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Pulp producers to receive energy-efficient incentives AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter A new Power Smart program will provide West Fraser Mills with $16 million over three years. The program, under the provincial government, is designed for thermal mechanical pulp producers to help reduce production electricity costs. The program will provide $16 million to the facility to invest in energy-efficient equipment and plant upgrades over the next three years. “This initiative will help West Fraser upgrade their facility to the 21st century, keeping our forestry sector alive, and keep workers at the mill employed,” Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes said. “This announcement by our government and BC Hydro will help our local economy and the environment, giving us a competitive edge in the forestry sector going forward.” The three-year initiative will benefit six other thermo-mechanical pulp mills run
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Fire ban lifted in Cariboo
As of late Friday, campfires will once again be permitted in the Cariboo Fire Centre east of the Fraser River. The Cariboo Fire Centre is rescinding its campfire prohibition in this area due to cool and wet weather conditions. The following uses will now be allowed in areas east of the Fraser River: • campfires, as defined by the wildfire regulation • open fires in an outdoor stove Campfires remain prohibited in the Cariboo Fire Centre west of the Fraser River, due to dry conditions and higher fire danger ratings. The public is reminded that campfires cannot be larger than a half-metre high by a half-metre wide. Anyone who lights a campfire must have a hand tool (such as a shovel) or at least eight litres of water available to fully extinguish it.
Never leave a campfire unattended and make sure that the ashes are completely cold to the touch before leaving the area for any length of time. Category 2 and Category 3 open fires remain prohibited throughout the entire Cariboo Fire Centre. This includes the use of fireworks, sky lanterns and burning barrels. Anyone found in contravention of an open fire prohibition may be issued a ticket for $345 or, if convicted in court, may be fined up to $100,000 and sentenced to one year in jail. If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person responsible may be subject to a penalty of up to $10,000 and be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs. Report a wildfire or unattended campfire by calling 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or *5555 on a cellphone.
Bigger and better at the Farmers’ Market Customers were happy with the giant-sized romaine lettuce they found at market stalls on Saturday. This is the peak of the season for locally grown produce and not better time to stroll the Helen Dixon grounds in downtown Quesnel Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Annie Gallant photo
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At the end of April, a member of the community, whose children used the skatepark, recognized the skatepark needed help visually and approached the Quesnel and District Community Arts Council to help secure sponsorship for upgrading. QDCAC applied to Community Futures sponsorship grant program and QDCAC president Colleen Brines said she was very impressed with the generosity of the donations from all the project sponsors. Once the project was on track for sponsorship Milan Basic, a Vancouver professional urban artist was contacted and as he was already booked to do a mural in Wells, he was happy to include the work at the Quesnel skatepark on his way to Wells. He plans to meet with the youth at the skatepark and together will determine the design from their conversations. The painting is slated to take place on Aug. 5 with as many as 20 local boarders participating. Sponsors include, left to right back row: Mike Williams, South Quesnel Business Association ($500); Ralph Scott and Larry Foreman, Elks Lodge No. 298 ($300); middle row: Coun. John Brisco; Denise Lybeck, South Quesnel Business Association; Greg Lawrence, Community Futures of North Cariboo ($500); front row: Bernice Heinzelman, QDCAC; Mayor Mary Sjostrom, City of Quesnel ($150), Deb Burton, West Quesnel Business Association ($500) and QDCAC president Colleen Brines. Missing from the photo are HVAC the Great Indoors HVAC Company ($100) and Quesnel Decor who is donating the latex undercoating paint. Annie Gallant photo
Recycling program coming to 3,300 Quesnel residents Mainly Sunny High: 28° Low: 14°
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Gold Pan residents may be eligible for a recycling program, kicking off Sept. 2. The program, managed by Multi-Material B.C. (MMBC) on behalf of businesses that supply packaging and printed paper to residents, will collect those materials for recycling from approximately 3,300 Quesnel residences. “Quesnel welcomes the MMBC program as it will provide a number of benefits for our residents,” Mayor Mary Sjostrom said. “Not only has the program removed the financial burden of running recycling services from our residents, but the expanded range of what can be recycled is making a significant contri-
bution to keeping our community green and extending the life of our landfill.” Continuing until late August, households slated for curbside recycling collection will receive two new recycling boxes – a smaller one for newsprint, cardboard and household papers and a larger one for metal containers, plastic containers and paper packaging that held liquid when sold – and a recycling guide that outlines how to sort materials. The boxes and guides will be delivered by Emterra Environmental, the company that MMBC selected to collect recycling from Quesnel households. “We are pleased to be making it easier for Ques-
nel residents to divert packaging and printed paper from the landfill,” Managing Director of MMBC Allen Langdon said. “Increasing access to curbside recycling is one of the objectives of our program.” Materials accepted in the curbside collection program include newsprint, paper, cardboard, plastic containers, metal containers, aerosol containers, milk cartons and foil and plastic take-out containers. Additional details about the curbside recycling program, including the full list of materials that will be accepted, are available on MMBC’s website at www. RecyclingInBC.ca. Quesnel residents can also
download a smartphone app for personal recycling collection reminders by searching Multi-Material B.C. in smartphone app stores or visiting www.RecyclingInBC.ca/ quesnel. MMBC is among more than 20 Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs introduced in B.C. over the past two decades, which has seen industry assume responsibility for end-of-life management of items such as beverage containers, electronics, paint, used oil, tires and batteries. The concept behind EPR is to make businesses responsible for collecting and recycling the products they supply into the B.C. marketplace.
In May 2011, B.C.’s Recycling Regulation was updated to include packaging and printed paper. The regulation shifts the responsibility for managing the residential recycling of packaging and printed paper from regional and municipal governments and their taxpayers to business. Multi-Material B.C. (MMBC) is a non-profit industry-led and financed organization that assumed responsibility for managing residential packaging and printed paper recycling on behalf of industry last May. More information, including lists of MMBC collectors and members, is available at www.multimaterialbc.ca
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It seems that tablet devices like the iPad are being introduced to children at earlier ages all the time. Experts believe this can be a good thing for children even those younger than two years old and as long as the toddlers spend no more than a half hour daily with the device. Have you ever heard of bendopnea? It’s a new word for a new symptom. Patients with advanced heart failure often become short of breath when they bend over. Cardiologists are now looking to this symptom as a sign the patient needs help soon. Bendopnea comes from the root word “apnea” meaning shortness of breath. Swimmer’s ear is an infection in the outer ear canal caused by water remaining in the ear after swimming or bathing. It’s common in the summer months. Drying the ears well after swimming is part of the prevention. You can also use a homemade ear drop of equal parts vinegar and rubbing alcohol to help the ear dry and the acidity of the vinegar could help prevent infection. Even though advertising drugs in the media is illegal in Canada, Canadians still see those ads flowing across the border from the U.S. The ads paint glowing pictures of the drugs and how great they are, however, many of these drugs are no better than others already in use. Your doctor is the best judge of what is right for you. Do you have questions about something you see in the media? Check with our pharmacists. We can put things into perspective for you.
Dame’s Rocket is native to Eurasia and was brought to North America as a garden ornamental.
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Dame’s Rocket taking over Often sold in ‘wild flower’ mixes, this pretty little invasive plant is escaping cultivation and taking over woodlands and forest edges. Dame’s Rocket is native to Eurasia and was brought to North America as a garden ornamental. This plant is also referred to as Dame’s Violet, Sweet Rocket and Mother-of- theEvening. Dame’s Rocket is often confused with Phlox, which looks similar but has five petals and some differences in the leaves as well. Dame’s Rocket is a biennial or a short-lived perennial that develops as a rosette in its first year and will flower in its second spring/ summer.
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The leaves of a Dame’s Rocket plant can grow up to 10 centimetres in length and four cm in width and will have a lance shaped appearance with hairs on the top and the bottom, giving them a rough feel. The flowers vary in colour and can be purple, pink as well as white, with the most common being purple and lavender. The flowers have four petals and are extremely fragrant; the fragrance becomes even more noticeable towards the evening. The more cultivated varieties can be mixed colours with double flowered forms. Dame’s Rocket is an abundant seed producer and can produce up to 20,000
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rooted itself in your area, it is important to care for it in a manner that is not going to cause further spread. Smaller infestations can be manually pulled while large infestations should be clipped not pulled as this will disturb the soil and create prime growing area for any new germinated seeds. Make sure to bag the plant material and any seeds in heavy plastic bags and
take to designated invasive plant bins at the Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, or Quesnel landfills. If you have any questions, or concerns about Dame’s Rocket, or need assistance in identification or management, contact the Cariboo Regional District’s Invasive Plant Management team at 250-3923351 or toll free 1-800-665-1636, or visit our website at cariboord.ca.
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Keeping Our Balls in the Air Funded in part by the West Fraser Mills Fund, Quesnel Youth Soccer Association receives $3500 to replace soccer balls and nets for their youth programs. As an association it has been over 4 years since QYSA has purchased new soccer balls for the leagues. This past year saw major wear and tear on the balls, resulting in the need to constantly inflate them each day for the players to use at their practices and games each night. The nets are in the same disrepair the frames are in great condition but the nets need constant mending. Their lifespan is prolonged by bringing them in during the winter season but the constant use during the summer by the leagues and the neighborhood usage is demanding. The quality of play is in jeopardy when you have to chase after balls when they go through the nets or when you have to pump up a ball part way through the practice as it is too soft to use. With this grant QYSA will be able to purchase enough soccer balls for each team to have one ball per player – approximately 750 new balls. This would provide the teams with enough balls to practice drills and skills with their players. The newly logoed balls will be used at local events as well as at out of town games where they will be proudly used and displayed. 15 sets of new nets will be purchased for the fall sessions of indoor soccer. The Quesnel Youth Soccer Association (QYSA) is non-profit and educational organization whose mission is to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of Quesnel’ youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition. Our goal is to develop and deliver quality youth soccer programs which promote a fun, family environment based on QYSA’s Six Philosophies: Everyone Plays; Balanced Teams; Open Registration; Positive Coaching; Good Sportsmanship; and Player Development. Fun, development and friendly competition are the staples of a solid program, and together we can help the players of QYSA become not only quality players, but people as well. For more information on the programs and services of QYSA, visit www.qysa.ca
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s temperatures return to their summer normals, staying cool is important. However, the Canadian Safe Boating Council is reminding all boat owners that drinking and boating is illegal and unwise. According to CSBC, about 40 per cent of all boating-related fatalities are alcohol-related. The CSBC, along with law enforcement agencies across the country are using the August long weekend to remind all boaters, including sailboats, canoes and kayaks to raise awareness about boating and drinking with Operation Dry Water. In the second year of the campaign, Operation Dry Water aims to reduce the number of alcohol-related fatalities on Canadian waterways as well as provide a visible deterrent to drinking and boating. With several gorgeous lakes to choose from, Cariboo boaters and visitors have plenty of opportunities to cool off without having to resort to alcohol. According to the Criminal Code of Canada, a boater can be charged with impaired operation of a vessel if their blood alcohol concentration exceeds the 0.08 threshold while operating a vessel. A first offence can see the boater liable for a fine of $600. A second offence carries a 14-day prison sentence, and a third offence extends that to 90 days. With the number of vessels plying the waters of Cariboo lakes, especially during the tourist season, it is imperative that all vessel operators be alert to their surroundings. Be dry, be safe. – Black Press
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recent column on the B.C. government’s decision to raise speed limits on portions of rural highways excited numerous comments from readers. Some questioned my suggestion that today’s new drivers are worse because they spend their formative years staring at screens in the back seat instead of looking out the window and grasping the grim physics of the real world. There is no doubt that B.C.’s graduated licensing system for new drivers is more difficult than what my generation faced. Those vehicle stickers with the “L” (for learner, or as teens prefer “loser”) and “N” (for novice, or in teenspeak “nerd”) have been around since 1998. The two steps make getting a full driver’s licence a longer, more difficult and expensive process. Statistics provided by ICBC show what new drivers are up against. First there is the written “knowledge test” to obtain a learner’s permit. From 2004 to 2008, more than half of applicants failed in their first attempt. Things improved in
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B.C. Views subsequent years, with a 46-per-cent failure rate in 2009 declining to 42 per cent by 2013. The first road test is required to go from “L” to “N” and it seems sufficiently harsh. The failure rate has been consistently around 47 per cent in the past six years. More practice and another $35 are required to try again. Students fare better on the second road test, where the failure rate has consistently been 21-22 per cent for the past decade. ICBC reports that in the first three years of the graduated licence program, the new driver crash rate dropped by 16 per cent. In 2003 the required learner and novice period were extended, and restrictions on the novice stage were increased. New driver crashes fell by another 28
Transportation Minister Todd Stone to raise speed limits. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall said the research is clear that higher speeds increase the risk and severity of incidents. Then there is the government’s own position, articulated in a road safety strategy released last year by Attorney General Suzanne Anton. “Research is conclusive that at higher speeds, more people are killed and injured in the traffic system,” it states. “At lower speeds, fewer are killed and injured as a direct result of the safety buffer that lowered speeds create.” The strategy notes that new technologies such as adaptive cruise control are becoming available. B.C. is also testing electronic highway speed limit signs that change with weather and traffic conditions. Next comes self-driving vehicle systems, so drivers will be able to check their phones again. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca
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per cent. Those restrictions include the number of passengers and a “zero tolerance” for alcohol. Impaired crash and injury statistics aren’t available for drivers in the graduated licence program, only fatalities. They grew as more new drivers were enrolled in the new system, to a high of 24 in 2007, but that declined to 14 by 2012. There will always be young people who drive impaired, speed or make other fatal errors. But it’s difficult to argue that today’s system in B.C. is lenient. A couple of readers were concerned about the effect of higher rural speed limits on older drivers. One suggested that higher limits on rural highways are a poor mix with vacationing seniors hauling around oversized motorhomes, trailers and boats. Another cited the coming wave of retired baby boomers and added a likely increase in marijuana-impaired drivers, all emboldened by the invitation to drive faster. B.C.’s medical health officers issued a letter denouncing the decision by
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Completed Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes marks the completion of the resurfacing of Highway 97 and other roadways that have been completed in and around Quesnel.
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A number of ways the community can help Editor: I am writing to the public – individuals, businesses, organizations, churches, temples, etc. regarding Brandon Nyquist’s injuries resulting from his bicycle/ vehicle accident which occurred two and a half weeks after his graduation. Brandon and his dad have been on their own for a number of years, but
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now they financially need their community’s help and prayers. Look at it this way – if each person in Quesnel and area gave one dollar it would very much help Brandon’s dad, John, to cover all the extra costs during Brandon’s recovery and re-hab. You can donate on the Facebook page set up Support John and Brandon Nyquist.
Or you can drop your “help” into the donation boxes at the Billy Barker Casino (down town), Joe and Sylvia’s Thrift Store (across from Mac’s, Westside) and Super Save Gas (Two Mile Flat). Plus, there has been a chequing account opened in John Nyquist’s name at the Bank of Montreal (Reid St.) – account # 3997 092.
You must have this number with you to donate. Or, you can contact Jean Moxam at 250-925-0891. She’s a busy lady heading-up the volunteers and meetings to make plans for a spaghetti dinner night, a dance, a bake sale – or come up with your own ways to help Brandon such as schoolmates having a car wash, etc.
No one can say they would really miss a loonie, but think how all of ours could add-up to help the Nyquists. Ruth McClounie
No one can say they would really miss a loonie, but think how all
of ours could add-up to help the Nyquists. Maybe, in your office or place of business, one person could collect from your co-workers and drop it off at the Bank of Montreal or in one of the donation boxes. Thank you, from a proud gramma of another 2014 Correlieu grad. Ruth McClounie Quesnel
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Wells receives gas tax cash
Dick Harris, Member of Parliament for Cariboo-Prince George, on behalf of Denis Lebel, Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada announced the first installment of the federal Gas Tax Fund for 2014 is being made available to support local infrastructure priorities. With this installment, $59,843 is being made available to Wells, B.C. In B.C., starting this year, the renewed federal Gas Tax Fund is being indexed at two percent per year, which means that it will grow by $1.8 billion over the next decade. In addition, the number of eligible investment categories has doubled, allowing communities to apply their Gas Tax funding to a wider variety of projects to meet their particular infrastructure priorities. Quick facts • The federal Gas Tax Fund transfer has provided $13
billion to Canadian of the New Building these commitments communities to date. Canada Plan, in legislation, Over the 10-year life which will provide provinces, territories of the New Building $53 billion in funding and municipalities Canada Plan from to communities across are assured of an 2014 to 2024, the the country over the ongoing funding Gas Tax Fund will next decade. stream to address provide close to • In 2013 it was their municipal $22 billion in funding indexed at two infrastructure needs for municipalities. percent per year. and priorities. • Federal Gas Tax • By enshrining funding is provided up front; twice a year and B.C. administer Ronald McDonald House® BC the program across is growing. the province. Projects are chosen by local governments and support the local infrastructure priorities of each community. • Thanks to new, expanded eligible investment categories, funding can now be spent in the following The new Ronald McDonald House BC opens in June. areas: drinking water; A home away from home for seriously ill children receiving treatment at BC Children’s Hospital, the wastewater; solid new and bigger House has enough room to welcome waste; public transit; 73 families every day, keeping 2,500 families per year local roads and together when it matters most. bridges; community energy systems; capacity building; disaster mitigation; Help us continue our work broadband by donating at rmhbc.ca connectivity; highways; shortline rail; short-sea shipping; brownfield111129672-1_RMH BC New House_BlackPress_2.8125x4.indd 1 1 5/14/14 14-073.11_Fireplace_4.3125x7-P1.indd 9:47 AM USTRY D N redevelopment; I Y B CLIENT PROOF # 1 INTERNAL REVIEW # CREATION DATE: May 8, 2014 MODIFICATION DATE: May 9, 2014 12:13 PM OUTPUT DATE: 05/14/14 U O O Y APPROVALS 3 regional and local UGAHHT T O Mgr.: DOCKET #: 111129672-1 CLIENT: RMHBC DESCRIPTION: New House Open - Black Press Prod R B airports; and projects BC Acct Exec.:MG/SL Art Director: FILENAME:111129672-1_RMHBCNewHouse_BlackPress_2.8125x4.indd ORE IN supporting culture, M G Copywriter: N I #600 – 1085 Homer Street,and TRIM: 2.8125" x 4" BLEED: tourism, sport Art Director: RECYCL Vancouver BC, V6B 1J4 Producer: NOTES: IMAGE INFO: 300 dpi recreation. p: 604 647 2727 Copywriter: -f: 604 647 6299 Accounts: Software: InDesign • The federal Gas DIELINE DIELINE www.cossette.com C M Y K P151C Operator: CF PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK FOR ACCURACY. Tax Fund is the Version: CS6 PLEASE NOTE: Colour lasers do not accurately represent the colours in the finished product. This proof is strictly for layout purposes only. largest component
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Blacksmith shop and Hill Meat Market added to laneway landscape ANNIE GALLANT Observer Reporter The alley landscape behind Integris Credit Union has changed again. The first mural was painted with assistance from the Quesnel Beautification Grant program and saw facsimiles of old Quesnel shops painted on the wall. Mural painter Leigh Cassidy was at it again with her band of artistic troubadours in the weeks leading up to Billy Barker Days. The building, owned by Chudiak, Schmit and Co. wanted to do something attractive on an otherwise quite ugly wall and the merchants who rent the space were very accommodating to the artists. Cassidy chose Arthur’s Blacksmith Shop and the Hill Meat Market as the images to be painted on the wall. In keeping with the Canadiana-style mural already existing, they completed the bakery from the previous mural and continued on to the new historic images. Integris staff, as is their way, was out cleaning the wall and making preparations before the painters arrived. Cassidy said all the information for the authentic interpretation of the buildings was found at the local museum which provided great help in finding photos. “It was quite amazing how many of our longtime Quesnel residents could not remember the colours of the buildings,” Cassidy said. “Good thing the log cabin is fairly standard and there was at least one colour photo of the Hill’s store.” She added it would be nice to get more of the alley done. “It’s awesome how it has changed the look of the area,” she said. Through the work on this latest mural, Cassidy was pleased to discover an accomplished airbrush painter, Vern Unrau; a new mural painting apprentice, Eve Eberding; a visiting and possibly new resident painter to Quesnel, Herb Weth; and the able assistance of longtime mural painting participant Gloria Magill. “It would have taken a lot longer to finish the project without their help, so from all of Quesnel, thank you,” Cassidy said.
Alley facelift Clockwise from top: artists Vern Unrau, Leigh Cassidy and Gloria Magill work to finished the mural for Billy Barker Days; Magill works on the horses in the blacksmith shop; and Vern airbrushes elements of the mural. Annie Gallant photo
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Anti-gang tactics working: RCMP
JEFF NAGEL Black Press The battle against gangs in B.C. has made big advances but now is not the time to relax, a top B.C. Mountie told a conference on youth gang prevention Thursday. RCMP Chief Supt. Dan Malo said he believes redoubled community efforts and new policing tactics can further dent organized crime and prevent a resurgence of the gangland bloodbath of five years ago. “We’re down in the statistics,” Malo told delegates in Surrey at the Acting Together gang prevention conference organized by Kwantlen Polytechnic University. “A number of [gangsters] are in jail, a number of them are dead, a number of them have changed their behaviour and others we have forced to change their behaviour.” There have been just three gang-linked murders in B.C. so far this year, way down from 2007 to 2009, when the annual death
RCMP Chief Supt. Dan Malo toll ran as high as 36. Malo said it’s becoming clear a police strategy of pressuring prolific gangsters to make life uncomfortable and rob them of their power and influence is helping. He said it’s also clear earlier enforcement in B.C. failed because gang members “weren’t being touched” while they spent lavishly and developed the attitude they were “superstars” who could kill at will. “In the 90s and the 2000s we let people like [gangster] Bindy Johal run crazy. We let the United Nations Gang and the Independent Soldiers run
around with hoodies on that said they were all that.” Youth in B.C. cities were recruited and sucked into the vortex of violence “Many of these young kids went from street level bullying to drug trafficking to extortion to contract killing in a matter of a few years, when traditional organized crime takes decades to do that.” Past policing success was measured too much by the number of bad guys jailed or kilograms of cocaine seized, Malo said, and focused heavily on taking out top crime
kingpins. Today, he said, more effort aims to change attitudes and behaviours. “It needs to become part of the fabric of British Columbia that this kind of behaviour is not tolerated. We take our young kids, we turn them into superstars in our communities – not gangsters.” The new endganglife.ca campaign of B.C.’s antigang police unit plays on emotions of gangsters with imagery of loved ones left behind after they’re dead. Malo said it worked on one ex-Lower Mainland
gangster, who recently agreed to exit the life rather imagine his child having to bury him. The biggest challenge was answering the man’s question of what he would do now to keep earning $6,000 a day. Malo said officers arranged for the exgangster to enter a training program for a job that will pay well. “If they choose to exit that lifestyle, we’re going to help them do that,” he told delegates. “We’re going to support them because they’re going to change their behaviour.” Community groups
can play a huge role in helping build strong character in youth and “give them role models that are not Jamie Bacon.” Malo also wants to put pressure on others who profit from gang activity. “We have to lean on businesses that take straight cash for vehicles,” he said. “We know car rental places that make all their money from renting cars to gangsters. We need to work with them maybe tell them that’s not the right side of the community they need to be in.” While there have been signs of success – Malo also counts the doubling in the price of cocaine in the past couple of years to $60,000 a kilogram, indicating a crimp in supply – there are also trouble spots. Heroin overdoses have spiked in the last six months, he said. And too many B.C. criminals remain influential players in the international drug trade. “Now is not the time to take our foot off the gas.”
Q & D Hospice Palliative Care Association Invites you to participate in our Chi Chili Cook Off with the Prospectors Car Club August 24, 2014 on Reid St. Time: 11 — 3 pm for Cooking Judging @ 3:30 pm Top Adult Chili Winner will have their recipe showcased in Granville’s Coffee over the next year! Thanks Ted & Staff!! Adult Division has prizes for 1,2,3 Prizes!
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ere we go again… The Globe and Mail July 27, “After a brief reprieve, wildfire activity in B.C. again looks poised to soar. Last week’s cooler temperatures were an immense help to firefighters. But with the scorching weather expected to return, conditions will again dry out fast – central and northern B.C. are at elevated fire risk.” Wildfire Alert Levels Evacuation Alert: Be ready to leave on short notice. Evacuation Order: You are at risk. Leave the area immediately. Evacuation Rescinded: All is currently safe. You can return home. Wildfires are an immediate threat but disasters come in many forms: death, accidents, family trauma, broken water lines, roof damage, gas leaks or power outages. If you have pets and animals, are you prepared for any eventuality? Though most Quesnel residents do not realize it, we are very fortunate to have Pet Safe Coalition Society of Canada based in our city. The society provides tangi-
Crooked Leg Tails ble efforts to “save animals during disasters with our rescue and recovery services and to mitigate the impact of disasters on animals.” Pet Safe Recommendations • Identify your pet with a collar and tag – if separated from your pet, their ID may be the only way to find them. • Each pet should have its own emergency kit that will last for 72 hours. • Plan for evacuation – take your pet with you. Since most shelters will only accept service animals, you must plan for where your animals can go – hotels that accept animals, boarding centres, animal shelters, family members or friends? Human Emergency Kit List – 72 hour supply • Water – at least two
litres per person per day • Food that won’t spoil – canned food, energy bars and dried foods •Don’t forget the manual can opener. • Crank or battery-powered flashlight and radio and extra batteries • First aid kit • Extra keys for your vehicle and home • Cash • A copy of your emergency plan and contact information • Special items such as prescription medication. Grab and Go Bags for Dogs and Cats Pet carrier or folding kennel plus old towels/blankets for linings Collar and leash or harness, litter box, food, water, two dishes, favourite toy, garbage bag and poop bags. A sealable bag to hold identifying information: • A photo of your pet that shows face and markings • An index card with pet’s name, date of birth, breed, colour and identifiable markings • Status – sex, spayed neutered, medical issues, last date of vaccinations, worm-
ing, vet’s name, address and phone number • Owners name and all phone numbers • Special handling and care instructions, ex: does it bite, outside only, aggressive etc. • Name, address and phone number of the person/clinic/shelter where your dog is to go in case someone else is to do the evacuation. Build these kits and have them ready in case of an emergency. Remember to update the information and change the food and water in each kit twice a year. These are the essentials that every person should have prepared. We can never predict an emergency but we certainly can be prepared. Start today. Gather supplies, record information and begin to communicate with others who need to be part of your plan. If you have a pet, you need a plan. For more information, please contact: pscsc@ hotmail.ca or petsafecoalition.ca. – submitted by Liz-Anne Eyford
Hospice & Palliative Care provides dignified care & comfort for our community members. Please consider your next donation towards much NEEDED wheelchairs! Call 250-985-5816 or donate online @ www.qdhpca.org – help us to reach our goal!
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C ommunity C alendar SPECIAL EVENTS & MEETINGS MONDAY BUY A GOLD BRICK fundraiser Wells Historical Society, For $10 help purchase a new furnace for Wells Museum. To purchase one or more, call Honey, 250-992-5875 or Carrie 250-994-3243. QUESNEL TILLICUM SOCIETY FRIENDSHIP CENTRE looking for volunteers to help
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with various upcoming programs. Looking for new ideas and energetic people of all ages, backgrounds and ethnicity. If interested, drop by the Friendship Centre and fill out a volunteer application (must submit to a criminal record check) then be prepared for a fun time and great experience. Everyone welcome. Contact 250-992-8347 or email dina@qnfc. bc.ca or just drop by 319 North Fraser Drive.
WEDNESDAY QUESNEL AND DISTRICT HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION is hosting summer and fall volunteer training sessions. Contact ASAP to reserve your seat,
250-985-5815. ECO-SPROUTS NATURE EXPLORATION, Wednesdays until Aug. 27, 10 – 11:30 a.m. Come and explore trails while learning about trees, pond life, wildlife safety and more. Suggested donation of $2/child and $5/per family with more that two children. For a list of things to bring and information or a summer schedule call Laurie, 250255-7513 or email, ecosproutsbces@ gmail.com.
THURSDAY QUESNEL ART GALLERY PRESENTS opening reception, Aug. 8, 7 – 9 p.m. for August show, Deep in the Forest featuring Marguerite
Whittingham’s oil paintings and Arlene Cave’s wood carvings. The show runs through August at 500 North Star Road.
FRIDAY ARTSWELLS WELCOMES VENTANAS Aug. 1 – 4, a Balkan/ Sephardic/South Eastern European fusion ensemble. For details on ArtsWells visit artswells.com. QUESNEL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SELF-HELP GROUP MEETING Aug. 8, 12:30–2 p.m. in CD Hoy Room at City Hall. For information contact Donna, 2560-992-3369. TO ALL TEACHERS WHO TAUGHT BETWEEN 1962 – 1974 AT CARIBOO HIGH SCHOOL
invited to a 40th grad reunion for students of 1974. Reunion set for Aug. 15 – 16. Registration fee $10, ASAP. Contact Trudy Schimelfenig for information, 250-7472025.
SATURDAY FAMILY FUN BOTTLE DROP OFF Aug. 2, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Safeway parking lot. For pick up of cans and bottles anytime call Mary Ann, 250-249-5720. Relay for Life fundraiser. QUESNEL LIONS MONTHLY GARAGE SALE, Aug. 30 (the last Saturday of every month) at Maple Park Mall, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Hot dogs and coffee will be available.
8TH ANNUAL GOLF FOR KIDS SAKE BBBSQ, Sept. 7, Richbar Golf Course, 1 p.m. shotgun start. To register call 250-992-7257 or email bisques@ goldcity.net. Download pledge sheet at bigbrothersbigsistersofquesnel.ca. Incentive prize for pledges collected more than $250. Dinner included.
SUNDAY QUESNEL AND DISTRICT ANTIQUE MACHINERY PARK FAMILY FUN DAY AND OPEN HOUSE Aug. 3, gates open at 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Live demos, silent auction, raffle, door prizes, music and concession. Admission by donation. Come out and support AMP, off
Highway 97 south of Quesnel. PADDLING IS AWESOME DAY Aug. 17, Pioneer Park on Dragon Lake. Sponsored by Quesnel Canoe Club, registration begins at 9 a.m. and racing begins at 10 am. Reg. forms at Rocky Peaks Adventure on Reid Street or Dragon Lake Paddlers Facebook site. For information contact Doreen, 250-9925717.
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SITE MANAGER EXCO Division, 100 Mile House, BC Reporting to the General Manager Capital Projects, the Site Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating and leading the activities of EXCO Industries within the guidelines of Ainsworth company policy to achieve established goals and objectives. Other areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to the following: Safety, Production, Sales & Marketing, Estimating, Administration of Personnel, Cost and Manpower forecasting, Capital expense budgeting. As the ideal candidate, you have a minimum of five years experience in the steel fabrication industry, preferably with wood products and mining equipment experience. In addition, you have a minimum of 5 years experience in management positions where excellent performance and employee management skills have been emphasized. You also possess strong team development skills; a good sense of judgment and a proven record of hiring, leading, coaching and developing resources through exceptional people management skills. Computer skills are necessary, Microsoft office and some AutoCAD experience required. Please submit your resume, in confidence to: Ainsworth Engineered Canada LP Attention: Human Resources – Vancouver P.O. Box 49307 3194-1055 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, BC V7X 1L3 Fax: 604 661 3201 Email: jobs@ainsworth.ca
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The City of Quesnel invites interested parties to submit a sealed bid/offer on a City owned house only located at 442 Kinchant Street. The house is to be moved off of the existing site by October 15, 2014. (This purchase does not include any property). The interior of the house can be viewed during normal business hours by appointment only. The house is being sold on an “as it, where is” basis and includes all attached landings, stairs, carports etc. Sealed bids in a clearly marked envelope reading “Sale of 442 Kinchant Street” will be accepted at the front counter of City Hall, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J 7J5 until Friday, August 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. At that time, there will be a public opening. The City of Quesnel reserves the right to refuse any or all offers submitted on this building including the highest offer. Inquiries regarding this building may be directed to Ken Coombs, Director of Public Works and Engineering during office hours at 250-992-2111 or Kyle Russel, Facilities Maintenance Foreman, at (250) 255-7516.
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Quesnel motocross racers take to the track in Terrace July 19 – 20. Clockwise from top left: Quesnel’s Colton Shepherd getting some air; Dayne Cutrell from Quesnel on the Terrace track; and race leader Colton Shepherd. Contributed photos
Two Quesnel motocross racers go rubber to rubber in Terrace Quesnel’s Colton Shepherd #82, Jackson Nickolet #671 and Dayne Cutrell #55 left behind the smokey Cariboo and headed up to race in the wind and rain in Terrace to start the second half of the motocross season. For Shepherd it was his first time racing in Terrace and said it’s the fastest track so far he’s raced on and loved the mix of sand and dirt which made for good racing. By Saturday afternoon the rain and wind let up a bit, over head clouds kept it cool which made
Sunday a perfect day for racing as well. Red Bull KTM racer’s of Terrace said that no one had a chance to beat their bikes but both Quesnel’s Jackson Nickolet racing for Full Throttle Motor Sports and Colton Shepherd on his Suzuki proved them wrong in the Intermediate/Pro classes. Nickolet also had a fast and furious race giving the crowd a race to remember against a Prince George racer in the School Boy class, battling back and forth until taking the lead in the final
lap for the win. Nickolet brought home the hardware both days in his classes. The Quesnel boys put everyone else in their place in the last race in Intermediate on Sunday afternoon when it came down to the two Quesnel boys, Jackson Nickolet verses Colton Shepherd battling it out for first place. Shepherd came out of the starting gates taking the hole shot, with Nickolet right on his heels. Shepherd held onto the first lap in first place and
coming around a wide turn with Nickolet going for a pass with neither one backing off. “This was my race” Shepherd said, “I’m not going to back down.” Both racer’s in fifth gear, wide open, as fast as those bikes could go, speeds that no one has seen them do before putting everyone on the edge of the fence to see if Shepherd could pull it off. The race was now a battle between the two Quesnel racers. As they drifted around the corner coming into
the second lap, battling through ferocious ruts on the ragged edge, the bikes made contact sending Shepherd flying out of control, throwing his body at high speed across the track until he came to a stop against a bank. Once checked over by first aid and at the emergency department in Terrace, he only suffered from a minor concussion and bad bruising. Full safety gear played a big part in allowing him to walk away. Stealing to win from Shepherd by default was Nickolet.
Second year racer Dayne Cutrell moving up from his 85cc to racing on his 100cc Kawasaki also racing for Full Throttle proved to be an upcoming competitor as he made his way through the pack for the Quesnel team. The next sanctioned event was held in Smither’s July 26 – 27 followed by Arena Cross being hosted in Prince George during the fall fair Aug. 8 – 9, then races in Williams Lake, Chetwynd and Prince George in August as well. –Submitted by Gerri Shepherd.
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at the event. The Quesnel SeaLions swam in for victory again July 19 – 20 at the Mackenzie Rainbows Invitational swim meet, winning the event with a total of 100 points with many of the swimmer taking home individual aggregate awards as well. Gold medal winners included Natalie Bergeron for division 1 girls, division 1 boys swimmer Crosby Wolfe, Audrey Jesperson in division 3 girls and Olivia Crocker in division 4 girls. Several members of the QAC took home silver at the Mackenzie meet. Swimming in for silver in the Division 2 boys Owen Larson, Lucy Jesperson for the division 3 girls, silver in the division 4 girls was Megan Pastachak and competing in the division 6 girls was Baylee McGillivray. Winning bronze
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On offer at Valley Auction Ltd. July 10, 2014 Head of Livestock 286 Number of Buyers 26
Baby Calves ............................. $ -$ -Veal Calves .............................. $ -$ -Heiferettes............................... $ -$ -D 1-2 Cows ............................. $ 91.00 $ 109.00 D 3-5 Cows ............................. $ 70.00 $ 88.00 Holstein Cows .......................... $ 63.00 $ 103.75 Bulls ........................................ $ 110.00 $ 135.00 Bred Cows (% by head)............ $ -$ -Cow Calf Pairs (% by head) ...... $ 1,950.00 $ 2,400.00 FEEDER CATTLE DIVISIONS (prices quoted per 100 lbs.) Steer Calves 300 - 400 ............ $ -$ -Steer Calves 400 - 500 ............ $ -$ -Steer Calves 500 - 600 ............ $ -$ -Steer Calves 600-700 .............. $ 171.00 $ 181.75 Feeder Steers 700-800 ............ $ 165.00 $ 178.00 Feeder Steers 800-900 ............ $ -$ -Feeder Steers 900-1000 .......... $ -$ -Heifer Calves 300 - 400 ........... $ -$ -Heifer Calves 400 - 500 ........... $ -$ -Heifer Calves 500 - 600 ........... $ -$ -Heifer Calves 600 -700 ............ $ -$ -Feeder Heifers 700 - 800 ......... $ -$ -Feeder Heifers 800 - 900 ......... $ -$ -Feeder Heifers 900 - 1000 ....... $ 150.00 $ 160.50 HOGS, SHEEP & GOATS Sows ....................................... $ UP TO $ 130.00 Weaner Pigs ............................ $ -$ -Feeder lambs ........................... $ 120.00 $ 137.50 Lambs & Ewes ......................... $ 60.00 $ 100.00 Goats ....................................... $ 25.00 $ 175.00
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