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Council candidates talk homelessness Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com The first all-candidates forum hit at the heart of homelessness.

Lyn Hall and Don Zurowski, both running for mayor, along with about 20 of the 25 candidates for city council took part in the forum hosted by the Fire Pit Cultural Drop-in Centre downtown on Saturday.

The format allowed for a brief introduction and closing remarks by all candidates. As well, candidates were selected at random to answer prepared questions on their views about how they would address issues such as poverty, people who have to live on the street, downtown access and safety, and the need for better communication and consultation with the people who live there.

One incumbent councillor said when they are in chambers, they have more time than a few minutes to consider, debate and address issues and answer questions. That is true but that’s why the all-candidates forum on Saturday – and any others to follow – is a good indication of how candidates think on their feet.

Based on audience reaction, some fared better than others.

“We really have to get to the root of the issue and start talking about (the problem of) poverty in a real way,” said Murry Krause, who has spent 40 years involved in social justice issues.

Don Zurowski noted that in 2009 there was a local survey done of how many people are homeless in Prince George. That number was found to be 400.

“That number is likely very understated,” said Zurowski.

Don Roberts won some applause from the audience when he suggested we “get rid of the ice tea party in Ottawa” and find ways to provide more affordable housing for singles in this area.

Travis Shaw suggested we look into the feasibility of things like container housing which would allow people a chance to get back on their feet, following the

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press City council candidate Dave Wilbur addresses the crowd Saturday at an all-candidates forum on poverty, homelessness and other social issues held at the Fire Pit drop-in centre.

example of cities like Vancouver.

On the same issue, Susan Scott said she watched an inspiring video of a women who had lived on the street and had struggled to get her life back, finally going to design school where she created a coat that could be converted into a sleeping bag.

“I love that,” she said.

In answer to a question about what city council could do, specifically, to address the longstanding problem of homelessness, Brian Skakun said that developing more partnerships is key to working on a solution. “$300,000 (in government funding) a year doesn’t build a lot of housing,” he said.

In his closing remarks, Cameron Stoltz said the reason our affordable housing is disappearing, is in part due to the “boom out West” where rents have increased and people are encouraged to move to lower-priced places like Prince George. That leads to low vacancy rates which affects the market price.

“We’re the next (closest) affordable housing community (to Alberta). That’s why you’re seeing rents going up,” said Stoltz.

One of the questions posed Saturday hit on the thorn-inthe-side issue of snow removal but this time, the focus was on asking how the downtown area could be cleared in winter so that people who live there and those that come there on business, can more easily get around and access the places they want to go.

Albert Koehler said that city snow clearing can indeed “be done faster and better.”

“It can be done,” he said, “but it needs the will.”

Another question asked what role council has in encouraging mixed housing in Prince George.

Jillian Merrick said she believed the current council had just rezoned a neighbourhood to allow for more dense housing and she suggested mixed housing (seniors, families, singles, etc.) works to bring people together and provide a “greater quality of life for everyone.”

Garth Frizzell said that we can “learn from other communities” and engage in discussions about narrow or “laneway housing” as part of overall downtown revitalization plans.

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question about whether or not prospective council members place priority on the issue of homelessness – or on the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

Roy Spooner won some audience applause when he said: “I think the [Canada] Winter Games are a wonderful thing – and what have we learned (from it)? That we can house 4,000 athletes for two weeks ... so why can’t we house 400 homeless people for the rest of the year?”

To a question about the city’s Housing First strategy (whereby homeless people receive shelter first before looking for ways to help them with any other issues they may have such as poverty or mental illness,), Hall said that help can come from the whole community and more partnerships are needed to “create a plan” around affordable housing in the downtown area, particularly when it comes to seniors.

Debora Munoz said she is a “big supporter” of the program.

“I stand for a healthy community,” she said. “I will work hard to make sure that we find ways to get rid of homelessness in six years...”

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Another question, “What do you know about red zoning? revealed that several respondents had no idea what it was all about (the policing program prohibits people such as convicted drug dealers from being in the downtown area).

Don Roberts answered: “I’ve never heard of it” while Scott answered: “I didn’t know it was still going on. I think red zoning had its place (in the past) but I don’t get why we still do it.”

Asked the question what could be done to include more street people in any discussions about issues affecting the downtown area (where they mostly live), Koehler said it is about showing respect and accepting others as they are.

“I could be there [homeless] as fast as anyone else,” he said.

“Something could happen – and I’d be on the other side.”

Each candidate had one minute for closing remarks, and most used that time to make one last “pitch” for why audience members should mark an X beside their name. In his remarks, Skakun said the past three years “have been a challenge” but after 12 years on council, he looked forward to another four.

Terri McConnachie emphasized her campaign was focused on representing all the citizens of Prince George. Monica Peacock said she stood for communication, collaboration and compromise on city council. Scott said she’d learned a lot at the forum and wanted to focus on the needs of today, with “greater transparency” at City Hall. Frizzell said he arrived in Prince George on a Greyhound bus with $100 in his pocket and found there were “huge opportunities” for business here. Dave Wilbur pointed to his legal background as an asset for city council and said when it comes to money, “I know how to go after it.”

Koehler said he wanted to focus on “what we can do in Prince George instead of waiting on government” for the things we want done.

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In Provincial Court on August 20: Delbert W. Joseph was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 14 days in jail, placed on probation for three years and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Travis K. Lepine was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Genevieve R. Paul was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Deena G. Schiller was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to one day in jail.

William A. Seeley was found guilty of possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 40 days in jail, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $200. Seeley was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 30 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

In Provincial Court on August 21: Cory R. Faulconer was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, placed on probation for nine months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Gary L. Felix was found guilty of mischief, failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, failing to comply with a probation order and three counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 37 days in jail, placed on probation for one year

and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Vanessa K. Friesen was found guilty of theft of a motor vehicle, sentenced to 30 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Friesen was also found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 10 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Friesen was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, sentenced to 10 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Guido Gremaud was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Nikkita A. John was found guilty of theft of a motor vehicle, sentenced to 169 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $200. John was also found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while impaired, sentenced to 150 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and prohibited from driving for five years. John was also found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while prohibited, sentenced to 150 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and prohibited from driving for three years.

Lorri N. Moore was found guilty of assault and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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Managing forests focus of talk at UNBC next week Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Dr. Richard Waring’s title for his lecture at the Doug Little Memorial Lecture sums the problem up simply: Managing Forests That Won’t Stand Still.

Waring, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University, will be at UNBC on Oct. 30 for this year’s lecture. The series was initiated in 1996 and named for the late W.D. Little, a forest executive and founding supporter of UNBC. In his book, Forest Ecosystems: Analysis at Multiple Levels, Waring writes, “A forest ecosystem is never in complete equilibrium.”

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tions. Models can still make predictions Oregon State University, based on the weather. They can’t predict he says, “They do and for forest fires or beetles, but then we can they don’t.” run models with those in them.”

“Even with a stable Waring says British Columbia is on the climate, they’re always forefront of many of the changes occurring growing. New species in the forests, and makes a good place to will show up, old species run models for a variety of reasons. will make way.”

“The Crown owns much of the land, He says the ability to and having as many mountains as you do make predictions about leaves more places for refuges for different the future of the forests species. has become easier and “You can do large-scale ‘practices’ and harder since he started. have more chances to learn.”

“When I started, we Richard Waring He says one things all the models are made assumptions that now taking into account is global warming. species wouldn’t change dramatically.

“All the models say it’s going to get warmer, except About 1975, the rules were starting to in a few places. That means planning for new species change, even if we didn’t know it at the and trying to determine how to handle the species time. already in place.”

“The carbon dioxide rise in the atSpecies development is, Waring say, the biggest mosphere had to be put into the equachallenge the industry faces.

“The biggest challenge is what tree species should be grown in these areas, and how long they can be grown until they are no longer tenable.”

The Doug Little Memorial Lecture will take place on Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Canfor Theatre (Room 6-213) at UNBC. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will also be streamed at www.unbc.ca/ nres/nresi_webcast.html

Initiatives Prince George (IPG) received a Bronze Excellence in Economic Development Award for its 2013 project in the category of video/multimedia promotion for communities with populations of 25,000 - 200,000 from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).

“Economic development efforts have long been a keystone in the quest to bolster the economy and improve quality of life in every locality across the country,” said Bill Sproull, IEDC chair, in a press release. “As the nation continues to tackle challenges in the midst of global uncertainty, these efforts have taken on an even greater significance. With this award, we laud trendsetting organizations like Initiatives Prince George for leading the charge.”

IPG received a $60,200 grant through the Employer Innovation Fund that was overseen by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC.

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Bryan Mix looks for council seat Former School District 57 Secretary Treasurer Bryan Mix is one of the 25 candidates seeking a spot on city council.

Mix has lived in Prince George for 30 years and has been involved in many community, sport and recreation based organizations. He worked for the school district from 1989 until his retirement in 2013.

He is a retired Certified Professional Accountant who has been an ambassador for Prince George and area “with a great deal of pride and conviction,” he says.

Mix brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in both public governance and corporate business affairs.

During his time with the school district, as corporate financial officer, he guided the school district through significant periods of changing enrolment and infrastructure challenges.

He is recognized for positive and professional contributions to organizations he has served. For example in 2005, he was recognized by the British Columbia Association of School Business Officials as a recipient of the Larry Ozero Leadership award. This honor recognizes the highest in ethics, competence and leadership to the profession and its members.

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Frank Everitt wants to continue the work that he’s been doing for the past three years.

And that is his work as a Prince George city councillor. The Steelworkers Local 1-424 president is seeking his second term on city council.

“We are still in a very good spot, as a city, to be a part of the investment that’s coming to our community, hence going after one of the issues I talked about in the last campaign, and that’s growing our population,” he said.

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Everitt says there are several areas being developed around the city so the opportunity is there for the community to grow.

“We still have a lot of work to do around our infrastructure, our roads, whether it’s repairing them or whether it’s snow removal,” he said. “We had the colossal screw-up last Christmas. We will put together a program that allows us to look after snow. We’ll get to the position where we used to be.”

As for the proposed performing arts centre, Everitt says it has been a part of the city’s long-term goals for 25 years or more and it should continue to be part of the city’s long-term plan. However, “it isn’t going to be this term, because there isn’t provincial or federal funding.”

He added that the group pushing for the centre should be working to put together a funding package.

As for the last three years, Everitt says he is not a fan of the core services review or the decisions that came out of that plan. Personally, however, what he is proud of, as a councillor, was that council changed some of the suggestions coming out of the core review.

“It was things that I think we corrected, that we rushed through, for some reason, and we had to relook at them,” he said. “One of the good things we did was cancel the downtown parking fees. We were going to spend a lot of money, for not the right reasons.”

Everitt was one of several councillors who brought forward notices of motion to change items such as the downtown parking, fees for off-street parking, and licensing for secondary suites.

“We talk about being open for business and (the secondary suites licensing plan) was simply a tax grab that was wrong,” he said.

Everitt says the city needs to conduct a review of all its infrastructure … below ground and above … and allocate money to fixing it.

Everitt says that he has worked hard on the city’s behalf and wants to continue that work.

“I’ve listened to folks, I have worked on their behalf on the issues that were brought to me,” he said.

“That’s what people want, someone who will listen, speak on their behalf, and even rethink positions if that’s necessary.”

Everitt says he also wants to work on rebuilding pride in the community.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Teeghan Loewen practises her colouring skills Wednesday at Home Sweet Home grocery store on Third Ave. The eight (and-a-half) year old is hosting a Harvest Colouring Contest at the store for children and adults. Winners will receive – what else? A carrot and a pumpkin. Phone 250563-5544 for more information.

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Business Excellence takes to ice Get ready to celebrate exceptional business in Prince George – hockey style.

It will be Hockey Night in Prince George at the Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Business Excellence Awards on October 25 at the Civic Centre.

This annual event recognizes businesses and entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence.

Awards will be handed out in 11 different categories. In addition to being one of Prince George’s foremost social events, this year’s gala will have a number of fun and exciting new features.

The hockey-themed evening will feature a first class dinner, and entertainment from comedian/ emcee Gery Schubert in character as Don Cherry.

Hockey legend and former Vancouver Canucks goalie Kirk McLean will be a special guest at the gala. New at this year’s event is a photo booth, where, for a donation, guests can get a themed

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Adding an element of drama, a new 11th award category will be unveiled during the gala. The Hell Yeah Prince George Ambassador Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated community pride and a commitment to making Prince George a positive place to live and work. The inaugural Ambassador Award is sponsored by the Prince George Airport Authority.

“What’s exciting is that voting will take place entirely online, and will continue right up until moments before the presen-

tation,” said Christie Ray, chamber CEO, “There will be a sense of anticipation as people follow the voting in real time on social media.”

Nominations have been narrowed down to four very deserving candidates.

Voting for the HYPG Ambassador Award opens on October 23 on the Prince George Chamber Facebook age. Stay tuned to social media for details about the nominees and voting in the lead-up to the gala.

The Business Excellence Awards is an important community-building and social event for local businesses. Recogniz-

ing this, Integris Credit Union is sponsoring Community Tables, treating deserving business community members to an evening of entertainment and celebration.

“The Integris Community Tables exemplify the spirit of the Awards,” said Ray. “It’s a demonstration of giving back to those who’ve worked so hard to help Prince George thrive.”

Everyone is invited to attend what is expected to be the premier business event of the year. Tickets for the 2014 Business Excellence Awards are available at the Prince George Chamber of Commerce Office.

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Halloween games and activities at the Prince George Aquatic Centre 1:30 to 4:00pm *Applications in their entirety, will be included Sunday, October 26, 2014 in a Regular Council Meeting Agenda, and PRO-D DAY YOUTH ACTIVITIES forwarded to Council for consideration. Those During each Professional Development Day Agendas may become public and the City of (Pro-D Day) in School District 57, the City Prince George will use personal information of Prince George coordinates a listing of fun collected for the purposes of committee activities for children to enjoy during their day appointments and committee member off school. listings.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING Children can stay active, meet new people Regular Council Meeting PROCLAMATIONS and learn new things by participating in these Monday, November 4, 2014 – Council programs, special events and activities put on October is Foster Family Month Chambers – 6:00pm by local organizations and businesses.

Mayor Shari Green of Prince George proclaims Visit the City’s website to view the Pro-D Day COUNCIL, COUNCIL COMMITTEES, the month of October, 2014, “Foster Family flyer for October 24, 2014.

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COMMISSIONS AND BOARD http://www.princegeorge.ca/cityliving/ MEETINGS recreation/youthprograms/Pages/Default.aspx CITY CEMETERY TO HONOUR Advisory Committee on Development Design Pro-D Days for 2014/2015 are October 24, VETERANS Wednesday, October 29, 2014 – 2nd Floor November 28, January 23, March 20, April 24 Conference Room – 12:00pm In preparation for Veterans’ Week, the City of and Spring Break (February 16 to 27).

Prince George’s Memorial Park Cemetery will be honouring veterans. On Saturday, October COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTION 25, 2014 the Boy Scouts of Canada will The 25th Annual Halloween Fireworks Friday, Voting Days and Opportunities come to Memorial Park Cemetery to place October 31, 2014 at 8:15pm at College Heights Canadian fl ags on the graves of interred General Voting Day for the 2014 General Local Secondary Field. The event is sponsored by the Election in Prince George is November 15, veterans in the Veterans’ Section.

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Families with veterans interred in other parts Donations accepted at the event.

Advance Voting Opportunities are 8:00am to of the Cemetery are invited to pick up a 8:00pm at City Hall on November 5 and 12, Canadian flag at the Administration office at INVITATION TO BID 2014 and 8:00am to 8:00pm at UNBC on 3300 Memorial Park Lane.

Invitation to Tender: November 13, 2014.

Contact: Sandy Hewitson 250-562-4661.

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Alger runs for trustee Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Dori Alger decided to run for the School District 57 Board of Education when she found out what trustees are expected to do.

“I attended a meeting for people interested in being a trustee,” she says, “and (superintendent) Brian Pepper listed the points for a good trustee.

“I was sitting there, thinking, ‘I can do that, ‘I can do that’.”

Alger has experience with schools, but not at the public-school level.

“I was on the board of the Association of Christian Education of Prince George for four years,” she said. “I served on the finance committee and the personnel committee, so I think I have some experience in those areas with schools.”

Something else Pepper said at that meeting caught Alger’s attention.

“He talked about how the number of vulnerable students in the district was increasing, and how we were almost at a tipping point with them.”

Alger knows from personal experience how easy it is to turn a student’s life

around.

“One of my daughters struggled early in school, but she got great early intervention and ended up graduating a year early.

“I think we need to get more support to learners, especially at the entry level, and for both vulnerable students and gifted students.”

She also sees a need for an increased emphasis on literacy and numeracy, and she sees part of that need being met by changing school conditions.

“You go into the new Duchess Park Secondary, and you can see how it meets the needs of the students. I’ve been talking to teachers, parents, retired teachers, anyone I can think of to get their perspectives on what’s happening in the schools.”

Developing solid partnerships and establishing dialogues between all stakeDori Alger holders is another one of Alger’s main points.

“I have been a host mom for a number “Partnerships can assist in getting of high-school students from other counthings done, but all the partners, all the tries. One girl from Sweden said they had stakeholders, need to be involved.” a course on local government.

She wants people to get out and vote “Students here learn about the fedon Nov. 15, but says other countries are eral government and to some extent the doing a better job of making sure people provincial government, but they don’t get understand the importance of local govmuch on what local government does and ernment. why it’s so important to them.”

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“There are more goals we can still reach as a board,” Cooke says. “I would like to see more transparency and accountability from senior management. I would like to see more boldness from trustees.

“There’s a lot more work to be done.”

She would also like to see more engagement for parents and teachers with the board, as well as an acknowledgement from the provincial government of the funding needs of this district and others in the province.

Looking back on her first three years on the board, Cooke can point to a number of things Kate Cooke she’s proud of.

“Our adoption of an LGBTQ working together will be even more (sexual orientation) policy was a very important. positive step. Some of the others felt “Four years is a long time to be on the existing policies were adequate, the same board. Maintaining profesbut I said we needed to rethink this. sionalism will be important.”

“It’s a very progressive policy when She would like to see the next compared to other boards.” board take steps on the financial She also likes the way the board front in a couple of ways. was able to get more of its commit“We need more site-based mantees open to the public. agement. The schools can make the “The confidentiality clause was best decisions on dealing with their lifted for some of the committees, needs. There would still need to be which means our partner groups can some parameters in place, but let the attend the meetings.” individual schools decide where their She says the current board, which funding should go.” had five of the seven members first Cooke would also like to see the elected in 2011, was “relatively proboard become more pro-active at fessional with each other.” budget time.

“There was some eye-rolling at “We have to submit a balanced each other at times, but having budget, but I would like to see the so many new members probably board put out a report on a restorhelped, since we were all learning ative budget. We all admit we’re together.” struggling with funding, but we Now, with the next set of trustees can’t come up with numbers to show being elected for four years, she says how.”

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Wiebe brings experience to run Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com For Bruce Wiebe, education has been and still is about the ABC’s.

“Achieving, believing, caring,” says Wiebe, who is running for a seat on the School District 57 Board of Education. “I want to help people learn and grow.”

Wiebe says he has dedicated his life to education in Prince George, spending 35 years as a teacher and principal at a number of district schools, including Malaspina, Nukko Lake, Vanway, Hixon and McBride.

“I was also the zone principal for 16 years in various zones,” he says, “which gave me an understanding of the needs of elementary and secondary schools.”

Having retired two years ago, he sees the move to becoming a trustee as a natural one.

“With my experience and background, I have a strong knowledge of how things operate in the system. I know the needs, and I know the importance of taking a balanced approach.”

He feels parents, students and teachers working together can continue to grow student success in the district, but they need assistance.

“We have a lot of multi-age classes and hard-working, dedilong bus rides.” cated people in the There are a lot classroom who need of opportunities support to make available to help the those classrooms classrooms becomlearning places. ing learning places.

“They face the “There is so much challenge of having new technology many diverse learnwhich could be used, ing needs.” and so many learnWiebe feels his exing methods availperience with schools CANDIDATE able to students.”

BRUCE WIEBE He also sees the outside the city will need for support workers in the also be useful on the board. schools.

“I have first-hand knowledge “As a principal, I was involved of rural schools. I know the challenges they face with smaller in working with student-teachers. I saw the value of having a budgets, limited resources,

counsellor in a school to meet the needs of the children.”

Wiebe also sees the next few years as very important to the local education system.

“We’re seeing an explosion of development in northern B.C., and we have the opportunity to provide the skill set needed to succeed in that new world.

“I also see more opportunities to develop partnerships with CNC and UNBC.” Wiebe says he feels he would bring a good set of skills to the board.

“It’s a role I’ve basically spent a lifetime developing. It’s not new to me.”

Sharel Warrington willing to make longer commitment to school board Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Sharel Warrington knew running for a fourth term on the Board of Education for School District 57 would demand a lot.

“Four years needs much more commitment,” the current chairperson of the board said. “But there is lots of work to do, and many new challenges.

“The board has started some very important work, and we need to see it through.”

The biggest issue, however, is the same one that board has had for a number of years: funding.

“I don’t believe we CANDIDATE are going to see any SHAREL new provincial fundWARRINGTON ing,” Warrington says.

“We will be expected to look within our programs and be innovative in the best way we can to save money.

“The government has downloaded costs onto us, and doesn’t appear willing to give extra funding to cover those costs.”

She said the board has had meetings with local

MLAs to emphasize the importance of education.

“We have to let the government know why public education is so important. We have always been asked to deliver academic, physical and intellectual development, and we’re also becoming more responsible for social and emotional learning.”

Warrington feels the board, which had five new members elected in 2011, has done a lot of work in the past three years.

“We’ve worked hard to engage our partner groups more. We hold regular meetings with them to exchange ideas and concerns.”

She says the board has also managed to deliver balanced budgets each year despite the funding crunch, but isn’t sure how long that can continue.

“I’m very concerned about funding. Last year we had a $5.2 million deficit, which we managed to cover by taking money from our surplus, but that’s not sustainable.”

There is a need for the community to become more involved in education, Warrington says, but there are concerns there as well.

“Voter apathy is a serious concern for me.

The economic future of the province starts in our schools, and everyone needs to support the system.

Fall has arrived

“We need to do things differently, but we need the community to be onside.”

While Warrington has served nine years on the board already, she says some things don’t change.

“There’s always learning to be done. The most important thing for trustees to realize is we are the governors of the district.

“We are not the managers.”

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2014 General Local Elections – Notice of Election

NOTICE OF ELECTION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and Bear Lake Local Community that an election by voting will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 to elect one (1) Director for each Electoral Area and four (4) Commissioners for the Bear Lake Local Community and that the persons nominated as candidates for whom votes will be received are:

Surname BRANDNER DUNPHY

DIRECTOR – ELECTORAL AREA F – ONE (1) TO BE ELECTED Usual First Name Residential Address or Jurisdiction Faellen 3442 Upper Fraser Road, Upper Fraser, BC V0J 2Z0 Kevin 488 Railway Avenue, Willow River, BC V0J 3L0

Surname ALAN MONROE STARCHUCK

DIRECTOR – ELECTORAL AREA H – ONE (1) TO BE ELECTED Usual First Name Residential Address or Jurisdiction Dannielle 1780 Bircher Road, McBride, BC V0J 2E0 Bryan 5314 Mountain View Road, McBride, BC V0J 2E0 Ken 2350 Zeidler Drive, McBride, BC V0J 2E0

COMMISSIONER – BEAR LAKE LOCAL COMMUNITY – FOUR (4) TO BE ELECTED Surname Usual First Name Residential Address or Jurisdiction FRANKLIN Herbert 547 Polar Street, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 FRANKLIN Valerie 547 Polar Street, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 MCGEE Pat 470 Polar Street, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 ROSE Wayne 432 Koala Place, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 VAN DER PLOEG Ton 368 Cinnamon Street, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 WALDNER Bruce 586 Polar Street, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 WALDNER Sharon 586 Polar Street, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 VOTING OPPORTUNITIES – GENERAL VOTING DAY GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualified electors of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and the Bear Lake Local Community on: Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following location: Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, 155 George Street, Prince George, BC V2L 1P8 ADDITIONAL GENERAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be open to qualified electors as follows: Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following locations: Electoral Area F: • Eastline Activity Centre, 21840 Upper Fraser Road, Willow River, BC V0J 3C0 • Ferndale Community Hall, 14150 Ferndale Road, Prince George, BC V2K 5C9 • Shell-Glen Fire Hall, 3985 Shelley Road, Prince George, BC V2K 5G1 • Sinclair Mills Community Hall, 37832 Upper Fraser Road, Prince George, BC V0J 3M0 Electoral Area H: • Village of McBride, 100 Robson Centre-855 SW Frontage Road, McBride, BC V0J 2E0 • Valemount Community Hall, 101 Gorse Street, Valemount, BC V0E 2Z0 • Dunster Community Hall, 7085 Read Road, Dunster, BC V0J 1J0 • Tete Jaune Community Hall, 14270 Blackman Road, Tete Jaune, BC V0E 2Z0 Bear Lake Local Community: Bear Lake Local Community Commission Office, 353 Grizzly Avenue, Bear Lake, BC V0J 3G0 ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be open to qualified electors of the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and the Bear Lake Local Community as follows: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and Wednesday, November 12, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following location: Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, 155 George Street, Prince George, BC V2L 1P8 ADDITIONAL ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be open to qualified electors as follows: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the following locations: Area H – Electoral Area Director: • Village of Valemount office, 735 Cranberry Lake Road, Valemount, BC V0E 2Z0 • Village of McBride office, 100 Robson Centre-855 SW Frontage Road, McBride, BC V0J 2E0 SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY A SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY will be open to qualified electors for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George and the Bear Lake Local Community. Only those qualified electors who are admitted as patients are eligible to vote at these special voting opportunities as follows: Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at the following location: University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, 1475 Edmonton Street, Prince George, BC V2M 1S2

ADDITIONAL SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be open to qualified electors as follows: Area H – Electoral Area Director: • Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the McBride & District Hospital, 1136-5th Avenue, McBride, BC V0J 2E0 • Saturday, November 15, 2014 3:05 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. at the Beaverview Lodge, 1084-5th Avenue, McBride, BC V0J 2E0 MAIL BALLOT VOTING Mail Ballot Voting is available to qualified electors who: • Have a physical disability, illness or injury that prevents them from attending in person at another voting opportunity, or • Reside within a remote voting jurisdiction more than 80 kilometres from the closest voting location at which they are entitled to vote.

• Expect to be absent from the Regional District on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

Applications for mail ballots are available online at www.rdffg.bc.ca, in person or by contacting the Chief Election Officer at (250) 960-4400 or by email at elections@rdffg.bc.ca Applications for mail ballots in the prescribed form will be received by the Chief Election Officer from 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 20, 2014, until 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 12, 2014.

RESIDENT ELECTOR REGISTRATION There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of resident electors for these elections will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you are: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election; • a Canadian Citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; • a resident of the voting jurisdiction for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration, and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR REGISTRATION There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of non-resident property electors for these elections will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you are: • not eligible to register as a resident elector; • 18 years of age or older on general voting day for the election; • a Canadian Citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; • a registered owner of the real property within the voting jurisdiction for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; • a registered owner not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

Non-Resident Property Electors may not vote more than once within a voting jurisdiction regardless of the number of properties owned.

If more than one person owns the property, the person wishing to cast the vote for that property must provide, at the time of registration, written consent from a majority of the property owners.

Consent Forms are available online at www.rdffg.bc.ca, in person or by contacting the Chief Election Officer at (250) 960-4400 or by email at elections@rdffg.bc.ca VOTER IDENTIFICATION Resident Electors will be required to produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The documentation must prove both residency and identity.

Non-Resident Property Electors will be required to produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity (picture identification is not necessary), proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners.

Classes of documents that may be accepted as evidence of identification are: British Columbia Driver’s Licence, BCID card, BC Services Card, ICBC Owners Certificate of Insurance and Vehicle Licence, British Columbia CareCard or GoldCareCard, Ministry of Social Development and Economic Security Request for Continued Assistance Form SDES8, Social Insurance Card, Citizenship Card, Real Property Tax Notice, Credit Card, Debit Card, or Utility Bill.

Dated at Prince George, BC this 20th day of October, 2014.

K. Jensen, Chief Election Officer

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2014 General Local Elections – Notice of Election

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING

ELECTOR REGISTRATION

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the City of Prince George that an election by voting is necessary to elect a Mayor and eight Councillors and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

The registration of electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:

MAYOR – One (1) to be elected Surname HALL ZUROWSKI

Usual Names Lyn Don

Residential Address 7132 St. Dominic Place, Prince George 4039 Cormack Crescent, Prince George, BC

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18 years of age or older on general voting day; Canadian citizen; resident of BC for at least 6 months prior to the day of registration; resident of OR registered owner of real property in the City of Prince George for at least 30 days prior to the day of registration; and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

COUNCILLOR – Eight (8) to be elected Surname CUNIN DERRICK EVERITT FRIZZELL GALLO HUBER KAUK KOEHLER KRAUSE LARSEN LUKE MCCONNACHIE MERRICK MIX MUNOZ PEACOCK ROBERTS SAXENA SCOTT SHAW SKAKUN SPOONER STOLZ ULCH WILBUR

Usual Names Jeffrey Ryan Trent Frank Garth Ron Alex Gregg Albert Murry Coralee Jason Terri Patricia Jillian Bryan Debora Monica Don Ravi Susan Travis (Foxy De-Rossi) Brian Roy Cameron Harry Dave

Residential Address 164 Thacker Crescent, Prince George 2770 Pine Street, Prince George 1075 Nelson Crescent, Prince George 1435 Warner Avenue, Prince George 182 McKinley Crescent, Prince George 15145 Blackwater Road, Prince George 3344 St. Frances Court, Prince George 11485 Lower Mud River Road, Prince George 829 PG Pulpmill Road, Prince George 485 Burden Street, Prince George 7436 Bear Road, Prince George 1883 Gorse Street, Prince George 2535 1st Avenue, Prince George 1303 Elkhorn Crescent, Prince George 3382 Chartwell Avenue, Prince George 262 Freeman Street, Prince George #307 2080 20th Avenue, Prince George 1048 Babine Crescent, Prince George 1653 Sixth Avenue, Prince George 4425 Old Summit Lake Road, Prince George 3863 Hillcrest Road, Prince George 55780 Jardine Road, Cluculz Lake 6962 Chartwell Crescent, Prince George 2273 Springall Place, Prince George 4933 Crest Road, Prince George

COMMUNITY OPINION REFERENDUM QUESTION The following question will be submitted to the electorate in the City of Prince George: “The City of Prince George currently fluoridates its water supply.

Are you in favour of the City of Prince George fluoridating its water supply?”

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualified electors of the City of Prince George between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at the following locations: • • • • • • • •

Kelly Road Secondary School Vanway Elementary School John McInnis Centre DP Todd Secondary School Malaspina Elementary School Ron Brent Elementary School Edgewood Elementary School Blackburn Community Centre

4540 Handlen Road 4509 Highway 16 West 3400 Westwood Drive 4444 Hill Avenue 7900 Malaspina Avenue 1401 17th Avenue 4440 Craig Road 2451 Blackburn Road

ADVANCE VOTING will be available to qualified electors of the City of Prince George between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. as follows: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Thursday, November 13, 2014

Prince George City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC in the Second Floor Conference Room Prince George City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC in the Second Floor Conference Room University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, in the Doug Little Lounge

Resident electors must produce two (2) pieces of identification (at least one (1) with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors must provide a completed “Application for Registration as a Non-Resident Property Elector” and “Non-Resident Property Elector Consent Form”, if applicable, and two (2) pieces of identification, to prove the applicant’s identity and their entitlement to register in relation to the property.

The “Application for Registration as a Non-Resident Property Elector” and the “Non-Resident Property Elector Consent Form” may be obtained from the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer at the Fifth Floor, City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, during regular office hours between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., or from the City of Prince George website http://www.princegeorge.ca/cityhall/elections/Pages/Default.aspx. In addition, the forms will be available at the voting locations on Advance Voting days and General Voting Day. MAIL BALLOT VOTING Qualified electors may vote by mail if they: • have a physical disability, illness, or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity; or • expect to be absent from Prince George on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

Requesting a Mail Ballot Package By 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 2014 you must submit the following information to the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer: (1) Full name, (2) Residential address, (3) Address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non-resident property electors), and (4) Method of delivery of your mail ballot package: (a) pick up at Prince George City Hall, OR (b) regular letter mail through Canada Post to residential address, OR (c) regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the ballot package.

A form to request a mail ballot package may be obtained from the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer at the Fifth Floor, City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, during regular office hours between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., or from the City of Prince George website: http://www.princegeorge.ca/cityhall/elections/Pages/Default.aspx.

Requests for a mail ballot package must be submitted to the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer by 4:00 p.m. October 31, 2014. Request forms may be submitted through mail (1100 Patricia Blvd., Prince George, BC V2L 3V9), delivered to the Fifth Floor, City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, during regular office hours on Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., by fax to 250-561-0183, or by email to wbabicz@city.pg.bc.ca or dwasnik@city.pg.bc.ca Ballot packages will be mailed to applicants commencing on or about October 29, 2014. To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, 2014.

For more information, please contact Walter Babicz, Chief Election Officer, or Deanna Wasnik, Deputy Chief Election Officer, at 250-561-7602.

Walter Babicz Chief Election Officer

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2014 General Local Elections – Notice of Election NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of School District No. 57 (Prince George) that an election by voting is necessary to elect seven school trustees for a four-year term commencing in December 2014 and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are: Surname ALGER BEKKERING BELLA BENNETT BURTON CABLE COOKE CRAWFORD DEPENAU FUDGE HARRIS HARRIS HOOKER MACDONALD SABO STERN WARRINGTON WIEBE

SCHOOL TRUSTEE – SEVEN (7) TO BE ELECTED First Name Community Dori Prince George Betty Prince George Trish Prince George Tim Prince George Andrew Prince George Tony Prince George Kate Prince George Valentine Prince George Eric Prince George Dennis Prince George Bob Prince George Sheldon Prince George Brenda Prince George Denise Newlands Don Prince George Chris Prince George Prince George Sharel Prince George Bruce

VOTER IDENTIFICATION Resident electors will be required to provide two (2) documents proving identity and place of residence in combination, one of which must contain a signature. Picture identification is not necessary.

Non-Resident Property electors will be required to provide two (2) documents proving identity and place of residence in combination, one of which must contain a signature, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property and, if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners.

NOTE: Electors qualified to vote in the elections of both the City of Prince George and the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George may cast only a single ballot for school trustee.

GENERAL VOTING DAY General voting day will be open to qualified electors of School District No. 57 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the following locations: City of Prince George • Kelly Road Secondary School, 4540 Handlen Road • Vanway Elementary School, 4509 Highway 16 West • Blackburn Community Centre, 2451 South Blackburn Road • D.P. Todd Secondary School, 4444 Hill Avenue • Edgewood Elementary School, 4440 Craig Road • John McInnis Center, 3400 Westwood Drive • Malaspina Elementary School, 7900 Malaspina Avenue • Ron Brent Elementary School, 1401 – 17th Avenue District of Mackenzie • Mackenzie District Office - 1 Mackenzie Blvd Village of McBride • McBride Village Office, 100 Robson Centre – 855 SW Frontage Road.

Village of Valemount • Valemount Community Hall, 101 Gorse Street Regional District of Fraser-Fort George • Bear Lake Community Commission Office, 353 Grizzly Avenue, Bear Lake • Beaverly Elementary School, 9777 Western Road, Prince George • Dunster Community Hall, 7085 Read Road, Dunster • Eastline Activity Centre, 21840 Upper Fraser Road, Willow River • Ferndale Community Hall, 3595 Upper Fraser Road, Prince George • Hixon Elementary School, 378 Lockyer, Hixon • Nukko Lake Elementary School, 23955 Chief Lake Road, Nukko Lake • Pineview Elementary School, 8515 Old Cariboo Highway, Prince George • Shell-Glen Fire Hall,3985 Shelly Road, Prince George • Sinclair Mills Community Hall,37832 Upper Fraser Road, Sinclair Mills • Tete Jaune Community Hall, 14270 Blackman Road, Tete Jaune and • Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Office, 155 George Street Prince George ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES ADVANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITIES will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. as follows: Date Location City of Prince George November 5 & November 12 Second Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard November 13 Doug Little Lounge, University of Northern B.C. 3333 University Way Regional District of Fraser-Fort George November 5 & November 12 155 George Street Prince George District of Mackenzie November 5 & November 14 Mackenzie District Office 1 Mackenzie Blvd.

Village of McBride November 5 McBride Village Office 100 Robson Centre – 855 SW Frontage Road Village of Valemount November 5 Valemount Village Office – Council Chambers 735 Cranberry Lake Road

MAIL BALLOT VOTING City of Prince George Qualified electors may vote by mail if they: 1. Have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity, or 2. Expect to be absent from Prince George on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

Requests for a mail ballot package must be submitted to the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer by October 31, 2014. Request forms may be submitted through mail, dropped off at the Fifth Floor, City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, during regular business hours between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., by fax 250 561-0183 or by email to wbabicz@city.pg.bc.ca or dwasnik@city.pg.bc.ca.

Ballot packages will be mailed to applicants commencing on or about October 29, 2014. To be counted your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 15, 2014.

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Mail ballot voting is available to qualified electors who: 1. Have a physical disability, illness or injury that prevents them from attending in person at another voting opportunity, or 2. Reside within a remote voting jurisdiction more than 80 kilometers from the closest voting place at which they are entitled to vote, or 3. Expect to be absent from the Regional District on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

Applications for mail ballots are available on line at www.rdffg.bc.ca, in person or by contacting the Chief Election Officer at (250) 960-4400 or by email at elections@rdffg.bc.ca.

Mail ballots in the prescribed form will be received by the Chief Election Officer from 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 20, 2014, to 12:00 noon on Wednesday, November 12, 2014.

SPECIAL VOTING OPPORTUNITY Special voting opportunities will be open to qualified electors of School District No. 57. Only those qualified electors who are admitted as patients are eligible to vote at these special voting opportunities.

November 14, 2014, Friday Mackenzie & District Hospital

District of Mackenzie 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

November 15, 2014, Saturday McBride & District Hospital Beaverview Lodge University Hospital of Northern B.C.

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

3:05 p.m. to 3:35 p.m.

11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

RESIDENT ELECTOR REGISTRATION There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of resident electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you are: • 18 years of age or older on general voting day; • a Canadian citizen; • a resident of B.C. for at least six months (6) immediately before the day of registration; • a resident of School District No. 57 for at least thirty (30) days immediately before the day of registration; and • not otherwise disqualified by the School Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR REGISTRATION City of Prince George In order to vote, non-resident property electors must provide a completed “Application for Registration as a Non-Resident Property Elector” and “Non-Resident Property Elector Consent Form”, if applicable, and two pieces of identification, to prove the applicant’s identity The “Application for Registration as a Non-Resident Property Elector” and the “Non-Resident Property Elector Consent Forms” can be obtained from the Chief Election Officer or Deputy Chief Election Officer at the Fifth Floor, City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, during regular office hours between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., or from the City of Prince George website, http://princegeorge.ca/cityhall/elections/Pages/Default.aspx. In addition, the forms will be available at the voting places on Advance Voting Opportunity days and on General Voting Day. Regional District of Fraser-Fort George There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of non-resident electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you are: • not eligible to register as a resident elector; • 18 years of age or older on general voting day; • a Canadian citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least six (6) months immediately before the day of registration; • a registered owner of the real property within the voting jurisdiction for at least thirty (30) days immediately before the day of registration; • a registered owner not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; and • not disqualified by the School Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

If more than one person owns the property, the person wishing to cast the vote for that property must provide, at the time of registration, written consent from a majority of the property owners.

Consent forms are available online at www.rdffg.bc.ca, in person or by contacting the Chief Election Officer at (250) 960-4400 or by email at elections@rdffg.bc.ca.

Non-resident property electors may not vote more than once within a voting jurisdiction regardless of the number of properties owned.

FURTHER INFORMATION Contact: Sharon Cairns, Chief Election Officer or Diane Nygaard, Deputy Chief Election Officer School District No. 57 (Prince George) Phone: 250-561-6800.Loc 347 or sharoncairns@shaw.ca; dnygaard@sd57.bc.ca Sharon Cairns Chief Election Officer

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Fudge ‘outsider’ as trustee to fix them. It would be the same process with policies. What isn’t working, and how do we make it better? “I’m also a numbers person. I find I can spot trends in numbers easier than other people can.�

As an example, he points to a presentation he made to the board on the Foundation Skills Assessment tests, prepared by the Fraser Institute. “A lot of people don’t like the report, but everybody just looks at the last two pages (where schools are ranked province-wide).�

Fudge looked deeper into the numbers and found some positives for the district and its schools. “I looked at the single-track

Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Dennis Fudge has been on Parent Advisory Committees at the school, district and provincial level, but he still doesn’t think of himself as an education ‘insider’. “I have a lot of experience with the education system,� says Fudge, who is running for trustee in the Nov. 15 election, “but I think I can still bring an outsider’s view to the table.�

He feels he has developed two specific skills that would serve well on the Board of Education. “I’m a critical thinker. I look to find problems, and then find ways

French schools, and Lakewood (Lac des Bois) was one of the best in the province. “Quinson Elementary showed the greatest improvement in the province in scores between Grade 4 and Grade 7. The teachers were clearly doing a very good job there.�

However, while there are some success stories in the district, he knows more can, and must, be done. “Funding will always be a problem. We need more specialists in the schools. So much has changed in the schools, and we’re not keeping up with what needs to be done.�

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he’s all that serious about things, and he admits that sometimes comes through in his thinking. “My thinking is different from other people. Of 10 ideas I have, nine might be completely off the wall and won’t work, but one might make a difference.

Dennis Fudge “The trick is picking out that trustees. one.� “I’m asking people to vote wisely.

He says he wants people to think I think we need to have a good mix carefully about their votes for of people on the board.�

Valentine Crawford says school board policy gap is expanding He feels one way to help the education system in Prince George and the province is to make it more visible. “We have to make education a visible issue. The board has to be visible, taking a leadership role in demanding the best for education. All the groups involved have to understand the importance of education and articulate it. “We have to enhance the educational experience in the classroom.

We have to keep teachers learning and teaching.�

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Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Valentine Crawford doesn’t feel the board of education for School District 57 is doing its job. “The board’s role is policy,� says Crawford, who was a trustee from 2008 to 2011 before losing his seat in the 2011 election. “That policy guides the principles of the board, it guides parents, it guides students, it guides teachers. “The policy gap here isn’t keeping up with the times.�

As an example, he points to the district’s discipline system. “The system is archaic. It has to shift to where kids Valentine Crawford are today. The system often removes children from the school, which is not the best idea.�

He says more has to be done to make the student understand the full impact of their actions, especially as it affects other students.

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Most importantly, Crawford says, the district and the people in it can’t just focus on the problems faced by the education system. “We have to remember to celebrate our successes.�

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For city council candidate Travis Shaw, 30, life and politics is all about perception.

“I want to help create a brighter image for Prince George – not the one a magazine pegged us with as Crime Capital of Canada. When I travel somewhere and I meet someone and say where I’m from, I want them to say ‘oh, that’s so cool’ – and not have them step back from me.”

The image overhaul can come about, says Shaw, with council working hard to promote the city and be more communicative with all its citizens.

“I would like to see us change that negative perception of our city and I think council can be more communicative to better promote our city.”

Part of his platform, Shaw says, includes the desire to change not just the overall perception of the city but of specific neighbourhoods that suffer from “bad press.”

“You have to work to change negative perceptions in places like the VLA or the Hood as they call it. Enhance it and be proud of it. And we should have more community activities on the Hart and in the bowl area so people who don’t live there get to know those areas better.”

There is much to be proud of in this northern city, he says.

“We have a great college, university and hospital here; we have a huge recycling

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program. We need to embrace all that and be proud of it.”

He also wants to see things a little more lively at the council table.

“Last term things were a little quiet,” he said. “It seems like they forgot about the people and that’s where I’m 50,000 per cent different. I care about people. I fight really hard for equal rights. I think there has to be more energy and excitement on council in order to get things done. I’ve always been a self-starter, people always follow what I do, and they get excited.”

Working at the local hospital, Shaw enjoys helping people and that caring for others extends to his wanting to improve the quality of life for people in this community, he says.

Shaw’s lifestyle is much like his political platform – inclusiveness ranks high up there in his personal belief system.

“Last time I ran for city council (2011) I was one of only two non-middle-aged, non-white people in the province running for local government. That really stuck with me. I fit into a different categories – I am native Asian – in my head I’m white (he laughs), I am adopted, I am a performer [famously with the stage name and colourful costumes of Foxy De-Rossi), and I’m young. I’m different so people can relate to me, or different parts of me.”

Last time Shaw ran for a seat on council, it started as kind of a joke, he said.

This time around, it’s all serious.

“When I ran for council three years ago, it started at a lunch conversation I had with [former Mayor] Dan Rogers.

I said I would run if I could have both my names on the ballot – and then both names were on the ballot, so I had to run.

This time I promised people who wanted me to run again that I would and I am – because I keep my promises.”

As for his rise to stardom as a colourful drag queen, the Kelly Road School graduate and human rights advocate says he’s put it all out there in the open.

“It’s all over Google for people to see. I don’t have anything to hide.”

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Catching up with Paying a king’s ransom for a tooth with a crown on old Tsilhqot’in buddy Had the opportunity to chat with an old buddy last week who has moved, somewhat, to the national stage.

As the Tribal Chair of the Tsilhqot’in National Government, which is at the epicenter of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on aboriginal title, Joe Alphonse is moving more into the spotlight.

I’ve known Joe for a long time. We’ve Bill PHILLIPS/Free Press had some battles, Tsilhqot’in Tribal Chair Joe Alphonse. debates, and I’ve quoted him many, isn’t always the best way to achieve one’s goals. many times (some of them might have even “They call it a game-changer,” he told me been accurate). One time Joe and the rest of last week of the ruling. “But I think it’s a little the Tsilhqot’in chiefs summoned me into their beyond that.” office in Williams Lake and basically called me He was in town speaking at the Knowledge and the newspaper racist.

Exchange and Exploration: A Gathering for I told them that the monthly magazine they Aboriginal and Academic Communities at were publishing at the time was just as racist as UNBC Friday. The ‘going beyond’ is about anything that was in the newspaper, probably how the ruling will change how business is even more so. There was a bit of harrumphing conducted in the Tsilhqot’in area. and posturing, but we got along fine after that.

Companies will have to do more than just In its early days the Tsilhqot’in National roll out plans and say here are the plans, but Government was all about posturing. Never “to walk through our doors and (have us) be having ceded its territory (alpart of every step of changing though some might say they their companies.” lost the Chilcotin War … albeit The Tsilhqot’in believes it owns through the deceit of the Gold 100 per cent of its territory.

Commissioner William Cox), the “If you are going to come into Tsilhqot’in demanded audiences to our territory, if there is no with the prime minister and/or the benefit to the Tsilhqot’in, there is queen when it came to title. no resource extraction, period,” Neither came, of course. he said.

Post Oka and pre-Gustafson He said the ruling means comLake, the Tsilhqot’in were conpanies will have to incorporate sidered radical and militant. They the First Nations views and ways WRITER’S BLOCK of doing things. didn’t participate in the B.C. BILLPHILLIPS Treaty Commission process and “It’s been missing for too long,” when Taseko Mines first started he said. “The first order of busipoking around Fish Lake, the Brittany Triangle ness is for them to come through our doors in the West Chilcotin was ground zero for and talk to us. If they don’t do that, there is blockades in B.C. no development as far as we’re concerned …

The Tsilhqot’in have come a long way and We’re not anti-development. But there has to with the court case taking 25 years to roll be a benefit to us.” through the system, it has taken a long time.

For Alphonse, and the rest of the Tsilhqot’in, While not backing down on their claims, they it’s about self-sufficiency and self-determinaseem to have learned that the militant rhetoric tion.

Over the weekend, a relative was complaining about a searing pain in a back molar.

She made an appointment to see an “emergency” dentist. So I went with her for moral – or is it molar? – support.

After her oral exam (here I thought that was a term for people who couldn’t take the written exam), she was told she had two choices: tooth extraction at around $200 or have a root canal done. The cost of a root canal with a crown (you pay more for the royal treatment) came to a grand total of $2,114.

The woman has never had a cavity, hence no fillings in all her life – she’s also sadly never had a job. I had to admit, I was shocked at the price. I am fortunate to have a company dental plan but still, one root canal would wipe out two years of coverage. The cost includes a porcelain/ceramic coat and crown but let’s not call that a crown, that’s a king’s ransom.

When I was a little girl – yes, it always comes back to me – my father, seriously, tied a strong thread around the errant teeth of his young offspring, tied the other end to the door, then quickly shut the door. The tooth was instantly gone.

And magically during the night, the tooth fairy arrived and deposited money in a sock where the pulled tooth had been carefully placed in plastic like a gift to the gods. I cringe to think what dentists today would think of this rather barbaric but very efficient and cost-free method of tooth extraction.

Instead of paying for a having a tooth pulled, back then you got money for it.

To be fair, mine were “first set” teeth as I recall and already loose, but I would choose this tried and true method today TEA WITH TERESA rather than part with my hard earned money – but that’s me. I TERESAMALLAM don’t recommend it for anyone else including royalty.

The “Queen Mum,” God rest her soul, was always beautifully coiffed, impeccably dressed down to her stockings and pumps – well-heeled as they say – but her teeth were not her best feature.

While she was out performing public duties, the news camera would sometimes zoom in on her smile and it appeared her teeth were in need of some dental work.

Maybe she had a dread of dentists – I can relate to that – but it seems that when you are rich and famous and have the best dental and medical care at your royal disposal, it seems an oddity not to take care of this very important health issue.

But here’s the thing.

When you’re poor and can hardly make the rent or buy food – or if you are homeless – and you need emergency dental work done (because you can’t afford regular dental care), it is a painful dilemma.

Back to the woman with the bad molar.

I recalled the Native Friendship Centre announced years ago, they would be opening up a free dental clinic for people in need. The clinics would be manned by local dentists who had agreed to volunteer their time. So I phoned the NFC to ask if the program still exists. I was told the next “pain control” clinic is on later this month but – and this is the painful part – it takes patients for tooth extractions only. Extractions only?

I guess pulling out a bad tooth does get rid of the pain but, over time, with several teeth meeting the same fate, what does that do for the poor person’s mouth, their bite, their ability to chew properly and smile nicely?

Is that the best we can do?

It’s my guess there are lots of people walking around Prince George who aren’t laughing all the way to their bank for two reasons: they have no money and they have no teeth.

P.S.: My uncle Oliver who lived in England was a dentist. He retired age 42 and happily never worked another day in his life. He died a few years ago in his 80s with all his natural teeth intact – and likely with a few thousand British pounds stuffed away in his sock.

So now you know where all your pulled teeth end up.

They are taken home in the dead of night by dentists who wrap them up in their socks and then wait for the tooth fairy to come.

And that is the true story of how dentists get so rich.

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The crime of the campaign

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here is something missing in this election campaign.

It’s been dominant in the past few election campaigns, but this time around it’s non-

existent.

Crime.

For some reason, no one is talking about the city’s crime problems this election campaign.

Maybe it’s a feather in Mayor Shari Green’s cap. After all, she did form the Mayor’s Task Force on Crime.

Maybe it’s because the RCMP’s Downtown Enforcement Unit has been having success, although it was scaled back in 2011.

Maybe it’s because the police are sending out fewer press releases.

Maybe it’s because the media aren’t following the crime beat as vigorously as it used to.

Or maybe it’s because Maclean’s magazine doesn’t do its annual crime rankings anymore.

Any one of those could have, and likely have had, an impact on the fact that crime isn’t an issue this election.

There is one indisputable fact, however, and that is that, generally, crime rates have been dropping in Prince George over the past few years.

Declining crime rates have undoubtedly greatly contributed the fact that crime isn’t front-and-centre this time around. Whatever the reason, it’s a welcome change.

Things could have been very, very different

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he Klabona Keepers, the group of Tahltan joined with others in mounting two recent blockades of the road into the Red Chris mine, often cites a 1910 declaration by their predecessors when it comes to ownership and control of their territory.

“We claim the sovereign right to all the country of our tribe – this country of ours which we have held intact from the encroachments of other tribes, from time immemorial, at the cost of our own blood,” reads one portion of that Oct. 18, 1910 declaration.

As emphatic as that is, the Tahltan leaders of that day also sketched out a pathway toward the future.

In return for one or more large portions of land to be regarded as absolute Tahltan territory, the leaders were willing to relinquish the rest to the B.C. government for “adequate compensation” in the call for a treaty. “.... [I]t will be better for ourselves,, also better for the governments and all concerned, if these treaties are made with us at a very early date, so all friction and misunderstanding between us and the whites may be avoided ....” the declaration continues.

The history of interaction between peoples is populated by errors, stubbornness and downright ignorance.

So it’s left mostly to imagine what might have been the case today if the federal and provincial governments of 1910 had listened – and acted – in accordance with the Tahltan wishes.

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Picking our council If you are one of the many who are disinclined to take an time, to refuse to go along with the carbon copy vote of the interest in local politics, it is time to change. This municirest of council. Coun. Cameron Stolz seemed to realize his pal election will be one of the most important in several support of the mayor in all things was not the best for the decades. future of the city and stood up on a number of occasions.

Whoever gets elected to council will be there for four Coun. Albert Koehler found his feet and brought some years. Do we want four years of effective and active municiexpertise and solid opinion to the council discussions. They pal governance or are you willing to settle for another four were the three who gave a bit of dynamic presence to some years of lacklustre leadership? of the discussion. The rest of council seemed to be in the “go We have just gone through three years of watching the along to get along” state. most ineffective council in decades. The first year seemed to That is not to say that other members of council did not be occupied with ganging up on Coun. Brian Skakun. What work at doing the job. They did their homework, but seemed the motivation was I, and probably with the rest to be dislocated from the community at large. of the citizens of the city, have no idea why the That is something that no municipal politician mayor and other councillors were so inclined. can do and expect to survive.

He is a bit of a rebel and promotes the image The deal that voters make with their elected of being the spokesperson for the little guy, but council is simple. It is simply to keep up your even there, entertainment value aside, his conend of the contract. There are not very many tribution to the forward progress of this city of demands the residents of the city have. Get the ours was minimal. snow off the road so I can get to work. Make As a regular watcher of the council on Intersure there is safe and healthy water when I net broadcasts, one is impressed by the utter turn on the tap. Make sure that when I flush boredom and the lack of insightful debate on the toilet or drain the sink that everything just many agenda items which deserved much more disappears. There are all sorts of fringe issues ONSIDE discussion. There were a few moments but they from recreation facilities to building a performVICBOWMAN ing art centre that are of little concern to most didn’t occur very often. Did they sit down before the public council meeting and plan the proresidents. Those are nice things to have but rank gram? Not likely, but one does wonder. far behind regular garbage collection.

Voters should remember the fairly pricey external review Everyone in the city should pay attention to who sits on commissioned by council. It was a review that would tell council. They should ask the simple question; do they reprecouncil and the taxpayer where we were getting value for our sent what I want from local government? dollars. The report contained recommendations to realign There are a number of challengers to the present sitting city services to give greater value. The review was released members of council who are worth a look and likely worth and all the sacred cows were let out of the pasture. Piece our support. by piece the current council pushed aside almost all of the It is time for everyone to devote a bit of personal energy recommendations. Proactive, I think not. and time and see if we can elect a council worthy of a fourCoun. Dave Wilbur did have the tenacity, from time to year term. circulation@pgfreepress.com | 250-564-0005

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Kudos to Inside Ride Editor: Well done Prince George. What an amazing second annual Inside Ride in Prince George that took place at John McInnis Centre. We bicycled hard and raised the roof with enthusiasm. Thank you to all participants for making it such a success. To date we have raised $18,742.79 with money still coming in.

Thank you to Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation for choosing the Canadian Cancer Society Camp Goodtimes as a charity to support.

Camp Goodtimes is an internationally acclaimed and accredited summer recreation program that provides a unique summer experience for children and teens with cancer and their families.

With continued support we are able to help many families touched by cancer.

If you wish to support this event please visit www.princegeorge.theinsideride. com. The website is open until the end of November 2014.

Sandra Blackwell Assistant, Annual Giving Canadian Cancer Society, BC and Yukon Division

Allan WISHART/Free Press Hurley Burley of the Rated PG Rollergirls roller derby team was wearing a slightly modified uniform as she took part in the Inside Ride on Tuesday evening. The event, held at the Centre for Learning Alternatives, was a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society’s Camp Goodtimes, and raised almost $19,000.

Donations can still be made online at www.princegeorge.theinsideride.com.

More important issues than fluoridation Editor: On Saturday, October 18, I attended the debate between UNBC’s Todd Whitcombe and Paul Connett, a peripatetic American billed as an expert on fluoride as applied to drinking water.

Both men hold PhDs in chemistry but they have diametrically opposed views on addition of this element to our water supply.

Before the debate, Dr. Connett, who makes a crusade of opposing fluoride, gave a 90-minute lecture complete with PowerPoint graphics and quotations.

We were overwhelmed with statistics and the results of studies ostensibly proving beyond a doubt that fluoride causes a variety of defects in consumers. Dr. Connett’s book on the subject was for sale in the lobby and ‘No Fluoride’ buttons were freely dispensed to a crowd that was overwhelmingly on the ‘no’ side before the first word of the debate was spoken.

Dr. Whitcombe has a working knowledge of fluoride but does not put himself forward as an expert on its application to drinking water. However, he did a good job of making a positive case. He spoke of fallacies in studies by those who may not have consid-

ered all important variables. We did not know whether studies were ‘cherry-picked’ for those favourable to Dr. Connett’s case.

Studies comparing communities are dubious as there are far too many factors to control. For instance, when intelligence quotients are compared between groups exposed to high levels of fluoride and those having little, many other variables come into play.

How was IQ measured and by whom? Did the high fluoride group have exposure to other elements like lead in their water?

Dr. Whitcombe told us that Dr. Connett had admitted, in published articles, that fluoride is effective in reducing tooth decay, but only in external applications such as in toothpaste and by dentists’ treatment and not through ingestion. This seems, to me, like trying to get my vitamin A by rubbing myself with carrots.

We have more serious problems to face as a society and I believe that the energy spent in trying to remove a valuable element from our water supply is receiving an inordinate amount of attention that would be better directed elsewhere.

James Loughery Prince George

Hall has the right kind of name Editor: The gist of my last letter was that if you didn’t have an Anglo-Norman name you probably wouldn’t become mayor of Prince George.

So, Mr. Hall will probably be mayor.

Once, way back when one of those political scientists up at the university said I was a thinking man, what was I thinking?

Actually, I wasn’t thinking.

That last letter was penned with my right hand. This letter is penned with my left hand so perhaps I’ll be in my right mind for a change.

Mr. Zurowski hasn’t got an Anglo-Norman name, but is no less qualified to be the mayor this time around, than is Mr. Hall.

After all, Mr. Zurowski rode shotgun for Mr. Kinsley who was mayor four terms in a row, and is no man’s fool by any stretch of the imagination. How’s that for qualifi-

cations?

Mr. Zurowski’s platform is business and Mr. Hall’s is leadership. Mr. Zurowski is a successful businessman because he was in business to make money, not friends. It’s called dollars and sense.

Mr. Hall seems to think that his leadership qualities could pull city council together as a team. I truly wonder if he was lying down when he thought that one up, because he’s dreaming.

For one, he is forgetting (or wants to) that while he was chair of the school board the equivalent of 84 full-time jobs were lost.

That, unfortunately, makes him the scapegoat on that one, even though he was doing his job.

For two, there are too many dissenters sitting on council. Three councillors are Anglo-Saxons, not Anglo-Normans and

there is Mr. Skakun (the poster boy for cutting to the chase).

Mr. Wilbur was a lawyer (good or bad).

Who trusts a lawyer? No one I know. Mr. Everitt is a union man (I am pro-union) but no one likes union men, even though if it wasn’t for unions minimum wage in this country wouldn’t be what it is today and only brown-nosers would work.

These six councillors will probably get in. That leaves Mr. Frizzell and whoever fills Mr. Hall’s vacated post to make up Mr. Hall’s so-called team, if he gets to be mayor.

In closing, there is no ‘I’ or ‘you’ in team, only a ‘me’ and believe me this election is not about ‘I,’ ‘you,’ or ‘me.’ It’s about the taxpayers in Prince George. Or it should be. Need I say more …

Eugene Fetterly Prince George

A blur of signs Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs.

I don’t think the Five Man Electrical Band were writing about election time in Prince George when they penned those lyrics, but they could have been.

All you have to do is drive down virtually any main road in the city, and you’ll see them.

Some are small and generally come in flocks of 10 or 15; others rise high into the air, dominating their surroundings.

And yet, I wonder, how much of a purpose do they serve?

I’m sure there are surveys out there which will tell you exactly what segment of the population base their voting pattern on signs, but in that case, I have to wonder about how much thought has gone into that person’s vote.

I find the signs tend to blur together after a while. I see the names, but I know them already ALLAN’S AMBLINGS from looking at the ALLANWISHART list of candidates.

I guess I and the rest of the media are special cases when it comes to that kind of name recognitions. We cover the stories on a regular basis, so these names are, for the most part, ones we’re familiar with. We see the signs they have up around the city, and they hardly register.

For some people, though, the signs probably do have an effect on who they vote for.

The funny thing is, from conversations I’ve had with a few people over the past couple of weeks, that effect may not be what the candidates are hoping for.

More than once I’ve heard people say, “if Candidate X is so much in favour of fiscal responsibility, why are they spending so much on signs? Wouldn’t it make more sense to spend your time preparing for the various forums, where the voter who is putting real thought into his or her ballot is going to be?’”

I agree with that theory to a point. I think a candidate needs to make sure their name is out in the public view to some extent. With more than 20 names on the ballot for council and 18 for school trustee, some people will be influenced in casting some of their votes based on names they recognize.

Which, in a kind of roundabout way, leads me to another point about voting. You don’t have to vote for the maximum number of allowable candidates.

We are electing eight councillors and seven school trustees, but if you go over the list of candidates and can only find five candidates you feel comfortable voting for, just fill in the squares next to those five names on the ballot.

You’re not allowed to vote for more than the limit, but you can vote for less.

With my math-oriented mind, I usually go over the returns after the election and figure out how many candidates the average voter marked off.

It can be kind of fun to see.

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B.C. farmland needs protection Paul Strickland Special to Free Press Allowing more development or flooding of good agricultural land isn’t a good idea when B.C. imports almost half of its produce and the cost of the imports is due to rise sharply.

The price of fruits and vegetables could increase as much as 34 per cent in the next year because of persistent drought in California, Vancity Credit Union said earlier this month in its report, Wake-Up Call: California Drought and B.C.’s Food Security. The province is overly reliant on imported food while there has been a concomitant reduction in crops produced here, according to the report as noted by CBC News.

The B.C. Liberal government’s changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve passed this spring through Bill 24 constitute a threat to food security in the province, farmers in the Cowichan Valley

said this month.

“It’s just a wedge,” Cowichan Agricultural Society president Bob Crawford told the Cowichan Valley Citizen. “We lose precious pieces of farmland every year to development.”

The Agricultural Land Commission was established in April 1973, and it established the agricultural land reserve between 1974 and 1976.

The land reserve set aside 4.7 million hectares, or five per cent of the provincial land base, for farmers, according to the paper.

Bill 24 split this heretofore unitary reserve into two zones. Zone 1 includes the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, where rules of the land reserve won’t change. In Zone 2, which covers the rest of the province, the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) will be required to consider economic, cultural and social values, as well as regional and community planning objectives, when deciding whether land can be taken out of the ALR. In the past, the ALC had made decisions

about agricultural land with farming as the only priority, according to the Cowichan Valley paper.

“It’s all about the withdrawal of land,” Cowichan Valley NDP MLA Bill Routley told the newspaper.

“Farmland advocates fear changes from Bill 24 will increase the price of farmland for young farmers and will also increase the removal of viable farmland for commercial, industrial and real-estate development,” the B.C. Food Systems Network said in a statement last week. “This would result in reduced capacity for provincial food security in the face of climate change, as well as increased reliance on imported food, concerns over safe and sustainable agricultural practices in other jurisdictions, and increased food prices due to rising transportation costs.”

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“Will we now have to import oranges from Spain?” my dad remarked in the 1960s. Thankfully oranges are available from Florida, but there are high transportation costs.

Something similar happened in the Truckee Meadows, the valley where Reno and Sparks are located. In 1970 the valley was a net exporter of hay. By 1980, after pell-mell major casino-resort development and suburban sprawl, western Nevada had become an importer of hay.

Vegetable crops in B.C. have dropped by 20.4 per cent since 1991, according to the Vancity Credit Union report the CBC quoted.

Why must these errors in planning be repeated over and over again?

Anne Matheson, NDP candidate in Peace River South during the 1991 provincial election, proposed measures to encourage small-scale market-gardening and truck-gardening all along the fertile banks of the Peace River. The purpose would be to diversify the agriculture in the region into a wide range of produce for local markets, she said during that election campaign.

Now B.C. Hydro’s Site C hydroelectric dam is back on the agenda and has passed more stages of approval. If built, the dam will flood 107 kilometres of the Peace River and its tributaries. It will affect 32,000 acres of agricultural land, according to the Western Producer agricultural newspaper.

That includes 9,400 acres of farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve.

A review panel said the loss of agricultural land would not be significant in the context of overall B.C. and Western Canadian agricultural production, according to the Western Producer article.

A soil scientist who gave expert testimony, Eveline Wolterson, said the panel missed the point in its analysis because it looked at the current use of the land, which is largely forage production, instead of the land’s potential.

“The reality is that the reason that land is in forage production is because most of it is owned by B.C. Hydro or it’s in the flood reserve, which means that at any time B.C. Hydro could expropriate those lands,” Wolterson told The Western Producer. “That has discounted the amount of money producers are willing to invest in a piece of property.” The productivity of the agricultural land in the Peace River Valley is unique not only in the region but in BC and Western Canada, Wolterson added.

In view of the impacts of climate change,, “continuing or expanding the protection of B.C. farmlands from development for other purposes – already an important role of B.C.’s Agricultural Land Commission – [is] vital to the future of our food security,” says the Provincial Health Services Authority in its newsletter, “Food for Thought.”

We must try to avoid planning mistakes in other jurisdictions and do our best to protect our province’s agricultural land for future generations.

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TERESA MALLAM | 250.564.0005 | arts@pgfreepress.com | www.pgfreepress.com STORYTIME For gentle Halloween stories, songs and action rhymes, join in the fun at the Prince George Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 25. Dress up in your favourite costume and join in on the fun. Event runs from 11:30 a.m. to noon for ages up to five. Free event at the Bob Harkins Branch downtown. For more information visit www.pgpl.ca.

FAIRY TALE On Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Railway and Forestry Museum there will be a Halloween Fairy Tale event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Based on the Grimm’s fairy tales, the event incorporates several of Grimm’s stories and characters. This event is free with a donation of non-perishable food item.

Crafts, games, goody bags, pumpkin picking in Snow White’s garden and a few spooky surprises. Ghost train rides, hot dogs, s’mores and hot chocolate will be available for purchase.

KIDNEY WALK The 2014 Prince George Kidney Walk takes place Sunday, Oct. 26 at the Northern Sports Centre, UNBC. One in 10 Canadians have kidney disease.

Come out with friends, family members and enjoy a 2.5 kilometre walk and support people living with kidney disease and organ donor program participation.

Registration starts at 1 p.m.

Walk begins at 2 p.m.

FESTIVAL CALL The Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation Festival of the Trees would like to invite performers to audition for the opportunity to entertain at this magical event. Local performers are welcome to audition to perform at this event and showcase their talent.

Please submit a short bio and audio/visual recording via email to Judyr103@gmail.com by November 3 to be considered for this year’s event.

Roy Spooner honoured with Prince George Citizen of the Year award Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Roy Spooner has been named Prince George Citizen of the Year.

“I was very surprised – and honoured to be chosen,” said Spooner on Wednesday. “I think the most important thing that happened Friday – next to my family members saying I deserved it after all my hard work – was when fellow nominee Andrew Burton [Street Spirits] came up to me after the announcement.

“He told me the award was well deserved and that if it wasn’t for people like me, he couldn’t do the work that he does. That comment was very humbling.”

The announcement was made Friday night at the PG Community Foundation’s Citizen of the Year gala event.

Spooner has spent many years working with local organizations that include: Rotary, Royal Canadian Legion, Barkerville Heritage Trust and Chamber of Commerce.

He’s served on many local boards, often as chair, and continues to play an active role in the community in many capacities.

The Aboriginal Business Development Centre, the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, the Prince George Public Library, the Spirit of the North Health Care Foundation and the Community Arts Council have all benefited from Spooner’s dedication and leadership.

Known as an “ideas guy,” Spooner says that handle is a bit of a misnomer.

“People say I’m an ideas guy but really I’m a listener.

Despite the fact I have lots to say at (board and committee) meetings, if I really listen to what’s being said and then take all the bits of information I hear, I am able to put it all together, like the pieces of a puzzle. I organize it all and come up with a plan. It’s not that I have the best ideas but I have good listening and organizing skills.”

Spooner says one of the best ways he’s learned to get things done and serve the community is to hear what other people are saying.

“The reality is, most people are so eager to talk that they’re not listening to what’s being said but if you are patient, and paying attention, you will hear solutions and they are coming from the people at that meeting. I do that in my work, listening to clients whether in advertising or insurance and other things I’ve done, so I know it works.”

Spooner is manager of readership development at the Free Press. Publisher Ron Drillen says he’s both proud of having Spooner part of the newspaper team and happy to be able to join in on Friday’s celebration with editor Bill Phillips.

“When the other nominees were up on stage talking about their work, Roy said to me, ‘I shouldn’t be here.’

In his speech, he talked about how his Dad inspired him to be better and his work here at the Free Press is a good indication of that.”

In a press release, the Community Foundation refers to

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Roy Spooner, named Prince George Citizen of the Year 2014 by the Community Foundation at their annual gala Friday, is at his Free Press desk on Wednesday.

Spooner as a man who steps forward when there is a need and jumps in with both feet.

“He’s a visionary, part of the intricate quilt that builds a future for the North,” the release says. “This is his legacy.”

Spooner listens to that description and although usually modest, he decides yes, he

likes it. He’s going to keep it.

“Clearly, I have a need to be involved – and it’s perhaps my way of finding value in myself. Why did God place me on earth?

I think every human being has a purpose and I believe serving the community is my purpose.”

Blood drive into final days, and it’s still anybody’s race Prince George and Kelowna are neck-and-neck as they head down the final stretch of the 17th annual Interior Drive for Life (IDFL) challenge.

The friendly competition began on Sept. 5 and runs until Oct. 30.

Prince George achieved nearly 99 per cent of their blood donation target to date while Kelowna reached just over 100 per cent of their target, according to a Canadian Blood Services media release. This year’s challenge received an unexpected boost of support in both markets following the Canadian Blood Services official

appeal on Sept. 30 to urge Canadians to donate blood immediately to increase the critically low blood inventory.

“While we’ve seen a great response from Prince George residents, the need for blood donations continues,” says Amy Erickson, territory manager in Prince George with Canadian Blood Services.

“The IDFL this year has become more than a local blood drive contest with Kelowna. It’s now also a call to action for as many Canadians as possible to donate and to encourage their friends and family to donate to help increase the national

blood supply. Not just now, but on a regular basis going forward.”

The city that collects the most blood donations by Oct. 30 will be declared the winner.

Prince George area residents are asked to give blood at the Prince George Donor Clinic at 2277 Westwood Drive which is open Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Local residents who want to book a donation appointment and support the competition and Canada’s blood system can do so at blood.ca or by calling 1-888-2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283.)

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Thun helps Army with move Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Cameron Thun has a simple reason for continuing to contribute to the Salvation Army and other local groups.

“I want to make the world a better place,” says the local businessman. “I know it sounds corny, but that’s why.”

Thun and his family were at the new Salvation Army Community Ministries Centre on 18th Avenue last week, making a $40,000 donation to help with the work of the group.

“I’ve spent my whole life in Prince George,” Thun says. “I like helping education and helping people. I also have four $1,000 bursaries at each of the high schools to help kids with their education.”

To Capt. Neil Wilkinson, the donation came at a great time for the Salvation Army.

“We own this property,” he said of the facility at 3500 18th Ave. “We have a small mortgage, which should be paid off in 10 years.

“Donations like this will help us

pay it off sooner, meaning we will have more money for the work we do in the community.”

Almost all that work will now be taking place in the new facility, which already houses the food bank.

“The food bank was 800 square feet,” Wilkinson says. “Now, it’s 2.500. We’re also the northern distribution centre for Foodbanks Canada, covering the area from Lillooet north. This gives us the room we need to hold food for the use of the other foodbanks.”

The Salvation Army’s emergency response team is also now housed in the new facility, and soon there will be a thrift store opening.

“We will keep the current thrift store by Pine Centre open until the lease expires on March 31,” Wilkinson said. “We hope to have the store here running before then, so we’ll have two stores for a while, then gradually close the other one down.”

Wilkinson said the Salvation Army would recognize the latest Allan WISHART/Free Press donation from the Thun family by Cam Thun, right, and family members Tammy, Joel Knudsen, Jessica Knudsen, and C.J. Thun presnaming the waiting room in the ent a cheque for $40,000 to Salvation Army Capt. Neil Wilkinson and Bill Glasgow at the new new facility in their honour.

Community Ministries Centre on 18th Avenue.

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Coldsnap joins Canada Games The 2015 Canada Winter Games said in an Oct. 21 news release that the Prince George Folkfest Society is now an official festival partner with the Games and has announced that Coldsnap, Prince George’s winter music festival, will be integrated into the 2015 Canada Games Arts and Cultural Festival.

“The 2015 Canada Winter Games is much more than a sporting event,” said Stuart Ballantyne, 2015 Winter Games CEO. “This partnership with the Prince George Folkfest Society will enhance our robust festival programming to the next level with the annual Coldsnap festival occurring within the 2015 Canada Games Arts and Cultural Festival during the 2015 Canada Winter Games.”

Elissa Meiklem, chair and producer with Coldsnap, says: “The timing of the 2015 Canada Winter Games and the Coldsnap festival presents a unique opportunity for us to participate in the 2015 Games Arts and Cultural Festival.

“We are particularly excited to partner on legacy aspects that will support the cultural landscape of prince George in years to come.”

During the 18 days of the Games, the 2015 Canada Games Arts and Cultural Festival will celebrate Canadian talent and demonstrate artistic excellence in a variety of disciplines. A schedule of events for the 2015 Games Arts and Cultural Festival will be available in November.

“I’LL BUY YOU FOOD & BEVERAGES FIVE TIMES. I’LL ALSO BUY YOUR GUESTS FOOD & BEVERAGES FIVE TIMES” “Each time I buy you food & beverage, I’ll also give you a free gift.”

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Thun helps Army with move Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Cameron Thun has a simple reason for continuing to contribute to the Salvation Army and other local groups.

“I want to make the world a better place,” says the local businessman. “I know it sounds corny, but that’s why.”

Thun and his family were at the new Salvation Army Community Ministries Centre on 18th Avenue last week, making a $40,000 donation to help with the work of the group.

“I’ve spent my whole life in Prince George,” Thun says. “I like helping education and helping people. I also have four $1,000 bursaries at each of the high schools to help kids with their education.”

To Capt. Neil Wilkinson, the donation came at a great time for the Salvation Army.

“We own this property,” he said of the facility at 3500 18th Ave. “We have a small mortgage, which should be paid off in 10 years.

“Donations like this will help us

pay it off sooner, meaning we will have more money for the work we do in the community.”

Almost all that work will now be taking place in the new facility, which already houses the food bank.

“The food bank was 800 square feet,” Wilkinson says. “Now, it’s 2.500. We’re also the northern distribution centre for Foodbanks Canada, covering the area from Lillooet north. This gives us the room we need to hold food for the use of the other foodbanks.”

The Salvation Army’s emergency response team is also now housed in the new facility, and soon there will be a thrift store opening.

“We will keep the current thrift store by Pine Centre open until the lease expires on March 31,” Wilkinson said. “We hope to have the store here running before then, so we’ll have two stores for a while, then gradually close the other one down.”

Wilkinson said the Salvation Army would recognize the latest Allan WISHART/Free Press donation from the Thun family by Cam Thun, right, and family members Tammy, Joel Knudsen, Jessica Knudsen, and C.J. Thun presnaming the waiting room in the ent a cheque for $40,000 to Salvation Army Capt. Neil Wilkinson and Bill Glasgow at the new new facility in their honour.

Community Ministries Centre on 18th Avenue.

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Coldsnap joins Canada Games The 2015 Canada Winter Games said in an Oct. 21 news release that the Prince George Folkfest Society is now an official festival partner with the Games and has announced that Coldsnap, Prince George’s winter music festival, will be integrated into the 2015 Canada Games Arts and Cultural Festival.

“The 2015 Canada Winter Games is much more than a sporting event,” said Stuart Ballantyne, 2015 Winter Games CEO. “This partnership with the Prince George Folkfest Society will enhance our robust festival programming to the next level with the annual Coldsnap festival occurring within the 2015 Canada Games Arts and Cultural Festival during the 2015 Canada Winter Games.”

Elissa Meiklem, chair and producer with Coldsnap, says: “The timing of the 2015 Canada Winter Games and the Coldsnap festival presents a unique opportunity for us to participate in the 2015 Games Arts and Cultural Festival.

“We are particularly excited to partner on legacy aspects that will support the cultural landscape of prince George in years to come.”

During the 18 days of the Games, the 2015 Canada Games Arts and Cultural Festival will celebrate Canadian talent and demonstrate artistic excellence in a variety of disciplines. A schedule of events for the 2015 Games Arts and Cultural Festival will be available in November.

“I’LL BUY YOU FOOD & BEVERAGES FIVE TIMES. I’LL ALSO BUY YOUR GUESTS FOOD & BEVERAGES FIVE TIMES” “Each time I buy you food & beverage, I’ll also give you a free gift.”

By Greg Pocock, President, Prince George Cougars

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On Tuesday, George Blanis – widely known as George the Barber – will be back clipping hair behind his favourite barber chair at the Day’s Inn, 1157 Third Avenue.

In a March 28 Free Press story, Blanis said he was very upset because he had to move out of the old barbershop that he’d worked in for almost 50 years and was about to celebrate half a century of serving his Prince George clientele.

Now, with recent renovations to his barbershop (and the bar) complete and an invitation by management to come back, Blanis’ story has a happy ending.

He found out two or three weeks ago, he said, that he would not have to find another location for his business. He was elated.

“This is the best thing that has ever happened to me – since I first got here,” he said. “I love it (the invitation to come back). I feel young again, so I’m good for another five years of barbering at least.

They (management and owner) wanted me back, so here I am and later on, we’re going to have a big celebration for my 50th (year in business).”

That’s good news to his longstanding customers.

The Free Press’ Roy Spooner went to see George at his Quality Barber Shop the first day he arrived in Prince George in 1965.

“That was the first hair cut I ever got from George and I’ve been going there ever since,” said Spooner – who is now a little thin on the top, likely making the job a little easier for his longtime barber.

CATARACT PATIENT GETS GOOD NEWS ON SURGERY Two weeks ago, the Free Press ran a story about a man with the made up name “Jones,” a senior who had been waiting several months for cataract surgery and was becoming impatient because he had to have his cataract problem fixed in order to accept a casual work offer.

He phoned the Free Press Tuesday to report that on Saturday around supper time (the timing surprised him) he received a call from the hospi-

Free Press file photo George Blanis is back Tuesday cutting hair in his former location at the Day’s Inn.

tal’s public relations department who told him he’s booked for cataract surgery in mid-December.

The call puts an end to months of waiting and uncertainty, he said.

“I felt like I was being held hostage this whole time,” he said. “I didn’t want to go away anywhere with my wife, in case I got a call from the hospital’s operating room booking department. Now I know when I can expect to go in for surgery. I was told I will get another call this week with an exact date.”

Jones said he was told there had been a “reallocation” of surgery time for one of the three local ophthalmologists which paved the way for him to finally get a date for his cataract surgery.

Blood drive race too close to call Prince George and Kelowna are neck-and-neck as they head down the final stretch of the 17th annual Interior Drive for Life (IDFL) challenge. The friendly competition began on Sept. 5 and runs until Oct. 30.

Prince George achieved nearly 99 per cent of their blood donation target to date while Kelowna reached just over 100 per cent of their target, according to a Canadian Blood Services media release.

This year’s challenge received an unexpected boost of support in both markets following the Canadian Blood Services official appeal on Sept. 30 to urge

Canadians to donate blood immediately to increase the critically low blood inventory.

“While we’ve seen a great response from Prince George residents, the need for blood donations continues,” says Amy Erickson, territory manager in Prince George with Canadian Blood Services.

“The IDFL this year has become more than a local blood drive contest with Kelowna. It’s now also a call to action for as many Canadians as possible to donate and to encourage their friends and family to donate to help increase the national blood supply.

Not just now, but on a regular basis going forward.”

The city that collects the most blood donations by Oct. 30 will be declared the winner.

Prince George area residents are asked to give blood at the Prince George Donor Clinic at 2277 Westwood Drive which is open Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Local residents who want to book a donation appointment and support the competition and Canada’s blood system can do so at blood.ca or by calling 1-888-2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283.)

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City’s first newspaperman a real character Jeff Elder Special to Free Press As we approach our City’s centennial next March, it’s interesting to look back to see what life was like over a hundred years ago. And that’s possible thanks to the Prince George newspapers digitization project, found online at pgnewspapers. lib.pg.bc.ca/ The earliest newspaper in the collection is the Fort George Tribune of November 13, 1909. It was published weekly by John Houston, who had previously established newspapers in Prince Rupert, Nelson, New Westminster and in several other small towns. John Houston was Nelson’s first mayor and served as an MLA for Nelson and West Kootenay.

So what was a former mayor and MLA doing publishing a newspaper out of a shack in South Fort George? Turns out Houston’s temper, his independent spirit, restless nature, and a drinking problem led to him moving around a lot.

He had spent 15 years in Nelson, promoting the area, starting the Nelson Electric Light Company and becoming mayor and later an MLA for the area. At times Houston was unscrupulous in business and politics and not above getting physical to get his point across. He was charged three times with assault. As described on the website www. johntruthhouston.com, a heritage project of The Nelson History Theatre Society, Houston lost it during a meeting with railway officials in 1896. ‘…during an interview with a number of CPR executives, he “seized a large and heavy ruler and dealt Mr. Marpole a fearful blow to the head.” The flow of blood was copious and “all the CPR men were more or less wounded.” In the following week’s edition, The Miner (a Nelson newspaper formerly owned by Houston) helpfully pointed out, “for the benefit of strangers who may call on the distinguished editor....that a doctor resides on the same floor and there is a drug store below where lint and bandages can be procured.” ’ Frustrated with politics and his unsuccessful business dealings, John Houston left Nelson for good in 1907. But Hous-

ton was an experienced and respected writer, and had turned a new leaf by the time he reached Fort George. His stories in that early edition of the Tribune included demands for more frequent mail service. One item noted that two local men traveling to Quesnel took 300 copies of the Tribune with them. “As mails are only sent out from Fort George once a month, the Tribune will have to rely almost entirely on individual effort in order that its subscribers be served promptly.” A subscription cost $3 per year.

Transportation was limited – wagon roads from Quesnel via the Blackwater Crossing to Stoney Creek and Fort George were still being constructed. Steampowered sternwheelers carried people and freight up and down the rivers, but not in winter or in times of low water.

On the last page a story headlined ‘ILLEGAL

SALE OF “BOOZE” AT FORT GEORGE’ has the editor (who by now had quit drinking) calling for the “….strictest regulation of the sale of liquor and for the abolishment of bar-rooms altogether.”

The Fort George Tribune of Nov. 20, 1909, carries the headline: PEOPLE ENQUIRING ABOUT FORT GEORGE with letters from writers in Oregon, Washington and Salmon Arm asking about land for sale, the local climate and when the railway would be completed.

Editor John Houston’s answers give us a picture of the town that had not yet been named Prince George. “Fort George is a Hudson’s Bay Company store and an Indian village of 100 men, women, and children. South Fort George is where the town is at present.”

He went on to describe the town in answer to a writer from Salmon Arm asking about the popula-

tion and if there was demand for a boarding house. “There are about 50 white people who either live at Fort George or on pre-emptions not far away. A boarding house kept well… would fill a want at Fort George and would be a Godsend in any part of the Cariboo. There are no bakeries, laundries, milliners, tailors, blacksmiths, tinners, carpenters, stenographers, lawyers, doctors, preachers, constables, or schoolteachers at Fort George.”

By the spring of 1910 John Houston was ill. The following description is also from the website www.johntruthhouston.com. The ‘Truth’ refers to the first newspaper he started, in Donald B.C. (near Revelstoke) in 1887.

‘Living and working in a canvas and board shack at constantly freezing temperatures broke his health and pneumonia set in. Almost a week’s travel to hospital in Quesnel finished him off – but not without a moment of grim comedy which he no doubt appreciated. Rumours of his death reached Victoria and on

Courtesy The Exploration Place John Houston (right) and an unidentified man outside the Fort George Tribune, 1910.

March 4th his obituary appeared in several Victoria and Vancouver papers and was copied across the province. Houston’s response was typical. To the editor of The Vancouver Province he wrote: “I didn’t know I was dead until your paper came out and even then I might have questioned the accuracy of the information if I hadn’t known its reliability. Don’t be putting in any

correction - I’ll make good on the story.” And on March 8th, 1910, at fifty-nine years old, he did.’

John Houston was buried with municipal honours in Nelson. A monument in the city’s downtown honours his memory. The Town of Houston west of Prince George is named after John Houston, as is Houston Lane, near the Fraser River in South Fort George.

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Reaching out to connect with other human beings is very natural but going even further and delving into the distant past to discover relatives we never knew existed, takes time and patience.

In researching and writing his riveting book: Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the West, Sean Arthur Joyce discovered links to his own past.

The author will be at Books and Company on Oct. 29 for a reading and book signing.

Anyone with an interest in history or geneology will be drawn into the pages of this book. It is based on accounts that between 1869 and 1948 over 100,000 poor children were emigrated from Britain to Canada to work as indentured servants on Canadian farms.

Dubbed the Home Children, they often faced discrimination and harsh living conditions.

“Only a few were adopted by the families they worked for and many were abused. Though there are success stories, very few were able to complete their education,” said Joyce.

This part of Canadian history is not well known he said, but these boys and girls formed the backbone of Canada during a critical time in its early development.

It is believed that about four million Canadians are descended from these child immigrants. In his book, Joyce fills a gap in the story by following what happened to the children who were sent to the western provinces.

Joyce talked with the Free Press on Monday from Invermere, one of the stops on his book tour which includes Creston, Cranbrook and Salmon Arm and other cities.

Readers may find their interest in their own family tree and background may peak after reading Joyce’s book.

“This happened in my own case as a side benefit to researching this book. A genealogist friend stumbled across a Joyce family tree online and suggested I check it out, just in case. By that time, I had my grandfather’s birth certificate, leading me to names of his parents, then I got their certificates, leading me to names of yet another previous generation and so on back through time.”

When he compared the names on his certificates with the Joyce family tree, they matched. He then contacted the man who’d posted the Joyce family tree and sent him the certificates.

“It turns out he is descended from a great-great uncle of mine.”

Joyce and his wife, Anne, decided to make the trip to England to meet Brian Joyce and his wife, Joan.

“His research had documented the Joyce family history in southwest England, County Dorset, a place called White Mill, now a National Trust

Photo submitted Sean Arthur Joyce will be in Prince George on Oct. 29 to talk about his new book.

heritage site.

“The Joyces had lived and worked there as tenant millers and farmers for nearly 500 years.

So part of our adventure in England naturally included a visit to White Mill, where we got to see the place my ancestors had lived and worked for so many generations.”

It was almost eerie, said Joyce, “being able to put your hands on the brick of the mill where they had spent so much of their lives, as if it was a bridge across the generations suddenly connecting us all.”

While he was gathering information for his book, Joyce said he met with many families living in Canada who were unaware of their history and connection with the children brought over from England. Making those connections was a very rewarding part of his work.

“This story is exploding as more and more Canadians discover their links to the history of the British Home Children. It’s been wonderful to meet and talk to families across Canada who have shared their stories with me. This journey has resulted in many reunions with relatives people never knew they had – like in my own family.”

The book has already enjoyed some success. “[Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest] hit the Calgary independent booksellers non fiction bestseller list when it was launched there,” said Joyce.

“We sold our first edition of about 1,000 copies and are now into the second printing. The book also received a favourable review in the Vancouver Sun and several good reviews on GoodReads and Amazon.”

Author Sean Arthur Joyce will be at Books and Company on Third Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 29 starting at 7 p.m. for a reading and signing of his new book: Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the West (Hagios Press, Regina, 2014).

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Networking plays an integral role in professional growth. Men and women who can nurture relationships within their fields are more likely to be in tune with what’s going on in their professions, and a network of fellow professionals can help men and women advance their careers.

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• Make networking a priority. Once professionals recognize that networking is about more than just building a web of contacts who can help them find their next job, they can begin to prioritize networking so it can help them in their existing jobs. Make an effort to keep in touch with current and previous clients and any other contacts made over the years. Something as simple as an email to catch up or an inquiry to see if there’s anything fellow professionals need will help you stay on their minds, which can

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• Revisit your network from time to time. A network is only beneficial if it remains current.

Keep track of the professionals in your network so you know when and where to reach them should you need to do so. A professional networking site such as LinkedIn is a great way to stay on top of what your network is up to, and such a site also is a valuable tool when you want to update your network with any new information about yourself. Revisit your network a few times each year, updating with any new information so you aren’t left scrambling for email addresses or phone numbers when the time comes to get back in touch with your contacts.

• Avoid networking only when you need something. You can likely name a few of your fellow professionals who only seem to contact you when they want something. You don’t want to earn a similar reputation among your own contacts, so don’t forget to make periodic contact with your colleagues even when you don’t need anything.

A simple email to catch up and to offer some unsolicited help if any is needed can be enough to prevent you from earning a reputation as a me-first contact and put you in a positive light that can benefit you throughout your career.

Networking can easily be seen in a negative light. But professionals who network the right way will find that their efforts pay dividends for themselves, their companies and even their professional colleagues.

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Our People make a difference in the community The Prince George Native Friendship Centre, a visionary non-proďŹ t 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 ADMINISTRATION Director of Operations Closing November 13, 2014 at 12 Noon YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES My Way Life Skills Coach Closing October 27, 2014.

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The Prince George Native Friendship Centre (PGNFC), a visionary non-proďŹ t society, has been serving the needs of the entire community for the past 40 years.

The PGNFC is seeking a DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS for a Senior Management position within our organization. This position will report to the Executive Director as one of the six (6) senior positions at this lead social services agency.

The Director of Operations is a member of the Prince George Native Friendship Centre Management Team and has shared responsibility for meeting all the goals and mission of the organization. The position will take a primary role in the asset, operational and property management of the PGNFC. The Director of Operations will perform all duties with respect, honesty, integrity and professionalism. For a complete Job Description outlining areas of responsibility please refer to our website at www.pgnfc.com QualiďŹ cations: The Director of Operations will have a history of demonstrated dynamic leadership in any education or social service organization that targets urban Aboriginal people.

The ideal candidate must possess the following Education and Experience: • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business management, education or social service ďŹ eld, or other related human service ďŹ eld; or possess an appropriate combination of education and experience. • A minimum of ďŹ ve (5) years experience working at a management level in a communitybased, not-for-proďŹ t or an Aboriginal organization is an asset. • A sound understanding of the Friendship Centre movement. • Professional ďŹ nancial management competencies. • Property and asset management experience. • Proven experience in proposal writing, business plans and writing reports on activities, strategic work plans, goals and objectives. • A thorough appreciation, awareness, working experience and sensitivity of Aboriginal history and culture, as well as a thorough understanding of the complexities of working with diverse populations. • Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with local, regional, provincial and national partners of the PGNFC. • Professional communication proďŹ ciencies including presentation skills, writing ability, computer proďŹ ciency and authentic interpersonal skills. • Demonstrated team work, leadership skills and visionary ability to inspire and empower others. • In-depth knowledge of the social service sector, community based programs and services, funding sources, community and board relations.

The successful candidate must also: • Successfully complete Criminal Record Clearances, including Enhanced Security Clearance. • Maintain a valid driver’s license and provide a driver’s abstract. • Be willing to work exible hours including on call, evenings & weekends.

To apply submit a resume, cover letter and three references to: Manon Desjarlais, Executive Assistant Prince George Native Friendship Centre 1600 Third Avenue Prince George, BC V2L 3G6 Fax: (250) 563-0924 E-mail: mdesjarlais@pgnfc.com Applications will be accepted until Noon on November 13, 2014, no telephone inquiries please. Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to applicants of Aboriginal ancestry. Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted.

A hard copy listing the roles, responsibilities and qualiďŹ cations of the position are available from the Prince George Native Friendship Centre’s web site 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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CORPORATE SERVICES OFFICER The District of Houston is looking for a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment to assume the role of Corporate Services Officer.

Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Corporate Services Officer is responsible for corporate administration as stated under Section 148 of the Community Charter. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated professional with excellent written and verbal communication skills, have a working knowledge of local government legislation and procedures along with education and experience relative to this position. An ability to maintain positive relations with the public, coworkers, various committees, Council and senior levels of government is essential.

As a dynamic, self-motivated individual this position will be a key member of the senior management team committed to achieving the goals and objectives as set by Mayor and Council. Public communication and open government transparency are important to the District and the Corporate Services Officer will be responsible for producing and overseeing all communications including print publications.

You will have a good understanding of parliamentary procedures, and BC Municipal Legislation including the Community Charter, Local Government Act, Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act and Robert’s Rules of Order. The position is also responsible for Civic and School Board Elections and the Board of Variance.

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree in public administration, a certificate in Local Government Administration or a minimum of five (5) years experience at the corporate officer level.

This position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of interest, detailed resume, and references by 4:00 pm on October 31, 2014 to: Attn: Michael D. Glavin, CAO District of Houston 3367 – 12th Street, PO Box 370, Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 cao@houston.ca The District of Houston requires all positions undergo a Criminal Record Check.

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position and advise that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

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THAI Cleaning requires parttime English/Thai speaking workers. fax resume to 250-563-8522 (no diploma necessary)or call 250-617-7218

WANTED Owner/OperatorBuncher in Prince George Contact Wayne Burkinshaw at All-Wood Fibre 250-961-9876

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Experienced Conveyancer Required Immediately,Send letter of application, resume and references to, Gary Lilienweiss, Barrister and Solicitor 342 Kinchant St, Quesnel BC V2J 2R4 or Garyjl@telus.net Fax 250-992-9779

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Indo-Okanagan Times Locally Owned, Community Minded

Advertising Sales Representative The Indo-Okanagan Times The Indo-Okanagan Times, a monthly Punjabi/English newspaper published in the Okanagan is seeking a full-time advertising consultant to join our team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing. This position will be responsible for selling advertising for the newspaper and ancillary publications.

If you are a highly creative individual, with an ability to multi-task in a fastpaced team environment and have good interpersonal and sales skills, a valid drivers licence and reliable vehicle – we would like to hear from you.

While experience is an asset, it is not a prerequisite. Punjabi speaking would be considered an asset.

Compensation: Base salary guarantee plus commission Car allowance Cell phone allowance Bene¿t plan To apply, please forward your resume with a cover letter to: Bob Gill, Publisher The Indo-Okanagan Times bob@indookanagantimes.com

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Elizabeth Fry Society We are accepting applications for casual Victim Services Workers, on an ongoing basis, within the Community-based Victim Services Program.

The successful candidate will assist clients in dealing with any victimization resulting from partner assault, adult sexual assault, child sexual assault/ abuse, human traf¿cking and criminal harassment.

A diploma in human services or a related ¿eld or equivalent education and experience is required for this position. This is a Union position.

A job description is available by contacting our of¿ce.

Submit cover letter and resume to Bally Bassi, MA, Community, Social and Justice Programs Manager, 1575 - 5th Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3L9.

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Long haul truck drivers Malla Transport Ltd. located at 11860 TEICHMAN ROAD, PRINCE GEORGE, BC,V2N 5C1 is looking for 5 F/T permanent positions at $25/hour. Duties include: Drive and operate truck trailer, record cargo information and trip details, perform pre trip & emergency repairs. Communicate with dispatcher. No formal education but workable spoken English, class 1 driving license and minimum of 1 yr driving exp. required. Email your resume to:

PARTS PERSON required for a growing progressive auto/industrial supplier. Experienced applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses working 5 day work week, plus moving allowances. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto & Industrial, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: hr@sapphireinc.net

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Part-time 2880 Gift Shoppe staff. Est 24 hours per week plus special events. Job includes: Ticket sales, Telephone calls and Gift Shoppe support. Ideal candidate will be a ream player with computer, customer service and cash handling skills. Hand deliver resumes to Studio 2880- 15th ave by Oct 31, 2014

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DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

The District of Fort St. James invites applications for the position of Director of Finance. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Ofŵcer, the Director of Finance is responsible for the municipality’s ŵnancial services including statutory duties assigned under the Community Charter, and provides advice and support to staff in planning, budgeting, reporting and monitoring, risk management, and performance management.

The successful applicant should: • Hold a professional accounting designation or equivalent combination of experience and knowledge • Have a minimum of three years’ ŵnance experience • Have sound knowledge of provincial and municipal legislation as it relates to municipal ŵnance, and demonstrable budget management experience.

Details and full job description can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/1xPNT8j. Interested applicants may submit a letter of interest, detailed resume and references by 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 2014 to: Kevin Crook, CAO District of Fort St. James PO Box 640 477 Stuart Dr. W. Fort St. James, BC V0J 1P0 Email: cao@fortstjames.ca

COMMUNITY LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE VANDERHOOF & BURNS LAKE, BC FULL TIME – 35HR/WK Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) is looking for a full time Community Licensed Practical Nurse to join our Primary Care Team. The LPN will provide health promotion activities, perform assessments, plans and implements and provides personal and nursing care to clients.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS • Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing • Current BC LPN license • Two years recent (within the past five years) nursing experience in long-term care or home care/hospice, with at least one in hospice or homecare preferred TO APPLY: Send a cover letter and resume to Email: hr@csfs.org Fax: (250)563-3376 For more details on the job posting please visit our website at www.csfs.org CLOSING DATE: November 7, 2014 We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

CLASS 1 LOGGING DRIVERS Canada Cartage is seeking 20 Experienced Class 1 Logging Drivers to join their team to service the surrounding areas of Southern Alberta from the greater Calgary area.

Are you a Professional Driver looking to work Monday to Friday, bring in a wage that is competitive to the Oil & Gas industry, work with good equipment and high safety standards and grow your career long term with the same Company?

If this sounds like you, you may be the Professional Driver we are looking for to join the Canada Cartage team for an exciting new opportunity.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Valid Class 1 License and a clean commercial driver’s abstract.

• 3+ years experience operating a commercial vehicle within Oil & Gas, Cryogenics, Logging, or Heavy Haul industries.

• Must be able to do physical work and lift up to 50lbs as this job requires a lot of chaining, winter driving, and off-roading.

• Must be self-motivated and able to work well independently, not afraid to get dirty, mechanically inclined.

• Must be able to read and write in English.

• Previous veriŵable driving experience within Canada a must.

• Have a positive attitude and strong work ethic • Take pride in working safely and representing Canada Cartage as a professional driver

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Experience is not necessary, but a passion for fun is a must.

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SALARY AND BENEFITS: • Competitive pay • Canada Cartage provides a comprehensive Beneŵt Plan and RRSP Matching Plan.

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Large private park-like fenced back yard with trees, RV parking, concrete patio. Carport, shed. Great neighbourhood 2 blocks from school, near shopping. Immediate possession (250)563-1025

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Renovated 2 bedroom in Trailer Park, has lg. addition, new appliances, wood stove, deck $28,000 250.617.1237 or 250.962.9643

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For sale: Dining Table/Chairs

Located in the heart of British Columbia’s “Cariboo Country”, Quesnel is a growing city boasting numerous community amenities and outdoor recreational activities.

Quesnel Sawmill, a division of West Fraser Mills Ltd., is a non-union operation and has an opening for the following position:

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CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN The successful candidate will be responsible for all electrical and process control equipment on site. This includes PLC programming, preventative maintenance, installation, trouble shooting and repairs of all equipment.

Individuals are expected to work in a safe manner with limited supervision. Rotating shifts will be required.

Allen Bradley PLC, Mitsubishi VFD experience and knowledge of lumber manufacturing would be an asset.

We wish to thank you for your interest, but only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Like new- Double pedestal Cherry wood Table & 8 upholstered chairs.

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DORPER Cross Sheep flock for sale. 15 ewes and 25 lambs. $4500. Phone 250397-4126.

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

White 2014 8 1/2 X 16 cargo trailer deluxe model. ramp & tailgate. Used for one trip from Vernon to PG $7000. OBO 250-613-7771

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: ARIES, TAURUS, AND GEMINI.

ARIES - MAR. 22 - APR. 21 It’s already time to plan your Christmas vacation. You are asked to book early, but organizing things is quite difficult, whether you’re going with family, friends, your truelove, or by yourself.

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TAURUS - APR. 22 - MAY 21 You are assigned some tasks that concern the international or training aspect of your work. You have no trouble making yourself understood with people who do not speak English.

GEMINI - MAY 22 - JUN. 21 You give special importance to your life partner. It’s clear that the emotional aspect of your relationship needs a little spontaneity so you can recapture the magic of the passion you feel for each other.

CANCER - JUN. 22 - JUL. 21 You have to make considerable efforts to prepare a negotiation and come to an agreement that suits you. Drastic changes are necessary for improved health.

LEO - JUL. 22 - AUG. 21 A huge success awaits you at work; a great promotion or a change of direction is in view.

If you have been in poor shape recently, your health improves dramatically.

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Monday

Meat draw, Fridays, 4:306:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Read-to-me Storytime, Fridays, 10-10:45 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. Information: 250-6140684.

Dance, Fridays, 8 p.m.midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Harvest tea at the Hart Pioneer Centre Oct. 10 from 1-3 p.m.

Canasta, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

When Did It All Begin?, lecture, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., UNBC Room 7-238.

Information: 250-962-9115.

Royal Purple Ladies, meet second and fourth Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880.

Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., Knox United Church basement.

Information: Gys 250-5634828 or Reta 250-962-2740.

Saturday Halloween Spooktacular, Oct. 25, 3-8 p.m., Huble Homestead Historic Site.

Information: 250-564-7033 or hublehomestead.ca.

Dance to Caribou Thunder, Oct. 25, 8 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Top dog agility trial, Nov. 1, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Agriplex.

Admission by donation.

Shopping event and bake sale, Nov. 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Harwin Elementary, 3005 11th Ave. Nechako Public 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. Meat draw, Saturdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Dance, Saturdays, 8 p.m.midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Sunday Hike at Tabor Mountain, Oct. 26, meet at City Hall 8:50 a.m. Information: Nowell 250-562-7485.

Top dog agility trial, Nov. 2, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Agriplex.

Admission by donation.

Nechako Public 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. Gospel Story, Sundays, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Columbus Community Centre, 7201 Domano Blvd. Information: 778-229-8194.

Meat draw, Sundays, 3-5 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Little Artists, Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. 250-614-0684.

Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-561-1685.

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.

Tuesday Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-561-1685.

Sweet Adelines women’s four-part chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome. Information: Kathy 250-563-5170.

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Support Groups Prince George ATV Club meets third Tuesday of month, 7 p.m. Carmel Restaurant meeting room.

Information: George 250-964-7907.

Handy Circle volunteers Shirley Byman, Melody Godin and Stephanie Dix prepare for this weekend’s Loonie Auction. The annual fundraiser is on Saturday, Oct. 25 and Sunday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the AiMHi gymnasium, 950 Kerry Street. Draws start at 2 p.m. Visit www.handycirclepg.ca to see items.

Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250-9626876 or www.kmcvancouver.org.

Wednesday Bingo, Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Senior Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. TOPS meeting, Wednesdays, 6:15 p.m., Kordyban Lodge dining room. Inormation: Jessie 250-613-5933.

Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. 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.

CNC Retirees meet last Wednesday of the month, 9 a.m., D’Lanos. Information: Lois 250-563-6928.

Royal Purple meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or Jeanette 250-563-9362.

Metis Elders Craft group, Thursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Prince George Metis Elders Society office, 117 – 1600 Third Ave. (Prince George Native Friendship Centre).

Prince George Quilters Guild meets fourth Tuesday of the month, Connaught Youth Centre, 1491 17th Ave. Registration 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. Information: Echo 250-612-0499.

Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1500 Edmonton St. Wednesday evening Tops (take off pounds sensibly), Spruceland Baptist Church, 1901 Ogilvie St. Information: Leona 250-962-8802.

P.G. COPD Support Group meets Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., AIMHI

Thursday Bingo, Oct. 30, 12:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Whist, Oct. 30, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Tai Chi, Thursday, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-964-3849.

Central Interior Darts Club, meets Thursday, 6:30 p.m., P.G. Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Bridge, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors’ Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: 250-563-6450.

Proud to recognize those who give in our community.

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2065 - 1st Ave. • 250-563-0883 www.csninc.ca gymnasium, 950 Kerry St. Information: www. pgcopdsupportgroup.ca.

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: 250563-2885.

Cariboo Toastmasters meet Mondays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Ramada Hotel, 444 George St. Information: caribootoastmasters.com or Laura (250) 961-3477.

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Toastmasters meet Tuesday, noon, City Hall Annex. Information: 9164.toastmastersclubs. org.

Spruce Capital Toastmasters meet Tuesdays, 7:25 p.m., 102-1566 7th Ave. Information: Tom 250562-3402.

Hart Toastmasters, Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Information: harttoastmasters.ca DayBreakers Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., UHNBC Conference Room 1. Information: Heather 250-649-9591.

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.

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Thursdays, 7:15 p.m., AiMHi, 950 Kerry St. Information: pgtoastmasters.com, Joyce 250-964-0961.

Al-Anon New Hope AFG meets Fridays, 1:152:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 483 Gillett St. Information: 250-5613244.

Al-Anon Hart Serenity AFG meets Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

Al-Anon PG Beginners AFG meets Tuesdays, 7-7:45 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-5613244.

Al-Anon Hart Courage AFG meets Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

Al-Anon Mustard Seed AFG meets Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Anglican Church, 1505 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-5613244.

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“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” PG Lupus - Oct 25 Lupus Symposium - Sat, Oct 25, 9am -3:00pm at University Hospital NBC. More info Ralph 250-563-5588 or Penny 250-964-2636 NBC Centre for Skating Nov 6-9 Looking for volunteers for the Figure Skating (sectional championship competition), also the test event for the Canada Winter Games. This competition will run from November 6-9, 2014. Contact: Sheri at 2015figureskatingor@ gmail.com Huble Homestead - Oct 25 Halloween Spookatcular! - Oct 25, 3-8 pm. Crafts, activities, magic shows, haunted maze, snacks in the General Store.

Family admission - $10,House of Horrors tour, $3. Dress warm, bring a flashlight. To volunteer Krystal 250-564-7033 Elder Citizen’s Recreation Assn - Nov 12 Cookie Dough Fundraiser - 7 varieties, Last day to order is Wed, Nov 12. To volunteer 250-561-9381

For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-profit organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

250-564-0224 www.volunteerpg.com

The Community Datebook provides free community event listings every Friday. Submissions are accepted in written form only – dropped off, mailed or emailed – No Phone Calls please. Datebook runs as space allows, there is no guarantee of publication.

Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George BC V2N 1T3.

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDEALERS.CA 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. *Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between, October 1 to October 31, 2014. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on all new or demonstrator 2014 GMC vehicles; special finance rate not compatible with certain cash credits on Sierra (1500 & HD) and Terrain. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $20,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $238.10 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $20,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight and air tax ($100, if applicable) included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Dealer trade may be necessary. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. <>$3,000 is a manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) on all 2014 Terrain which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $3,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. †Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer's name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2013, 2014, 2015 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between October 1 and October 31, 2014. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on all eligible GMC vehicles. Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any Pontiac/Saturn/SAAB/Hummer/Oldsmobile model year 1999 or newer car or Chevrolet Cobalt or HHR that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer's name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2013, 2014, 2015 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between October 1 and October 31, 2014. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $1500 credit available on all eligible GMC vehicles. Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer pick-up truck that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer's name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,000 credit available towards the retail purchase, cash purchase or lease of one eligible 2013, 2014 or 2015 model year GMC light or heavy duty pickup; delivered in Canada between, October 1 and October 31, 2014. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. †¥$8,000 is a combined credit consisting of a $4,000 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive), $1,000 Fall bonus for Truck Owners (tax inclusive), and a $3,000 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab, which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $3,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. 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Competitive fuel consumption ratings based on Natural Resources Canada’s 2013 Fuel Consumption Guide for WardsAuto.com 2013 Large Pickup segment and latest available information at the time of posting. **When equipped with available 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 engine. Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2013 Large Light-Duty Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. >Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2013 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. ††Whichever comes first. See dealer for conditions and limited warranty details. ¥The GMC Terrain received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality Study. Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014. 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The lift gate has selectable memory height settings so gone are the days of walking into the edge of the gate without looking.

Safety first: The Highlander comes standard with seven airbags. These include advanced driver and front passenger airbags, front seat-mounted side airbags and a driver’s knee airbag. Roll-sensing side curtain airbags help to protect the occupants of all three rows in the event of side collisions or vehicle rollovers. All Highlander models are now standard equipped with front active headrests.

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Giving fans what they pay for Why would the Florida Panthers have grabbed headlines in the first two weeks of the NHL season?

With all due respect to Roberto Luongo, they are arguably the least interesting team in the league.

Well, the Panthers attendance, or lack thereof, drew attention, in the team’s second home game, a 1-0 loss to Ottawa. There was an announced crowd

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of just 7,311 which followed a paltry 11,419 for the team’s home opener two nights earlier, a 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils. It was a franchise all-time worst, shattering the previous low of 10,063. In addition, it was the smallest home crowd for an NHL game in nearly three years.

HART BEAT After two home games, HARTLEYMILLER the Panthers have drawn a total of 18,730 fans.

Eight NHL teams averaged more than that for home games last season, and another seven averaged over 18,000 per game.

“I don’t pay attention to that stuff when I’m playing,” Luongo told reporters. “If we want to get some people in the stands, we’re going to have to start winning some hockey games.”

Roberto’s comments may be the politically correct thing to say, but at the start of the season, winning isn’t really a factor since teams have not had enough time to build up a significant win-loss record.

In the 2013-14 season, the Panthers averaged 14,177 which is not impressive and ranked only ahead of Arizona but they were at 83.2 per cent of capacity which is far greater than the first two games this season.

This begs the question- why such a dramatic drop? Sure, Ottawa isn’t a great attraction; yes, the Canadian snowbirds haven’t hibernated to Florida yet, and granted the Miami metropolitan area is more interested in U.S. college football, NFL and NBA this time of year. (The Panthers play home games in Sunrise, Florida about half an hour from Miami).

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won a playoff series since 1996 and have only been to the playoffs once since the year 2000. But these concerns rise every October, yet the attendance has never been this abysmal.

So the real reason? The Panthers new owners have stopped giving away so many free tickets. The theory behind the change in philosophy, which is understandable, is it’s a disservice to the team’s season ticket holders.

In other words, tickets are devalued if free ones are available at nearly every street corner. When too many so called fans have it in their mind they only want to go to a game if it’s free, there is a real distress with that psychology.

While crowds will obviously increase at future Panthers games it will be a slow build taking time for the public to fully grasp the concept of paying to get in.

I will illustrate an example of the mentality that some hockey fans possess. I have a friend in Victoria who attended a WHL Royals game this month against Swift Current. He decided to go home after the second period with the Broncos ahead 1-0.

I asked him why he left after just 40 minutes and he replied, “I was frustrated because the Royals weren’t scoring”.

Out of curiosity, I then asked if he paid for his ticket and he said “No”.

I then asked him had he paid for that ticket, would he have stayed until the end of the game. His quick honest

reply was “of course.” (By the way, Swift Current won that game 2-1 in overtime).

I suspect both the Prince George Cougars and Spruce Kings are giving away less free tickets this season.

The Cougars attendance figures have increased, a result of new ownership and not because of less “freebees”. The Spruce Kings home crowds are lower than last year, although it’s a small sample with just five of their games played at the P.G. Coliseum.

It doesn’t matter if it’s the NHL, WHL or BCHL, attendance is arguably a more important number than the result of the game. While having huge home crowds is the objective for every team, it should not come at the expense of a paid ticket. Cliché or not, fans have to buy into the slogan “you get what you pay for.”

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Youngs dominate on judo mats It was a big weekend on the mats for the Young family of Prince George.

Competing at the B.C. Judo Championships in Abbotsford, four members of the family, all members of the North Capital Judo Club, came home with trophies. Dad Shawn won gold in the Senior Men Intermediate -73 kg, while sons Asher (U12 Boys -30 kg) and Maxwell (U16 Juvenile Men -46 kg) did the same, and son Lochlan (U14 Boys - 50 kg) won silver.

Three other club members also won trophies on the weekend, with Braeden Davis taking gold in U18 Cadet Men Novice and Nicolas Richards (U16 Juvenile Men -66 kg) and Mike Fournier (Senior Men Intermediate - 100 kg) winning silver.

Three other local judoka used their results from the weekend to secure spots on Team BC for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

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Photo submitted North Capital Judo Club members Braeden Davis, back left, Mike Fournier, Shawn Young, Nicolas Richards, Lochlan Young, front left, Asher Young and Maxwell Young show off their trophies after the B.C. Championships in Abbotsford on the weekend.

Lavanna Laass (-63 kg) of the Hart Judo Academy and Kristen Yawney (-70 kg) of the Prince George Judo Club made the

avoiding Bennison and Johnson. The two recovered, and stopped the clock in 49.99 seconds, with Bennison awarded first place.

All of the skaters will still have at least one chance to meet the standards before the Nov. 1 and 2 selection meet at Kin 1. Prince George skaters Lina Hiller, Callie Swan and Nico Hiller and Vancehoof â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alison Desmarais had met the standards earlier, and did not race in the time trials.

Carter Latkowski, Fallon Jones, Kyra Edgson and Angel Collier all finished in the top three in the U12 group, while Josh Price, Tami Goto and Sydney Edgson did the same in the U14 division.

Ryan Russell won gold in the U16 Boys -50 kg and silver in the U18 Boys -50 kg, while Branden Edwards defeated teammate Levi Price for gold in the U16 Boys -60 kg final.

Kyle Wilkinson won silver in the U18 Boys -60 kg division, and Taylor Schaus won bronze in the U18 Boys -50 kg.

The club won three other silver medals: Lisa Russell (U18 Girls -52 kg), Kristen Yawney (U21 Girls -70 kg) and Jordan Carstairs (Senior Men -90 kg).

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Speedskaters aiming for spots on Games team It was a small start to the season for the PG Blizzard speed-skating team.

The PG Time Trials Meet on Oct. 14 was for skaters looking to make the entry standard for the Team BC selection meet for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

Six skaters from four clubs in the north came to Kin 1 to test their times on the ice which will be used the Winter Games. There were just two girls looking to set qualifying times, and Erin Stickel of Fort St. John and Morgan AuCoin of Prince George did their best.

In the 500m race, Stickelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best time of 58.55 seconds was ahead of AuCoin, but off the entry standard. The same thing happened to AuCoin in the 1500m race, as she beat Stickel to the finish line, but finished off the qualifying time. Both skaters will have at least one more chance to meet the standards before the selection meet.

On the boys side, four skaters were entered, but two of them, Morgan Bennison of Fort St. James and Colton Johnson of Fort St. John, had already posted qualifying times for the 1500, and were hoping to do the same for the 500.

In the 1500, Johnson again posted an entry standard time, as did Matthew Ebert of the Nechako (Vanderhoof) Long Blades. Bennison started the race, but did not finish, looking to save energy for the 500.

After the first two 500 races, of the day, none of the skaters had managed to beat the entry time of 50 seconds. The third race saw Ebert crash on the second lap, narrowly

been named as alternates.

At the championships, the Hart Judo Academy had Elizabeth Simmons, Ethan Frizzell, Tula Moore, Madison McBurnie, Joden Gallant and Gabriel Patterson finish in the top three in the U12 divisions, while Isaac Kamstra, Ioan Frizzell, Hamish Lamoureux, Christopher Cormack, Tristyn Fournier, Bowen Adams and Alex Ribeiro all did the same in the U14 divisions.

Kimi Kamstra (U16 -44 kg) and Grace Northrop (U18 - 52 kg) both won their divisions, while Brendan Bellavance (U21 -100 kg) and Lavanna Laass (Senior -63 kg) each finished second.

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Spruce Kings solid on road Pick up two wins in four games; home for busy weekend Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com The B.C. Hockey League schedulemaker isn’t doing the Prince George Spruce Kings any favours.

After four games in five days last week on the road, the Kings are playing three in four days this week.

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pas said, “is we’re playing at home, so there’s no travel. But three games in four nights is still a tough schedule.”

The Spruce Kings opened the homestand Thursday against Penticton before welcoming Trail and Powell River to the Coliseum on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

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visited Powell River as part of their three games in three nights weekend, pulling out a 5-4 overtime win.

“It was a struggle in all of them,” Dupas said. “That was our first win in Powell River in quite a while.”

Then it was, according to Dupas, a “bad night” in Nanaimo in a 5-1 loss before rebounding for a 5-4 win over Alberni Valley.

“We pulled that game out even though we had three 5-on3s to kill off,” Dupas said. “Our penalty kill was really good on the weekend, our power play was really good.

“We need more 5-on-5 scoring.”

The power play was officially credited with two goals against Alberni Valley, but Dupas said the Spruce Kings’ first goal came just as an Alberni Valley player was coming out of the penalty box, “so it was basically a powerplay goal.”

After giving up 13 goals in the three games, Dupas said they also need to get the goals against down.

“It’s hard to sustain the pace we’re on of scoring goals, but right now we have to.”

He sees the weekend games as both being tough.

“We’ve watched Trail a couple of times, and this isn’t the Trail of old They’re a fairly balanced team who are quite big, and they’re hanging in there in a tough Interior Division.”

After that, it’s the rematch with Powell River.

“Beating them twice in one week will be difficult, but we’ve played them fairly well at home.

“It’s a matter of how we play at home. If we play our game, I think we can beat anybody on home ice.”

Game times this weekend are 7 p.m. on Saturday against Trail and 3 p.m. on Sunday against Powell River.

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Marissa Nichol of the Northern Cougars female Midget hockey team cuts to the front of the Fraser Valley net Sunday morning at Kin 1. In a first-place showdown, the Cougars beat the Phantom in all three games on the weekend.

game plan against the Phantom. “(Assistant coach) Stu (Malgunas) and I wanted us to close time and pace on them, which is tough to do on a big ice surface like Kin 1.

“It was great to see how well they did what we asked them to.”

As they have all season, the Cougars didn’t rely on one line to carry the load when it came to scoring.

“The scoring was spread out across the whole team,” Desjardins said. “We got goals from all three lines and our defence.

“Even though we had a lot of the play in their end, our goalies were able to stay focused for when they had to make saves.”

Kelsey Roberts played the first and third games of the weekend, while Emilie Nichols had the middle game.

The Cougars have this weekend off, and Desjardins says it might not be a bad thing, despite the roll they’re on right now.

“Some of the girls are a little sick, so this will give them a chance to get better.”

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Cougars hit the road for busy Alberta weekend Prince George Cougars head coach Mark Holick summed it up quickly.

“We’ve still got some warts in our game we need to work on,” Holick said after the Cougars dropped a 7-4 decision in a WHL game against the Brandon Wheat Kings on Wednesday at the Kin Centre.

“Our penalty killing hurt us tonight.”

Four of Brandon’s goals came with the man advantage, as did two of the Cougar markers. One of those was the first goal of the game, with Brad Morrison opening the scoring in the first period.

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After the Northern Cougars took three games from the Fraser Valley Phantom at Kin 1 to take over top spot in the Female Midget AAA League, coach Mario Desjardins was ecstatic.

“Collectively, as a team, that was the best hockey we’ve played yet.”

The teams came into the three games with identical records of seven wins and two losses, but after the three Cougar wins, by scores of 5-3, 6-1 and 2-0, they’re in first place with a new team right behind them, as the West Coast Avalanche overtook the Phantoms. Currently, the Cougars have 20 points, the Avalanche 19 and the Phantom 14.

Desjardins said the Cougars game plan was a fairly simple one.

“We broke the weekend down into nine 20-minute periods,” he said, “and we won all of them.

All the players were quite aware of how important the games were.

“We wanted to send the message that we’re the team to beat this year.”

He said the three wins also reinforced that “20-minute message”.

“The girls are starting to believe that i we play our game and win each 20 minutes, we’re going to win a lot of games.”

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Condors win emotional P.G. Bowl Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com It was a rivalry game that started and ended with a show of unity.

Before the Oct. 17 P.G. Bowl football game between the Duchess Park Condors and Prince George Secondary Polars, the teams stood together at midfield, observing a minute of silence for the passing of Tanya Cruse, the mother of Duchess Park’s Caleb.

She had died earlier in the week from.

After the game, which ended in a 21-16 Condors win, Duchess Park coach Mike Rositano gathered the teams together again.

“I told them, ‘We’re not opponents anymore’,” Rositano said Wednesday. “I said now we were two northern teams, working together.”

The teams had been playing for not just city bragging rights, but for first place in the Northern Conference, as each team had won its first four games.

“PGSS played really well,” Rositano said. “Their defense was one of the best we’ve seen this year.

“They’ve had all year to watch our games and make a plan for playing us.”

Polars coach Don Williams agreed, and said the game was an excellent example of high-school football.

“Both teams played their best, and we came out on the short end of the stick. It was a game that could have gone either way.”

While the Polars are known as a running team and the Condors as a passing team, it was a running touchdown by Jacob Cundy that gave them the win.

Both teams now head off to the provincial playoffs, which will have a slightly different look this year, Rositano says.

“In the past, the Northern teams always got the number 2 and 4 seeds when we joined with the

Allan WISHART/Free Press T.J. Kariakos of the Duchess Park Condors breaks into the Prince George Polars secondary during Friday night’s P.G. Bowl at Masich Place Stadium. Isaac Rogers of the Polars, seen here closing in for a tackle, had two touchdowns, but it wasn’t enough as the Condors won the game 21-16.

Interior for the playoffs. This year, we’re laying their teams for the seeds.”

The first round of games will see the Condors probably playing Vernon Secondary, who are leading the Interior Conference, to be the top seed when the eight-team provincial playoffs start.

Similarly, the Polars will be facing an Interior team, who Williams figures will be Westsyde (Kamloops) or Clarence Fulton (Vernon).

“Most of their teams still have

two more games, and the race is pretty tight, so we’ll have to wait and see.”

Both those games will be in Kamloops on Nov. 7.

Duchess Park, regardless of the outcome of their game against Vernon, will play in Kamloops the following weekend against a team from the Lower Mainland.

“We’ll play in Kamloops,” Rositano says, “because we will be the higher seed. It should be either Carson Graham or Ballenas.”

PGSS, however, will face a

longer trip, as their seeding (either 3 or 4) will see them travelling to the Lower Mainland for their next game.

Both coaches said the show of unity before the Oct. 17 game was a sign of how close the teams are. ““We’re rivals,” Williams said, “but most of these kids have played together since they were 7 or 8.”

Rositano agreed, saying it had been a tough week for the team leading into the game.

“Everybody rallied around Ca-

leb and his family.”

Cruse finished the game with two interceptions and nine tackles, and was carried off the field on the shoulders of his teammates.

The two squads will be having a controlled scrimmage at some point next week, allowing them to work on specific parts of their games before the playoffs start.

“Each team will probably run a few plays on offence,” Rositano says, “and then we’ll switch. I know they’re going to run a scout team for us based on Vernon’s offense.”

Cariboo Cougars sweep puts them into first place in Major Midget League Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Trevor Sprague laughs when asked about the past weekend’s games in Chase.

“I guess the boys wanted to be in first place when it was over,” the coach of the Cariboo Cougars said after a pair of B.C. Major Midget League wins over the Thompson Blazers.

The wins saw the Cougars jump past the Vancouver NW Giants, who had the bye, into first place with a record of eight wins, one tie and one loss, good for 17 points. The Giants are undefeated in eight games for 16 points.

The Blazers, who are now winless in eight games, opened the scoring Saturday early in the second period, but that was the only lead they had, as the Cougars came back for a 5--2 win, highlighted by two shorthanded goals on the same shift by Todd Bredo.

Sunday, the Cougars left little doubt early, as they scored five goals in the first period on the way to an 11-2 win.

“The scoring got shared around,” Sprague said, “which was good to see. Dorrin Luding started for us in goal on Saturday, and Jacob Sweet, an affiliated player, got the start on Sunday.”

The domination by the Cougars was evident in the shots on goal, especially Sunday.

“Saturday we got about 65 shots on goal

and they had 22. Their goalie with the long name (Aris Anagnostopoulos) played great on Saturday, but we chased him on Sunday.

“We were executing our game plan better on Sunday.”

That included getting the puck in deep behind the Blazers defencemen, then picking it up and starting to move it around.

“The puck cycling was working really well,” Sprague says. “We were moving if from down low back to the point and getting a lot of puck traffic in front of the net.

“We got a couple of greasy goals, where we just outworked them.”

This weekend, the Cougars are back on home ice, hosting the South Island Royals for a pair of games at Kin 1. It will be

a homecoming of sorts for a couple of the Royals, Sprague says.

“One of their goalies, Lane Delfs, played net for us last year, and one of our assistant coaches from last year, Mike Matthies, is a trainer with them now. He’s at school, working on his athletic therapy, and his practicum is with the Royals.”

While the Royals are in the bottom half of the standings early in the season, Sprague isn’t selling them short.

“This is a tough league this year. We know their coach Geoff Grimwood) likes to play a greasier style, more physical than skill, so we have to be ready for that.”

Game times are 7:15 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday at Kin 1.