BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) is looking to create an ambulance facility in the former Prince George Greyhound bus station.
Chief Ambulance Officer Leanne Heppell sent a letter to Mayor Simon Yu requesting the city’s support.
“Funded through the Provincial Health Services Authority by the Ministry of Health, this $14.7M project is more than just renovations to a former Prince George Greyhound bus station, it is the creation of a BC Emergency Health
She said the facility would allow for storage, cleaning and stocking of all ambulances in the Prince George area and significant staff supports, including crew quarters, amenities, administrative space and importantly, training space.
“I believe that this proposed multi purpose ambulance facility has been in conversation for awhile and I am delighted to see some progress,” said Coun. Susan Scott.
She moved to write a letter of support, which was approved unanimously by council.
In the next 10 years, the Cariboo region, which includes Prince George, Williams Lake and Quesnel, is expected to have 21,100 job openings and about two percent of these jobs will come through economic growth, and the remaining 98 percent will come from replacing existing workers, according to the B.C. Labour Market Outlook.
Given the high number of retirements that are expected, pressure to replace these retiring workers will be felt across a variety of industries but mainly with providers of health, education and retail trade services.
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Crashing into police car earns man jail time
Less time served, Brent Jameson Morgan has 13 months left to go for dangerous driving, fleeing police
MARK NIELSEN
Special to The Citizen
A man was sentenced last week to a further 13 months in jail after he destroyed an Prince George RCMP cruiser and forced an officer to take evasive action in a failed attempt to escape arrest slightly more than a year ago.
In all, Brent Jameson Morgan, 32, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail less credit of 468 days for each day in custody prior to sentencing, leaving 444 days to go.
The sentence stems from an Oct. 22, 2022, incident when, during the early morning hours, a patrolling RCMP officer noticed a car parked at a 7600-block of Gladstone Drive home with an expired licence plate and linked to a “known offender, who has ties to the illicit drug,” namely Angelina Hammestrom.
As backup was called in to block off their escape, Jameson and Hammerstrom left the home in an SUV and,
when RCMP attempted to pull the vehicle over, Jameson initially slowed down then sped away.
It was located a second time, on Simon Fraser Avenue, but Jameson once again refused to pull over and struck an RCMP vehicle as he fled the area, driving along the sidewalk and through a series of stop signs as he sped away.
The pursuing officer caught up to Jameson for a third time at St. Kevin Place and attempted to get in front of Jameson and guide the SUV to the side of the road but Jameson pushed through and kept going.
Hammerstrom meanwhile was seen waving her hands outside the passenger-side window, apparently signalling that she wanted to get out of the SUV.
The officer followed Jameson as he drove erratically to a cul-de-sac in the 8000-block of St. John Place.
Jameson lost control while turning and went up onto a grassy area where the SUV drove through some trees and struck two pickup trucks that were parked in a driveway.
The RCMP officer got out of his cruiser with his gun drawn.
As he yelled that Jameson was under arrest, the SUV went into reverse and backed into a light pole and then into the officer’s cruiser.
By then, the officer had retreated back behind the
cruiser for cover and escaped injury but the cruiser was later deemed a writeoff.
A second cruiser was struck as Jameson left the scene but it did not suffer as much damage.
From there, RCMP deployed a spike belt on Domano Boulevard and the suspect vehicle came to a stop on Moriarty Drive where Jameson and Hammerstrom were arrested.
During sentencing submissions made to B.C. Supreme Court Justice Alan Ross, Crown prosecution argued for three to four years, less time served, saying that the outcome could have been worse if not for the “skill and training of the officer to jump out of the way and not get hit.”
Meanwhile, defence lawyer Jay Michi pushed for two years, saying the term amounts to a step up from the 18 months that Jameson was issued in May 2020 on a count of dangerous driving in relation to a April 2019 incident.
Morgan, who pleaded guilty to fleeing police and dangerous driving, was also issued a three-year driving prohibition.
He was ordered to pay $1,086.40 in restitution for the deductible on the two pickup trucks that he hit. He was also issued a 10-year firearms prohibition in recognition that a car can be used as a weapon.
While still in early stages, a company is proposing to build a sand mine north of Prince George about 10 kilometres east of Bear Lake.
Scott Broughton, president and CEO of Vitreo Minerals Ltd. which is based in Moberly near Golden B.C., attended the November Regional District of Fraser Fort George (RDFFG) meeting to give an update on what is known as the Angus Project.
The project is currently the focus of environmental baseline studies but the company has submitted and successfully received approval for its initial project description with the provincial Environmental Assessment Office.
“The intent here is to develop a quarry and make proppant sands that would be sold into the Montney oil and gas basin,” said Broughton.
Proppant, often called frac sand, is used in hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, to prop open the fractures that are created during crude oil and natural gas extraction.
“It is essentially a quarry that would mine these special rocks that are known as quartz arenites, which is like a very strong sandstone. They occur in abundance on the
project area, but they come from this one specific area we call Monkman.”
He said the company is proposing to build a quarry there which would involve drilling, and blasting the rock and then that material would be moved to a raw sand plant.
“It’s very simple processing. There’s no chemistry. There’s no heat. There is nothing nasty,” he explained. “This is just a physical process, and it will look a lot like a conventional sand and gravel operation to many people.”
The material would then be moved along an existing Forest Service Road to a finishing site closer to the highway and railway where it would be dried and ready to be sold.
“We see a large and looming demand for that material. Right now, it’s being imported all the way from Wisconsin so you can imagine the cost and greenhouse gas impact of that delivery,” said Broughton.
“We seek to be a local supplier of this important and valuable material.”
He said there is a fairly vast resource potential at the site which has more than enough material for a 20-year mine life and said the company is excited about the proximity of the site to the services and suppliers in Prince George.
“We see great opportunities for a workforce from Prince George and locally from Bear Lake, McLeod Lake and others,” Broughton said.
“We imagine people could readily commute to job opportunities here.”
He said the company is still doing an extensive environmental baseline assessment program and needs further permitting to move forward.
He said early next year they will be submitting a detailed project description, which will include changes from the initial project description based on the comments received from Indigenous nations and the community.
The company hopes to have all the required permits in place by the end of 2025, which would lead to a final investment decision to build.
He said pre-feasibility cost estimates for capital are about $300 million to build this mine and the two processing plants.
“In terms of jobs there’s about 150 jobs during construction and about 150 jobs during the mine operation itself to get product to the finishing plant,” Broughton added.
He said he sees the market in the Montney basin of B.C. and Alberta being a $2 billion a year business for the next 40 years of LNG production.
City ponders bi-weekly home garbage pick up
HANNA PETERSEN Citizen staff
The City of Prince George is coming up with a new Solid Waste Management Plan that looks at the possibility of moving to a bi-weekly schedule for solid waste pick up.
Bi-weekly collection is becoming the industry standard in many communities because of successful curbside recycling and compost programs that have reduced the amount of weekly garbage.
The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George operates the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill and the associated waste diversion programs. However, the centralized composting operations at the landfill are limited to yard and garden waste only and food waste is currently not part of the composting operation.
To make bi-weekly curbside garbage collection viable, significant capital investment and site expansion would be required at the Foothills landfill.
“We need to adapt and change and seeing the options available to us as we go through this process is going to be what helps us do that,” said Coun. Kyle Sampson at the Monday council meeting.
“Making off-the-cuff decisions won’t be valuable to council to say ‘yeah we are going to go to a bi-weekly’ unless we have a plan in place.”
“I do believe a solid waste management plan should include bear safe especially in certain areas and in the fall when the bears are all over the place,” said Mayor Simon Yu.
City staff said that work on the Solid Waste Management Plan will being in 2024.
Fire training site in works
Prince George could eventually become home to a new fire training site.
City council has approved including a one-time enhancement of $75,000 to its 2024 budget deliberations to conduct the second phase of the Prince George Fire Training Site Feasibility Study.
In 2022, Prince George Fire Rescue Services (PGFRS) completed a Fire & Rescue Strategic Plan Update, which identified several service and infrastructures recommendations.
These included the need for additional staff at Hall 2, the provision of an
appropriate local training site, and a fifth staffed fire hall in the industrial area in the south-east portion of the city.
PGFRS currently travels to other municipalities in B.C. to meet annual training requirements.
To meet the current and future training needs, a 3.1 acre site is required for indoor and outdoor training space.
Two site locations have been proposed for the development of a fire training site. The first one is land behind Fire Hall No. 3 in College Heights and the second is the Prince George Airport Training Site.
Vanderhoof shooter sentenced for assault
MARK NIELSEN
Special to The Citizen
A loose end has been tied up for the man recently sentenced for opening fire on the Vanderhoof RCMP detachment.
On November 17, 2021, eight days before Paul Nicholas Russell, 38, committed the act for which he is now serving a 10-year sentence, he assaulted a taxi driver in Prince George, the court heard. According to circumstances presented at a hearing, shortly before 6 p.m., the driver dropped Russell off at a hotel in the city. Russell went into the hotel without paying the fare and the driver
followed, demanding Russell pay up.
Instead, Russell went into a room and came back out with a spray bottle and sprayed the driver in the face with toilet cleaner, then threw the bottle at him, hitting him in the forehead.
Russell then went to the front desk and attempted to book a room. An attendant at the hotel in turn called the RCMP and Russell was arrested. Court records indicate he was released the same day.
Unable to see clearly, and suffering pain, itchiness and discharge from his eyes, the driver missed four days of work.
Similar to what was said during the trial and sentencing for Russell for the Nov. 25,
2021, incident at the Vanderhoof RCMP detachment, the court was told Wednesday that Russell was struggling with mental health troubles at the time.
He was displaying strange and delusional behaviour, but with pandemic-related restrictions in effect, Russell was also having trouble getting help and although he had been prescribed anti-psychotic medication, he had also been consuming alcohol as a way to self-medicate.
Now in custody, Russell has received the help he has needed and has since stabilized, the court heard.
For the assault, Russell was sentenced
to a day in jail and ordered to pay $606.70 in restitution for the driver’s four days of lost work and the cost of the fare.
Russell, who had pleaded guilty to the charge, apologized for his behaviour and promised to pay the restitution as soon as he gets out.
“I wasn’t in a right mind,” Russell said. Less credit for time served, Russell has roughly seven years left to serve on the sentence issued earlier this month for firing off at least 19 rounds of .30-calibre ammunition at the detachment, causing those inside to fear for their lives as well as sparking a community-wide lockdown and a massive police response.
Help at hand for seniors with housing issues
CHRISTINE DALGLEISH Citizen staff
Couch surfing, living in a van, going in and out of shelters.
These are some of the issues Wendy Curtis hears about when seniors in need come into the Prince George Council of Seniors Resource Centre for help.
As the senior population rises, and affordable housing options diminish in the province, there is an urgent need for multigovernmental and intersectoral collaboration to ensure that seniors have access to housing that is appropriate and affordable, the United Way said.
As housing and community navigator, Curtis assists older adults to help them through their housing issues.
“There are shelters available, they can live with friends or family, some are coach surfing – I’ve got one fellow who is living in his van,” she said. “Some are in and out of shelters – but shelters are not where seniors want to be.”
But there’s a two-year wait list for subsidized housing, Curtis added.
“So most of the people are putting in applications and waiting,” she said. “Looking for suitable housing for low-income seniors right now is very difficult. There’s very low supply.”
A new report, Aging in Uncertainty: The Growing Housing Crisis for BC Seniors, highlights the critical issue of seniors struggling to secure affordable housing in the face of soaring living costs, stagnant government retirement incomes, and a shortage of affordable housing.
According to the report, B.C. seniors experience a high rate of financial hardship, with 15.2 per cent of seniors considered low income. In 2020, one in four seniors in B.C. had after-tax incomes below $21,800, almost $10,000 below the minimum wage.
The report lays out six critical goals and 16 specific recommendations to make housing more affordable and accessible for older adults.
The first three goals address the need for increased low-income rental housing stock in B.C. for all age groups, while the final three goals focus on the unique requirements of the senior population. These recommendations include augmenting the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) subsidy, providing funding to non-profits delivering on-site tenant and social connection support for vulnerable seniors in low-income rental housing, expanding access to seniors’ supportive and transitional housing, and enhancing mental health support for seniors.
Group wins housing award
HANNA PETERSE Citizen staff
The Prince George group Together We Stand has won the Affordable Housing Champion Award from the BC Non-profit Housing Association.
The group was started by Gerry Healy on Facebook in 2019 to advocate for the unhoused population in the city and has since grown to 1,600 members.
Members of Together We Stand were involved in the court cases between the City of Prince George and the encampment on Lower Patricia Blvd known as Moccasin Flats.
The court ultimately ruled that there is not enough housing or shelter space accessible to all homeless people
available in Prince George and that the encampment was permitted to stay until the city could prove otherwise.
“There have been 23 court cases against homelessness in the last 20 years and only in three of those court cases did the homeless proponents win and two of those three were us in Prince George,” said member Amelia Merrick, citing a recent UBC Allard School of Law report.
Merrick noted that Together We Stand doesn’t have a leadership team or funding or organizational structure.
“We’re just a bunch of people who work together,” she said. “We’re going to keep moving forward because we see human rights, and we see humans at the centre of it.”
- See editorial on page 8
Fourteen local homes eyed for civil forfeiture
MARK NIELSEN
Special to The Citizen
B.C.’s Civil Forfeiture Office has filed a notice of claim seeking forfeiture of 14 properties in Prince George, alleging they were used to either traffic illicit drugs or were purchased with the money gained.
The claim alleges that Daniel Brendan Prediger trafficked in controlled substances since at least May 2016, and that the alleged scheme involved various associates.
According to the claim, he and the associates “resided or had access and
control” of properties at 3736 Riverview Rd., 2341 Quince St., 1454 Douglas St., 202-467 Tabor Blvd. and 301-1453 Garvin St.
The Riverview property is listed as Prediger’s last known address, that he became the property’s registered owner in December 2014 and that it is the registered address for JLD Enterprises Ltd., of which Prediger is the “sole Director and operating mind.”
The claim alleges that in February 2017 and March 2017, garbage retrieved from the Riverview property contained documents in his name, a record of transactions - otherwise known as a score
sheet - and plastic bags contaminated with cocaine residue, a cutting agent and a chemical used for smuggling controlled substances.
In January 2018, one of Prediger’s associates sold five grams of heroin to an undercover police officer, the claim alleges.
The claim goes on to list a series of illicit drugs, paraphernalia and cash allegedly located in the five homes between late April and late August 2017.
Along with those properties, the Civil Forfeiture Office is also seeking forfeiture of nine more properties Prediger is alleged to have acquired.
Between late February 2021 and early August 2023, Prediger became the registered owner of 2507 McTavish Rd. in the Hart, along with eight other homes in the Alpine Village townhouse complex in the VLA.
The claim contends that any income lawfully obtained by Prediger was not enough to obtain the homes and that some or all of the funds used were proceeds of unlawful activity and meant to launder those proceeds.
None of the allegations have been tested in court and the defendant has not yet filed a response to the Civil Forfeiture Office’s claim.
Housing award a cruel, sick joke
Tf he Prince George group Together We Stand winning the Affordable Housing Champion Award from the BC Non-profit Housing Association would be hilarious, if it wasn’t so tragic.
Founded in 2019, Together We Stand was instrumental in the legal battle between the City of Prince George and the residents of the Moccasin Flats encampment, with the court eventually ruling that the city could not clear out the encampment without first showing there was adequate housing space available for the homeless.
No argument here that Together We Stand is deserving of an award for calling out local government for trampling on the legal rights of vulnerable people.
But that doesn’t make Together We Stand deserving of an award for championing affordable housing.
How exactly does a group that actively enables and encourages fellow Prince George residents to continue to live in the unsafe squalor of Moccasin Flats as an expression of their human rights win a housing award?
To refer to the living conditions in Moccasin Flats as housing is an insult to the suffering people living there.
As a city and as a society, we can, and we must, do better than encampments to provide safe and secure housing for people unable and/or unwilling to care for themselves while struggling with mental health and addiction.
Governments could start by exercising their legal authority to remove the chronic criminal offenders among the homeless population (who routinely prey upon the most vulnerable of the unhoused) and give
them some long-term, albeit involuntary, secure housing, more commonly referred to as jail. Besides safe and humane living conditions, jail also offers the support programs needed to help those individuals turn their lives around, if they so choose.
Fighting for the protection of encampments should not be confused with fighting for the well-being of people who have reached such a low point in their lives that they believe trying to survive in a place like that is the best option they have. To do so is what endless oppression, delusionally twisted into a virtuous defence of the less fortunate , looks like.
That’s the hypocrisy of giving Together We Stand a housing award.
Neil Godbout is the Citizen’s editor
City should make final call on short-term rentals
Prince George has joined a growing list of B.C. municipalities pushing back against the provincial NDP government for infringing on local decision making.
In September, housing minister Ravi Kahlon scolded the City of Prince George for clearing out the Millennium Park homeless encampment on First Avenue.
Prince George city council might not be done challenging the province on the housing file. On Dec. 4, council will vote on directing city staff to prepare a report that could form the basis for Prince George opting out of the provincial Short-Term Rental Accommodation Act.
Last month, the B.C. government introduced legislation to limit short-term rentals to within a host’s own home, or a basement suite or laneway home on their property. Short-term rental hosts will also have to join a provincial registry, and the government will launch a
compliance and enforcement unit to make sure the rules are being followed, all under the guise of addressing the housing crisis.
At the very least, Prince George city council should direct city staff to prepare that report to answer whether these changes will actually improve housing availability and affordability in Prince George. North-central B.C. communities weren’t in the equation at all when this legislation was passed. The target was Lower Mainland municipalities.
Local governments on Vancouver Island are also annoyed.
“Why would we gut all the powers of democratic accountability of local governments when we’re trying to address a housing crisis?” Oak Bay Mayor Kevin Murdoch asked about doing away with public hearings if a zoning application corresponds with an official
community plan.
Eby’s disdain for local government isn’t new, as a Glacier Media story Tuesday made clear.
While Eby was the attorney general in the John Horgan government, B.C. filed a motion to the Supreme Court of Canada in support of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s move to unilaterally reduce the number of wards in the City of Toronto before the 2018 civic election.
“Subject to Section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867, (municipal) institutions have no independent autonomy and the province has ‘absolute and unfettered legal power to do with them as it will,’” the B.C. filing stated. If that’s how the Eby regime wants to do business with local government, the City of Prince George has every right, by every possible means, to stand up to the bullying from Victoria, whether it’s housing or anything else.
Neil Godbout is the Citizen’s editor
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If you eat, you’re paying the carbon tax
If there’s one kind of tax I like, it’s the kind that I don’t have to pay.
In principle, the carbon tax seems to fit that bill. I could drive my 1991 Jetta that gets 40 miles a gallon and be laughing all the way to the bank. Better yet, I could ride my bicycle, and avoid the tax completely.
But it turns out I can’t.
As hard as I pedal through sleet and snow, by the time I load up the paniers with my groceries, the government has already got its hand in my wallet.
The carbon tax is not really one of those taxes we can avoid, even if we choose not to idle our monster trucks in the Superstore parking lot for twenty minutes in the middle of summer. We are paying for it in our food. And as long as food is being shipped around the world and we only have three slaughterhouses in the country doing 90
percent of the beef processing and we’ve destroyed our local food economies, the carbon tax will indeed cause food inflation.
The problem isn’t the principle of it.
“Polluter pays” is a good basis for any tax. But only if the pollution can be realistically minimized or avoided.
The problem with the carbon tax is that it won’t address the structural economic realities that lock us into wasteful emissions.
What’s the point of taxing the transportation of our food when government regulations shut down or prohibit local abattoirs, egg farms and dairy processors, concentrating production in a few distant facilities? How much fuel does that waste, just so that the megacorps can reduce their labour costs? Why are the big grocery stores stocking Chinese garlic when we have local garlic being
grown in BC? Why are we trucking in California produce that we can grow locally?
Unless we enforce antitrust laws, legalize more local processing, and look at import tariffs, the carbon tax won’t reduce agricultural emissions. It just makes us mad.
We are trapped elsewhere.
The carbon tax is supposed to encourage us to drive less but meanwhile city councils across the continent let rich developers expand urban sprawl outwards, causing massive increases in consumption and emissions, while downtowns wither away.
Would the carbon tax influence how our cities are built?
Maybe. But if fuel costs have influenced urban development, it’s the massive gouging from the producers and refiners that have done it, not carbon taxes.
The carbon tax isn’t going to reduce
emissions as long as the existing economic model remains calcified by 20th century paradigms and insurmountable corporate power.
To address what is increasingly looking like an existential threat will require not just massive investments in clean energy and efficient infrastructure, which, by the way, the carbon tax revenue is not being used for. It will require governments re-localize our economies and forge a new relationship with capital. And that requires, among other things, standing up to the powerful empire of multinational corporations, billionaires, and global trade and investment laws.
Do you think our governments have the guts or skills to do that? Or would they rather just go after you and me with an ineffective and unavoidable carbon tax, just so they can pretend they cared?
James Steidle is a Prince George writer
Fix climate change or leave it to future generations
An “existential crisis”, as defined by psychology, relates to inner conflicts characterized by the impression life lacks meaning or by confusion about one’s personal identity.
When John Rustad says “climate change is not an existential crisis”, given the above definition, one can’t help but agree.
But I am pretty sure that was not the intent of Rustad’s comments.
Instead, he was using the opportunity to try and sell the position climate change is not threatening human existence.
While he accepts humanity is impacting our climate – “anthropogenic warming
from carbon dioxide is real” – he considers it just one of hundreds of factors affecting our climate.
He contends it isn’t a crisis and certainly not the most pressing issue facing BC.
He promises the Conservative Party of BC will “not go down the rabbit hole of over-taxation, hype, scare-tactics and false promises.”
So, what is his plan?
Eliminating costly climate taxes and policies. Returning the money to British Columbians since “taxing everyday, working people into poverty will not change the weather.”
With this, we at least have some idea
HYDRO REBATE OFFER UNFAIR
Just got an email from BC Hydro for a limited time offering of $100 credit for a possible “Energy Reduction Challenge before Jan.31.”
BC Hydro is saying that if I reduce my electric consumption by 10% in the next 12 months they will credit my account $100.
I have already upgraded all of my appliances to ‘Energy Star’ ratings and my lighting has all been switched to LED.
what the provincial Conservatives have in mind.
But it is shortsighted, as most political plans are. This is one of the issues we have with climate change.
It is a gradual and generational problem as opposed to a pandemic. It requires long-term vision.
Realistically, if you are over the age of 50, then the worst effects of climate change will not significantly affect your life. Sorry to be blunt but we are not going to be around in 40 years.
The disasters we are presently experiencing – atmospheric rivers, scorching summers, extended fire seasons, flooding, etcetera – will seem as nothing to the next
My electrical consumption has gone down by at least 10% a long time ago with no help from the BC government or BC Hydro.
I have cut my electrical consumption while my gas bill is increasing and is set to skyrocket with an ever-increasing carbon tax. Currently, the carbon tax on my gas bill is 95 cents for every dollar of natural gas my house uses. Add the GST and the carbon tax is one dollar for each dollar for each unit of natural gas it uses.
generation. Everything will be ten times worse by the middle of this century if we do nothing. At least, that is what the science has to say.
So, should we do the best we can now to stop what will become a threat to human existence? Or put our heads in the sand?
Ironically, Rustad “believes in the power of building science and technology to adapt and solve problems – as man [sic] has always done – rather than a climate doom-cult.”
The science is telling us to do something about the problem now, not later. Todd Whitcombe is a chemistry professor at UNBC.
This carbon tax is set to increase on April Fool’s Day 2024.
I am tired of the jokers in Victoria giving me April Fool’s Day tax increases. I will buy some electric heaters and my BC Hydro bill will skyrocket.
The NDP in Victoria and their Crown agent BC Hydro are a bunch of jokers out of reality.
If they wanted to be fair, all BC Hydro customers would get $100 rebates.
Wayne Martineau, Fraser Lake
Architect, historian awarded Freedom of the City
Trelle Morrow designed Sacred Heart
Renowned architect and historian Trelle Morrow has been awarded Prince George’s Freedom of the City, the highest honour a municipality can bestow on an individual.
He was presented with the award by Mayor Simon Yu at the beginning of city council’s meeting last Monday night.
“It’s an honor to as a mayor tonight to award one of the most distinguished citizens of Prince George -- Trelle Morrow -- the Freedom of the City on behalf of the city council,” said Yu.
“The council recognizes Mr. Morrow’s contribution to the community over many decades with this award. Mr. Morrow is best known as an architect, a living artist, a notable documentarian of the region’s history. His architecture career spans over 40 years, and he designed many notable buildings here in Prince George.”
He designed such notable buildings as Sacred Heart Cathedral, Quinson Elementary School, and the former Prince George Citizen building on Brunswick Street, which is now the head offices for the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation.
“The freedom of city award is a reflective of our exceptional merit and public contribution and Mr. Morrow is truly a worthy recipient and we’re so happy he’s here with us.”
He is also a four-time winner of the Jeanne Clarke Local History Award from the Prince George Public Library in recognition of his books on his local history and his longtime service with the Prince George Heritage Commission.
Morrow has also received the Alice Box Memorial Award in recognition of his lifetime contributions in support of arts and culture in Northern B.C.
“What a rich honour to be selected from so many people that have come all of these years before me. It’s glowing terms [Mayor Yu] uses I’m not sure they apply at all. I think there’s always a certain amount of exaggeration,” said Morrow during a speech after he accepted the award.
He then told a story about when he first came to Prince George in the early 1950s.
“It was a really expanding city when I came, that’s
a long time ago,” he said, adding that 70 years ago he happened to see an advertisement in a newspaper from an architect in Prince George who wanted hired help for this office.
Morrow was working for an architectural firm in Victoria at that time and his wife Alison was a home economics teacher at a junior high school.
They decided to go “have a look” at Prince George, which was a two-day drive in those days. When they arrived Alison went to the school board office and was offered a job straight away and Morrow landed the job at the architectural office.
“I was offered a job because of my experience at architectural offices in Victoria and it didn’t take very many minutes to confirm that. So, the rest of the day here in Prince George, my wife and I decided should we be coming up here or not? We decided to have a look at it, decided to give it a shot and see what happens,” said Morrow.
“Alison and I decided we would move to Prince George and she finished up at Oak Bay junior high and then I came up worked for a month and got our cabin started,” he said.
He finished his speech by telling a story about building his log cabin “out in the jack pines” beyond Central Street, on what is now Gillette Street.
Secret Santa sponsors sought
Hoodies and hygiene products are needed for teens of families in need on the Secret Santa Project PG’s radar.
There are more than 25 requests unanswered so far with more applications coming in. Last year, Secret Santa provided 157 hampers, the year before 146.
“If you, your family, your business, or even a group of friends, would like to be matched with a family of any size, a couple or a single person, please send a DM to the Secret Santa Project PG page,” Marianne Koops, one of the organizers of the project, said.
HANNA PETERSEN Citizen staff
It’s a public road, not a driveway, judge decides in lawsuit
TOM SUMMER Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A section of a gravel and dirt roadway in Pouce Coupe in northern B.C. does meet the definition of a public highway under section 42 of the Transportation Act, according to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling.
The roadway became a subject of contention in a civil lawsuit between the province and South Peace residents Curtis and Deanne Querin, who own a quarter section at the eastern outskirts of Pouce Coupe, with the Querins purchasing their property in 1991.
In the suit, the Querins claimed the roadway was part of their driveway, despite allowing access by the public, mainly their neighbours Dale and Barbara Callahan, who purchased a property next door in 1995.
Justice F. Matthew Kirchner explained that maintenance on the roadway dates back to the 1980s, with testimony provided by former maintenance contractors for the Ministry of Transportation detailing work on the roadway.
Further testimony also noted that the roadway had been accessed by the public in the 1960s and 1970s. A roadway is a considered a public highway if it is a “travelled road” and the province has expended public money on maintenance.
Kirchner noted the Callahans have largely been the main public travellers in the past 20 years, outside of a few other members of the public, but enough to satisfy the province’s claims.
The dispute first arose in 2015, but came to a head in 2017, after the Querins learned the Callahans were planning to subdivide their property to create a separate
lot and wanted to use the roadway for access.
Upset with the idea of increased public traffic, Curtis Querin attempted to assert ownership over the roadway by posting “Keep Out” and “Private Drive” signs on the roadway, but did not initially stop the Callahans from using it.
In 2017, Curtis Querin escalated the matter by placing concrete blocks across his own driveway and the Callahans’ driveway, which blocked the Callahans from entering their own property.
This was a major concern for the Callahans, as Barbara Callahan has an aortic root aneurism which requires regular medical attention, and she was prevented from attending a medical specialist appointment on the day the blocks were installed.
Curtis Querin also installed a locked gate near the east end of the roadway, and claimed he did it because road contractors were turning their trucks and machinery around in a lay-down area on a northeast part of his property.
The Callahans then asked the RCMP and the Ministry to clear the road, but RCMP said the matter was a civil dispute and refused to get involved.
On January 26, 2018, Barbara Callahan wrote to David Eby, then the Attorney General, asking for assistance. Not long after, ministry representatives and contractors removed the blocks and the gate from the roadway.
An injunction was put in place by the province to keep the road clear, until the matter was settled in court.
The province had sought damages against the Querins for the cost of removing the gate and blocks in the amount of $4,727.25, but the ask was dismissed by Kirchner.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas will take the stage at the newly renovated Knox Performance Centre on Dec. 2 at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The show is geared for the little ones so
it’s only a half-hour long.
Nove Voce, winner of top community choirs in the National Music Festival and the International Choral Kathaumiwx, is excited to start their season with the beloved children’s concert.
Richard Bjarnason will be joining Nove Voce to read the original story as the
choir performs songs from the cartoon and movie. Mira Yang and Olivia Yu will be joining the choir for their second year to portray the adorable Cindy Lou Who.
There are some wonderfully awful Grinchy costumes made by Pat Jorgensen, great music based on the Dr. Seuss cartoon and even the dog, Max, will
make an appearance.
Come on out and enjoy favourite Grinch songs like You’re a Mean One Mister Grinch, Where Are You Christmas and Welcome Christmas.
Tickets are $10 each or $40 per family available at https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/ nove-voce-choral-society-56086434913
Grinchy family show at Knox this Saturday Christmas magic on stage
Theatre NorthWest’s second production this season is the perfect experience to start feeling the magic of the holidays.
Miracle on 34th Street, a live Radio Play Musical, is a different take on a Christmas classic that culminates with Macy’s Kris Kringle on trial to defend the existence of Santa Claus.
It’s a play full of songs and music that isn’t found in the two popular film adaptations of the tale. That’s because instead of being a straightforward retelling of a Miracle on 34th Street, it’s actually the story of a 1940s radio play production of a Miracle on 34th Street.
A group of performers are brought together on a cold winter night to bring the medical story to life on stage and on the airwaves back in 1947, and the performance isn’t going so smoothly.
If you think you know the story well from films, the radio play element puts on a fresh take for the story.
34th Street, but enjoying the music, and analyzing the dynamics between the actors on stage. All of these elements converging together makes for a quickly paced, witty and entertaining show.
I’m continually impressed by the set design of Theatre NorthWest productions and this show is no exception.
The set is gorgeous. It looks exactly like an old radio studio decorated for Christmas. There is even an “applause” sign that actually encourages the audience to clap at the right moments. It’s quite an immersive experience, almost like watching a live studio broadcast of a real radio production in the 1940s.
The entire cast does a fantastic job and the play is very funny with the humour originating with the actors struggling to make the broadcast go smoothly.
The songs also feel organic to the situation, so even those who aren’t the biggest fans of musicals might still get a kick out of this production.
As an audience member you are not only taking in the story of a Miracle on
My favourite part was the “ad breaks” where the actors sang 1940s-era radio jingles for real local businesses and even sang a jingle for Beaver Lumber.
Tara Webber, 34, is the best powerlifter – man or woman - in Canadian history, breaking world records along the way.
In her most recent win at the Olympia Super Finals competition in Florida, Webber lifted 1,565.27 lbs. in one day during her squat of 705.47 lbs., bench press of 358.24 lbs., and dead lift of 501.56 lbs.
She is the World Power Lifting Organization women’s world record holder for her total of the three events combined, called full power. Her squat is the all-time world record, which includes all powerlifting federations around the world.
“That was my goal,” Webber said. The number to beat was 685 lbs.
“In my second attempt I went 688 and in my third attempt I went 705.”
In her recent past Webber was named the lightest woman to squat 700 lbs. for the all-time world record when she weighed 155 lbs.
During this competition she weighed 145 lbs. when she lifted 705.47 lbs.
“So I beat my own record there, too,” Webber, who co-owns XConditioning with husband Mike, added.
To figure out that she is the best powerlifter in Canadian history, the Wilks Coefficient was used. It is a method by which the strength of a powerlifter is measured against other powerlifters of a different weight category.
Webber said she used to lift at 160 lbs., but she went away in the summer and lost weight during her time off. She really likes how she feels with her ‘walking around’ weight at 151 lbs. or so and then competing at 148 lbs. She’s going to stay where she is, she said.
“I am lifting better, I am recovering better, and my
resting heart rate is almost 10 beats lower than it was before,” Webber said. Her resting heart rate hits as low as 50 beats per minute and tops out at 57.
“The lifting I do is called equipped powerlifting,” Webber said.
It’s really important to maintain your weight, Webber added, so the suit can work to its best ability during the competition. Hard-core training for the most recent competition started 16 weeks out, Webber said.
“The type of training we do is called conjugate so every week we do a max rep for lower body and upper body,” Webber explained. “But it’s always a little bit different so there’s always a variation by using a different bar, adding chains to the bar.”
And that goes for each lift – squat, bench press and dead lift.
“Being able to do a one-rep max is a skill,” Webber said. “It would be really hard to go from doing five repetitions and then during competition you do one repetition so that’s why we train this way.”
Webber will lift 75 to 85 per cent of her max rep when she’s doing five repetitions. Quite a difference from her max rep weight.
Webber has a goal for her Olympia competition next year in Las Vegas.
“I would like to total over 1,600 lbs.,” she said.
Tara Webber at the Olympia World Powerlifting Organization competition in Florida.
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For Prince George business owners, operators and employees, success comes from making money and serving customers well.
Pride, however, comes from the recognition from local residents that they’re the favoured business at what they do in the category these serve. Pride doesn’t pay the bills but it’s the currency that motivates everyone, particularly on the tough days, to continue to aspire to greatness.
For the winners and the finalists in the Citizen’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards, our most enthusiastic
congratulations for an ongoing job well done. The overwhelming number of votes is a good indication of how much people want to have their say and give their favourite businesses a thumbs-up and care about shopping local.
If some of these winning businesses are new to you, let this be your introduction into the depth of talent available in Prince George. We should all take pride in their excellence, while continuing to support their hard work with our hardearned dollars.
We are proud to be part of the Prince George community. Thank you for voting RBC First Place for Favourite Mortgage and Second Place for Favourite Financial Planner in the 2023 Readers Choice Awards. And thank you to our employees for all that you do each and every day.
Registration is still open for the Science Alliance Holiday Day Camp – An engaging, fun-filled week of exploration, experiments, and excitement awaits this holiday season! Limited spots available – reserve your child’s spot today! Thank
Thank you Prince George!
From all of us at the CN Centre, we look forward to hosting you in 2024!
Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears.
Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me
And we had these many years.
Emma Cornelia Hyette (nee Vandervelde) 1945-2023
With heavy hearts, we say goodbye to Emma Cornelia Hyette (nee: Vandervelde). Emma is survived by her loving husband, Kenneth Hyette, their son, Ken (Meena), daughter Renee (Brent) and Jennifer (Shawn), sister, Nellie, niece, Joanne (Ron) and Nicole and grandchildren, Jenna, Kevin (Rebecca), Dania (Dan) and Jarid and their five great grandchildren.
Emma was born November 27, 1945, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Emma immigrated to Canada in 1954 with her father, Johannes, her mother, Hillegonda and her sister Nellie. She married Kenneth in 1972 and moved to Prince George two weeks later.
Emma took tremendous pride in her home and had an exceptional knack for decorating. The residents of the Courtyard enjoyed a beautifully decorated building for every season. A masterful cook, anyone who knew Emma would have a story of eating her amazing food.
We’ll always remember the larger-than-life pool parties on King Drive, McDonalds drive thru, and perogies at midnight. In the later years Em could be found celebrating happy hour at local pubs.
Emma had a sense of adventure and traveled to Holland regularly to visit her large extended family and enjoy the European life. Mexico was another favourite destination where they found a great group of friends and enjoyed the sunshine and cervesas.
Emma was strong minded and shared her opinions freely. Anyone that met Emma would never forget her. Emma lived larger than life and was blessed to peacefully pass in her sleep on November 21, 2023 at the age of 77 years old.
A celebration of life will be announced and held at a future date.
REMEMBRANCES
Kevin Blood
1945-2023
Kevin Blood, 78, of Prince George, BC, passed away on November 21, 2023 after a short battle with cancer.
He was born on May 21, 1945 to parents, Glen & Doris in Vancouver, BC. His parents raised him in Isham, Saskatchewan where enjoyed helping on the family farm. Even when he would visit later in life he would hop on the farm equipment to harvest the crop.
In 1967, Kevin married the love of his life, Pearl Siemens. They went on to have two children, Ron and Stacey.
In 1974, Kevin & Pearl moved their family from Haney to Mackenzie where they lived until 2013. He spent the majority of his working years at Mackenzie Pulp Mill where he made lifelong friends.
In 2009, he retired and spent his time playing golf, cards, bingo, bowling, square dancing and hanging out with his grandchildren. He also spent time volunteering throughout his life. He was an auxilary RCMP officer, worked at the food bank in Mackenzie, drove for the 2015 Canada Winter Games, sold tickets for the seniors centre raffles, and where ever he could help out. He enjoyed meeting people and made new friends where ever he went.
He was predeceased by his father, Glen in 2007. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Pearl; son Ron (Vanessa) and daughter Stacey (John), six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.He is also survived by his mother, Doris (99.9 yrs old) and his siblings Guy (Joan), Lenna and Danna. Kevin loved being a Papa and spent many hours with his grandchildren.
Services will be held at Trinity United Church, 3555 5th Avenue on Monday, November 27th at 1pm. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Prince George Rotary Hospice House where Kevin spent his last days.
November 16, 1931November 22, 2023
Edith Margaret White passed away in Prince George on November 22, 2023 at the age of 92.
Edith is survived by her children Roland (Patsy) White, Margaret Choinowski, Russell (Margie) White, Melwyn (Greg) Yon, Ryan (Lorna) White, Kathleen White, 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, sisters Shirley, Mabel and Patsy. She is predeceased by her husband Jim, sisters Ellen and Martha.
Mom was a great cook and gardener. She had a great passion for camping, fishing and a good game of cards.
A special thanks to Travis and Carmen for all their assistance.
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 11:00 am at Assman’s Funeral Chapel. Interment to follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Condolences may be offered at www.AssmansFuneralChapel.com
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White, Edith Margaret
Cecille Greus
We are saddened to announce that Cecille Greus passed away on November 22, 2023 at the age of 91.
Cecille is survived by her 10 children and their partners, many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Ray, sisters Margaret and Rose, sister-in-law Eileen and many nieces and nephews.
Cecille is predeceased by her husband Stew Greus.
No service by request.
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KENNETH WILLIAM PFEIFER
July 30, 1942November 20, 2023
REMEMBRANCES
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts we announce the passing of Ken. He is survived by his loving wife Mary, children; Jon (Kari) and Jaylene (Jeff), grandchildren; Jorja, Jace, Maija, Emmi and Dani, as well his sister Joyce and numerous nieces and nephews. Ken was predeceased by his parents Martha and Bill Pfeifer. A Celebration of his life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rotary Hospice House. Special thanks to Dr. Javid, the doctors and staff of Heart Function and Kidney Care clinic and all the staff of Rotary Hospice House for their amazing care and compassion.
He was loved and will be sorely missed by many.
MaytheSunshineofComfort DispeltheCloudsofDespair
Joseph Robin Pasowicz
June 20, 1953 - November 20, 2023
Joseph (Rob) Robin Pasowicz passed away on
November 20, 2023 at the age of 70.
Rob is survived by his wife Frances (Frankie), daughters Tracy (Shawn), Madonna (Glen), Jaime (Cory), sons Jeffrey, Matthew (Aida), six grandchildren Jase, Ellie, Kayd, Kynlee, Logan, Noah and his brothers Rick (Josie) and Terry (Gabi).
He is predeceased by his mother Sophie and father Joe.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Rotary Hospice House would be appreciated.
A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
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The Little Unicorn
There lived a little unicorn (From when the earth was new), His coat so white it glistened, His eyes a sparkling blue.
In innocence and beauty, He danced through woods and streams. The animals danced with him, His heart aglow with dreams.
He laughed and played with rainbows, So happy all day through, He loved to kiss the flowers As their petals shone with dew.
He wandered through the meadows In the moon’s soft, silver light. He loved to gaze at all the stars That lightened up the night.
He listened to the music Of the birds that graced the trees. He frolicked with the butterflies And raced the gentle breeze.
by Peggy Kociscin, Albuquerque, New Mexico
But, as he grew and learned of life, The sparkle in his eye Grew misty as he realized Just what it means to cry.
He learned that there are shadows In spite of shining sun. The more he grew, he found that life Was never always fun.
For now he’d learn of feelings That come from deep within; No longer in the “dream world” Where (for so long) he’d been.
His gentle heart desired But to know the pleasure of To give and to receive The very precious gift of love.
To love meant to be happy, And yet it also brought him pain; For those he loved could hurt him Again.. and yet again.
His mother held him lovingly And tried to ease his fears
About the sadness life could bring... The lonely, bitter tears.
She said, “Life is like a mountain, (And surely this is true) That we must climb as best we can. There’s no ‘around or ‘through.’”
The unicorn tried tirelessly, And gave the climb his best; But he felt it was not good enough, He felt he’d failed the test.
He could not understand it When he felt himself rejected –When all his gentle being asked Was but to be accepted.
All this was just too much for him, He knew not what to do. That he was special as himself, Somehow, he never knew.
His spirit crushed, he felt defeated, And lonely tears would start. Not understanding how to love, It simply broke his heart.
But now he’s in a loving place Where all his pain has ceased, Where all accepted him and his love, Where all he knows is peace.
A loving Being tells him, “You’re delightful as you are.” His spirit free, his brilliance now Outshines the brightest star!
In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by, and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year has gone, And I never see my old friend’s face, For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell, And he rang mine. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tired men, Tired of playing a foolish game, Tired with trying to make a name.
“Tomorrow, I will call on Jim, Just to show that I am thinking of him.”
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And the distance between us grows and grows, Around the corner, yet miles away
“Here’s a telegram, sir,”
“Jim died today!”
And that’s what we get, and deserve in the end, Around the corner a vanished friend! by Anders Lim
REMEMBRANCES
Adradeane Zettergreen
1943-2023
On November 18th, 2023, Dee was peacefully called to be with the Lord, with family by her side.
May she rest in peace bathed in the Light the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dee is survived by her loving husband, Albert Zettergreen, three sons, two stepdaughters, eight grandchildren, her close cousin Linda McCullough Hitchens and many friends near and far.
Fred (Julie) Pigeon, Devin & Tylin, Kevin (Angela) Pigeon, Mark (Jade) Pigeon, Zane, Quin & Knox, Janet (Chris) Zaplotinsky, Samantha & Alexandria, Danielle Zettergreen, Carter
Church Service - December 2, 2023 - 1:00 pm
Hartland Baptist Church 6599 Driftwood Road, Prince George, BC Live Stream ~ Hartland Baptist Prince George ~ youtube.com. Luncheon to follow at the Hart Pioneer Centre immediately following the service.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society.
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Orville passed away peacefully at Simon Fraser Lodge on November 21st at the age of 89. He was born in Brooking, Saskatchewan; one of seven boys born to Vernon and Joyce Claffey.
At the age of nineteen, he moved to Prince George BC to pursue his love of hockey--a passion that continued throughout his lifetime. He played competitive hockey for 17 years then moved onto recreational hockey and then Oldtimers. His playing career lasted a remarkable 55 years. He was inducted into the Canadian Adult Recreational Hockey Association Hall of Fame in 2000. In addition to playing hockey, he coached the Prince George RCMP and led them to a Canadian Title. He served as Vice Commissioner of the Rocky Mountain Junior League. For 35 years, Orville refereed all levels of hockey from minor to senior as well as teaching referee clinics. He worked in the visitors’ penalty box for the Spruce Kings and the Prince George Cougars. In 2012, the Cougars recognized him for reaching the 500 games milestone as an off ice official and in 2014 they honoured him for 20 years of service. At the age of 81 he was welcomed into the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame as a Pioneer Athlete.
His love for hockey could only be matched by his love for chocolate, ice cream and fishing. There was never a second thought to travelling to Quesnel to get his favorite brand of ice cream. Those of you who knew him were well aware not to touch his chocolates. Orville was a ‘people person’ and thrived in the company of others. Everywhere he went he would strike up a conversation with someone new.
Orville worked for Sinclair Enterprises in lumber sales retiring in 1993. In his earlier years he operated Lloyds Drive-in and worked part time at BC liquor.
Orville was predeceased by his parents Vernon and Joyce; his brothers Mervin, Virgil, Lloyd, Larry and Bryan in infancy.
He is survived by his three daughters Donna (Dave) Heidelbach, Rosemary (Daryl) McEwan and Holly Chabot (Greg Hannah); their mother Moureen McNiven; grandchildren Tammy Elliott, Marcas McEwan, Mitchell McEwan, Mattias McEwan, Melanie Kiefiuk and Donavin Chabot; brother Ken Claffey.
Thank you to the staff at Simon Fraser Nursing Home for his care over the past few years as dad fought his battle with dementia.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of B.C. or a charity of your choice.
At his request there will be a private family service to be held at a later date. Condolences may be offered at www.AssmansFuneralChapel.com
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Does your home feel closed off and cramped? If you want to transform your living space, here are the benefits you can look forward to with an open-concept floor plan.
1. IT LETS IN MORE NATURAL LIGHT
Removing interior walls is an effective way to brighten up your living space and allow natural light to extend further into your home.
2. IT MAXIMIZES SIGHT LINES
Whether you enjoy hosting dinner parties or need to keep an eye on young children, an open-concept floor plan will offer you a clear view of the living and dining room while you work in the kitchen.
3. IT MAKES SMALL SPACES FEEL LARGER
While you might not be able to add square footage to your home, taking down walls to combine several smaller rooms provides you with more usable space.
4. IT OFFERS FLEXIBLE DESIGN OPTIONS
Without walls to delineate each room, you can easily rearrange the layout of your living space to suit the evolving needs and preferences of your family.
If you want to have an open-concept home, keep in mind that restructuring a house’s floor plan is a major undertaking. To achieve the design of your dreams, be sure to enlist the help of experienced professionals including engineers, architects, contractors and interior decorators.
Top staging tips increase selling price
Home staging is the art of styling a home to make it more saleable. While hiring a professional home stager is a great investment, there are a number of staging practices you can incorporate on your own.
DECLUTTER
Pristine surfaces, tidy areas and all-over airiness appeal to homebuyers. Achieve this effect by decluttering your home. Purge your entire abode of unnecessary items and put personal photos and memorabilia into storage. Tuck kitchen tools like toasters into cupboards and personal products on bathroom counters into drawers. Even closets and other storage spaces should be cleared out.
PAINT
Nothing revitalizes a home quite like a new coat of paint. Use warm neutrals for the walls and a crisp white for trims and ceilings.
CLEAN
Your home should be spotless from top to bottom. Walls, doors and surfaces need to be immaculate. Glass surfaces, light switches and hardware should be spotless and streak-free. All odours need
Why hire an interior decorator?
We’re rarely short on ideas when it comes to decorating our homes. But sometimes, knowing where to start can be a little daunting. Maybe you’re looking to update your new home with a look you’ll love, refresh the style of your current house or even stage it to help it sell faster. Regardless of your needs, an interior decorator will be able to provide you with sound advice while respecting your tastes and budget.
AN ART IN ITSELF
There are no defined standards when it comes to interior decorating. Designs and trends change over time, varying from person to person and home to home. Interior decorators are skilled when it comes to blending styles and colours, and are experts at finding those decorative items that make all the difference. They also have a wealth of knowledge about the different fabrics and materials that work well together. They’ll bring a unique and modern touch to your home while ad hering to your own personal preferences and tastes.
AN EYE FOR DESIGN
An interior decorator will be able to help you every step of the way as you rede-
sign your home. They’ll analyze the different options available to you and suggest the best possible choices for your current needs. Whether it’s establishing a budget, choosing colours and materials, or following up on orders, a decorator will oversee each step in the process to ensure you’re completely satisfied with the end result.
to be neutralized. Carpets, upholstery and drapery are at their best after being professionally cleaned.
LET THE LIGHT IN
The more natural light that comes into your home, the better. Make sure all of your windows are clean and remove any screens. Keep blinds and curtains open. Use strategically placed mirrors to further increase the amount of natural light in your home.
FINISHING TOUCHES
A bowl of fruit on the kitchen counter and settings on the dining room table are inviting touches. Make the beds, neatly fold towels in the bathrooms and make sure the temperature in your home is neither too warm nor too cold.
Your laundry room may not be the most glamorous part of your home, but it’s certainly a space that gets regular use. Here are five things you need to make your laundry room more efficient.
1. A sorting station. Instead of heaping piles of clothes on the floor, create a designated space for white, bright, dark and delicate clothes. This can involve placing laundry baskets on a shelf or even installing slide-out laundry drawers.
2. A dr ying area. Some clothes do fine in the dryer, but others need to air dry. To save space, mount a drying rack on the wall, or buy a folding rack and neatly tuck it away after the laundry’s done.
3. A f olding surface. A long counter that provides you with enough room to fold your clothes as soon as they come out of the dryer is ideal. Consider building the counter over your washer and dryer to save space.
4. A supply shelf. Keep laundry supplies handy on a shelf near the washing machine. Store laundry detergent, stain remover and dryer sheets alongside a receptacle to hold things left behind in pockets.
5. An ironing board. Having a wall-mounted board that includes space to store an iron makes it easy to quick ly iron your clothes when you’re on the go.
For a laundry room that’s as beautiful as it is functional, choose a colour scheme and apply it throughout the whole room. You could also use clear glass jars to hold your laundry supplies instead of storing them in their ugly, plastic containers.
Rose gold, also known as pink gold, has gone from being a distinctive element of jewellery to one of the most sought-after decorative metals in home design. The soft and warm atmosphere it creates makes it the perfect way to add a touch of class and elegance to your home. That’s why it’s one of the most alluring and often-used metallic shades when it comes to interior decorating.
INSPIRING DECOR
Rose gold soared in popularity thanks to its use in some of the biggest fashion shows in the world. This timeless hue is now being used to outfit an increasing array of decorative household objects: lamps, trays, vases and even garbage cans. Rose gold is also making its way into home furnishings and wall panelling. It pairs well with a variety of materials including wood, silver and copper. Its graceful and gentle colour can add a hint of luxury to any room.
TO BE USED SPARINGLY
Rose gold’s main virtue is that it complements any decor and suits any style. However, this metal should be used as a finishing touch; only a few light traces are needed to create a refined allure. Over-using its enticing lustre with too many accessories can have the opposite effect, making your room or decor appear somewhat tawdry and inelegant.
