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Teachers around the province entered “stage 1 strike action” Wednesday, which had a slight impact on the school day in the Prince George School District.

Schools Superintendent Brian Pepper, in a letter to parents, says schools throughout the district will remain open. However, teachers will not supervise students other than during the regular instructional time. Th at means supervision of school grounds and bus load-ing areas will be carried out by exempt and management staff .

It also means the cancellation of the 15-minute recess.

Th is means most elementary school classes will begin seven minutes later and end eight minutes earlier each day. Bus pick-up and drop-off times remain unchanged.

Th e Western Hockey League has called a special meeting of the Board of Governors for April 30 to discuss the sale of two franchises, including the Prince George Cougars.

According to a press release, current owner Rick Brodsky, who has owned the team since it moved to the city in 1994, has entered into an agreement with local businessman Greg Pocock. Pocock is the head of EDGEPRO Sports and Entertainment Ltd., a group of local businessmen and former WHL players.

“Our entire family would like to thank our staff , fans, sponsors, volunteers, minor offi cials, billets, and the city and rink staff ,” said Cougars vice-president Brandi Brodsky. “We also want to express our appreciation to all of the young men who have worn a Cougars uniform over the last 20 years.”

Th e board meeting next Wednesday will also consider the sale of the Regina Pats franchise by Russ and Diane Parker to Queen City Sports and Entertainment Group Ltd., headed by Anthony Marquart.

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‘They were good guys’

As part of his recovery from the April 23, 2012 explosion and fi re at Lakeland Mills, John Engstrom should avoid situations that cause him stress.

He has suff ered from post trau-matic stress disorder since the blast that killed his co-workers Glenn Roche and Allan Little.

So it was a tough decision to at-tend Wednesday’s rally calling for a public inquiry into the Lakeland Mills disaster and the Babine Forest Products tragedy in Burns Lake.

“Th ey were good guys,” he said, choking back the emotions that swell up remembering the two friends he lost two years ago.

And the death toll likely would have been higher had it not been for Engstrom. When the fi rst explosion ripped through the mill, it blew out a wall in the lunchroom trapping workers under it.

It was Engstrom who literally used every ounce of strength he had to lift the wall so his co-workers could get out from under it. And he paid a price for it … a blown-out back, injured ribs, and a neck strain that doctors said almost killed him.

When he lift ed that wall, he put such a strain on his neck that it almost broke.

He is still unable to work.In the end, the Engstrom decided

to attend the rally to provide sup-port for his co-workers. And, with a smile, says he needs support too.

Th e road hasn’t been much easier for Steve Dominic, who was injured in the Babine Forest Products explo-sion. He remembers it was cold that day, and that probably saved him. He was bundled up for the cold and when the fi re hit, “everything burned down to my T-shirt.”

He suff ered burns and nerve dam-age to his face, but is now looking to

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Bill PHILLIPS/Free PressLakeland Mills worker John Engstrom and his wife Marina attend a rally Wednesday call-ing for a public inquiry into the explosions and fires at Lakeland Mills in Prince George and Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake. Engstrom was one of the men injured in the Lakeland explosion. The rally stops outside the WorkSafeBC office (top photo).

get back to work.“It was a fi ne line between permanent disabil-

ity and trying to get back to work,” he said.He chose trying to get back to work.Both Engstrom and Dominic were among

about 150 people who rallied in Prince George Wednesday calling for a public inquiry into the two explosions, that killed four men and injured about 40 others. Th e rally marched past the WorkSafeBC offi ce, which has been tagged as the reason the Criminal Justice Branch won’t lay charges in either incident, and past Labour Minister Shirley Bond’s offi ce, who has rein-forced the government position that a coroner’s inquest is better than a public inquiry.

Bond was not in her offi ce, but issued a state-

ment shortly aft er the rally.“Truly, what these families have had to go

through has been tragic, which is why govern-ment has launched an aggressive action plan to make sure what happened in Burns Lake and Prince George doesn’t happen again,” reads the statement. “Building on the steps we took immediately aft er the Babine investigation was released, this plan will make sure WorkSafeBC’s investigations are handled correctly for future prosecutions, to make sure there is sustained dust safety compliance at B.C. sawmills, and to drive change in the culture and process at WorkSafeBC.

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It’s called Operation Hunger Relief.A program which operates out of the Salvation Army in

the VLA area serves hot food to people in need every Sat-urday. Th e serving area is outside, in the parking lot of the

Child Development Centre, there is no overhead shelter. It starts at 3 p.m. and usually lasts for only half an hour before the food – and the hunger – is gone, says organizer Don Wilson.

Th e food program has been running for several years but was almost cut 18 months ago because there wasn’t enough money to keep going. Th en a good Samari-tan donated a large sum of money for the OHR, said Wilson. Th at money has kept them afl oat until now. Wilson’s family, all longtime SA workers, and a dozen other volunteers all help out too.

“Last week my sister bought hot dogs with her own money. I help by doing the grocery shopping and

food preparation. It’s a big job for all the volunteers. We usu-ally serve homemade soup – the best in the city – and chili, it’s always a nutritious lunch. All of us do what we can and we feed anybody who comes here.”

Th ere are no questions asked about why those in line need food, says Wilson.

“I can tell you that no one stands out in the cold for food if they have somewhere else to go and get a meal. It’s not only adults, we usually get about 20 kids so we have food and goodie bags for them too.”

People with babies are given jars of food and people with dogs are given dog biscuits – Wilson says they do that so people don’t share their meal with their pets. Th e need is still there, said Wilson.

“We have been doing this for a few years now,” says Wilson who moved here with his parents when he was 13.

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Education is key when it comes to food and homelessness. Julia Russell, a master’s student in Community Health Sciences

at UNBC, is undertaking a study to examine the subject of sea-sonal food access for people who are homeless in Prince George and to explore its eff ects on health and well being.

Russell is seeking participants for the study: Exploring the Seasonal Dynamics of Food Security amongst the Homeless in Northern British Columbia.

“Th e purpose of this project is to study access to food at dif-ferent times of the year for people who are homeless in Prince

George,” said Russell. “We will also explore eff ects of this food access on health and well-being. If you have been homeless in Prince George, you are invited to participate in this project and share your experiences.”

Russell said she also wants to interview people who have some experience with providing food to homeless individuals – includ-ing family and friends.

“Participants with diverse experiences providing food are wel-come,” she said. “And participation is not limited to those who provide emergency food aid as a formal service. For example,

participants could include people who have regularly given food to homeless friends or family.”

Participants will take part in a group art project to map their experiences with food during times of homelessness as well as a group discussion and interview and they will help develop ways to share the fi nal results with the community. Participants will be provided a small honorarium. For more details about the study and to learn how you can join (there are limited spaces for par-ticipants), please call Julia at 250-982-8806 or e-mail [email protected].

Can we feed the need?Operation Hunger Relief helps in the VLA

The face of poverty is changing and the number of mouths to feed is grow-ing. The Free Press will be examining this topic in the coming weeks from the perspective of the users, providers and observers. Is our present system of providing food for our most vulnerable population in Prince George working? If not, what can we do to improve it?

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Volunteers with the Salvation Army’s Operation Hunger Relief program serve up hot dogs and hamburgers (and Easter treats for children) to over 100 people on Saturday in the VLA area.

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“My parents actually built up the (Harbour Light) Salvation Army here years ago, they basically had to revive it. My dad, who was Major Wilson, passed away but my mom [Major Betty Wilson] continues to do her work for the church. She broke her hip and is mostly blind now but still helps out.”

On Saturday, the reporter went out to see how Operation Hunger Relief works. Betty Wilson was smiling as glossy colour booklets on Easter – books she had bought – got handed out to young children. Just like the week before (April 12), over 100 people were served and the line-up, although it moved quickly, at one point stretched across the road to the mini mall on the other side.

Because of the holiday weekend, volunteers put on an Easter barbecue with a choice of hot dogs or hamburgers with buns, salad, beverages, fruit and muffi ns. Children were given marshmallow Rice Krispie nests with chocolate

eggs. Off to one side, an SA worker handed out copies of the

New Testament for people who wanted them. Tables were set up so people could sit down and enjoy their food but usually, people just went on their way aft er making it to the front of the line.

One woman said she was there with 10 family members, one an eight-month-old granddaughter. She was grateful, she said, for the opportunity to be able to feed her family on this special day.

How could the program be improved?Operation Hunger Relief could use a new or used food

truck or a truck that could be adapted for that purpose so that volunteers can serve food more comfortably, quickly and effi ciently. Wilson smiles at the suggestion.

“Th at would sure make a big diff erence for us,” he said.


In Provincial Court on Jan. 22:

Jackie L. Charlie was found guilty of aggra-vated assault, sentenced to 50 weeks in jail, placed on probation for 18 months, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and received a life-time prohibition on the possession of fi rearms.

Walter P. Hall was found guilty of causing a disturbance, sen-tenced to 12 days in jail and assessed a victim

surcharge of $100.Allison G. Lamber-

tus was found guilty of driving without due care and attention, fi ned $1,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

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

Terrance Tremblay was found guilty of

assault, placed on probation for one year and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Cory A.E. Sargent was found guilty of possession of a con-trolled substance for the purpose of traffi cking, sentenced to 66 days in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $100 and prohibited from pos-sessing fi rearms for 10 years.

Robert S. Bruce was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fi ned $900, assessed a victim surcharge of $135 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Todd E. Jolley was found guilty of assault and placed on proba-tion for one year.

In Provincial Court on Jan. 23:

Tyler L. Anderson was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 30 days in jail, placed on proba-tion for one year and assessed a victim sur-charge of $200.

Christopher A. Clark was found guilty of driving while prohib-ited, sentenced to 30 days in jail to be served on an intermittent basis, placed on proba-tion until the expiration of the jail sentence, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and prohibited from driving for three years.

Michael Gajic was found guilty of mischief and failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recog-nizance, sentenced to one day in jail, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

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and so does our gov-ernment, which is why I asked the Attorney General to direct Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe to conduct an inquest into the explosion at Lakeland Mills – a pro-cess that will help all of us get a full accounting of the facts.”

However, that isn’t good enough for Ronda Roche, wife of Glenn Roche.

“Th ings have just become more compli-cated for the British Columbia government,” she said in a state-ment before the rally. “Someone needs to be held accountable for my husband’s death, the death of Al Little and for the injuries sustained by the workers. I believe an independent inquiry is needed to learn where the system has failed the workers in the months before the explosion, the night of the explosion and the investigation aft er the explo-sion. What is the reason that Bill C-45,Th e Westray Law, is not being enforced in B.C., when workers are dying on the job?”

Maureen Luggi, wife of Robert F. Luggi Jr who perished in the Babine Forest Products Lakeland Sawmill explosion, has been pushing for a public inquiry for months.

“We need to send a message loud and clear to the government of Brit-ish Columbia that the families of Babine Forest Products and Lakeland Mills stand together and we want an Independent public inquiry into both sawmill explosions and the families need answers. I am aware that a coro-ner’s Inquest will not address all of the questions that our families have.”

While Bond couldn’t make the rally, other political leaders did, including NDP leader Adrian Dix, Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Jody Wilson-Raybould, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, and Grand Chief Ed John.

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen says he will be seeing what he can do in Ottawa to see what poten-tial there is to bring the never-used Westray Act into eff ect, which seeks to hold companies responsible for injury or death to their workers while on site.

“I was honoured to meet with some of the courageous survivors from both (the Burns Lake and Prince George mill) disasters,” Cullen said. “I am inspired by their personal stories and commitment to changing the health and safety rules so that this never happens to families and

workers in this province again.” “We will help in whatever way we

can. Having to suff er not once, when the explosions fi rst happened, but again, when the system utterly failed them in their pursuit of justice is unacceptable.”

Provincial Labour Minister Shirley Bond told the Free Press last week that the Westray Act applies only to criminal charges, so would not apply in the Lakeland Mills disaster since WorkSafeBC only recommended reg-ulatory charges be laid. Th e Criminal Justice Branch subsequently decided against laying charges.

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Bill PHILLIPS/Free PressSteve Dominic was one of the men injured in explosion and fire at the Babine Forest Products mill in January 2012. He was among about 150 people who took part in a rally in Prince George Wednesday calling for a public inquired into the Babine Forest Products and Lakeland Mills explosions.

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Th e distinction of being named to the list is earned by only 50 companies/employers across the country each year.

Th e list, organized by the editors of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project, recognizes employers “that lead the nation in creating a culture of environmental awareness in their organizations.”

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Th e tour should have gone east-to-west rather than the other way.

Th ree NDP MLAs started their tour of the Highway of Tears in Prince Rupert on Monday and wound up in Prince George Wednesday. As they headed east, all the hitchhikers they saw were headed west, so they didn’t get to pick up hitchhikers and hear their stories.

NDP women’s issues critic Maurine Kara-gianis, North Coast MLA, Jennifer Rice, and Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Carole James (who left the tour partway through to attend a funeral) made the trip to highlight issues surrounding Highway 16, dubbed the Highway of Tears because of the number of women who have gone missing along the route. Hitchhiking is one of the com-mon themes in at least some of the disappear-ances.

“It’s been very emotional for us, it’s been very compelling,” Karagianis said. “We stopped along the highway and realized how vulnerable we felt. No cell service for hours at a time, great distances where you don’t see vehicles for a long period … It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to put yourself in that place and say ‘what if I had to hitchhike to a doctor’s appointment or get food for my children.’ I would be very vulner-

able.”She said many people they met on their tour

talked about people who have to hitchhike just to go to the corner store.

“Th ere are no options for them in these com-munities.”

Th e NDP are calling on the Liberal govern-ment to implement recommendations of the Missing Women’s Inquiry calling for a shuttle bus along the Highway of Tears.

“It’s obvious communities are ready to step up to the plate and make this happen as soon as possible,” Karagianis said.

Rice said that during one of their stops in the Bulkley Valley, they were presented with a report from 1998 that highlighted the need for better transportation along Highway 16.

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Bill PHILLIPS/Free PressNDP MLAs Maurine Karagianis, left, and Jennifer Rice meet with the Prince George media after touring the Highway of Tears. The trip was to highlight the dangers of the road and call on the government to institute safe public transportation between Prince Rupert and Prince George.

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amount of wealth that is generated from our resource extraction communities and what is proposed with LNG and other resource de-velopment,” said Rice.

Th e two did not know how much a shuttle service would cost, but said the Liberal government should be meeting with communities to discuss what the needs are in each commu-nity to fi nd out what will work.

“In any case, it’s a small price to pay,” said Karagianis. “Th e price is very small to pay to save one life, let alone many lives.”

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INVITATION TO TENDERT14-05 18th Avenue Carpenter Electrical Shop Renovation Closing Date: May 7, 2014

T14-06 Civic Plaza Enhancement Project Closing Date: May 12, 2014

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Buy & Sell for a term of 1 year at a rent of $10,200.00 per year, plus applicable taxes, with one option to renew for a second term of 1 year at the then fair market rent.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:Pursuant to section 26(3) of the Community Charter, the City of Prince George intends to sell to River City Hotel Inc. fee simple title to land at 900 Brunswick Street, Prince George, BC, legally described as (PID 029-274-371) Lot 1 District Lot 343 Cariboo District Plan EPP34406, for a sale price of $1,130,000.00

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CNC offi cially received its larg-est research grant ever April 17, which will see more than $2 million invested into forestry innovation in central B.C.

Th e college received $1.88 mil-lion from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and $200,000 from the CNC Research Forest Society to research innovations in the forestry industry.

“Our goal is to help the forest industry become more innovative and competitive, while giving our students opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology and in-novation opportunities facing the sector today,” said Hardy Griesbauer, CNC’s Director of Applied Research and Innovation, in a press release. “Th e forest industry faces a number of challenges, including reduced timber supply from the mountain pine beetle, a skilled labour shortage, and a range of impacts from climate change. At the same time, emerg-ing technologies and information may be able to help forest companies overcome these challenges.”

CNC will work with Canfor, Dunkley Lumber, BC Timber Sales, Lakeland Mills and possibly others on advancements for the forestry industry.

“Canfor relies on the skills training available through CNC,” said Ralph Hausot, Chair of the CNC Research Forest Society and Canfor planning supervisor. “Demand for skilled workers is growing in the forest

sector, and our industry has a bright future. Th is signifi cant funding from NSERC will provide critical support as the industry works with educa-tional institutions to train the people we need to grow the economy in the North.”

CNC signed a 10-year harvest and joint management agreement with Dunkley Lumber last fall, and an ex-panded partnership agreement with the forest company this spring, all in support of good forest practices and student development.

Outcomes from this research will support sustainable and enhanced innovation throughout the forestry sector, thus helping forest companies address challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.

CNC’s 12,500-hectare research forest, located near Prince George, provides an ideal research facility for industry and researchers to collab-oratively address a range of forest industry research needs. College faculty and students will work with industry and partners on a range of research projects including: innova-tive forest harvesting techniques to protect streams and lakes, planting new tree species in central B.C. as an adaptation to climate change, and us-ing geomatics data to improve forest planning and operations.

CNC’s research forest is governed by the CNC Research Forest Society Board, which is comprised of local companies, three local First Nations, and academic and government for-estry experts.

CNC forest gets grant

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressJimmy Rankin puts on a stellar performance Tuesday for a capacity crowd at Artspace. The singer-songwriter pulled out old favourites some going back to his Rankin Family touring days and introduced fans to songs from his new album, including Cool Car.

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Registration starts at 6:30pm, meeting at 7:00pm

Shell BuseyThe popular Canadian radio and television personality and home improvement expert will be at the 2014 Home Show.

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have the opportunity to tap into the knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders by attending the annual Leadercast live event at Westwood Church May 9.

Th is year’s Leadercast theme is Beyond You and it challenges leaders to focus outward rather than inward, says chairman Gary Clarke.

An exciting line-up of guests, a virtual think tank of leaders, will be joining in the important discussion of the day Friday via live broadcasts to hundreds of cities all over the world. Ses-sions are with Archbishop Des-mond Tutu, Laura Bush, Mal-colm Gladwell, Randall Wallace, Bill McDermott, Laura Schroff , Andy Stanley, Dr. Henry Cloud, Simon Sinek, and co-hosts Cat Deeley and Trip Crosby.

Join in on the Leadercast Friday, May 9 at Westwood Church Auditorium, 2658 Ospika Boulevard South. Th e goal of Lead-ercast is to positively change the way the

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Th e Canada Winter Games are about more than athletes.

Th at was the point made by Games director of communications Mike Davis last week as he introduced the speakers for a new program.

“Sometimes people don’t think of arts, culture and entertainment as part of the Canada Winter Games. Th ey are a big part, and that’s what we are here to talk about today.”

Th e VIP Gift ing Program, as spoken about by manager of ceremonies and culture Karen Jeff ery, provides a chance for regional artists to make a contribu-tion to the Games.

“We will have upwards of 1,000 VIPs at the Games,”, she said. “A lot of time, when you think about VIP gift s, you think about the Games jacket and scarf.

“We want them to take away some-thing more.”

Interested artists from across the region, which stretches from Haida Gwaii to the Alberta border and 100 Mile House to Fort Nelson, are invited

to submit proposals for works they would like to see included in the VIP gift s.

“We’re looking for a variety of piec-es,” Jeff ery said. “We want to be able to vary the gift s we give to the people who come here.”

Wendy Young, the executive direc-tor of the Community Arts Council, said interest was high even before the offi cial announcement.

“I’ve had two or three calls a week since last May, when we started work-ing with the Games on an artist data-base. People wanted to make sure they hadn’t missed anything.”

Th e fi rst stage of the program asks artists to submit .jpegs of their work, which will then be juried by Games staff , members of the CAC and other artists. Jeff ery says from there, they will make a shortlist of artists.

“Th ese artists will then be asked to submit a physical piece of work, which will then be juried again.”

She expects the fi nal decisions to be made by the end of June.

For more information on the pro-gram, call Jeff ery at 250-596-2015 ext. 218 or go to the website at www.canadagames2015.ca.

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In the moneyTh ey had the winning one million

dollar ticket in the March 8 Lotto 6/49 and now Prince George seniors Emily and Wilfrid Tremblay can really look forward to their golden years.

Th e lucky ticket was bought at the Superstore on Ferry Avenue.

Wilfrid Tremblay spoke to the Free Press from Vancouver Tuesday where the couple went to collect their win-nings – and spend Easter as planned with their family. Wilfrid, who admits to being “still shaky” over the huge win, said they have purchased lot-tery tickets regularly for years. Th en once a week, when they talk on the phone with their daughter who lives in Vancouver, she checks the lottery numbers online so they can check their tickets.

Last month, all the numbers matched up.

Wilfrid said he drove to a store in

College Heights where they had a lotto ticket checking machine and the word “winner” came up in the corner of the screen. No bells, no whistles, he said. Just the magic word, winner.

“I just verifi ed the number, put away the ticket, and walked out of the store.”

He didn’t say anything to anyone. Except his family, who, like him, think of it as a dream come true. Wilfrid says the retired couple’s plans are “up in the air” about what they’ll do with the sudden windfall but according to a BCLC news release issued April 22 that may include plans for a new house.

“With their prize winnings, Tremblay’s plan is to buy a house in Vancouver, closer to their family,” the news release states.

For her part, Emily told BCLC: “It’s our regular routine for my daughter to read out the numbers while I check the tickets,” said Emily. “I thought she was reading back the numbers off my ticket. I had all the matching numbers on my ticket.”


Courtesy BCLCWilfrid and Emily Tremblay cashed in a Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $1 million recently.



Th ere are a couple of intersections in Prince George which can be pretty frustrating when you’re waiting for the light to turn green.

Th e one I have the most trouble with is the light at 18th Avenue and Ospika Boulevard. I drive a smaller car, and it defi nitely seems like when I’m driving west on 18th, a lot of times my car doesn’t trip the mechanism to give me a light. I’ll sit there while the lights in all the other directions go through a couple of rotations, at which point I usually put on my turn signal, turn right onto Ospika and go up to 15th Avenue.

Now, there are other times where I’ll be westbound, coming up to a red light at that corner, and as I get to the intersection, the light turns green, as though it had been triggered some distance back by my vehicle.

Th e thing I fi nd really strange about this intersection is that it’s just the one side that I have problems with. If I’m eastbound on 18th, I may have to wait a few seconds before I get a green light, but I always get one in the regular rota-tion.

Th e other intersection is frustrating in a diff erent way. Th e lights at 15th Avenue and Foothills Boulevard have never “skipped” me as I waited for them – but sometimes I’ve had to wait a long time.

I suspect I’m not the only driver who has sat at a red light at that intersection, with abso-lutely no other traffi c around, and waited . . . and waited . . . and waited.

It seems as though the lights are on a very long timer, and there is no provision for a vehicle tripping a sensor as it approaches.

I have sometimes been south-bound on Foothills, pulled into the left -turn lane at the intersec-tion with no other cars in sight in any direction, and then waited a good 30 seconds before I get the turn light.

I was reminded of these intersections last week when I saw a driver who apparently didn’t know about the slowness of the 15th and Foothills lights. Th ey were southbound, waiting to make a left -hand turn onto 15th.

Th ey sat there for about 15 seconds, then, apparently fi g-uring the light must be broken, made the turn, even though the light was still red.

I watched this, thinking, “I hope my life is never that tightly organized that I can’t wait a minute for a light to change”.

Yes, I get frustrated at times waiting for that light to change, but I know it will change, so I wait for it.

• Th e soccer season in England is winding down, which means the battles for promotion and relegation are heating up.

It’s a situation unlike anything else in sports. What it basically means is if you’re one of the worst teams in your league, you drop to the next-lowest league the following year. Meanwhile, their best teams move up to your league.

Th e most-watched battles are, to no one’s surprise, those at the foot of the Premier League, the top section. Th ere are some teams that seem to bound back and forth between the Premier League and the Championship, but it does seem more common for a team to spend two or three seasons at its new level before moving up or down again.

I was explaining this to a friend last week, and he said, “So it would be sort of like the worst team in the NHL being demoted to the American Hockey League for next season.”

No, I explained, because the teams in the American Hockey League are affi liated with teams in the NHL. Th ey’re farm teams. In English soccer, each team is a sepa-rate entity, which is why the relegation system works.

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Waiting for thelights to change

Th is week marked another Earth Day.Many of us used the day to do something to help clean up

Mother Earth and heighten awareness of environmental issues facing our planet.

Sadly, many editorial writers, near and far, used the day to pan the environmental movement here in Canada. Th e criticisms usually focus on the fact that many of those who toil in the environmental movement actually own (gasp) cars and Neil Young actually fl ies across the country sometimes. Even Energy Minister Rich Coleman couldn’t resist taking a jab at environmentalists who drive cars during his visit here. Th e argument is akin to environmental groups being critical of oil executives who like to breathe fresh air and drink clean water. It’s simply a childish argu-ment.

Th e other criticism foisted on the environ-mental movement is that, here in Canada, large environmental organizations are funded by rich Americans. It’s hypocritical to suggest environ-mental groups can’t be foreign-funded while promoting development that is, by and large, driven by foreign investment. Maybe we should be praising the environmental movement for bringing American capital into this country. Canada is becoming a global producer of energy, whether oil or natural gas, so with that comes a global microscope, global opposition, and with that comes the responsibility to be part of the global debate regarding climate change.

Sadly, Canada has abrogated that responsibility since the Conservatives have taken power. Th ere is a concerted promo-tion in this country that Canada is too small a player on the global stage to make a diff erence. Th at is not a reason for us not to be a global leader … we certainly strive to be one in energy production.

Some even harbour the notion that man’s impact on this earth is akin to an anthill in the forest. Th at is just absurd.

Th anks to the Conservatives, debate on most issues in this country, and certainly climate change, has denigrated into personal attacks on those who oppose the status quo.

What we really need in this country is a robust debate about

the environment, about climate, and about how Canada can position itself to be a leader in energy development, conserva-tion, and weaning ourselves off the fossil fuel fob. Some of us believe we can do that without parking our vehicles tomorrow or swearing off air travel.

While the naysayers like to pooh-pooh the United National International Panel on Climate Change, we should heed its latest of three reports issued in the last year.

Th e fi rst states, unequivocally, that global warming is caused by burning fossil fuels and, to a lesser extent, defores-tation. Th e second that we are already feeling the eff ects. And the third, that annual emissions have increased almost twice

as fast in the fi rst decade of this century as the last decades of the 20th century. And, for those who think reducing emissions are just to costly, the IPCC says we have about 15 years in which to really start reducing emissions before the fi xes become really costly.

While editorial writers and pundits in this country shrug their shoulders and say nothing can be done, or, even worse, there isn’t a problem, we might want to heed some of what the New York Times recently had to say.

“A … plausible pathway is to get each country to adopt binding emission reduction targets and then allow them to choose how to get there — ramping up nuclear energy, phasing out coal-fi red

plants in favor of cleaner natural gas (though natural gas itself would have to someday give way to low-carbon alternatives), and vastly increasing renewable sources like wind and solar, which still supply only a small fraction of the world’s energy (less than fi ve per cent for wind and solar combined in the United States). All this will require a huge shift in investment, both private and public, from fossil fuels.

Governments have an enormous amount of work to do in devising emission reduction strategies by next year … Howev-er compelling the science, global warming has not generated the kind of public anxiety and bottom-up demand for change that helped win the big fi ghts for cleaner air and water in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Th is makes his job harder but no less urgent.”

WRITER’S BLOCKBILLPHILLIPS

An Earth Day debate

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressRichard Watts with one part (Shield Kimono Spirit Catching Thunderbird, 2012) of his exhibit Three Seasons which opened last week at Two Rivers Gallery. The artist uses vulcanized rubber, gauze and forest flora in his work to make a cast – a six-layer membrane or skin, in this case, from an old boat, sandblasted and stripped of its “organs.”

Catch the spirit

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Every community is more than just a geographic location on a map. Like individuals, communities have a personality that makes it unique.

Th e people who live there, the climate, community values and heritage of the past helps form the fi rm foundation of the community and contribute to being the unique place it is.

Th is weekend Northern Hardware, better known as just the Northern, celebrates 95 years as part of the fabric of this city. Very few enter-prises survive for nearly a century. Fewer still remain owned by the same family. In that, the Northern is more than just a store we go to, but also a link to the history of the city.

Th ere is no other place like the Northern. It has been part of my personal life since my childhood and I am thankful.

It is a place many of us go when we need something which is out of the ordinary. Where else could you walk in the door with a perfectly good 50-year-old pressure cooker and fi nd they not only have the rubber seal you need in stock, they also have someone who can install it?

Th e store is so unique that it is worthwhile taking visitors to the store. Th ey come away impressed by the diversity of inventory and service levels which seems to have disap-peared from much the commercial world.

Th ere are few businesses that have the long-term staff who are locally knowledgeable and gladly take the time to see that you get what you need.

If you want to know where the good fi shing is, ask the people in the sporting goods. If you need to make a little re-pair at home, they will tell you what you need to do, get you the pieces you need, and you don’t end up missing some vital

little piece necessitating another trip to the store.It is the people who make the diff erence. Almost all of

them have been there for many years and truly believe in customer service.

Hilliard Clare is the ultimate example of a longtime employee. His career with the Northern spans nearly seven

decades. Starting his career assembling and repairing bicycles, over the many years he has risen to become an extremely valued senior member of the management team.

Th e attitude the family brought to their busi-ness is a large part of the success of the store. Th at attitude placed the welfare of their employ-ees above the making of quick profi ts. Th ere is much truth in the comment that employees are valued members of an extended family.

A little of the history of the city illustrates that attitude.

Hilliard Clare and Harold Moff at, Hilliard’s boss, both served on city council. In the wonder-ful world of politics, they both ended up tussling

for the Mayor’s chair. Harold won and then things just went back to normal. Th ere may be disagreements in the family, but there was also care and support.

Some professor should probably do a study of how this very unique company operates and survives. Th ere are few like it.

Not only a great store, the Northern is part of the histori-cal fabric of this city as it grew and prospered. Times change and everyone and every business must change with it. Let us hope that the underlying fundamentals that have rewarded them with success never change.

We need businesses to give us a successful example of how we should conduct ourselves and our business aff airs.

It’s been seven very trying years for Gina De-gerness.

It was seven years ago that she last saw her son Lucas. She and Lucas had met with the vice-prin-

cipal at Prince George Secondary School where then-14-year-old Lucas was a student. He spent the night at a friend’s place before disappearing the following day. He was thought to be carrying a large camoufl age backpack.

His family has not seen him since that day. Lucas’ 21st birthday was this January.

News last week has renewed hope for Gina that Lucas is out there some-where. MissingKids.ca received a call from someone who identifi ed them-selves as Lucas. In addition, Gina told the Free Press this week, a friend said Lucas con-tacted him on social media.

“Th e randomness of these two things, specifi cally, has given me a lot of

hope that it’s him,” she said.Th e traditional media coverage of the new lead last

week, has resulted in several other tips coming in to Miss-ingKids.ca. Th at is encouraging.

Gina said she’s pretty sure Lucas was in Prince George for about a week aft er he initially went missing. Likely couch-surfi ng.

Th ere was a lead a couple of years ago that he might have been in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, so Gina went and looked.

She said they had only been living in Prince George for a couple of months before he went missing, having moved from Edmonton. So, there is a possibility he may have found his way back there.

As for Gina, it has been a diffi cult road. Asked how she is holding up she replied, “as best as can be,” and points out that she still has Lucas’ little sister to take care of.

Her message for Lucas is simple. Come on home, or call.

Anyone with information regarding Lucas Degerness is urged to contact MissingKids.ca at 1-866-KID-TIPS (543-8477) or the police. Tips can also be submitted online at missingkids.ca. All information can be shared confi den-tially.

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A representative of the Canadian Union of Postal Work-ers (CUPW) is expected to speak to the Prince George city council Monday.

Concerns likely include Canada Post’s plans to end door-to-door mail delivery during the next fi ve years and instead have urban residents pick up their mail at community mailboxes, formerly popularly known as Superboxes. Th e placement of these community mailboxes in various city neighbourhoods will be an issue for councillors or at least city planners within the near future.

In late February Canada’s big city mayors participating in a Federation of Canadian Municipalities meeting called on Canada Post to halt plans to eliminate door-to-door deliv-ery at least until the Crown corporation had held meaning-ful consultations with municipalities, according to CBC News. Th ey passed a resolution urging Canada Post not to download the costs and maintenance of community mail-boxes on to municipalities. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said to the CBC this was a signifi cant concern for him.

Th e community mailboxes are associated with litter from junk mail and fl yers that are thrown away. Snow would also have to be cleared from around them so that they would remain accessible, especially for the elderly and disabled. In addition, they are said to draw thieves, especially during the Christmas holidays when criminals plan on stealing gift s and Christmas cheques. Th is happens at rural community

mailboxes now.Canada Post offi cials justify the cuts and changes by

claiming the post offi ce is no longer profi table. In a May 2013 letter to this columnist, Jacques Cote, Canada Post’s group president for the physical delivery network, said Canada Post had “to avoid becoming a burden on taxpay-ers.”

However, according to Th eTyee.ca, Canada Post has been profi table every year since the mid-1990s, except in 2011 when there was a strike-lockout situation in the late spring and summer. In that time, Canada Post has fed more than a billion dollars into the public purse, according to the online news service.

Certainly the Internet has had an impact on mail volume, as it has on print media and on banking services. However, constant cutbacks and decisions unfriendly to individual users, as opposed the business bulk mailers, have discour-aged far more people from relying on postal services than would otherwise have been the case.

Cutting back public services, oft en quietly behind the scenes, without meaningful consultation with the people af-fected seems to have become a pattern in too many Western democracies in an era of austerity and infl exible neo-liberal-ism and neo-conservatism, including Canada, according to the latest issue of the New York-based n+1 print and on-line magazine.

“Th e assault on public services hasn’t been conducted by criticizing them on principle, but by manufacturing crises and then suggesting that the only solution is to expand the

role of the private sector, Marianne Lenabat says in her article “What Happened to Canada?” in the April 7th issue. “Such is the strategy playing out right now at the post of-fi ce,” she writes.

Canada Post announced the day aft er Parliament had risen for the Christmas holidays that it would end urban door-to-door mail delivery in fi ve years and lay off 8,000 postal workers. At the same time the Crown corporation said it had also decided to raise the price of stamps for the ordinary public from 63 cents to 85 cents or as much as one dollar if purchased one at a time or in quantities of less than ten. Th at price hike took eff ect March 31st.

“Th e announcement was shocking, but calculatedly so,” Lenabat continues. “Th e recommendations were prepared by a think tank arguing for privatization. It claimed the post offi ce is unsustainable and uncompetitive, a burden to taxpayers, and poor at meeting consumers’ needs.

“In reality, Canada Post has netted a profi t for 16 of the last 17 years and, despite occasionally suff ering losses, has yet to receive a single dollar in taxpayer bailout,” Lenabat observes. “All of the report’s recommendations were part of a larger and oft en-used strategy to ‘restructure’ services so that user costs rise while services deteriorate, and then, in response to public frustration, suggest market-based solu-tions.”

A similar strategy is being employed against Canada’s public health care system, Lenabat contends.

One hopes the postal workers receive fair attention from councillors for their comments Monday.

Paul StricklandSpecial to the Free Press

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Editor:As many of our stakeholders know, the B.C. Government

is undertaking a public consultation process focused on set-ting parameters for converting some volume based tenures in the province to area-based. Canfor understands that the brief consultation process is part of Minister Steve Th om-son’s mandate letter and we hold Minister Th omson and his offi cials in the highest possible regard.

However, B.C.’s interior forest sector is undergoing a signifi cant transformation in the wake of the mountain pine beetle epidemic, and in our view, this is absolutely not the time for major changes to tenure administration.

Government and industry must focus on understanding what timber is available and what adjustments are needed in

primary manufacturing. We feel the benefi ts of area-based tenures are marginal at best and that there are many higher priorities that would yield greater positive impacts. More importantly, the public opposition to this proposal is a deal breaker. As far as Canfor is concerned, the risk of aligning the public against B.C.’s largest forest companies outweighs any marginal benefi ts of expanding area-based tenures.

Our focus is to make sure we have access to enough fi bre to meet the needs of our customers, and we need the support of British Columbians to operate on public land. Canfor would only support a fully transparent process that is fair to all licensees and involves suffi cient public involve-ment so we could be confi dent it has support of British Columbians.

If government moves to an area-based tenure process, Canfor would participate in order to protect our interests. But we would do so reluctantly. We consider it a needless diversion of vital government staff time – and our own staff time – away from higher priorities.

We believe that government resources should be focused on maintaining the health of the interior forest sector, com-pleting an updated forest inventory to support planning and decision making, resourcing smaller tenure holders and the B.C. Timber Sales program so they can access their tenure volume, and assisting communities with any necessary rationalizations in primary manufacturing.

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for treatment three times a week. Twice, young girls came in and delivered handmade cards to all the patients. Th e fi rst said: “Have a Nice Day.” Th e sec-ond one said: “Hoppy Easter!” I was sleeping so I do not know what school they come from.

It warmed my heart. I am keeping them for-ever and will treasure them.

Th ank you, girls.Ella Levesque

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Th e future of health care may be the most im-portant issue that Canada faces heading into the 2015 federal election year.

Th e 2003 First Ministers’ Accord on Health Care Renewal injected $36 billion in federal money into health spending and the 2004 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care added a further $41 billion over that decade in order to, in then-Prime Minister Paul Martin’s words, have a “fi x for a generation” that would “buy change.” On March 31 that Accord expired.

Unfortunately, all this federal spending mostly did was to buy the avoidance of change for about half a generation.

Hardly a “fi x.” And by avoiding hard choices, progressives in the Liberal Party and the NDP have opened the door for Stephen Harper – a man who was once the President of the National Citizens Coalition (an organization founded by an insurance salesman who hated Tommy Douglas

for getting in the way of profi ts) – to do things his way. Th e really scary part is that Harper doesn’t have to commit political suicide to undermine medicare. As prime minister, all he has to do is cap funding (with reductions conveniently sched-uled to commence aft er the next election), not enforce the Canada Health Act very vigorously, and let nature take its course.

But if throwing more money at the provinces won’t work, what should we do instead? We need only go to the source: when he fi rst implemented medicare, Tommy Douglas was against the fee-for-services approach as something that blunted the cost eff ectiveness and equity of the single-payer system.

Half a century of experience with our health-care system (not to mention the analysis of the world’s most reputable health economists and policy analysts) shows that Tommy was right. We need a federal government that will use its spend-ing power to accelerate the creation of a strong primary care foundation that is more patient-centred, more focused on prevention and chronic

care, and less focused upon high-cost providers simply billing the government for their services. We need to stop using acute-care hospitals as long-term care facilities. And we need a national drug strategy so that we can use the power of the single-payer to lower drug prices.

Th e drug strategy could have been accom-plished by now.

Every business person understands that the larger your bulk order, the greater your chance of lowering the price. Economists estimated in one study that for four major drugs the savings in Canada of a single national drug plan could be as high as 50 per cent. Premiers Lorne Calvert of Saskatchewan, Ralph Klein of Alberta, and Gordon Campbell of British Columbia all called for a national pharmacare program. But prime minister Martin was too busy, and he delayed. As a consequence, the deal was killed in 2006 when we elected the Harper Conservative government.

Mark Crawford is a political scientist at Atha-basca University. He can be reached at [email protected].

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The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. This gland’s main function is to make seminal uid, which mixes with sperm from the testicles to make semen. Prostate cancer is the most common type found in men. It usually grows slowly and can often be cured or successfully ma naged. Nevertheless, prostate cancer is the third leading cause of death by cancer in men.

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There are two main types of lung cancer: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, which is the most common and slower-growing type. Small cell lung cancer grows quickly and of ten spreads to distant parts of the body. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death by cancer in both men and women.

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Primary bone cancer starts in the bone’s cells. A rare disease, it is not the same as secondary bone cancer, or bone metastases, which starts elsewhere in the body and spreads to the bones. Osteosarco-ma is the most common type of bone cancer. It starts in new tissue in growing bones, most often in the knee area. Osteosarcoma tends to spread to other parts of the body, especially the lungs.

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Breast cancer starts in breast tissue cells, which extend beyond the actual breasts, from the arm-pits across to the breastbone in the middle of the chest and up to the collarbone. The breasts sit on the chest muscles that cover the ribs. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death by cancer in women.

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Primary brain tumours start in the brain and can be either benign or malignant. Cancerous tumours that begin to grow in other parts of the body and spread to the brain are called secondary or metastatic brain tumours. Elsewhere in the body, benign tumours are gener-ally not considered as dangerous as malignant tumours. In the brain, however, both kinds can be serious and possibly life-threatening.

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Miss Quincy and the Showdown released their third album, Roadside Recovery, on April 8. Th ey visit Prince George as part of their tour and play Nancy O’s on April 29. Show time is 8 p.m. Th e Canadian all-girl rock blues band has clocked over 100,000 kilometres honing their musical skills and playing across seven countries.

On Friday, May 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. there is a reception for the new exhibit at Groop Gallery on Th ird Avenue. Ek-phrasis was inspired by artworks by local artists. A closing night of ‘ekphras-tic’ poetry, based on the exhibited artworks, will be held at the Groop Gallery May 30 at 7 p.m. For more information visit www.groopgallery.com.

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All that is left behind is a broken lock.

When Patricia Irvine woke up Tuesday morning and went outside, helmet in hand, she was shocked to see that her three-wheel electric bike was gone.

Th e blue IZip bike has a 50-pound lithium battery and allows the rider to go about 30 miles per hour.

It was specially ordered from the U.S. for Irvine four years ago and was adapted to suit her special needs.

Irvine, 58, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years ago. But she has not allowed her serious disease to change her very positive attitude about life or slow her down too much.

“Th e bike really helps me to keep my leg muscles moving. My doctor always encourages me to ride my bike whenever I can.

“It’s my transportation. I’m on disability and have a few small jobs that I do and I need my bike to get around. I can’t go anywhere without it. I miss it already. My bike has a big basket on the back so I can carry $100 worth of groceries.”

And there is one feature that Irvine misses most about her bike.

“I felt safe in it, you can’t tip it over because it has three wheels on it.”

She’s able to walk, slowly, for short distances with

the aid of her cane but credits her daily bike riding routine as the reason she’s still able to enjoy some relatively “normal” mobility and regular outings.

However, along with the broken lock, Irvine says she has a broken heart.

“I’ve always been a very caring person, one who en-joys people and has always given them ‘benefi t of the doubt.’ But this [incident] has made me lose my faith in mankind. It is obvious this bike is for someone with mobility problems so that seems kind of low.”

Irvine says she’s lived in the Upland Street building for 10 years and has never experienced any other theft s or damage. Th is one time she didn’t follow her usual routine was the time unknown culprits decided to strike.

“Usually I put my bike away but I was tired. So I tied it to a tree outside my building, using a six foot long logging truck chain that I got from Canadian Tire. I wove it in and out and put a lock on it. I thought it was secure.”

Irvine’s IZip three-wheel bike is baby blue in colour. If anyone has information about the missing bike they can phone RCMP Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Anyone who can help Irvine with donations to purchase another bike can leave a message with Lorraine Young at Handy Circle at 250-563-1852.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressPatricia Irvine stands by the tree outside her building where her three-wheel elec-tric bike was chained up before it was stolen sometime Monday night. Irvine has multiple sclerosis and the bike was especially designed in the U.S. for her mobility challenges.


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Clara Kotrba may not have thought she’d be in a school play when she left her native Vienna, Aus-tria for a year’s learning experience as an exchange student at Prince George Secondary School.

Kotrba is one of several Grade 9 and 10 PGSS drama students who will add their comedic talents to Funny You Should Ask. Th e play, which is really a number of hilarious skits, runs April 30 and May 1 at 7 p.m. at the school.

“I’ve taken some English before so that is good,” said Kotrba during a break in rehearsals Tuesday. “I play two roles, one as a teacher and one as a student.”

Justin Kwiatkowski plays an administrator in one scene and a cheerleader in another. Th is is his fi rst time performing for a large audience.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressPrince George Secondary School (PGSS) Grade 9 and 10 drama stu-dents rehearse a scene Tuesday for their upcoming comedy Funny You Should Ask. The show runs April 30 and May 1.

I’ll have a costume, and I have to do actions with it,” said the Grade 10 stu-dent moving his fi st in the air pom-poms (his costume and props aren’t ready yet) from the left to the right.

Sydney Hoyer thinks she has the perfect role.

“I play a news reporter in one of the skits and I really like that role,” she says. Previously, Hoyer has acted in musical theatre and danced with Judy Russell performances and other stage shows.

Drama instructor Shannon Schinkel, who has been at PGSS for the past three years, says the play is actually a series of short comedy

sketches which gives students a chance to shine and show off their acting talents.

“Th e show is really funny. I think the audience will really enjoy it. We aren’t charging admission to see the shows but we do welcome donations for Leora Wildi,” she said.

Leora Wildi, a PGSS Grade 12 student in 2013, is battling leukemia. Last year drama students put on a show called Snapshots and in 2011 performed I Hate the Mall, which fol-lows the same format. Th e show was a fundraiser for Wildi, then fi ghting graft -versus-host disease, following a bone-marrow transplant.

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Her cancer diagnosis “came out of the blue.”

Karen Wall was 67, happily retired and in good health, she thought, apart from having some bone pain – but she knew lots of people her age who have that.

“I went in to see my doctor in August 2011, I had some tests done and the next thing you know I’m in hospital,” she said. “I had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. It was so shocking. It came right out of the blue.”

Today Wall considers herself lucky that at the time of her diagnosis, she was no longer working, her children, now adults, had left home, and so she had time to focus on her-self, her cancer treatment plan and recovery.

“I’ve always been a pretty strong person and very stoic,” she said.

“One of the hardest things to do when you are diagnosed is to tell your husband and kids because you think they might fall apart – and you are supposed to be the protector.”

Indeed she only real-ized the real gravity of the situation when her physician wanted her admitted into hospital right away.

“I said I fi rst needed to go home and collect some things, it was only 10 minutes away but I was told not to take the time.”

Why not? she asked.“’Your heart might

stop,’ I was told. Th at’s how serious it was.”

Th ere were two choices for treatment: chemotherapy or stem-cell transplant.

Aft er much research, discussion and seeking advise, Wall opted for stem-cell transplant (also called bone-marrow transplant), which still began with four rounds of chemo.

“I was in such turmoil not knowing what to do. Th en a friend told me about this CancerCon-

nection but there was no one available to talk to me who had gone through a stem-cell transplant procedure re-cently. One man who did call me had gone through the procedure 12 years ago but a lot has changed since then.”

Her own stem-cell transplant included injections to ‘bump up’ her body’s own system to produce more stem cells. Th e procedure was done in Vancouver in March 2012.

“Th e injections get painful because you get cramps all over your body,” said Wall.

Her experience led to her becoming interested in volunteering with the Canadian Cancer Society. She wanted to talk to, answer questions and encourage others going through the same procedure.

Two years later, Wall is back enjoying her life, giving back and talk-ing with other cancer patients about their concerns, fears and experiences. Since May 2013, she’s taken on nine clients and says that lis-tening is key to her role. She is also available to talk to groups about her experience and knowl-edge.

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Th ere are 150 Cancer-Connection volunteers in B.C./Yukon (1,300 in Canada). Wall lives in Prince George but because of her unique perspective and rare diagnosis, she talks with people in other parts of Canada.

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My experience has been with people who are either waiting for stem-cell transplant or who have multiple myeloma. Both are relatively rare, so I have actually spoken with people in Ontario and Saskatchewan, as well as B.C.”

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Ray-Bud (Dwight Wolfe) also has to pay the mounting bills – so who can blame for drowning his sorrows?

Th e cast was in rehearsals Tues-day at St. Michael and All Angel’s Church, an apt setting for a preacher, a sermon and assorted “mourners.”

Wolfe likes his role as Ray-Bud.“Th e patriarch of the family has

just died and as the older brother, I’m the one who is footing the bill for the funeral expenses,” he quips.

Th is is a play in which all the actors, even ones known for their

dramatic roles, will have a chance to shine and show comedic fl air. And while there is no live music or records for this (Wolfman) radio personality/actor, there is – spoiler alert – a nice hymn they all sing at the end, he says.

Allison Haley is the play’s director and co-producer along with Domi-nic Maguire.

Pocket Th eatre and Cinema CNC presents Dearly Departed May 1 to 4 at CNC. Tickets are at Books and Company and at Video Nexus.


Teresa MALLAM/Free PressCast members rehearse Tuesday at St. Michael’s for Pocket Theatre and Cinema CNC ‘s upcoming production of Dearly Departed. The fast paced comedy runs May 1 to 4 at CNC. Tickets are at Books and Company and Video Nexus.

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Aaliyah Ghostkeeper is a little girl with big hair and a big heart.

Aft er the Relay for Life wraps up on May 11, she’ll be a little girl with a big heart and not so much hair.

Her mother, Meghan Parnell, says Aaliyah, 7, has never had a haircut.

“We’ve trimmed the ends a couple of times just to get rid of split ends, but this will be the fi rst time it will ever be cut.”

Th is year’s Relay will be Aaliyah’s third as a member of the Spirit-keeper team, organized by her great-uncle Peter Ghostkeeper.

“Th is will be our sev-enth Relay,” Peter says. “My ex-wife had a mastectomy, and our daughter came to me and said, ‘We really should put a team in to the Relay’.”

Cancer has hit the Ghostkeeper family, probably harder than most.

“I’ve lost three brothers, an older sister and a niece,” Peter says. “And that’s just the immediate family.”

He looks at his watch.“I just came from Hospice House,

where I was visiting a friend who was in there with cancer. He passed away at 1:15 p.m.”

Th e Prince George Relay for Life goes from 10 a.m. on May 10 to 10 a.m. on May 11. Peter Ghostkeeper expects the Spiritkeeper team will have more than 30 people taking

turns on the track at Masich Place Stadium, raising funds for the Cana-dian Cancer Society.

“We’ve actually had to start a sec-ond team this year,” he says, “because we had too many people. Both teams are trying to hit $10,000 in pledges.”

Aaliyah started walking aft er her great-grandfather, Charlie Ghost-keeper, succumbed to cancer in 2012.

Last year, she made the decision to get her hair cut.

“I want it gone,” she says in a very straightforward manner. “I like brushing it, but it’s too long. We’re going to cut off about 19 inches.

“It was my idea to do it.”Her father, Jordan Ghostkeeper,

says he wasn’t totally surprised by

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Dinner is over, now it’s time to ride.

Th e Wheelin’ Warriors of the North held their fundraising din-ner Saturday at the Treasure Cove, raising funds for their team in the Ride to Conquer Cancer from Vancouver to Seattle in June. Team captain Karin Piche says everything went well.

“We had more items for the silent auction than we had last year,” she said. “Th e feedback I was getting from people was that they had a fabulous time.”

While fi nal fi gures aren’t in, she expected the dinner would raise about the same amount as last year’s fi rst dinner.

Th is is the second year for the Wheelin’ Warriors to take part in the event, which benefi ts the BC Cancer Foundation. Erik Dierks of the foundation was the guest speakers at Saturday’s dinner.

“It was a huge success,” Piche said. “We’ve got some of the riders back from last year, but we’ve got some new riders as well, which meant they had new people they could talk to about supporting us.”

Now, aft er getting some time to digest that dinner, the Wheelin’ Warriors will be part of the Group Ride-athon at the Movement Group Fitness Mecca on May 4.

“We’ll probably be making sev-eral appearances during the day,” Piche said. “Th is is a new event for us as a fundraiser.”

Th e ride-athon runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 7090 Domano Blvd., and has a bunch of activities planned for all ages.

Th ere are a number of indoor bike rides planned, lasting either 30 or 60 minutes, as well as an outdoor ride for the Wee Warriors, kids 12 and under, who are asked to bring their own bike and helmet. A corporate Team Pursuit Chal-lenge is also being organzized, and anyone interested in taking part is asked to call 250-565-4602 for information.

Th ere will also be face painting, coff ee from Starbucks, an outdoor barbecue by Mr. Mikes, entertain-ment, and generally a good time. Piche is looking forward to it.

“I know Janna and Dean Cole-man, who operate Th e Movement Group, have been personally touched by cancer, so they wanted to do something to help us with our fundraising eff orts.”

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Wheelin’ Warriors ready to ride

Aaliyah gets first cutAaliyah’s decision.

“When she came to us and said this was what she wanted to do, I said, ‘I’m good with it.’”

Aaliyah’s hair will be cut at the end of this year’s Relay, at 10 a.m. on May 11. She is donating the hair to the Pantene Beauti-ful Lengths campaign, which will use the hair to make wigs for cancer patients who lose their hair during chemo-therapy.

Donations to Aaliyah Ghostkeeper’s Relay for Life campaign can be made at convio.cancer.ca/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFL_BC_even_? px=5727812& pg=personal&fr_id=16015

Team Spiritkeeper is also holding its annual Garage Sale on Sunday, April 27 at the Spruce City Fields. A number of other Relay for Life teams will also have table set up.


Allan WISHART/Free PressAaliyah Ghostkeeper, centre front, is getting her bair cut for the first time ever at the end of the Relay for Life, a decision supported by great-uncle Peter Ghostkeeper, left, father Jordan Ghostkeeper and mother Meghan Parnell.

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BETTER AT HOME PROGRAM: Grounds Keeper Closing date: April 28, 2014 at noon

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

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

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

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

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Th e proof is in the pudding. At Hobby Brew, a “pit stop” for people who love

to make their own beer, wine, ciders and coolers, that adage is especially true.

Th e art of making “homemade” wine is one of the oldest and most gratifying rituals and there are many rewards to the palate and to the wallet, says Jeanne Edwards.

She’s been honing winemaking skills for 25 years, dating back to when saving money was her big incentive and now has a real passion for helping people fi nd their own new fl avours of wine.

Th e hobby is fun and easier to get into than you might think. Fruit wines are popular and people enjoy making wine with their own fruit combina-tions.

It costs about $96 plus tax to make up 23 litres of fruit wine (corks included).

“We are one of only a few places in the north that off ers fruit wine service, so we get people from all over. Getting started is easy. I tell people to bring in 20 to 25 pounds of fresh (frozen) fruit on Tuesday or Wednesday, and they come back two days later.”

Th e customer gets things rolling – or “hissing”, she says.

“We can babysit your wine but [by legislation] you have to sprinkle in the yeast which starts the fermenting process yourself. Th en you just leave the shop and go about your life while your wine is aging.”

Aging is important because with age, it becomes smoother and not as acidic, she said. Left too long uncorked, and wine gets “overripe” and oxidizes – like a banana left out.

“Once you have it home and you have your own stock, you have to watch the colour, with experience you get to know but usually homebrew wines last two to three years.”

Last year from July to December, peak season, Hobby Brew processed 300 batches of fruit wine plus kit wines.

Edwards is hoping people who have never visited will come in and see what Hobby Brew is all about.

“People enjoy themselves here, they bring their friends. Each batch of wine takes about three months to have ready, and you can always have a new batch on the go.

“Some people like to reuse their own bottles and we have a sterilizer station here for that.”

If you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of wine that is ready for the next step. From the rows of covered plastic pails – shhh – you can hear a hissing sound.

“Wine starts off dry and people sweeten it to their own taste. Th e fruit’s natural sugar turns it into alcohol and so if your wine is sweet, it’s not fi nished.”

Fruit used to make fruit wines include apples, berries, pears, rhubarb, raspberries, strawberries, kiwi, pine-apple and even huckle-berries.

People also bring in a

frozen mix or medley of fruits. Cherries are pitted, apples juiced.

“We call it “fresh fruit” wine but it has to be frozen. I’ve tasted beet wine, birch sap wine and rowanberry wine – made from mountain ash ber-ries. Raspberry wine is my favourite.”

Edwards’ love of making her own wines began with her home gardening hobby.

“I grew up in a big French Canadian family and I was always environmentally conscious. I had my own vegetable garden, I picked a lot of berries and fruit and I never wanted anything in the refrigerator to go to waste. So I began making homemade wine from left overs.”

Along with her partner Kelly Umpherville, Ed-wards has been sharing her knowledge and exper-tise with new and regular customers in the 17 years they have been at the Hart Highway location.

Th ey love the business and say every day working there is a joy – mostly because of the people they meet.

Both Hobby Brew locations in Prince George are owned by Jim Curry. Th e stores sell all supplies needed for making beer, wine, ciders and coolers including kits, labels, bottles and coloured tops that add a custom look and give it fl air.

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tear ducts. My apron makes a great portable basket for gathering chicken eggs, and on my way back from the chicken house, my

apron might very well be utilized to carry in a good big mess of green beans or the makings of a fresh salad from my garden.

No … wait. That was another place and time. No little people, no chickens, and no big vegetable garden in my current life in Prince George. However, I still wear aprons … and use my apron to carry summer tomatoes and lettuce in from my apartment balcony.

So why all this talk about aprons? I know I’m not the only one in this community who wears aprons. Come on … admit it! I know you’re out there! The P.G. Council of Seniors has something in mind for our day at the Exhibi-tion in August that involves aprons. You’ll have to stay tuned for more information about our day at the Exhibition, but in the meantime, we would like you to look over your apron stash.

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ing aprons that were souvenirs from foreign places? Do you have gift aprons that you’ve never worn … but can’t quite bring yourself to discard because they came from Great Aunt Effie or your favourite great-granddaughter? Do you have aprons from previous decades? We are especially interested in vintage aprons. Would you consider loaning the P.G. Council of Seniors your aprons? Call us at 250-564-5888.

In other Council of Seniors news, tickets for our June 10 annual general meeting will be available next week. Our AGM will be hosted by the Hart Pioneers this year. This will be a great double opportunity. You can learn more about PGCOS and the Seniors Resource Cen-tre. You can also enjoy a delicious lunch and a “Show & Tell” tour of the Hart Pioneer Centre.

Finally, PGCOS has a number of volun-teer opportunities coming up over the next few months, including two-hour shifts at an information booth next weekend. If you have a couple of hours available, give us a call at 250-564-5888. Wearing an apron is optional.

Lola-Dawn Fennell is a young-at-heart grandmother, UNBC graduate and general manager of the Prince George Council of Se-niors.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressAndrea McKenzie, 94, joins 22 other seniors at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre on Tenth Avenue recently for a beading session. The seniors volunteered their time to help Highglen Elementary replace math beads lost in the school’s fire last spring.

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FridayMother’s Day tea, May

2, 1-3 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Read-to-me Storytime, Fridays, 10-10:45 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. Information: 250-614-0684.

Al-Anon New Hope

AFG meets Fridays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 483 Gillett St. Information: 250-561-3244.

SaturdayJunk in the Trunk

garage sale, April 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., CN Centre parking lot.

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

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

Bible talks, Sundays, 4 p.m., Columbus Community Centre, 7201 Domano Blvd.

SundayHudson’s Bay Wetland

clean-up, April 27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Please RSVP Sara Sparks 250-640-7308 or [email protected] to get right number of bags and gloves.

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

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

MondayCanasta, April 28, 7

p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital

Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

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

Al-Anon Hart Serenity AFG meets Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

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

TuesdayRoast beef lunch, April

29, noon-1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.

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

Al-Anon PG Beginners AFG meets Tuesdays, 7-7:45 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Infor-mation: 250-561-1685.

Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45

p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250-962-6876 or www.kmcvan-couver.org.

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

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

WednesdayBingo, Wednesdays,

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

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

Al-Anon Hart Courage AFG meets Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

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

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

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

ThursdayBingo, May 1, 12:30

p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Whist, May 1, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Crown Market, Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

Little Artists, Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle. Information: 250-614-0684.

Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

ACBL duplicate bridge, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., 425 Brunswick St. Infor-

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

Al-Anon Mustard Seed AFG meets Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Anglican Church, 1505 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-561-3244.

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

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

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

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

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The Community Datebook provides free community event listings every Friday. Submissions are accepted in written form only – dropped off, mailed or emailed – No Phone Calls please. Datebook runs as space allows, there is no guarantee of publication. Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George BC V2N 1T3. E-mail [email protected]

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New Golf family offers quality at the right priceThe new seventh generation VW Golf arrives later this spring with a 2015 model designation.I have already had a chance to drive three examples of the new edition in Europe so I can offer you a sneak peek at what this very popular VW has going for it before it arrives here. The all-new car might look like the previous Golf but it is built on a platform that is shared across the VW group and represents a massive investment for the German manufacturer. This new platform, called MQB, enables the engineers to build all kinds of new products, be they bigger, smaller, wider or taller. What went into the design of the Golf represents a big step forward for Volkswagen as the latest model is 100kg lighter than the outgoing car but it is bigger, stiffer and safer than before. LooksIt could be argued that the new Golf looks too much like the older model but interacting with this new product quickly displays a level of refinement and finish that might be found in an upmarket Audi product. (This MQB platform is shared with the all-new Audi A3). Starting at $18,995, the base Golf is priced right in the heart of the compact market but this car sports a fully independent suspension, direct injection turbocharged engine and more power than much of the competition, at 170hp. The Golf GTI is my personal favourite due to the bad-boy looks, bigger wheels and improved engine and suspension. It starts at $27,995. The hot-hatch Golf R will arrive about a year after

the Golf and GTI and will come in at roughly the same price as the last R, right around $40,000 but fully loaded.InsideThe upside to having a slightly bigger platform is interior space and the cabin of the latest Golf does feel bigger, especially side-to-side. The centre console is wider and the dash is fitted with all-new switches and dials. Once again, the feel and look is almost Audi quality. Having a chance to drive the base car all the way up to the Golf R showed just how good the base car is. The only difference is the sportier seats

and splashier trim on the more expensive cars, but the overall design is the same from car to car and all exemplify the simple, yet elegant approach VW takes with all its interiors. DriveGone is the old 2.5-litre. 5-cylinder, replaced by an all-new 1.8-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder base engine. This engine too produces 170 but is more efficient, responsive and features state of the art technology. In the compact set, this kind of technology is unheard of at the roughly $19,000 asking price. Taking it up a notch is the legendary Golf GTI, now with 210hp from a new 2.0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder. I had a shot driving this last year in Austria and I can say without question, this combination is fantastic. The Golf R is the ultimate Golf with roughly 300hp and an all wheel drive system. The same system is used in the all-new Audi S3 but this car comes fully loaded and will be roughly $4,000 less than the starting price of

the S3. A smart shopper might want to wait for the R over the S.

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This new Golf family is set to take on some very established players in the compact segment. With a hatchback design, this car has always been a more practical design than sedans like the Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. With superb road manners, advanced engines and German engineering, the starting price looks like a winner. A big reason for this is the Golf is assembled in Mexico and these cars come into Canada without duty, (Thanks NAFTA) so VW added more content and kept the price low. The good news for diesel lovers is that the TDI en-gine will be available right out of the gate and now represents about 50 percent of Golf sales. This engine too has been modified to make it as fuel efficient as possible. All told, the Golf is more polished car than much of the competition and offers a trim level and price for all types of buyers, from basic to flat-out performance.

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Forty minutes later, our exchange was complete. I probably made an extra $2,000 because of the odometer! If I’d only done this to all the other cars I sold!Suddenly, my mind began processing the implications. That minivan was pretty much at the end of its life. That young mom is expecting the vehicle to last her for a few more years. At best, I see it lasting one more.Parts will start failing, calling for expensive repairs. I’m certain she doesn’t have the money for that. All I’m hoping is that it doesn’t break down on the highway. Maybe there was a reason I never did it before. Maybe, just maybe, I had a conscience up until now.

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Import manufacturers provide the most sizzle in New YorkNEW YORK – Th ere was more sizzle in my New York steak dinner than on the show fl oor at the Big Apple’s international auto show.It seems the Big Four shot their lightning bolts at the preceding Detroit and Los Angeles auto extravaganzas and left it to the import manufacturers to dazzle here.Nissan did not disappoint with the unveiling of a classy looking crossover in the shape of the all-wheel drive 2015 Nissan Murano. Th e mid-size model fi rst showed up in 2002 and this new model marks the birth of the third-generation. Th e Nissan-named V-Motion nose and boomerang-shaped taillights ensure it makes

an impression on the observer, coming and going, and distin-guishes itself from its rivals.Inside, up to fi ve passengers can expect more of a luxury ride than they might have enjoyed in the outgoing version – heated and cooled front seats will impress those upfront. Th e trend in this segment to include huge sunroofs continues here.Under the hood, Nissan stays with the trusty 3.5-litre six-cylinder powerplant matched to a continuously variable transmis-sion. Expect to see the Murano in the showrooms at the tail end of the year.Before moving on, the Nissan Sport Sedan Concept should be mentioned as it off ers a clue to

what the new Maxima might re-semble. And boy, is it a looker de-spite the horrible orange colour of the show car! It too features a panoramic roof stretching almost from the windshield to the rear window. A production model version is expected later in the year, which suggests the L.A. show might benefi t from that timetable.Any new Toyota Camry is an instant hit, especially in North America where it’s been the best selling car for 12 years. Despite that, the Japanese manufacturer launched an all-new 2015 model, just three years aft er introducing a redesign.It incorporates design touches now appearing in sibling models,

including a deeper grille that more resembles an upmarket Lexus. Interior materials are upgraded and a large central display matches the design trend of its competitors. Two trims are added; a sporty XSE with some luxury touches and a Hybrid SE. Toyota sticks with its 2.5-litre, four-cylinder, and 3.5-litre, six-cylinder engines plus its Hybrid Synergy Drive.Hyundai would like to put a serious dent in the Toyota Camry success story with its own mid-size sedan – the redesigned Sonata. It’s likely the introduction of a sharp looking Sonata in 2011 helped prompt Toyota into taking a serious look at upping the ante

in the Camry. Other competitors have also risen to the challenge. Now the seventh-generation, newly styled, sharper looking 2015 Sonata raises the bar again with improved ride and handling plus advanced driver assistance and safety equipment. Unlike the Camry, the Sonata stays with purely four-cylinder engines. Standard is a 2.4-litre power plant and a turbocharged 2.0L four is an option.

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It’s the best time of the year for NHL and NBA fans with the post-season in full swing. Which league off ers more in the playoff s?

Th ere is a belief that the Stanley Cup is the toughest trophy to win, however, that could be considered a myth created by hockey executives. Here’s a closer look:

Both leagues qualify 16 teams from two conferenc-es in the post-season. All series are a best of seven which means the cham-pion must win 16 games in a bracket format. I’m not sure winning 16 playoff games in one 30-team league is more dif-fi cult than another.

Neither league has scheduled back to back games in any of its fi rst round series with one exception: Th e Rangers and Flyers are to play game six, if needed, on Tuesday in Philadelphia with a seventh game, if necessary, in New York on Wednesday.

Th e fi rst round of the NHL playoff s will end no later than April 30 which is a total of 15 days. Th e NBA opening round might extend to May 4, a total of 16 days. In other words, both schedules are similar and fan friendly.

As a side note, both leagues in 2014 have just one Canadian team participat-ing in the post-season which is odd since the Toronto Raptors are the only NBA team not in the U.S. and the Raptors traditionally aren’t good enough for the playoff s. Meanwhile, only one of seven NHL teams from the Great White North are competing in late April.

Th e NHL has a slight edge in the area of competitiveness as more games stretch into overtime. In addition, there are generally more major upsets in the NHL. An eighth seed, like L.A. two years ago, can win it all while that is highly unlikely in the NBA. Even if a team like Atlanta, was to knock off No. 1 Indiana in the fi rst round, there’s not a snowball’s chance the Hawks go on to win three more rounds and become champions.

Th e upper hand goes to the NBA in terms of star power. Th e Pittsburgh Penguins have superstars but many other teams rely on good players hoping to become great. Th e NHL doesn’t have a one two punch of Lebron James in the East and Kevin Durant in the West.

Th e St Louis Blues are a contender even though they do not have a household name among their forwards. Th e Dallas Stars are an eighth

seed, led by Jamie Benn. Th e Dallas Mavericks are an eighth seed, led by Dirk Nowitzki. With all due re-spect to Benn, his greatness should not be mentioned in the same sentence as Nowitzki.

Th e NBA stars have more of a presence in social media. Lebron James has 12.5 million followers on Twitter while Alex Ovechkin tops the NHL players with 3/4 of a

million.According to Fan Page List, there are

nine NBA teams with larger Facebook and Twitter followers than the NHL’s most popular team (Detroit Red Wings). Moreoever, the L.A. Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat and the Boston Celt-ics are the four most-followed pro teams online in North America.

Th e NHL brings in the casual fan with hockey pools. Th e NBA does not have an equivalent although the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is highly success-fully, however, that pool is based on team results rather than individual players.

Tradition favours the NHL as the Stanley Cup roots reach back to 1893 while the NBA champions have only received the Larry O’Brien Trophy (new name of the Walter A. Brown trophy) since 1984.

Like any good debate, there is a bone of contention for both sides. NBA games take less time to play but NHL games do not get watered down with constant fouling and timeouts at the end. If one had to choose to watch either the seventh game of the NBA Finals or the seventh game of the Stanley Cup Finals, I believe hockey off ers more action-packed drama and intangibles from the start of a game to fi nish. However, with beauty in the eye of the beholder, on a global basis, it will always be a one-sided argument that the NBA has a far greater appeal.

Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio station 94X. He also writes for hqprincegeorge.com. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to [email protected].

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Waiting to take the fieldIndoor slopitch doesn’t have same feel – or sounds

Th e smack of the ball hitting the glove is a familiar one to slopitch players.

Th at’s about the only familiar sound on a Tuesday evening in Prince George. Th e DeLoitte Old Sticks senior slopitch team is practic-ing, as they have been all winter, in the gymnasium at AiMHI. As the half-dozen or so players warm up by

throwing the ball back and forth, the smack of the ball hitting the glove is familiar.

Th e sound of the ball hitting the fl oor of the gymnasium is not.

Chuck Buchan is the manager of the Old Sticks, and has been for some time.

“I’ve been the manager since we started the club about seven years ago. Th e BC Senior Games were in Prince George, so we decided to put together a team.”

Th at’s been one of the main events

for the team each year, and they have a pretty good record: two gold medals, one silver, two bronze and a fourth-place fi nish.

“Th e funny thing is,” Buchan says, “the year we fi nished fourth might have been the best team we had.”

Th at fi rst year the Old Sticks

were put together was a tough one, he says.

“We didn’t have any games that year before the Games, so it was a struggle.”

Since then, they’ve joined the local Nechako Slopitch league and have found it’s a good fi t.

“We’re looking to get the ex-

perience in, and playing at that level is good for us as well head-ing to the other tournaments.”

Th is year, the Old Sticks are looking at two tournaments, in-cluding the Canada West Senior Games in Edmonton in late Au-gust and the BC Senior Games in Langley in September.

Allan WISHART/Free PressMembers of the DeLoitte Old Sticks can’t wait to get out of the gym and back on the ballfield for the new season.


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It’s called the Tough Mudder.

It’s set on a course more than 16 kilo-emtres long, with a series of obstacles to overcome. Most of the people who take it on do it in teams, so they can help each other past the obstacles.

Ben Frisby says one of the real challenges is what you don’t know.

“Th ey let you know online what’s involved,” the Prince George resident said in a phone interview earlier this month. “Th ere are about 20 obstacles and four of them are mys-teries. Th ey don’t tell you ahead of time what they are.”

Frisby has completed the Tough Mudder twice, and may be going down to Whistler in June for a third go-round.

“It showed up on Facebook one day when a friend of mine posted about it, and it moti-vated me to get back into training.

“Th e fi rst time, I did it with a good-sized-group; the second time, it was with my girl-friend and her friend.”

He says the goal is to fi nish.

“Th ey don’t keep offi cial times. Some of the more competitive people keep track of their own times, but the whole point is to get to

the fi nish.”Th at involves taking

on obstacles like Funky Monkey, a set of incline and decline monkey bars; Everest, a greased quarter-pipe; and Electroshock Th erapy, a gauntlet of electrically charged wires competi-tors must go through to get to the fi nish. Frisby says there was little doubt which obstacle he feared when he started.

“Th e electricity one. You don’t know what to expect in how much of a shock you’re going to get. It actually wasn’t too bad.”

At least it wasn’t too bad at the Tough Mud-der. Frisby also took on

the World’s Toughest Mudder, an event in the United States.

“Th e U.S. has diff er-

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Courtesy Tough MudderBen Frisby, a Prince George resident, goes through one of the easier obstacles on the Tough Mudder course at Whistler. Frisby is hoping to get down to Whistler in June for this year’s event.

Local man ready to take on excruciating obstacle courseent laws regarding how much of a charge they can run through the wires. It was one of the worst experiences of my life.”

Th is year’s Tough Mudder, like the two previous ones Frisby has done, will be in Whistler on June 11 and 12.

“I’m going to try and do it again. I know it will have

basically the same obstacles, the same stupid hills.”

When Frisby isn’t charging through a Tough Mudder, he has other ways to stay in shape.

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trip in 43 days and raised about $150,000.”

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Free Press file photoWeather conditions at last year’s Sub-Zero Meet at Masich Place Stadium didn’t match the name of the first track meet of the season, but previous events have been held in less than ideal conditions.

Masich takes on club reins

Bill Masich’s history with the Prince George Track and Field Club goes back a long way.

“Th ere was a meeting in my parent’s living room in 1973,” the new coach of the club said before practice Tuesday eve-ning. “I was four and a half, and really, I haven’t looked back.”

Th at fi rst meeting resulted in his father, Tom, starting the club and Bill says it wasn’t hard to get involved.

“When everyone else in your family is in the track club, you join up too. We always hung out at the track.”

Now, with his own kids getting involved with the club, the time seemed to be right

to get back into the coaching fi eld.“I came down one day last spring to

drop my daughter off for a practice,” he remembers. “Th ere was a young fellow trying to to open the pole vault shed, but he couldn’t get it.

“I gave him a hand, and one thing led to another and I started coaching pole vault. I found myself getting more in-volved as the season went on.”

In the fall, he met with the club executive, and they discussed things like hat direc-tion they wanted to see the club go in.

“Th ey put out the job post-ing, I applied, and and they gave me the job.”

Th e track club will be Masich’s big concern this

spring and summer, but there was another sport he was working on the past few months.

“I was pretty involved with the Blizzard speed-skating club this year. I think I had about 10 days off between the end of their season and the start of the track season.”

What made the transition easier was having a couple of the other coaches carry on with the training over the winter.

“Brian Martinson and Cathy Johnson had the kids in workouts during the winter to keep them in shape for the new season.”

Th at new season offi cially started last Saturday, and Masich is encouraged by the number of athletes registered with the club.

“We’ve got about 25 in our Track Ras-cals program, which is for 6 to 8 year olds; about 60 in Juniors, which is great to see; and 30 to 35 in the Seniors, which is for ages 13 and up.”

Th e club won’t have too many practices outdoors at Masich Place Stadium before it hosts its fi rst meet, the Sub-Zero on May 3.

“It’s called the Sub-Zero for a reason,” Masich says with a smile. “We’ve held it in all kinds of weather. We’ve had some really nice days, we’ve had rain, we’ve had cold.

“We had one a few years ago where we had to call it off partway through because we started to get ice pellets falling and it was just too miserable to keep going. About 20 minutes aft er we called it off , it cleared up again.”

Th ere will be a full range of running and jumping events at this year’s Sub-Zero, but no throwing events.

“Th e city won’t allow us to use the fi eld yet, and I don’t blame them. It’s still pretty badly worn from last fall.”

Th e club has a fairly full schedule this year, and Masich says he and the other coaches have some work to do.

“A lot of what we’ll be doing with the individual athletes is fi guring out what events they should be targeting, and how to adjust their training so they’re ready for those events.”

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