us to ﬁnd out more about our plans and share your ideas with us.

Community Event Details: Friday, July 5, 2013 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Presentation - 2:30 p.m. followed by discussion The Exploration Place, 333 Becott Place, Prince George For further information and to participate online please visit: www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

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School posters celebrate clean air The Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable has announced the winners of the 2013 Clean Air Day poster contest. Isabella Pighin, 7, whose work is seen here, and Layla Houghtaling, 6, students at Vanway Elementary School were awarded top honours for their posters. The judges awarded an honourable mention to Jorja Eyles, 7, also a Vanway Elementary student. The contest received a total of 79 entries over a two-week span from Prince George elementary school students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were pleased to see all of the entries for this poster contest, which was held to celebrate National Clean Air Day on June 5,â&#x20AC;? said Tiffany Bonnett, program coordinator, in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The purpose of the

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Telus extending wireless coverage In partnership with the province, Telus is spending $120,000 to bring new wireless coverage to more than 10 kilometres of Highway 5 between Valemount and TĂŞte Jaune Cache. The site located south of TĂŞte Jaune Cache is now live, providing service to a stretch of Highway 5 as well as homes and businesses in the area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Telus, we know how important wireless services are, and continue to make significant investments in our networks to bring them to our customers here in the Jackman Flats area and right across Canada,â&#x20AC;? said Lance MacDonald, Telus general manager for the Northern Interior, in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our significant investment in this new wireless site gives motorists, local residents

and businesses the convenience of making hands-free wireless calls along stretches of rural highway, expands access to 911, and allows for great broadband service where it may not be possible to build wired Internet access.â&#x20AC;? The project is part of the 10year Connecting British Columbia agreement signed with the Province of B.C. in 2011. Under the terms of the agreement Telus will connect more than 1,700 kilometres of unconnected highways with wireless service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is great news that wireless service is being expanded along those stretches,â&#x20AC;? said Shirley Bond, MLA for Prince George-Valemount. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is important our local motorists feel safe and comfortable while on the road. This will allow for safer travel on the highway.â&#x20AC;?

Matters inquest set A coronerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inquest into the death of Gregory John Matters will be held in Prince George in the fall. The inquest will take place from Oct. 7-11, 2013, at the Prince George courthouse. Matters, 40, of Prince George, died on Sept. 10, 2012, shortly after having been shot by an RCMP Emergency Response Team member. Presiding coroner Chico Newell and a jury will hear evidence from subpoenaed witnesses to determine the facts surrounding this death. While the jury may not, by law, make any findings of legal responsibility, it will have the opportunity to make recommendations aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances in the future. An inquest is a formal process that allows for public presentation of evidence relating to a death.

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Hydro looks north to power the province Kyla Corpuz Special to Free Press FORT ST. JOHN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Northeastern B.C. may very well continue to play a large role in powering the province in the future, said BC Hydro president and CEO Charles Reid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Customers expect power, and in addition they want affordable electricity rates â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is a challenge for us,â&#x20AC;? said Reid at a Fort St. John Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Jun. 18. Reid referred to Site C as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;tremendous advantage,â&#x20AC;? and another â&#x20AC;&#x153;asset we are going to need,â&#x20AC;? in addition to thermal, wind and other new power sources. Reid justified the Site C, a proposed third hydroelectric dam on the Peace River, cost of $7.9 billion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New power is more expensive than old power, in the long run the cost goes down.â&#x20AC;? Reid added that once upfront capital costs are taken care of â&#x20AC;&#x153;youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sailing.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When WAC [Bennett Dam] was built it was expensive, there were people saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is

going to bankrupt BC Hydro,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? [this is] my personal opinionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; said Reid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Today we think, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth $100 billion, so thank God we did it.â&#x20AC;? is $14 billion really that big of a Peace River Regional District deal?â&#x20AC;? Area C director Arthur Hadland The deferred amount is still questioned BC Hydroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money still owed to BC Hydro, current financial situation. said Reid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing that bothers me Using a natural gas plant is that BC Hydro being a very instead of hydroelectricity was effective a point that Reid organization on, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Customers expect touched for a very long system that has power, and in time, good been lobbied by infrastructure, local residents as addition they but we have alternative to want affordable an a very large Site C. electricity rates debt,â&#x20AC;? said â&#x20AC;&#x153;No doubt Hadland. [natural gas plants â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, maybe challenge for us. are] less expensive I should be but you do have â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Charles Reid corrected but to replace those the existing plants more and debt is $14 billion â&#x20AC;Ś [and] $4 youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re subject to commodity. billion in deferredâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? Plants are replaced every 30 to BC Hydro does have a 35 years,â&#x20AC;? said Reid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guarantee $14-billion debt but in the me a natural gas price for the overall picture Reid said debt is next 100 years and then weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll leverage. talk.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you do with the In addition to focusing on Site debt,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that the Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environmental assessment, investments that they have made which is now in its third stage, into projects such as the WAC Reid said the power company Bennett Dam far outweigh their is also working on a large deficit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is [our assets] transmission line project from worth? â&#x20AC;Ś I would estimateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dawson Creek to Chetwynd.

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at Artspace Canadian alternative-country pop artist Fred Eaglesmith plays Artspace above Books and Company on Tuesday, July 23. Eaglesmith writes songs about everyday things: tractors and trucks and themes like rural life, farming and ranching. Originally from rural southern Ontario, Eaglesmith came out to western Canada and has since become a world-class musician who has entertained crowds around the world. Tickets for Fred Eaglesmith show are $25, from Books and Company.

Celtic Thunder Here September 12 Part of their North American Tour, the ever popular Celtic Thunder will be at the CN Centre on Sept. 12. The Irish group is composed of soloists who sing in both solo and ensemble numbers. Backed by a band for their tours, the group performs a variety of music including folk, world music, soft rock, Broadway tunes and classical crossover pieces. Tickets for the CN show are available at all Ticketmaster locations including the CN Centre box ofﬁce.

Fraser River call for artists The Fraser River Discovery Centre is accepting submissions for their annual Artist on the River. Artists and artisans in all media are invited to display, demonstrate and sell their work along the Westminster Quay boardwalk during Riverfest on Saturday, Sept. 28. This year marks the centre’s 10th annual celebration of B.C. and World Rivers Day. Application forms/submission guidelines are available on the centre’s website at www.fraserriverdiscovery. org. Completed forms must be received by Aug. 16.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Paul Carmichael is a father who came up with the idea for a support device for iPads and tablets after watching his seven-year-old daughter, Sofie, struggle to use her new tablet while balancing it on her lap. He calls his invention The Kribbitt. Why? “Because it holds – it’s kind of funky and shaped like a frog,” explains Carmichael who stopped by the Free Press Wednesday. Currently, there is a patent pending (utility and design.) If all goes well, The Kribbitt may soon be more widely distributed. Carmichael is proud it’s being carried by London Drugs stores and if sales soar, he may have to raise his daughter’s allowance. She was, after all, the one who inspired him “We bought Sofie a tablet for Christmas and I saw her on the couch during the holidays trying to use it and I realized she needed support for it. I couldn’t find what I wanted in the stores, so I went into the garage and pulled the wires off the tops of some five-gallon paint cans and fashioned my first [prototype] out of them. That’s how I got started.” When it was first launched this year, The Kribbitt got rave reviews from users and website testimonials. Carmichael said he used the catchy theme: ‘The 12 Days of Kribbitt’ and the orders started coming in. Now the devices are made from a non-latex rubber over wire and The Kribbitt is being manufactured – where else? – in Carmichael’s garage. He has the help of one assistant but if and when demand exceeds supply, he may have to find a warehouse and employ a whole assembly line of people. The device is unique because it can be used in many ways. Similar holding devices on the market are more limited in function, says Carmichael.

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Photo submitted Paul Carmichael with his ‘handy’ support device invention, The Kribbitt.

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Freeman Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Lucky 13. The woman who for many years has played a key role in planting flowers and hanging baskets to make our city more beautiful, now has a key to its heart. Silver-haired Shirley Gratton was surprised Monday at the Celebrate Canada opening ceremonies to be named the 13th Freeman of the City of Prince George. Mayor Shari Green bestowed her with the city’s top honour, presenting a tearful Gratton with a plaque bearing a key motif and a bouquet of flowers. “What an honour,” Gratton told

the Free Press on Tuesday. “It is all still sinking in. That is an award that they don’t give out every day – or even every year. It’s over-humbling really. Not in a million years did I ever think this would ever happen to me, a skinny kid from Salmon Valley.” Now a senior – who hasn’t slowed down her community involvement one bit – Gratton says that she looks back on her early years watching the city bloom and grow as very happy ones. “I’m going to turn 80 on April 9 and I want to celebrate it at the Heather Ball Park with a fundraiser for minor baseball. There may still be snow on the ground but that’s where I want to celebrate my birthday. I played baseball as a kid at Prince George High School in the Duchess Park area. We used to play for a high school women’s league sponsored by Mrs. Kirschke of the Six Mile Lake Loggers.” Being given the key to the city puts her in good company, she said. “All the people who have received the key to the city prior to me are all mostly mayors, there’s a judge in there, and then there’s me, this country kid.” She never saw it coming, she said. “When I was standing on the [Kiwanis bandshell] stage, expecting to honour someone else, I looked over and saw my name in big print and then I knew something was up.” Of all her volunteer service, Gratton says her years spent with the PGX (now the British Columbia Northern Exhibition or BCNE) have been very rewarding. This year she is also helping out at the local fair, she said. Despite her countless volunteer hours, Gratton still leaves time for her family. “I enjoy my family, they are so supportive. They help me with whatever I get involved in.” That includes organizing high school banquets for grads, helping a youth group at her church with their

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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Longtime community volunteer, “flower power” patron, B.C. Hydro Pioneer and former Citizen of the Year Shirley Gratton reacts to the announcement by Mayor Shari Green that she’s been named the City’s 13th Freeman. The surprise honour was bestowed on Gratton during Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Monday.

fundraising efforts, and contributing to the appreciation of this area’s history. “I like working with Huble Historic Homestead, I have my old loom there,” said Gratton, a member of the Prince George Fibre Arts (formerly PG Spinners and Weavers) group. No longer president of the group, Gratton says that it’s always good to have “new people, with new ideas.” One of her fondest memories, though, is of being on the Communities in Bloom program committee. “When we had judges come to town it was much fun to go around to the different places to show off what we’d done and we also had a paddling tour that in the last year took us to the Hudson Bay Slough.” Another proud accomplishment, she said, was working on a local history book called Saga of a Pioneer’s Dreams based on events from the early 1900s. Gratton has served on numerous boards and volunteer committees as well as two terms as city councillor. She was named Citizen of the Year (2004) and is well known for her tireless work with the Prince George Branch of Hydro Power Pioneers and Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation’s Festival of Trees fundraiser.

One of her biggest passions, however, is minor baseball. She was a “key” figure in pushing for the Heather Park ball field – two years before the Kevin Costner Field of Dreams movie came along. “We began working in earnest on it in 1987. I coached Little League and I had my big and little team, They gave me 18 players, nine little guys and nine bigger guys. Both age groups played half the time and we won most of our games. Then at the end of the season, we played the girls – who happened to be some of my players’ sisters – and we lost most of the time. We’d go home cryng.” Does she still keep in touch with her Little League guys? “They finally have forgiven me,” she joked. “But we had a good time. I just about went broke buying them all pop after the games but we had a lot of fun. When I’d come home from work, there would always be about six bicycles on my lawn and the boys were waiting to practice ball.” When they began fundraising efforts to build a ball park, Gratton said a sense of humour pulled them through a lot of tough times. “When we did the ball park, we raised about $60,000 to bring in Bernard Martin to build big and little parks on the ‘Babe Ruth’ side, and one day he phoned up and said

we have to remove the crushed rock, it’s no good. I went silent. He’d just wanted to get a rise out of me.” Another time, pranksters almost go the better of her. “I had a van, we were rolling sod at the park at night and the keys fell out of my pocket somewhere so I had to get a ride home. The next day I got a ride in with a carpenter working on the site. As we drove up, I saw my van was gone. Brand new, Gone. Bernard and Don Emerson had hidden it beside our old concession stand – but they let me worry about it for a while.” Gratton says she may write a book someday about her “take me out to the ball game” days but for now she gives one more glimpse at days gone by. “For our baseball tournaments, we ladies did our own cooking for the banquet. We cooked six roasts. I put my roast on the back of the car, went back for something else, jumped in the car and drove over the roast. It was so expensive that I went around looking for advice on how I could save the crushed roast. One of the women said the look on my face was priceless.” Indeed, Gratton agrees that humour is a key element in her life and now that she’s been given a key to the city, well, it’s kind of like a home run on home turf.

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Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Two Rivers Gallery Kidz Art Dayz has become one of the most popular family events of the year, says public program director Carolyn Holmes. “People have been asking us about it for weeks,” she said. “Last year, we had about 5,000 people coming through – many of them come back year after year. This event is really our way of giving back to the community. We just want to encourage everyone to get creative and express themselves. It’s a great way for families to come together, have a fun time, and share their artistic ideas.” Holmes says the two-day arts event is “all about the process of making and creativity and experimenting.” This is the gallery’s 23rd year putting on the event and it is BMO’s 7th year as sponsor for the event, she said. “We have over 20 activities inside the gallery and outside there are lots of community groups with their art stations including The Exploration Place, Active Minds and REAPS and of course BMO with their crazy hat making,” said Holmes. Along with the return of favourite art activities from past years, the art gallery has added some new ones. “This year we are having a new giant pendulum painting. It’s filled with paint, you spin it around and it makes these huge colourful paintings.” BMO KidzArt Dayz coordinator Kristen Heyland says the event is important because it provides an opportunity for people to express themselves and use their imagination while also being exposed to different ways and mediums in which to create. “The event has a multitude of

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work AT ART Free Press file photo Last year, fossils were one of the big draws at Kidz Art Dayz. This year, there will once again be a wide variety of booths for youngsters to experiment with their creativity.

art activities which the community can participate in,” she said. “This year we will be having events like Walking on Ooblek where people will be able to walk over a mixture of water and cornstarch which creates a non-newtonian substance. Also new this year will be our wire sculptures which is like drawing on 3D. We will also have a giant paint by numbers, over 12 feet long, which will act as our public art piece this year.” Favourite stations like jewelry making, face painting, T-shirt painting and easel art will be back. Many local businesses will have booths and crafts which they are sponsoring, said Heyland. Live music will be performed by local musicians on a rooftop stage [the lower roof of Two Rivers Gallery].

“We’re really excited about having music this year and so there will be some great live entertainment all day long with local musicians sharing their music with people.” Performers include Jeremy Stewart [music lovers probably saw him perform recently in the Experimental Jazz Festival] along with Coldsnap artist Derek Joyce and other musicians such as Erin Ernding, Rockabilly Band, Peter Stevenson, Curtis Abriel, Raghu Lokanathan and Darby Yule. The best things in life are free, including BMO Kidz Art Days, but people can bring some money for hotdogs and hamburgers provided by Two Rivers Catering. They should also bring a white T-shirt to

Sneak peek at Les Mis It’s not often an audience gets a sneak preview at an upcoming Judy Russell musical production but people who braved a brief downpour Monday afternoon during Celebrate Canada were rewarded with soaring vocal solos, darling duets and an ensemble number from Les Miserables. Andy Beesley as prisoner 24601 Jean Valjean gave an emotions-laid-bare, widerange rendition of Bring Him Home. Gary Chappel and Robin Norman as innkeepers Monsieur and Madame Thenardier easily mastered the cadence and witty lyrics of Master of the House (Norman is herself a voice coach and choir director). And Kelsey Wheatley as Eponine gave a very strong and beautiful vocal performance that won her wild applause from the crowd. This was just a sampling of the many songs, memorable music and great voices that will be heard when the local Teresa MALLAM/Free Press production comes to the stage at the Andy Beesley as Jean Valjean performs a soaring Prince George Playhouse July 16. However rendition of Bring Him Home during a preview Canada Day audiences got a glimpse of Monday of Judy Russell’s Les Miserables. what’s to come when the entire cast of Judy Russell’s Les Miserables appeared on stage George’s musical community who make up an Monday at the Kiwanis bandshell. amazing 16-piece orchestra. The outstanding performances showed that Les Judy Russell’s Les Miserables runs July 16 to Mis is truly a musical not to miss. August 3 at the Prince George Playhouse. Doors The “Les Mis” Orchestra is comprised of Prince open at 7 p,m. Curtain at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are at George Symphony Orchestra (PGSO) conductor Studio 2880. Kevin Zakresky and PGSO members and Prince

paint if they choose that activity, says Heyland. BMO Kidz Art Days runs Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with two funfilled days of art-making activities for the whole family. Free of

charge. Two Rivers Gallery annual memberships are sold for half price during the Kidz Art Dayz event. For more information visit www.tworiversgallery.ca or simply come down to 725 Civic Plaza this weekend and join in the creativity.

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Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Prince George RCMP Sgt. Raj Sidhu says his message Saturday was a simple one. “The main message I gave is we have to change our mindset on family violence,” he said after participating in a seminar at the Sikh Temple on Kelly Street on Saturday. The seminar on domestic violence was hosted by the Indo-Canadian Seniors Society. “The older members of the community have to be role models for the youth,” he added. “if there are problems, they have to be the ones to show what needs to be done.” Both Sidhu and Cpl. Carla Cook of the Domestic Violence Unit repeated the message: The police are there, and they want to help, but they need to know about problems. “When someone calls us and says, ‘It’s the first time this has happened,’ we know it probably isn’t true. It usually takes about 12 or 14 incidents before we get called.” About 30 people attended the seminar, one of a series the society is hosting.

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Allan WISHART/Free Press Narinder Powar, left, president of the Guru Gobind Singh Temple, and Kirpal Minhas, president of the Indo-Canadian Seniors Society, present RCMP. Sgt. Raj Singh and Cpl. Carla Cook with plaques of appreciation following their presentation on domestic violence on Saturday.

Get ready to get buzz-y with summer reading There’s a buzz around the Prince George Public Library these days, and it’s not all about the new Knowledge Garden being constructed next door. No, it’s about the summer reading program, which launches July 5, and is called Up, Up and Away! While that particular slogan may be more associated with costumed superheroes, for

the library this summer, the flying creatures associated with the program are bees. Yes – bees. This summer, children will have the chance to help families in Ghana with Books for Bees. It’ a simple process. You pick a bee, and colour it any way you want. Place your bee at the start of the course, and watch him make a beeline for fun. For every book you read, the bee moves towards the hive.

When you read 10 books, he makes it to the hive, and $10 is donated to Books for Bees. The program is run through Plan Canada. For every $55 raised, one beekeeping kit is purchased, and given to a family in Ghana. Selling the honey produced by the bees earns them money for food, clothing, shelter and education. The program is for children aged 0 to 12,

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July 27th - 10:30 a.m. George Street Pet Parade From the Year-round market to the Courthouse. Prize for the best dressed duo

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and will run at both libraries, with a number of specialized programs for different age groups. The Up, Up and Away kickoff party is set for July 5 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the downtown branch, and it’s a great chance to participate in fun activities, learn more about bees, and pick up your reading record for the summer.

Teeing off for AWAC There’s nothing like a great game of golf on a summer afternoon, and enjoying one while knowing your participation is helping some of the most vulnerable people in the community can only improve on what some would consider a perfect day. On July 13 the Association for the Advocacy for Women and Children (AWAC) is hosting its first annual golf tournament at the Woods Golf

Course. The entry fee is $40 or $80 for a team, and includes a barbecue dinner. Registration is at noon with shotgun at 1 p.m. Dinner - served with plenty of prizes - begins at 4 p.m. For more information, visit www. thewoodsgolfcourse.com or e-mail thewoodsgolfcourseinpg@hotmail. com.

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Graffiti art may have gotten an unfair “bad rap” in our culture. But a new art exhibit featuring a talented young artist may put it into a better light for viewers, says Lisa Redpath, PG and District Community Arts Council project manager. Northern FX, an aerosol exhibit with artist Andrew Mooney, opens July 11 in the feature gallery at Studio 2880. “When Andrew came in with his portfolio, I was quite impressed with his graffiti-style urban art which is very fresh and very youthful,” said Redpath. “He has tremendous talent and I think he really brings graffiti art to the next level. It’s very colourful. I think the word

Photo submitted Talented aerosol artist Andrew Mooney shows his technique. His show opens July 11 at Studio 2880’s Feature Gallery.

Kribbitt makes life simpler for many FROM PAGE B1 (5.5 inches and over) and iPads including iPad Mini. It comes in several “fashion” colours including neon green, pink and silver. Recently, Carmichael returned from a conference and trade show in New York where The Kribbitt was seen and liked by a number of potential distributors. The support device is of particular interest to special needs groups, especially for children and adults with disabilities and arthritis sufferers whose mobility is limited. It is durable and lightweight for easy transport and ideal for home, outdoors, marine, aircraft and other places. One of its best features, says Carmichael (besides the fact it is made in Canada) is that the device allows users to teach, demonstrate,

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‘graffiti’ is often misused. I think propelled by current issues and of it as an art form.” by things that are happening The show’s opening will be around us,” said Redpath. “So very engaging, says Redpath. there’s often a statement in it.” “ We [art Come down to council] like Studio 2880 and He has to represent enjoy the street tremendous every art form styles of one of talent and I think the region’s most out there and Andrew talented aerosol he really brings is bringing graffiti art to the graffiti artists. something Andrew Mooney next level new and brings his youthful – Lisa Redpath exciting. He’s style to Studio 2880 going to have on Thursday, July a DJ playing music for him and 11. The show opens at 7 p.m. he’ll be doing a live painting for at Studio 2880, 2820 15th Ave. us. So there’s a lot of fresh energy There is a 10 per cent discount and lots of colour in his work.” off all Artisan Gift Shoppe There may also be a message. merchandise for attendees of the “Graffiti art tends to be exhibit opening July 11.

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CANADA DAY Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Circadian Rhythm performs on the Kiwanis Bandshell stage Monday at Canada Day celebrations.

at FORT GEORGE PARK Teresa Mallam/Free Press Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hot one... and many people made shade from the hot sun Monday at Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park. The day included lots of entertainment, food vendors, fun and of course, birthday cake for the merrymaking crowd.

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Circadian Rhythm performs for an enthusiastic Canada Day crowd on the Kiwanis Bandshell stage Monday.

A little girl looks over at the choir director for guidance as she and her group sing O Canada in the Carrier language during opening ceremonies Monday at Celebrate Canada. The event took place at Fort George Park and attracted thousands of people.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Eileen Barrientos puts on a dramatic flamenco performance Monday for the Celebrate Canada event at Fort George Park. The event is hosted by the Multicultural Heritage Society.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press A group from the local Filipino community enjoys a picnic in Fort George Park Monday during Canada Day celebrations.

Teresa Mallam/Free Press MLAs Shirley Bond and Mike Morris cut the cake.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Girls (with baby on board) just wanna have fun... Yemeema Eyob, Hiwot Andarge, Eden Andarge and Lucy Andarge take in Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Monday.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Monica Tsang performs beautiful vocals for the crowd at Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Monday.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press To celebrate Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 146th birthday, cake baker Kandy Filipovic makes the first cuts in preparation for a lineup of people wanting to sample it Monday at Fort George Park.

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CANADA DAY Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Circadian Rhythm performs on the Kiwanis Bandshell stage Monday at Canada Day celebrations.

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Circadian Rhythm performs for an enthusiastic Canada Day crowd on the Kiwanis Bandshell stage Monday.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press A group from the local Filipino community enjoys a picnic in Fort George Park Monday during Canada Day celebrations.

Teresa Mallam/Free Press MLAs Shirley Bond and Mike Morris cut the cake.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Girls (with baby on board) just wanna have fun... Yemeema Eyob, Hiwot Andarge, Eden Andarge and Lucy Andarge take in Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Monday.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Monica Tsang performs beautiful vocals for the crowd at Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Monday.

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McRae happy to be riding home In honour of her Diamond Jubilee on July 13 and 14. Jennifer is looking marking 60 years on the throne, Her forward to coming back home. Majesty Queen Elizabeth II invited “I am excited to be coming home the RCMP to participate in the to Prince George to perform,” says Changing of the Queen’s Life Guard, Const.McRae. “It will be great to see a contingent of cavalry soldiers friends and family and wonderful to charged with guarding the official be able to perform for them.” royal residences in London. To view the Musical Ride On May 23, 2012, the 139th schedule, go to www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ anniversary of the creation of mr-ce/tour-eng.htm the North West Mounted Police, This year Jennifer will be riding Const. Jennifer McRae and 10 other “Dancer”, a 7 year old gelding in his members of the RCMP took part second year on the Musical Ride. in the Changing of the Queen’s Jennifer and the other members of Life Guard at the Musical Ride look Buckingham Palace. forward to meeting the It will be great Constable McRae public and introducing to see friends was selected to be their horses. The and family and the first female stables will be open to RCMP member wonderful to be the public on July 13 to take part in the 14 from 9 a.m. to able to perform and ceremony, which 9 p.m., except during for them. was carried out as show times. the Queen observed. On May 23, 1873, – Jennifer McRae This was an honour the Parliamentary that will not only bill authorizing the stay with her for the rest of her life, immediate establishment of a but remain in the history of the “Police Force in the North-West RCMP forever. Territories” received Royal assent This was the second time in the creating the North West Mounted 350 year history of the Queen’s Police. Originally the Force was Life Guard that the RCMP had the restricted to number not more than distinction of being the Queen’s Life 300 men. However, after two name Guard, the first time was in 1937. changes and 140 years of dedicated The RCMP remain the only police service, the Force now consists force to ever have had this honour. of approximately 19,000 police In 2013, the Musical Ride will be officers supported by 10,000 civilian touring Northern Ontario and British members and public servants, as Columbia, including Prince George well as more than 75,000 volunteers

Photo courtesy of the RCMP It will be a homecoming for Const. Jennifer McRae next week when she and the rest of the RCMP Musical Ride perform a pair of shows in Prince George.

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Free e-invoices course offered Keeping up with technology in business can be tricky but CNC is offering businesses a free workshop on electronic invoices. The workshop runs July 10 and is ideal for independent consultants and small to medium-sized businesses that use Word or Excel documents to generate invoices for their customers. Three of the simplest, most cost-effective e-Invoicing solutions will be reviewed in the workshop and a guide to selecting the right service for the business will be provided. “Electronic invoicing leads to quicker approval and payment cycles, improved vendor satisfaction, fewer lost or missing invoices and a more efficient financial process,” said Zelda Craig, CNC’s industry liaison. “While the majority of businesses rely on a paper invoicing system, global invoicing standards are rapidly moving towards electronic invoicing.” Large companies are insisting their suppliers adopt e-invoicing solutions in an effort to streamline approvals and make their payments processes more efficient, she said. Some governments such as Mexico and Brazil, are leading the way by making e-Invoicing regulatory requirement. The free workshop facilitated by Craig is offered at CNC, Room 2-314 from 6 to 9 p.m. on July 10.

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OPENING for YOAKAM Photo submitted Expect to hear country-rock hits from the last four decades when the Killbillies open for Dwight Yoakam at the CN Centre on Sept. 17.

Friday, July 5, 2013 B9 Rock and country trio The Killbillies are joining the legendary Dwight Yoakam for the Sept. 17 show at CN Centre. The three-piece band formed in 2008. Their line-up is: Lance Goings on guitar and vocals, Steve Smith on bass and vocals, and Kirby Gerrie on drums and vocals. And for baby boomers and new fans alike, the band plays rock and country hits from the last four decades. This versatile band knows how to keep a dance floor rockin’. The Killbillies were an offshoot of the mothership countryrock band 30 odd 6 and performed when 30 odd 6 was on hiatus. When that group disbanded in 2011, The Killbillies became the mothership and they continue to perform for fans everywhere. The Killbillies are Dwight Yoakam’s special guests on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at CN Centre. Doors open at 6;30 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. The show also marks the Wolf@97 FM’s 10th birthday party so there is another reason to celebrate. Tickets for the show are on sale at all Ticketmaster locations including the CN Centre box office. Order on line at www. ticketmaster.ca.

Royal BC Museum wants input million objects and specimens, 10 kilometres of BC Archives and five million photographs. Keeping the Royal BC Museum’s collections safe and preserving its artifacts for future generations is of paramount importance. The age of the building, outdated systems and technology, and below-sea-level storage threaten the safety of the materials stored and displayed on site. The Royal BC Museum needs a purpose-built, seismically sound building where generations of British Columbians, Canadians and visitors can learn about their heritage. The vision for a new Royal BC Museum will include improving the entrance experience for visitors, refreshing and enhancing

the exhibition space, and safeguarding its archives and collections. The Royal BC Museum welcomes people across British Columbia to learn about its history, the wealth of its collections and archives, and plans for its future. Feedback received at the consultations and subsequent meetings and sessions throughout the province will inform plans for the revitalized Royal BC Museum. The Prince George session will be held July 5, from 2-4 p.m. at the Exploration Place. British Columbians can also have their say online at www. royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/vision and can join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter using #NewRBCM.

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B10 Friday, July 5, 2013 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Prince George has launched their Community Shuttle Program designed to create awareness and support of mentoring in Prince George. Along with the launch of this program, which happened last week, it was announced that Integris Credit Union, the four Prince George Save-on Foods and Trimline Sign Crafters have partnered with the local agency for the next three years, pledging more than $50,000 to help start something big for children and youth living in Prince George. “Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is celebrating 100 years of mentoring in 2013 and our agency wanted to find ways to celebrate the centennial locally,” said Tim Bennett, the group’s executive director. “This partnership is going to do amazing things for the families we serve.” “We have been big supporters of Big Brothers and Sisters for a number of years through various fundraising efforts and this seemed to be a natural fit and progression in our relationship” said Mike Jakubowski, Save on Foods store manager. “We feel that our children are the most valuable asset we have and we try to focus the majority of our efforts around the needs and support of our Youth in the community.”

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in the North. “These vans represent more than just transportation for BBBSPG after-school care programs – they are revenue vehicles (community shuttle program) that enable BBBSPG to expand their positive impact.”

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“The decision was a difficult one given the small but very high-quality submissions that came in,” said a June 21 news release. “The entry requirements are a 30-page manuscript of creative writing in any genre (fiction, poetry, play script, screenplay, etc.). This award seeks to continue the growth and sustained health of an already vibrant literary community in Prince George.” The award is open to anyone, UNBC students and staff or those not affiliated with the university. Emerging writers (those without a first book) can submit their entries for next year’s award next January. An award celebration reading for the three winners will be organized for September.

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Friday Go for Green with REAPS, July 7-13. Buggy Bingo noon to 3 p.m., recycled crafts 1-2 p.m.

Saturday Go for Green with REAPS, July 7-13. Buggy Bingo noon to 3 p.m., recycled crafts 1-2 p.m. Nechako Flea Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 5100 North Nechako Rd. A Butler’s Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave.

Sunday Pancake breakfast, July 7, 9-11 a.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Go for Green with REAPS, July 7-13. Buggy Bingo noon to 3 p.m., recycled crafts 1-2 p.m. Nechako Flea Market, Sundays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 5100 North Nechako Rd. A Butler’s Market, Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave. Meat draw, Royal Canadian Legion, 3-5 p.m., sponsored by Peace Keepers Proceeds to Alzheimer and MS societies and others.

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“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Positive Living North Fire Pit Cultural Drop In Centre, Volunteers needed at 1120-3rd Ave to help prepare meals, serve lunch, assist with arts & crafts, & more. Contact us for our monthly calendar of events! Call Robert 250-562-1172 Senior Activity Centre, Brunswick St Join us for paint class, Line Dancing, foot clinics and more. Volunteer opportunities include: kitchen help, ticket sales, table setup, special events, birthday tea, bingo (Sat) & mini-bingo (Tues). Call Trianda 250-564-3287 PG Native Friendship Centre Volunteers needed to organize donated clothes closet, assemble hampers for emergency food program, and to support community garden project. Call Emma 250-564-3568 (ext 230) For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-proﬁt organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

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Go for Green with REAPS, July 7-13. Buggy Bingo noon to 3 p.m., recycled crafts 1-2 p.m. Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

Cariboo Toastmasters meet, Mondays, 7:309:30 p.m., Ramada Hotel, - 444 George St. Information: caribootoastmasters. com or Laura (250) 961-3477. Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., Knox United Church basement. Information: Gys 250563-4828 or Reta 250962-2740.

Tuesday Go for Green with REAPS, July 7-13. Buggy Bingo noon to 3 p.m., recycled crafts 1-2 p.m. Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

Spruce Capital Toastmasters meet Tuesdays, 7:25 p.m., 102-1566 7th Ave. Information: Tom 250562-3402. Sweet Adelines women’s four-part chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome. Information: Kathleen 250-563-2975. Hospital retirees meeting, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club. Information 250563-7497 or 250-5632885.

Wednesday Go for Green with REAPS, July 7-13. Buggy Bingo noon to 3 p.m., recycled crafts 1-2 p.m. Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. Hart Toastmasters, Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Information: harttoastmasters.ca CNC Retirees meet fourth Wednesday, 9 a.m., D’Lanos. Information: Lois 250563-6928. Army Cadet Rangers free youth program,

meets Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Connaught Youth Centre. Information: Sondra 250-963-9462 or Andrew 250-981-8270.

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Thursday Go for Green with REAPS, July 7-13. Buggy Bingo noon to 3 p.m., recycled crafts 1-2 p.m. Potluck dinner, July 11, Hart Pioneer Centre. Doors open 5 p.m., dinner 5:30 p.m. DayBreakers Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., UHNBC Conference Room 1. Information: Heather 250-649-9591. BC Civil Liberties Union meets second Thursday of the month, 6 p.m., 1575 Fifth Ave. Plaza 400 Toastmaster Club meets Thursday, noon, Aleza room, fourth floor, Plaza 400 building, 1011 4th Ave. Information: 6252. toastmastersclubs.org/ or 250-564-5191. Wing night and karaoke, Thursdays, 6-10 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion. Prince George Toastmasters meet Thursdays, 7:15 p.m., AiMHi, 950 Kerry St. Information: pgtoastmasters.com, Joyce 250-964-0961.

Old Time Fiddlers jam, Thursday, 7-10 p.m. Elder Citizens Rec Centre, 1692 10th Ave. ECRA Forever Young Chorus meet Thursdays, 12:45 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave. Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

Support Groups NorthBreast Passage Dragon Boat Society meets first Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., Chronic Disease Management Room, UHNBC. Information: Anita 250-563-2949 or Betty 250-962-7985. Royal Purple meets meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or

The Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation gratefully accepted a $20,000 donation from RBC which represents the initial amount towards a $40,000 pledge. The donation will support the purchase of two IMPAX Viewers, training for decontamination and related renovations to the Emergency Department. This recent pledge brings RBC’s generous giving to the Foundation to over $180,000.

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A U T O B O D Y LT D . 2065 - 1st Ave. • 250-563-0883 www.csninc.ca Jeanette 250-563-9362. Wednesday evening Tops (take off pounds sensibly), Spruceland Baptist Church, 1901 Ogilvie St.. Information: Leona 250-962-8802. Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1500 Edmonton St. Prince George Stroke Survivors Group meets Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association, 1692 10th Ave. Information: Julia 250-563-3819, Roland 250-562-1747. La Leche League breast feeding support group meets the second Thursday of every month 7 p.m., 176 Aitken Cres. Information: Tammy 250-612-0085. PGRH retirees breakfast, first Tuesday of the month, Prince George Golf and Curling Club. Information: 250-5632885. Prince George ATV

Club meets third Tuesday of month, 7 p.m. Carmel Restaurant meeting room. Information: George 250-964-7907. Free sports and recreation, Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 1160 7th Ave., ages 15-30. Information: 250-656-5278. Children’s choir, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Hartland Baptist Church. Information: 778-415-5000. Parents Together, a mutual/self-help support group for parents of teens, meets Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Intersect (basement entrance). Information: Carmen 250-562-6639. Tuesday night Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 6:15-7:15 p.m. weigh in, 7:308:30 meeting. Everyone welcome. Information: Marvene 250-962-8001 or 250-612-2031. DivorceCare, a support group for persons going through a separatin or divorce. To find out if this group is for you, call 250-5646213. Group meets at

Thank You Prince George For Voting Us Best Auto Body Shop! Artspace, Room 202, Sundays at 5 p.m. Call about childcare. Prince George Healing Rooms - Are you hurting? Do you have health issues? Confidential prayers Wednesday noon-2 p.m, All Nations Church, 1395 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-6179653. COPD support group meets Wednesday, 1 p.m., AiMHi. Information: Nancy 250-561-1393.

Heartbeat, a group for mutual support of those who have lost a loved one through suicide, meets monthly at CMHA office. Information: Sandy 250-960-9047. Thursday Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Knox United Church,1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-5646336 (days), 250-9644851 (evenings). Elks’ meat draw, Thursday, 4:30- 6 p.m., Legion. Proceeds to Elks’ Children’s Fund.

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Rainbows grief and loss program for ages 5-15, registering for the fall session. No charge. Information: Catherine 250-563-2551. Tea Time for the Soul. Would you like someone to listen to you? Come, listen, and share while enjoying a cup of tea. Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. at Forest Expo House, 1506 Ferry Ave. No cost. For more information, Jesse or Catherine at 250-5632551. Singles and friends, social group of people of all ages and diverse backgrounds, meets Wednesdays, 7 p.m., A&W on 20th Avenue. Wednesday Tops (take off pounds sensibly) noon, AiMHi, 950 Kerry St. Information: 250-960-3959, 778-4160908. Learning Circle Literacy Program works with adult learners and families on literacy, numeracy and computing skills. Information: 250564-3568 ext. 228, or literacy@pgnfc.com.

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Prince George Alistair McINNIS/Free Press Tennis player Kristian Kiland unwinds for a forehand shot during a tennis rally last week at the Prince George Tennis Club at Recreation Place. For a story on Kiland, turn to C3.

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The Prince George Cougars brought another two Slovakian players into their system on Wednesday. The Cats used their first selection at the 2013 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft, fourth overall, to select 1995-born forward David Soltes. Listed at six feet and 185 pounds, Soltes is a right-handed shooting winger who collected 13 goals, 16 points and 60 penalty minutes in 19 games with Hockey Club Kosice U-20. His scoring totals also include 18 points (seven goals) in 18 games with Slovakia’s U-18 international team, and five points (four goals) in six games with Slovakia at the 2013 World Under-18 Championship. “David, he’s an offensive guy, he’s a shooter, had a real good season, put up some really good points and then obviously everything culminates at the Under-18s,” Cougars general manager Dallas Thompson said. The Cougars’ second choice came in the 64th position on the list, fourth in the second round. They used that spot to add 1995-born defenceman Martin Bobos. Bobos carries a large frame at 6-foot6 and 223 pounds. He tallied one goal, seven points and 38 penalty minutes in 34 games last season with HC Kosice U20. He added one goal and seven points in 11 playoff games. At the World Junior-18 championships last season, Bobos tallied one goal and 10 penalty minutes in six

games. Bobos and Soltes were also teammates in Slovakia last season. Not only are they familiar with each other, but they carry size, something Thompson pointed out. “They actually played on the same team at the Under-18s together and we had seen both of them at the under 18s,” he said. “(Bobos) is a big guy, more of a shutdown type guy, but obviously we’ve been trying to get bigger.” With the start of training camp still seven weeks away and other European players in their system, the Cougars’ import situation for the 2013-14 season remains up in the air. The Cougars still hold the CHL playing rights of Slovak forward Marko Dano and Finnish netminder Joonas Korpisalo, a pair of 1994-born players. Korpisalo was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the third round, 62nd overall, in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. The Blue Jackets selected Dano in the first round, 27th overall in this year’s draft, Sunday in Newark, N.J. “But with this draft, we’re fairly comfortable. We’ve seen both of them,” Thompson said of Soltes and Bobos. “We think we know what we’re getting here and they’re committed to coming and obviously with having those other two kids still under our protection, we’re going to work to try to get those guys over here. To have the two come over would be great, but to have three or four would be a pretty good problem to have.” Notable Slovakian products who have

suited up for the Cougars in past seasons include defenceman Zdeno Chara (Boston Bruins of National Hockey League), defenceman Martin Marincin (Oklahoma City Barons of American Hockey League) and former NHL forward Ronald Petrovicky. NHL Entry Draft Two players on the Cougars, forward Zach Pochiro and defenceman Marc McNulty, were selected in the NHL Entry Draft on Sunday. Pochiro was chosen by the St. Louis Blues in the fourth round, 112th overall. The Blues moved up in the draft to acquire the American, selecting Pochiro after a trade. Listed at 6-foot-1 and 161 pounds, Pochiro led all Cougars rookies last season with 15 goals, 39 points and 105 penalty minutes. He was named the team’s Rookie of the Year. Pochiro, a 1994-born product of Las Vegas, Nevada, played for the Wichita Falls Wildcats of the American Hockey League before joining the Cougars. He was listed and signed by the Cats during the summer of 2012. McNulty, a 1995-born Medicine Hat native listed at 6-foot-6 and 189 pounds, was selected by the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. The Red Wings used a sixth round pick (169th overall) to secure the rights to McNulty. As a WHL rookie last season, McNulty led all Cougars blue liners with eight goals. Through 52 games, he totalled 15 points and 70 penalty minutes.

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Assault secure berth in city lacrosse final A championship series schedule will be released at the conclusion of the Bandits-Devils series. If the Bandits defeat the Devils, it would mark the third consecutive year the Assault and Bandits meet in the final. The Assault swept the Bandits in the last two championship series. In 2010, the Bandits defeated the Assault four games to two. Tuesday evening’s contest was never that close. The Assault jumped out to a 10-2 lead after the first period and never looked back. By the end of the game, 10 Assault players had multiple point games. Craig Dunfield led the Assault attack on Tuesday with seven goals and five assists for 12 points. Dave Jenkins collected four goals and six assists for 10 points. John Makowsky was another offensive force, recording five goals and four helpers for nine points. Other Assault players who scored goals were: Sean Ingham - two goals and three assists; Josh Kelly - one goal and six assists; Dom Sia - two goals and three assists; Andy Sivell (midget pickup) - three goals and one assist. Brody Lawlor led the Crossfire with three goals and an assist. Joel Admonson scored Quesnel’s other goal. Winning goalie Brian Stanley recorded two assists for the Assault. With the 2015 3691 Massey Drive Canada Winter Prince George, BC Games’ Kin Centre Enhancement Project slated for completion this fall, the PGSLA isn’t planning to return to the Coliseum in 2014.

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The College Heights Pub Assault are returning to the lacrosse final. Next week, the Assault will start the Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association championship series seeking a third consecutive championship trophy. They’ll try for the three-peat against either the BX Pub Bandits or Shooters Pub Devils. The Assault secured their berth in the final on Tuesday evening. They blasted the Quesnel Crossfire 24-4 at the Coliseum, sweeping their best-of-five semifinal series. The Bandits and Devils played Game 3 of their semifinal set on Wednesday tied at one game apiece. Game 4 of the Bandits-Devils series will take place on Monday. If a fifth and deciding game is required, it’ll unfold on Wednesday. If the series ends on Monday, the championship set will begin on Wednesday. If the Bandits and Devils meet for a fifth game, the final will begin on Thursday. Although the final is typically a best-of-seven set, organizers expect a best-of-five series this year. The reason relates to floor availability, with the ice scheduled to get put in on July 23 and players not interested in playing on weekends.

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Alistair McINNIS/Free Press Kristian Kiland of Prince George will be playing a lot of tennis south of the border. Kiland, who graduated from Kelly Road Secondary last month, has committed to join the men’s tennis team at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska.

Alistair McInnis sports@pgfreepress.com For the past few years, Kristian Kiland has played tennis in the U.S. for a few weeks in the summer. The level of competition he sees this month won’t be much different. But what makes this summer unique has more to do with his future than his past. Kiland, 18, will head south of the border again later this summer. He’ll travel to Crete, Nebraska, for his first year of postsecondary studies at Doane College. He’s committed to the Doane men’s tennis team, a squad that competes in the Great Plains Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Kiland completed his Grade 12 studies at Kelly Road Secondary last month. He plans on taking chemistry, math and physics courses at Doane. Although unsure what field he’ll specialize in, he’s aiming at landing a Bachelor of Science degree. On the court, Kiland will compete for the Doane Tigers, one of Great Plains’ top programs. This year, the men’s team made history by punching their first ticket to the NAIA National Tournament since the program was reinstated in 1991. Doane outscored Hastings College 5-3 in he conference championship. The Tigers are coached by Pete Fiumefreddo, who was named the conference’s Coach of the Year in 2012. He’s a member of the U.S. Professional Tennis Association and U.S. Tennis Association. Kiland was attracted to the Tigers’ success. But he also likes what the program

offers. Among other institutions he looked sport at a young age, and has been playing they have a few weaknesses and they work into were Pacific Lutheran University competitively for about five years. on them.” (Tacoma, Wash.) and Goshen College in Next week, Kiland will compete in Although Kiland had success in younger Indiana. tournaments in Wenatchee and Spokane, age categories at the Challenger level, he’s In an effort to join a U.S. varsity tennis Wash. He’s scheduled to enter competitions seen the level increase as he gets older. program, Kiland put together a recruiting in Yakima, Wash., and Eugene, Ore. the “Nobody has a glaring weakness video highlighting his shots. He e-mailed following week. Kiland started the tour anymore. Everybody has a solid forehand, U.S. coaches, Doane becoming an easy at the Hankey Cup in Vernon on the solid backhand, solid serve, solid choice after they replied with a scholarship weekend before entering B.C. provincial everything.” offer. championships this week in the Lower Kiland and Jim have driven highways Members of the Tigers also contacted Mainland. for tournaments in the past. They were Kiland. The games will help him prepare for his planning to use the same mode of travel “One guy called me at 6:52 in the first NAIA varsity season. this time. morning on Saturday, Saturday morning “There’s not really one thing that I focus “Some people call us the road warriors, because he didn’t think about the time on,” Kiland says. “When I started out, it’s we travel so much,” Kiland says. change,” Kiland says. “He said ‘sorry, I like anybody that starts out. They have one Kiland will return to Prince George after didn’t mean to call you at the crack of good shot and everything is alright, and the Eugene tournament ends on July 21. dawn.’” Kiland will play at the More Than Just highest level of the NAIA, calling it even with NCAA Division 2 in terms of competitiveness. Although he’ll have to adjust to a new lifestyle, he’s looking forward to the level of tennis. “There’s so many more Bronze Medallion: July 8-12 | July 15-19 opportunities in the states, way more than Canada.” Bronze Cross: July 22-26 | July 29-Aug 1 Growing up in Prince George in a tennis-playing Aquatic Emergency Care: Aug 6-9 family, Kiland didn’t have a hard time gathering support National Lifeguard Service: Aug 12-23 on the tennis court. His brother is Jim Condon and mother Nancy Condon, Four Seasons Leisure Pool • 250-561-7636 • 775 Dominion Street ~ Aquatic Centre • 250-561-7787 • 1770 George Paul Lane both active players. Jim has travelled with Kiland on www.princegeorge.ca past U.S. tennis tours, and is joining him again this month. Kiland began playing the

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Alistair McINNIS/Free Press Destiny Dornbusch of Prince George, right, will be spending a lot of time this summer preparing to compete in the 2013 World Senior Taekwon-Do ITF Championship. The event is scheduled to take place from Oct. 23 to 27 in Benidorm, Spain.

Alistair McInnis sports@pgfreepress.com Third-degree black belt Destiny Dornbusch has gone far in taekwon-do since her first competition nearly one decade ago. “My first tournament when I was 12 years old, (my father Dennis) dragged me there and I was crying and I would not get out of the car, and he had to force me to get up onto the floor,” she says. “I did not want to compete in my first tournament, and I’ve been competing at every tournament since.” Dornbusch, 21, hasn’t only been entering tournaments every year. She’s been winning a lot, her success taking her to the international stage. Later this year, she’ll compete at her second World championship tournament, and first in a senior (18 years and older) category. Dornbusch will spend the next few months preparing for the 2013 World Senior Taekwon-do Championship, scheduled for Oct. 23 to 27 in Benidorm, Spain. She’s entering the senior women’s sparring middleweight (125 to 136.5 pounds) division. While winning would be a bonus, she just hopes to

perform her best. “(I’m hoping) to train my hardest and give it all I can and get a medal,” says Dornbusch, who stands 5-foot-5. Dornbusch is a member of Freedom Taekwon-do, located on 15th Avenue. She trains under 39-year-old master Kurt Ottesen, a seventh-degree black belt and the technical director of the club. Otteson will be attending the World championship event in Spain as a leader on the officiating committee. “I expect a really strong performance from Miss Dornbusch,” he says. “She’s got a lot of experience, a lot of skill and is extremely dedicated. That’s bound to pay off.” Dornbusch qualified for the Worlds at the Taekwondo Canada national championship May 18 and 19 in Quebec City. She claimed a silver medal in sparring, the top two in the division receiving berths to the international tournament in Spain. Taekwon-do consists of three other basic divisions: patterns, power breaking and special technique. Dornbusch, born in Quesnel and raised in Prince George, started learning martial arts when she was four years old. She started in karate, moving into taekwon-do when she was 11. Dennis also encouraged his daughter to pick up a musical hobby.

“My dad told me when I was four years old I had to learn a classical instrument and had to get a black belt in martial arts.” Dornbusch earned her black belt when she was 13 years old. She qualified for her first World championship a couple of years later, competing at the 2006 junior event in Melbourne, Australia. In her first trip to the Worlds, Dornbusch collected medals in five of eight divisions. She calls the experience one of her biggest highlights in taekwon-do, noting that her national patterns team won gold at the event. Off the mat, Dornbusch works at the hospital. A 2009 Kelly Road Secondary graduate, she recently earned a bachelor degree in social work from UNBC. Dornbusch enjoys the individuality of taekwon-do. “The sense of accomplishment, knowing that I can take care of myself,” she says. “It’s an individual sport so you get out as much as you put in.”

Camp on weekend Members of Canada’s national taekwon-do team worked on their craft in the city on the weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, Freedom Taekwondo hosted a camp at its facility on 15th Avenue. National team members from B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan travelled to Prince George for the event. Freedom Taekwon-do technical director Kurt Ottesen is heavily involved with the Canadian national team as an instructor and official. He played a leading role in making the camp a reality. “It’s very difficult because Canada is so big. We get people from all across Canada,” Otteson says of the squad, “so some more regional opportunities can at least help people sharpen the skill sets they have, so this kind of grew from just a weekend session with a couple of people, and then as more people were aware of it, they started expressing an interest in coming in.” A group of 16 athletes participated in the camp, including Destiny Dornbusch of Prince George. National team coaches Don Smith of Saskatoon, Sask., and Brandi Merritt-Miyanaga ran sessions on the weekend. Otteson and Freedom Taekwondo instructor David Phillips provided assistance. The team is preparing to compete at the 2013

World Senior Taekwon-do Championship, scheduled for Oct. 23 to 27 in Benidorm, Spain. “I think that shows a lot of how connected we are in the west and how supportive we are, which is important when you’re competing at such an international level, to have that support,” Dornbusch says. Otteson says the sessions with teammates on the national squad play a key role in helping athletes like Dornbusch develop. “It’s a completely different style of training,” he says. “It’s nice because it gives her more of an opportunity, more exposure. And we can’t always be training at this level when you have a big class.” Funding for national taekwon-do events is limited, and visitors cover their own travel costs for camps such as the weekend event at Freedom Taekwon-do. But the Prince George members did their part to limit expenses, offering free accommodation to the participants. “It’s really nice to see people coming up here and getting together locally too,” Otteson says. • Freedom Taekwon-do has about 155 members. The club offers year-round instruction, and welcomes newcomers to give taekwon-do a try. For more information, visit www.freedomtkd.com.

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Alistair McINNIS/Free Press Team Green player Jenny Hogan, left, throws the disc past defender Jill Chimko of Team Black during an Ultimate game on Saturday at Edgewood Elementary. A series of games were held on Saturday for the Prince George Disc Sports’ Spring Ultimate Tournament.

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Alistair McINNIS/Free Press Men and women battled on the floor during Prince George’s first co-ed roller derby game on Saturday evening at the Roll-A-Dome.

NORTHERN Academy DOING WELL Not even four months have passed since the Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced the launch of their Northern Academy Centre in Prince George. Whitecaps FC regional head coach Sonny Pawar says the response has been positive, with the soccer community coming on board to show their support. “A lot of inquiries, not only from Prince George, but from the regional centres in the interior of B.C. here as well, from Quesnel and Smithers and Williams Lake,” Pawar says. “The response has been really good and quite overwhelming, and that’s part of the reason why the programming has taken as long as it has in order to put into place.” Meeting the demand is challenging, especially with other options offered to players. The Whitecaps FC Northern Academy Centre was formed in partnership with Prince George Youth Soccer Association, and Pawar stresses the importance of working with other soccer organizations. “We want to be sensitive to the programs that are being run by both PGYSA and other regional centres as well,” he says. “It’s going to be a good fit and it’s taken some time and we’re going to kick it off with this prospects camp and two weeks of training at the Prospects Academy and continue with the Prospects Academy through the fall and winter.” The Northern Academy Centre’s Prospects Camp is scheduled to begin on Tuesday and wrap up on Friday. Participants will hit the pitch for four 90-minute sessions, used as an evaluation tool for the summer Academy. The Academy includes eight

90-minute sessions and runs from July 15 to 31. Pawar will lead players during the Prospects Camp and Academy. Two other members of the Whitecaps staff will play key roles in evaluating players at the camps. Pawar will be joined by Whitecaps pre-residency and Academy Centre head coach Bart Shoufour at the Prospects Camp, and receive assistant from residency head coach Gordon Forrest at the summer Academy. The Prospects Camp and Academy are for players from the U-10 to U-18 categories, geared for motivated athletes who play at a more advanced level. Participants in the Academy sessions are welcome by invite from either the Prospects Camp or directly from Pawar. Coaches will use the summer Academy as a selection tool for the invite-only Northern Prospects Academy program set to launch in September. “With the Whitecaps affiliation it just allows a very clear pathway not only for players but coaches as well, to be able to connect to something that’s quite a bit bigger and possibly take advantage of that affiliation,” Pawar says. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will also hold a skills camp on July 27 and 28. The camp is for boys and girls of all skill levels in the U-7 to U-14 divisions. Participants will engage in two three-hour sessions. The skills camp will be led by Whitecaps FC and Canadian national team member Sam Lenarduzzi and Pawar, with a visit by Whitecaps FC legend and club ambassador Carl Valentine. All of the programs will unfold at the Rotary Soccer Complex. Participants will receive official Whitecaps FC t-shirts, posters and other souvenirs. More details on the camps, including costs and registration information, is available through the Whitecaps FC website at www.whitecapsfc.com/ youth/programs.

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The Rotary Soccer Complex isn’t usually this busy on the first weekend of July. Most players in the Prince George Youth Soccer Association are into their summer break, with 2013 league games returning in September. But competitive players have hit the pitch in Prince George this weekend with something bigger in mind. The Les Sinnott Memorial Boys Provincial Cup (B Cup championships) is being hosted by the PGYSA. The four-day event began Thursday and concludes on Sunday. Five PGYSA squads are playing on the Rotary fields this weekend. The U18 and U14 divisions will have host and regional representatives since there weren’t any other entries from the region this year. The PGYSA U16 Kodiaks will also act as hosts, with a squad from Williams Lake representing the zone in the age category. Prince George is also being represented at B.C. Soccer Association provincial tournaments out of town. The PGYSA has teams in U18 and U16 divisions at the girls B provincials in North Vancouver. At the A provincial championship in Langley, the PGYSA has a U16 girls team competing.

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Tournament a success Alistair McInnis sports@pgfreepress.com The first annual Potskin-Ghostkeeper Memorial fastball tournament is in the books. Organizer Chad Ghostkeeper was pleased with the outcome. While he would’ve preferred his Custom Edge Sports team win the title, the feedback he received was positive. The 10-team double knockout tournament ran from Friday to Sunday. Westbank captured the title, blanking Invermerebased Randy’s A’s 4-0 in Sunday evening’s championship game. Big Guy Lake, the other Prince George team that competed, took third place. In an all-Prince George elimination contest on Sunday, they defeated Custom Edge Sports 7-0 to advance to the semfinal. Randy’s A’s outscored Big Guy Lake 4-1 in that game. Six other teams rounded out the field: Sturgeon Lake, Takla, Burns Lake, Morricetown, Rozy’s Hitmen and the 86ers. The top three teams took home cash rewards, with $2,500 awarded to Westbank, $1,500 to Randy’s A’s and $1,000 to Big Guy Lake. Players from B.C. and Alberta competed in the event. Although only two local teams entered, Prince George talent was scattered throughout the rosters. The Westbank roster included Jessin Potskin, Colin Ghostkeeper and Danny Fulton. Evan Potskin and Brendon Creyke suited up for Randy’s A’s. Ghostkeeper never attempted to form a host team of Prince George all-stars. “Instead of having a strong team, everyone is out there playing on different teams which makes it a lot better and good games,” he said. Building on this year’s tournament is the

plan for organizers. Under a different name, the weekend competition replaced what used to be an annual native fastball tournament on the Canada Day long weekend. That competition ended a few years ago, fastball supporters looking at ways to draw competition back. The weekend tournament honoured the late Charlie Ghostkeeper, Len Potskin and Cory Ghostkeeper. Charlie Ghostkeeper founded the former Canada Day tournament, while Cory Ghostkeeper and Len Potskin were competitive players. Len was also a manager who played a key role in developing players. Many of the players who competed on the weekend will enter this year’s Canadian Native Fastball Championship, hosted by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation from Aug. 2 to 4 at the South Bear Creek diamonds in Grande Prairie, Alta. The Randy’s A’s enter the competition as the defending champions. Big Guy Lake also intends on sending a team north to the event. Big Guy Lake manager Sheldon Bjorklund called the weekend event “one of the best ran tournaments that I’ve ever seen.” He gave credit to Chad Ghostkeeper, but also fellow organizers Peter Ghostkeeper and Keith Henry. While it’s not known if Big Guy Lake would’ve defeated Randy’s A’s in the winners bracket, they didn’t help their cause by losing to Sturgeon Lake in Friday evening’s opening round. The setback dropped them to the loser’s bracket. Facing elimination, they rallied with four consecutive victories before the semifinal defeat. “I think that’s one of the things the guys learned is not to take the foot off the pedal,” Bjorklund said.

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Goalie trade raises eyebrows In less than a week, the Canucks Mike Gillis went from a monotonous, mundane, humdrum conservative GM to a desperate, bold and venturesome risk taker. Hiring John Tortorella was bizarre but trading Cory Schneider to New Jersey for a ninth overall pick (Bo Horvat) was even more perplexing. Why do I find these aforementioned decisions disconcerting? Well, the Canucks best window of opportunity to win is in the next year or two; so they make a deal that helps them in the future, a few years, at best. Huh? Even more confusing is that other teams (reported) were prepared to offer more than what the Devils gave and yet Vancouver decided to look the other way. So, let’s say Edmonton or Calgary offered a better package for Schneider. Why not take it? It’s not that big an issue those lowly Alberta teams are in the same division. There is far too much weight put on avoiding a trade in your division or conference. Granted, all things being equal, teams prefer to send star players HART BEAT HARTLEYMILLER to the other conference, but that should not be a factor if Free Press file photo somebody in your division is willing to offer more talent. A Prince George Cougars forward Zach Pochiro, seen here in WHL action against the Kamloops Blazers last team like the Canucks should not be running its franchise in season, was selected by the St. Louis Blues in Sunday’s NHL Entry Draft. a manner that depicts they are scared of a Schneider coming back to haunt them; if he is that good, don’t trade him at all. I’m sure the 18-year-old Horvat one day will be as good as advertised but a solid prospect forward is not an equal swap for a front-line goaltender. The goalie is the more important position. A move of this nature is equivalent to a football team trading a good quarterback for a good running back or in the door, like anything else, is an achievement. The rest is leftcoastsportsbabe) a baseball team dealing a good pitcher for a good outfielder. up to that player to take advantage. Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio stations 94X We can all agree on the following: Gillis created a mess As always, there were many prospects that were and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for by giving Roberto Luongo an untradeable contract; the overlooked in the NHL Draft. Those promising players hqprincegeorge.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to goaltending saga (which we are not sure is over) went on far should realize that sometimes it is better to be by-passed and hmiller@94xfm. too long; and the Schneider deal was fascinating because of become a free agent rather than being with one organization Follow him on twitter: @Hartley_Miller the repercussions. as a late pick. At one point, Gillis was in the driver’s seat, and had From the Quote Rack: leverage against Luongo, who had agreed to waive his no Calgary flooding hit the Saddledome, trade clause. Now, the advantage returns to Luongo because home to the Flames, filling it with water up the Canucks desperately need him. Mentally, who knows to row eight. Advice to NHL fans: stay out how Roberto will react once the season begins but it will be of that hockey pool. compelling to watch. Reuters reports a London hotel is hoping Somehow, the sense is this Canucks soap opera is far its new house-of-horrors suite will draw from done especially since Gillis (with an apparent rising customers with “sights and sounds that HOW TO PLAY: blood pressure) has suddenly become unpredictable and can tease and torment guests.” Don’t laugh; it change his tune at a moment’s notice. 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P.G. produces fastball talent Participation in fastball has been on the decline in Prince George. Only three teams compete in the men’s league in the city. While the talent level is decent, it may not be as high as it once was. Competitive fastball returned on the weekend. The first annual PotskinGhostkeeper Memorial tournament reminded us why the sport once had a stronghold on the Prince George sports scene. Players who have developed in the city, individuals born here, some FULLCOURTPRESS ALISTAIRMCINNIS raised elsewhere but with close connections to Prince George, hit the diamond at Spruce City Stadium for a three-day double knockout tournament. The 10-team tournament offered arguably the best calibre and quality of fastball the city has seen in half a dozen years. Organizer Chad Ghostkeeper noted that he expects to see five or six of the teams that competed on the weekend at this year’s Canadian Native Fastball Championships, hosted by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation from Aug. 2 to 4 at the South Bear Creek diamonds in Grande Prairie, Alta. We’ll take a look at that tournament later. For now, let’s go back to the weekend. Prince George talent was scattered throughout Spruce City Stadium. Westbank blanked Randy’s A’s 4-0 in

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Sunday evening’s championship game, a contest with no shortage of connections to the city. Among the names on the Westbank roster were Jessin Potskin, Colin Ghostkeeper and Danny Fulton. The A’s lineup included Evan Potskin and Brendon Creyke. The two Prince George teams, Big Guy Lake and Custom Edge Sports, finished third and fourth respectively. Talent from the city was evident and, while neither Prince George team played in the final, it may have been a different outcome had all of the Prince George players formed one team. Considering the role the pick-ups played in other team’s successes, and efforts put forth by the community in holding the event, you could call Prince George the real winner of the Potskin-Ghostkeeper Memorial tournament. The scattering of Prince George talent wasn’t a fluke. These players have suited up for these teams before, some of them active members. While tournament organizers could’ve tried pulling out all of the stops to form a Prince George all-star team, they chose instead to enter a pair of league teams, and let the visiting squads continue utilizing their Prince George members. The result was more parity, and the tournament benefited. Until a few years ago, a native fastball tournament had been held annually on Canada Day long weekend. Now it’s returned under a new name, organizers aiming for an even bigger event in 2014. This tournament could’ve been stronger, and it wasn’t a perfect weekend by any means. But

considering Spruce City Stadium had turned into an empty ballpark on Canada Day long weekend, organizers deserve credit for bringing competitive fastball back to the diamond on the last weekend of June. Some supporters may even say they hit a homerun with this event. Weekend Last weekend was different. With Canada Day falling on a Monday this year, we got a three-day weekend. But as I’ve mentioned in previous columns, long weekends don’t always mean I get an extra full day off. If anything, it messes with my usual schedule of a Saturday to Wednesday work week. Trying not to allow the holiday to throw a monkey wrench into my plans, I decided I would work Saturday and Sunday and take the holiday Monday off. Simple enough. But once the weekend arrived, I realized it would be easier to just work partial days. I wanted to use Canada Day to get a little typing done. So I came into the office on Monday. Saturday and Sunday were slightly shorter weekend shifts than usual, and I can point to contributing factors for this. First off, there was well above seasonal weather in the region. Let me make this clear. I don’t mind being in the Central Interior when it’s 30 degrees outside, if I’m camping or at the lake. Starting and stopping my car, blasting the air conditioning and moving around to get photos is less enjoyable in the heat. There’s also something about summer and sunshine that just makes it a little bit more difficult to buckle down. Another factor was the draft. While at home on a lunch break Sunday, I saw the start of the NHL Entry Draft. A bonus to moving to a Friday weekly is Tuesdays will be less hectic after holiday Mondays. But a bigger sports section going to press on Wednesdays, the

importance of not procrastinating will continue to be stressed in the office. Draft Sunday’s draft was anything but dull. It didn’t take long for the draft results to start raising eyebrows. Highly touted Portland Winterhawks defenceman Seth Jones, who at one point was projected to go first overall, ended up getting drafted fourth by the Nashville Predators. That was a surprise. But the move to really send shockwaves through B.C. came at No. 9. The New Jersey Devils traded the selection to the Vancouver Canucks for goalie Cory Schneider. While the Canucks may have used the spot to draft highly regarded forward prospect Bo Horvat (London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League), I have a hard time looking at this and not saying the Devils won this trade. Horvat may have a lot of potential, but he’ll now get compared to Schneider since he’s the forward they got in return. The Canucks made it clear Schneider was their goalie of the future and put Luongo’s name on the market. Luongo stressed his desire to move on and play elsewhere where he could be the clear-cut starter. Now he’s a starter again, but still with the Canucks. For the Canucks, the offseason drama is far from over. Tweets of the Week: The Phoenix Coyotes have had more stays of execution than Caryl Chessman. #NHL Dave McGimpsey (@DaveMcGimpsey) Trying to get rid of #luongo was like listing that white leather sofa you paid too much for on craigslist for the same price you paid. vancouverman (@angryinYVR) Last time the Pirates finished above .500 was 1992. That year the Billboard #1 song was Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) Follow Alistair McInnis on Twitter (@ AlMcInnis)

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Long day’s journey It could be a long day for city councillors on Monday. They will be getting an early start … 8:30 a.m. They will be looking at whether to implement more recommendations from the core services review or toss them out. There will likely be plenty of debate, as there should be. Staff has recommended a passel of stuff that they think should be implemented. Some of it is innocuous to most and if it can save money, why not. Such as: “Council direct administration to, during 2014, provide Life Cycle Costing training to staff who prepare and evaluate capital budgets and that Life Cycle Costing be included in the capital budget scoring process in development of the 2015 to 2019 Capital Expenditure Plan.” Hard to think that anyone outside of city hall would actually know what WRITER’S BLOCK that means, but it sounds like it makes BILLPHILLIPS sense. Another recommendation that staff says could save the city $54,000 is to begin integrating LED bulbs for street lighting as existing high pressure sodium light burn out. A no-brainer, one would think. Another recommendation is that council direct administration to work with other service providers to coordinate the timing of capital works. Sounds good, but does the administration really need direction from council to do that? An interesting recommendation is that council acknowledge that it has no legislated authority to re-engineer police report writing. In other words, don’t direct staff to do stuff that it doesn’t have the authority to do, just because you want it done. Then it gets interesting. One recommendation is that council support Initiatives Prince George remaining in its current space. Didn’t know they were thinking of moving. But the interesting part is that they are asking council to direct administration to review the service

agreements for Initiatives Prince George and Tourism Prince George. Will council want to put those back under one umbrella, cut the funding to save a few bucks, or lavish more on these two institutions? Could be a healthy and interesting debate. Then there is the library. Staff is recommending that council direct administration to, together with the Prince George Public Library, conduct a cost/benefit analysis and make recommendations to council regarding operation of the Nechako Branch. Pine Valley 2.0? Then there is the one that is likely to get the business community up in arms … That council direct administration to increase business license fees by 30 per cent effective January 1, 2014. Ouch. So much for those competitive business tax rates. Add to that a request for an amended development cost charge that will see developers kicking $400,000 more into city coffers. Plus, administration is asking council to return a bylaw related to housing rental units by creating the proposed new business license categories: Secondary Suites; One Family Dwellings; and Duplexes, and the associated annual business license fee to be established in the range of $155 - $160/dwelling unit effective January 1, 2014. That one makes sense. And, there’s one for the Downtown Business Association to sink its teeth into: That council direct Administration to return a bylaw to implement on-street pay parking downtown with rates of no less that $1 per hour effective January 1, 2014. And for the athletes. Administration is asking council to increase fees on sports fields and Masich Place Stadium. And for hockey players there’s a recommendation to increase arena fees by 15 per cent annually for three years. This will bring in $181,000 more to the city. Swimmers get hit with an increase in aquatic fees of 10 per cent, to bring in $142,000. The list goes on, so you can see it will be a long day for city councillors on Monday. We wish them luck in their deliberations.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press The Khastan Drummers perform during the opening ceremonies at the Canada Day celebrations Monday.

The right place for comments? Guests can linger too long just about anywhere. At next year’s Celebrate Canada event at Fort George Park, those who drag out their “welcoming” remarks too long may find themselves subject to – not a stage hook – but a red light. That is just one idea Granville Johnson, vice president of the local Multicultural Heritage Society, said he will suggest when the group meets in order to “debrief ” and discuss how the roster of entertainment lagged behind its scheduled timeline Monday. “I am going to suggest we use a red, yellow, green light system like they use at the PGX (now BCNE) to let people on stage know when their time is up. It’s not fair on performers who waited in the heat for their turn and it’s not fair on the audience, many of them family members, who waited so long for them to come on.” When I spoke with Johnson on the phone Tuesday, it was to ask him about what I and others around me felt were some pretty heated remarks by

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a member of the Khastan Drummers. The lead drummer went on at some length during opening ceremonies about how our forefathers, 100 years ago, ripped his relatives from their home and as result they “almost lost” their culture. I get that. It was wrong. And like most Canadians I feel very sorry and shamed for the cruel treatment given our First Nations people. I understand the context of the remarks were made to introduce two songs (the group was allotted time for one song). But I came to Celebrate Canada with the idea that this was a happy occasion, a time to rejoice in and to celebrate our differences. So I was very disappointed this individual chose this particular time and place to remind us yet again of something that hopefully we are all very aware of. That is: We’ve made some very serious mistakes in the TEA WITH TERESA 146 years that it has taken us to build and mold this TERESAMALLAM country. Johnson said he was waiting in the “hot wings” of the Kiwanis bandshell on Canada Day before performing on stage (with Ssnap) and he felt the high temperatures may have contributed to making people feel uncomfortable with remarks made because they have less “patience.” Maybe. But Lheidli T’enneh Chief Dominic Frederick kept his own remarks short, asking only that people have respect for nearby burial grounds. Johnson, who describes his heritage as Afro American-Canadian, grew up in the “mean but musical” streets of Chicago. As a young man, he suffered from abuse, discrimination and oppression. He learned to heal from the past through his drum music, he says. Today he conducts regular drum circles teaching others – particularly children – how to play Djembe (African drum) music. “The focus of the Canada Day celebration, I feel, is forward looking,” he said. “The suffering that we’ve [cultural groups] all had is common knowledge. But not all of us are on the same page in terms of looking forward and not all

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of us are at the same [stage] in forgiving. One thing we should be committed to as individuals and as members of a cultural group is looking forward towards what kind of future we can build together.” The drum group should have shown respect for the time limit, he said. What their spokesman had to say is, for him, another matter. “They [Khastan] went over their allotted time. They told us they were doing one song and they did two. Both songs should have been much shorter. That was compounded by the extended time the mayor and Foundation took to present awards.” Johnson makes it clear that the MHS can restrict an act’s time on stage – but not what they have to say. “MHS supports free speech. We can’t censor expressions as long as it is within good taste. The fact they did say what they did is their perogative. I personally did not think it was necessary. I felt their art expressed what they had to say very well – and in a much more eloquent way. The audience, in general, was focused on cultural capacity building.” It’s important to remember the past, to learn from it, but not to allow the hurt to fester so no new growth is possible, says Johnson. “In my own personal view, [such remarks] tend to inhibit cultural capacity building. They inhibit people’s expression of all that is positive. Most of us have suffered in our past in various cultural groups and we have survived oppression of one kind or another. “Because we are survivors, we have to work very hard to build our community. Really that is how we survived. “For me a lot of negative opinion not only the words but the length of the presentation as well as something we had no control over – the heat of the day – that exacerbated the situation. It tends to make everyone short and little things that is also part of the mix that shouldn’t be ignored.” It did not help that the Idle No More group had apparently planned some kind of protest at Monday’s event although a representative said that information was untrue (Free Press story June 28). Johnson said no one on stage identified themselves as being with the group, although they may have had sentiments in common with its members. People who heard and were offended by the young Lheidli T’enneh man’s remarks on Canada Day are afraid to say anything for fear of being called a racist. What I fear most is not being able to move on with our lives with greater understanding.

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The weather and other ISSUES It’s been hot. Yeah, I know. Not really news for anyone in Prince George the last few days. I don’t handle the heat very well. All right, let me be more honest, I hate the heat and I struggle to survive in it. Which makes it even stranger that I worked for a paper in Kamloops for about 12 years, and enjoyed it. The only reason I left Kamloops was because a job opened up in Burns Lake, which got me back closer to my family here in Prince George. Kamloops could be really bad during the summer. (Again, not a news flash for anyone who has ever been there.) The thing about Kamloops, though, that I think made it somewhat bearable for me was that it was usually a dry heat. As soon as you stepped into a bit of shade, things cooled down again. Here, especially this past week, it’s been a heavy heat. Any breeze helps, but just getting into the shade doesn’t, at least for me. Of course, the one ALLAN’S AMBLINGS time I really disliked ALLANWISHART Kamloops summers was for a couple of days in August. It was an event called Hot Nites in the City – and it was. They closed off some of the downtown streets, including Victoria Street, which was the main east-west street there, for a huge car show. While I was there, it grew from about five blocks of Victoria to seven blocks of Victoria and a couple of blocks on side streets. Now, apparently, they close off about 13 or 14 city blocks. What made it so much fun was the combination of a few things. This was a car show, which meant a lot of metal on the streets, especially Victoria. Victoria Street, as I mentioned, ran east-west, which meant it was wideopen to the setting sun in the afternoon. You could walk down the middle of Victoria Street and feel the heat radiating off the cars on both sides, baking you nice and even on all sides.

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BLOCKHEADS Last week I saw a new kind of Blacktop Blockhead, or at least one which combined elements of several others into a new form. I was driving west on 18th Avenue, approaching the four-way stop at Ogilvie Street. A southbound vehicle on Ogilvie came all the way through the stop sign, then came to a stop, basically halfway into the intersection. I pulled up to the stop line on 18th, stopped, and waited. And waited. After a few seconds, the driver of the other vehicle, who was now seeing two other vehicles stopped at the same intersection he was in the middle of, decided to go the rest of the way through. I then proceeded on my way and, in my rearview mirror, saw other vehicles continuing to enter the intersection in the approved manner. I’m still not absolutely sure what the driver was thinking. Did he not see the stop sign until he was basically past it, and then jammed on the brakes? If so, why would he not then proceed through the intersection since, technically, he was the first one to get there? Was he not paying attention, and thought I had come to a legal stop before he went sailing through the stop sign he didn’t see in time? That would explain his waiting for me to go ahead, but doesn’t really explain why he stopped at all. All I can say is, he’s lucky other drivers pay closer attention to stop signs – and I suspect he will be too (at least for a while).

I didn’t follow the entire NHL draft on Sunday, which is one of the reasons I got a strange kook from Alistair McInnis that afternoon. When he dropped by the office, I mentioned the “big news” about the Canucks trading Cory Schneider to New Jersey. Alistair just kind of looked at me and said, “That happened about a half-hour ago. It’s not really news anymore.” I’d forgotten (again) just how fast modern media is at getting information out, and how accessible it is. The thing I found interesting about the trade was that for most of the past couple of months, the focus was on Roberto Luongo being traded. Then, last week, it sort of shifted to the possibility of Schneider being the one who left Vancouver (probably because nobody could be found who would take on Luongo’s long, big contact). Then, on about Friday, I started hearing Luongo’s name being thrown around again. So about the only thing I knew going into the draft was that one of the Canuck goalies was probably going to end up somewhere else. I was right about that. (Big deal.)

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Being politically correct can foster the RISE OF EXTREMISM Paul Strickland Special to the Free Press The corrosive fog of political correctness is weakening the intellectual structure of our society. For fear of losing our jobs or having big fines imposed on us by tribunals, we too often decide we can’t talk about some of the most important problems facing our society, or about significant security issues. Andrew Cohen, in his 2006 book The Unfinished Canadian, was concerned about “our suffocating political correctness.” Even night club comedians’ jokes can draw fines and large civil judgments. Political correctness is inherently hostile to the Enlightenment tradition and is a significant recruit to the forces that threaten the survival of that tradition, the Irish writer Conor Cruise O’Brien said in his 1994 Massey Lecture at the University of Toronto. Political correctness derives part of its strength from influential members of the academic elite who are highly

critical of the Western tradition. If a significant portion of the North American academic elite rejects the whole of Western culture, “then the chances of the survival of the Enlightenment tradition are . . . significantly reduced,” O’Brien warned. In an essay this past spring, Michael Enright, host of CBC Radio One’s The Sunday Edition, warns of threats to freedom of expression not only from the organized right wing but also the establishment left. Out-of-context, snap-judgment interpretations of off-hand remarks can generate sudden waves of vigilante-mob opprobrium through both the traditional media and social media, and destroy a person’s reputation. This phenomenon as well as Supreme Court of Canada decisions too broadly defining hate speech have bad consequences for academic freedom and “do not bode well for a healthy climate of free speech in this country,” Enright says in the essay. “Freedom of expression is not supposed to defend the views we support,” he contends. “It’s to protect the ones we hate.” In the early 1990s Newsweek, a

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magazine I usually didn’t like very much, published a cover article about political correctness, then just coming into focus for the general public, that was titled, “McCarthyism of the Left.” It was a worthwhile article that made some good points. Under the original McCarthyism of the early 1950s, dissident intellectuals could find themselves called before a U.S. congressional committee headed by Sen. Joseph McCarthy and questioned about their former political beliefs and affiliations. Many lost their jobs and were blacklisted. Some critics of the Newsweek article said the leftist political-correctness movement never caused anyone to be called before a committee of the U.S. Congress to answer for their views and eventually be fired from their jobs. However, under political correctness in effect since the late 1980s, a politically incorrect person often doesn’t get the job in the first place, and an atmosphere of political conformity is imposed in institutions where freedom of speech and freedom of research are supposed to be supreme values. For example, disagreeing with the radical academic feminism of U.S. legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon or the late writer Andrea Dworkin can lead to the wildly false charge that one is

“attacking women.” A student who takes a course from a politically incorrect community college instructor can find himself blackballed and unable to take the corresponding next course at the university level. An award in the name of a prominent writer who comes to be judged politically incorrect can be suddenly de-funded. If someone truly believes a scholar’s or journalist’s comments specifically call for physical attacks on a member of a minority group, they have recourse to a Criminal Code section calling for penalties against “counselling to a crime.” By contrast, frivolous complaints about work said to merely have the potential to cause harm or to misrepresent, before a tribunal outside the regular court system with vague terms of reference, have the same effect as libel chill. Ujjal Dosanjh, former NDP premier of British Columbia, warned this past spring that “identity power politics is on a rampage in this country” (Vancouver Sun, March 9). Extremism among some ethnic groups in Canada is on the rise in Canada and politically correct Canadians let that happen, he said. The intolerance of radical Islamism is an increasing threat to moderate Muslims seeking to lead peaceful lives in Canada, Raheel Raza and Salim Mansur,

president and vice-president of the Council of Muslims Facing Tomorrow, say in the June Presbyterian Record. “We can no longer afford to allow our mainstream media, our educational institutions and our civil society associations to wallow in political correctness and, intentionally or not, give cover to the Islamists in our midst through public relations exercises, such as interfaith dialogue.” On the right we have a government muzzling scientists. Rightists deliberately misuse terms like “entitlement” to imply a social program or benefit is something people have not earned and do not deserve, and by this means these rightists try to shut down programs that people have paid into all their lives and definitely need at times. Development-oriented conservatives and neo-liberals also sometimes threaten legal action against any person or group who raises questions about the environmental impacts of a major development project. However, politically correct movements on the cultural left represent a dangerous intellectual fundamentalism that wants to trim away at, and eventually end, free speech and the ability to discuss our most important problems in a democratic society. We have to argue strenuously to reverse this increasingly dominant intellectual trend.

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he Canadian dollar is sinking. Gas prices have been going up for the past month. Banks are making noise about raising mortgage rates. The housing market is cooling. The weather seems changeable on the hour. It must be summer. The Canada Day holiday weekend is the traditional start of vacation season. A chance to get away from it all. And with the ever-increasing gloom and doom that seems to drain our optimism and energy at a quickening pace, it’s never been more imperative to tune out and step back. At least for a stretch. Getting away from the workplace, turning down the busyness of our lives is an important change to routine. It reduces anxiety and stress, allows us a chance to recharge, maybe even refocus.

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Holidays make for happier, more motivated employees. But Canadian holiday entitlements lag behind those enjoyed by workers in many other countries. We get a minimum of 10 working days off depending on the province and tenure of employment. That’s supplemented by five to 10 public statutory holidays, like Canada Day. Australian workers get 20 working days off, plus 10 paid public holidays. Brazilians enjoy 22 working days off, plus a 33 percent premium on top of their regular pay. Workers in Denmark get 25 work days off plus an additional nine public holidays. German workers get four weeks off plus nine to 13 public holidays. In Finland, the minimum mandated holiday time is 30 days. Even workers in developing countries like India are granted 12 work days a year for holiday. But in the United States there’s absolutely no legal provision for mandated holiday time. Employees are completely at the mercy of their employer. Canadians may not feel we get enough holiday, but at least we get something. -Burnaby Newsleader

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special meeting Editor: An open letter to mayor and council I am writing to express my shock regarding the day-long special council meeting scheduled for Monday, July 8. This meeting has been scheduled with too short of a notice for me to be able to attend. Also, with summer holidays upon us, this meeting will take place at a time when at least two Councillors and many of my friends, family, and residents of Prince George are unable to attend. I am extremely disappointed that the meeting was called on such short notice, and the urgency of such a meeting was never related to council from the committee of the whole or the committee for core services review. Council will be making significant decisions that will affect the future of Prince George for generations. I entrusted the mayor and council to uphold the process the council established to deal with core services review. That is, recommendations were to hold a committee of the whole meeting, and their recommendations then to be presented to council for final approval. Calling this meeting seems to be sidestepping the process established to maintain transparency of the mayor and council. I request that council reschedule this meeting to a date and time that will allow for full participation from all members of city council and from all concerned citizens in Prince George. Rescheduling the special meeting will demonstrate respect for this democratic process and respect for the citizens of Prince George. I look forward to your response to my request. Karen Wong Prince George

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Locking up the children doesn’t solve anything Editor: Re: Vic Bowman’s column Defending the defenceless, Free Press, June 21, 2013. At what age do you start locking up these persons … 10,11,12,13,14 years old? Kids experiment. Counselors psychologists will tell you this. Now, if you are talking about adults, i agree. Having said that,

anybody can make mistake, and realize later how dumb, or foolish they have been. Personally, I think there is a difference between being a predator, and what I said about the age factor, and the situations that happen. That is my opinion on this matter. Neal Miller Prince George

Floods won’t dampen Albertans’ spirits

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The ferocious floods that hit southern Alberta over the past few weeks were devastating to so many thousands of people. It is not just the loss of a home, but a loss of part of their lives. Buildings can be replaced or repaired, but there is no way to replace those things which are an intrinsic part of their lives. Family photos, the special little ornament and other things which provoke happy memories of the individual lives

they have lived. It may have been grandmother’s wedding ring, pictures of children, and many other things that remind us of wonderfully happy personal times, and, occasionally, remind us of sadder events. There is just no way to replace them. People will deal with the loss over time, but it will be a long and painful trip for most of them. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to every one of them. During these devastating events Albertans are going through has also demonstrated an attitude of giving to the community and to help friends and neighbors endure the disaster. Thousands of people have demonstrated their willingness to dig in and give all the help they can wherever it is needed. One of the things which came through the various media reports of events was an almost total lack of whiners and blame seekers. The frequent message was that they were going to get through this and help others to do the

same. What a refreshing attitude in a world where many people so often like to blame others for any misfortune which may come their way. Also worthy of praise are the many volunteers from out of the province who came to help make a difference. Their energy and skills helped mitigate some of the tragedy. Governments, both municipal and provincial, reacted quickly. While it is impossible to do everything necessary in an instant, they took action to put into place some credible and effective stopgap measures. They have a lot of work ahead of them but they are off to a running start. The Calgary Stampede will happen. A few things may be missing but it will still be a grand show. While it may seem somewhat frivolous to worry about an entertainment event like the Stampede, we must keep in mind that the Stampede is also a symbol of what southern Alberta is. From its beginning the Stampede was an opportunity for the country folks and the city

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hirley Gratton didn’t have the key to the city already? She must have. She’s at every community event before everyone else gets there and is usually there long after everyone else has gone home. Ergo, she must have already had the key to the city … literally, perhaps. The bestowing Gratton with the Freeman of the City designation on Canada Day was a wonderful honour for a wonderful person in our community. Shirley Gratton is definitely deserving the of the honour … and kudos to all those who were in the know before the announcement Monday for keeping the lid on it and making it a surprise for everyone. But, most importantly, for making it a surprise for the 13th Freeman of the City. And it was a surprise. She went to Fort George Park expecting someone else was going to get some other honour. She figured something was up when she saw her name on a piece of paper on the stage, but was not expecting to be given the key to the city. Shirley Gratton has been involved in many, many things in Prince George over the years. You can read all about them in our story on page B2. And, most of that involvement was as a volunteer. She works tirelessly to improve the city … whether it’s lobbying for a ballpark, working with Communities in Bloom, or helping out with grad ceremonies. With Shirley it’s all about making someone else’s life better. Congratulations Shirley Gratton on being named the 13th Freeman of the City of Prince George.

Domestic terrorism is incomprehensible in B.C.

t is beyond the comprehension of most of us as to why anyone would pack a pressure-cooker full of nails and set it to explode in a place where it will kill and maim as many people as possible. It defies logic and yet it seems to be becoming more commonplace. We, along the rest of the province, still seem stunned at the surreal events that occurred in our province’s capital this week. We watch the news reports with our belief suspended, like what is playing out isn’t real. Yet it is. Bombs going off in public areas are what we expect in areas of the world where there is political uncertainty. We can joke about political uncertainty when poking fun at our political leaders, but we live in an area of the world that enjoys incredible political stability. We need only look to Egypt to see real political instability and Syria or Iraq to see political instability at its worst. It’s not what we expect here. And, from what from we know so far, the pair arrested for the

bomb plot in Victoria, John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie Korody, weren’t part of an international threat. “These individuals were inspired by Al-Qaeda ideology,” RCMP Assistant Commissioner James Malizia told Black Press reporter Jeff Nagel. “Our investigation has determined this was a domestic threat without international linkages.” The alleged motive of the two accused is not clear but there is no indication of any connection to Islamic beliefs or religion, he said. “The suspects were committed to acts of violence and discussed a wide variety of targets and techniques,” said RCMP Assistant Commissioner Wayne Rideout, adding they were “self-radicalized” and aimed to cause “maximum impact to Canadian citizens at the B.C. Legislature on a national holiday.” And that makes this incident very difficult to comprehend. Why would anyone seek to randomly kill people? In time we may learn what was the reasoning behind this attack, but understanding or comprehending that reasoning will likely never occur. Accolades go to the RCMP who were on top of this plot and managed to stop it before anyone got hurt.

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And the sign said ... got to get approval FROM CITY HALL Editor: I too have become a victim of the city’s latest campaign to rid the streets of signage that contradicts its bylaws. As a citizen and member of the community I am disappointed and frustrated that I am not allowed to create an awareness to drivers entering my residential area that there are children playing, in their yards and their driveways, with the potential of spilling into the streets. Drivers should be made aware of this and reduce their speed and drive with caution. I have been told to contact the RCMP, or Community Policing programs such as

Speed Watch to help deal with the issue of speeding drivers, but these are measures that merely capture a minimal segment of a much larger problem. What is so wrong about creating an awareness to drivers entering a residential area that there are potential hazards that they might encounter and to reduce speed and drive defensively? I know the same problem exists in school and playground zones. Drivers continue to ignore the area limits, and once again the policing efforts only capture a minimal segment of an ongoing hazardous driving issue. As drivers we are aware of how to conduct

ourselves on the roadways in and out of our city, but there are times when we choose to disregard those rules or are distracted by our fast-paced, technology-driven lives. Our children are constantly made aware of the dangers of the roadways and how to conduct themselves when dealing with traffic and entering those area. But again, distractions, or being “in the moment” lead our children to forget the repeated warnings of their parents. Unfortunately we are all human and we all, at times, are so focused we disregard the rest of the world around us. This is where the problem exists. All I am trying to do is create an

awareness and trying to avoid the combination of events of a careless driver and a forgetful child. I can not predict the actions of children when they are out playing in their neighborhood, but maybe a sign placed at the end of a driveway, might encourage drivers to rethink their driving habits on a residential street. Thus reducing the possibility of a catastrophic event. I think the city needs to review this bylaw and allow its citizens and community members to play a more active role in creating safer communities. Roy Hooker Prince George

Get ready for fluoride debate by seeking out valid INFORMATION ON THE ISSUE Editor: With all due respect, school-aged children are not the only ones receiving fluoride in their drinking water. Everyone is being mediated with it in Prince George, without their consent. By the way, the reason only 3.7 per cent of B.C. receives fluoridated water now is because the majority of the cities that had fluoridated water have had it removed, due to public demand based on the many, and documented, risks involved. And, yes, the public needs all the information to make an informed vote in the 2014 referendum. How can any well-informed adult make an “evidencebased decision” to continue fluoridation with all the scientific evidence amassed showing the side effects of fluoridation. Now, natural fluoride is insoluble and contains dangerous levels of lead and other substances that stay in the body, compromising organs. The soluble fluoride goes directly to all the major organs of the body. The fluoride we are ingesting is the soluble kind. Plus, it is criminal that in Prince George we are not even receiving pharmaceutical grade fluoride. That would cost the city approximately $4.5 million per year. No, we have been subjected to fluoride derived as an industrial waste byproduct from the production of chemical fertilizer. It is shipped in from Alberta via tanker trucks. This only costs the city of Prince George approximately $400,000 per year. Industrial waste

byproduct, soluble fluoride, we are ingesting thing. Damage internally is happening. Clear, pure drinking water is being poisoned. How can this be? India and China are going to great lengths to remove even natural insoluble fluoride from the drinking water, due to documented health hazards. India has developed large systems of reverse osmosis to cut down and eliminate the hazards of fluoride and other minerals that cannot be absorbed by the body. I believe city residents, the adults, get to have choice about unsolicited medication with a toxic substance. At the dentist’s office pharmaceutical fluoride is used as a topical treatment for cavity prevention and not to be swallowed. Research indicates it has an effect for about 30 minutes. Let citizens have the choice to receive this treatment, if they wish it, in the medical setting. Please show us the evidence that fluoride is a benefit. World research is showing that the overall side effects are far from beneficial in the drinking water. Citizens, hopefully you will be checking the websites on fluoridation to get all the facts as per the risks and damage of ingesting fluoride. Truth be told, check out Dr. Fushman’s book (Eat to Live) on what to eat. The true source of creating dental health, and in fact all health, comes from correctly eating the nutrition that the body needs to thrive. Fluoride just doesn’t do it. Lastly, in Prince George, our levels of fluoride in the

water are not measured accurately or frequently enough to determine appropriate levels. There should be daily and monthly sampling. We do not have the instrumentation to give citizens the exact amount of fluoridation that are acceptable. We need reliable testing to show what we are getting daily. So we are the whim and mercy of our mayor and city council who are responsible for our ingestion of safe water. Who is responsible and liable. The statement “there is no link between fluoridation and adverse health effects,” is clearly only an opinion. This statement is not evidence-based. I, for one, am not willing to allow an uniformed opinion to decide the quality of my safety and health in the city’s drinking water. For starters, please consult “The Fluoride Deception” by Christopher Bryson and “The Case Against Fluoride,” by Paul Connett, Ph.D.; James Beck, M.D., Ph.D.; and H.S. Micklen. Let’s all rise above paternalistic socialism. The cause of dental decay is largely diet related. The standard American diet is putting everyone at risk for severe health and dental problems. Let’s get back on track with facts, instead of generalized opinions that may be historical but are outdated. Let’s stop fluoridation in the water. Be ready for the referendum in 2014. Sandra Nadalin Prince George

Coffee with a Reporter Stories come to reporters in a variety of ways – news releases, press conferences and phone calls are some. Sometimes you think whatever story you have in mind isn’t worth a phone call or visit to the newspaper’s ofÀce, but is it worth a cup of coffee?

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FIND the staff you need... Now! A couple of years ago, the Canadian Government decided to gradually push back Old Age Security (OAS) eligibility from 65 to 67 between 2023 and 2029. Also, they will allow Canadians to keep working while receiving OAS benefits – or they may choose to delay their benefit start date to increase their benefit payment amount. The trend is clear: We’re working longer. Desjardins Insurance found in a recent retirement survey that nearly three out of five workers (56 per cent) plan to keep working into retirement. Do you count yourself among these trendsetters? Maybe you love your career, you’re in good health and frankly the extra income is pretty great. But, even the most solid plans change. For example, your industry may take a nosedive, an accident or illness may prevent

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Career Opportunity Chief Executive Officer The YMCA of Northern BC is a growing multi-service association that offers fitness and recreation programs, licensed child care, rehabilitation services, community support services and international programs. We serve more than 20,000 people of all abilities, backgrounds, and stages of life in Prince George and Northern British Columbia. The CEO holds the key leadership position in the organization. Under the direction of the Board of Directors, the CEO assumes complete responsibility for carrying out policies and delivering on the objectives outlined in the organization’s annual business plan. The CEO has the authority to direct the implementation of the YMCA’s programs and services, and is responsible for the management of all staff and volunteers. A complete job description is available at www.nbcy.org. Interested individuals are encouraged to send their resume and cover letter to Tom_Coon@ymca.ca.

• Watch where the money goes: By creating a personal and/or family budget, you’ll be able to find extra money that you can use to pay down the debt. • Once you’ve paid off the debt, start saving. Now that you’re on track, set up a retirement saving plan that’s so automatic, you won’t even notice you’re saving. One easy option is to contribute to your employer-sponsored retirement savings or pension plan. • Part of the pay-yourself-first concept: Your contributions are made automatically through payroll deductions, so it’s virtually painless. If you don’t have it, you won’t spend it. • Tax savings: Your contributions are typically taken before taxes. This means you’re

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN Ridley Terminals Inc. is currently seeking the following position for their marine bulk handling terminal, located on the North Coast of BC, approximately 16 km. from the City of Prince Rupert. Committed to a safe and healthy workplace, Ridley Terminals Inc. provides an excellent working environment for individuals who have a high degree of initiative and are able to assume responsibility. For a complete job description go to: www.rti.ca. The successful candidate must have an Inter-Provincial ticket (Tradesman Qualifications with I/P standards) with experience on an industrial site as a journeyman. PLC experience (Allen Bradley preferred) as well as solid state drive experience, electrical troubleshooting and Process Instrumentation experience, is an asset. The ability to work with a team to achieve results is essential. Candidates should also have an excellent health, safety and environmental record. This position offers a very competitive salary and benefits package. Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resume to: Ridley Terminals Inc. P. O. Bag 8000 Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4H3 Attention: Brenda Sparkes Or by e-mail to: jobs@rti.ca Or fax to: (250) 624-2389 Ridley Terminals Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.

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Deadlines for Friday issue: 1:00 p.m. Tuesday 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: Aboriginal Infant & Family Development Program: Program Consultant (F/T) – Permanent Closing Date: July 8th, 2013 at 12 Noon Youth and Community Services: “My Way” Lifeskills Coach – Permanent Closing Date: July 19, 2013 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.

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Located 150km northwest of Prince George BC, Mount Milligan will be British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first major metal mine of this century. Construction began in mid-2010 with commercial production projected for the latter part of 2013. Mount Milligan is owned by Thompson Creek Metals and is currently recruiting the following position: COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR The primary objective of this position is to enhance communication and promote good relations amongst all Mt Milligan Mine stakeholders; also to promote services and public image of Mt Milligan / TCM which will include the publication of newsletters, brochures and/or related materials. Duties / Responsibilities: â&#x2014;&#x2020; Develop, roll out and monitor Mount Milligan communication strategies for both internal and external stakeholders â&#x2014;&#x2020; Ensure mine-wide consistency in communications (quality assurance and control). â&#x2014;&#x2020; Develop and evaluate communication program and activities. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Media Relations, keep updated media contact list and keep record of all media enquiries â&#x2014;&#x2020; Document of all communication materials: FAQs, Q&As, Power Point Presentations, Fact sheets, Brochures, Newsletters, Leaflets, Clip filling, etc Skills / Experience â&#x2014;&#x2020; Minimum 3 years experience in communication, PR or journalism â&#x2014;&#x2020; Excellent interpersonal skills â&#x2014;&#x2020; Very strong in verbal and written communication skills â&#x2014;&#x2020; Ability to work independently and as part of a team â&#x2014;&#x2020; Very strong Information Technology skill

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Home Improvements Carpenter will build sundecks & do renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Quality Work. Free Estimates 250-617-4962

Services

Alterations/ Dressmaking

G Gilbert Renovation All your reno needs. Inside & outside. Specialist in drywall ďŹ nishing. 30 yrs exp. Free estimates. Call Gaetan (250)560-5845 or 552-7184

FOUR SISTERS SEWING 250-564-4985

Louâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Renos Rogerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Renos

Financial Services IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

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

Misc. for Sale

TARPS! TARPS!

Machining & Metal Work CI STEEL LTD Custom cut steel and aluminum by the inch. 9453 Rock Island Rd. Prince George, BC 250-563-1777 www.cisteel.ca

Painting & Decorating Paint Special 3 Rooms $589 incl. prem qlty paint, your color choices, 2 coats, ďŹ lled nail holes. Ceiling & trim extra. Free Est. HB Tech Painting 250-649-6285

Pets & Livestock

Livestock Lambs for sale $150 each 250-971-2205

Merchandise for Sale

$200 & Under Couch, loveseat, coffee table, & end tables, exc cond $150 for all. Air conditioner paid $600 asking $200. 6 bags water softner salt $5 for all. Call (250)563-0079

Garage Sales

â&#x20AC;&#x153;BEST PRICES IN TOWN!â&#x20AC;?

BLUE TARPS

10X8 weave (Medium Duty)

STARTING AT $2.49

WHITE TARPS 10X10 weave (Heavy Duty)

STARTING AT $3.59

BLACK TARPS 14X14 weave (Industrial Duty)

STARTING AT $5.19

FOAM SHOP MATTRESS REPLACEMENTS SINGLE TO KING SIZE

2â&#x20AC;? TO 6â&#x20AC;? THICK - CUSTOM CUT OR CUSTOM ORDER MEMORY FOAM TOPPER PADS - 3LB & 5LB DENSITY SINGLE TO KING SIZE - 2â&#x20AC;? & 3â&#x20AC;? THICK

CUSHION REPLACEMENTS TORN OR TATTERED? SOFAS, CHAIRS, OTTOMANS, SNOWMOBILES SEATS, TRACTORS

YOU NEED IT - WE WILL CUT IT!

CAMPING FOAM, MEDICAL WEDGES & BOLSTERS, PILLOWS

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www.surplusherbys.com PRINCE GEORGE - 1175 2ND AVENUE

1-855-283-8150

Advertise your garage sale in the Free Press for only

$16.00 plus tax

Includes 2 insertions, up to 4 lines each. Big, bright signs & balloons to draw attention to your sale. Call & book your ad today! 250-564-0005 or email classads@pgfreepress.com Moving out sale! Gorgeous custom 4 pc living room set, 2 full bdrm sets, dining room set, camping equip & Coleman canoe, power tools, & much more! July 5, 6 & 7th Fri, Sat & Sun. 7169 Tony Road 250-964-3365 Moving Sale: reclining chair, dresser, head board computer table, coffee table & end tables. Filing cabinet & much more (250)562-2627 or (250)552-670-7909 Quesnel Ave

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53 in stock. SPECIAL 44â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800! Sets up in one day! 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Containers under $2500! Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph. 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

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Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Transportation

Misc. for Sale

Apt/Condo for Rent

Commercial/ Industrial

Cars - Domestic

Scrap Car Removal

Wrecker/Used Parts

Boats

FREE SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

USED TIRES Cars & Trucks $25 & up

KILL BED Bugs & Their Eggs! Buy a Harris Bed Bug Kit, Complete Room Treatment Solution. Odorless, Non-Staining. Available online homedepot.com (NOT IN STORES). STEEL BUILDINGS/ Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206. www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Real Estate

Midtowne

• 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

To Rent Call:

Business for Sale

250-561-1447

OPA Franchise for Sale. In Prince George BC. Great Mall location. Call for info. 1(250)524-0183

SUMMIT APTS

Houses For Sale 60 Acre Hobby Farm Fully Fenced and all set up for horses. Neat and clean warm home has 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, Woodmaster heat system. Lots of wildlife and plenty of trails for outdoor enthusiasts. 40 Minutes South of Prince George Asking $225,000 MLS Call Bill Newman to view. 250-565-4690 or billnewman@telus.net

2666 Upland Street 1 & 2 bedroom apts. Rent includes: hydro, heat, hot water, appliances, drapes and parking. Quiet, no pets

250-564-3162 VENICE PLACE APTS 1438 Queensway Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm Suites Balcony, Elevator, Underground parking. Heat included 45+ Building Call (250)561-1446

Majestic Management (1981) Ltd.

If you had cystic fibrosis, you’d have no choice.

“DO’IN IT RIGHT” Please help us.

Lets You Live Life.

1-800-378-CCFF • www.cysticfibrosis.ca

For Sale: 1976 23’ Sangster Chinook Hard top ﬁbre glass Cruiser Merc. 351 Power, Alfa 1 Leg,new 9.9 HP Honda electric start kicker. Marine radio, GPS, depth sounder, stereo, propane stove 12 volt & 110 volt fridge, 2 electric down riggers & much more. Sitting on Tandem axle trailer, all in excellent working condition. Asking $12,000 obo. Phone 250962-7685 view @4168 Nordic Drive ask for John Kuharchuk.

X CROSSWORD

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

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 670

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 406

Want to Rent

Lakeshore

1 bdrm suite $580 Includes heat & h/w 1601 Queensway; 250-596-4275 250-612-7199

MEMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC.

3 bdrm up, 3 bdrm down $900 & $700 utilities inc. NP, 2369 Redwood St. 250-562-3781

LARGE Log House +84 acr, Sussex NB, $199,000. 506-653-1374 bbelyea@remax-sjnb.com

Phone 250-596-4555

Would you like to swallow 20 pills every day, just to digest your food?

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLER’S

Duplex / 4 Plex

Looking for summer accom. Suite, cabin or room for senior lady 778-349-2480

HILLSBOROUGH Apts Newly updated, spacious 3 bdrm apts. Clean, quiet, secure entrance. No Pets. Includes H/W Utilities extra

Email: prﬂeet@telus.net

Space available for rent For all your rental needs Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT

We’re on the net at www.bcclassiﬁed.com

Apt/Condo for Rent

15270 Hwy 97 South 250.963.3435

P&R 250-963-3435

2005 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP V8 303HP Auto/Tap shift,black,fully loaded, 112,000km, $9900 Call 250-563-0518.

CE • OFFI ERCIAL M • COM IL A T • RE

Other Areas

Rentals

Most Sizes Available

within 15 km

Asking $300,000 but open to offers: All season 2 bedroom home or elite recreational property on beautiful Summit Lake. Sits on 14 shared acres of land with 1/2 mile of lake frontage. tandjburgess@gmail.com ~ To view call 250 962-1828

MOST COMPLETE COVERAGE

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For more info please call Shari or Penny

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Honour Your Journey

JULY 9-11 Prince George, BC

Day 1 - CN Centre Day 2 & 3 - UNBC

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 1 day pass - $50 (lunch), $60 (lunch and dinner) 2 day pass - $70 (lunch), $80 (lunch and dinner) 3 day pass - $90 (lunch and dinner) Pass includes parking

Pre-registration July 8 @ CN Centre - 3-8 pm Booth registration forms on website For more information...

Brett Lowley, Special Events Coordinator 250-562-6279 www.37theldersgathering.ca