December 7, 2011

CANFOR: Rustad mill now permanently closed A3 Wednesday, December 7, 2011

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■ Grow Ops

I Affirm

‘Play the game pay the price.’

Judge O’Byrne

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Judge Ron Tindale swears in Mayor Shari Green at the inaugural meeting of city council Monday evening.

Utility rate hike OK’d ■ CITY COUNCIL

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One of the first official pieces of city business taken on by new mayor Shari Green and council included a rate hike of five per cent every year for five years on water and sewer utility bills.

A review of the water utility by financial services and operations included projections of needs from 2012 through to 2016 in revenue, expenditures and capital.

The water utility is set up so it is paid for by users, however, it was unsustainable through current rates.

Kathleen Soltis, director of corporate

Kelly Road school brings Robin Hood to the stage A17

services, explained there is an infrastructure deficit in the city.

“It’s crucial to put aside money and not have the gap grow,” she said.

Superintendent of operations Bill Gall said one of the issues with the current infrastructure is the plastic lines that were installed in the 80s and 90s.

“In the mid-80s the city put in plastic pipes. They began to fail and when that happens it’s hard to detect,” he said.

Repairing these lines as they fail will go on for the foreseeable future, according to a report supplied to council.

When they fail, they saturate the surrounding ground.

Copper connections, when they fail,

make a considerable amount of noise.

The city currently uses copper pipe.

The raise in user fees is a more conservative increase than options presented at the committee as a whole meeting in October and, though they don’t achieve full sustainability, they do contribute to the capital each year and maintain an operating surplus of 25 per cent per year.

The vote to approve the increases was carried by the new mayor and incumbent councillors, with the newly elected councillors, Frank Everitt, Albert Koehler and Lyn Hall, opposed to the option.

Watch your wallet this holiday season Prince George RCMP have received reports of the theft of purses and wallets while in retail stores.

On December 3 and 4, two members of the public had their wallet or purse stolen while shopping at area retail stores. In the first case, the victim had placed her purse in a hand basket and set the basket down for a moment, while retrieving an item from the shelf.

Upon return, the victim found her purse was gone. In the

second report, a wallet was removed from a shopping cart at a different retailer. The victim realized her wallet was gone when she went to the checkout.

In both cases, the suspect was not seen.

The Prince George RCMP would like to remind the public not to leave personal items in shopping carts or baskets. It is always a good idea to keep cash, credit cards and identification on your person and away from store provided baskets.

If you’re going to get into the drug business, be prepared to spend time behind bars.

That was the message from Judge D. J. O’Byrne in sentencing Phuc Van Vo last month.

Vo pleaded guilty to producing a controlled substance after police busted up a marijuana grow operation on rural property near Hixon.

When police raided the property, they discovered 1,264 marijuana plants in a multistage growing operation.

The value of the marijuana, depending on it how was packaged and sold, could be anywhere between $474,000 and $1 million, O’Byrne wrote in his reasons for judgment.

While the Crown argued for 18 months in jail for Vo, his defence counsel argued for a conditional sentence given the fact that the accused had no criminal record, pleaded guilty, that there were no firearms involved and there was no risk of fire at the operation. “(Defence counsel) says that Mr. Vo is terrified as to what the outcome of this will be,” wrote O’Byrne. “Well, he was not so terrified that he did not embark on it. He embarked on this for pure financial gain. You play the game; you pay the price.”

O’Bryne sentenced Vo to 14 months in jail.

Vo was charged along with Dao Quoc Lam and O’Byrne seemed a little incredulous that the pair embarked on this misadventure and stressed a strong message must be sent.

“I guess it does not occur to people when they come out of the Lower Mainland that two Vietnamese gentlemen at an outbuilding near Hixon might draw attention to themselves because they would stand out like a palm tree in the middle of the prairies,” the judge wrote. “Notwithstanding that, it appears they want to come forward and do grow operations.

“In my mind, the most important principle to sentencing is specific deterrence.

“Unless we stop people from coming up to the Cariboo Chilcotin and north, they are going to keep coming, and in that view, jail is the only way to do it.

“There is no consideration in my mind whatsoever of a conditional sentence.”

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Rustad mill closure ends the uncertainty

Seasonal Lunch

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Virginia Dekker, back left, Dayna Hegel and Shannon Slugget along with Jim Coyle and Nancy Viney (both in front) take in the Kris Kringle lunch at the Civic Centre Friday.

For approximately two-and-a-half years the employees of the Rustad sawmill were in limbo after Canfor announced an indefinite shutdown of operations, but now the wait for severance packages is just about over after an announcement Dec. 5 that the mill is now closed permanently.

The Tackama Mill in Fort Nelson, which was also indefinitely shu down, has also been closed.

“We’re happy,” Shonna O’Donnell said. “We’ll finally get some closure, I’ll tell you that.”

Shonna and Gerald O’Donnell shared the story of how the indefinite closure affected their family in last week’s Free Press. They, along with many other employees of Rustad, were planning a rally this week to bring some attention to what was happening to them because of Canfor’s long wait before making a permanent decision about the mill, however that has now been cancelled.

A press release from Canfor explains the company decided the cost of bringing the Rustad mill up to modern standards would be prohibitive so instead has committed to spending $300 million on a three-year capital investment plan on other facilities.

The release further states the company is proud to have been part of the 62-year operation of the mill, and that future plans for the site include

repurposing portions for trades training and education.

“Canfor remains fully committed to the B.C. Interior, the communities of Prince George and Fort Nelson and to our employees,” said CEO Don Kayne. “The Province of British Columbia, Government of Canada and B.C. forest industry are seeing tremendous success in the joint effort to develop new markets for B.C. wood products throughout the Asia Pacific. We believe that demand for green, environmentally sustainable building materials will continue to grow in our core United States market and around the world, and that a bright and prosperous future is ahead for the B.C. forest sector and forest communities.”

Statutory payments and severance pay for former employees have been negotiated with the United Steelworkers.

Shonna said her family has been informed the payments will be sent in two portions, with the first due Jan. 20, 2012 and the final due Dec. 20, 2012.

“Some people are not happy with waiting for the severance, but we have to take what the union negotiated. Because of our situation of being bankrupt, we’re OK. We can invest the money. Other families are in different situations.

“But we’ve cancelled the rally because we got what we wanted.

Severance and closure.”

■ Roadhealth

New initiative makes impact Delynda pilon

the initiative. However she said the numbers don’t tell the whole story.

She said RoadHealth There were four out of five fatality-free long week- started in 2005 and concenends in the area last year, trates heavily on the drivand much of the improve- ing habits of males. In the north, often it is ment is thanks the male populato the work tion driving big being done by trucks or headRoadHealth, ing to work at an initiative one of the minundertaken by ing oper ations. partners includ“Those taring Northern geted efforts Health. have really paid MaryAnne off,” she said.

Arcand, the In contrast, RoadHealth c o o r d i n a t o r , MaryAnne Arcand there has been a - Co-ordinator slight increase in presented an collisions during update on the which females initiative at the Northern Health board meeting on were driving over the same period of time. She added Dec. 5.

The numbers are incred- women will soon be a focus ible, she said, pointing out of RoadHealth safety infora chart that shows a sig- mation.

She said between 70 and nificant decrease in motor vehicle fatalities following 80 people were being killed newsroom@pgfreepress.com

in collisions on northern be done.

Currently, she said, RoadB.C. roads annually, which is between double and tri- Health is beginning to work closely with men’s ple the national health issues. It will average.

Now also take on women many areas are at and driving as well the national averas youth behind the age, if not below wheel and seniors it. who are aging and Future chaldriving. lenges include Those tar“We’ve got a lot ensuring Road- geted efforts done, but there Health is foremost have realy is no end to this on driver’s minds paid off . . . path,” she said. in the Fort St. James We’ve got a Board chair Dr. area while what lot done, but Charles Jago conshe described as a there is no gratulated Arcand virtual explosion on all the work she of logging trucks end to this has done. soon comes to that path.”

- MaryAnne “I was toying community. LikeArcand with the idea of callwise, she said the ing you the driving mining industry force behind this,” in Smithers and Kitwanga is likely to bring he joked before thanking a lot more traffic to those her for the outstanding leadership she’s shown. highways.

He added her passion for And, when it comes to drinking and driving, she the project, along with her said there is a lot of work to hard work, is appreciated.

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Suspect sought in indecent act Prince George RCMP received a report of an indecent act at Cotton-

wood Island Park on Sunday.

At approximately 5:45 p.m., the local detachment received a

report of a man masturbating near the boat launch of the popular park located on River Road in the city.

When confronted by a male witness, the man acknowledged what he was doing, turned and walked away. The man disappeared into the park.

Officers checked the park and parking lots, but were unable to locate the suspect.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, 45 to 55 years old, 180 cm (5’11”), 113 kg (250 lb) with grey hair and receding hairline, a full goatee, glasses. At the time of the incident

he was wearing blue jeans, a dark jacket and running shoes.

Investigators are requesting the public’s help in locating this suspect. If you have any information about the person who may be responsible, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222TIPS (8477), online at w w w. p g c r i m e s t o p pers.bc.ca, or Text-ATip to CRIMES using keyword “pgtips”.

PIPELINE: Gitxsan hereditary chiefs and Enbridge ink deal A10

Up Front

The Spruce Kings finally won a close one on the weekend A11

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Kettle campaign running behind goals ■ Salvation Army

Volunteers still needed to help out with annual fundraising efforts ALLan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com

Little bits can add up when it comes to helping people at Christmas.

Ray Olson, volunteering at the Salvation Army Kettle at Costco on Monday afternoon, remembers a young boy from a couple of years ago.

“He was 12,” Olson says. “He and his dad came by and he reached into his pocket, pulled out a toonie and dropped it into the kettle. Then he turned to his dad and said, ‘That’s 242.’

“I looked at him and said something like it looked more like two dollars to me.

Then the dad told Olson the rest of the story.

“The boy had come to his parents and said instead of getting him Christmas presents, he wanted to put a toonie in the kettle every time he passed one that year. He was up to $242 in donations.”

Olson shakes his head and rings the bells.

“Twelve years old, and that mature.”

It’s that kind of spirit that will help the Prince George Salvation Army reach its goal this year of

$250,000, Capt. Neil Wilkinson believes.

“We left the goal at about the same as last year because we knew there was going to be a changeover at the top,” said Wilkinson, who took over from Bruce Kirk earlier this year.

Now, however, that goal is looking like a mountain to climb.

“The difficulty is because of the extra work we’ve been doing with disaster services, we’re behind the eight-ball,” Wilkinson said. “We’re running about $30,000 behind last year.”

In the past, some of the volunteers to work the kettles have come from community groups, who get their people to take a kettle for a day or two.

“A lot of those community groups are finding their memberships are declining,” Wilkinson said. “It’s hard for them to help as much as they have in the past.”

The Salvation Army is always looking for new partnerships, he said, and this year “we’re desperate for volunteers and donations.”

The kettles will run until Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. Anyone who can lend a hand in helping with the campaign is asked to call Cindy at 250-961-9066.

“She would be thrilled to hear from you,” Wilkinson said.

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Ray Olson was at Costco on Monday afternoon to tend the Salvation Army kettle.

Green keeps campaign pledges in inaugural speech Delynda pilon newsroom@pgfreepress.com

Mayor Shari Green will immediately strike a standing committee that will allow enterprise to flourish within Prince George while council directs staff to bring forward a plan for a core

review to find efficiencies as the city prepares to host the nation for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

Green addressed council and taxpayers for the first time as mayor during her inaugural speech after she, along with the rest of council, was sworn in during a short ceremony

before Monday’s regular council meeting.

“This is a strong team, ready to roll up its sleeves,” she said. “We must move forward in a manner that is disciplined in purpose and flexible in practice.”

She added the core review will take time to

complete and will include getting city employees engaged in a solution to find efficiencies. It won’t be a process that will be done before budget, but is likely to take between six and nine months to finish.

She added efficiencies will also be found in the

short term and that the process of finding savings where they can be found is already underway.

“We are aware your expectations are high,” she said and added the expectations each elected member has for him or herself is also high. “The new council has begun to

establish a strong foundation for a highly vigourous team.”

The ceremony included parting gifts and acknowledgements for former mayor Dan Rogers, longtime councillor Don Basserman, and Debora Munoz, who served the city for two terms.

Cancer prevention focus for Northern Health Delynda pilon

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The Canadian Cancer Society would like to create a world where no Canadian fears cancer, while currently two out of five Canadians are diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.

Cancer-prevention strategies have the potential to greatly reduce those numbers, and Margaret Jones Bricker along with Kerensa Medhurst were on-hand with a presentation to Northern Health at its board meeting Mon-

day to ask for support in another strategy geared towards that goal.

One concern is tobacco use in the north. In northern B.C. 21.1 per cent of the population smokes in comparison to the 17 per cent average.

Smoking has long been tied with lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer deaths, at 85 per cent.

One way to help smokers butt out would be to begin a pre-operative smoking cessation initiative.

Helping smokers

quit before they go for surgery would have many benefits.

Not only would it give them a leg-up for successfully stopping smoking, especially if combined with postoperative care, but it would have other health benefits.

Smokers experience more complications when under anaesthesia during surgery.

Non-smokers tend to heal after surgery faster than smokers.

Reduced infections mean shorter hospital stays.

Smokers tend to spend two days longer

in the hospital after surgery than nonsmokers.

And, within 10 years of quitting, the risk of lung cancer drops by half.

Bricker said the society has long enjoyed the support of Northern Health, and she hopes the board will continue to support them, including with this initiative.

“We propose the adoption of a regional Northern Health Authority surgical smoking cessation policy,” she said.

After presentations are heard by board

members, though anyone can ask questions to clarify the information given, a decision

on requests is not made right away, but rather discussed in further closed board sessions

on the following day.

Then a response is shared with presenters.

Carving It Up

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A line of sumptious dishes, desserts and a carving station fed the crowd at the Kris Kringle lunch last week.

ICBC charges questioned ICBC charges $75 for a new or renewed driver’s licence, but it only costs the corporation $10 to issue the licences, B.C. Auditor General John Doyle says in a new report.

The fee is set by the provincial government, which takes all the revenue and leaves ICBC to fund licence handling costs from its insurance revenues. The licence fees added up to $36.5 million in revenue to the province in the fiscal year that ended last March.

Doyle found fees are set by the government without providing a rationale to the agencies that collect them. Some fees haven’t been revised since the 1990s, and nearly half of the 2,332 fees studied in the audit had no date recorded for when they were last revised.

Doyle recommended that government fees be explained to agencies, revised regularly and the information made “readily available to the public.”

Job Training The B.C. and federal governments have announced a $10 million fund to help low-skilled and long-term unemployed people get into industrial jobs where there is a skill shortage.

Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell announced the fund Monday at a skills development conference in Vancouver.

Industry organizations may apply for up to $50,000 to fill identified skills shortages, such as heavyequipment operators for mining or retail employees required to learn new computer systems.

Skills training programs are to

focus on unemployed people who have not an Employment Insurance claim in the past three years, or low-skilled people without post-secondary training or trade certification.

Employed people who need new skills to move into areas of shortage will also be considered for the fund, which comes from existing government budgets.

Boomer Health Can the B.C. health care system withstand the retirement of baby boom generation? A B.C. legislature committee is trying to find the answers.

Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, chair of the allparty committee, said its goal is to sort through different projections of the largest wave of retirement ever. The post-war generation officially begins reaching retirement age in 2012, continuing to 2036.

“As the boomers move through, there are differences of opinion in the literature and in the public as to what kind of impact those boomers are going to have,” Letnick said. “Some believe that it’s going to be a little bit more money, a little increase in GDP. Others believe that the system is not sustainable.”

The committee is accepting academic studies and other research papers until Jan. 13 for the first phase of its work, assessing the impact. It will then outline alternative strategies to cope with the increased demand, and identify public response to the different proposals.

Prohibited drivers get fines

In Provincial Court in Prince George Oct. 24: Harjindar J.S. Berar was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, sentenced to 12 months in jail and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms.

Derek O. Haskell was found guilty of assault, sentenced to two months in jail, placed on probation for three years and prohibited from possessing firearms for five years. Haskell was also found guilty of a second count of assault and sentenced to three months in jail. Haskell was also found guilty of being unlawfully in a dwelling-house and sentenced to one month in jail. Haskell was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and two counts of failing to appear in court when ordered to do so and sentenced to 14 days in jail. Haskell was also found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George Oct. 25: David J.R. Findlay was found guilty of assault and failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 10 days in jail. Findlay was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to one day in jail.

Brent A. Fulljames was found guilty of break and enter, sentenced to 73 days in jail and placed on probation for one year.

Luke D. Pierre was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Oct. 26: Cara L. Austin was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and placed on probation for six months.

Sebastien J.E. Boyer was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance, fined $1,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

Peter E. Carifelle was found guilty of fraud and placed on proba-

Hart-felt Thanks

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Members of the Heart to Hart After School program proudly display the plaque they received from the Canadan Cancer Society after donating their bottle drive proceeds. tion for one year.

Shaun A. Cotterhill was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance, fined $250 and assessed a victim surcharge of $37.50.

Bonita S. Dempsey was found guilty of theft of property with a value Free less than $5,000, failing to comply with a probation order and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to one day in jail. Dempsey was also found guilty of a second count of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for 12 months.

Kenneth G. Egilsson was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $1,200, assessed a victim surcharge of $180 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Boyce C. Giesinger was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $1,000, assessed a victim sur-

charge of $150 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Vincent A. Goodwin was found guilty of driving with a suspended licence, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Steven Press W. Grey was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and uttering threats and sentenced to three months in jail.

Calvin W. HealyHarder was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $500 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Justin E. Pawluck was found guilty of two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, sentenced to eight months in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms.

Leroy J. Sellars was found guilty of possession of stolen property with a value less than

Court docket

$5,000 and sentenced to one day in jail and time credited of 60 days.

James A. Webb was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to 64 days in jail.

Dylan S. Dionne was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $75.

In Provincial Court in Prince George Oct. 27:

Dwayne A. Erickson was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail.

Lenard A. Haines was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and placed on probation for 12 months.

Sarh J. Tom was found guilty of robbery, sentenced to time served of 30 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of firearms.

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Welcome to politics

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t was a bumpy opening night for the newbies on city council Monday.

One of the first orders of business after taking their oath was to approve, or disapprove, a five per cent utility rate hike every year for the next five years. For new councillors Frank Everitt, Lyn Hall, and Albert Koehler – who, along with the incumbents, all campaigned on fiscal prudence – it was a tough pill to swallow five minutes into the job.

Give them credit, they all voted against it.

For the incumbents, they already voted for the rate hike about a month ago when they were part of the previous council, so it’s unlikely any of them were going to change their minds when the matter came back for fourth and final reading.

The new councillors though, might want to be asking the new mayor why such an item was on the agenda for the inaugural meeting. The answer given Monday night was that for the rate hikes to take effect in the new year, they had to be approved this year. Otherwise, council wouldn’t be able to impose the rate hikes until July, when the next set of utility bills go out.

Gee, how horrible.

The new councillors, obviously uncomfortable at having to make such a decision on their first day without time to prepare, could have been accommodated. The item could have been moved off the agenda and, if it was so darned important for council to dip further into your pockets right after Christmas, a special council meeting could have been called sometime between now and the new year.

It would have given the new councillors time to get up to speed on an item that everyone, and we mean everyone, campaigned against doing just a few short weeks ago. The result, undoubtedly, would have been the same but at least everyone sitting at the council table would feel they could cast an informed vote.

Let’s hear those kettles clang

I

t’s usually only pocket change, (or if you’re exiting the liquor store, a few bucks to assuage the guilt), but it all adds up.

The Salvation Army kettle campaign is underway in Prince George once again. You will see volunteers manning the kettles all over town. A little bit of loose change in your pocket goes a long way towards ensuring others in the community have a good Christmas and help well into the new year.

The goal of the kettle campaign this year is to reach $250,000 and Capt. Neil Wilkinson says that they are running a bit behind. A few natural disasters this year have used some of the Salvation Army’s resources. However, we, along with Wilkinson, are confident Prince George residents will find some extra change in their pockets when they are out doing their Christmas shopping this year.

Plus, if you really want to help, the Salvation Army is always in need of volunteers to help with the kettles. Give them a call, they would love to hear from you. And, remember to bring some change to clang those kettles.

■ opinion

Heritage is the chief problem

wisdom and perspective, something the hereditary Gerald Johnny first gained some notoriety in the chiefs themselves may, or may not, have or want to mid-1970s. give.

He was charged with stealing a truck in the Often what happens is a community becomes Chilcotin. Presiding over his case was Judge Cundivided. liffe Barnett, who also gained some notoriety at the It’s kind of like Canada and the monarchy long same time. The good judge cleared Johnny of the before it broke from British rule. Some accepted charge, given that the only evidence presented was governance from Ottawa, others felt the king or that Johnny was seen in the vicinity of the stolen queen should give us our marching orders. vehicle. Prior to that day the fact Johnny was First On reserves, where the population can Nations and seen in the vicinity of a sometimes be measured in the dozens, crime was enough for a conviction. the lines between hereditary chiefs and Johnny went on to become chief at Writer’s elected chiefs can be very marked, very Tl’etinqox-t’in (Anaham Indian Band).

Block different and familial. It can cause tremenWith more than 1,200 people living Billphillips dous problems. on the reserve it is one of the larger It happened last Friday when Gitxsan reserves in the Interior and, arguably, hereditary chief Elmer Derrick announced they had one of the roughest. taken advantage of Enbridge’s aboriginal economics Johnny, during his tenure as chief, stopped chilopportunities package to share in the wealth of the dren from the band-run school from visiting the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. pool in nearby Williams Lake because he didn’t It took everyone by surprise, including most of want native kids visiting a “white man’s pool,” sugthe Gitxsan people who oppose the pipeline. gesting band kids could learn to swim in the nearby “I feel really, really awkward,” elected Chief Chilcotin River. He also fired the white principal of Marjorie McRae told the Smithers Interior News. “I the school, who subsequently received a nice settlemean I’m the elected chief of the community and ment when she took the band to court.

I’m standing there in front of a couple of band memSuch things happen when we elect leaders who bers looking for answers.” may not have everyone’s best interests at heart.

It’s kind of like if Queen Elizabeth had entered the But Gerald Johnny, when he was chief at Tl’etinqox’t’in was a double-threat because he is also HST debate here in B.C. And therein lies the problem … some feel the a hereditary chief. Hereditary chiefs are descendants hereditary chiefs should hold the power on reserves, of the chiefs who ran things before the colonial government of Canada imposed democracy on reserves. while others feel those who are elected and, like all democratically elected leaders, are subject to disIt continues to be one of the extremely divisive missal by the electorate, should hold the power. issues on reserves today. When Gerald Johnny was Personally, I’m all for democracy. There’s still no turfed by his electorate, he continued acting like guarantee we won’t elect a megalomaniac, but I’d a chief … making statements and issuing decrees. rather we elect a crazy than have one come to power Some don’t accept the imposition of democracy and solely because he or she comes from a long line of feel the real leaders of the reserves are the heredicrazies. tary chiefs. Others feel that hereditary chiefs offer Circulation Manager...........................Heather Trenaman Email: circulation@pgfreepress.com...... 250-564-0504

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Let the great Christmas-tree hunt begin

dency to think a little It’s time to go hunting tinsel can fix anything. for a Christmas tree, and my son insists it be a real We’d go out to get a tree, and really it was more one this year. of an excuse I was to take the able to sell truck out on him on an Life in a bush road artificial the fat and enjoy tree when lane an afternoon we lived DelyndaPilon in the quiet in southsnow-laden forest, but by ern Alberta for the last the end of the day we’d decade or so, but now he have to bring home a says we are surrounded tree. Then he’d find the by forests and there’s no saddest-looking, most excuse for putting up a barren of brush little nice little fake tree. fir tree and we knew Not that I have a pasthat would be sitting in sion for fake trees. I our front room for the remember being emonext three weeks, crying tionally scarred by the needles while we tried to first fake tree my dad find somewhere to attach ever put up. I don’t Christmas lights. know where he got the If we were lucky, Dad thing, but it was a silver would pack home what number that looked like we like to refer to as a it had been shedding corner tree. You know, for years. It looked kind you hope for at least of like someone had three good sides, then wrapped a Styrofoam you hide the naked part pole in coat hangers then in the corner. hung tinsel on it. We Every once in a while lived on Chilcotin Road he’d underestimate back then, with miles of the size of the tree he forest behind and beside brought home and it us, so I don’t know how would barely fit in the we wound up with that living room. This kind of tree. mistake was usually folAnd you know, it lowed by a lot of sawing, wasn’t the worst tree we hacking and cussing. ever had.

Sometimes, once the Dad always has a ten-

tree was small enough to stand upright, we’d have the problem of finding a tree stand big enough to expand around its stump.

And, while I’m thinking of it, where does the tree stand go during Christmas season anyway? I mean, it’s in the way 11 months of the year, turning up in the most unusual spots, but come Christmas, it disappears, only to return once more when you’re helping your kid make out his Valentines. Hmmm.

Anyway, back to Dad. Usually we’d wind up putting the tree in a bucket – and I mean a five gallon pail – and Dad would force it to stand upright with the careful application of several strategically placed bungee cords.

Then came time to decorate.

Now, just because a tree is big don’t mean it’s bushy.

But eventually our balls would be on, our lights would be strung (after the annual cussing of the string-that-willnot-light) and the angel would be up.

Even with all that, though, the tree Dad

picks always looks bare.

Probably because the ornaments have to be grouped so carefully on the sparse branches.

So then it’s time for the tinsel. Silver, gold and now red, green and even purple.

To be perfectly honest, once the tinsel is on, and the lights are flashing and sparkling on all that glitter, I’m happy. Real trees smell good, and our home-made hodgepodge of decorations might not be designer pretty, but

they make me happy.

So I guess I’ll suck it up and take out my boy for a real tree.

And then, in fine Pilon Christmas tradition, we’ll stop at the dollar store and buy them out of tinsel.

No reason for euthanasia Editor: Recently in Langley there has been a court case on whether or not we should allow euthanasia. For the benefit of society I believe that we should not change the current laws. Before I go on, I should make clear what euthanasia is and is not.

It is the taking away the life of someone instantly, with medical assistance. It is not the withdrawal of futile, overzealous care, and it is not related to palliative care, which deals with the abating of pain in medical patients.

I do not find the arguments for euthanasia compelling. They say that people who are terminally ill should have the right to die. After all, if they are ill their life will be miserable. However, people who are depressed feel that their life is miserable as well; would we encourage

them to commit suicide also?

If we do support euthanasia, it is likely that we would end up like the Netherlands. In the past five years the rate of euthanasia cases has been growing.

In 2010 they had 3,136 cases. They also allow kids as young as 12 to have the option of euthanasia, with parental consent.

For these reasons and many others, I believe that we should not support euthanasia. I do not see how it improves society. Therefore, I believe that we should keep the laws as they are. On the positive side, I think that we should support palliative care. I believe that it would benefit society far more than euthanasia.

Calvin Carrico Prince George

Sad comment on society

Editor: With the costs of lodging, groceries, hydro and gas going up, it’s a sad

day when our seniors have to supplement their meager pensions with robbery and traf-

ficking in prescription drugs.

J. Cook Prince George

Good trustee candidates, but not very many votes

ize there are people to whom the words I have always been fascinated by num“fun” and “number” don’t belong in the bers and how they go together in some same sentence). strange and wonderful ways.

The first thing I noticed, and In school, math was then started working out more always one of my strongest precisely, was that although subjects, so when I found there were seven trustee posia way to combine school Allan’s tions available, it didn’t look like and math for this week’s Amblings column, it was an easy deciAllanWishart many people bothered filling in the circles next to seven names. sion to make it happen.

My arithmetic skills hadn’t failed me as School District 57 has released the I did the divisions, given the number of final results for the Nov. 19 trustee elecvalid ballots at each polling station and tions, as well as something called a Balthe total number of votes cast there, and I lot Account, which shows how many found voters in the city of Prince George ballots were issued to each polling place were amazingly consistent. On election ad what happened to them. Both of the day, all of the city polling places ended reports gave me the chance to do some up with people choosing, on average, fun number-crunching (and yes, I real-

either 3.6 or 3.7 candidates on their form.

What I found kind of strange was the numbers on the advance polls. I figure most of the people who vote in advance are those who know they won’t be around on election day, but they still want to vote. The number of votes cast per ballot at the advance polls in Prince George was lower than the numbers on election day.

In the regional district, it was a different story. Yes, the numbers of ballots cast were smaller, but consistently, voters were marking more candidates’ names than they did in the city. Seven of the polls showed averages of five votes per ballot or higher, topped by West Lake, where the average voter picked 6.1 out of

the possible seven candidates.

The other communities which make up part of the district showed a wide variance. In Mackenzie, only 95 people voted, but they averaged 5.5 candidates per ballot. In McBride, 336 people voted, but for just 3.4 candidates each. In Valemount, counting the election day and advance polls, 293 people voted, and each picked just over five candidates.

So was there a shortage of qualified candidates, and that’s why few people used the full number of votes available to them? I don’t think so. The impression I had talking to people during the campaign was that this was a solid slate of candidates to pick from, so I’m not sure why the numbers are so low.

Free Press reserves the right to reject unsigned letters. Letters are edited for brevity, legality and taste. Contact Editor Bill Phillips, 250-564-0005

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■ Northern Gateway Pipeline

Profit sharing deal causes turmoil Hereditary chiefs ink agreement without endorsement of elected band council Cameron orr Black Press

A surprise announcement on Dec. 2 has put the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs in the corner with Enbridge and their proposed Northern Gateway pipeline process.

Hereditary Chief Elmer Derrick, whose traditional village is Gitsegukla, made the announcement on behalf of the hereditary chiefs and the Gitxsan Nation, saying that over time they have “established a relationship of trust with Enbridge.”

He said the chiefs have taken a detailed look at the proposal and believe that the project can be built and operated safely, and the agreement also means positive developments for his people’s economic development.

In a conference call, Janet Holder, executive vice president of Western access for Enbridge, said that it was entirely up to the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs to go public with this agreement, adding that there are other agreements in place with other nations. She wouldn’t elaborate on with whom.

“We are very mindful of the economic situation we have in our area,” said Chief Derrick. “We make a point of trying to bring investors into the ... area so this is one way telling people in the investment community that we are friendly to business.”

This agreement is a product of Enbridge’s call in February of this year to offer First Nation groups an Aboriginal Economics Opportunities Package. That agreement would see participating First Nations receive a share of 10 per cent equity in the pipeline.

Derrick said he doesn’t know

what the final details will end up being in the agreement but money will flow to Gitxsan communities and that they believe the good will from the agreement will mean they are in line to benefit from employment opportunities.

“It’s important for us to find other ways that we can get more benefits out of the natural resources that we’re gifted with. It’s important for the country, for our national government, to talk about national energy security and to start talking about building east-west transmission lines for electricity as well as the east-west pipelines so that more of the benefits would be realized by Canada and the investment community that operates within our borders,” he said.

The deal is only within the hereditary chiefs. When asked during the announcement’s teleconference about Gitxsan band councils involvement with this agreement, he said that the band councils had no say in this decision. He said their role is mainly in providing municipal-like services to the villages.

There are 65 hereditary chiefs that were involved in this process, and he said that it wasn’t a unanimous decision and was made by a majority ruling.

He said he is hopeful this announcement doesn’t sour the relationship the Gitxsan has with neighbouring First Nations.

‘We have always been frank with our opinions on different projects.

We respect the positions taken by the other First Nations, our neighbours,” he said.

Environmental Group ForestEthics, was quick to reply to the announcement.

Spokesperson Andrew Frank emphasized that all

the coastal First Nations affected by the proposal are against the project, and that the Gitxsan territory is away from the pipeline route.

Derrick confirmed that their territory is not along the pipeline’s right of way but that the pipeline does cross five or six streams that flow into Babine Lake, which provides a lot of food for his people.

“First and foremost in everything we do is we protect our food supply. We have 90 per cent unemployment in our area and if our people didn’t have access to salmon and our waters were not protected then we’d have people starving,” he said.

Frank said that because the Gitxsan’s territory doesn’t cover the pipeline’s right of way the Dec. 2 announcement is “a strange endorsement.”

“Endorsing a project in someone else’s backyard is like a homeowner taking a financial deal to approve a project that demolishes someone’s house on the other side of town,” he said.

But Derrick wasn’t fazed by the response.

“They can comment all they want about the colour of socks I wear or don’t...Whatever they say, doesn’t matter.”

He said the agreement does include clauses which would allow the Gitxsan chiefs to back out of the arrangement if they feel that the land was not being protected to “Gitxsan standards.”

Skeena-Bulklkey Valley MP Nathan Cullen weighed in on the matter with local media.

“It’s really in their [Gitxsan chief’s] own interest to be able to get back to people and clarify what exactly has just happened and where this deci-

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Protestors camp out in front of the Gitxsan Treaty Office in Old Hazelton, in reaction to last Friday’s deal between Gitxsan hereditary chiefs and Enbridge over a profit-sharing deal for the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. sion came from,” he said. “House leaders and groups who should be involved in such a critical decision are being totally blind-sided this morning.”

He said this announcement came out of left field.

“The notion that the Gitxsan, as a nation, are in favour of this project is

a very hard thing for me to believe.

It’s been just the absolute opposite since day one.”

Derrick told Black Press that he does expect there to be division among the Gitxsan community following this announcement.

“But we have to keep moving ahead,” he said.

Divisions appearing in Gitxsan over agreement Cameron orr Black Press

The benefit agreement between the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs and Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines is far from a unanimous agreement within the Nation and the announcement on Friday has the Gitxsan people sharply divided.

Gitanmaax Chief Councillor Marjorie McRae said she was taken off guard by the news.

“My first reaction was definitely shock,” she said. “I didn’t know anything ahead of time.”

She said she was coming outside from a funeral in their community when she was approached by some people looking for answers.

“I feel really, really awkward. I mean I’m the elected chief of the community and I’m standing there in front of a couple of band members looking for answers.”

She said it should be imperative that the entire community would be consulted on these matters.

“At the very least they should be informing the people, allowing an opportunity for input and consultation,” she said. “We are on the speakers list in January for the Enbridge hearings. The environmental assessments haven’t even been completed. To me this is extremely premature.”

A group of Gitxsan issued a counter-press release shortly after the announcement. The group, which comprises representatives of the plaintiffs to a recent Supreme Court action against the Gitxsan Treaty Society, said that they oppose the agreement.

They said that Elmer Derrick “does not speak for all Gitxsan,” in the release.

They said that Derrick also breached Gitxsan law by making the announcement on the day of the funeral of a matriarch elder and hereditary chief.

For many Gitxsan things were still not clear as of Sunday and more than 400 people had joined a Facebook group to try and learn more and voice their concerns. For one 29 year old Gitanmaax resident, Stephen Mowatt, there was one clear goal rising out of the debate, the Gitxsan needed to be united

as one. He also spoke of what this concerns with the pipeline were.

“I have been trying to read up on this [Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, oil spills and the recent agreement with the Hereditary Chiefs] and we need to come together as one,” he said. “We have lived off these lands for thousands of years and I am scared we are standing to lose a lot if there was an oil spill. We fish these waters and hunt in the forests and much of our medicine comes from our land. I am worried that if the pipeline goes through, sooner or later there will be a spill and then it will all be gone and there is no coming back from that. I’m scared and I am the younger generation and want a good future and future for my kids and my kids, kids.”

Members of the Gitxsan Nation were set to gather on Monday to hear about the details surrounding the recent signed agreement, to hear what their simoget had to say and to work within their own Wilnaldalh (house group).

A Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief has also come out opposed to the announced agree-

ment. John Ridsdale (Chief Na’Moks) said after the announcement that the Wet’suwet’en remain firm in their opposition against the project.

“Enbridge is just not going to happen,” he said. “We have said no and banned this pipeline from going through our territories – not only to protect ourselves and our lands, but also all the communities downriver from our lands. We have reviewed the project, and we have made a decision based in our traditional laws that we will not allow the devastation of an Enbridge oil spill in our lands to affect us and other communities further away who are all connected to us through the water.”

Ridsdale was in Vancouver last week participating in a joint protest against the proposed pipeline. He was a speaker at a signing event for the Save the Fraser Declaration.

The Wet’suwet’en are among the named nations of the Yinka Dene Alliance. The alliance also include the Nadleh Whut’en, Nak’azdli, Takla Lake, Saik’uz nations, and their stated purpose is to oppose the pipeline from their territories.

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Cedars Christian got to play in the provincials at home A15

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Sunday’s game winner for the Prince George Spruce Kings, a redirect off a fluttering shot from the point, probably wasn’t drawn out.

But after finishing on the wrong side of four consecutive one-goal games, players must’ve felt they were due for a lucky bounce. A member of the fan favourite Fitzgerald triplets, Myles received credit for the game winner in a 3-2 victory over the Westside Warriors at the Coliseum. The goal came with 3:37 remaining in regulation time. Gerry Fitzgerald recorded the first assist, with Chase Golightly picking up the second helper.

The third Fitzgerald, Leo, was held off the scoresheet in the game.

The victory improves the Spruce Kings’ record to 12 wins, 11 losses, one tie and three overtime defeats (12-11-1-3). With 28 points, they’re fifth in the eightteam Interior Conference, one behind the Vernon Vipers (13-11-12) and three in arrears of the Chilliwack Chiefs (15-9-0-1).

On Friday, the Spruce Kings welcome the Merritt Centennials to the Coliseum. At 15-7-2-4, the Centennials are second in the conference with 36 points, behind only the Penticton Vees (23-3-0-2 as of Tuesday afternoon). Friday’s contest is the Spruce Kings’ fifth encounter with Merritt in their last 11 contests. But it’s also the final meeting

of the seven-game season series.

Merritt has already won the head-to-head series with a 4-1-0-1 mark through six games. All but two of the contests, home-ice victories by the Spruce Kings on Sept. 23 (6-3) and Centennials on Nov. 11 (7-4), were one-goal games.

“They got the last couple (wins on Nov. 25 and 26), so we owe them,” Spruce Kings head coach Dave Dupas said. “We’re looking forward to them coming in here.”

Friday’s hosts know how far a win would go in giving them confidence and momentum. After the game the Spruce Kings will travel overnight to the Okanagan, where they’ll begin a stretch of six consecutive road games on Saturday evening in Kelowna against the Westside Warriors. They wrap up their weekend on Sunday against the Salmon Arm SilverBacks.

After Friday, the Spruce Kings won’t play at home again until Dec. 30 against the Trail Smoke Eaters, their second game after Christmas.

“It’s tough to win on the road, but we have to figure out ways to do it. We’ve been close, we’ve been pushing,” Dupas said.

“We’ve been getting a lot of ties and a lot of overtime losses. We’ve been in all these games. We haven’t been going on the road and just getting completely blown out. We’ve been close, we’ve been right there and again, this just

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Prince George Spruce Kings forward Paul De Jersey cuts towards the opposing goal with Westside Warriors defenceman Michael King, a Prince George product, behind him trying to break up the play during Sunday’s game at the Coliseum. The Spruce Kings won the B.C. Hockey League contest by a 3-2 score. comes back to the way it’s been happening for us for the last little while.”

Myles scored twice to lead the Spruce Kings offensively on Sunday.

Forward Michael Betz, a recently signed free agent, scored the home team’s other goal. Izaak Berglund and Marcus Basara collected the markers for the Warriors, who opened up a 2-0 lead early in the second period.

The Spruce Kings outshot the Warriors 38-36, with

winning goalie Ty Swabb recording 34 saves in his first BCHL game (see story below). At the other end, losing netminder Dwayne Rodrigue turned aside 35.

Each team finished 0-for-3 on the power play.

The sixth-place Warriors carried a 9-14-0-4 record into their home game against the Vees on Tuesday night.

In the first half of the Coliseum doubleheader, the Warriors downed the Spruce Kings 3-2 on Satur-

day evening. The two-game set marked a return home for Prince George product Michael King, a defenceman on the Warriors.

“I thought we played a good game,” King said.

“Again, it just seems like the bounces aren’t going our way. We just have to get some goals and find some ways to start getting some wins here.”

Another Prince George product, Spruce Kings forward Tyson Witala started the season with Westside

and knows King well.

“We’re giving it to each other, just letting us know we’re there,” he said. “It’s fun playing against some guys you know.”

The Spruce Kings had a pair of affiliated midget forwards from the Cariboo Cougars in Sunday’s lineup, Chase Astorino and Tyler Pavelofskie. Forwards Sean Landry (knee) and Jeff Earnest (personal reasons) were out of the lineup and are questionable for this weekend.

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Ty Swabb’s first B.C. Hockey League start produced a positive result.

One game, one win.

Two more victories and he’ll match the total recorded in 18 games for the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s St. Albert Steel this season. The low total is a reflection of a struggling St. Albert team struggling in the AJHL this season. Entering Tuesday evening’s action, the Steel were occupying the basement of the North Division, last

in the 16-team league with six wins, 26 losses, zero ties and two overtime defeats (6-26-0-2).

Swabb, a 19-year-old Edmonton native, noted that he asked for a trade. But his playing time wasn’t the issue.

“I think I had a couple of more games played than the other goalie,” he said. “It was just our team was just too poor and I was sick of losing.”

Joining a Spruce Kings team in the thick of the BCHL playoff race, Swabb noticed the difference on the ice and in the dressing room.

The Spruce Kings’ teamwork was noticeable in Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Westside Warriors.

“It was a big change from St. Albert, the D shut them down towards the end of the game,” Swabb said. “We just got some good goal support to get the two points.”

Swabb’s opportunity came at the expense of Prince George product Marcus Beesley. Once the Spruce Kings confirmed they acquired Swabb on Dec. 1, Beesley was reassigned, only a few months after earning a goalie position with the team.

He and returning starter Kirk Thompson

had been working as the team’s goalie tandem since the regular season began on Sept. 23.

“Marcus was very good for us. We hated to lose Marcus,” Spruce Kings head coach Dave Dupas said. “But we got a guy, he’s been around junior A for a while and he’s been a winning goalie at junior A. The way we were losing games here lately, bad goals going in, you can’t necessarily blame the goaltending for it. But we just thought we had to make a change there and we went after a guy that had some experience.”

Araujo getting back on track AListair McInnis

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Jose Araujo is rounding back into form.

The UNBC men’s basketball team has to be happy about that.

When Araujo is at his best, few college players in the country can shoot with as much accuracy.

In PacWest action on Saturday night at the Northern Sport Centre, Araujo’s game was on the mark during a 97-64 Northern Timberwolves victory over the visiting Camosun College Chargers. The fourth-year guard led all scorers with 29 points, 21 courtesy of the three pointer as he dropped seven of 12 attempts from beyond the arc.

Araujo, a 25-year-old Toronto product, was a key member of the 2009-10 Timberwolves

squad which won the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national title in Calgary. But after taking the 2010-11 campaign off, he’s struggled in his return to UNBC. In an effort to get Araujo back on track, Timberwolves head coach Todd Jordan decided to play the guard off the bench.

Araujo said he played more aggressively, and his teammates helped get him in prime shooting positions.

But in reality, it may not have taken anything special.

“It was our defence as well,” Araujo said.

“Our defence leads our offence, so we got to give credit to our defence as well.”

Jordan said he talked with Araujo before the game about taking him out of the starting lineup.

“I don’t know if that had anything to

do with it, but he was able to make some shots tonight and get going, and it’s good,” the team’s bench boss said. “He’s been on a little bit of a slump, so it’s good for him to get going. I knew he was going to come out of it eventually. He’s a great player and he’s got a lot of history of doing big things, so I’m not at all surprised at the game he had tonight.”

Only one other UNBC player, thirdyear guard/forward Charles Barton, reached double figures in scoring. Barton recorded a doubledouble with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

On the Camosun side, four players scored in double figures: Trevor Scheurmann (16), Drake Downer (11), Blake Mansbridge (10) and Rulon Schmidt (10).

The win leaves both

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UNBC Northern Timberwolves fourth-year guard Jose Araujo cuts towards the hoop against the Camosun College Chargers during their game on Saturday night at the Northern Sport Centre. The Timberwolves defeated the Chargers 97-64. teams at 4-2, but the Timberwolves hold the third-place tiebreaker with the victory. The Langara College Falcons and Douglas College Royals also have eight points, but at 4-3, each squad has played one more game.

The Timberwolves’ two defeats came against the squads at the top of the nineteam standings with identical 5-1 records, the Capilano University Blues and Vancouver Island University Mariners.

Friday evening at the NSC, the Mariners downed the Timberwolves 84-77.

In women’s basketball action on the weekend, UNBC

downed the Mariners 60-52 and edged Camosun 62-59. The Timberwolves lead the nine-team standings with an undefeated 6-0 record.

The 2011-12 PacWest regular season doesn’t resume until Jan. 13, as the league is on a break for final exams and the holiday season. The Timberwolves’ PacWest schedule resumes with a home date against the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Eagles.

Both UNBC teams will get in exhibition action before the regular season resumes.

The men are competing in a tournament at the University of Win-

nipeg from Dec. 28 to 30. The women welcome a U18 national team from Japan for games on Jan. 3 and 4.

The Winnipeg tournament is hosted by the Wesmen men’s team coached by former Timberwolves bench boss Mike Raimbault, who guided the UNBC men’s squad to its 2010 national championship.

“That should be very fun,” Araujo said. “I got a couple of friends that are playing on his team too, from Toronto too, so it’s going to be a little reunion in Winnipeg over the Christmas break.”

For more on the UNBC women, check Friday’s Free Press.

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Boogaard’s life and death focus of series

During his prime years as an enforcer, Derek Boogaard was an intimidating figure on the ice.

He did his best to scare the opposition, a 6-foot-7 behemoth who made a living with his bare knuckles.

Yet perhaps Boogaard’s fear of a real world beyond

cussions and injuries professional hockey is along what sent the way. him on ull Through a downit all, he ward ourt battled spiral. depresHis ambiress tion was Alistair McINNIS sion.

It’s to play been seven months in the NHL and with since Boogaard was fighting his ticket to found dead at age 28 in the big show, he sufhis Minneapolis condo. fered a series of con-

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But what’s brought Boogaard back to focus this week is a threepart series by John Branch of the New York Times on his life and death.

Boogaard was a Saskatoon product who played with the Prince George Cougars in 2000 and 2001.

Whether or not you knew or even met Boogaard, the New York Times’ series is worth a read since it carries information on his time spent in Prince George.

Former Citizen sports editor Jim Swanson, Cougars general manager Dallas Thompson and Mike Tobin of Michael’s Jewellers are referenced in Part 1 of the series.

Each article can be seen on the Times’ sports page at www.nytimes. com/pages/sports.

a 2-0 lead in a best-offive match, with three chances to win, doesn’t make a loss any easier to swallow.

Regardless, you can’t blame College Heights Cougars head coach Jay Guillet for praising his players’ efforts at B.C. high school boys double-A provincials.

They finished below only the Mennonite Educational Institute (MEI), a consistent powerhouse in the province.

What’s also encour-

aging is the fourth place result by the Duchess Park Condors, who with only two graduating Grade 12 players, could be stronger in 2012 than this year’s Cougars.

Buyers?

Unless the Prince George Spruce Kings go on a major losing skid to fall out of the B.C. Hockey League playoff race, we can expect them to be buyers at the trade deadline in January.

Moves last week made that more clear.

In acquiring goalie Ty Swabb (St. Albert Steel, AJHL) and forward Michael Benz (free agent), the Spruce Kings have added experience to their lineup.

It’s unfortunate the Swabb acquisition resulted in the team reassigning local product Marcus Beesley, a rookie netminder who had appeared to find his groove earlier this season.

Board Battle

Second and Fourth Losing in a volleyball championship match, in a final of any sport for that matter, is never easy.

Knowing you had

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Prince George Cougars forward Jake Mykitiuk and defenceman Dan Gibb battle Chase Schaber of the Kamloops Blazers for puck possession along the boards during Friday’s game in Kamloops. The Blazers edged the Cougars 5-4.

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The Cedars Christian Eagles didn’t finish their schedule in volleyball provincials the way they would’ve preferred.

A come from behind victory in the third and deciding set of their last game would’ve been a memorable way to end the single-A girls tournament, held on the weekend at CNC and the Northern Sport Centre.

Then again, the Eagles also would’ve also been happier had they finished higher than 14th in the 16-team competition.

They placed exactly where they were ranked before the tournament started.

Against Campbell River Christian in Saturday’s 13th place game at the Northern Sport Centre, the Eagles rallied in the third set with six consecutive points to turn a 13-7 deficit into a tie. But then they surrendered the last two points.

“I’m so proud of them that they got back into that because they’re sitting at 13-7 and you just kind of have that feeling in the back of your mind that it’s done,” Eagles coach Jeff Ludditt said. “But they dug deep and put themselves in a place to win and that’s what you always ask of a team is to be in that spot to be able to succeed.”

A leader in the Eagles

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Kayla Gordon of the Cedars Christian Eagles tips the ball over a couple of Campbell River Christian players during their game at the high school girls volleyball single-A provincials on Saturday at the Northern Sport Centre. Campbell River edged the Eagles in the best-of-three match 2-1 to finish 13th in the 16-team event. lineup, Kayla Gordon was a key to the team’s third-set comeback with a couple of crucial kills. Yet it was Gordon who misfired on the final rally, hitting the ball into the net.

“She’s a phenomenal basketball player and I just wish she trained volleyball this summer, but she does such good things out there,” Ludditt said.

“She hit so well for us all weekend, one mistake you can’t put on a kid.”

Both in Pool B for the round robin, Cedars and Campbell River also met on Thursday, with Cedars winning that match in straight sets. Cedars finished with a 2-5 record, their other victory coming over host Chetwynd, which finished last.

Kelowna Christian won the tournament,

defeating Highroad Academy of Chilliwack in the championship match on Saturday evening at CNC. As the zone champion, Cedars took the top North Central District ranking into provincials.

“I was kind of worried that the girls would get a bit complacent being at home, but they came through and the support of the school and the parents was phenomenal.”

Other provincial champions on the weekend were Kelowna Secondary (quadruple-A), Seaquam of Delta (triple-A) and Pacific Academy of Surrey (double-A). The Duchess Park Condors and College Heights Cougars also represented Prince George at girls tournaments on the weekend. College

Heights finished 12th in the double-A tournament in Vancouver, while Duchess Park ended up 13th at the triple-A competition in Parksville.

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11th in the triple-A event.

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They’re tied in points with the Vancouver North West Giants (123-5) at 29, but have one more win. The Chiefs sit third in the 11-team standings at 13-5-2.

This weekend, the Cougars travel south for a doubleheader against the seventhplace Fraser Valley Bruins (7-9-4), Saturday in Abbotsford and Sunday in Chilliwack.

They conclude their pre-Christmas schedule with a two-game home set against the Giants on Dec. 17 and 18.

Cougars Playing their fifth consecutive Western Hockey League road game, the Prince George Cougars were victorious in Kelowna on Saturday by a 3-2 score.

The Cougars entered a home doubleheader against the Portland Winterhawks on Tues-

day evening with a record of nine wins, 18 losses, zero overtime setbacks and two shootout defeats (9-180-2). The Cougars and Winterhawks will meet tonight in the second half of the twogame set, 7 p.m. at CN Centre.

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The Cougars accepted silver on Saturday, falling short by a 3-2 (21-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-19, 15-9) score against MEI. “All these matches were great and the team showed much enthusiasm, passion and character toward being their best,” Cougars head coach Jay Guillet stated in a press release. “We (coaches) are very proud of how the boys approached, prepared and supported each other this weekend. I stressed that we can’t control what another team does or how well they play, but we can control what we do to prepare for each match.”

Also representing Prince George in the 16-team tournament, the Duchess Park Condors finished fourth.

They lost 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-14) to Langley Christian in the bronze medal match.

Other teams celebrating provincial titles on the weekend were Oak Bay of Victoria (triple-A) and Credo Christian of Langley (single-A). The Kelly Road Roadrunners (triple-A) and Cedars Christian Eagles (single-A) also represented Prince George.

Cedars finished fourth in the single-A tournament while Kelly Road ended up tied with Yale of Abbotsford for

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Come out for the Winter Solstice Celebration Dec. 21 at the Downtown Farmers Market. Enjoy the year-round market and handmade Lantern Festival from 4 to 9 p.m. at the corners of Third and George. Family entertainment, activities and more from 6 to 8 p.m.

Embrace Winter Fashion Show at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse Plaza. For more information visit 250-564-3859.

Robin Hood (Devon Gurney) and his band of merry men will bring their humour to local audiences starting Thursday.

Exhibit Starts

The Community Arts Council will be exhibiting the works of the Artists’ Workshop, PG Fibre Arts Guild, PG Quilters’ Guild, PG Potters Guild and PG Woodturners Guild in the Feature Gallery from Dec. 8 to Jan. 30. Studio 2880 complex. The opening reception takes place Thursday, Dec. 8 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Cantata Singers Prince George Cantata Singers presents Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2:30 p.m. St. Michael’s and All Angels Church.

Tickets are available at Studio 2880 and pgcantatasingers@gmail. com. Adults $15. Seniors/ students $10. Includes Cookie Buffet and Silent Auction.

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Kelly Road brings Robin Hood to stage

The ‘somewhat true’ tale hits the boards this week in Prince George Teresa Mallam arts@pgfreepress.com

On the colourful set of The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood, a Kelly Road drama student is gently admonished for his choice of eyewear.

“You’re in 16th century England – they don’t have sunglasses,” artistic director Audrey Rowell reminds him. The students are in rehearsals this week for a zany, hilarious romp through the magical Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England.

“This is one of the funni-

est plays I’ve ever put on,” said Rowell during a break in the action Monday.

“There’s lots of opportunity for students to put in their own nuances and add things to their lines to make it (role) their own.

The actors interact a lot with the audience, so it’s lots of fun. The play is suitable for all age groups.

And it has the same characters but it’s kind of a Monty Python take on the classic tale.”

Audiences will find some changes in the story line. Rowell lets go of just one of many plot twists.

“In one scene, the Prince changes an archery tournament into a bowling tournament to ensure a win for himself,” she said.

Twenty students are involved in various aspects of the play. Taylor Eastman plays the evil Prince John, Taylor Barber is the Sheriff of Nottingham. Grade 11 student Rebecca Levasseur, who has been a member of the drama club for three years, plays Robin Hood’s love interest, Maid Marion.

“We have a lot of freedom with our roles,” said Levasseur, “so we get to ad

lib and put things in and take things out of the script which makes it more fun.”

Devon Gurney, who plays Robin Hood, is a fourth-year member of the school’s drama club.

The Grade 12 student is not sure yet if he’ll pursue acting when he graduates high school this year, however he credits Rowell with bringing out the best in his acting talents.

“She’s fun and she allows me to show off my abilities as an actor,” he said. “There are a lot of people on stage at one time in this play, so it can get a

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When Gurney was younger, Robin Hood was a favourite character – not in the book or movie versions though.

“I think the cartoon character Robin Hood is my favourite.”

The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood runs at Kelly Road School on Thursday, Dec. 8, Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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Like building blocks, one story led to another. Now Morrow has just launched the fourth book in the Fort George Heritage Preservation Series: 100 Years of Fort George Mail. The first three books in the series are: Sternwheelers on the Upper Fraser, Aviation North and Grand Trunk Pacific.

Postal systems have enhanced the lifestyle of community contexts throughout the Fort George area from 1906 onwards, Morrow notes.

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When a retired architect decides to write a book, it’s only natural that he’d build it from the ground up.

Like many authors, Trelle A. Morrow originally set out to write something much shorter. However, as he delved into history books and pored over archival documents and oral accounts, he found many facts about the postal systems that piqued his interest.

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“Postmasters were paid a pittance back then.

They were responsible for getting mail in and out of the country.

“It was called the Post Office Department (of the Government of Canada) until 1981 and it went hand in hand with the railways all across Canada,” said Morrow.

“Between Prince George and the Alberta border, there were 15 post offices scattered along the railway.”

Railway mail services, followed by the arrival of airmail services, form a significant niche in the record of Fort George heritage values, he said.

Morrow has lived in Prince George for 57 years. His family has resided in B.C. for 115 years, starting with his grandfather who first settled in Fort Steele (East Kootenays).

The author has personal memories of the early postal service and the important role it played in the lives of local people.

“The post office was key. It was critical in small community development.

“When I was a kid, the post office was our mainstay. I lived for a year with my grandparents in rural B.C. My grandmother got

several newspapers including the Winnipeg Free Press and the Nelson News delivered in the mail. The post office was also the place where she ordered groceries – they came in the mail from Woodwards in Vancouver.”

The catalogue industry was big business back then, he notes, and it relied on the post office for its rural distribution.

“Eaton’s Catalogue business all hinged on postal systems. One of the good things that our government did for us was to establish the postal department.”

Some of the research for his books was done through B.C. Archives, other material was found in Ottawa. Finding what he needs takes time and patience.

He expects that’s why more authors don’t write about it.

“Documenting heritage matters does take a lot of research.”

Morrow considers himself a collector of postal history.

His keen interest in collecting stamps and all things philatelic led him to discover people, events and stories related to the postal service of the day.

“In our history, mail has been sent via pad-

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“In winter time, dog sleds carried the mail, in summer it was often carried on horseback.

They used wagons in the early days but the trails were very rough.”

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You can win tickets to see the world junior hockey championships just by donating food to Wood Wheaton’s food drive.

All food will then be delivered to the Salvation Army to feed the less fortunate.

The Free Press is in partnership with Wood Wheaton in a contest to give away four ticket packages to the games being played in Calgary.

Each package includes game tickets for two and a $300 gas card.

The contest is open to everyone and entry is easy with your donation of five or more non-perishable food items to the Wood Wheaton

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Entries are available at the dealership when you drop your food off or you can get them online at www.WoodWheaton.com and view full contest details as well.

This is Wood Wheaton’s first food drive. Tom Sentes was already putting the plan in motion for a food drive to help the growing need in our community when the opportunity arose with the Free Press to promote the food drive and give away the hockey tickets, especially a pair of tickets to the coveted gold medal match.

Entries (with food donations) to win the hockey ticket packages will be accepted until noon on December 10 at the Wood Wheaton dealership.

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Victoria Day, Melissa’s Six Shooter Records debut, hit the Top five most added on the Americana Radio chart in the U.S. and cemented her status as “uncommonly talented” (Globe and Mail) voice in Canada.

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in 2012 at Books and Company on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

When the Mayan Calendar runs out on Dec. 21, 2012 all manner of possible disasters will befall the earth, from a collision with a rogue planet

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All your questions will be answered: Who are the Mayans?

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Copper Fox Expansion

Noratek Solutions has a number of software programs with customers across North America. Their newest product is called Building Reporter (www.buildingreporter.com which tracks and monitors building inspections for municipaliti)es throughout B.C. Local B.C. customers include the municipalities of Dawson Creek, Golden and Qualicum Beach.

Copper Fox Metals (www.copperfoxmetals.com) is preparing for a large expansion of their Shaft Creek Project located near the Yukon border in Northern B.C. The company is raising significant funds and expect to move into the development phase of a mine next year. With drilling results complete and a large deposit of minerals on site, the company has started the planning for mine operation. The project encompasses over 21,000 hectares and the materials are expected to be processed on site and then transported to the Port of Stewart for exporting.

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The City of Dawson Creek (www.dawsoncreek.ca) is borrowing $1 million to build a new a new reclaimed water filling station. This station will take retreated water from the new (currently being built) wastewater treatment plant and be used for industry, especially for drilling with oil and gas sector.

TRC Cedar to re-start

It appears that TRC Cedar (www.trccedar. com) in McBride has secured a number of new contracts allowing the mill to reopen. Three or four years ago the mill was operating at full capacity with 35 full-time employees. Working closely with the town and the community forest council, the mill was the largest employer in the region. The mill has recently been shut down for the past two years due to low lumber prices. The new $6 million contract with Menards (www.menards. com), which is the number #3 hardware chain in the U.S., will start production in 2012 and run until 2014.

The city of Dawson Creek and the boom in business for the region was recently featured in the Vancouver Province (www.theprovince. com) and the hard time businesses have in finding workers. This concept is a reality and people have been travelling to look for work for years. The dedicated and motivated worker will go find the work.

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Shell comes to Kitimat

Shell is exploring the idea of opening up a LNG plant in Kitimat. With the construction phase under way with the Apache EOG facility, Shell is exploring the possibility of venture. A 2nd natural gas pipeline would be constructed since the pipeline submitted by Apache is already 100 per cent filled with orders. Considering the recent announcement of the $2.7 billion Rio Tinto Smelter modernization project for the region, other companies will be looking to increase the exporting of materials from Kitimat.

CAs make the Honour Roll

Nine Prince George CA students: Ryan Broughton (Chan Foucher LeFebvre), Jody Domenis (Deloitte & Touche LLP), Tyler Harrison (Tony Tiani & Company Inc), Lida Henderson (Dean Mason & Company Inc.), Craig Macpherson, Kevin Sarsiat (Dean Mason & Company Inc.), Tanner Shaw (Deloitte & Touche LLP), Amberlee Simon (Deloitte & Touche LLP) and Blair Traxler (Bursey Buryn) passed the national Uniform Evaluation (UFE), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC (ICABC) and the CA School of Business (CASB) announced last week.

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There is a new office building under construction on the corner of Fifth Ave and Ospika in Prince George. This new building is located in front of the Kinsmen’s Hall right beside the Fire Hall. A new three-storey building that

Phone Calls from the Unknown Sometimes you never know who will be calling you. Last week I was informed that there was a mining company looking to lease/buy a number of vehicles to be used by administration personnel for the new potential office in Prince George.

Looking to get information from a couple of dealerships about pricing and terms, they never had their phone calls returned.

Instead they went to firms in Vancouver to get the vehicles. Picking up the phone and returning calls or even answering the “Blocked Call” or “Private Number” can be financially beneficial.

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Wednesday Blackburn Community Association AGM, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., 2451 Blackburn Road.

Information: Nicki 250-963-3292 or Brian 250-963-8356.

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COPD support group meets Wednesday, 1 p.m., AiMHi. Information: Nancy 250-561-1393.

B.C.Civil Liberties meets every second Wednesday, 6 p.m., Civic Centre. Next meeting Dec. 7.

Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. CNC Retirees meet fourth Wednesday, 9 a.m., D’Lanos.

Information: Lois 250563-6928.

Army Cadet Rangers free youth program, meets Wednesdays, Connaught Youth Centre. Information: Capt. McCue 250565-6993, 250-5649030.

German paint class, Wednesdays in November, 2 p.m.,

“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Salvation Army Christmas Kettles – urgently seeking volunteers to give 2 hrs to man a Cheer Kettle at various locations around the city. Time and location flexible. Email: kettle@sapg.ca or call Cindy at 250-961-9066.

Railway & Forestry Museum - Dec 18 – 24 Looking for volunteers to assist with the Celebration of Lights, 4 – 8 pm. Email: admin@pgrfm. bc.ca. Kathy 250-563-7351 Rotary Club Nechako Operation Red Nose Campaign – Volunteers are needed for phones and drivers. Dates: Dec 9,10,16,17,30,31. Volunteer Application forms/Criminal Record Check Consents can be picked up at the community policing office at 575 Brunswick Street. Karen at 250-961-6465 or 250 564-3640 For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-profit organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

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Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-5643287.

Thursday DayBreakers Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association,1692 10th Ave. Information: Heather 250-9649699.

NCP workers and retirees meet third Thursday of the month, 10 a.m., Pine Centre food court.

ECRA Forever Young Chorus meet Thursdays, 12:45 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave. Chess nights, Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., Books and Company.

Information: Marilyn 250-562-9580.

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

Line dancing, Thurssdays in November, 11:15 a.m.-noon, Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-5643287.

Tai Chi Classes meets Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church basement, 1448 Fifth Ave. Info: Lister 250-964-3849.

Old Time Fiddlers jam, Thursday, 7-10 p.m. Elder Citizens Rec Centre, 1692 10th Ave.

Friday Live bands, Friday, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

Saturday Pet photos with Santa, Dec. 10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Quackers Canine Quisine, 844A Fourth Ave. Proceeds to local BCSPCA. Craft and bake sale, Dec. 10, 9 a.m.3 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

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

Chili Blanket rally, Dec. 10, noon2 p.m., Courthouse steps. Information: Jan 250-564-7880 or Terry at 250-5622131 (local 5548).

Lantern-making session, Dec. 10, 3-5 p.m., Farmers’ Market Annex, 1119 Third Ave. Small group Christmas dinner and dance, Dec. 10, Blackburn Community Centre. Information: 250-963-3292.

Live bands, Saturday, 8 p.m.midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

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Sunday Children’s Christmas party, Dec. 11, 1:30 p.m., featuring William the Conjuror, Royal Canadian Legion.

For children and grandchildren of Legion and Leionaffiliated groups.

Family Christmas concert with the Forever Young Chorus and the Gospel Singers, Dec. 11, 2 p.m., 1692 10th Ave. Admission by donation.

Handel’s Messiah singalong, Dec. 11, 2:30 p.m., St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, presented by Cantata Singers.

Meat draw, Royal Canadian Legion, 3-5 p.m. Family dinner after draws. Proceeds to Alzheimer and MS societies.

Monday Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., St. Michael’s Church Hall.

Information: Gys 250563-4828 or Reta 250-962-2740.

Royal Purple meets meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or Jeanette 250-5639362.

Tuesday Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays 7–8:30 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250-9626876 or www.tilopa. org.

Hospital retirees breakfast meeting, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club.

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Sweet Adelines women’s fourpart chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome.

Information: Kathleen 250-563-2975.

Support Groups Free sports and recreation, Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 1160 7th Ave., ages 15-30. Information: 250-656-5278.

Children’s choir, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Hartland Baptist Church. Information: 778-415-5000.

Parents Together, a mutual/self-help support group for parents of teens, meets Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Intersect (basement entrance).

Information: Carmen 250-562-6639.

Tuesday night Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 6:157:15 p.m. weigh in, 7:30-8:30 meeting.

Everyone welcome.

250-962-8001 or 250-612-2031.

DivorceCare, a support group for persons going through a separation or divorce. To find out if this group is for you, call 250-5646213. Group meets at Artspace, Room 202, Sundays at 5 p.m.

Call about childcare.

Hepatitis C support group meets second Tuesday of the month, PGRH fourth floor conference room. Information: Ilse or Pat 250-5657387.

Thursday Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Knox United Church,1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-564-6336 (days), 250-964-4851 (evenings).

Red Hat Chapter meets for lunches and outings. Information: 250-564-6879.

AiMHi is offering networking and information session opportunity for

and caregivers.

Information: Jule O’Reilly 250-5646408 ext. 228.

Elks’ meat draw, Thursday, 4:306 p.m., Legion.

Proceeds to Elks’ Children’s Fund.

Tea Time for the Soul. Would you like someone to listen to you? Come, listen, and share while enjoying a cup of tea. Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. at Forest Expo House, 1506 Ferry Ave. No cost.

For more information, Jesse or Catherine at 250-563-2551.

Singles and friends, social group of people of all ages and diverse backgrounds, meets Wednesdays, 7 p.m., A&W on 20th Avenue. Information: Donna 250-562-0484.

Learning Circle Literacy Program works with adult learners and families on literacy, numeracy and computing skills.

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Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answers. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Monday, 7:30 p.m., hospital, Room 421. Call Shelley 250612-3877.

Power Play, for children from newborns to five years old, Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:3011:30 a.m., Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle Ave. Information: 250-6149449.

Prince George Stroke Survivors Group meets Wednesdays, 9:3011:30 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association, 1692 10th Ave. Information: Julia 250563-3819, Roland 250-562-1747.

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Education/Experience: -Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration -Minimum 5 yrs experience in senior management -Strong financial background Responsibilities: -to recruit, train, develop and motivate courteous, knowledgeable staff -to research funding sources, oversee the development of fundraising plans and write fundraising proposals to increase the fund of GNS -to oversee the planning, implementation and evaluation of GNS programs and services -to participate with Board of Directors in developing a vision and strategic plan to guide GNS Other Requirements: -Valid BC Drivers License -Knowledge of Nisga’a culture an asset -Submission of a criminal record check Applicants are required to submit resume package consisting of a cover letter, resume and 3 work related references prior to 4:30pm on December 9, 2011. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For more information please contact Interim Manger Bess Leeson, 250-627-1595.

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