Prince George Free Press – November 22, 2013

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Th e president of the Canada’s National Firearms Association is throwing his sup-port behind a city man charged last week with 16 weapons-related charges.

“I think that what we’re seeing here is the pillorying of people who are not de-serving of being pilloried,” said Sheldon Clare. “If there’s a crime committed, I want to know who the victim is.”

Last week the Prince George RCMP charged 53-year-old Karl Haus with two counts of importing a prohibited fi rearm or component knowing he was unauthor-ized to do so, four counts of possession of a prohibited or restricted weapon that is either loaded or is readily accessible to ammunition, four counts of possession of a prohibited weapon, fi ve counts of care-less use of a fi rearm (unsafe storage), and two counts of possessing a fi rearm with the serial number altered.

Police say they seized more than 31,000 rounds of ammunition, three handguns (two of which were loaded, according to police), seven rifl es, a fully automatic M16, a fully automatic AK47; two morn-ing stars (spiked metal balls on a chain and stick), two shotguns, fi ve 100-round capacity drum magazines, 50 assault rifl e magazines, and four bulletproof vests.

Clare says Haus is a collector and, without intent to commit a crime, should be allowed to possess such weapons.

“I don’t see anything that’s appropri-ately criminal,” said Clare. “If anything, what we’re looking at is administrative and regulatory law, rather than criminal law.”

Clare says the charges against Haus boil down to not having the right paperwork for possessing such guns, adding that the weapons mentioned can be legally owned by Canadians.

As for prohibited weapons, Clare said the association doesn’t believe such a designation should exist.

He says Canada’s gun laws need to be changed.

“Th ere’s a problem in a law where people are being punished for crimes that have no victims,” said Clare.

He also questioned Haus being charged with improperly storing guns, saying that a person does not have to have guns secured when they are at home.

“Th ere is plenty of case law that shows that,” he said. “How would you ever clean your fi rearm, how would you ever take it apart and learn how it works?”

He stressed that the law should be changed because people can get pegged as criminals when they might not be.

“I say the law needs to be changed be-cause what we have here is a classic case of good people who have no clean intent to commit any act of aggression who are caught up in what, in my view, should be a regulatory or administrative act, rather than a criminal one,” Clare said.

Haus will face the charges in court in January.

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Building a performing arts cen-tre in Prince George is now ‘one of ’ city council’s capital project priorities.

It’s not exactly what the society pushing for the facility was hoping for, but Monday night’s decision puts the city centre-stage in the push to build the estimated $42.5 million facility.

“We ask that city council pri-oritize it over other large invest-ments,” said Ken Kilcullen, Prince George Regional Performing Arts Centre Society spokesperson.

It’s been a long road, said Kilcullen, given that such a centre was fi rst identifi ed as a key facility for the city in 1991. Once built, he added, it would contribute $5 million per year to the Prince George economy and it will be a multi-use facility benefi ting more than just the performing arts community.

“We’d like to point out, clearly, that this is not a facility built for an exclusive segment of our com-munity,” said Kilcullen. “Quite the contrary. Th is is a inclusive home for arts and much more.”

Money, however, is the big question, said Mayor Shari Green, pointing out that the city did try

to get P3 Canada funding for the project, but was unsuccessful.

“Th is is the project I’d like to see the city take on,” Green said. “Th e question is where do we get the money?”

She said when the city talks to senior levels of government there is very little interest for funding this type of project.

“Th ere’s not a lot of enthusi-asm,” said Green.

Kilcullen said they get a diff er-ent response.

“When we meet with other levels of government, the fi rst question out is ‘where is the city?’” Kilcullen said. “… We need some inside champions at the city

level to connect with those levels of government to show the need.”

Following a lengthy debate and concern over making it the main priority, council unanimously made it one of the city’s capital

project priorities. It also decided to add it to the city’s fi ve-year capital plan and directed city administration to start working on how to fund the project and determine a location.

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Canfor and the United Steel-workers union have reached a tentative deal.

Aft er a fi ve-week break in talks, the two sides resumed talks Friday. Th e fi ve-year agreement provides pay increases for tradesmen, im-provements to health and welfare benefi ts and the pension plan, plus

it deals with contract language regarding charge-hands.

In addition to a signing bo-nus, and wage increases, the deal provides cash payments in the third, fourth, and fi ft h years, rate adjustments for log scalers and carpenters, plus help for appren-tice’s living and travel expenses.

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two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to three months in jail.

Robert J. Tulari was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to four days in jail.

Kyle A. Yule was found guilty of identity fraud and two counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 18:Christopher R. Blaney was found guilty of two

counts each of unauthorized use of a computer and theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and received a conditional sentence of three months. Blaney was also found guilty of escape from lawful custody, failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to one day in jail.

Timothy P. Jensen was found guilty of two counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for two years.

Richard J. O’Leary was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fi ned $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Kohl A. Timms was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, fi ned $100 and assessed a victim surcharge of $15.

Tanis A. West was found guilty of causing a dis-turbance and placed on probation for one year.

Richard Williams was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fi ned $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Brent L. Wislon was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance, fi ned $100 and assessed a victim surcharge of $15.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 19:Sabina H. Haskell was found guilty of failing to

comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail.

Justin E. Pawluck was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of traf-fi cking, sentenced to 517 days in jail and received a lifetime prohibition on the possession of fi rearms.

Robert J.E. Regimbald was found guilty of as-sault and placed on probation for one year.

In Prince George Provincial Court Sept. 23:Gregory B. Bobb was sentenced to three months

in jail, put on probation for one year and ordered to give DNA sample for assault. He was also sen-tenced to three months in jail for failing to comply with the conditions of an undertaking.

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George on Sept. 13:Skyler D. Brennan was found guilty

of possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000 and sen-tenced to 33 days in jail.

Daniel R. Heimbecker was found guilty of escape from lawful custody and sentenced to one day in jail.

Candace M. Lolly was found guilty of resisting a peace offi cer and two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to 25 days in jail.

Sukhbir S. Manhas was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fi ned $700 and assessed a victim surcharge of $105.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 16:

Peter A. Aubrey was found guilty of failing to provide a breath sample

when ordered to do so, received a conditional sentence of 90 days, as-sessed a victim surcharge of $50 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Shayne A. Keays was found guilty of robbery, sentenced to 18 months in jail and received a mandatory life-time prohibition on the possession on fi rearms.

Margaret R. Stroknes was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fi ned $750, assessed a victim sur-charge of $112.50 and prohibited from driving for one year.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 17:

Sheena L. Ketlo was found guilty of assault and fi ned $600.

Wilfred P. Prince was found guilty of break and enter, sentenced to 53 days in jail and placed on probation for one year. Prince was also found guilty of resisting a peace offi cer and

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It’s not every day Mounties in red serge greet those entering a police station and, once inside, visitors are greeted with the smell of sweetgrass.

But that was exactly the scene when the new $38.95 million Prince George RCMP detachment was unveiled Saturday. A group of about 30 guests, including Canada’s top cop, Com-missioner Bob Paulson, city council, and the media were on hand for the offi cial opening and tour of the 5,912 square metre facility on Victoria Street.

Paulson wasn’t the only high-rank-ing RCMP offi cer in attendance, and he pointed out that Prince George is a “construction zone” for police offi cers.

“Th ere is something profound that happens to RCMP offi cers when they come to Prince George,” he said, referring to some of the people in attendance: B.C.’s top offi cer Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, who started his career in Prince George; Saskatchewan’s top offi cer, Chief Superintendent Brenda Butterworth-Carr, who served as Superintendent in Prince George for two years; Deputy Commissioner Peter Angel; and MLA Mike Morris. who was the North

District Chief Superintendent before he retired from the force.

“Th ere is no better place to start one’s career,” said Callens.

And while the RCMP’s top brass was in town for the event, so was the city’s top brass as city council was on hand too. Th e new detachment is, aft er all, a city building. Th e work started two mayors ago and both former mayors who worked to get the funding for the building, Colin Kinsley and Dan Rogers, were in attendance.

But it was the current mayor and council who brought the project home.

“Th is building will be a testament, for years to come, of the priority that council has placed on infrastructure investment in this city,” said Mayor Shari Green. “I’m very proud to be part of the building of this much-needed detachment ... Th is day has been long in coming and many councils have debated long and hard over the years to ensure that this building became a reality. Lesser politicians might have wavered under some criticism about spending these kinds of tax dollars.”

Part of the money came from the Federation of Canadian Munici-palities’ Green Municipal Fund that

contributed $500,000.But it will be Superinten-

dent Eric Stubbs and the Prince George detachment’s 140 offi cers who will actu-ally move into the new digs in a few weeks time. And for Stubbs, who will move into a corner offi ce overlooking Fourth Avenue and Victoria Street, moving out of the cramped quarters on Bruns-wick Street will be welcome.

“Th is is a truly signifi cant event, he said. “We’ve been looking forward to this day and this building, for years ... We are going to move into a fantastic, extraordinary building.”

And that it is. Th e build-ing is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certifi ed. Roof and parking surfaces will refl ect heat, energy use is slated to be 61 per cent below the Model National Energy Code, solar panels will be used to for the hot water system, a solar wall preheats the fresh air intake, a groundwater well will be used

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to provide cooling, storm water is collected and is used in the toilets, and it is connected to the city’s district heating system.

Stubbs also pointed out that the detachment works closely with the Lheidli T’enneh and mem-bers smudged the facility prior to the ceremonies.

“We will continue to relentlessly work to drive down crime in this community,” said Stubbs. “But now in a work environment that will do nothing but help our members achieve more success.”

And for those who might celebrate a little too much ... take note that the drunk tank now has a heated fl oor.

Bill PHILLIPS/Free PressMayor Shari Green, along with North District RCMP Chief Superintendent Rod Booth (left), Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, Prince George Superintendent Eric Stubbs, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, and council cut the ribbon to officially open the new Prince George RCMP detachment.

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Th e wet, heavy snow wasn’t the only annoyance for workers putting together the Wood Innovation and Design Centre Friday.

About 40 strangers in hardhats and high-vis vests also traipsed through their worksite as a group of invited guests were given a tour of the downtown centrepiece starting to take shape. Th e controversial project was in the throne speech three times

before work actually began and is still the subject of ongoing litigation between two local developers, but the big red crane was busy hoisting glulam columns and beams, cross-laminated timber and laminated veneer lumber into place. All are produced in B.C.

“It’s on time and on budget,” said Jobs Minister Shirley Bond.

Victoria has put $25.1 million in the project, saying it will create 250 new jobs during the life of the project.

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George and for the province,” she said.

At 29.25 metres high, it incor-porates a structural system that uses wood products manufac-tured and engineered in B.C. Th e 4,600-square-metre build-ing will be six storeys tall and is made up of 1,846 cubic metres of wood. Th e only concrete will be on the base.

“Th is is an extraordinarily unique building,” said architect Michael Green. “It’s really a fi rst of its kind in the world.”

What makes it unique, he said, is that it is a new way of build-ing.

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we’re looking at, allows us to build much bigger buildings than we’ve ever built before in wood, taller buildings,” he said. “Because the material is glued together, it just allows us to build in this unique way fairly quickly.”

A lot of the wood in the build-ing will be exposed.

Th e most complex levels (fi rst and mezzanine) are nearing in-stallation completion, expected Nov. 20, and this includes the fi rst three levels of the building core. Th e core is installed in two separate three-storey sections.

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Th e building will house research facilities and class-room space for the University of Northern BC’s new master degree programs in wood engi-neering and science, and offi ce space for industry organizations. As such, the WIDC will be a meeting place for researchers, design professionals, product manufacturers, contractors and others to generate ideas for in-novative uses of wood.

Base structure completion is anticipated before year-end.

Bill PHILLIPS/Free PressEven in the driving snow, workers were busy putting the pieces of the Wood Innovation and Design Centre together.

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If you’re wondering who the best and brightest up-and-coming professionals are in Prince George, you may want to start with the Top 40 Under Forty list for 2013, announced last week by the Prince George Chamber of Commerce.

Th e ‘Top 40 Under Forty’ initiative was intro-duced in 2012 by the Prince George Chamber of Commerce to celebrate young professionals and showcase the successful and resourceful people who choose to live and work in Prince George. Th e response to the call for nominees was over-whelming this year, with close to 100 capable young candidates being considered for the 40 available spots.

“To see a 54 per cent increase in the number of nominees this year is both encouraging and inspir-ing,” Chamber CEO Christie Ray said in a press release. “Th is kind of public enthusiasm indicates to us that the youthful energy of our city is one of our biggest assets.”

Th e nomination process was open to the public over a four-week period during the month of Sep-tember. Nominees were judged independently, by a panel of local business people, according to their professional achievements, experience, leadership, innovative actions, responsibilities, success, and community involvement.

“When you look over the list of Top 40 fi nal-ists, you don’t necessarily see the future leaders of tomorrow; many of them are the leaders of today,” said Chamber President Derek Dougherty. “Prince George off ers great opportunities for early ad-vancement to young professionals.”

Th e ‘Top 40 Under Forty’ magazine publica-tion, complete with the bios and photos of all the fi nalists, is scheduled to go to print in early January 2014. Approximately 5,000 copies will be distrib-uted throughout Prince George and the region by mail and from various pickup locations.

Th e fi nalists are: Alex Castley, Allison Fedorkiw, Andrew Kurjata, Arvinder Billing, Bryan Paice, Candice Manahan Coyne, Catherine McCarthy, Chris Kinch, Cindy Th omson, Cory Klein, David Mothus, Dustin Robin, Gaurav Parmar, Jacki Col-lyer, Jason Morgan, Jennifer Brandle-McCall, Jer-emy Stewart, Jessica Quinn, Jillian Masson, Jodyne Green, Joel McKay, John Kason, K. Travis Mor-

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COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS MEETINGS

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Prince George Heritage Commission

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Public Notice pursuant to section 26(3) of the Community Charter.

The City of Prince George intends to sell to Landi Products Ltd. fee simple title to land legally described as (PID 029-160-138) Parcel D (being a consolidation of Lots 1-5, Block 164, Plan 1268 – see CA3341712) Block 164 District Lot 343 Cariboo District Plan 1268, for a sale price of $525,000.00.

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(At the Portable located beside Beaverly Elementary School)

Contact the BWLS at [email protected] or 250-964-1511. Show your support for your community and the programs offered!

Blackburn Community Association

Pancakes with Santa

Sunday, December 1, 2013Blackburn Community CentreDoors open 8:30 a.m., Breakfast is served at 9:00 a.m., Santa will arrive at 10:00 a.m.Tickets are $5.00 for children 12 & under and seniors, $7.00 for adults.

Christmas Craft Fair

Saturday, December 7, 2013 & Sunday, December 8, 2013Blackburn Community Centre10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.No admission charge

OTHER CITY MATTERS

National Jersey Day

Friday, November 29, 2013

Is a national day to show your love and support for sport by wearing a jersey, team or club uniform to school, work or play. From municipal council chambers to offi ce buildings and classrooms across the nation,

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Sports Day in Canada -- Saturday, November

30, 2013 Sports Day in Canada is a celebration of sport across the country. Come out to participate in any of the great activities being offered in Prince George. For more information visit: http://princegeorge.ca/cityliving/recreation/youthprograms/Pages/Default.aspx

TRAVEL GRANTS

The City supports young people in their pursuit of excellence. Travel grants are available to individuals or organizations for travel related to academic, art, cultural and amateur sport/recreation purposes involving youth 18 years

of age or younger, if they have:

• Been selected at a juried show to have his/her work displayed in a Provincial, Western Canadian, National level or within a designated geographic area as recognized by the sponsoring organization; OR

• Been awarded a scholarship within a specifi c fi eld or art to attend a school of National or Western Canadian recognition; OR

• Won a zone or regional competition or have been selected by a sponsoring organization to represent Prince George at a Provincial competition; OR

• Won a Provincial competition and have gone on to participate in a Western Canadian, National competition or competition within a designated geographic area as recognized by the sponsoring organization; OR

• Won the right or been selected to represent the City, the Province, and/or Canada at an international competition.

On occasion, those activities that are considered to be in pursuit of excellence are eligible for funding.

Applications are now available at the Community Services Department in City Hall or on the City web site www.princegeorge.ca/cityhall/grants/travel. Applications must be submitted after the travel has occurred and are reviewed in June and December of each year. For more information call 250-561-7646.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressRachel Watson, Grace Waldie, Kelsey Monsen, Lauren Cape, Rebecca Saunderson and Shayla Dyble get glammed up for their Excalibur Holiday Recital performance of Swan Lake, a troupe pointe number by Ana Klassen.

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Th ree men are in custody following a report of possible home invasion in Prince George Tuesday aft er-noon.

At 1:14 p.m. on Tuesday, Prince George RCMP received a re-port of a possible home invasion at a residence on the 1300 block of 20th Avenue.

Within minutes members of the detach-ment’s General Duty, Traffi c, Downtown Enforcement and Police Dog Service Sections were at the scene and patrolling the area. Of-fi cers were able to rule out a home invasion, but determined that the residence was broken into.

Th rough investiga-tion, three people were located and arrested.

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RCMP are investigating the vandalism of grave-stones that occurred over the Remembrance Day long weekend. A vehicle of interest has been identifi ed, and police are asking for the public’s help. At approximately noon on Monday, November 11, the Prince George RCMP received a report advising that several gravestones had been driven over at some point during the weekend.

Th rough investiga-tion, an offi cer spoke to a witness who provided a descrip-tion of a vehicle seen in the same part of the cemetery over the weekend. Police would like to speak to the

owner of this vehicle. Th e vehicle is described as: mid-1980s Ford ¾ ton pickup; green/blue (teal) with a large white stripe; white canopy with no windows on

the sideIf you have any

information about this criminal off ence, the vehicle or the person(s) responsible, please con-tact the Prince George

RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stop-pers at 1(800)222-8477, online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca (English only).

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressArtisan Wendy Young with her new design, glass snowman, just in time for Christmas giving. Young and several others had their wares on display Sunday at the Handy Circle Crafts Fair held at AiMHi.

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Boundary Road opens - indoors

Th e heavy wet snow kept more than motorists off the roads last Friday.

It kept a group of local politicians off the newly completed Boundary Road Connector. Th e inclement weather forced the ribbon cutting for the $28 million project indoors.

Work on the Boundary Road Con-nector began in June 2010, to establish a direct route between Highway 16 East and Highway 97 South. Th e connector opens up the Airport Logistics Park for development. Th e connector also pro-vides intermodal connectivity to both rail yards and will reduce congestion. Th is connection will also improve the safety of the Dangerous Goods Route within the city.

Construction of the Boundary Road Connector was supported by grants from the Building Canada Fund – Com-munities Component, and received $7.5 million in federal funding, $7.5 million in provincial funding, $6.5 million in City of Prince George funding, and $6.5 million in private developer funding.

Th at private funding came largely from developer Henry Rempel, who credited the city with helping him get land out of the Agricultural Land Reserve.

“I want to construct the Prince George Logistics Park,” Rempel said. “I want to construct it on both sides of Boundary Road from one end to the other.”

He said Boundary Road will benefi t the entire community.


Bill PHILLIPS/Free PressMLA Shirley Bond (left), MLA Mike Morris, Henry Rempel, Airport CEO John Gibson, Mayor Shari Green, and Coun. Cameron Stolz (representing MP Bob Zimmer) cut the ribbon to officially open the $28 million Boundary Road, which will allow devel-opment of the Airport Logistics Park.


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Th e city is pushing its two unions towards strike action, according to the leaders of CUPE locals 399 and 1048.

“Th e City of Prince George seems to have waged a public war on their own employees, the very people who provide front-line services and make Prince George an attractive place to live, work and visit – and invest,” said Local 399 president Gary Campbell, in a press release. “It started with the hugely expen-sive bogus ‘core review’ process, which aimed to devalue public services in our community, and has continued through the bargaining process. It looks like the city would rather take a confrontational and divisive approach rather than meaningful discus-sions that would lead to an agreement that’s fair and reasonable for taxpayers and civic workers alike.”

Earlier this week the city issued a press release saying Prince George entry level labourers are among the highest paid in the province.

Current wage rates place Prince George labourers as the third highest paid workers among 29 mu-nicipalities across B.C., states the city’s release. Th e fi ndings are based on a review of current labourer wage rates, and what they would be over the next two years under the city’s proposed wage agreement and the union’s proposal.

“CUPE City workers have done very well for the past fi ve years,” said Superintendent of Operations Bill Gaal. “Th e comparison shows their wages are near the top of the scale relative to the vast majority of their municipal counterparts.”

Under the city’s proposal of no wage increases in the fi rst two years of the contract (2013 and 2014), CUPE workers would still be among the top third paid municipal employees, said Gaal. Th e city has proposed a two per cent raise for CUPE in 2015. Th e unions are looking for two per cent per year over three years.

Janet Bigelow, president of CUPE 1048, adds that the two Prince George CUPE locals negotiated wage increases higher than infl ation rates in the last round of negotiations, but that in the early 2000s wage increases were below the rate of infl ation.

“When you’re in bargaining you can’t predict the future, but when CUPE and the city negotiated the last collective agreement those were the wage in-creases both parties agreed were fair and reasonable,” she said. “And they were in line with settlements in many communities across the North. Th e mayor thinks our members should earn less – and contrib-ute less to Prince George’s local economy as a result.”

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A local volunteer, Frank VanderZande of Emer-gency Radio Communications, was awarded a Public Safety Lifeline Volunteer award for emergency com-munications this week.

VanderZande was presented with the award at a ceremony held at the Emergency Management of BC North East Region Offi ce (Provincial Regional Emergency Operation Centre) in Prince George.

VanderZande earned his amateur radio certifi cate at age 14, and took a lead role in developing amateur emergency communications through his work with Industry Canada. In addition to a 35-year radio communications career in the federal public service, Frank has taught amateur radio since 1970. He served two terms as president of the Prince George Amateur Radio Club and is the North East Provin-cial Emergency Operations Centre Radio Station manager. He has been associated with the Red Cross as a Disaster Management Emergency Response Team Member since 2001, and has been the project lead for the Prince George Amateur Radio Club emergency communication trailer, a trailer now used to support search and rescue eff orts across northern B.C.

“It is not surprising that Frank VanderZande is receiving this special recognition. Frank’s passion for radio began very early and he has used his expertise wherever he has lived. Frank has made a real diff er-ence and we are grateful for his public service,” said Shirley Bond, MLA for Prince George-Valemount, said in a press release.

Each year, volunteers are recognized for their out-standing contributions in six categories: Search and Rescue, Emergency Social Services, PEP (Provincial Emergency Program) Air, Road Rescue, Emer-gency Communications and Lifetime Achievement. Emergency Radio Communications respond when all other systems of communications fail. A proven and reliable means of communications, emergency or “ham” radio is a public safety lifeline that assists within the community and links the community in crisis to where relief and support can be coordinated.

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Bill PHILLIPS/Free PressWith his message to Enbridge, Dennis Webster was one of about 75 people at a rally at the Civic Centre Saturday, pro-testing government inaction on climate change.

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Teresa Marie Charlie, 21, is charged with being an accessory aft er the fact to murder.

Jesse Darren Bird, 31, is charged with accessory aft er the fact to murder and interference with a dead body.

James David Junior Charlie, 23, is charged with interference with a dead body.

Th e investigation is still ongoing and RCMP say more arrests are still possible, so no further details will be released.

Bird was known to police, as he had been a suspect, along with two other men, in what was called by the press a “brazen daylight shooting” in down-town Prince George in 2008.

One man was shot in his vehicle on Dominion Street in Prince George in what police believed to be a gang-relat-ed shooting. Two others in the targeted vehicle at the time of the shooting were later found dead of gunshot wounds.

All three suspects, including Bird, were acquitted due to insuffi cient evidence.

Bjornson’s murder has been hanging over the community of Fort St. James/Nak’azdli, with ru-mours swirling ever since the young man’s severed head was found in a vacant house on Nak’azdli Reserve (which borders Fort St. James) on Feb. 3, 2012. His body was never found.

Bjornson had been missing since Jan. 12, 2012, aft er he was last seen leaving a 7-Eleven in Vander-hoof and the house on the reserve was searched fol-lowing the location of his abandoned truck in the

area. Bjornson lived in Vanderhoof but had been working north of Fort St. James and had friends in the community.

Th en there were numerous reports of rumours Bjornson had been killed and tortured during a drug-fuelled party on the reserve.

Th e alleged location of the party was next door to the abandoned house where his severed head was found.

“I think it’s a good thing for our community,” said Nak’azdli Chief Fred Sam. “Knowing these people aren’t out there running around in our com-munity.”

Sam said some of those arrested were feared in the community due to their violent backgrounds.

Bjornson was only 28 years old and the father of two young children, but he had struggled with a cocaine addiction, according to his family and friends.

Bjornson’s parents, Eileen and Fred Bjornson, had gone forward to the press with information people had brought to them of their son’s torture and murder in the basement where the party was going on, but those who told the grieving parents were reportedly too afraid to come forward to the police because they feared reprisals from those involved.

Th e abandoned house where his head was found was later damaged in a fi re and eventually demol-ished.

RCMP have once again stated they have found nothing in the course of their investigation to support the rumours regarding any links be-tween Bjornson’s death and the disappearance of Madison Scott. Scott and Bjornson were known to each other, but Scott’s disappear-ance in May 2011 still appears in no way to be connected to the Bjornson murder.

Sam said Nak’azdli is striving to address crime in the com-munity and has been holding workshops to reduce incidents of violence and hopes the community can work to improve substance abuse issues and work more closely with the RCMP.

“Sometimes they’re not perfect, each RCMP is diff erent, but we still need to work with them and move ahead,” said Sam. “Peo-ple need to step for-ward and provide that important information so we could have had closure on this earlier and people shouldn’t be afraid to provide that information.”

Th e charges in the case have not been proven in court.

Four suspects have been arrested in relation to the murder of Fribjon Bjornson.

Th ree men and one woman will be facing charges and are in custody in Prince George aft er a lengthy inves-tigation.

Twenty-seven-year-old Wesley Dennis Duncan is facing a murder charge.

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Go electronic with invoicesCNC is hosting a free workshop

next week for businesses who want to switch to electronic invoicing systems.

Th e workshop, on Nov. 27, is ideal for independent consultants, and small or medium-sized busi-nesses that are currently using Word or Excel documents to generate invoices for their custom-ers. Th ree of the simplest and most cost-eff ective E-invoicing solutions will be reviewed and a guide to selecting the right service for your business will be provided.

“Electronic invoicing leads to quicker approval and payment cy-cles, improved vendor satisfaction, fewer lost or missing invoices, and a more effi cient fi nancial process,” said Zelda Craig, CNC’s Industry Liaison. “While the majority of small businesses rely on a paper invoicing system, global invoic-ing standards are rapidly moving towards electronic invoicing.”

Large companies are insisting their suppliers adopt e-invoicing solutions in an eff ort to streamline approvals and make their pay-ments processes more effi cient. Some governments, such as Mexico and Brazil, are leading the way by making e-invoicing a regu-latory requirement. In northern B.C., most companies don’t require e-invoicing from their suppli-ers, but many of them are already specifying a preference for it.

Th e free workshop is at CNC in Room 2-314 from 6 – 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Pre-registra-tion is required.

Craig, who is facilitating the workshop, said, “I started using FreshBooks earlier this year to simplify my time-tracking, invoic-ing and payment processes. It

looks more professional, it’s easy for me to fl ag payment issues, and my year-end was a snap compared to previous years. Th e idea for the workshop actually came out of a conversation with Cassidy Dahl.”

Dahl, the former owner of a BathMaster franchise and current owner of High Caliber Contract-

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Th is workshop is provided by the college with support from the National Research Council.

Th is is the second electronic invoicing workshop CNC has or-ganized. Th e fi rst was held July 10, 2013 and was very successful.

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I didn’t set out this week to do most of my Free Press sto-ries on people in Prince George who come from India, Iran, China, Scotland and Ireland.

It just turned out that way. But happily, I think that is a pretty fair indi-

cation that multiculturalism is alive and well in our northern city. As I say, it was unintend-ed, but I think very apt, that I sit and chat and learn more from people from several diff erent cultural backgrounds during Multicultural-ism Week.

I talked with a dozen immigrants who had all taken a leap of faith – or their parents had – and decided to come to Canada to live, leaving behind everything they knew includ-ing their family, friends and homeland.

Th at takes guts.I loved hearing the story of the courtship of two people

from India who now own and operate a family-run, home-based business, Anu Beauty Salon. Th e couple, Anu and Ravi, brought with them to Canada their savvy skin care skills learned in India. Ravi went back to school at UNBC and obtained his MBA. Th ey took laser technology ac-creditation and as a footnote – literally – if you were at the Diwali Celebrations this year, you saw this dynamic duo on the dance fl oor, dazzling diners with their “Bollywood”-style dance moves.

I also had the pleasure of sitting down with Mojegan,

owner of Zaff ron Cuisine Persian cafe and catering. I heard about her lush life in Iran and about many of their customs

with food and celebration. Recently, she took her home-based catering business to the next level and now off ers dine-in, take-out and catering services at her new location.

I was at the grand opening where she invited people to come out and sample cuisine (there is another ticketed sampling event at Zaff ron this weekend) and it was fun trying out new tastes and unique fl avours.

On Wednesday, I was on the phone with well-known Chinese-Canadian author Denise Chong, talking about her parents’ struggles to make a life in Prince George when they arrived in the 1950s and her own success in Ottawa (she worked for Pierre Trudeau – okay, some non-fans of P.E.T.

would not consider that a career highlight but I was a fan).Speaking of me, as I always do, I am very proud of being a

Brit and while I have lived here most of my life, I still yearn now and then for a pint in a real British pub.

And I don’t even drink beer.I immigrated to Canada with my parents when I was a

young girl and my father, now 93, a retired doctor, still has his English accent. I dropped mine in Grade 3 because the kids made fun of my way of speaking. Today they would likely call it bullying but back then it was all part of growing up and learning how to adapt to new situations and fi t in.

I also like to make it clear to anyone who will listen that on my mother’s side I am part Irish and Scots as well. I have all my bases covered. I can be stubborn and stoic, fun-loving and fanciful (of course I believe in leprechauns), frugal and feisty, and blame it on my ancestry. Th ese are all cultural stereotypes, of course, and we are taught not to promote them in a negative way – but most people I know, no matter what their place of origin, they all have a sense of humour.

So it works for me.Well, it did until I was talking Monday with a Canadian

man (yes, there are “real” natural-born Canadians) and he asked where I was born. Brits like to be Brits but when you consider the past scandals of the Royals, the bad boy be-haviour of the politicians (some make Toronto mayor Rob Ford look like a choir boy) and endless economic squabbles, some days it’s hard to know if I should wear my Brit badge or my Canadian maple leaf.

I have to confess, though, as the nightly talk show hosts and comedians make mincemeat of Rob Ford, I do slink down a little deeper into my chair. Not because his silly quotes and questionable actions are the brunt of their jokes but because they keep saying he’s from Canada. I was okay with Americans who didn’t know any better thinking we all lived in igloos and punctuate our sentences with “eh?” because that’s just not true. But I am not sure I want our neighbours south of the border to think we come from a land of fools, eh?

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Politicians oft en wonder why people get so angry with them.

Most politicians, aft er all, are just trying to do what’s best. Th e problem, it seems, lies in the fact that politi-cians seem to live in a diff erent world than the people they are serving.

Th ere are a couple of cases in point emanating out of Prince George city hall this week.

First up was the hour-long debate over whether to list a building a performing arts centre as the priority of the city or a priority for the city.

Yes, we paid a lot of good people good money to debate, for a long, long time, the seman-tics of putting the arts centre at the top of

the priority heap or just lumping it in with everything else.

Th ere was concern that by naming it the priority other projects might fall by the wayside. Huh? To suggest that just because council names its main prior-ity capital project that others will be neglected is pure folly. Not to mention that it suggests the high-priced city staff can’t work on two projects at the same time.

But no, at city council the debate droned on, wasting the time of everyone, except all those sitting around the table, staff and politicians, all who get paid to be there.

Th en there is the off -street parking de-

bacle.No one at KPMG, who authored the city’s

core services review, no one at city hall, who then tweaked the review, and no one on council, who then approved it, keyed in on the fact that massive rate increases at city-owned parkades would be a problem.

And there is a real irony that when the city was in the midst of attacking that downtown scourge … people who move their cars, legally, to avoid parking tickets … no one thought that increasing fees in the parkades would drive people to park (drum-roll please) – on the street and become part of the two-hour shuffl e. (Who would have thought that when council campaigned on cleaning up crime downtown they were talking about illegal parking?)

But then there’s the real mind-boggling part that no one foresaw: increasing parkade

fees, some by as much as 80 per cent, would create a backlash. And it certainly has.

But there’s more.With the community in an uproar over

an arbitrary fee increase, council is now opining that there’s nothing they can do to reverse the decision. Again … huh?

Yes, that is apparently the case.So let me get this straight. Th e park-

ing rates were set, by bylaw, prior to the changes.

Th e city then changed that bylaw, increas-ing the rates. Now that they have been increased, they’re told they can’t change that decision.

For some reason, known only to the folks who live in the otherworld known as city hall, they apparently can’t pass a bylaw to actually reduce the rates.

Th at would explain a lot of things.

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Forgotten flagIt was a strange occurrence

on Saturday aft ernoon at DP Todd Secondary.

Before the AA boys zone volleyball championship game, everyone stood for the sing-ing of O Canada. It was then we realized there was no Canadian fl ag in the gymnasium, so everyone just sort of stood facing whatever direction they happened to be facing.

Th is is quite un-usual, since almost every other school gymnasium I have been in has the fl ag on one wall. I suspect the main reason is the gym is where most of the school assemblies are held, and some of them include the national anthem.

Something else I’ve noticed in my travels around the city is the condition of some of the fl ags outside buildings. Most of the schools are pretty good on this front, but there are some fl ags I have seen where the one red stripe is more than half gone.

It doesn’t show a lot of re-spect for the fl ag to allow it to be seen in that condition.

• So the Saskatchewan Roughriders get one more

home game this season, sort of, with the Grey Cup being at Mosaic Stadium. Th e Roughies will be hoping to make it three in a row for teams winning the Grey Cup on their home

turf, aft er Toronto did it last year and B.C. won it the year before.

Th e last team to lose the Grey Cup at home was the Montreal Alouettes in 2008.

If Sunday’s game lives up to the last time Hamilton and Saskatchewan got together in the Grey Cup, it will be

a great game. Th at would have been the 1989 game, where Saskatchewan won 43-40 on a Dave Ridgway fi eld goal on the last play of the game.

Interestingly (at least to me), both teams will be play-ing in their 19th Grey Cup. Th e Tiger-Cats have a record of 8-10 in the championship while Saskatchewan is 3-15.

• Wow, snow on the road in Prince George in November. What a strange concept.

At least it seemed that way to some of the drivers I saw, especially on Friday. It was the usual: about 95 per cent of the drivers were driving intel-

ligently and adjusting for the weather conditions, and then there were the other fi ve per cent.

I was at the light at 18th and Ospika, and saw two vehicles coming south on Ospika. Th e light turned to yellow and the car in the curb lane slowed down and came to an easy stop.

Th e driver in the other lane, who was a little bit farther away from the light when it turned yellow, didn’t even try to slow down. Th ey apparently were of the school of thought that they couldn’t possibly stop in those conditions, so why bother even trying.

I also saw one vehicle speed up to go through a light that was fully red before it got to the intersection. I was strongly tempted to pull over just on the other side of the intersec-tion and phone in their licence plate.

• One week from tonight, Operation Red Nose starts up for another year. I’ll be back at the main offi ce, helping out on phones again this year and insulting the teams of drivers and navigators as they go back and forth, providing safe rides home for the holidays.

What can I say, talking on the phone and insulting people are two things I’m good at.

Allan WISHART/Free PressBenjamin Robichaud, closest to camera, and Thomas Brown of the Prince George Barracudas wait for the start of the boys 10 and under 100 backstroke on Sunday at the Northern Medical Sprint, held at the Aquatic Centre. The host Barracudas easily won the team title with 4,503 points, more than double the second-place total for Prince Rupert. Ten teams took part in the meet.

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Gambling has been attractive to humans for a long time. It is not diffi cult to imagine Oke and Uga having a small

wager on which spider would reach the top of the cave wall fi rst. We know gambling in one form or another has been part of recorded history.

In our not-so-distanct past a social movement, led by the pure of heart and morally correct, managed to make gam-bling a criminal act in Canada. It was legislation to save the poor and under-educated from themselves. It failed in its intent and simply drove gambling underground. It opened an opportunity for organized crime. From the simple numbers game to operating gambling dens, the criminal element was happy to provide the service and skim a fat profi t off the top.

Th e anti-gambling laws were not held in very high regard, a lot of gambling still went on. Th ere were card games at various fi nancial levels in every town. Raffl es, bingos and other games pro-vided a steady stream of money for community activities. No hoops to jump through, just go and do it and raise some of the money needed for the community enhancement. Did some nasty types run off with some of the profi ts? Probably that occurred, but it was rare.

In the early to middle of the 1900s was the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. It was against the law to send tickets or funds from ticket purchases through the mail and the postal ser-vice was vigorous in its attempt to protect innocent Canadi-ans. Th ey worked hard and failed miserably. Interestingly, it was not against the law to buy the tickets and winners were frequently featured in the newspapers of the day.

Th e anti-gambling laws began to unravel when the Mon-treal Olympics in 1976 experienced gigantic cost overruns. A “voluntary tax” of a dollar was brought in and this “dona-tion” gave you a chance of winning a prize. While the City

of Montreal said it was just a matter of donation from the good citizens of the city, others disagreed and saw it as the lottery it was. Th e courts ruled that operating a lottery was a criminal act as set out in the Criminal Code, so the Crimi-nal Code was amended. Welcome Lotto 649. A part of the reasoning supporting the change was the fact the govern-ment would operate the lottery. Who could be more honest and pure of heart than the government?

Governments saw the potential to suck more money out of the populace without having to call it a tax. It brought a gleam to all politicians’ eyes and they co-operated in getting the legisla-tion in place. At fi rst it was to raise funds for recreation and sports and it was frequently declared that all communities would benefi t. It has changed a bit and the profi ts now get moved into general revenue to satisfy what-ever promises the politicians have made.

Subsequent amendments to the laws and enforcement have driven out many of the community-based eff orts. It has been used to bludgeon much of the competition such as service club-based recreational raffl es and bingos. It is a little silly when a church orga-

nization must obtain a licence to raffl e off a quilt or require a service club to have a lottery licence for the 50/50 meeting draw.

Some control may be good, but the current practice is simply the enforcement of a bureaucratic dictatorship. Per-haps British Columbia can lead the way. Cut both the lottery branch and the current legislation by 90 per cent and let the good folks alone. With rare exceptions, those running a raffl e or other game of chance are good people involved and working for their communities. We would be better served if governments got out of the way and let them carry out their good works.

Just in case you thought northern voices were lost in Victoria:

Th e B.C. government is proposing to amend legislation to maintain existing northern and rural

electoral districts and ensure that the number of provin-cial electoral districts stays at 85.

Th e proposed amendments to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act are outlined in a white paper released this week by Attorney General and Justice Minister Suzanne Anton. Th e white paper is available for public comment.

British Columbia’s demographics have changed signifi -cantly since the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act fi rst passed almost 25 years ago, and recent boundaries commissions have found it challenging to balance popula-tion growth with the need to ensure eff ective representa-tion for northern and rural British Columbians, according to the government press release.

If passed in the spring sitting of the legislature, the amendments will give the next Electoral Boundar-ies Commission (EBC) clear direction to preserve the existing number of electoral districts in northern and rural regions of the province when recommending new boundaries.

Th at’s certainly good news for the North.

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The Prince George Regional Performing Arts Centre Society should stand up and take a bow.

Th ey have done an outstanding job of outlin-ing what needs to be done for Prince George to

fi nally build one of the fi nal needed pillars of the community, identifi ed a couple of decades ago, a performing arts centre.

Th ey have presented a solid business plan to the city outlining everything from how much it’s going to cost ($42.5 million), to governance (city owned, society run), to eco-nomic impact ($5.7 million per year once constructed).

Th e timing of the presentation to council this week was also exemplary with council members fresh off a tour of the new $38.5 million RCMP detachment, the $25.1 million Wood Innovation and Design Centre and the $28 million Boundary Road Connector. One might argue that we’ve done enough mega-projects for a little while, however the point is the performing arts centre was being bandied about before any of the other three.

Th e issue, of course, is money. Th e Performing Arts Centre Society has now handed the fi le over the city to try and solve this problem. And, it was clear Monday that some at the city are hesitant, given the hour-long debate over whether to call it a main priority or just a priority.

Th is community, however, has a long history of making things happen when the community makes it a priority. As much as the onus is on city council to make this happen, the onus is also on the community to make sure council doesn’t take its foot off the gas. Th e Prince George Regional Performing Arts Centre Society isn’t going to simply hand its report over to the city and walk away. It will keep reminding council that this is a priority, and so should you.

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Bill Bennett, minister responsible for the B.C. government’s ‘core review,’ is trying his darnedest lately to reassure British Colum-bians that the government “has no plans to dismantle” the Agricultural Land Commis-sion and that much of the speculation was simply the result of government “brain-storming.”

Th at’s nice. Doesn’t mean much in government-speak, but it sounds comfort-ing. It’s what comes next that should be of concern. In an interview with the Globe and Mail on Tuesday, Bennett confi rmed that the Commission would, however, be subject to the government’s core review.

So just because the government doesn’t want to dismantle it, doesn’t mean that the government – in Bennett’s words – “think(s) the commission is perfect or that every piece of land that was put in there, should be there.”

What exactly do those ominous words mean for the ALC? Th e B.C. Liberal party’s campaign statements won’t provide much guidance.

In the midst of last May’s election cam-

paign, Metro Vancouver asked each party what they would do to protect agricultural land in the Metro Vancouver region and what they would do to ensure that the ALC had adequate resources to develop the necessary policy and provide the required enforcement function to preserve BC’s farmland?

Th e B.C. Liberals didn’t respond by prom-ising to dismantle the ALC or that part of its mandate would be handed over to the Oil and Gas Commission. Nor did they say that the ALC would be subject to a core review.

Instead they boasted of the party’s com-mitment to the Commission, noting that the B.C. Liberal government had added “39,000 net-new hectares to the Agricultural Land Reserve,” that they had reaffi rmed their commitment “with $1.6 million in additional one-time funding to strengthen compliance and enforcement,” and that the Commission’s $3 million operating budget will allow it to “work more closely with farmers, ranchers and agricultural organi-zations to preserve agricultural land and encourage farming.”

Clearly, B.C. Agricultural minister Pat Pimm didn’t get that memo.

Only days aft er his reelection, Mr. Pimm was meddling in a fi le before the ALC over

an application by one of his constituents to remove prime agricultural land from the reserve.

Th e Commission knew his conduct was inappropriate and told him so. In fact, it was of such a concern that they issued a policy statement in early July regarding the role of elected offi cials in applications before the ALC.

Th eir statement noted that: “Elected of-fi cials at the provincial and local level have been given specifi c channels within the Act to infl uence decisions on applications to the ALC. Outside of those channels, they should not attempt to infl uence the ALC with regard to the outcome of a particular application...”

Again Mr. Pimm didn’t seem to get the memo. Th ree weeks aft er the statement was released he instructed his ministerial offi ce to make further inquiries of the Commis-sion, eff ectively violating one of the most sacred principles of a democracy: judicial independence.

In a 2011 paper submitted to the World Conference on Constitutional Justice on behalf of the Supreme Court of Canada, then Justice Ian Binnie wrote: “...the stron-gest barrier to improper infl uences is a legal and political culture in which the public

simply will not tolerate actual or perceived transgressions. In some cases government Ministers have been obliged to resign be-cause of actions or statements that gave the slightest “appearance” of a failure to respect the principle of judicial independence.”

And that’s why Pat Pimm must resign as Minister of Agriculture.

Incredibly though – despite the jurispru-dence, despite the precedents – Mr. Pimm still doesn’t believe he did anything wrong, claiming: “I didn’t think I was going too far and I still don’t think I was going too far I think I was acting as an MLA”

So now he’s off forum shopping, hoping that B.C.’s Confl ict of Interest Commis-sioner will tell him something diff erent from what the ALC rebuked him for in their August decision and what the Supreme Court of Canada has already expressed.

Equally worrisome in this whole aff air: have we reached the point where every tribunal, every agency has to write policy statements for every conceivable scenario so that ministers know what they can and can not do? If it needs to be spelled out in such minutia, maybe the MLA isn’t ready for cabinet.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC. www.integritybc.ca

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Editor:Are you aware...1. Canadian government offi cials are working with those

from 11 other nations to fi nalize the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership (TPP). I am very concerned about the TPP, which is currently being negotiated without public input.

We know from documents revealed by Wikileaks that the TPP includes an Internet Censorship plan that would make the Internet more policed, expensive and censored.

2. Experts have pointed out that under the TPP, “kids could be sent to jail for downloading” and whole families could be kicked off the Internet. It would force Internet Service Provid-ers (ISPs) to become Internet police and monitor my Internet use, censor website content, and remove entire websites from my view.

3. It would also hinder our ability to access information and criminalize our everyday use of the Internet. As a concerned citizen, I am speaking out for a free and open Internet.

4. Th e TPP would also limit accessibility for disabled people. Visually impaired or deaf people would be criminalized for circumventing digital locks on any digital materials they have purchased. Th is means they would be unable to convert them to braille, audio, or other accessible formats. I believe that the Internet should be open and accessible to everyone.

5. In addition, the TPP’s proposal to force ISPs to install costly and invasive surveillance equipment into their networks gravely worries me.

6. Th ese added costs would drive up everyone’s Internet bills and could force smaller independent Internet providers out of business. I believe that Internet access is a right and should be kept open and aff ordable for everyone.

Already over 120,000 have signed the Say No to Internet Censorship petition. I encourage everyone to learn more about TPP Internet Censorship before it’s too late at this website: https://OpenMedia.org/Censorship

I encourage each and every Canadian to learn more about the TPP at OpenMedia.org/Censorship.

Annette RussellPrince George

Internetneeds to be open

Editor:Goooood mooorrrnnniiing Prince George.Okay, I am not Robin Williams, but I do have some-

thing to say to the fi ne people of Prince George.It is time to take your head out of our butt and keep

your eyes on the road. I am serious.I do applaud those of you who have made it obvious

that you do not have a clue how to maneuver the tons of machinery that, for some reason that defi es sensibility, you have a driver’s licence to operate.

Fishtailing down the road and not allowing any extra time for stopping is a big no-no. Here, let me make it simple for those of you who just don’t get it yet. When

the roads are slick, whether this is caused by ice or snow on the grounds, the roads are what we call icy or slippery. What this necessitates a driver to do is slow down. Be-cause you have studded winter tires does not exclude you from allowing yourself extra time when you are stopping.

Also, wipe snow off of your vehicle. It doesn’t give you the appearance of one who is so much busier than the rest of us that you have no time to wipe the snow off . Leaving a marshmallow on the top of your vehicle and wiping a little peephole in your front windshield … not cool.

I write this because I care. Be safe.Akelia Frost

Prince George

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Readings in the history of education, or skimming books written in the distant past about education, can be instructive in the present.

Th e Great Depression of the 1930s in the United States was the fi rst in which education was adversely aff ected, University of Chicago president Robert May-nard Hutchins wrote in his 1936 book, No Friendly Voice. Up until that point, education had been the idol of the American people.

“I cannot explain this reversal of form,” Hutchins commented in his essay, “Th e Outlook for Public Education” (1935), which is included in the book. “I cannot account for the enthusiasm with which chambers of commerce and associations of taxpayers have clamored for a reduction in the opportunities for their children. Perhaps the schools were attacked because it was easy to attack them and it was diffi cult to dislodge the politicians who were really squander-ing the public money. . .

“In many parts of the country, if money had to be saved, it was the school money that was saved even if the schools had to be closed.”

In the Western states the situation was especially bad. “Th e balance-the-budget-reduce-the-cost-of-government hysteria has swept over that country as nowhere else in the United States,” Hutchins noted.

Th e Chicago Board of Education closed a commu-nity college in the mid-1930s to achieve budget cuts even though enrolments were increasing, Hutchins said.

In the 1930s in British Columbia many of the then-independent small school districts faced insuperable fi nancial problems because so many taxpayers were on what was then called “relief”. Some had to turn their schools over to the education ministry, writes F. Henry Johnson in A Brief History of Canadian Education (1968).

Universities fared little better. “Expansion was arrested, budgets slashed, research curtailed, pro-fessorial salaries cut and teaching loads increased.” In 1932-33, UBC’s provincial grant was cut in half, Johnson says.

Hutchins pointed out a constant outcry in the Th ir-ties against what many people had come to consider “frills”: “We hear a great deal about frills. What are frills? Teachers’ salaries appear to be frills in some cities. Th e health of school children is a frill in others. . . .” In some Illinois districts teachers weren’t paid for extended periods of time.

While the situation in the wake of the Great Reces-sion of 2008-09 is not as desperate and proposals for economizing are not as extreme, there is today a simi-lar outcry against “frills”. Instruction in music and art is a frill in the opinion of many people in this prov-ince who believe the sole focus of education should be math and science. Others, including some politi-cians, say technology makes professional instruction unnecessary in many areas. Th ey view school libraries and teacher-librarians as frills: Children can look up

whatever information they need on-line, such people contend.

Th ere have been waves of school closures in this province since 2001. Neighbourhoods and the social fabric of rural communities have been damaged. Th e impacts of the dot.com bust around the turn of the Millennium and declining enrolments were part of the reason for closing some schools. But one also detects a neo-liberal, even libertarian bias against government provision of any service.

In his book Hutchins did identify one area of real waste in education – school systems set up on the assumption that it takes 12 years to complete elementary and secondary education and earn a high school diploma. It should take only 10, he said. In his day there were, in America, Grades 1-8 in elemen-tary school and Grades 9-12 in high school. Today there are various confi gurations that include middle schools, junior high schools, and junior secondary schools in between. However, it still ordinarily takes twelve years to obtain a high school diploma.

In the 19th century the Americans adopted the eight-grade Prussian Volksschule (people’s school) in Germany as the model for organizing their elemen-tary schools, and soon tacked a four-year high school onto that. Students typically graduated from high school at 18, Hutchins said. Early American educa-tors left out of account the fact that the eight-year elementary school in Germany was terminal: On receiving their diplomas, the students went out into the world of work. However, if elementary school was to be preparatory for high school, the essentials of primary school work could be completed in six years, Hutchins argued. Students would enter high school at 12 and graduate at 16. Th en some could go on to a junior college or community college for two years and earn a diploma, or those so inclined could go to a four-year liberal arts college and earn a bachelor’s degree by the age of 20. Graduate study for students with the required qualifi cations would take only three more years, culminating in a master’s degree by the age of 23.

Reducing the number of grades at the elementary and at the middle school or junior secondary school levels is a better way to save money on education than closing schools or school libraries.

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Directive order, follow-up inspections and industry action

In April 2012, we issued a directive order to all sawmills in the province to conduct a risk assessment for combustible wood dust, and implement a dust-control program. Officers inspected every sawmill in the province for compliance with that order.

A CEO-led sawmill taskforce and industry advisory group developed safety resources to distribute to industry, including best practice guidelines and an audit tool for dust-control management.

Three new occupational health and safety guidelines related to wood dust were published, along with two hazard alerts to address risks specifically related to wood dust.

Our officers re-inspected all sawmills to evaluate the industry’s efforts to manage combustible dust.

Scope expanded to include wood processing operations

In 2012 and into 2013, officers also conducted

targeted inspections of other wood products manufacturing industries, including pellet plants, and plywood and pulp and paper mills. We inspected for compliance for the management of wood dust, and also examined ventilation and dust-collection systems.

Ongoing and sustainable compliance

In 2013 and going forward, our officers will continue to address combustible dust as a regular part of their inspectional activity. This winter, a dedicated team of officers will re-inspect sawmills throughout the province. The sawmill industry has made significant progress in addressing dust management. We want to ensure that progress and compliance with wood-dust management requirements is being sustained.

Safety in BC sawmills is a vitally important issue, firstly to those who work in the industry, and also to their families and communities. Our common goal is to make wood-dust management an integral part of manufacturing operations. We will continue to work proactively with businesses around the province to make safety a fundamental part of this industry.

Sawmill inspections continue. WorkSafeBC Prevention staff have been working with industry, other provincial regulators, and stakeholders to ensure that BC sawmills and other businesses that deal with wood dust are, and continue to be, in compliance with safety requirements.

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VICTORIA – My late father used to say that if he ever won the lottery, he would “farm until it’s all gone.”

It was 1960 when he and my mother pulled up stakes in the Okanagan, where their families had been for generations, and moved north to carve a home-stead out of a half section in the Peace River country.

So it’s a mainly northern perspective that I bring to the latest debate over B.C.’s agricultural land reserve. A dialogue of the deaf has been going on for decades in B.C., where there are two separate realities in agriculture.

Th e dominant voice is always from the southwest, from the Okanagan to the Fraser Valley to southern

Vancouver Island. Th is is not only B.C.’s most produc-tive land, it’s also the place of greatest population and development pressure, where three million of the province’s four million residents live and more arrive every day.

In the rest of the province, except for pockets that are attractive for recreational development, farming is a tough row to hoe. Th ese days, people are more likely to be moving away.

In our urbanized society, the loudest voices tend to be the least informed, from backyard-chicken hipsters to what I call “drive-by environmentalists,” who like to look out their car windows at green fi elds as they motor from their subdivisions to big-box stores. Th e

elderly Sikhs and Mexican guest workers bent over in the fi elds don’t need their loft y lectures on “food security.”

Voices from the rest of the province are seldom heard and quickly shouted down, as was the case at the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver.

Merritt councillor Mike Goetz pleaded for relief from an Agricultural Land Commission that refuses to release a property that has “grown nothing but rocks and tumbleweeds for the last 100 years.” Similar property next door was released, but not this parcel, blocking a project for fi ve years in a little town that could use the work and additional tax base. Urban

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sprawl isn’t a big problem in Merritt, which like many small towns is trying to hang onto its population.

Spallumcheen council-lor Ed Hanoski described the situation beyond the towns, the real rural B.C. He proposed easing the restrictions on building a second home on farm properties.

Currently, farmers can put a mobile home on their property for an elderly or infi rm rela-tive, but nothing with a permanent foundation. Once that relative moves or passes away, the home is supposed to be removed.

Hanoski said a sew-age system for such a residence costs around $12,000. Add the tempo-rary foundation, skirting, well hookup, power, landscaping, driveway, and a mobile home that will lose its value if it has to be moved, and the property owner takes a loss of $150,000 or more.

Th at’s why the removal rule is routinely ignored in rural B.C., Hanoski said. Th ese second homes are the only rental stock there is, providing modest income for mar-ginal farms, and should be allowed permanent foundations. Motion defeated, aft er a scolding from a Sunshine Coast delegate about people lusting to build mansions on farmland.

I asked Bill Bennett, the cabinet minister in charge of the latest agricultural land review, about a rumoured proposal to split the province into two zones with diff erent rules. He declined to comment, but described the case of Fort Steele Farms, the East Kootenay commu-nity’s only market garden that almost closed because the next genera-tion was initially refused permission for a second home.

Th e two zones ap-proach deserves serious consideration.

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Looking at fish in the roundTh e white sturgeon at Th e Exploration Place

have a new home.Th ey’ve been moved downstairs, to a brand new,

custom-built tank. Th e aquarium was installed last week, with aquarist and designer Ken Wong on hand to work with the staff .

“Th is is something diff erent,” Wong said. “Most aquariums are heated, but this one is cold, because we want to replicate the environment for the stur-geon and the other fi sh.”

Making it cold suits the fi sh, which is the most important thing, but Wong said there were other, human, needs to keep in mind when he designed the aquarium.

“We had to know where we were going to put it, and fi gure out what size we could fi t in. We also decided to take out all the corners. Th ere are no straight lines.”

Th e Exploration Place CEO Tracy Calogheros said they and Wong had to keep in mind the rest of the facility.

“We’re not a zoo or an aquarium,” she said. “We had to fi gure out how we could make it work in here.”

Th e new tank does fi t in its new home – barely.“It rubbed against the sides of those doors all the

way in,” Calogheros said.Th e sturgeon will also be somewhat easier to see

in their new home, at least for children.“We’ve added another dimension to the tank,”

Wong said. “Th ere is a dome in the middle that probably isn’t big enough for an adult to stand up in, but a child can. It gives you a 360-degree view of the tank.”

Calogheros said the dome may require close observation – and not just by those inside it.

“We’ll probably have to police it a bit to start, at least, and make sure people don’t spend too long in there, so everyone gets a chance.”

She said Th e Exploration Place started talking about the new tank about a year ago, and got serious about it at the

beginning of the year. It took Wong close to fi ve months to come up with the design for the tank.

Th e new fi sh tank will offi cially open on Saturday, Nov. 23, in conjunction with two other new exhibits. Kids Celebrate is an exhibition

which helps children explore the diversity and importance of celebrations in Canada. It gives children a chance to see the history and importance of various celebrations for diff er-ent groups across the country and around the world.

Th e temporary exhibit

space at Th e Exploration Place is also being dedicated to George Phillips, who was the executive director from 1992 to 2003, which included the 2001 expansion and rebrand-ing.

Th e offi cial events start at 9 a.m. on Nov. 23.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressA sturgeon and some smaller fish in their new home at The Exploration Place, as seen from the viewing bubble inside the new tank.

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Generally speaking, the colours of jackets and pants are very discreet. Earth tones and deep, saturated colours are suitable for every occasion, leaving bolder prints and contrasting colours a little to the side this year. Whimsy can be found in the accessories, with fl eece lined hats and caps featuring big, bold stitches.

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Denise Chong’s family moved to Prince George in the 1950s. Her father worked at the airport and Chong

remembers the drive into town to take her piano lessons – not a usual thing for children

of immigrant families who were struggling to make ends meet in a new country.

Chong’s mother, now 83, still lives here.Safe to say, Chong, a successful author of four

books now living in Ottawa, has a place in her heart for Prince George.

“My footprints are all throughout Prince George,” Chong said in an interview Wednesday with the Free Press. “We would come down and drive past the pulp mills and do our shopping. Th ere was a Chinese rooming house of men that my father used to do errands for – one of the old buildings in Prince George, it was then the Chinese Free Masons build-ing. We drove into town for my weekly piano lessons – how many immigrants gave their children piano lessons? I went to school in Prince George, so it has all the footprints of my past.”

Chong will visit the Prince George Public Library Nov. 27 and Books and Company on Nov. 27 starting at 7 p.m. Her new book, Lives of the Family, Stories of Fate and Circumstance, chronicles the lives of a dozen Chinese families who eventually settled in and around Ottawa.

“Th eir lives are all connected. Chinese families all knew each other and they stayed connected.... I never really thought about this until I did this book [but] when Chinese families left the major Chinatowns in the 1950s, my mother and father decided to leave Vancouver and come to Prince George.”

Th e Chinese generally had stayed in the larger Chinatowns, so they were mainly on the West Coast, Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, says Chong.

“Th ey crossed the whole country and even North America moving to small towns. Why, did they do that? Because they were looking for opportunity and when you got out of the big Chinatowns, you found there was less discrimination.”

Along with discrimination came stereotyping, she noted.“I knew the people who ran the few cafes in Prince George because all the Chinese knew

each other... but when you lived in China... it (South China), was not full of laundromat [operators] and restaurateurs... because that was women’s work.”

She says the lives and experiences of the Chinese families she writes about are echoed in her own life growing up in Prince George.

“We were the only family living at the airport. My father worked at the airport, so that’s why we lived there. We were the only Chinese family, so you were sort of exiled from the Chinese... you forget your language, it rusts away, you forget you are even Chinese because you just assimilate... and then I go to Vancouver’s Chinatown and, whoomp....right in my face.Th is is the exiled history of my family. And that is true of Chinese families scattered across Canada.”

Chinese families in Canada were even more connected aft er the 1923 Chinese Immi-grant Act (known in the Chinese-Canadian community as the Chinese Exclusion Act), says Chong.

“Th eir lives became intertwined because there there were so few Chinese in Canada and there number were dwindling because of the Exclusion Act, so the Chinese knew each other across the country,” said Chong. “I was amazed when doing my research

for this book how I heard, over and over, from Chinese children whose fathers told them, ‘I could drive clear across this country [Canada] and never have to pay for a meal’... In other words, they had clans... they had connections. Th e families that I write about are like that, their lives intertwine and then they fi nally settle in and around Ottawa.”

Touring with her fourth book, Lives of the Family, Stories of Fate and Circumstance, Chong says is a little like “coming out of hibernation.... because that’s what I’m doing when I’m writing. You’re in seclusion, even from your family and sud-denly, the book is fi nished and it’s out there.”

For two months, in September and October she toured China with a Chinese translation of her book. People there were, “fascinated with the notion of migrants on the move, of family ties. Th ey were interested in the emo-tions,” she said.

No matter what their background, language and coun-try of origin, immigrants all have common threads, similar concerns such as feelings of isolation and other emotions and experiences that unite them,” Chong explained.

Lives of the Family follows families from their ori-gin in China to very diff erent communities they fi nd in Canada, settling in small towns and outside the large urban communities, states a Random House release. Th e release whets the reader’s appetite for more Chinese immigrant stories with a glimpse of three families chronicled in the new book:

Harry Johnston a.k.a. Harry Fong left a wife and son in China and came to Perth, Ont. in 1899 to work in a laundry shop.

Th irteen years later his wife died and he returned to China to mourn – and to marry Mabel. Harry, Mabel and their daughter had returned to Perth by 1921. Together, they ran Harry’s Cafe and became millionaires.

Th e Poys were among the few Chinese al-lowed into Canada during the exclusion era.

Blessed by good fate, merchant status and William’s one-quarter Irish heritage, they escaped wartime China and thrived in their

Ottawa community. Adrienne Poy (Clarkson) became Canada’s fi rst Chinese-Canadian governor general. Neville Poy’s wife, Vivienne, became the fi rst Chinese-Canadian senator.

In 1902, 13-year-old Sue Wong came to Ottawa to work in his uncle’s business, the Mur-ray Street Hand Laundry in Ottawa. Th e teenager was so short that he needed to stand on a box to use the scrub board. In 1911, Sue travelled back to China and married Woo (her maiden name). In 1917, he returned to Canada, leaving behind his wife, who was pregnant with their fi rst child. By 1920 he had savings enough only to pay the boat passage and head tax for one. Woo left their three-year-old daughter, Kam Oi, entrusting her to Sue’s parents.

Denise Chong has been a Governor General’s Literary Award fi nalist two times. Th e au-thor is best known for her nonfi ction depictions of the lives of Chinese immigrants living in Canada. Chong is a third-generation Chinese-Canadian.

She is author of Th e Concubine’s Children, Th e Girl in the Picture, and Egg on Mao, as well as her new book: Lives of the Family: Stories of Fate and Circumstance, published by Random House Canada. Denise Chong will be at the Prince George Public Library on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. She will be giving a talk and signing copies of her new book at Books and Company, 1685 Th ird Ave. on Wednesday, Nov. 27 starting at 7 p.m.

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While many Prince George residents were avoiding driving in the snow on Friday, there were some who were more than happy to hit the roads – even if it meant travelling all the way to the far end of College Heights.

Th at is where the Prince George Hos-pice Society dream home is located, and on Friday, winner Andrea Cake, partner Mederic Poirier, son Riley Poirier and mom Dianna Mould were taking a tour.

“I bought the ticket about a week be-fore the draw,” Cake said. “I had a feeling I was gonna win, and then I realized I needed to buy a ticket fi rst.

“Th en (society president) Mike Hickey called me and I was like,’ Th is isn’t real’.”

She said she and Poirier and their growing family haven’t made a defi nite decision yet about the home on Stillwater Crescent, but they are leaning towards keeping it.

“We’re defi nitely thinking about mov-ing in. We have a baby due in January, so it’s an exciting time.”

Th e home, valued at more than $400,000, would be a clear step up for them.

“Right now,” Cake said, “we’re living in a trailer. We just fi nished some renova-tions on it, so it’s ready to sell.”

Hickey said the society sold almost 95 per cent of the tickets for the house and, “we’re very happy with that.”

Cake wasn’t the only winner at the

dream home on Friday, as Herb Sorer was there to pick up his $70,000 cheque from the 50/50 draw the society ran in conjunction with the dream home lot-tery.

“I bought a ticket on the house a while ago,” Sorer said, “but just bought the 50/50 ticket about three weeks ago.”

He said the lottery is some-thing he supports.

“I always buy a ticket. Hospice is a very important organiza-tion for a lot of people in Prince George.”

He said nothing is set in stone for the money.

“We don’t have any plans yet. It may be a family vacation, it may be some home renovations.”

Cake knew she would win home, so she bought ticket

Allan WISHART/Free PressHospice Society dream home winner Andrea Cake, left, her mother, Dianna Mould, holding her son Riley Poirier, and partner Mederic Poirier tour the dream home on Friday.

Allan WISHART/Free PressPrince George Hospice Society president Mike Hickey, left, and mar-keting officer Dianne Sears present Herb Sorer with a cheque for the $70,000 he won in the society’s 50/50 draw.


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High school graduation is one of the most important milestones in life.

But sometimes the cost of celebrating this memorable event can be beyond the fi nancial means of many young women.

Mandy Paavola is founder of Prince George Dress Dreams, a not-for-profi t organization that gives formal gowns to girls graduating from Grade 12 or equivalent in the Prince George area. Th e dresses are donated by local businesses, com-munity groups or individuals.

Th ey make it possible for girls without means to attend their proms – despite personal cir-cumstances that could set them aside from their peers.

“When I lived in Vancouver, they had a Cinder-ella program and I wanted a similar program for Prince George. We collect and give out formal grad dresses to women who need them.

“Some of these girls live alone or in shelters, they could be new moms. For some of them, the cost of getting a new gown is a month’s rent – so they would probably choose to forgo the prom and miss out.”

Grad is an important event in their lives, says Paavola, who wants to “make sure they can get to experience it.”

To qualify for assistance, students (or the people such as teachers who nominate them) need to show they are in need and that they are graduating from high school and have completed their work experience.

“Some of the girls we help are actually home-less. Last year, I had two girls who were living in shelters – but they were still graduating from Grade 12. Th e costs associated with graduation are astronomical compared to when I went to high school,” said Paavola.

“We want to help these girls so they can take part in their prom with their peers. We want them to be able to celebrate their achievements by helping them with a dress to wear. It may not sound like much to you or me, but it means a lot to these girls.”

Last year, PGDD made dreams come true for 36 young women who were able to made it to

their proms or graduation formal events. “We have 400 dresses in our collection, in sizes

from 0 to 30, and that might sound like a lot of dresses but it’s not like a bridal boutique that has one style in several sizes, so choices are limited. Th e girls have to try on a lot of diff erent ones to fi nd one that fi ts them and suits them.”

Th e dresses are beautiful, in an array of colours and styles, Paavola says.

“Some girls prefer short dresses, others like three-quarter length, and some want ball gowns that go right to the fl oor. All we ask is that they come with an open mind because we don’t have every style and colour. If someone wants a purple

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Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond will speak at the launch of Prince George’s fi rst ever Human Library project at the Prince George Public Library on Saturday, November 23 at 1 p.m.

Th e Human Library event is a way to celebrate the conclusion of B.C. Multiculturalism Week, November 18-23, and an inter-active approach to confront-ing stereotypes and highlight

cultural diversity in our com-munity.

On Saturday, from 1-3 p.m. you can check out a Human Book for a 20-minute conversa-tion. Human books are mem-bers of our community who will represent diverse subjects like religion, ethnicity, career identity, criminality and love. You can expect frank and open conversations based on mutual respect and interest.

Th is event is a partnership between the Prince George Public Library and the Welcome PG initiative supported by the Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society. Welcome PG is a strategic collaboration of community stakeholders, busi-nesses, non-profi t organizations and service providers based on a mutual passion and belief in removing barriers to social inclusion.

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dress with a lace-up back, we might not have that – but we do have a fantastic supply of beautiful dresses.”

PGDD also partners with local groups like Elizabeth Fry, help-ing girls in their young mothers program who are graduating, to accommodate their changing body size, she said. Th e organization can always use dresses of any size but ones in very small and large sizes are always needed as well as items such as garment bags, garment racks and plastic storage bins.

Besides formal dresses and gowns, they can use accessories such as gloves, handbags, wraps, shoes that can go along with the dresses, tiaras, earrings, and personal care items such as make-up and hair products.

“Th e community has been overwhelming in their help,” says Paavola.

On Saturday, Dec. 14 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., there will be a donation collection at Shhh’s West-wood location. It all comes together next spring.

“On March 30, we have our Dress Dreams Day. Our team comes in, hair and make-up people and pro-fessional photographer who takes their picture in the gowns and gives them a copy so they have a nice memento of their special day.”

For information or for donating items to PG Dress Dreams e-mail [email protected] or visit [email protected].

Photo Contributed/Free PressMandy Paavola makes graduation day much happier for many young women with her PG Dress Dreams.


Spiritual Heritage. Th at was the title Reverend Lance Morgan

gave his sketch of a picturesque little church in a winter setting. Already a well-known, professional photographer in the U.S. when he came to live in Prince George a few decades ago, his work brought joy to the whole com-munity.

When he passed away earlier this year, Morgan left a legacy for the people he consid-ered to be very special. Morgan is a founder of Project Friendship Society, a local group that helps connect people with special needs or disabilities with the community.

“For me the most amazing thing is that [Rev.] Lance Morgan is continuing to give – even aft er his death,” said society member Michelle Jensen. “He had such a big heart in life and this gift that he gave us – 1,000 signed and numbered limited edition prints – will help us with our fundraising eff orts.”

Th e prints are of the Old Baptist Church in Salmon Arm, sepia tones, 11 inches by 14 inches. Jensen said with a minimum donation of $40 to $50, people receive a tax receipt and

gift of Lance Morgan’s Spiritual Heritage print. “We think the print is really beautiful and

would be a really nice Christmas gift , espe-cially framed, so we thought now is a good time to let people know about it and the story behind it.”

Th ey can learn more about the man behind the print (his love of photography began when he was a young photojournalist in Jamaica) on a sepia-toned information card put out by Project Friendship.

Founded by Bob Harkins, Lance Morgan and John McKnight in 1989, Project Friend-ship has programs designed to combat isola-tion for persons living with disabilities.

In 1962 Morgan became pastor of First Baptist Church in Prince George, retiring in 1998. In 1990, he became founding director of Project Friendship Society, helping to connect many special needs people with the commu-nity by encouraging them to participate and be valued. He was instrumental in forming the Joyful Tone Choir under the sponsorship of First Baptist Church.

In 1990, Morgan received an honourary Doctor of Divinity degree from McMaster University.

Donations for the print are accepted by mail: Project Friendship Society, 107-1693

Sixth Ave. V2L 3N5, or at Direct Art (1650 Queensway) where you can collect your gift of Lance’s print. A tax receipt will be mailed out. Every donation supports the Project Friendship Society, a registered society that helps connect special needs people with the community.

Individual connections are based on abilities versus disabilities. Th eir programs include the choir, No Name Brand Th eatre Company, and special needs art classes.

For more information phone 250-561-8012 or 250-564-5642.

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Th e Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society of Prince George (IMSS) Welcome PG initiative invites the com-munity to join in the celebration of B.C. Multiculturalism Week, which takes place Nov. 18 to 23.

Th e event is held every year in the third week of November.

In an IMSS press release, Welcome PG program coordinator Roman Pasca says,

“As multiculturalism has become a way of life in Prince George and in order to highlight this diversity, the Welcome PG initiative encourages the community to share, in a very interactive way, their

cultural experiences and discuss how they live multiculturalism in our community.”

Four Diversity Trees will be installed in four locations: College of New Caledonia, Prince George Public Library, City Hall and at the IMMS building. Pasca says that maple leaves were scheduled to be distributed Nov. 18 to various workplaces or public locations. Employees, clients, patrons, students and visitors will be encouraged to share how they live multi-culturalism in their daily lives and record each thought on a colourful maple leaf.

Th roughout the week, each leaf will be added to the branches of the trees

and community members can watch the diversity trees “blossom.”

Th e celebration of B.C. Multicultural-ism Week winds up with the Diversity Human Library on Nov. 23 at the PG Public Library which takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. At 1 p.m., there will be remarks by the Hon. Shirley Bond, minister of jobs, tourism and skills training and minister responsible for labour. Aft er that, visitors are invited to spend time with a human “book” and learn more about prejudices and stereotypes.

For more information phone IMSS at 250-562-2900.

Prince George celebrates multiculturalism this week

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressMichelle Jensen, Project Friendship Society connections coordinator, with a print of Spiritual Heritage by the late Rev. Lance Morgan. The prints, left by Morgan to the society he founded, are part of a fundraiser for the group.

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Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Ltd. (Proponent), a wholly owned subsidiary of TransCanada PipeLines Limited, is proposing the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project (proposed Project), an approximately 900 km natural gas pipeline from near the District of Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG liquefied natural gas export facility on Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward.

The proposed Project would involve the construction and operation of a 48-inch (1,219 mm) diameter pipeline, metering facilities at the receipt and delivery points, and three compressor stations, with provision for up to an additional five compressor stations to allow for future expansion. The proposed Project will have an initial capacity of approximately 2.0 billion cubic feet (bcf)/day with potential for expansion to approximately 3.6 bcf/day.

The proposed Project is subject to review under BC’s Environmental Assessment Act.

The Proponent must obtain an environmental assessment certificate before any construction work can be undertaken on the proposed Project. However, before submission of an application (Application) for a certificate by the Proponent, the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) must first issue the Application Information Requirements.

The Application Information Requirements will specify the studies to be conducted and the detailed information to be provided by the Proponent in its Application. EAO has now received draft Application Information Requirements from the Proponent and invites comments on this draft.

To provide information about the Application Information Requirements, EAO invites the public to attend an open house at the following locations:

There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the draft Application Information Requirements.

The public comment period will begin on November 19, 2013 and end on December 18, 2013. All comments received during this time in relation to the Application Information Requirements will be considered.

The intention of seeking public comment is to ensure that sufficient information is provided to assess all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the proposed Project in the Application. At this stage of the process, the primary intent is to receive feedback about the studies or information required for a comprehensive environmental assessment.

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An electronic copy of the Application Information Requirements and information regarding the environmental assessment process are available at www.eao.gov.bc.ca. Copies of the Application Information Requirements are also available for viewing at public libraries in Fort St. John, Taylor, Hudson’s Hope, Chetwynd, Mackenzie, Prince George, Fort St. James, Granisle, Smithers, Hazelton, Terrace, Stewart and Prince Rupert.

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St. Peter’s Church Hall 599 Skeena Drive Mackenzie Wednesday November 27, 2013 4:00pm - 8:00pm

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Zaffron brings taste of PersiaIt may be cold outside but

inside the kitchen of Zaff ron Cuisine Persian Cafe and Cater-ing, things are heating up.

On Monday, owner Mojegan Sadeghian had a hot and spicy traditional Persian eggplant stew cooking on the stove top, one of many ethnic dishes prepared for eating in, taking out or catering for special events.

Th e cafe opened its doors in August at 1085 Vancouver St.

“Presentation is very impor-tant in Persian dishes,” said Sadeghian. “Especially as young women growing up in Iran, food is a very big part of our culture and women learn how to cook and serve food in a very attrac-tive way. Saff ron rice is piled high and decorated on an oval plate. Th e dishes always look very colourful and beautiful.”

However, the food not only has to look good – it must taste good, says Sadeghian. And that is where her years in the cooking and catering industry come in.

“I started my catering business at home but I wanted to reach more people with my specially prepared food (Zaff ron Cuisine caters to individual dietary needs with items such as gluten-free sweets and vegetarian dishes).

Everything is made fresh. Th ere is no MSG used and our take-out containers are environmentally friendly.”

Sadeghian says she’s learned a lot about cooking from other Persians in the community.

Her motto is to prepare food in her kitchen that’s delicious, nutritious and aff ordable – and made using fresh, and local ingredients where possible.

Sadeghian came from Isfahan, Iran to Canada in 1993. She fi rst lived in Winnipeg, and later moved to Prince George in 2003.

“Having my own Persian restaurant reminds me of the good times we had growing up with pots of delicious food at big weddings or parties.

“I like to organize and to be in charge, so having my own busi-ness appeals to me. Besides my restaurant and catering business, I have Zaff ron cuisine at the UNBC Farmers’ Market (UFM) and at Duchess Park School.”

Her catering business gave her a chance to really challenge herself, she said.

“My fi rst catering job was at Two Rivers Gallery for their Menagerie (Halloween) event. It was very challenging because I had to cook 10 diff erent Persian dishes for 230 people including kabobs, lentils, sweets and dol-meh, grapeleaf wraps, which are time-consuming to make.”

She hopes more and more people especially the younger generation will come to know how to make and appreciate Persian food.

“I’m always happy to see parents who come with their children to try Persian food and introduce them at an early age to food from other cultures.”

Friday and Saturday, Zaff ron and her team will be on hand to off er tips on spices and cooking Persian foods. Th ey can sample signature dishes and customer favourites: dolmeh, gluten-free cookies, barberries, baklava and triangles fi lled with vegetables.

Th e Spice Display and Food Sampling aims to introduce more people to Persian cuisine and also help them create their own tasty dishes at home.

“We [Zaff ron] have over 30 years of Persian culinary experi-ence, we make all our food from scratch which gives it a unique, wholesome and authentic taste.”

Specials include ghormeh sabzi, chicken and barberries, and mini lamb kabobs.

Th e Persian Spice Display and Food Sampling event runs Fri-day, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23. Tickets for the event are $15.

Space in the Zaff ron cafe and restaurant is limited (there are three seatings each evening at 5, 6 and 7 p.m.) so reserve by call-ing Mojegan at 250-596-4800.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressMojegan Sadeghian adds corn to a “nutritious, delicious” eggplant stew Monday at Zaffron Cuisine Persian cafe and catering.


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Chillin’ 4 Charity fundraiser will take place November 28 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the BMO Bank of Montreal parking lot.

Th ese UNBC students are rais-ing funds for the Spirit of Th e North Healthcare Foundation by taking turns jumping into a pool fi lled with icy water, dressed in JDC West gear and team cos-tumes. Spectators along with team sponsors, coaches, and members of the community actively partici-pate as an audience by cheering for teams and by donating to the cause.

Th e weather for the 2010 Chillin’ 4 Charity was -29C and al-

though it is expected to be consid-erably warmer, the event happens snow or shine, and team members jump at any temperature.

Th is year funds are being raised for the SPECT CT camera.

Th e public can support the event by donation and spectators will be able to purchase a bag of ice to help keep the pool as cold as possible. Hot chocolate and coff ee will be available and there will be Mr. Mikes Classic burgers for a minimum $5 donation. UNBC’s JDC West team takes part in a number of fundraising events dur-ing the university school year as part of the team’s participation in the annual JDC West competition. Th e competition takes place in Regina at the Paul J. Hill School of

Business, January 17-19. UNBC’s JDC West Teams have held Chillin’ 4 Charity fundraising events since 2006.

Th e Northern Women’s Forum will be hosting its 11th annual winter Chili Blanket Event on Dec. 14. Th ey will be distributing hot chili, buns, hot chocolate and warm clothing on the corner of George Street with a goal to raise public awareness about poverty and homelessness in our com-munity.

Th e event runs from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 on the steps of the Prince George court-house. Participants can access

food and clothing, all are welcome. Come out and support those most disadvantaged in our community. Th ere will be donation boxes to collect winter clothing and blan-kets at the CNC library, the UNBC School of Social Work and the Northern Women’s Centre located at UNBC.

For more information contact Jan at 250-564-7880.

Th e Prince George Symphony Orchestra ends November with its biggest project of 2013, a grand performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with soloists, choir and orchestra.

Th e Ninth Symphony is a work

that changed the course of music history: a composition of com-manding impact and an affi rma-tion of the best of the human spirit. Beethoven’s concept was universal and encompassing, moving beyond the sound of the orchestra to include a quartet of soloists and a large choir singing the worlds of the German Ro-mantic poet Friedrich Schiller, his famous Ode to Joy.

Th e PGSO’s performance of Ode to Joy, a grand performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with soloists, choir and orchestra is on Saturday, November 23 starting at 7:30 p.m. at Vanier Hall. Concert tickets are available online at Tick-etmaster, at Studio 2880 or from the PGSO offi ce.

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Singer-songwriter Tom Young is set to release his fi rst CD, Now Hear Th is, at a concert Saturday, Nov. 30 at Artspace.

People are going to like what they hear, says Jo Beattie, who knows musical tal-ent and has “discovered” many exciting new artists along with founding the P.G. Folkfest and Coldsnap festivals. Young and Beattie (along with her husband Greg Beattie) once performed with Out of Alba, the popular Celtic music band.

Th e Artspace concert will be a reunion for Young, the Beatties and former Out of Alba band mates Jim Coyle and Alan O’Reilly.

Members of the Prince George Cantata Choir will also be taking part in the concert.

Young’s repertoire of music draws from folk and pop genres from the recent and not so recent past. In his liner notes for Dr. Tom and the Shamans Now Hear Th is! CD, Young writes:

“Th ese are songs about interesting times and songs about intimate times; songs about love, forgiveness and com-munication, and we can always use more of that!

“Good folk music refl ects the people and the times and it should make us think.”

Young says many of these tracks are covers of old and not so old songs that remain as relevant and thought-provok-ing today as they did when they were fi rst released. Th ey are songs that he thinks “deserve to be listened to again” if not for the fi rst time. Many of them refl ect the time-worn confl ict between the rich and the poor, Young said.

“Th e gap continues to widen as the

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Two Rivers Gallery presents its sixth annual Artisans’ Fair Saturday, Nov. 23,10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 24, from noon until 5 p.m. at 725 Civic Plaza. Local artisans are represented with their one of a kind works. Everyone is welcome to attend and shop for early Christmas presents or just admire locally produced works of art.

Th e Celebration of Lights runs Dec. 18 to 24 at

the Railway and Forestry Museum, but you can get a sneak peek on Saturday, Nov. 23. Enjoy beautiful

Christmas village and displays, hot chocolate and roasting hot dogs and s’mores around a bonfi re. Free admission on Nov. 23 with a cash donation in support of relief eff orts in the Philippines.

Gaelic singer and performer Andrew McFayden has an upcoming concert at Cafe Voltaire on Fri-day, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. Admission is free. McFayden will be singing songs from his award-winning Tu-ras as well as the unique Gaelic Christmas album Coinneal – both released just last year. Th ere will be new material as well as tunes from his fi rst two albums.

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Free Press file photoThe original members of Out of Alba join in a rollicking Celtic song.

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Just to clarify, those are Young’s words – though they might speak for many music lovers who will be in the audience Nov. 29 when they come out to hear Young’s

music with its thoughtful lyrics.

Th e album is the work of several P.G. friends and musicians, he notes.

“Everyone who has contributed to the CD has a Prince George connection,” says Young. “Moses Kostemo is from P.G. and now lives on the Island. He has worked

with various P.G. artist over the years including Out of Alba, Navaz and Maureen Washington.

I myself live on the island (part of the time) and that is where the CD was produced. Every time I have been down there over the past two or three years, I have tried to spend a day or two working on it with Moses.

“Th at is the main reason it has taken so long to produce. But that has also provided an op-portunity to do things that otherwise would not have happened.”

Roth Schneider is a luthier who is also from Prince George and is now living on Salt Spring Island.

“He makes the best-sounding guitars I have ever heard and it is one of his guitars that I used on the CD. Greg Beattie and his wife Jo are original members of Out of Alba (so was Young). Jim Coyle and Alan O’Reilly are still playing with Out of Alba and the band contin-ues to play in and around P.G. Additionally, nine members of the P.G. Cantata Singers came out one night to add some choral highlights to three of the tracks.”

Young is originally from Winnipeg and has lived in Prince George for over 20 years.

He played with Out of Alba for 16 years and says he’s looking forward to playing with them again.

Th e Tom Young Now Hear Th is CD release concert starts at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 at Artspace.

Ticket price of $15 include a free CD of Now Hear Th is. Tickets are available at Books and Company or phone 250-563-6637.


SaturdayCraft and bake sale,

Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Craft, collectible and bake sale, Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Centre, 1692 10th Ave.

REAPS toy drive, Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 1950 Gorse St Information: 250-561-7327.

Celebration of Lights sneak preview, Nov. 23, 4-8 p.m., Railway and Forestry Museum. Free admission with donation for relief work in Philippines.

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

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

SundayCraft and bake sale,

Nov. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Community craft and home-based business sale, Nov. 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Pineview Community Hall, Bendixon Road.

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

A Butler’s Market, Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave.

MondayCanasta, Nov. 25,

7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

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

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

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

TuesdayBridge, Tuesdays, 1

p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

Center City Toast-masters meet Tuesday, noon, City Hall Annex. Information: 9164.toast-mastersclubs.org.

Prince George Quilters Guild meets fourth Tuesday of the month, Connaught Youth Centre, 1491 17th Ave. Registration 6:30 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. Information: Echo 250-612-0499.

Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays, 7:15-

8:45 p.m., 320 Vancou-ver St. Information: 250-962-6876 or www.tilopa.org.

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

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

Hospital retirees meet, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club. Information 250-563-7497 or 250-563-2885.

WednesdayP.G. COPD Support

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

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

H&H Market, Wednesday-Sunday, 9

a.m.-3 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

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

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

CNC Retirees meet fourth Wednesday, 9 a.m., D’Lanos. Information: Lois 250-563-6928.

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

ThursdayWhist, Nov. 28, 7 p.m.,

Hart Pioneer Centre.Metis Elders Craft

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

Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45

p.m., Thursdays, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

Tai chi, Th ursdays, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fift h Ave. Information: Lister 250-964-3849 or [email protected].

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

BC Civil Liberties Union meets second Thursday of the month, 6 p.m., 1575 Fifth Ave.

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

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

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

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

Support Groups

Tuesday night Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 6:15-7:15 p.m. weigh in, 7:30-8:30 meeting. Everyone welcome. Information: Marvene 250-962-8001 or 250-612-2031.

Prince George Healing Rooms - Are you hurting? Do you have health issues? Confidential prayers Wednesday noon-2 p.m, All Nations Church, 1395 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-617-9653.

COPD support group meets Wednesday, 1 p.m., AiMHi. Information: Nancy 250-561-1393.

Heartbeat, a group for mutual support of those who have lost a loved one through suicide, meets monthly at CMHA office. Information: Sandy 250-960-9047.

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reviews and automotive product information seg-ments.Driving With Zack Spencer is the name of the national radio program he hosts every week on the Corus Radio Network.On-line is a fast growing part of the media business and Zack has developed his own outlet called www.motormouth.ca where he posts his articles andhigh quality video reviews of new vehicles. On You-

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Audi’s road ahead paved with more than good intentions2014 Audi A3 Cabriolet/S3MONACO: Over the next 12 months or so, con-sumers are going to be treated to an onslaught of new entries into the premium market. Not to worry, the next wave of German sedans and convertibles are of a more affordable nature. Recently Mercedes Benz introduced their all-new CLA 250 at an eye-popping price of just $34,000 for a sleek and sexy sedan. Next year we will see the introduction of BMW’s new 1-series and 2-Series sedans, coupes and convertibles. Audi has been ahead of the curve as they helped pioneer this entry-level segment with the original, the A3 sportback, sold in Canada for years. The all-new Audi A3 sedan will arrive in March of 2014 and the convertible and more powerful S3 sedan will arrive in the fall of 2014. This week I had a chance to drive both the convertible and S3 in Monte Carlo, a full year ahead of their introduction here. Audi is one of the fastest growing premium brands and a big part of that is the variety of cars they offer. Unfortunately, we will no longer get the sportback, but the fact we get the rest of the line of A3s is exciting for buyers. Looks The A3 is built off a shared platform with VW called MQB. This platform was a significant investment for the VW group as it is lighter, bigger and stronger than the last Golf platform and pro-vides a sturdy basis for the A3 Cabrio and S3. The new Cabriolet is 60kg lighter than the outgoing European model, yet the wheelbase is longer and the interior room and trunk more ample. It could be argued that Audi is building some of the most attractive cars these days and these smaller products still convey the same sense of power and solidity that the bigger products portray. The S3 is especially forceful with a 15mm lower stance than the A3 sedan. The air intakes are bigger with more detail; the side mirrors are highlighted with brushed aluminum; and the rear of the car looks more masculine thanks to chunky exhaust tips. The

Cabriolet on the other hand is a more sophisti-cated approach thanks to the use of aluminum around the front windshield and trim along the doors and rear quarter panel that make the car look bigger than it is. Inside Another strength of Audi is interior fit and finish and these new products are covered in first class materials. The dash has a cen-tre-mounted screen for accessing the easy-to-use computer controller. Unlike the Mercedes CLA, this screen can fold into the dash to provide a more polished look. Some think the dash-mounted screens look like an af-terthought, but this one gets around this problem. Space is good for such a compact car. The back seat of the S3 sedan is actually big enough to fit adults up to six feet tall and the side windows are much bigger than the new Mercedes CLA, providing a more practical day-to-day sedan. The trunk is large and the rear seats split and fold for added cargo volume. This is true with the Cabriolet but the space is constricted when the roof is down. The S3 comes with nicely bolstered front seats in contrasting colours, plus an optional diamond pattern stitch can be ordered to take the sporty sedan to another level. I found the seating position very comfortable and outward visibility is not a problem. The Cabriolet seats are fitted with a heater that showers the front passen-gers with warm air across their shoulders and neck for top-down stints. The weather in Monte Carlo was perfect for the convertible – the sun was shining off the Mediterranean, showcasing this car of opulence at a more affordable price.Drive The Canadian models have not fully been nailed down, as there is still a year to go until the Cabrio and S3 arrive. What is established is the convertible will come with the all-new 2.0L

direct injection turbo with 220hp, matched to Audi’s Quattro all-wheel-drive system. A six-speed automatic is confirmed but the duel-clutch S-Tronic transmission might be sold as an option in this model. There will be no manual shift and no diesel, which is a shame, as I drove one of the European versions with this setup and it was superb. The S3 comes standard with a 300hp

version of the same 2.0L engine and the duel clutch automatic, and of course, AWD. It’s not as powerful as the 355hp Mercedes CLA 45 AMG, but I feel it has more usable power. The CLA gets peak horsepower at very high revs, whereas this new S3 pulls from very low speeds up to higher speeds. I experienced this carving the switchback mountain roads just above Monaco. Power is not an issue; I would argue that the S3 is a better everyday car com-pared to the more nervous feeling AMG competitor. The suspension is more compliant and the power is a

perfect combination of drivability and enthusiasm. Audi claims a 0-100km/h run will take just 4.9 seconds in the S3 and use a combined 6.9L/100km (European fuel rating).Verdict It is going to be an exciting time to be in the market for an entry-level premium car over the next year. The A3 Cabriolet and S3 confirm that good things do come in small packages. Pricing has not been established for the Cabrio but it was hinted that this model would be roughly the same price as the S3, which has been confirmed at $44,000, roughly $6,000 cheaper than the CLA AMG. The base A3 sedan will arrive in a few short months with a 1.8L turbo gasoline engine, an optional TDI diesel and the same 2.0L turbo found in the Cabrio. The S3 really is the sweet spot for drivers that want to have extra power but with a

very compliant and comfortable ride. The combi-nation of usable trunk space and back seat, simple yet elegant dash, power the driver can use at a lower price than the competition, is something potential buyer might want to wait a year to try first hand.

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ables you to journey 800 kilometres on one tank, it does plant the notion in one’s head that plug-in hybrids are the way to go for a while before we reach hydrogen fuel cell nirvana.Th e car is powered by Honda’s fi rst two-motor hybrid system, and uses a new, delightfully named, Earth Dreams 2.0 litre i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine producing 137 horsepow-er, teamed with a powerful 124-kilowatt (kW) electric motor. Electric driving is supported by a 6.7 kilo-watt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery, and total system output is 196 horsepower. If your eyes glazed over at the obligatory statement of power unit specifi ca-tions, join the club! Fuel economy interests me more.Like every other car with green aspirations that I have driven, it coaxed me into a little competition with myself every time out to achieve maximum fuel effi ciency. It’s fun to select EV mode and pull away in the morning in silence, operating as a pure electric vehicle. Even in stop and go traffi c, it works well, the regenera-tive braking keeps topping up the battery.As the speedo creeps up

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My other sofa is a BentleyBy Keith Morgan Yes, yes, you are won-dering what a picture four-seat sofa is doing in Driveway.Well, it is a Bentley aft er all.Th e new Bentley Home collection is inspired by the renowned craft s-manship and exquisite materials that characterise the interiors of all Bentley models. Th e bodies of the new Richmond pieces are cre-ated with an embracing double shell that can be covered in either leather or a fi ne veneer of burr walnut. Th e same wide se-lection of veneers, which is available for Bentley car customers, is also avail-able for most pieces in the

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Hollywood loves to incorporate hot clas-sic cars into movies and television shows. Producers and insurers are also notoriously risk-averse, preferring to use replicas rather than the hyper-valuable real deal whenever possible. Here are some of our favorite big- and small-screen fakes:“Nash Bridges,” 1971 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda: Th e San Francisco cop show revived Don Johnson’s career, pair-ing him with Cheech

Marin (half of the stoner comedy team of Cheech and Chong). Th e yellow car that appeared to be an ultra-rare Hemi ‘Cuda convertible was actually what is known as a “clone” or a car that started out as a lesser model but was restored to appear as a top shelf ‘Cuda. Th e diff erence in price is staggering — around 50 grand for the fake, more than $1 mil-lion for the real deal.“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ,” 1960 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder: Th e

Ferris Bueller Ferrari is probably the best-known big screen fake. From a distance, it appears reasonably accurate, but Ferrari afi cionados can spot the diff erences in their sleep, from the Tri-umph-sourced gauges to the MGB taillights. And don’t get them talking about the bogus Italian Borrani wire wheels. A real California Spyder is a $12 million car today.“Miami Vice,” 1972 Fer-rari 365 GTS/4 Daytona: Don Johnson appears to be a bit of a magnet for

fake cars. His black Day-tona Spyder was actually a fake built on a Corvette chassis, and few Ferrari fans shed tears when the car was blown up in sight of Johnson’s character, Sonny Crockett, and his pet alligator, Elvis. Aft erward, Crockett took to driving a white Ferrari Testarossa — a real one this time.“Top Gun,” 1958 Porsche Speedster: Kelly McGil-lis’ character drove this one around San Diego in the classic ’80s movie. Porsche Speedsters are

among the most repli-cated cars ever — most are convincing fi berglass bodies slapped on top of a VW Beetle platform. Th e replica featured in “Top Gun” appears to have been one of the good ones, built by long-time Speedster replica-maker Intermeccanica. Th ey’re still in business in British Columbia, Canada, turning out extremely high-quality vintage Porsche replicas.“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” 1935 Auburn 851 Boat-

tail Speedster: Indy’s sidekick Short Round still holds the record for the best automotive chase involving a pre-teen driver. With blocks tied to the pedals, Short Round takes Jones and a lounge singer on a wild ride through pre-war Shanghai. Th e car was, of course, a complete fake, and not a particularly convincing one at that.Rob Sass is the vice-president of content for Hagerty Insurance. Hagerty is the world’s leading specialist pro-

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PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

Our People make a difference

in the community

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND INNOVATIONThe Prince George Native Friendship Centre (PGNFC), a visionary non-profi t society, has been serving the needs of the entire community for the past 40+ years.

The PGNFC is seeking a Director of Operations and Innovation for a Senior Management position within our organization. This position will report to the Executive Director as one of the fi ve (5) senior positions of this lead social services agency.

The Director of Operations and Innovation is a member of the Prince George Native Friendship Centre (PGNFC) Management Team and has shared responsibility for meeting all the goals, objectives and mission of the organization. The position will take a primary role in the asset, operational and property management of the PGNFC and in the development and maintenance of Social Enterprise Initiatives. The Director of Operations and Innovation will develop, implement, promote and maintain the PGNFC’s Social Enterprise strategy. The Director of Operations and Innovation will perform all duties with respect, honesty, integrity and professionalism.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

The Director of Operations and Innovation must have a history of demonstrated dynamic leadership and possess the following Education and Experience:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in fi nance, marketing and business management; in economic development; marketing; public administration or related fi eld; or possess an appropriate combination of education and experience.

• A minimum of fi ve (5) years experience working at a management level in a community-based not-for-profi t organization.

• Professional fi nancial management competencies.• Property and asset management experience.• Ability to manage and provide strategic direction for multiple projects, work in a fast-

paced environment, and enhance the economic vitality of the Centre through the implementation and oversight of initiatives that will encourage the expansion of new initiatives and retention of existing social enterprise initiatives.

• Proven experience in proposal writing, business plans and writing reports on activities, strategic work plans, goals and objectives.

• A thorough appreciation, awareness, working experience and sensitivity of Aboriginal history and culture, as well as a thorough understanding of the complexities of working with diverse populations.

• A sound understanding of the Friendship Centre movement.• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with local, regional, provincial

and national partners of the PGNFC, as well as new and developing social enterprise stakeholders.

• Professional communication profi ciencies including presentation skills, writing ability, computer profi ciency and authentic interpersonal skills.

• Demonstrated team work, leadership skills and visionary ability to inspire and empower others.

• In-depth knowledge of the social service sector, community based programs and services, funding sources, community and board relations.

The successful candidate must also: • Successfully complete Criminal Record Clearances, including Enhanced Security

Clearance.• Maintain a valid driver’s license and provide a driver’s abstract.• Be willing to work fl exible hours including on call, evenings & weekends.

To apply submit a resume, cover letter and three (3) references to:

Manon Desjarlais, Executive Assistant

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 Noon on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 no telephone inquiries please. We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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: Friendship Home Coordinator Closing date: November 22, 2013

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT: Janitor – Full Time Closing date: December 3, 2013

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Support Worker – Full Time Support Worker – Full Time/Term Closing date: December 2, 2013

SMOKEHOUSE KITCHEN PROGRAM: Catering Assistant – Casual Closing date: December 4, 2013

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 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.

Brink Forest Products is an integrated lumber remanufacturing plant located in Prince George, BC producing a range of structural, industrial and value-added wood products destined for local and international markets.

We are looking for a

Welder/Fabricator An experienced Fabricator for our ngerjoint and reman operations is

required immediately. Production experience in planer mills, ngerjointing or remanufacturing operations together with milling machine experience will be a de nite asset.

Part-time and Contract positions also available.

No travel and work right down town, the company also offers an excellent bene t and competitive compensation package. We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply to:

Brink Forest Products Ltd.2023 River RoadPrince George, BC V2L 5S8Att’n: Shawn GrattanPh: (250) 564-0412 Fax: (250) 564-0796E-mail: [email protected] our website at www.brink.bc.ca

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Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Respon-sible for Labour Shirley Bond and Minister of Advanced Education Amrik Virk issued the following statement in recognition of Skilled Trades and Technology Week, Nov. 4-10, 2013.

“Over the next decade there will be more than one million job openings in B.C., and over 40 per cent of these jobs will be in trades or technical occupations. Skilled Trades and Technol-ogy Week is a great

reminder that all of us - government, employ-ers, educators and parents - need to work together to ensure our youth have the skills required to be fi rst in line for these jobs.

“Th e BC Jobs Plan and Skills and Train-ing Plan are addressing this goal by investing more than $500 million annually to support employment and skills training programs throughout the prov-ince, as well over $100 million annually for trades training through the Industry Train-

ing Authority. British Columbians have a once-in-a-generation opportunity right now. Our goal is to make sure this opportunity translates into good jobs that strengthen families, communities and our economy.

“A career in the trades is a smart choice that provides British

Columbians with a secure future through a rewarding, respected and well-paying ca-reer. We are encourag-ing more young people to consider the trades. We want them to think about it - and prepare for it - before they graduate high school.

“It’s important to our future success and

prosperity that we align skills training programs with eco-nomic opportunities when and where they happen to be in British Columbia. Th is means planning - and train-ing - for jobs that do not even exist yet. We need young people to be fl exible, and to go where the jobs are now

or will be in the future. If they do that, it will mean good jobs and a paycheque in their back pocket.”

Skilled Trades and Technology Week was created by Skills/Compétences Canada

to raise awareness of skilled trades and tech-nology careers among youth, their parents and the general public. For more information, call 877 754-5226 or visit www.skillscanada.com

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Or give Keith a call at (250) 277-1907

COASTAL SHELLFISHCORPORATION

ControllerCoastal Shell sh Corpora on is a fast-paced, young business opera ng on the North Coast with a central o ce in Prince Rupert. The business is a partnership with the Coastal First Na ons, the Metlakatla Na on and a Chinese shell sh aquaculture company.

Coastal Shell sh is undertaking a major expansion to become BC’s largest, fully integrated shell sh company with a hatchery already established in Prince Rupert and shell sh farms under development in the Prince Rupert region. The company is looking for an experienced Controller to be responsible for all accoun ng func ons, repor ng to the CEO.

Candidates for this posi on should be extremely well organized, have excellent computer skills and prior experience as a senior level controller.

Only those candidates with relevant quali ca ons and experience will be contacted for an interview.

Please email or fax a resume and cover le er before December 16th to:

Coastal Shell sh Corpora on206 – 100 McBride StreetPrince Rupert, BC V8J 3E8Fax (250) 622-0747sam.bowman@coastalshell sh.com

IS SEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (VARIOUS LOCATIONS)

Qualifi cations:• Proven administrative skills to maintain offi ce documentation,

processes and function• Demonstrated ability to work independently to meet specifi c

objectives within specifi c timeframes• Ability to collect and manage documents to monitor for

integrity of information• Ability to ensure security of confi dential information• Assist with data entry• Must have sound working knowledge of standard computer

applications and keyboard skills• Must be able to promote the activities of PTP ASEP Training

Society in a clear and accurate manner• Experience with First Nation communities, culture and

protocols

DATA ENTRY SPECIALIST (PRINCE GEORGE)

Qualifi cations:• Knowledge of basic computer operations• Knowledge of basic database procedures• Skill in using an alphanumeric keyboard• Skill in reviewing, proofi ng and verifying data• Ability to maintain confi dentiality• Knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet functions• Strong attention to detail• Results Driven

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT (PRINCE GEORGE)

Qualifi cations:• 5 years experience in administrative roles with a minimum

of 2 years in a senior administrative capacity in a high paced environment

• Advanced profi ciency using current Microsoft Offi ce, including PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Speed and accuracy in work processing are essential

• Excellent English language skills (written and verbal)• Highly organized self-starter with proven ability to multitask

under minimal supervision• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working with senior

management• Ability to think critically, solve problems and make decisions

independently• Highly service-oriented individual with the ability

to demonstrate tact, discretion, confi dentiality and trustworthiness

• Ability to adapt responsibilities based on changing environments and requirements

• Strong attention to detail

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL

4:30 P.M. November 29, 2013

Reply by email to: [email protected]

Attention: PTP ASEP Training Society Hiring Committee.

Please provide:• Covering Letter • Resume (3 pages max.) • Three references

ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES SHORT LISTED WILL BE CONTACTED

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In Loving Memory of

Randy MarriottJuly 17, 1960 -

November 14, 2013

Beloved Grandfather, father, husband, brother, uncle and friend to many. He was was born in Penticton BC and spent the last 30 years in Prince George BC.

Survived by his Wife Terri, Daughters Jen and Jaime, Grandchildren Kolton and Aleecia, and siblings Peggy and Ed(Debbie) and many nephews and nieces.

Join us in celebrating Randy’s many memorable moments in life Saturday November 23rd at 1 pm at the Blackburn Community Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate a dish for the potluck lunch.

Billie Burton Ruggles Billie Burton Ruggles was born on December 1st, 1928 in Champion, Alberta and died November 12th, 2013 in Ponoka. He is survived by his children Catherine (Bob) Shatford, Donald (Lori) Ruggles and Debbie (Marty) Rye; as well as eleven grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Also surviving Bill are three brothers Archie, Jim (Dallas) and Paul (Margie); three sisters Eva (Nis) Schmidt, Gail (Duane) Grose and Leora (Wally) Rausch; and many nieces and nephews. Bill was predeceased by his parents Burton and Caroline Ruggles, sister Margaret “Peggy” McLaren, brother-in-law Donald McLaren and sister-in-law Felicity “Faye” Ruggles. A Funeral Service will be held at the Ponoka First Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 2013. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to New Tribes Mission (Philippines) or any charity of your choice. To express condolences to Bill’s family, please visitwww.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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“Th e two things people ask me the most are, ‘How can I volunteer for the Games’, and ‘Where can I get a piece of the Games to keep?’

“Now, I have an answer for both.”Everett was one of those at the

offi cial launch of 2015 Games gear at the Domano Boulevard location of Canadian Tire.

“Th is is the fi rst time Games gear has gone on sale this early,” he said, “and it’s because the public has told us they want it. I can’t wait to see hundreds or thousands of people wearing this gear around Prince George.”

While the launch was Everett’s fi rst chance to even see the Games gear, Mayor Sheri Green admitted she had taken the chance in the few minutes beforehand to get a quick look.

“I had a pre-shop a few minutes ago,” she told the group, “and I found some Christmas gift s.”

Canadian Tire general manager Selen Alpay paid tribute to the rest of the team at the store for putting the whole display together.

“We have committed 100 per cent of the total revenue from the gear to go back to the Games.”

Green noted that commitment, and added another contribution Canadian Tire was making.

“As a retailer, I can tell you, space in your store is important. Th ey are giving up some of that space to sell the Games gear.”

Games director of revenue genera-tion Todd Doherty said he could tell how committed Canadian Tire was to the Games.

“What got bumped from here was the Duck Dynasty display.”

Th e launch of the Canada Games gear also provided an opportu-nity for the announcement of a new contest, where people are invited to send an Instagram of themselves wearing the gear. On Instagram, follow @2015CanadaGames, and upload your photos with the tag #2015GamesGear for a chance to win weekly prizes. Th e contest runs until Feb. 11, 2014, and for complete rules, go to www.canadagames2015.ca.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressWendy Wilson was one of the first people to check out the line of 2015 Canada Winter Games gear, which went on sale at Canadian Tire on Wednesday.

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It would come as no surprise if the College Heights Cougars and Duchess Park Trojans senior girls volleyball teams fl ip-fl opped in the provincial rankings this week.

“Th eoretically,” says Cougars coach Jason Olexyn, “we should be No. 5 in the province. Going into the weekend, Duchess was No. 5 and we were No. 7, and we beat them in a good match for the zone championship, so I could see us changing spots.”

Condors coach Jay-Anna Major-Briere agrees.

“We had played them twice before this season, both times in tournament fi nals, and beat them both times. I wouldn’t be surprised if we switched spots in the rankings.”

She says while losing the zones and city bragging rights hurt,

what might hurt even more when both teams head down to Delta for the AAA provincials at the end of the month is that rankings switch.

“Losing those seeding spots might be what hurts the most. Th ey still have some wildcard games down south, so we don’t know what the fi nal seedings will be.”

Olexyn said the system in use for the AAA provincials would see the team seeded fi ft h in a pool with the third, ninth and 15th-seeded teams.

“Th at would be a good pool, because you avoid the top two-seeded teams in the fi rst part. Th e way the tournament is set up, everybody still has a chance at the title aft er the roundrobin, but it’s tougher if you’re near the bottom.”

Both coaches thought their teams played well on the week-end. Th e Cougars won the fi nal match 25-20, 15-25, 25-23, 25-

17. Major-Briere thinks the Con-dors could have played better.

“We played well, but not up to potential. We’d been undefeated the past four weeks, so we knew were playing well.”

Olexyn said the Cougars had focused on some areas of weak-ness since the last time the teams played.

“Blocking had been a weak-ness of ours earlier in the year, but on Saturday, we pretty much shut down their big hitters.”

He noted the work of Taylor Samuelson both as a blocker and a a setter, as well as Quinn Cassie, who he called “the most underrated player in the district”.

“She’s a very steady player,” he said, “and she always steps it up a notch in the fi nals.”

Th e AAAA girls zone cham-pionship was also held on the weekend, and the fi nal saw North Peace Secondary from Fort St. John down Prince George Sec-ondary 25-23, 30-28, 25-20.


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Allan WISHART/Free PressA pair of Duchess Park blockers can’t quite stop this College Heights spike from getting through in the girl’s AAA championship match at Duchess Park on Saturday.


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Little things mean a lot.Linden Smith, the coach of the

College Heights Secondary boys volleyball team, says they made some apparently minor adjustments aft er losing the fi rst set of the AA zone championship to DP Todd on Saturday.

“Aft er the fi rst set, we adjusted who and where we were serving to. In the fi rst set, we were serving it right to their libero, and it made it easier for them to set up plays right away.

“We also got a lot smarter with how we were hitting.”

Th e adjustments paid off . Th e Cou-gars ended up winning the match 21-25, 25-23, 25-14, 25-19. Both teams will be at the provincial in Kelowna from Nov. 27 to 30.

“It had been a full month since the last time we saw ether DP Todd or Duchess Park,” Smith says, “and we

lost to both of them the last time we played.

“We’ve been to two out-of-town tournaments since then, changed a few things, and got a lot of experi-ence.”

With some berths for the provin-cials still to be determined, Smith is anticipating being seeded about eighth.

“Th ey use the super-pool format, where the four highest seeds go into one pool, the next four into another, and so on. I expect DP Todd to be seeded about ninth, so depending on what else happens with other teams, we could end up being in the same pool down there.”

Eric Murphy and Brady Patterson of College Heights made the tourna-ment all-star team, and were joined by Joel and Haydn Molcak of DP Todd, Jeremy Mitchell of Duchess Park and Landon Shannon of Chetwynd.

Patterson was also named the best defensive player, while Jared Pritchard of the Cougars was named the MVP.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressCollege Heights, left, and DP Todd players vie at the net for a ball in the boys AA zone championship at DP Todd on Saturday.



is in that situation; an excellent athlete who has the drive, desire and competitiveness to excel, but for the mo-ment needs a breather.

“I have decided to take a year off from Team Canada. Th e main reason is I really need a break aft er 11 years and I noticed at the Worlds I was a little too small so I’m going to take a year to get bigger and come back next year even stron-ger”, Lally informally announced with his long-time coach and friend Bob Pegues at his side.

Th is decision was made aft er Lally refl ected on losing his only bout at the AIBA Elite World Amateur Boxing Championships in Almaty, Kazakh-stan last month. Th e 24-year-old fi ve-time national champ was stunned in the second round from a right to the chin, albeit he per-severed before drop-ping a 3-0 unanimous

decision in the 56 kg bantamweight class (123 pounds) to an op-ponent from Romania, Nicolae Andreianna.

Lally was part of the fi ve-member Canadian senior men’s team. It was his second time participating on the world stage. He also dropped his only bout at the 2011 world championships in Baku, Azerbaijan when he was slightly lighter at 52 kg.

Th is year alone, Lally has worn Ca-nadian colors in six diff erent countries over three continents. It all sounds glamorous but aft er a while it can take a toll on not only your body but your mind.

“A lot of people say you are so lucky. I don’t see that I am lucky. You are not lucky if you work at something. It’s not a vacation every time I go. It’s work. I’m going there and training three times a day, go in the ring, get punched in the face. I’m blessed for the places I have been, but it’s not a vacation,” em-phatically stated Lally.

One can sense the frustration in Lally’s voice. He’s a fi ghter in more ways than one, doesn’t take well to losing and is at a stage where he just wants to settle in the comforts of home surrounded by

friends and family and just being like most of the young men in the prime of their life.

Keep in mind, this is a grue-some sport that Alan Minter curiously stated: “Sure, there have been injuries and deaths in boxing – but none of them seri-ous.” Yes, there are other choices than pu-gilism, but that doesn’t mean his dream of

competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is over.

“No, defi nitely not, just going to take a step back. Just going to re-think every-thing,” said the College Heights Senior Secondary grad, who is hoping to par-

ticipate at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto.

In the meantime,

Lally, who has a career record of 90-15, plans to headline the pro-posed May 3, Night of International Cham-pions’ card in Prince George. (His coach, Pegues, also is intend-ing to compete that night at the age of 60.) Kenny is also looking ahead and plans to give back to the sport that has opened many doors for him by start-ing his own Boxing and Fitness club.

“I’ve had a nice journey as a boxer and now I want to begin the journey of a being coach.”

Fighters oft en peak at age 26 or 27 and that’s Lally’s goal. When a sport like box-ing gets in your blood, oft en it is there in some form for life, however, even diehards need to, as the youth of today would suggest, “chill out”. Lally will take a breather, unwind, and hang loose with the anticipation of coming back on the interna-tional stage bigger and better than ever.

When it comes to aspiration, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Win-ston Churchill wisely stated, “Continuous eff ort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”

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

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Free Press file photoKenny Lally, seen here on the left in action from last year’s Night of Champions in Prince George, has decided to take basically a year off from boxing.


If there’s such a thing as home-ice advantage in curling, the Patti Knezevic rink will have it at the 2014 Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship.

Th e Knezevic four-some was one of the fi rst three teams getting berths in the event, which will be held Jan. 6 to 12 at the Prince George Golf and Curl-ing Club.

Th ey received their berth by fi nishing sec-ond in the Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) standings behind the Abbots-ford team of Allison MacInnes.

Th is is the fi rst year Curl BC has awarded automatic berths to the top two CTRS rinks. In the past, only the top team would get a berth.

Th e Knezevic team, which includes third Jen Russell, second Kristen Fewster, lead Rhonda Camozzi and coach Rick Fewster, are no stranger to the Scot-ties, fi nishing second at last year’s event.

Th e third team to receive an automatic berth is the defending

champion Kelly Scott team from Kelowna.

Th ree Victoria teams qualifi ed in the fi rst playdown, held at Lake Cowichan.

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Kesa Van Osch and Shawna Jensen will be joined by four other teams, which will qual-ify through playdowns in Kelowna and Maple Ridge.

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Allan WISHART/Free PressSteven Jandric of the Cariboo Cougars crashes the North Island Silvertips net to force in the first goal of Saturday’s Major Midget League game at the CN Centre. The Cougars went on to a 6-2 win.

Cougars get sweep

It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.Th is weekend, the Cariboo Cou-

gars travel to Kelowna to play the Okanagan Rockets, currently the top team in the BC Major Midget League standings.

Th e following weekend, they’re on the road again, playing the Vancouver NW Giants, currently second in the league.

And the weekend aft er that, they’re on the road to play the Val-ley West Hawks, currently third in the league. Cariboo Cougars coach Bryan Maclean knows they have a tough road ahead of them.

“Playing the top three teams in the league the next three weekends is challenging,” he said, “and excit-ing. It gives us the chance to gain some confi dence and see how we stack up against them.

“Th e road in the playoff s is prob-ably going to go through those teams.”

Aft er a weekend sweep of the North Island Silvertips at CN Centre, though, the Cougars could have something more to say about those standings. Th e wins (6-2 on Saturday and 5-2 on Sunday) lift ed the Cougars into fourth place in

the league.“Th at’s the other nice things

about playing these top teams,” Maclean said. “We have a chance to make up some ground on them.”

Sunday’s game saw fi ve diff er-ent Cougars notch goals, while Saturday’s game was a story of one player and one line. Chase Dubois had a hat trick in the win, while the line of Isaiah Berra, Steven Jandric and Jesse Roach added the other three goals as well as fi ve assists.

“Th at fi rst line has really found some chemistry the last few weeks,” Maclean said. “I actually like all four of our lines right now. Th ey all bring something a little diff erent to the game.”

Th e team has also tightened up on defence, something Maclean said they needed to do.

“We said a couple of weeks ago, we wanted to keep the shots against down, and we’ve been a lot better the past few games.

“Now we gotta do it again Satur-day. Th is should be a good week-end, because we’ve developed a bit of a rivalry with Okanagan.”

Th e next home games for the Cariboo Cougars will be Dec. 14 and 15 when they host the Greater Vancouver Canadians at CN Cen-tre.


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Kings feel like home is roadBo knows hockey.One day aft er the Prince George Spruce

Kings beat the Surrey Eagles 7-1 at the Coli-seum, the Eagles gave 16 year old Bo Didur the start in goal for the rematch. Spruce Kings coach Dave Dupas said he was the dif-ference in Saturday’s 2-1 Eagles’ win.

“It could have been 7-1 again aft er the fi rst period,” Dupas said. “We played a decent game, but (Didur) was the diff erence.”

Friday’s 7-1 win marked the return to the Kings lineup of two players, one from an injury and one from a world-class tourna-ment. Forward Jake LeBrun came back from a concussion, and goalie Jesse Jenks returned from helping Canada West fi nish with bronze medals at the World Junior A Challenge. Dupas said both of them looked good.

“Jake still has a bit of rust from being out for a while, but it’s so nice to have that big power-forward presence. It really adds to our top six forwards.”

Th e line of Brent Lashuk, Chad Staley and Jeremiah Luedtke continued to shine, with Lashuk getting a natural hat trick in the second period on Friday.

“Th at line is still on fi re,” Dupas said, “and Jake fi t in well with Brogan O’Brien and Justin Rai.”

Jenks’ returned and immediately got the start Friday, starting 28 of 29 Surrey shots.

“Jesse is obviously a good goalie,” Dupas said. “Schools have been all over him, but he handles it just like another day. With every-


thing going on with the worlds and everything, I was a little worried he might lose some of his focus, but he didn’t.”

Th e Kings were in Langley Th ursday night for a game

against the Rivermen, and then are back at the Coliseum for a game Saturday against Salmon Arm. Dupas isn’t happy with the way the schedule works out.

“It’s not a real home game for

us, because we’re going to get in early Friday morning from Langley. We won’t practice on Friday, and we probably won’t skate on Saturday morning either.”

Dupas expected to have Jenks play in Langley, while Alex Murray will get the start Saturday.

Check www.pgfreepress.ca for a report on Th ursday’s game.

Allan WISHART/Free PressSkylar Pacheco of the Spruce Kings heads behind the Surrey Eagles net early in Friday’s game at the Coliseum. Pacheco would end up centring the puck to Brogan O’Brien for the first of his three goals in the Kings’ 7-1 win.


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had the same idea about the Canada West confer-ence this year, but they phrased it diff erently.

“We can beat anyone in the conference when we play well,” said men’s coach Todd Jordan, “and we can lose to anyone if we don’t play well.”

Women’s coach Sergey Shchepotkin was talking about Brandon, the opponent tonight (Friday) at the Northern Sport Centre.

“Th ey’ve lost all their games,” he said. “But you can’t look at the record. Th ey’ve played a lot of the tough teams already.”

Aft er this past weekend, the women’s Tim-berwolves may be considered in that class, aft er sweeping the Trinity Western Spartans in Langley.

“Th ey were two very close games,” Shchepotkin said. “I believe we had better physical preparation, and we had two good fourth quarters.”

In Friday’s 67-61 win, Mercedes VanKough-nett fi lled the scoresheet, as she ended up with 21 points, 15 rebounds, seven assists and six steals.

“Mercedes has been the leader of the team so far,” Shchepotkin said. “She’s playing through some minor injuries, but the important thing is other players are starting to step up and support her. We don’t have to rely on her to win games all the time.”

Saturday’s 65-60 win highlighted that, as Emily Kaehn topped the scoring with 19 points, while Jen Bruce and Sarah Robin added 12 each. VanKough-nett had 10 points.

For the men’s team, a 79-65 win on Friday was off set by a 92-73 loss on Saturday. Jordan was not unhappy with the results.

“Any time you can get a split on the road, that’s a good thing. We were able to fi nd our open shots on Friday, and we shot well.

“Saturday, I don’t think we had the same edge on defence, and TWU made some adjustments.”

Th ere were enough good things he saw in the two games to make him happy, and enough problems to give the team things to work on.

“We’re still a work in progress,” he said. “We’re still learning to work together, but it’s coming.”

Th is is a tough weekend to prepare for, Jordan said, because aft er Brandon is here Friday, Regina comes in Saturday.

“Th ere’s more to prepare for when

you’re playing two diff erent teams back to back. We just have to improve our execu-tion and communication.”

Tip-off for the women’s games are at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Northern Sport Centre, while the men will take to the court at 8 p.m.


Photo courtesy Trinity Western UniversityFranck Kouagnia of the UNBC Timberwolves looks for a passing lane against the Trinity Western Spartans at TWU on Friday. The Wolves and Spartans split their doubleheader.


Haley Black is a Barracuda who is going to become a Hilltopper – with a trip to Australia thrown in.

Black, a Grade 12 student at Duchess Park Secondary, has accepted a swimming scholar-ship off er from Western Kentucky University, whose teams are known as the Hilltoppers. A member of the Prince George Barracudas, Black was swimming on the weekend at the Northern Medical Sprint meet at the Aquatic Centre.

“I looked at three or four diff erent schools be-fore I decided,” Black said on Sunday. “I liked the program and the coaches at Western Kentucky, and they feel I can help their program.”

Th e 17-year-old said she started swimming

early.“I’ve been swimming since I was six. My older

sister was into swimming, and I started taking lessons.

“When I was about 10, I was falling in love with swimming, and that’s when I decided to really get into it.”

Th at was about the same age she found her favourite stroke in the water.

“Butterfl y is my best stroke. I started sort-of specializing in when I as about 10. Th at was when I found out I was pretty good at it.”

And while the butterfl y is her stroke of choice, it’s not the only one she uses in the pool.

“I still swim the 400 individual medley and backstroke. Some of it is just to keep in shape for butterfl y.”

Black isn’t sure what courses she’ll be taking at Western Kentucky, which has its main campus at

Bowling Green.“Right now I’m fi guring on taking general

science courses. I may end up concentrating on biology, but I’ve got some time to make those choices.”

Before she heads to Western Kentucky, though, Black will be heading south – way south.

She’s part of Canada’s Junior National team, which will be in Australia for the 2014 Austra-lian Junior Tour. Th e tour dates are Dec. 27 to Jan. 21. Black is looking forward to the trip.

“I’ve been at meets in the United States and Mexico, and I guess we went to Sweden when I was about two, but this will be my fi rst time go-ing overseas to swim.

“I know some of the swimmers from other meets, and I’m sure I’ll know some of the coach-es. I haven’t heard yet which coaches are coming on the tour, but I know most of them.”

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Th e DP Todd Trojans fi nished 10th at the AA boys high-school soccer champion-ships.

Th e tournament was held this week in Burnaby, and the Trojans started with a 1-1 draw with Aldergrove.

Th ey then downed Hugh Boyd 1-0 before dropping a 2-0 decision to St. Th omas Aquinas, then reversed that score to beat LV Rogers.

Th at put them in the game for ninth and 10th, and they lost 3-0 to Carihi.

Th e Young brothers from the North Capital Judo Club weren’t able to determine who would have bragging rights aft er a tournament last weekend.

Competing in Steveston, all three of the brothers brought back silver medals, Asher in the U12 Junior -30kg, Lochlan in the U14 Junior -55kg, and Maxwell in the U14 Junior -40kg.

Local Special Olympics coach Calvin Dyck received national recognition on Nov. 15, when he was named the Canadian Special Olympics male coach of the year.

Th e award was given at the Festival Gala in Toronto.

Dyck has been coaching local Special Olympians in cross-country skiing for the past 10 years, and has taken skiers to provincial and na-tional championships.

He has also taken part in the annual Iceman competi-tion, and has recently had some of his athletes enter as well.

Th e Prince George Sec-ondary junior varsity Polars football team saw its run at a provincial title end on Nov. 16, with a 28-8 loss to the GW Graham Grizzlies in quarterfi -nal action.

Th e Polars had gone unde-feated in the Northern Con-ference this season, fi nishing 8-0 in the regular season and beating Duchess Park for the PG Bowl in the playoff s.

Th e Polars also made his-tory by becoming the fi rst team from the Northern Conference to advance to the second round of the provin-cials with a 53-0 win over the South Kamloops Titans.

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Th ere’s one stat Mark Holick isn’t too concerned with.

“I don’t put much stock in shots on goal,” the Prince George Cougars head coach said. “Th ey’re subjective. Every rink is diff erent, even though they shouldn’t be.”

Holick was looking at the stats from the Cougars’ 3-1 win Saturday in Everett against the Silvertips, a game in which the Cougars were outshot 35-17.

“I thought the scoring chances were actually about even in that

game,” Holick said. “Th e diff erence was Brett Zarowny played probably the best game I’ve seen since I got here, and our captain (Troy Bourke) makes a big play and gets the game winner.”

Bourke scored with about four minutes left to give the Cougars a 2-1 lead. Chase Witala’s second of the game into an empty net sealed the win.

Th e Everett win came aft er a 5-2 loss the night before in Spokane. In that game, it was 2-2 until Spokane scored with about eight minutes to go.

“We made a couple of mistakes, and they capitalized. Small things

can make a big diff erence when the teams are this close.”

“We had a longer trip than usual to get to Everett,” Holick said. “Road conditions weren’t great, so we were late getting in.

“We started slow, but Brett held us in until we got going.”

Th e Cougars don’t play in Red Deer until Saturday, but that will be their base of operations for an Al-berta trip this weekend. Th e Cougars were scheduled to play Th ursday in Calgary, then play tonight (Friday) in Edmonton and Saturday in Red Deer.

Check www.pgfreepress.com for a report on the Calgary game.

Cougar Notes• Four Cougars players will be

wearing diff erent uniforms over the next couple of months – and there are no trades involved. Troy Bourke has been named to Team WHL for the Super Series games against Team Russia. Th e fi rst game will be Nov. 27 in Red Deer and the second one will be the following night in Lethbridge.

Th ree other Cougars have been se-lected to play in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Cape Breton, N.S. Jansen Harkins and Brad Mor-rison will suit up for Team Pacifi c, while Tate Olson will play for Team West. Th e tournament runs from Dec. 29 to Jan. 4.

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Haley Black makes choice

Allan WISHART/Free PressHaley Black has spent a lot of time in the pool at the Prince George Aquatic Centre. In the next few months, she’ll be spending a lot of time in pools in other parts of the world.

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