January 11, 2012

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A second candidate running for lead-ership of the federal NDP’s made a stop in Prince George Monday and took some time to meet with party members while in the city.

Thomas Mulcair has family ties to the city and said his aunt, who is also his godmother, has been encouraging him to visit for years. Monique Wyse, his mother’s sister, is a local artist with tapestries hanging at venues like the Inn of the North.

“I do have family here. My mother’s sister and grandmother and a couple of cousins grew up here. This is my first visit,” he said.

He added B.C. plays an important role in the leadership race since many party members call the province home.

“It’s very important to visit cities outside of the main centres,” he said. “B.C. has the largest membership in the NDP, and it’s important to meet party members and talk to them, and mostly listen.”

Local party members remain con-cerned about the export of raw logs and

Mulcair likened the issue to the export of other raw resources like bitumen and fish. Adding value to products in Canada before exporting them would enrich the country, he said, and is an important step forward.

He called the Enbridge pipeline proj-ect an incredible mistake and said he doubts it will ever see the light of day, especially considering First Nations people are, generally, against it.

“First Nations people are opposed, and the federal government said they


The core review of city services will cost up to $350,000 and take until early fall to complete.

The review will be two-part, looking at core services and evaluating efficiencies as well as looking at revenue evaluation.

City manager Derek Bates, who was asked to bring back information on how to proceed with a core review, suggested one of the first things council do is establish a select committee con-sisting of three council members and the mayor. The select committee will come up with terms of reference and a proposed work plan and bring it back to council for approval. According to a timeline he put together, those documents should be available for approval at the Jan. 23 council meeting. In February bidding will start as council looks for someone to undertake the review. A contract should be awarded by mid-March to the end of March and the review will likely take from April to August to complete, with the results available by September.

Coun. Lyn Hall said he had concerns about both the timeline and the money involved.

“If there is an opportunity to start earlier and we can get the report back by July or August, then we can have that information available when we move into budget discussions next fall,” he said.

He added he hoped the $350,000 contin-gency budget was more than what was actually required, and said he had hoped the review would cost more in the $200,000 to $250,000 range.

Bates said five months was probably the mini-mum amount of time it would take to complete the review, and said if the select committee decided to reduce the scope of portions of the review, that would reduce costs.

Coun. Brian Skakun asked if the review would look at current capital projects and if any of those

Reviewprice tag$350K

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Senior dies from injuriesForty-nine-year-old man facing charges following Saturday fire

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An 85-year-old man injured in a house fire on Merritt Road Saturday has died.

The victim was a prominent member of the Sikh commu-nity in Prince George, although this is not believed to be a factor that led to the fire.

Police have not released his name, but it has been reported the deceased is Jagdev Singh Jawanda.

A 49-year-old tenant of the house, Frank William Marion, has been charged with arson and more charges are pending

now that the victim has died.Police say Marion has a “significant history” with them.The Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit is continu-

ing with the investigation.If you have any information about this investigation,

please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-TIPS (8477), online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca, or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES using keyword “pgtips”.

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must be consulted,”he said.He added the damage done

decades ago during the Exxon Valdez oil spill along the coast of Alaska continues to cause issues to this day, and other ways which don’t pose such a threat to the environment must be found to go forward.

Mulcair said the other seven candidates running for the posi-tion are formidable colleagues, and when they all come together as a team, they are unbeatable.

Replacing Jack Layton, how-ever, will be no easy task.

“Over the past five years I have worked tirelessly shoulder-to-shoulder with Jack,” he said, and added that work must continue.

What sets him apart from the other front-runners, he believes,

is his experience.“The biggest difference is I

have senior government experi-ence,” he said.

Mulcair was the Quebec Minis-ter of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks from 2003 until 2006, in the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest. Elected MP for Outre-mont in a by-election in 2007, he was named Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party, jointly with Libby Davies. On May 26, 2011 he was named the New Democratic Party’s Opposition House Leader.

The party, he added, must reach out to First Nations groups, other ethnic minorities and young peo-ple, and go beyond the tradi-tional party base for support.

Mulcair’s next stop is Kam-loops, then he is off to Vancou-ver.

might be capped or put on hold, however 2012 projects are already underway and won’t be affected by the review. Bates added these projects are relatively modest.

Coun. Albert Koehler asked if the cost of the review was in line with what other com-munities have paid. Bates said the cost is very dependent on the scope, and other cities have spent anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million on a review.

Coun. Frank Everitt suggested the money be scaled back and the timeline be shortened.

“The $350,000 seems like a lot,” said Coun. Garth Frizzell, who suggested $120,000 seems more in line.

He added $350,000 is a higher percentage than what should be spent from the city bud-get on a review.

Mayor Shari Green said she was surprised by the amount a review would cost when she was first given the report as well, however when she considered the result of the invest-ment, she thought it would be worth it.

Council approved appointing a select com-mittee and the job it would do, however opin-ions continued to differ when it came time to approve the amount to be set aside for the contingency fund.

Frizzell forwarded a motion to amend the amount to $120,000, but it failed when no one seconded it. Everitt forwarded a simi-lar motion that the amount be amended to $250,000, which was seconded then defeated when only Frizzell, Everitt and Hall voted in favour of it.

Coun. Dave Wilbur said he cannot use his

background to second guess the work done by Bates. Green added it was not an arbitrary number put forward by Bates, but one he came to after completing the investigation council asked him to do.

The motion to approve a $350,000 contin-gency fund was put forward and passed.

Frizzell requested that the select commit-tee make all expenditures from that budget public.

The select committee will consist of Green and councillors Everitt, Koehler and Cameron Stolz.

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Monique Wyse visits her god-son, Thomas Mulcair who not only met with family during his time in Prince George, but NDP party members as well. Mulcair, deptuty minister for the party, is one of the eight people running for the leader’s position.DeLynda PILON/Free Press

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Much concern has been expressed by everyone from elected leaders to industry representatives about a skilled l a b o u r shortage on the horizon, particularly in northern B.C.

In the P r i n c e G e o r g e r e g i o n alone, it is p ro j e c t e d that more than 3,000 skilled trades jobs will need to be filled by 2020.

Kevin Evans, CEO of the Industry Training Authority, understands the challenges pre-sented and will be dis-cussing how to ensure B.C. has the ability to meet those needs dur-ing two presentations in the city, the first on Wednesday at the Sand-man during a chamber

of commerce luncheon and then on Thursday at noon at the Natural Resource forum at the Civic Centre.

“We hope we can avoid a skilled labour shortages,” Evans said.

“There is no ques-tion we are going to be under a lot of pres-sure.”

W i t h $2.9 mil-lion in c a p i t a l p r o j e c t s underway and $6.2 billion of

activity in the prov-ince in the next five years, Evans said it is time to take a proactive rather than a reactive approach.

“It’s time to invest right now,” he said. “It’s really a three- to four-year training cycle.”

Industry, he said, needs to take the lead and begin by creating more apprenticeship

programs. The busi-ness case encouraging employers is that for every dollar invested in an apprentice, $1.47 is earned.

“If we are serious in building a legacy of a highly skilled local work force, this is the time to do that,” he said. “The employer must take the lead.”

A p p r e n t i c e s h i p training allows a stu-dent to have a job while learning and honing skills. There will be no looming student loan to repay. As you earn while you learn, the employer has the opportunity to get to know the student over time and build a rela-tionship with him or her. About 80 per cent of the skills an appren-tice needs to learn is done on the job. The other 20 per cent is usually completed at a local community col-lege.

The ITA consistently monitors the number of seats available at colleges and compares

that number to waiting lists to ensure needs are being met, so if employers get involved in offering more appren-ticeships and there is a greater need for the voca-tional train-ing, more resources are made avail-able.

Evans said high school s t u d e n t s , A b o r i g i n a l youth and women need to under-stand a career in trades is a viable option.

Right now they are working with the Prince George Aboriginal train-ing society to ensure Aboriginal people have full access to skills training. Sometimes this means an entry-level program that allows them to prepare for a trades apprentice-ship.

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Vo l a t i l i t y in trades jobs which led to u n e m p l o y -ment in pre-vious years caused some parents to be leery of hav-ing their chil-dren pursue the trades, but now the pro-jections are positive, and the attitudes of parents are changing as well.

“There is a really bright horizon out there,” he said. “These are not career choices for those who couldn’t get into university. They offer well-pay-ing, family-supporting jobs.”

Currently, Evans said, women in trades are usually holding a spot in the service industry, but that is changing as well.

“There are a number of female pioneers in the construction and electrical trades, and they’re doing fantas-tic work. We need to understand some of the barriers to women in trades and develop options so women will see trades as a viable career path as well.”

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The city will not contribute $8,000 to support the Canadian Home Builders’ Association of Northern B.C. as it goes forward with its annual home show.

This year the home show will include an energy fair, and a delegation of CHBA members visited council and requested $8,000 in support of the event, money

organization members said would be spent to market the event more aggres-sively.

Gordon Bliss with CHBA said the home show has been a success for 35 years in the city, bringing about 14,000 visitors last year. Since green is the new future, he said, including the energy fair is a natural fit. Speakers will be on hand to explain the benefits of a variety of devices to home-owners, and the benefits will be

far-ranging and will likely bring money into locally owned businesses.

“Contributing $8,000 would basically mean waiving the fee for the Kin Cen-tre,” Coun. Cameron Stolz pointed out. “I don’t see how we can fit this into our budget.”

Coun. Dave Wilbur added the city is in the midst of organizing a core review which will not only look for efficiencies but also ways to generate more revenue,

not less.“It doesn’t seem to fit where we are

going,” he said.Coun. Lyn Hall suggested the group

discuss funding with Initiatives Prince George.

“It’s a great event,” Mayor Shari Green said, adding she’s attended it several times. “It’s tough to say no but people in the community are going to be hearing that a lot from this council.”


Home show won’t get help from city council

A pilot project allowing liquor sales at the CN Centre has been approved by council, and could be ready to begin in two months.

Andy Beesley, manager of the CN Centre and community are-nas, was on hand at Monday’s council meeting to discuss how the project would proceed and answer any questions council-lors had for him before making their decision on whether or not to approve the project.

The hope is the expanded liquor sales will improve the revenue stream at the centre, however Coun. Garth Frizzell said he doesn’t think the money earned will be as much as hoped considering the cost of upgrad-ing security.

He said the culture of drinking is falling and any revenue made is likely to be eaten up by extra security measures, plus the CN Centre is a venue most people drive to.

“We shouldn’t be encouraging people to drink before they get into a car. We shouldn’t normal-

ize drinking.”He added they can target 25 to

40-year-old men without selling beer.

Another issue is extreme drink-ing, he said. Many people are getting drunk faster by mixing alcohol with energy drinks, and he said it’s pretty hard to deter-mine whether or not someone has had an energy drink before you serve him or her.

Coun. Cameron Stolz said the issue was challenging and asked what security measures are being taken while the project is in place.

Signs, education, a phone in the lobby, a ‘jerk alert’ text option and close to zero toler-ance for poor behaviour mixed with drinking are just some of the steps Beesley mentioned.

Entire sections of the centre will remain alcohol free, he added, so patrons who don’t want to be around alcohol can be served.

Stolz also asked what the result of surveys asking about enhanced drinking at the cen-tre showed. He was informed 73 per cent of those surveyed were in favour, falling in the range of strongly in favour to no

objection. Those opposed, how-ever, were generally strongly opposed.

Coun. Dave Wilbur said he felt the pilot project should go forward because of the support the idea received and pointed out most centres like the one in Prince George already serve alcohol at functions.

Mayor Shari Green added that, if opinion changes or problems ensue because of the pilot proj-ect, it can be cancelled.

Council voted in support of going forward with the pilot project with Frizzell opposed.

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Several firearms believed to be sto-len, likely during a rash of rural break and enters where thieves targeted guns, were recovered when a search warrant was executed on the 2000 block of Quince Street Jan. 7.

Of the seven people in the home, two men, ages 26 and 20, a 19-year-old woman and a 16-year-old female were taken into custody. A 27-year-old man at the house was arrested on an out-standing warrant and a woman and two-year-old child were released.

Eight firearms were recovered, and several of them were loaded and easily accessible. Investigators are attempt-ing to locate the owners of the guns.

Seven ounces of marijuana were also located (enough to roll about 600 joints) as well as trafficking materials.

All four of those arrested were released with conditions on a prom-ise to appear for court on March 7. Charges of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of traffick-ing, possession of property obtained by crime and multiple firearms offences are being recommended by police to crown counsel.

Police say the investigation into a fifth person currently in custody at the Prince George Regional Correction Centre is continuing.

Though they will not confirm it,

it is likely that person is Jamie Hal Hammerstrom, a 33-year-old Prince George man who was arrested Dec. 23 walking in the 20th Avenue and Quince Street area.

Hammerstrom spent that morn-ing evading police in the Blackburn area, driving a stolen pick-up truck that was spotted by a resident who believed the occupants were acting in a suspicious manner. Hammerstrom tried to hide his face from an officer who recognized him and fled from officers twice, once evading a spike belt and once forcing an officer to drive his vehicle off the road in order to avoid the truck Hammerstrom was driving.

Police described him as a person of interest in relation to a string of rural break and enters targeting firearms. They charged him with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, posses-sion of property obtained by crime over $5,000, flight from police and breach of recognizance. He is sched-uled to appear in court on Jan. 20.

Hammerstrom was already facing charges stemming from a home inva-sion last year on the 2100 block of Nor-wood Street. Those charges include sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon, attempted robbery, break and enter and uttering threats.

Four arrested after firearms seizure on Quince Street

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RCMP believe the above weapons, seized from an address on Quince Street, are stolen and are attempting to locate the owners.

Break-in suspect arrested

A local man police describe as a person of interest relating to a string of rural break and enters target-ing firearms, and who is facing charges stemming from a home invasion in the city in October, was arrested by police Dec. 23 after an officer recog-nized him as the driver of a stolen vehicle they were pursuing.

Police were called about 10:30 a.m. about a sus-picious vehicle in the Blackburn Road area. Two young men were driving a newer GMC pick-up with veteran plates. One of the men was confronted by a resident when he was seen peering through a window.

Members of the crime reduction team attended the area and observed the pick-up turning off of Graves Road onto Highway 16, heading towards the city. The truck accelerated to a high rate of speed then turned left, heading south on Boeing Road.

Both the occupants and the truck were located at a gas station on Boeing Road a few minutes later. Police computer checks of the vehicle found it was stolen on Dec. 10 from a home on the 1700 block of Maple Street.

Although the driver tried to hide his face, and later tried to cover it with a bandana, an officer on scene positively identified the driver as Jamie Hal Hammerstrom. The driver then fled the scene in the truck.

Just before 5 p.m. the same day, Hammerstrom was arrested without incident while walking along Quince Street, near 20th Avenue. Just before 7 p.m., the 26-year-old 150 Mile House resident thought to be the passenger in the truck was also arrested then released with a promise to appear for court at a later date. The stolen truck was recovered the next day.

Hammerstrom, a 33-year-old Prince George man, was charged for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, flight from police and breach of recog-nizance. He is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 20.

The previous charges stemming from what was described as a targeted home invasion on the 2100 block of Norwood Street include sexual assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon, attempted robbery, break and enter and uttering threats.

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Growth in the number of part-time jobs (+1.6 per cent) was the main reason for the overall increase, with full-time employment increasing only marginally (+0.1 per cent) compared to the previous month.

Pipeline PollA poll commissioned by Enbridge Inc. has found that most B.C. residents are not familiar with the proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. north coast, but many of those who are support the idea.In the Ipsos-Reid online survey of 1,000 B.C. residents in mid-December, four out of 10 respondents described themselves as “very familiar or “somewhat familiar” with the proposal build a twinned pipeline that would carry crude from Alberta’s oil sands to a new tanker port at Kitimat. Of those who were familiar with the project, 48 per cent supported it while 32 per cent said they are opposed.

Pipeline WoesA new report released by the Living Oceans Society, Pembina Institute and the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) discusses the risks associated with transporting tar sands oil through Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.The report entitled ‘Pipeline and tanker trouble’ was written by Danielle Droitsch, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz and Anthony Swift from the NRDC as well as Nathan Lemphers, senior policy analyst at the Pembina Institute, and Katie Terhune, energy campaign manager at the Living Oceans Society. The report documents the risks that transporting diluted bitumen poses to communities along the pipeline and tanker paths, to salmon-bearing rivers and to coastal ecosystems, including the Great Bear Rainforest.

Pipeline HearingsThe Joint Review Panel that is holding hearings into the Enbridge Northern Gateway project says there may not be eight days of hearings in Prince Rupert as originally scheduled.The panel was to be in Prince Rupert from February 16-24, with no hearing scheduled for February 19, but a panel spokesperson said some of the intervenors scheduled to speak in Prince Rupert have requested a visit to their community instead of solely focusing on Prince Rupert.

Aboriginal Business and Investment CouncilEllis Ross has been named chairman of the new Aboriginal Business and Investment Council. And as chairman, the Haisla Nation chief councillor will also sit on the BC Jobs and Investment Board, serving as a link between the two bodies.Ross is a former federal Fisheries employee who has also run a log-salvage business and worked in the charter-boat industry. The Aboriginal Business and Investment Council will work with aboriginal communities and the private sector to make recommendations to government on strategies to improve aboriginal peoples’ participation in the economy, identify successful investment models between aboriginals and the private sector, foster economic development in aboriginal communities, and increase overall investment in the province.

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In Provincial Court in Prince George on Dec. 8:

David G. Gerow was found guilty of oper-ating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fined $1,000, assessed a vic-tim surcharge of $150 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Michael B. Toulouse was found guilty of assault and theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sen-tenced to 12 days in jail, placed on proba-tion for 12 months and prohibited from pos-sessing firearms for five years.

Dale A. West was found guilty of posses-sion of stolen property with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to one day in jail.

Theo Wrona was found guilty of fail-ing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to six days in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Dec. 9:

Cody J. Davis was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to one day in jail.

Jonathon C. John-son was found guilty of theft of property

with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to six months in jail and placed on probation for 12 months. Johnson was also found guilty of three more counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to seven months in jail and placed on probation for 12 months. Johnson was also found guilty of assault, sentenced to four months in jail and placed on probation for 12 months. Johnson was also found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to 30 days in jail and placed on pro-bation for 12 months. Johnson was also found guilty of a sec-ond count of failing to

comply with a proba-tion order, sentenced to 60 days in jail and placed on probation for 12 months. Johnson was also found guilty of uttering threats and a third count of fail-ing to comply with a probation order, sen-tenced to 90 days in jail and placed on pro-bation for 12 months.

Robert J. Orache-ski was found guilty of break and enter, sentenced to jail time credited of three months, given a con-ditional sentence of six months, assessed a victim surcharge of $50, placed on proba-tion for three years and prohibited from possessing firearms for five years. Oracheski was also found guilty of mischief, sentenced to jail time credited of three months, given a conditional sentence of six months, assessed a

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The passenger bus service that the North-ern Health Authority uses to take patients for out-of-town non-emergency appoint-ments has seen another year of increased rid-ership.

Reina Pharness, the regional manager of external business contracts for North-ern Health, said that ridership on Northern Health Connections, overall, has gone up 14 per cent.

She said that the Prince Rupert to Prince George route saw 3,947 riders in 2011. The Burns Lake to Terrace route saw 336 riders.

The bus from Burns Lake to Terrace runs once a week, while the Prince Rupert to Prince George route runs three times a week.

The bus also takes riders from the north to the Lower Mainland and Vancouver.

The increase in rider-ship, suggested Phar-

ness, is that knowl-edge about the service is growing.

“The people that use it then go on to tell to tell their friends,” she said. “People are becoming more famil-iar with the service.”

Most stops for the bus are at a hospital or health centre. Outside of the Northern Health region, the bus will stop for breaks at gas stations and rest stops where Interior Health patients are able to join the ride.

She said that the Connections service is a unique service. Interior Health does have agreements with BC Transit, she said, but the service isn’t as comprehensive as the service Northern Health offers.

Information on the Connections schedule can be found online at northernhealth.c a / n h c o n n e c t i o n s or through phone at 1-888-647-4997.

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Talk about inappropriate.Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s

comments about the regulatory process for major industrial projects, on the eve of public hearing beginning for Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipe-line project, are simply inappropriate.

There is legitimacy to his comments, published in a letter to the National Post, that the process is cumbersome. The review processes can, at times, take years, if not decades. There is legitimacy in wanting to streamline the process.

That, however, is the only legitimate item that Oliver penned.

After complaining about the review process, he went on to write: “Unfortunately, there are environ-mental and other radical groups that would seek to block this opportunity to diversify our trade. Their goal is to stop any major project, no matter what the cost to Canadian families in lost jobs and economic growth. No forestry. No mining. No oil. No gas. No more hydroelectric dams.”

He doesn’t name any of these groups, lest some of them actually have a legitimate reason for being. It’s much easier to tar everyone who opposes the pipe-line as subversive … and that would include most of the First Nations communities along the route.

He comments, and rightly so, that we need to diversify our economy (this project would certainly help to do that) and that we need to embrace more foreign markets to do so. He is right on that mark again.

“As a country, we must seek new markets for our products and services and the booming Asia-Pacific economies have shown great interest in our

oil, gas, metals and minerals,” he writes. “For our government, the choice is clear: we need to diversify our markets in order to create jobs and economic growth for Canadians across this country. We must expand our trade with the fast growing Asian economies. We know that increasing trade will help

ensure the financial security of Canadians and their families.”

But then Oliver descends into idiocy.“They use funding from foreign special-

interest groups to undermine Canada’s national economic interest,” he wrote. “They attract jet-setting celebrities with

some of the largest personal carbon footprints in the world to lecture Canadians not to develop our natu-ral resources.”

Does he not see his own glaring hypocrisy? It is asinine to suggest that we need to expand trade with markets around the world, but then believe that we can somehow insulate ourselves from global interests who do not share the same point of view.

What Oliver has really done is taint the Joint Review Panel process for the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Whether you agree with the pipeline or oppose it, the independent, and supposedly un-biased, process of deciding whether to approve it has been tainted with political interference. Oliver has shown why politicians should not be involved in these types of processes.

And, ironically, his comments only serve to inflame those who oppose the pipeline will, undoubtedly increase their efforts in opposition.

Backing out of our Kyoto commitments was just the first step for the new Canadian government as it now has stated, very clearly, that it is going to war with global environmental groups.

VICTORIA – How is B.C.’s economy doing?This question occupies a great deal of time in our political debate.

But since that debate is mostly an exercise in selecting facts and passing blame back and forth, it’s difficult to tell.

Former premier Gordon Campbell set out to change that in 2001 with the establishment of the B.C. Progress Board. Independent directors established six “core targets,” environmental, health and social indica-tors as well as economic measures, and tracked them annually with comparisons to other provinces.

This created a 10-year database that doesn’t exist anywhere else. But it hasn’t exactly been flattering, a sign that it has been kept free of political interference.

Premier Christy Clark’s recent decision to replace the Progress Board has sparked another round of political blame-storming. The NDP oppo-sition was accustomed to jumping on the annual rankings and trumpet-ing the ones that cast the B.C. Liberals in a bad light. Predictably, they portrayed the remake of the board as an effort to sweep embarrassing results under the rug.

Media often focus on the political horse race rather than details of dull old policy. When the board’s annual reports came out, they typically covered the political fight and glossed over the findings.

The key flaw with the Progress Board turned out to be its emphasis on provincial rankings. B.C. ranked first for the entire 10 years in health and environmental conditions, and near the bottom in a complex measure of “social condition” that was often oversimplified as poverty.

In most measures, including economic ones, the rankings barely changed in a decade.

In his final report, board chair Gerry Martin noted that B.C.’s improvements in economic output and income were significant, but didn’t move them up the rankings because other provinces had similar success. Big recoveries in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland meant that B.C. sometimes slipped in the relative rankings despite major gains.

Martin noted that on crime, “initial performance was so poor that B.C.’s best-in-country improvements over several years were needed just to move B.C. to about average.” (There’s an example of how inde-pendent this board has been.)

Crime is part of the board’s “Social Condition Index,” along with low-birth-weight babies and long-term unemployment. This has been a favourite of opposition critics, because B.C. started low and slipped lower.

But they won’t tell you the whole story, through the NDP 1990s as well as the B.C. Liberal 2000s:

“B.C. ranked sixth in the Social Condition Index in 1990, improved to third in 1993, but deteriorated through the rest of the 1990s and into the next decade such that it sank to last place for 2001 and 2002,” the final report says.

“Improvements between 2002 and 2007 saw B.C. reach fifth place in 2006 and 2007, but rank changes on low birth weights and long-term unemployment brought B.C. to seventh in 2008 and ninth in 2009.”

Does this mean the NDP government of the 1990s did a bad job, or that the B.C. Liberals did better and then screwed up? It could be spun that way, but there are external factors involved.

The B.C. Progress Board didn’t just do rankings. Its policy sugges-tions were implemented in regulatory reform, energy self-sufficiency, creating community courts and UBC Okanagan, and proceeding with the Site C dam.

Martin notes that the successor organization, the Jobs and Investment Board, will carry on the performance monitoring and “hold govern-ment’s feet to the fire,” in particular on its ability to attract investment.

It’s time to stop arguing about the level of poverty and find new ways to alleviate it.

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It still doesn’t feel right to be driving through Prince George in early January and be spending more time watching for big puddles than for ice patches.

Shall we amble? • Last year the NHL

came up with a new way to set up its All-Star Game. Pick two captains and let them pick from the pool of players, with limits set on how many forwards, defencemen and goalies they could take.

It’s a neat idea, taking the game back to its roots of choosing up sides at the out-

door skating rink.Of course, it also makes the game even

less of a hockey game than it has been in the past. That’s because there is no guarantee players from the same team in the regular season will end up on the same team in the All-Star Game.

The fan balloting was completed recently, and four Ottawa Senators were chosen to be in the starting lineups. What a coincidence, given that the game is in Ottawa. I also notice all six of the players voted in are from the Eastern Conference – but I’m sure that’s just another coinci-dence.

What it means, though, is that at some point in the game you’ll have one of the Ottawa forwards coming down the ice against a teammate, and somehow I don’t think you’re going to see the defenceman try too hard to stop the forward from going to the net.

After all, the game has no meaning, and there’s no way you’re going to do anything which could hurt your real team’s chances by possibly injuring a teammate, even with an innocent hit.

Just one more reason why the only All-Star event which truly deserves to be called a “game” is the baseball one.

• There are times when I really won-

der if Darwin knew what he was talking about with survival of the fittest.

I saw a couple of pedestrians last week who left me wondering how long a human being can exist without (appar-ently) having a brain.

In each case, they had decided there was too much snow or slush on the side-walk, so they were walking on the street itself. But they weren’t walking right by the curb, where it might be safe.

“No, they were walking in the middle of the lane of traffic, with theirs back to oncoming traffic, in the evening, wearing dark clothing.

I really wonder.

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Lessons learned as Dad’s favourite childLately I’ve been think-

ing about the many things I’ve learned from my dad.

He was born in a small town in northern Sas-katchewan and grew up as the oldest son of a sin-gle mother. My grandma was a hard-working woman who used to cut edgings to make ends meet. That meant filling boxcars with cut-to-length pieces of wood leftover at the mill. She got paid by the boxcar, and it was gruelling work for a woman. My dad would follow her to work and help, even though she’d chase him away again and again, hoping he would head off to school. But he just couldn’t do that. Even at that age, he couldn’t leave a woman, especially his mom, pull-ing the load by herself.

By 13 he was working full-time and a year later he hitch-hiked to B.C. and found a job in a sawmill.

A few years later he sent for his family and they all came west to what many considered the land of promise at the time, leaving behind the poverty and want that was eating up the prai-

ries.My dad missed out

on a formal education, but he’s still the smartest man I know. I remem-ber going through that stage when I thought I

knew everything. After all, I was a graduate and attending college and could properly enunciate words with several syl-lables.

One day I was listen-ing in awe to a professor talk about the history of the province and I went home to educate my dad on the subject. It was something that interested him, so he took over the conversation, and I soon realized that even though he wasn’t using long words, he was reiterating the same deep theories as that very learned pro-fessor. I was humbled, and learned that day that sounding off and sound-ing smart are two very different things.

My dad taught me that you get up every morning and you go to work no matter how you feel. You give an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. He taught me that when life smacks you down,

you just keep on walking, putting one foot in front of the other because, no matter how tough things look, it will work out if you just keep trying.

He taught me there is nothing more important in this world than your family, except perhaps your faith.

Family is where you

are always loved and accepted. They are the people who know when you need a hug or a kick, and are perfectly willing to deliver either.

Most of all, my dad taught me I’m worth something. After all, I’m his favourite child. He used to tell me so every time we’d sneak off to the

movies together, running away from the wonderful noise of our home.

Of course, he told me I could never tell my brothers the truth. And I didn’t. Until one of my brothers let it slip one day that he was the favourite child, and dad had told him so when they were sneaking off to the mov-

ies together, but he was never allowed to tell the rest of us.

Sure enough, after a lit-tle investigation, I found out each and every one of us was dad’s favou-rite child while we were growing up.

And you know what? I think it was true. We were all favoured.

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Editor:I just happened to catch a few

pieces of CBC-Radio’s program ‘The House,’ last Saturday. The chiefs in Attawapiskat have accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of not being truthful about what is going on in their community, specifically about funding. On the program, MP Kyle Seeback sug-gested that people should be very careful with their words, and that you should be careful of calling someone a liar.

Well, let me suggest to you that we be even more careful about the words that politicians use. People are hired by politicians to help them word things in ways that aren’t a lie, per say, but certainly suggest untrue situations.

Here’s an example. I heard PM Harper say on the news last April that one of the first things he wanted to do if he got a majority government was eliminate the per-vote subsidy because Canadians do not want their tax dollars going to

parties they do not support. Well, that is not a lie, but what it sug-gests is a lie. The per-vote subsidy does exactly the opposite of what he suggests it does. Your $1.75 goes exactly to the party you vote for. Do I think the prime minister knew what he was saying and chose his words very carefully? Yes I do, and to me that is lying.

Another thing we often hear from the Conservatives, is that Cana-dians elected them as a majority government on May 2, and so it is our choice that they carry out their agenda, as MP Bob Zimmer said again in a recent Prince George

Free Press column. The Conserva-tives do not represent a majority of Canadians, by a long shot. It is only because of our flawed electoral system that our votes were trans-lated into the Parliamentary seats that we have. If they were honestly interested in true democratic pro-cess, which they suggest put them in power (a lie), they would change that electoral system. They would also see that we were properly informed instead of lying to us and confusing us. Is it any wonder that so few eligible electors vote?

Richard deMontignyPrince George

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SportsCougars’ offence missing in new year

In the wild, they might be fast predators who are intimidating when hunting for food.

But on the ice, there’s been nothing ferocious about the Cougars’ attack in recent Western Hockey League games. The Prince George squad carried a four-game losing streak into Vancouver on Tuesday night, with only a pair of goals recorded dur-ing that slump.

On Saturday night at CN Centre, the Kamloops Blaz-ers tamed the Cats 6-1. The Blazers blanked the Cougars 2-0 in the first half of the doubleheader on Friday eve-ning.

“Our goaltending was probably a little bit stronger (on Friday), but again I think the same results,” Cougars head coach Dean Clark said. “We lost the battles in some pretty key areas and they came at us hard and they skated very, very well. You got to give their team credit. They do a lot of good things. Certainly we’re not at all on the same page when it comes to some things, so certainly we’ve got some work to do here.”

Clark pointed at his team’s inability to maintain puck possession in the neu-tral zone. While the Cougars aren’t icing a lineup with natural goal scorers this sea-son, Clark knows that raising their intensity and compete level would result in more offensive chances. In Satur-day’s defeat, they recorded only 16 shots on goal, a season low in that category. On the other hand, the Blazers fired 41 at the Cou-gars net.

C o u g a r s starting goalie Drew Ows-ley went the distance on Friday night, but the follow-ing evening he got replaced by backup Devon Fordyce after defenceman Bronson Maschmeyer expanded the Kamloops lead to 5-1 12 sec-

onds into the third period.Cole Cheveldave picked

up the 15-save victory in the Blazers goal, the netminder also stopping all 32 shots he faced in Friday night’s shutout.

With the two-game sweep, the Blazers improved their

B.C. Division-leading record to 28 wins, 10 losses, one over-time setback and two shootout defeats (28-10-1-2). The Cougars entered Tuesday evening’s game second-last in the 10-team Western Conference at 13-25-0-2, ahead of only the base-

ment-dwelling Everett Sil-vertips (7-25-1-7).

The power play provided a boost to the Blazers on Saturday night, as they fin-ished 3-for-6 with the man

advantage. The Cougars were 1-for-2 as their lone goal, by Slovak defenceman Martin Marincin 32 seconds into the second period, came with the extra man.

While Cheveldave’s net-minding is among the keys which have factored into the Blazers’ rise this season, the Cougars’ lack of offence has contributed to their struggles. With 90 goals in 40 games as of Monday, the Cats were the lowest scoring team in the 22-team league.

“It’s tough. Those divi-sion games are huge for us and we need to start finding ways to get goals and to start winning those for sure, and to create offence,” Cou-gars second-year forward Troy Bourke said. “That’s a good team over there but you know what? We have a lot of good guys on our team and a lot of depth, and we just got to figure it out and start finding ways to score,

including myself.”The only player to score at

a point per game clip or bet-ter for the Cougars this sea-son isn’t even with the team anymore. Forward Charles Inglis had 16 points (nine goals and seven assists) in 16 games for the Cougars before getting dealt to the Red Deer Rebels last month.

The WHL trade deadline was Tuesday at 2 p.m., and while players knew their sit-uation could change, Bourke wouldn’t use that as an excuse for their performance against the Blazers.

“Obviously it’s in the back of everyone’s mind that someone could be traded,” he said. “But I think we just all got to come together as a team, and we can’t let little things like that get in our mind and affect our game play.”

noTeS:Other scorers – Brendan

Ranford led all scorers on Saturday with two goals and two assists. Maschmeyer recorded a pair of goals, while Tim Bozon and Matt Needham also scored.

Last game – Marincin’s goal came during his last game as a Cougar. On Tues-day morning, the Cougars announced that they had traded the Slovak import to the Regina Pats (more on trade on A11).

Injuries – Forward Brock Hirsche (shoulder) missed the weekend action and is still not likely to return until March at the earliest. For-ward Alex Forsberg (upper body) got injured during the World Under-17 Chal-lenge, which wrapped up last week in Windsor, Ont. While Forsberg missed the weekend doubleheader, Clark expected him back in the lineup in Vancou-ver. Also out of the lineup against the Blazers, the

return of defenceman Shane Pilling (upper body) is listed at week-to-week.

Shutout streak stopped – Marincin’s marker on Sat-urday night ended a lengthy shutout streak for Chevel-dave. He carried consecu-tive shutouts into the game since he was also between the pipes during the Blazers’ 6-0 victory over the Cougars on Jan. 1 in Kamloops.

Attendance – The total number of tickets sold for each weekend game was close, with an announced attendance of 1,874 on Fri-day and 1,854 on Saturday.

Back at home – The Cou-gars’ busy week continues on Friday, as they open a CN Centre doubleheader against the Eastern Conference’s Lethbridge Hurricanes. The two teams will meet again Saturday night before the Cougars prepare to begin an Alberta road swing next Wednesday in Edmonton.

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Prince George Cougars forward Daulton Siwak tries breaking in between a couple of Kamloops Blazers during their Western Hockey League game on Saturday night at CN Centre. The Blazers hammered the Cougars 6-1.

Martin Marincin is no longer a member of the Prince George Cougars.

On Tuesday morn-ing, the Western Hockey League team announced that they traded the Slovak import defenceman along with three ban-tam draft picks to the Eastern Conference’s Regina Pats. In return, the Cougars get Swed-ish import defenceman Ricard Blidstrand, a first- and second-round pick this year and fifth-round choice in 2013.

Marincin was argu-ably the Cougars’ big-gest trade asset, and a player expected to be moved before Tues-day’s 2 p.m. WHL deadline. Marincin, a 2010 second-round pick of the Edmonton Oilers, ranked eighth in scoring among WHL defencemen last season with 14 goals and 42 assists for 56 points. He added five points (one goal, four

assists) in four games for the Cats during their first-round play-off series against the Kelowna Rockets. In 30 games with the Cats this season, he had four goals and 13

assists. The Cougars used

the first overall choice in the 2010 Cana-dian Hockey League Import Draft to select Marincin.

The 6-foot-4, 187-

lb. Marincin recently returned from the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships in Cal-gary, where he helped Slovakia finish sixth in the 10-team tourna-ment. It marked his

third consecutive trip to the World Juniors to represent his home country.

As for Blidstrand, who’s listed at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, he had three goals and 13 points in 30 games with the Pats this season. He also had 30 points in 100 career games, all with Regina.

The move shows the Cougars are sell-ers, although Marin-cin and Blidstrand are each 1992-born play-ers. Marincin has bet-ter statistics than Blid-strand, but the key to the move for the Cougars is the draft picks. They got higher selections in the deal, as they only had to surrender fourth- and seventh-round picks this year, in addition to a fourth-round choice in 2013 to com-plete the deal.

SPRuCe KIngS’ move

On Sunday, the Prince George Spruce Kings announced the acquisition of Latrell Charleson for their regular roster.

Charleson has played three B.C. Hockey League games with the team this sea-son as an affiliate from the Valley West Hawks of the BC Hockey Major Midget League. He’s a defenceman listed at 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds.

The Spruce Kings also reassigned 1995-born forward Michael Klonarakis to the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in Kelowna.

The Spruce Kings already called up Charleson last week for their doubleheader

against the Westside Warriors on Thursday and Friday. Coming off a sweep in that two-game set, they carry a four-game winning streak into this week-end’s southern interior road swing. They visit the Chilliwack Chiefs on Friday, the Pentic-ton Vees on Saturday and Vernon Vipers on Sunday.

The BCHL trade deadline was also on Tuesday, but no other moves involving the Spruce Kings were announced by the Free Press press deadline at noon.

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One of the Prince George Cougars’ top players the past two years, defenceman Martin Marincin is no longer with the team.

It’s the title of Alberta country musi-cian Paul Brandt’s theme song for the 2012 World Junior Hockey Champi-onships in Cal-gary and Edmonton.

But in my case, it can be taken literally as well.

“I Was There.”I was in Calgary for

the tournament. Now, I’m back in Prince George.

The World Junior tournament may have ended six days ago, but the experi-ence of being in the Saddledome during the final few days of the competition is still fresh in my memory. Furthermore, my column a week ago was typed before the tournament ended. So I’m going to treat this column as a recap piece.

Where to start? How about on the economic side.

Record setter – Hockey Canada reported that a total of 571,539 tickets were sold for the games at the Scotia-bank Saddledome in Calgary and Rexall Place in Edmonton,

an average of 18,437 per game. The total sets an attendance record, surpassing the

previ-ous mark of 453,282 at the 2009 tourna-ment in

Ottawa, which aver-aged 14,622 fans per game.

It’s estimated that the tournament gen-erated $85 million in economic activity for Alberta.

Near comeback – the semifinal game between Canada and Russia on Jan. 3 at the Saddledome was incredible. While Canada ultimately lost, they scored four consecutive goals in a 10-minute span in the third period to turn a 6-1 blowout into a nail-biting fin-ish The energy in the building was electric at the beginning, with red and white jerseys throughout the seats, and even a giant Canada flag covering several rows in one of the sec-tions. When Russia had a 5-1 lead in the second period specta-tors were quiet, with comments expressing frustration, directed

at the officiating and Canada’s poor defen-sive play.

By the end of the game, the noise level nearly blew the roof off the building.

How Swede it is – For Sweden, the victory is something to cherish. With a 1-0 overtime victory over Russia in Thursday night’s gold medal final, this tourna-ment marked only the second of its kind in which Sweden emerged as the cham-pions. Their only previous title was in 1981, 31 years ago. Back then, Russia was still the Soviet Union.

Consider Sweden’s rise internationally since then (includ-ing Olympic men’s hockey gold medals in 1994 and 2006) and it’s hard to believe the wait for another World Junior title was so long.

Being in the Sad-dledome for the final, to suggest at least 85 per cent of spectators were cheering for Sweden and against Russia wouldn’t be far-fetched. They were the fan favou-rites in this game.

Media circus – A sports event of this magnitude brings out all the major media

outlets. While TSN had the broadcasting rights, the Canada-Russia post-game scrums at the Saddle-dome also attracted Sportsnet and the Score, Flames TV and international media. On the print side, there were represen-tatives from the Globe and Mail, Calgary’s two paid dailies (the Sun and Herald) and Canadian Press, among others.

Being an avid fol-lower of national sports, I recognized a number of media personalities in the Saddledome during my visit, including Hockey Night in Canada panellists Eric Francis (Cal-gary Sun) and Eric Duhatschek (Globe and Mail), Calgary-based TSN correspon-dent Jermain Franklin and NHL Network analyst Craig Button, former general man-ager of the Calgary Flames.

Walking around a horde of media rep-resentatives in the lower concourse of the Saddledome to get post-game com-ments following the Canada-Russia semi-final on Jan. 3 made any Prince George sports media scrum feel like a cakewalk by comparison.

Secondary seat-ing – a note to any other sports reporter at a community or non-daily newspaper whose accreditation for a major sports event gets accepted: don’t expect the best press box seat once you’re there.

While empty seats in the main press area allowed me to sit right above the ice for each Slovakia game I covered, I had to sit in my assigned seat in a secondary press area for the Canada-Russia game. It was also a temporary press area set up just for the tournament as two rows of regular seats in the third level (seats which would normally be occu-pied by fans for Cal-gary Flames games) were marked off for accredited media. I was in the second of those two rows, with rowdy beer-drinking fans sporting Team Canada jerseys in the row behind me.

But at least I was in the building.

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Hawks 2-0 entering the third period, but the visitors came back with a pair of goals in the final frame.

“I want to get two wins at home,” Cari-boo head coach Trevor Sprague said. “We’re God-awful right now in not being able to do that.”

Sprague compli-mented goalie David Readman, who’s found his groove since surrendering only one goal in a 1-0 loss to the Calgary Northstars in their final game at the Mac’s Tournament in Calgary, Dec. 30 at the Max Bell Centre. He recorded the victory in Saturday night’s 5-2 victory over the Hawks, the first half of the Kin 1 double-header. The coach wouldn’t blame the goalie on either of the goals he surrendered in the third, the first

on the power play and the second coming off a bounce in front of his crease.

“I thought Read-man played really well and gave us a chance to win both games,” Sprague said.

What Sprague was upset about on Sunday was his team’s disci-pline.

“We were short benched and we keep having guys take self-ish penalties. I think now it’s come to the point where we just send them off to go to the dressing room and we play other guys who aren’t get-ting played because they’re dumb enough to put themselves in situations where they take penalties.”

Sunday’s tie increased the Cou-gars’ point total to 34. They’re second in the 11-team BC Hockey

Major Midget League with 15 wins, seven losses and four ties (15-7-4). With 40 points, the Vancouver North West Giants (17-3-6) have a comfortable hold on first place.

The Cougars were hopeful they’d have a healthy lineup in time for this weekend’s road doubleheader against the Vancouver North East Chiefs. Out of the lineup at Kin 1 on the weekend was forward Logan Styler, who suf-fered a concussion dur-ing last month’s Mac’s Tournament in Cal-gary. Forward Nathan Craft didn’t dress on Sunday since he was under the weather.

Among the team’s defence core, Josh Con-nolly has been cleared to play this weekend. He’s been out of action throughout the regu-lar season since suffer-ing a concussion at the beginning of the cam-paign. Colton Manning returns to action after sitting out Sunday’s game with a sore foot.

In the absence of Connolly the Cou-gars brought affili-ate Stephen Penner, a member of the Midget Tier 1 Coast Inn of the North Cougars, to the Mac’s Tournament last month. Sprague said on Sunday that he fig-ured Penner would rejoin the Midget Tier 1 squad this week.

“Penner did an out-standing job. He rep-resented his family, his

team and the organiza-tion of Prince George minor hockey very well,” Sprague said. “A pleasant kid, a great teammate to every-body in there so it was a pleasure having him with us and we look forward to having him here more if it happens we get some injuries. But he’s a guy who should look to play-ing here next year and being a big asset to the success that we have here.”

The Cougars and Chiefs will meet on Saturday and Sun-day in Coquitlam. At 15-6-3, the Chiefs are only one point behind the Cougars with two games in hand.

“Everyone is going to have to play good, everyone is going to have to play their role,” Cougars forward Brett Harris said. “We’re going to need these four points to keep us up in the standings so it’s going to be a huge weekend.”

ALL-STARSThe Cougars will also

be well represented in this weekend’s Major Midget League All-Star Game.

Sprague was named head coach of Team Blue, a squad which will include defence-men Ryan Gagnon and Manning. Team White includes goalie Nathan Warren and forwards Craft, Tanner Fjell-strom and Eli Jarvis.

You couldn’t help but sense a slight amount of disappoint-ment outside the Cari-boo Cougars’ dressing

room on Sunday.Having recorded

three of four points against a competitive Valley West Hawks squad, they weren’t hanging their heads in shame when the 2-2 tie

ended. But knowing how close they were to a victory and a two-win, four-point week-end, they knew things could’ve gone a little better.

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There have always been working dogs in our history and they perform a much-needed service.

However Reggie, a five-year-old golden retriever, is what you might call a worka-holic. The St. John Ambulance therapy dog holds down two important jobs, one at UHNBC, the other at a local elementary school.

Sherie Grantham is Reggie’s owner and handler.

“We always knew he was going to be a good dog as he was pretty mellow as a puppy,” said Gran-tham. “When he was 12 weeks old, I went to Pawsitive Steps and for six months I took classes. I started training Reggie for agility in the first year of his life. And I became hooked on dog training.”

When he was two, Reggie (named after Archie’s rival in the comic books) began testing for the St. John Ambulance therapy dog program.

“Reggie had to pass the tests twice, one with me and once with my mom Joyce. He passed them all with fly-ing colours. He’s an amazing dog.

“He loves his jobs and being around people. Not all dogs have the tempera-ment to be therapy dogs, but I do believe this was Reggie’s calling. He seems to know which people need him.”

Tuesday morning Reggie was at Ron Brent Elementary school, sitting very attentively while being “read to” by three young students in a literacy-based program developed

in a partnership between the Rotary Club of Prince George, Ron Brent and TD Bank.

Reggie is one of only two dogs certi-fied for such work in Prince George.

Also during the week, he visits and often sits at eye-level with patients who are undergoing can-cer treatments at the chemotherapy ward at the hospital.

“The patients find it very calming and comforting to have him there,” says Grantham whose mother goes with him on those visits.

Judi Dowson is local unit facilita-tor for the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program. Part of her role is to educate the public about dog behaviour and she often speaks to young students on subjects like dog bite pre-vention (Be a Tree). Recently, she pro-posed the Reading Tails program to help children improve reading skills.

“Dogs are not judgmental. So they are perfect around children who want to read better because they can feel comfort-able. The dogs in this program are already therapy dogs with at least 100 hours under their belt,” Dowson said.

“For this kind of work, they are in contact with children – paediatrics ward, schools, special events – so how they behave around them is very important.”

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Author and artist Jeff Willerton is not on a one-man crusade to change the world or this country.

He does hope, how-ever, that his book, Fix Canada Or Lose It, will give people pause and make them think about what they can do to heal the country’s wounds, before it’s too late.

The 190-page book, now in its 10th edi-tion, is a collection of columns originally written for Central Alberta newspapers and includes updates on the issues.

In penning the col-umns, Willerton tells it like it really is on the political scene – but offers solutions.

He was in Prince George Monday as part of his northern

book tour. “(Fix Canada Or

Lose It) is about edu-cating people and raising awareness about certain issues. They will learn some history of Canada in the process. People cannot read my book and not make a more informed vote on election day.”

Willerton says his book will help Cana-dians separate fact from fiction, political hype from real his-tory and allow them to come to their own conclusions.

“The world is unfolding in a certain way and no politician is going to change that. But we want to keep on the right track as much as pos-sible.”

Willerton says the real problems with Canada began in 1968 with the election of

Pierre Trudeau. He calls it the begin-

ning of the end.“People need to

know how we got to where we are now and what we can do about where we’re going.

“I want people to step back from the brink and take a look at what’s in front of them – before it’s too late.”

For more about Willerton, read his autobiography, From the Poorhouse to the Penthouse (www.jeffwillterton.com). He is also author of From the Big Bang to Obama. Fix Canada is available locally at Books and Company and Coles. For more information visit www.fixcanada.ca.

Michael Heeney, the executive director of Bing Thom Architects, one of Canada’s top architec-tural firms and most recent winner of the B.C. Premier’s Wood Champion Award, will give a talk on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Prince George Library.

Heeney will explain how the company’s recent projects in Fort Worth, Texas, Washington, D.C. and Surrey have helped transform the central core of those cities.

He is a passionate advocate in the power of architecture to improve communities and down-town cores, not just physically but also economi-cally and socially. Heeney will be able to address how a key component for downtown improve-ment in Prince George has to be beautiful and functional buildings that reflect civic pride and confidence. Last fall, Bing Thom’s Trinity River East Campus of Tarrant County College opened in Fort Worth, the first phase of the Trinity River Uptown Plan, the largest urban redevelopment project currently underway in the U.S.

In 2010, the firm’s Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theatre in Washington opened. Other recent projects close to home include the Surrey Centre Library and the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts in Vancouver. Along with the premier’s award, Bing Thom

Architects was named the 2010 Architectural Firm Award from The Royal Architectural Insti-tute of Canada, the country’s highest honour for a Canadian firm.

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My story, gleaned from the pages of Sympatico.ca Life-style, again comes from sunny Italy. You may recall my recent column about a stray black cat who inherited millions from an elderly lady who took him in off the streets of Rome.

This week, we hear of a 99-year-old man who’s filing for divorce from his 96-year-old wife after he discovered she’d

been cheating on him – 77 years ago.

Anto-nio C., we are

told, found letters his wife exchanged with a lover in the 1940s. Rosa is said to have admitted the

affair but still wants to stay married to her husband.

In a Telegraph article, the husband’s harsh stand (accord-ing to Italian media) is at least partly due to his southern Ital-ian background.

I wonder what the Pope has to say about all this?

Anyway, like most marriages that split apart like an atom bomb, there’s more to the divorce than one single incident

or alleged offence. Usually there’s a whole raft of nega-tive things that a spouse save up for years on a mental list. It only comes out – hurled in a frenzied fury like pea soup from Linda Blair’s mouth in The Exorcist – when the end of the marriage draws near.

Wives find out their husband never did like their pie crust or their curly hair. Husbands are

told they ‘never lifted a finger or changed a light bulb around the house.’

However, for a wife to harbour such sala-cious secrets as an affair for 60 years, that takes some doing. And that is where today’s cou-ples have a distinct discovery advantage.

It is much easier to get caught cheating today than in the past. We’re now rabid communicators with a huge appetite for going blah, blah, blah 24/7 on Skype, Facebook, Twitter or

MySpace, via iPod, iPad, iPhone.

Today you risk it all by taking part in extra-marital Inter-net chatting or dating because, if need be, that little ol’ hard drive has a long memory and informa-tion can be ‘served’ up on a silver platter.

The casual office affair or the week-end dalli-ance out of town with a secret lover is much harder to

pull off these days when your every move is tracked by one device or another.

And you thought

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Listen Antonio – Tony – you can just thank your lucky stars you didn’t woo your bride in these “triumph of technol-ogy times” because there’s no place to hide in cyberspace.

Besides, had you not snooped through her drawers, you may never have found those old love letters.

Forgive the little lady. So Rosa had a lapse of judgment when she was, what, about 19 years old? It’s been almost 80 years.

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dinner, Feb. 11, shooters Bar and Grill, 611 Brunswick St., fundraiser for 2618 Rocky Mountain rangers Army Cadet Corps. Information: Rosemarie 250-963-9397.Live bands,

Saturday, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian legion.

sundayCaledonia

Ramblers easy three-hour snowshoe hike at The Cliff, Jan. 15. meet in parking lot behind city hall 8:50 a.m. Information: Carolyn 250-562-1826.Crib tournament,

1 p.m., Jan. 15, Hart Pioneer Centre.Roast beef and

Yorkshire buffet, Jan. 15, 5 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.meat draw, Royal

Canadian Legion, 3-5 p.m. Family dinner after draws. Proceeds to Alzheimer and ms societies.

mondaynorthern Twister

Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., St. Michael’s Church Hall. Information: Gys 250-

563-4828 or Reta 250-962-2740.Royal Purple

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

tuesdayBuddhist

meditation class, Tuesdays 7–8:30 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250-962-6876 or www.tilopa.org.hospital retirees

breakfast meeting, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club. Information 250-563-7497 or 250-563-2885.Sweet Adelines

women’s four-part chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome. Information: Kathleen 250-563-2975.

suPPort GrouPsLa Leche League

breast feeding support group meets the second Thursday of every month 7 p.m. at the Health Unit auditorium. Information: Tammy 250-612-0085.PgRh retirees

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

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

healing Rooms - Are you hurting? Do you have health issues? Confidential prayers monday noon-2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m No appointment necessary, located in the Prince George Pentecostal Church, 497 Ospika Blvd. Information: 250-617-9653.free sports

and recreation, Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 1160 7th Ave., ages

15-30. Information: 250-656-5278.Children’s choir,

Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Hartland Baptist Church. Information: 778-415-5000.Parents Together,

a mutual/self-help support group for parents of teens, meets Mondays, 7:30 p.m., Intersect (basement entrance). Information: Carmen 250-562-6639.

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.DivorceCare,

a support group for persons going through a separation or divorce. To find out if this group is for you, call 250-564-6213. Group meets at Artspace, Room 202, Sundays at 5 p.m. Call about childcare.hepatitis C

support group meets

second Tuesday of the month, PGRH fourth floor conference room. Information: Ilse or Pat 250-565-7387.

Thursday Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Knox United Church,1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-564-6336 (days), 250-964-4851 (evenings).Red hat Chapter

meets for lunches and outings. Information: 250-564-6879.Aimhi is offering

networking and information session opportunity for parents, guardians, and caregivers. Information: Jule O’Reilly 250-564-6408 ext. 228.elks’ meat draw,

Thursday, 4:30- 6 p.m., Legion. Proceeds to elks’ Children’s Fund.Tea Time for the

Soul. Would you like someone to listen to you? Come, listen, and share while enjoying a cup of tea. mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. at Forest Expo House, 1506 Ferry Ave. No cost. For more information, Jesse or Catherine at

250-563-2551.Singles and

friends, social group of people of all ages and diverse backgrounds, meets Wednesdays, 7 p.m., A&W on 20th Avenue. Information: Donna 250-562-0484.Learning Circle

Literacy Program works with adult learners and families on literacy, numeracy and computing skills. Information: 250-564-3568 ext. 228, or e-mail [email protected].

Do you worry about the way you eat? overeaters Anonymous may have the answers. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Monday, 7:30 p.m., hospital, Room 421. Call Shelley 250-612-3877.

Power Play, for children from newborns to five years old, Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle Ave. Information: 250-614-9449.

Prince george

Stroke Survivors group meets Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Elder Citizens recreation Association, 1692 10th Ave. Information: Julia 250-563-3819, Roland 250-562-1747.

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Free Press Datebook runs as space allows every Wednesday.No guarantee of publication.

Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George, B.C. V2N 1T3. E-mail [email protected]


DatebookCommunity BuilderSPIRIT OF THE NORTH

HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

1475 Edmonton Street • 250.565.2515www.spiritofthenorth.bc.ca

PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO GIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY

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Proud to recognize thosewho give in our community.

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Proud to recognize thosewho give in our community.

“GIVE A LITTLE…GAIN A LOT!”

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

250-564-0224www.volunteerpg.com

27 Million VoicesRecruiting volunteers for 2 positions: Treasurer & Gala Event Organizer – deadline

to apply is Jan 17. 250-552-1667

Alzheimer Society of BCWalk for Memories on Jan.

29. Visit www.walkformem-ories.com for details.

250-564-7533

Parent Support ServicesVolunteer Facilitators Needed

for Parent Support Circle Training. Train to be a Group Leader. NEXT TRAINING: Feb

18 & 19. Email [email protected] Jessica

250-962-0600

There were six couples from around town (the stars) teamed up with dancers for Boogie with the Stars on New Year’s Eve, which raised $16,000 for the Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation. They are: Joanne Archer (back, left) and partner Zeki Basboyuk, third place win-ners Martina Humphrey and partner Peter Weedon, second place winners Colleen Ruddy and part-ner Dan Denis. In front, Dr. Paul Winwood and Stella Royle, first place win-ners Tom Sentes and Paz Milburn, Jennifer Brandle-McCall and partner Paul Eberlein.

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winter 2012

two rivers gallery

Landscape PaintingWorkshop with Annerose Georgeson Saturday: March 17, 10am–3pm

Adult Daytime Classes

Printmaking with Frances Anderson Mondays: Jan 30–Mar 510am–12pm all levels welcome!

Chinese Brush Paintingwith Coral Chen Tuesdays: Jan 31–Mar 610–11:30am great for beginners!

Art Class for Adultswith Maureen FaulknerWednesdays: Feb 1–Mar 711am–1:30pmgreat for beginners!

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor GeneralGaming Policy and Enforcement Branch

Registration Online www.tworiversgallery.ca

Or call 250-614-7800 Two Rivers Gallery members receive

10% discount on all classes!

All children’s studio programs are eligible for the “Children’s Art Tax Credit”

725 Civic PlazaVisit us on the web for complete class

details! www.tworiversgallery.ca

Adult Evening ClassesPicasso’s Playgroup for Adultswith Anna-Maria LawrieMondays: Jan 23–Mar 5great for beginners!

Self Directed Life DrawingTuesdays: Jan 24–Mar 13 7–9pm

Art for iPads with Kim Stewart Wednesdays: Jan 25–Feb 297–9pmgreat for beginners!

Watercolour for Beginnerswith Laura Chandler Wednesdays: Jan 25–Feb 297–9pmgreat for beginners!

Creating Textures in Watercolourwith Wendy FramstThursdays: Jan 26–Mar 17–9pm

Studio Programs for PreschoolersPicasso’s Playgroup / Ages 2–4 & caregivers with Anna-Maria Lawrie Tues. 09:00–10:30 Jan. 24 – Mar 13Wed. 10:00–11:30 Jan. 25 – Mar 14Thurs. 10:00–11:30 Jan. 26 – Mar 15Fri. 09:00–10:30 Jan. 20 – Mar 16

Preschool Art / Ages 3 & 4Saturdays, Jan 21–Mar 10

10–11:30 am

Classes for Children & YouthArt Explosion / Ages 5–7with Jeanne Hodges Saturdays: Jan 21–Mar 10 10am–12pm

Gallery Gang / Ages 8–12 with Maureen Hamilton Saturdays: Jan 21–Mar 10 10am–12pm Creative Hand Sewing / Ages 6–9with Teresa Bell Wednesdays: Jan 25–Feb 293:30–5pm

Creative Creatures / Ages 8–12Machine Sewing with Teresa Bell Thursdays: Jan 26–Mar 13:30–5:30pm

Mad Hatter Mardi Gras Party with Mad Hatter Jeanne

Ages 6–9 Saturday: February 11

2–3:30pm

Teen Art / Ages 12–16with Maureen HamiltonThursdays: Jan 26–Mar 154–6pm

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NEW Introduction to the RussianLanguageJan 9 - Feb 15/12Mon & Wed 6:30-8:00pmCost: $165

Microsoft Publisher Level 1 Jan 11 - Feb 1/12Wed 6-9 pmCost: $215

Introduction to Forklift Operations Jan 14 & 15/12 Sat & Sun 8-4:30pm ORMar 3 & 4/12 Sat & Sun 8-4:30pmCost: $499

Introduction to Digital Camera Jan 16 - Feb 1/12 OR Apr 23 - May9/12Mon & Wed 6:30-9:30pm& Sat 1:30-4:30pmCost: $165

MSS Part 2: Group Decision-Making & Problem-Solving SkillsJan 19 - Mar 15/12 Thu 6-9pmORApr 10 - Apr 13/12 Tue thru Fri 8:30-4pmCost: $545

Medical Terminology Jan 23 - Mar 8/12 Mon & Thu 6-9pm ORMay 7 - Jun 25/12 Mon & Thu 6-9pmCost: $435

Forklift Certifi cation Jan 28/12, Feb 18/12, Mar 10/12OR Apr 21/12Sat 8am-4:30pmCost: $299

Auto Diagnostics Jan 30 - Feb 8/12Mon, Tue, Wed 6:30-9:30pmCost: $350

Fundamentals of Insurance Feb 1 - Mar 26/12Mon & Wed 6:30-9:30pmCost: $545

Chefs in the City: Desserts Feb 4/12Sat 2-5pmCost: $93.68

Microsoft Excel Level 1 Feb 6 - Feb 22/12OR Jul 9 - Jul 25/12 Mon & Wed 6-9pmCost: $295

Microsoft Word Level 1 Feb 7 - Feb 28/12Tue 6-9pmCost: $215

Microsoft PowerPoint Level 1 Feb 9 - Mar 1/12Thu 6-9pmCost: $215

MSS Part 1: InterpersonalCommunication Skills & Confl ict Resolution Feb 14 - Feb 17/12Tue thru Fri 8:30-4pmCost: $545

Confi ned Space Entry & Rescue Feb 15/12 OR Mar 28/12Wed 8am-4:30pmCost: $225

Rigging and Lifting Feb 15/12 OR Mar 14/12Wed 8-4:30pmCost: $225

Bookkeeping Concepts Feb 16/12Thu 6:30-9:30pmCost: $25

Field Service Rep ‘B’ Prep Feb 17 - Mar 4/12Fri 6-10pm, Sat & Sun 8-6pmCost: $525

Excel for Bookkeepers Feb 20 - Mar 26/12 ORMay 23 – Jun 27/12 Mon & Wed 6:30-9:30pmCost: $395

Bookkeeping - Level 2 Feb 21 - Mar 27/12Tue & Thu 6:30-9:30pmCost: $350

Simply Accounting - Level 1 Feb 21 - Mar 15/12Tue & Thu 6:30-9:30pmCost: $325

Aerial Lift Platform Feb 25/12 OR Mar 17/12 Sat 8am-4:30pmCost: $299

Vehicle Inspection Endorsement Feb 27 - Mar 2/12 OR May 14-18/12 Mon thru Thu 4-10pmCost: $395

Advanced Foot Care Certifi cate for LPNs & RNsFeb 2012 TBACost: $850

Hybrid Systems Mar 5 - Mar 12/12Mon 8-4:30pmCost: $350

Going Pro & Business ofPhotography Mar 6 - May 8/12Tue 6:30-9:30Cost: $425

Introduction to Mental Health Mar 7 - May 25/12Mon & Wed 6-9:30pm,Sat 8:30-4:30pmCost: $1400

Introduction to Guitar Mar 8 - Apr 26/12Thu 7-8:30pmCost: $125

Propagating Plants Mar 10/12 Sat 9:30-12:00 noonOR Mar 15/12 Thu 6:30-9pmCost: $38.58

Foundations of Confl ict Resolution Mar 13 - Mar 15/12 Tue thru Thu 8:30-4:30pmCost: $570

Microsoft Word Level 2 Mar 13 - Apr 3/12Tue 6-9pmCost: $215 Microsoft Excel Level 2 Mar 15 - Apr 19/12Thu 6-9pmCost: $295

Growing Fruits and Berries Mar 17/12Sat 10-4pmCost: $72.18

Millwright IP Upgrade Mar 19 - Mar 30/12Mon thru Fri 8-3:30pmCost: $1500

Medical Offi ce Assistant Mar 19 - Jun 23/12Evenings TBACost: $1195

Small Engines Mar 26 - Mar 30/12Mon thru Fri 4-10pmCost: $795

Simply Accounting - Level 2 Mar 27 - Apr 19/12Tue & Thu 6:30-9:30pmCost: $325

Mobile Crane/Boom-TruckCertifi cation PrepMar 31 - Apr 1/12Sat & Sun 8-4:30pmCost: $525

Dental Offi ce ReceptionistMarch TBACost: $710

Pruning Basics Apr 7/12Sat 10-4pmCost: $83.38

Introduction to Skid Steer Apr 7 & 8/12Sat & Sun 8-4:30pmCost: $525

CFC/HCFC/HFC Control andRecovery Apr 10/12Mon 8-4:30pmCost: $215

Bookkeeping - Level 3 Apr 11 - May 16/12Mon & Wed 6:30-9:30pmCost: $350

Air Conditioning Basics Apr 16 - Apr 18/12Mon,Tue,Wed 6-10pmCost: $250

Building Your Communication Toolbox Apr 18 & 19/12Wed & Thu 8:30-4:30pmCost: $465

Traffi c Control Person Apr 18 - Apr 19/12 OR May 2 & 3/12 Wed & Thu 8:30-4:30pmCost: $299

LPG Conversion Apr 23 - May 2/12Mon, Tue, Wed 6-10pmCost: $600

NEW Introduction to PhotoSlideshows Apr 26 - May 31/12Thu 6:30-9:30pmCost: $165

MSS Part 3: Self Management Skills May 1 - May 4/12Tue thru Fri 8:30-4pmCost: $545

Chefs in the City: BBQ and a Pint! May 5 /12Sat 2-5pmCost: $104.88

Asserting Yourself in Confl ict May 15 - May 16/12Tue & Wed 8:30-4:30pmCost: $465

Continuing Education 250-561-5846www.cnc.bc.ca/ce

Whether you are looking for a career change, wanting to update your skills or fi ll your leisure time, CNC Continuing Education has something that will interest you.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

Teeter Tots Early Learning Centre located in College Heights is seeking a full time Early Childhood Educator to join our team. The successful candidate must have an ECE License, Food Safe, First Aid and a

clear Criminal Record. Please fax or email resume to

(250)964-2788 or [email protected]

Early Childhood Educator

Administrative SupportDo you have a passion for working with or for children? The Child Development Centre assists over 1100 of the region’s children per year, helping them develop to their potential with therapy, preschool, daycare, and other support services.

We have a full time position available within our administrative team. Functions include a variety of support activities, such as transcribing and typing medical reports, composing correspondence, providing information to the public, updating children’s charts, answering calls, taking and receipting payments, and other related duties. We are looking for an individual that is friendly, hard working, and highly organized with exacting work habits. Strong multitasking skills are a must. Minimum quali cations include excellent of ce skills, a minimum of 55 wpm typing speed, and strong computer skills using a variety of software. For additional information, please see our website atwww.cdcpg.org/careers.shtml.

If you are ready to join a team that makes a difference in the lives of region’s children and families, please forward your résumé and cover letter to:Darrell Roze, Executive DirectorChild Development Centre, 1687 Strathcona AvenuePrince George, BC V2L 4E7Phone: 563-7168 ext 207, Fax: 563-4847Email: [email protected]: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 5:00 p.m.Please note, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted

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FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY Attend our free franchise semi-nar to learn how you can lead the Pizza revolution with Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza. In Prince George on January 24th from 7:00 to 8:30PM. At the Sandman Signature Hotel, space is limited. To register email [email protected] or call 1-800-257-7272.

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

ALL CDL Drivers Wanted: Ex-cellent mileage pay + bonus-es. Require valid passport. Deliver new & used vehicles long haul in U.S. & Canada. Piggyback training available. Toll-Free 1-855-781-3787.

DRIVER. Company expanding. Looking for Class 1 driver who can cross border and go into ports, preferably with 1 year fl at deck exp. Serious replies only. Fax resume & abstract to 604-853-4179.

LINEHAUL OWNER OPERATORS

Van Kam’s Group of Compa-nies requires Owner Opera-tors for runs out of our Prince George Terminal. We offer excellent rates - Winter/Mountain experience is required.Email current abstract, re-sume and details of truck to:

[email protected] fax 604-587-9889 or call

Bev at 1-800-663-0900.Van Kam is committed to Employment Equity and En-vironmental Responsibility.We thank you for your inter-est, however only those of interest will be contacted.

Education/Trade Schools

AIRLINES ARE Hiring- Train for high paying Aviation Main-tenance Career. FAA ap-proved program. Financial aid if qualifi ed- Housing available. Call Aviation Institute of Main-tenance (877)818-0783.

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Become a Psychiatric Nurse- train locally via distance edu-cation, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month pro-gram is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available.

Toll-free 1-87-STENBERGwww.stenbergcollege.com

DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/Short-Term Relation-ships, Free to Try!!! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate con-versation, Call: #4011 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call: 1-866-311-9640 or #4010. Meet Local Single La-dies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+).DOG LOVERS! Enjoy a healthy, profi table career as a professional dog trainer. Gov-ernment accredited program - student loans and grants. Ben Kersen & the Wonderdogs. www.wonderdogs.bc.ca/careers/or 1-800-961-6616.

Help WantedButler Auto & RV Sales Pro-fessional Required for Kam-loops. Sales experience an as-set but not required. Wage Guarantee. Competitive pay plan with bonuses. Apply @ [email protected]

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Employment

Help WantedAlberta earthmoving company requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for fi eld work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawl-ers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.

HHDI RECRUITINGis hiring on behalf of

Baker HughesBaker Hughes Alberta - based oilfi eld services company is currently hiring;

EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

Class 1 or 3 Drivers License required.

HD MECHANICS3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Red Deer & Hinton.

Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759

For more information or send your resume &

current drivers abstract to:[email protected]


Employment

Help WantedSteady/PT to vacuum, wipe & wash cars. Apply to Hands on Car Wash, 1956 3rd Ave

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

TANDOORI COOKS ~ CURRY COOKS ~ SWEET MAKERS ~ DISHWASHERS

Karahi King Restaurant Ltd. is hiring for Tandoori Cooks$18/hr, Curry Cooks $18/hr. Sweet Makers $17/hr. & Dishwashers $10.70/hr. All 40 hrs/wk. Mail 600 Quebec St., Prince George, BC V2L 1W7 or phone 250-564-2129




Your community. Your classi eds.

250.564.0005

fax 250.562-0025 email [email protected]

COLLEGE OF NEW CALEDONIANechako CampusThe College of New Caledonia is looking to fill the following position:

INSTRUCTOR – FOUNDATION LEVEL PIPE TRADES

Join us. We offer a supportive workplace, great benefits, and competitivesalaries. And we have opportunities to grow, both within our college, andwithin our communities.

CNC - A COMMUNITY FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING THATCARES, SERVES, AND LEADS

3 3 3 0 - 2 2 N D A V E N U E , P R I N C E G E O R G E , B C V 2 N 1 P 8TEL (250) 562-2131 EXT. 5466 FAX (250) 561-5864 EMAIL: [email protected]

This instructor will teach in the Foundation Level Pipe Trades program from February 6, 2012 to August 3, 2012.

To nd out more information about these and other opportunities, and directions on how to apply, please check our website at:www.cnc.bc.ca/tools/employment

Share in ourgrowth and successSinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. is an integrated wood manufacturing company with operations throughout central British Columbia. We are known in the industry as producers of some of the highest quality wood products available today, and we distribute our premiere products throughout North America and Asia.

While our focus is meeting the needs of our customers, our success is driven by our people. We are currently looking at adding additional strength to our team at Lakeland Mills Ltd. in Prince George, BC.

We are currently seeking an Accounts Payable/Woods Accounting Assistant to join our team at Lakeland Mills Ltd.

The Accounts Payable role will be responsible for processing invoices and generating payments. In addition, they will provide clerical and administrative support when required. The Woods Accounting Assistant role will be responsible for processing daily and monthly log delivery reports, preparing contractor pays and month end entries and reconciliations.

The ideal candidate must have the ability to work in a team environment. Preference will be given to those who have experience relevant to accounting, and are proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. Completion or current enrollment in a recognized accounting/business certificate or diploma would be considered an asset. Exceptional organizational skills, and excellent communication skills are also required.

Qualified candidates can send their applications to [email protected] prior to: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Accounts Payable/Woods Accounting Assistant

A step in the right direction!

To reserve a seat to attend one of our information meetings, pleasecontact the CNC Community Education at 250.561.5846

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Funding provided through the Canada British Columbia Labour Market Agreement.

TUITION FREE PROGRAMLight Warehouse Training Program

Are you…..• Unemployed / not on EI (have not had a EI claim within the last

3 years or a maternity/parental claim in the last 5 years)• Not a student• Willing and able to perform the duties required of a warehouse

person and the ability to lift and move heavy objects.

This Free 18-week program trains students in shipping, receiving, job hunting skills and provides on-site training through practicum work. Students will obtain ve certi cates; Forklift Operation, Occupational First Aid -Level One, WHMIS, Occupational Health & Safety and Transportation of Dangerous Goods.

Course Offering:February 27, 2012 - June 20, 2012

Information Session:January 17, 2012 OR January 24, 2012 10:30am - 11:3Oam

Looking For Company Drivers& Owner Operators WithOpen Deck Experience.

Canada Wide and/orCanada To US.

Must Have:

• Valid Commercial Driving Licence

• Minimum 3 Years Commercial Driving & Open Deck Experience

We Offer:

• Above Average Compensation Package

• Training & Incentive Programs

• Signing Bonus

• A Great Team and Successful Company

Please e-mail [email protected] OrFax To: 403.723.9903

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Income OpportunityHOME BASED Business. We need serious and motivated people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential. Free online training. www.project4wellness.com

Trades, TechnicalHARWOOD FORD SALES, needs Licensed Automotive Technicians, 1 hours from Calgary, Alberta. New Milleni-um Ford Dealership, state-of-the-art technical equipment. 14 service bays, unlimited fl at rate hours, in the heart of oil country. Send resume Joel Nichols, Fax 403-362-2921 Email: j -n ich70@dealeremai l .com [email protected]

INDEPENDENT ELECTRIC & Controls Ltd. Hiring immedi-ately, Western Canada loca-tions: Electrical/Instrumenta-tion; Journeyman/Apprentices. Oilfi eld/Industrial experience an asset. Standard safety tick-ets required. Email resume: [email protected] refer-encing job # CAJIJE003.

Journeyman Electrician. Horizon Climate Controls, an HVAC & Electrical contracting company in Williams Lake has an immediate opening for a journeyman electrician. .Horizon Climate Controls is a progressive, community orient-ed company offering competi-tive wages & benefi t package. Williams Lake is located in the Central Interior of BC & offers numerous opportunities for the outdoor enthusiast. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who works well in a team envi-ronment with experience in a variety of electrical work from residential to light industrial. Email resumes to: [email protected] or fax to (250) 398-9099.


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MILL STORES CLERKSThroughout Western Canada

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To explore this opportunity and become a part of our community please visit our website & submit your resume by January 22, 2012

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MILLWRIGHT/MECHANIC REQUIRED – Full time posi-tion. Vancouver Island Chip Plant. Welding experience an asset. Union wage, full benefi t package. Please [email protected]

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GIBRALTAR MINE: A Rock-Solid Foundation for

Career Growth

At Taseko Mines, we’re proud to call British Columbia our home. We are looking for enthusiastic employees who share our vision for long-term, responsible growth in this province.

Joining our Gibraltar Mine team makes you part of Canada’s proud mining heritage. The Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine is a cornerstone of the regional economy and an example of great Canadian mining in action. Located in the heart of BC’s stunning Cariboo region, Gibraltar is approximately 60 km north of Williams Lake. It is the second largest open pit copper mine in Canada.

A sustainable mining operation with a 27 year mine life, Gibraltar is undergoing a signifi cant multi-phase expansion taking our daily milling throughput to 85,000 tons per day and we’re looking for talented candidates to help us facilitate this. That’s where you come in…

We currently have a full time opportunity for a:

GEOLOGIST

Position Summary:Reporting to the Senior Mine Geologist, the Geologist is responsible for minimizing ore loss and ore dilution by collecting and interpreting geological data, setting ore/waste demarcation lines and tracking performance against the Reserve Block Model by daily and monthly reconciliation.

Specifi c Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:• Undertakes ore control functions to minimize ore loss

and ore dilution• Monitors milling issues, and identifi es ore sources to

best meet mill feed specifi cations• Prepares and tracks daily ore forecast to keep mill

operations personnel informed of changes to planned ore feed

• Conducts fi eld geological and geotechnical mapping• Prepares monthly reconciliation between Reserve and

Blast Hole Block Model• Plans and coordinates “in-pit” rotary or diamond drilling

activities• Maintains effective information exchange with

engineering department and operations department to resolve common issues or problems

Qualifi cations:• Degree in geology or geological engineering with at

least four years experience in mining and/or exploration geology

• Qualifi es for GIT or EIT status in British Columbia• Ability to function as a team player in achieving common

objectives• Accomplished written, verbal and group presentation

skills• Strong computer skills with sound knowledge of

Microsoft offi ce

Compensation:Gibraltar offers an excellent benefi t package which includes competitive salary and a Registered Retirement Savings Plan and relocation assistance to Williams Lake.

Qualifi ed applicants, eligible to work in Canada, are invited to explore this opportunity by submitting a cover letter and detailed resume outlining your qualifi cations and experience, in confi dence, by email to: [email protected] by January 31, 2012.

Visit us at www.tasekomines.com to learn more about our New Prosperity, Aley and Harmony projects.

We thank all candidates who express interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Your application to this posting is deemed to be consent to the collection, use and necessary disclosure of personal information for the purposes of recruitment. Gibraltar Mines respects the privacy of all applicants and the confi dentiality of personal information and we will retain this information for a period of six months.


Career Growth





ENGINEER-IN-TRAINING - GEOTECHNICAL

Position Summary:Reporting to the Senior Mine Engineer, the Engineer-in-Training, Geotechnical is responsible for providing technical direction for the design, construction and ongoing evaluation of pit walls, dumps, tailings dam and other mine site structures.

The employee may be rotated through positions within the Mine Engineering department to provide a background and education in mine operations, surveying, blasting, etc.

Specifi c Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:• Perform mapping and conduct geotechnical studies of pit

walls, waste dumps and tailings dam• Establish stable pit and tailings dam design parameters• Provide geotechnical input for short-and long-range

mine planning• Plan and execute geotechnical investigations• Design and manage the geotechnical pit wall, waste

dump and tailings dam monitoring system• Maintain geotechnical records and submit reports• Maintain positive working relationships with operations

and fellow engineering department personnel

Qualifi cations:• Degree in Geotechnical Engineering; recent graduates

will be considered• Eligible for registration as an Engineer-In-Training with

APEGBC• Related mining experience would be considered a defi nite

asset• Strong computer skills with knowledge of MS offi ce• Accomplished written, verbal and group presentation

skills are essential

Compensation:Gibraltar offers an excellent benefi t package which includes competitive salary, a Registered Retirement Savings Plan and relocation assistance to Williams Lake.

Qualifi ed applicants, eligible to work in Canada, are invited to explore this opportunity by submitting a cover letter and detailed resume outlining your qualifi cations and experience, in confi dence, by email to [email protected] by January 31, 2012.




Career Growth





LONG RANGE PLANNING ENGINEER

Position Summary:Reporting to the Senior Mine Engineer, the Long Range Planning Engineer is responsible for mine planning and for participating in the integration of mine plans into mining operations. This is accomplished by managing the Mine EIT and Technicians so that they function as a cohesive, coordinated, goal-directed unit.

Specifi c Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:• Coordinates the development of long range mine plans

including 43-101, Life of Mine, 5 year and Annual mine plan and budget

• Coordinates economic studies of mining methods and equipment purchases, Wenco system maintenance and development

• Regularly analyses engineering section’s operating costs and identifi es cost reduction opportunities

• Generates monthly, quarterly and annual reports on engineering section’s performance

• Recommends staffi ng requirements and participates in the hiring process

Qualifi cations: • Degree in mining engineering with a minimum of four

years experience in open pit mine engineering • Registered professional engineer• Strong supervisory and team building skills• Accomplished written, verbal and group presentation

skills• Strong computer skills with sound knowledge of

Microsoft offi ce

Compensation:Gibraltar offers an excellent benefi t package which includes competitive salary and a Registered Retirement Savings Plan and relocation assistance to Williams Lake.

Qualifi ed applicants, eligible to work in Canada, are invited to explore this opportunity by submitting a cover letter and detailed resume outlining your qualifi cations and experience, in confi dence, by email to: [email protected] by January 31, 2012.



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Garbage Removal & Gutter Cleaning

Power Raking ~ Aerating(250)961-3612 or

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Pets & Livestock

Feed & HayROUND HAY Bales for sale. Call 250-846-5855

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Pets & Livestock

PetsBelgian Shepherd pups. Im-ported lines, bred for tempera-ment,structure. (250)392-5531

GOLDEN RETRIEVER pup-pies for sale, 7 male, 4 fe-males, medium copper, vacci-nated, dewormed, vet checked, health guaranteed, ready Jan. 21. $450 ea. (250)697-6826.

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Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

BELVEDEREMANOR

Bachelor Suite Available.

250-563-55711260 Ahbau Street

Midtowne

To Rent Call:250-561-1447

• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available

• Close to hospital & downtown

• Rent includes heat, hot water• Elevator to undercover

parking • Fridge, stove, quality carpets,

drapes • Laundry on each fl oor • No pets

1 1/2 - 2 bdrm apts. Safe, clean & quiet. Receive

your 12th month rent free (conditions apply)

250-613-7483 Darby Apts.3 bedroom condo available Jan 15th. 2 bathrooms, f/s, dw, w/d, n/s, n/p. Close to UNBC, CNC, Costco, Superstore. Bus pickup at end of driveway. $1060.00 p/m plus utilities. Phone 250-981-6185

Briarwood Apts. 1330/80 Foothills Blvd. 1 & 2 Bdrm suites 250-561-1571

Carriage Lane Estates

2 & 3 BDRMTOWNHOUSES

Close to CNC and shopping(250)563-3093

HARDWOOD MANOR APTS1575 Queensway

Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm suitesHardwood fl oors. Heat incl.

250-596-9484

HILLSBOROUGH Apts3820 - 15th Ave

PINE GROVE Apts 412- 420 Voyager Dr (off 5th Ave)

Spacious 1, 2 & 3 bdrm apts Clean, quiet, secure entrance.

Students Welcome. Rental Incentives. No Dogs

Phone 250-563-2221

JUBILEE Apt’s1 bedroom Adult orientated,

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

Call: (250) 562-7172

Parklane Garden Apartments

461 N. Ospika Blvd.Solid Brick & Conc. Bldg.Enjoy Quiet & Safe Living.

Adult Oriented 2 & 3 bdrm.

Large Balcony & Patio’sIncl. Cbl, Heat, Lrg. Stor

Fr/St/DW - N/S N/P Call Resident Mgr.250-561-2236

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Pine Glen Apartments 255 N. Ospika (Rental Offi ce)

Spacious clean 2 & 3 bdrm 1 1/2 bath

Heat, Hot water & Parking incl. Laundry & Play ground on Site.

Ask about our new ratesBus route to all amenities

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VENICE PLACE APTS 1438 Queensway

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

ground parking. Heat includedCall (250)561-1446

FIND EVERYTHING YOUNEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

JOB POSTINGLake Babine Nation

TREATY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Lake Babine Nation Treaty is searching for a candidate to join our team in the position of Executive Assistant. We are looking for a self-motivated, highly organized and energetic individual who can work overtime along with highly motivated team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Reporting and under direct Supervision of Chief Negotiator, the Executive Assistant will be:• Responsible for organizing and coordination of all

meetings, travel arrangements, including day-to-day operations

• Ability to communicate with Program & Com-munity Managers/Staff/Members, in a kind and respectful manner

• Ensure that timely process of meeting minutes, cor-respondence or reporting

• Maintains confi dentiality of all information• Assists in developing a comprehensive fi le mainte-

nance system• Other duties as assigned by Treaty

QUALIFICATIONS• Ability to speak and understand Babine Carrier (An

asset but not necessary)• Successful completion of Grade 12 (Dogwood or

equivalent)• Applied Business Technology (Offi ce Administration

Certifi cate)• Excellent Oral and Written communication and

interpersonal skills• Minimum two years experience successfully manag-

ing multi-projects• Demonstrate working knowledge of WordPerfect,

Power Point Presentation, Windows & Microsoft Programs and Spreadsheet program

• Experience as administrative assistant or secretarial support staff

• Excellent computer skills, particularly understand-ing electronic reporting systems

DEADLINE: January 20, 2012

PLEASE SEND RESUME & COVER LETTER TO:

Beatrice MacDonald, Human Resources ManagerLake Babine NationP.O. Box 879, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0or email: [email protected]

Only those candidates chosen for an interviewwill be contacted.

JOB POSTINGLake Babine Nation

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORJOB SUMMARY: The Executive Director will manage the development, implementation and maintenance of Lake Babine Nation (“LBN”) Services operational policies, practices and principles that provide for competent gover-nance, accountability, effectiveness, transparency and effi ciency; implement organizational vision; provide direction and support to the political and administra-tion offi ce.

SALARY: negotiable

QUALIFICATIONS:• Graduation with professional degree from a

recognized university in Business, Human Resources or Finance preferred; Specialization that has been obtained through an exceptional combination of training, education and/or experience may be considered.

• Experience of strategic leadership/senior manage-ment of not-for-profi t organization or corporation;

• Extensive experience with fi nancial and human resources management; demonstrate knowledge & experience in leading First Nation Political or Advocacy organization would be an asset.

• Background and knowledge base of issues facing First Nations in Economic Development;

• Problem-solving, decision-making, fi nancial and policy analysis; leadership role modeling/mentoring to encourage optimum performance by staff;

• Superior written/oral communication/negotiation/presentation skills to represent LBN dealings with multi-levels of government and various stakeholders;

• Understanding of LBN History and mandate. Aboriginal rights, challenges, opportunities and political processes pertaining to First Nations;

• Valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle.

PROCEDURES1. A cover letter, please indicate how your education

and experience qualifi es you for this position.2. Recent resume showing that you meet the basic

Qualifi cations.3. A photocopy of your Degree, Certifi cation.

DEADLINE: February 10, 2012

SUBMIT ALL DOCUMENTS TO: Beatrice MacDonald, Human Resources Manager

Lake Babine NationP.O. Box 879, Burns Lake, B.C., V0J 1E0Inquiries: Phone 250-692-4700

Only those applicants short listed will be contacted for an interview.

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 559

X CROSSWORD

Dunkley Lumber Ltd., a progressive forest company operating in the Prince George area, manufactures high quality lumber products for our customers within North America and around the world. Our company is committed to ensuring that our forest resources are

managed to the highest possible standard.

We are currently inviting applications for the following position in our Woodlands Department.

FORESTRY SUPERVISORAs Forestry Supervisor you will be working with the Woodlands team in the administration and supervision of Dunkley’s harvesting program. Your responsibilities will include operational planning and management of harvesting activities, such as logging, road construction and road maintanence.

The successful applicants will be able to demonstrate:• Currently registered or eligible for registration as a

Registered Forest Technologist (RFT), Forester in training (FIT) or Registered Professional Forester (RPF) with the Association of BC Forestry Professional (ABCFP),

• A minimum of 3 years experience in forestry fi eldwork,• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Offi ce, • Knowledge of current BC forest legislation, regulations,

policies, and guidelines,• Possession of a valid Class 5 Driving Licence and safe

driving record,• Good problem solving, decision making and

organizational abilities,• Good verbal communication and technical writing skills,

and• The ability to work independently and in a team.

Applications will be accepted up to 5:00 p.m., January 16, 2012. Please email a cover letter and resume to [email protected] with Forestry Supervisor in the subject line.

We thank you for your interest, however, only candidates invited to interview will be contacted.

Now accepting applications

for Full Time or Part-Time Positions

Apply with resume for the appropriate position to Shelley (Store Manager) at 1905 Victoria Street next

to Total Pet, Prince George, 250.562.5555

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentSUMMIT APTS

2666 Upland Street1 & 2 bedroom apts. Rentincludes: hydro, heat, hot water, appliances, drapes

and parking. Quiet, no pets

250-564-3162

West Austin Apartments2 bdrm located on Hart Hwy.

778-415-0010

Commercial/Industrial

Space available for rentFor all your rental needs

Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT

Majestic Management(1981) Ltd.

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Duplex / 4 Plex2 bdrm upstairs, 1/2 duplex, WD, 2315 Royal Cres, $850/mo + util. (250)961-7527

Misc for Rent1, 2, & 3 bdrm suites for rent,reasonably priced. Heat & Hy-dro incl. Ph (250) 552-1178

Suites, Lower1453 Ford Ave, 3 BDRM, ground level $850 per mth. 2216 Tamarack St 2 bed $750 per mth incl. util.250- 961-2265

1 bdr. basement suite, $450 utilities included, private ent., parking, shared laundry. New-er renos, available immed. NS, single student (250)564-7560

1 bdrm suite for rent. Includes utilities $550/mo close to Costco. 1 person, NP, NS Phone (250)596-5962

2 bdrm furn/unfurn NS Utilities & laundry incl. References required. Incentive for seniors. Avail Jan 31st 250-562-2444

2 bedroom basement suite in College Heights. Close to bus and shopping. Sep entrance, laundry and parking. Ref req. NP $800 mth. util included 250-964-6106

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We buy scrap batteries fromcars & trucks & heavy equipment.

$4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

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Keep your baby safe in the car.

Learn how to choose the right child car seat. Call 1-877-247-5551 or visit ChildSeatInfo.ca

“We’re having a baby!”

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Over $4000.00 in prizes to be won courtesy of

Hockey Pool

Unleash entertainment with Optik TV.™

Tickets available at TICKETMASTER: 250-564-5585

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Jan 13th - FortisBC Minor Hockey Night Jan 13th & 14th the Cougars welcome

Bret “The Hitman” HartJan 13th - Autographs available

Jan 14th - A lucky fan will have a chance to competeagainst Hart in an on-ice competition as well as win a

trip for 2 to see the Canucks play. Call the Cougars offi ceat 250-571-0783 to register.

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Reservations: 250-614-9096547 George Street

JANUARY JAZZAPPETIZERS

NEW ORLEANS PRAWNSFive prawns cooked in our house made Cajun sauce.

CRAB CAKES with CORN SALSA & FIVE PEPPER JELLYChilean crab cakes lightly sautéed served with corn salsa & our fi ve pepper aioli.

ENTREESAll main entrees served with your choice of Ric’s signature stuffed potato,

Chef’s daily potato, Basmati rice pilaf & seasonal vegetables.

CAJUN RUBBED SIRLOIN topped with FIVE PEPPER PRAWNSCajun spiced Sterling Silver Sirloin grilled to perfection topped with

5 Creole crusted prawns tossed in our fi ve pepper jelly.

NEW ORLEANS PENNEChicken, & chorizo sausage in house made New Orleans sauce,

served with toasted garlic toast.

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house made New Orleans sauce, served on Basmati rice pilaf.

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Served warm with chocolate sauce, whipping cream & fresh mint.

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ENJOY MOLSON GAME DAY PINTS, STARTING AT $5.00, FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN MOLSON PRIZES!

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People of Prince George Brought to you by

Hub City Motors

This weeks McDonald’s Pic of the Week was submitted by Liz L’Heureux. Liz wins a $25.00 McDonald’s Gift Pack for providing the Pic of the Week. For your chance to win, email a picture of a resident of Prince George with your name and phone number, as well as the name of the person (people) in the photo, to [email protected] of the judges is fi nal. Prizes must be accepted as awarded. No substitutions.

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Peter Saar signs a banner which will be taken to Innsbruck, Aus-

tria to cheer on Prince George’s Sarah Beaudry as she competes

in the biathlon at the Youth Winter Olympics later this month.

UNBC women’s basketball coach Loralyn Murdoch, left, shows photos of her child to a member of the Japan Un-der 18 coaching staff before the game Wednesday at the Northern Sport Centre.

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Jerry, of Steve and Sons Shoe Shop Ltd., hard at work in his shop on George Street.

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CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

(250) 562-5254 • 1995 - 20th Avenue, Prince George, BC • Toll Free 1-800-945-1935 DL #30541

THANK YOUPRINCE GEORGE!!Thanks to your support, Northland Chrysler Jeep Dodge is:

I appreciate all your support,

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Selling Truck Dealer in Canada 2011

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