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Highway of Tears families updated on progress DELYNDA PILON

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There was a bit more optimism in the room than usual during an annual meeting that includes family members of young women who went missing or were murdered along the Highway of Tears.

The optimism comes after police announced on Sept. 25 that Bobby Jack Fowler was responsible for at least one of those murders and that he remains a suspect in other deaths.

The break, after so many years, came as a result of improvements in DNA technology.

Mary Teegee with Carrier Sekani Family Services said advances in technology combined with the tips that have been coming in to police is what is fuelling the families’ optimism.

“The idea of today’s meeting is to remember the victims,” Insp.

Gary Shinkaruk with EPANA said. “Although we try to feel the true pain and utter despair they feel everyday, it’s good to get together.”

He added they try to update families as they can, but for some of them it has been decades with no idea what happened to their loved one.

Over the nine years the annual meeting among the missing and murdered women’s loved ones has been taking place, it

Perhaps that person was afraid to come forward at the time of his daughter’s disappearance.

“Now they might be more comfortable,” he said.

Teegee said people uncomfortable talking to the police about what they know are welcome to call her office.

“Any information is valuable.

If someone is not comfortable, definitely contact our office, and we will follow up with that,” she said.

Hoar was last seen hitchhiking west of Prince George, heading to Smithers.

Educating young women about the dangers of hitchhiking is an example of one of the things the family members discuss during their meeting.

In fact, the families forwarded De Ly nd a PILON/ Fre e Pre s s Jack Hoar (Nicole Hoar’s dad), EPANA Insp. Gary Shinkaruk, Brenda Wilson (Ramona Wilson’s 33 recommendations to the govsister) and Mary Teegee with Carrier Sekani Family Services talked about the importance of ernment in a bid to build a safer the annual meetings between family members of women murdered along the Highway of Tears environment for young women.

Teegee said, as of yet, not all as well as the new sense of optimism some are experiencing. of those recommendations have Nicole Hoar was 25 when she been realized. has evolved to include various to see these organizations come Meanwhile, the investigation support groups. On Wednesday, together and collaborate in an went missing on June 21, 2002.

“At this point I think they’ve into Bobby Jack Fowler’s life conabout 40 people were gathered effort to find answers.

“It brings hope to us. We’re made a lot of progress,” her dad, tinues. together, 20 of whom were famShinkaruk said about 300 tips ily members. Others represented not doing this alone anymore,” Jack, said, adding there were 1,500 tips for police to inves- came in following their announceorganizations like Victim Ser- she said.

She said she knows the cases tigate after his daughter went ment. Tips on the other murders vices, the RCMP, Carrier Sekani Family Services and senior inves- continue to be investigated, not missing. “They’ve gone through and disappearances continue to come in. just on a daily basis, but every the chaff.” tigators with EPANA. “Even if you think it’s trivial, However he said there is still Brenda Wilson, whose sister, second.

Eighteen years ago, when her a lot of information required. He or it’s something you think we Ramona, was 15 when she was murdered along the Highway sister went missing, she said her said he believes there is someone already know, please call,” he out there who knows something. said. of Tears, said it is heartening mom and her felt alone.

Chip truck was stopped before fatal accident The Coroner’s Service has released the name of the man killed Monday morning at the intersection of Highway 97 and 15th Avenue when he was struck by a tractortrailer unit.

Dead is Miklas Bognar, 68, of Prince George.

The incident occurred just after 10 a.m. when a southbound chip truck loaded

with wood chips was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Highway 97 and 15th Avenue in Prince George. After the light turned green, the driver of the truck proceeded through the intersection, slowly increasing speed. Moments later emergency services received a report of a struck pedestrian.

An RCMP collision reconstructionist

attended the scene to assist Prince George RCMP Municipal Traffic Services with determining how this incident happened.

Physical evidence at the scene indicates that Bognar was not struck by the front of the truck.

Physical tests utilizing the actual tractor trailer have confirmed that the truck could not have been traveling more than

24 kilometres per hour at the point of the collision, ruling out speed as a factor.

No criminal or Motor Vehicle Act charges are being considered against the driver of the tractor trailer.

As the incident has been determined non-criminal in nature, the investigation has been handed over to the BC Coroners Service.

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The panel of Enbridge experts explained the process that would ensue if there was a full-bore rupture starting into the Burnie River and flowing into the Clore.

Christopher Jones, a lawyer representing the Province of B.C., set up the conditions during the hypothetical spill. He said it was a full-bore rupture, assuming closure of the valves within the 13-minute time frame Northern Gateway has established.

It happens late in the evening or during the night in late fall or winter with deep snow covering at the site of the spill along the path but no ice on the river.

Kevin Underhill, Enbridge expert witness, said safety would be the first priority.

He added it would be a tier-3 event and Enbridge would overrespond to it. “It is Enbridge’s practice to over-respond in any type of release,� he said. “We can always send people home if they’re not required.�

In conjunction with the tactical response, he said the incident command structure would be directing with the first priority, being safety.

Dr. Elliot Taylor continued with the response. “Just to let you know, this is exactly the sort of thing you do in consultation when you develop the response plans, the detailed response plans. You sit down with a situation like this, you talk to the community, the province, the other parties that are going to be part of an emergency response should

the situation arise and he added.

The next step is to talk through these exact type of exam- assessment, the first task of the personnel ples,� Taylor said.

He added the sce- who are mobilized. “In a nario Jones release like set up was this, the indithe most difcations early ficult along on would the pipeline. give the con“This is trol room a probably the most This is prob- heads-up that challenging ably the most this is a major event.� example we challenging The comhave along example we pany, he said, the route have along would begin in terms of the route not only mobiaccess and in terms of lizing its own river char- access and personnel a c t e r i s t i c s . river char(tier one) but So, you have acteristics. chosen the So, you have send an alert to the tier two worst case,� chosen the he said. worst case.� group as well E a r l y - Dr. Elliott because of the detection and Taylor large scope of the rupture. valve closure, T e a m s something set up in Jones’ sce- would potentially be nario, was paramount, coming out of Terrace since there will be Taylor said. “We want to mini- access maintained to mize what is going to the tunnel portal, and come out of the line,� the other route is via the tunnel out of the Kitimat side.

So potentially responders would come from both points.

A first assessment would find out where the rupture happened and assess exactly where the oil is found, if it’s been contained by natural depressions, if a lot of it has been caught up in snow.

Snow, he said, acts as an absorbent, and the cold temperatures slow down the movement of the oil.

The local terrain at the point of the rupture would be very important in terms of what would be collected naturally and what might be moving towards the river itself. “Those teams that are deployed to the site would be doing the assessments and they would be tackling containment at the spill source,� he said.

He added you would divert drain-down to catchment rather than let it go into the soil and river.

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Concurrently, they would be looking at protection measures, or protecting downstream resources. The first deployment would likely go just down the river, upstream of the confluence with the Copper River.

They would work to divert or collect anything at that location.

More points could be built in downstream of that location.

He pointed out there is a lower flow in the Copper River which has more readily accessible points.

Dale Burgess, an expert witness for Enbridge, added they call the scenario Jones set up a table-top exercise.

He pointed out the first call from the control centre goes to the on-call personnel who would then call out the emergency response resources.

He added they would set up so in daylight they’d be able to respond with helicopters.

Terry Lake, B.C.’s Minister of Environment, said the province is concerned with the lack of detail Enbridge is sharing with its emergency response plans. “We are concerned with the lack of detail in the plans presented

by Northern Gateway in our questioning over the last few days.�

He added they are concerned with the oil spill response time.

Lake said Enbridge has promised it wishes to be a world-class company. “However its record, and the level of detail provided with these plans, doesn’t provide us with evidence of that commitment,�

Lake said.

He said they are concerned about access to river control points, response to incidents in the winter. “We feel this should be addressed at the approval stage, rather than later,� Lake said.

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Sean Meagher of Public Interest shared his insights into the issues that arose during the Toronto core service review, which was also conducted by KPMG, during a meeting at the college Tuesday evening.

In Toronto, research showed fair and equitable taxes was on of the bottom of the list of priorities for Tononto’s residents while services to people was most important.

Peter Ewart with Stand Up For The North pointed out 10 of the major issues he sees with the Prince George core services review. “In my opinion there is little to praise and much to criticize with the core service review,� he said.

He questioned KPMG’s independence, saying the company promotes privatization. A KPMG member, he added, sits on the Select Committee on Business, whose report has been merged into the core review process.

The cost of the review, at $350,000, is very high, he said. Though it might be comparable to the price of a review done in Toronto, that city is perhaps 30 times bigger than Prince George.

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He added the public sessions don’t follow research protocols. The opportunities identified by KPMG don’t list how many people supported each one.

The mayor and council, he said, are not setting a good example, asking people to tighten their belts while taking a pay increase and approving a trip to China. “The China trip is just another example of the bad optics the mayor and some of council are giving off,� he said.

He added there should be an examination of council’s spending on mega-projects. “I think the core review is about opening up the municipality to privatization,� he said.

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If the municipality is doing something better than others, the service is above average and assumed to be problematic, says a consultant who went through the experience in Toronto.

Sean Meagher, president of Public Interest, shared some of his insights into the process he experienced when Toronto undertook a review, during a lecture at CNC Tuesday evening. Like Prince George, Toronto chose KPMG to complete the review. “The idea is to give services a good hard dispassionate look, but there is no role for civil society,� he said.

The core service review didn’t take social goals into account, he said. Meagher pointed out it’s hard to know how to spend your money if you don’t know what you want to buy.

Meagher asked if a core services review is really a good way to look at city’s services. In the case of Toronto, KPMG was given three months to evaluate city services and look for efficiencies.

However, there are 236 services to investigate.

KPMG took those 236 services and bundled them into a few dozen areas.

In Prince George, he said, they were grouped into seven.

The lack of time invested in the review led to some interesting suggestions to save residents money.

For example, one suggested Toronto sell off its seniors homes. However, as it turned out, it was illegal to do so.

The city would save money by cutting back on recycling, it was suggested. However recycling in that city is done on a cost-recovery basis. They should put the city zoo up for sale, however the city didn’t own the land the zoo sat on, nor did it own the animals.

All it owned was the cages. It suggested they cut back on grants to the community, like Meals on Wheels, even though $1 spent on those programs leverages $10 for the city. “Those are the kind of things a review can come up with,� he said.

Another thing the core service review doesn’t do is take into account what kind of city people want to live in. It has no social goal. And the process of the core services review, he added, was difficult. Questionnaires were complex and leading.

And the city didn’t wait for the results of the review before municipal leaders started making cuts. “In the middle of it they bought out 1,700 workers who were cut from the payroll. Sound familiar?� he asked.

In Toronto, the tide changed when residents continued to speak out against it, to hold rallies and speeches, then took their concerns to their councillors. “The voices saying the core services review isn’t working were diverse. You want the city to work for the people who live in it.�

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That’s why on October 20, CFIB is presenting B.C.’s first-ever Small Business Saturday. This special day represents an opportunity to commit to supporting local families and local jobs by shopping local. “We’re asking everyone to commit to shopping small, and shopping local, this Saturday,� said Kurl. “We’re very grateful to Mayor Green and council for officially proclaiming October Recently, in this space, I mentioned monitoring, intrusion alarms, 20 Small Business the extra care and attention that pipeline pressure, temperature, and Saturday in Prince have gone into the planning of the vibration level, and several forms of George.�

Gateway pipeline route. I’d like to leak detection technology.

To find out more tell you now about another largely We’ll be making more in-line about the benefits of untold piece of the Gateway pipeline inspection surveys across the entire shopping small in story — and that’s all the work system — at a minimum of 50 per we’ve done on pipeline integrity in your communities on cent above current standards — plus order to prevent a spill.

Small Business Saturfull biweekly air patrols. day, business owners Recently, we announced a series We’ll also be ďŹ tting the pipeline with of safety enhancements that push and consumers are dual leak-detection analysis systems.

Gateway far beyond the stringent encouraged to regisThat means two entirely different standards of the pipeline industry. ter on-line at www. means of highly accurate data Put simply, they make what was analysis along the route, giving us a shopsmallbiz.ca. The already a very safe project even safer. computerized model of pipeline ow, process is fast, easy To begin with, the overall wall with information constantly being and completely free. thickness of the oil pipeline will be captured, updated, and monitored.

Businesses will be increased by 19 per cent, and the As a British Columbian, I know encouraged to offer condensate pipeline by 14 per cent. how seriously you value this a special promotion For water crossings such as major strikingly beautiful province. I do or discount on Small tributaries to the Fraser, Skeena, too — and I have every conďŹ dence Business Saturday in and Kitimat Rivers, that number will that Gateway’s pipeline integrity order to attract new be bumped up by another 10 to 20 measures will keep it that way. per cent. During the construction customers. phase, we’ll ensure serious Small, locally owned quality control during fabrication, businesses create ultrasonic or radiographic testing of vibrant cities and proevery weld, hydrotesting and extra mote family-centered care in the backďŹ ll process. living environments.

All of our remote pump stations These businesses matalong the route will be staffed 24/7. ter to our economies, That means an extra level of security Janet Holder and to our friends and — with on-site personnel, in addition Executive Vice President neighbours.

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With tomorrow being Small Business Saturday in British Columbia, Prince George Mayor Shari Green and CFIB BC Director Shachi Kurl are drawing attention to the importance of shopping at small, independent businesses and bolstering local economies.

Making the choice to shop at local small businesses - the heart of local economies – helps ensure jobs and your dollars remain in the communities where you live, says Kurl. “Small business punches above its own weight when it comes to the B.C. economy,� says Kurl,

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John Sandstrom, from Mount Milligan Mine, received an Industry Partner Award during CNC’s recent President’s Industry Council meeting.

“John has embraced the college’s Mining Industry Certificate and supports students through their course work,” said Catherine Wishart, CNC vice-president of community and student services. “We are privileged to have John working with us and the communities as we provide much-needed training for the mining industry.”

Sandstrom is the superintendent, training and development for Mt. Milligan, which is owned

by Thompson Creek Metals and based in Fort St. James.

“John has been working closely with CNC and all community partners, providing creative training solutions, not only to employees but for potential employees in the mining sector,” Wishart said.

The Mount Milligan copper-gold mine is located 155 km northwest of Prince George and midway between the communities of Fort St. James and Mackenzie; CNC has campuses in both those communities.

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CNC’s first Industry Partner Awards were presented in 2005 to industry leaders who have a multi-year history of providing various types of support to the college, going above and beyond typical partnerships.

Individuals are recognized for providing additional supports to the College’s industry-related projects or programs; have been particularly creative in supporting CNC’s industry-related training; and have willingly shared their knowledge and skills to support students’ success.

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ne of the arguments defending council’s Chinese junket is that building these relationships takes time. It’s true. The city’s push to strengthen ties with China goes back several terms. It started

long ago.

Things are different today, however, and may very well be drastically different when the Prince George delegation cashes in some AirMiles next month.

What will be different? If Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets his way, and with a majority government he likely will, an agreement between Canada and China “for the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments,” will be in place.

We suggest that Mayor Shari Green, Coun. Lyn Hall, and Coun. Dave Wilbur get a copy and not only read it, but get a professional opinion on what it means to Prince George’s dealings in China.

The agreement is essentially a free trade agreement with China and, like the North American Free Trade Agreement, there are ramifications for those doing business in China.

The biggest one that is emerging this week, and it emerged when former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was touting his Free Trade Agreement, is liability for saying “no” to foreign nationals.

One of the main conditions of the agreement is: “the national treatment obligation requires, with respect to certain activities after the establishment of an investment, that a party treat investors of the other party or their investments, no less favourably than national investors and their investments in like circumstances.”

And, following up on that, if one side feels slighted and “has suffered damages as a result of a breach of the Agreement by the other Party, the investor may submit a claim directly to an international arbitral tribunal, established in accordance with the Agreement, for monetary compensation from the other Party.”

A strict and likely far-fetched example, but applicable nonetheless, is if a Chinese firm applies to fix our potholes with a lower bid than others and council chooses a local company because, well, they’re local, the Chinese company can sue the city.

The bigger issue here, however, is the free trade agreement with the Chinese that the federal government is embarking on without any public debate. Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson is issuing a call for more debate, (see Page A9), and he’s right.

Whether one likes the Free Trade Agreement, and subsequent North American Free Trade Agreement or not, at least it was subject to a vigorous public debate. The current agreement, which is just as far-reaching if not moreso, is not. Stifling debate is what we would expect of a communist government, not a democratic one.

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Being there for your kids

in our lives. Some seem to have an easier time than Each age of our lives has its pros and cons. Hopemost, but this is what makes us all different. As parfully, there are a lot more positive activities than ents, it is natural to put your children first, and you negative, so you are blessed with a number of good find ways to dig down to an inner well of strength. experiences and happy memories. For most of us That is what parenthood is about: being there when that is the way it is. your child needs you.

As children, we spend a lot of time living in our It is a bit of a big bad world out there imaginations, slowly becoming aware of and it has to be frightening to anyone the world around us. Almost every day raising a family today. Drugs alone brings new adventure, new people and seem to come in a wide variety and new knowledge into our lives. are far too easily accessible. Each time Adolescence is a difficult time for Onside a death is caused by the use of recremost of us. It is a difficult stage of life, ational drugs, a family and a circle of where we are not yet adults but we VICTORBOWMAN friends suffers a loss that stays with aren’t kids anymore either. It is a time of them for a lifetime. developing personal opinions while still following While the Internet a great tool to stay in touch all the rules of home and school. There are pressures with friends, it has also become a weapon for weak, to join a peer group. When we do, we are exposed sad people who wish to hide while they inflict pain to values of the group that often conflict with those on a chosen victim. As we have all seen in the news, instilled by parents, extended family, and friends this means of bullying and broadcasting hurtful of our parents. Most of us are back and forth and things can also cause a fatality. up and down as we try to find a balance where we Parenting has never been easy, but there is nothare accepted and respected by both our peers and ing more rewarding than getting through those our families. Through this period most of us change friends, shifting to new endeavours, and try to make years and watching the success of your own children moving into adulthood, selecting a life partner, our world fit our values and goals. Welcome to the building a career, creating a home, and maybe havreal world where the ground under your feet likes ing a family of their own. to move.

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Chinese shouldn’t take our new jobs

BOB SIMPSON

Cariboo North MLA

Now that our betterpaying manufacturing jobs are moving offshore, we’re starting down a whole new “free trade” path: sell our ore bodies, oil sands, natural gas reserves, and forests directly to foreign national governments, while allowing those same governments to import their own lower-cost workers to Canada to extract our resources and ship them home.

This new approach to trade begs for full public debate before we commit to selling any more of our resources to foreign national corporations and to the exploitation of temporary foreign workers to extract our natural resources.

For a start, Prime Minister Harper’s proposed free trade agreement with China (FIPPA) must be subjected to full public scrutiny and debate, inside and outside of Parliament.

Free trade, on principle, should only be formalized between liberal democratic nations whose people share the same basic rights and freedoms. How can we support, through a free trade agreement, a government that does not permit free elections, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press? Do Canadians want to support a nation with a track record of exploiting workers both at home and abroad by offering up

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It was ‘Meet our Managers’ day at Home Depot this week where staff got to meet the managers in a rather unique way. Paint associate Ben Wicks (right) meets store manager Adrian Pryce. The event was a fundraiser for the store’s social committee.

There were four spots, each a different character that suited each manager. Pryce was Elmer Fudd. unfettered access to our natural resources?

There was vigorous and healthy public debate surrounding NAFTA. At a minimum, FIPPA should be subjected to this same level of scrutiny.

The recent admission by the B.C. government that

thousands of temporary Chinese workers will be heading to northern coal mines raises a related issue that also demands more public attention and debate. How much of the Premier’s jobs strategy will require this importation of temporary workers, and

how well equipped are we to protect these workers?

The ongoing saga of the Chinese workers who were killed in an Alberta oil sands accident in 2007 clearly illustrates how weak our laws are. In this case a Chinese national company was not comply-

ing with engineering and safety regulations, in addition to not paying workers their full wage.

If we’re going to import workers to export our natural resources, how do we ensure those workers have the same rights and protections as all British

Columbians? We must enforce our own regulations to prevent China, and other national governments, from importing their weaker labour and environmental laws.

These public policy debates need to take place now.

Are fake Twitter followers really people?

chasing bogus Twitter followers.

We’ve all watched dogs chase their It works something like this. Entertails. It’s a frivolous act that always amuses and entertains. Some days it feels prising folks build huge lists of spurious followers and then offer like we’re chasing our tails on them for sale. Seth Stevenson, Twitter. a freelance journalist and Twitter is a part of our stratBoudreau contributing writer for Slate, egy to build a web presence bought 27,000 counterfeit perand market our goods and Biz services. We limit our Twitter DANBOUDREAU sonas – Zombie Twitter followers – for $202. Apparently time and hope for a return on you can buy a million faithful fakers for the investment. During the past couple about $1,200. Not to be confused with the of years we’ve built a Twitter following practice of paying someone to find tarjust over 4,500. We’ve built the account geted followers for you, these are Zombie through a variety of tasteful means: following people and businesses we want to followers, phony accounts created to be connected with, sending out meaning- appear real; the vendor puts up a picture, posts a few tweets to make it look like ful tweets, and continually weeding out somebody’s home, but there’s nothing the bots, bare butts, and crazies. there. According to Stevenson, buying Until recently, whenever we followed heavyweights with masses of followers, I inert followers is a technique used by many public figures whose names we wondered what tribe-building wizardry would recognize. we might be overlooking. It seems that Stevenson, who bought his ill-gotten quite a few folks have been fostering an followers in an act of curiosity, says he inflated glow of “popularity” by pur-

did get a smug ego boost from appearing to be substantially more popular, and he noticed that he picked up an increasing number of new followers because of his falsely acquired status. After he outed himself by publishing his article, I Bought 27,000 Twitter Followers, Twitter zapped his illegal followers, reeling him instantly back to his pre-fake following of just over 1,100.

In a world that’s gushing apps from every angle, it makes sense that somebody would have created a tool to expose false followers. Sure enough, a business called StatusPeople has created a service, albeit not yet perfected, at fakers.statuspeople.com/Fakers/V/1 which allows you to check your Twitter account for counterfeit followers; it turns out that our very own RiskBuster account has 1 per cent fake and 1 per cent inactive followers. Bah humbug! Still, we fared much better than Perez Hilton (17 per cent fake, 50 per cent inactive), Justin Bieber (31 per

cent fake, 33 per cent inactive) or Lady Gaga (43 per cent fake, 34 per cent inactive).

It seems that buying Zombie followers is a way to create the illusion of success, and that it does lead to an increase in new followers. In other words, the appearance of more followers incites more folks to follow, a kind of bogus popularity contest. A new twist on the old “fake it ‘till ya make it” theme. If a man stands alone in a throng of fake followers, is he popular or still pretty much a dweeb?

Whatever else can be said, the practice of buying phony personas to make you appear more popular than you are is pathetic. It’s encouraging that Twitter is able to identify and nuke the Zombies.

It helps to make Twitter seem a little less like chasing our tails. No more Twitterenvy for this puppy.

Dan Boudreau owns RiskBuster Business Plan Oasis and Blog at www.riskbuster.com.

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Her life will never be the same.

Susan Deveau’s son Keith ended his life at age 20. The victim of bullying y g and taunting by his peers for years, he was found one night locked his with engine gh ht llock ked d iin nh hi is car wit i h the en gine gi running. It was not an accident. Keith chose to d die carbon monoxide poisoning di ie by y ccar aarrb rbon bon mo bo m ono noxi xiide x de p oiso oiso oi soning ning ni g aand nd d Deveau still struggles daily to find answers in the hee h 1995 suicide of the eldest of her three children.

The wound was reopened this week with news wss w reports of a B.C. teen who took her own life afterr being sexually exploited, then bullied, online.

“I’m a private person usually but the suicide o of Amanda Todd makes me want to speak out now,” w,” Deveau told the Free Press on Wednesday. “Whatt really upsets me about the Amanda Todd case iss no not ott o just that it was youth bullying youth but it’s said d to be also adult bullying of a teenager. I think there heeree should be very harsh penalties for people like that. ha h at..

To me, this is all like a hate crime and the [perpetraeettra ators] of bullying should be punished.”

Recent years have brought a new wave of bullylly ying, one that is far more wide reaching given thee v vast asstt social media its audience, but the problem has be been een n with us since time began.

“There has always been bullies. And they are n not ott just at high school. You meet them throughout y your our ur life from the school yard to the workplace – and II’m ’m m pretty sure they will be in the seniors homes when hen I get there.”

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean destroying someome meone’s life, she notes.

“The Internet is fantastic but it has opened up a whole new world for bullies, pedophiles and prankank kksters. They can post terrible things online – anonynymously– and never get caught.”

She believes that bullying and taunting led to h her eerr own son’s death.

“I get so angry because nothing’s changed. Kids ds are still dying and I think more people have to st step tep p up and get involved so that this does not keep h hapha appening.”

Deveau is aware and thankful that there is now w an increased focus on bullying, more media attenntion, and anti-bullying days [on which students w wear ear ar pink] and programs in the school system. But mo more oree needs to be done, she says.

“I think there should be support groups in each ch h sc sch school, hool ho ol, l, ma mad made de u de up p off ttrained raiin ra ined dy young oung ou ng people who can look for signs of kids at risk for suicide. They would report to a professional in the field. Kids have their groups and you can’t just butt into that.”

Had there been someone outside the family who recognized the early signs of distress, her son might be alive today, she says. The family moved to Prince George in 1989 and Keith’s high-school years were made miserable by bullies.

“Keith had a kind of learning disability and that made him the brunt of jokes for other students. They were cruel to him. It happened to him all the way through his school years.”

How did he respond?

“My gentle p person,, he would never hurt anyone. He wasn’t that kind of y son was a g kid.

Hee ju it,, b but know kid ki d. H jjust ustt ttook k it ut I k now itt af aaffected ffect c ed e him deeply. Bullies get something out of this, gives boost.

But they th his is, itt g is, ives ives iv es tthem hem an hem he an eego go b go oo o osstt. B Bu u utt tth hey y can’t stand alone. If no one supported them, looked or llo or ook up to them, most of them would stop.”

Her H er son first attempted suicide when he was 18.

Deveau D De eveau a claims this was an opportunity for the menhealth ttal al h eaa system to step in – before it was too late. ““He He was discharged as soon as he was stable.

That was wrong. I think counselling after a suicide Th T hat w ha attempt aat ttteemp has to be immediate. It’s not good enough tto o ssend end them home with a phone number and tell tthem the heem m tto make an appointment.”

Ass a mother, Deveau said she did her best to be A ssupportive. uppor o gave ““II g a him the usual motherly advice about stickup iing in ng u p for himself. It’s very sad because he tried hard ha h ard tto o ignore it. He was outgoing, he had friends, hee h had h ad d a girlfriend. He was no loner but they still picked p pi icked d on him.”

The T he pain and alienation by his peers took its toll over time, she said. o ver ti i keep ““II k e asking myself – even after all this time – if tthere th the heree is i anything I could have done to prevent this. was Iw as a single mother, raising three children and I wonder w wo ondee what I could have done differently.”

Earlier E arlli intervention may have helped. The signs were we w ere th tthere, said Deveau, who confesses she is still wracked wr w rac acke with guilt, even after attending years of ccounselling. ounsee still ““II st t feel guilty because a mother should be able ti protect her children. But I can’t turn back time. I to p to rot wish jjust usstt w i kids who are contemplating suicide could know k kn now tthere is hope. Suicide is so final. There’s no going back. Teens may see suicide as a way to end g go oing b their pain but they don’t think beyond today, they tth hei eir p want jjust ju ust st w a to stop the pain.”

Even E ven though he’d tried suicide before and failed, his death h hi iiss d ea two years later still came as a shock. did ““II d i a lot of reading about suicide after my son died d ieed ie d an aand I learned that once a person has made up their mind to commit suicide, there is a huge stress tth hei eir m rrelease. re ele leasse The night Keith died, I remember phoning home ho h ome aand I could hear him in background. He was ‘bye, Mom’ so cheerfully as he was going out head he headed ded d off off tto o th thee mo movies vies vi ies aand nd d he he sa said said, id, id d, ‘b ‘by the door.”

She pauses before continuing.

“He never came home. Now that I think of it, I realize that he’d decided that night what he was going to do. A group of boys saw him in his car slumped over and turn to PAGE A12

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phoned police. The car doors were locked, so they had to break a window to get him out.”

In the years since his death, Deveau has sought not just answers but peace.

She has Keith’s initial tattooed on her wrist so that every beat of her heart means a pulse wave in his memory.

“When Keith died, I joined a local support group called Heartbeat and you only have to enter the room to feel the overwhelming grief there.

“They are all people who have lost someone close to them and who understand. Losing a child under any circumstances is always painful whether it is terminal illness or a tragic accident which, like suicide, is sudden and often unexpected.”

Today, Deveau enjoys visits from her two grandchildren (she still has two adult children) and life goes on – but she wants others to be spared her grief and that, she says, can only happen when people care enough to “get involved.”

“We have to do something. We have to do more,” she said, holding tight to a high school graduation photo of her son Keith.

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They take turns in the night getting up for a foster child who is on a monitor and requires 24-hour care.

It’s all in a day’s work – they call it a labour of love – for seniors Tom and Jean Leboe. In the past 26 years the Prince George couple has looked after 66 children, many of them special needs.

In 2006 they were awarded the Community Achievement Award for their key role and dedication in looking after foster children. “We started out with three little girls. We had put in our application with the [Families and Children] ministry to become foster parents and about a year later they brought us a baby 10 months old... and then we got two older children who were her siblings,� said Jean.

Along with their own son Chris, now 32, the Leboes have formally adopted one foster child and raised another one until she was old enough to leave home. “She is 26 years now, is working and has two children – so that makes us grandparents,� says Jean, smiling at Tom. One thing both of them stress is that when the time comes, foster parents have to be prepared to let go. “You have to meet a certain standard of care which includes taking care of their needs, buying them things, taking them to sports activities. But in the back of your mind you have to remember the goal in many cases is for the child to one day be returned to its natural parents who may not be able to provide as much. And you have to be strong enough

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There is more than enough love to go around, Jean says. “Sometimes with special needs children requiring so much time and care, the foster parents’ own children may feel a little left out, so you have to be aware of that when you take on the commitment but I think they learn so much from each.

They (social workers) initially tell you not to get too attached. But each child – whether they stay a few days or a few years – has a bit of your heart. They leave an imprint.�

Raising foster children today is more challenging than it was when they first started out, she says. “It’s always a learning process. I have a nursing background so I have that advantage but we didn’t know as much two decades ago about conditions like fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and drug-addicted babies as we do know. So you have to keep your FAMOUS PLAYERS 6

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The rewards of foster parenting are many. “When you see them smile, grow, do well in school, it is a good feeling. The child has already had a loss in their life not being with their parents. It’s like you have helped to fill a hole in their heart.

We are 60 and 65 and we’re still going to parenting classes.�

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Twice an Olympian by the age of 20 Q SAVANNAH KING

Canadian swimmer here for training camp and to see family ALLAN WISHART allanw@pgfreepress.com

It’s a 10-minute interview that takes closer to 20 minutes.

It’s no problem, though, as the interruptions are from young swimmers looking for the autograph of a Canadian Olympian.

Savannah King smiles at each request. She clearly enjoys this aspect of being one of Canada’s best. It’s Saturday, and she’s at the Prince George Aquatic Centre as a coach at a Swim B.C. regional training camp.

She hasn’t made many trips to Prince George, but that could change.

“My parents moved here recently,” she says, “so it’s a bonus to be able to come here for a camp and visit family at the same time.”

King smiles (which she does a lot) when asked about how long she’s been a competitive swimmer.

“I took part in my first competition in December 2000. I went to my first Nationals in 2005. I’ve been to both Olympics I tried for.”

She stops, shaking her head for a second.

“That still sounds so strange.”

But while the 20-year-old who currently trains at UBC didn’t start swimming competitively until she was 8, she says she actually started swimming much earlier.

“I was a natural, I guess. I was in the neighbour’s swimming pool when I was 2. When I got a bit older, I was kind of a roly-poly kid, and I wasn’t really coordinated.

“So I started swimming because I figured I couldn’t fall any farther when I was already in the water.”

It didn’t take long for coaches to notice her abilities.

“The funny thing is I started as a butterfly specialist, and I’ve been swimming freestyle at the Olympics. Coaches noticed that I was a very good technical swimmer, so they encouraged me to go into competitions.”

As she moved up in levels, she found her rate of improvement also increased.

“One of my coaches said I could make the national team if I kept working at it, so I did.”

She didn’t just make the national team, she made the senior national team when she was 14 – much younger than most of the other swimmers.

Even after making the national team, though, she wasn’t thinking about the Olympics.

“I never thought about that. I watched them on TV, but it was like a whole different world from where I was competing.

“I mean they came out with their baskets of stuff, had chairs to sit in, got introduced. That wasn’t the way the meets I was swimming in worked.”

So casual was King in her approach that she didn’t realize how important one specific meet was.

“I honestly didn’t know this meet was the Olympic trials. I finished my race and they told me I had met the qualifying time.”

That didn’t mean she was on the Canadian team for the 2008 Olympics, though, even if King kept getting reminders about it.

“I knew I wasn’t sure of a place, but I kept getting messages from people asking for stuff like my ring size for the team ring.”

After the 2008 Olympics, when she was just 16, qualifying for the 2012 Olympics should have been a piece of cake, right?

“It was almost more difficult in 2012,” King says. “Between the Olympics, I was thinking, ‘What if I can’t do it again?’

Then I started to get some good races in, and I built up a lot of confidence going into the trials.”

There was another problem she had this year, which she didn’t have in 2008.

“I was much more emotionally involved with the other swimmers this year. In Beijing, I didn’t really know many of them when we started, but I got to know them really well at the Games.

“This year, it was like I was more concerned about how they were doing than how I was. My mom said she couldn’t believe how composed I was after my race, but I hadn’t been that way watching my friends.” turn to PAGE B2

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Two-time Canadian Olympian Savannah King was at the Prince George Aquatic Centre on Saturday as part of a Swim BC regional training camp.

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Cariboo Cougars set for special faceoff

The Cariboo Cougars may have lost their undefeated record in the B.C. Major Midget League on the weekend, but they’re coming home to recognize a special fan this weekend.

The Cougars travelled to Langley on the weekend for a pair of matchups against the Vancouver NW Giants, the team which has beaten them in the league finals the past three seasons.

Both teams came into the games undefeated, but the Cougars were in first place in the league by virtue of having played two more games than the Giants.

Saturday’s game started slowly, with the Giants getting the only goal of the first period before Liam Blackburn tied it eight minutes into the second on assists

from Braiden Epp and Brad Morrison.

The tie lasted a full 17 second before the Giants retook the lead, but Eli Jarvis scored on a powerplay to knot the score 2-2.

The game marked his return to the lineup after starting the season with the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the BCHL. Vancouver got one more before the end of the period to retake the lead, then made it 4-2 about six minutes into the third before Tyler Povelofskie made it 4-3 with just under 12 minutes to go. That was as close as the Cougars got though, and their undefeated start was over.

Sunday’s rematch was just as exciting, with the Giants again opening the scoring before Kirk Hards scored a short-

handed goal to tie things up. Povelofskie and Morrison gave the Cougars a 3-1 lead, but the Giants got one of those back before the end of a wild first period.

Halfway through the second, the Giants scored again to tie things up, but Povelofskie got his second of the game and third of the weekend to give the Cougars another lead.

The Giants tied it up again, and Logan Styler put the Cougars up 5-4 with a powerplay marker before the Giants tied it once more at 5-5 at the end of two periods.

That was how things stood until the final minute of regulation.

The Cougars got a late powerplay, but that was negated when they were

whistled for too many men on the ice.

The Giants scored on the man advantage to eke out a 6-5 win.

The Cougars are home to play the Kootenay Ice for a pair of games at CN Centre, and Saturday’s game will be a special one.

Jameson Jones was first diagnosed with cancer at 4.

He has fought the disease off twice, and will be a special guest for the Cougars, handling the opening faceoff for the second year in a row.

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As she’s walking the deck during the training camp, a tattoo is visible on her right ankle. It seems to show the five Olympic rings. When asked about it, King smiles.

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“It’s more than that,” she says, peeling off her shoe and sock, “it goes all the way down onto the foot. It’s got waves and an outline of a maple leaf. I got it after the Beijing games.”

The design is one she came up with herself.

“It took me seven months to draw it out.

I decided if I was going to get something pretty permanent on my body, I wanted it to look right.”

She laughs, thinking back.

“My parents were pushier than I was to get it done. The kept saying, ‘When are you going to get the tattoo?’

“I was thinking, ‘You guys are trying to get your 16-year-old daughter to get a tattoo?

That doesn’t sound right.’”

She signs a few more autographs for young swimmers, then moves off for a bite to eat and the afternoon session of the camp.

After that, it’s back to training – but probably a few more autographs first.

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Canadian Olympics swimmer Savannah King designed the tattoo on her right ankle and foot, incorporating the Olympic rings, waves and a maple leaf.

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The black-clad Prince George Cougars may have won this skirmish along the boards Tuesday night at the CN Centre, but the visiting Calgary Hitmen won the war 5-0.

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Prince George Cougars coach Dean Clark says Tuesday’s game against the Calgary Hitmen was a story of two games.

“The first few minutes, the game was there for either team to take control. They got the early goal and they got the momentum.

“I thought we played well for the first 10 minutes and the third period. The middle 30 weren’t very good.”

Those middle 30 minutes were the difference in what turned out to be a 5-0 Hitmen win. The game was the Cougars’ lone home game in a stretch which saw them play Medicine Hat and Lethbridge in weekend road games, return for Tuesday’s game, then hit the road again for games Thursday (last night) in Kelowna and Saturday in Spokane.

“It was a tough turnaround for us,” Clark said. “We travelled back, had the one game here, made a trade that day, then hit the road again right away.

“And we were playing probably the top team in the Eastern Conference.”

The trade the Cougars made Tuesday brought goalie Mac Engel from the Spokane Chiefs roster for a fourth-round pick in the 2014 Bantam Draft. Engel arrived in Prince George in time for Tuesday’s game and was suited up as the backup to Brett Zarowny.

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The top forestry companies in British Columbia have teamed up with some of the province’s most talented and innovative architectural firms and builders to form Canfor’s Playhouse Challenge.

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Allan Tong is seeing progress, now he wants some consistency.

“We’re improving,” says the coach of the Prince George Secondary Polars senior girls volleyball team. “We need to play with more consistency.”

That need for consistency showed up again on the weekend during a tournament at College Heights.

“We finished third in the roundrobin in our pool. We beat Fort St. James and Nechako Valley (Vanderhoof) and lost to College Heights and Kelly Road.

We had a good match against College Heights, and I was happy with how the girls played against Kelly Road, especially on Saturday.”

Ah yes, the game that took two days to play. A problem at the scorers’ table resulted in the wrong score for the second set being posted for the game officials, who called the set over, with Kelly Road winning two sets to none.

But the official scoresheet didn’t match the scorecards posted, so it was decided to have the teams come back out after the rest of the roundrobin matches, and play out the end again.

This time, PGSS won the second set, so the teams then went to a third set, which Kelly Road won.

Finishing third in their pool put PGSS up against North Peace (Fort St. John) in the playoffs, and that was where consistency became a problem for the Polars.

“We had about a dozen hitting errors, just giving points away,” Tong said.

“This is our fourth tournament of the year, and we’re still making too many

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Kelly Road’s Shae Gurney goes up for a spike against PGSS in roundrobin play at a senior girls volleyball tournament at College Heights on Saturday. unforced errors.”

One area the team did show improvement in this weekend was serving.

“We were serving much better than we did in the other three tournaments.

Again, it comes down to making your serve consistently, and not just giving points away.”

Tong says this zone is one of the more

competitive he’s seen in recent years.

“There’s no real powerhouse. There are a number of good teams, so you have to be playing well every game to win.”

The Polars have this weekend off before taking part in a tournament at Kelly Road on Oct. 26 and 27.

RESULTS The host Cougars won the College Heights event, downing Correlieu (Quesnel) in the final.

The semifinals had matched College Heights against Cedars Christian on one side, and Correlieu and North Peace on the other.

The Cougars have now one three of the four tournaments they’ve played this year, finishing fifth at the 36-team Best of the West tournament in Kelowna on the Thanksgiving weekend.

RANKINGS The Cougars tournament win at home boosted them two spots in the provincial AA rankings, up to sixth. The only other city squad to earn a spot in the girls’ rankings is Cedars Christian, who moved from fourth to third in the A rankings.

On the boys side, the strong showing by the Duchess Park Condors at the Best of the West in Kelowna, where they finished third, moved them to the top of the AA rankings, up from third.

Two other local teams are also in the AA rankings, with College Heights moving up to fifth from 10th after a strong showing at Best of the West, while D.P. Todd continued to be an Honourable Mention.

In the A rankings, Cedars Christian fell to 10th from ninth.

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Raul Ibanez clutch homers This begs the question: At what (at age 40 he is the oldpoint does treatment of a superest player to hit a walk-off Hart star change homer in the post-season) Beat A-Rod is baseball’s highestto the lows of the Derek Jeter fractured ankle and the HARTLEYMILLER paid player this season with a $29 million salary. Rodriguez also has struggles of many regulars at five years and $114 million left on a 10-year, the plate. With all these developments and $275 million contract (2008-2017). more, the Rodriguez trials and tribulations For the record, that is nearly $170,000 per have arguably been the most fascinating game or about three times what the average worker makes in a year.

His performance against Baltimore was barely worth $170 per game. In the ALDS, Rodriguez was 2-for-16 with no RBI’s and nine POWER SMART LEADERS strikeouts.

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Major league baseball is having a banner playoff year, yet it is marked with the controversy of the Yanks deciding to yank Alex Rodriguez, which captured prominent headlines.

Here are some of those other top stories: • There have been many games featuring remarkable come from behind wins including the largest comeback ever in a winnertake-all post-season game (St. Louis, down

6-0 in the third and 7-5 with two outs in the ninth winning 9-7 over Washington). The Nationals collapse raised more attention to Washington not using ace pitcher Stephen Strasburg in the playoffs.

• The Tigers have had multiple masterpiece pitching performances from Justin Verlander but on the other hand, Detroit’s closer Jose Valverde has been awful.

• The Yankees have had the highs of the

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Todd Jordan is happy with the way the UNBC Timberwolves men’s basketball team played on the weekend, but he knows there’s work to be done.

“That was a positive road trip, a long road trip,” the coach says of the team’s trip to Waterloo to take part in the Naismith Classic and get their first real look at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) teams they would be competing against this year.

“Any time you can get out that far east and play some good teams, it’s a good experience.”

What’s even better is when you come back as the tourney champions, which the Timberwolves did. They did it the hard way too, dropping their first game to the host squad 80-71.

“There was a learning process involved for the guys,” Jordan says. “That first game we were very tentative. They were hold-

ing onto the ball and 14-point lead into the not shooting like we fourth quarter.

The third game of normally do.

“After the game we the tourney saw UNBC talked about it, and thump Universite du they felt they had let Quebec a Montreal 94-53. After that one a close first get away.” q u a r t e r, J o e l the TimRybachuk berwolves led the b outscored attack for their oppothe Timnents 25-8 berwolves in the with 23 second p o i n t s quarter while Franand never cis Rowe Todd Jordan looked added 14.

- Wolves coach back. Rowe A f t e r led the that, UNBC attack with 22 points, started to roll.

“Our defence while Araujo had 21 improved in the second and Rybachuk added game, and then it really 16.

“There’s still tons to improved for the third work on,” Jordan says, game,” Jordan says.

The second game “but I think we’re movsaw UNBC win a high- ing in the right direcscoring affair with York tion.”

Araujo was named (Toronto) 97-89. Jose Araujo led the attack the tourney’s MVP with 28 points, and got while Rybachuk was ample support from named to the all-star Sam Raphael (22) and team. Jordan says in Rowe and Rybachuk some respects, it shows how the players are with 13 each.

The game was not adapting to their roles.

“Jose (Araujo) was as close as the final score might indicate, named the MVP, and with UNBC carrying a he was coming off the

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bench for us. We’ve got a lot of guys who have been here for a few years, and they’ve got a reasonably good idea of what their roles are.”

He figures they will be relying on their bench a fair bit this year.

“Most nights, we’re going to go eight or nine deep and sometimes 10. The players know they’ll get their minutes.”

The Timberwolves are off this weekend before heading to an event at University of the Fraser Valley from Oct. 25 to 27.

“It’s not really a tourney,” Jordan says.

“There’s are some eastern teams out to play some B.C. teams, so it’s a good chance to see some more styles.

Lakehead (Thunder Bay) and McMaster (Hamilton) can both be good teams, and I figure it will be a higher level than last weekend.

“It will be a good measuring stick for the season.”

That season starts

Nov. 2 and 3 when the Timberwolves travel to Kamloops to take on Thompson Rivers University in their first games in the Canada West Conference.

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EARN some extra money for Christmas! Canfor’s J.D. Little Forest Centre in Prince George is looking for Seasonal Nursery Workers for our seedling harvest. Working for 5 to 6 weeks starting around October 17th. Two shifts: Morning (7:00 am to 2:30 pm) and Afternoon (3:00 pm to 10:30 pm) Excellent and safe working environment! Ideal Candidate for Employment is physically fit, capable of working on your feet, safety conscious and able to work alongside others in a fast-paced team environment. Drop off your resume at the nursery or e-mail to Larry.Clark@canfor.com: J.D.Little Forest Centre 6677 Landooz Road Phone: 250-9600165 Directions to nursery: On highway 97 at the top of the hill north of the John Hart Bridge turn right on Northwood Pulp Mill Road and follow for 6 km. At the bottom of the big hill, make first left turn on Landooz Road and follow road for 1 km. Turn left into entrance to nursery.

BETTS Electric Penticton requires an experienced Industrial Controls Tech for our CSA Panel shop. visit www.betts.bc.ca for details. send Resume to resume@betts.bc.ca or Fax 250492-3343

East Indian Cooks Wanted Nijjer Food Ltd. dba Dana Mandi & Indian Restaurant a full service Indian restaurant located at 2095 - 5th Ave, Prince George, B.C. needs (4) Full time, permanent, ethnic Cooks specializing in Indian Cuisines and (1) sweet maker (Mithai). Job duties include menu design and planning, back cooking for banquets, special religious and community events, labour & food cost control, shift supervision and training of employees. Also responsible for preparing orders for out of town deliveries. Minimum 3 years of experience.

Knowledge of Hindi or Punjabi an asset. Salary $ 18/hr. Email resume to nijjerb@hotmail.com.

NADINA TRUCK SERVICE LTD. Houston, B.C.

PARTS PERSON REQUIRED Nadina Truck Service Ltd. has a full time permanent parts position available. Individual must have excellent work ethics and be a team player. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in the parts or service industry. Please supply resumes with references to: Les Morgan Nadina Truck Service Ltd. 2235 Nadina Ave. P.O. Box 1019 P: (250) 845-2212 • F: (250) 845-3427 lmorgan@nadinatruckservice.ca WESTERN STAR/STERLING TRUCKS

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A huge opportunity has become available at an industry leading truck and equipment dealer.

Inland Kenworth is taking applications for a Heavy Duty Truck Parts Person. This position requires grade 12 or equivalent, a valid driver’s license and Technical Qualification Certificate and a willingness to learn. WHMIS and forklift training an asset.

Please forward resumes to:

Jeff Morrison, Parts Manager 1995 Quinn Street Prince George, BC V2N 2X2 or by email jmorrison@inland-group.com

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A huge opportunity has become available at an industry leading truck and equipment dealer.

Inland Kenworth / Parker Pacific is looking for an energetic well-organized person to start at an entry level position. This position requires grade 12 or equivalent, a valid driver’s license and a willingness to learn. WHMIS and forklift training an asset.

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HEATED SEATS GIBRALTAR MINE: ROCK-SOLID CAREER GROWTH

Joining our Gibraltar Mine team makes you part of Canada’s proud mining heritage. The Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine is a cornerstone of the regional economy and an example of great Canadian mining in action. Located in the heart of BC’s stunning Cariboo region, Gibraltar is approximately 60 km north of Williams Lake. It is the second largest open pit copper mine in Canada.

A sustainable mining operation with a 27 year mine life, Gibraltar is undergoing a significant multi-phase expansion taking our daily milling throughput to 85,000 tons per day and we’re looking for talented candidates to help us facilitate this. That’s where you come in…

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PLANNER, ELECTRICAL-INSTRUMENTS POSITION SUMMARY: Reporting to the General Foreman-Electrical, the Planner Electrical - Instruments is responsible for establishing, communicating and monitoring sound, long and short range plans and schedules for the installation and maintenance of mill instrumentation equipment and facilities.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: • Analyzing historical trends and preparing forecasts and budget recommendations for future installation and maintenance activities • Developing and communicating to all affected departments, daily, weekly, monthly and annual maintenance plans • Monitoring the implementation of the plan, and coordinating changes as required • Reviewing and approving all work orders • Contributing to meeting equipment availability targets within budget • Working closely with materials department to ensure availability of required parts and materials • Generating maintenance department performance reports • Maintaining the 4site data base QUALIFICATIONS • High school diploma or equivalent • Minimum of 6 years varied electrical /instrumentation maintenance experience, including 2 years at the planner level, within a heavy industrial environment • Instrumentation or Electrical Trade Certification is preferable • Ability to set plans and priorities based on diverse inputs and changing requirements • Solid verbal, written and group presentation skills • Experience with MS office and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (4site preferred) COMPENSATION Gibraltar offers an excellent benefit package which includes competitive salary, a Registered Retirement Savings Plan and relocation assistance to Williams Lake. Qualified applicants, eligible to work in Canada, are invited to explore this opportunity by submitting a cover letter and detailed resume outlining your qualifications and experience.

Please visit us at www.tasekomines.com under the careers section to electronically submit your application or learn more about our New Prosperity, Aley and Harmony projects.

We thank all candidates who express interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Your application to this posting is deemed to be consent to the collection, use and necessary disclosure of personal information for the purposes of recruitment. Gibraltar Mines respects the privacy of all applicants and the confidentiality of personal information and we will retain this information for a period of six months.

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