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custody facility at Oliver is under construction, and expected to open in 2016. Anton said that extra space will alleviate the space shortage at other facili-ties, but it remains to be seen if the new prison will allow the removal of tent-like temporary structures that have housed low-risk inmates at Kamloops and Fraser in recent years.

Th e audit also questioned the availability and eff ectiveness of rehabilitation programs off ered in

B.C. prisons. Th e audit found that only one program, violence pre-vention, was evaluated and shown to reduce the likelihood of reoff end-ing.

Th e fi ve core programs operated in B.C. provin-cial prisons are:

• Respectful relationships, to help inmates under-stand and eliminate abusive behaviours

• Substance abuse management, to reduce relapse and develop healthier lifestyles

• Violence prevention, designed to reduce aggres-sive behaviour

• Emotional management for women• Relationship skills for womenCorrectional centres also off er life skills, voca-

tional, literacy and school extension programs. All programs are voluntary, and with an average sentenced stay of 71 days, some inmates aren’t in custody long enough to complete studies even if they want to.

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Overcrowded provincial jail system

B.C. provincial prisons remain overcrowded despite a decline in cus-todial sentences in recent years, and “safety and security incidents” have increased substantially, a report from B.C.’s Auditor General has found.

About half of cells designed for one inmate are double-bunked in the B.C. system, and Auditor General Carol Bellringer concludes that is a contributing factor in maintaining safety in B.C.’s nine facilities for adult inmates. Another factor in crowd-ing is that about half of the roughly 2,500 inmates in the B.C. system on an average day are awaiting trial or sentencing.

Th e Prince George Regional Cor-rectional Centre has 151 cells for male inmates and 25 for female inmates. According to Bellringer’s report, the occupancy rate for the women’s jail at Prince George Regional Correctional Centre was at 108 per cent in March of 2011, 80 per cent in November 2012, and 112 per cent in June of 2014.

On the men’s side, the occupancy

rate was at 175 per cent in March 2011, 152 per cent in November 2012 and 165 per cent in June of 2014.

Safety and security incident reports have been on the rise in most facilities in recent years, with the highest rate of nearly 1,200 a year at Fraser Re-gional Correctional Centre in Maple Ridge. Nanaimo and Prince George both recorded nearly 800 incidents a year by 2012, with lower rates at Van-couver Island, Surrey Pretrial, North Fraser Pretrial and Kamloops.

Th e auditor’s report says one reason for the increase is that incidents are being reported and tracked on a more systematic basis. Bellringer also notes that there isn’t a clear defi nition of what constitutes a safety and security incident, and B.C. Corrections doesn’t have a target of what constitutes an acceptable level.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton said conditions in B.C. prisons are improving thanks to a $185 million construction program, including an addition to Surrey Pretrial, the new women’s wing at Prince George, which was completed in 2010, and expansion of Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.

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Courts rule on variety of chargesIn Provincial Court on Dec. 12:Terence F. Slater was found guilty of

two counts of driving while prohibited, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from driving for two years. Slater was also found guilty of failing to attend court when ordered to do so, fi ned $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

In Provincial Court on Dec. 15:Leopoldo O. Torres-Diaz was found

guilty of uttering threats, placed on probation for one year, fi ned $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

Ralph D. Alec was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and failing to comply with a con-dition of an undertaking or recogni-zance, sentenced to 30 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Ashleigh M. Clark was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for one year. Clark was also found guilty of dangerous operation of a mo-

tor vehicle, sentenced to time served in jail and prohibited from driving for one year. Clark was also found guilty of failing to attend court when ordered to do so and sentenced to time served in jail. Clark was also found guilty of a second count of failing to attend court when ordered to do so and sentenced to four days in jail.. Clark was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to two days in jail. Clark was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to three days in jail. Clark was also found guilty of a third count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to seven days in jail.

Winter Frederick was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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Teen deathsa homicide/suicide

Th e deaths of two teenagers at Kwitzil Lake last spring are being ruled as a homi-cide and a suicide.

Craig Allen Wood, 19, and Kendall Gabriell Catherine Moore, 17, died May 18 when the vehicle they were in went in Kwitzil Lake, commonly known as Gravel Pit Lake, about 42 kilometres west of Prince George.

Prince George RCMP say the actions of Wood led to his own death and that of Moore.

“Th is is a tragic result to an entirely preventable situation,” said Sgt. Todd Wilson of the Prince George RCMP’s Seri-ous Crime Section. “We believe substance abuse was a direct factor in these deaths.”

Police say the investigation was been ex-tensive and involved many aspects includ-ing forensic evidence analysis, a vehicle in-spection, multiple interviews and autopsies which included toxicology testing.

Th e investigation was hampered due to the high amounts of rumours and specula-tion on both traditional and social media that began just aft er the vehicle entered Kwitzil Lake and continued for days. Police were challenged to fi lter through this information in order to locate and validate the facts.

Investigators issued a “thank you” to all those who came forward with fi rst-hand information, as well as those who attempt-ed to help Wood and Moore at the time of the incident.

Shots fired attwo houses in city

Th e Prince George RCMP are investigat-ing two early morning shootings in the city.

Just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday police received a report of shots fi red on the 2100 block of Tamarack Street.

Offi cers attended and located what they believed to be fi rearm related damage on a residence located on that block. Two of the people in the residence were children. No injuries were reported. Th e occupants are not cooperating with police. Th is was the same residence that was shot at during the early morning of Tuesday, January 6.

At approximately the same time, Prince George RCMP received a second report of shots fi red on the 2200 block of Norwood Street, a few blocks away. Offi cers attended and located what they believed to be fi re-arm related damage on the residence. Th e occupants of the residence were not hurt and are cooperating. Th e residence is not known to police and has been secured.

Offi cers from the Detachment’s Serious Crime, Forensic Identifi cation and General Duty Sections are investigating. Given the short time frame and the close proximity, investigators believe these two incidents are related.

If you have any information about these serious criminal off ence or the persons re-sponsible, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-8477, online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca

Beth James is no longer Prince George’s city manager.

“Mayor and council, together with Ms. James have mutually agreed to end the relationship, and that was eff ective January 9,” said Mayor Lyn Hall Monday.

Th e parting of ways comes just over a year-and-a-half aft er she was hired by the previ-ous council. James was hired in March 2013, succeeding Derek Bates, who retired in 2012. Th e decision, according to a city press release, refl ects the mayor and council’s intention to chart a new course for the city.

“We want to thank Ms. James for her dedi-cated service and we wish her success in her future endeavours,” said Hall.

Council has appointed Kathleen Soltis as act-ing city manager, a role she took on for about six months aft er Bates retired.

Hall said he will wait for city council’s direc-tion as to how they want to fi ll the position.

“We haven’t talked about as a council, so I don’t know what the timeline is (for starting a candidate search) and I don’t want to pre-sup-pose what council’s wishes are,” he said.

Hall said there will be a severance package paid to James, however said the amount “isn’t something I can speak to.”

James was hired at a salary of $212,000, plus a $6,000 vehicle allowance. At the very least, she would likely be eligible for a severance package of six months salary, plus one month’s pay for every year of service. Prince George was James’ fi rst job as a city administrator. Prior to coming here, she held a number of po-sitions with the government in B.C., including assistant deputy minister and head of the Capi-tal Planning Secretariat, president and CEO of Shared Services B.C., assistant deputy minister of revenue solutions, and assistant deputy min-ister for Small Business and Revenue.

James has managed social programs as assis-tant deputy minister for Children and Family Development and assistant deputy minister of Regional Operations in the Ministry of Em-ployment and Income Assistance.

As to whether any more staff had parted ways with the city, Hall off ered “no comment.”

However, it appears communications direc-tor Todd Corrigal is no longer with the city as well.

A call to Corrigal last week was responded to by Tanya Spooner, executive coordinator to the mayor and city manager, and subsequent e-mails from the city’s communications depart-ment have been coming from Mike Kellett, the city’s corporate communications specialist.

When asked this week whether Corrigal was still employed by the city, an e-mail response from Kellett said the city does not comment on personnel matters.

James’ departure comes aft er city council held three “closed door” sessions in less than a week. Th e fi rst was held January 5 before the regular city council meeting, a second was held last Th ursday and the third this Monday.

According to the meeting notices, the public is excluded from these meetings “to permit discussion of items relating to:

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• labour relations or other employee relations, pursuant to subsection 90(1)(c) of the Community Charter;

• the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including com-munications necessary for that purpose, pursuant to subsection 90(1)(i) of the

Community Charter; and• the consideration of whether the

authority under section 91 [other persons attending closed meetings] should be exercised in relation to a council meeting, pursuant to subsection 90(1)(o) of the Community Charter.”

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tion for one year and assessed a victim sur-charge of $100.

Daniel J. Joseph was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 60 days in jail, placed on proba-tion for nine months and assessed a victim surcharge of $200.

James E. Joseph was found guilty of failing to comply with a proba-tion order and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Mandeep S. Lahal was found guilty of two counts of assault, sentenced to 60 days in jail to be served on an intermittent basis, placed on probation un-til the expiration of the jail sentence, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and prohibited from possessing fi rearms for 10 years.

Andrew S.H. Prince

was found guilty of op-erating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fi ned $1,500, assessed a victim surcharge of $450 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Philip C. Testawitch was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sen-tenced to 21 days in jail, placed on probation for six months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

James A. Webb was found guilty of failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to stop a motor vehicle when ordered to do so, sentenced to 167 days in jail, placed on probation for two years, assessed a victim surcharge of $200 and prohibited from driving for fi ve years. Webb was also found guilty of posses-sion of stolen property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 167 days in jail, placed on probation for two years and assessed a victim surcharge of $200.

Murray W. Bond-archuk was found guilty of production of a controlled substance and possession of a con-trolled substance for the purpose of traffi cking, received a conditional sentence of six months and received a lifetime prohibition on the pos-session of fi rearms.

Kristian M. Rah-kola was found guilty of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing to stop a motor vehicle when ordered to do so, sentenced to 18 days in jail, placed on probation for two years, assessed a victim

surcharge of $100 and prohibited from driving for 30 months. Rahkola was also found guilty of uttering threats, sentenced to 15 days in jail, placed on probation for two years, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from possessing fi rearms for fi ve years. Rahkola was also found guilty of impaired driving, fi ned $1,000, assessed a victim surcharge of $300 and prohibited from driving for one year. Rahkola was also found guilty of two counts of resisting a peace offi cer, sentenced to 15 days in jail and assessed a victim sur-charge of $100. Rahkola was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an under-taking or recognizance, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $100. Rahkola was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a condition of an under-taking or recognizance, sentenced to seven days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

In Provincial Court on Dec. 11:

Calvin L. Denet was found guilty of breach of recognizance, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and placed on probation for one year.

Abraham W. Kenni was found guilty of heft of property with a value less than $5,000, sen-tenced to nine months in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $200.

Robert G. Klyne was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, fi ned $300, assessed a victim surcharge of $90 and placed on probation for one year.

Eliza M. Roberts was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and failing to comply with a probation order, received a conditional sentence of two months, placed on probation for 10 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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more than a speeding driver.A plainclothes member of the RCMP’s

Crime Reduction Team pulled over a vehicle on Pine Street for a vehicle infrac-tion Friday morning and he subsequently discovered a loaded 9mm handgun in the vehicle.

Th e stop also led to the arrest of 23-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman for possession of a controlled substance.

Th e handgun, which was in the man’s possession, was confi rmed to have been stolen from Vancouver in 2011. Th e Prince George RCMP will be recom-mending a number of gun and drug

related charges to Crown Counsel.“Great work by our offi cer has led to

the recovery of a stolen handgun,” said Insp. Brad Anderson, Operations Offi cer for the Prince George RCMP. “We will continue to target those persons with a propensity for violence so that our com-munity will be an even safer place to live.”

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For close to two years, endo-scopes at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. were not being cleaned according to the manu-facturer’s recommendations.

As a result, Northern Health is now in the process of notifying the approximately 10,000 people who had a procedure using an endoscope.

“First and foremost, I would like to apologize for any undue stress that this information might cause our patients,” said Dr. Ronald Chapman, North-ern Health’s vice president of medicine.

Chapman, along with Dr. Abu Hamour, Prince George medical director, stressed that the risk of anyone becoming infected because of the improper clean-ing, is extremely low. Northern Health has consulted with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, which has also advised that the risk of anyone becoming infected is extremely

low.“We are not aware of any

infections,” said Hamour, who added that the risk includes contracting blood-borne viruses such as HIV and hepatitis. “Th e risk is exceptionally low. Th is was the pre-cleaning process, that was followed by the actual cleaning process, which involves manual cleaning as well as ster-ilization.”

Northern Health is urging anyone who may be concerned about possibly being infected because of this, to contact their local physician, who can arrange for them to be tested.

Chapman said the risk of an infection stemming from the cleaning procedure is low because the error was in the pre-cleaning process.

“Th e physician and the nurse who use the scope are responsi-ble for the pre-cleaning steps, to remove any tissue from a narrow air and water channel,” he said. “Th is involves using a syringe to fl ush air and water through the channel to remove any debris.”

He said a button must be held down for 30 seconds to fl ush the water and air through the scope, followed by suction for 10 seconds. Th e button was not being held for the complete 30 seconds, said Chapman.

Aft er the pre-cleaning, the scope was then cleaned and sterilized.

“If debris was not removed in the pre-cleaning, it may be possible that it might not be removed by further processing,” Chapman said.

He added that as soon as the error was noticed, the procedure was changed.

Th e error did not impact the diagnostic outcome of the tests and other endoscope procedures at UHNBC were not aff ected, he added.

Michael McMillan, Northern Health Northern Interior Chief Operating Offi cer, would not say whether disciplinary action was taken as a result of the error, but said Northern Health will con-duct a “full accountability review of the issue.”

Th e Prince George RCMP are actively investigat-ing a series of gas and truck equipment theft s in the city.

Since December 19, police have attended 11 re-ports of stolen fuel from Ford F-150 pickup trucks. Th e suspect or suspects are drilling a hole in the fuel tank and draining the tank of gas.

In addition to these theft s, Prince George RCMP have also attended another eight reports of equip-

ment being stolen from various other vehicles. LED light bars, Tidy Tanks full of diesel, and tires and rims have all been taken right off the vehicles.

In most cases these theft s have been happen-ing under the cover of darkness and occurring in driveways or unsecured parking lots. Th e Hart and College Heights areas of the City have been hardest hit. Th e value of the damaged property and stolen items are in excess of $20,000.

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The pest management methods proposed for use include physical (non-chemical) treatment methods (selective slashing, girdling, hand pulling, weed trimming, mowing, pruning, geotextiles and stump removal), the release of biological control agents (insects), cultural control methods (grass seeding), and the use of pesticides (herbicides). The common name (and examples of trade names) of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: aminopyralid, aminocyclopyrachlor, chlorsulfuron (Telar), clopyralid (Transline), 2-4 Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, dicamba (Vanquish), diuron (Karmex), flumioxazin, fluroxpyr, glyphosate (Roundup, Roundup Weathermax, Glyphos, Vantage, Vantage Plus), hexazinone (Velpar),indaziflam, imazapyr (Arsenal), metsulfuron-methyl, picloram (Tordon 22K), simazine (Simadex, Princep) and triclopyr (Garlon 4 or Garlon Ultra). Application methods include: foliar, soil, wick/wipe-on and cut surface, using backpack, wick/wipe-on applicator, squirt bottle, injection tools and handgun (power hose and nozzle).

The proposed duration of the PMP is from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2020. A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be examined online at fortisbc.com or by contacting the Applicant listed above.

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Th e good news is that the fl u going around this year isn’t as viru-lent as last year.

Th e bad news is that fl u shot you get isn’t targeted specifi cally at this year’s virus.

“It didn’t hit the bull’s eye, but it hit all around it,” said Dr. William Osei, Northern Health Medical Health Offi cer, adding getting a fl u shot is still part of a multi-faceted defence against coming down with the annual ailment that is most prevalent at this time of year.

In addition to getting a fl u shot, taking other precautionary mea-sures will also helpn such as washing your hands frequently, cough-ing or sneezing into your sleeve rather than your hands, disposing of tissues properly, and, if you get sick, staying at home so you don’t infect others.

While H1N1 was all the talk last year, this year H3N2 is what is hitting the streets, care homes, and schools. You need a microscope to determine the diff erence between the two because the symptoms are the same … you have the fl u.

“H1N1 is more the pandemic type,” said Osei. “It’s more virulent. It gets to more people, faster.”

As a result, Osei says this year’s fl u season is a mild one. Last year there were lineups at fl u clinics, this year, not so much. Osei said it’s diffi cult to get a fi rm number on the actual numbers of cases, since most people just stay home when they get the fl u.

However, so far this year Northern Health has confi rmed 21 cases of the fl u, compared to 47 at this time last year. Th ose cases break down to two in the northwest, nine in the central interior and 10 in the northeast.

Northern Health has administered 16,453 fl u shots this season. Numbers of fl u shots given by doctors and pharmacies won’t be available until sometime in March.

Osei says the fl u usually hits the hardest in early January with another peak about four weeks later. Northern Health continues to urge residents to get a fl u shot, wash their hands frequently, sneeze into shirt sleeves and, if you do get sick, just stay home.

Prince George fi re crews respond-ed to two fi res over the weekend.

Shortly aft er 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Prince George Fire Rescue was called to a reported structure fi re in an apartment building in the 1600 block of Queensway Street.

Firefi ghters arrived to fi nd smoke coming out of one of the ground fl oor suites. Fire was confi ned to one suite; however, the entire building sustained smoke damage.

Twenty-seven tenants managed

to get out safely. A city transit bus was called in to provide temporary shelter for the tenants. Due to the smoke damage to the building it was not deemed safe to allow tenants to return to their suites. Th e city’s Emergency Social Services was acti-vated to register and provide shelter for the tenants.

Th ere are no reported injuries or damage estimate at this time.

• • •Shortly aft er midnight on Sunday,

Prince George Fire Rescue respond-ed to a structure fi re located in the 2200 block of Redwood Street.

On arrival crews found smoke coming from a basement suite in a three-storey townhouse complex. Occupants were evacuated.

Th e fi re was knocked down quick-ly and damage was limited to the stove area and surrounding cabinets. Th ere was no one present from the suite at the time of the fi re. Damage value is not known at this time.

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While the pilot phase of research, which involved using the combined resources of UNBC and the RCMP to identify hitchhikers in the re-gion and direct them to fi ll out an online survey, is complete and being analyzed, in order to push the study further, Holler needs to inter-view people directly in northern B.C. aboriginal communities – and that takes money.

“Th ere are people we need to hear from that we’re not hearing from,” Holler said in an inter-view last month. “We’ve got a lot of people who are actually queued up who want to talk to us but we don’t have the money to go out and travel around and talk to them.

“We weren’t able to get the funding we needed to push our study further so all we were able to do was the electronic, online survey,” she said.

Th at survey produced “amazing information” and the RCMP was particularly supportive, she said, adding that she is travelling to Ottawa this month to meet with RCMP offi cials and talk about what can be done with the data.

But “we reached the limits of what we can do with the electronic survey,” she said. Th at’s because the people fi lling out the online survey weren’t necessarily the same people RCMP mem-bers were identifying hitchhiking along Highway 16. RCMP members, when spotting a hitchhiker, would stop and give them a package with infor-mation and a link to the online survey.

“We weren’t getting responses from that,” she said. “So we moved to a paper questionnaire that could just be dropped in a mailbox and we didn’t get any of those back..”

Th e people who fi lled out the online survey were “likely to have a higher education than an aboriginal northern B.C. resident, they were uniformly people with enough money ... We know we’re getting a segment of the hitchhik-ing population responding, but we’re not getting enough.”

However, Holler is confi dent she will track down money this year for the next phase of research.

“Sometimes I think the public doesn’t un-derstand how long it takes to create academic research projects and to get them funded and all that kind of thing. It’s a little frustrating because of the urgency of this topic ... People want it done – that’s citizens, media, people from gov-ernment – everybody wants it done, so I know it will get done. But it’s just a matter of my being able to dedicate some really sustained time to fi nding precisely where that money is because so far our applications have gone denied,” she said.

Money for the fi rst phase of the research was provided by Th e National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health at UNBC. “Th ey gave us

a little grant and we were able to do quite a bit with it,” Holler said.

So far, the project hasn’t been able to gain access to provincial money, grants dedicated to preventing crime and violence against women through the civil forfeiture fund. In a

release sent out Dec. 4, the province noted it had committed $3.4 million in civil forfeiture grants to supporting vulnerable women and various projects directly related to recommendations in the missing women inquiry report.

“So we’re going to be looking next year, there’s a new pot of money opening up for prevent-ing violence against women and there’s always ongoing social sciences and humanities research council money that we’re hoping to access,” Hol-ler said. “Because what everyone keeps telling us is they want this work done, but you need to have the funding.”

Holler’s research is just one hitchhiking study taking place at UNBC. Another study, pinpoint-ing hitchhiking hotspots, is about to embark on its second-phase of data collection.

Th e 1,400-page Missing Women Inquiry Commission report includes 56 recommenda-tions for the provincial government to protect and improve the lives of vulnerable women and girls in B.C. It came aft er a two-year inquiry that involved 90 days of public hearings and was or-dered as a result of the investigation into missing and murdered women, primarily on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Former B.C. attorney gen-eral Wally Oppal conducted the inquiry.

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For local provincial government staff , doing business in the province’s capital got easier Monday night.

On Monday, the fi rst direct fl ight between Vic-toria and Prince George touched down at the Prince George airport.

Th e inaugural fl ight, originating in Victoria, landed in northern B.C. at 6:40 p.m. Th e non-stop service, off ered by Pacifi c Coastal Airlines, operates six days a week on a 30-seat Saab 340A.

“I fl ew in on the new non-stop service and it was a very comfort-able, quick fl ight,” said John Gibson, president and CEO of the Prince George Airport Author-ity. “Th e cabin is very roomy and we are ex-tremely excited locals can get to the Island in only an hour and a half. We look forward to working with Pacifi c Coastal on making this new service a success.”

“We’ve had our eye on Prince George for many years, so today is a very exciting day for us,” said Pacifi c Coastal Airlines’ director of sales and marketing Kevin Boo-throyd. “We look forward to planting and growing roots in northern B.C. and creating relationships with those who live in the region.”

Welcoming celebra-tions took place in both

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and the BC Construction Association were in at-tendance welcoming the fi rst fl ight into YXS.

Th e fl ight between Prince George and Vic-toria operates Sunday to

Friday. It departs Victoria at 5 p.m. arriving into Prince George at 6:40 p.m.

Th e aircraft departs YXS at 7:05 p.m., arriving in YYJ at 8:45 p.m.

Th ere are some new faces on the board of the Prince George Airport Authority.

Jennifer Brandle-McCall was appointed eff ec-tive December 1, 2014. She currently is principal of JBM Communications, her communications consulting business. Brandle-McCall served as the chief executive offi cer of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce for three years. She was nominated by the Prince George Airport Authority. She replaces Marion Bartlett, who has completed the maximum nine years on the Board.

Michelle Mar-relli joined the board eff ective January 1, 2015.Marrelli cur-rently manages a local automotive sales and service enterprise. She served as trustee on the Board of School Dis-trict 57 for seven years. She was also Mayor Lyn Hall’s campaign manager. She was ap-pointed by the federal minister of transport. Marrelli replaces Tom Newell, who has served on the board since April 2007.

Emily Cheung also joined the board on Janu-ary 1, 2015. Cheung is corporate engineering manager with DWB Consulting Services Ltd. She currently serves on the Engineers Canada board of directors. Cheung was nominated by the Regional District of Fraser Fort George. She replaces Bob Radloff , who completed a three-year term on the board.

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Aft er being open for just over a year in Prince George, Target is clos-ing.

Target announced yesterday that it is closing all of its stores in Canada. It has obtained an initial order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for creditor protection under the Com-panies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.

Th e order authorizes Target Canada to begin a court-supervised wind-down of its Canadian business-es. It also provides for a broad stay of

proceedings against Target Canada and authorizes Target Corporation to provide a debtor-in-possession credit facility of US$175 million to fi nance Target Canada’s operations during the CCAA proceedings.

Target opened its location in the Pine Centre Mall in Prince George in early 2013. Target invested be-tween $10 million and $11 million in upgrading the location at the mall. When it opened, it employed between 150 and 200 people.

Th e Ontario court also approved a $70 million employee trust for the benefi t of employees of Target Canada. Th is trust will help provide severance for Target Canada’s 17,600 employees during the wind-down.

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Th e shakeout of liquefi ed natural gas propos-als for B.C. continues, with ExxonMobil’s large-scale project for Prince Rupert moving ahead and smaller projects changing or withdrawing plans.

ExxonMobil and its Canadian subsidiary Impe-rial Oil have fi led a detailed description with B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Offi ce, planning for a city-owned site on Tuck Inlet north of Prince Rupert Harbour.

One of the larger of 18 B.C. proposals, West Coast Canada LNG (WCC LNG) proposes up to fi ve fl oating barges for LNG loading with onshore support facilities, and an estimated capital cost of $15-25 billion.

WCC LNG sorted through a half dozen sites in the Kitimat and Prince Rupert area, where the larger of B.C.’s 18 current LNG export proposals are also claiming sites. Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman says 2015 is when the LNG industry begins to take shape, despite a slump in oil prices and rising competition from U.S. and other gas producers.

“New drilling activity in our upstream sector demonstrates investors remain confi dent in B.C.’s long-term natural gas potential,” Coleman said in a New Year commentary released last week. “One of our province’s largest Crown land sales in history occurred near the end of 2014, with industry con-tributing more than $209 million for exploration right alone.”

Proponents of Aurora LNG Grassy Point near Prince Rupert withdrew that application to start the year, focusing on another site at Digby Island.

Also withdrawn is the Farrell Creek raw gas processing plant north of Hudson’s Hope, a project taken over by Chinese-owned Progress Energy. Progress is a partner with PETRONAS in Pacifi c Northwest LNG at Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, with its investment decision postponed indefi nitely late last year amid changing global energy supply and demand.

Woodfi bre LNG near Squamish is another small-scale project moving ahead, with its applica-tion for B.C. environmental assessment accepted at the end of 2014.

Th e public comment period closed for another large-scale proposal, the Shell-led LNG Canada proposal for Kitimat.

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Th e love aff air with George Clooney is over.

No, not mine (I wish) but it seems with the rest of the world that idolized him. It was a short honeymoon. For the past three decades fans have swooned over Clooney with a passion not seen since the fainting-in-arms Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind.

When the world’s most eligible bachelor happily took himself off the market last year, fans wished him well. His romantic, picturesque wedding in Venice was widely photographed and gushed over. And, most importantly for those of us following arts and entertainment, Clooney’s new bride got fawned over for her intelligence, exquisite poise and sense of style.

She dazzled in an Oscar de la Renta wedding gown – one of the late designer’s last creations – and it fi t her like a glove. More on gloves later. Th e ivory-coloured dress was a beaded tulle extravagant little number with Chantilly lace applique

and totally in keeping with her reported seven-carat diamond and platinum ring.

And, as the song made famous by Th e Big Bopper goes:

“Chantilly lace and pretty face (and Amal is much more than a pretty face) ...

makes the world go round.” Does it ever.

So now we come to their fi rst red carpet appearance as a married couple, at the 72nd annual Golden Globes on Sunday. Clooney is asked to step aside (probably the fi rst time in his career) so the cameras can zoom in on his stunning bride. In the event recap, however, the once siz-zling hot fanfare cooled off to the frigid temperatures of a Prince George winter.

Fashion pundits (not just Fashion Police) were brutal in taking back their former fashionista’s royal crown.

Her long white gloves didn’t fi t?Well, bless my soul. Who would have

thought wearing long white gloves to the Golden Globes would cause such a fuss. Maybe she didn’t want to get her

hands dirty with all the black ink she knew would be expended by newspapers, tabloids and magazines to dethrone her the following day. Maybe she just likes the Audrey Hepburn old-style Hollywood glam or Jackie Kennedy classic chic.

Probably all the poor (in the fi gurative sense) girl was trying to do is show she doesn’t need to follow fashion trends to fi t in and – while an exotic beauty – she’s defi nitely not just eye candy on Clooney’s arm.

Th e 36-year-old British-Lebanese hu-man rights lawyer lived a life of luxury and privilege long before she met the 52-year-old Hollywood heartthrob – and long before critics tore her to shreds over a “forgettable” frock.

It was not just her gown they criticized but her demeanor.

Critics said she looked bored and that her face suggested she couldn’t wait for the event to be over. Th ey said she only “managed” to smile once when host Tina Fey pointed out her career accomplish-ments while noting it was her husband taking home the Lifetime Achievement Award.

It all only goes to show the fi ckle nature

of this homage to Hollywood some of us like to indulge in. One day you’re in, the next you’re out. But I’ll bet Amal (I feel I know her so well from the tabloids that we’re on a fi rst name basis) doesn’t give – sorry for the crude idiom – a red rat’s ass what they, or anyone else, thinks of her white gloves or her black dress.

She already has it all. She has her own success story and

impressive curriculum. And she has the very colourful and cute George Clooney. She is likely not the kind of woman who needs to be pandered aft er by the public or sought aft er by the media. I’m sure if she even pays attention to the negative reviews, she’ll dismiss them as silly time wasters and get on with the important things in her life.

Like trying to fi gure out how to wear his and her matching Je Suis Charlie but-tons, not as a fashion statement for the red carpet, but as a statement about what really matters. Th at’s the real reason why Clooney will always have fans.

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Th ere are lots things that make me scratch my head (no, not lice).

Th is week has produced a number of items that make me go … hmmm?

• • •Big news out of city hall this week with city manager

Beth James quitting/retiring/getting laid off /getting fi red or whatever they’re calling it these days. (Blew one of my 2015 predictions out of the water, but that’s another story.) However, why is it that when the city and the city manager part ways the city issues a press release, but when the media asks whether the city’s new communications manager Todd Corrigal is still employed, the response is “the city doesn’t comment on personnel matters.”

Hmmm?• • •

I see that Dalhousie University is still reeling from the aft ermath of several of its male dentistry students creat-ing a misogynistic Faebook page. Th e students will now be segregated while continuing their studies. Th is comes amid howls from across the land for the students’ expulsion.

Th e only saving grace for the students is that they thought up the denigrating comments themselves. If they

had copied the sexist comments from someone else, then they would have been guilty of plagiarism and expulsion would be pretty much automatic.

Hmmm?• • •

Greg Kauk, who ran for city council last November but didn’t get elected, has Tweeted that Prince George is soon to have a ‘shadow council,’ whether the “real council wants it or not.”

My understanding is that the shadow council will be comprised of some of those who ran for council but didn’t get elected. Th ey will debate some of the same issues that council is debating with the idea of present-ing, perhaps, some diff erent arguments and, at the same time, giving valuable debating experience to those who may want to sit at the council table in the future.

Hmmm … could be very interesting.• • •

We’ve been listening to the provincial government spout on for about four years now that there will be one million

job openings in British Columbia by, fi rst, the year 2020 and now, revised edition, 2022. Hopefully some of those million job openings have been fi lled, so shouldn’t it be

revised to 824,234 job openings by 2022? Or 624,829 jobs? Or, perhaps, like the road signs the province puts up ‘project completed?’

Sorry, went off on a bit of a tangent there.But now the federal government, with an elec-

tion in the offi ng, has you paying for its latest ad campaign telling you how great they are. Th e ads are extolling the virtues of the federal job creation programs.

If you listen closely, the federal ads say there will be one million job openings in Canada over the next decade.

Hmmm …?I’m sure that neither the provincial govern-

ment nor the federal government would know-ingly provide us with incorrect numbers, which leads me to deduce that all of the million new jobs in the country over the next few years will be in British Columbia. Wow.

So why is the federal government advertising in other provinces?

WRITER’S BLOCKBILLPHILLIPS

Millions of jobs all over the province

White gloves for a red carpet

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Every elected offi cial, at all levels of government, frequent-ly faces a dilemma. Th ey must decide if they stand on the side of the popular choice or do the right thing even if it will result in unpopularity.

Th ere are many who believe their govern-ment should always give them what they want when they want it. Th ey argue that the aggre-gate thinking of the populace refl ects the one true decision. Th ere are many examples which disprove that popular claim.

Many have speculated on the world of tomorrow where every citizen would have the right to go online and tell the government concerned what direction they should go in. Th at is an attractive and neat idea, but one with fl aws, which could give bad or disastrous results with long-living consequences. In such a situation, if that should arise, would the deci-sion reached by the majority be wisdom or just a refl ection of mob mentality?

Th e referendum on implementing a harmonized sales tax in our province met with exceptionally strong resistance. Th ose opposed demonized the move as another government tax grab. Th ere are still many who believe that is the case. Granted, the government of Gordon Campbell did a rotten job of introducing the tax, but the referendum defeated the implementation of the tax more by emotion and ignorance than fact. It became a somewhat romantic idea of the little people standing up to the big bad government. Th ere were many good economic reasons to implement the tax but those reasons were trod into the dust by the emotional response.

More recently, the Enbridge pipeline proposal was so

resisted that even some city councils came on board to op-pose the construction of the line. Th at is not to say it was a good proposal, but the real meat and potatoes of the pipeline hearings were the educated, well thought out proposal of

those who had done the necessary research and helped develop the knowledge base. Th e masses were much more infl uenced by the emotional ap-peals of those in opposition to the proposal.

Along with the recent municipal elections there was a vote on fl uoridation of the city water supply. Although it was only an information vote, council had little choice but to follow the opinion of voters. Th e outcome was predictable. A general mistrust of all governments combined with the strong presence of adding anything to our food chain assured a no vote. Of those who made the trip to the polls, how many took the time to take in the bountiful amount of information made available to them before they voted? Did they

make the right decision? We will not know until 20 or 30 years down the road.

All elected representatives must research and ponder a multitude of decisions. Th ey may be what we devote our tax-payers’ money towards. What policy we instruct the admin-istration where they should apply our resources is important and challenging decisions. Th ey must be prepared to defend those decisions. In the main, they will make more right and pragmatic decisions.

We elect individuals who we trust. A large part of their job is to take the time to dig into the details and become momentary experts on the topic before them. It is not an easy job but it must be done with very sober concern for the community both today and in the future.

Mayor Lyn Hall is certainly wasting no time in putting his stamp on city hall.

He, along with the new city council, wasted no time in showing city manager

Beth James the door. Although the offi cial line is that they have mutually agreed to part ways, make no bones about it, she was sent packing. What was mutually agreed to was a fi nancial compensation package that will, undoubtedly, be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and which the city will not willingly disclose.

Th ere is a certain irony in council cleaning house (it appears that communications manager Todd Corrigal is also gone, but the city is refusing to comment). It was in January 2012, two months aft er Shari Green was elected mayor, that 28 city staff were sent packing.

Th is, however, is a little diff erent in that Hall and coun-cil are cleaning out at the very top.

James is one of the vestiges of the Green era at city hall that Hall is quickly erasing. He said that council wants to go in a new direction and that they are doing. James was a no-nonsense administrator who was brought in to clean things up. She may have been eff ective, but her take-no-prisoners approach didn’t endear her to many.

One of the issues raised during the election campaign was there was a disconnect between city council and se-nior administration. James had a big part in erecting that wall between city council and city hall.

She brought forward the councillors’ code of con-duct that, in its original form, would have forbade a city councillor from talking to any staff member without her consent. It was watered down somewhat before council agreed to it … most with fi ngers crossed behind their backs because they knew the code has no real teeth to it and they could do what they wanted anyway. In addition, the code was aimed primarily at Coun. Brian Skakun, who was actually fi nding out what was happening on the ground during last year’s snow removal debacle and that was contrary to what senior administration was telling us.

Hall campaigned on bringing a new style of leadership to city hall, one that is more inclusionary and approach-able. Th e challenge for the new city council will be to now fi nd a new city manager who fi ts that new style and who can eff ectively run the city.

It will undoubtedly be a full agenda for the new city council when they meet later this month for their retreat as they decide how to replace James and how to make good on all the campaign promises.

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While we certainly haven’t seen the on-slaught of snowstorms this year that we did last year, snow has arrived.

With that has come the microscope hovering over the city’s snow removal eff orts. Generally, this year, they seem to be pretty good. We’re not hearing the endless complaints about snow removal, it’s not the conversation at every coff ee break, and it’s not domi-nating the headlines. Th at means the city has listened, learned, and changed since last year.

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I did some thinking about my sporting past on Saturday.

OK, maybe not my sporting past, but my past in relation to sports.

I was at the fi nal couple of games of the Trojan Wars boys basketball tournament at D.P. Todd, and while I spent most of my time following the games, I also spent some time following an area I was more familiar with: the scorers’ table.

When I was at Prince George Second-ary School, I started doing a lot of score-keeping for basketball tournaments at the school. And when I say scorekeeping, I actually mean any of the jobs at the table – scorekeep-ing, timekeeping or running the 30-second clock.

Aft er I gradu-ated, I found I still had a lot of Friday aft ernoons and evenings and Saturdays free, so I kept scorekeeping at PGSS, but I also started helping out at the other high schools when they had tournaments.

It was a lot of fun, I got to see a lot of really good basketball for free, and I got a reputation as someone who could be relied on to show up for all the games and do a good job at whatever assignment I was given.

One job which has changed a lot from when I was working the scorers’ table is the 30-second clock.

When I started, none of the local schools had actual 30-second clocks, which you now see mounted on the walls at the end of the courts, and which are controlled from the table.

What we had, in most cases, was a stop-watch. You had to get pretty quick at stop-ping, resetting and re-starting the watch any time there was a change of possession.

We also had a device to let the teams know when there were 10 seconds left on the shot clock. At most schools it was a very sophisticated device at the table, known as a table lamp.

Yes, you sat there with the stopwatch in one hand and the other on the switch on the lamp. When the stopwatch showed 10 seconds left , you switched on the light. Most teams had a player on the bench watching the lamp, and they would let the players on the fl oor know when it came on.

Defi nitely not the most technically sophisticated system, and I remember how happy to discover one year that some of the schools had taken a step up.

Th ey had wired together a timer, which automatically turned on the lamp when there were 10 seconds left .

It was quite a change.I see the clocks now, and I wonder how

we did it back then without making a mess of things.

ALLAN’S AMBLINGSALLANWISHART

Lightingup thescore

Political correctness created the cultural atmosphere that allowed jihadist fascist mur-derers to organize to kill 10 staff members, including four political cartoonists, and two police offi cers at the offi ces of the Parisian satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo; a police offi cer outside; and four shoppers at a kosher grocery store.

Th e attacks had an impact on people of all faith traditions, as well as atheists among the journalists. One of the police offi cers murdered at the Charlie Hebdo offi ces was Muslim. A Muslim employee at the kosher supermarket helped some imperiled custom-ers escape harm.

Politically correct people indirectly helped the radical Islamists gather the strength and the level of co-ordination required to terror-ize journalists, Jews, Christians and moderate Muslims because over the past three decades they have engaged in silencing, fi rst by sham-ing and ultimately by legal action, any critics of religious extremist activity, calling them “racist xenophobes” or “paranoid conspiracy theorists.” As a result, most residents of West-ern countries became blinded to the presence of radical Fift h Columnists in their midst– as, for example, in France, where they were highly trained and ready to massacre 10 newspaper employees and two policemen in one Paris building with the discipline and precision of a military commando unit. Th ese were no disaff ected unemployed young men who were spontaneously expressing their frustration with their joblessness or who were outraged of a sudden by a cartoon of the Prophet Muham-

mad.Th ere are historical parallels. Between

Hitler’s accession to power in January 1933 and Nazi Germany’s absorption of Austria and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in 1938 (and the rest of that country in March 1939), exiled members of German opposition parties set up newspapers or fi led freelance stories from inside the still independent nearby Eastern European countries. Th e German social democratic party in exile published a paper in Prague chronicling and criticizing events in Nazi Germany. Th e Hitler government sent Nazi agents into these countries to murder some of these exiled politicians and journal-ists.

Anita Kunz, a Canadian cartoonist who contributes to New Yorker magazine, said that, as a result of this month’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, she now has to consider the real possibility of at some point being assassinated for her work. She said Saturday on CBC Radio One’s Day Six program that she felt increasingly constrained by “thought police.” On Rex Murphy’s Cross-Country Check-Up on CBC Radio One Sunday aft er-noon, guest Raheel Raza, founder of Muslims Facing Tomorrow and author of Th eir Jihad – Not My Jihad, noted that politicians will denounce such incidents for a short while and then eventually revert to political correctness, saying they are isolated events and minimizing any connection with radical Islamism.

Th e demonstrations Sunday in support of Charlie Hebdo, the victims of the terrorist attacks and their families and free speech as an essential element of France’s enlightenment-oriented democratic culture were an encour-aging development. Two million people, joined by world leaders, took part in the main

rally in Paris, and a total of another million people participated in parallel demonstrations in outlying French cities. One hopes these will turn the tide against organized extremist at-tacks against journalists, freedom of the press and freedom of speech.

Still, one fears the outrage won’t last and the fog of political correctness will roll back in. Already offi cial France seems to be backpedal-ling, if Radio France International newslet-ters are any indication. Th ey emphasize that France has many restrictions on speech, and that the sensitivity of religious groups is paramount. Th e dry rot of political cor-rectness continues undisturbed in too many universities in the West, as well as in some wire services and major metropolitan dailies. Meanwhile, French Jews are being advised by many of their leaders to emigrate from France because of fears for their safety.

Matt Taibbi, top fi nancial journalist and in-vestigative reporter for Rolling Stone, said this is a crucial moment for the future of freedom of expression. “Free Speech is a crucial part of who we are,” he wrote last Th ursday. “If we give it up because a vocal minority in a diff er-ent culture disagrees – a minority, incidentally, that believes we had things fi gured better in the seventh century – then we don’t deserve free speech at all. And yes, it sucks that we have to risk bloodshed and destruction over a cartoon, but that’s what’s on the line here, our way of life.

“Th e answer here isn’t more self-censor-ship,” Taibbi said. “Since when do we give in to bullies so easily?”

Freedom of expression is a universal value, the foundation of democratic society. Our political and cultural leaders have the obliga-tion to defend it unreservedly.

Paul StricklandSpecial to the Free Press

Our political leadershave to defend freedom of expression

Photo submittedThe Snow Daze snow sculpture contest is on again this year and this is one of Jonathan Smela’s entries.

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George, in partnership with the Prince George Community Foundation, is invit-ing applications for grants up to $2,500 to support projects in fi ve areas in the regional district.

Projects should support community-based programs in arts and culture, environment, social welfare and health, education, seniors, youth, and heritage.

Endowment Funds have been estab-lished for the following areas:

• Salmon River-Lakes (Electoral Area A)

• Chilako River-Nechako (Electoral Area C)

• Hixon-Woodpecker (Electoral Area E)• Willow River-Upper Fraser (Electoral

Area F)• Crooked River-Parsnip (Electoral Area

G)Th ese newly established endow-

ment funds were developed through the Northern Development Initiative Trust’s Community Foundation matching grant program and community grant-in-aid funds from the regional district. Th e funds

are administered through the Prince George Community Foundation.

Community groups or organizations that have a project that will enhance the quality of life for residents living in Electoral Areas A, C, E, F, or G within the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George have until January 31 to submit their ap-plications.

More information about these grants, including a downloadable application form can be found on the Regional Dis-trict website at www.rdff g.bc.ca

if you have a good idea for a project

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On Friday, Jan. 23 the Prince George Public Library Nechako branch will be the scene of a dryland, life-sized battle-ship arena. Th e free event, which encourages using the imagination, takes place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Join the crew and sink a battle-ship while defending your own. Be prepared to throw things. Life-sized Battleship is a pro D event suitable for ages 10 to 12.

Relax with a theatre performance of three great bands on Monday, Jan. 26 as part of the Coldsnap Music Festival. Vander-hoof ’s Rosewood’s Diary kicks things off . Red Moon from the Prairies is back, blending sounds from banjo, mandolin, guitar and fi ddle along with vocal harmonies. And Catherine MacLellan brings her music from the Maritimes, folk-country blues songs. Th e event takes place at the Prince George Playhouse from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Award winning author Ed Zaruk is coming back to Artspace to led his fourth annual writers’ workshop. On Saturday, Jan. 31 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and on Sat-urday, Feb. 7 (same time), Zaruk will help attendees tackle non-fi ction and historical fi ction. Atten-dance for each session costs $20 and anyone interested is encouraged to contact Books and Company to sign up in advance.

On Saturday, Jan 31 at Two Rivers Gallery, Kiwanis Prince George is hosting an ale fest, similar to a wine-tasting festival, and off ering attendees the opportunity to taste a variety of high-quality specialty and premium beers made by B.C. and Yukon independent brew-ers. Th e event will feature a selection of two separate tastings sessions, live music powered by Coldsnap, craft beer learning sessions, souvenir tasting glass, tapas food paired to featured beer, and a professional art exhibit. Th e event is the Kiwanis Club of Prince George annual signature event to raise funds for lo-cal children’s charities and Kiwanis programs.

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Kids with real personality

According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, 2015 is the Year of the Goat.

Trisha Gustafson and her hus-band, Brad, will have no trouble celebrating. Th e couple raises Chi-lako Nubian goats on their 160 acre “hobby farm” in the Mud River area – and there’s always plenty of live action going on.

“Right now we have 22 Nubians on our farm. Th ey’re like the ‘Jersey’ of the goat world and we just love their antics,” said Gustafson, who oft en photographs them.

“Th ey’re really fun to be around because they do the most entertain-ing things. Each one has its own per-sonality so they are more like dogs that way. Th ey love attention and have a pecking order in the herd.”

Th ey all have names to suit their personality.

“All our goats are registered with formal names but I’m surprised they don’t have an identify crisis with all the nicknames we give them – based on their distinctive behaviours.”

Th e Gustafsons have two livestock guardian dogs who stay with the goats and protect them from harm.

“We have a lot of coyotes where we live, and they are really sneaky, I fi nd. Th ey seem to always have a plan, they try to lure one dog away so they can get closer to the goats. We’ve seen cougars and bears and there’s been lynx tracks although lynx don’t usually go aft er goats.”

Nubian goats are cute but they also are valued for their milk. And Gustafson soon learned how to make artisan soap which she sells in local stores and markets.

“Brad milks the goats and I make the soap,” says Gustafson.

“Th eir milk is not super in volume but it is very creamy. Nubians have the highest butter fat content so it really does make beautiful soaps. It’s labour intensive we use high quality essential oils, so it’s not cheap to produce but it’s very luxurious.”

Th e couple’s love of Nubian goats began with a herd of horses.

“Originally, when we bought the farm fi ve years ago, we planned to have a small hobby farm which would help us to be as self-suffi cient as possible. We had a friend who needed a temporary place to keep horses – we ended up looking aft er 17 horses for about six months. As a thank-you present, we got a small herd of Nubian goats.”

Calling it the “best present ever,” that’s how their adventure with goats started, she said.

Anyone wanting to raise Nubians

is advised to ask lots of questions and buy from a reputable breeder/owner, says Gustafson. She likes to share information on the care and feeding of Nubians with her social media friends.

“Goats love alfalfa, they are browsers like deer. Sheep and cattle are grazers and they will eat down a pasture but goats like to nibble the tops off everything instead.”

Page wire fencing keeps the goats in a large but contained area – but they love to play and socialize outside, says Gustafson. Like many northerners, though, they like to stay inside during the winter.

“We make them go out, otherwise they’d stay in this time of year. We put their water a couple of hundred yards away so they get fresh air and exercise. Th ey do get a winter coat which comes out in the spring.”

Th e Gustafsons regularly post photos and stories about their goats’ latest antics and adventures. Trisha Gustafson came in fourth last month in an international online photo contest which featured a photo of their goat friends.

For more information about the Gustafsons and their goats, go to their website at www.chilakonubi-ans.com.

Th e “celebrity” goats even have their own facebook page at www.facebook.com/ChilakoNubians.

keep local couple busy on their goat farmTeresa [email protected]

Photo contributedTrisha Gustafson gets a kiss from “Skye.”

Photo contributedTrisha and Brad Gustafson with four legged friend “Player.”

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To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true.

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To be just as enthusiastic about the success ofothers as I am about my own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smileto every living creature I meet.

To give so much time to improving myself that Ihave no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,

and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact

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To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side,so long as I am true to the best that is in me.

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Four Operation Red Nose volunteers will be fl ying high, while one client will be dining in style.

Krista Moller and her vehicle got a ride home with Operation Red Nose on New Year’s Eve, and that turned out to be the 10,000th ride supplied by Operation Red Nose in Prince George in the past 17 years.

On Tuesday, Moller received a gift certifi cate from Operation Red Nose for using the service

that night, while the volunteer road team of Lynn Fulton, Amanda Logan and Jackie Toombs and phone operator Megan Winia will get a helicopter ride, thanks to Aberdeen Helicopter.

“I used the service twice this season,” Moller said. “I like to support it, and it’s a great way to get home with your vehicle.”

Fulton said she and Toombs were on the same team three times in the nine nights Operations Red Nose ran this year, and the full trio worked together twice.

Toombs is the only one who has ridden in a helicopter before.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressKrista Moller, second from left, is presented with a gift certificate from Moxie’s for being the 10,000th ride for Operation Red Nose in Prince George. Making the presentation Tuesday at ICBC were Lynn Fulton, left, Jackie Toombs, and Amanda Logan, the team which got Krista and her vehicle home safely on New Year’s Eve.

Operation Red Nosereaches an important milestone

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Pighin art picked For artist and teacher Jennifer Annais

Pighin, her designs chosen for the 2015 Canada Winter Games are as much about showing respect for those who came before her as they are an expression of her artistic talent.

Pighin created three designs used for Team B.C. scarves and shirts as well as commemo-rative pins that will be widely seen around Prince George in February when it proudly hosts the Games for the fi rst time.

Importantly for her, says Pighin, Lheidli T’enneh is First Nation host for the Games, the fi rst time a First Nation has been named an offi cial host of the Games.

“Th ey [Winter Games committee] called and asked me to create the designs – I really don’t know why they chose me but I was happy to come up with something,” she said Wednesday. “But I also want to acknowledge the knowledge-holders who have passed on our art and cultural traditions so that I could do this.”

When she fi rst sat down to create them, the designs came easily to her, she says.

“I have lots of ideas,” she said, laughing. Indeed, the prolifi c artist has her own

website featuring her work which is always evolving despite the fact she has other roles such as teacher, student and busy mother of two. Pighin was born and raised in Prince George and spent six or seven years in the Lower Mainland pursuing her higher education.

Currently she’s working on her Masters of First Na-tions Studies at UNBC. She teaches at PGSS.

Team B.C. partnered with Pighin, a council mem-ber for the Lheidli T’enneh, and commissioned three designs to be used on Team B.C. apparel and pins for the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

“Th ese beautiful designs are going to be a huge hit at the upcoming Games,” said Coralee Oakes, minister of community, sport and cultural development, in a Jan. 13 press release.

“What a great way to share the spirit of the North and the culture of the Lheidli T’enneh,” she said.

“I am excited to be part of this project as it involves youth,” Pighin said in the same release. “Opportunities like this are so uplift ing and the chance to share the pride of our culture and our province is exciting.”

In a Jan. 14 news release, it was announced that Pighin is also winner of the 2015 Canada Winter Games Medal Design Competition. Her work was chosen from 39 submissions from across Canada.

Pighin is a snowboarder who loves the outdoors.“I love winter. It is my thing,” she said, adding her

eight-year-old twin boys enjoy sports including skiing

and outdoor recreation and her mother was a fi gure skater. Growing up on the North Nechako River, Pighin says she has a true understanding of and strong enduring bond with natural environment which comes through in the three designs she created for Team B.C.

Th e scarf shows a sockeye salmon, a staple food of the interior people.

“Salmon take a phenomenal journey to Prince George and they are nothing like they were when they started, changing colours and becoming lean as they move up the river,” she said.

Another aspect of her talent is represented in a Team B.C. puzzle pin, a three-part pin inspired by the work of her elders and depicting a dug-out canoe, a traditional form of travel.

“It has been an honour to work with Jennifer on the creation of these designs,” said Rob Needham, Team B.C. Chef de Mission. “Th e Team B.C. athletes, coaches and mission staff will wear the pieces with pride and they are excited to debut them in Prince George.”

According to the release, the 2015 Canada Winter Games are expected to bring together 3,300 athletes, coaches and managers from every province and terri-tory to compete in 19 sports. For more about Jennifer Pighin visit www.jenniferannaispighin.com.

Lorraine Grant was feeling frustrated last Th urs-day evening.

“I was working at home,” she said Friday aft er-noon, “and it was tough to get through.”

Th en she got a phone call from someone at the Hospice House Society, and the frustration disap-peared.

Grant was told she was the winner of the Soci-ety’s latest 50/50 draw,worth $76, 360.

“I bough the ticket quite a while ago, on a phone-in order,” she said aft er picking up her cheque at the Hospice House on Friday. “I always buy tickets on the draw.”

She says the Hospice House is a local group she has always supported.

“I just fell our community is so fortunate to have the Hospice House here. When we heard the draw was coming up, my husband asked if we should buy another ticket.

“I thought for a few seconds and then said, ‘No. I

think one is enough.’”She hasn’t made any plans for the money yet, but

says she will keep one thing in mind.“I’m going to look aft er it wisely.”

Grant big winner in Hospice House 50/50

Allan WISHART/Free PressHospice House of Prince George 50-50 winner Lorraine Grant, centre, receives a cheque for $76,360 from executive director Donalda Carson, left, and event co-ordina-tor Colette Garneau.


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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressArtist and teacher Jennifer Pighin shows off the design she created for scarves worn by Team B.C. during the Canada Winter Games hosted by Prince George.

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A celebration of diversity.Th e College of New Caledonia

(CNC) held the latest instalment in a series of workshops that celebrate their digenization and internationalization.

Organizer and artist Cat Sivertsen said Wednesday the workshop had a heart theme and slogan: “Th is is the HeArt of diversity.”

Th e event was hosted by CNC’s International Education department and the Aboriginal Resource Centre and was held in the Gathering Place. Participants were encouraged to be creative with their ideas and use of materials, said Sivertsen.

“Canfor donated all the paper for

our event and I cut it up into squares to make it easier for people to work on. Our me-dium was mixed media so we had materials like little maps, origami paper, cupcake hold-ers – and lots of glitter.

“We’ve been running this series at CNC for about a year and a half but this is the fi rst art-based one we’ve done.”

Facilitator Elyse Elmslie said several students and faculty members stopped by Wednesday to add their artistic fl air.

“I’m painting a picture in between talking with people. Rather than just simply asking people to do a piece of art about where they come from,

which can be a little daunting for some people, I ask them to use a heart shape. I think the heart is a nice symbol and people can get creative with it and incorpo-rate it in their artwork.”

Elmslie says the intent of the series as a whole is to create a more welcom-ing environment for the college community. Indeed, twin sisters Orsi and Francisca Hamari, exchange students from

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A table at the back of the room was piled high with colourful paintings and, of course, hearts.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressOrsi Hamari, left, joins her twin sister Francisca (right) and fellow CNC student Nimra Riaz in creating heart-themed artwork Wednesday during a workshop to celebrate CNC’s indigenization and interna-tionalization. The sisters are exchange students from France.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressSpirit the Caribou, the new mascot for Northern Health, prepares to high-five the Duchess Park Condors mas-cot Tuesday morning at the school. Isabel Stratton, a Duchess Park student, right, designed Spirit.

Th ere’s a new Spirit inside Northern Health.Spirit the Caribou was unveiled Tuesday aft ernoon at

Duchess Park Secondary, where Isabel Stratton, who de-signed the mascot, is a Grade 8 student.

“I decided to make him a caribou,” she said, “because that’s an endangered species. I probably did 10 or 15 drawings of him over two weeks.”

Spirit was designed to help Northern Health engage young people in thinking about healthy living, and was sponsored by the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation.

“It’s so diff erent seeing him in 3D,” Isabel said. “I’m really pleased with how he turned out.”

According to the back story she created for Spirit, “When Spirit was young, he was adventurous and loved to explore. One day, when Spirit was out discovering the world, he got a really bad cold and had to go visit the doctor.”

Th e doctor encouraged Spirit to practice healthy living habits, “so he and his family can stay strong.”

Spirit will make a number of appearances during the up-coming Canada Winter Games, before making appearances across the north, spreading the message of healthy living to young people.


Comedy with Gerry Dcoming to Vanier Hall

As life changes, so does Gerry Dee’s comedy routine.“When I started doing stand-up,” Dee says over the phone

from Ontario, “teaching took front and centre. Now, there’s a lot about parenting.”

Dee will be at Vanier Hall on Jan. 30, bringing his act to Prince George for the fi rst time.

“It’s always fun going to a place for the fi rst time,” says Dee, whose CBC show, Mr. D, starts its fourth season on Jan. 20. “Th is show might be more of an introduction to Gerry Dee, whereas if I’m playing a city I’ve played before, I might change things up a bit.”

Dee says he had always been an entertainer and a story-teller growing up, but his fi rst career was as a teacher.

“I was teaching for about fi ve years before I did my fi rst stand-up routine. It was something I wanted to try, and this was just the next step from what I had been doing for years.”

For those early routines, he stuck to what he knew best.“Teaching was an easy source of stories. Th ere might be

something that had happened the day before in class that I could make a story out of.”

He started to attract notice across Canada for his comedy, and aft er another fi ve years, he gave up teaching and turned to comedy full-time.

He took part in a season of Last Comic Standing on NBC, where he fi nished the third, the highest fi nish ever by a Ca-nadian. Th at was when Canadian TV came calling.

“A guy at Th e Score knew my sports background, so he asked if I’d be interested in doing a segment. Th at lasted about six or seven years.”

Th e segments featured Dee interviewing sports personali-ties, and he really enjoyed it.

“I was getting the chance to meet some of my sports he-roes. I still look at them as heroes.”

When he got the chance to do Mr. D, a series about a high-school teacher who tries to stay one step ahead of his students, the sports angle ended up tagging along.

“We’ve had some sports people guest star on the show, like Nathan McKinnon, Daniel Negreanu and Roberto Alomar. It’s always a lot of fun.”

And he says, even though he’s been out of teaching for a while, there is no shortage of story lines.

Th e tour he’s on now started with a few dates in December, than has a few in B.C., then picks up again about a month later.

“It’s nice to be at the point now in my career where I can dictate what events I go to. I get the chance to get back to Toronto and have some time with my family, then go out on the road again.”

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

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.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Information: 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 GroupsMetis Elders Craft group, Th urs-

day, 10 a.m.-noon, Prince George Metis 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.

Annie, 4 year old Spayed Female Domestic Short Haired Calico. Annie loves to lounge around and watch things happen. She has a very gentle soul and loves to cuddle. She would do best in a house without young children as loud noises and fast movements do stress her out. She is good with other cats as long as they respect her Personal Space.

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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Doreen Alice WilsonMay 11, 1929 - January 7, 2015

Mom passed away peacefully, with family by her side. She is survived by her four daughters, Linda Goodair (Bud) of Mission, BC; Edith Palumbo (Dan) of Prince George; Kathy Powell (Brad) of Nanaimo and Elizabeth (Ken) of Vancouver. Doreen has 8 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Thomas James (Tom) in 2003.Mom was born in Tuberose, Saskatchewan, and lived on the family farm, where she spent much of her time with her horse and dogs.She eventually moved to Saskatoon to begin her career and it was there she met her husband. Mom and Dad were married in Saskatoon in 1951 and then moved to Prince George, where Dad worked for the CN for 35 years, Mom was a homemaker and where they raised their family.Mom moved into the Prince George Chateau in 2004, being one of the rst residents, and was lucky enough to have spent 8+ years there. Due to declining health, she was moved to Parkside Care Facility in April of 2013, and was cared for by many wonderful people.We will always remember Mom’s beautiful smile!There will be no service by request. Our family will gather at a later date, for a Celebration of Mom’s Life.If desired, and in lieu of owers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society, or a charity of your choice.

The Fitzhugh is an award-winning community news organization in beautiful Jasper, Alberta – the heart of the Canadian Rockies. We are seeking a passionate, driven, and highly creative individual to fill the role of Production Manager with our team.

Ours is a young, enthusiastic office in a not-so-average mountain town. As soon as the rooftop pool is installed we plan to have regular Friday afternoon diving competitions. The Google compound’s got nothing on us. Working here, you’ll want to keep your trail mix close to your camera, tucked safely beside those tickets to the next local gig.

The Production Manager plans, schedules, strategizes, and oversees all production activities, while playing a fundamental role in the creative direction and graphic design of the newspaper and the advertising within it. You will perform essential functions in layout and design to ensure that the newspaper meets strict print deadlines.

The ideal candidate will have:Strong knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skillsAbility to execute creative designs, concepts, and layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design conceptsMinimum of 3 years experience designing for print, ideally with publishing experienceKnowledge of 4 colour print production processStrong attention to detailAbility to meet strict weekly deadlinesAbility to multi-task and utilize resources to execute tasks within a deadline oriented environmentConfidence to work independently and in support of business objectivesIllustration, photography and advertising experience a bonus

This is an amazing opportunity to fill out your portfolio and to join a fun and positive work environment.

Please forward your resume to Matt at [email protected].

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Qualified applicants must hold a Red Seal Ticket.

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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Complete job details can be viewed at: http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/ our-people-employment/careers/

Western Forest Products Inc. is a margin focused integrated company safely producing lumber from coastal forests.

If you believe that you have the skills and qualifications that we are looking for, please reply in confidence:

Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: [email protected]

As only short listed candidates will be contacted, WFP thanks you in advance for your interest in our Company. Please visit us at www.westernforest.com

NECHAKO RESERVOIR UPDATE

14 January 2015

Reservoir Elevation: 851.15m (2792.50 ft.)SLS Discharge: 34.19 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.

Contact Rio Tinto Alcan at 250-567-5105 for more information. A re-cording of this notice is available 24-hours in Vanderhoof at 250- 567-5812

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NECHAKO RESERVOIR UPDATE

7 January 2015

Reservoir Elevation: 851.19m (2792.62 ft.)SLS Discharge: 34.27 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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Prince George Free PressDescriptionWe are seeking a team player with a professional attitude to work and learn in a fast paced, business environment.Quali cationsThe ideal candidate must be motivated and take the initiative to sell multiple media products, including on-line advertising and special products, work with existing customers and develop new customers. Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required. Above average communication skills, valid driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle are necessary.If a rewarding challenge resonates with you, contact us today. Please submit your resume and cover letter to:

Ron Drillen, General Manager Prince George Free Press 1773 South Lyon Street Prince George, B.C., V2N 1T3, Canada Tel: (250) 564-0005 Ext.115 Fax: (250) 562-0025 Email: [email protected]

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SERVICE CENTRE REPRESENTATIVE (Permanent, Full-Time)

The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George is inviting applications for a Permanent, Full-Time position of Service Centre Representative in Development Services. This position provides assistance to the public as well as a wide variety of clerical support for various departments including meeting scheduling, minute taking, travel arrangements, word processing and records management services. Land Use Planning and Building Inspection administrative support knowledge or experience would be an asset. Qualifi cations include demonstrated training and experience in customer relations and oral communication skills; minimum Grade 12 or equivalent; a minimum accurate typing speed of 60 net words per minute; knowledge of offi ce systems and equipment as well as spreadsheets, database, desktop publishing, PowerPoint and word processing programs in a windows environment. Successful completion of a post-secondary program (minimum one year) in secretarial or offi ce administration program plus three years related general offi ce experience or fi ve years related general offi ce experience are required. More detailed information on the duties of this position is available on our website under “Employment Opportunities”.This is a union position with a salary of $1,846.81 to $2,052.11 bi-weekly (2013 rate). The start date is to be determined. Please forward your resume by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 to:

Marie St. Laurent, CHRP, Manager of Human Resources Regional District of Fraser-Fort George

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We have immediate openings for•Journeyman Mechanic Technician

•Front End TechnicianWe are looking for a 4th year Licensed Journeyman Mechanic and a 2nd year FrontEnd Technician to join our growing business in Terrace, BC

Own tools and valid driver’s license required.

We offer competitive salaries, great benefi ts and regular working hours - be home every night!

Visit us in-store, with resume or contact: Owner: BK (Smitty) Smith, 4641 Keith Ave., Terrace, BC Phone: 250-635-4344 Email: [email protected]

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 Youth Care Workers – Closing date: January 19, 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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NEW YEAR, new career! Can-Scribe Medical Transcriptiongraduates are in high demand.Enroll today, be working fromhome in one year! 1-800-466-1535. [email protected].

Help WantedDelivery Driver Wanted

Part-time delivery driver want-ed for evening shifts. Must have own weather ready

vehicle, map and fl ashlight. Good for students. Please

apply with resume at Northern Palace at 3788 W Austin Rd.

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Located in Quesnel BC, Cariboo Pulp & Paper is a forerunning producer of NBSK pulp as well as clean “green” energy. Cariboo Pulp has an immediate opening for a:

ENTRY LEVEL PRODUCTION LABOURERCariboo offers:

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Lithium One Imports Ltd in Prince George is hiring full-time/permanent 1 carpenter. Applicant must have 3 to 5 yrs experience in measure, cut, shape and join mould-

ings, wood material, drywall & plastic material, fi t and in-stall windows, door, stairs, build decks & fences etc. Must be able to read blue

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Help WantedTROYER VENTURES Ltd. is a privately owned energy servic-es company servicing Western Canada. All job opportunities include competitive wages, comprehensive benefi ts pack-age and room for advance-ment. We are accepting appli-cations at multiple branches for: Professional Drivers (Class 1, 3) and Mechanics. Successful candidates will be self-motivated and eager to learn. Experience is preferred, but training is available. Valid safety tickets, clean drug test, and a drivers abstract are re-quired. For more information and to apply, please visit our website at: Troyer.ca.


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ELECTRICIANHouston, BC

DH Manufacturing is looking for a F/T Electrician. Candi-date needs to be min. 3rd yr, reliable, team player, me-chanically inclined, able to work independently on pro-jects. Wage will be nego-tiable on experience.

Email to: [email protected]

KAL-TIRE SECHELT requires immediately, an OTR Tire Technician with OTR, medium truck, light truck and passen-ger tire skills. Valid provincial driver’s license. Competitive salary and benefi ts. Reply with resume to [email protected] or call Joe 604-885-7927.

MILLWRIGHTHouston, BC

DH Manufacturing is looking for a Millwright. Candidate must have min. 4yrs, exp., mechanically inclined, able to work independently on projects. Wage will be nego-tiable on experience. Full Benefi ts After 3 Mos.

Email to: [email protected] or drop off in person at:

Dh Manufacturing 1250 Hols Road.

POWERMAX CONTRACTING is seeking Journeymen and Apprentices for projects in Northern Alberta. The shift is 2 weeks in 1 week out with fl ights provided from regional airports. Competitive wage & benefi ts package offered. Please email resume to:[email protected] or call 780-714-9690 for de-tails.

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When Lorie and Walter bought their home in Port Alberni 13 years ago they slowly began renovating the unfinished basement to accommodate Walter’s changing needs as his muscular dystrophy advanced.

“The basement was a black hole when we moved in,” recalled Walter. “After 12 years of skimping and saving, we made the downstairs completely wheelchair accessible, except for the bathroom. It was way too small. I could only stand for about a minute and a half without collapsing in the shower stall and I could no longer pull myself out of the tub in the upstairs’ bathroom, even with Lorie’s help.”

Through funding from BC Housing’s Home Adaptations for Independence (HAFI) program, Walter and Lorie were able to work with a contractor to transform the space. A wall was removed to make room for a wheel-in shower with benches, grab bars were installed, and the vanity and fixtures were relocated.

I just slide into the shower now,” said Walter. “I feel safer and no longer dread trying to wash myself. What was previously a dangerous chore for me is now a welcome treat.”

Walter and Lorie hope to spend the rest of their lives in their home.

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Cougars head into homestretchWith more than 60 per

cent of the Prince George Cougars season complete, it’s time for the Cat Attack!

Th e Cougars were not buyers or sellers at the WHL trade deadline. Th e Josh Connolly acquisition from Kam-loops for Marc McNulty was a rare swap of veteran 19-year-old of-fensive defencemen that both teams hope will fl ourish in a new environment. Connolly wanted to play in Prince George, his hometown, which of course is refreshing to hear since many players have been reluctant to come to P.G. Th is deal appears to be a favourable one for the Cougars as McNulty, superb at times, was inconsistent, while Connolly should be highly motivated to be a leader.

• I wasn’t surprised the Cougars traded forward Chance Braid, but I was fl abbergasted the Kelowna Rockets wanted him and that the Cats did not fi nd another 20-year-old. Th e Cougars have just two overage play-

ers (Jari Erricson and Zach Pochiro) one under the limit. Th e writing was on the wall

for Braid when he was a healthy scratch in Kel-owna on January 3. When the Cats acquired Braid and Lance Yaremchuk from Prince Albert in June for Jordan Tkatch, GM Todd Harkins stated in a news release: “He (Braid) pro-

vides the right mix of size, experience and leadership.” Needless to say, the Cougars expected more toughness, presence and leadership. Braid had just 13 points (8 goals) and 42 penalty minutes in 35 games with the Cougars. Th e Rockets are hoping with a champion-ship calibre team that Braid will provide those physical intangibles. It’s a gamble to say the least.

With Yaremchuk in Junior A and Braid in Kelowna, all the Cougars have left to show from that P.A. deal is Brogan O’Brien (WHL rights obtained from the Rockets) who is with the P.G. Spruce Kings and may not play a game for the Cats. If you’re

wondering, the 19-year-old Tkatch has 33 points (8 goals) and 22 penalty minutes in 43 games with the Raiders.

• Adding Patrick Gora in net is worth the risk but car-rying three goalies isn’t the answer. 16-year-old Tavin Grant needs to play, regard-less of league. Th e 18-year-old Gora had impressive stats with the Camrose Kodiaks but that’s Junior A. How he adjusts to the WHL is a ques-tion that only gets answered by playing. He stopped 30 of 35 shots in a 5-2 loss to Vic-toria in his debut. 18-year-old Ty Edmonds deserves to remain the starter but having someone his age “push” him for crease time should be advantageous to the team.

• It’s almost remarkable that the 20-23-1 Cougars re-main in 3rd place in the BC Division considering they are allowing one more goal per game (4) than they score (3). In addition they are the WHL’s most penalized team with a power play ranked 19th in the league and a penalty kill last at 22nd. Al-though the Cougars are sixth in the Western Conference standings, they may drop to ninth if Vancouver surpasses them; the Giants are just one point behind with two

games in hand. Last-place Kamloops appears to be a good bet to be one of the two Conference teams to miss the playoff s. At this time, Vancouver, P.G. and Tri-City are the front-runners to be the other team to miss the post-season.

• It’s too early to play the schedule game but let’s have a peek anyway. Th e PG Cougars have just 28 games left ; half at home. Th e Cougars have eight of their next 11 at CN Centre. Aft er that, with the Canada Winter Games dominating the Prince George sports scene, the Cougars play seven of the following eight on the road. Th e Cats still have four

games remaining against Kamloops but they are among their fi nal six games in March. Th e Cougars have three games left each against Portland, Everett, Seattle and Edmonton and two each against Medicine Hat, Victoria, Calgary. Th ey have also singles versus Leth-bridge, Kootenay, Kelowna, Red Deer, Moose Jaw and Tri-City. In an odd twist, the Cougars only play the Tigers twice this season with both games in Medicine Hat. Huh!

• Aft er 22 CN Centre dates, the Cougars average home attendance is 2,724 and that number should climb with three “feature”

games remaining. Th is is an increase of more than 1,000 from last season’s average of 1,693. Yes, these are encour-aging numbers, especially since fans want to be at the games without trying to give their tickets away. Th e fi rst year of new ownership change has been positively received and should continue to elevate with improvement on the ice.

Hartley Miller is the sports director and morning news anchor for 94.3 the Goat. He also writes for myprincege-orgenow.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to [email protected]

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Logan Ozcan is going to be a busy Bar-racuda in Chilliwack next month.

Ozcan, 15, picked up his second AA qualifying time at a meet in Edmonton last weekend, meaning he can attend the AA provincials Feb. 13 to 15.

“I qualifi ed in Kamloops for the 200 but-terfl y,” he said at a practice this week, “then I got the time in Edmonton for the 100 fl y.”

He says the butterfl y does seem to be his specialty stroke.

“I think I like it because it’s more strength

than technique. When you improve your technique you get better, but the strength is a big part.”

Besides his two AA-qualifi ed races, Logan will be swimming in another eight races he has A-qualifying times for.

“I want to swim as well as I can, and see if I can get closer to AAA times.”

Coach Jason Smith said the trip to Edmonton was a good experience for the Barracudas.

“It’s a big meet. Th e Keyano Club has about 300 members.”

Th is weekend, younger Barracudas will be racing in Quesnel.

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For the Scotiabank Peewee Female hockey team, it was a question of picking your spots.

Aft er going winless in the round-robin portion of their own tournament on the weekend, the Cougars won the semifi nal and fi nal to take the tournament title. Coach Brett Hickey said the team kept getting better as the weekend went along, something he’s seen in the season as a whole.

“We lost 5-1 to Kamloops at their tournament in November, and 8-1 here in the round robin. Th e game was closer than that though, it was only 2-1 aft er the fi rst period.

“I knew all of the teams made the semifi nals, so I made sure we had all our kids participating.”

Th e Cougars also lost 8-3 to a local Atom Boys team on Friday and 3-2 to West Kootenay on Saturday in their fi nal round-robin game.

“We played better on Saturday,” Hickey said. “I still made sure to roll all the lines, make sure everybody got to play.”

Th en it was on to the playoff s, and the Cougars turned things around, beating the Atom Boys 3-2 in the semifi nal to set up a rematch with Kamloops in the fi nal.

“We went as far as we could go in the fi nal,” Hickey said. “We won the game 3-2 in a shootout. We were tied aft er the

three periods, so we played fi ve minutes of overtime, then went to a three-player shootout.”

Cougars goalie Tessa Sturgeon stopped all three Kamloops shots, while the Cougars scored on one of theirs to take the title.

While Hickey had tried to give equal time to all the players in the round-robin games, in the playoff s he went more to certain players.

“Hanna Cockle played a lot more us in the fi nal. She got a lot of ice time and had a good game.”

Th e Cougars next tournament is in Surrey in early February. It’s a tournament they have a history with.

“We went 5-0 there last year to win it,” Hickey says. “We’ve been taking a step up in the level of competition each weekend. Th is will be another step up.”

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Tired Condors lose tourney finalJohn McDoanld says his

Duchess Park Condors were wiped out.

“We just didn’t have anything left in the tank,” the coach of the senior boys basketball team said aft er losing the fi nal of the Trojan War tournament at D.P. Todd on the weekend. Th e Condors dropped a 76-63 decision to Smithers.

“Th ey were the better team,” McDonald said of the Gryphons. “It’s been a while since a Smithers team has won a tournament here, but they weren’t a surprise. We only beat them by two at a tournament in Vander-hoof.”

What had the Condors worn out going into the fi nal was a semifi nal win over the Prince George Polars, 101-97 in overtime. McDonald said he could see in the fi nal how that game was aff ecting the players.

“We missed a lot of easy layups. Th ey just didn’t have the energy left .”

Th e Condors also had a lot of trouble with Steven Tworow of the Gryphons, who had 20 points in the fi nal.

“We were right in his

face, and he just kept hitting the shots. I told the guys at one point, ‘If they’re going to make those shots, it’s go-ing to be tough for us.’

“Th ey kept going to the well, and this time the well didn’t run dry.”

Jasper Yutuc led the Condors in the fi nal with 25 points. McDonald said the long day of basketball told on the team.

“It was very hard on the boys, but we live to play another day.”

Th e Polars also seemed to suff er a letdown aft er the semifi nal game, but their letdown only lasted one quarter in the third-place game against D.P. Todd. Th ey were down 24-10 at that point, but came back strong for an 80-76 win.

Polars fi rst-year coach Scott Walton said the game was sort of a microcosm of the season so far.

“I never know what I’m getting from one day to the next. We’re still getting used to each other, so there are some growing pains.

“We seem to react to the other team’s level, and they have to realize we need to play our game.”

Walton said the game against Todd was typical, as the Polars fi red up three-point shots all game.

“We take more threes sometimes than I’d like to see. A player like Tyrell Laing is going to be Tyrell. He’s going to get his points.”

He also had high praise for Ryan Fisher.

“He broke his nose in the fi rst game, and then came back out on

Saturday and played hard. He kept us in it in the fi rst half against Duchess, and made it tough on Jasper

(Yutuc).”Th e Polars are hosting a

lot of the same teams this weekend for a tournament.


Allan WISHART/Free PressD.P. Todd’s David Stupla drives by a PGSS defender in the battle for third place in a tournament Saturday at D.P. Todd. The Polars won the game 80-76.

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Th e Northern Cougars have clinched fi rst place in the B.C. Fe-male Midget AAA League, but they still have some goals for their fi nal three games.

“Our goal on the weekend,” coach Mario Desjardins said, “was to win all three games (against the Koote-nay Wildcats), and nail down fi rst place. We did that.”

With a record of 24 wins and three losses, the Cougars are 10 points ahead of the West Coast Avalanche, with each team having just three games to go. Th ose 24 wins represent the starting point for the fi rst goal.

“Th e 24 wins ties the league record,” Desjardins said, “so we want to see if we can break that. We’ve also set a new record for goals scored in a season with 119. Th e old record was 115, so we want to see how high we can push that.”

Th en there are the individual numbers to look for.

“Th e league record is 43 points for a player in a season. Right now, we have three girls close to that. Ava Keis has 42 points, Sage Desjardins

has 40, and Marissa Nichol has 32.”Th e three wins against Koote-

nay were to be expected, since the Wildcats have just one tie to show for the season. Desjardins said the weekend games in Nelson gave the Cougars a chance to work out a few things.

“Th e fi rst game (a 9-1 win), I thought was OK. Th e second game (a 5-1 win), was pretty good. Th e third game (a 4-1 win) was our best game as a team of the weekend.

“We worked on a lot of things we’ve been doing in practice.”

Th ey’ll get a chance to do some more practicing, as the Cougars are off until their season-ending series with the Fraser Valley Phantom on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

“We had a big push in December with a lot of travelling,” Desjardins said, “so this gives the girls a bit of a chance to relax. Some of the girls from out of town may take a few days and go home again.”

Th e Cougars have also had three more players commit to Canadian universities for next season. Chan-telle Beadman-Rolph will attend Mount Royal in Calgary, while Jayden Malgunas and Jocelyn For-rest have both committed to SAIT, also in Calgary.

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Cariboo Cougars into playoff gear

Trevor Sprague wants to see what the Cariboo Cougars are made of.

“We’ve got the target on our backs now,” said the coach of

the B.C. Major Midget League leaders aft er a weekend split against the Vancouver North-east Chiefs. “Th ere are higher expectations on us now, and you need to be better than you were.

“Th e games now will show us

who’s mentally strong, who the leaders are.”

Th e Cougars came back from winning the Mac’s International Bantam Tournament in Calgary over the holiday break and dropped the fi rst league game 3-2 to the Chiefs.

“Turnovers on the power play,” Sprague said. “Th at’s what did it. Th ey got shorthand-ed goals, and they won.

“Our penalty killing was good, but our special teams weren’t great, so that’s some-thing we’re working on for this weekend.”

Th e Cougars re-bounded with a 3-0 win behind the shutout goaltending of Dor-rin Luding on Sunday morning.

“(Justin) Almeida’s line showed up for that game,” Sprague said.

“Th ey accounted for all three of our goals.”

He said both Luding and Griff en Outhouse were outstanding in goal, but sometimes didn’t get a lot of help.

“Th ey had more shots than they should have faced. We’re working on rectifying our backchecking to help with that.”

Th e Cougars are on the road for the next two weekend, starting with a pair of games against the South Island Royals this weekend. Th e Royals

are currently seventh in the BCMML with 28 points, while the Cougars have an 11-point lead at the top with 47.

“Th e next eight games should be favourable for us,” Sprague said. “We’re gearing now to play playoff hockey, and we need to see who’s will-ing to make that extra eff ort to play that style.

“If you’re not willing to put out that extra eff ort, you’re not going to see a lot of playing time.”

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Th e UNBC Tim-berwolves women’s basketball team kept it tight for a while both nights against the Grant MacEwan Griffi ns on the weekend, but came up short in both games in Edmonton.

“It was all right for us,” coach Sergey Shchepotkin said of the games. “Grant Mac-Ewan is playing crazy good basketball right now.

“We still need more experience and some luck to compete with teams like that.”

It also didn’t help that Sarah Robin missed the two games on the week-end, but is expected back for games at the Northern Sport Centre tonight and Saturday against Th ompson Riv-ers University.

“Our target is always to win the games,” Shchepotkin empha-sized, “but this year is about getting more experience as a team.”

He said the Tim-berwolves, now 1-9 in the Explorer Division of Canada West, may take the opportunity to do some experiment-ing over the rest of the season.

“We may try a new defence,” Shchepotkin said. “Th e biggest thing now as well is to keep working on our skills.”

Vasiliki Louka led UNBC in scoring in

both games, picking up 14 points in Friday’s 81-48 loss and adding 12 in the 69-53 loss on Saturday.

Men’s HoopsUNBC men’s bas-

ketball coach Todd Jordan says the diff er-ence between losing to Grant MacEwan 85-77 last Friday and beating the same team 98-87 the following night was simple.

“We defended a lot better on Saturday,” he said. “Th ey had a big run near the end to

make it close.“It was nothing big,

just a lot of small diff er-ences that added up.”

He said consistency on both ends of the court is what the team is looking for.

“On off ense, we have to fi nd the shots that are good for us. We’re becoming more consis-tent in doing that, but it needs work still.

“Th e buy-in from the team on the idea has been good.”

He says the little diff erences are some-

thing they need to keep working on.

“It’s the day-in, day-out details we need to pay attention to. We still tend to get compla-cent at times.

“We need to bring a sense of urgency to every game, every play.”

Rhys Elliott led UNBC in scoring in Saturday’s win with 25 points, and Jordan said it was a good weekend all around for him.

“He’s tough to guard when he gets the chance to operate in space. If

he stays like that, we can get an inside-out-side game going with Franco (Kouagnia). Franco draws a lot of double teams, and he’s better at passing when

he’s double teamed.”Th e Timberwolves

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Mark Holick thinks the Prince George Cougars deserved better than they got on the weekend in Victoria.

“I thought we deserved better Friday,” the coach said aft er losses by 3-2 in overtime and 5-2 to the Royals. “I thought we did enough to win.

“Saturday, I think some of it was four games in fi ve nights caught up to us. We have to travel and that’s the way it is, but

sometimes it catches up to you.”Th e Cougars are back in action tonight

and Saturday against the Portland Winter-hawks and Holick said they were taking this week a little bit easier.

“We travelled back from the Island on Sunday and took (Monday) off . We’ll have a lighter practice today (Tuesday), then get back at it for the weekend.”

He says the team will be working on all facets of the game as they prepare to face the Winterhawks, who have rebounded from a slow start to sit third in the U.S. Division.

“You knew they weren’t to be down for

long with the talent they’ve got.”Th e Cougars had a pair of new players in

the lineup for the games in Victoria, with goalie Patrick Gora and defenceman Josh Connolly playing their fi rst games for the team. Holick said both did well.

“Josh, I thought, was excellent. He skates so well and moves the puck out of our zone. He’s also going to be important for our power play, once he gets more comfortable in the system.”

As for Gora, he played in Saturday’s 5-2 loss, which Holick said wasn’t a good indi-cator of how he played.

“We got stuck with an early 5-on-3 and they got two power-play goals on it, so that put us behind the eight-ball pretty quick. I thought he played a pretty good game.”

With the WHL trade deadline now past, the Cougars are set for the stretch run, which starts with the home doubleheader against the Winterhawks and continues on Jan. 20 and 21 with home games against the Everett Silvertips, who are currently leading the U.S. Division.

Th e Cougars come into the weekend in third place in the B.C. Division, one point in front of the Vancouver Giants.

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Th ere is only one word coach Dave Dupas can think of to de-scribe the Prince George Spruce Kings this season.

“We’re cursed,” he said Tues-day, as the team returned from a winless three-game road trip on the weekend. “We’ve had more injuries than most teams get in two or three years.”

Th at theme continued last week, with the news that Justin Rai would miss the rest of the season, and on the weekend, with Ryan Fritz suff ering another injury.

“He’s supposed to out four to six weeks,” Dupas said. “If it’s six weeks, that would get him back right at the end of the regular season. If it’s four, he would have a couple of weeks to go before the playoff s.”

Th e loss of Rai, who played just 25 games this season, coupled with the season-long absence of Karan Tuur, had Dupas shaking his head.

“Two season-ending injuries to two of our top players,” he said. “What are the chances?”

Th e loss of Fritz could hurt the Spruce Kings down the stretch, as they had just six defencemen on the roster before his injury on Friday against Vernon.

While the Kings lost all three games in the Okanagan, Dupas says they could have very easily come back with a few points.

“Vernon scored late to put that game away, Salmon Arm scored with less than a second to go to win that game, and we were up against Penticton in the second period.

“Th ey made it 3-1 early in the third, and we had to start tak-ing chances. When you do that against a good team, you leave yourself open to them scoring on

the break.”Th e weekend games have

Dupas concentrating on having the Kings play tighter defence, especially late in games.

“Defensively, as a team, we’re weak. We have to take better care of the puck and limit the shots

against.“You can’t sustain giving up 40

shots a night. We have to cut that down.”

Th e Spruce Kings started a fi ve-game homestand Th ursday against Salmon Arm, and con-tinue it Saturday against Victoria

and Sunday against Coquitlam.Th e homestand wraps up with

games Jan. 22 and 23 against Surrey.

Th e Kings picked up Nick Guerra from Nanaimo on the weekend, just before the trade deadline. He’s expected to see ac-

tion on the current homestand.“Th is is the team we’re going to

have the rest of the way this sea-son,” Dupas says, “and that’s what we have to work with.

“Th e other teams aren’t going to feel sorry for us because of our injuries.”


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Kings’ injury woes continueTwo top players out for the rest of the season

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