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By 2010 Ray Michalko, a private investigator and former RCMP offi-cer, logged about a year’s worth of hours looking into the murders and disappearances along the Highway of Tears.
Although he expected to return to the area in the spring alongside a few other experts he was calling in on the investigation, he said he hasn’t moved forward with that plan yet. Instead he’s hoping to come to Prince George, if every-thing works out, in August.
“Every time I think I’m going to stop, I get a call with information that seems quite interesting,” he said.
Currently he said he has a couple of leads he wants to follow up on though he won’t say, specifically, who he needs to talk to.
Michalko’s focus in the Prince George area includes the murders of Roxanne Thiara and Leah Alishia Germaine and the disappearance of Nicole Hoar.
Thiara was 15 when she went missing from Prince George in November of 1994. Her body was discovered dumped near Burns Lake.
Germaine’s body was found Dec. 9, 1994. The Prince George girl was 15 and knew Thiara.
Hoar, 25, was hitchhiking on Highway16 and last seen June 21, 2002 in Prince George. Her body has never been found.
Michalko added he’s spent a fair amount of time looking into the murder of Alberta Williams.
Williams, 24, was last seen Aug. 26, 1989 in Prince Rupert. Her body was found Sept. 16, 1989 on High-way. 16.
The first nine women who went missing, he added, remains a focus for him though he doesn’t believe they are all the work of a serial killer.
“There may be a serial killer involved with a couple of them, but for the most part the informa-tion I’m getting is these women were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, which is sometimes worse because then you’re looking at nine killers instead of one.”
He added that, from listening to the news, the RCMP said at one point they felt there were three serial killers operating in the prov-ince. One was dead. One was Rob-ert Pickton. The other, he believes, is being hunted by EPANA, a spe-cial unit put together by the RCMP to investigate the Highway of Tears disappearances and murders.
Also of interest, he said, is the official investigation into missing women in the province. One tran-script of testimony he read with interest, he said, came from a retired RCMP officer testified that the force is not very adept at handling disap-pearances.
“There seems to be a big problem with missing women across West-ern Canada,” he said.
Michalko said if he finds some-thing of interest in his investiga-tion, he shares it with the police after he pursues the lead as far as he can.
Something, he added, he does on his own time and own dime.
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BUICK: Popular again
When General Motors had to eliminate some brands during its reorganization, many feared that Buick would be a casualty. Thank heavens, it wasn’t! As a matter of fact, it is back in better shape than ever. And did you know that Buick was also among China’s favourite brand of cars?
Buick now offers four vehicles in its line-up, with a fi fth model coming out soon. The biggest car on offer is a great looking full-sized sedan, called the LaCrosse. This four-door, front-wheel drive is pow-ered by a base 182-horsepower, four-cylinder engine that now comes with the stop-start technology. That means that when the car is stopped at a traffi c light, its engine shuts off and restarts automatically when the driver takes his or her foot off the brake pedal. A V-6 engine is still available.
The mid-sized Buick is called the Regal. Also a front-wheel drive, it only comes with a four-cylinder engine, but the Turbo GS ver-sion develops some 270 horsepower! This is quite a sports sedan! Incidentally, this great looking car is based on a German GM product.
The smallest car Buick has to offer right now is the highly styled Verano compact sedan. Though it shares its basic structure with the Chevrolet Cruze, all resemblance stops there. The Verano is powered by a bigger and more powerful four-cylinder engine and its interior is far more luxurious.Buick dealers also offer the now well-known Enclave crossover, the
brand’s biggest vehicle, powered by a V-6 engine and available with front- or all-wheel drive. It will soon be joined by the recently unveiled smaller crossover, the Encore.
GMC: a brand in itself
For the longest time, GMC was considered a professional truck brand. But since General Motors, owner of the GMC brand, stopped making medium and heavy-duty trucks, the company had to fi nd itself a new vocation. Consequently, GMC began to offer people movers in its line-up.While everyone is waiting for the upcoming Granite compact
CUV to hit the market, the smallest vehicle your GMC dealer can offer you is the tough looking Terrain. This is a mid-sized crossover, similar to the Chevrolet Equinox, which is powered by a four-cylinder engine or a V-6. It can be ordered with front- or all-wheel drive.Following this successful light truck is the bigger Acadia, also
front- or all-wheel drive, that can carry up to eight passengers. This family friendly crossover, available in the luxury Denali trim, can pull up to 2,363 kilograms! GMC’s biggest SUV remains the impressive Yukon, available as a big station wagon or a longer XL version. The Yukon can be bought as a hybrid with a short body or as a very luxurious Denali model.Where GMC excels is in the pick-up segment. Its smallest offer-
ing remains the well designed Canyon, but a lot of people go for the full-sized Sierra, available in many sizes and trims, including a unique hybrid version. The Sierra is also offered in the more luxu-rious Denali trims or as a more robust HD version. With the HD, it is possible to order a strong diesel engine. And last but not least, let’s not forget that GMC still produces the classic commercial delivery van, the Savana.
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In its Improving Care for B.C. Seniors: An Action Plan, the provincial government announced in February concrete plans to improve the quality of life for all seniors with the goal to help them remain independent for as long as possible.
The action plan outlines steps aimed at mak-ing it easier for seniors and their families to access and understand the care system, and identifies ways to strengthen protection for vulnerable seniors.
The plan includes creation of an Office of the Seniors’ Advocate for B.C. that, according to a recent consultation discussion paper on the move, will “support a more accessible, trans-parent and accountable approach to address-ing issues and interests of seniors in British Columbia.”
What will the Seniors Advocate do? Older adults, families and stakeholders are being invited to help shape the future role of the Seniors’ Advocate by taking part in province-wide consultation process.
On June 25 government representatives were at the Prince George Civic Centre hearing from local seniors on a variety of issues.
“We want to provide a strong voice for British Columbia seniors,” said Pamela Martin, direc-tor of outreach, Office of the Premier.
“There are so many agencies, people don’t know about them all, and we’re hoping to help them navigate their way to them. We will be visiting 10 communities in the province where we’ll be giving workshops and inviting input from interested groups.”
Martin and Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Ron Cantelon (MLA for Parksville-Qualicum) spoke briefly with the Free Press Monday in general terms about what issues are important to seniors and any views or sugges-tions they have on how to improve the lives of seniors. (Afternoon presentations by local interest groups and individuals were closed to the media.)
“My job is to listen on behalf of seniors,” said Martin, who notes a Seniors’ Advocate will be appointed within one year. In the meantime, they plan to gather from seniors in the province as much information as they can.
“We’ve heard lots of touching stories...stories from seniors who have been abused...we’ve talked to people about parents who can’t get proper care for things like dementia. We’re listening very carefully to them because we want to make sure we get it (role of the Seniors’ Advocate) right.“
Martin said housing, health and financial issues remain high on the list on concerns for seniors.
As well, seniors of all ages continue to need help in accessing support systems, healthcare and filling out paperwork such as applications for old age pensions.
They have questions that require answers.A seniors support line set up June 1 is “going
well,” said Cantelon. There have been 268 enquiries so far on a
wide variety of issues, he said. It is expected that through meetings, public
forums and written submissions, the views of British Columbians on the development of a model to build a stronger voice for British Columbia’s seniors will emerge.
The consultation will look at the role and functions of the Office of the Seniors’ Advocate with a particular focus on how the role could collaborate with existing organizations who perform similar roles for B.C.’s seniors.
The objectives for the consultation process are:
• Identify the types of issues that the Office of the Seniors’ Advocate could assist seniors with
• Identify the range and scope of services for the Office of the Seniors’ Advocate
• Identify issues and opportunities on how the Seniors’ Advocate can work with commu-nity organizations currently engaged in similar work
• Ensure seniors, their families and caregiv-ers have a voice in the creation of Office of the Seniors’ Advocate.
Anyone who wants to provide input to ques-tions (e.g. How could an Office of the Seniors’ Advocate help seniors in B.C.? What should be the priority focus for the Seniors’ Advocate?
Should there be an age range to access the Office?
What could be the role of the Seniors Advo-cate in elder abuse prevention and response? How can the Seniors advocate best engage seniors to ensure that their voice is heard?) can send written responses to Seniors Action Plan, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 9825, Stn. Prov. Gov. Victoria, B.C. V8W 9W4 or via e-mail to SeniorsAdvocate @gov.b.ca.
Deadline for written submissions is July 31.
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Pamela Martin, director of outreach, Office of the Premier, and Ron Cantelon, Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors, chat during a break from public input meetings at the PG Civic Centre.
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Every so often the issue of silviculture comes up.Every time it does, the B.C. government maintains
that it is putting more money into silviculture than ever before and that we are replanting the forests as fast as we can, despite claims to the contrary by silviculture contractors who are putting fewer trees into the ground.
Now, the silviculture contractors have some backup … namely the Forest Practices Board.
The total area of B.C.’s provincial forests that may need to be restocked with healthy young trees could exceed current reforestation efforts by more than one million hectares, according to a Forest Practices Board
report released last month.The report indicates that almost two million hectares
of Crown forested land could potentially be “not satis-factorily restocked” (NSR). To put that in perspective, the timber harvesting land base in B.C. is about 22 mil-lion hectares in total.
Of the land that will be restocked, nearly half a mil-lion hectares will be restocked by industry and govern-ment has current plans to restock about a quarter of a million hectares.
“Decisions about whether to replant areas where mountain pine beetle and fire have killed most of the trees will have an impact on the future timber supply in the B.C. Inte-rior,” said Al Gorley, board chair. “At a minimum, if nature is left to take its course, the even-tual crop of timber in those areas will be delayed.”
That’s a nice way of saying it won’t get done. Kind of like the City of Prince George’s road rehabilitation bud-get … when you know how much you need to do every year just to maintain what you have, and you don’t do it, you fall behind. Falling behind puts more pressure on successive budgets and governments.
As for the “not satisfacto-rily restocked” areas, govern-ment has a reforestation program for these areas, but to date it has only directed limited effort at re-stocking mature, beetle-
affected forests because those areas might still be har-vested - and eventually restocked - by the forest indus-try, the Forest Practices Board said in a press release.
“There is a lot of debate about exactly how much for-est has been damaged by fire and beetles,” said Gorley. “But the important question is, should we invest money now to ensure a healthy timber supply into the future, and, if so, how will we raise and invest it? But if action
is to be taken, it must be taken quickly.”According to the board, Victoria has funded a
reforestation program since 2005 that has treated an estimated total area of just over 50,000 hectares; mostly fire-damaged forest and young beetle-dam-aged forests.
The board has made recommendations to govern-ment that it hopes will promote a useful dialogue
on the topic of restocking British Columbia’s forests.Like the city’s crumbling streets, it requires money
and a political will to actually do it now, rather than someday.
And, even more crucial, the province’s future econ-omy.
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When the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North opens in
late 2012, northern B.C. resi-dents will be able to receive
radiation therapy for the first time in their home region.
The new service will be provided through two state-of-the-art linear accelerators (radiation therapy units) now in place at the facility being constructed in Prince George. The two pieces of equipment are valued at more than $3 million each.
“The radiation therapy treatment, which will be provided through the new cancer centre, will both complement and add to the services pro-vided through Northern Health’s cancer clinic network,” Cathy Ulrich, Northern Health presi-dent and CEO, said in a press release. “We look forward to con-
tinued partnership through the Northern Cancer Control Strategy in further strength-ening cancer care delivery across our region.”
The units arrived in March, and since then, the centre’s medical physics team has worked to install and pro-gram them.
Ongoing calibrating and rigorous testing will continue over the next several months to ensure the devices will be ready to provide safe and accurate treatment.
The new facility will be the sixth regional cancer centre operated by the BC Cancer Agency, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority. The other centres are in Abbotsford, Kelowna, Surrey, Vancouver and Vic-toria.
The new centre will serve
more than 750 patients annu-ally. About 60 per cent of people diagnosed with cancer receive radiation therapy at some point in the course of their treatment.
Linear accelerators provide the radiation therapy used to treat a variety of cancers. Radiation therapy makes use of high-energy x-rays to kill tumour cells. Radiation ther-apy is useful as curative treat-ment for some types of cancer, and also to relieve symptoms if cancer spreads. Radiation may be used on its own, or in conjunction with chemo-therapy or surgery.
The radiation therapy units at the BC Cancer Agency Cen-tre for the North are the most high-end and technologically integrated units available on the market. The centre also features doorless treatment
rooms, allowing patients to undergo high-dose radiation therapy without the need for a heavy lead door, provid-ing a less intimidat-ing environment.
The Northern Can-cer Control Strategy is a joint partnership between Northern Health, BC Cancer Agency and the Pro-vincial Health Ser-vices Authority. It is focused on enhanc-ing the continuum of cancer services in the North, includ-ing prevention, screening, diagno-sis, treatment, sup-portive and pallia-tive care.
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Zoe Spooner (left) and her seven-minutes-older twin sister Araya show off colourful crafts they made at the Aboriginal Education booth during Aboriginal Day at Fort George Park.
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The Aboriginal Service Plan (ASP) at the College of New Caledonia got a half-million dollar boost last month.
The provincial government announced June 21, National Aboriginal Day, that it was commit-ting more than $4.2 million for ASP projects at 11 post-secondary institutions, including $542,000 for CNC.
“We are delighted the government has funded Phase 2 of the community-driven ASP program,” CNC president John Bowman said in a press release, “which will have a tremendous impact on Aboriginal learners and their communities.”
During Phase 1 of the program, he said, CNC saw Aboriginal enrolment go to 1,839 in all pro-grams in 2010-11, up from 744 in 2006-07.
“This funding will allow the great work, partner-ships and community engagement to continue.”
The funding will be added to $200,000 in fund-ing of its own CNC had already committed to for the 2012-13 school year. It will allow CNC and its partners – 20 First Nations, aboriginal organiza-tions, Aboriginal individuals, Elders and other post-secondary institutions – to move forward with the second phase of the ASP.
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If Paul Winwood needs to find medical assistants to help with his research, he won’t have far to look.
Winwood, a gas-troenterologist who immigrated to Prince George from the United Kingdom is 2008, will become the new leader of academic medicine
in northern B.C. on July 1.
UNBC and UBC have appointed Win-wood to the positions of regional associate dean for northern B.C. in the UBC Faculty of Medicine and vice-provost medicine at UNBC. He succeeds David Snadden, who was appointed execu-tive associate dean of education in the UBC Faculty of Medicine in November.
Snadden still has an office at UNBC, and Winwood says that will be very helpful as he settles into his new positions.
“I’ve talked with David and (interim dean) Jeff Payne quite a bit since I was noti-fied I would be getting the position. They’ve helped a lot in under-standing challenges I
didn’t know about.”Snadden says the
search for his replace-ment was interna-tional, but “I was very pleased there were local candidates who had the qualifica-tions.”
He helped recruit Winwood to Prince George in 2008.
“We always recruit for the potential peo-ple may have to move on to other roles.”
For Winwood, the urge to move on to other things had been there for some time.
“I’ve always had in mind that I wanted to develop my career in the academic direction. So when the opportu-nity came up, I had a few conversations – including with my family – and had to decide whether I had the skills needed for
the position.”Being able to stay in
Prince George for the most part in the new position played a part in his decision.
“We’ve been here for four years and feel-ing very settled. We like everything Prince George has to offer, like the outdoors.
“It would have been a huge upheaval to move somewhere else again.”
Winwood says the new position does mean he will have to cut back on both his current practice and his research work.
“I’ll still do some clinical work, but it will probably be about one-third of what I have been doing. I also won’t be able to do as much lab work as I had been doing.
“On the other hand,
having an office at UNBC makes it easier to find medical assis-tants if I need them.”
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Paul Winwood, left, and David Snadden share a laugh at an informal press conference at UNBC announc-ing Winwood’s appointment as the new leader of academic medicine in northern B.C., a role formerly held by Snadden.
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Council has thrown its support behind bringing new technol-ogy and engineering programs to post-sec-ondary institutions in the north.
The resolution, brought forward as a notice of motion report by Coun. Albert Koe-hler, has no economic repercussions, how-ever it does state the goal is a community priority for the city.
“Many organiza-tions in Prince George have provided an endorsement,” Koe-hler said when he introduced the motion at the June 11 council meeting.
The report states, “Many corporations are currently not in the position to accept new orders while orders in progress have to be delayed, which leads to foreclosure of eco-nomic opportunities and a potential slow-down of or economy in all areas due to lack of properly skilled personnel.”
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