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The sawmill at Lakeland Mills will be rebuilt.Sinclar Group president Greg Stewart made the

announcement Wednesday, accompanied by local United Steelworkers Union president and city councillor Frank Everitt and acting mayor Cameron Stolz.

“April 23 was the worst day in Lakeland Mills history,” Stewart said.

Stewart said he recognizes the incredible strength and humanity shown by the community as well as the fami-lies of Alan Little and Glenn Roche who lost their lives in the explosion and fire that destroyed the mill April 23, 2012.

Twenty-two others were injured.“We believe in the community and the three gen-

erations of owners and workers from Lakeland,” Stewart said.

The design of the new mill is not yet written in stone, however Stewart said he was able to share some infor-mation. It will continue its legacy of producing stud lumber, but now it will produce both metric length and American standard. The change will open new markets for the mill.

Though they’ve accessed the Japanese market for some time, inroads are being made into the growing Chinese market.

Stewart added the mill will be integrated with the existing planer mill, which feeds the downtown energy system.

The new mill will incorporate the latest safety mea-sures and will employ 100 people in two shifts.

The old mill employed 160 people. A news release said the anticipated design and poten-

tial equipment to be installed suggests fewer people will be required. The company will decide who gets hired back by working with the United Steelworkers to make

sure hiring practices meet the terms of the collective agreement.

Fibre supply is unlikely to be an issue.“Lakeland is in a very fortunate situation as a mill

itself,” Stewart said.He noted the mill has access to 250,000 cubic metres of

fibre and the Sinclar Group can access another 500,000 in volume-based tenure available following the shutdown of Winton Global.

Fibre was one of many factors used to evaluate the viability of another mill.

Stewart said the price of lumber, though it fluctuates, plays a part as does the employee base, local ownership and the good partnerships established, among them ones with the university, the city and local contractors.

Stewart said he is unaware of anything further from WorkSafeBC regarding its recommendation that the investigation into the fires at Lakeland as well as Babine Forest Products be forwarded to Crown counsel.

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Greg Stewart, president of Lakeland Mills, flanked on the left by Steelworkers Union president Frank Everitt and acting mayor Coun. Cameron Stolz on the right, announced the company will rebuild the sawmill. The new mill will employ 100 people and is expected to be completed in 2014. Standing in rear, with the Lakeland board, are Bill Stewart, Keith Andersen, Carter Anderson and Dr. Charles Jago.

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Although Sherry Ogasawara, NDP candidate for the Prince George-Valemount riding, said she feels little was accomplished during this session of legislature, Attorney General and MLA Shirley Bond, who represents the area in Victoria, disagrees.

“Many issues were debated in leg-islature and I think it’s important to British Columbians and my con-stituents to know a lot of constructive work was done,” Bond said. “First of all a pretty major piece of business got

done. British Columbia was one of only two jurisdictions in this country that actually balanced its budget in this session.”

She said another bill passed that allows licensed practical nurses to join the B.C. nurses union.

“Seventy per cent of their mem-bers wanted to join the BCNU. As a government we supported that and brought the bill into the house, and the NDP voted against that. We believe if the LPN’s want to join and the union supports that, we should too. The NDP voted against allowing nurses to do that. Maybe they want to

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ward a bill to appoint a senior’s advocate in B.C., something seniors have been calling for for some time. The advocate will monitor seniors services and provide advice back to government on issues.

Bond said there were a number of important bills, including a number she brought forward in her role as justice minister.

“The criminal record review amendment act allows for free criminal record checks for volunteers in the province. It’s a pretty major initiative we com-mitted to. The justice reform and transparency act creates a more timely transparent justice system,” she said. “It’s been celebrated as really important work, not just in B.C., but across the country. All those things and more were debated and discuss in legislature. I know the NDP want to concentrate on the negative, want to talk about all the negative stories, but what’s being missed is all the important work that was done leading change.”

Bond said she believes issues revolving around justice should remain non-partisan, and she works hard to ensure that happens.

“I think it’s important we try to work across party lines especially on issues in my case, like justice. I work collaboratively with my colleagues. All my justice bills were very positively debated and were passed. The issue of justice reform should not be a partisan issue.

“The NDP supported all my justice reform initia-tives. A lot of great non-partisan work was done. It will lead many new changes in the province in years ahead,” she said. “I want to make sure British Columbians hear the whole story. I work very con-structively with the NDP justice critic and public safety critic.”

She said there were issues brought forward dur-ing Question Period, like the one revolving around ethnic votes, however that didn’t stop work from going forward.

“During question period the debate was often about things the government had to be held account-able for, but let’s be clear. We made an apology and dealt with the issue.

“The premier said it was wrong and had a review done and apologized. Let’s be clear that was dur-ing Question Period. I’m disappointed there’s an attempt to say no constructive work was done. That’s simply not true. We need to tell the whole story. Issues were debated in Question Period and the House continued to do good work during the legislative session.”

Bond questioned Ogasawara’s statement that the Liberals are more concerned with their political future than the people they serve.

“If Sherry is calling into question my 12 years in service as MLA and my motives for being an MLA, I think that’s very unfortunate. I’ve worked tire-lessly as an MLA to made a difference for northern B.C.,” she said.

“All you have to do is look around the north to see evidence of my contribution, my commitment, my passion for northern B.C. That’s what I take to Victoria, that’s why I work as hard as I do. My goal is to continue to ensure northern B.C. benefits from the hard work I’ve done over the last 12 years.”

Bond challenged the NDP to lay out their plat-form.

“I want to talk about exactly what our platform is, and I encourage Sherry to share hers with the constituents. Very few of them have one idea of what the NDP platform contains. I think the con-stituents should get to choose.

“We have a strong track record, a strong eco-nomic background. It’s time for the NDP to lay out their platform.”

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Ashleigh McIvor had one ques-tion for Diamond Wilson on Thurs-day morning.

“Do you think it’s a good trade?” she asked the 15-year-old local curler.

“Yes,” said Wilson, looking at the 2010 Olympic gold medal she was holding. McIvor, who won the gold in the women’s ski cross event, was holding a 2015 Canada Winter Games scarf, which she had been presented by Wilson, part of the athlete-approved group with the Games.

McIvor was at Tabor with Tour-ism Prince George as part of its #takeonPG campaign. As she walked out of the lodge after get-ting changed into her ski gear, she looked at the rack of skis and snow-boards.

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Beverly Smith will be ending her position as executive coordi-nator to the mayor on April 12 and beginning a job for North-ern Health on April 15, working for the Northern Interior Medical Director.

“I’ve worked in the medical field and health care since 1974. I’ve always worked in health care,” she said. “I’m very excited about it actually.”

Smith said she’s enjoyed her time working for the city but with her background in health care, and eight years experience with Northern Health, when the posi-tion opened, she knew she’d like to fill it, so she applied.

“I took a new job and just

decided to take a new adventure,” she said. “I came from Northern Health, and worked there eight years, so I applied for the job and got it. Sometimes you see a differ-ent road and decide to take it.”

Smith said that though she knows her position will be filled when she leaves, she doesn’t know what the process for find-ing her replacement will be. That, she said, is likely something that will be decided upon once the mayor returns from holidays at the beginning of April.

The position Smith currently fills, one created after Mayor Shari Green took office, was not posted because it is a non-union position.

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Ashleigh McIvor checks out the 2015 Canada Winter Games scarf presented to her Thursday morning, while Diamond Wilson checks out McIvor’s gold medal from the 2010 Olympics. McIvor was at Tabor Mountain Ski Resort to take a look at the ski cross run built for the 2015 Games. That was the event she won gold in at the Vancouver Olympics.

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Although there’s a whirwind of rumours revolving around the procurement process in the Wood Innovation and Design Centre proj-ect, Janine North, CEO of Northern Develop-ment Initiative Trust, remains firm in stating the trust is independent from government in its decisions.

The trust is made up of a board of directors who are counselled by four regional advisory committees.

“They are made up of the mayors from an area, either the regional district chair or some electoral director and MLAs from all parties that are elected,” North said. “The turnout tends to be more may-ors and electoral area directors.”

The opinions of the committees weigh heav-ily with the board.

“The board does put a lot of weight on their advice,” she said. “They

advise the board and the board makes deci-sions, and it’s set up that way in the legisla-tion. The board really does like to consider their regional knowl-edge in terms of mak-ing loans and grants, because we all know the people who live in a community are much more informed. The board covers a really large geographical area but when they want more advice they go to the advisory commit-tees, which meet about four times a year.”

She added the MLAs don’t often show up at a meeting because they are busy with their other duties in the House.

“But there’s usually a good turnout of mayors and electoral area direc-tors.”

She confirmed there is another layer of attachment between NDIT and the ministry of jobs office.

“We submit a three-year strategic plan to the ministry respon-sible. That has shifted over time,” she said.

When NDIT first con-ducted business, it sent its strategic plan to the Ministry of Transporta-tion, then the Ministry of Community Devel-opment.

“The cur-rent minis-try respon-sible for this piece of legislation is jobs and t o u r i s m . The three-year strate-gic plan is p r o v i d e d to them as well as the annual report. Our audited statement each year is provided to the auditor general as well,” she said. “We very sel-dom get feedback and never about changing any of that report. It’s more of an informa-tion piece to govern-ment and the public. I don’t think we’ve ever received anything except maybe once or twice an acknowledge-ment letter that we sub-mitted that plan.”

She added although

mayors often advocate for a project, they are obliged to follow a code of conduct set out in the municipal charter.

“It’s quite normal for mayors as they come f o r w a r d to have an opinion on a p p l i c a -tions,” she said. “May-ors have a pretty clear code of con-duct in the municipal charter. We

also have guidelines. They self-declare if they are in conflict with any decision. There is that governance and code of conduct focus by the board and by the regional advisory com-mittees.”

She said though she didn’t have immediate access to who attended regional advisory committee meetings where the WIDC was discussed, she doesn’t recall either MLA Pat Bell or MLA Shirley Bond being present. However, many meet-ings beyond those of the regional advisory committee were held.

“There have been meetings at the univer-sity involving Partner-ship B.C. and various ministry offices like Advanced Education,” she said.

North said in this case NDIT is strictly the lender.

“We have no inter-est in negotiating or advancing or getting involved in a procure-ment process,” she said. “In this case we provided a $2.9 million loan. Half of it was paid back and the remain-ing half wasn’t. We are going through a normal foreclosure process. At the heart of it all you and I have mortgages, I’m sure, and we all have an obligation to pay our loans.

“This is a politically charged time in the province, but I’m just

going through a normal process on behalf of our board to recover money that is owed the com-munity.

“I’m not involved in that politically charged process. I’m just an administrator.”

North said any rumours or reports stating NDIT acted anything but indepen-dently are wrong.

“There may be rumours but I can tell you categorically we are an independent orga-nization from govern-ment. This is an inde-pendent board. I have watched them make independent decisions for almost eight years now,” she said. “At a local level mayors may advocate but when they get in the board they really do think about what is right for the region, and they do it very independently.

“I find a lot of the rumours unfortunate. At the end of the day we are a lender try-ing to recover money as any normal lender would do, and I have the added responsibil-ity that this is a pub-lic trust, and it’s public money on behalf of the community we are try-ing to recover.”

She added she believes the loan will be recovered.

“We have a respon-sibility to absolutely go by the book,” she said. “I consulted with more than one legal counsellor because this is a new process for us, and we are now going through that process, but the trust has never lost money on the loan. We are confident in the securities put in place, and this was a very prudent loan on lend-ing and securities. We will recover this, but it is going to take time.

“During that process it is subject to many things that aren’t neces-sarily fact, and I look forward to the courts dealing with the facts and getting through the process.”

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Members of the Prince George Horse Society visited council Monday evening to provide an update on some improvements being made at the facility.

Barb Warkentin, president of the society along with director chair of the site develop-ment committee, Joan Chess-Woollacott, pro-vided a brief history of the equestrian organi-zation then talked about some of the improve-ments the society is working on.

Warkentin said the facility has been at capac-ity, housing 60 horses over the last six months. Her report included information from a fea-sibility study, stating the long-term potential of the investment into the facility. It projected 1,000 to 1,500 added visitor days at $200 each, for a total impact in the range of $200,000 to $300,000 per year.

Chess-Woollacott explained the original hay storage units were likely built in the 1950s and 1960s.

“They are serviceable, but they are starting to show their age,” she said.

The update will include 72 new units at two

sets of 36 units, one on either end of the pad-docks.

The units will be built almost exclusively from wood and feature a green living roof. One per each set of 36 units will be wheelchair accessible.

They will also re-develop the warm-up ring.Coun. Dave Wilbur asked the pair to expand

on the therapeutic programs offered by the society.

He was told 35 to 40 people ranging in age from three years old to 85 years old have taken advantage of the program.

Chess-Woollacott said children without horses are given the opportunity to ride as well, and the fees are kept at a reasonable rate.

She added the goal is to start building the new hay storage units in May, utilizing the construction program at the college. However, if weather doesn’t permit, as much work that can be completed inside will be, with outdoor construction to begin in September.

Council voted to support the PGHS’s applica-tion to Northern Development Initiative Trust for a grant of up to $30,000 towards re-develop-ing the hay storage units and warm-up ring.

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Premier Christy Clark will be one of the key-note speakers at the Council of Forest Industries annual convention in Prince George April 4-5.

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Proof positive that Prince George is the home of entrepreneurs lies in the informa-tion that another local business person has been chosen to pitch her product before the Dragons, the multi-millionaires who give a thumb’s up or down on investing in the business on CBC’s the Dragons’ Den.

Patricia Carr owns K9 Kelp, the country’s only supplier of all-natural kelp products for dogs. She and her husband have created a grooming line and a supplement as well.

She said the idea was born when one of her boxers suffered from a dry nose and neither she nor her husband wanted to use petro-leum jelly on their pet, concerned the product might not be the best for their animal. A bit of research and her husband found that kelp is excellent for dry skin. He acquired some, mixed it in with essential oils and used it on the pet. Within a

few days the boxer’s nose was once again soft and supple.

“We’re passionate about our dogs, and I know it’s so impor-tant to find something you’re passionate about, no matter what it is, to be successful,” Carr said.

Because her hus-band works full-time, Carr took on the responsibility of what had become a seedling business.

“I took it over, came up with spritz and so on,” she said. “It’s been great. I’ve tried to do different things that are obviously unique.”

She said they use pure essential oils, utilizing high-end products, each with a purpose. The products they’ve produced help nourish cracked dry skin and dull coats, and alleviate arthritis, she said.

The kelp comes from a government-regu-lated plant north of Prince Rupert. There the fronds are removed with a scalpel, and the stem is left to re-grow more.

“They are all in deeper cold water, so the fronds are absorb-ing all those nutri-ents,” she said.

She started selling the products at the Prince George Farmers

Market.“It was wonderful.

We got to meet a lot of the dog owners and get their feedback,” she said. “Then we started selling it in some of the smaller markets in

town.”She said there are

so many recalls with pet products, people can take advantage K9 Kelp is Canadian-made and uses all nat-ural high-end prod-ucts. She added she doesn’t skimp because the products are for dogs.

“It feels really good to have something safe for dogs produced here,” she said.

At the Dragons’ Den auditions she said the producers loved the product, however she didn’t hear back from them as quickly as others have. Then the call came, and she will soon be standing before the Dragons, pitching her business.

“On April 11 I will be at CBC studios to film,” she said. “Start-ing today I’m working with a producer.”

Once filming is fin-ished, the producer will let her know

within two weeks before the show airs.

Carr said she doesn’t have an exact amount she’s asking for. Her goal is to make the products in larger quantities but keep the quality.

“I’d love to set up a production ware-house in Prince George, have an out-building where we store the product, and have people come in and make the prod-ucts.”

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As it turns out, that Burger King sign on Cen-tral St. is a real whopper.

During the revamp of the Burger King, propo-nents visited city council requesting a variance to the height of their sign, one that was granted. However, a miscommu-nication between admin-istration and the propo-nents led to a mistake. The height of the sign includes the base, some-thing the proponents didn’t take into account, leaving them about three feet higher than the vari-ance allowed.

Post-construction, a further variance was sought, and though it was granted by council during Monday’s meet-ing, some councillors expressed their displea-sure over the error, espe-cially that no one from the proponent’s side showed up in chambers to explain the discrep-ancy.

“I am disappointed the applicant is not here,” Coun. Lyn Hall said.

Coun. Dave Wilbur agreed, however he said he felt denying the application – after the sign had already been erected, which would mean a re-do on the part of the applicant – was too harsh a measure.

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Are women in society slacking off on their quest for equality with men?

They have come a long way in the last few decades and successfully changed attitudes of much of the population, but they have not found the full equality with their male counterparts. From politics to business there is still some distance to travel.

In British Colombia only about 25 per cent of the members of the legislature are women, still a long ways from the reasonable goal of 50 per cent. That is the state of affairs in the legislature of one of the more progressive provinces in Canada.

The first female member the Brit-ish Columbia legislature was Mary Ellen Smith, elected in 1918. She was considered a moderate trade union supporter and was elected under the Liberal banner. She was successful in getting legislation passed such as minimum wage act, support for widowed mothers and the number of other progressive social policies. She served In the cabinet of Premier John Oliver for about eight months but resigned from cabinet as she believed, cabinet solidarity restricted her independence. She was a very effective member.

Almost a century later the battle is far from won. A bias still exist regarding the capacity and capa-bilities of women. Christy Clark, Shirley Bond, Ida Chong, Jenny Kwan, Vicki Huntington and other female members have proven they are the equal of, if not a cut above, many of their male counterparts in the legislature.

In the world of business they have not fared much better than the world of politics. Despite women showing their obvious ability in the business arena, few occupy the senior executive positions of the larger companies. It would seem that women have

to be considerably better than their male competi-tors to be elevated to those lofty ranks. There are a few exceptions, but they seem too often be a token effort to show equality in a male-dominated world.

There is no question of ability. Many women have been very successful in starting, managing and growing their own businesses. On average they are more successful than their male counterparts in business start-ups.

The environment that you find in a business office is considerably different than it was a few decades ago. While the lan-guage referring to women in business as improved, there is still a structured bias, which too often prevents women from receiving a well-deserved promotion. The glass ceiling may be a little higher than in the past but it is still there.

Men and women are different and let us be thankful for that. While the physiology of women is designed to do things men cannot, their brains and the application of their intelligence is as good as that of men.

In the world of today most jobs can be done equally well by both sexes. It is amazing that sup-posedly astute business people do not recognize the great capability women often have. There are many businesses that would profit from a sincere effort towards developing true equality.

If progress is going to be continued to be made, the battle will have to be fought by women. They may very well have many men as their allies, but it is they who will have to keep the heat on to keep the pot boiling.

The smartest thing we men can do is applaud their efforts and give support. It is long past time for all of us to shed the remains of our medieval attitudes.

OnsideOnsideVICTORBOWMAN

Sinclar Group’s decision to rebuild Lakeland Mills in Prince George is a shot in the arm that the community needs.

The prospect of getting 100 people back to work in the city, not to mention the construction jobs, is nothing but good news.

Last April’s explosion and fire that killed Alan Little and Glenn Roche, injured 22 others and destroyed the mill was sim-ply devastating. There’s no other way to describe it.

The design of the new mill has not been finalized. However, it will continue to produce stud lumber, but now it will produce both metric length and American standard. The change will open new markets for the mill.

Though they’ve accessed the Japanese market for some time, inroads are being made into the growing Chinese market. The new mill will be integrated with the existing planer mill which feeds the downtown energy system.

While there are certainly similarities between the explosion and fire at Lakeland with the one at Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake, one of the major differences was fibre supply.

Lakeland has a decent fibre supply that, Greg Stewart said, was key in its decision to rebuild.

That being said, the decision could have gone the other way as well.

Kudos to Sinclar Group for being a key part of the Prince George landscape and for investing time and money in staying.

Lovin’Lakeland

There is some heartbreak amongst hockey fans in Prince George today.

The Prince George Spruce Kings were bounced out of the BCHL playoffs Wednesday night in Chilliwack.

The Spruce Kings were not picked to win the series, so in that vein, there is no surprise.

However, give the team credit for taking the series to five games. As anyone who follows sports will tell you, don’t get to a fifth game in a best-of-five series because anything can hap-pen. The Kings, who had trouble with Chilliwack all season long, beat them twice in the playoffs … once even in their barn (which, if you’ve ever driven through Chilliwack, can have a barn smell, literally, rivalling our pulp-mill odours).

Congratulations to the Spruce Kings for their season and their playoff run, albeit shorter than we would like. Good job every-one and let’s get ‘em next year.

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Kim loves Izzy, of this there is no doubt. Kim is known to be a tough-as-nails woman who can

toss a wrench with the best of them, make grown men cower with a sneer and a growl and illicit a ‘yes mam’ from the baddest of the bad teen boys. You know the type, the know-it-all pouty fellow with his pants barely hinged on his hips? Well, she can scare little boys like that into belts and polite responses. I’ve seen her do it.

But she turns into a gurgling pile of moosh whenever she beholds her Izzy.

Izzy, by the way, is a pug. She was mine at one time, and I was sad to give her away, but I work too many odd hours to make a pug, a dog that seems to fall into the deepest of depressions if left alone too long (as in more than five minutes for Izzy), happy. But Izzy fits in great with Kim and her family.

She goes camping, boating, snowmobiling. She has her own snow jacket and little booties. She has her own special brand of treats. Kim fights to keep her on a diet of pug-only type food, but Izzy’s big brown eyes fill with tears if the object of her desire is withheld too long, so most people give in when she turns those big lumi-nous brown eyes your way.

The other day I was visiting Darby, my best friend and Kim’s mom, just after Kim and her brood, including Izzy, left. A mutual friend, Kris, was with us.

Kris: (Shaking his head as Kim left with her pack) “I swear, if there was a fire in her home, she’d save Izzy first.”

Both Darby and I sat quietly sipping our coffee, pon-dering his statement.

Darby: (After deep consideration) “Nope. She loves the dog, but she’d save my grand-baby first.”

I thought about it for a few minutes. Me: Yep. She’d save Kade first.

Kris considered it too. Kris: “Maybe. Ya, you’re probably right. But she’s send Kalem

(her husband) in after the dog.”Darby: “Ya. She would. And he better bring her back

out with him too.”Me: “Well, she probably wouldn’t have to send him.

Kalem’s nearly as bad with Izzy as she is.”And it’s true. As Kalem once explained to me, if his

wife is the kind of person who faces the world with a ‘grrrrr’, then it is his duty as a man to face the world with a double ‘grrrrr’. And he does, but that doesn’t make him immune to Izzy.

It’s funny how a teensy little dog, hardly bigger than a Chihuahua, can melt a person’s heart. Easter week-end I get the chance to puppy-sit her again, this time in my new digs that comes standard with a shower that always (so far) works and sans one dark dank rain forest room.

I’m really looking forward to it. There is nothing cuter than Izzy when she gets into a state because something is invading her space.

The aggressive little thing will bark, growl, flip and sprint right into attack mode if she or something she loves is threatened. Last time her great adversary was the thin branch of a willow tree scraping the window whenever the wind moved it.

There’s nothing better than curling up with Izzy, feel-ing her snuggle up against me as she completely relaxes into a body-trembling snore. She kind of makes me feel like a grandma myself now.

No responsibilities, not really, just the occasional over-night visit when I get to be the great spoiler, sharing play and all the treats she wants. And you can go ahead and tell Kim I spoil her dog. There’s not much she can do about it. She might scare off a lot of folks, but not me.

It’s kind of hard to strike terror into the heart of some-one who used to change your diapers.

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The smallest things can melt hearts

Editor:A local writer states

that scientists say fluo-ride is safe.

Scientists have said many things were safe, only to be proven very wrong years later. But that’s not the point.

Once fluoride was shown to promote dental health, commercial inter-ests rushed to provide it in toothpaste, mouth-wash, and dental offices. If an individual chooses not to use any of these, I don’t think fluoride in their drinking water will help their dental health much.

The city is charged with the duty to provide safe drinking water to its citizens. They do this by adding chlorine, which is a cheap and effective way to kill harmful bac-teria. Fluoride does not improve the safety.

Many bottled waters show no fluoride con-tent. We’ll put it in for nothing, but it will cost you to get it out. What do you think?

Let the city provide safe drinking water and let the health care profes-sionals provide dental health. Should any medi-cation be in our drinking water?

Dave OleskiwPrince George

Editor:It is high time that the City of Prince George

gets the “f” out.I refer to fluoridation of city drinking water

of course. There was a study linking fluoride and cancer back in 1937 by Dr. Burk, further studies were executed and suppressed.

Should we walk for cancer cure at Massey stadium, or would it make more sense to stand and protest fluoridation?

How many of us have lost loved ones to can-

cer?How many times have we asserted suspicion

of food additives to the possible connection with the incidence of cancer?

Why would anyone be so quick to dismiss fluoride as a risk? If there are dental health benefits of fluoride, then anything other than direct contact with teeth seems ridiculous. There are no systemic benefits of fluoride ingestion.

It’s absorption into the brain and skeleton are

detrimental.Prince George citizens have a high occur-

rence of underactive thyroid. I believe this con-dition is directly related to fluoride exposure. Forced fluoridation must stop.

Suppression of the proven health risks of fluoridation must stop. Those who support fluoridation, some dentists, the health board, have no right to deny others free choice.

Phil HewkinPrince George

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DANCE FESTIVAL

Taylor Stafford, 14, a dancer with Judy Russell Enchainement Dance Studio, performs Sunday evening in Potter Heads (large group demi-character, 16 years and under category) at the Prince George Dance Festival. The week-long event held at Vanier Hall attracted dancers from all over the region. Teresa MALLAM/Free Press

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He’s hooked up for four hours, three times a week, to a machine doing the job his kidneys can no longer do. But for Travers Wil-liams, 69, it is a small price to pay for being alive.

“I may not have the free-dom to get up and move about for a short time while I’m getting this [hemodi-alysis] but I always like to look on the positive side of things – I’m still here.”

On Tuesday, Williams was on dialysis while watching television in a hospital setting at UHNBC.

“The machine acts like a filtration unit that removes wastes from the blood and returns ‘clean’ blood,” explains Williams.

He usually attends an “independent” clinic in Parkwood but it is under-going renovations this month.

“We call it our indepen-dent [not to do with fund-ing] clinic. It just means the kidney people who go there do their own hook-ups to the machines. There are two nurses, Les and Susan, who take care of us but we set them up and hook our own lifelines to the machines.”

He calls the tubing that connects him to the dialysis machine ‘lifelines’ because, quite simply, they are. Without dialysis, Wil-liams’ chances of survival would be on the line.

Not getting dialysis done on schedule can have seri-ous consequences. Once, while holidaying across the border, Williams pushed

the envelope – just a little – by putting off the start time of one of his dialysis treatments.

Big mistake, he says. “When I got to Victoria,

they had to just about carry me into the ward. I had built up too much fluid in my body – and that had put pressure on my heart. They had to drain five litres of fluid from me.”

Other than that, Williams has kept to his strict sched-ule. It can be a challenge to stay positive through it all. He’s been lucky to have the ongoing support of his wife, Barb, he says, but not everyone who had kidney failure can count on that kind of support from their family. That’s why he and a few others decided to form a local group that meets for friendship, information and moral support.

The new group meets

monthly and welcomes new members.

Dialysis is not the end of the world, by any means, he points out.

“We have a good life. We’re able to travel. A lot of us can still work. Really, we’re luckier than many people... like the quadru-ple amputee father [in the news], all his limbs gone and he needs help. We still have our limbs, we can still do things.”

When Williams started dialysis five years ago, he couldn’t imagine putting a needle in his own arm. Now he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“You create a fiscula (entry point) for yourself. The people in my group have our own ‘button-holes’ and we use a dull needle – that means that they don’t have to poke a new hole with a a sharp

needle every time.”Away from home, plans

have to be made for dialy-sis treatments.

“We go to Oregon once a year and we plan our trip about a year in advance. They have [dialysis] clin-ics there but you have to book your appointment well ahead of time and send your medical records on in advance.”

Williams’ kidney failure came after a medical crisis in 1991 when Williams was in his late 40s.

“I had acute appendici-tis while visiting family in Duncan. I was rushed to hospital in Victoria. I spent eight and a half months in hospital, six months in ICU and two months in a medi-cally induced coma.”

He wasn’t expected to live, he says.

“Because of the sever-ity of the appendicitis, I’d

suffered kidney failure. I spent every day in the OR while doctors drained off liquid. I actually died three times in the OR, my wife told me.”

Barb was by his side. She feared for his life.

“No one really expected me to survive,” said Wil-liams, who not only sur-vived but was able to get off dialysis when his kid-ney function returned.

“From about 1992 to 2007, I was able to get by and still work with my kid-neys functioning at about 30 per cent. I had some fluid retention but it was a livable situation.”

These days Williams watches his diet, he tries to reduce his salt intake. Before each hemodialysis procedure, his weight is recorded.

“Salts retain fluid. But I’m lucky my potassium levels are always about the same.”

As he speaks, Les, the nurse, comes by and checks the dialysis machine and readings. He asks Williams questions from his check list and listens through his stethoscope above and below the “port” hole.

“We have to make sure there is no clotting [of blood] or hardening going on in there,” he explains to the reporter.

“They take good care of us,” says Williams with a good-natured laugh.

Anyone interested in joining the Prince George Kidney Support Group can call Williams at 250-562-3139. The group’s next meeting is Sunday, April 21 at the Kiwanis Centre on Quebec Street.

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DANCE GALAThe 37th annual

Prince George Dance Festival presents its Gala Performance on Friday, March 22 at Vanier Hall. This is the grand finale of the city’s dance festival and features wonderful performances by top dancers. Tickets are available at Vanier Hall during the dance festival. Members of the public are also welcome to enjoy performances during the festival (March 16 to 22).

GOSPEL SINGERSElder Citizens Recreation

Centre’s Gospel Singers are presenting their show Remembering the First Easter on Saturday, March 23 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 24 at 2 p.m. There will be coffee and goodies served right after the show. Tickets are $10 available from ECRA offices on 10th Ave. or at the door.

BOOK LAUNCHHow do we navigate a

world of fast-food joints, big-box stores and traffic jams? Local poet Al Rempel is launching his newest book This Isn’t the Apocalypse We Hoped For at Artspace on Friday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. Light refreshments provided. Rempel will also do reading on book. Artspace is located above Books and Company on Third. Avenue.

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Cello, flute, piano, voice, violin and trum-pet.

A variety of instru-ments and selec-tion of songs will be showcased at a spe-cial concert April 5. Virtuosi and many people might be sur-prised to know that the organizer is only 17 years old. Elizabeth Czechmeister, a stu-dent at Cedars Chris-tian School, has type 1 diabetes and she loves music.

She’s been playing flute for eight years.

“The concert is a fundraiser for a new camp that is com-ing to Ness Lake this summer sponsored by the Canadian Diabe-tes Association. The camp (May 24 to 26) is northern B.C.’s first ever family camp for families and caregiv-ers of children living with type 1 diabetes.”

The entertainment for the fundraiser was a natural choice, she said.

“I wanted to bring together two things that are so large in my life so I decided to do a concert,” she said.

Then it was a matter of bringing together some musician friends and other local talent.

“I will be doing a flute duet with Austin Charlie. We will play Mozart’s Bei Mannern Welche Liebe [from the Magic Flute.] Gabri-elle Jacobs is playing violin, Jordan Khan and Sage Bialuski will both play piano. My sister Sophie also plays piano and we will have some sing-ing.”

Czechmeister who like many people with type 1 or juvenile dia-betes, uses an insulin pump to control her diabetes, was diag-nosed at age nine.

One of the things that helped her adjust to her new life, she said, was attending Kakhamela, a camp on Gibson’s Island for children with diabetes.

“In many ways they helped me gain a lot of independence and I realized how impor-tant it was to have a strong network of peo-ple who support you. It was really neat to make friendships with other kids my age who also had diabetes and share the struggles that I had.”

When she heard

that a similar camp was coming to the North, Czechmeister said she put her skills to use to get the word out and raise money to support the Cana-dian Diabetes Associa-tion. Camp Kakhamela North Family Camp at

Ness Lake will pro-vide opportunities for parents and caregivers to spend quality time together in workshops and the children can also play together get to know each other through games and activities. And families

will have time to par-ticipate in swimming, boating and challenge courses.

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It didn’t come as a surprise to Bill McGill to hear he had been selected as a Fel-low of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci-ence (AAAS).

“The nominators have to contact you the information they need to submit,” says the UNBC professor in ecosystem science and management. “I was surprised when the one person got in touch with me last fall and said, ‘I’d like to nominate you.’

“I said I was hon-oured, but I didn’t think I would be in the running.”

Last month, at the annual meeting of the AAAS in Boston, McGill was presented with the award.

Two of the nomi-nators were from the western U.S. – one from Stanford, one from the University of California (Davis) – while the third was from the University of Maryland. McGill says, in his field, that’s not unusual.

“In this kind of work, where we didn’t have the Inter-net 30 years ago, one’s work became known through pub-lications.”

With about 100 articles published in peer-reviewed publi-cations, he says, “I can modestly say people know who I am.”

That includes peo-ple in Europe, China and Thailand. The major publication of the AAAS is simply titled Science. McGill says he has had one paper published in it.

“For most of us, though, one is a life-time achievement.”

McGill says the type of research he does is, well, dirty.

“I specialize in look-ing at the transforma-tions created by micro-organisms in the soil.”

Some of these micro-organisms produce greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, but they may not contribute to concerns about the effects of such gases on climate.

That’s because of other micro-organ-

isms.“One organism may

transform matter and produce methane, say a metre below the sur-face. That methane starts to rise, but before it gets to the surface, it may be consumed by another organism, which then produces another substance.

“Each of these organ-isms is using a product from its neighbour. It’s infinitely fascinating.”

McGill is quick to say little if any of his work would have been possible without con-tributions from others.

“We have a saying: Art is I, science is we. You need collaborators in science to really get anything done, and I have been fortunate in that respect.”

Some of those col-laborators are prob-ably former students, since he figures he has students with PhDs scattered across Can-ada and the U.S.

There is one other person he thanks the most.

“My wife Alice. A job like mine takes a lot of time and energy, and you need a sup-portive wife to pick you up when you’re down and out.”

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Karli Ralston, 16, was where her heart is on Wednesday – immersed in a world of dance.

The College Heights Secondary school student and Miss Teen P.G. title holder was at Vanier Hall taking in variety and song and dance perfor-mances at the Prince George Dance Festival. On Saturday, Ralston, a dance student with Excali-bur Theatre Arts Company, had been on stage performing in the Highland dance category.

“I’m in the novice class (18 years and younger) and performed the Highland fling.” She also has lilt, flora, Seann Triubhas and sword dance in her Highland dance repertoire. What tartan did she wear? Ralston smiles.

“Well I’m Irish and German, not Scots – so I don’t have my own tartan but for the festival I wore a turquoise MacGregor tartan.”

All performances are adjudicated and Ralston is excited to be part of the festival which every year attracts dancers from across the region. She’s also elated to be among 14 young women chosen from all over B.C. to compete in the Miss Teen Canada – World competition.

In February she was in Vancouver along with other contestants learning “the ropes” about what it takes to be a top contender. In July she travels to Toronto to compete for the coveted Miss Teen Canada title along with about 70 other young women.

“Right now I am fundraising for our charity Save the Children and looking for sponsors,” said Ralston who plans a future in early child-hood education or psychology.

In the meantime, she is hoping the competition will give her new skills and travel opportuni-ties.

“I think meeting all the girls has been the best part. I didn’t realize you could meet people and make friends so easily. It’s hard to open up for me and in Vancouver I’ve learned to do that. This also is a great way to get to travel – for instance I’ve never been to Toronto before so I am looking forward to that.”

Ralston’s platform focuses on anti-bullying.“I was bullied when I was younger – by both

girls and boys – so the subject is close to my heart and it’s something I want to raise aware-ness about with my platform. I would like to speak to children in elementary school about bullying because I believe that is where it starts – and can be stopped.”


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In true travelling style, the festival moves its screenings from UNBC to Artspace, Cinema CNC, Prince George Public Library, Two Rivers Gal-lery and St. Michael’s and All Angels Anglican Church.

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Do you know someone 50 or over who is a great volunteer in Prince George?

Volunteer Prince George wants to hear from you, so you can nominate them for a Boomer Plus Vol-unteer Award.

“This is the first time we’ve done this specific award,” says program manager Jo Nore. “In the past, we’ve done more general volunteer awards.”

This year, though, they decided to recognize the volunteering done by seniors, not just in Prince George, but across Canada.

“Seniors are more likely to volunteer,” Nore said. “There are factors such as higher education, access to a vehicle, and being members of a religious group which make it easier for them to volunteer.”

It’s not that young people don’t volunteer, she said, “but they don’t have as much time.”

The nomination deadline is March 22 (today) and Nore says things are going well. There are 12 cat-egories in the awards, including literacy and arts, health and wellness, special needs advocacy, and technology.

“The awards are broad enough,” Nore said, “that the committee may feel a nominee is actually better suited in a category other than the one they were nominated in. In that case, though, we will get in touch with the the nominator so they know we’re making the change.”

The nomination process is quite simple, since the nomination form can be found at www.volunteerpg.com. Fill it out, e-mail it to [email protected] or drop it off at the office at 505-1600 Third Ave.

The awards ceremony will be held in April, with all nominees receiving a gift and winners in each of 12 categories receiving a recognition award and gifts.

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Maggie Trepanier performs a song and dance solo Wednesday during the 37th annual Prince George Dance Festival at Vanier Hall. The event showcases many dance disciplines and hun-dreds of talented dancers from all over the region.

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Sports

The UNBC Timberwolves held their annual athletics banquet on Monday eve-ning.

During the banquet, the Timberwolves reflected on the past season and recognized their athletes in basketball and soccer. The 2012-13 campaign marked UNBC’s first season competing in the Canada West Uni-versities Athletic Association.

The major winners of the night were Prince George basketball players Sam Raphael and Mercedes Van Koughnett. Raphael was named the Male Athlete of the Year, while Van Koughnett took the Female Athlete of the Year honour.

Raphael finished the Canada West sea-son with an average of 14.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while Van Koughnett

led the female team with 12.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Raphael was a fifth-year member of the Timberwolves and won’t be back in uniform for the 2013-14 Canada West season. As a fourth year, Van Koughnett has one more season of Canada West eligibility.

A pair of soccer players took home the other two major awards. Sidney Roy of Burnaby was named the Female Rookie of the Year, while Tyson Hunter of Langley was selected as Male Rookie of the Year.

In men’s basketball, Raphael was also named the team’s Most Outstanding Player and Best Defensive Player. His younger brother Josh received the Zane Robison Award as most dedicated. Surrey product Navjot Bains was named their

Rookie of the Year.Van Koughnett took home the Most

Valuable Player award for UNBC wom-en’s basketball. The team’s other award winners were Jasprit Nijjar of Vancouver (Most Improved) and Emily Kaehn of Hixon (Best Defensive Player).

Roy won a pair of awards in women’s soccer, Best Offensive Player and Most Valuable Player. The Best Defensive Player award went to Prince George product Jor-dan Hall, while Katie Blokker of London, Ont. won the coach’s award.

Hunter was also named the Most Valu-able Player in UNBC men’s soccer. Other winners for the team were: Sourosh Amani of the Netherlands - Top Scorer; Ty Ven-hola of Abbotsford and Mitch MacFarlane

of Prince George - Defensive Player of the Year (co winners); and Danny Dell of Burns Lake - Coach’s Award.

Seven graduating Timberwolves were presented with mini drums during the banquet. The graduates are Raphael, Dell, Joel Rybachuk of Vernon (men’s basket-ball), Francis Rowe of Victoria (men’s bas-ketball), Jose Araujo of Toronto (men’s basketball), Kady Dandeneau of Pender Island (women’s basketball) and Rebecca Irving of Prince George (women’s soccer).

The banquet was also the last of its kind for Jason Kerswill, who’s leaving his position of UNBC athletic director to join Basketball Canada, taking on the role of manager of high performance with the national men’s basketball teams.

UNBC Timberwolves recognize year’s best athletes

Overagers say goodbye to CougarsAnother Prince George

Cougars season ended on Saturday.

With that, a trio of over-age players have gradu-ated from the Western Hockey League.

The Cougars’ 1992-born overagers this season were defencemen Dan Gibb and Dallas Ehrhardt, and for-ward Ryan Hanes.

While Hanes and Gibb suited up Saturday eve-ning at CN Centre against the Kamloops Blazers, Ehrhardt didn’t play due to a lower-body injury. The three players were recog-nized during a pre-game ceremony.

While the game didn’t produce a favourable out-come – the Blazers ham-mered the home team 7-0 – it was an emotional goodbye to the WHL for the teammates. Gibb and Hanes were named two of the game’s three stars.

Although born in Cran-brook, Gibb grew up in Prince George and spent his entire WHL career with the Cougars. He suited up in 266 career games, collecting eight goals, 33 points and 249 penalty minutes.

Gibb was also the cap-tain of the Cougars.

Gibb and Kamloops Blaz-ers captain Dylan Willick lined up for the ceremo-nial pre-game faceoff and hugged before the game started. Gibb and Willi-

ack, another Prince George product, are former minor hockey teammates and close friends off the ice.

“I played with him since I was 12 and I keep in touch with him whenever I can and he’s an awe-some friend and an awe-some hockey player,” Gibb said. “I hope Kamloops and him do well in play-offs and go far because I know he deserves it and he’s established himself in the league as a person and a player, so that was pretty emotional at the end. I had to keep it together there so I didn’t start bawling like a baby, but a couple snuck out there I think.”

The comfort of home cooking and staying close to friends and family is appealing. But Gibb admit-ted to getting frustrated over the team’s lack of suc-cess during his tenure. In four years (2009 to 2013) with the Cougars, Gibb saw the playoffs only once. In the 2010-11 season, they advanced to the postsea-son as the seventh seed before being swept by the Kelowna Rockets.

Regardless, Gibb didn’t say anything negative about Cougars owner Rick Brodsky, general manager Dallas Thompson and the coaching staff.

“They’ve given me every-thing I’ve ever wanted, so to go to the playoffs would’ve been awesome,” he said.

Hanes’ second last game, Friday evening in

Kamloops, may have been more emotional. A Kam-loops product and former Blazer, Hanes found the back of the net in his final game at Interior Savings Centre.

“Once I got the goal and I got to the bench and I heard that they’d called my name, and everyone started cheering loud like the Blazers scored, it was

kind of like I started tear-ing up almost,” Hanes said.

Hanes spent three full seasons in Kamloops and was a member of the B.C. Hockey League’s Cow-ichan Valley Capitals for the first half of the 2012-13 campaign. He joined the Cougars in November. His WHL career ends with 23 goals, 51 points and 371

penalty minutes in 224 games. He also suited up in 15 playoff games with the Blazers.

A pre-season acquisi-tion, Ehrhardt spent only one year with the Cougars. After starting the 2009-10 season with the Brandon Wheat Kings, he spent two and a half seasons with the Moose Jaw Warriors. His WHL tenure ends with 209

games played, 11 goals, 69 points and 254 penalty minutes. He skated with the Warriors in 16 playoff games.

With junior hockey fin-ished, the players will try and advance their careers, either on the ice or in school. For each season a player skates in the WHL, one year of tuition is cov-ered by the league.

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Kamloops Blazers forward Dylan Willick and Prince George Cougars defenceman Dan Gibb, a couple of Prince George products, line up for a ceremonial pre-game faceoff on Saturday evening at CN Centre. Special Olympics Prince George athletes Carla Caputo and Michael Harris drop the puck behind them. Saturday was Special Olympics Awareness Night and the Cougars wore red laces on their skates to sup-port the Red Lace campaign.

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“On behalf of the Whitecaps, we’re really pleased to be able to partner with Prince George Youth Soccer Association to open up a Northern Academy Centre,” Whitecaps FC direc-tor of soccer development Dan Lenarduzzi said. “This is our sixth academy centre and we’re trying to position ourselves across the province in key loca-tions. The North is a location that unfortunately misses out on a lot of things, so I think it’s a good opportunity for us to establish a footprint here as the Whitecaps organization and who better to do it with than obviously the largest soc-cer association here who’s been doing a great job.”

The Northern Academy Cen-tre will be led by Sonny Pawar, who’s acting as the interim tech-nical head coach of PGYSA.

“It’s a huge step for our community. Our local soccer community is going to benefit greatly from such a partner-ship. To be involved with the name the Vancouver White-caps is synonymous with class and soccer at the elite level,” Pawar said. “It’s a wonderful pathway for our young play-ers to be able to explore and to be involved with, so we’re

all excited and we hope that it brings nothing but good things for the future players within our region.”

Other regional centres are Vancouver, Vancouver Island, the Okanagan, the Kootenays, and the recently announced Whitecaps FC Saskatchewan Academy Centre. The Sas-katchewan centre, located in Saskatoon, is the first of its kind outside of B.C.

With the Northern Academy Centre, the Whitecaps have a footprint in Prince George. They can monitor youth play-ers more closely and the part-nership enables them to stay in regular contact with north-ern coaches. Identifying play-ers at a young age helps them grow their skills. Once players advance through the BC Soccer system, they may play in the EA SPORTS BC Soccer Premier League, the Whitecaps’ main scouting vehicle.

“We’re all going to be better for that in the end and if that can help create more of a mass at the bottom to kind of bubble to the top, then that’s great,” L e n a r d u z z i said.

While the new train-

ing centre offers ongoing soc-cer development, Lenarduzzi noted that they’re interested in bringing short-term events like Whitecaps youth soccer camps back to Prince George.

For Pawar, it also offers per-sonal benefits.

“It’s a terrific learning and growing experience for myself also.”

Whitecaps FC Northern Academy programs will launch in the spring, starting with a skills academy for boys and girls from the U9 to U12 divi-sions. An invite-only Prospects Academy will launch in May for U10 to U18 players, offering local training and select trips to Vancouver for showcase week-ends, as well as a Major League Soccer weekend to train with Whitecaps staff and watch a live Whitecaps MLS game.

The largest youth sports association in Prince George, PGYSA has more than 2,500 boys and girls from ages three to 18 register for outdoor soccer each May. Another 700 regis-ter for indoor programs in the winter.

The first official test event for the 2015 Canada Winter Games unfolds this weekend.

Duchess Park Secondary is the site of the Wheelchair Basketball Canada Junior West Regional Championships on Saturday and Sun-day.

The three-on-three tournament will feature the top junior aged athletes (born on Jan. 1, 1991 or later) in Western Canada from the provinces of B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan. The players are age-eligible to compete in the 2015 Canada Winter Games, scheduled for Feb. 13 to March 1, 2015.

This weekend’s tournament is co-hosted by BC Wheelchair Basketball Society and Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Action is scheduled to begin on Saturday at 10 a.m., with the championship final on Sunday at noon. An awards ceremony will follow the final at approximately 12:45 p.m.

Among the athletes expected to compete is Prince George able-bodied wheelchair basketball player Avril Harris, the 2010 Wheelchair Basket-ball Canada Junior Athlete of the Year.

The event is free to attend.

The Prince George Youth Soccer Associa-tion will have the ben-efit of a major brand to help grow the sport in northern B.C.

On Wednesday at the PGYSA facility, Van-couver Whitecaps FC announced the launch of the Whitecaps FC Northern Academy Centre. In partner-ship with PGYSA, the Whitecaps will base the centre in Prince George.

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The Prince George Cougars fin-ished with 50 points this season (record of 21-43-2-6), second worst in the WHL.

The Cougars also finished with 50 points last season (24-46-0-2), second worst in the WHL. Last I

checked this is not progress.

The Cou-gars have missed the playoffs six

times in the last 10 years, including three of the last four. Keep in mind, only 20 per cent of the teams in the Western Conference fail to qualify for the post-season.

With this type of performance, frustration prevails for fans, players, coaches, management and the entire organization. Prince George fans are astute and have shown their dis-pleasure, mostly by not attending games regularly at CN Centre. They don’t necessarily demand a winner, just a competitive product. I hear repeatedly questions being raised about how nearly every other team in the league recovers from down years and is able to build their program in a timely manner. The Vancouver Giants have been the epitome of success but this season crashed to the bottom of the league. Is there anyone that doesn’t believe the Giants will be much improved next season and a contender the year after?

It appears the Cougars cannot climb out of their rut. They hoped a shake-up behind the bench would

help. Dean Clark was 14-26-2-4 when he was dismissed as coach January 22. In the two months that followed, the Cougars were 7-16-0-2 under his replacement Mark Holick (0-1 under assistant Jason Becker before Holik’s arrival). Just when it looked like the Cougars had an opportunity at the playoffs, they ended on a five-game losing streak, outscored 28-11 in that stretch. Moreover, players such as Alex Forsberg and Dalton Siwak had quit the team in mid-season to play in a lower league.

And on and on it goes, year in and year out. There have been constant struggles to find high-end European players, impact 20 year olds and an ace goalie. It’s appar-ent more changes are coming and unquestionably are needed.

GM Dallas Thompson has been a target of much of the criticism. His regular-season record of 229-375-14-30 in his nine years at the helm is difficult to hide from. Perhaps Hol-ick will have more influence in the day-to-day operations of the club.

VP Brandi Brodsky has certainly taken her share of the heat in a high profile position. Brandi’s dad, presi-dent/owner Rick Brodsky, has been the only constant since the team arrived in the city in 1994.

While the hockey is entertain-ing, consistent losing (no division titles, no conference titles, no ban-ners) is no fun. Prince George fans have been more than tolerant and I think we can all agree deserve much better from their major junior franchise.

•••The complimentary tickets were

eliminated, the regular season passes were discarded and the cost went up by a couple of bucks, but the Prince George Spruce Kings still had their loyal fan base for the two playoff games against the Chilli-wack Chiefs.

There is a common belief that the Spruce Kings regular season average attendance of 1,174 was inflated because of many promo tickets, however fans did not hesi-tate to shell out $14 (adults) and $12 (seniors and students) to watch the post-season on non-prime hockey nights, Monday and Tuesday.

A total of 1,299 fans were on hand for game three and 1,092 for game four. In other words, there were, on average, slightly bigger crowds for bigger games for the bigger bucks.

This is a very good sign for the Spruce Kings as these figures are an indication that their followers want to be entertained with a competitive product, particularly in the playoffs, and are willing to pay for it.

There is still a long way to go for the Spruce Kings to become an upper-echelon franchise, year in and year out, but they can take comfort knowing the team is on the upswing.

Hartley Miller is the sports direc-tor for radio stations 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for hqprincegeorge.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to [email protected].

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Prince George Cougars forward Troy Bourke chases down the puck in front of teammate Jake Mykitiuk, while the Cougars’ Ryan Hanes takes the Kamloops Blazers’ Sam Grist into the boards during Friday night’s Western Hockey League game in Kamloops.

For Cougars, treading water is the rule

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For youth baseball players, it’s an opportunity to learn from former stars of the game.

The Northern Sport Centre will be holding the Blue Jays Honda Super Camp Tuesday to Thursday. The Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Acad-emy partner with Baseball Canada and Little League Canada to offer amateur players the opportunity to train under the guidance of former Major League Baseball players.

Running sessions at this year’s camp in Prince George are Jesse Bar-field, Homer Bush, Lloyd Moseby and Duane Ward.

The camp is open for players from nine to 16 years old. Athletes of all skill levels are encouraged to attend. Not only will they have the chance to learn from professionals with World Series rings, 10 Prince George coaches will also be work-ing with the guest instructors.

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Members of the Cariboo Cougars and Okanagan Rockets battle after a faceoff during their B.C. Major Midget League play-off game on Saturday at CN Centre. The Rockets edged the Cougars 3-2 in overtime to sweep their best-of-three semifinal two games to zero.

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The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded bythe Government of Canada and the province of British Columbia

Prince George Employment Service1511 – 3rd Avenue, (250) 596-2517, www.PGES.ca

Are you Job Seeker? You may be eligible for

Skills Development TrainingSkills Development provides funding to eligible individuals who require skills training to secure employment. Individuals arrange and pay for their own training, with the financial assistance provided by Skills Development.

Who can apply?To be eligible for participation in Skills Development (SD), you must be an unemployed individual (“Employment Insurance (EI) Client”) as defined in the Canada – BC Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA). This means that you are an individual for whom:an unemployment benefit period has been established or has ended within the 36 months (3 years) prior to the date of requesting assistance; or a benefit period that included a maternity or parental claim has been established within the 60 months (5 years) prior to the date of requesting assistance, after which you remained out of the labour market in order to care for a newborn or newly adopted child and are now seeking to re-enter the labour force. Other criteria may apply.

Financial BenefitsEligible costs covered under Skills Development may include tuition costs, living expenses, dependent care expenses, disability needs, and transportation costs. Individuals are generally required to make a contribution towards the cost of their training. Funding levels to participants are negotiated, based on individual financial need.Individuals approved for financial assistance who are currently on an active EI claim may continue to receive their regular EI benefits until the end of their benefit period.

You can get more information on Employment and Labour Market Services through Prince George Employment Service

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother,

grandmother, and great grandmother, Helen. After a lengthy stay a Jubilee Lodge, Helen passed away March 16, 2013 at the age of 94 years. She is survived by her 3 children; Pat (Glennys), Sandra Haines (Douglas Roy), and Jim (Debbie), also her 8 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at:

1:00pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Lakewood First Memorial Funeral Home

1055 Ospika Blvd, Prince George, BC.

In lieu of fl owers, donations made to either the Prince George Alzheimer’s Society or the Salvation Army would be appreciated. Helen’s family sincerely thanks the entire staff at Jubilee Lodge for their long time friendship and generous compassion in providing her care.

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Jimmy...miss you, the long talks or when you just called to say”Just calling to say I love you, Lis, have a great day”I’m still working on our bucket list, Paying It Forward & “Pink”“Sending smiles over miles & hugs heart to heart” uncondi-tionally Peace and Blessings, your BFF, sister... Lisa(Jim Leisner...Dec. 27, 1960 - March 23, 2001)Please do one kind deed in memory of Jim

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Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.We thank you for your interest, however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

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NOTICE IS GIVEN BYA1 Self Storage, under the Warehouse Lien Act, that a claim is made against the persons listed

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If the storage fees and related costs are not paid in full, and the goods removed by April 10, 2013, then the goods will be sold by auction

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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:

Smokehouse Hospitality & Catering Services: Hospitality Coordinator (Full Time-Permanent) Closing date: March 27, 2013

Youth & Community Services: Youth Care Workers (FT, PT and Casuals) Closing date: March 22, 2013

A hard copy listing the roles, responsibilities and qualifi cations of the position are available from the Prince George Native Friendship Centre’s website atwww.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.

Tahtsa Timber Ltd. is looking forHARVESTER OPERATORS

minimum 3 years experienceand for FORWARDER OPERATORS

minimum 2 years experience.Top rates and bene ts package.Fax resumes to 250-692-7140

or email to [email protected]

THINK SAFE! BE SAFE!

If you are a motivated individual, passionate about helping women, willing to work hard while having fun, then owning this business may be for you. We are selling the newly renovated and updated Curves fi tness centre due to the owner’s lingering health issues. We will negotiate a reasonable and affordable price for this well loved club with a person who shares a passion for improving women’s health.

Global fi tness franchise who provide support and advertisingFresh approach to personal health and effective weight loss Located in Prince George for over ten years

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:Dedicated, trained staffLoyal customer baseFully equippedClear opportunities for growthPrime location with free parking

Serious inquiries please call Aubrey at 250 562-0049email aubrey@muirheadfi nancial.com

BUSINESS FOR SALE

FREE SCRAP CARREMOVAL

within 15 kmP & R

250-963-3435Email: prfl [email protected]

MEMBER OF

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLERS

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOC.

“DO’IN IT RIGHT”

Employment

Help WantedHOOKTENDER, F/T.- Dun-can, BC. Wages as per USW coastal agreement. Loader &processor experience an assetor be willing to learn to run these machines. Fax resumeto 1-604-736-5320 or email [email protected]

Park Attendants Required

Mariah Recreation Manage-ment Services is seeking

suitable couples or individuals for employment in the following Provincial Parks for the 2013 season

(May - Sept): Beatton, Charlie Lake

& Moberly Lake Duties will include:• Park maintenance & landscaping• Fee collection & park security• Record keeping & customer service• Use of small power toolsRequirements:• Must by physically fi t & • willing/able to work outdoors in all kinds of

weather conditions• Experience with power

tools for park mainte-nance

• Must have experience with handling cash & customer service

deliveryFax/E-mail resumes to:

Mariah Recreational Management Services

[email protected]

TOW Truck Operator required for light duty tow truck. Class 5 or 3 with clean drivers ab-stract. Experience an asset. Ext Med/Dent plan available. Wage based on experience. Apply 2180 Robertson Rd Mon - Sat 08:00 - 15:00

Traffi c Control Flagger Train-ing WL April 20/21, PG April 13/18, 100 Mile April 10/11, for info and cost call 1-866-737-2389 www.roadsafteytcs.com

Versatile Painting & Sand-blasting is looking for quali-fi ed experienced Journey-men Painters/Sandblastersin KITIMAT. Must be highly motivated, energetic and work well with others. Please send resumes to:

[email protected]

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

TIN Rooster Holding Ltd, P.O. Box 160 (100 Boulder Ave.), Dease Lake, B.C., V0C1L0, requires full time cooks to pre-pare and cook short orders and full meals for eat-in and take-out. Prepare and cook deli items for retail sale. Main-tain all health standards. Appli-cants must have 3 years expe-rience. Salary $13.30 / hr. Apply by mail or fax: (250) 771-4382.

Trades, Technical

JDT CONSTRUCTION

is hiringWeldersFitters

& Millwrights

Call 250-614-4529or fax 250-561-2036

FIND EVERYTHING YOUNEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.com

Home Improvements

Bath & Kitchen SpecialistWe bring creative design ideas to the table, as we work closely with you to achieve the perfect remodel. No job too big and none certainly, too small. Call Tom today for free estimate.

250-961-0439

G Gilbert Renovation Year round reno needs. Int/ext,nothing too small. 30 yrs exp. Free estimates! Call Gaetan (250) 560-5845 or 552-7184

Lou’s Renos Roger’s Renos

Decks, fences, basements rental units. For all your home

reno needs. References available. Free estimates call

250-964-6106 Ivan at 250-552-8106 or

Roger 250-552-0471

Painting & Decorating

Paint Special 3 Rooms $589incl. prem qlty paint, your col-or choices, 2 coats, fi lled nail holes. Ceiling & trim extra. Free Est. HB Tech 250-649-6285

Merchandise for Sale

$200 & UnderFirewood, driest wood in town split & delivered $180/cord (250)964-2020

Free ItemsFREE TO A GOOD HOME

Neutered black & white male cat “Fletcher” 8 or 9 yrs old very friendly, loves people. Call (250)962-0677

Heavy Duty Machinery

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.SPECIAL

44’ x 40’ Container Shopw/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!Also Damaged 40’

$1950 Call Toll Free AlsoJD 544 & 644 wheel loaders

JD 892D LC ExcavatorPh. 1-866-528-7108

Free Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com

Help Wanted

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleAll retail store fi xtures includ-ing shopping baskets, metal display baskets, display racks, shelving units and much more. 250-964-4757

Aluminum tri-fold ATV/Mower ramps.

1500 lb capacity 77” x 50” New $280 Will sell for

$175 obo 250-640-3970

FOR THE HOME BREWER Wine making equipment. Incl. 2 primary buckets, 4 carboy’s, hoses, syphon’s, thermometers, fl oor corker (some corks) electric bottle fi ller plus lots more. Must be

sold as a complete set REDUCED to $300

250-562-3747

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Coin Guy: 778-281-0030

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Midtowne

To Rent Call:250-561-1447

• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available

• Close to hospital & downtown

• Rent includes heat, hot water• Elevator to undercover

parking • Fridge, stove, quality carpets,

drapes • Laundry on each fl oor • No pets

1 bdrm $570, 2 bdrm $680 heat, h/w incl.,

1601 Queensway; 250-596-4275 250-612-7199

HILLSBOROUGH AptsNewly updated, spacious 3

bdrm apts. Clean, quiet, secure entrance.

No Pets. Includes H/W Utilities extra

Phone 250-596-4555

VENICE PLACE APTS 1438 Queensway

Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm SuitesBalcony, Elevator, Under-

ground parking. Heat includedCall (250)561-1446

Help Wanted

Rentals

Commercial/Industrial

Space available for rentFor all your rental needs

Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT

Majestic Management(1981) Ltd.

• OFFICE

• COMMERCIAL

• RETAIL

Misc for Rent

For Seniors 55+

1 bdrm suiteAll utilities included

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

Offi ce/Retail900 sq ft 533 Dominion St. Retail/Offi ce space $900/mo neg + Hst. Heat & Ph. not incl. Ph:Anna 563-1289 or Danillo 563-2738

Room & BoardRoom & Board, on bus route. Walking distance to 2 shop-ping and civic centre $550 per mth n/s 250-614-0155

Career Opportunities

Rentals

Suites, Lower2 BDRM bsmt suite

Off N. Nechako, w/d, f/s. Mature, working people only.

N/S $850. Avail immed. Call Theresa 250-962-5570

Transportation

Cars - Sports & Imports

Very low mileage, Clean, CarProof, Amazing condition, Amazing price. Sale $14,900

DL#

312

21Hub City Motors1822 Queensway250.564.7228www.hubcitymotors.com

2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA CITY

STK#B3917-0

Scrap Car Removal

Business for Sale

Legal Notices

Business for Sale

Legal Notices

BCDailyRegister Online at www.bcdailydeals.com

Beyond&BOOMERSBOOMERSA guide to healthier living!WellnessWellness&and Health

250-564-0005Boomers control 70% of the total net worth of all

households.

A special ROP feature focusing on t and healthy lifestyles. Published the last Friday of every month with over 28,000 circulation.PLUS to over 15,000 subscribers in the Free Press Digital Daily.

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