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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressKathy Nadalin (left) and other choir members from the Forever Young Chorus and the Gospel Singers join in songs of the season for the Elder Citizens’ Recreation Association (ECRA) annual family Christmas concert on Sunday.

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Elderly womanhit, killed by car

An elderly woman was struck by a vehicle and killed on Win-nipeg Street Tuesday afternoon.

Police say they were called to the accident at about 4:55 p.m. The woman was transported by the BC Ambulance Service to the University Hospital of Northern BC for treatment of severe inju-ries. The Prince George woman passed away while being treated in hospital.

The driver of the vehicle re-mained on scene and cooperated with police.

A North District RCMP colli-sion re-constructionist attended the scene.

Anyone with information about this collision is urged to contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300.

When you get a glass of water in the New Year, it will be diff erent.

It will not be fl uoridated.In a November 15 referendum 54 per cent

of Prince George residents voted to have fl uoride removed from the city’s water sup-ply.

On Monday, city council followed the wishes of the electorate.

“It would be foolish to decide anything dif-ferent,” said Coun. Albert Koehler, who made the motion to have fl uoride removed.

Mayor Lyn Hall said council asked the community to go to the eff ort to examine and vote on the issue, council should respect that.

“For me not to abide by the decision would be foolish on my part,” he said. “I will sup-port the will of the vote.”

While several of the councillors were personally in favour of fl uoridation, they respected the outcome of the referendum.

“I disagree with the conclusions of the majority on the issue, but I stand by my commitment, even when I don’t like the outcome,” said Coun. Frizzell.

He added that the system was fair and that even though results of the referendum aren’t binding on council, thus necessitating Mon-day’s vote, Frizzell said that is a technicality.

“Th ere are those of us on council who be-lieve in the value of fl uoride in water and we decided to put the questions to our citizens in a referendum,” he said.

Th at sentiment was echoed by Coun. Susan Scott.

“I said all the way through our process that I personally had no issue with fl uoride,

but I would never put my feelings (before) the electorate of Prince George, and they’ve spoken.”

Coun. Murry Krause also said he wasn’t necessarily in favour of stopping fl uoridation, but would also respect the referendum result.

For Coun. Jillian Merrick, however, the decision wasn’t a diffi cult one.

“I will abide by the view of the public,” she said. “But it’s a lot easier for me, because I agree with them.”

Merrick said, for her, the issue was more about consent than fl uoridation and that the public has the right to “freely choose” what they consume.

Th e fl uoridation issue was a result of the core services review, launched by the previ-ous council, as a way to cut about $55,000 per year from the city budget.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressSanta has his arms full with twins Akash and Simrit during his annual visit to the pediatrics ward of University Hospital of Northern B.C. on Tuesday. The babies are the children of Prabhjot Hundal, a local physician, and his wife Kamaljit Hundal. Santa’s visit is thanks to Dan Strickland from Remax City Centre.

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Fluoride gets flushedCouncil decides to halt fluoridation

Travel costsOK’d by council

Travel expenses for three members of the previous council to attend the Union of Brit-ish Columbia Municipalities Convention in Whistler were approved.

Expenses approved were: Coun. Dave Wilbur-$2,556.95, Coun. Murry Krause-$2,298.82, Coun. Albert Koehler-$1,596.23.

Council approved the expenses for Coun. Garth Frizzell’s trip to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities convention in Niagara Falls totaling $3,110.92.

Once again this past weekend the Prince George RCMP in partner-ship with the North District RCMP were actively seeking out impaired drivers in the community as part of this season’s CounterAttack pro-gram.

From Friday December 12-14 hundreds of vehicles in Prince George were checked during both stationary and mobile CounterAttack road checks. Th e results are as follows:

Impaired driving charge – one (three times the legal limit); 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and 30-day vehicle impound – 17; 90-day immediate roadside prohibition and 30-day vehicle impound (refusal) – 2; 24-hour driving prohibition for alcohol – 1

New drivers do not receive exemptions from their restrictions if their passengers are intoxicated. Please ensure you are abiding by the law, including all restrictions.

CounterAttack busy on city streets over the weekend as hundreds of vehicles stopped

Councillorsnamed to board

Prince George city council has appointed Mayor Lyn Hall, Coun. Murry Krause, Coun. Albert Koehler, and Coun. Frank Everitt as municipal directors on the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George board. Hall and Everitt will have five votes on the board, for weighted votes, while Krause and Koehler will have four votes.

Coun. Garth Frizzell was ap-pointed as an alternate for the board.

McConnachieon library board

Prince George city council has appointed Coun. Terri McCon-nachie as council’s representative to the Prince George Library Board.


In Provincial Court on Sept. 15:

Gordon E. Carpenter was found guilty of causing a disturbance, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $100.

Ryan C. George was found guilty of failing to comply with a proba-tion order, sentenced to 57 days in jail and assessed a victim sur-charge of $100.


Madeline M. Joseph was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.


James G. Barnes was found guilty of pos-session of a controlled substance, fi ned $2,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $600.

Harold R. Fjellner was found guilty of assault, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Remi P. Gauthier was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Jeanette E. Gibbon was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, placed on probation for one year, fi ned $30 and assessed a victim surcharge of $9.

Todd A. Giff ord was found guilty of failing to comply with a condi-tion of an undertaking or recognizance and two counts of failing to

comply with a proba-tion order, sentenced to nine days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Rosa A. Jael was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 143 days in jail, fi ned $10 and assessed a victim sur-charge of $3.

Phillip T. Lazarre was found guilty of resisting a peace offi cer, placed on probation for 12 months, fi ned $50 and assessed a victim sur-charge of $15. Lazarre was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an under-taking or recognizance, sentenced to one day in jail, fi ned $50 and assessed a victim sur-charge of $15.

John R. Prince was

found guilty of failing to comply with a condi-tion of an undertak-ing, sentenced to one day in jail, fi ned $10 and assessed a victim surcharge of $3.

Gina F.L. Th omas was found guilty of assault, sentenced to one day in jail, placed on probation for one year, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from pos-sessing fi rearms for three years. Th omas was also found guilty of resisting a peace of-fi cer, sentenced to one day in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Catlin J. Williams was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sen-tenced to 31 days in jail,

fi ned $10 and assessed a victim surcharge of $3.


Robert W. Lapp was found guilty of failing to comply with a proba-tion order, sentenced to 14 days in jail and assessed a victim sur-charge of $100.

Candida E.D. Reid was found guilty of two counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, failing to comply with a condi-tion of an undertaking or recognizance and failing to comply with a condition of an under-taking, sentenced to 16 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Daniel C. Simm was found guilty of operat-ing a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fi ned $1,100, assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $330 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Kulwant S. Th andhi was found guilty of uttering threats, placed on probation for one year and assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $200.


Clinton L. Poitras was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probtion order, sentenced to 116 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

George H. Basil was found guilty of assault, sentenced to time served of 13.5 days in jail, placed on proba-tion for six months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Peter J. Charlie was found guilty of causing a disturbance, sen-tenced to 12 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Th omas K.F. Duncan was found guilty of causing a disturbance, sentenced to time served of 15 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Duncan was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condi-tion of an undertak-ing or recognizance and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to time served of 20 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Duncan was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a condi-tion of an undertaking or recognizance, sen-tenced to time served of 29 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $100.

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Ten years from now, if all goes according to plan, the province will fl ip the switch and the Site C hydroelectric dam will begin feed-ing electricity into the provincial power grid.

Premier Christy Clark, touting “100 years of aff ordable, reliable clean power,” Tuesday announced the province’s approval of the controversial $8.775 billion plan to put a third dam on the Peace River, which will put 5,500 hect-ares of land under water.

“Th is is a decision that will make a diff erence for 100 years,” Clark said. “Th e Site C Clean Energy project won’t be built in a day, it won’t be built in a year, but it will benefi t B.C. for generations, that is why we are proceeding.”

She said the decision did not come easily, nor should it have. She added that the government used fi ve principles as a guide in making the decision. Th ose principles included the notion that the project shouldn’t go ahead if it’s not needed, that it should only be built if it’s aff ordable for the province, that the province should choose the options that are the most reliable, the most sustainable and make sure it’s the best option for the long term.

While the province has pro-moted alternative power options, largely through independent power producers, and with a recent push from Clean Energy BC to continue to do so, in the end it came down to being able to

provide cheap, reliable power. “Some alternative options are

certainly just as clean and just as sustainable, but none are as aff ord-able for taxpayers and ratepayers, and none are as reliable,” she said, adding, however, that the province will continue to work with inde-pendent power producers to also continue to feed the power grid.

Paul Kariya, executive director of Clean Energy BC, said his orga-nization is disappointed the prov-ince didn’t choose the clean energy sector as an alternative to Site C, but was buoyed by the suggestion that alternative power sources will continue to feed the grid.

Th e Peace Valley Environ-ment Association, however, was complete in its condemnation of the approval, calling it the biggest mistake in B.C.’s history.

“Th ere have been concerns about how investment in a project of this magnitude might aff ect the province’s coveted triple A credit rating,” said Andrea Morrison, coordinator for the association. “With an existing provincial debt of $64 billion, launching an $8.775 billion project is concerning for British Columbians. Th e World Dams Association states that dam projects worldwide typically go into 56 per cent cost overruns. BC Hydro has a track record of underestimating numerous large projects.”

And the project may yet have to wind its way through the courts as fi ve court cases have been fi led against the project. First Nations from both B.C. and Alberta as well as landowners in the Peace River Valley have launched cases against

both the federal and provincial governments regarding their approval of the environmental certifi cates issued for Site C.

“B.C. and Canada have cho-sen to completely ignore their constitutional duty to consult and accommodate Treaty 8 First Nations prior to making this decision,” said Robert Phillips of the First Nations Summit politi-cal executive. “Th is approach is unacceptable and an aff ront to the cultivation of constructive government-to-government relations between the pro-vincial government and B.C. First Nations.”

Grand Chief Edward John said projects, such as Site C,

must seek “free, prior and in-formed consent of each and every First Nation whose Aboriginal title and rights will be impacted.”

Jessica McDonald, president and CEO of BC Hydro, said the Crown corporation is working to deal with those who are impacted.

“BC Hydro respects the issues and concerns that are unique to each community,” she said. “Th at consultation process has been very important to us and has been very infl uential as well on the environ-

mental assessment process. Th e certifi cates contain a very long list of conditions that address how to reduce, avoid, eliminate the impacts where are measures to possibly do so.”

Th ere are some impact that can’t be mitigated, she said, adding Hydro will continue to work with First Nations to try and reach “im-pact mitigation” agreements.

Construction of the project is expected to begin in the summer of 2015.

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New Democrat leader John Horgan says the prov-ince is taking a gamble by approving the Site C dam on the Peace River.

“Th is project should not go forward without the independent and professional oversight of the B.C. Utilities Commission,” said Horgan. “A responsible government would instruct B.C. Hydro to submit an alternative energy plan to the BCUC to be compared to Site C.

“British Columbians deserve an independent assessment of the jobs and environmental benefi ts B.C. could have with a $9 billion investment in a plan that includes renewable geothermal, solar and wind energy and conservation through extensive home, commercial and industrial retrofi ts.”

Horgan said that the premier’s announcement is the result of bad policy and even worse timing. Firstly, the B.C. Liberals restricted B.C. Hydro from

developing small-scale hydro, wind, geothermal and solar projects, Horgan said. Secondly, built on the premier’s timetable Site C will lose $800 million in its fi rst four years of operation, hurting families paying their Hydro bills and hurting important industries and the people they employ.

Horgan said that in announcing the decision to build the dam, Premier Clark glossed over very seri-ous issues around consultation with First Nations that have yet to be addressed. He added that an alternative plan focused on other renewables and conservation would lead to opportunities for First Nations.

“Distributed renewable and conservation projects have a lot of advantages, including creating jobs throughout the province. Th ey can also improve the robustness of our power grid and they can lower transmission losses since energy is consumed closer to where it is produced.”

Tom FLETCHER/Black PressEnergy Minister Bill Bennett, BC Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald and Premier Christy Clark announce decision to proceed with the Site C dam on the Peace River at the B.C. legislature Tuesday.

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Th e Independent Investigations Offi ce of B.C. confi rms it has taken over the case of an altercation in Prince George last week that resulted in an offi cer being stabbed.

According to Prince George RCMP, at approximately 11 p.m. on December 8, of-fi cers were dealing with three individuals near Th ird Avenue and Dominion Street, when it was determined that a man had outstanding warrants. As the offi cers were taking the man into custody, he sustained what appeared to be a self-infl icted injury to his neck. During the incident an offi cer was also stabbed.

Aft er conducting a preliminary investi-gation, the IIO has sustained jurisdiction and is in the community investigating the incident.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressMatt Houghton, Meghan Buehler and daughters Sophie, 4, and Isabelle, 7, display the lanterns they made during a family crafts session Sunday at Two Rivers Gallery. The lanterns are a gallery project leading up to the Solstice Lantern Walk on Sunday, Dec. 21. At the left is an example of the Two RIvers Gallery Makers Lab project which incorporates repurpossed material and natural items like twigs.

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Todd Doherty will carry the Conservative ban-ner in the Cariboo-Prince George riding in next year’s federal election.

Th e former 2015 Canada Winter Games em-ployee scored a fi rst-ballot win over former Prince George Mayor Shari Green and Nick Fedorkiw in two days of voting held over the weekend.

“I’m humbled and extremely appreciative, and I’m determined,” he said Tuesday. “Humbled and appreciative of the eff ort and support of our friends and family … and determined to try and make a diff erence.”

Th e constituency association did not release the ballot numbers. However, about 2,000 of the estimated 3,000 members voted in Prince George, Vanderhoof, Quesnel, and Williams Lake. A fi rst-ballot win means Doherty received more than 1,000 votes and with Fedorkiw and Green splitting the other 1,000.

Doherty was endorsed by current Conserva-tive MP Dick Harris, who announced in October he would not be seeking re-election. Harris, 70, was fi rst elected under the Reform banner in 1993 and, when the former Cariboo and Prince George-Bulkley Valley ridings were merged into Cariboo-Prince George, narrowly won the party nomina-tion over Williams Lake dentist Elmer Th iessen.

Doherty also received the endorsement of Prince George businessman TJ Grewal, who tried to seek the nomination but was denied by the party because he was a week short in the required time a person must be a party member in order to seek candidacy. Before he was given the bad news, Gre-wal said he had signed up 1,500 members.

“I think both of those (endorsements) really helped,” Doherty said. “But it was important that people knew who I was, regardless of who was endorsing, I wanted people to vote with their heart and vote for the right person.”

Th ere is little rest, however, as the federal elec-

tion is slated for next fall; however, some feel it may be called in the spring. Doherty said the chal-lenge now, aft er thanking his supporters, is to get ready for the election.

“We’re starting to look to 2015 and, strategically, start that planning so we’re ready to go when the call is made.”

Doherty, however, declined to talk about some of the issues that will be debated in Cariboo-Prince George during the campaign, saying there will be plenty of time for that discussion as the election draws closer.

He also reached out to Fedorkiw and Green.“Th ey did a good job,” he said. “It’s a long haul,

and it’s not a easy step. Kudos to the friends and family because it’s a grind. Th ose who are stand-ing with those candidates really deserve a lot of applause and thanks.”

No other party has nominated candidates yet in the riding.

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Darcy J. Forbes was found guilty of driving with a suspended licence, fi ned $500, assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $75 and prohib-ited from driving for one year.

Darcy A. Hanson was found guilty of operating a motor ve-hicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fi ned $1,000, assessed a victim surcharge of $300 and pro-hibited from driving for one year.

Joseph J. Naaykens was found guilty of possession of unauthor-ized dead wildlife under the Wild-life Act, fi ned $450 and assessed a victim surcharge of $67.50.

Charlene M. Redcrow was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and as-sessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Angel R. Reno was found guilty of assaulting a peace offi cer, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Kenneth M. Seymour was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to six days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Pamela J. Starnes was found guilty of possession of a con-trolled substance, fi ned $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

David D. Th omas was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fi ned $500, assessed a victim sur-charge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Jennifer A. Th ompson was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertak-ing or recognizance and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Dillon Meerholz was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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In Provincial Court on Sept. 25:Tanya L. Crocker was found

guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and resist-ing a peace offi cer, sentenced to 30 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Crocker was also found guilty of two counts of possession of a controlled substance, fi ned $500

and assessed a victim surcharge of $75. Crocker was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, sentenced to seven days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Crocker was also found guilty of fail-ing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to seven days in jail, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressSharon Pepper, coordinator for membership services, is on hand Monday to help celebrate the YMCA of Northern B.C.’s 50th birthday in Prince George.

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Th e opening of the Imperial Metals Red Chris copper and gold mine has been delayed until the new year as the company continues to seek a fi nal provincial environmental permit and negotiates with the Tahltan Central Council over recom-mendations contained in a review of the facility’s tailings pond.

Speaking in Terrace Dec. 12, Tahltan Central Council president Chad Day said the next few months will be critical for agreements with Im-perial which had originally anticipated starting up its $643 million mine on Tahltan traditional territory by the end of this year.

“Th ere is still negotiations happening so it’s diffi cult to say if and when that mine is going to start operating soon,” said Day.

Th e tailing pond report commissioned by the Tahltan and paid for by Imperial from consultants Klohn Crippen Berger pinpointed 22 recommendations to ensure proper mine preparation including a drainage blanket, raising one of the crests of the dam, and precautionary monitoring during early operation to make sure the tailings facility was functioning correctly.

“We plan on ensuring that all the recommen-dations get implemented in one form or another and that’s all part of our discussions with the company right now,” said Day.

Th e review was arranged following a blockade of the mine by Tahltan protesters and others who were worried that the failure of Imperial’s Mt. Polley copper mine tailings pond in August would be repeated at Red Chris. Th e mine is located approximately 20 kilometres east of Highway 37 North, 18 kilometres southeast of the village of Iskut.

Imperial vice presi-dent Steve Robertson agreed with Day’s assessment about an opening of the mine.

“I would agree with Chad that the next couple months are go-ing to be very impor-tant because this is a time when we actually transition from being a conceptual project into being a real project which has actual real monitoring and imple-mentation going on,” said Robertson.

“We are anticipat-ing that we are going to be commissioning the tailings impound-

ment in the new year, like right aft er January 1,” he continued. “We feel that we’ll probably be seeking authorization to actually be doing the commissioning and have the full permit ... before the end of fi rst quarter.”

Th e vice president added that the Red Chris team has met with the Tahltan Heritage Resourc-es Environmental Assessment Team (THREAT), a wing of the Tahltan government composed of an engineer, water experts and other natural resource personnel.

“As a company we have met with the Tahltan, with THREAT, and we provided a response to all 22 of the recommendations, and feel that we have a solid work plan to be able to move forward and be able to address all the matters that were brought forward,” said Robertson. “We’re not in any way being held up by the Tahltan [Central Council], it is a very co-operative relationship.”

Day said the Tahltan want to be granted over-sight of the dam “forevermore” and Robertson confi rmed that the negotiation “ensures involve-ment of the Tahltan in our operating plans mov-ing forward.”

Day said that the Tahltan environmental and resource team is working hard.

“Th ey [THREAT] are working with the report and working really hard to do the research they need to do in order to make sure that we come back to the table with Imperial and put together an agreement that is satisfactory to the Tahltan nation to ensure, as I said, lots of oversight, and that world-class standards with tailings ponds and other threats to the land are always fol-lowed.”

Day, elected just this past summer, said he wants to have Tahltan people informed earlier

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Photo courtesy of Regional District Fraser-Fort GeorgeRegional District of Fraser-Fort George Electoral Area directors take their oath of office Wednesday, administered by Judge Brecknell. They are (from left) Lara Becket (Area C Chilako River-Nechako); Bill Empey (Area D Tabor Lake-Stone Creek); Art Kaehn (Area E Hixon-Woodpecker); Danielle Alan (Area H Robson Valley-Canoe); Kevin Dunphy (Area F Willow River-Upper Fraser); Warren Wilson (Area A Salmon River-Lakes); and Terry Burgess (Area G Crooked River-Parsnip).

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about projects on their traditional territory so they can make up their minds early on.

“Th e worst thing is being caught in limbo,” he said.

Provincial aboriginal relations minister John Rustad, who was in Terrace with Day to announce the province was giving the Tahltan money to buy into a hydroelectric project, said the government isn’t directly involved in the negotiations between the Tahltan and Imperial.

“Th ose are nation to business discussions that they will reach through their impact benefi t agree-ment,” said Rustad. “We are also

working with the Tahltan on what we call an economic community development agreement, an op-portunity for a revenue share of the mineral tax that will come to the province on Red Chris.”

Rustad said these agreements don’t necessarily have to be in place before the mine opens but that, “we always want to work with the Tahltan to see if there are ways to get it done.”

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Phase 1 of the sewer installa-tion in the Wallace Crescent area in the Hart Highlands is now complete.

Th e project, originally bud-geted to cost $2.4 million, came in at $1.5 million, according to a report to council from Director of Public Works.

Th e project came in just

under one million dollars below budget.

“As construction costs con-tinue to rise across the country, I am thoroughly impressed with our public works department for the work they have done to complete this phase well below budget,” said Beth James, city manager. “Public consultation

was key in bringing this phase in under budget and I would like to thank residents for sharing their thoughts throughout the process.”

On December 11, the City of Prince George hosted the fi nal public consultation with Wallace Crescent residents included in the project.

First part of Hart Highlands sewer finished

Speed enforcement catches plentyDuring a one-day speed

enforcement campaign this past weekend, Prince George RCMP Traffi c Services members issued many violation tickets and im-pounded vehicles.

On Friday, members of the Prince George Detachment’s

Traffi c Services Section issued more than 50 violation tickets and impounded two vehicles while conducting speed enforcement throughout the City. Th e results are as follows:

• Excessive speed (more than 40 km/h over the posted speed) and

seven-day vehicle impound – 2;• Speeding – 37;• Operating an electronic device

– 5;• No driver’s licence – 2;• No insurance – 2;• Vehicles removed from road

due to defects – 2;

• Other Motor Vehicle Act viola-tions – 2;

• Motor Vehicle Act warnings – 7.

An excessive speeding ticket comes with a $368 fi ne as well as a towing and vehicle storage bill.

Drivers convicted of excessive

speed are also subject to driver risk premiums from ICBC for three years. In addition, all viola-tors could face a drivers licence review from the BC Superinten-dent of Motor Vehicles.

Speed enforcement will con-tinue throughout the city.

Since 1998, Prince George Con-struction Association members have continually shown their generos-ity. Th is year $11,500 was raised by PGCA members during their Annual General Meeting and Christmas Fundraiser on December 8. Th is event is a major endeavor and sup-ports senior citizens, newborns and the homeless in the community.

PGCA has chosen the following charities as recipients for the fund-raising dollars: MLA Shirley Bond’s Seniors’ Tea, Prince George Coun-cil of Seniors (PGCOS) - Seniors Denture Program, New Life Centre, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Salvation

Army, Prince George Hospice Soci-ety, Elizabeth Fry Society’s “Baby’s New Beginnings”. Goodie trays will also be provided for residents at Al-ward Place, Laurier Manor, Parkside and Rainbow Lodge Intermediate Care Homes.

“Th e support our members show at our Annual Christmas Fundraiser is really quite amazing. Each year, our members generously contribute to this event with items and fi nancial support that positively impacts our community during the Christmas season, and continues throughout the year” said Rosalind Th orn, PGCA President.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressBarb Claffey plays the glockenspiel at Sunday’s Christmas Family Concert, Let Heaven and Earth Rejoice, hosted by the Elder Citizens Recreation Society. The event included seasonal songs performed by the Forever Young Chorus and the Gospel Singers followed by a tea and luncheon.

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Was TJ Grewal the kingmaker?I don’t think so, at least not to the

extent that the pundits were saying prior to Saturday’s Conservative party nomination in Cariboo-Prince George.

Todd Doherty will be the first one to tell you Grewal’s and outgo-ing MP Dick Harris’ en-dorsements were huge. And they undoubtedly were.

However, I think a lot of the 1,500 members Grewal said he had signed up when he was seeking the nomina-tion stayed home. Here’s why.

About 2,000 Conserva-tives showed up to cast their ballot over the two-day voting process. As an aside, it’s a pretty good showing. General consensus is that there were about 3,000 people eligible to vote.

That means about 1,000 members didn’t get out to vote.

So who didn’t vote?I suspect that many of those who

didn’t vote were Grewal support-

ers who lost interest once the party tossed him under the bus and said he wasn’t eligible to be a candidate. In our political system it’s one of the age-old debates: Do you support the party or the candidate?

In this case I believe a lot of those who Grewal signed up, did so to support his candidacy, not because they’re dyed-in-the-wool Conservatives. Once Grewal was off the ballot, I sus-pect many of his support-ers could care less about supporting any of the other candidates.

It’s not that it’s a good thing, or a bad thing, it’s just human nature.

Plus, if all of Grewal’s 1,500 members voted, then Doherty, Nick Fedorkiw, and Shari Green only mustered 500 members between them … I don’t think that’s the case at all.

What was surprising though was that Doherty scored a first-ballot victory.

The constituency association hasn’t released the ballot count, but with

2,000 members voting, Doherty would have to have had at least 1,000 votes.

If Fedorkiw and Green were close (there is some suggestion that Fedo-rkiw secured more votes than Green), they would each have secured around 500 votes each.

In other words, it was a convincing win for Doherty.

Just as it was a convincing win for Doherty, it had to be a crushing defeat for Green.

Hints that she was going to seek the nomination started circulating almost a year ago. Then in May, when she announced she wasn’t going to seek a second term as mayor, it was clear. And, when her cabal took over the lo-cal riding association, it was the worst-kept secret in town.

She obviously set her sights on this a long time ago, long before the other candidates, and began working towards that goal.

How she went about achieving that goal likely played a big role in her not succeeding.

Whatever the reason, it has to be a tough pill for Green to swallow.

Every once in a while, I get into strange trains of thought.

I know some of you out there are saying, “trains of thought? You have trouble fi lling one car with thoughts.”

However, ignoring the doubters, I was listening to some classic tunes recently and started thinking about how easy it would be to have knockoff groups with names that sound similar to stars and groups. I think one of the things that got me thinking that was hearing Elvis do Blue Christmas and fl ashing back to a very old joke.

Q.: What’s tall and green and sings beautifully?

A: Elvis ParsleySo, since the next

song that came on was not a Christ-mas song, but was from another classic group from the 1960s, I started fooling around with their name and came up with the perfect (OK, that may be stretching it) knockoff group.

It’s a group of ancient Egyptians and their young dogs, called the Mummies and the Puppies.

I’ll try not to let the door hit me on the way out.

• I love the Internet for a number of rea-sons, and one of them is the chance to listen to sports announcers from a variety of cities. Sometimes I can only listen for a few minutes before I have to fi nd something else, gener-ally because the announcer is so much of a homer.

One such occurred this weekend, when I found an NFL game to listen to at the offi ce. Th ere was a play, and a penalty fl ag came in late. Th e colour commentator was upset abut the call (before the ref even announced what it was).

“Th at back judge must have grease in his back pocket, because that fl ag is coming out really fast today. Th at’s the second or third penalty he’s called already”

Slight pause.“Oh, I guess it’s against (the other team).”Translation: Our team never deserves a

penalty and the other team should be penal-ized on every play.

My assessment: If you told me the sun had come up in the east this morning, I would need a second opinion, because yours is use-less.

• It may not be immediately noticeable, but as of Monday, the days will start getting a little bit longer.

Sunday marks the Winter Solstice, which means it’s all downhill to spring from there.

You’re right. Th at’s pushing things a bit, given that we really haven’t had much of a winter yet.

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Who was the kingmaker?The Conservatives pick a new candidate

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.Don’t you hate it when all the best lines are already taken?

When you write for a living sometimes it’s hard coming up with new twists of phrase or interesting and unique ways of saying exactly the same thing without repeating yourself.

Lawyers have mastered the craft. Journalists still lag far behind.

So it was fascinating for me to hear Michael Warwaruk this week describe in his “storyteller” style, his life in a little B.C. town, population 40 souls, circa the 1930s. He has a way of speak-ing that comes from a sardonic sense of humour mixed with satire, sprinkled with “olden days” jargon that, as he says, only his contemporaries – now most of them gone – would understand.

That’s why he came to talk to me – no, not be-cause he thinks that I’m pushing 100 (he’d be out by a few years) – because he is looking for people who are still alive who can talk with him about the “good old days.” I don’t generally do seances, so dead people were out.

Warwaruk wants to find people who may know about the old Red Pass Junction, located 45 miles west of Jasper, Alberta. My story on Ray Olson’s new book, Ghost Towns on the East Line, about small, once bustling, towns along the railroad gave him the idea I might be able to help connect him to people who may know about the little hamlet where he lived as a child.

Red Pass. Had I ever heard of it? I confessed, I had not.He winced and there was dismay written all over his face. “If you travel from here to Jasper,” he began very patiently,

having been down this road, literally and figuratively many times before “there’s this big sign posted 10 or 15 minutes away from Mount Robson. It says: Red Pass Townsite. Except

that when you drive down there, there’s nothing but a big box car sitting on the side of the road. Everything else was bulldozed down before they put the pipeline in.”

This is I am sure, even back in the day, the kind of sleepy little town that as a tourist you would miss if you blinked while driving by. And yet, as Warwaruk says, it was a very

important point on the map, then and now.“I always thought it was important because it

had a water tower there. When they brought the diesel locomotives in, they took the water towers out. That was in the early 1950s but we had left by then (he and his family moved to the Lower Mainland in 1940).”

Red Pass was located at the junction of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railway, the station was built back when the railroad was king and it connected up all the little towns along its route like a giant game of connect the dots.

“It was a big metropolis back then,” dead-panned Warwaruk. “We had seven kids going to

school so there was a teacher, there was a shop keeper, a B.C. Police officer and my parents, who were imports from Roma-nia. My mother knew no English except for the phrases she picked up talking with the railroad crew that passed through our little town.”

Two passenger cars and two freight trains came through every day, he said.

“That was the only sign of civilization we ever saw.”In the New Year, we will be running Warwaruk’s story. He’s

quite a colourful character and as mentioned, has an inter-esting way of spinning a yarn. So if anyone out there knows about the little town of Red Pass or ever lived there, perhaps you could pass it along to me.

I can use a good game of connect the dots.

Ever heard of Red Pass?Too late – you drove right by it

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Th e Conservative nomination vote last Saturday was an interesting exercise and a few lessons on political reality were handed out.

Todd Dorherty waged a carefully craft ed campaign. He didn’t toss his hat into the ring until Dick Harris had pub-licly announced he was not going to seek the nomination. It was a small courtesy, but an important one, as it removes confrontation. Getting the public support of the incumbent MP, Dick Harris enhanced his chanc-es of success. Harris has a large group of sup-porters who have remained loyal to him over a couple of decades. A good many of them would be inclined to support his recommendation as to a successor. Dorherty ran a well-prepared cam-paign that reached out to members and aroused their interest in the nomination race.

Nick Fedowkiw also ran a decent campaign but he did not have the vigour or backing the Doherty campaign did. He has shown his interest and could well appear in other political contests.

Th e Shari Green campaign failed for a number of reasons. Th e mini-coup in taking over the constituency executive was not the best move. It lit the fi re of resentment, which smoldered throughout the pre-vote period. One of the prominent comments from Green and supporters was to present her as a necessary alternative to Harris. Th e clear implication was that Harris had not served the constituency well. Th ey seemed to forget that Harris had retained his seat through several elections. Th at should have told them there was a fairly solid amount of support for him. He was not a good target.

All of us, Conservative or not, owe all three thanks for participating in the democratic process. It is not easy to

participate and subject yourself to public scrutiny. To engage in the process requires a good deal of personal courage.

With the departure of Dick Harris, other parties will be giving considerable thought and energy to fi elding a candi-date from their party who is highly creditable.

While the riding has been considered a safe Conservative seat in the past, the support may decline. Much of the sup-

port for Harris was personal and as in all things there is a tendency to support the individual rather than the party. It will be interesting to see how much of the Harris support remains with Doherty.

Much of what the future holds for the riding will depend on a number of factors, not the least of which will be the Harper factor. In politics, even more so than life, friends come and go and enemies accumulate. Th e Harper government has had a fairly long run and there are always those who look for change simply for the sake of change.

Th e federal Liberals passionately want to rise from the ashes of their battered party in Parlia-

ment. Th ere is a good chance they will have a greater num-ber of seats in the house following the next election. If they are unable to form a government, then they would dearly love to be the Offi cial Opposition.

Th e NDP will have a diffi cult time hanging on to some of the seats they now have.

Th ey benefi tted in the last election from a Liberal party in tatters and the demise of the Bloc. Th ere will likely be a number of former supporters who will return to the Liberal fold.

Doherty correctly realizes that his election is not a given. It could be a vigorous election campaign.

Premier Christy Clark poured some water over NDP leader John Horgan’s opposi-tion to the Site C dam Tuesday.

Horgan has long said he doesn’t nec-essarily oppose the controversial and expensive project, just that it’s not needed right now. Clark, in announcing the province’s approval, mentioned several times that the dam will power B.C. for 100 years, or more.

Heck, it was even emblazoned on the podium in front of Clark (for those who couldn’t guess prior to the actual announcement which way the province was leaning).

For Horgan, his constant retort of “not the right time” for Site C doesn’t fly when it’s being touted as a project for the “next 100 years.” (Although Clean Energy BC pegs the dam as having a 70-year lifespan, but that’s another story and we suspect the Liberals are counting the 10 years of construction time.)

Like every Liberal and/or Social Credit premier ahead of her, Clark invoked the memory of W.A.C. Bennett, likely in hopes of someday being given the same reverence. Bennett, of course, was known for megaprojects and this is the ‘mega-ist’ of B.C. projects.

It’s a bit ironic that two years ago Clark was tout-ing paying off the provincial debt with liquefied natural gas plants on every corner, and now that the LNG fire has cooled, she’s hyping an $8.7 billion expenditure that every financial person in the prov-ince other than those working for government says will balloon well past that.

The argument that Clark gives, that no one can debate, however, is that our need for power will grow.

The question, of course, is whether we should be looking to Site C to meet that demand. Horgan has called for an independent assessment of the jobs and environmental benefits B.C. could have with a $9 billion investment in a plan that includes renew-able geothermal, solar and wind energy, and con-servation through extensive home, commercial and industrial retrofits.

Clean Energy BC, which commissioned London Economics International to conduct a study along those lines, said that study suggested using smaller clean energy power producers could save British Columbians money.

The study said “the costs of Site C may be un-derestimated, the power may be not be needed at this time and that an independent review of power needs and the Site C project would be beneficial.” Sound familiar?

While megaprojects may have made sense 60 years ago and created political legacies, perhaps they aren’t the best solution today.

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Editor:Re: Labour support of candidates for

council another sign that campaign fi nanc-ing reform is badly needed.

It should come as no surprise that orga-nized labour got a little more active in the recent local government election campaign for they saw what happens when they aren’t. It is no diff erent than three years ago when a few select people invested heavily in the outgoing mayor’s campaign, the most expensive in the city’s history. Amazingly while it didn’t get as much media attention as CUPE’s support this time around, one business (the casino) in particular contrib-uted in excess of $13,000 to the campaign. Th at represented likely the largest single donation by any business to any candidate anywhere in the province and likely the largest single donation for any election campaign in Prince George’s history. If that didn’t sound the alarm bell I don’t know what will.

Th e reality is that no matter who is mak-ing the contribution, no matter which side of the political spectrum they fall, it is all about gaining infl uence at city hall. Any candidate who tells you a major donation doesn’t infl uence their thinking on an issue is, in my opinion, not being forthright. By the way, shortly aft er the previous election the casino got council backing on a liquor application that eff ectively increased the number of people who could be served on site from 250 to over 1,000. Th erein is

the most important issue in all this. Prince George is ground zero for out-of-control local government election spending that is creating unhealthy divisive polarized politics.

Th e huge amount of spending, both in-dividually and collectively, in this past local government election in Prince George and the previous ones for that matter, all point to the need for local government campaign fi nancing reform.

B.C. is one of the few provinces in the country where there are no fi nancial limits in place for municipal elections. No rule ex-cept disclosure of who made the donation, though that only occurs months aft er the election is over. Th ere are no rules such as limits on the amount of a donation or limits on the total amount that can be spent on a campaign. Aside from B.C., most prov-inces already have fi nancing limits in place and have had them for years. Some have even banned corporate and union dona-tions (Manitoba) while almost all have put spending limits in place. Ironically, there are stronger rules in place for provincial and federal election campaigns in this province than for local government elections. Hous-ton, we have a problem.

It is not to say B.C. hasn’t looked at the issue. Th e Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) and the province engaged in a lengthy review of the matter several years ago and came up with numerous recom-mendations that made a whole lot of sense.

Th e fi nal report of the Task Force was tabled in May 2010 and is available at www.localelectionstaskforce.gov.bc.ca/library/Task_Force_Report.pdf

Unfortunately instead of implement-

ing the recommended fi nancial reforms, the only major item that managed to get implemented was the one that increased the length of the term from three years to four. Interestingly enough when the task force sought input into its work, the vast majority of respondents were in favour of expense limits while the majority were opposed to increasing the length of the term and, to be honest, having a longer term wasn’t even on the minds of most citizens I talked to.

It is true that money can’t absolutely guar-antee success at the polls but history has shown it can give you a huge advantage over another candidate who doesn’t have access to the same resources. Money trumps over ideas every time.

I agree with the suggestion that the best way to improve our democracy is to get the money out of politics but I am also a pragmatist and don’t believe that will ever happen. Th e best we can hope for is change that will increase the fairness and transpar-ency of local government elections in B.C. instead of the polarizing politics that remain popular in Prince George.

What it will take is a little leadership to fi x a system that has created an unhealthy situ-ation that impacts the trust we have in our elected offi cials and in our democracy. On the plus side, with a longer term, they now have an extra year to get it done.

Dan RogersFormer Mayor

City of Prince George

Editor:At the close of 2014, the Prince George

Division of Family Practice (PGDoFP) is very proud to announce that we have had continu-ous availability, or openings, for patients in at least one family doctor’s offi ce and/or primary care clinic for the last 12 months.

Prince George was one of three B.C. com-munities that stepped up to prototype the A GP for Me initiative announced by the Government of B.C. and Doctors of B.C. in 2010. Th e initiative aims to improve access to primary care and help more British Columbi-ans who want a family doctor to fi nd one.

Based on data available to us, we have been able to track our progress of match-ing every citizen who wants one to a family physician. We know confi dently that 80,000 Prince George citizens are now attached to a family physician. We also know from census data that approximately 7 to 10 per cent (or upwards to 9,000 people) of the population are not looking for a family doctor.

Th is achievement is a result of continuous quality improvement work undertaken to increase capacity in primary care in Prince George. Our dedicated family physician members, Northern Health partners and the community have been working together in a

comprehensive and strategic way to address challenges from a whole-system approach. As well as the strategies of working on recruit-ment and retention of family doctors, we have focused on supporting existing family prac-tices to fi nd places in their work fl ow where they can improve effi ciency and fi nd some additional capacity.

Th e delicate ratio of family physicians to patients will be diffi cult to sustain without additional support from other health care team members and prevention and wellness initiatives in the community. We continue to look for strategies and solutions for residents in Prince George.

We know that in every community there are a number of people who have complex health needs requiring a team of care providers along with their family doctor. Our data shows us that many of the people with those health needs were among the 15,000 estimated to not have a family doctor in Prince George in 2007.

As a result of these unmet needs, in part-nership with Northern Health we built the Blue Pine Clinic (BPC), which opened in July 2012. Th e BPC provides a primary care Home to some of the most vulnerable patients in our community. Th e BPC is also able to provide

primary care to any patients who do not yet have a family physician.

If it is determined the BPC is not the most appropriate place for them, we work to con-nect the patient to a family doctor in the community.

Th e PGDoFP is working closely with Northern Health as they develop primary care teams to work with all doctors and their patients to address complex care needs. Th e teams include mental health clinicians, social workers, and other health care professionals. By moving to team-based care we are adding a variety of expertise that will result in better coordinated and holistic care for patients.

As we continue to make progress in all of our strategic areas – especially in team-based care/integrated health services and the provi-sion of a range of services in a planned and coordinated way – we hope we will see more satisfi ed patients and physicians, less hospi-talization and better health outcomes for our patients.

For specifi c information on “who is taking patients in Prince George”, call 250-565-2237.

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Editor:I have long been an opponent of the

death penalty.However, in light of revelations as

to horrendous abuse by the CIA and its mercenaries of prisoners I now feel moved to make an exception to my opposition.

Th ose who deliberately infl ict prolonged pain, by any means, for any reason, on a human being held helpless in his/her power has, in my estimation, sacrifi ced any claim to humanity. Such a monster deserves to be put out of our misery. Th is should apply not just to the individual turning the thumbscrews, but to those who sit in their immaculate suits in spacious offi ces and callously order this torture.

Application of this standard would surely cleanse the ranks of the military and quasi-military services of the world, as well as ranks of politicians in many nations. Th eir absence would be no loss to our world.

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People are too oft en at odds with each other, oft en inspired in their anger by fashionable philosophies and causes that keep them apart. Issues cannot be clarifi ed or weighed fairly in the current toxic fog of political correctness.

Our social betters are delighted with this outcome. Th ey can continue undisturbed with initiatives like downsizing, austerity programs and sovereignty-dissolving trade agreements that are damaging to the inter-ests of ordinary citizens.

Helping to keep people divided are those who accentuate the suff ering of their forma-tive years while implicitly minimizing, ig-noring or denying the problems of others. “I was scarred for life by what happened to me in school,” someone from, say, a traditional European immigrant family will contend during a conversation in a local coff ee house. “Nothing you can say about your

past can match that.” One is silenced even before one can begin to contribute to the discussion because anything one might say is essentially invalidated by such a comment and deemed unworthy of notice beforehand.

In a conversation about workplace issues a person might describe an instance of un-fairness only to be told by the person next to him, “So you think YOU have problems. Well, YOU listen to ME! I had to . . . .” In this way ordinary working people keep themselves divided. Such verbal contests of what could be called competitive ac-counts of victimization can only lead to a downward spiral. Th e Monty Python “Four Yorkshiremen Sketch” is an excellent parody of these kinds of conversations.

In labour disputes, such as the one over proposed cutbacks to sick leave benefi ts for civil servants, a dangerously perni-cious meme, or what the late critic Jacques Barzun would have called a “thought cliche,” can enter the discussion. Th at is the phrase “First World problems.” If workers want a fair sick-leave policy or a cost-of-living

increase in pay, they will oft en be sneer-ingly told, “Your problems are First World problems. Get over it.”

Th e implication of this phrase generally is that people who want clean water provided as a public service, or good schools for their children, or safe workplaces for everyone are spoiled, self-absorbed Westerners be-cause they aren’t working for the equivalent of a quarter an hour in factories that are about to fall down in countries run by our now major overseas trading partners.

One of the main issues in North America is growing inequality and the number of people formerly in the middle class or unionized working class falling into precari-ous employment or all the way down into poverty or homelessness. Yet fashionable progressives emphasize affi rmative action and employment equity to the exclusion of almost all else. To his credit, Walter Benn Michaels, a left liberal professor in the English department at the University of Illinois-Chicago, has drawn attention to the problem in his recent book, Th e Trouble

with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality.

Th e historian Michael Walzer says pov-erty “is the most persistent of oppressions.

“Th e needs of the working and unem-ployed poor are not recognized today as a central political issue,” he writes in his edi-torial for the spring 2013 issue of Dissent, a social-democratic magazine out of New York City, available at the College of New Caledonia Library.

“An egalitarian politics focused not on gender, race or sex, but on wealth and pov-erty is barely visible,” Walzer continues. “But that is our politics.

Th ere are many other causes that engage our energies, but we have no center without that.”

Th ere is no social democracy without a movement for economic equality, Walzer concludes in the editorial.

Whatever one’s political convictions, it seems undeniable that identity issues, pursued to illogical extremes, have divided our society.

Divisions in our societyPaul StricklandSpecial to the Free Press

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Browse, do some last-minute shopping or simply enjoy the hustle and bustle of the downtown Winter Fair on Dec. 20. Get into the Christmas spirit with twinkling lights, Christmas music, Santa’s corner photo booth and last-minute shopping with more than 95 local vendors.

Meet Mrs. Claus and listen to her many stories near the fi re place. Enjoy outdoor reindeer games and competitions includ-ing a snowman building contest, ice cube stack, snow spoon shovel, and present pull. Admission and most activities are free. Proceeds will be directed to the Youth in Philanthropy project of the Prince George Community Foundation. Th e event takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Prince George Civic Centre.

Prince George’s favourite Celtic group will be playing Artspace, above Books and Company on Sunday, Dec. 21. Blends of fi ddle, penny whistle, bodhran drum, guitar and voices will bring traditional and contempo-rary renderings of Celtic tunes and songs. Th e con-cert starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets (ticket price is $20) are selling fast.

Join in on the annual Winter Solstice Lantern Walk on Sunday, Dec. 21 starting at 7 p.m. at the Prince George Civic Centre ice rink. Look for the snowy owl. Musi-cians, singers, winter costumes and lanterns are all welcome on the walk that will meander through downtown and return by 7:30 p.m. Bring your own lantern and walk with oth-ers to celebrate the offi cial coming of winter.

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Reunion 50 years in making

Time has melted away.Th is weekend, a Prince George mother who gave up her baby for adoption

nearly half a century ago will be reunited with her.It is the “best Christmas present ever,” says Lynn McDonald. She and her daughter, Cheryl Anne Boudreaux, now 49, set up a face-to-face

meeting aft er communicating by phone and e-mail for some time. Th eir long anticipated reunion is expected to take place Dec. 21 or Dec. 22 in the Lower Mainland where Boudreaux was raised by her foster family.

“We’ve been e-mailing each other and talking on the phone,” said McDonald.

“I kept thinking, over and over, again will I really see her? And now it is about to happen. Th e Lord has been so good to me. He has brought my life around full circle.”

Boudreaux now lives in Arkansas, however she’s making the trip home for the holidays. Th e journey to fi nd her birth mother began with a phone call received in Prince George.

“On February 17, I got a call from my brother who had been contacted by social services – they went by his last name. Th ey asked if he could give me a message to call them,” said McDonald.

“I knew right away, as soon as I got the message, that it was about my daughter. I was so excited. Th ere were papers to sign, we set up our contact information and shortly aft er that, we had our fi rst good talk on the phone.”

As McDonald speaks, tears begin to fi ll her eyes and she has to pause momentarily, overcome with emotion remembering the fi rst time in almost 50 years that she’d heard her daughter’s voice.

“I’ve never cried so hard in all my life. So many memories came fl ooding back. Since I began to tell people, so many of them have thanked me for giving up my child because they say it’s people like me that have given them the gift of being able to have children.”

Although she was young, just 16, when her daughter was born, McDonald says she knew what she had to do.

“When I got pregnant, the options back then were not that great. You either got married (to someone you barely knew) or you went to live in a home for unwed mothers. I went to live with my grandmother in Vancouver. My Dad supported me wholeheartedly and helped arrange for the adoption, which at that time was done by social services.”

Her daughter was born in Grace Hospital in Vancouver on March 10. Shortly aft er her birth, she was whisked away to live with foster parents. McDonald said she asked only two things of the adoptive parents.

“I asked that she go to a Christian home and that whoever got her, would they please keep the name I had chosen for her so that every year on her birth-day, I could remember her by that name. I also wrote a letter to be given to her adoptive family, explaining why I was giving her up – because I knew I couldn’t give her the kind of life she deserved and I wanted her to have a better life than the one I could off er.”

McDonald says she has no regrets about her decision.

“It was hard for me at fi rst because I was still living with my grandparents – and my sister became pregnant and she kept her baby. So there was that reminder every day.

“ I kept busy working and tried to get on with my life but every year on her birthday I would think about Cheryl and wonder how she was doing. Th en to fi nd out, now, how she’s excelled in life – how well she’s done, I know I made the right decision.”

Th e happy stories start to bubble from McDonald as she proudly shows off photo album pictures showing her daughter at vari-ous milestones in her life such as high school graduation.

“Cheryl’s had such an awesome life. She was a brilliant student and star athlete. She won a scholarship to play basketball – that’s how she ended up moving from Richmond to the United States. She sprained her ankle which put her out of the high rankings so I know she was disappointed, but I am so proud of her. She went on to become a teacher for special needs children.”

Her daughter’s athletic ability doesn’t sur-prise her. McDonald herself was very active and athletic as a young girl.

“When I was growing up, we lived in a little fi shing village called Namie on the coast. It was an ideal place for children to run around and do sports and I was a real tomboy back then. I moved to Salt Spring Island for Grade 10 when I was 16.”

In the years following her decision to adopt out her daughter (Cheryl’s foster par-ents legally adopted her), McDonald went on to have three more children.

So now Erin, Lauren and Drew will also get to meet their older half-sibling for the fi rst time in Saanich sometime over the

Christmas holiday. How does she think they’ll react?“Th e girls are very excited, I think my son may have been a little appre-

hensive about it at fi rst but now he’s looking forward to it. For me, I just can’t believe it’s fi nally happening aft er all these years. Th ere will be lots of tears, that’s for sure.”

Christmas is about families and McDonald knows this one will be special.

Local mother set to meet daughter she gave up for adoptionTeresa [email protected]

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressLynn McDonald holds a photo of her daughter, Cheryl.

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For the fi rst time ever, Lynyrd Skynyrd will be playing the CN Centre and bringing a taste of Sweet Home Alabama with them.

With core members Gary Ross-ington (guitar), Johnny Van Zant (vocals), and Rickey Medlock (guitar), Skynyrd continues to build on a legacy that began 35 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida. New bassist Johnny Colt joins them on the road (and in the recording studio) along with guitarist Mark “Sparky” Mate-jka and keyboard artist Peter Keys.

Skynyrd lost three of its band members in a 1977 plane crash. Since then it’s lost another fi ve play-

ers but that has not stopped them from moving forward, stronger than ever.

Th e group has an impressive catalog of over 60 albums and sales beyond 30 million worldwide, their classic American rock anthem “Sweet Home Alabama” has sold over two million ringtones. As Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Lynyrd Skynyrd remains a cultural icon that appeals to multiple generations.

Th e band appears with special guests at the CN Centre on Monday, March 16. Tickets are now on sale at all Ticketmaster locations or order on line at www.ticketmaster.ca.

Photo submittedThere is no entertainer like Marilyn Manson … and the incompa-rable Marilyn Manson on the Hell Not Hallelujah Tour comes to the CN Centre on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 19, at 10 a.m., at all Ticketmaster outlets.

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NH Connections takes break for holidaysDue to a reduction in demand, Northern Health’s

Connections program, providing transportation for clients travelling to non-emergency health services outside their home communities, will run on a modifi ed schedule over the holiday season.

Beginning December 16, the Northern Health Connections buses will begin their last routes for 2014. Th e call centre will close at noon on Wednes-day, December 24 and reopen on Monday Decem-ber 29; then will be closed January 1, 2015 and reopen on January 2, 2015.

Last routes for 2014 are:• Prince George to Vancouver – December 21• Vancouver to Prince George December 23

• Prince George to Prince Rupert – December 21• Prince Rupert to Prince George – December

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Brett Dobson as Peter Cratchit (Tiny Tim’s siblings,) both have natural acting styles and their voices project well. Riley Lucus, 13, brings youthful energy and exuberance to his role as young Ebenezer and Jared Quarenghi easily juggles his roles as Ebenezer’s school friend, Fezziwig party guest – and boy who fetches a Christmas turkey.

Sandra Clermont is good in her role as Mrs. Cratchit. She has this “thing” – as do chorus members Cindy Larsen-Marcotte, Beverley Smith and Catherine Hansen McCa-rthy (who makes a splendid pilfering laundress) – known as ageless appeal and beauty.

All of them are a joy to have on stage.

Curtis Abriel as Bob Cratchit puts in another fi ne performance.

Whether he’s making music or taking part in musical theatre or a classic play like this one, Abriel is al-ways someone to watch for. Another one to watch for is Alex Murray, who makes a cameo appearance as Undertaker and tries his best to be unobtrusive with respect to the dead – or the living audience.

Gary Chappel is for me the past, present and future best ever Ebenezer Scrooge.

Two years ago he was delightful in the role and now he is brilliant. He’s made the Dickens’ character truly his own in so many ways, so much so that I could not enjoy A

Christmas Carol without him. Bravo to sets/lights technician Bill

Russell and to sound eff ects guru Jon Russell. I’m told that Judy and Matt Russell did much of the cleverly masterful backstage work that made everything on stage appear seamless.

Turning facades reveal interiors with Victorian detail and they are good backdrops for the actors – who also fascinate with their quick ward-robe changes.

Th e Fezziwig Party guests dazzled in their period costumes and fi nery (cos-tume mistress is Heather McGowen).

A Christmas Carol is well-cast and well-performed. Watch for the changing skyscape and historical references.

Multi-talented Anna Russell (dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, director, playwright etc., etc.) has done all the right things, tweaking her original work to make this classic tale of greed, love and redemption a rendering to remember.

Judy Russell presents: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, adapted by Anna Russell. Th e show runs from now until Dec. 21 at the Prince George Playhouse.

Tickets are available at Studio 2880.

Anna Russell has put together a heart-warming rendition of A Christmas Carol.

Th e whole family will enjoy it, I promise.

Even if you think (like I did) you know the Charles Dickens’ story by heart, go and see this production anyway because you may have forgotten touching scenes or humour hidden in the lines. And even if you saw it two years ago, you don’t want to miss out on Anna’s “take two” edition.

Phil Childs did a splendid job as the narrator, his voice is perfect for the part.

Matt Russell wears the chains, again, in his dark role as the Ghost of Jacob Marley who comes to haunt Scrooge and to advise him of visitations by three spirits: Past, Present and Future.

Russell is a very-skilled actor so I hope he’s not going to get typecast, LOL, as “guy in chains” – he was chainsaw maniac Ash Williams in Evil Dead.

Mark Wheeler returns as Ghost of Christmas Present.

He promised us “more – and more laughter” this time around in his interview with the Free Press, and he delivered. I believe Wheeler has the best, heartiest belly laugh in the business – and whatever colourful character he plays, he takes it on with gusto.

Cecil McCrae returns to his role as Tiny

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It may not have been a record-set-ing weekend for Operation Red Nose in Prince George, but it wasn’t far off .

On Friday and Saturday, another 274 rides were provided, making it the third-highest third weekend in the 17 years of operation in the city.

On Friday, there were 22 teams on the road providing 111 rides, and covering just over 3,000 km. Th e re-cord for the day was set in 2012 with 124 rides.

Saturday was, as usual, busier, with 163 rides for 23 teams, and close to 4,000 km. travelled. Th e record for that night was 183 rides, set in 2010.

Th e record for the weekend was set in 2010, with 284 rides over the two nights.

Operation Red Nose will be on the streets again this Friday and Saturday, providing safe rides home for holiday people and their vehicles. To get a ride, call 250-962-RIDE (7433).

Th e phones will be open from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., and the service is strictly by donation, with funds raised going to the Rotary Club of Prince George Nechako for youth services in the city.

More volunteers are still needed, especially for New Year’s Eve, which is always the busiest night of the ser-vice. Anyone interested can fi nd the sign-up form, including a Criminal Record Check, at www.ornpg.ca. If you get the form in by Dec. 24, you can still be cleared for New Year’s Eve.

Red Nose still needs volunteers

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressThe Spirit of Christmas Present (Mark Wheeler) visits the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Gary Chappel) in a rehearsal scene from Anna Russell’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic story, A Christmas Carol.

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Tim, only now he’s not so tiny anymore. He’s a Grade 9 student at Duchess Park and he’s learned the ropes (maybe as Gavroche in Les Miserables) when it comes to getting no-ticed. He has a charm-ing stage presence and he has matured as an actor since his previous stage performances. Th at will probably continue.

Rya Quarendhi, a Grade 5 student at St. Mary’s School, carries herself gracefully and

believably as Th e Ghost of Christmas Past. I think she’s well cast in the role. Although we usually think of the role being played by an older actor, Quarenghi proved she can hold her own in a mostly seasoned cast (no, that doesn’t mean someone held the salt).

Th is is an all-ages cast and several young actors gave solid per-formances, sometimes in multiple roles.

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GM of Sears Prince George Dale Patt says Sears has been a part of the Salvation Army Tree of Wishes for over 20 years helping to provide

Christmas Presents for the less fortunate. Laverne Weyman has been Chair of this event for the Sears staff team for the

past 9 years. Salvation Army Captain Neil Wilkinson kindly picked up the 113 gifts to offer to families this year. Last year Sears and thecommunity donated 250 gifts to the Tree of Wishes program.

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Putting a cap on baby’s ChristmasYoung mothers and their babies

got a warm and welcome Christmas present on Monday – a delivery of hand knit toques in all colours of wool.

Th is year’s Secret Santa is Teresa Myatovic of Prince George and she won the silent auction, Krismoose-Baby Toque little tree, at the 2014 Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation Festival of Trees.

Shirley Gratton, Carmen Fouch-er, and Tim and Gail Th ompson were all on the Prince George Hydro Power Pioneers’ design team which is made up of retired B.C. Hydro employees.

“Th is very special secret Santa gave away the Krismoose to her small grandson, the children’s table, chairs and tea party set to two little boys who are three and one half and one and one half years old, who just now have a real home,” said Gratton. “Th ese two little boys will be jumping for joy on Christmas morning.”

Also in the spirit of gift -giving at this time of year, 75 baby toques knitted by Rosanne Receveur were donated Monday to the Teen Mom’s Program of School District 57 at the Elizabeth Fry Society Learning Centre in Prince George. Sponsors of the Krismoose-Baby Toque little tree are the Pioneers, Hart Drug Mart, Hart Save-on-Foods and Myatovic Construction.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressCarmen Foucher, president, B.C. Hydro Power Pioneers, holds five-week-old Brody Charlie as Roxanne Receveur puts one of the dozens of handknit baby toques she made for the Teen Mom Program of School District 57 at the Elizabeth Fry Society Learning Centre on Monday.


Students at Vanway Elementary held their second Christmas dance-a-thon Friday to raise money for kids across the world in Madagascar to receive free surgery on board the world’s largest charity hospital ship.

Th e vessel Africa Mercy belongs to international charity Mercy Ships, which uses volunteer-driven hospital ships to provide free surgeries, train-ing and development to those most in need. Vanway students raised $3,000 – which becomes $6,000 because all donations are doubled by an anonymous donor this month.

Funds go directly towards Mercy Ships programs in Madagascar which provide children with surger-ies, healthcare and education they otherwise would not have access to. Operations are performed on chil-dren with varying conditions such as bowed legs, club feet, cleft lip, cleft palate and facial tumours.

“It has been my great privilege to have now helped put on the second dance-a-thon-for Mercy Ships,” said

Jo Beattie, Grade 1 and 2 teacher. “A number of us teachers got together to hold the dance, it was wonderful. Th e children have enjoyed learning about Mercy Ships and now feel that in a small way they can aff ect change in this world.”

Madagascar has on average only two doctors for every 10,000 citizens. It is a country with over 22 million people, nearly half of whom are under 18 years old and around one sixth are under fi ve years old. During Africa Mercy’s eight-month stay in Madagascar, Mercy Ship volunteers plan to provide 1,700 free surgeries for adult and child patients onboard and to treat 8,000 at a land-based dental clinic renovated for that purpose and to provide healthcare education to Malagasy healthcare professionals and community lead-ers.

Students at Vanway are helping Mercy Ships meet the needs of many children this Christmas on board the Africa Mercy and they are an inspir-

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WILLOW RIVER PARK PROPERTYThe Regional District of Fraser-Fort George intends to

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property located in Electoral Area F, on River Avenue in

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a nominal sum of $1.00 for the specifi ed term of the

agreement.

A copy of Bylaw No. 2926 is available for viewing at:

http://tinyurl.com/RDFFG-WRP-BL-2926

or in hard copy at the Regional District Service Centre

at 155 George Street, Prince George, BC during regular

business hours. Persons wishing to fi le a written

submission in respect of Bylaw No. 2926, 2014 should

do so not later than 12 noon on Monday, January 5,

2015.

C. Paton

Service Centre Representative

ing example that no matter at what age, people can make change for the better, said Beattie.

Mercy Ships uses hospital ships to deliver free, world-class health care services, capacity build-ing and sustainable development to those without access in the developing world. Th ey have been working in more than 70 countries.

Each year Mercy Ships has more than 1,200 volunteers from over 40 nations. Professionals including surgeons, dentists, nurses, health care trainers, teachers, cooks, sailors, engineers and agriculturalists donate their time and skills to the eff ort. For more information visit www.mercy-ships.ca.

Vanway students dance to help African youngsters

Elks hit the Apple TrailSix hundred apple trees

planted in the Okanagan this spring will provide fruit for communities all over northern B.C.

For 10 years, Elks lodges in northern B.C. communi-ties including Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince George have taken part in a drive to help transport 90,000 pounds of freshly picked apples from orchards in Osoyoos to the local St. Vincent de Paul Drop-in Centre. Th e fresh fruit is distributed to over 30 agencies and food banks to assist fami-lies in need in the area.

“Th is year we added Hous-ton to our list and our hope is eventually to supply fruit for needy families in all the northern communities right up to Prince Rupert,” said Elks member Laurie Meier.

“We want to increase our volume of apples so we can do that.”

Th us, the idea was hatched to create an Apple Tree Legacy Fund.

“Our plan is to plant apple trees in Osoyoos this spring. Th e [Casa Del Mell] orchard owner has a spot that is designated just for apples that

go to St. Vincent’s. So we are doing a fundraiser and hoping people will donate $25 for each tree so that we can raise a total of $25,000 to plant 600 apple trees. Last year, our Elks club members delivered 20,520 pounds of fruit to the local

community and to outlying areas.”

Th e apples will be ready for harvesting in two years, says Meier.

Anyone who wants to do-nate to the Prince George Elks Apple Tree Legacy Fund can

write Box 2402, Prince George, V2N 2S6 or phone Meier at 250-564-6336. Donations of $25 for each tree sponsored can also be made at Saint Vincent de Paul. For more in-formation visit elkstreelegacy.wordpress.com.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressThe YMCA of Northern B.C. commemorates 50 years in Prince George Monday with a birthday cake and celebration. CEO Amanda Alexander said in a news release that “over 50 years, the Y has brought so many positive outcomes to our community.”

Celebrating 50

Cicilly she is our longest cat resident. Very friendly but is looking for a quiet home enviroment as fast movements and loud noises startle. She has a very gentle soul and loves to cuddle.

If you are interested in this pet, please contact the North Cariboo BC SPCA at 250.562.5511 or visit us at: 4011 Lansdowne Road • [email protected]

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FridayMeat draw, Fridays,

4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Crown Market, Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Read-to-me Storytime, Fridays, 10-10:45 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. Information: 250-614-0684.

Dance, Fridays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.Saturday

Downtown Winter Fair, Dec. 20, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Civic Centre. Admission and most activities free. Proceeds to Youth in Philanthropy project of Prince George Community Foundation.

Nechako Public Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 5100 North Nechako Rd.

A Butler’s Market, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave.

Meat draw, Saturdays, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Crown Market, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Dance, Saturdays, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.Sunday

Welcome Winter, Dec. 21, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., The Exploration Place. Sale of farm-fresh vegetables, preserves, bakng, more.

Crib, Dec. 21, 1 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Skate With Santa, Dec. 21, 1-3 p.m., Ridgeview Park, weather permitting.

Winter Solstice Lantern Walk, Dec. 21, 3:30 p.m., The Exploration Place parking lot. Bring your own lantern.

Live Nativity, Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., College Heights Baptist Church, 5401 Moriarty Cres.

Nechako Public Market, Sundays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 5100 North Nechako Rd.

A Butler’s Market,

Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave.

Meat draw, Sundays, 3-5 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Crown Market, Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.Monday

Canasta, Dec. 22, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.


Cariboo Toastmasters meet Mondays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Ramada Hotel, 444 George St. Information: caribootoastmasters.com or Laura (250) 961-3477.

Royal Purple Ladies, meet second and fourth Monday of every month, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880.

Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., Knox United Church basement. Information: Gys 250-563-4828 or Reta 250-962-2740.Tuesday


City Centre Toastmasters meet Tuesday, noon, City Hall Annex. Information: 9164.toastmastersclubs.org.

Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 250-561-1685.

Spruce Capital Toastmasters meet Tuesdays, 7:25 p.m., 102-1566 7th Ave. Information: Tom 250-562-3402.

Sweet Adelines women’s four-part chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome. Information: Kathy 250-563-5170.Wednesday

Bingo, Wednesdays,

1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Senior Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

TOPS meeting, Wednesdays, 6:15 p.m., Kordyban Lodge dining room. Information: Jessie 250-613-5933.

Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St.

Hart Toastmasters, Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Information: harttoastmasters.ca

Army Cadet Rangers free youth program, meets Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Connaught Youth Centre. Information: Sondra 250-963-9462 or Andrew 250-981-8270.

CNC Retirees meet last Wednesday of the month, 9 a.m., D’Lanos. Information: Lois 250-563-6928.Thursday

DayBreakers Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., UHNBC Conference Room 1. Information: Heather 250-649-9591.

Plaza 400 Toastmaster Club meets Thursday, noon, Aleza room, fourth floor, Plaza 400 building, 1011 4th Ave. Information: 6252.toastmastersclubs.org/ or 250-564-5191.

Tai Chi, Thursday, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-964-3849.

Prince George Toastmasters meet Thursdays, 7:15 p.m., AiMHi, 950 Kerry St. Information: pgtoastmasters.com, Joyce 250-964-0961.

Central Interior Darts Club, meets Thursday, 6:30 p.m., P.G. Legion, 1116 Sixth Ave.

Bridge, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors’ Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: 250-563-6450.

Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Infor-mation: 250-561-1685.

Little Artists, Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. 250-614-0684.

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

ECRA Forever Young Chorus meet Thursdays, 12:45 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave.

Support Groups

Metis Elders Craft group, Th ursday, 10 a.m.-noon, Prince George Me-tis Elders Society offi ce, 117 – 1600 Th ird Ave. (Prince George Native Friendship Centre).

Wednesday evening Tops (take off pounds sensibly), Spruceland Baptist Church, 1901 Ogilvie St. Information: Leona 250-962-8802.

P.G. COPD Support Group meets Wednes-days, 1-3 p.m., AIMHI gymnasium, 950 Kerry St. Information: www.pgcopdsupportgroup.ca.

Prince George Stroke Survivors Group meets Wednesdays,

9:30-11:30 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association, 1692 10th Ave. Information: Julia 250-563-3819, Roland 250-562-1747.

La Leche League breast feeding support group meets the second Thursday of every month 7 p.m., 176 Aitken Cres. Information: Tammy 250-612-0085.

Al-Anon New Hope AFG meets Fridays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 483 Gillett St. Information: 250-561-3244.

Al-Anon Hart Serenity AFG meets Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

Al-Anon PG Beginners AFG meets Tuesdays, 7-7:45 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

Al-Anon Hart Courage AFG meets Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

Al-Anon Mustard Seed AFG meets Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Anglican Church, 1505 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

Prince George ATV Club meets third Tuesday of month, 7 p.m. Carmel Restaurant meeting room. Information: George 250-964-7907.

Royal Purple meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or Jeanette 250-563-9362.

Prince George Quil-ters Guild meets fourth Tuesday of the month, Connaught Youth Centre, 1491 17th Ave. Registra-tion 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. Information: Barb Friesen 250-564-6288 or e-mail [email protected].

Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1500 Edmonton St.

PGRH retirees breakfast, first Tuesday of the month, Prince George Golf and Curling Club. Information: 250-563-2885.

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The Prince George Quilters Guild presented 80 place mats to the Meals on Wheels program for their Christmas hampers. Making the presentation to Amita, co-ordinator for the Meals on Wheels Program, is Barb Friesen, president of the quilters guild, and Linda Kineshanko, co-ordinator of the Place Mats program. The Quilters also collected non-perishable food for the Council of Seniors Christmas hampers.

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Datebook

The Community Datebook provides free community event listings every Friday. Submissions are accepted in written

form only – dropped off, mailed or emailed –No Phone Calls please. Datebook runs as space allows,

there is no guarantee of publication.Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George BC V2N 1T3.

E-mail [email protected]

“GIVE A LITTLE…GAIN A LOT!”

For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-profi t organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

250-564-0224www.volunteerpg.com

PG Native Friendship Literacy Program

Train the Tutor - Jan 28-30, 2015 from 9 am - 4 pm; training

is offered free to volunteers interested in helping adults

with low literacy skills. We are looking for tutors for Northern

John Howard Society, the Native Friendship Centre & the Regional

Correctional Centre. Register [email protected]

250-564-3568 ext 228

Adoptive Families of BC Providing information on adoption

and direct support to adoptive families in PG.

Email: [email protected] Call Selena 1-866-303-4591

AimHi – PG Community LivingHome Sharing Contractors needed – Share your home with a person with a developmental disability

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Yes, winter weather has arrived early this year, but there are some clever new products available designed to make life with an auto less stressful and safer in sub-zero temperatures.Ranging in price from $9.99 to $159.99 these products could also be a great Christmas gift for just about anyone who drives. Working with its suppliers, Cana-dian Tire has helped develop some new auto products that address winter driving problems. Th ey’re as basic as scratch-proof snow and ice removal tool that’s easier on your car’s paintwork to a compact and light-weight emergency traction

aid that could be a life-saver.Th e Garant EVA Snowbrush has a bristle-free brush with a foam head that’s less abrasive on vehicle paint-work. It addresses the negative feedback from customers about conventional snowbrushes and it’s sold in two sizes. Th e 28-inch brush retails for $15.99 and the 36-inch brush retails for $19.99.Getting stuck in a friend’s snow-covered driveway can be embar-rassing, getting stuck on the side of a lonely highway is far more serious! Th e Trac Grabber Car Traction Aid ($39.99) is not a re-placement for conventional chains, as it’s not intended for highway driving use. Easy to use and quick fi tting, this traction aid is also far

lighter and easier to store in a ve-hicle than tire chains. A truck ver-sion ($49.99) of the Trac Grabber Car Traction Aid is also available. Sold in pairs, a Trac Grabber is at-tached to each drive wheel, similar to a tire chain (but is much easier to use). It’s designed to supply provide enough traction to release a car (stuck in snow or mud) and get it back on the highway (where it should be removed). Another good auto safety gift idea is the MotoMaster Eliminator Tripod Light ($29.99). Th is multi-function light has an articulating head with red LED emergency light and fold-put tripod legs that extend for additional stability when placed on the road to warn

drivers that they are approaching a broken-down vehicle. It also features a powerful lithium-ion rechargeable battery.Good vision when driving is very important in cold weather. If you have to park you’re vehicle outside overnight, the Subzero Arctic-Guard Snow and Ice Windshield Cover ($9.99) is an inexpensive investment. A hook system secures it inside the car, however, users do complain about it fl apping in strong winds. You may also consider upgrading your current headlights to SilverStar Ultra Lights ($59.99). Th ey promise up to 50 percent brighter light with up to 40 percent more down-road illumination than standard

halogen lights. New wiper blades can also make a big improvement in driver vision and a set of Bosch Icon Wipers cost from $24.99 to $25.99. Th is premium dual-rubber synthetic product claims to last 40 per cent longer than other blades.If you have a fear of running out of fuel, or a friend who does it regularly or you simply want a peace-of-mind back-up supply of gas for a long driving trip, Spare Fuel ($19.99) is a non-fl ammable gasoline derivative that is safe to store in the trunk. It’s safe to use in all engines that use unleaded gasoline, comes with fi ller tube and it can be stored in your vehicle all-year-round.Th e most common winter auto

emergency is a dead battery. Yes, you could carry a set of jumper cables and hope that you can get a boost from another vehicle, but that’s not always easy or pos-sible. Another solution is the Noco Genius Mini Booster, GB30 ($159.99). It may seem a little pricey, but this compact yet surprisingly powerful lithium-ion jump starter pack is mistake-proof and multi-functional. Off ering 400 peak amps it can provide up to seven jump-starts on a single charge. It’s also a seven-mode LED fl ashlight and it can be used as a portable recharge (USB) dock for other electronic devices.

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Gifts to take the stress out of winter driving

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Preplan your funeral and put your mind at ease

FRASERVIEW CREMATORIUM

PROVIDING BASIC CREMATION AND MEMORIAL SERVICES TO

PRINCE GEORGE & AREA

Columbarium Niches - Scattering Garden40 Seat Chapel

In Loving Memory of

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December 15, 2004

Those we love

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Unseen, unheard,

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and very dear.

Lovingly Remembered,Sadly Missed

By Your Family

SUPPORTED CHILD DEVELOPMENT WORKER

BURNS LAKE, BCPART TIME

Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) is looking for a part time Supported Child Development Worker (SCDW) to join our team. The SCDW will support children in their developmental journey and provide support to families and childcare centers to help them enhance the child’s development.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS• Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent• Early Childhood Education Basic and Post Basic

Education; or post graduate courses related to child development and special needs (e.g. Child and Youth Care, Social Work, Psychology) with minimum two years’ experience

• Basic First Aid Level 1Copies of required certifi cates, diplomas or degrees, a class 5 driver’s licence and a criminal record check will be requested from the successful applicant.

TO APPLY: Send a cover letter and resume to Email: [email protected] Fax: (250)563-3376

CLOSING DATE: January 5, 2014 at 4:00 pm

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

SUPPORTED CHILD DEVELOPMENT LIAISON

BURNS LAKE, BCPART TIME

Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS) is looking for a part time Supported Child Development Liaison (SCDL) to join our team. The SCDL will support children in their developmental journey and provide support to families and childcare centers to help them enhance the child’s development.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS• Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent• Early Childhood Education Basic and Post Basic

Education; or post graduate courses related to child development and special needs (e.g. Child and Youth Care, Social Work, Psychology) with minimum two years’ experience

• Basic First Aid Level 1Copies of required certifi cates, diplomas or degrees, a class 5 driver’s licence and a criminal record check will be requested from the successful applicant.

TO APPLY: Send a cover letter and resume to Email: [email protected] Fax: (250)563-3376

CLOSING DATE: January 5, 2014 at 4:00 pm

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We are accepting applications for a permanent part time Child and Youth Transition House Worker position The successful candidate will demonstrate the skills and abilities necessary to effectively conduct recreational activities with children and youth as well as to provide emotional support and feedback to this client group at the Transition House. The quali cations for this position are Grade 12 plus post secondary training in child care or a related eld of up to one year, with six months related experience. This position requires Union membership. A job description is available by contacting 250-563-1113.Submit cover letter and resume by noon January 7, 2015 to Kathi Heim, MA, Executive Director, Elizabeth Fry Society 1575 - 5th Avenue, Prince George, BC V2L 3L9.

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Full Time Shop Technician Required

Food Counter Attendants for Arby’s

in Prince Georgesome secondary school, on the job training is provided

$11/hr, 40hrs/wk E-mail resume to:

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Kitchen Helpers for Arby’s in Prince George

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Obituaries




Announcements

In Memoriam Gifts

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Coming EventsDOWNTOWN WINTER FAIR - Prince George Civic Center - Dec. 20th-10:00 am to 3:00 pm. A last minute shopping experience with more than 95 vendors. Games and activities for children of all ages. Funny outdoor competitions.

InformationMove garage sale items inside to 5100 North Nechako Mar-ket, Open Sat 9-4 Sun 9-3.

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In Memoriam

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InformationNECHAKO RESERVOIR

UPDATE10 December 2014

Reservoir Elevation: 851.2m (2792.71 ft.)SLS Discharge: 34.31 m3/s

Nechako River at Cheslatta Falls:38 m3/s

Nechako River at Vanderhoof: 49 m3/s

Skins Lake Spillway discharge will be maintained at approxi-mately the current level until April 2015

Visit website www.wateroffi ce.ec.gc.ca for up to date real-time fl ow information for the Nechako River.

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DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE EXPANSION IN THE NEW YEAR FOR OUR AUTOGROUP, WE ARE LOOKING TO HIRE

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The Prince George Free Press is seeking a full time Inside Sales Representative to handle sales of Print and On-Line advertising and to manage an existing account list. This individual will work out of our Prince George office and will be responsible for building strong relationships with current clients, develop new business to increase revenue and perform to sales goals set by management. The position requires solid communication skills, creativity and attention to detail. Prior advertising knowledge and media experience are both a big plus, but not required. To qualify, you must be outgoing and driven to succeed. Other responsibilities include problem solving and the ability to multitask.

If working in a positive, goal oriented team environment, with state of the art equipment appeals to you, submit your resume in confi dence to:

Ron Drillen, General ManagerThe Prince George Free Press1773 South Lyon Street V2N 1T3Fax: 250-562-0025Email: [email protected]

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At Tolko people are our most valuable resource and our success is dependent on innovative individuals who are aligned with our organizational values.

Our tradition of excellence is built on strong company values, a challenging work environment and continuous development. Tolko’s value for safety, the environment, and sustainable business practices are key to being an industry leader in the world market of today.

We are currently seeking Certified Electricians to join our teams in the Okanagan Region of BC.

If you are interested in exploring this opportunity and being part of our community, please apply via our website www.tolko.com by January 2, 2015.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

POSITION OVERVIEW:Reporting to the operation’s Maintenance Supervisor and working with tradesman, and other team members, the Certified Electrician carries out maintenance programs and projects at the division. This is a challenging position and an opportunity to work in an innovative environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:A good working knowledge of WorkSafe BC and OH&S Regulations A valid Interprovincial Journeyman ticket

3-5 years industrial maintenance experience

PLC experience is a definite asset

Willing to work any shift and have a desire to work in a team environment

Superior communication, problem solving, and computer skills.

CERTIFIED ELECTRICIAN

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Competitive Wage And Good Benefit Package Offered Please forward your resume to

Fax: 604-581-4104 Email: [email protected]

SAW FILERSurrey, BC

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

TIMBER SUPPLY MANAGERAtco Wood Products Ltd. is seeking a Timber Supply Manager with log procurement or related experience. The successful applicant will be responsible for all aspects of the Company’s timber procurement program from external sources. Working closely with the Atco Wood Products Woodlands group and the Veneer Plant management team, this individual will create and implement a strategic plan ensuring an on-going timber supply for the Veneer Plant operation.

Duties will include:• All aspects of sourcing timber through the BC Timber

Sales program• Managing a log purchase program from woodlots and

private land sources (including the USA)• Managing quality control for all outside purchased

timber

Critical to the role will be your ability to function as an integral member of a team of results-oriented Forestry professionals. You will possess excellent negotiation, communication and leadership skills, and have strong analytic and problem solving capabilities. A minimum of years experience in a related eld would be a de nite

asset. If this opportunity is what you are looking for, and you have the skills necessary to succeed in this role, please forward your resume to [email protected].

Atco Wood Products Ltd. is a progressive SFI certi ed family owned company located in the West Kootenay region of BC. The Company has over 50 years of history in the Forestry and Wood Products Manufacturing Industries. For more information on the Company, please visit the website at www.atcowoodproducts.com. Atco offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience and quali cations.

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FOODSAFETY In Home • Food Handlers Volunteers • Care Givers

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PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

Our People make a difference in the community

The Prince George Native Friendship Centre, a visionary non-profi t society, has been serving the needs of the entire community for the past 43+ years.

We are seeking candidates for the following position(s)within our organization: YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT My Way Life Skills Coach Closing: January 5, 2015 or until the position has been fi lled.

A hard copy listing the roles, responsibilities and qualifi cations of the position are available from the Prince George Native Friendship Centre’s web site at www.pgnfc.com (click on Join Our Team / Careers).

To apply, submit a resume, cover letter and three (3) references detailing which position you are applying for, to: Prince George Native Friendship Centre 1600 Third Avenue Prince George, BC V2L 3G6 Fax: (250) 563-0924 E-mail: [email protected]

Applications will be accepted until dates noted on postings, no telephone inquiries please. We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF CLUCULZ LAKE RE: PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT

OF RURAL AGENCY STORE

The Liquor Distribution Branch invites

community input on a request to establish a

Rural Agency Store (RAS) at Brookside Resort

in the community of Cluculz Lake.

The intent of a RAS is to provide liquor service

in rural communities and tourist destination

resorts, in order to give people in these

communities better, more convenient access

to beverage alcohol products. RASs are

established in rural communities where it is too

small to operate a Government Liquor Store.

RASs will be established, where there is a

suitable business i.e. an existing independently-

owned full service general grocery store.

Only one Rural Agency Store authorization

in a community is permitted.

Written comments will be accepted until

January 12, 2015.

Your submissions may be used by the

LDB in the decision process.

LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION BRANCH REGIONAL MANAGER’S OFFICE340-177 VICTORIA STREET

PRINCE GEORGE, BC V2L 5R8

REGIONAL MANAGER’S EMAIL:

[email protected]

On January 31, 2014, and on

February 1, 2014, in Prince George,

B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the Prince

George RCMP seized, at the time

and location indicated, the subject

property, described as: $1,065.65

CAD, on or about 21:45 Hours

on January 31st (at the RCMP

Detachment on Brunswick Street);

$6,760 CAD, on or about 09:09

Hours, and $49.47 CAD, on or about

16:26 Hours, both on February 1st

(at the 400 block of George Street).

The subject property was seized

because there was evidence that

the subject property had been

obtained by the commission of an

offence (or offences) under section

354(1) (Possession of property

obtained by crime) of the Criminal

Code of Canada.

Notice is hereby given that the

subject property, CFO file Number:

2014-2480, is subject to forfeiture

under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will

be forfeited to the Government for

disposal by the Director of Civil

Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute

is filed with the Director within the

time period set out in this notice.

A notice of dispute may be filed by

a person who claims to have an

interest in all or part of the subject

property. The notice of dispute

must be filed within 60 days of the

date upon which this notice is first

published.

You may obtain the form of a notice

of dispute, which must meet the

requirements of Section 14.07

of the CFA, from the Director’s

website, accessible online at www.

pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The

notice must be in writing, signed

in the presence of a lawyer or

notary public, and mailed to the

Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234

Station Provincial Government,

Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 479


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Employment

Medical/Dental

RN’s and LPN’SAre You currently

employed or retired? NEED EXTRA CASH?

Causal RN’s & LPN’s needed for in home 1 on 1 pediatric respite care in Quesnel.

Offering Union wages, paid training, gas milage

and full support.E-mail resume:

e-mail: [email protected] fax: 1.250.846.9817

Attention: Jennifer Hols

Trades, Technical

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be fi lled immediately.Certifi ed GM technician

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Feed & Hay

GRAINSCREENING

PELLETSDelivery available Houston to Williams Lake.

Call 250.567.8780HAY for Sale. Cow, Horse Dairy Hay all in 3x4x8 bales. All prices are delivery includ-ed. Most hay has been shed-ded if not Tarped. Call Cale @403-635-0104 or email [email protected]

Merchandise for Sale

$400 & UnderWinter Tires For Sale

195/70 R14 Hankook tires & rims. 5 Bolt for Ford

Ranger. Driven less than 100 km. $375.00 250564-

3194

Furniture

For sale: Dining Table/ChairsLike new- Double pedestal

Cherry wood Table & 8 upholstered chairs.

Paid $4800 asking $1500 fi rm

778-281-1010

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Fridge $100 Glider Chair $105 Drawer white wardrobe $50.

Cedar chest $10 Bread machine $25

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Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Really big sale!” All steel building models and sizes. Plus extra savings. Buy now and we will store until spring. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit www.pioneersteel.ca

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Midtowne

To Rent Call:250-561-1447

• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available

• Close to hospital & downtown

• Rent includes heat, hot water• Elevator to undercover

parking • Fridge, stove, quality carpets,

drapes • Laundry on each fl oor • No pets

CENTRAL LOCATIONSBachelor, 1 & 2 bedroom

apartments for rent. Free heat/hot water, no pets,

laundry, parking, adult oriented, near bus stops

Call 250-561-1446

JUBILEE Apt’s1 bedroom Adult orientated,

close to downtown & bus route. N/S, N/P. Parking.

Call: (250) 562-7172

Commercial/Industrial

WAREHOUSE FOR RENT2080 sq ft warehouse

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Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT

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except phone & internet.Call Theresa 250-962-5570

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Transportation

Cars - Domestic

2000 Chevy Impala For Sale

Fully loaded, clean and well kept. Leather and heated

seats, sunroof and many ex-tras. Runs great.

Ph.250 563-3707 or 250 961-5631 asking

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Is it true or is it false now?It’s time to play True or False! Th e game is simple. No electronic

devices, Internet or fancy apps are required. Th is is a good old fashioned agree-disagree opinion based on sev-eral statements in sports. Sorry about the lack of complication or technol-ogy. Here we go!

Th e Prince George Cougars are a playoff team.

True. It’s the half-way point of the WHL season. Sure rosters will change with the trade deadline in January and the points in the second half will be more diffi cult to earn, but barring several key injuries there is no reason to believe the Cougars won’t continue to play around the .500 mark which should land them a post-season berth.

Ty Edmonds is the P.G. Cougars MVP.

True. Captain Sam Ruopp is the physical and inspirational leader, while Jansen Harkins is the team’s most talented and outstanding player, but goalie Ty Edmonds is more valu-

able to the Cougars than anyone else this season. Th ere are other defence-men or forwards to pick up the slack if Ruopp and/or Harkins do not play, but Edmonds is the go to guy in the most important position. Th e reason Edmonds starts nearly every game is

that 16-year old Tavin Grant has not yet shown he is ready as a rookie to play a bigger role in net.

Th e Edmonton Oilers should tank to improve their chances of landing Connor McDavid.

False. Th e Oilers don’t have to worry about pur-posely losing; it comes naturally.

Four Canadian teams will make the NHL playoff s.

False. Some may argue that six of the seven may earn a playoff position with obviously Edmonton the one with no chance. Th ere are still too many bubble teams in Canada with Montreal the one team that can be counted on to qualify for the post-season. Most of the other Canadian teams appear improved but between Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Winni-

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peg and Ottawa I would suggest no more than two of those fi ve will land a playoff spot.

Th e New York Islanders are for real.

True. Th e Islanders have one of the better off ensive teams in the league but the reason they are no longer a joke is Jaroslav Halak. It has taken many years for the Islanders to have a cred-ible goalie. Halak may not be fl ashy with gaudy numbers but he gives them a chance to win nearly every game.

By the way, the Islanders are the fi rst team in NHL history to win their fi rst nine games in one season that required extra time (3-0 in overtime and 6-0 in shootouts).

Th e Seattle Seahawks are the NFL’s best team.

True. At 10-4, the Seahawks don’t have the best record but their defence is rounding into form having allowed just 27 points in the last four games, all victories. Seattle has shown in the last month the pedigree of a defending champion. If the Sea-hawks win in Arizona Sunday night, like expected, they will be in line to take fi rst in the NFC

West, which means at least one home playoff game.

Peyton Manning is the best quarterback in the NFL.

False. In a big game, with weather a factor, Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady are a slightly bet-ter bet. Manning’s consistency over a long stretch of regular sea-son games is unmatched, but he gets third billing, at least for now.

Th e Toronto Raptors are the biggest overachievers in the NBA.

False. Th e Raptors are getting maximum performances from many of their players but the Atlanta Hawks and the Memphis Grizzles are not quite as good as their record and will fade more than the Raptors in the New Year.

Th e Toronto Blue Jays gave up fair value to land Josh Donald-son.

False. Are you kidding? Sure Canadian Brett Lawrie hustles and isn’t afraid to sacrifi ce his body, but Donaldson is an all-star third baseman with big bat credentials. Yes, Toronto had to throw in a couple of pitch-ers (Kendall Graveman and

Sean Nolin) and a minor-league shortstop (Franklin Barreto) to complete the transaction, but the Jays get straight A’s for this head-scratcher of a deal and not Oakland.

Th e Jolly Old Man in Red ar-rives next week.

False. Brian Burke (in Calgary Flames red) has never been accused of being jolly. OK, it is true a more gentle man in red is getting set for his rounds. Let the spirit of the season be enjoyed by all!

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match-up, the Redskins’ Santana Moss lost his temper with the refs, and was ejected during the fi rst half. Making him luckier than his teammates, who had to stay for the entire game.

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Integris Credit Union is giving the Prince George Iceman some cool cash.

On Friday, Integ-ris and the Iceman, a multi-discipline winter event in Prince George, announced a three-year partner-ship.

“Th e Iceman Society is absolutely thrilled with the partnership,’ said society president Karen Seland. “We have been around since just before the Calgary Olympics,so there is a strong tradi-tion, and Integris is demonstrating again its strong community involvement,”

Integris manager of partnerships Dan Wingham said the deal would help the Iceman concentrate on the event, rather than fi nancial con-cerns.

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security.“Th e Iceman attracts com-

petitors from across the north, and this is Integris country.”

Th e 2015 Iceman, which combines skiing, running, skating and swimming in fi ve

separate units, will be held on Jan. 25, earlier than normal. Seland says that was to avoid confl icts with the Canada Win-ter Games in late February.

Seland said Integris has al-ready been part of the Iceman

in a couple of ways.“Nicole Hill from Integris

joined us last year as a volun-teer co-ordinator, and Integris has been sponsoring the Har-win Ice Warriors teams.”

Marnie Alexander, the com-

munity co-ordinator at Harwin Elementary, said the idea of having schools enter teams in the Iceman is growing.

“Last year, even though the Iceman was can-celled because of the cold, our teams and Van Bien both went out later and did the event.

“Th is year it has expanded to Spruceland and Westwood. Th ere should be over 100 kids on the teams representing their schools.”

She said the teams are basically set up on who is best for what part of the race.

“Th e kids are really good about splitting up the event. Th ey all want what’s best for the team.”

Th e Iceman starts with a skiing leg at Otway Nordic Centre, then has a run to the Outdoor Ice Oval, following a skating leg there, it’s back out on the streets for another run, ending at the Aquatic Centre for the fi nal leg, a swim.

For more information on the Prince George Iceman, go to www.pgiceman.ca.

Duchess Park claims title at junior girls hoops tourney

Th e fi nal of the Duchess Park Junior Girls Condor Classic on Sat-urday was the third time the teams from College Heights and Duchess Park had met in early-seaosn bas-ketball games.

Th e Condors had won the previ-ous two matchups, but both were close aff airs: a three-point game and a four-point game.

Saturday’s wasn’t as close, as the Condors beat the Cougars again, but this time by a 63-36 margin. Duchess Park coach Louise Holmes said she saw one big diff erence in her team on Saturday.

“Our defence was solid. Th at was probably the biggest diff erence.

“Th e season happens really quickly, with the turnaround from volleyball season. Th e Wednesday before the tournament was really the fi rst time we addressed our defence.”

College Heights coach Mandy Botham said it was a combination of things Saturday,.

“Th ings just weren’t clicking for us, and Duchess Park played phe-nomenally well.

“We will regroup. We’re looking forward to the next time we play them.”

Both teams have seven players back from last year’s teams, and Holmes says having that experience is a big factor in winning.

“Th ey can build on what they know from last year. All the kids on the team have had me as a coach ei-ther in basketball or some in soccer.

“Th ey’re a great bunch of kids and

parents. Th ey’re fun to be around.”Both coaches also have a good

idea of what the better players in the rest of the province look like, Botham from coaching with Basket-ball BC over the summer, Holmes from coaching the Summer Games team.

Holmes said while her whole team played well, there were a couple of girls who had really good weekends.

“Sydney Lopez had, I think, 23 points in the fi nal. She’s one of my returning guards, and she got a lot of fast-break chances when we forced turnovers.”

Lezzyl Aquino, another returning guard, showed good leadership and good decision-making, Holmes said, while Rachael Holmes played solid defence, usually playing against the other team’s best player.

For College Heights, Botham said Brooklyn Ncholson and Jessica Ny-cholat both had solid weekends.

“Brooklyn is the point guard and our captain. She showed incredible leadership. She’s very calm, very level-headed, and very skilled.

“Jessica in one of our Grade 9 for-wards who played with us last year as a Grade 8. She’s very competitive, and played strong this weekend.”

While College Heights has fi nished its pre-Christmas games, Duchess Park is headed south this weekend to play four games.

“We’re headed to Langley,” Hol-mes said, “and we’ll be playing WJ Mouat, Brookswood, Panorama and Tweedsmuir. Th ey’re all probably in the Top 12 in the province, so this will be a good chance to play some top teams.”

For College Heights, their next

games will be at their own tournament on the Jan. 9 and 10 weekend. Local teams include the hosts, Duchess Park, Kelly Road and DP Todd, while visiting teams will be Charles Hays (Prince Rupert), North Peace (Fort St. John), Correlieu (Quesnel) and Nechako Valley (Vanderhoof).


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Th e situation for the Prince George Spruce Kings was summed up in the pre-game an-nouncements Saturday.

Th e announcer, as always, gave fans a rundown on which players to scratch from the roster because they

wouldn’t be playing.Th e list for the

Spruce Kings had nine names.

Coach Dave Dupas

says he isn’t sure how many of those players will be available for the three games the Kings play to wrap up the pre-Christmas portion of their BCHL sched-ule this week.

“A couple of the guys are going to try to practice with us this week and see how it goes. One of the guys tried practicing last week, coming back from a head injury, but aft er fi ve minutes he realized he wasn’t ready to go yet.”

Th e Spruce Kings started the trip last night (Th ursday) in Langley, then play Surrey tonight and Co-quitlam on Saturday.

“On these trips,” Du-pas said, “it doesn’t get any easier. Th e teams down there, they can

play midweek games. When we go down, we’re usually playing three games in three days.

“If we had a full team, we could handle it, but with the number of guys we’re missing, it makes it hard.”

Looking at the scoreboard from the weekend at the Coli-seum, which saw the Spruce Kings lose 3-2 to Merritt in over-time Friday and 5-1 to Cowichan Valley Saturday, it may appear the lack of experienced players caught up to them. Dupas isn’t so sure.

“Saturday, on the scoreboard, it didn’t look good, but we righted the ship aft er a sloppy start and played well. With a little puck

luck, I think we could have won that game.”

However, he adds, the lack of bodies did hurt.

“We ran out of gas at the end. It was 2-1, they got a power-play goal, and you could just feel some of the air go out of the team. Th ey knew it was going to be tough coming back from one goal down, now it was two.”

Having a short bench, he said, means you want to try to get off to a fast start.

“It’s a lot easier defending a lead with a short bench than it is chasing the other team. Th e eff ort was there, but the legs weren’t.”

Th e next home game for the Spruce Kings will be on Jan. 3, when they host Nanaimo.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressJake LeBrun of the Prince George Spruce Kings keeps the puck away from Cowichan Valley defender Michael Stapley in action Saturday night at the Coliseum. The Spruce Kings dropped a 5-1 decision to the Capitals.

Mattila to speak at B.C. eventLocal hockey player Myles Mat-

tila, the fi rst Community Health Star for Northern Health, will be among the speakers at a provincial event in February in Vancouver.

Balancing Our Minds 2015: Ev-eryday champions of wellness will be held at Rogers Arena on Feb. 12. It is a chance for high-school-age youth in B.C. to learn about mental health and engage in fun activities and thoughtful dialogue.

Mattila has been very involved in Prince George schools, talking to students about the signs of mental illness and showing them how to get help through Mindcheck.ca.

For details and registration in-formation on Balancing Our Minds 2015, go to keltymentalhealth.ca/BOM2015.

KNEZEVIC BACK AT SCOTTIES

Patty Knezevic of Prince George will skip one of eight teams aiming at the Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship, scheduled for the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge at the end of January.

Knezevic, who has third Kristen Fewster, second Jen Rusnell and lead Rhonda Camozzi on her team, qualifi ed in November from an open event in Kelowna.

Knezevic was in last year’s Scot-ties, which was held at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, and was asked to join the Kesa Van Osch team at the Tournament of Hearts in Montreal as their alter-nate.

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Korolek strokes her way to good times

For Kayla Korolek of the Prince George Barracuda Swim Club, it wasn’t hard to have a bet-ter meet.

“I felt more prepared this time than I did for the last meet,” she said aft er the Kamloops Clas-sic meet on the weekend. “I was actually feeling sick the weekend we had our meet, so I didn’t swim well.”

Th at wasn’t the problem on the weekend in Kamloops.

“I swam in eight events, which is as many as you’re allowed,” said Kayla, 15, who’s been swim-ming with the Barracudas since she was 10. “I was happy with the way I swam, especially in the 400 IM and 200 breaststroke.

“I took off lots of time in both those races, especially in the fi nals.”

She was expecting the good times she got, partly because she was feeling better, but also partly because of the location.

“I usually swim well in Kam-loops. It seems a bit colder in their pool.”

So you want to get out of the water faster?

Kayla laughs.“Yeah, that might be part of it.”Kayla fi gures she started taking

swimming lessons when she was in about Grade 1. She liked it,

and got into the swim club for a family reason.

“A cousin of mine was in the swim club where she lived, and she seemed to enjoy it.

“So I joined here and liked it.”She feels the breaststroke is

her best event, especially the 200, and she uses that skill in other races.

“In the 400 IM, I usually make up a lot of time in the breast-stroke, and then hope that’s enough for the rest of the race.”

While there are some other meets in the new year, Kayla is already focused on a couple of big ones.

“Th e Westerns are in February, and then the AAA Provincials are a few weeks aft er that. I’ve already got qualifying times for the Provincials in two races, the 200 IM and 200 breaststroke.”

She’s also still hoping to make Age Group Nationals, but knows she has some work to do there.

“You need to qualify for three diff erent races, and I’ve only got one qualifying time so far.”

Barracudas coach Jerzy Par-tyka said it was a pretty good meet for the club in Kamloops, especially considering the level of competition.

“Th ere were lots of the top swimmers in Canada there. It was good for our swimmers to see that level of competition.”

Hannah Esopenko continued her assault on the club’s record

book, setting six new records on the weekend. She is also listed at the top of the Canadian Power Rankings for the 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke for 14-year-old girls. Partyka says her times are actu-ally better than that.

“She’s 14, and right now she

has the fastest time of anyone under 18 in Canada.”

Th ree Barracudas made quali-fying times for diff erent events in Kamloops. Logan Ozcan (200 butterfl y) and Sydney Casey (100 and 200 backstroke) both quali-fi ed for the AA Championships,

while Alexandra Winkel (200 butterfl y) qualifi ed for the West-ern Canadian Championships.

Th e next meet for the Barra-cudas is the Edmonton Keyano Meet from Jan. 9 to 11, followed by the Waverider Invitational in Quesnel the following weekend.


Allen DOUGLAS/Kamloops This WeekJenna Stevens of the Prince George Barracudas swims the backstroke leg in a medley relay at the Kamloops Classic swim meet on the weekend.

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Th e Prince George Cougars may not have had a great week on the ice as they fi nished their home schedule for 2014, but one player found out he would be headed to Ontario in January.

Forward Jansen Harkins has been selected to play on Team Orr in the 2015 BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game in St. Catherine’s on January 22, taking on Team Cherry.

Harkins is leading the Cougars in scoring this season with 39 points, including 12 goals. Both fi gures are career highs for the 1997-born North Vancouver native. In 107 games with the Cougars, he has 22 goals and 51 assists.

Th is won’t be Harkins’ fi rst time playing for a select team. Th is sum-mer, he played for Canada in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He had two goals and four assists in six games as the Canadians won a gold medal.

He also won a silver medal as a member of Team Pacifi c during the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Sydney, N.S.

He is rated an A prospect by NHL Central Scouting, indicating a player with the potential to be selected in the fi rst round of the upcoming

draft . Th ere are 21 other A-rated players picked for the Top Prospects Game.

Th is is the second year the Cougars have had a player at the game, as last year goaltender Ty Edmonds played for Team Cherry.

On the ice, the Cougars dropped a pair of home games this week to the Spokane Chiefs, falling 5-4 Tuesday and 5-0 on Wednesday.

Th e Chiefs were just the second team to sweep a doubleheader from the Cougars at CN Centre, aft er the Kelowna Rockets did it on two dif-ferent occasions.

Th e Wednesday game also marked the WHL debut for the Cougars’ fi rst-round bantam draft pick earlier this year, Justin Almei-da. Almeida has been playing this season for the Cariboo Cougars of

the B.C. Major Midget League.Th e Cougars now have a break for Christmas,

but are back in action Dec. 27 when they start a doubleheader in Victoria against the Royals.

Th e next home games for the Cougars are Jan. 6 and 7 when they host the Tri-City Americans, starting a January which sees them host the remaining four teams from the American Divi-sion.

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Half of the Team BC biathlon team at the 2015 Canada Winter Games will be skiing and shooting on familiar territory.

Th e eight-member team was an-nounced Th ursday, and four of them are from Prince George.

Th e locals who will compete on their home course at Otway Nordic Centre are Arthur Roots, Bobby Kreitz, Emily Dick-son and Claire Lapointe.

“I am honoured to be selected to repre-sent Team BC at the 2015 Canada Winter Games,” Dickson said in a press release. “Living in Prince George, I am able to see the energy that is building in the commu-nity as the Games approach.

“Aft er talking to many alumni, I realize this will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportu-nity for me.”

Th e team was selected based on two days of competition at the North Ameri-can Cup No.1 event in Canmore, Alta. at the beginning of the month. Team BC members will train with their local clubs for the next two months, participating in two provincial-level competitions: BC Cup 1 in Quesnel the fi rst weekend in January and BC Cup 2 in Whistler on Jan. 24 and 25.

Th e biathlon event at the 2015 Canada Winter Games will be held the fi rst week of the Games, from Feb. 13 to 20.

Four locals make CWG biathlon

Free Press file photoArthur Roots readies his rifle for his first round of shooting during BC Winter Games qualifying in December 2013 at the Otway Nordic Centre. Roots and three teammates will be on the same course in February as part of Team BC at the Canada Winter Games.

Cariboo Cougars streak to dozen

Th e Cariboo Cougars didn’t get coach Trevor Sprague a dozen roses for his birthday on Sunday, but they gave him something he probably appreciated more.

A dozen wins.Th e Cougars ran their B.C. Major

Midget League winning streak to 12 games Sunday with a 4-1 win over the North Island Silvertips at Kin 1. Th at followed a 7-1 win over the same team on Saturday.

“Twelve wins in a row is pretty remarkable in our league,” Sprague said. “Th ere are a number of good teams in it this year.”

Right now, though, all those teams are looking up at the Cougars, who moved to 43 points with the sweep, leaving them eight points ahead of the Okanagan Rockets.

Aft er Saturday’s rather convincing win, which saw the Cougars hold period leads of 3-0 and 5-1, the Sil-vertips showed they weren’t going to let that worry them, as they scored in the fi rst minute on Sunday.

“Stuff like that you might see more of as the season goes along,” Sprgaue said. “We just have to come back and put them away, and we did that.

“Th at’s something we’re going to have to continue to do if we want to do well in the playoff s.”

All four of the Cougars’ goals on Sunday came in a string of four con-secutive power plays spread over the fi rst and second periods. Sprague said once again it was a full-team eff ort.

“I thought all four of our lines played well, but the (Mitchell) Wil-liams line was probably the best. Th ey were good on the power play and they played the physical style we need them to.”

Although Sunday’s score was closer, Sprague felt the Cougars played better, especially on defence.

“We played better as a team. Th ey had 32 shots on goal on Saturday, and we limited them to 14 on Sun-day.”

Griff en Outhouse and Dorrin Luding continued their solid play in goal for the Cougars, with Outhouse getting the win on Saturday and Luding on Sunday. Sprague was happy with his goalies, but added the Cougars could have had more goals Sunday if it wasn’t for Silver-tips’ goalie John Hawthorne.

“We missed some chances and he made some nice saves. Th ere’s a lot of good goaltending in the league this year.”

Th e games also fi nished off a long homestand for the Cougars, who will be off to Vancouver this week-end to play the Greater Vancouver Canadians in their last league games before heading to the Mac’s Midget AAA Invitational Tournament over

the Christmas break.“I’m looking forward to this

weekend,” Sprague said. “Th e players don’t have to worry about anything except the games. It’s just get on the bus

and go.”Th e Cougars will be stopping

in Williams Lake on Friday on the way down to have a little three-on-three tournament and invite some of the local minor

hockey teams to come on the ice with them. Four of the Cou-gars – Chase Dubois, Colton Th omas, Kolten Carpenter and Griff en Outhouse – played their minor hockey in Williams Lake.


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Prince George Free Press, December 19, 2014