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INQUEST INTRIGUE Proceedings adjourned Coroner’s counsel John Orr questions WorkSafeBC investigation

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WorkSafeBC investigators declined an offer, in the fall of 2012, to view forensic investigative materials regarding the Lakeland Mills explosion collected by CASE Forensic, a coroner’s inquest heard Wednesday.

That revelation, and the fact the material from that investigation conducted by Lakeland Mills’ lawyers, was not provided to the inquest at the outset, prompted Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe to adjourn the inquest, now into its fourth week.

“I’m significantly disappointed,” she said Wednesday

he coroner’s inquest into the April 23, 2012 explosion and fire that killed two men and injured 22 others has taken some unexpected turns over the past few days.

When the inquest, looking into the deaths of Alan Little and Glenn Roche, adjourned on March 20, chief coroner Lisa Lapointe ruled that an investigation into the explosion conducted by legal counsel for Lakeland Mills was relevant to the inquest. However, she also ruled that the information was subject solicitor/client privilege and had given Lakeland the weekend to determine whether it would waive that privilege in order for it to be presented at the inquest.

Monday morning, however, she ruled that the information was not privileged and Lakeland Mills counsel Gavin

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CEO Greg Stewart takes the stand at inquest Several people have been at the coroner’s inquest into the deaths of Glenn Roche and Alan Little every day since it began.

Included in those who have sat in the gallery every day are Ronda Roche, Glenn Roche’s widow, and Greg Stewart, CEO of the Sinclar Group, Lakeland Mills parent company.

Ronda Roche testified on the first day of the inquest and Stewart was the last on the stand before it adjourned Wednesday.

“This incident was awful for all of us. This has been a very, very tough event for our organization,” Stewart said and, turning to Roche, added. “We’re so sorry that this has happened and what the families have had to go through. I can’t even imagine what it has been like.”

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Former biker gang president victim of homicide The man killed in Sunday’s shooting on Gillett Street near Fifth Avenue was a member of the now-defunct Renegades Outlaw Motorcycle Club, according to police.

Jason Alexander Hall, 45, was shot Sunday morning and died Monday in the University Hospital of Northern B.C. as a result of “at least one gun shot,” say police.

Hall was a resident of Prince George.

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, the Prince George RCMP and other emergency services were called to a report of a man down on the corner KILLED of Fifth Avenue and Gillett JASON HALL Street.

Officers arrived and found a man with serious injuries. He was transported by the BC Ambulance Service to the University Hospital of Northern BC where he later died.

Police believe this was a targeted act.

Investigators are requesting the public’s help in locating a vehicle believed to be involved in the homicide.

The vehicle is described as a white, four-door, 2005 Chevrolet Malibu with a B.C. licence plate AK532P If you have any information about the Chevrolet Malibu, the homicide or the person(s) responsible, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)2228477, online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca(English only), or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES (274637) using keyword “pgtips”. You do not have to reveal your identity to Crime Stoppers. If you provide information that leads to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward.

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Allan WISHART/Free Press Tara Slone, left, Geoff Courtnall and Kirk McLean were part of the Hotstove segment of Hometown Hockey on Sunday at the Exhibition Grounds.

Two men charged after Monday morning shooting Two men are facing several charges following a shooting early Monday morning in Prince George.

At approximately 6 a.m. on Monday, March 23, the Prince George RCMP received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting possible shots fired in the area of

Fox Drive, off Chief Lake Road in the northern part of Prince George.

While en route to the scene, General Duty officers located a suspect vehicle on Foothills Boulevard.

When officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver failed to stop. A

pursuit was engaged before two suspects abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot off Chief Lake Road.

Both male suspects were apprehended. The men are both 27 years old and from Prince George.

A residence on Fox Drive appears to have damage

consistent with bullet holes.

Two adults and two children under the age of 12 were in the residence at the time of the shooting. No injuries were reported.

Although this investigation is in its early stages, all indications are that this was a targeted incident.

Man wanted in 1974 sexual assault case returned to Prince George from U.S. A man accused of sexually assaulting a fiveyear-old girl with cerebral palsy in 1974 in Prince George will be in court here March 27, thanks to work by police departments in Canada and the U.S. Raymond Douglas MacLeod was turned over to Canadian authorities in Vancouver late Tuesday, culminating a nearly two-year legal effort

by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to gain his deportation.

In September 1974, MacLeod, then 32 years old, was arrested in connection with the incident, which is alleged to have taken place at a residence on Upland Street.

MacLeod was tried and found not guilty.

However that verdict was appealed and a second trial was ordered. He was arrested in Burlington, Ontario in June of 1979 on unrelated charges.

At that time, MacLeod was served with court documents ordering him to appear in court, but he failed to do so. A Canada-wide arrest warrant was issued in 1980, but he was never located.

Prince George RCMP contacted Interpol to acquire their assistance in locating MacLeod.

It was later determined MacLeod was alive and residing in California. Serious Crime investigators from the Prince George RCMP, in partnership with U.S. authorities, were able to confirm a man arrested in California was MacLeod.

Efforts to locate MacLeod have spanned decades, involved various investigational techniques and various agencies in both Canada and the U.S. Macleod was arrested in October 2013 by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers and Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s deputies at a San Dimas trailer park where he had been living under an assumed name. An immigration judge ordered him deported in March 2014. Macleod subsequently appealed the judge’s decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ultimately, both panels concurred with the original ruling, paving the way for this week’s extradition back to Canada.

MacLeod, now 72 years old, is facing charges of rape, indecent assault on a female, and assault causing bodily harm, which were all offences under the Criminal Code in 1974. An additional charge of obstruction of justice has been approved by Crown counsel.

Photo courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Raymond Douglas MacLeod arrives at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement escort in preparation for his departure to Canada. MacLeod will faces charges of rape, indecent assault, and assault causing bodily harm, dating back to 1974.

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Bad drivers jailed In Provincial Court on Jan. 28: Cameron A. Deehan was found guilty of mischief, placed on probation for one year, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and ordered to make restitution of $12,326.88.

Minard H. Haney was found guilty of uttering threats, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Cherrisse B.M. Labre was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, sentenced Allan WISHART/Free Press to jail time served and Ella, left, and Austin Stevenson draw outlines of a maple leaf as assessed a victim surthey create thir own signs at Hometown Hockey on Sunday at the charge of $100.

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Calvin E. Russ was found guilty of assault causing bodily harm, sentenced to 33 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Russ was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to seven days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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while admonishing counsel for WorkSafeBC. “… You don’t get to filter information. As a participant, you have a bigger responsibility. You have a responsibility to bring it forward and I will determine whether it’s relevant … It’s not up to the people with an interest to decide what is important. An inquest is about finding the truth.”

Glenn Roche and Alan Little died as a result of the April 23, 2012 explosion and fire, and 22 other workers were injured.

The matter surfaced last week when it was discovered that the CASE Forensic material existed, even though a Lakeland Mills investigator was one of many who toured the mill with the initial WorkSafeBC investigator in 2012.

Coroner’s counsel John Orr said Wednesday that an e-mail thread, provided by Lakeland Mills counsel Gavin Marshall, shows the material from CASE Forensics was offered to Work-

SafeBC before the WorkSafeBC final report was completed.

“WorkSafeBC declined,” he said. “It raises the question behind the process of the WorkSafeBC investigation and the conclusions it reached.”

WorkSafeBC declined comment immediately after the ruling, saying it was preparing a response statement.

On March 20, Lapointe ruled the information in the CASE Forensics report was vital to the inquest, but fell under the solicitor/client privilege and asked Lakeland Mills to waive that privilege. On Monday, however, she rescinded that ruling, stating it was not protected by solicitor/ client privilege. Lakeland had already decided to waive the solicitor/client privilege.

Orr added he was concerned that the information was not shared with coroner’s counsel prior to the inquest. He added he needed time to study the CASE Forensics material and determine what impact, if any, it

would have on the WorkSafeBC report.

Orr also suggested that former WorkSafeBC CEO David Anderson testify at the inquest as to why the offer to share information was rejected.

WorkSafeBC vice-presidents Al Johnson and Ian Munroe are still scheduled to testify.

Greg Stewart, CEO of Lakeland Mills’ parent company Sinclar Group, said he was disappointed with the adjournment.

“We had hoped that this would be completed by the end of the week and we had some feeling that there was possibly a solution that we could work on, but unfortunately that wasn’t an option today,” he said.

Stewart spent the entire morning on the witness stand at the inquest and declined to comment specifically on the issue that forced the adjournment.

“This has been a long, long process,” he said. “The real victims of this adjournment are the families and employees that

have suffered for three years.”

There has been no date set for the inquest to reconvene, however, Orr said it could take a few weeks. He added he was hopeful it won’t impact the inquest into the Babine Forest Products sawmill explosion and fire. That inquest is set to start in Burns Lake in July.

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Soltis appointed to position of city manager Kathleen Soltis, a long-time civic employee and city resident, has been unanimously appointed

by Prince George city council to the position of city manager.

“On behalf of council, I would like to congratulate Ms. Soltis, who brings a wealth of knowledge and municipal expertise to the role of city manager,” said Mayor Lyn Hall, in a press release. “For the past 17 years, Ms. Soltis has served as the Director of Corporate Services and as the city’s chief financial officer.

As a life-long resident of Prince George, she cares deeply about this community. We look forward to the stability and experience that Ms. Soltis will bring to our organization, and we know that residents and employees will benefit greatly from her leadership.”

Soltis has been acting city manager since January when city and former city manager, Beth James, parted ways. According to 250News, James will be on paid leave until September. Soltis also served as acting city manager in late 2012 when Derek Bates retired.

Soltis will receive an annual salary of $222,000 plus $500 per month for a vehicle allowance.

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Stewart says safety steps were missed “It was a dust explosion,” FROM PAGE A1 he said. “The question is how Earlier in his testimony, did we get to that point? There Stewart said he had just put his were steps that individuals and daughters to bed on the night companies could have taken of April 23, 2012 when he got to prevent this, and they were the call that there had been an missed.” explosion and fire When pressed at Lakeland Mills. about what those He said he called steps were that were mill manager Mike missed, Stewart said Richard and they it was the lack of headed down to the knowledge of the site. They couldn’t hazards, not only at get access into the Lakeland, but in the site, so helped poindustry in general. lice and fire crews Stewart said safety identify who was in has always been a the mill at the time. priority of his and, He said they LAKELAND through a companyeventually left the GREG STEWART wide process, Sinclar site and he called Group adopted the tagline the management team to tell “safety by choice, not by chance.” them what was happening and He said he was aware the then went to the hospital to wait occupational health and safety for news on the injured men. committee was having trouble When asked by coroner’s getting people to attend and counsel John Orr what went following a February 6, 2012 wrong, Stewart said it was a inspection by WorkSafeBC had “complex” issue that could have set up a steering committee. been avoided.

In December of 2011, Stewart

met with every shift at the mill to stress safety and stress to the workers that they have the right to refuse unsafe work.

However, he agreed that there is peer pressure and fear of losing one’s job that often prevents workers from coming forward.

“The hard part of the right to refuse work is that there has to be trust,” Stewart said, adding the company is working on a safe disclosure policy.

Stewart said he did not know that supervisor Al Little had been raising the issue of dust in the mill. Stewart was also not informed of two January 2012 fires in the mill, one the day before the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake exploded. He was aware, however, of a fire in the baghouse and one in the system leading to the baghouse.

Stewart also had, at the inquest, a copy of the company’s fire safety plan, which has been presented to the Prince George Fire Rescue Service for review and, hopefully, adoption later this year.

Steelworkers withdraw from Lakeland inquest FROM PAGE A1 Marshall handed over the information.

However, also on Friday, inquest counsel John Orr referred to the suggestion that Lakeland withhold the evidence as “unconscionable.” On Monday Orr apologized for using the term.

However, that has angered Lakeland Mills, which issued a statement shortly after lunch Monday.

“Mr. Orr has taken a prosecutorial stance to this inquest, including describing witness testimony in open court as ‘incomprehensible’ and ‘unbelievable,’ and questioning the integrity of other counsel and of our company,” said Lakeland statement.

“Lakeland Mills has been owned and run by two local families in this community for over 50 years. The Stewarts and Andersens have proven their integrity, honesty and commitment to this community and to have it questioned by an agent of the state who is supposed to be an impartial third party is unacceptable.

“Lakeland Mills remains committed to openness and transparency of the process, as it has been from the day this tragedy occurred. We believe it is important to discover what happened so we can ensure nothing like this happens again.

We don’t believe the current state of the information in the CASE Forensics file will change the outcome of the inquest.

“That said, Lakeland Mills has agreed to share any information that the coroner considers relevant.”

That came too late for counsel for the United Steelworkers, which withdrew from the inquest Monday morning, stating the union has lost confidence that the inquest will answer the many outstanding questions that remain and reiterated

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calls for a public inquiry into the Lakeland Mills and Babine Forest Products mill explosions.

“Over the past week, the inquest has heard how WorkSafeBC’s failure to carry out its mandate to ensure the health and safety of workers resulted in a complete mishandling of sawmill safety both before and after the explosion,” said USW District 3 Director Stephen Hunt in a statement issued Monday afternoon. “Despite this tragic failure to do its job, the agency is not being held accountable.”

Hunt added called the investigations by WorkSafeBC, the RCMP and B.C. Safety Authority “flawed.”

“It is now clear that the inquest is not going to adequately answer any of the questions that demand to be answered. The employer’s withholding of crucial evidence would have made a difference as to how the USW conducted its case and we will not participate in an exercise that does such a disservice to the families who lost loved ones and to the larger community,” said Hunt.

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Highway gets work More of Highway 97 south of Prince George will be four-laned this summer.

Work will begin on four-laning three kilometres of the highway this summer. Transportation Minister Todd Stone made the announcement last week in Prince George.

The $45 million project is located approximately 29 kilometres south of Prince George and will see three kilometres of Highway 97 between Stone Creek Bridge and the Red Rock Weigh Station widened from two to four lanes. The work also includes replacing the Red Rock CN Rail overhead to accommodate the new four-lane highway. This will also increase the height clearance to 5.5 metres, which will improve the CN railway alignment and allow greater clearance for larger trucks and loads.

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to reverse proposal on stopping student intake in programs Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Cindy Oliver will have one message for the College of New Caledonia Board of Governors this afternoon.

“When programs are cut,” the president of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of B.C. says, “the students end up suffering.”

Oliver will be one of the presenters at a special forum called by the board to get public input on a proposal to suspend student intakes into some programs to help meet this year’s budget. The vote on the matter was supposed to be at today’s board meeting, but that vote has now been postponed until the April 24 meeting, and a public forum will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in Room 1-306 at the college.

“It’s quite devastating what’s happening,” Oliver said Wednesday. “We’re seeing this played out at institutions across the province. Programs being cut, reduced oppor-

tunities for students, access to tuition-free English as a Second Language and Adult Basic Education being dropped.

“Often these programs don’t come back.”

CNC had indicated earlier this month it was suspending intakes into some dental programs as well as the Aboriginal Early Childhood Education (AECE) program.

“We realize they are looking at making changes to the programs,” Oliver says, “but that also means they’re probably going to be charging more. Students are already staggering under their debt load as it is.”

She says CNC is doing what it sees necessary to make its budget work under provincial guidelines, and says Victoria needs to take steps to make sure schools can give people the opportunities they, and the province, need.

“There is a looming skills shortage, we hear, and if they continue cutting programs at B.C. schools, they’re going to have to bring these people in. The province touts its jobs plan, but they need to find ways to help smaller institutions, like CNC.

When programs are cut, the students end up suffering.

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“We’re looking at the results of 14 years of chronic underfunding.”

Taking away these programs will be a blow to the community as a whole, she says.

“There are a lot of people who don’t have a dentist, who rely on the dental programs at CNC. What are they going to do if the clinic there closes?

“The dental programs are generally filled with a lot of women, and they usually get jobs when they’re finished the program.

“It’s very shortsighted of CNC and the government to take these opportunities away.”

Oliver says it wouldn’t take much money, from the government point of view, to improve things.

“They could take $30 million, which is 1.5 per cent of the Ministry of Advanced Education budget, and put all these programs back in place, and make Adult Basic Education tuition-free again.

“They just choose not to spend the money that way.”

She feels people need to put more pressure on the provincial government to fund postsecondary education.

“There are high-profile MLAs in this area, such as Shirley Bond. People need to start talking to her about the government’s priorities. They have a surplus, there are extra funds available, and they just gave away a tax break to high-income earners.

“When Naomi Yamamoto was the minister, all 25 institution presidents sent her a letter about the funding crisis. That was unprecedented.

“We think they need to send another letter.”

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Fitting the description Spring leaves driver feeling nervous about police car is here

Lesson learned.

Read your own newspaper online before you leave the office.

I could have been saved myself a lot of confusion, anxiety, angst and profuse sweating had I done that.

First, just the facts.

I was driving down 15th Avenue Wednesday morning, as usual driving carefully and minding my own business – this is my story so I can tell it the way I want to – on my way to a photo assignment at the PG Railway and Forestry TEA WITH TERESA Museum.

TERESAMALLAM As an astute reporter, I began to feel very uneasy.

I felt eyes on the back of me.

I looked into my rear view mirror.

There was a police vehicle behind me in the next lane.

Here I should say I am known around the office and to some of my omnipotent friends for my pas de deux paranoia. I coined that phrase myself (the one time I have used my psychology degree to any use other than to psyche out my boss.)

What this means is that I often have the feeling there is someone, like a shadow, keeping in step with me or watching over me. I am always sure there’s someone out to get me – and generally there is.

So here it was that, once again, I felt as if I was being followed, I was under some kind of surveillance. I was a person of interest. I checked my rear view mirror again. The police vehicle had moved up into the lane beside me. Our two vehicles were – had this been a horse race – now virtually neck and neck.

The light turned red. I could not move.

I tried to keep my eyes looking ahead, at the lights, but I was curious. I glanced sideways to see a set of peering eyes darting all over my vehicle. The officer appeared to be looking in both passenger side windows and checking out the contents of my back seat – which admittedly is full of junque de jour.

I quickly averted my glance.

Why was he looking at me?

Was I speeding? No. Before I stopped for the red light, I was driving within the posted speed limit. Seat belt fastened?

Check. Insurance decal missing? Not a chance, it’s on there with crazy glue (for people like who think someone’s going to rip them off.) Was the insurance up to date? Check. Dirty licence plate? No. It was raining hard so for once you could actually see that my white car was not almost black. Registration papers in glove box? Check (though I didn’t lean over to find out I was l pretty sure.) What could it be? No (not ever) liquor bottles or plastic baggies or paraphernalia in sight in the back seat – or hidden – that could be mistaken for booze or drugs in the car.

Check. No outstanding parking tickets?

No. Check. Lights all working? Check.

Check. Check. Check.

Now I am getting nervous. I have both hands on the steering wheel. My knuckles are white. If anybody looks guilty of something, anything, it’s me. The light is still red, in fact it shows no signs of changing any time soon. Then it happens. The officer pulls his vehicle over to the side of the road and (again appears to be) talking on his cell phone/radio or whatever gadget it is they have in there.

Ah-hah. He’s got them (the city) to freeze the lights so I can’t escape while he checks things out.

They have the power, you know.

So I’m sitting there, waiting and wondering what on earth I could possibly have done wrong so early in my day to attract all this unwanted attention from police.

After an eternity, the light turns green, the officer is still busy making notes by the side of the road and I slide through the intersection. One more look into the rear view mirror shows me he’s not following me.

No pas de deux today.

On my return to the office I check our website. My editor’s put up a story that the RCMP’s Serious Crime Section is on the lookout for a white Chevy Malibu, older model, in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday. My car? White?

Check. Chevy Malibu? Check. Year 2005?

No check – but the model hasn’t changed significantly since the year of my 2001 model.

Driver acting nervous, suspicious?

Check.

Well, I think it’s time to check into rehab. Either that or buy a new car.

Good luck to all the new Chamber of Commerce board members This week marks a bit of a milestone for me.

Last night I sang my swansong at the Prince George Chamber of Commerce. After four years on the board of directors, threeand-a-half of those on the executive committee, I am no longer on the board.

It was by choice, however I did have to deliver a financial report last night, so after that my decision to not run again might have been timed perfect.

As former Chilcotin author, columnist, newspaperman, and MP Paul St. Pierre used to say about his political career: “I retired, by popular demand.”

My time on the Chamber board, like everyone else before me and those yet to come, was interesting, challenging, and WRITER’S BLOCK very rewarding.

I was involved in some very interestBILLPHILLIPS ing things … from developing a strategic plan for the Chamber to purchasing the building that houses the Chamber.

It almost goes without saying, though, that the best aspect of sitting on the Chamber board is the people you meet and work with. There are few new faces on the Chamber board every year, and that’s by design. So you get to meet and work with people

from different sectors of the community, and that’s exciting.

Everyone brings their own perspective and the goal the Chamber board, any board for that matter, is discuss the issues of the day and then come to some sort of agreement. The Chamber isn’t a consensus board so votes aren’t always unanimous and if I have any advice to new board members, be prepared that the vote might not always go your way.

That is how a democratic board works.

One of the misconceptions, and apprehensions, about joining the Chamber board was that, as a business organization, the corporate world would rule the day. That just didn’t happen.

One of the most memorable debates I participated in at the board table was a call from the Williams Lake Chamber to support Taseko Mines’ highly controversial Prosperity Project in the Chilcotin.

We had a really lively debate and, in the end, a motion to give support passed by one vote.

To all the new board members who are waking up this morning wondering what they got themselves into, congratulations, you got yourself into a wonderful adventure. It will take some of your time, your energy, your smarts, and your will to make things better. Good luck.

And to all the board members and staff who have endured my comments over the past few years, thank you. It has truly been a wonderful experience.

Yes, it’s spring in Prince George, despite the little bit of snow we got on Saturday.

One easy way to tell the seasons have changed is to see the number of drivers being forced to do the pothole two-step on local streets.

Just driving in a fairly limited area on the weekend, especially Sunday, I found a few spots that had nasty-looking holes.

There were a couple in the eastbound lane of 18th Avenue, just past Ospika, as well as a couple on the entrance to the Exhibition Grounds off 18th Avenue.

I have noticed a fair number of holes that have obviously been patched, especially along 15th Avenue, but this seems to be ALLAN’S AMBLINGS a race, as usual, ALLANWISHART the city crews can’t win. They put down quick patches in one area, and new potholes appear in three other spots.

The recent weather hasn’t helped either, since I know from past conversations with road managers here and in other locations that the freeze-thaw cycle we are still seeing a lot of nights does a real number on roads.

One possible beneficial side effect of the potholes is that they may slow down some of the speedier drivers on our local roads. After all, it can be hard enough to take evasive action around a pothole when you’re driving the speed limit, and I’ve had a couple of rather nasty jolts from potholes I couldn’t avoid.

When that happens, I sometimes smile a bit (after making sure all the parts of the vehicle are still attached), and think about what it would be like to hit that same pothole dead-on going a lot faster.

I then picture in my mind the sight of one of those vehicles possibly going airborne after making contact. It makes a plenty diversion as I weave my way past a few more potholes.

It will be interesting to see the city’s list of what streets will be paved this summer, since the season could be starting earlier than usual.

• One of the coolest sights this weekend was on Sunday morning at the Roll-aDome as the Prince George and Kamloops roller derby teams warmed up for their match at the Northern Exposure tournament.

The PA system started playing Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson, and some of the skaters from both teams started doing some fancy moves to the music.

I remembered then watching some of those scenes of roller skaters dancing to disco songs in the 1970s (and yes, I am dating myself again).

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t is truly a shame that the inquest into the deaths of Glenn Roche and Alan Little has gone so far off the rails.

As Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe pointed out Wednesday, inquests are not trials. They are supposed to be adversarial. They are about the “public need for ascertaining the facts.”

She also pointed out that participants testifying at an inquest are protected. In other words, what they say at an inquest cannot be used against them somewhere else. It’s a key part of the process.

However, we should have known on Day 1 that this process was going to go sideways.

Everyone involved was, to use the term, “lawyered up.”

The coroner had two lawyers, WorksafeBC had three, Lakeland Mills had two, the United Steelworkers had two, and the British Columbia Safety Authority had one.

While the goal of an inquest is to get to the truth surrounding the deaths of Alan Little and Glenn Roche, all the lawyers in the room were there to protect the interests of those who were paying them and, sadly, that’s the road they all went down.

Hopefully this is simply a delay. And, more hopefully, when the inquest sits again, it can do the job it’s supposed to ... find the truth.

Rural divide alive and well in B.C.

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hile the majority of the province’s population is in urban centres, the majority of wealth is generated by resource development in rural areas.”

Forests minister Steve Thomson could not have been more right when he uttered those words last September in announcing the framework for a council to advise the province on rural issues.

From logging to mining to oil and gas, vast streams of revenue flow from rural areas to support the increasingly densely populated southern areas of the province. The Rio Tinto Alcan smelter at Kitimat, for instance, is the largest single contributor to the provincial economy And what comes back in return?

Not terribly much, it seems.

Premier Christy Clark during the 2013 provincial election promised to create something called the rural dividend, tossing out the figure of $25 million annually beginning this year.

Pushing through the rural dividend is one of the jobs of Mr. Thomson’s rural advisory council. He’s even gone so far as to call for an “equitable share in the economic benefits generated from resource-based industries.”

Rural British Columbians should only have the best of wishes for Mr. Thomson and his rural council.

If the premier’s $25 million is to be considered “equitable,” Mr. Thomson and his council have a long, long road to travel.

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Find a better way It is sad when our collective intelligence fails us.

We would never wish to forbid anyone from withdrawThe recent labour action at the university is another ing their services. That is a choice which must remain for example of utilizing brute force to try to resolve a dispute. everyone.

Strikes and lockout still have a place and can be useful tools At the present time, member of the unions and associain bargaining in industry. It is questionable if they are the tions representing the collective interests of their group have correct tools to use as we endeavour to resolve a dispute few options. There is no alternative to the industrial labour where significant collateral damage to innocent parties is the practices which they can utilize. It is understandable that result. when negotiations reach an impasse, they can only utilize In the fields such as education or health care the legal tools they have at hand. Understandand other fields, rather than just the employees able but heavy handed and less than efficient in and employers taking a severe beating, others are that it does considerable harm to others who victimized through no fault of their own. They become victims of those actions. do not get to partake in the discussions yet in In our collective wisdom we should be able to many ways are the most harmed. create a different method of resolving disputes.

In an industrial dispute, customers may be It would have to be fair to all parties. Some inconvenienced somewhat but there are usually method similar to binding arbitration would be alternative suppliers of the goods and services a start. To ensure fairness, there would also have normally provided by those companies and to be an appeal mechanism so mandated terms workers. In a strike or lockout situation, the can be reviewed by a dispassionate third party. employers do not make a profit and the workers The creation of the system must include the don’t take home any wages. input from all parties and the initial application ONSIDE In the current dispute at the university, stuVICBOWMAN must also have a process to review and modify dents are probably suffering the most. Complethe agreed rules. Eventually, with experience, a tion of studies for the semester is in doubt, projects are not credible system could be put in place. moving to completion, and the start of their summer break As a civilized society we utilize a number of dispute resoemployment is delayed. While there is a financial burden on lution processes including the courts. We do not gather our the faculty members, there is also a burden on the students. friends together and go out and beat up the other party.

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Air quality still an issue Keep the Editor: This past week the air in Prince George has been putrid to put it mildly.

A number of years ago Canfor decided to be a ‘good neighbour’ and installed systems that removed a large percentage of their pollutants from the airshed.

However there are more industries in this area that pollute and they do not seem to have taken on the challenge … industries such as rail companies, refineries, auto body shops, businesses using toxic chemicals.

History has shown that governments are not interested in saving the health and well being of the average citizen.

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the First Nations

Editor: I suggest (Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart) Phillip ask himself that question (Is this man a terrorist, Free Press, March 13), without the bias of being First Nations.

You are correct sir, you are not a terrorist because of your beliefs.

Chaining yourself to a tree or putting up a blockades also are not acts of terrorism, so why must you believe what this bill “really” is? If you care and respect this land then don’t make everything about your people.

This bill is to secure and protect the land and the people of this nation. By all means stop pipelines, stop rail, stop mining and forestry.

In the meantime leave the cellphones at home, stop driving your vehicle, by all means watch sports, but go to the game (only outdoors).

Look in the mirror, sir, and ask that question again because your actions do not make me think you are a terrorist, blowing up and murdering people however will.

Don’t put yourself or your people in that category we are all fighting the same fight.

Not everything is about you.

Rick Eye Prince George

They support big business and that means not rocking the boat, not demanding the necessary changes.

We will never get rid our of reputation of a stinky city unless we do it ourselves and that means each of us individually to restrict our driving as much as possible, to not burn wood, to not use toxic chemicals in our gardens.

Perhaps its time to re energize PACHA (People’s Action Committee For Healthy Air).

Perhaps we need to ask industries in person to be a ‘good neighbour’ and be one ourselves.

Wendy Barteluk Prince George

We should be saving agricultural land Editor: Some of us are gregarious and love city life, and some of us prefer space and a natural environment in which to raise our children.

In 1973, B.C. boasted 4.6 per cent agricultural land in the province, but that has eroded significantly. No one knows how much No. 1, 2 and 3 farmland has been taken out (mostly to make our cities happy) and how much No. 5, 6, and 7 non-farmland has been added to the Agricultural Reserve (to make it look good), because those figures stay in the Land Commission’s file cabinet.

None-the-less, that leaves 95 per cent of the province that is not agriculture land, that we could enjoy without eroding our foodland.

Calgary and Los Angeles are two clear examples of cities that can attribute their size and fame to the fact that many people prefer sprawl to being packed like sardines in a can.

If we have 95 per cent of our province that is not food land, is there someone in our present government that can explain why our cities are not encouraged to grow on this non-agricultural land? Instead of taking all the farmland surrounding the city that were all founded by farmers on the choicest farmland out of the reserve for concentric city growth? To use common sense, this would, at the same time, allow the people to have the space they want.

City halls like to keep the tax dollars and businesses close for reasons of their own.

They use the rationale that sprawl is not the

most economical way to supply services – so, who cares? Those that want economy can live in the established cities and those people who want more space can live in the sprawl areas and pay more – after all, the people will be paying the bills anyways – not the city, nor the government, nor the Agricultural Land Commission.

Both Los Angeles and Calgary are very popular cities – it’s time to give the “sprawl thing” a rest and let the people live where they want without the Agricultural Land Commission trying to force them into this new, squared city boundary policy - the way Richmond usurped our No. 1 farmland.

Dear Premier Christy Clark, you need to direct our Agricultural Land Commission to either save food land, or to help the city politicians stop sprawl and drop the food land policy, because both are obviously not possible. For the last 30 of their 42-year reign, they seem to be confused about this. On the contrary, there’s an old adage my father used to quote, ”when something doesn’t make sense, you can be sure there is money involved.”

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Referendum on assisted suicide Editor: Regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling that Canadians have the right to have doctor-assisted suicide, and its directive to the federal government that, within in a year, it must have enacted regulations for this ruling.

I find this ruling surprising. This court’s job is not to make laws, but to interpret laws. Twenty-three years ago, when they looked at this same issue, they found it is unlawful for someone to help another to kill himself or herself.

In our Constitution it says that Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law. And we have the right to life, liberty and the security of the person. It says nothing about having a right to have someone else help kill us. Yet the court says its decision is based on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. What about Canada being founded under the supremacy of God? According to the Bible, murder is clearly against God’s law.

I do not believe the people of Canada favour doctor-assisted suicide, if palliative care with effective pain control is available. I hear stories coming out of Europe about sick and elderly people being put

to death with the flimsiest of evidence that this law was their wish.

Would the same thing happen here? Of course, dead people cannot talk.

The Supreme Court rules that it is not only people with a terminal illness, but also people who fear “lingering, helpless death” that can be put to death with the help of a doctor.

To base this decision the Supreme Court appears to have sampled opinions, which means they are making laws, and that is parliament’s job. Therefore the “not withstanding” clause should be used to overturn this court order.

Because governments have always shied away from using this tool, it is now time for the people of Canada to speak up. We should circulate a petition for the right to have a referendum across Canada on this and other issues that governments have been reluctant to deal with. If we had the signature of 10 per cent of the people asking for such a referendum, it would be difficult for the federal government to not allow it.

Svend Serup Prince George

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Editor: We, the Northern British Columbia Dental Hygienists Society are writing this letter in response to the CNC executive’s recommendation to suspend the dental assisting and dental hygiene programs. Like many others who heard this news, we were stunned by such a thought. These programs have brought much needed oral health education and employment to the north. As a society of more than 140 dental hygiene members from the north, almost all of us were educated at CNC over the past 28 years.

Most of us are also employed in northern dental offices along with dental assistants whom were also educated at CNC. We have seen that individuals trained in the north stay in the north. In an effort to attract and keep dental professionals working in the north, sending students south for their education does not make sense. This will substantially change the employment pool for dentists in the north. It doesn’t make sense to suspend any educational programs that have full intakes each year and whose graduates are employed, at wages that contribute greatly to the economy in the north.

We have heard that the executives have said that the CNC dental clinic requires substantial upgrades to continue operation. We believe this is very untrue. Firstly, we know that many students along with faculty and staff did extensive fundraising on their own this past winter to upgrade the clinic with computers for digital capabilities, charting, and patient scheduling. We understand that this goal was met and as such these computers are scheduled to be installed for the next class intake. It would be a shame now to suspend these programs when they have this upgrade set to go. Secondly, we know that these programs recently received a seven-year accreditation. This also would not be possible if the clinic was outdated and the students’ clinical education did not meet their standards.

As graduates from the CNC dental hygiene program we know the rigor of this program and the high standards that this program demands. This program meets the national competencies and as such its graduates have achieved a 100% pass rate on the national board exam.

It seems like things do not add up. If a budget deficit is the problem that CNC executives are facing, then they need to look at different ways of making up this deficit. Approaching the Minister of Advanced Education for additional funding could be a start. Perhaps they should be actively seeking additional funding sources. The idea of suspending these valued programs with no concrete plan in place for reopening needs to be reconsidered. There are always options, and alternative options need to be explored before suspending these programs.

Pammy Pawar on behalf of the Northern British Columbia Dental Hygienists Society

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Bullying can have long-term effects Paul Strickland Special to Free Press In recent years, school authorities and many members of the general public have paid more attention to bullying in and around schools, and have demanded action. Anti-bullying policies have been put into effect. It is less clear whether as much has been done in the corporate and administrative worlds, especially in this era of downsizing.

Still, there has been some progress during the past 15 years.

Yet there continues to be a strong undercurrent of Western North American machismo and also a conservative religious view that the experience of being bullied prepares boys for the real world of intense competition in a business environment or for the hard knocks suffered during basic training in the military.

People subscribing to these beliefs contend that bullies are a necessary evil because they perform the essential function of separating the men from the boys, or help turn boys into men.

The adage “adversity builds character” is often

the religious justification for such ideas. In Romans 5: 3-4, St. Paul says “. . . we know that suffering produces perseverance, [and] perseverance, character.”

Friedrich Nietzsche, antiChristian but the son of a Lutheran pastor, essentially took St. Paul’s view one step further when he wrote, “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.”

To make reference to personal experience, while I was walking home during the first week of Grade 9 [not at a school in this province], I was set upon by two beefy bullies who soon had me on the ground pounding my head against the concrete of the sidewalk. The mother of another student stopped her car and ordered an end to the attack. “You two are both way bigger than him,” she said. “Get off him and leave right now.”

The attackers probably each weighed 160 pounds or more. I had skipped Grade 3, and at around 110 pounds I was thinner and smaller than most Grade 9 students.

I don’t know what drew the bullies’ attention, whether it was my thinness or a small soft-leather briefcase I was carrying.

If the attack had contin-

ued, I would have certainly gotten a concussion or even suffered brain damage.

What would the residual effects of concussion or brain damage caused by these bullies done to help me compete more effectively in adult life, in a hostile business world or bear up better during basic training? How did this bullying incident promote strength and development of character? (About five months after this attack, four high school students in the same city beat another student senseless, causing him permanent, disabling brain damage.)

I found out that after attacks by bullies in school that the victim is often blamed, disbelieved or held responsible for some of the circumstances of the attack.

He is questioned skeptically by relatives, teachers and school administrators. He is subjected to questions like “What did you do to make him angry?” or “What was it that you did that attracted their attention?”

In their submission to B.C.’s MLA Task Force to Help Improve School Safety, members of Quesnel School District No. 28 said, “much of the unacceptable behav-

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iour is covert and is often performed by the perpetrator when staff members are not in the vicinity. Usually the activity takes place out of class time – before school, at recess, lunch or after school.”

It’s often overlooked that many men and male teens experience bullying and physical assaults they did nothing to attract. Boys are

often set upon by bullies for reasons that they often don’t understand.

Because of bullying, some students experience lifelong psychological damage from their years in middle school or junior secondary school. Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner, child development specialist at Cornell University, once told a U.S. Senate committee that “the junior

high years are probably the most critical to the development of a child’s mental health.”

Much progress has been made. Many of the recommendations of B.C.’s safe schools task force were taken to heart, and the atmosphere has improved in many schools. But much remains to be done – and in the adult work world, too.

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Facing the truth of senior abuse nadian census, there are over 21,000 individuals aged 55 or older in Prince George. Applying the World Health Organization’s lowest estimate (four per cent) to that number suggests around 844 Prince George seniors have experienced some form of abuse in their homes.

How can that be possible? How could that many of our friends, neighbours and loved ones have such horrible experiences without an enormous public outcry? Remember, the number of cases reported may be like icebergs where more is hidden than what we actually see.

Is it possible that the average person – senior or senior-in-training – is not aware of what elder abuse is?

Loal-Dawn Fennell P.G. Council of Seniors The horror of elder abuse recently popped its ugly head up in our office.

It’s hard to hear about and even harder to witness – especially when the victim is a fragile senior in our community. Elder abuse seldom seems to catch public attention or go viral on social media in the same way child abuse or even animal abuse does. Why is that?

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Seniors is planning an entire week of activities in recognition of that important day. Watch for details in the coming months.

In the meantime, here are some things, as suggested by the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), that anyone can do to prevent elder abuse: • Call or visit an elderly neighbour or loved one and ask how he or she is doing.

Maintaining communication helps decrease isolation.

• Provide a respite break for a caregiver.

• Ask your bank or credit union manager to train tellers on how to detect elder financial abuse.

• Ask your doctor to ask you and all other senior patients about possible family violence in their lives • Ask your religious congregation’s leader to give a talk about elder abuse at a service, or to put a message about elder abuse in the service bulletin.

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Abuse may take many different forms, including physical, psychological, sexual, and neglect. Seniors are particularly vulnerable to financial abuse where others make improper use of their finances or resources, and financial abuse seldom happens without accompanying psychological abuse.

What are the risk factors for elder abuse?

There are many. In some cases, strained family relationships worsen with the stress and frustration of caring for increasingly dependent elders until abuse occurs. Seniors isolated because of physical changes or loss of friends and social networks are at a significantly higher risk of mistreatment. Culturally, we tend to view seniors as frail, weak, dependent, and in need of management, thus setting the scene for seniors to see themselves as powerless. And who do bullies pick on? The powerless.

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• Send a letter to your local media suggesting that they cover World Elder Abuse Awareness Day • Help raise awareness by talking about this issue.

Don’t forget that seniors (age 55 or older) can access income tax preparation at the Seniors Resource Centre – 721 Victoria St. -– Monday and Wednesday mornings between 10 and 11:30 a.m. This service is limited to individuals with income below $30,000, or couples with income below $40,000. Volunteers do not prepare returns for deceased persons, bankrupt individuals, self-employed individuals, or anyone reporting capital gains or losses, employment expenses, or business rental income or expenses. This free service will be available until the end of April.

Lola-Dawn Fennell is a young-at-heart grandmother, UNBC graduate, and general manager of the Prince George Council of Seniors.

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Featuring vocalist Marie Moore accompanied by Glen Callieou on guitar and the Synergy School Hand Bell Choir. Admission is $10 adult, children five to 12 years $5. Tickets are available at ECRA office and at the door.

Hard of hearing headsets available. Refreshments served after the show.

kids’ fair As part of Snow Daze Mardi Gras of Winter events on March 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is Wendy’s Kids Fun Fair.

Theme is Disney so come dressed as your favourite character. Entrance is free, food and game tickets 50 cents. Games, face-painting, crafts and more.

alex cuba Juno and Latin Grammy award winning artist Alex Cuba is coming back to Prince George to perform at Artspace on Wednesday, April 1. Show starts at 8 p.m. He will be launching his new album Healer and he would love to have his fans come out to help him celebrate.

Tickets for the event are $25. Check out and share the Facebook Event: Alex Cuba CD Release Party at Artspace.

john fogerty Legendary rock artist John Fogerty returns to play CN Centre on Sunday, July 26 when he will be performing the songs of Credence Clearwater Revival during one of the band’s extraordinary years – 1969. Tickets for the Fogerty concert go on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets including the CN centre ticket office on Friday, March 27 at 10 a.m.

Gladys McKay lives through pain Senior finds renewed joy in life – and inspires other people There are many stories that come to the Free Press which show triumph over adversity, and, as reporters, we never fail to be inspired by them and we hope readers will be as well.

Gladys McKay has lived in Prince George since 1952 when sidewalks downtown were still made of wooden planks, and when the hospital was located in the old army barracks.

She remembers harsh winters back then with temperatures that dipped to 45 degrees below and with “snow so high that you couldn’t see out our windows.”

Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Looking back over her 90 years of life, most of it spent in Prince George, Gladys McKay is as amazed as anyone who knows her how much personal tragedy she has overcome.

There is no rule book, she says, which helps guides people through life or gives them the willpower to carry on as she did after losing her teenaged daughter in a car crash in the summer of 1971 – then, two months later, burying her husband.

Both incidents came without warning, she said.

“We were playing cards with our neighbours, my husband was dealing cards, and he just fell over onto the floor. He’d had a stroke.

He got over that first one not too badly but then he had other strokes – after the last one he couldn’t walk and ended up in a wheelchair.”

The couple had been living in a little house located in a rural setting on the Old Quesnel Highway.

It had no indoor plumbing and after her husband’s stroke, McKay decided they should move into the city so she could better take care of him.

“I looked after my husband at home for four years. He could no longer work, he’d been a labourer but hed been injured in an accident. After that he started to have pain in his right hand so the doctor gave him painkillers.

“One day, the tip of his

finger went black and fell off and we found out he had gangrene.”

Surgeons had to remove all four fingers (they left the thumb intact), said McKay. “They taught him how to use his hand again but when he came home he was struggling even to put on his shirt. They told me not to help him, so he’d learn to let him do it himself. But I felt he’d been through too much already so I helped him.”

Little did she know her life was going to be turned upside down again.

“I had two children, a boy and a girl. As soon as she was out of high school, my daughter Fern went to work for B.C. Tel. We had just bought a new car together now that she was earning money.

“Fern was helping us out with our expenses to help us make ends meet. She’d always been a good daughter growing up and never gave us any problems.”

Fern was 19 years old when she made the fateful decision in July 1971 to join her friends for a day at the lake.

“It was a nice day in July.

Fern asked me if I minded if she used the car so she and her boyfriend could go out to Bear Lake with some friends. And I said yes.”

That was the last time McKay would see her daughter alive.

“At that time the highway wasn’t in so you had to go

by Summit Lake. Fern was on her way home and there was a driver on his way to Mackenzie and he didn’t make the turn and hit her vehicle. Fern was the only one killed. Her boyfriend had some injuries.

“I lost half my life that day but I had to go on because I still had my son Herman – and I loved both my children to death.”

To this day, her son, who lives in the Lower Mainland, phones once a week and, along with his wife, visits McKay and helps her with household chores.

“They came in and wallpapered my cupboards and did spring cleaning,” said McKay, who’s lived in the same apartment block in Prince George for 28 years.

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Gladys McKay, 90, uses her limited vision to look at old black and white photographs of her late daughter, Fern, and her son Herman when they were children.

On the left are photographs of her grandson as a young boy.

These days, despite glaucoma which is slowly robbing her of sight and a “bad leg” which prevents her from walking any distance, McKay says she likes to “keep busy and keep moving.”

It’s important in later years especially, she says, to socialize with friends and other seniors and join in their activities.

Recently she went for an outing at the first Pioneers and Pancakes Seniors’ Ap-

preciation breakfast at Pine Centre Mall.

She likes company but that doesn’t mean that she’s in any hurry to move into a seniors’ residence.

“I like my independence,” she says, smiling.

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Bond suggests Holi be expanded Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Should the idea of Prince GeorgeValemount MLA Shirley Bond be followed, in future years we could be celebrating Holi (Festival of Colours) in a much bigger way, by singing and dancing in the streets of downtown.

Bond was a guest at the Happy Holi celebrations hosted by the Prince George Hindu Society Satur-

day at the Day's Inn. She told guests that in her research of the festival, she found out that Holi is about putting negative things behind you, forgiving others and moving forward. She suggested that "the city, the province – the whole world" could stand to use this sentiments of the festival (with its meaning) and usher in the celebration by "bringing the colour, music and dancing into the streets."

Her suggestion was met with applause from the audience.

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Mina Bhandari (left) and Madhu Singh carry a tray with hot pink powders to put on the faces of participating guests at Holi (Festival of Colours) celebrations on Saturday at Days Inn. When the colours go on, tradition has it that gripes and grievances go away, replaced by love and forgiveness of others.

Holi is a spring festival which began as an ancient Hindu religious festival. Baljit Sethi, executive director of Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society, was on hand Saturday to explain how the traditional Holi was celebrated when she was a child growing up in her native India. They had fun, she said, noting that kind of mischief

would be frowned upon today.

"In India I remember we had a big bucket of colours and we would go over to our friends' houses and they would run away and hide – but we would find them and then put all the colours on them. Then they would come and join us in our singing and dancing."

Traditionally, the festival

continued for a few days, said Sethi.

The vibrant colours are meant to signify the coming of spring but even more importantly perhaps, the festival is one of friendship, love and forgiveness, she said, adding that Holi is an opportunity for people to set aside their differences.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Mr. Prince George Pageant 2015 winner Chris Holmes, Mr. Hunter (centre), is joined by runner-up Larry Townsend, Mr. Rail Conductor, and Mr. Congeniality, Tim Thompson, Mr. Curling for a photo opportunity at the Railway and Forestry Museum on Wednesday.

The event is part of Mardi Gras Snow Daze.

This year, Mr. P.G. contestents portrayed the history of sports and culture in celebration of our city’s 100th birthday. Holmes was awarded the Mr. P.G. title on Friday; other candidates included Alex McIntosh, Lewis MacDonald, Brian Wich, and Selen Alpay.

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That’s Windborn, Crawford Bay native Jeff Pike’s one man band with a full band sound. And he’s bringing friends Goodnightmare, Crones and Sean Wesley Wood for a show Sunday, March 29 at 7 p.m. at Artspace.

Tickets are $10 in advance available at Books and Company and at the door for $12.

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Jacob returning to national stage Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Violinist Gabrielle Jacob leaves June 21 to join the National Youth Orchestra Canada for a summer training session and concert tour.

This is the Duchess Park Grade 12 student’s second time (the first was in 2014) being chosen to become part of a 100-strong professional training orchestra for emerging artists.

“I’m very proud to be a part of this,” said Jacob. “Being accepted into the NYOC means you can learn so much more and see so much more of the music world. I learned a lot from my peers and the conductor last time – and this time we’ll be playing a whole new repertoire. It’s such a gift to play in huge concert halls and with such a large orchestra and to get to perform in front of big audiences, playing in different venues with their different acoustics.”

This year, 28 violinists from across Canada were accepted out of the 500 musicians who auditioned to be part of NYOC

2015, she said.

“To audition, you make a video of your performance and put it on YouTube – you have to do it in one take. I heard in February that I’d been accepted.”

Musicians aged 16 to 28 are eligible to compete. Jacob, who is 17, is already excited about her plans for her summer orchestra experience.

“We start at the University of Kitchener,” she said. “We rehearse for the first few weeks, working in smaller groups on chamber music. Then we spend two and a half weeks with the entire orchestra. During the final week, the conductor comes in to work with us and then we go on a two-week tour of [Canadian] cities. We will be performing at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, so that’s very exciting.”

The NYOC tour includes stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Kelowna and Vancouver. They will record a CD at McGill University.

Jacob is well known in Prince George for her beautiful violin playing (her mother Carolyn Jacob is a violin teacher) and

she often performs at community special events as well as with the local orchestra.

“I started as a ‘side-by-side’ player (mentoring program) with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra. Now I’m a community player with the PGSO. I also played with the Northern Orchestra with conductor Gordon Lucas. My teacher, Nancy Di Novo, helped prepare me for the auditions,” she said.

Next year, Jacob plans on entering University of Northern British Columbia and then she will apply to the Northern Medical Program. She hopes to become a doctor living in the North and perhaps playing in a chamber group.

Founded in 1960, the NYOC was created by Maestro Walter Susskind and has since evolved into Canada’s foremost orchestral finishing school providing a comprehensive training program, concert tour and recording session for young classical musicians, with no tuition required.

For more information about the orchestra and its programs, visit www.NYOC.org.

Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Gabrielle Jacob plays sweet violin music during the Charar Shanbeh Soori (Festival of Fire) celebrations held outside Zaffron Cuisine restaurant earlier this month.

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Spencer rebuilds Everest piece Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com Artist Jeannette Spencer cringes as she tells her tale of mystery and intrigue.

“I know it sounds unbelievable but it happened. It’s such a strange twist of fate.”

Spencer is referring to the made-for-Hollywood background story of how her original stained glass piece “Everest Reborn” came to be recreated and installed at the Rebirth group exhibition at the Rustad Galleria.

In January, Spencer answered a call for artists put out by Two Rivers Gallery.

The theme of the exhibit was Earthly and Spencer decided to do a stained glass piece of the most earthy subject she could think of: Earth’s highest mountain (at 29,035 feet high) Mount Everest.

She had no connection with the mountain range whose summit borders on Nepal to the south and China to the north.

She’s not a mountain climber and had never even visited the area.

“I didn’t know anything about Mount Everest but I

did all the research, it was very time consuming but I wanted to get it right.

I looked at photographs and chose a side of the mountain that I liked best and started work on the piece. I called it Elements of Everest and, when I was finished, I submitted it.

“There were lots of entries and I got a letter from the assistant curator telling me mine wasn’t accepted. I was disappointed but I put it away and forgot about it.”

On April 18, Spencer’s thoughts turned once again to the piece she’d put away from sight – and out of her mind.

“I was watching the news unfold about an avalanche on Mount Everest which had claimed the lives of 16 (some accounts say the number was 13) Nepalese Sherpa guides – making it the deadliest disaster in Everest’s history.”

Spencer said chills went up her spine. She retrieved her “rejected” piece and set it up to compare it with the maps being shown on T.V. of exactly where the disaster had taken place.

The artist was stunned to discover that the side she had represented in her

piece was the Nepal side where so many people had lost their lives.

Far from just uncanny, Spencer said the news left her feeling “shaken,” and she finally understood her connection with Mount Everest. However the strangest part was yet to come.

“I was just sitting there on the couch, looking from my piece to the news images, comparing it to maps they had on the screen when the piece suddenly slid forward, then fell over onto the floor and shattered,” said Spencer.

“When I went over, I saw the only thing left was the landscape at the bottom. It was so eerie.

“I couldn’t believe it.”

There was nothing to explain why it had fallen, said Spencer, because she had placed there securely.

She calls it her “shock and awe” moment.

“It defies any logical explanation. The nature of stained glass is that you do get breakages – but not like that. It was completely shattered.”

For a while, Spencer mulled over whether or not she should try to “rebuild” it.

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Artist Jeannette Spencer with her work Everest Reborn. The stained glass work, which is showing in the group exhibit Rebirth on display at Rustad Gallery in Two Rivers Gallery, has its own amazing story of rebirth.

“Then I thought, these men (who died) have no chance to rebuild their lives but I have the chance to make the piece whole again.”

So she picked up the pieces, literally, using what few bits she could to restore the piece but basically had to start all over again.

Now Everest Reborn hangs on the wall at Rustad Galleria.

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“The new piece that I made for Rebirth is dedicated to the upcoming anniversary (April 18) of the Mount Everest disaster,” said Spencer.

“This strong connection of circumstances gave me

every reason to pick up the pieces,” she says in her artist’s statement.

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For Paul Raines, it’s a taxing job and helped by preserving benefits and other financial entitlements for filers as well as providing peace of mind for individuals in meeting their tax filing obligations.

The objective of the program is to help eligible individuals who are not able to prepare their income tax and benefit returns by themselves.

A listing of all volunteer tax preparation clinics in the Prince George area can be found on the Canada Revenue Agency website at the following link: www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/vlntr/clncs/ princegeorge-bc-eng.html.

Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com We may be moving towards an increasingly paperless society in which – at this time of year – e-filing tax returns is commonplace.

However, on Wednesday at the Salvation Army location, Paul Raines is happy to be amid piles of paper, helping seniors and others with low earnings – and lots of questions – fill out their income tax returns. Raines is one of 16,000 volunteers in Canada who annually support the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP).

“When I retired from teaching 10 years ago (he was a principal and vice-principal for School District 57 for several years) I decided I wanted to do only things I really enjoyed so that meant working with the Special Olympics, coaching my favourite sport, lacrosse, and I wanted to do this (tax returns for people.).

I had the accounting background and I think it’s nice to help people,” said Raines.

He likes volunteering and helping people and notes the CVITP program is a very necessary service because those on low incomes can’t afford to pay to get their taxes done – and so might put off filing their income taxes – often, people aren’t even aware of some of the tax “breaks” or savings incentives for which they are eligible.

“Some people don’t know they can get the guaranteed income supplements for seniors (over 65

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Francisca Leeson talks taxes with longtime volunteer Paul Raines on Wednesday at the Salvation Army location. Raines, a retired teacher and principal with School District 57, is participating in the free community income tax preparation program.

years of age) or even that they need to apply for old age security pensions.

“I work at AiMHi (Prince George Association for Community Living) as well and one of the rewards for me in doing this is being able to tell people what they are entitled to when it comes to things like disability tax credits and government savings plans they can enrol in.”

At the Salvation Army location, Raines says he and two other volunteers have completed between 80 and 100 tax returns in the past month.

Since he began with the program in 2005, Raines has worked at several other locations around Prince George.

He encourages people to check and find out what locations are nearest for them. The deadline is April 30 to file income tax with

the community-based outreach program. There are income restrictions, ($30,000 maximum for single people, $40,000 for a couple, etc.).

Also the tax returns must be “straight forward.”

“We are all trained by Revenue Canada through webinars that teach us about tax returns and any particular things we need to know about tax exemptions of rules that apply to groups like seniors, First Nations and new Canadians.”

The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program has been in existence since 1971 and Canadians have volunteered their time and effort individually or while working with organizations to help people in their communities.

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Datebook www.pgfreepress.com Friday Bridge, Fridays, 1 p.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.

Mini Bingo, Fridays, 1:30 p.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.

Meat draw, Fridays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Whist, Fridays, 7 p.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.

Crown Market,

“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Canadian Cancer Society Mar 27 – Apr 18 Seeking helpers for the Daffodil Campaign. 2 hour shifts selling daffodil flowers and pins weekends between March 27 - April 18. Nancy 250-645-2368 Salvation Army Community Services NEW LOCATION at 3500 - 18th Ave. Food Bank, Thrift Store, Electronics Recycling, Return-It & Donation Centre. To volunteer, Sharon 250-564-4000 NBC Centre for Skating March 27 5th Annual Ice Show Fri, March 27 at 6 pm at the Coliseum, by donation.

Presented by the Northern BC Centre for Skating.

Rory 250-962-1993 For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-profit organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

250-564-0224 www.volunteerpg.com

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.

Saturday Dance to Special Delivery, March 28, 8 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Easter bazaar, March 28, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church (Vanier and Massey).

Information: Rose Marie 250-564-3577.

A Shelter in Life’s Storms, March 28, 7 p.m., ECRA,1692 10th Ave. Concert by ECRA Gospel Singers. Tickets at office and at door.

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.

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Welcome Wagon has information and gifts to present on these occasions.

Visits are done by appointment Northern Region & Surrounding Area Call: 1.844.299.2466 www.welcomewagon.ca

A Shelter in Life’s Storms, March 29, 2 p.m., ECRA,1692 10th Ave. Concert by ECRA Gospel Singers. Tickets at office and at door.

Sunrise Ridge Senior Housing meeting, March 29, 2 p.m., Pineview Hall.

Information: 250-9637056.

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. Crown Market, Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

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Monday Canasta, 7 p.m., March 30, Hart Pioneer Centre.

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

Canasta, Mondays, 1 p.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.

Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Bean bag toss, Mondays, 2 p.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.

Tuesday Line dancing, Tuesdays, 9 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.

Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Cribbage, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre.

Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays, 7:158;45 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250962-6876 or sarah@ kmcvancouver.org.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-5611685.

Sweet Adelines women’s four-part chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880.

New members welcome.

Information: Kathy 250563-5170.

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. Information: Jessie 250-613-5933.

Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. TOPS meets Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.,

Rolling Mix Concrete is celebrating 50 years in business. The long-time Prince George business hosted a well-attended open house at their Foothills Boulevard location on Friday.

Proud to recognize those who give in our community.

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Best 2065 - 1st Ave. • 250-563-0883 Auto Body Shop! www.csninc.ca AiMHi, 950 Kerry St. Information: Dianne 250-964-6072, Faye 778416-0908.

CNC Retirees meet last Wednesday of the month, 9 a.m., D’Lanos.

Information: Lois 250563-6928.

Thursday Bingo, April 2, 12:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Whist, April 2, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Tai Chi, Thursday, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-9643849.

Central Interior Darts Club, meets Thursday, 6:30 p.m., P.G. Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave. Crown Market, Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Bridge, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors’ Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: 250-5636450.

Little Artists, Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. 250-6140684.

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.

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

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 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.

Al-Anon New Hope AFG meets Fridays,

1:15-2:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 483 Gillett St. Information: 250-561-3244.

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, 7-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-5613244.

Al-Anon Mustard Seed AFG meets Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Anglican Church, 1505 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

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

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Information: George 250-964-7907.

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

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

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: Barb Friesen 250-564-6288 or e-mail iquiltbarb@gmail.com.

Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1500 Edmonton St. 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.

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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Northern Cougars win league title Back-to-back shutouts by Roberts send team to Alberta for next round Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Kelsey Roberts kept turning around Sunday afternoon to look at the game clock in Kin 2.

“I was hoping the time would go quicker,” said the goalie for the Northern Cougars, as they faced the Fraser Valley Phantoms in the deciding game in the Female Midget AAA provincial championship series..

The last time she turned around, there were 3.6 seconds showing, and she had just come back to the net from a timeout.

The other numbers on the scoreboard were just as important: Home 1 Visitor 0.

“We just wanted to make sure we won the faceoff,” Roberts said after the Cougars did just that and hung on for the 1-0 win and the league title.

Then came the on-ice celebration, as the rest of the team rushed the net.

“Obviously, we were all pretty excited,” she said of disappearing under a pile of her teammates. “This was what we had been working for all year.”

The final game followed the same script as the first two games in the final series, but shorter. The Phantoms won the first game 2-1 in double overtime, before the Cougars won the second game 1-0 in triple overtime. Cougars coach Mario Desjardins said the series played out the way he

figured it would – sort of.

“I expected an overtime game at some point, but not double and triple. It was a pretty stressful weekend for the players, the coaches and the fans.”

When that final faceoff came to the left of Roberts, Desjardins felt fairly confident.

“We had been doing a good job on faceoffs all game. I told the girls in the timeout, ‘Win the draw, and shoot the puck down the ice if you can’.”

Roberts had been splitting time in the Cougars net most of the season, but Desjardins and the rest of the coaching staff decided before the final series to give her the full load.

“Kelsey is really on her game now. She needs to be our best player.”

And Roberts repaid that trust with the back-to-back shutouts. In Sunday’s final, she said, it seemed to come easy.

“Everything was kind of hitting me,” she said. “I was able to get good angles, and my teammates were a big part of it. They made sure I could see the shots coming and that there was nobody in front of the net.”

Now, the Cougars face something a little unusual – games on the road. Roberts has to think for a second when asked when their last road games were.

“I guess it was the least games of the regular season, back at the beginning of February.”

That will change next

Allan WISHART/Free Press Somewhere in that group of Northern Cougars is goalie Kelsey Roberts, who backstopped them to a 1-0 win over the Fraser Valley Phantoms on Sunday afternoon at Kin 2. The win gave the Cougars the B.C. Female Midget League title, as they downed the Phantoms two games to one in the final series. The Phantoms won game one 2-1 in double overtime before the Cougars tied the series with a 1-0 win in triple overtime.

weekend, as the Cougars head to Alberta to face an Edmonton team for the Pacific title and the right to play in the Canadian championships in Red Deer.

“I was actually kind of hoping Red Deer won the

Alberta title,” Desjardins said, “because then we would have been guaranteed a spot in the Canadians.”

Now, while he knows who they will be playing, he isn’t sure where.

“The last I heard, they were having trouble finding ice time in Edmonton for the Easter weekend, so they may be looking to play the games in some place like St Albert.”

Roberts says they know

a little something about the Edmonton team they’ll be facing.

“We played them twice at a tournament in Fraser Valley. We tied them in the round robin, then they beat us 5-3 in the semifinal.”

Cougars take advantage of time off before starting playoffs in Victoria Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Mark Holick isn’t sure how more there is to learn about the Victoria Royals.

“We played them enough this year,” the coach of the Prince George Cougars says of their opponents in the first round the WHL playoffs. “We’re going to prepare like it’s a regular game.”

The Cougars clinched third place in the B.C. Division of the Western Conference last Friday with a 3-1 win over the Kamloops Blazers.

“It was nice to win that game Friday,” Holick said. “You don’t want to be in a onegame, winner-take-all situation.”

As it was, the Cougars were able to rest

several players for Saturday’s regularseason finale, a 5-2 loss to the Blazers in Kamloops. Although the Blazers won that game, they missed the playoffs when the Tri-Amercians picked up enough points on the weekend to claim the second wild-card spot.

With the playoff opener set for tonight (Friday) in Victoria, Holick said the coaches were taking a slower approach to practices this week.

“We took Sunday off, then had a good practice on Monday, We take off Tuesday and get to Vancouver. We’ll have a skate Wednesday in Vancouver, then head over to the Island.”

The Cougars play in Victoria tonight and Saturday, then come back to the CN Centre for games April 1 and 2.

“It’s nice to have those extra couple of days off before we play here again,” Holick said, “because if the series goes long, it gets pretty busy. It’s a long trip between here and Victoria, and we need to take care of the guys.”

Holick says the key to success in the playoffs is straightforward, and one the Cougars have been putting into practice for the past several weeks.

“We’ve had to be more disciplined and not take needless penalties. You’re not going to win in the playoffs sitting in the penalty box.”

Game 5, if needed, would be in Victoria on April 4, with Game 6 at the CN Centre on April 6 and a final Game 7 set for Victoria on April 8.

Year-end Awards

Before the game Friday, the Cougars handed out eight new awards for the top players on this year’s squad.

Jared Bethune received the Brett Connolly Award as the rookie of the year; Shane Collins received the Dr. Jeff Zorn Award as the scholastic player of the year; Ty Edmonds received the Chris Mason Award for the most 3 Star Selection points; Chase Witala won the Dorothy Johnson memorial as the fan favourite; Zach Pochiro received the Troy Bourke Award as offensive player of the year; Sam Ruopp received the Eric Brewer Award as the defensive player of the year; Tyler Mrkonjic won the Michael Fogolin Memorial as the players’ award; and Jansen Harkins won the Dan Hamhuis Award as the most valuable player.

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Gold medallist here Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com Richard Peter brought some mementoes of his basketball career to the Centre for Learning Alternatives (CLA) in Prince George last week.

“That’s the gold medal we won in London,” he said, passing the medal to the students he was talking to. “You know how the Olympic medals have the five rings on them? The Paralympic ones have what I call the ‘nike swooshes’.

“And if you run your fingers over it, you can feel some raised bumps. That’s Braille, for the athletes who are blind.”

As a member of the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team, Peter has collected four Olympic medals, three gold and one silver.

“The women’s program in Canada just dominated in the world in the early 90s,” he told the students. “The men’s team wanted to match what they were doing.”

Peter was at the CLA, the former John McInnis Junior Secondary, to talk to the students about how disabled and able-bodied athletes could work together in sports.

“I’ve been in a wheelchair since I was four years old. I was run over by a bus. It only broke two bones – my hip and my spine. I can stand for a second or two, but most of the time, I’m in the chair.”

He was living on Vancouver Island at the time, but realized if he wanted to play wheelchair

Allan WISHART/Free Press Wheelchair basketball player Richard Peter speaks to a group of students at the Centre for Learning Alternatives on March 19, while another group waits to get back into a dodgeball game.

basketball at a higher level he would have to move to Vancouver, so he did. The decision paid off.

“I was a member of the men’s national team for about 20 years.

I retired after the Paralympics in 2012 in London.”

He talked to the students about the different kinds of wheelchairs available, with Prince George wheelchair basketball player Avril Harris acting as the demonstrator.

“You can see how the wheels on Avril’s chair are cambered, they’re tilted in. That makes it easier to turn in a hurry. There’s also a caster wheel on the back of his chair, so he can lean back a lot further than I could without falling over.”

Peter works at a rehab centre in Vancouver, and has a recent local connection with Prince George.

“Trent Seymour, who some of

you probably know, was down at the centre where I work, and I got the chance to meet him and work with him. Hopefully, we can get him on the basketball court with us soon.”

As the students decided to try their hand at wheelchair dodgeball, Peter said he thought it was important to spread the message about wheelchair sports not being just for the disabled.

“It’s good for everybody to give this a try,” he said. “We need more participation, and that’s one of the things I’m trying to do with these talks is to get more people out and giving it a try.”

If basketball doesn’t sound like your sport, Peter says there are a lot of other wheelchair sports available.

“I tried them all. I played tennis, racquetball, badminton.

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Northstars third in own derby event Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com The day after the Northern Exposure tournament ended, Pandamonia is still feeling the effects.

“I’m tired and sore,” says Pandamonia (also known as Amanda Vliegenthart), a member of the Rated PG Northstars. “It was a very emotional weekend.”

The Northstars hosted the seven-team tournament at the Roll-a-Dome and came in third, losing the A final to Kamloops and then being eliminated by Saskatoon.

“It was good to get through to the A final,” Pandamonia says, “because it gave us that one game off to get some rest before we had to skate again.”

She’s one of the newer members of the team, only having played in bouts for about a year.

“I started the Fresh Meat program in September 2013,” she says, “and was benchmarked in March 2014. I played a few games with the house team, and I sort of jammed a bit, but on the Northstars, I’m a blocker.

“I want to be a jammer, but I know I have to earn my spot on the team. I have to

learn to jibe with the rest of the team.”

What makes it easier to spend some time in the pack as a blocker is something she realized fairly quickly after moving up to the Northstars.

“I’m so glad for the jammers we have. I learn a lot just watching them on the track.”

Pandamonia had been interested in getting into roller derby for a few years, but, “When I asked about it, they basically said, ‘You’re too small’, so I let it go for a while.”

Then, walking through Pine Centre Mall with her family, she saw a booth for the Rated PG Rollergirls, with one of the skaters holding a skate.

“I said, ‘I want to try that,’ and I convinced my husband to let me try out for the team and the Fresh Meat program.

“I loved it.”

The first three games for the Northstars this weekend were against Grande Prairie, Saskatoon and Kamloops, three solid teams.

“This was the first time I had really played any of them. I played Kamloops at Chilliwack, but that was

Allan WISHART/Free Press It was a hard-hitting affair between the Rated PG Northstars in orange and the Tournament City Derby Dolls from Kamloops during the Northern Exposure tournament at the Roll-a-Dome on the weekend. Tournament City won this match and downed Saskatoon for the title.

more of a fun tournament, so I didn’t think of it as a real game against them.”

She likes being with the Northstars for the team’s general attitude, which can sometimes surprise other teams.

“We’re really fun and friendly. In the match against Saskatoon, one of their girls was obviously having a bad day and she was crying, so we went out to give her and the rest of the team a group hug.

“You could see some of the Saskatoon players going, ‘What is going on here?’”

To get in some more track time, Pandamonia has been skating with the house team for Rated PG as well, which means she’ll be back on the

track on April 4 when they host Gold Pain City from Quesnel at the Roll-a-Dome.

“My sister plays for Quesnel,” she says, “so there’s probably going to be some family rivalry stuff happening.”

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Chantal ready to skate and coach Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com For Chantal Pazdzierski-Litke, this week has been a little crazy.

“We’ve got the ice show coming up, so I’m

working on my part in that,” says Pazdzierski-Litke of To the Tune of Sport, which takes to the ice tonight (Friday) at 6 p.m. at the Coliseum. “I’m also coaching some of the junior skaters in the show, and we’ve got a test day on Saturday.”

Pazdzierski-Litke can’t count how many years she’s been skating, and added coaching to her list about three years ago.

“It was a one-day decision,” she says. “I hadn’t really thought about it much while I was just skating. It can be pretty time-consuming, especially for the full-time coaches at the club.”

This is the first time Pazdzierski-Litke will be coaching and performing in the show put on by the Northern B.C. Centre for Skating.

“I’m not worried about the junior skaters,” she says with a smile. “It’s a really fun thing for them, and even though you hope nothing happens, if one of them falls, it’s not a big thing.”

Pazdzierski-Litke will be skating with some of the other senior skaters to a Shakira song during the show, and says there’s quite a mix of music.

“The junior girls are skating to Cotton-Eye Joe. It’s a real mix. We had actually been training in our routine for about a week before (head coach) Rory (Allen) let us hear the music.”

She says she looks forward to the ice show because it’s a break from routine.

“We don’t get a chance to perform like this in front of friends and family very often, and we hardly ever get the chance to perform together.”

Pazdzierski-Litke doesn’t see her skating ending any time soon.

“I just started skating and went into CanSkate, then they pulled me out of that for Junior Academy, and I just kept going.

“I’ve always loved it.”

She has one advantage on some of the other skaters in the club, since she knows she’ll be able to see at least two of the routines as she takes part

in them.

“I might be able to sneak a peek at some of the other skaters. It depends so much on the schedule for who’s on the ice when.”

Andrea Ludditt, the centre’s director of competitive development, says there will be close to 100 skaters taking part in the show.

“It’s my job to figure out a theme and then pick the songs we want to use. A lot of the hype this year has been the Canada Winter Games, and I was watching some of the events and heard the music they used, and I thought, ‘That would be a good idea for the show’.”

She agrees with Pazdzierski-Litke that the timing has made it a bit harder than usual to get the show routines down.

“We’ve only had three or three and a half weeks of practice.

We want to keep the numbers ‘crafty’ so the skaters can show the skills they’ve been working on.

“It’s a fun night for

Allan WISHART/Free Press Chantal Pazdzierski-Litke has a busy weekend ahead, as she will be skating in an ice show tonight at the Coliseum, coaching a group of junior skaters in the show, and then taking skating tests tomorrow.

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Spruce Kings looking for new coach after Dupas resignation “It wasn’t a shock. It’s always a tough situation when you’re away from your family for that long. Four and a half years is a long time to be in that situation.”

By the time the Prince George Hawes says there is a good chance Spruce Kings hold their Prospects the team will have hired a new coach Camp on April 10, there may be a by the time the Prospects Camp new head coach watching. starts.

Dave Dupas resigned from the “I’ve kind of overseen the Prosposition on March 20 after four and pects Camp in the past, a half years, and general so it’s not necessary manager Mike Hawes that we have a coach in says there was immediate place, but there’s a very interest. good chance we will.”

“The world has gotThe Prospects Camp ten smaller because of will give the Spruce technology,” Hawes said, Kings executive and “and the hockey world coaching staff a chance is even smaller. Within to look at players who a couple of hours of the will possibly be with the announcement, I was team next season. getting calls and texts “We have 12 players from people interested in RESIGNED DAVE DUPAS eligible to return next the position.” season,” Hawes said. “All 12 would be Dupas resigned to be closer to his key contributors. We have one goalie, family in the Okanagan, and Hawes says it wasn’t a complete surprise. His four defencemen and seven forwards.

“That’s part of my job as general wife and two children had remained manager, to try and make sure we in West Kelowna after he took the have a good nucleus of players comSpruce Kings job partway through ing back” the 2010-11 season.

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Cougars definite undercats Sure, mission was accomplished by earning a playoff spot for the first time in four years, but can the Prince George Cougars win a series for the first time in eight years?

The Victoria Royals are definite favourites in the best of seven Western Conference quarter-final series that begins this weekend on the Island. The Royals had more wins (39-31), more points (8267), more goals for (244222), fewer goals against (219-295), a better power play (sixth at 22 per cent compared to 19th at 15.9 per cent), and a more efficient penalty kill (11th at 80 per cent compared to 22nd at 79.1 per cent).

In addition, Victoria took 311 less penalty minutes HART BEAT HARTLEYMILLER (999 compared to leaguehigh 1310).

The Royals also have a veteran roster with many players who have WHL playoff experience, while the Cats have just five.

Did I mention that Coleman Vollrath of the Royals was a recent CHL Goaltender of the week for the week ending March 15 after posting a 3-0 record with a goals-against-average of 1.00 and a save percentage of .970? Vollrath was also 4-0 this season against P.G. On paper, one could argue that is series is a mismatch, but I have yet to see any team awarded a victory based on stats. In fact, numbers can often be misleading.

The intangibles are on the Cougars side which can close the gap immensely. Victoria has homeice advantage with the so-called better team, which means the pressure is squarely on the Royals. The Royals have not played a “key” game all season.

Victoria was locked into second place in the B.C. dDivision since well before Christmas with virtually no opportunity to move up or down in the standings. They never had to play any of their 72 games with “urgency”.

The Cougars, on the other hand, had little room for error after the awful 12-game slide in January.

They played their best in the last quarter of the season to finish ahead of Tri-City, Kamloops and Vancouver.

Yes, the Cats are battle tested and won their final two home games against Kamloops to be assured of a post-season berth.

If the Royals are really that much better than Prince George, then why did P.G. earn eight points in eight head to head games against Victoria? The last two match-ups are fresh in our minds. March 6, the Cats trailed the Royals 2-0 on home ice late in the second period, yet P.G. pulled out a 4-3 victory.

The next night, March 7, was one of the best games of the season at CN Centre. 5,404 fans watched the Cougars erase a 3-0 deficit before falling 4-3 after 11 rounds of the shootout. The atmosphere was electric with a team record 50-50 jackpot in excess of $67,000, half of which went to the Shelly Mrkonjic ALS fund. It’s hard to gauge the mental effect those games will have on Victoria having blown substan-

tial leads, but it should reinforce to both sides no matter how much the Royals are ahead, no lead is safe.

Player for player Victoria seems stronger, particularly on the back end.

The Cats don’t have a world junior gold medalist like Joe Hicketts (64 points in 62 games), a second team Western Conference all-star. Travis Brown (57 points) and Jack Walker (55 points) are other high-end defencemen.

Up front, Brandon Magee has 44 points in 36 career games against the Cougars. Austin Carroll notched a team high 77 points this season, nine of them against Prince George.

Ex-Cougar Alex Forsberg and former Hitmen sniper Greg Chase were acquired in trades to help load up the Victoria offense.

In the playoffs, individual performance is overshadowed by team play. The Cougars are 11-5-1-2 since February 1. In that same stretch, Ty Edmonds has a save percentage of .920 and Cats scoring leader Jansen Harkins along with Zach Pochiro and Chase Witala have formed one of the better lines in the league. Captain Sam Ruopp has anchored a gritty defence that rallied together.

As underdogs, this is a role the Cougars can embrace. They can use as motivation the fact none of their players were selected as an awards finalist or were named to the league all-star teams.

Each year the lure of the upset keeps fans engaged. In the Western

Conference, Kelowna seems a safe bet to beat Tri-City and Everett appears to have a decided advantage over Spokane. Portland has been the most dangerous team in 2015 and looks like a solid choice over Seattle. This leaves Victoria and Prince George. Are all series really going to go to the higher seed? If not, which team pulls off the big surprise? The answer is why we watch and listen for nearly the next two weeks.

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Information ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Do you think you may have a problem with Alcohol? Alcohol Anonymous, Box 1257, Prince George, BC V2L 4V5 Call 250-564-7550 CANADA BENEFIT Group Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888511-2250 or www.canada benefit.ca/free-assessment DO YOU have a disability?

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Career Opportunities PATHFINDER Endeavours Ltd. is excepting resumes for NATURAL RESOURCE AND FIELD TECHNICIANS. Pathfinder is an equal opportunity employer that offers a competitive salary, set shift schedule, and ongoing training for career minded individuals. Visit our website for full job descriptions www.pathfinderltd.ca.

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Inside Sales Representative The Prince George Free Press is seeking a full time Inside Sales Representative to handle sales of Print and On-Line advertising and to manage an existing account list. This individual will work out of our Prince George office and will be responsible for building strong relationships with current clients, develop new business to increase revenue and perform to sales goals set by management. The position requires solid communication skills, creativity and attention to detail.

Prior advertising knowledge and media experience are both a big plus, but not required. To qualify, you must be outgoing and driven to succeed. Other responsibilities include problem solving and the ability to multitask.

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Help Wanted FRONT DESK CLERK Fraser Bridge Inn & R.V Park located at 100 Ewing Ave, Quesnel, BC is looking for 1 FRONT DESK CLERK. Duties: Welcome guest & register rooms & RV spaces, answer telephone calls, make reservations, change or cancel reservations, process payment, provide information on motel & RV facilities and rent.

Salary $ 13.50 per hour. High School Education & workable Spoken and written English is required. Email your resume to fraserbridgeinn@gmail.com THAI Cleaning requires Fulltime English/Thai speaking workers. fax resume to 250-563-8522 (no diploma necessary)or call 250-617-7218

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Please submit your resume and cover letter to: Ron Drillen, General Manager Prince George Free Press 1773 South Lyon Street Prince George, B.C., V2N 1T3, Canada Tel: (250) 564-0005 Ext.115 Fax: (250) 562-0025 Email: publisher@pgfreepress.com AberdeenPublishing.com 778-754-5722

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If working in a positive, goal oriented team environment, with state of the art equipment appeals to you, submit your resume in confidence to: Ron Drillen, General Manager The Prince George Free Press 1773 South Lyon Street V2N 1T3 Fax: 250-562-0025 Email: publisher@pgfreepress.com AberdeenPublishing.com 778-754-5722

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Visit our website at www.mcInnislighting.com Fax resume to 250-564-1490 or e-mail mcinnislighting@shaw.ca THE LEMARE Group is accepting applications for experienced gradermen. Candidates will have a minimum of 5 years coastal logging road experience as well as public road works. Resumes to be submitted with covering letter via email at ofďŹ ce@lemare.ca or via fax: 250956-4888. We thank all candidates in advance for their interest, but only those shortlisted will be contacted.

Home Care/Support BAYSHORE Home Health is hiring HCAs, LPNs and RNs in Prince George area. Competitive wage, beneďŹ ts and ďŹ&#x201A;exibility. Own vehicle and BCDL an asset. Help us make a difference in your community. Apply to hsellors@bayshore.ca, visit www.bayshore.ca.

MECHANIC (Service Truck Position, Burns Lake)

Starting wage $38.00/hr. 50 hrs per week and possibly more. Benefits package available!

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Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

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Huckleberry Mines Ltd. is an 18,000 TPD open pit copper molybdenum mine located 120 km south of Houston in west central British Columbia. We are currently recruiting for the following position to join our mine site team:

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Kentron Construction, part of the YCS Holdings Ltd. group, is seeking a Project Manager / Estimator. YCS Holdings Ltd. is a division of Terus Construction Ltd., a leader in the construction industry in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.

This person will play a key role in Ĺľnding business opportunities and in the development of new market for Kentron Construction.

The incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of the project management life cycle, including startup, obtaining building permits, preparing tenders, allocation of adequate resources, scheduling, documentation, budgets, estimates and close out documentation. The incumbent will work with in house and external construction personnel to ensure project construction is executed in a timely and efĹľcient manner while maintaining integrity of design, and will work closely with the organization to ensure feasibility and costing of projects.

Employment Requirements: Ĺ&#x2DC; P. Eng or CET in Civil Construction with years in Ĺľeld experience or Ĺ&#x2DC; A minimum of 10 years of experience in Project Supervision Ĺ&#x2DC; Relevant experience in the construction industry Ĺ&#x2DC; Ability to read and understand engineered plans and contract documents Ĺ&#x2DC; Establish strong liaison with the customer base Ĺ&#x2DC; To be able to work well with others, â&#x20AC;&#x153;people skillsâ&#x20AC;? Ĺ&#x2DC; Good communication skills both verbal and written Ĺ&#x2DC; Valid class 5 driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and clean current drivers abstract Ĺ&#x2DC; Surveying skills is an asset Ĺ&#x2DC; Computer skills: Excel, Word, Project and engineering programs We offer a competitive compensation package with a comprehensive EeneĹľt plan anG a pension plan ,n aGGition the &ompany offers many Gevelopment opportunities through tailoreG training programs For a full job description please visit our website: www terusconstruction ca Please send your resume stating position to the Human Resources department: hr#terusconstruction ca or by fax: 604 575-3691 We would like to thank all applicants for submitting their resume.

However, only applicants selected to be interviewed will be contacted.

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FRONT DESK CLERK Gold Pan Motel located at 855 Front St. Quesnel BC

PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE 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.

Want to work out of a good quality service truck, with some shop work? The successful candidate will be a leader in safety and efficiency and will be able work in difficult situations with an upbeat attitude.

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

Duties include register guests and assign rooms, take, book, cancel & change room reservations, process telephone calls, provide info on motel facilities, rent, & services, process payments etc. Salary $ 13.50 per hour.

High School Education and workable Spoken and written English is required. Email resume to: motelgoldpan@yahoo.ca

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Preparation of service agreement and contracts Manage contract manifests Expedite purchase orders Create purchase orders and ensure the timely return of equipment sent off site for repair Assist accounts payable with invoicing problems Re-order stock inventory items as required Manage freight bills Vacation relief for the buyer and inventory analyst

Applicants require a minimum two years of experience in expediting, procurement or related Ĺľelds. Working knowledge of Guardian, Word, and Excel software would be considered an asset. Excellent organizational, planning, and computer skills are required as is an attention to detail.

Huckleberry Mines is located approximately two hours driving time from Houston, British Columbia. Employees live in a camp environment on their days of work, and the schedule for this position is 4 days on, 3 days off (Monday to Thursday).

Transportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston and while at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees.

Houston and Smithers are located in the scenic Bulkley Valley on TransCanada Highway 16, an excellent area to raise a family and has exceptional outdoor recreational activities. More information on the area is available at www.smithers.ca, www.houston.ca and www.rdbn.bc.ca Huckleberry Mines is a remote mine where its employees live in a camp environment on their days of work.

Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of beneĹľts including medical, life, disability income and RRSP savings plan.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT Aboriginal Supported Child Development Coordinator Closing March 30, 2015.

FAMILY WELLNESS PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT Aboriginal Infant & Family Development Program Outreach Consultant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Closing April 6, 2015 A hard copy listing the roles, responsibilities and qualiďŹ cations of the position are available from the Prince George Native Friendship Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Huckleberry Mines Ltd. is an 18,000 TPD open pit copper molybdenum mine located 120 km south of Houston in west central British Columbia. We are currently recruiting for the following position to join our mine site team:

ASSAYER

Huckleberry Mines is seeking an assayer. Reporting to the Senior Metallurgist, this position is responsible for the analysis of samples from the mill and pit using atomic absorption, a spectrophotometer and Leco analyzer. Methods to be trained on include acid digestion Zith an $$ Ĺľnish on loZ grade pulps and a wide range of ABA analytical methods. The successful applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s primary focus will be on ABA testing which is done on a daily basis due to requirements of our current mining plan.

The Assayer will also be required to be well versed in the bucking duties in order to provide coverage for the bucker.

The successful candidate will hold a B& Assayerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s &ertiĹľcate or a diploma in analytical chemistry or, a minimum of Ĺľve year assay experience and computer experience with Microsoft Excel and Access. Good interpersonal and communication skills are a must. QA/QC knowledge and supervisory experience will be considered an asset.

Huckleberry Mines is located approximately two hours driving time from Houston, British Columbia. Employees live in a camp environment on their days of work, and the schedule for this position is either 7 x 7 (seven days on, seven days off) or 4 days on, 3 days off (Monday to Thursday). Transportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston and while at the mine site all meals and accommodations are provided free of charge to employees.

Houston and Smithers are located in the scenic Bulkley Valley on TransCanada Highway 16, an excellent area to raise a family and has exceptional outdoor recreational activities. More information on the area is available at www.smithers.ca, www.houston.ca and www.rdbn.bc.ca Huckleberry Mines Ltd. offers a competitive salary and a full range of beneĹľts including medical, life, disability income and RRSP savings plan.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

We are a growing, progressive and well respected carrier specializing in the transportation of perishable and dry freight, since 1957. We are currently looking for an individual to support our Founding Values for future success at our Coquitlam Terminal. We are currently looking for F/T Company Town & Highway Drivers. Requires a Class 1 license with 6 -12 months of previous driving experience required. Consistent hours and start times.

We offer competitive wages with group benefits and a group RRSP plan.

Fax Resume & abstract to (1)604-472-2136 or email to: hrfrt@telus.net

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Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antiques, Native Art, Estates + Chad: 778-281-0030 Local

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Home Improvements Rogerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Renos We do basement suites, kitchens, bathrooms, decks and fences. Looking forward to helping you with all your home reno needs.

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Home Repairs Handyman Services- Painting, carpentry, ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, repairs etc.

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JOIN THE AXIS TEAM IN PRINCE GEORGE! We are seeking a male and female facilitator in a contracted position for our Parenting After Separation program to provide parenting information to mothers and fathers who are referred either on a voluntary or mandatory basis in the community of Prince George. Those referred will have experienced a relationship breakdown/separation, may have experienced family violence and require information on parenting positively after separation. There will be 2 facilitators per session; one male and one female. 30 sessions will be provided throughout the year. The PAS Facilitator requires an understanding of relationship breakdown/separation and family violence within the family to effectively share information on parenting positively after separation.

For further information refer to our website www.axis. bc.ca under jobs. Email resume with cover letter to hr@axis.bc.ca or fax (250) 851-2977.

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REGISTERED NURSE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; HOME MANAGER Prince George, BC

TCS is a social services agency that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities in a number of communities in the Province of BC. We possess an unwavering commitment to care, innovation and highly individualized, solution-focused services for individuals and their families.

Fundamental to our purpose is the selection and support of committed staff members.

TCS is establishing a home in Prince George for individuals with complex health care needs and developmental disabilities. As the RN / Home Manager you will be responsible for the provision of all aspects of care in the home as well as supervision, training and leadership of staff members, administrative management, communication and liaison with professionals in the community. You will also have extensive experience in a variety of health care settings and supervisory experience. As a team player you must be able to build relationships, be an excellent interpersonal communicator and be able to maintain a flexible schedule as necessary.

We are currently seeking skilled individuals in the Prince George area to work with clients with developmental disabilities. Experience with challenging behaviours would be an asset. Applicants must be committed to service of the highest quality and display a positive and helpful attitude. Shift work is involved. We are an accredited agency and an equal opportunity employer.

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GROUP HOME MANAGER Prince George, BC

At Thompson Community Services we offer highly individualized, solutionfocused services for individuals with developmental disabilities, families and funders. Fundamental to our purpose is the selection and support of committed staff members. We are seeking skilled, experienced and self-directed individuals to fill the following position.

As a Home Manager, you will have extensive experience as a Community Service Worker in residential settings and supervisory experience. You must have a sincere commitment to providing quality services to individuals with developmental disabilities, challenging behaviour and have experience with individuals with autism. As a team player you must be able to build relationships, be an excellent interpersonal communicator and be able to maintain a flexible schedule as necessary. This position is based in Prince George.

We offer competitive wages with an excellent benefit package including pension.

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Please submit resumes by April 3, 2015 to Kristine DeMonte at kdemonte@tcsinfo.ca

Please send your cover letter and resume by April 10, 2015 to Kristine Demonte, Regional Director : Email: kdemonte@tcsinfo.ca Fax: 1-250-372-7544.

For further information please call 1-250-828-1508.

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

CE â&#x20AC;˘ OFFI ERCIAL M â&#x20AC;˘ COM IL â&#x20AC;˘ RETA Space available for rent For all your rental needs Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT WAREHOUSE FOR RENT 2080 sq ft warehouse space aval $1200.00 per month. For more info call Ron 250 564-0005 ext 115.

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SUBJECT: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC FILE # W3536 HERITAGE 30m Telecommunications Tower This proposed site will provide enhanced wireless voice and data services to the Central Heritage and Highglen neighbourhoods and the surrounding area in Prince George.

There are no suitable co-location opportunities within the vicinity of the proposed location.

Location: 100 Tabor Boulevard, Prince George Coordinates: N 53° 55â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 32.39â&#x20AC;?, W 122° 48â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 08.56â&#x20AC;?. Site is zoned C4l.

The facility will include a locked equipment shelter within the 6m x 10.5m leased area within a fenced compound that will be secure from public access via lock and key. All necessary Transport Canada and NAV Canada approvals will be obtained by Rogers Communications Inc and its agents and provided upon request to any members of the community.

With respect to this matter, the public is invited to provide written comments by April 15, 2015 to the contact information shown below.

Please include a return address.

CAVALIER LAND LTD ATTN: Michael Cameron 400 - 440 2 Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 5E9 comments@cavalierland.ca If you have and questions regarding the policies and installation of telecommunications facilities please contact: Industry Canada - Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Northern British Columbia and Yukon Office 280 Victoria Street, Room 203 Prince George, BC V2L 4X3 1-800-667-3780 princegeorge.district@ic.gc.ca If you have any Zoning related questions for the City of Prince George please contact: The City of Prince George ATTN: Hillary Morgan, Planner 1100 Patricia Boulevard Prince George, BC V2L 3V9 hillary.morgan@princegeorge.ca

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