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The Prince George Free Press is now daily.Just not in the traditional way.This morning we officially launched the Free Press Daily … a daily, digital newspaper

serving the Prince George area. It has the look and feel of newspaper with one notable difference … it’s delivered to your e-mail in-box rather than your doorstep every morn-ing.

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The Free Press will, however, maintain its current web presence at www.pgfreepress.com, with its Facebook page, and on Twitter. The daily, along with digital versions of printed edition and special sections, can be found at a new website www.pgfreepress.ca.

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A petition with over 500 signatures will be presented to council at the Dec. 3 meeting in a bid to save the Pine Valley Golf Course.

Selling the course, according to the final core services review report compiled by KPMG, will not only save the city the $1.3 million it estimated it will cost to upgrade the facility, but also bring about $17 million into city cof-fers.

Don Chamberlain with the Friends of Pine Valley said he has no idea where those figures come from. He said the course needs a sprin-kler system, something likely to cost about $250,000. As for selling it, he pointed out the Prince George Golf and Curling Club couldn’t sell a bigger parcel of land for less money, $15 million.

“It’s not about money, but if so, use proper information,” Cham-berlain said.

He added the issue surrounding Pine Valley isn’t new to council. The organization he belongs to was formed in 2007 when rumours first started that the city was con-sidering selling the property. In 2010 they appeared before council, appealing to them to retain the course as park land, and council unanimously agreed to do so, supporting a neighbourhood plan that includes Pine Valley Golf Course.

Mayor Shari Green, a councillor at the time, along with councillors Cameron Stolz, Murry Krause and Garth Frizzell all voted to save Pine Valley.

Then Mayor Dan Rogers along with MLA Shirley Bond later planted honorary trees to mark the decision.

After assurance from city planner Dan Mil-burn that the course would remain zoned park land, the society planted around another 7,000 seedlings to upgrade the park. Many of these came as donations from corporations like Canfor while bigger trees were donated through MLA Pat Bell.

Chamberlain is frustrated that, two years later, the matter is before council again.

During the committee of the whole meeting, Green mentioned she was in support of pre-serving Pine Valley in 2010, however golf in general and the course in particular continues to be on a downward trend, and the course requires a significant investment to continue.

She also questioned whether the city should be involved in the business of golf at all.

“Golfing declined,” Chamberlain agreed, “but Pine Valley is gradually clawing its way back.”

Chamberlain said the city is already in the golf business and subsidizes the Golf and Curling Club. He added the city paid in the neighbourhood of $800,000 to remodel it.

“So the city has spent a lot of money on golfing,” he said, add-ing the remodel was to bring the facility up to par for the Canada Winter Games.

He pointed out volunteers with the Canada Winter Games commit-tee planted about 500 seedlings at Pine Valley Golf Course.

He said if, instead of selling the course, the city enhanced it, it could at least break even, unlike any other recreational facility the city owns, and possibly even make money. The course is easily acces-sible, he argues, and draws partici-

pants from the age of toddler to senior. It is also the course of choice for high school stu-dents, who all learn golf in Grade 10 because of its affordability. He further argued that the city’s green spaces deserve to be preserved for future generations, and wondered why the society wasn’t consulted when the idea to sell the course once again arose.

A long-term commitment needs to be put in place, he said, to save the course and the green space it represents, for future generations.

Coun. Brian Skakun agrees.“I mean though golfing in down, there was

still 12,000 rounds golfed in 2011. I think the Pine Valley course is a real gem, an asset to the community. It’s affordable.”

He added he’s been told by several people that the amount needed to invest in the course is inflated at $1.3 million, however even if it’s accurate, if the city can invest $1 million for technology to upgrade downtown parking, as has been discussed, why not invest in Pine Valley?

Skakun confirmed that the city, even though some of council questioned the municipality being involved in the ‘golf business’, gives a large tax break every year to the Golf and Curling Club, a private course.

“Pine Valley pretty much breaks even,” he said. “I think this idea is short-sighted. I hope some other councillors agree we need to think long-term. Once park land is gone, it’s gone.”

Skakun added the society protecting the golf course may not have been given a long-term commitment regarding the future of the course, but they were left with the impression of one.

“There was no opposition to what they were doing when those people planted 7,000 trees. They were given the impression we weren’t doing anything to Pine Valley at the time. Now these people are fighting for Pine Valley and they aren’t ready to lay down yet, and you have to give them credit for that,” he said.

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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been talking about the precautions, the safety measures, and the selection criteria involved in the marine elements of the Gateway project — all of them intended to prevent an oil spill on water. I’ve also mentioned, in recent weeks, how Gateway’s marine safety program was examined by an independent risk-assessment group, which determined that the chances of a major spill are once in more than 15,000 years.

Although statistics and reports suggest a marine oil spill is unlikely, you want to know — what if one does occur? How will Gateway be prepared? While the chances are slim, we continue to develop a world-class marine response program.

The Northern Gateway Project includes a spill response capacity that’s more than three times the Canadian regulation. And while the Canadian requirement for oil spill response is 72 hours plus travel time, our response time will be a fraction of that number — 6 to 12 hours in the marine channels. This is a signifi cant increase to the response capability available to B.C.’s north coast. Additionally, for immediate response, our tug escorts will be

equipped with booms, oil skimmers, and fi refi ghting equipment to provide enhanced initial containment, and they will be available to all marine traffi c in the event of an incident.

We will store equipment, such as containment and absorbent booms, skimmers, and waste storage, in multiple well-maintained, readily accessible response bases, providing a wider area of coverage in a shorter amount of time. Barges will also be located throughout the marine channels for additional storage and equipment mobilization. We are committed to having staff, contractors, and partners in place to maintain that enhanced state of readiness.

The Gateway project will likely never see a major marine oil spill. But if it does, we’ll be prepared to protect our coastline.

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■ PETITION

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Up Front■ CHILD POVERTY

Province now just second-worst in CanadaThe province continues

to hold the shameful title of having one of the highest child poverty rates in the country, tying with Que-bec for second place, while this year Manitoba has the dubious honour of being first.

For eight years in a row, B.C. had the highest child poverty rate in Canada, Adrienne Montani, provin-cial coordinator for First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, said, adding there has been no significant change in that trend this year.

First Call B.C. is a coali-tion made up of over 90 provincial organizations and 25 communities, and includes a network of hun-dreds of community groups and individuals. Each year, First Call issues a child pov-erty report card, using Stats Canada numbers, meaning the information is based on figures compiled two years previous, in this case 2010, and it is based on before-tax incomes.

Montani gave a brief sneak peak at this year’s report card while speaking to an audience of teach-ers readying themselves to march from Duchess Park to MLA Shirley Bond’s office, marking Interna-tional Children’s Day by creating awareness about child poverty in the prov-ince. The teachers also gathered donations for the Elizabeth Fry Society.

Montani further broke down the numbers, explain-

ing a 14.3 per cent child poverty rate translates to 119,000 British Columbian children living in poverty.

“We haven’t made much progress over time,” she said.

And the world has noticed. Montani pointed out Canada, one of the world’s richest countries, was chastised recently by the UN for its lack of prog-ress fighting child poverty, despite committing to try to find solutions to the problem.

“The UN noticed we made some empty commit-ments and refused to live up to them,” she said.

Canada committed to ending child poverty in 2000 but failed to put together a national strategy, then committed to doing so again in 2009, but did not follow through.

The UN charts child poverty rates among the world’s richest countries. Canada always comes in close to the bottom of the chart, usually placing 24th or 25th out of about 35 countries monitored.

Added to that, the prov-ince has the highest income inequality in the country, a factor that limits the choices a child has in life. She said the lack of choices and control is one of the key stressors among low income family children.

“Canada is sliding down this trend by allowing income inequality to con-tinue to grow,” she said.

Montani also pointed out that breaking the num-bers down into categories challenges the notion that

somehow the poor are responsible for the position they are in.

Of the 14.3 per cent of children who fall within the group, 42 per cent are the children of recent immigrants, 36 per cent are First Nations, 33 per cent are from single mom fami-lies, 33 per cent come from a racialized family and 27 per cent come from fami-lies with children with dis-abilities.

The highest percentage of families with children below the poverty line have two full-time, year-round

working parents.“And their children are

still in poverty. This points to the issue that the B.C. economy is quite struc-tured for minimum-wage jobs,” Montani said.

She added it also ques-tions the notion people are at fault for being in pov-erty.

“It challenges the idea people are responsible for their own poverty,” she said.

But the cost of pov-erty affects everyone, she added. She said statistics show that citizens who live

in countries with a high child poverty rate, whether they are among the poor themselves or not, don’t live as long or content a life as a citizen of a country with a low child poverty rate.

The cost of doing nothing about child poverty in B.C. would be between $8.1 and $9.2 billion, while the cost of a poverty reduction plan would be about three quar-ters of a billion dollars.

“I know it’s not true to say they can’t afford to address child poverty,” Montani said. “The prov-

ince can spend billions on the Olympics.”

She pointed out pov-erty among seniors was a major issue until a number of public policy initiatives were put in place decades ago.

A list of proposals the organization made as part of a poverty reduction plan include indexing the mini-mum wage, indexing wel-fare rates and public cov-erage for dental and eye care.

“I know we can do it,” she said. “This is not pie in the sky.”

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Santa made quite an entrance during the annual light up of the Christmas tree on top of the Inn of the North, rappeling down the side of the hotel before visiting with children inside.

GETTING DOWN WITH SANTA

A single-vehicle acci-dent on the Hart High-way Sunday sent two people to hospital.

Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday a Prince George RCMP officer came upon a single-vehicle rollover accident on the north side of the city.

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Fire Rescue attended the scene to assist.

A 24-year-old woman was pinned under the vehicle. Prince George Fire Rescue used spe-cialized equipment to lift the vehicle in order to free the woman, who was seriously injured. A 30-year-old man was thrown from

the vehicle and suf-fered life-threatening critical injuries. Both were transported to the University Hospital of Northern BC for treat-ment. The male was later transported to hospital in Vancouver for further treatment. Neither were believed to have been wearing

seatbelts at the time of the collision.

Police are looking to speak to a third occupant, a male, who walked away from the collision with unknown injuries. It is believed that he was wearing his seatbelt.

An RCMP Colli-sion Reconstructionist attended the scene. It appears that the south bound 2001 Chevro-let Cavalier went left off Highway 97 just south of Austin Road. Speed and alcohol are believed to have been factors in the collision. This investigation is

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the third occupant, who walked away, to please call (250)561-3300 to speak with investiga-tors. If you witnessed this collision or have any information that may further the inves-tigation, please con-tact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stop-pers at 1(800)222-TIPS (8477), online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca (English only), or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES (274637) using key-word “pgtips”.


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Directors with the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George have approved closing the swap shed at the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill effective Dec. 1.

A staff report presented to the board cited an increase in incidents that make the management of the facility more involved and difficult, which increase liability concerns for the Regional Dis-trict. The Regional District will continue promo-tion and education of reuse, reduce and recycle concepts, such as the recent “Junk in your Trunk” sale with REAPS in October.

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Relations with UNBC, provided directors with an update on university projects, priorities and successes. Information was provided about the success of UNBC alumni and the impact they are having in our region. According to a recent sur-vey, 70 per cent of UNBC graduates from 2009 are living and working in northern B.C.

TETE JAUNE CEMETERYIn a referendum on November 3, electors in the

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Janet Holder, Enbridge Inc. vice president respon-sible for the Northern Gate-way pipeline project, was in Victoria Tuesday to give a speech to the Canadian Club. Before the speech, she spoke with Black Press legislative reporter Tom Fletcher. Here is an edited transcript:

TF: The International Energy Agency just released a report that says the United States expects to be self-sufficient in oil in five years because of increased shale oil pro-duction. What does that mean for oil sands and the Northern Gateway pro-posal?

JH: It has been a few years that the U.S. has talked about being self-sufficient or self-contained in oil, and people have questioned whether that includes Canadian oil or not. If that is a reality, then that increases the need to for Canada to get to tidewater with its oil. Our number one export in Canada is oil, and 99 per cent of it is going to the U.S. right now.

TF: NDP leader Thomas Mulcair was just in town. He says pipe the oil to the east and refine it in Can-ada, absolutely no way to Northern Gateway. Your response?

JH: I think there is value to moving oil to the East Coast and there are a number of possibilities there. The value of the Northern Gateway project is that it’s the most economical access to the Pacific Rim.

TF: What about refining oil in B.C.?JH: As a pipeline company we can move any

oil product, refined or not refined. So we’re indifferent. If it does make economic sense to refine oil in British Columbia, then we’re quite comfortable with that.

TF: A lot of the opposition relates to crude oil tankers. Is that the biggest obstacle, or is it the overland route?

JH: We don’t believe tankers are the toughest challenge. It may be perceived by a lot of indi-viduals that that is the issue, but we are creat-ing a world-class marine system off the North Coast of B.C. that will set the standard for ports around the world. We look at all environmental aspects equally, and we want to build a pipe-line, a terminal and a marine system that is

world class.TF: B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake has

described Enbridge’s testimony at federal hear-ings in Prince George as “long on promises and short on solid evidence.” Your response?

JH: I was quite surprised with his comments. We could not have been more forthright in our answers that day, or provided any more detail. There is a process here. We don’t have all the answers today, and we don’t pretend to. If we were to get a positive recommendation from the Joint Review Panel at the end of next year, we would still have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend from today until we put a shovel in the ground.

We are continually evolving the project, and that’s how it works. You take enough informa-tion to the JRP to prove it’s in the economic interest of Canadians and to prove that you can build this pipeline in an environmentally sus-tainable, safe way.

That being given, you refine that down more.

■ NORTHERN GATEWAY

A little Q&A with Janet HolderEnbridge vice-president goes on the record about the proposed pipeline project

We’re looking at a corridor that’s a kilometre wide right now, which is normal for the JRP process. If you get approval, you narrow it down to a 25-metre corridor, do more engineering studies, more studies in the field, until we can say here is exactly where we’re going to go and how we’re going to build it.

TF: There has been discussion about the impact on caribou migra-tion, one of many wildlife issues. Can you talk about that?

JH: We look at all species at risk, and caribou is one species where we have made a lot of effort, and hired experts to work with us. The majority of the pipeline is actu-ally going along already disturbed land.

A lot of it is due to logging and pine beetle kill. What we will do where there are caribou migration areas is actually improve the land from where it is today, and make it more conducive to caribou.

TF: The issue wildlife biolo-gists talk about is that all resource development opens up and changes the whole ecology of the area, increasing access for moose and predators like wolves.

JH: You don’t want to open up land, because the caribou are easier targets as prey. More than 70 per cent of the pipeline route is actu-ally along roadways used for tak-ing down beetle-killed timber or

other logging. Those clear rights-of-way already exist. We will berm, we will put trees in, we will actu-ally create a friendlier environment for the caribou than what those roads and clearcuts have done.

TF: Can you give me an update on discussions with aboriginal communities?

JH: We had a 10 per cent equity offering out that ended just before Christmas, and we had 60 per cent of the First Nations, split evenly between British Columbia and Alberta, who have signed on to those equity agreements. We have not released any further equity, but have ongoing discussions with a number of First Nations with regard to potential procurement opportunities once we’re in con-struction mode.

There is about $800 million worth of goods and services along the pipeline construction in Brit-ish Columbia alone, and we feel probably $300 million of that or more can be provided through First Nations communities. We’re having ongoing discussions with regards to education and skills training.

We have already offered train-ing to First Nations, and of course they will be trained well before we get approval and will be off doing something else. But we hope they will come back and work for us.

Janet Holder, Vice President, Western Access, Enbridge Inc.

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The city core services review process is finished with the exception of the tough part. With the fees paid to KPMG and the other costs incurred as staff dig up information, the real cost is likely somewhere a little more than $400,000. Now we shall see just how big a bang we will get for our taxation buck.

As already reported on numerous occasions, there is strong opposition from the unions representing city workers. So there should be as that is their job. It is the duty of the union to protect existing jobs and try to increase the number of union jobs.

The unions representing the city workers will find numerous allies. Other unions, not directly involved with the city, will come to their cause and cheer them on. There will also be many others who will be supportive of the city workers unions who do not have a vested interest, but are supportive from a philosophical point of view.

Having made the decision to hire a consultant to conduct a core review, city council is fairly obligated to find savings. At the very least they must find suf-ficient savings to cover the cost of their decision. To do otherwise would leave council in the position of being demonstrable lousy decision makers.

With the prospect of a seven per cent tax increase looming on the horizon, the citizens are going to be in a grouchy and critical state of mind. Who can blame them? For most families, income is not increasing sufficiently to cover the increases in almost everything they need to purchase for their families. Many have noticed a steady increase in the cost of groceries. Gasoline prices dance around so it costs more to commute to work, do the shop-ping and use the family vehicle for a little recreation every once in a while. Just in case you are doing

cartwheels over the current pump prices, keep in mind that the recent lower prices represent almost $5 per U.S gallon and over $5 per gallon if you are still on the old British standard of measurement.

With the exception of computers and other elec-tronics, the dollars just don’t go as far as they did a few years ago.

The steady increase in almost the cost of every-thing may well be why the personal debt which

worries Mr. Carney of the Bank of Can-ada so much is also seeing an increase. It is a dangerous practice to use credit to purchase necessities and not pay off the account each and every month. It fre-quently leads directly to a line of credit, refinancing your home or other similar financially regressive act.

People on a fixed income, such as retirees, have seen their quality of life being slowly eroded. They have few opportunities to increase their income to make up for the shortfall. The usual remedy is to cut back on what they spend. There are a number of people who have fully indexed pen-sions, but outside of the civil service, they are few.

A seven per cent annual tax increase is unaccept-able to most voters and they will remember it when the next election arrives. Memories are short with the exception of those occasions where the voters really feel they have had the boots taken to them; councillor re-elections will not be automatic.

There are only a few options open to council. Increase revenue which means fees for the use of civic facilities and services will increase, reduce all expenditures, close civic facilities, reduce mainte-nance, and cut several other expenses. No matter what they do, there will be an impact on employ-ment and the level of city services we now receive.

What are you willing to do without?

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Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson wrote a col-umn this week about how politicians often show up for photo-ops of nice positive events, but are nowhere to be seen when the news isn’t

so good.His point was reiterated this week when it was revealed

that child poverty rates in this province are higher than the rest of Canada, with the exception of Manitoba, and there was nary a glitzy press conference called by politicians anywhere to boast about how we’ve “shown improvement” by moving past Manitoba after eight con-secutive years of having the worst child poverty rate in the country.

Mum’s the word.We are treated to a continuous assault by our politi-

cians, and by our provincial government that is spending millions of advertising dollars, telling us that the BC Jobs Plan is working. We continually hear that more people are working in Prince George and in B.C. now than every before.

Jobs, jobs, jobs, everything’s rosy.The reality is, it isn’t.According to the First Call BC Child and Youth Advo-

cacy Coalition, which compiles statistics from Statistics Canada, British Columbia has a child poverty rate of 14.3 per cent, which translates to 119,000 children in poverty.

Most remarkable, said the coalition’s Adreinne Montani, is that the highest percentage of families with children below the poverty line have two full-time, year-round working parents.

It’s one thing for everyone to have a job, it’s quite another for everyone to be making a living.

From an economic perspective, it costs more to do noth-ing about poverty than it does to tackle the issue.

The cost of doing nothing about child poverty in B.C. would be between $8.1 and $9.2 billion, while the cost of a poverty reduction plan would be about three quarters of a billion dollars, Montani said.

One of former premier Gordon Campbell’s goals, a long time ago, was to make British Columbia the most literate jurisdiction in North America … a lofty and laudable goal. One of the most effective tools we have to fight poverty is literacy. It comes before jobs.

But we hear very little these days about increasing lit-eracy rates in B.C. In fact, we hear nothing.

Just as we hear nothing about a BC Poverty Plan, with an expressed goal of ensuring we have the lowest child poverty rates in the province.

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Last week, the B.C. Economic Forecast Council predicted that our province’s real GDP growth would be slightly above the Canadian average for 2013. Their projec-tion of 2.1 per cent growth for the year is positive news for our province.

In making their forecast, the 14 council members looked not just at the provincial economy, but also the Canadian, Ameri-can, European, and Asian economies. At the meeting, they discussed resource development and liquefied natural gas, how the economic recovery in the United States is progressing, the sovereign debt crisis affecting Europe, and much more. It is important to remember that these

factors, some of which may seem quite distant, very much affect the economic outlook of our province.

The fact is, the world economy is pass-ing through a difficult period. During the financial and economic turmoil of the past several years, B.C. has generally outperformed the rest of the country, which in turn has outperformed the rest of the developed world. Through strong fiscal management and initiatives such as the B.C. Jobs Plan, we have kept our economy in excellent shape, maintained our AAA credit rating,

and been one of the strongest performers in the country terms of job growth.

While we have worked hard to main-tain our position as one of the world’s economic bright spots, we still need to

remain vigilant; through trade, our economy is closely tied to countries who con-tinue to face economic diffi-culties, and to some who may face a double-dip recession. We must stick to the sound policies that have kept us on

track: controlling spending to keep taxes among the lowest in the G8, balancing our budget, investing in skills training,

exploring opportunities in natural gas, taking action to make life more afford-able for families, and maintaining our top credit rating.

By staying the course and continuing our prudent financial management, we can ensure that the council’s projections for the years beyond 2013 also come to pass: 2.6 per cent real GDP growth in 2014 and an average of 2.6 per cent growth for the 2015-17 period. Build-ing on our solid economic foundation, we have every reason to expect robust growth, creating jobs in our communities and putting money in the hands of B.C. families.

MLAReport

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Staying the course with fiscal management

An Open Letter to Prince George City Council Regarding the Need for a Child and

Youth Agenda

Editor:On September 10, 2012, the Child, Youth and

Family Network (CYFN), a collaboration of service providers, groups, parents and funders, made a presentation to the Prince George city council. The CYFN asked Mayor Shari Green and council to appoint a representative from council to sit on the CYFN and to consider the adoption of a child and youth agenda similar to what other communities in British Colum-bia have done. The CYFN was told by mayor Green that its request would be “considered” and if they required any further information that the CYFN would be contacted. To date, no contact has been received.

Prince George is the largest community in Northern British Columbia. According to the 2011 Statistics Canada reports, approximately 72,000 people live in Prince George with roughly 17,000 of those citizens being under the age of 18.

This represents 24 per cent of the general population of Prince George. It has been esti-mated that nearly 30 per cent of children enter-ing kindergarten are developmentally vulner-able.

In Prince George that represents over 300 children per year. If there are 17,000 children under the age of 18 living here, and 300 chil-dren per year have developmental vulnerabili-ties, then there are approximately 5,400 chil-dren between birth and 18 years of age with developmental vulnerabilities.

It is not just the children with developmen-tal vulnerabilities who are struggling. It is also their families, their peers and the service providers who work with these children. Stud-ies have demonstrated that children who are developmentally vulnerable have diminished school success, place more stress on their fami-lies and caregivers, and eventually place more demands on social and community services.

We, the undersigned, urge Mayor Green and city council to commit to developing and implementing a child and youth agenda and to appointing a representative from city council to the CYFN.

We recommend the following targets and timelines:

By December 31, 2012, appoint a representa-

tive from city council to the Child, Youth and Family Network.

By July 31, 2013, begin working with the Child, Youth and Family Network and other interested parties to develop a child and youth strategy for the City of Prince George.

The policies that are needed to make a dif-ference for children, youth and families are known, with other communities forging ahead with comprehensive child and youth agendas and strategies.

Prince George needs to develop a municipal strategy to address the challenges that our chil-dren and youth face.

List of signatories to this letter as of Novem-ber 16, 2012:

Darrell RozeExecutive Director, Child Development

Centre of Prince George and DistrictShannon Smith

Prince George Elizabeth Fry SocietyGail Mason

Coordinator, Child Care Resource and Referral

Lynette Mikalishen,Director of Child Care Services, Family

YMCA of Prince GeorgeDr. Marie Hay

Consultant PediatricianKat van Eedenburg

Speech and Language Pathologist, North-ern Health

Shelley AndersonInfant Development Program, AiMHi –

Prince George Association for Community Living

Anita ZareskyDirector of Family Wellness Programs

Prince George Native Friendship CentreLeslie Tozer

Executive DirectorSurpassing our Survival Society

Mark MillerCEO, Family YMCA of Prince George

Chantelle WilsonProgram Manager, Northern Health Assess-

ment Network and NH Child Abuse and Neglect Clinic

Debbi FlannExecutive Director, Intersect Youth and

Family Services SocietyJennifer Tkachuk

Program manager, Northern Health Chil-dren First

Call for council to forma child and youth agenda

Editor:Re: Free Press Article “ Non-profits worried about changes” Nov. 16,

2012Capt. Neil Wilkinson of the Salvation Army, as quoted by the Free

Press, stated we should celebrate the 185 not-for profit groups in our city. Why?

If Kamloops, a city of similar size has only 42, why do we have 185? I’m sure each one believes it’s essential but again, why?

The government announced on the news tonight it’s going to Califor-nia to recruit up to 40,000 workers. The mining industry and oil field are looking for workers so why does Prince George need 185 not-for-profits to service a population of 73,000 give or take a thousand? Do we have so many that are unable to work?

I believe it’s time the city had a close look at what groups are paying no taxes. City administration likes to compare P.G. to other cities when raising rates or taxes, so let’s compare us in not-for-profits as well and get our tax base up so everyone is sharing the tax burden. Or possibly I could start a new not-for profit group called Almost Unable to Keep Up with the Tax Increases. Sign up at any existing not-for-profit’s location.

Doug WalderPrince George

Why celebrate non-profits?

Editor:I’ve recently started thinking about what “revenue neutral” means

whenever I read or hear about the BC Carbon Tax. I’ve read that the BC Government made over $1 billion from the car-

bon tax this past year; if it was axed, the government would have $1 bil-lion less in revenue. So, how can this be revenue neutral?

Well, when the B.C. government introduced the carbon tax they made us feel good by lowering the income tax rate, and they also lowered the corporate tax rate. “Revenue neutral” has to be looked at from the gov-ernment’s point of view; it gets the same amount of money that it used to get before the carbon tax came along, and so it’s neutral, the government isn’t getting a net benefit from this tax.

Now if people are paying less income tax and corporations are paying less tax than they were before the carbon tax came into law, where did the money come from to keep everything “neutral”?

If you are near the bottom of the income pyramid, and most people are, you get a small benefit from lower income tax, but everybody pays the carbon tax. You pay it when you buy gasoline, heat your home, buy groceries [higher transportation costs], buy almost anything. This all adds up, day by day. And guess what, you are paying more taxes than you were before the carbon tax, and richer folks and corporations are paying less.

The government says we are “revenue neutral”, we don’t get anything out of this, and the government is right. But rich folks and corporations are not paying what they used to, so who is paying more? You and I are. The government also makes us feel good because we are environmentally good, we are trying to protect the world by reducing carbon emissions. Hmmm. I’ve also read that the BC government is thinking of lowering the carbon tax for those companies that produce a lot of carbon, i.e. a pro-posed tax break for high fuel users.

So, as I see it, the carbon tax is a tax shift from the wealthy to the poor. Smoke and mirrors anyone?

Paul WodchycPrince George

Carbon tax smoke and mirrors

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VICTORIA – Return-ing to the old provin-cial sales tax next April 1 will increase paper-work for B.C. busi-nesses and cost them harmonized sales tax credits on equipment and other inputs, the legislature finance committee reminded the B.C. government Wednesday.

After its annual

tour of the province to get input on the 2013 budget, the committee urges Finance Minister Mike de Jong to con-sider its expert panel recommendations to ease the impact on business of scrapping the HST.

Some industry asso-ciations want the gov-ernment to provide a tax credit that would compensate them for the PST they will have to pay on purchases of

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The finance commit-tee was also asked to consult the public on a “made-in-B.C. value-added tax” that would accomplish some of the goals of the HST

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The administrative burden of the switch starts with businesses reprogramming cash registers and other sys-tems to go back to two separate sales taxes. The switch to the HST in 2010 revealed some national retailers were not accurately apply-

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As the Free Press sports editor, I follow the progress of teams and athletes in the community. I enjoy playing sports and taking advantage of the fantastic recreational facilities in Prince George, some of these experiences are documented in my weekly Full Court Press column on Wednesdays.

Outside of the office, I enjoy watching movies, listening to music and travelling. You may also see me studying at the College of New Caledonia, where I’m a part-time business student.

I grew up mainly in Prince George, moved to Lethbridge and took journalism as an adult student then took on the position of editor at the 40 Mile Commentator. After about 10 years, I knew it was time to come home and was lucky enough to get a job with the Free Press. The best thing about my work is it is as diverse as all the people I get to talk to on a daily basis.

Allan Wishart has been in the newspaper business for almost 25 years, andstill finds it one of the most interesting jobs you can have. “Some people go to work in the morning, and they know exactly what their day is going to be like. I have no idea when I go into the office what’s going to happen that day

Allan has worked at papers in High Prairie and Grande Prairie in Alberta andin Quesnel, Kamloops, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and, for almost five years, Prince George.

Teresa Mallam is community editor and award winning columnist for the Prince George Free Press. She’s won the Jack Webster Award of Distinction, Canadian Authors Association Award for Best Investigative Journalism (B.C. Report Magazine story on the murder of Mary Jane Jimmie,) B.C. Law Society Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting, Cariboo Mining Association (CMA) Award for Best Mining Reporting of the Year and Jerry MacDonald Award for community reporting for a story on homelessness.

Bill Phillips has been the managing editor of the Prince George Free Press since 2006. He has 27 years of experience in the community newspaper industry. He was the winner of the British Columbia/Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s 2009 Ma Murray award for editorial writing and winner of the 2007 Best Columnist award. In 2004, he placed third in the Canadian Community Newspaper Associations best columnist award category and, in 2003, placed second.

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Outside of the office, I enjoy watching movies, listening to music and travelling. You may also see me studying at the College of New Caledonia, where I’m a part-time business student.

I grew up mainly in Prince George, moved to Lethbridge and took journalism as an adult student then took on the position of editor at the 40 Mile Commentator. After about 10 years, I knew it was time to come home and was lucky enough to get a job with the Free Press. The best thing about my work is it is as diverse as all the people I get to talk to on a daily basis.

Allan Wishart has been in the newspaper business for almost 25 years, andstill finds it one of the most interesting jobs you can have. “Some people go to work in the morning, and they know exactly what their day is going to be like. I have no idea when I go into the office what’s going to happen that day

Allan has worked at papers in High Prairie and Grande Prairie in Alberta andin Quesnel, Kamloops, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and, for almost five years, Prince George.

Teresa Mallam is community editor and award winning columnist for the Prince George Free Press. She’s won the Jack Webster Award of Distinction, Canadian Authors Association Award for Best Investigative Journalism (B.C. Report Magazine story on the murder of Mary Jane Jimmie,) B.C. Law Society Award for Excellence in Legal Reporting, Cariboo Mining Association (CMA) Award for Best Mining Reporting of the Year and Jerry MacDonald Award for community reporting for a story on homelessness.

Bill Phillips has been the managing editor of the Prince George Free Press since 2006. He has 27 years of experience in the community newspaper industry. He was the winner of the British Columbia/Yukon Community Newspaper Association’s 2009 Ma Murray award for editorial writing and winner of the 2007 Best Columnist award. In 2004, he placed third in the Canadian Community Newspaper Associations best columnist award category and, in 2003, placed second.

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In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 17:Darlene R. Tom was found guilty of failing to

comply with a probation order and sentenced to four days in jail.

Clifford A. Walker was found guilty of mis-chief, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 20:Joel M. Clark was found guilty of theft of prop-

erty with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to 99 days in jail.

Tanya L. Abou was found guilty of assault causing bodily harm, sentenced to 195 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and pro-hibited from possessing firearms for 10 years.

Stephen F. Hand-sor was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recog-nizance, sentenced to 14 days in jail to be served on an intermittent basis, placed on probation until the expiration of the jail sentence and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. Handsor was also found guilty of failing to attend court when ordered to do so, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Wayne M. Prince was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to one day in jail. Prince was also found guilty of three more counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

George J. Sears was found guilty of assault, carrying a concealed weapon and theft of prop-erty with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 34 days in jail and placed on probation for one year. Sears was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 14 days in jail. Sears was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an under-taking or recognizance, sentenced to four days in jail and placed on probation for one year.

Dwayne R. Smith was found guilty of utter-ing threats, fined $1,200 and assessed a victim surcharge of $180.

Kelsey D. Porter was found guilty of assault and uttering threats, sentenced to 60 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and prohibited from possessing firearms for five years.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 21:Jolene V.R. Dundas was found guilty of assault

and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, received a conditional sentence of 37 days and was placed on probation for 15 months.

Troy M. Wile was found guilty of four counts of break and enter, sentenced to nine months in jail and placed on probation for two years.

Heath L. Willier was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to one day in jail.

Lee J. Poncia was found guilty of fraud, received a conditional sentence of 15 months, was assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and

ordered to make restitution of $197,877.96.Leonard L. Wilson was found guilty of assault,

received a conditional sentence of two months and was placed on probation for 10 months.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 22:Devon F. Bloor was found guilty of failing to

comply with a probation order and fined $100.Richard J.N. Brown was found guilty of driv-

ing without due care and attention, fined $1,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

Dean O. Dunkley was found guilty of driving without due care and attention, fined $2,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $300.

Kalan Keller was found guilty of failing to provide a breath sample when ordered

to do so, sentenced to 30 days in jail to be served intermittently, placed on probation until the expiration of

the jail sentence, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and prohibited from driving for two years. Keller was also found guilty of resisting a peace officer, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $75.

Rodney R. Krpan was found guilty of driving without due care and attention, placed on proba-tion for 12 months, fined $1,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

Tyler L. Lisk was found guilty of assault, sen-tenced to 39 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Tara M. Lolly was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to one day in jail.

Shawn D. Miller was found guilty of driving without due care and attention, placed on pro-bation for one year, fined $1,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

Kevin B. Neiszner was found guilty of assault and placed on probation for one year. Neiszner was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail.

Lance T. Weel was found guilty of assault, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Dean F. Mattess was found guilty under the Offense Act of contravening an enactment, fined $50 and assessed a victim surcharge of $7.50.

David B. Sponagle was found guilty of pos-session of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, received a conditional sentence of nine months, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years.

Ralph E. Vansomer was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Skyler D. Brennan was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to time served of seven days in jail.

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR!Well-known children’s

author and UNBC writer in residence Maggie De Vries will be at Books and Company for a book launch on Saturday, Nov. 24 starting at 4 p.m. Her latest title, Big City Bees, introduces children to the fascinating world of honey bees. In the book, two city children discover how important these creatures are and how integral they are to our everyday life.

CIVIC LIGHT UPWednesday, Nov. 28 at

the Prince George Civic Plaza is the annual Civic Light Up ceremony. From 6 to 7 p.m., join in on the fun with hot cocoa, live music and ice skating leading up to the light-up ceremony which starts at 7 p.m. and includes a visit by Santa Claus. Take in the opening evening of the Northern Lights Festival on Connaught Hill from 5 to 10 p.m.

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ative people share their talents. Singer, actor and percussionist

Cindy Marcotte and professional gift basket creator Marlene Fehr Power have combined their vol-unteer and entrepreneurial spirit to help take the stress out of Christmas shopping.

“We were approached by the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation this year about help-ing with a new fundraising ini-

tiative,” said Marcotte, who this year has designed a tree spon-sored by the firm of Marcotte Kerrigan Real Estate lawyers and notaries. “This is the gift that goes on giving – all the proceeds go to the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation.”

The baskets are filled with savory, sweet and salty delights sure to please every palette. With names like Reindeer Treats, Chocoholic, Yuletide Treasures, Santa’s Picnic, Executive Gour-met and Home for the Holidays, the beautifully arranged baskets

range in price from around $30 to $155.

Marcotte, who is well-known for her performances in musical theatre, says the baskets are a great “production” filled with quality items and made for giv-ing.

“Last summer we went back east to a trade show in Toronto to get a few ideas for this. We were able to interest some local busi-nesses into giving us a discount on items so that helps us. We put in lots of volunteer hours but it’s for a fundraiser, so it’s worth it.”

The gift baskets, which are perfect for sharing at the office or giving to clients, friends and family members, can be deliv-ered for a small fee ($7 local delivery).

Gift basket order forms will be available for larger gift baskets at the Festival of Trees at the Prince George Civic Centre (Nov. 23 to Dec. 2) and ready-to-go smaller gift baskets will be available just outside the Gift Shoppe.

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CELEBRATE THE SEASONDistrict 57 Tapestry Singers host their Christ-

mas concert on Dec. 9.Celebrate the Season features special guests

Nove Voce Choral Society and the PG Youth Orchestra. The concert is a collaborative effort between three music groups and highlights the strength of instrumental and choral music in the Prince George community.

Selections range from contemporary to tra-ditional and they offer something for everyone with familiar melodies and carols including Carol of the Bells, Go Tell It and Mary’s Boy Child. There will also be lesser-known selections by British composers Bob Chilcott and John Rut-ter and also a lovely choral work by Canadian composer Eleanor Daley.

The program also includes the lighter side of the season with several favourites: Winter Wonderland, Twelve Days of Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas.

District 57 Tapestry Singers present Celebrate the Season on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. at St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church. Con-cert tickets are $10 (age 10 and under free) avail-able at Studio 2880 or at the door.

NORTHERN ORCHESTRAThe Northern Orchestra presents A Messiah

Festival, a baroque concert spectacular featuring Melanie Nicol, alto, Damian Dorschner, baritone, and introducing Sarah Gyorfi, soprano, with the

Messiah singers, Lyn Vernon, choirmaster, and community artists Alyssa Cheung, violin and Nic Cheung, violin. There will also be a special appearance by Vanderhoof’s “a capella” singers, The Apple Chors, directed by Valerie Pagdin. Music by Corelli, Bach and Handel.

The Northern Orchestra is directed by Gordon Lucas. A Messiah Festival will be presented Dec. 1 at 2:30 p.m. at the Prince George Playhouse and Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. at Northside Church, Vander-hoof. Tickets purchased at the door are $10 for adults, $5 seniors and students.

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Local gardening guru and author Bar-bara Rayment will be at Books and Com-

pany on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. Both of her titles, Northern Gardener and From the Ground Up, are must-haves for any-one interested in gar-dening in the North.

She will be giving a free information session to local green

thumbs so come with your questions and enthusiasm.

COLE CLIFFORD

Burns Lake resi-dent Cole Clifford will be featuring his new book in Cafe

Voltaire on Friday (Nov. 23). As a for-mer gym owner, Clif-ford has seen many people struggle to get in shape and stay in shape.

Over the years, he was inspired to write a book to help his cus-tomers with the nutri-

tional side of shap-ing up. The result is: Changing You – Your Guide to a Slimmer, Stronger Body.

Clifford will be at Books and Company from 1 to 3 p.m. to talk about the book and give a Q and A session.

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They have an unusual name, a unique sound and they are coming to Prince George. Picture the Ocean plays Nancy O’s on Dec. 13.

The powerhouse trio – who sound like a band twice their size – fea-tures Jesse Dee, Jacquie B and Matt Blackie. They have made the Canadian highways their home and it has even been the subject of a few songs. But after a summer of playing with Aussie funk/soul artist Aurora Jane – both as band and with her as their bass player – they decided to hop on a plane with Jane and keep going.

They toured the UK and Europe and India.

“This [Prince George] show is a return show, the band has lived in Wells, B.C. though they are touring currently without an address,” said promoter Joelle May. When they returned home to Canada, they embarked on this tour which takes them from Ontario back to B.C. and Alberta on the standard “crazy Canuck” winter

tour across Canada, she said.

And picture this: Pic-ture the Ocean is getting rave reviews for its self-titled debut album with tracks like Being Me and Erewhon.

This is a band that delivers a very refresh-ing alt-pop sound. Their album gives a truly unique take on rock music leaving listeners wondering where in the world it came from. (The ocean?)

With its bright glisten-ing guitar sounds, sig-nature Jesse and Jacquie harmonies and expert stops and fills from Matt Blackie, the album draws influence from many of today’s contemporaries while staying true to their own sound.

Theirs is a catchy brand of alt-pop and roots-rock, gritty along with electric, yet soulful and harmonious.

Picture the Ocean plays Nancy O’s on Thursday, Dec. 13. Tickets are $10 at the door and the show gets underway about 8 p.m.

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The Christmas tree on top of the Inn of the North lit up Wednesday evening as a happy crowd of kids looked on. The Salvation Army hopes to earn $50,000 during this year’s Festival of Trees. The money supports several programs, including food hampers. This year the organization expects to send out about 800 Christmas hampers.

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The Rotary Club of Yellowhead Prince George is hosting its fourth annual Taste of India event – a fund-raiser that becomes more popular each year.

“Each year we see more and more people embracing the culture of the event and wear-ing traditional Indian clothing and it’s a beautiful sight to see,” said key organizer Sonica Kandola.

“This year we will be featuring some amazing entertain-ment: From Delhi to Dublin, a Vancouver-based band that com-bines Celtic music with Bhangra beats.”

Delhi to Dublin fea-tures Andrew Kim, electric sitar, guitar; Ravi Binning, tabla, dhol; Sanjay Seran, vocals; Sara Fitzpat-

rick, fiddle; and Tarun Nayer, DJ/producer, always put on a high-energy show.

Tracks from their 2007 and 2008 albums have enjoyed lots of air play on radio sta-tions from Japan, the U.S. and Europe.

In keeping with past events, this year’s Taste of India includes a cocktail reception with tasty Indian appetizers, silent and live auction as well as a full Indian buffet dinner, entertainment and dancing.

“Due to its suc-cess, it has become an annual fundraiser for our club. To date we have raised $120,000,” said Kandola.

Money raised in past years has gone to support School Dis-trict 57 Prince George Meals program,

Prince George Kordy-ban Cancer Lodge Wig Room, Amreli, India Education and Sanitation project to provide clean water, desks and washrooms for two schools as well as the Rotary Interna-tional Polio Eradica-tion Program which is a 25-year project that has seen 25 billion children immunized and polio eradicated in all but three coun-tries.

Rotary is the world’s premier international humanitarian service organization, a diverse global network of community, business and professional lead-ers who address rel-evant social causes to change lives and build goodwill and peace at home and abroad.

“Our club is embrac-ing this philosophy

with the Taste of India by honouring and supporting both a local and international cause every year that we believe will ben-efit not only from the monies received but to

help build and sustain peace, health and a stronger community,” said Kandola.

The Rotary Club of Yellowhead Prince George Taste of India event is on Saturday,

Feb. 16 and tickets sell out early. Tick-ets are $90 per per-son (includes HST) and tables of 10 can be booked. Tickets on sale only at RK Furni-ture Gallery, 1050 Vic-

toria St. Anyone interested in

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The works will be on display until next spring when they will go to their permanent home at Deryk Houston’s Peace Sanctuary Sculpture Park in Hud-son’s Hope, B.C.

Deryk Houston is a Scottish artist who has exhibited internationally in one-man exhibitions in Canada, the U.S., Scotland, Iraq and the former Soviet Union. His work was featured in the documentary film From Baghdad to Peace Country by the National Film Board of Canada and he has completed ground art, earthen works in Iraq, Canada and Scotland in support of children’s rights.

“Two Rivers Gallery is thrilled to have been able to borrow this suite of sculptures,” said curator George Harris. “Deryk and Samuel Houston’s stark and monolithic stainless steel structure is the smallest of three similar forms that will eventually be installed in the Hudson’s Hope Peace Sanctuary Sculpture Park. A comparison with David Kocka’s work which is shown alongside is a study in contrast.

“Kocka’s The Children’s International Peace and Harmony Statue is a represen-tational bronze sculpture, it represents a group of children playing together in the spirit of friendship. Together these sculp-tures represent a diversity of approaches towards are making that embodies and celebrates difference which seems very appropriate in the context of their final destination in Houston’s Peace Sanctu-ary Sculpture Park.”

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At the official launch on Nov. 6, there were 116 volunteers signed up for the free, confidential des-ignated driving service organized by the Rotary Club of Prince George Nechako, partnering with the RCMP and ICBC. Just over a week later, that number stood at 163.

The service gets people and their vehicles home safely when they don’t feel like driving, for what-ever reason, during the holiday season. Teams of three people – a designated driver, navigator and escort driver – make up the on-road teams, while volunteers also handle the phones at the Red Nose headquarters.

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The Cougars will be in Victoria this weekend for a two-game set against the South Island Royals. The games will unfold on Saturday and Sunday.

The Cougars carry a record of 13 wins, three losses and zero ties (13-3-0) into the set against the Royals. South Island sits fifth in the 11-team standings at 6-7-5.

After this weekend, the Cougars will return home to prepare for a CN Centre doubleheader against the Greater Vancouver Canadians on Dec. 1 and 2.

The Dec. 1 contest will be the Cougars’ first home game in Prince George in almost a month and a half.

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Until Tuesday night at CN Centre, November was a no-win month for the Prince George Cou-gars.

A 4-3 shootout triumph over the Eastern Conference’s Regina Pats snapped a seven-game los-ing streak. The victory also gave them momentum before hitting the road to meet the Victoria Roy-als in a doubleheader, tonight and Saturday in the provincial capi-tal.

Tuesday’s triumph improved the Cougars’ record to eight wins, 11 losses, one overtime setback and three shootout defeats (8-11-1-3). With 20 points, they’re only four in arrears of the Royals (12-11-0-0), who happen to be the Cougars’ first opponent after they return home next week.

With four games in a row against the Royals, who sit third in the five-team B.C. Division, the schedule is providing the Cou-gars a great opportunity to make ground in the Western Hockey League standings. Before Wednes-day evening’s action, the Cats were tied with the Everett Sil-vertips for eighth in the 10-team Western Conference. Everett car-ried a 9-14-0-2 record into its road game against the Spokane Chiefs (15-7-0-0).

The Royals are sixth in the con-ference, while the Seattle Thun-derbirds are seventh. The Thun-derbirds were 10-11-1-0 entering their home game against the Koo-tenay Ice, who also play out of the Eastern Conference.

While the Kamloops Blazers (19-5-0-1 as of Wednesday) were running away with the B.C. Divi-sion and led the conference, the Kelowna Rockets (12-8-1-1) are only six points ahead of the Cou-gars. The Rockets sit second in

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With 14 of the Cougars’ next 16 games against B.C. Division opposition, how they fare through the upcoming schedule will play a major role in where they stand entering the Jan. 10 trade dead-line.

“We’ve talked about this por-tion of our schedule knowing that we’ve got teams here that we need to be very competitive against,” Cougars head coach Dean Clark said on Wednesday.

Like the Cats, the Royals have struggled. They’re 3-7 in their last 10 games. Clark said they have a similar lineup to last season.

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Prince George Cougars forward Alex Forsberg gets tripped up by Regina Pats defenceman Luke Fenske during their Western Hockey League game on Tuesday evening at CN Centre. As a result of the play, Forsberg was awarded a penalty shot. Although he got stopped by Pats goalie Matt Hewitt on his attempt, the Cougars had the last laugh in a 4-3 shootout victory.

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Norm Goetken didn’t like the num-bers he saw in July.

“There were only four players signed up,” says the coach of the Spectrum Resource Group Peewee Female Cou-gars rep hockey team. “I got busy recruiting.”

He found a few more players locally, then remembered a spring team he had coached last year.

“I was looking for a goalie, and there was a good one in Fort St. James. Her dad said, ‘Are you needing other play-ers?’ and I just said, ‘Yeah’.”

He ended up with four players from Fort St. James, one from McBride and two from Williams Lake.

“The two from Williams Lake played for us last year as well,” Goetken says. “The girls from the Fort are really good at getting down here for our practice each week, but it’s just too far for them to come from McBride or Williams Lake.”

This is Goetken’s second year with the team, but he’s coached a lot of base-ball and hockey before.

“This is my first time with girls, and I find they’re a lot easier to coach. They listen better, they’re eager to learn, and they’re like sponges when it comes to taking things in.”

That makes not having his full team available for practices a bit frustrating.

“The girls are getting a lot of ice time in where they are, but we’re starting to work on things like breakout plays, where they need to be here to work with the rest of us.

Sophie Davis is 12 and the team’s captain. She’s one of the Fort St. James players.

“This is my second year with the team,” she says. “I’ve been playing hockey for about eight years. Until the

last couple of years, I played with the boys. I just wanted to try a girls team to see what it was like.”

A defenceman, Sophie says, “I like stopping people.”

Unfortunately, at the peewee level, body-checking is not allowed and the disappointment is clear in Sophie’s voice when she talks about that.

One of the other defencemen, Malena Pillipow, 11, also likes “stopping peo-ple”, but appreciates the lack of body-checking means you have to use other skills.

“You have to know how to skate back-wards so you can keep up with them.”

On the weekend, the team was in Burnaby to take part in the annual Hayley Wickenheiser Hockey Festival. Prince George got off to a good start, with a 5-2 win over the North Shore Avalanche.

The Cougars were up 2-1 going into the third and scored three times to put the game away. Cailen Saharchuk and Sophie Davis had a goal and an assist each to lead the attack.

Their second game saw the Cou-gars fall behind 3-0 after the first period to the Vancouver Angels. Davis got one of the goals back in the second and Jordan McMillian scored early in the third to make it 3-2 , but that was as close as they got.

The third game of the round-robin saw the Cougars play Meadow Ridge. Megan Goet-ken scored 14 seconds into the game to give Prince George a 1-0 lead, but Maple Ridge cap-tain Mykhaela Johnson scored three straight to give them a 3-1 lead. Paityn Weil scored with about four minutes left to pull the Cougars within one, but that was all.

After finishing third in

the round-robin, the Cougars played Meadow Ridge again in the semifinals. Saharchuk scored in the first period to give the Cougars the lead, and Davis and Malena Phillipow scored in the sec-ond to make it 3-0.

Meadow Ridge scored early in the third to make it 3-1 going into the last minute. With the goalie out, Meadow Ridge scored to make it 3-2, on a play where the Prince George net appeared to be off its moorings.

The Cougars iced the puck with 20 seconds left, setting up a faceoff in their end. After 19 seconds of frantic action, Meadow Ridge scored with one second left to tie the game and send it to a shootout.

The Cougars got the first goal in the shootout, but ended up losing 2-1 to lose the game 4-3.

Wickenheiser came down to talk with the team after the game to raise their spirits. The girls had earlier had a chance to meet her and NHL Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke. Some of the players also attended a practice with Wickenheiser.

Coach Norm Goetken explains a drill to members of the Spectrum Resource Group female peewee hockey team during a practice in Kin 3 last week.

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There were many creative ideas swirling around in her head, but local artist Laura Chandler had time to tap only a few.

The result is vividly coloured twin banners marching high along High-way 97, Central Street and up to the Hart. They show four species of wildlife: moose, bear, deer and fox – animals familiar to people living in the North.

“I feel a sense of pride when I drive down Central Street,” Chandler said Thursday, after passing by her moose and fox banners. And she should. Her creative ideas and hard work paid off.

“I was thrilled to be chosen. The Public Art Advisory wanted continu-ity of style and colour, so they selected one artist’s work.”

The paintings had to be ready for printing in three months.”

Chandler answered a Studio 2880 call for submissions.

“I was inspired to try to get four designs on the theme of Seasons and Prince George with a focus on cut-banks, animals, birds, and people,” she said.

“The banners have gotten lots of positive comments. It is my hope that people will be able to relate to them and enjoy seeing them.”

As she completed each design, Chandler said she met to consult with City Recreation coordinator Doug Hofstede. The first design was the moose, the last to be completed was the bear cub.

“The most difficult part for me was waiting for the printed banners to arrive because one can expect some colour differences. When they did arrive, I saw the colours were very rich and I like the 3-D look they have.”

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Photo submittedArtist and art educator Laura Chandler with one Cutbank Seasons piece she painted for the City of Prince George Highway Banners project.

The Prince George Barracudas held their Northern Medical Sprint Fall Invitational

swim meet at the Aquatic Centre on the weekend.

Eight different clubs participated, with the Barracudas finish-ing first in the event. Ninety-nine swimmers represented the host team, with 401 per-sonal best times set.

With 4,905.5 points, the Barracudas fin-ished well ahead of

second place Prince Rupert (1,625). Other participating teams were Williams Lake, Bulkley Valley (Smith-ers), Kitimat, Terrace, Chetwynd and the Quesnel Waveriders.

The Barracudas’ Hannah Esopenko set two club records in the girls’ 11- and 12-year-old division. In the 100m individual med-

ley, Esopenko clocked in at one minute and 14.14 seconds (1:14.14). The time passed a pre-vious club best time of 1:40.80 set by Danica Ludlow in 2008.

Esopenko also set a club record in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:20.23, top-ping the previous mark of 1:20.36 by Kelsey Chapman in 2002.

Jenna Korolek, Esopenko’s team-mate on the Barracu-das, became a first-time qualifier for the short-course provincial championships. She qualified in the 100m breaststroke.

The B.C. provincial short-course champi-onships are scheduled for Feb. 28 to March 3, 2013.

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berwolves weren’t pleased with how they finished their wom-en’s basketball game on Saturday evening.

In their 79-71 defeat to the UBC Okanagan Heat at the Northern Sport Centre, they were tied 69-69 with the visitors with only 2:15 remaining.

They know that, unless they build a substantial fourth quarter lead, a similar meltdown tonight at Lethbridge could lead to another loss. Satur-day’s setback snapped a three-game winning streak that pushed the Timberwolves over the .500 mark after a 0-2 start to their inau-gural Canada West season.

In their first regu-lation season action against Prairie Divi-sion opposition, the Timberwolves will try and get back on track against the Lethbridge Pronghorns, a battle of 3-3 teams. Lethbridge sits fourth in the Prai-rie Division, while UNBC is fifth in the

Pacific. Each division has eight teams.

Timberwolves head coach Loralyn Mor-doch said on Saturday evening that they’d have to work harder in practice.

“We’ve got to do a better job on individ-ual people defensively in practice so we get that confidence, and we got to continue to keep working on our half court sets,” she said. “When we get

those layup looks, we got to score them. Two missed layups down the stretch is not good, wide open layups.”

Fourth-year forward Jennifer Bruce pointed out that they defeated Lethbridge in the pre-season.

“I think if we play our game, we can win that one.”

The Timberwolves will face a stiffer chal-lenge on Saturday when they play the

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over the Heat on the weekend at the NSC.

“Lethbridge was a playoff team last year and Calgary is always a very good team as well. I haven’t looked too, too much at them,” Timberwolves head coach Todd Jor-dan said on Saturday night. “Calgary has got some very good athletes, and to be honest, I haven’t taken time to really look at the film too much, but

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UNBC Timberwolves guard Jennifer Bruce dribbles the ball around UBC Okanagan Heat defenders during their basketball game on Saturday evening.

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The Prince George Spruce Kings will be seeing a lot of the Coliseum over the next three weeks.

The B.C. Hockey League team begins a seven-game homestand tonight against the Surrey Eagles. The game is the first half of a dou-bleheader, with the teams playing against Saturday evening.

The Spruce Kings will see action on home ice for three weekends in a row. They don’t have another road game until Dec. 14 in Victoria.

Six of the next seven games are against divisional opponents. The homestand will also see the Spruce Kings play two-game sets against the Chilliwack Chiefs (Nov. 29 and 30) and Coquitlam Express (Dec. 8 and 9). The other contest is on Dec. 7 against the Island Division’s Cowichan Valley Capitals.

The next five games will begin at 7 p.m. The doubleheader against the Express will have start times of 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 8 and 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 9.

The Spruce Kings sport a record of 12 wins, seven losses, one tie and three overtime defeats (12-7-1-

3) after 23 games. With 28 points, they’re tied with Surrey (13-7-0-2) for second in the five-team Main-land Division. The Chiefs lead the division with a 16-5-1-1 mark, good for 34 points.

The fourth-place Express (11-11-1-0) and fifth-place Langley River-men (9-10-0-4) round out the divi-sion.

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There are many Canadian Traditions including: July 1 (Can-ada Day), Thanksgiv-ing, and, the Grey Cup.Sure there are many other prominent cus-tomary festivities, but the three aforemen-tioned traditions have a way of rallying all Canadians together r e g a r d -less if they live in a city such as Prince George or a province such as Prince Edward Island.

The Grey Cup is not just for football fans. It’s a party, a celebra-tion, a special event, yes a bash.

It’s also about the best of the West bat-tling the beasts of the East. Forget about counting calories, the last Sunday of Novem-ber is a day to indulge, watch the biggest TV screen possible and together with family-and/or friends, or qui-etly in one’s home put the feet up and relish the moment.

Whether one enjoys the CFL the Grey Cup is entertainment for the rich and poor, young and old, and healthy and ill.

This year there is added significance in that the Calgary vs. Toronto game in Toronto is the 100th Grey Cup.

Expect a game that will be determined in the last few minutes as each of the past 14 Grey Cup games have been decided by 12 points or less.

The good news for Saskatchewan Roughriders fans is they don’t have to endure the agony of seeing their team in this year’s CFL final. Amazingly enough Saskatchewan is 3-15 in Grey Cup games for a paltry .167 winning percentage.

Compare that to this year’s participants as Toronto is 15-6 and Calgary is 6-6.

The Riders though have arguably com-peted in the two great-est Grey Cup games ever. On the bright side, there was the Saskatchewan 43-40 victory over Hamil-ton in 1989, the high-est scoring GC ever that ended on a Dave Ridgway field goal. On the sombre side, just three years ago, the 13th man game reared its ugly head. Mon-treal beat the Riders

28-27 in 2009 on a last play 33-yard Damon Duval field goal. Duval appeared to be the goat after missing his first attempt, but was given a second chance because Saskatchewan had 13 players on the field.

That remarkable game was seen by 6.1

m i l l i o n Canadian v i e w e r s , making it the most-w a t c h e d telecast in C a n a d a

for the year. How many other times occur when one in five Canadians are glued to the tube riveting with such emotion and passion?Fifty years ago, the unforgettable Fog Bowl Grey Cup game was played in Toronto. It started December 1, was halted due to fog in the fourth quarter and resumed Decem-ber 2 with Winnipeg holding on for a 28-27 victory over Hamil-ton.

The B.C. Lions had an unforgettable vic-tory in the 1994 Grey Cup game defeating the Baltimore Stallions 26-23 in Vancouver on

a Lui Passaglia last-second field goal. It was the first time a US-based club would vie for the trophy. For that one day, the Lions became Canada’s team and fans throughout the nation took pride in ousting the Ameri-cans.

These kinds of games are classic moments that are part of Canadian cul-ture and heritage. We need more of them.The Stamps and Argos have met twice before in the Grey Cup. Cal-gary won in 1971 thanks to the infamous Leon McQuay late game fumble that preserved the Stampeders 14-11 victory in Vancouver. Twenty years later, in the first Grey Cup held in Winnipeg (tem-perature -16), it was Toronto, led by Rocket Ismail, winning 36-21 over Wally Buono’s Stampeders. Ismail had an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown which remains the lon-gest kickoff return in Grey Cup history.

Will this year’s Stam-peders/Argos match-up live up to the hype? Probably not, but come Sunday, Canadians

from all walks of life will attempt to ignore their hardships, have fun and band together focusing on the event. And naturally, on the next day around all the water coolers in thousands of offices around the country, millions of Canadians will become experts and turn into Monday

morning quarterbacks. Isn’t that the nature of the game?Oh, by the way, since you must know, I am forecasting a Stam-

peders victory by 10 points.

Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio stations 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also

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PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE

FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

Our People make a difference in the community

The Prince George Native Friendship Centre, a visionary non-profit 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:

Aboriginal Child and Youth Wellness Program:

Youth Liaison Worker – Term

Closing date: November 26, 2012 at 4 pm

Youth Services Programs:

Snow Board Coach – Part Time

Closing date: November 26, 2012 at 4 pm

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

To apply, submit a resume, cover letter and three (3) references detailing which position you are applying for, to:

Prince George Native Friendship Centre 1600 Third Avenue Prince George, BC V2L 3G6 Fax: (250) 563-0924 E-mail: [email protected]

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

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUSDo you think you may have a problem with Alcohol? Alcohol Anonymous, Box 1257, Prince George, BC V2L 4V5Call 250-564-7550

NECHAKO RIVER FLOW FACTS 21 November 2012

Reservoir Elevation: 852.04 m (2795.42ft)SLS Discharge: 39.86 m3/s

Due to ice conditions river fl ow data will not be available until the spring. For more information please call Rio Tinto Alcan at 250-567-5105. A recording of Flow Facts is available 24-hours in Vanderhoof at 567-5812

Employment

Career Opportunities

ASSISTANT Manager for Creston Warehouse facility In-dividual with strong work ethic to join fast paced environment. 5-8 yrs logistics/warehousing exp; Min. 5 yrs mgmt exp. For full ad please see online clas-sifi eds. Please submit applica-tion to: [email protected].

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

Lakes District MaintenanceLtd. is looking for anAREA MANAGER

in McBride, B.C.

You will be responsible for a small road maintenance crew for the highways and public roads around McBride. High-ways maintenance experience and management experience are an asset.

Apply in person at the Burns Lake or Tête Jaune

Cache Offi ces, or to [email protected]

or fax to 250-692-3930

For more details on this posting and more, please

visit: www.ldmltd.ca/careers


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Looking for an experienced Super B driver. Responsible, hardworking, family man want-ed. Interested call 250-649-9995 or fax 250-614-1344

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Forestry TechnicianNass Area Enterprises Ltd is inviting

applications for the full-time positionof Foresty Technician.

Is looking to fi ll the following positions:

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ELECTRICIANSRecruiting journeyman and apprentice electricians for contracts throughout BC. Industrial experience an asset. Clean Drivers Abstract and Drug/Alcohol

Test are essential. We off er competitive rates, company paid

benefi t package and a RRSP plan.

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Van-Kam Freightways’ Group of Companies requires Owner Operators for runs out of our Prince George Terminal. W ff ll t t Wi t / M t i

Hauling Freight for Friends for Over 60 YearsEstablished 1947

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PRINCE GEORGE

Van Kam’s Group of Companies requires Owner Operators to be based at our Prince George Terminal for runs throughout B.C. and Alberta.Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving experience/training.We offer above average rates and excellent employee benefits.To join our team of Professional drivers, call Bev, 604-968-5488 or email a resume, current driver’s abstract and details of truck to:

[email protected] or fax 604-587-9889Van-Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Established 1947Hauling Freight for Friends for 65 Years

We thank you for your interest in Van-Kam, however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

OWNER OPERATORS REQUIRED$2500 SIGNING BONUS

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Please drop off, fax or email resume to:1645 Spruce StreetPrince George, BCV2L 2R3Ph: 250-562-7311Fax: 250-562-7312email:[email protected]

East Indian Cooks WantedNijjer Food Ltd. dba Dana Mandi & Indian Restaurant a full service Indian restaurant located at 2095 - 5th Ave, Prince George, B.C. needs (4) Full time, permanent, ethnic Cooks specializing in Indian Cuisines and (1) sweet maker (Mithai). Job duties include menu design and planning, back cooking for banquets, special religious and commu-nity events, labour & food cost control, shift supervision and training of employees. Also re-sponsible for preparing orders for out of town deliveries. Mini-mum 3 years of experience. Knowledge of Hindi or Punjabi an asset. Salary $ 18/hr. Email resume to [email protected].

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Help WantedAn Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.


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Help WantedNorth Valley Gymnastics So-ciety is seeking • Certifi ed Full or Part-Time Gymnastics Coaches • Full or part-time Manager for our new gym (prefer certifi ed coach). Please email your resume to: [email protected] FAX it to: 1 250 545 4793 or CALL: 1 250 545 0516

Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be will-ing to relocate to Edson, Al-berta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430


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Professional/Management

KURT LeRoy Trucking Ltd., of Campbell River is expriencing a 50% growth of new capital expan-sion over the next year with a new division on the mainland. We need a Highly Motivated exprienced CGA to complete monthly cost account-ing for each divsion.Payroll of 38-45 employee’s.Subcontractors will vary. Excellent salary and bene-fi ts.Please,e-mail resume’s with driver’s abstract to [email protected] or fax to 250-287-9914.


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Work WantedSeeking baker-breakfast cook position with small family catering fi rm. I have 30 yrs exp plus any certifi -cates needed. Also, I am able to adjust to any circum-stances & time frame. I am available immediately & can cover all my own expenses. As well, I have a university education. Pls contact me at:250-301-1202 ASK FOR COLIN or email [email protected]

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

RE: the estate of JOHN DONALD FERGUSON also known asDONALD FERGUSON, also known as DON FERGUSON, Deceased,

formerly of 4570 Knoedler Road, Prince George, British Columbia, V2K 5V7

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of JOHN DONALD FERGUSONalso known as DONALD FERGUSON, also known as DON FERGUSON are hereby noti- ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that full particulars of their claims should be sent

to the Executor at #4708 Hamer Avenue, Terrace, British Columbia, V8G 2E3 on or before January 15, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard only to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

DAVID GEORGE MCNEICE, ExecutorTRAXLER HAINES, Solicitors

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

RE: the estate of EMILIO MILAN ZIVEC also known asMILAN E. ZIVEC, also known as MILAN ZIVEC, also known as

MIKE ZIVEC, also known as EMILIJO ZIVEC, Deceased,formerly of #20 - 1000 Inverness Road, Prince George, British Columbia, V2K 4V1

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of EMILIO MILAN ZIVEC also known as MILAN E. ZIVEC, also known as MILAN ZIVEC, also known as MIKE ZIVEC, also known as EMILIJO ZIVEC are hereby noti ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that full particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor at #13 - 151 Columbia Street, McBride, British Columbia, V0J 2E0, on or before January 15, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard only to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

ROSS JAMES PARTINGTON, ExecutorTRAXLER HAINES, Solicitors

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TownhousesFor Sale, no down payment, townhouse in gateway, 3 bdrm 1.5 bath appl incl. You assume mortgage $70,535 and paylegals. Pmt $448.34/mo incl taxes. Strata $127.31/mo. Seller will rebate $1000 upon completion. Call 250-649-5491 after 6pm. [email protected]

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Apt/Condo for RentBach $450, 1 bdrm $570,

heat, h/w incl., 1601 Queensway;

250-596-4275 250-612-7199

Carriage Lane Estates

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Pet friendly, 1 bdrm suites, in-cludes utilities, $375 - $675 Senior discount. PH (250)649-8439 or 1 (604)510-3252

SUMMIT APTS2666 Upland Street

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water, appliances, drapes and parking. Quiet, no pets

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

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Homes for Rent2459 DEVONSHIRE CRES. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large sunken family room, water utilities, dishwasher, fridge, stove, washer, dryer, fenced, carport, near Pine Centre Mall, $1,300 plus utilities, referenc-es, no smoking, no pets, available immediately (250) 564-5556.

Suites, Upper3 bdrm Heritage area, all ma-jor appl inc, Shared laundry, $1350 inc utilities. Close to school & bus Ph 250-614-9675

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Cars - Sports & Imports

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Off Road Vehicles 2010 Polaris 550 Sportsman ATV

511 kms. Only been on gravel logging roads.

When purchased $11,500.00 plus $500 in after market items (Warn winch, windshield, mir-rors, camo saddle and rear bags, gun boot and holder plus cover. Asking $8500

Serious inquiries only. 250-562-3747

ATV’S, UTV’s, Dirt Bikes & Buggies. Kamloops Cartsplus.www.cartsplusbc.com 1-888-371-3946. [email protected]

SnowmobilesYamaha Bravo drive belt,

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