Prince George Citizen November 14, 2019

THURSDAY

November 14, 2019

soldier returns to honour memory of cpl. fitzpatrick

Marty Kuehn has been a regular visitor to Prince George on Remembrance Day ever since he lost his good friend, Cpl. Darren Fitzpatrick, while they were serving in the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan.

Fitzpatrick was on a foot patrol near Kandahar City March 6, 2010 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device, which left him severely injured. He was flown to a military hospital in Germany and transferred to Edmonton, where he died of his injuries on March 20 of that year.

That was 10 years ago and the memories for Kuehn of what was lost when Fitzpatrick died remain vivid. They were the same age and shared the same motivations doing their duties as soldiers.

“He was a fun guy, he liked fitness and football and he was a big snowboarder and he loved the aspect of the military,”

said Kuehn. “He was very patriotic. Just like all of us back then, we just wanted to do our part.”

During a 10-year combat mission in Afghanistan from April 2002-December 2011 which involved 40,000 Canadians soldiers, 158 were killed and more than 2,000 were injured. Countless more suffered the mental and emotional toll of seeing the horrors of war, which for many remains a constant battle.

At Monday’s Civic Centre ceremony in front of a standing-room-only audience of more than 1,600, Shirley Bond, the MLA for Prince George Mount-Robson, spoke of the sadness she felt watching as the Fitzpatrick family gathered on the tarmac at Prince George Airport to receive Darren’s flag-draped coffin. Just 21 at the time, he was the first Prince George born-and-bred soldier to be killed in war since the Second World War.

“That was really tough,” said Kuehn, who was also there when Darren came

home for the last time.

Kuehn, now 31, got to know Fitzpatrick at the Princess Patricia base in Edmonton during those first two years before they were sent to Afghanistan as part of a security force in Kandahar province.

“When you go over there you go in with a different mindset and now, when I think about the things we did over there, I kind of wonder, ‘how did I do that, how did I go through those situations’,” said Kuehn, who still serves with the PPCLI in Edmonton. “It’s a mindset you kind of put yourself into prior to stepping off. Once you get in that mindset, once you’re there it just makes it a lot easier.

“Then you come home and you have to transition back to the way of life back home and that can definitely be hard for some people. I think everyone comes back (with post-traumatic stress disorder) and they kind of experience different ways of dealing with what they did over there, but I think I did OK.”

Seeing a full house for the indoor ceremony and the huge crowd that followed the parade to Veterans Plaza was heartwarming for Kuehn. He’s attended the ceremonies in the city five times since his friend died and always looks forward to the welcome he receives from the Fitzpatrick family and the people he meets.

“The amount of people from the Prince George community who come out for

Remembrance Day ceremonies is really nice to see,” he said. “It’s one of the better ceremonies I’ve been to personally.” Retired RCMP North District Inspector Eric Brewer was in the crowd watching the ceremonies at the cenotaph while standing alongside current soldiers from the Rocky Mountain Rangers, and first responders from the RCMP, Prince George Fire Rescue, B.C. Ambulance Service, among other emergency and military volunteers. Those first responders share with our armed forces the responsibility of protecting the community and their prominence on Remembrance Day serves as a reminder of their willingness to put their own lives at risk as they go about their jobs.

“It’s the guys on the front lines that face danger on a daily basis though their entire careers, as do the military when they do what they do in some of these war-torn countries - the dangers are there for all the first responders,” said Brewer.

“We have (RCMP) members who have gone to these places, to Afghanistan, and come back changed people, as do a lot of these military people, and have suffered the consequences of PTSD and all the things they’ve been involved in. It means a lot to the members and that’s why they are here.”

Citizen Photo by James Doyle

The Royal Canadian Legion Colour Party makes their way down Seventh Avenue to Veterans Plaza on Monday as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies.

remembrance Day ceremony draws large crowd

The annual Remembrance Day ceremony took place on Monday with services at Prince George Civic Centre and the cenotaph at Veterans Plaza. The day started at the Prince George Civic Centre with the Royal Canadian Legion Colour Party depositing the colours, followed by prayers, a reading of Flanders Fields, speeches from dignitaries, and the singing of both the National Anthem and the Royal Anthem. A parade led by

the Prince George Pipe Band and Royal Canadian Legion Colour Party then made its way to the cenotaph at Veterans Plaza where wreaths were laid and a bugler played Last Post at 11:00 a.m. which was followed by two minutes of silence.

About 1,600 people attended the service inside the Civic Centre with an estimated 3,000 people at the ceremony at Veterans Plaza.

Photos by James Doyle

Top right, an honour guard stands watch over the cenotaph in Veterans Plaza on Monday during Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Middle right, Memorial Cross Mother Colleen Fitzpatrick lays a wreath at the cenotaph in Veterans Plaza on Monday as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Bottom right, A bugler plays Last Post at 11:00 a.m. in Veterans Plaza on Monday as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Top left, The Khas’tan Drummers perform in Veterans Plaza on Monday as part of Remembrance Day ceremonies.

Bottom left, Royal Canadian Legion #43 President Margaret Goings says a few words during Remembrance Day ceremonies inside Prince George Civic Centre on Monday.

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Artist takes swastika case to court

MARK NIELSEN

Citizen staff

A Prince George artist is seeking a B.C. Supreme Court review of a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision to dismiss a complaint after he was removed from a position on the Omineca Arts Council because he uses swastikas in his work.

In a petition and affidavits filed Wednesday at the Prince George courthouse, James Miller said he was elected to the OAC board in October 2018 and given the responsibility for communications. But roughly 36 hours later, he was told he had been removed from the position.

“The reason given was that I used swastikas in my artwork on my personal website and that any connection made between myself and the society, as a board member, would be detrimental to the society,” he said in an affidavit.

In March, he filed a complaint to the HRT, alleging religious discrimination. In June,

HRT chair Diana Juricevic denied the claim because Miller failed to identify his religion and explain how it was a factor in the OAC’s conduct.

She also said his complaint appears to really be about protecting artistic freedom and free speech, which is not the purpose of the B.C. Human Rights Code.

«It is true that the swastika is a symbol found in many cultures throughout history where it holds positive meaning,» Juricevic said. «However, the swastika also holds an extreme negative meaning based on its use by the Nazi government during (the Second World War); and because of this it is looked upon with zero tolerance.»

In July, Miller replied with a letter to Juricevic saying he chose religion as the basis of his complaint “because my belief system, my religion if you will, includes the right for me to use any symbol in my art, religious or not.”

In a reply sent in September, Juricevic

held her ground, although she agreed with Miller that the code does not protect against all discrimination, only a narrow scope.

“A belief system is not synonymous with genuinely-held religious beliefs or not having religious beliefs. You have a right to your genuine non-belief, but you do not explain how the swastika is necessary for you to adhere to it. I do not see religion - as provided for in the narrow scope of the code - as a factor in your situation,” Juricevic said.

She also addressed Miller’s criticism of her “zero tolerance” comment.

“A better use of words would have been “...it is looked upon with zero tolerance by many in our society.”

From the court, Miller is seeking a judgment that will allow his complaint to be considered by a body other than the HRT and, if that cannot happen, either order the HRT to hold a hearing into his complaint

or have someone other than Juricevic consider his appeal of her dismissal.

Should the court order a hearing, Miller also said Juricevic should not be involved in that process, saying her “zero tolerance” comment indicated bias.

Miller’s petition to the court includes examples of his work - among them two paintings of swastikas, one covered with the names of people he admires and another of those he feels are evil. Miller’s name is on both works.

“It depends on how you use it,” he said when asked in an interview if there is a proper way to use the symbol. “And even if you use it for hate, do you hate the person that espouses hate or do you attack the person that espouses hate or do you love him? Because if you attack him back, you’re no better than him.”

The petition and accompanying documents are posted with this story at www. princegeorgecitizen.com.

COOKIE CAMPAIGN FUNDS GEARED FOR CHILDREN

Local Tim Hortons patrons were generous to the tune of $42,124.42 during the chain’s Smile Cookie campaign.

Proceeds from the cookies sold during the campaign, which ran Sept. 16-22, will go to the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation for purchase of a new video laryngescope for University Hospital of Northern British Columbia. It provides a less invasive form of intubation and is used on neonatal patients and children.

Citizen staff

Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation staff and board members, along with Tim Hortons representatives, celebrate fundraising efforts that took place during September’s Smile Cookie campaign.

CNC opens time capsule

During a celebration at the College of New Caledonia’s 50th anniversary at the Gathering place last Wednesday afternoon, a 25-year-old time capsule was opened.

Sharing the duties of opening the capsule was former CNC president Terry Weninger, former CNC welding instructor Cy Fortin and current CNC president Dennis Johnson.

Fortin constructed the capsule with his welding students and Weninger served as CNC president when the capsule was created 25 years ago.

With plenty of donuts and coffee on hand in the standing-room only space the time capsule revealed a long list of items including a copy of The Prince George Citizen, Free Press, CNC Notes, Counselling Newsletter, Asterisk, BC Report (Dec. 12 issue on CNC), CNC calendars, CNC enrolment fast facts brochure, CNC historical highlights brochure, CNC organizational chart, and a CNC phone list. There were also aerial photos of CNC’s woodlot, a vial of Prince George water, 25th anniversary Christmas tree bulbs, a floppy disk with a course outline to show the “technology of the day,” a CNC t-shirt, and a curling funspiel trophy and medal.

The items from CNC’s time capsule will remain on display at CNC’s library.

“I’m truly honoured to serve as CNC’s president during this historic 50th year,” Johnson said. “Throughout my first month, I’ve heard time and again how much CNC means to the people who

have studied here. The opening of this time capsule marks a celebration of what has been accomplished at CNC, what is being accomplished today and what will be accomplished throughout the next 50 years.”

Weninger said he was happy he could return to CNC for the time capsule opening.

“It’s a snapshot of CNC 25 years ago,” Weninger. “Opening it is an occasion for optimism as we highlight CNC’s impor-

tance in the region and acknowledge the resilience and creativity needed to deliver on the College’s mandate.”

CNC’s

anniversary celebrations continue with an open house and gala event at the end of February.

Citizen staff

Former CNC president Terry Weninger, left, former CNC welding instructor Cy Fortin and current CNC president Dennis Johnson open a time capsule during CNC’s 50th anniversary celebration event in Prince George last Wednesday.

Items from the 50th anniversary time capsule sit on a table at CNC on Wednesday afternoon. The capsule was sealed in 1994 and opened during a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the College of New Caledonia.

50th

Telkwa couple wins $20 million

Citizen

staff

A break from tradition and a play of the usual numbers was all it took for Telkwa’s Ken and Susan Salter to win the $20 million jackpot from the Oct. 29 Lotto Max draw.

The longtime Telkwa residents matched all seven numbers to win the epic, life-changing prize – but Ken says it almost didn’t happen.

“I don’t often play the Lotto Max draw on Tuesdays, but I had a winning ticket for $20 from the previous Friday draw, so I thought I’d play the Tuesday draw… After this, I think I might play the Tuesday draws more often!”

When Ken had discovered he and his wife were $20 million richer, he admits he was “shaking like a leaf.”

“I overheard the store clerk talking

about a $20 million dollar winner in the Stikine region,” says Ken. “I came up to her and said ‘you might want to scan this ticket’ with a grin on my face.”

When he called his wife, Susan, she didn’t believe him at first.

“At first there was nothing but dead silence, so I thought something was wrong,” says Susan. “But then he whispered really quietly ‘we just won $20 million dollars’, and then I thought he was joking.”

Despite its massive win, the Salter family has no plans to leave Telkwa. The Salters plan to use the money to build their dream home on their existing property, but will also plan a river cruise in Europe to celebrate.

The odds of matching all seven numbers are one in 33.3 million.

TREE OF LIGHTS BACK ON TOP

After a three-year hiatus, the Tree of Lights is back and a 60-foot-tall Christmas tree has once again adorned the top of the Coast Inn of the North.

Previously put on by the Salvation Army, the United Way of Northern B.C. has taken over the event.

“We are so honoured to bring this

campaign back to the Prince George community. The Tree of Lights represents joy, hope, love, and the wondrous magic of the holiday season. We truly hope that through this initiative, we can bring a beacon of light to the people and agencies in the Prince George area that need it most,” said UWNBC interim executive director Trista Spencer.

Through an accompanying campaign, UWNBC aims to raise $25,000 with proceeds going to mental health supports in the community. A kick-off event for that effort will be held Nov. 24.

“The tree acts as a guide, to bring people home to the support, care, and compassion during their most vulnerable times,” Spencer said. “We are thrilled to

engage with the people and organizations of this most generous community and be able to help people get the hand up they need and deserve.”

For more information, to become a sponsor, or make a donation to this initiative, contact the UWNBC at info@ unitedwaynbc.ca or 250-561-1040.

Citizen staff

Telkwa couple Ken and Susan Salter won the $20-million jackpot from the Oct. 29 Lotto Max draw.

Busy life together for Hobsons

RSENIORS’ SCENE

KATHY NADALIN

Toronto in 1944 and raised in Vancouver.

After high school, he worked for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for eight years. He married his high school sweetheart Judith Templer in 1970.

Judith was born in Vancouver in 1948, went to school in Kelowna and Coquitlam and after high school she completed her nurses training at the Vancouver General Hospital.

Judith said, “Richard lived next door to my aunt and uncle. I first met him when I was 14 and we started dating in Grade 10.

“After I received my nursing diploma, I worked at Vancouver General and Surrey Memorial until our babies started to arrive. We have two children; Bethany (Rick) and Barton who in turn gave us three wonderful grandchildren.

“I eventually went back to part-time work at the hospital while we raised our babies.”

Richard changed jobs, took the needed training and went into the flooring business and then worked for a flooring wholesale company.

He worked at Sears for four years in the flooring department until he heard about a flooring business that was up for sale in Prince George. It was advertised as an opportunity to buy into the business over a period of three years. Richard applied and their young family moved to Prince George.

Richard said, “When we got here, we learned that the opportunity was not quite as advertised and a second set of books

showed that the company was deep in the red. Because of my banking and flooring experience and my wholesale flooring connections I was able to make a go of the business.

“Once I balanced the books and we showed a profit the owner upped the price of the sale of the business and I simply walked away from it all.”

Richard went back to work for Sears as their flooring manager and was quickly moved up as the manager of the furniture department. During that time, he studied and went into the real estate business. He worked for Barry Leboe at Century 21 Westside Realty for the next seven years.  He liked what he was doing but the business

was demanding and required a lot of time away from his family so he went back into the flooring business for a short time.

He worked the next 10 years for the Jim Pattison Sign Group.

Friends and family quite often called on Richard for financial planning advice – a skill he learned during his earlier banking experience. He turned that hobby into a career and for the next 18 years worked in financial planning until he retired.

Richard said, “My retirement lasted for about 90 days. I have been working for NR Motors for the past seven years selling recreation vehicles.”

Richard has volunteered for the past 32 seasons in security, guest services and as a

minor official for the Spruce Kings hockey team in the winter. He umpired baseball and softball for 36 summer seasons.  In the meantime, Judith worked as a registered nurse both part time and then full time for 14 years at the hospital. This was followed by another 14 years in the community with the infant development program.

She reflected back and said, “My work in the intensive care nursery was sad at times but overall it was a very rewarding career.

“I went on to work at the health unit as a health unit assistant and retired in 2017 after 46 years of a successful nursing career.”

Judith explained, “I was pleased when the provincial government changed their adoption regulations in 1992. The change enabled me to locate my birth mother who gave me up for adoption at birth and then married my father 18 months later. All of this is complicated but they went on to have seven more children. In the meantime, I was raised by wonderful parents who chose me to be their daughter and gave me a younger sister. It was a very happy day when I discovered that I had seven other siblings. When we met in 1992, our families melded nicely and we have had a very close relationship for the past 27 years. I am still in awe, because at the time, my family count went from four to nearly 100 family members. I am happy to say that this was a happy and major change in my life that I cherish each and every day.”

CITIZEN PHOTO BY JAMES DOYLE

Richard and Judith Hobson pose for a photo at their Prince George home.

Burn fund hosting fundraiser

TED CLARKE Citizen staff

Debbie Wood was just two-and-a-half years old when the pajamas she was wearing caught fire, leaving her with thirddegree burns over 95 per cent of her body.

That began an agonizing lifetime of skin grafts and more than 400 operations she’s had to endure.

“I’m a burn survivor of 54 years,” said Wood, secretary-treasurer of the North Division branch of the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund. “I’ve had to have all those operations since then because burn tissue does not expand, so as I was growing I had to have scar revisions, skin release and skin grafting and everything else.

“Back in the ‘60s I thought I was alone.

There was no counseling, there was no summer camp (for kids) like we have out in Vancouver. There was nothing there for me, so we want to make sure that our people here know there are people to talk to. I thought I was the only one for many years because I never saw another burn survivor.”

The Burn Fund’s North Division is hosting a fundraising silent auction at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club on Friday, starting at 6:30 p.m. and the public is invited. The goal is to raise enough money to send at least 20 local burn survivors to Vancouver for the Blue Skies 2020 Canadian Burn Survivors Conference.

The three-day conference, May 20-23, will be a gathering of burn survivors, first

Construction ahead of last year

The value of construction in Prince George has charged ahead of last year’s record-setting pace, according to the latest building permit report from city hall.

As of the end of September, 470 permits for $168.2 million worth of work have been issued, up significantly from $157.3 million over 379 permits by the same point last year.

Whether 2019 will finish ahead of the $186.4 million reached by the end of 2018 remains to be seen but Mayor Lyn Hall said the total could rise by a further $5 million to $10 million before the year is out.

“It just stands in line with what we’ve been seeing over the last number of years,” he said during last Monday night’s regular council meeting.

Notable for Hall was the amount of work in the residential categories and the amount of private-sector development in general.

The total for new single family homes stands at $60.7 million on 111 permits, with $7.5 million over 14 permits issued in September. That’s about on par with the $62.5 million on 113 permits by the same point last year.

Multiple-family, meanwhile, is now up

responders and medical professionals who will focus on mental health strategies to try improve the lives of burn survivors and their caregivers.

“It costs about $1,500 per person and with our get together on the 15th, with our silent auction, we’re trying to raise some money and we’ll be doing more fundraising next year until the date of the conference,” said Wood.

Survivors of the Prince George and Burns Lake sawmill explosions attend group meetings organized by the Burn Fund’s North Division.

“We’re just trying to get the word out that there are people out there who have been through the same thing,” said Wood. “Anybody who wants to know anything

about it is welcome to join us in the 15th, you don’t have to be a burn survivor. Hopefully in future you’ll be able to support us when we have our hot dog sales or silent auctions.

“The money we raise here in Prince George stays here.”

Wood and her volunteer crew have collected silent auction items from Azure, Mr. Mike’s, Great Canadian Brewhouse, Andre’s Electronics and Princess Auto, among other local businesses.

The worldwide organization, which has had a B.C. chapter since 1978, sponsors prevention programs and its professional fire fighter members visit schools and provide educational material to teach kids how to avoid potentially dangerous situations.

to $23.2 million over 45 permits, including four for $10 million issued in September. The total for that category stood at $18.7 million on 23 permits by the end of September 2018.

New commercial stands at $20.8 million on eight permits and commercial alteration is at $27 million on 46 permits, up from $11.8 million on 38 permits and $14.6 million on a dozen respectively.

“The private sector development really shows some secure faith in what we’re doing in the city,” Hall said.

The numbers also show there is still employment within the city, Hall added, and while the unemployment rate has

fluctuated, “we’re still well within what’s happened nationally and provincially.”

Numbers on two other fronts, presented in an update from city hall, are also upbeat.

Thirty-eight new business licenses were issued in September, five more than in the month before.

And 40,697 passengers passed through the Prince George Airport in September, up 2.34 per cent from the same month last year.

However, at $374,410 in September, the average sale price for a single-family home was down 13 per cent from the month before.

MARK NIELSEN Citizen staff

MASTERING THE MASTERS

HOME AGAIN

MEGAN KUKLIS

I’mback!

October was a mad rush of thesis defending, birthday parties, album releases, northern tours, Halloween costume making, face painting, essay marking, midterms and more. And I am tired. However, I am pleased to report that I did not pass out (or freeze completely) and I am now the proud owner of an expensive piece of paper that states I have completed my degree requirements for a Master of Arts – English from the University of Northern British Columbia. For those who have no idea what graduate school or a thesis defense entails, I am happy to give a brief rundown of the experience. First, make sure that you go back to school right when your youngest child starts Kindergarten to ensure that chaos is appropriately distributed throughout your life. It is helpful if you work full time while you are taking classes to make sure that you are always busy and are never relaxed. Most of all, be in a hurry to finish up your coursework so you have lots of time to write your thesis.

Once you have completed your coursework, you are now primed to start your thesis. Don’t start. Instead, take some

For those who have no idea what graduate school or a thesis defense entails, I am happy to give a brief rundown of the experience. First, make sure that you go back to school right when your youngest child starts Kindergarten to ensure that chaos is appropriately distributed throughout your life.

time for yourself for three or four months while your half-finished thesis sits on your laptop and mocks you. When you finally start writing, do not develop a good writing habit but carve out little bits of (inconsistent) time, every once in a while, to ensure that you don’t make very good progress.

Consider quitting.

Get a pep talk from your supervisor who has seen this before and lovingly hides her eye roll at the theatrics of the

graduate student.

Don’t quit.

Plug along, writing at a glacially slow pace, feeling like you will never be done.

Hear a rumour of a pending faculty strike and hurry your buns to write like the wind during a beautiful summer. Because you are writing, make sure that you can never really enjoy the summer and always feel like you should be doing something else (mindfulness fail).

Finish 85 per cent of your book and lose all confidence in your writing, your ideas and your ability to string a sentence together.

Consider quitting.

Get a pep talk from your supervisor who has seen this before and lovingly hides her eye roll at the theatrics of the graduate student.

Get your dad to read your thesis and if he likes it, keep going. (He said he liked it but would he really say anything different?)

Keep going.

Finish!

Feel moderately disappointed that no one was home and there was a lack of balloons falling from the ceiling as you write the last words.

Send to advisor for edits.

Finish edits.

Submit the final copy to the graduate office.

Discover bizarre formatting error that makes you look like an idiot.

Cram for your defense for six weeks.

Make sure that your immediate family is halfway across Canada on a vacation on your defense date but arrange to have them Skype in to watch the presentation.

Have your mother call early in a panic, an hour before it is supposed to start, wondering why it’s not starting (time zone calculation issues).

Get to your room to discover that there are not nearly enough chairs and make sure that your tech support is late.

Have all of your people come – aunties, friends, coworkers, and family – feel overwhelmed and loved and supported.

Make your husband sit where you can see him clearly, at all times, and send him panicked glances as necessary.

Grip the podium like it is your lifeline.

Finish your presentation and make sure your first question is impossible.

Stutter.

Develop word salad and a bad case of mouth marbles.

Start using words you have never used before.

Become very aware of your hands.

Limp through it and be done.

Everyone leaves the room and come back in alone.

Clear pass.

Celebrate.

Sleep.

Hit people who ask if you are going to do your PhD.

Feel like you should be doing something, every minute, of every day – but don’t.

OPINION

Status update

Iwould like to thank everyone for their support over the past six weeks, to offer some additional information about the new Citizen weekly and to address some common questions about availability and distribution.

OUR VIEW

Unfortunately, there is no home delivery option for The Citizen if you currently don’t receive that service. In the city neighbourhoods where we have a carrier to provide that service, those residents receive The Citizen delivered to their home before 6 p.m. Thursday. For areas where we don’t have carriers, we’re directing people who want the paper to find them in one of the hundreds of boxes around the city. They are also available at our office at 505 Fourth Ave., as well as at our press

building at 145 Brunswick St. We’re working to get more boxes out into the community and we’re also working to keep the popular boxes that seem to empty quickly full of newspapers. If you go to pick up a paper at one of the black boxes and it’s empty, please call us at 250-562-2441 and let us know.

If you’ve been grabbing multiple copies to deliver to others in your neighbourhood or to friends and relatives who can’t easily get to one of the boxes, thank you.

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taking what is left of the previous week’s edition.

As you’ve all seen, the Citizen weekly is filled with local news, sports and features but it’s missing some things that were in the daily newspaper. There are no comics because the comics cost us thousands of dollars per month and it makes no business sense to offer those comics in a free newspaper. We have a crossword, a Sudoku and the horoscopes. We don’t have stocks or currencies. We have all of our local columnists. We don’t have the Canucks or the standings from the NHL or the CFL or the NBA. We have stories on the Cougars, the Spruce Kings, the Timberwolves and high school sports. In other words, we’re focusing on Prince George more than ever. We’ve had some hiccups along the way, for sure. The paper hasn’t looked the best at times. It hasn’t been well distributed at times. It has shown up in the boxes as a mashed mess sometimes.

WE STILL LIVE WITH PARIS 1919

With Remembrance Day solemnly observed, commentary on where we stand a century after what Margaret Macmillan titled “Paris 1919” can commence. Nothing written here is meant to belie the ultimate sacrifices and immeasurable pains borne by soldiers of the Great War or its sequels. Yet we cannot ignore the fact that the methods employed to finish “the war to end all wars” and the treaties that framed the peace have essentially underwritten all the unrest since. There is not much to add to the already well observed tragedy that is industrialized, total war. But it bears repeating that disembodying the violence haunting us since Cain and Abel did not make war any more humane. Indeed, from the sleet of flying metal just above the trenches produced by machine guns and artillery, to the use of mustard gas that suffocated those at the front indiscriminately, it is obvious why “dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” rang quite hollow. The Great War was prosecuted in such

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We know we haven’t been perfect but that hasn’t been for lack of effort, particularly from the great team here at The Citizen. We’re doing our very best to bring you the best weekly newspaper we can each Thursday.

- Publisher Colleen Sparrow

RIGHT OF CENTRE

NATHAN GIEDE

a way that eventually ensured the total collapse of its belligerents on the losing side. What most people do not realize about the last days before the guns fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, is that Imperial Germany was on the verge of a revolution due to shortages caused by war and blockade, just as the Austrio-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires had already begun to fracture after four long years of destructive conflict.

This meant that the consensus developed after the defeat of Napoleon would not go on, with notions of international relations as yet untried girding the rhetoric echoing inside Versailles’ glassy halls. As Aldous Huxley reminds us in Brave New World Revisited, a British aristocrat suggested a compromise ought to conclude the Great War, as was custom since the days of Agincourt. The opposition his

offer met on all sides proved only radical ideas would be heard.

But the capstone ensuring future wars in Europe and around the globe was the influence of President Woodrow Wilson and his fundamental belief in progressive policy. The cerebral, former Princeton University president and professor had no patience for notions of tradition and monarchy, which he saw as the casus belli in the first place. Instead, the Old World would be brought into modernity willingly or not by redrawing the map and reconstituting governments.

This did not work for any state, with the exception of Poland, which had a defined sense of national culture, religion, and territory before the war began. The rest is history: Czechs and Slovaks managed an amicable divorce 70 years later, but every other redrawn nation fell into either totalitarianism or fratricidal strife unknown since the Wars of Religion. As the Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Foch foresaw, “this isn’t a peace – it’s an armistice for 20 years.”

It is impossible to overstate the upheaval that accompanied the pro-

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nouncements from Paris: families woke up in new countries with new rulers who governed by alien means, all while noble lines dating back as far as Charlemagne had their titles and lands removed. Add to this the growing fear of communism fermenting in old Russia, and the disruption of that era looks eerily similar to much of the instability as well as tension experienced around the globe today. Lastly, it must not be forgotten that before the Great War, urbanization and centralization of authority were a figment of the hyper-progressive imagination; after, it was the growing trend, as everything from income tax to mass production was deemed “necessary” to vanquish the enemy - yet when the war was over, it remained a permanent fixture. Again, the complaints of nationalists, localists, and populists of the present are reactions to the legacy of the First World War. Every Nov. 11, we pray for peace. Perhaps we would do well to recall the legacy of the conflict that has put us on a permanent wartime footing, lest we forget our proper liberties.

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New superintendent favours collaborative approach to educating kids

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In the two decades Anita Richardson has been stimulating young minds, as a teacher, principal and administrator, she’s noticed a radical change in the way students learn and it’s the education system that’s had to evolve.

Technology has become a pervasive tool in classrooms and schools that no longer use a one-size-fits-all approach to connect with their students and Richardson, the newly-hired superintendent of School District 57, is convinced that willingness for teachers to adapt is the magic formula for creating more successful students.

“We need to meet kids where they’re at if we want them to be successful,” Richardson said. “We have to understand what they need as individuals to get there and what that looks like for them because everybody’s picture of success is different.”

The days of teachers operating in a vacuum in their own classrooms as their own personal kingdoms are gone. Richardson says collaboration is the name of the game and the sharing of ideas has become the predominant strategy in public schools as the most effective way to teach kids what they need to learn.

“When I came into teaching, people were great, providing resources and support, but there wasn’t teachers sitting down and having meaningful deep conversations about kids and specific kids we have now,” said Richardson. “Teachers are supporting each other in different ways by creating that network.”

Hired last month to take over in Prince George from interim superintendent Rod Allen, the 47-year-old Richardson has been working as the associate superintendent

of the Horizon school program for gifted students in Taber, Alta. Allen took over the SD 57 job on May 28, two weeks after Marilyn Marquis-Forster resigned after serving nearly three years at the position.

Richardson was born in Prince George but grew up in McBride, where she graduated from McBride Secondary School. A former principal of Mackenzie elementary and junior secondary schools, Richardson will start her job overseeing SD 57 and its nearly 13,000 students when classes resume in January.

“I’ve actually never lived in Prince George but I feel like the corridor from Mackenzie to McBride is home,” she said. “I feel like I

grew up in the Prince George school district but it is a different place than when I left, so recognizing that, I need to get really familiar and that takes relationships and getting to know people and hear their stories and that will be my focus from the start.”

Richardson plans to give Aboriginal communities and their schools more input on decisions that affect how their children are taught and says the district will be open to new ideas. She plans to explore opportunities to work together as partners with Indigenous bands on after-school programs that combine homework with meal programs.

“There’s a lot great things going on and building relationships with the Indigenous

TOY DRIVE GOES SATURDAY

CHRISTINE HINZMANN Staff Reporter

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A great reason to move those unwanted toys out of a child’s rooms would be to send them along to those in need in time for Christmas.

“The children donating will know the toys they once loved and played with will go to another child that maybe does not receive any toys during the holidays,” Terri McClymont, REAPS executive director, said.  That’s the idea behind the 23rd annual Recycle Toy Drive organized by the Recycling & Environmental Action Planning Society (REAPS).

People can donate gently used, quality toys Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at REAPS’ office at 1950 Gorse St.

“Volunteers will be on hand to sort the toys and put them in boxes according to the needs of each group,” McClymont said.  The boxes will then be delivered on Monday to about 14 organizations that serve children in need in the community.

Not only will child advocacy groups benefit like the First Nations Head Start, AWAC, the Child Development Centre and Active Support Against Poverty but during the drive donations will also be accepted for the SPCA and the Prince George Humane Society.

REAPS volunteers will also accept all donations for those children from newborn to toddler, including clothing and accessories, while all hats, mitts and scarves will

And please, McClymont said, don’t forget something for those hard-to-buy-for teenagers. Accessories like belts and purses are always welcome, backpacks, CDs, board games, books and crafts would be suitable items, as well.

also be accepted for all ages.

And please, McClymont said, don’t forget something for those hard-to-buy-for teenagers. Accessories like belts and purses are always welcome, backpacks, CDs, board games, books and crafts would be suitable items, as well.

“We just want to make sure everyone’s needs are met during the holidays,” McClymont said.

“If there’s agencies that we haven’t reached out to I would encourage them to call to be put on the list,” McClymont said.

For more information or to volunteer call 250-561-7327 or email events@reaps.org.

partners, Lheidli T’enneh and McLeod Lake Indian Band, that is important work that has been lacking,” she said. “That’s over 30 per cent of our population we’re talking about.”

One of her first official duties will be opening the new $44.3 million, 900-student capacity Kelly Road Secondary School, expected to be ready for next September.

Teacher recruitment and retention is also on Richardson’s mind, with negotiations on a new teachers’ contract in progress. The Supreme Court of Canada’s November 2016 ruling determined the province acted illegally when it stripped teachers of the right to bargain on class size and class composition, resulting in hundreds of teaching jobs openings across the province. That, combined with B.C.’s lower salaries as compared to other provinces, has made it difficult to recruit and has helped create a shortage of qualified full-time and on-call teachers.

“We have a lot of new teachers and also a need for more teachers, there is a bit of shortage,” she said.

As the mother of two teenagers, 14 and 16, one of whom is a club volleyball player, Richardson is in favour of having phys-ed specialists in elementary schools to teach gym class, rather than forcing teachers who don’t have athletic backgrounds to supervise gym activities. In her job with Horizon she’s seen the pluses of having physical education specialists trained in physiology and body mechanics and is convinced it’s a better way to encourage participation and ultimately tackle the growing problem of child obesity.

“I do think physical literacy and the importance physical health plays in mental health is something as a society we need to be paying attention to,” Richardson said.

Terri McClymont, executive director of REAPS, is seen here in 2017 getting ready to box up donations for child advocate organizations in need. This year the Recycle Toy Drive is accepting donations on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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School District 57 superintendent Anita Richardson will start her new job in January.

The decimation of rural B.C.

It has not been a good summer for rural B.C. residents.

Numerous mill curtailments, the closed-door negotiations for the caribou recovery plan and the election of a federal government that was widely shut out of rural ridings. Now it is becoming apparent that the B.C. government’s Bill 52 is a piece of legislation causing even more stumbling blocks to the viability of rural living.

The government says Bill 52 was brought in to increase the amount of farming that was being done on Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) properties. Great idea, but like so often when there is a government initiative, the intentions do not translate well. Too narrow. Too inflexible.

The ALR was established in 1973 to reduce the amount of prime farmland lost to development, which at that time was about 6,000 ha (14,826 acres) each year. The reserve set aside about five per cent or 4.7 million hectares, of B.C. land for agriculture.

The idea sounds great on paper. However, it is interesting to note that despite the huge increase in the urban footprint since then, on some of the best farmland in the Lower Mainland, the percentage of ALR land has remained the same, due to changing boundaries. What kind of land was available to be added to the ALR in order to maintain the magical five per cent? Less viable farmland.

How do farmers survive when less viable ALR land cannot sustain the family? They must work off farm. This

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is where difficulties with the new Bill 52 are being encountered. A study of the 17 decisions around even one type of application, called the Non-Adhering Residence (NAR) application, reveals major problems.

One residence only is allowed on ALR land. Under Bill 52, a second residence may only be built if deemed necessary for farm use. The process in onerous; site, fill, access, and other considerations, must be appropriate. Regardless of where it is built, even on top of a shop, it must receive permission from the local government first. That used to be the end of land-use approval. But now, if approved by the local government, the NAR application must be submitted to the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC,) who is charged with making ALR decisions on a case-by-case basis. For the fee of $1,500. Non-refundable.

Here are, very briefly, two stories as publicly available on the ALC website:

The owner of a small farm (20 ewes, a few donkeys, and a herd of chickens,) wanted permission to build a new home - as the original home was too small (600 sq feet) for their growing family - and keep the old one. They were hoping to provide it for housing in an area that is

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE SET

It’s the fifth annual Inspiring Women Among Us series of events that will be celebrated with the theme masculinities, making space and moving forward.

It’s important to acknowledge the achievements of inspiring women while recognizing there are persistent barriers and challenges women and girls face while trying to succeed in building careers.

“Recently, we have seen both the rise of regressive male leaders using authoritarian and masculine-associated leadership styles and a powerful suite of female (and ally) uprisings demanding more of society,” UNBC environmental science professor Annie Booth, one of the organizers of the event, said. All events are open to all genders and everyone is welcome to attend. Youth-friendly events are also on the schedule.

Here are some of the events:

• Devi Mucina’s talk on international concepts of healthy masculinities, as part of the Global Fridays talk series, Friday from noon to 1:30 p.m. in room 5-175 at UNBC.

• Rosemary Wardley, National Geographic, Mapping in a Man’s World (talk), Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in room 8-164 at UNBC.

• Tomboy – film showing and discussion with GenderOutlines, Trans Society of PG, Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. in room 1-306/Cinema CNC room at the College of New Caledonia.

• Feminist Storytime, Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at  Books & Co., 1685 Third Ave.

• The Paper Bag Princess, a play by Pocket Theatre, Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in room 1-306 at the College of New Caledonia.

For a full schedule of events visit www.unbc.ca/inspiring-women/events.

short of housing options, to attract some part-time farm labour to help further develop the farm. The small farm, as it currently was, was declared to have no need of an employee, and so they were refused.

In another case, the land owners and their part-time employee had done an extraordinary amount of back-breaking labour to bring previously unused land into hay and pasture production. They applied to place a second home (a mobile, on temporary footings, as per regulations… that explains all the mobiles on rural property!) As part of their application they included the fact that the employee had three children who, if they lived on the farm, would attend the local rural school. The application was denied, because the current farm did not require a full-time, yearround employee.

These two examples barely suffice to show the difficulties small farmers face. Of the 17 decisions made by the Commission between April 1 and October, 14 applications were approved, and nine refused. This means that in many cases, families will have to build homes far apart. Rural Canadians already suffer from higher than average mental health challenges. For many, being “forced” to live alone on their small farm, with a smaller area population, will not help.

I have not even explored what will happen to elderly parents if they are no longer able to contribute to the farm and their children take over the operation. According to the ALC decisions I have

read, the parents will be forced to either move into a temporary mobile home placed on the property, or off the farm, when they are no longer deemed “necessary” to the success of a small farm. The likely option, if available, would then be to move into senior housing in town, of which there is already an increasing shortage.

The human tragedy of a government declaring aging parents unnecessary to a farm will have far-reaching consequences on the health and well-being of the families and the seniors. Families that are doing the wise, good thing - wanting to keep their aging parents in their home on a farm, passing on their wisdom to their grandchildren - are now being told that they can move out of the home they built and into a small mobile home. It’s is good enough for them because they are old. Toss them out of their home and into a temporary mobile.

An advocacy group has sprung up to try to get the politicians to pay attention to the consequences of this bill.  The group is called Changes to Bill 52, and very quickly gained over 25,000 signatures on a petition to repeal the bill. At this point the government seems tonedeaf to concerns but time and pressure will tell. Rural Canadians have to find a way to convince urban folks who are still voting for more government control over our daily lives, to change course, and vote for more freedom, more choice, more humanity.

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College Heights Cougars player Jerome Erickson tries to run the ball down field against a pair of Clarence Fulton Maroons defenders on Saturday evening at Masich Place Stadium.

College Heights Cougars blockers clear a path for Austin Adams to run the ball down field against the Clarence Fulton Maroons on Saturday evening at Masich Place Stadium.

Fulton finalizes Cougars’ season

TED CLARKE Staff Reporter tclarke@pgcitizen.ca

The Clarence Fulton Maroons play football in a tough neighbourhood.

Their crosstown rivals, the Vernon Panthers, are perennial contenders for the provincial double-A varsity high school football crown, they’ve got triple-A opponents nearby in Rutland and it’s always an uphill climb to get a shot at Subway Bowl glory. After a 2-2 season that placed the Maroons third in the Interior, that door of opportunity opened when the Argyle Pipers of North Vancouver declined their invitation to travel to Prince George to play the Northern Conference-champion College Heights Cougars in Saturday’s wild-card playoff at Masich Place Stadium.

On a cold and snowy night, the Maroons scored on the opening drive – a 34-yard screen pass from Quin Williamson to Dylan Wapple - and went on to end the Cougars’ season with a 35-18 triumph.

The five-foot-11, 185-pound Williamson and his scrambling abilities gave the Cougars trouble all night and he made the big plays under pressure to put the Maroons and their talented array of running backs in scoring position.

“This was the first snow game for our team but I think we played great,” Williamson said. “That felt real good to come out and establish the first run. This season we haven’t been coming out with the first touchdown and it was nice for our team to get our spirits up. We got this lucky spot because Argyle

had to drop out and the boys were hungry to come up here and take that ‘W.’”

Maroons head coach Mike Scheller wasn’t too pleased with his team in the early going after a series of penalties stalled drives and he made it known from the sidelines that wouldn’t be tolerated. Fortunately for the Maroons, their lack of discipline was only a temporary roadblock.

“I was really happy with how our offence executed, we made a couple personnel adjustments and Quin had a fantastic game at quarterback and kind of led the way,” said Scheller. “Our offensive tackles blocked really well for him on those counter plays.”

The College Heights crowd huddled together to share body heat in the chilly concrete stands at Masich got a surge of excitement 3:14 into the second quarter when speedster Austin Adams took a punt return 80 yards to the house to bring the Cougars to within a point of tying it.

Williamson brought the Maroons deep into College Heights territory late in the second quarter and finished the drive punching through the middle across the goal line from four yards out. The Cougars answered with an impressive drive that started deep in their own zone. After a penalty moved the Cougars back to their own 10-yard line, quarterback Jerome Erickson found Hayden Matheson for three consecutive catches, aided by a 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty. Erickson then completed another pass to Adams, who was hit after he stepped out of bounds on the faintly-marked field and the

penalty gave the Cougars the ball with a first down on the Fulton 10. But on the ensuing snap, Erickson fumbled and Dayton Ingenhaag recovered the ball for the Maroons.

That turnover, right before the intermission, kept the Maroons ahead 14-6 and it had a demoralizing effect on the Cougars.

“Going in the half, being that close to the end zone it’s tough not to score because football’s a game of momentum and that was just a huge swing,” said Matheson.

“At the end of the day they were just more battle-tested than us. Their quarterback was fantastic and made a lot of really good plays outside of the pocket. They locked down in the red zone and converted on their third downs.”

Hayden Catt extended the Fulton lead late in the third quarter with a 25-yard run and Williamson hooked up with Karan Malhotra for a 35-yard TD catch followed by a Domenic Peterson convert for a 28-6 lead.

In the fourth quarter, Matheson scored on a 73-yard catch-and-run which Catt answered with a four-yard dash into the end zone. In the final minute, a 13-yard reception from Jared Cowan set the stage for Matheson, whose six-yard catch capped the scoring.

“They were dialed-in and prepared and they just took it,” said Cougars Grade 12 lineman Alex Ribeiro, who had a couple QB sacks to lead the College Heights pass rush.

The Maroons took away the outside lanes Adams loves to exploit and that held the Cougars’ fastest receiver and most deadly offensive threat in check.

“That’s a really good team over there and it’s not a knock against the other teams in the North but we don’t have that level of competition up here,” said Cougars head coach Grant Erickson. “We’re very close to that calibre, I knew we would be. Everybody played their hearts out and we were definitely competitive.”

The Cougars had just four Grade 12 seniors and potentially could return most of their roster. Coach Erickson in his post-game speech reminded his players of their potential to become the first team from the North to play in the Subway Bowl final next season but stressed it will take their deepest level of commitment to get that far.

“We know the level we want to get to - the offseason starts tomorrow and we all have to level up, the coaches and the players, everybody,” said Erickson. “If that’s our dream to get into the game at the dome next year, everybody’s got to buy in and do it together.”

The Maroons advance to a quarterfinal playoff against the Langley Saints, the second-ranked Eastern Conference team, Saturday in Langley.

In the other wild-card playoff Saturday at Masich, the Windsor Dukes of North Vancouver defeated the Nechako Valley Vikings of Vanderhoof 20-8. The Dukes will play the top-ranked Vernon Panthers in a quarterfinal Saturday in Vernon.

In a junior varsity playoff Saturday at Masich, the South Kamloops Titans defeated the College Heights Cougars 42-0.

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Keeping dementia patient engaged is key

CHRISTINE HINZMANN Staff Reporter chinzmann@pgcitizen.ca

To provide some insight into the behaviours that come with dementia in an aging population Northern Health staff are being educated through programs like DementiAbility.

As ongoing research is done into dementia, more has been discovered about how a person with the disease may decline over time and awareness of the process helps caregivers, including Northern Health staff, understand it.

DementiAbility focuses on needs, interests, skill and abilities, tackling boredom, isolation, loneliness and trying to keep the person as functionally capable as possible.

“It allows us to modify the environment in a deeper way and in doing so we’re changing the culture,” Brenda Miller, clinical nurse educator, said. “We try to set up activities that are based on a person’s life, they’re likes, dislikes, their roles, the things they used to like to do.”

For example, there are woodworking shops available for residents of long term care facilities, as well as opportunities for people to care for infant dolls.

“Doll therapy can be incredibly effective,” Miller said. “This isn’t something that works for everyone but all human beings have the need to express love.”

The nurturing and caring side can come to the forefront in some dementia patients.

The option is to have a doll that’s obviously a toy and others that are very realistic, depending on the needs of the individual. This is called doll therapy because it’s a therapeutic approach rather than play.

Northern Health staff know that just because a person is holding a doll, it doesn’t mean they’ve reverted to childhood. They are still treated as adults. Dementia can change a person developmentally but they are still treated with dignity, Miller said.

Other aspects to DementiAbility includes signs that help a person with visual cues. There are also illustrations of a person putting on a hat, scarf, gloves, coats and slippers. There can be signs on drawers illustrating what’s inside or where to put things. There’s simple pictures of sitting in

a chair or indicating a bathroom and what to do in it. Signage helps people understand where things are and what to do with them because sometimes that’s all a person needs to know to remain independent.

“One of the biggest challenges with dementia is that language changes,” Miller said. Some people may even revert to their mother tongue and sometimes all words in any language can be lost and that’s when signs come in quite handy.

“DementiAbility is really about modifying the environment and the culture,” Miller said.

Recently there’s been an internal learning hub placed online for staff at Northern Health and now there’s a link that’s available for the public to get all the details on how to help a person with dementia as they remain in their home for as long as possible. For more information visit northernhealth.ca and put DementiAbility in the search to see how a long term care facility uses it to help residents and for tips to use at home.

“It’s all about knowing what’s meaningful to that person,” Miller said.

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Brenda Miller, clinical nurse educator, left, Myrtle, Gateway resident, Keya Russell, social worker and Elizabeth Johnson, activity worker, enjoy a game of cards.

YOUNG CONTINUES HIS CLIMB

TED CLARKE Citizen staff

After the busiest, most intense season of his professional baseball life, Jared Young is back home in Prince George taking a much-deserved breather.

Young was surrounded by elite company the past two months playing in the six-team Arizona Fall League along with 179 other minor pro players considered top prospects for Major League Baseball. He played first base for the Mesa Solar Sox, a team chosen from the Chicago Cubs, Oakland A’s, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels, and they just finished a 30-game schedule which ended Oct. 26. His AFL stint came right after he played 123 games of a 140-game season in the double-A Southern League with the Tennessee Smokies.

“It was a lot of games, a lot of travel and I loved every minute of it but I’m happy to be home relaxing now,” said the 24-year-old Young. “It ended up being quite a lot of baseball and it was so much fun, but I definitely have to take some time and recoup my body a little bit.”

Facing pitchers making a push for the majors, Young played 14 games for the Solar Sox and finished with a .196 batting average with nine hits, two doubles, a home run and four RBI. His best day at the plate was on Oct. 10, when he hit 3-for-4 with a double against the Salt

River Rafters, while his mom and other family members from Prince George watched from the stands.

On Oct. 20 in a game against the Peoria Javelinas Young belted a solo shot over the wall, connecting on a pitch from Houston Astros top prospect Forrest Whitley.

“It was an awesome time, it couldn’t be a better group of guys that I ended up getting out together with,” said Young. “That always makes it fun, and what a group of ball players. I had six teammates from the Cubs and 25 or so other teammates that fit together nicely.

“I was really proud I could be part of that league. I’m not too worried about numbers and stuff like that but I do wish I’d done a little bit better and it’s something I’ll learn from and take into next year. I’m proud of what I did and I’ll get back at it next year.”

After a stellar 2018 in which he was chosen the Cubs minor league player of the year Young was promoted to the Southern League with the Smokies, based in Knoxville, Tenn. Playing mostly at first base and sometimes in the outfield, he had 455 at-bats and hit .235 with five home runs, 21 doubles, a triple and 57 RBI with 33 walks and scored 44 runs. His bat heated up in the final month and he batted .276 in his last 10 games, including two doubles, a home run and six walks.

in the legion hosting big fancy

CHRISTINE HINZMANN Citizen staff

On Saturday night, the local Legion will be the place for a toe-tapping, foot stompin’ roots, old-time, country and folk music showcase featuring Big Fancy and Patchwork.

Big Fancy is Blake Bamford from Fort Fraser who will be backed up by his band The Shiddy Cowboys featuring Corbin Spensley on bass and harmonies, Chloe Nakahara on fiddle and Devora Laye on drums percussion.

Patchwork, who opens for Big Fancy, is a newly-expanded band that recently grew from three members.

“It’s actually a big circus now,” Brock Paciejewski, Patchwork’s lead vocals and guitar, laughed.

“There’s seven of us.”

Included are original members Mike Watson on banjo and vocals and Warren Neuvonen on fiddle and most recently added is Finn Scott-Ness, mandolin and fiddle; Aiden Galletti, bass; Justin Gen-

dreau, drummer; and Genevieve Gaide, backup vocals.

Patchwork has played a few shows at Trench Brewing and Distillery lately and Paciejewski said this is the band’s Legion debut.

“We’re kind of excited for that - it’s kind of a big deal as far as Prince George music goes, I’d say,” Paciejewski said. “The music we play is kind of a folk rock country sort of thing that’s fun music that gets people moving and it tells cool stories.

We’re pretty excited to by playing with Big Fancy, he’s someone we’ve looked up to for a while now and we’ve listened to all his music so this is going to be super cool. He’s a brilliant singer songwriter and an amazing guitar player too.”

Paciejewski said he, Watson and Gendreau were part of Cariboo Blues, a university rock band when they attended UNBC about a decade ago.

“So we go back quite a ways,” Paciejewski said. “I’ve been a musician pretty much my whole life. I’ve been singing

since I was a kid and about 12 years ago started playing guitar then started approaching it a bit more seriously.”

After taking a break as he got his forestry career going the musicians remained friends and just then he came back to music with Patchwork.

“The music thing is mostly just fun, is what it comes down to,” Paciejewski said. “It’s just great for all of us to get together and play music with each other. It’s kind of like the best thing in our lives.”

Danny Bell of Mad Loon Entertainment organizes the shows at the Legion.

“Danny is awesome and he’s done so much for the music community and really the vibrancy of the music community is in big part because of him these days,” Paciejewski said. “He’s had a pretty big hand in revitalizing the music scene here over the last few years.”

Performing live is something meaningful for Paciejewski.

“To me it’s kind of a cool way to give back to the community because it’s al-

ways nice for people to get out and enjoy a night out and leave the stress of the week behind,” Paciejewski said. “It’s fun for everyone and we have a lot of older folks who are really into our music and the younger ones will have a good time too. It’s always a blast at the Legion.” Show starts at 9 p.m. Cover is $10. Everyone 19+ is welcome to attend.

ART A KEY COMPONENT OF SCIENCE

The journal Nature turns 150 years old this year. Depending upon your point of view, that is either a very long time or no time at all. It is well beyond the span of a human life but a mere blip in human history and the barest whisper compared to geological time.

I mention this because Nature has recently featured a number of articles providing analysis of its history. It is arguably one of the two most dominant and prestigious journals in the world (the other is Science). To a large extent, it has shaped the scientific dialogue for the past 150 years.

In a recent article reflecting on the journal, historian Geoffrey Belknap presents the case that the story of science is an illustrated history.

One of the subtle points often missed in teaching science is it depends heavily on the visual arts to communicate information. Whether it is a spectra of the sun’s light displaying all of the absorption lines for the elements found within or a tiny octopus embryo glowing with fluorescent proteins, much of the information we gain about science is obtained through art and visualization. Even charts and graphs are a form of visualization which, when done well, provide the viewer with rapid access to much data in a compact form.

As a chemist and a professor, artistic

ability is something I repeatedly stress to students. We don’t write molecules – we draw them. I can write CO2 (although it is missing the subscript version of the 2, which is important from a chemical perspective) or even write something like O=C=O to give carbon dioxide a bit more form, but neither representation does the molecule justice.

To really grasp what carbon dioxide might seem like would require converting the electrons in the atoms into fuzzy probability clouds with the density of dots representing the probability of finding the electron and then localizing on some finite percentage of each electron cloud or orbital. This is necessary because theory tells us orbitals go on forever and no one can really draw forever.

In picking a particle probability – say 90 per cent – I am making a conscious choice about the image I am creating and the way others will interpret it. It is much the same way an artist creating a portrait needs to decide where to draw the line. Is

it just a head shot? Or full body?

In any case, many compounds in chemistry would be extraordinarily difficult to describe in words. They are much more readily appreciated when rendered as images. The same can be said for all the disciplines of science. Images are important.

In discussing the development of illustrations in Nature, Belknap follows the progression from images generated by woodcuts over 150 years ago to modern imagery which can take advantage of the capacity offered by new visualization techniques and high definition images. One only needs to look at the images of the skies from the 1800s compared with the very recent image of the accretion disk for the black hole at the centre of M87. We have come a long way in our ability to provide visual representations of scientifically important information.

Iconic scientific images have found their way into our modern vocabulary. The double helix of DNA is instantly recognizable as is the classic solar system model of the atom. The awesome power generated by the conversion of matter to energy is readily associated with the image of the mushroom cloud. The pictures of ancestral hominids reminds us of our evolution from our birth place in sub-Saharan Africa. Such pictures

provide us with understanding at a much deeper level.

But we are also entering an age where the old saying “a picture never lies” may not be true anymore. With the rise of the digital age, it has become much easier to manipulate an image.

Most manipulations are not malicious. For example, the image of accretion disk for the black hole in M87 is not what you or I would see if we were floating in space near the object.

The actual wavelengths detected were in the radio-wave portion of the spectrum and well beyond our perception. To render the image useful to the human eye, the illustrators had to shift to the visible region of the spectrum by assigning corresponding colours to the radio-wave frequencies. If we were actually close enough to see the hole, it wouldn’t look like the image. It would be a distortion in the background star field.

But there are also dodgy images presented as science and some individuals, such as microbiologist Elizabeth Bik, are trying to clean up the literature. That said, the history of science from antiquity to now has been tied intimately to our ability to render meaningful images.

A picture from Nature isn’t really a thousand words because it often says so much more.

Handout photo

Here are some of the members of the newly expanded band Patchwork who will be performing Saturday night at the Legion along with Big Fancy and the Shiddy Cowboys.

ARTS HUB COULD TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN

A huge congratulations and thank you to the Community Arts Council of Prince George and District Team (CAC) for the very successful 43rd annual Studio Fair, which took place Nov. 1-3 at the Prince George Civic Centre. This year was another amazing presentation of beautiful art, unique hand-crafted creations and gourmet delights that showcased the vibrant and diverse artistic community at one of the most beloved events embedded in the soul of the Prince George.

I am convinced that Studio Fair alone can satisfy any Christmas shopping list. Thank you so much to our sponsors: Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, CKPG, 99.3 The Drive, 101.3 The River, The Prince George Citizen and Rod McLeod and Royal LePage Realty, as well as to our partners at the Prince George Civic Centre and Prince George City Hall who show their support for the arts year round.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who generously give of their time and of themselves, including the hardworking men of Baldy Hughes that make set up possible; the Prince George Judo Club for helping us with the coat check and to the CAC board members that give so much.

Studio Fair No. 43 was a weekend celebration of wide-ranging artistic variety. Thank you to the Potters’ Guild, Fibre Arts, Quilters and Woodturners Guilds, Carvers, Weavers as well as the Artists Workshop, Artists Co-op, the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, Judy

LATITUDE

LINDA REMPEL

Russell’s Enchainement Dance Centre, Miracle Theatre and The Prince George Community Foundation, Cold Snap Society, Northern Indigenous Arts Council, Corey Hardeman, Elmer Gunderson, Shirley Babcock and CFIS FM Radio for sharing your talents so freely.

A heartfelt thank you to all the attendees from the local and surrounding communities who support the arts by attending this event year in and year out. Many people commented to me that they come every year and would never miss it. This speaks volumes about the level of commitment our community has for arts and culture.

The arts are a language onto its own that often speaks in the absence of words. It validates our humanity and helps us communicate our experiences in a way like no other. Creativity opens our hearts and encourages dialogue between those that produce art and those that consume it.

Studio Fair is an inclusive event and attracts all walks of life, ages, genders, ethnicities, etc., and is evidence that the arts and culture are a common thread woven through all of us. It is a powerful

Two patrons check out a sample at the booth of one of more than 200 vendors at the 43rd annual Studio Fair held earlier this month at the Prince

Civic Centre.

and transformative force.

As president of the CAC, I often envision the impact that the arts and culture could have on the downtown core as we study the feasibility of relocating Studio 2880 on 15th Avenue to 3rd Avenue and Quebec Street, especially in this time of expanding crime, homelessness and social struggle in Prince George, particularly downtown. Could our pending relocation help with much needed healing? Just imagine the positive impact of a healthy, community-based Arts Hub, open to all people, that values inclusiveness, respect, dialogue, creativity,

compassion, acceptance and love, could have on our downtown core.

Of course, there is no one solution to the serious and complex nature of mental health and addiction problems, but I propose that a community-based Arts Hub downtown has the potential to foster productive and positive activities and interactions in an area under siege. By having the vision and the courage to believe and invest in the arts and culture with our relocation downtown, Prince George could finally gain some ground for its citizens that live, work and love in this city.

Citizen Photo by James Doyle

George

good time to quit

CHRISTINE HINZMANN Citizen Staff

When it’s time to quit, it’s good to know there’s lots of support out there.

There’s no better time than right now to quit smoking because through the BC Smoking Cessation program, everyone in the province can access 12 weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy each calendar year, which includes access to the gum, patch, inhaler and lozenges as well as prescription medication for those who need it.

So if it takes longer than 12 weeks to overcome the nicotine cravings, therapy can continue right into the new year, too. And to increase the odds of success, QuitNow offers free information, support, and counseling by trained professionals by phone, text, or email for both cigarette and vaping cessation.

It’s best to make a plan first, Lindsay Willoner, regional nursing lead for tobacco reduction, said.

“We do know statistically having counseling, a peer support group and a plan in place along with access to nicotine replacement therapy makes people three to four times more successful in quitting,” Willoner said. “We know nicotine is strongly addictive and it can take up to 30 tries to be successful - it’s that addictive. We do want to commend them for every attempt and every try is a step in the right direction.”

Getting into that mind set will help a person succeed, she added.

People should pay attention to their own triggers. When you have a coffee, do you want to smoke? When you have a drink when you’re out, do you want to smoke? When you’re around other smokers, do you want to smoke, too?

“Knowing those triggers in advance and making a plan is important,” Willoner said.

Having open dialogue with friends, family and coworkers can help keep a person on track.

And know your cues. If it’s as simple as looking for a replacement hold a pen, eat a celery stick or carrot.

Willoner said people can start by going to their local pharmacy to access the free nicotine replacement therapy. Nicotine replacement therapy provides the body with clean nicotine that fulfills cravings without exposure to hazardous chemicals found in commercial tobacco products.

There are a host of immediate and long-term health benefits to quitting, Willoner said. Here’s the list:

Within 20 minutes your heart rate and blood pressure drop.

Within 12 hours the carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.

Within two to 12 weeks, your circulation improves and your lung function increases.

Within one to nine months coughing and shortness of breath decrease.

Within one year your risk of coronary heart disease is about half that of a smoker’s.

Within five to 15 years your stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker.

Within 10 years your risk of lung cancer falls to about half that of a smoker and your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decreases.

Within 15 years the risk of coronary heart disease is that of a non-smoker’s.

Visit quitnow.ca or google BC Smoking Cessation program for more information.

This is the front page from the November 19, 1919 edition of the Prince George Citizen. You can search all of The Citizen’s archives online at pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca

Around Town

AROUND TOWN

MISSING CHAMBER OPERA

Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the House of Ancestors, Uda Dune Baiyoh, 355 Vancouver St., wa new chamber opera called Missing, by Metis playwright Marie Clements and Juno-winning composer Brian Current offers a voice in English and Gitksan to the story of missing and murdered woman set in Vancouver’s downtown eastside and along the Highway of Tears. Tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for students available at MissingPrinceGeorge. eventbrite.ca.

EVENING FOR THE ANIMALS

Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Coast Inn of the North, 770 Brunswick St., the BC SPCA North Cariboo branch present an Evening for the Animals, dinner and auction presented by the Hart Family Veterinary Clinic. Tickets are $90 per person and a table of eight tickets is $720. All proceeds support BC SPCA North Cariboo District Branch. Visit spca.bc.ca/north-cariboo-dinner for more information and to get tickets. Contact: (250)-552-4233 | astauble@spca.bc.ca

FIDDLER’S DANCE

Saturday from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Elks Community Hall, 663 Douglas St., the BC Old TIme Fiddlers present a dance featuring toetapping live music to swing your partner to. This is a chance to do the old-time dances like polka, waltz, schottishe, barn dance, 7 step, two step. Entry fee of $10 includes light lunch, prizes. Cash bar. Tickets available at Books & Co or at the door. Children get in free. Contact: (250) 5631025 | beth.bressette@telus.net

SHOW AT THE LEGION

Saturday from 9 to 11:30 p.m. at Legion 43 PG, 1116 6th Ave., Big Fancy & The Shiddy Cowboys with Patchwork play old time, country, blues, and ragtime, Big Fancy roams the land, a true troubadour moonshiner with a sharp wit and love-lorn voice. Patchwork is a three- piece band hailing from Prince George whose music is inspired by folk, country, and Canadiana/ Americana, of both the present and the past. $10 cover charge.

RECYCLE TOY DRIVE

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at REAPS, 1950 Gorse St., the annual Recycle Toy Drive sees participants donating quality used toys that will be distributed to local children’s organizations during the holiday season. The drive also accepts donations for the SPCA and PG Humane Society. Contact: 250-561-7327 | recycling@reaps.org

CHAMBER MUSIC

Sunday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza Hotel , 444 George St., join the Prince George Symphony Orchestra for an afternoon treat of chamber and baroque music with refreshments. Contact: (250) 562-0800 | gm@pgso.com

BOOK LAUNCH

Sunday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Artspace, above at Books & Co., 1685 Third Ave., Helen Knott a UNBC student from Fort St. John and now social worker, presents her book In My Own Moccasins about addiction, intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, the power of ceremony, sisterhood and the love of family.

MUSIC CONCERT

Sunday at 3 p.m. at Trinity United Downtown, 1448 Fifth Ave., the Sweet Adelines singing group, White Spruce City Chorus and the Ladies A Cappella singing chorus will perform music in honour of Remembrance Day. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. For more information email vrsteblin@gmail.com.

CONSCIOUS DANCE

MOVEMENT

Tuesday from 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Omineca Art Centre, 369 Victoria St., conscious dance at its core is about a person’s embodied awareness and cultivating home in one’s spirit and soul. Conscious dance can be done by anyone regardless of physical ability, fitness or prior dance experience. You are invited to attend a safe nonjudgmental setting. No talking on dance floor to allow body mind connection. This is a non instructional free dance. For a short intro come 15 minutes early or book an intro course. By suggested donation of $10 to $15 to cover Omineca Art Centre space. Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible through back door. For more information contact sacredsouldance@gmx. com.

CFUW MONTHLY MEETING

Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Gardens, 2055 Ingledew St., the Prince George branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) is having their monthly meeting featuring Rebecca Worthington who will be speaking about downsizing. For more information contact Maureen Fotos at 250-561-0403 or email mlfotos44@gmail.com.

MOUNTAINS OF CHANGE

Monday from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. at the The Exploration Place, 333 Becott Place, during the adult speaker series Mountain of Change is presented for free. Mountain glaciers and snowpacks are critical sources of seasonal streamflow and soil moisture. Mountains are seeing some of the greatest rates of warming observed on the planet. This talk will focus on ongoing and future research in mountains both near and far, identify how and why mountains are changing so fast, highlight the challenges in collecting data from high elevations, and hopefully generate a mountain of discussion. After the lecture there will be a question and answer period.

ADULT BAND

Every Monday until June 29, 2020 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 483 Gillett St., the Alban Classical New Horizons Adult Band meets. For more information visit www. albanclassical.org. Contact: 250-563-4693 admin@albanclassical.org

WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION WORKSHOP

Thursday, Nov. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Prince George Civic Centre, 808 Canada Games Way, the BC Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative presents an agriculture and wildfire risk reduction workshop for agricultural producers, wildfire response and emergency personnel and local government representatives. This workshop is free, with lunch and refreshments provided. For catering and planning purposes pre-register at https:// bcwildfirepreparedness2019.eventbrite.com

EMERGING ADULT SOCIAL

Monday, Dec. 9 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Bob Harkins Branch, Prince George Public Library, 888 Canada Games Way, this emerging adult social is geared for those 19 to 30 years old to kick back, eat snacks and try different activities with other emerging adults. Contact: 2505639251 | adhanjal@pgpl.ca

PJ STORYTIME

Every Monday until Dec. 9 from 6 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bob Harkins Branch, Prince George Public Library, 888 Canada Games Way, bring the little ones dressed in their PJs for stories, rhymes, and songs before bedtime. Suitable for children up to five years old. Contact: 2505639251 | adhanjal@pgpl.ca

HEARTBEAT MEETINGS

On the third Monday of the month at the Foundry, 1148 Seventh Ave., at 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. for youth between 12 and 24 and for adults at 6:45 to 8 p.m., there is a peer support group meeting offering empathy, encouragement and direction for those who have lost a loved one by suicide. If the door is locked, please knock. For more information contact Sandra Galletti at galletti@telus.net or call 250-961-9330.

ACAPELLA CHORUS

Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Studio 2880-15th Ave, back entrance, the White Spruce City Acapella Chorus is looking for women of all ages to tuneup and re-energize their passion for singing. Everyone is welcome for fun, laughter and friendship. For more information call Pam 250-562-9855.

YOUTH NEEDLECRAFT

Every Tuesday until Dec. 3 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Bob Harkins Branch, Prince George Public Library, 888 Canada Games Way, there is Tens to Teens Needlecraft. Those 10 to 18 years old can join Alise to learn the basics of knitting and crochet. Yarn, needles, and hooks will be provided. Call 250-563-9251 ext. 108 to register.

MENTAL HEALTH MEETINGS

The first and third Wednesday of every month at 11:15 a.m. at 1139 Sixth Ave., the Prince George Mental Health Consumer Council welcomes the public to regular meetings. For more information call Sherry at 250-562-1839.

WORDPLAY OPEN STAGE

Third Thursday of every month Books & Co., 1685 Third Ave., hosts Wordplay Open Stage Night in Cafe Voltaire from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. This event is geared for poets and storytellers, aspiring, published or professional. Bring original work, take the stage and share with a creative reading.

CANTATA SINGERS

Every Wednesday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at , St. Michael & All Angels Anglican Church, 1505 Fifth Ave., the Prince George Cantata Singers, a group of about 60 voices (ranging in age from 17 on up), come together each week to sing in harmony for musical performance. The choir performs about two to four major concerts per year, divided into two sessions from Sept. to Dec. and Jan. to June. Event fee is $90 per session.

MODERN SEXUALITY BOOK CLUB

Wednesday Nov. 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Trench Brewing, 399 Second Ave., the frustrating silent stigma is starting to fade, but now we’re left with an information gap. What does sexuality look like in 2019? Join Darcie and Kayli for this meetup. Borrow titles from the library or purchase from Books & Co. with a discount. To register and for titles call Prince George Public Library at 250-5639251 ext. 141 or Books & Company at 250-5636637. Contact: 250-563-9251 | adhanjal@pgpl. ca

DJ DANCE NIGHTS

Thursdays until Dec. 26 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Omineca Arts Centre, 369 Victoria St., Thursday DJ Dance Nights are presented to get a body grooving and keep spirits and energies high. There are licenced and dry DJ nights each month featuring local, regional and touring DJs. Entry is by suggested donation of between $5 and $20, but no one is turned away due to lack of funds. For details visit www.ominecaartscentre. com. Contact: 250-552-0826 | info@ ominecaartscentre.com

FRIDAY NIGHT MICS

Every Friday at 7 p.m. Books & Co., 1685 Third Ave., in Cafe Voltaire, hosts an open mic night for all musicians local or just passing through. The weekly event features great music, audience engagement, tasty beverages and treats while intermission finds people browsing through book shelves filled with contributions from local authors as well as best sellers. For more information visit www.booksandcompany.ca.

FAMILY GAMING

Every Saturday until Dec. 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Nechako Branch, Prince George Public Library, 6547 Hart Highway, bring the family to monthly gaming afternoons at Nechako Branch and play a variety of tabletop board games and video games. Contact: 250-563-9251 | ask@pgpl.ca.

SCRABBLE SUNDAYS

Every Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at Books & Co., 1685 Third Ave., in Cafe Voltaire there is Scrabble Sunday every weekend. Bring friends, family or yourself and your scrabble board. Contact: 250-563-6637 | orderbooks@shaw.ca

HOCKEY IN THE PALM TREES

A father son trip

STEVE MACNAULL Glacier Media

As we emerge from the urban, palm tree forest, there it is.

The 17,500-seat SAP Centre, a silversided edifice better known as the Shark Tank, is the home rink of the National Hockey League’s San Jose Sharks.

This is definitely going to be NHL hockey, California-style.

My son, Alex, and I have walked three blocks up downtown’s main drag of Santa Clara Street to the arena from our hotel, the Art Deco landmark De Anza.

The entire street is lined with palm trees, but the swath of widened sidewalk approaching SAP Centre is populated with even more of the tall distinctive trees swaying in the early evening breeze.

It’s quite the welcome for two Canadian guys seeking Canada’s nationalobsession sport in sunny California.

We’re Vancouver Canucks fans and the Canucks will be taking on the Sharks tonight.

Inside, we find we’re not the only ones cheering for Vancouver.

Several hundred of the capacity crowd are wearing Canucks jerseys, Alex and I included.

Watching sports live always has an electric energy.

It’s even more electric when your team excels.

We had lots to applaud with Vancouver besting the Sharks 5-2, with two goals coming from the Canucks’ young phenom Elais Pettersson.

Similar scenes play out at the SAP Centre when the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens come to town.

More and more Canadians are finding their way to San Jose, not just because they have tech business in Silicon Valley, which San Jose is the hub of.

Canadians are also visiting San Jose to watch hockey, enjoy California’s balmy weather, hike in the redwood forests and delve into craft-beer culture.

It was tech business traffic that lead Air Canada to start flying twice a day between Vancouver and San Jose in May 2016.

But it’s the increase in leisure traffic that prompted the airline to add a third daily flight in May 2017.

Soon, Toronto will get in on the action

with Air Canada announcing it will start flying between Canada’s largest city and the Silicon Valley capital in May 2020 using the new, 130-seat A220 narrowbody jet.

Taking the city of one million’s catch phrase of ‘San Jose is not just techy, but fun’ to heart, Alex and I embark on the ultimate Canadian-boys-in-San-Jose itinerary.

After Saturday night’s hockey game, hiking in the Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve is in order on Sunday morning.

Northern California is famous for being home to Sequoiadendron giganteum, the redwoods that are the biggest trees on the planet.

The Alma Trail takes us two kilometres through dappled sunlight to a stand of the most majestic redwoods in the 580-hectare preserve.

The largest is Big Alma, a 70-metre-tall, 10-metre-around-the-base beauty.

The small crowd gathered there oohs and aahs and everyone takes their turn getting their picture taken with giganteum.

Me and Alex certainly take the photo opportunity, but the best picture I snap is of three women friends tree hugging Big Alma as a shaft of daylight illuminates them.

It’s also where we run into another Alex, Alex Cocina, from nearby Los Gatos, who is out hiking with friends.

We get to talking and he provides us with the best recommendations for the rest of our trip.

That means it’s off next to Loma Brewing Co. in Los Gatos for a lunch of Loma Vida craft lager and jackfruit salad bowls.

Inspired by the brewery experience, we plan our own impromptu, self-guided beer tour.

After catching an Uber back to downtown San Jose, we hit ISO Beers to sip Modern Times Tenbier on the sunny patio; Original Gravity Public House for Kolsch Cali Coast in the beer garden; and Floodlight Brewing for its own Remain Present India Pale Lager on the rooftop terrace.

To work off that beer the next day, we do some bouldering at The Studio Indoor Climbing Gym, followed by the IMAX movie Back from the Brink: Saved from Extinction at The Tech Interactive (formerly The Tech Museum).

Check out SanJose.org and AirCanada. com.

Steve MacNaull photo

SAP Centre, home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks, is located downtown on palm-tree lined Santa Clara Street. MacNaull and his son Alex recently took in a game at the facility that is in sunny California.

Jean Merie Rieck, left, of Flagstaff, Arizona, Jee Yeong Malik of Oakland, California and Melissa Hassler of Oakland hug Big Alma, the biggest tree in the Bear Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve at 70 metres high and 10 metres in diameter at the base.

Steve MacNaull photo Alex MacNaull, left, and his travel writer dad, Steve MacNaull, at the San Jose Sharks-Vancouver Canucks game at SAP Centre.

Steve MacNaull photo

HOW TO SPEAK FLORIOGRAPHY

JURA KONCIUS

The Washington Post

When London flower designer Shane Connolly discusses arrangements with his clients, which include members of the British royal family, he sometimes suggests using a flower that has a special significance.

“Considering the meaning of flowers really adds an extra dimension of thoughtfulness to an arrangement,” Connolly says. It could be sending peonies, which represent devotion, for Mother’s Day or including rosemary in a sympathy bouquet because it signifies remembrance. In the wedding bouquet Connolly created for Kate Middleton’s 2011 wedding to Prince William, some white Sweet William blossoms were mixed in to symbolize gallantry.

“Plus that was a nice pun on the groom,” says Connolly, who has written several books about the language of flowers.

When you send flowers, you are sending a message. It’s up to you to decide how personal or proper the message is. Floriography, the language of flowers, emerged during the reign of Queen Victoria. It assigned meanings to certain flowers so emotions and sentiments could be communicated. Daffodils meant new beginnings, daisies signified innocence, and forget-me-nots meant true love and fidelity. Today, there are many ways to send your message with flowers. And many of the strict rules have been relaxed.

It’s no longer expected that you must send an all-white arrangement for a funeral or red roses for Valentine’s Day. “Times have changed,” says Laura Dowling, former White House chief floral designer.

“We are now more open and don’t really like a lot of rules. And there are more kinds of flowers available throughout the year.” She says peonies, which are the quintessential flower of May, are now available throughout the winter shipped from the southern hemisphere and romantic garden roses are grown year-round in green houses.

Her latest book, Bouquets,”which comes out next year, will touch on how a bouquet can communicate a message or tell a story. Dowling says bouquets can tell a personal story or evoke a cherished place or memory. A Mother’s Day bouquet for a mom who loves purple and adores the Pacific Northwest could be violets in a rustic wooden box with woodland mosses and ferns. A get-well bouquet could channel a favorite place, pastime or dream.

Ashley Greer, owner of Atelier Ashley Flowers in Alexandria, Virginia, said clients tend to get stressed about their flower choices. “Some people are very

self-conscious when it comes to flowers and their impressions,” Greer says. “People think that the flowers they use at an event or that they send are a direct reflection on them. And they want to be careful that their arrangement reflects their taste, their style and the occasion.”

Condolence flowers may be what people most obsess about. “When you are sending something for a funeral you want to be sensitive,” Greer says. “Sometimes people say they don’t want to send anything that looks fun. They prefer something white and green.”

Dowling, whose studio is in Alexandria, says condolence flowers “don’t have to be all white. Having flowers that are soft and comforting and focus on texture is a good way to go. Make them personal, and possibly reflecting a certain flower the person loved. Then they can really evoke the sense of a warm hug.”

New York flower designer and illustrator Cathy Graham says her go-to sympathy flowers include a paperwhite plant and a white or blue hydrangea plant that could bloom for a few weeks. “You don’t have to do all white, but I would not use bright, festive colors.”

Don’t overlook household pets when you are creating a bouquet or arrangement to send to someone, says Graham. “Lilies and other flowers are bad for cats,” says Graham, who worries about that with her own two ginger cats, Reggie and Cheddar. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals publishes a list of plants that are poisonous to pets.

The main thing with flowers is don’t overthink them. “People are so touched by your making the effort to send flowers that pretty much whatever you send will be appreciated,” Graham says.

Anne Chertoff, chief operating officer of Beaumont Etiquette, a New York consulting firm, says it’s always a good idea to check on religious practices and customs. “People like to know the rules,” she says. “They can think about the message they want to get across. Then it’s up to them if and when they want to use the rules or break with them.”

For instance, flowers for a funeral often center on lilies. But she says instead of flowers, it’s customary for Jews to send or bring food to the homes of the family who aren’t supposed to cook during the shiva, which lasts seven days, and also to feed people who come to pay respects to the family. “I’m Jewish, so I would send an edible arrangement,” she says.

Amy Merrick, a flower designer who ran her own studio in Brooklyn and now focuses on events and teaching, says she’s found that many customers don’t have a very good knowledge of the varieties of flowers and place more importance on the style or mood of their

Washington Post

Daisies are good to send to someone who has a casual, free-spirited style, Amy Merrick says in her new book, On Flowers: Lessons From an Accidental Florist.

Laura Dowling says her “green bean casserole” bouquet is good to send to a loved one who lives far away, signifying nostalgia, comfort and family.

arrangements. “The average person does have an interest in what flowers represent, but not in the historical context,” she says. People are sending their own messages, choosing them based on the personality of the recipient and the personality of the flowers. “I think buying a bunch of daisies signifies this is a sweet, free-spirited personality, whereas an orchid has a more elegant feel to it,” Merrick says.

In her new book On Flowers: Lessons From an Accidental Florist, Merrick

observes one of the mysteries of a florist’s life. Though she spends her days arranging thoughtful bouquets and compositions for others, “it is an unwritten law of the universe that no one ever sends a florist flowers,” she writes. Are they afraid they would be judged or that their message would be messed up?

“I would be so thrilled to get anything,” Merrick says. “Flowers are this ephemeral, beautiful expression. To receive them is all about simple delight and joy.”

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A Whole New World

MAE ANDERSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK - Disney sprinkled its pixie dust on the streaming arena Tuesday, as its Disney Plus service debuted with an arsenal of marquee franchises including Marvel and Star Wars, original series with a built-in fan base and a cheap price to boot.

The $7-a-month commercial-free service is poised to set the standard for other services like WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBCUniversal’s Peacock to follow, as major media companies behind hit TV shows and movies seek to siphon the subscription revenue now going to Netflix and other streaming giants.

Disney’s properties speak to its strengths. Besides classic characters such as Snow White and Pinocchio, Disney has Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic - big names that most people would recognize. Disney Plus will also have all 30 past seasons of The Simpsons. Original shows include The Mandalorian, set in the Star Wars universe and one on the Marvel character Loki.

Melissa Knerr, 26, a criminal defence attorney in Springfield, Missouri, already has Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime and wasn’t sure she wanted to pay for another one. She said she was swayed by Disney Plus’s price tag and its “sheer amount of

content.”

“I really love both the Star Wars and Marvel franchises and I grew up watching classic Disney shows and movies so I do think there will be enough content for me,” she said.

Marlina Yates, who works in marketing in Kansas City, said she signed up because of her husband’s enthusiasm about the Star Wars series The Mandalorian and her daughter’s “love affair with princesses and everything Disney.”

Disney Plus’s $7 a month price is about half of the $13 Netflix charges for its most popular plan, and there are discounts for paying for a full year up front. Disney is also offering a $13 package bundling Disney Plus with two other services it owns, Hulu and ESPN Plus. That’s $5 cheaper than signing up for each one individually. Everything won’t be available to stream right away, though, as Disney needs to wait for existing deals with rival services to expire. Recent movies missing at launch include the animated Pixar movie Coco and the live-action Beauty and the Beast. Others like Maleficent: Mistress of Evil haven’t been released for streaming yet. Disney expects 620 movies and 10,000 TV episodes by 2024, up from 500 movies and 7,500 episodes on Tuesday.

Disney has said that it is losing about $150 million in licensing revenue in the

most recent fiscal year from terminating deals with Netflix and other services. But Disney is betting that what it makes through subscriptions will more than make up for that - at least eventually.

Disney is boosting its subscription base initially with heavy promos, much as Apple TV Plus has done and HBO Max and Peacock plan to do. Members of Disney’s free D23 fan club were eligible to buy three years of Disney Plus service up front for the price of two years. Customers of some Verizon wireless and home-internet plans can get a year free.

The hope is that subscribers will stick around once they see what the service offers.

Long-term success is by no means guaranteed. With a slew of services launching, subscription fees can add up quickly. Consumers might be reluctant to drop an existing service such as Netflix or Amazon Prime to pay for something untested.

“I can’t keep up with so many services. It gets expensive,” said William Pearson, a Drexel University student who describes himself as a “massive” Marvel fan but already pays for Netflix, HBO and the DC Comics streaming service.

But compared with other newcomers, experts believe Disney will have no problem gaining - and keeping - the 60 million to 90 million worldwide subscribers it is

targeting for 2024. It took Netflix twice as long to get to 90 million.

“Disney Plus has a gigantic array of content and a library that’s unmatched, so it feels like an easy addition for consumers to get a gigantic library at that low price,” said Tim Hanlon, CEO of Vertere Group. Bernie McTernan, internet and media analyst at Rosenblatt Securities, said Apple’s venture into streaming, Apple TV Plus, has to build brand recognition for its new shows, while viewers may have difficulties seeing what HBO Max offers beyond the standard HBO subscription.

Disney said it was pleased with a recent test in the Netherlands, in which consumers got to try the service for free, without original content or full library of classics.

“The service connected with users across all four quadrants, male and female, adults and kids, driven by the breadth of our content and the affinity people have with it,” Disney CEO Bob Iger told financial analysts Thursday.

Connor Clifton, 29, from Houston, Texas, said he is looking forward to The Mandalorian Star Wars series as well as catching up on recent Pixar films.

“Paying for individual channels is frustrating,” he said, “but I want to see the content so I’m willing to pay for it.”

The Walt Disney Co. logo appears in 2017 on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. On Tuesday Disney Plus launched its streaming service.

NYGAARD,LARRY

JULY8,1953-NOV6,2014

Dad,fiveyearshavepassed andourlivescontinueto growwithyourinfluence. We’rewildlyblessedtosee somuchofyouineach other.We’regratefulto cherishyourincredible memories.Yourloveand devotionhasweavedatightknitcloththatholdsour familytogether,it’sstitched witheveryfibreofyour spirit.You’reforever missed.

Lovealways, Phil,Larissa,Erin,Adam xo

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In Loving Memory of LARRY PETER NORBECK

Jan. 24, 1945Nov. 16, 2018

Winter is coming - life’s dark days lie aheadThe leaves all have fallen and are blown awayLike all our dreams and plans

The geese are all flying and callingYou should still be here I so wish that you were here…

I miss you my dearestI miss your face and smile I miss your presence and strengthI miss our life together

And your walking through the door…

I know you didn’t want to leave usYou tried so hard to stay...

How could this have happened?

I still cannot believe itI will never understand…

Those we love don’t go

beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, but always near; still loved, still missed and very dear.

Love your daughter, Helen

As you share the stories and the memories of how they lived their lives and how very much they meant, may you find comfort...

We had so many years together, In the sunshine and in the darkest shadows - Hand in hand – together through it all...

It breaks my heart to have lost youI miss your hand to holdNow I am alone…

Love you forever, Joan

Norbeck -Thank you

A heartfelt “thank-you” to Larry’s and my friends for helping me make it through this very difficult year. A special thank-you to Barry and Louise Dewick for all your help with all the sorting, listing, suggestions and ideas and for taking me under your wings. Thanks also to Ken Bergestad, Don Ellis and Mario Domenis for your help in dealing with things and for looking out for me. Also, many thanks to Aubrey Miurhead and Denise Kelly for your help with all the paperwork. Thanks so much to all of you – there are no words to express how much your phone calls, caring, encouragement and continuing support has meant to me.

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REMEMBRANCES

There are moments in our life that we will always remember… not because they were important, but because you were there with us.

We do not need a special day to bring you to our minds. The days we do not think of you are very hard to find. Each morning when we wake, we know that you are gone. And stumble through the sorrow, as we try to carry on.

Our hearts still ache with sadness, and endless tears still flow. What it meant to lose you, no one will ever know. You did so many things for us, your heart was kind and true. And when we needed someone, we could always count on you. Now an emptiness surrounds us… your place no one can fill. While the pain of no last goodbye lingers within us still. Our family chain is broken now, and nothing seems the same, But we know the day will come when the chain will link again.

Always on our Minds…Forever in our Hearts Dana, Andy, Koewen and Brendyn

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DRYBURGH,JohnW. April10,1941-August1,2019

J.WayneDryburghpassedawaypeacefullyafteralong illness.Hewillbemissedbyhiswifeof50years,Patricia Dryburgh(Holst);histwodaughters,Robin(Olson)and Erin(Kittridge);andhisthreegrandsons,Matthewand ZacharyOlsonandOliverKittridge.

VOLL, Walter December 10, 1930November 2, 2019

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Walter Voll. He was born in Langenleiten, Germany on December 10, 1930 and passed on November 2, 2019 in Prince George, British Columbia. He is survived by his wife Ursula, daughters Corina (Brent) and Kim and many many good friends.

His family would like to acknowledge and thank Dr. Chang and his staff.

No service by request. Donations can be made to the Prince George Hospice House. Condolences may be offered at www.assmansfuneralchapel.com

Wade Robert Kerr July 8th, 1998November 3rd, 2019

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our precious “Wadey”. He is survived by and will be greatly missed by his loving parents Rita and David Kerr, brothers Ryan and Cody (Rachelle) Kerr, nephews Jace and Miles, Grandparents Lee, Bob, Debbie, Bob, Donna, Great-Grandma Blanche, numerous Aunts, Uncles and cousins, and many good friends.

A celebration of Wadey’s life will be held on Tuesday, November 12th at 1:00pm at the Pineview Community Hall 6470 Bendixon Road.

~ Shred Hard Boys! ~

Obituaries

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Obituaries

In Loving Memory of My Dad CLARENCE LAPP

28, 1930 - Nov. 14, 2018 And My Mom CHARLOTTE JEAN LAPP

9, 1930 - Nov. 20, 2012

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In Loving Memory of Larry Peter Norbeck…our Dad and Papa. January 24th, 1945 - November 16th, 2018

RICHARD ALOIS BAUER

September 6, 1941 - November 3, 2019

Richard passed away peacefully at Jubilee Lodge at the age of 78. He is survived by his two loving children, eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 1:00pm at Assman’s Funeral Chapel, 1908 Queensway Street, Prince George, BC.

Delores Viola Wickes

September 22, 1933November 4, 2019

For 86 years the world got to enjoy you.

Delores passed peacefully with her family surrounding her. She was truly loved by all and we’ll treasure every memory. Her firecracker personality and BIG, BIG love for her family that she showed every day will be remembered forever. She was always the life of the party and brought so much laughter everywhere she went. Delores was a part of this community since 1943 and was one of the founding members of PGARA Speedway when they started with the dirt track. She was married to Lloyd her teen sweetheart for 67 years. She was the mother of 9 children and grandmother and great grandma to 41 children. Very special thanks to Cynthia, Penny and the entire hospice staff for your amazing care.

Terri Jay Langton

JANUARY 13, 1963NOVEMBER 1, 2019

It’s with great sadness that we say goodbye to Terri Langton.

Predeceased by her mother Joyce, her father Douglas and her sister Jodi. Terri leaves behind her brother Guy, her sons Jacob and Jeremy Van Den Bergh, her lifelong friends Diana Webb and Lianne Lynch, Frank Van Den Berghe; father of her boys, and many other family members and friends.

Terri was a bright light in a world that needed it and she will be remembered by all who knew her for her ready smile and willingness to help anyone who needed it.

There will be no service at Terri’s request but please consider a donation to cancer research in her name.

Terri, your light will shine on in the hearts you touched.

DOLORES MCCONACHIE

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Margaret,ourgentle,lovingMotherandGranny, peacefullypassedawayatHospiceHouse. Shewaspredeceasedbyherhusband,Bill(2009). Shewillbemissedbychildren,Isabel(Roger), David(Dolores),andRichard;grandkids,Chris(Lyn), Dan,Emily(Dan),Jeremy(Terri),Nathan,Joshua,and Brendan(Andrea);aswellasgreatgrandkids,Jesse, Kate,Dara,Addison,andRiley.

Margarethadagenerousspiritandwashappy surroundedbyherfamily.Sheenjoyedfriendsand TrivialPursuitatAlwardPlace,agoodcupoftea,and Lindtchocolate!

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BOWIE,John(Jack)C. March31,1941-October30,2019

BornonMarch31st,1941inStettler,AB,Jackpassed awayonOctober30,2019,attheKinsmenLodgein Surrey,BC.

JackspentthemajorityofhislifeinPrinceGeorge,BC. Hegrewupworkinginthefamilybusiness,Bowie’s Fashions,inmanagement.WiththedissolutionofBowie’s Fashions,Jackworkedfulltimeontheoperationand maintenanceofBon-AccordHoldingslocatedat3rdand BrunswickinPrinceGeorge.Jackspentmanyyearsat NessLake.Heenjoyedtheoutdoors,nature,andpeace andquietwithapocketbookandcampfire.

Predeceasedbyparents,RayeandAlexander,and brother,Bob.

Survivedbychildren,Tavis(Sheena),Andrew(Kayla),and James(Samantha),andtwograndchildren,IslaandCruz Bowie.

AnintimateCelebrationofLifewillbeheldwithChinese foodatPeacefulRestaurantinSurreyonNovember1, 2019.

Inlieuofflowers,donationscanbemadetothe AlzheimersSocietyofBritishColumbia.

Louise Joan Gorton

May 30, 1952 - Oct 21, 2019

Louise Joan Gorton passed peacefully in her sleep early in the morning of Oct 21, 2019; she was 67 years young.

A dedicated and respected educator for all of her life, following graduation from UBC with her Bachelors of Education, Louise moved from her birthplace of Vancouver to Prince George where she began her long-standing career as the librarian at Prince George Secondary School. She then moved to Kelly Road Secondary where in addition to her role as librarian, Louise taught sewing and math in addition to several years supporting the school’s wrestling team.

Louise was active within the profession throughout her career; as member and former president of the Prince George District Teachers Association, member of the Prince George Librarian’s Association and BC TeachersLibrarian Association. In addition Louise took great pride in her appointment to the University of Northern British Columbia’s (UNBC) Board of Directors as representative of the College of New Caledonia in May 1997. She remained an active donor and contributor to the university throughout her life, establishing the Gorton Family Scholarship which will remain for many years to come thanks to her extraordinarily generous bequest to the university in her passing.

Louise was also an active volunteer within the Prince George community. As a gifted seamstress, for years Louise donated her exquisite baby quilts to young mothers through Reverend Elizabeth Zook, Chaplain at Prince George Hospital. She also crocheted and donated countless ‘white angels’ to the Hospice House.

Not long following her retirement Louise was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s and her final years were spent in Simon Fraser Lodge. Louise in her passing is predeceased by her father Ron and mother Joan and survived by her cousins Eric, Lori and Andy DeCou who wish to extend their thanks and gratitude to the dedicated staff at Simon Fraser Lodge for their care and a special thanks to Louise’s friend and colleague Donna.

Fishing

SALMON Seine, built half,

Snow Equipment

Brentwood snowblower, new motor, 13hp. $550.00 250-617-4293

Toys/Games/Puzzles

PUZZLES - Never opened. $5-$10 each. 778-675-4716

Business Opportunities

BUSINESS for sale, Sewing Shop, next to Nelly’s Pub, all merchandise

Established Franchise Photography Business Serving Northern B.C for over 35 years Gross Revenues of $150.000 plus annually from

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Established Franchise Tax Preparation Business Mackenzieservicing and McLeod Lake area for over 30 years. Gross Revenues of $85,000 to $90,000 Annually and Potential to expand revenues in a growing economy. Transition support available for the right buyer. Serious Inquires Only Office (250)997-9003 Home (250)997-5538 Cell (250)990-0152

Carrier Sekani Family Services is looking for a fulltime foster family for two siblings; a 12-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl. These siblings attend school full time and love the outdoors. They are very active and love swimming. The girl loves music and participates in choir. The boy loves reading and is creative with Lego. These children thrive with structure and routine.

We are looking for an experienced caregiver or couple who are very patient, committed, loving, and understanding. These children thrive with one on one time and will do best living in a home with no other children.

The caregiver should have knowledge of trauma informed care, FASD, and an ability to conduct crisis intervention and conflict resolution or be willing to receive this training.

For more information, please contact Vivianne at 250-563-3360 ext. 122 or vivianne@csfs.org

Shealwayshadasmileandatwinkleinhereye. Ourfamilywouldliketothankthecaringpeopleat Hospice,Dr.McGee,andPGRHstaff,whocaredfor Margaret. Noservicebyrequest.Inlieuofflowers,donationstothe P.G.RotaryHospiceappreciated.

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Wearelookingfortwoexperiencedjourneyman plumberstojoinourserviceteam;weofferacompetitive benefitspackage.Ifthisopportunityissomethingyou wouldbeinterestedin,pleaseemailyourresumetoBrett atoffice@mayfairinc.comoraccounts@mayfairinc.com.

Casual Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses needed for in home 1:1 pediatric respite care for medically fragile children in your area. Offering union wages, paid training and full support. For full details and to apply visit www.resourceability.ca

/ 615595

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Dunkley Lumber Ltd. operates a modern and efficient SPF dimension Sawmill and Planermill facility at Strathnaver, 75 km south of Prince George, BC. Our quality lumber products are sold across North America and in overseas markets. To find out more about us, please visit our website at www.dunkleylumber.com.

We currently have an opening for an Administrative Assistant

Key responsibilities include matching invoices to purchase orders and packing slips, verifying accuracy, reviewing, managing and processing invoices and other duties as assigned. Cross-training and providing backup duties for accounts payable and reception will be required.

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following skills and experience:

• a minimum of two years of office experience

• accounts payable experience

• excellent general computer skills (Microsoft Office applications)

• exceptional attention to detail and the ability to efficiently prioritize

• strong communication skills.

This position offers a highly competitive wage and benefits program.

If you possess the skills and experience required to be successful in this role, please submit your resume in confidence via fax or email to the attention of:

HR Coordinator

Dunkley Lumber Ltd.

Fax: (250) 998-4513

Email: hr@dunkleylumber.com

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

RVs/Campers/Trailers

Duplexes for

Houses

built, approx 3800 sq ft home on hole #7 Aberdeen Golf course, totally fin inside & out. Realtors welcome, $549,900.(250)596-5434

COUNTRY Living, Quesnel area. Modest home atop a hill with trees, garden, babbling brook, minutes from town, just short of 1 acre, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, full bsmt, garage & more. Great neighborhood. $188,000. 250-992-5752

House, 2679 Queensway, upstairs completely reno’d, 2 bdrm up, 2 bdrm bsmt needs finishing, 60X110 lot, yrd completely paved. Suitable for rezoning to commercial or home based business. Currently rented. $320,000. 250-981-3583

2740 PETERSEN RD (Peden Hill). House and estate for sale. 3 Bdrm, finished basement. Open to offers. 250-564-0318

Property For Sale

“DUNSTER PROPERTY FOR SALE” 115 acres with 1/2 mile Fraser River frontage. 10 acres Island. 15 acres cleared. Mixed forest. 100% reliable water source. Log cabin attached to mobile home. Water line and hydro. Easy access. Mountainscape views. Private. 250-479-5545

45.5 ACRES Corner of Upper Fraser Rd & Beaver Forest Rd. with good driveway & building pad. $155,000. 250-614-6667

Lots & Acreages for Sale

1.148 AC. LOTS 35 & 36, Birchill Cres. 16 W., city limits. No GST. (250)563-7414

12 ACRES of commercial zoned land, 1400 ft of Hart Hwy frontage $150,000 per acre. 563-6985 or 981-1950. Will consider partial trades.

2.186 ACRE, 9341 Birchill Cres, close Hwy access, no gst. (250)563-7414

7902 North Nechako Road (DL 2099) 6 acres of land, subdividable after removal of gravel (est 700,000 yards). Priced to sell. Interested parties reply to The Citizen 505 4th Ave Prince George BC V2L-3H2 Box 1076

BUILDING Lot 8091 Flamingo Rd. 80’X135’ with city sewer & water. Allows mobiles as well. $85,000. 563-6985, 981-1950

HART Area, 400’ frontage X 100’ deep, serviced $300,000. 250565-4888

LARGE Res. lot, serviced, green belt on back, Oak Ridge Cres, Hart hwy. $89,900 obo 250-5623886

LOT for Duplex, 4-plex or apartment/condo. Fully zoned. Ready for permit. Near Multiplex & Walmart. 250-961-6786

Recreational Property

1000sq m building lot, #L72NCorintoPearleco-development Honduras. Contact Recap Investments, Toronto 1-888-212-8584 for more info and owner 250-5634999 $35,000 Canadian Cluculz; Meier Rd, 11.26 acres sub-lakeshore with lake access, and top location $299,000. 604908-0313

Apartments/Condos for Rent

1 & 2 BDRM apt, Hart area, incls heat & hot water. Prince George 250-962-7962

2 BDRM near Parkwood & Hospital. HW flrs, balcony, heat & hotwater incl. n/p, $850. 250-9817331 or 250-612-7528

HARDWOOD MANOR 1575 Queensway. 1 bdrm apts, incls heat, hotwater, hw flrs, secure access, n/p. Resident Manager. 250-561-1446

VENICE Place apts. Bach & 1 bdrm, balcony, elevator, underground parking. Heat/hot water incl. 250-561-1446

Basement

Suites

1 BDRM Bsmt suit, utils incl. $900. N/S, ref’s req’d 778-2810093.

Commercial

2649 & 2669 Queensway, 3 Hoists, compressor, over 5000 sqft, 14’ bay doors, lots of bays, C5 zone, showroom, parts department. Reduced $1,700,000. 250-981-3583

Commercial

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Contest prize inCludes:

Round trip airfare from Prince George including connection and airfare to each destination city 10 Nights accommodations 2 Tickets to each game

prize Value: $10,000. Includes all taxes and fees.

All weekly winners will be eligible for the Grand Prize draw Thursday, February 13, 2020.

No cash alternative, judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into. Prize must be accepted as awarded.

All entries must be received by 5pm February 5, 2020.

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No purchase necessary. Maximum one original newspaper entry per participating advertiser location will be accepted. Contestants must reside in BC and must be 19 years of age.

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