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P.G. hits most dangerous list ... again ■ Crime

City and RCMP point out stats are for 2010 and don’t show improvements this year DeLynda Pilon newsroom@pgfreepress.com

Seven murders in Prince George in 2010 has once again given the city the dubious honour of being listed the most dangerous city in Canada on Macleans annual list, however the statistics don’t tell the whole story according to RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs.

The RCMP along with Mayor Shari Green and representatives of city council hosted a press conference the day before the story was published in a proactive effort to assure citizens the city is safe and share the fact there have been no murders in 2011, which according to Stubbs is no fluke but rather the result of several initiatives targeting drugs and gang activity.

Macleans, whose survey rates the 100 largest cities in Canada, bases its rankings on the crime security index. At the conference Insp. Keith Redl explained that, with this model, each crime is assigned a value, or weight, based on sentencing. Murder is given a very high weight.

Of the 2010 murders, two are alleged to have been committed by Cody Alan Legebokoff, who is facing trial for those

murders and another, committed in 2009. cities are on that list.

Stubbs said there has been a decrease in When he was arrested, Legebokoff was in prison awaiting trial on a fourth murder other crimes in the city as well in 2011.

One initiative that is helping targets charge.

Of the other murders, two occurred high profile gang members.

“Every week I see our members taking at a grow-op outside of city limits and firearms were drug off the related. The street,” he rest have been said. resolved or T h e are in the proD o w n cess of going t o w n through the Enforcecourt system. ment Unit In two cases, decreased no charges crime in are pending. the bowl These murders area by 24 are still under per cent. investigation.

The Crime This year, DeLynda PILON/Free Pres s Reduction however, there have been no Mayor Shari Green and RCMP Superintendent Eric team and the Youth At h o m i c i d e s , Stubbs discuss crime stats.

Risk team and with just a few weeks left in the year there is a have also made significant progress, he chance next year Prince George may make added. Another aid is the provinciallyMacleans list of cities where no murders funded 16 member combined forces unit were committed. This year, 38 Canadian in Prince George which combats gang

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Of the 15 prolific offenders the RCMP have been focusing on, nine are in custody and six are on judicial conditions. Weekly, he said, RCMP members are executing search warrants that help get drugs off the street and send gang members to jail.

“We are focusing our efforts on high level dealers in the community. If you look at the numbers I believe we are on the right track. We are focusing our resources on offenders who cause the most concern.”

The label of Most Dangerous City in Canada is not one that Stubbs enjoys.

“I don’t like that label for this community,” he said.

He said he dislikes it first because he’s the chief of police within the city, second because he lives here and he wouldn’t have moved his family to Prince George if he didn’t believe it was safe and third because he doesn’t believe it’s true. turn to PAGE A2

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www.pgfreepress.com ■ haldi road controversy

Area residents threaten to launch lawsuit Council okayed rezoning as a late item on Monday night’s agenda Delynda pilon

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A lawsuit against the city regarding the Haldi Road women’s recovery centre is pending.

Tracy Kettles, a spokesperson for the neighbourhood group who’ve come together to oppose the placement of the centre, said she can’t reveal details about the suit on advice of her lawyer, however she did say legal fees to pay for it have been donated by other concerned locals.

City council recently passed the fourth reading of a bylaw allowing the former Haldi Lake School site to be rezoned so the women’s recovery centre can be built.

The item was not on the regular agenda, however it was added sometime before the council meeting.

It is not unusual for the agenda to be amended with extra items added at the last minute, however the controversy surrounding the Haldi Road issue led even some councillors to question the lack of the appearance of transparency at the city.

In addition to that, Kettles questioned how proponents for the centre knew about the agenda change to be at the meeting well in advance of the fourth bylaw reading coming before council.

“We actually found out at the very last minute. It just got tabled as we walked in. It was clear they didn’t want us to know. We have been reading the council agendas, looking for that issue. And, this is not the first time the proponent knew it

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would be an item on the agenda well before we did,” Kettles said.

She said she, along with her neighbours, is well aware there would have been no opportunity to speak or make a presentation, nevertheless, she wanted to be at the meeting.

“It’s our right as taxpayers and voters to be there. If we would have known the place would have been packed. At this point the neighbourhood is shocked that the new mayor would use government transparency as a pillar throughout her campaign, then do this,” she said.

Kettles said of the 65 households affected, 40 donated to the legal fund allowing the neighbourhood to pursue court action. Of the rest of the homes, most also support the neighbourhood association but are unable to do so monetarily, she said.

Snow removal and potholes concerns brought forward Delynda pilon newsroom@pgfreepress.com

A Prince George citizen concerned about snow removal and potholes appeared before city council Monday to discuss some of the issues he has observed.

Mike Smith said he believes it takes as much time and money to do driveway

entrances as it does some streets, and he feels cutting that service would save the city considerable money.

Parking downtown remains an issue, according to Smith.

“People don’t go downtown because they have to move their vehicle every two hours. In College Heights or at Pine Centre I can just park my car and there’s no

worries,” he said.

Another issue, he said, is the brick crosswalks the city installed downtown.

“I can’t understand why they built brick crosswalks downtown.”

He said they are high maintenance and will, eventually, sink since much of the city core was built over a swamp.

“I would like to see the crosswalks dug

up and repaved,” Smith said.

Coun. Cameron Stolz asked if city staff might be able to provide some insight as to why brick was the material of choice for the crosswalks in question.

Although staff did not have an immediate answer, some research will be done with answers brought back to council and forwarded to Smith.

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Council chooses park over Otway ski trail improvements Delynda pilon newsroom@pgfreepress.com

City council had to decide which of two projects to support for funding under the community recreation program at Monday’s meeting.

The Duchess Park project was planned after the land was transferred to the city under a Memorandum of Understanding that outlines the city’s obligation to develop the area as park land for the neighbourhood.

Consultations showed people wanted a variety of activities for all ages and mobility levels located there, so park amenities will include both active and passive recreational facilities.

The Otway upgrade is a project set to ensure the Otway Nordic Centre will meet minimum Canada Games standards for hosting the biath-

lon, cross-country skiing and para-Nordic skiing competitions during the upcoming games.

The community recreation program grant offers an 80/20 split in funding, however only one application can be received from a municipality.

Stuart Ballantyne, CEO for the Games, was on hand to speak about the importance of the Otway project.

He said the funding for the project is not currently in their coffers, but will be obtained through private support. Having the project completed earlier than expected would be a bonus, he said.

“It allows us to advance the project so we wouldn’t have to wait. It allows younger athletes to train and get the home-field advantage and it takes the pressure off of us for getting the money,” he said.

However, many

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Coun. Dave Wilbur said the facility, when done, will be used to support people at the Kordyban Lodge, something he felt was important.

“It’s been on the books for some time and it’s a priority with respect to the cancer lodge. I also want to caution you that the 2015 Winter Games should not be seen usurping neighbourhood plans,” he said.

Coun. Lyn Hall pointed out the Duchess Park project is a great cornerstone for

downtown development.

Mayor Shari Green said they are both very worthy projects, and though she was leaning towards the Otway project since supporting it would mean the city would bear no cost, after the discussion it was clear more councillors were in support of the Duchess Park project.

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Green says statistics show city safety is improving The label will also make promoting Prince George more challenging, but Green said the key is to get the true message of the nature of the city out to the public.

And the statistics for 2011 prove inroads have been made on crime.

“As a result of these

efforts we’ve seen some dramatic improvements in 2011,” Green said. “City council and the City of Prince George fully support the RCMP in their targeted efforts.”

Green said she and the rest of council have heard loud and clear from the citizens of Prince George that people want to feel safe.

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Stubbs says lifestyle is key to crime stats Delynda pilon newsroom@pgfreepress.com

In a press conference hosted by the RCMP and Mayor Shari Green, and set up to counteract the image fostered when Prince George was declared, for the second year running, the most dangerous city in Canada according to a Macleans annual survey, the public was assured the majority of people are safe.

RCMP Supt. Eric Stubbs said if you don’t live a high-risk lifestyle, the city is a positive place to call home.

“If you’re not involved in high-risk areas it is safe,” he said, and added when a regular citizen’s life is touched by crime, it is usually a property offence. “Productive citizens can be victimized by a random act of violence, but that is rare.”

Both Stubbs and Green agreed that fighting crime is not just the job of the province, which funds the 16-member combined forces unit in Prince George that battles gang activity, or the local RCMP whose several initiatives have led to a significant decrease in crime in the city over the last year, or city hall, which builds procedures and bylaws to support those initiatives.

It is also the responsibility of the community and each person who lives in the city.

Reporting strange activity in your neighbourhood or calling the police when you hear something questionable late at night are actions the RCMP appreciate.

“Success starts with tips,” Stubbs said. “We want to hear them.”

Green added it takes everyone to accomplish crime control.

“It takes everybody, community associations, block watches and the media, in making sure people have the confidence to report crime,” she said.

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YOUR CITY MATTERS December 16, 2011

REGULAR MEETINGS OF COUNCIL Mondays, January 9th and 23rd Council Chambers – 6:00 p.m.

Advisory Design Panel Wednesday, December 21st – 12:00 p.m.

BROADCASTING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS:

Shaw TV runs a recorded version on Tuesday’s after each Council meeting. To follow live Council meetings, visit the City’s website at www.princegeorge.ca as webcasting services and video archiving of agenda items are available for the public.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of Section 26(3) of the Community Charter that the City of Prince George intends to lease a portion of 4199 - 18th Avenue (Multi Plex lands), Prince George, BC to the Prince George Horse Society for a term of 5 years at a rent of $1,000.00 per year.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of Section 26(3) of the Community Charter that the City of Prince George intends to lease 1424 Second Avenue, Prince George, BC to Patricia Irene Robillard, Terri Robillard and Jami Witso dba Japatedon Travel & Cruises for a term of 2 years at a rent of $9,300.00 per year.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the approved schedule of the dates, times and places of regular City Council meetings for the

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• December 25th – Closed • December 26th – Closed • December 31st – 8am – 7:00pm (New Years Eve Toonie Swim 2pm – 7pm) • January 1st 11:30 – 5:30pm Four Seasons Leisure Pool will re-

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2012 Dog Licenses are now on sale. The discounted rates are available until January 31, 2012. The discounted rate for a sterilized dog the license is $24.00 and if the dog is not sterilized the cost is $61.00. For a dangerous dog the license fee is $121.00/$303.00.

Dog licenses can be purchased at City Hall, Day & Night Store (Hart Highway), Dog Gone Bakery, Ospika Pet & Farm Supplies, Petland, Quackers Canine Kuisine, SPCA and Total Pet or through the mail or by phone at 250 561 7600. If you no longer own a dog that was previously licensed, please contact our office.

Licensing your dog is a key factor in responsible pet ownership. It is required by the Animal Control City Bylaw and allows for quick identification should your dog become injured, abused, lost, found or impounded.

Keeping a dog without a current license can result in a $100 fine.

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The City of Prince George is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for 2012 Social Grants funding. Application, eligibility, and submission instructions are available online at: http://www.princegeorge.ca/cityhall/social/ socialgrants/ Applications must be submitted via the online application form by 5 p.m. on Monday January 30th, 2012. For further information, contact Sarah Brown at 250-614-7897. The City of Prince George is pleased to be working in partnership with the Prince George Community Foundation to adjudicate applications and recommend grant allocations.

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Application packages are now available for non-Profit organizations wishing to apply for City‘s Cultural Grants.

The City of Prince George’s Arts policy encourages the City to promote Prince George as the Northern Arts Capital of BC through providing access to the arts for all citizens by supporting the arts, encouraging partnerships, stimulating excellence and acknowledging and promoting the contribution of the arts towards providing an excellent quality of life in Prince George. The Cultural Grants are one avenue for the City to realize this goal.

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City council voted to approve two variances brought before them at Monday’s meeting.

The first was brought forward by Investgo Ventures Ltd. regarding a property at 1699 Seventh Ave. where two four-unit townhouses are being constructed.

The applicant visited during a previous meeting and was given a variance allowing the townhouses to decrease the minimum rear-yard setback.

However, the foundation footings for one of the two townhouses was poured in the wrong spot, meaning the setback needed to

be decreased slightly more than the original request.

Coun. Cameron Stolz asked how much the foundation was overbuilt by and was told the mistake caused a 17 cm error.

The revised variance was approved.

The second request came from Matte Bros and Sons Construction Ltd. regarding a storage shed being constructed at 5434 Hartway Dr. Generally, new construction applications triggers requirements like concrete cement sidewalks and boulevard landscaping as a condition of building permit approval.

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out, the warehouse is going into a developed area where there are no sidewalks or boulevard landscaping.

Also, according to the city’s pedestrian network study, the area is not a priority for sidewalks.

Likewise, because it is an industrial area, there is no continuous boulevard landscaping along Hartway.

“In new industrial neighbourhoods we typically see some demand for these works,” said Dan Mil-

burn, director of planning and development contracts.

In this case, since there is no such existing infrastructure in the area, he said asking this developer to create it would be inappropriate.

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Upset with drug activity in their neighbourhood, residents in the vicinity of the 1100 block of Douglas Street acted.

They called police. Acting on information provided by the community, police raided a residence on the street Sunday. Nearly $1,000 worth of crack cocaine was recovered, along with hundreds of pills, more than half a pound of marijuana, brass knuckles and a quan-

tity of cash.

Police are recommending charges of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon, among other charges, against a 37-year-old Prince George man.

Investigators will be working to identify the large varieties of pills seized.

The man has been released on bail with numerous conditions.

Chauffeur rules change

Beginning in 2012 professional drivers in need of chauffeurs’ permits in the city will need them renewed every two years on staggered dates.

Currently Prince George Chauffeurs’ permits are valid for one year and are due

for renewal on March 31 each year. Staggering the dates for renewal and lengthening the time a permit is valid will spread the permits out and give administration time to complete them without getting bogged down.

The suggestion to change the way chauffeurs’ permits are handled in Prince George was brought to council during Monday’s meeting.

A motion to change the procedure as requested passed unanimously.

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For many students at the College of New Caledonia, the school represents their first experience with postsecondary education.

For nine students from India, the graduation ceremony held Wednesday was nothing new. All of them held at least a two-year degree. They were the second graduating class from CNC’s Human Resources Management Post-Diploma program.

“For most of the students,” Anne Harris, the operations manager for the International Education department, said, “the program provides an extra year for them to enhance their degrees.

“It is definitely popular in certain markets, such as India, and to

some extent in Nigeria.”

Sumathi Hulan was at the graduation ceremony, watching friends receive their scarves for completing the program. Hulan will be graduating from the program in April, but already knows some of the benefits the program provides.

“I applied for a job with the Bank of Montreal through their website,” said Hulan, who has a Masters in French from an Indian university. “I had to go through two levels of interviews, but last semester we did a course on interviewing.”

The course was, as it turns out, a great fit for her interviews.

“We spent some time on behavioral interview techniques, and a lot of the interview included

those techniques.”

Hulan says she was taking the CNC program to improve her interpersonal skills, and it seems to be working.

She finds out in January if she got the job at the bank.

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Sumathi Hulan, left, will be receiving her scarf for completing the Human Resources Management Post-Diploma program at CNC in April, but she was on hand Wednesday to see Eisha Dogra get her scarf from Anne Harris, the school’s International Education operations manager.

City intervention

City administration will bring back recommendations to council regarding a letter of comment to be presented during the Enbridge Pipeline joint review panel process.

The city applied for intervenor status during the process, which gives it several options for participation. However, the deadline for many of the options the city has as an intervenor is up on Dec. 22.

The deadline for letters of comment is March 13.

Administration will bring some options for the letter to council. One of them may be to support a letter already written in favour of the project by Initiatives Prince George, as long as the regulatory evaluation, legislated standards for environmental protection, and First Nations consultation needs are met. Another may be to direct the standing committee on intergovernmental resolutions, formed at the last council meeting, to write the letter, although there is some question as whether or not that task is within the committee’s mandate. Still another would be to have council form a select committee that would work to put together a letter stating the city’s position.

“I would like to discuss this. I have no interest in expediting it,” said Coun. Murry Krause.

Krause moved administration bring back all the necessary information at a later meeting for council to discuss.

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s the newly minted select standing committee on business gets down to business, it will have many things to consider.

It is also based on the premise that the city is not as “open for business” as it should be. It will be up to the committee to determine whether that is indeed so, and if not, how things can be improved.

So how has the city been doing? Building statistics, while often a function of economy rather than process, are one yardstick that is often used.

To the end of November in Prince George, the city issued 519 building permits … everything from additions on carports to commercial and industrial buildings.

To the end of November the city issued 65 permits for commercial alterations, eight for new commercial buildings, 11 for industrial alterations, three for new industrial buildings, 12 for institutional alterations, four for new institutional buildings, two for alterations to duplexes, two for new duplexes, three for multi-family units alterations, one for a new multi-family unit, 91 for garages and carports, nine for alterations to mobile homes, 12 for mobile home alterations, 101 for new singlefamily homes, 178 for alterations to single family homes, and 15 others.

The total estimated value of all this construction is $95.9 million.

That sounds like a lot of activity, and it may well be. But the real test is how the city measures up, year after year.

Compared to 2010, this year isn’t quite as good.

To the end of November 2010, there were 624 building permits issued, with an estimated value of $129.6 million.

It’s safe to say that we’re not faring as well in 2011 as we did in 2010, in terms of construction.

However, when we look at 2009, things are a little different.

To the end of November 2009, there were 592 building permits issued, however, the estimated value of those was only $64 million.

The logical explanation for this is that in 2009 we were still feeling the effects of 2008’s global economic meltdown. In fact, we are still feeling the effects of it. In addition, in 2009, people were putting off building new in favour of fixing up the old fixer-upper, hence the increased number of permits but decreased value.

In 2010, we started to work our way out of the economic doldrums and construction picked up in the city. However, that mini-recovery has obviously tapered off somewhat.

Determining what city hall can do, if anything, to help move those building stats in the other direction will be a task for the new committee.

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Haldi Road issue confounds

Get rid of the things the electorate may react negaMayor Shari Green promised that she would get tively to early in your term. The voters are assumed things moving at City Hall. She has with the last to have short memories. minute addition of the fourth and final reading of We can give a pass to newly elected councillors the rezoning of the former Haldi Road School.

Alber Koehler and Frank Everitt as being newbies As a resident of the area, I have followed the to council, but why did the experienced councillors, process with interest. It may have an impact on the Dave Wilbur, Garth Frizzell and Cameron Stolz go value of my property, but on a personal basis that is along with this? They did not change their posiof minor concern. I have the opportunity of going tions, but they must have realized that the process elsewhere. Perhaps within the city and perhaps we was not right no matter what the will choose to live somewhere else. It is legalities were. a big world out there.

Perhaps our new mayor may have Mayor Green removed herself from the shortest political honeymoon in the meeting to avoid a potential conflict decades. Both those in favour and of interest. It is the correct decision but those against the rezoning are shocked Onside perhaps taken too late. by this kind of manipulation.

As the rezoning worked its way VictorBowman We shall wait for the next chapter through council, Councillor Green to unfold regarding the Haldi rezoning. There may appeared very involved with the rezoning applicayet be legal action taken against the city. Most of tion. It rather defies logic that she had no relationthose who live in the rural neighbourhood around ship with Marshall Smith and Craig Wood prior to the former Haldi Road School still strongly oppose her campaign for mayor. If there was a conflict of the rezoning and have put their money where their interest, it happened then. beliefs are.

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Skakun questions still need answers

Editor: One wonders how a new mayor and council will deal with, and clarify, a case that long seemed to be an insufferable privacy puzzle, which brought to mind words of Alice in Wonderland fame: “Things are looking curiouser and curiouser.”

As near as we know, people working for the city, though not in management, became afflicted with hissy-fits on the job. A common habit with workmates not always using good judgment.

Council’s sizable legal costs to censure one councillor who, by exercising freedom of expression, allowed under Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, brought this item, of so little consequence, to public attention is well beyond my ken. That charter, part of the Constitution Act, says any law inconsistent with it is of no force or effect.

Act and information are private only as long as people directly concerned and privy to them agree. If aggrieved, people throwing hissy-fits were silent because they didn’t want the public to know of their perceived problems or how and if they were dealt with.

Most unlikely, in fact, then it is

private. If not, it is beyond the use of the term privacy by an overly priggish council unless orders from it were the cause and political expediency begged anonymity and confidentiality.

How so?

Then council may deem any and all hissy-fits private and confidential under Section 33(1), which gives the provincial legislature the right to abrogate universal rights to fundamental freedoms in Sections 2 and 7-15 of the Charter.

However, it does not give the province the right to abrogate Section 1, which says The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it (freedom of expression is one), subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

Unless, and until, council can, and will, discuss such thins as limiting any councillor’s right to freely discuss such things as employee hissy-fits and possibly inter-departmental gossip, I think laying such charges of violating the law is covered by Section 12 of the Charter – treatment and punishment. It says everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel or

unusual treatment or punishment. We should hope so.

As for the well-known councillor who spoke up, my sense of logic (twisted as it may be) says other councillors owe him and apology and a sincere offer to pay all his legal expenses.

As a future deterrent, one-third should be paid by councillors sitting at the time, one-third by the city, and one-third by the city’s legal counsel who allowed a spark to become a conflagration, seems fair enough to me.

Unfortunately, that may not be agreeable to our legal community, extremely intelligent people in my experience, who, now that a precedent is set, may not be willing to forgo the promising income stream from B.C. privacy law and turn thumbs down on not being able to pass their learned and official judgment on any public airing of the numerous workplace snits.

Of course, lack of teamwork, poor use of time and legal costs are vexatious only to the taxpayers. So who cares?

Brian Skakun is likely seriously handicapped now. He has been listening to lawyers and nitpickers’ babble for so long it’s a wonder he is not wearing one of those neat little white coats with the sleeves on the inside

and the opening and fasteners in the back.

This whole caper seems to reinforce a theory that teases me from time to time and it is: “No

problem is ever so simple that, by some good lawyers, it can’t be made worse.”

Harold Burgoyne Prince Georege

Sedgwick’s passing leaves a hole in city history

Mr. Sedgwick won the Jeanne Clarke I miss Kent Sedgwick.

Award twice, a rare feat, for his ongoing I don’t really know the man. I only met work. He last won the award in 2008 for him twice, both times at a Jeanne Clarke his well-received book Giscome Award reception, held Chronicle: The Rise and Demise annually in February at Of A Sawmill Community, pubthe library to recognize lished by CNC Press. A serioutstanding contributions ous book filled with relentless towards the preservation research, Giscome Chronicle of local history. clearly expressed the love he I know the reputation Rough felt for his work. much better. He was a Cuts The accolades have poured in devoted writer, a passionNeilGodbout from across the country. ate teacher, an enthusiastic “Kent was an inspiration to writers, hishistorian and a proud Prince George resitorians, outdoorspeople, and others – he dent. was an essential part of the cultural fabric He died last Tuesday at the age of 70.

What I miss is what will be the commu- of Prince George and North Central B.C. and we are richer because of him,” local nity’s loss – his passion for local history author Mike Nash wrote on an online and his devotion towards seeing it put memorial devoted to Mr. Sedgwick. down in words for future generations, so “So sad to hear the news of Kent’s passthey’ll be able to look back on the early ing. He was a great friend of local hissettlement days of this region.

classes.” tory, a great friend of the College of New “This is a huge loss to the city. Kent Caledonia, an icon of the City of Prince was a profoundly good person, and an George who will be missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him,” added excellent local historian,” added Brian Fawcett, one of the country’s longtime CNC history most acclaimed writers and instructor George Davison. a finalist for this year’s B.C. “The sudden loss of one National Award for Canadian of my closest colleagues has Non-Fiction. filled me with sadness,” Mr. Sedgwick remained busy. wrote Alistair McVey. “For His final completed work, a dozen years in the 1970s Hotels, Hoteliers & Liquor and 80s we taught geograStores: The Story Behind A phy at the College of New Prince George Heritage BuildCaledonia. We divided up ing, was released earlier this the courses according to our year by CNC Press. strengths and areas of interKent Sedgwick Generations from now, histoest and working with Kent - Historian rians will continue to apprecimade it the most enjoyable ate the work of Kent Sedgwick part of my long teaching and that will be his enduring legacy career. He was an excellent teacher, being to Prince George and the surrounding particularly meticulous and thorough in region. the preparation of his lectures and lab

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Reporter DeLynda Pilon would like the chance to hear what you have to say so every Friday at 11 a.m. she will be having a coffee break at Zoe’s Java House at 1251 Fourth Ave., and is hoping you will drop by to chat. Or just stop in and introduce yourself.

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From the expansion at the CN container facility to the work going on at Boundary Rd., Initiatives Prince George (IPG) has enjoyed a successful year promoting business strategies within the city.

Board chair, Glen Wonders, Tim McEwan, president and CEO and Heather Oland, vice president strategic initiatives, updated city council on the successes of the organization so far while presenting the 2012 business plan.

“IPG’s 2012 business plan has five interconnecting focuses,” Oland said.

They include strategic leadership and partnerships, positioning and marketing, business retention and expansion, labour recruitment and retention and downtown development.

Focus four, Oland said, looks at the potential labour shortage.

“This is another example where we need to work together with other agencies,” she said.

Understanding where the shortages are, attracting the right people to fill those shortages while retaining those who are already in the field and ensuring they gain the necessary skills to prosper means working with many different stakeholders.

McEwan explained their proposed budget uses a 3.1 per cent increase as a baseline for budgeting purposes, though he is aware that might not be the increase given, particularly with a core review coming soon.

Oland said right now the city gives IPG just over $1 million, and the intent is to leverage about 40 per cent of that from the private sector, giving the organization about $1.9 million. Currently they have five full time staff members and are likely to need one more.

“Prince George is in transition,” McEwan said. “Now we are going from setting the stage for growth to capitalizing on opportunities.

We intend to work as we have in a very partnered way with shareholders across the community.”

Coun. Garth Frizzell asked if the presenters could share a sense of the economic outlook for the area and added formerly the catch phrase was ‘cautiously optimistic’, but recently he was told to drop the ‘cautiously’.

“I think the next few years are going to be very bright for northern B.C. and Prince George,” McEwan said.

Mining, he said, will bring millions into the Prince George economy. The Site C dam, he said, is a $7.9 billion capital project and offers untold procurement opportunities.

Wonders added the opportunities would be difficult to take advantage of without the improvements to Highway 97 North.

“If that was not undertaken, there would still be constraints moving large equipment through the Pine Pass,” he said.

Oland added that the number of business inquiries coming in are already growing.

Coun. Dave Wilbur asked for more information regarding the predicted labour shortage.

“We are in the beginning of designing the details of that strategy. A lot of work is being

done to decide what skills will be needed,” Wonders said, adding IPG is working with other agencies to gather this information.

Gathering that information, working with business people, then taking all the data to the ministry is part of the plan, he said.

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targets, net profits, the number of units There are many reasons to prepare a to be sold, new products or services, business plan, but the most popular is how you’ll diversify your business, and to get money to advance your business how many new clients you’ll add. goals.

List Your Customers.

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Here are nine things you won’t want Describe Your Competitors. List your to miss as you ready your business plan competitors and compare them accordto romance your lender. ing to the products or services they sell, Describe Your Business. State your how their facilities are arranged, how business vision and mission, and clarify many workers they employ, and how how the business is structured, what long they have been in business. Explain you sell, and how it works. Weave these how your business differs from the comthings together to create a snapshot of petition, and clarify why customers buy your current situation and be sure to tell from you. why you need money and how much Beef Up Your Biography. Provide a you need. summary of your credentials and experiWrite Your Business Goals. Set goals ence, including relevant academic, work, for the term of the loan, including: sales

and business achievements. Feel free to toot your own horn by listing your strengths and successes – highlight your history of following through on your business plans and commitments.

Plan Your Cash Flow. Cash flow is most easily created using a spreadsheet program. Determine the flow of cash into and out of your business—monthly for the term of the loan you hope to borrow, at a minimum for the first year. Key to your business plan, a cash flow forecast will clarify how much money you need to operate each month, as well as showing how you will pay back the borrowed funds.

Project Your Income. While a cash flow projection shows how much money will be in the bank at the end of each month, pro forma income statements show whether or not your business is expected to be profitable in the future.

Explain What You Need The Money For. In your business plan, show how

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If you need an operating loan, your cash flow should show how much you need and when.

Offer Security. Most small business owners will only be able to borrow against what they already own or can offer as security for the loan. Most often this means providing a personal guarantee and offering equity as security in the event you fail to make loan payments.

Finally, be prepared to invest a minimum of 20 to 50 per cent of your own funds or equity into any venture or project for which you wish to borrow money. Lenders will want you to have enough skin in the game to ensure that you’re motivated to make payments and follow through on the promises made in your business plan.

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Judy Russell’s 20th anniversary production of Nutcracker ballet with the Prince George Symphony Orchestra runs Dec. 16 to 18 at Vanier Hall. Performances on Friday, Dec. 16, Saturday, Dec. 17 and Sunday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Matinee performances Dec. 17 and 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $22 to $32, available at Studio 2880 or call 250-563-2880.

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Following the success of his fall tour, Alberta-born country music superstar Paul Brandt will include CN Centre, Prince George in his new tour in support of Give It Away, his latest release. For more visit www.paulbrandt. com.

Tickets go on sale at all Ticketmaster locations including CN Centre box office Friday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m.

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The Prince George New Hope Society, an organization for survival sex workers living in P.G., is looking for new or gently used backpacks.

The backpacks are filled with Christmas goodies, socks, glovers, scarves, and personal care items along with items received at a Christmas dinner to be held on Dec. 22. Contact Margaret Johnson, PG New Hope treasurer.

■ As winter fades away

New book a family collaboration Teenager wrote the book, mother illustrated it as present Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com

Simon Chen, 13, wrote a poem.

His mother Coral, a professional illustrator, decided to add her artwork to his words as a birthday present.

That is the abridged story of how their book As Winter Fades Away came into the world.

“Prince George winters are too long,” Coral Chen told the Free Press.

Few would disagree with her.

However, she and her five children have found ways to keep happy and active with winter activities like crosscountry skiing. The family has lived in Prince George for about ten years.

Daughter Sufey, 17, is well known for her musical theatre talents, debating skills, community projects like the PG’s Got Talent variety show, and her many fundraisers.

Simon attends College Heights school and is a member of Bel Canto Choir. His poem was a way of celebrating the coming of spring while chasing away the blues of winter.

“Flowers smiling, heat drinks away snow,” he says.

On Thursday, Coral was to attend the school’s Christmas concert and sign copies of their new book. If her two current books are well received, Coral says she has nine books “in the works.” Her previous books were written in Chinese and published in Hong Kong.

“My first book in English, The Old Man Who Lost His Horse, is a retold Chinese fable that was translated into English and illustrated in bright watercolours.”

Coral teaches a Chinese Ink Painting course at Two Rivers Gallery.

With one session under her belt, new classes are starting up in January for adults on Tuesday mornings.

She also teaches art to children five years and up in her home artists’ studio. On Jan. 28, there will be an exhibition of her young students’ paintings at the Prince George Public Library.

For more information visit www. coralsbooks.wordpress.com.

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The service, which runs by donation with all funds going to the Rotary Club of Prince George Nechako, will be operating again tonight (Friday) and Saturday with the phone lines open at 250-962-RIDE (7433) between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.

There may be delays in getting to some clients, since calls do seem to come in bunches, Johnson said, which means all the available teams get busy quickly.

There will be no Red Nose on the Christmas weekend, but it will be back in operation on Dec. 30 and 31.

New Year’s Eve is traditionally the busiest night of the year for the service, and

volunteers are still being sought. Anyone interested can go to www.ornpg.ca, print off the application form, fill it out, and take it to Community Policing on Brunswick

Gateway Christian Ministries is hosting their Great Toy Giveaway on Saturday.

This year’s theme is Winter Wonderland and children can walk

through a “village� with a gingerbread house and lots of activity centres. Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, at the end of the party the children go home with a beautiful Christmas gift. Last year the event

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Benefactor Maria Some things in life Assunta’s nurse (who are just not fair. met her by chance at Take, ‘fur’ example, park) is TomTea aduly made maso, a with trustee in homeof the less Teresa care cat and the black cat loot. That’s in Italy like $2 milthat TeresaMallam lion (with one day interest) for each of walked into the path Tommaso’s nine lives. of an elderly widow I say that’s obscene. worth millions.

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Cream, the albino corn snake, came incognito into the Child Development Centre (CDC) day care Wednesday morning.

The 18-year-old reptile got a warm ride under the jacket of The Exploration Place chief executive officer Tracy Calogheros. “We wanted to make sure that he stays nice and cozy because he’s a senior now (and near the end of his life expectancy),� she said.

He may be old but Cream captivated his young audience of three to four year olds.

They also got to see, and touch if they wanted to, some of the live attractions at the museum: a bearded dragon (reptile), Madagascar hissing cockroach (also called Hisser) and a toad.

The local museum’s manager of teaching and learning, Amanda Tisseur, introduced each “critter� to the children, gave some basic information about their habits and habitat and explained they “would not bite.�

That remark seemed to encourage some of the more timid ones to admire and pet their special guests from the animal kingdom.

Calogheros said that it’s not often the museum brings its “live exhibits� out into the community but on this special occasion – the birthday of one of the daycare children – an exception was made.

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The Prince George Spruce Kings are in the Lower Mainland for three B.C. Hockey League games this weekend.

Tonight, the Spruce Kings battle the Chilliwack Bruins. They follow the game with a contest against the Langley Rivermen on Saturday, then wrap up their swing on Sunday afternoon against the Surrey Eagles.

Sunday’s game marks the Spruce Kings’ last contest before Christmas.

Nomination

The Cariboo Cougars have nominated forward Ryan Forbes for the Mac’s scholarship award. If successful, Forbes will receive $1,500 to be used at the school of his choice.

The award winner will be honoured prior to the Mac’s Tournament gold medal game, Jan. 1 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

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The Ray’s Stucco U19 ringette squad has won gold again.

The same team which won gold at a tournament in Houston on Dec. 3 and 4 finished first in the Spirit of Winter Ringette Tournament in Langley on the weekend. Playing in the A Division, they defeated Fraser Valley 7-4 in the final on Sunday.

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Regardless of on-ice results at CN Centre this weekend, the Prince George Cougars will help those less fortunate.

Saturday night marks the team’s annual Teddy Bear and Toque Toss Game, a memorable event in which items thrown on the ice support the Salvation Army and RCMP Victim Services.

But they also want to help themselves, and know how far a pair of home-ice victories against the Vancouver Giants (tonight and Saturday evening at 7 p.m.) would go towards improving their position in the standings.

“It’s always a battle against the Giants,” Cougars forward Spencer Asuchak said. “They’re probably one of our biggest rivals and they’re a great team, top to bottom, and we got to play them well so it’s a big weekend for us.”’

The Cougars enter the twogame Western Hockey League set last in the five-team B.C. Division with 12 wins, 19 losses, zero overtime setbacks and two shootout defeats (12-19-0-2). But with three wins in a row, and victories in six of their last eight games, they must be feeling confident these days.

Recent wins have helped the Cougars close in on teams above them in the standings. While they’re ninth in the 10-team Western Conference, they were only three points behind the sixth-place Victoria Royals (1318-1-2) when Wednesday evening’s WHL games started. The Kelowna Rockets (12-16-2-2) were seventh and Seattle Thunderbirds (13-15-0-1) eighth.

Last in the conference and 22-team league, the Everett Silvertips sport a record of 5-210-5.

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Spencer Asuchak, centre, was one of the Cougars helping to collect teddy bears after last year’s toss – and wouldn’t mind the same job again this year. gars’ last contest until a Dec. 28 home game against the Calgary Hitmen, and Cougars head coach Dean Clark didn’t downplay the importance of entering Christmas break holding down a playoff position.

“It’d be a good thing knowing that we were so far out of it at one point, now we’ve battled our way back in and I think that would be a huge mental victory for us, I guess, moving into the break,” he said. “Not only that, if you look at how close the standings are, if you win a couple of games and some others, you can end up in seventh or sixth. That’s how tight it is right there. I’m happy that we’re talking about that.”

Only three weeks ago, the Cougars were carrying a six-game losing streak into their Nov. 25 road game against the Thunderbirds, sporting a 6-17-0-2 mark.

They won that contest 3-2 and picked up another road win, 5-4 against the Spokane Chiefs, the

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following evening. Last weekend they won in the same two arenas.

In their latest victory, a 4-3 shootout win at Spokane on Saturday night, the Cougars rebounded from a three-goal third period deficit.

“That was probably the biggest win since I’ve been here as a Cougars coach, so hopefully we can carry that confidence into the weekend and then finish it off real positive here,” Clark said.

Notes: Injuries – The Cougars’ injury report includes one significant setback. Forward Brock Hirsche is coming off shoulder surgery and is likely to be out of the lineup until the playoffs in March. Defencemen Reid Jackson and Shane Pilling are both nursing upper body injuries.

Pilling is listed as day-to-day, while Jackson won’t be back in the lineup until after Christmas.

Pick-up – Cariboo Cougars

defenceman Raymond Grewal will join the squad for tonight’s game against the Giants.

World Juniors – Cougars import defenceman Martin Marincin will miss the Cougars’ next five games, as he’ll be in Calgary representing Slovakia at the World Junior Hockey Championships. For a story, turn to A22.

Ugly sweater – Saturday’s game also marks Ugly Christmas Sweater night, and fans are encouraged to wear their ugliest holiday sweaters for the chance to win prizes from sponsors.

Post-Christmas schedule – The Cougars’ contest against the Hitmen on Dec. 28, their Family Night game, is their last home date until 2012. They follow that contest with a pair of road games, Dec. 30 against the Giants and Jan. 1 against the Kamloops Blazers.

They return home for a doubleheader against the Blazers on Jan. 6 and 7.

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You can call it an annual event that combines the on-ice excitement of Canada’s national winter sport, the warmth of supporting those less fortunate in the holiday season, and the passion of cheering on your school.

No wonder high school students from PGSS and College Heights look forward to the Spirit of Hockey and Community Cup game every year.

This ninth annual event of its kind takes place today, 1 p.m. at CN Centre. The PGSS Polars go into the game as defending champions and hold a 5-3 lead in the overall series. They edged the College Heights Cougars 2-1 in last year’s game.

Organizer and Polars coach Renzo Berra co-founded the event with Nevio Rossi in 2003. Although Rossi is busy these days acting as principal at Harwin Elementary, Berra hopes to see him back at CN Centre next year

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“It’s always been competitive and it’s always been kind of in the spirit, promoting school spirit and spirit in the community,” he said.

As part of the event, PGSS is collecting nonperishable food items for the St. Vincent de Paul Society and College Heights is raising funds for the Salvation Army. Both schools and their feeder elementary schools have also teamed up to collect gloves, toques and socks for those in need. The spirit of giving has always been

part of the event. How it’s changed over the years, noted Berra, surrounds intermission activities.

Just like in recent years, the event will include a shootout with school staff and a mascot challenge relay race. The game has drawn at least 1,500 students in the past, and Berra expects CN Centre will be full of enthusiastic fans with banners, drums and painted faces again this year.

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A strange half-season is second in goals with laughing stock of the league? The Centennials 26 and fourth in points with 53. He is averaging are a shocking 17-9-2-4, 1.8 points second in per game. the InteColantone rior. They Hart has 40 are eight Beat points (1.3 a games game) and over hartleymiller Khaira has .500 this 36 (1.5). season Sad Sack PP compared to 81 games below .500 over the Here’s a stat that previous five combined makes no sense to me. seasons. Last year MerThe Spruce Kings have ritt was 22-31-1-6 and one of the top lines in prior to that went 22-36- the league, yet their 0-2 in 09/10, 13-44-0-3 power-play ranks dead in 08/09, 13-38-1-8 in last among 16 teams 07/08 and 25-27-1-7 in operating at 15.56 per 06/07. cent. (As a side note: Vipers Sputtering I don’t know if it has something to do with What’s happened to the air quality or lack of the mighty three-time it, but the P.G. Cougars defending champion also have the worst PP Vipers? Vernon has already lost more games in the WHL at 12.7 per cent.) in regulation this year The Spruce Kings are than all of last season. fourth in penalty killThe Vipers (36-11-4-9 in ing. By the way, Powell 2010/11) are just 1-6-1 River has scored a 2 in their last 10 games league-leading 13 shortand 14-12-1-2 overall. handed goals. Prince All Eggs In George is sitting with One Basket one while Merritt has If one believes the none.

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The Prince George Spruce Kings are exactly halfway into their BCHL regular season schedule.

After 30 games, they are 13-12-2-3, tied with the Vernon Vipers for fourth place in the Interior Conference.

Although this record appears mediocre, it’s a huge improvement over the last couple of nonplayoff seasons.

Here are a few midseason observations about the team and the league: V For Victory The BCHL has just one powerhouse team, Penticton, and one really weak team in Trail. The 28-3-0-2 Vees, riding a 16-game win streak, have scored the most goals, and given up the second fewest. In contrast, it’s nearly the opposite for the 5-21-1-3 Smoke Eaters. Don’t look now but seven of the top 12 scorers play for Penticton.

As strange as this may appear, the league has better parity now than in the past. Usually more than one Okanagan team challenges for the top spot and the Coastal Conference often has a couple of teams that stand out.

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River and Coquitlam) have fewer spectators.

The Coast average has dropped more than 200 per game from 1,125 to 919.

The Interior average has increased from 1,050 to 1,111, however, this is mainly due to Quesnel’s (638) move to Chilliwack (1,950), a gain of over 1,300 per game.

Vernon, Salmon Arm and Trail are down; Penticton is up just over 100 fans a game; while Westside, P.G. and Merritt have all made small gains.

Overall, last year’s league average of 1,087 has been reduced this year to 1,013.

Race To Finish The second half will separate the contenders from pretenders with more urgency this year than ever before.

Only four teams in each conference advance to the playoffs compared to seven last year. I still believe this gets changed again in the summer.

The Spruce Kings are actually in the mix and deserve some credit for showing significant improvement. However, for Prince George to actually reach its goal and qualify for the post-season it’s imperative they get better secondary scoring, much stronger contribution from its power-play, and more consistent goaltending.

If only it was as simple as it sounds.

Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio stations 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for the Opinion 250. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to hmiller@94xfm.com.

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“We played 20 minutes of hockey each game and dominated them probably like they’ve never been dominated before, but we gave them way too much respect and kind of let them do what they wanted to do at times.”

Notes: Mac’s schedule – The Cariboo Cougars will play four round robin games at the Mac’s Tournament.

They meet a Czech team, KMH Chomutov, on Dec. 26 to open their schedule. After a day off, they play the Fort Saskatchewan BP Rangers. They meet the Tisdale Trojans on Dec. 29 before wrapping up their round robin schedule against the Calgary Northstars on Dec. 30.

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that the guys got to be really proud of. At the end of the day, they did it,” Sprague said.

“Whatever happens at the Mac’s is going to be whatever they want it to be. If they want to come home early, I guess they’ll come home early. If they want to stay as long as they can and be in the final dance, they’ll do that as well.

But no doubt the stars need to be aligned for that to happen and our team has the potential to do that.”

The next league action for the Cougars after this weekend falls on Jan. 7, when they open a home doubleheader against the Valley West Hawks.

Then they’re back on the road for another crucial two-game set, Jan. 14 and 15 in Coquitlam against the Vancouver North East Chiefs.

The Cougars are coming off a split on the road against the Fraser Valley Bruins, winning 4-2 on Saturday and losing 5-4 on Sunday. Sprague noted that they had a couple of disallowed goals in the third period on Sunday since the referee wasn’t in position to make the call. But he wasn’t using that

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Tied in points atop the BC Hockey Major Midget League with the Vancouver North

played one more game so it’s hard taking the points tiebreakers too seriously.

The position occupied by the Cougars and Giants is what makes this weekend’s doubleheader so intriguing. The two teams will play on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m., both games taking place at Kin 1.

While the season is barely half over, a twogame sweep by either team would be vital towards a first-place finish at the end of the regular season. This weekend marks the end of the four-game season series between the two league powerhouses. In the first two-game set, during the League Showcase weekend at UBC on Oct. 1 and 2, each team had a 3-2 victory for a doubleheader split.

Cariboo head coach Trevor Sprague stressed the importance of playing for 60 minutes and being assertive. Not only is first place on the line, the doubleheader against the Giants marks the Cougars’ final games before they leave Christmas morning for the Mac’s Tournament in Calgary. “(Qualifying for the Mac’s) is something

West Giants, the Cougars sport a record of 14 wins, five losses and three ties (14-5-3) in 22 games.

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Widow Jean Patenaude with her beautifully Widowed in 2010 after a decorated Christmas tree, gifted from a benev66-year marriage, the Prince olent stranger who bought it at Festival of George senior has had a very Trees’ fundraiser silent auction. difficult year with a series of unexpected deaths in her fam“Oh yes, this has worked out much better ily and personal health problems. However on for me,” said Patenaude.

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In the sunny living room stands a beautiShe gave the Free Press reporter a tour of fully decorated Christmas tree. Patenaude her new home. plans to have a special dinner for her family “I have my own washer and dryer here, so members over the holidays. Now she has the I can get up early in the morning and do my space to do that – and a dishwasher to help laundry if I want to,” she said, smiling. A flight with cleanup. of stairs to the bedroom level means she can “A man read about me in the Free Press get regular exercise and has more room for and had the (organizers) at Festival of Trees her sewing and crafts (she still makes and deliver the tree he’d won in the silent aucrepairs her own clothes). tion to my new place. It is so nice to have “I’ll never go back to a place that has an it,” she said, admiring the toy airplanes and elevator,” she said. “I’m much happier taking turquoise and lime-green ornaments. “I was the stairs.” so surprised. And I know I’m going to be So does this “cloud of smoke” happy here.” have a silver lining?

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Prince George Cougars defenceman Martin Marincin knows expectations will be higher when he suits up for Slovakia this time around.

On Thursday, the 19-year-old left Prince George for Calgary, where he’ll represent his home country at the World Junior Hockey Championships for the Fre e Pre s s file p h o to third consecutive year.

In the 2010 and 2011 Kelowna Rockets forward Brett Bulmer of Prince George was cut tournaments, Slovakia from the Canadian team for the World Junior Championships. finished its schedule in Junior Hockey Cham- missed Slovakia’s last Canada at the World the relegation round. pionships run from few games of the 2011 Junior Hockey ChamMarincin knows Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Cal- tournament with a pionships. they’re capable of a gary and Edmonton. suspension for a high A member of the top-three finish in their Slovakia is in Group hit, expects improve- Tampa Bay Lightning, five-team pool, which B in Calgary with Rus- ment.

Connolly is on loan w o u l d “We got a lot of from the NHL team to sia, Sweadvance den, Swit- players here with this play in his second conthe Sloz e r l a n d junior hockey league, secutive tournament. vaks to and Latvia. WHL, and maybe He helped Canada the playoff Group A we’ll be good and we earn silver in the 2011 round. will play need to be a little bit competition, losing 5-3 “ M y out in lucky.” to Russia in the final in first goal Slovakia finished January.

Edmonis to help ton with eighth in last year’s On Wednesday the team, the host 10-team tournament in morning, the Canaand for Canadians, Buffalo, N.Y. dian staff announced the whole U.S., Czech its 22-man roster for Martin Marincin team is R e p u b l i c , Connolly the tournament. Con- Team Slovakia to go up Finland nolly and Vancouver to the top and Den- back Giants forward Brensix,” he said. mark. The championFormer Cougars dan Gallagher are the The 2012 World ship final is slated for forward Brett Con- only B.C.-born skaters Jan. 5 at 5 p.m. (6 p.m. nolly, a Prince George on the team.

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