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The Prince George RCMP and the BC Coroners Service are currently investi-gating a report of found human remains west of Prince George.

Just after noon on Saturday the Prince George RCMP received a report of found hu-man remains at Gravel Pit Lake, just off Highway 16 West near Isle Pierre Road.

On atten-dance to the area, police located a burnt-out structure and human remains. Police have attended the scene and continue to investigate with the as-sistance of the BC Coroners Service and fire investigators.

Investigators would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed a fire in the area of Gravel Pit Lake approxi-mately two weeks ago.

If you have any information about this investigation, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300.

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Enoch Maxiam Patrick grew up in what was known until 1990 as Fraser Lake Indian Reserve, a member of Nadleh Whut’en First Nation (Dakelh) in the central interior of British Columbia.

Patrick served overseas as a soldier in the Second World War. However, it was only recently that his son, Norman Patrick, 70, one of six children, can shed some light on his father’s military service.

“He always said the things he saw in France during the war, were just ‘too graphic’ to talk about. He saw his best buddy get killed. And I know that he lost other friends too ...but he wouldn’t talk about it. Once, when we were out hunting in 1975, he spoke just a few words about it – how he’d seen people get shot in the head – then he went quiet again.”

Th ree of Norman Patrick’s uncles (one was Dick Pat-rick of Stoney Creek) also served overseas in the Second World War, a couple of them were wounded, but they all came back, he said.

In 1989, when Enoch Patrick passed away, Norman, the oldest son, was given a box of his father’s personal items. Inside, Norman found a silver war medal bearing the image of King George VI, some military papers, and an old photograph of his father in uniform.

Enoch Patrick was an artillery expert with the Cana-dian forces. He joined the war in 1939, was discharged on April 24,1945 and returned home on May 26, 1945. Norman Patrick recalls that his father had some good memories of his wartime experiences.

“He was proud to be fi ghting overseas for his country. He told me he liked being treated just like everyone else over there, ‘like a regular white person.’ He had more freedom in France than in his own country.

“He could go out to restaurants and he could drink alcohol with his buddies. Colour didn’t matter. Th ey were all serv-ing – and dying – for the same reason.”

Norman Patrick explains that at that time, and even into the ‘50s, in many parts of Canada, First Nations people weren’t allowed in restaurants, particularly where they served alcohol.

“I remember as a kid going to into a restaurant (in northern B.C.). We had to order our food from the back and they brought it to us at the back door and then we’d eat it outside. In France, during the war, my father was treated as an equal and he liked that.”

His father’s name is listed along with many other First Nations people, on a special plaque at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre honouring those who served during wars.

When he returned to Canada in 1945, Enoch wanted to continue

to serve his country, said Norman, but he was told that he was “too short” to join the RCMP. Instead, he drove truck for 35 years.

It took many years for Enoch and other First Nations people to be recognized for their contributions during war, said Norman, who still has questions surrounding his father’s military service.

Th ere are confusing issues and missing information which he hopes MLA John Rustad’s offi ce can help him sort out.

For instance, Enoch Patrick had two diff erent military numbers assigned to him, one an army number, the other an air force num-ber. It may be, says Norman Patrick, that he served in both.

One thing Norman knows for sure, though, is that his father and other members of his family were dedicated to defending Canada.

“Th ey joined up to serve and to help save our country,” Norman said, placing his father’s war medal back in its small cardboard box.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressNorman Patrick with his father’s Second World War medal and photo. The inset shows the medal’s reverse side: a lion standing on a double-headed dragon.

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A “framework agreement” between B.C. and Alberta regarding heavy oil pipeline expansion to the west coast hasn’t swayed the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council.

It remains opposed to Enbridge’s pro-posed Northern Gateway pipeline.

“Th e B.C./Alberta Framework Agree-ment hasn’t met First Nations’ conditions of free, prior and informed consent,” said Carrier Sekani Tribal Chief Terry Teegee. “Free, prior and informed consent is an international standard that is much more than ‘consultation,’ it’s about the need for shared decision making authority on natu-ral resource development.”

Premier Christy Clark met Alberta Premier Alison Redford in Vancouver Th ursday to announce what they are call-ing a “framework agreement” for heavy oil pipeline expansion to the West Coast.

Alberta agrees to support B.C.’s demand for a revenue share from the oil produc-tion and export, as long as it doesn’t come

from Alberta’s resource royalties. B.C. agrees to support Alberta’s call for a na-tional energy strategy, Clark and Redford said Tuesday.

“Alberta has reached a broader understanding and acceptance of British Colum-bia’s fi ve conditions, and our province had agreed to join the Canadian Energy Strategy discussions started by Premier Redford,” Clark told report-ers at an energy conference in Vancouver.

In previous meetings, Redford has been adamant that none of Alberta’s resource royalties from oilsands crude will be shared. B.C. has argued that the oil producers and the federal government have to fi nd a solution to the conditions for approval laid down by Clark.

Redford said her proposed national strategy is to address interprovincial projects such as pipelines, recognizing that energy is provincial jurisdiction.

“We don’t think this is about quid pro

quo or gotcha politics,” Redford said. “Th is is about putting in place economic models that are going to work for Canada, for each

of our economies, and allow for product to move.”

Clark said she is pleased that Redford accepted her conditions, and the assurance she gave at their June meet-ing in Kelowna that B.C. isn’t aft er Alberta’s resource royal-ties. B.C. makes substantial royalties from natural gas and hopes to increase that sub-stantially with exports, Clark said.

Teegee said the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council have

not been invited, nor are they involved, in the development of either the province’s fi ve conditions for pipeline approval or the Alberta government’s plan for a national energy strategy.

“Clark and Redford’s idea of expediting the approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway won’t work,” said Teegee. “We will use any means at our disposal to ensure

that our lands and waters are protected for today and future generations … Our communi-ties have made an informed decision that the Enbridge Northern Gateway project is

not worth the risk.”NDP leader Adrian Dix contrasted

Tuesday’s statements with Clark’s position before the May election, where the gov-ernment told the federal review panel on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal it was opposed.

NDP environment critic Spencer Chan-dra Herbert said B.C. has also changed its position to say oil shipments are “going to happen, whether by train or by pipeline.”

Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cul-len called the agreement political window-dressing.

“When it comes to the Enbridge North-ern Gateway Pipeline, everything is negotiable for Christy Clark, including principals and promises made leading up to last May’s provincial election,” Cullen said. “Th e reality is that none of the fi ve conditions Ms. Clark made such a big deal about 16 months as being necessary for Enbridge to put a pipeline through our province were even remotely addressed in today’s announcement.

“Th e best we got aft er overnight nego-tiations and months of high drama is the ‘possibility of progress’ and a bizarre bless-ing that somehow allows B.C. to negotiate directly with Enbridge. Today’s agreement does absolutely zero to protect B.C.’s en-vironment and economy from a bitumen disaster,”

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No grounds for campgroundIt was defi nitely not a “done deal.”Both Coun. Albert Koehler and Coun.

Lyn Hall expressed chagrin over comments made at a public hearing Monday night that council already had its mind made up.

In the end, council defeated a rezoning application that would have allowed con-struction of a 150-unit campground and RV park just off Highway 16 at Sindia Road.

About a half-dozen area residents and one RV park owner spoke out against the rezon-ing, which would have been a site-specifi c text amendment to the zoning bylaw’s agriculture and forestry zone. Representa-tives from L&M Engineering, speaking on behalf of the developer Gil Rahier Holdings, were the only one who spoke in favour of the rezoning.

“Th is is another issue where we’re talk-ing about spot zoning,” said Coun. Brian Skakun, who recently raised concerns about a rushed process regarding a rezoning request for Best Western. “We’re not talking about a small development (the RV park and campground). Th ere are way too many questions.”

Th ose questions, and concerns, raised by residents included whether the road access, which is gravel and currently servicing a handful of rural homes, would be able to handle the increased traffi c; what that traffi c would do to the neighbourhood; sewage disposal, which would be handled in a la-goon; and air quality impacts resulting from campfi res.

Th e turning point against the develop-ment, however, was likely water.

“Where is the 150-unit RV Park going to get its water?” asked Glenn Parrett. “Th e as-sessment authority has down-graded property values because of access to water.”

Th e land in question lies just north of the Haldi Road area that was embroiled in a bitter rezoning fi ght with the city last year, and impact on the aquifer was a concern at that time.

L&M Engineering vice-pres-ident Terry Fjellstrom told the public hearing that water for the facility would come from a well and that he didn’t think RV parks and campgrounds drew much water. Th at well would tap into the same aquifer at Haldi Road.

Th at drew a response from Cindy Brodhagen, who owns the Hartway RV Park, who said they use lots of water.

“Th ey wash their RVs, there are showers, and they want to refi ll their water tanks,” she said.

When pressed about whether they had data on expected wa-ter usage, Fjellstrom said he didn’t have that information at the public hearing, but could get it for council.

“Th e notion that very little water will be used in a campground just doesn’t wash,” said Coun. Murry Krause.

Terry Roberts from the Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable said that while he was encouraged that the proponents had discussed ways to mitigate smoke from

campfi res, he was concerned about the possibility of smoke hanging in the area and drift ing into College Heights.

When it came time for council to debate the issue, Coun. Dave Wilbur and Coun. Garth Frizzell were in favour of sending the matter to third reading. Frizzell sug-gested attaching a covenant restricting the number of campfi res on the property. Coun. Cameron Stolz stressed that it was simply a land-use matter so issues about air qual-

ity, sewage disposal, and access to water shouldn’t be taken into consideration.

Coun. Lyn Hall disagreed.“What strikes me is we don’t have the

information on (the size of the sewage) lagoon,” said Hall. “Th ere will be huge water consumption. Th ere is an issue when I don’t have the information on water.”

Hall, Skakun, Koehler and Krause voted against sending the matter to third reading, while Stolz, Frizzell and Wilbur voted for.

Although it won’t be a full-fl edged engineering study, Prince George city council has directed staff to examine whether a pedes-trian-controlled crosswalk is war-ranted on 15th Avenue at Quinn Street.

Th e decision, which was a 4-3 vote of council, came following a request to do so from the Aborigi-

nal Business Development Centre, which is located on 15th Avenue.

“We watch countless individu-als sprint across the street,” Kallie Smith told council, adding that they did count and in a two-hour period on a Monday aft ernoon watched 27 people jaywalk across 15th. Th e two closest controlled crossings are at Ospika Boulevard to the west and Nicholson Street to the east. Part of the problem, said Smith, is that there is a bus stop on 15th Avenue and people oft en jay-

walk getting to the bus stop or exit-ing the bus. She said they brought the matter to the city’s attention previously and were told that since there was no cross street at the bus stop location, a crosswalk wasn’t warranted.

“We’re calling on the city to reconsider its decision,” said Smith. “Th ink of this as something Prince George needs for driver and pedes-trian safety.”

Superintendent of Operations Bill Gaal said city staff has done

three diff erent counts, which regis-tered only fi ve people crossing 15th Avenue at “peak” hours.

“(Th at) does not warrant a pedestrian-controlled device at that location,” Gaal said.

He added the city talked with ICBC and examined their crash data and in a fi ve-year period found nine incidents at the loca-tion, none involving pedestrians.

He added that if council wanted to have a closer look, it would involve a comprehensive study of

the intersection.Councillors Cameron Stolz and

Dave Wilbur suggested that simply removing the bus stop on 15th Av-enue may be a easy solution to the problem. Th e majority of council, however, referred the issue back to administration to take another look, particularly as to why the city’s data diff ers so much from that collected by the Aboriginal Busi-ness Development Centre staff , and without undertaking the expense of a full blown traffi c study.

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Driving violations get jail, probation, prohibitionsprohibited from driving for fi ve years. Morin was also found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to one day in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 3:Rickie M. Bennell was found guilty of failing

to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and being at large without lawful excuse and sentenced to two days in jail.

Perry A. Cardinal was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 26 days in jail.

Wendy L. Fountain was found guilty of driving

without due care and attention, placed on proba-tion for one year, fi ned $2,000, assessed a victim surcharge of $300 and prohibited from driving for one year.

David J. Paterson was found guilty of driving while prohibited, sentenced to seven days in jail, fi ned $1,200, assessed a victim surcharge of $180 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Mitchell W. Walper was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 10 days in jail.

Brent P. Williams was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and mischief and sentenced to 60 days in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 4:Kelly N. Bone was found guilty of operating a

motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, sentenced to 135 days in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $0 and prohibited from driving for three years.

Leah M. Glover was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol reading over .08, fi ned $1,000, assessed a victim surcharge of $150 and prohibited from driving for one year.

Jayson D. Leckay was found guilty of assault and placed on probation for one year.

Darren F. Porter was found guilty of assault, sentenced to one day in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and prohibited from possessing fi rearms for fi ve years. Porter was also found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail.

Lawrence R. Reinhold was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to one day in jail, fi ned $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Curtis W. Reiter was found guilty of mischief, placed on probation for 12 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Allison J.R. Gurney was found guilty of assault causing bodily harm and placed on probation for one year. Gurney was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and placed on probation for three months. Gurney was also found guilty of a second count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking and sentenced to one day in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 5:Nathan C. Alexander was found guilty of pos-

session of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, failing to attend court when ordered to do so and two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to one day in jail and placed on probation for one year. Alexander was also found guilty of a second count of failing to attend court when ordered to do so and a third count of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to four days in jail and placed on probation for one year.

Nathaniel L. Basil was found guilty of fi ve counts of breaking and entering and sentenced to two years and one day in jail.

Aaron C. Cooper was found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to one day in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Sept. 6:Frank F. Frost was found guilty of abduction of a

person under 14, sentenced to time served of four months in jail, placed on probation for 16 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100. Frost was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condi-tion of an undertaking or recognizance and failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to time served of 14 days in jail and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Todd Krasowski was found guilty of fraudulently acquiring food, beverage or accommodation and failing to comply with a condition of an undertak-ing or recognizance and sentenced to eight days in jail.

Michael R. Peters was found guilty of being unlawfully in a dwelling-house, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000, placed on probation for 24 months and prohibited from possessing fi rearms for three years.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 30:

Maurice J. Morin was found guilty of three counts of operating a motor vehicle while prohibited, sentenced to one day in jail and

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Th e UNBC Board of Governors has appointed Dr. Mark Dale to serve as interim president of UNBC eff ective January 1, 2014.

Dr. Dale has been the Vice-President Academic and Provost of UNBC since 2008. He will serve as Interim President until a replacement for Dr. George Iwama is selected.

Political Science Professor Dr. John Young, who has been with UNBC since 1994, will be the Interim Vice-President Academic and Provost.

Dr. Iwama is leaving UNBC at the end of 2013. Following his decision to not renew as UNBC President, Dr. Iwama was appointed Execu-tive Vice-President for the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Japan, a prestigious, young university that has been featured recently in the Economist and Sci-ence. OIST has this year admitted only its second cohort of students, all of whom are pursuing doctoral degrees in Science. Dr. Iwama was born

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Th e search for Dr. Iwama’s replacement is being led by the Board of Governors and is including a national advertising campaign and identifi cation of potential candidates.

In some respects, the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North had more than 500 guests for its fi rst-birth-day party on Friday.

While few, if any, of them were actu-ally present, that’s how many people have been treated since the fi rst patient came through the doors on Nov. 1, 2012.

Many of those people have been able to un-dergo radiation therapy in Prince George, in-stead of having to travel to Vancouver. Dr. Stacy Miller, a regional oncologist, says the kinds of treatments the centre can provide are expanding.

“Earlier this year, we started using brachytherapy at the center. It involves plac-ing an intense source of radiation close to a tumour. Th at allows us to give a high dose of radiation to the source, while limiting the expo-sure to healthy cells in the vicinity.”

Th e majority of pa-tients who are receiving

the treatment have en-dometrial cancer, which Miller says can occur aft er a hysterectomy.

“We insert the unit, then use a CT scan to show precisely where the unit is located. We can deliver in a few minutes the same amount of radiation which used to take 24 to 48 hours to administer.”

Th e centre has also started using brachytherapy to treat prostate cancer, although there the pro-

cess is a diff erent one, she said.

“We do an ultra-sound of the prostate to confi rm the suitability of using brachytherapy. We then plan where between 100 and 120 ‘seeds’ will be implanted to deliver the radiation.”

Th e actual implants and radiation are done in Vancouver, but Miller says being able to do all the pre-implant work in Prince George makes things easier for patients.

Regional operations director Pamela Tobin said the centre has never lost track of its main purpose.

“Th e patients come fi rst,” she said. “Th ey get fi rst-rate care here, and it’s closer to home. We are continuing to develop programs with a focus on northern needs.”

Th e number of pa-tients the centre saw in its fi rst year was higher than expected, but Tobin said there were

no problems associ-ated with those higher numbers.

“It may be people who had not been seek-ing treatment before, came to us because they could get the treatment closer to home. We’re not sure why the num-bers were higher.”

With a smile, she said there was only one problem with the fi rst year at the centre.

“We were dead on the timeline for the fi rst year in terms of meet-ing our goals.

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Everyone can use a mentor, regardless of what they are doing.

Th at certainly holds true in the business world. Mentors are oft en people who can help entrepreneurs walk a path new to them but well-trodden for others.

Kaleena Ross is a new entrepreneur in Prince George. She opened up her own event plan-ning and graphic design business, Iskpres Media, just over year ago. Key to helping her was her mentor, Shauna Harper, a marketing and com-munications strategist with LiveWorkPG.

Both were on hand Friday to help the province launch Men-torshipBC, an online resource that helps entrepreneurs connect with experts who can help them navigate the tricky waters of busi-ness ownership.

“One of the biggest benefi ts I’ve had is the confi dence to move for-ward and expand,” Ross told a crowd of about 30 people at the Chamber of Commerce offi ce, which included Minis-ter of State for Tourism and Small Business Naomi Yamamoto and Jobs Minister Shirley Bond. “I gained an out-side objective perspec-tive on the decisions that I make, to help me ensure that I don’t take any missteps and learn it the hard way.”

As for Harper, she says there is benefi t for her as well.

“What it did, what I didn’t realize, was that it was going to pull me forward,” Harper said.

MentorshipBC is a resource dedicated to meeting the needs of entrepreneurs by pro-viding one-stop online access to the many mentorship programs available throughout the province.

Designed with small business owners in mind, MentorshipBC provides a central data-base of business-men-toring programs and allows entrepreneurs to easily fi nd and access programs that meet their specifi c needs. In addition to providing small businesses with a search tool to fi nd an appropriate men-

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tor program, the site promotes the benefi ts of working with mentors and using other small business resources.

“MentorshipBC bridges an im-portant gap by providing access to valuable resources that will help build a stronger B.C., one small business at a time,” said Yamamoto.

Organizations throughout B.C. that off er mentorship programs are encouraged to register on the site. As a province-wide resource, Mentor-shipBC also provides a free market-

ing opportunity for organizations. “It’s inspiring to see relationships

like Kaleena and Shauna’s right here in Prince George, and now Mentor-shipBC will allow business owners to share their expertise and support up-and-comers to succeed no matter where they live in B.C.,” said Bond. “With 98 per cent of B.C. businesses being small businesses, there is a wealth of experience out there for anyone who wants to start their own business.”

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“It’s a long-term solution to get stability for our program,” said Superintendent of Operations Bill Gaal.

A couple of years ago the city ran afoul of resi-dents in the Salmon Valley area when it sought to use biosolids as a fertilizer on area fi elds.

“We are still looking at agricultural uses (for the biosolids), but further away,” said Gaal.

And, fi nding those locations will be up to Sylvis.Th e contract is deal with the approximately

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Th e Prince George RCMP are investigating an apparent shooting that occurred Saturday night in Prince George.

At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Saturday November 2, the Prince George RCMP received a 911 report of shots fi red on Nation Crescent. Police attended the area and located a 51-year-old man suff ering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. Th e male was transported to the Universi-ty Hospital of Northern BC for treatment. A Police Service Dog attended the scene to assist General Duty offi cers with the search for the suspect or suspects, however no one was located.

All indications are that the shooting was the result of an altercation, say police.

Th e victim is expected to survive.

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressElaine Cole watches over her Bluestravina Creations booth Saturday at St. Mary’s Bazaar, which offered homemade crafts and baking. The booth offered beautiful and whimsical fabric wallets, totes, purs-es, diaper bags, baby blankets and more.

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Contract talks between the City of Prince George and CUPE Locals 1048 and 399 have bro-ken off and no future talks are scheduled. Both sides had agreed to enlist the help of mediator Vince Ready but mediation eff orts were unsuc-cessful.

Th e city and CUPE’s bargaining teams have been negotiating to renew the collective agree-ment since January 2013.

According to Prince George Superintendent of Operations Bill Gaal, tentative agreement had been reached on a number of important issues but the two sides were at an impasse on the main issues of wages and benefi ts.

“While we appreciate the valuable contribu-tions made by all city workers,” said Gaal, in a press release, “the city faces fi nancial challenges and a need to control costs. Increased taxpayer expectations for services and the high cost of fi x-ing and maintaining aging facilities and infra-structure have placed heavy demands on the city budget.”

In order to contain costs, the city has indicated that it is willing to reallocate some existing sick leave accruals and other cost items within the col-lective agreement in order to better meet priori-ties for CUPE members.

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Advisory Committee on Development DesignWednesday, November 13th – 12:00 p.m.2nd Floor Conference Room

Advisory Committee on AccessibilityWednesday, November 13th – 5:00 p.m.2nd Floor Conference Room

Advisory Committee on Enhancing Prince George (Enhance PG)Thursday, November 14th – 12:00 p.m.2nd Floor Conference Room

PUBLIC NOTICESSpecial Committee of the Whole MeetingWednesday, November 20th – 6:00 p.m.2nd Floor Conference Room

City of Prince George Council Procedures Bylaw No. 8388, 2011, Amendment Bylaw No. 8549, 2013

Public Notice pursuant to section 124(3) of the Community Charter.

YOUR CITY MATTERSNovember 8, 2013

The municipal Council of the City of Prince George intends to adopt City of Prince George Council Procedures Bylaw No. 8388, 2011, Amendment Bylaw No. 8549, 2013 at the Monday, November 18, 2013, regular Council meeting, commencing at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, BC.

Bylaw No. 8549, if adopted, would amend City of Prince George Council Procedures Bylaw No. 8388, 2011 by adding a new section 8. (3.1) which would authorize the City Manager to cancel any regular Council meeting scheduled on a Wednesday in June or July, due to lack of Council business and requires the Corporate Offi cer to post notice of the cancellation of any such regular meeting at the Public Notice Posting Places, and to email a copy of the notice to each Council member at the email address designated by each respective Council member.

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

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Teresa MALLAM/Free PressWith colder weather in the air, shoppers enjoy looking at warm knitted garments at St. Mary’s Crafts Bazaar and bake sale Saturday. The two-day event offered lots of handcrafted items and attracted plenty of people.

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Taseko Mines fl ew me out to Fish Lake back when they were still taking core samples.

Th at was almost 20 years ago (yikes). Th at’s how long I’ve been following the Prosperity Mine story. Th at’s almost how long the company has been trying to get this project off the ground and almost how long the First Nations in the area have been opposing it.

When they fl ew me out to the site there wasn’t much there except for a couple of Atco trail-ers and a drill rig. It was the fi rst time I had ever been in a helicop-ter so I got to sit up front with the pilot and enjoy the 125-kilometre fl ight over the Chilcotin.

Last week the Canadian Envi-ronmental Assessment Agency released its second report saying the mine will adversely impact the environment.

“Th e panel has determined, based on strong evidence submit-ted by government agencies (both

Canada and British Columbia) and other participants, that Taseko underestimated the volume of tailings pore water seepage leaving the tailings storage facility and the impacts on water quality caused by recirculation of water within the Fish Lake (Teztan Biny) and Upper Fish Creek (Teztan Yeqox) system,” reads the report. “Th e Panel has also deter-mined considerable uncertainty remains regarding Taseko’s contingency plan for water treatment.”

Th e only problem, according to Taseko, is that they claim that government “evidence” was wrong.

“It’s clear that Natural Resources Canada relied on the wrong design in the analysis to advise the review panel,” Taseko vice-president of communication Brian Battison told me this week. “Th is calls into question the validity of the panel’s fi nding.”

And this is where it gets wonky.No one seems to want to determine whether Taseko is

correct in its claim.I would think that in light of such an allegation that the

powers-that-be should be going back to Natural Resources Canada and/or the Canadian Environmental Assessment

Agency to determine whether Taseko’s claim is true. If so, I would think the whole process should be kicked back to those agencies. If Taseko’s claim is not true, then those same agencies should say so.

Th e problem is that the Conservatives politicized the environmental review process a couple of years ago.

In other words, it’s really irrelevant whether the Cana-dian Environmental Assessment Agency had the wrong information because the decision whether to approve the mine lies with Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq.

Battison was careful to say that Taseko is not lobbying the federal environment minister to take their revelations in account when making her decision, only that they were making the information public.

Other politicians, both federal and provincial, have not been as diplomatic saying Taseko’s revelations are enough for the minister to give it two thumbs up for the photo op.

So what will happen? It’s still unclear.

“Th e agency will not comment on the panel report at this time,” Lucille Jamault, manager of communications for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency told me.

“Th e minister will make a decision about the project in accordance with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012. Should the minister decide that the project is likely to cause signifi cant adverse environmental eff ects, the federal cabinet would make a decision on whether or not the signifi cant eff ects would be justifi ed in the circum-stances.”

All that seems to be clear is that no one is going take a second look at the facts and determine whether the right ones were used.

Th is issue clearly needs to go back to the review panel and that seems unlikely. Without doing so, should the federal reject the plan, Taseko will have grounds to appeal ... and on it goes.

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VICTORIA – I got my infl uenza shot this week, paid for out of pocket since I don’t qualify for any of the higher-risk groups provided with free immunization.

A reminder to take this simple health precaution came in Octo-ber when a labour arbitrator ruled that it is a reasonable employment requirement for health care work-ers to either get the current im-munization or mask up in patient care areas.

Quiet advocacy by Provincial Health Offi cer Dr. Perry Kendall has paid off . Staff , doctors, outside contractors and visitors will have to put patients fi rst.

Health care unions pressed a grievance on behalf of members who insist they have a right to refuse immunization and increase exposure to patients. Th ey have apparently run up the white fl ag.

“We will be telling our members to comply with the new policy, or risk being fi red,” said an overly dramatic Val Avery,

president of the Health Sciences Associa-tion. HSA lawyers led the grievance, sup-ported by the Hospital Employees’ Union and the B.C. Nurses’ Union.

Avery said the union will continue to urge its members to take advantage of on-site fl u shot clin-ics. Th at’s right, like most provincial employees, they all get immunization that is not only free but adminis-tered at work.

Kendall announced the regulation last year, aft er fi nding that 40 per cent of employees in long-term care were not getting the current infl uenza vaccine,

and the rate of immunization was declin-ing.

Th eir objections make no sense. Aside from the self-serving “rights” argument, they complain that the annual fl u vaccine isn’t eff ective enough.

Th e formula is developed by internation-

al eff ort to track the dominant strains that emerge as winter rolls around the world. Kendall says a poor match results in about 40 per cent immunity, and a good match reaches 90 per cent. At the risk of stating the obvious, he notes that even 40 per cent is better than nothing.

Aft er two weeks of expert testimony, arbitrator Robert Diebolt, a retired UBC law professor, wrote as follows:

“It is indisputable that infl uenza can be a serious, even fatal, disease. Immuniza-tion also indisputably provides a measure of protection to health care workers and I have found that their immunization re-duces infl uenza transmission to patients.

“I have also concluded that there is a real and serious patient safety issue and the policy is a helpful program to reduce patient risk.”

Th e B.C. Centre for Disease Control calculates that if all health care workers would get immunized, the risk to patients would be reduced nearly 50 per cent. Th e Ministry of Health warns: “you can spread infl uenza for 24 hours before you have any

symptoms.”What would cause educated health care

workers to defy common sense? A hint is provided by professional union promoter and publicist Bill Tieleman, who railed about the decision on his blog.

Th is regulation is inspired by big bad U.S. health care corporations that would rather impose immunization than pay for sick days, Tieleman asserts.

Ah, so an infected health care employee should wander the wards until symptoms emerge, and then go home for a few days of paid rest. What a perfectly stupid idea!

Last week BCNU president Debra McPherson was warning about “chaos” at the new Surrey Memorial emergency ward, her latest of a career of media protests.

Th e big new facility is already overfl ow-ing, and more beds and more staff are needed, stat!

Perhaps if better preventive measures were taken by nurses, doctors and other staff , this chronic “chaos” would be re-duced and these unions would have more credibility.

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It’s a rite of winter in Canada that some people enjoy every week.

I try to do it at least once a year.I got my fi rst real chance this hockey season on Sunday

morning.I got to CN Centre early for the Midget game

between the Cariboo Cougars and Kootenay Ice – and there they were.

Two teams of Timbits, one at each end of the rink as they practiced.

It was near the end of their time on the ice, and the drills were over. Now it was time to have fun – for the spectators as well.

One of the teams appeared to be playing a form of tag on the ice, which involved some of the players racing around trying to touch their teammates, who then had to drop to a knee and remain still.

Well, except for the ones who for one reason or another fell to a knee before anyone touched them.

And the one player who seemed to be trying to make ice angels in the middle of the tag game.

At the other end, the team had split into two squads for a game. Th ere were no pinnies, no second colour of uniforms, so I’m not sure how they managed to remember who their teammates were – or if it mattered.

Th e too-short time brought out some of those moments you seem to always see when players at this age take to the ice. Th e player who is more concerned with talking to a par-ent in the stands than the fact that the puck is sliding right into his skates, closely pursued by a number of other players.

Luckily, he managed to get the message about the situation

from his parent, and was able to avoid the mass of slowly moving humanity.

Of course, that mass of humanity had also decreased in size as it made its way up the ice. As is common in Timbits games, a number of players fell as they moved along. Th ey

weren’t hit by another player, they didn’t trip over the blueline. Th ey just fell.

Which of course prompted a sympathetic reac-tion in players some distance away, who also fell.

Some of the players knew how to skate, some knew how to at least hit the puck with their stick when they got it. Few of the players I saw had mastered both skills yet.

One youngster obviously wasn’t going to take any chances on falling. He was using his stick as a brace to remain standing and, as the puck slid by just a couple of feet away, he refused to lift his stick to go aft er it, knowing any motion would likely result in gravity taking over and his body meeting the ice.

And, of course, there was the player who had fallen down when the puck was at his end of the ice.

He climbed labouriously to his feet and set sail slowly towards the other side of the rink, where the puck now resided.

Just as he started to pick up a little bit of speed, the puck comes sliding past him, going the other way.

Slowly, slowly, one degree at a time, he embarks on a 180-degree turn to pursue the puck.

At which point he falls again.It almost seemed like a shame when the Cariboo Cougars

and Kootenay Ice took to the rink. Th ey knew what they were doing, which took a lot of the fun out if it.

Part of the core services review implementation involved increasing virtually every fee that the city charges.

One of the fee changes that passed virtu-ally without discussion at the council table was a change to the business licence bylaw. On the surface of it, the bylaw change involved some wording changes. Added to the business licence categories was “residential building rental.”

Th is is defi ned as “any building or portion of any build-ing with one or more dwelling units rented for residential purposes.”

In other words, secondary suites.What council has done is require those operating

secondary suites to have a business licence. So, if you’re renting a suite to your mother-in-law you have to take out a business licence and fork over $155 to city hall. And, it seems that if you own several rental properties, you have to take out a business licence for each one.

It’s another way that city hall is reaching in the wallets of citizens.

Secondary suites are an issue in every community. Th e problems with secondary suites go much deeper than whether city hall gets enough revenue with them. Prop-erly regulating is always a challenge. Simply adding a fee doesn’t deal with the real issue, it just sends a few more dollars to city hall that weren’t going that way before. When Timbits fall

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Agreementchanges very little

The “framework agreement” hammered out by Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford is more about squeezing more out of Ottawa than harmonizing relations

between the two, at times, combative premiers.Under the plan, Alberta agrees to support B.C.’s de-

mand for a revenue share from the oil production and export, as long as it doesn’t come from Alberta’s resource royalties. B.C. agrees to support Alberta’s call for a nation-al energy strategy.

Th e notion that Alberta should give up oil royalties to B.C. was always a ludicrous one anyway. If B.C. is going to get its “fair share,” it’s going to have to come from Ottawa.

Supporting Alberta’s plan for a national energy strategy is easy enough because the strategy hasn’t been set in stone yet.

So, the old saying, “my enemy’s enemy is my friend,” applies. Not to suggest that Ottawa is an enemy of B.C. and Alberta (although Conservatives oft en like to refer to those who oppose them as “enemies”).

Clark and Redford seem to come to the conclusion that they both need Ottawa to get what they want and team-ing up may help. And they’re probably right. However, it changes nothing regarding whether pipelines should proceed.


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In this icy economic climate, one oft en hears the cold advice, “You have only your-self to blame.” Th e words echo down dark, trash-bestrewn lanes. Th e clock tower in the distance doesn’t yet strike thirteen, but one wonders what’s next.

In early 1982 the solicitor-general depart-ment of Alberta ran billboard ads depict-ing a tow truck pulling a wrecked car out a snow-fi lled ditch. In the lower portion of the sign in large letters was the comment: “Don’t blame the weather. Blame yourself!” Th e strategy of encouraging more self-blame among oft en already discouraged and depressed people seemed dubious at best.

It is fashionable now to say there are no highway accidents, only collisions in which the driver is always – in some way, how-ever remote – at fault. Yet in rainy districts like that of the Lower Mainland or the U.S. Pacifi c Northwest, a person expects rain-soaked roads in winter but can be unpre-pared for an unexpected spot of black ice that looks little diff erent from the previous stretch of merely wet highway. Or, as one is following a curve around a high hill, a dark-coloured animal bounds out in front of the car.

A consultation meeting at the Prince George Civic Centre last week sponsored

by Northern Health had the theme of “Let’s Talk About Healthy Aging and Seniors’ Wellness” and focused on a document titled Healthy Northern Communities 2013. Par-ticipants at each table of eight to 10 spoke to each other in conversational tones about good areas of service and those requiring improvement.

A key paragraph in Healthy North-ern Communities 2013 reads as follows: “Chronic diseases tend to accumulate with age and limit our independence. Our personal choices towards a handful of risk factors – tobacco use; physical inactivity; poor dietary choices; obesity; inappropri-ate drug and alcohol use; certain sexual activities; and excessive sun exposure – can greatly determine how we age and whether we remain free from certain types of cancers and chronic illnesses.”

Th is implies suff erers of chronic condi-tions have only themselves to blame because they pursued frivolous, irresponsible lifestyles. Sometimes such a statement is true. However, there is well-documented evidence that job stress or the stress of being a caregiver for a relative in declining health can trigger anxiety, depression and even the beginnings of heart disease. Are people in these circumstances morally to blame for incurring these conditions?

It is also well known and documented there are some occupational illnesses and conditions. How can one work on a ranch

or a farm without considerable exposure to the sun? Are there not some occupations requiring long hours standing that can lead to chronic knee conditions by late middle age? Stanley Coren, UBC sleep researcher, documents in his book, Sleep Th ieves, that rotating shift work and long overnight hours lead to greatly increased incidence of workplace accidents. Th ey also add to stress on the workers’ immune systems, making them more susceptible to illness. J. Bar-ton Cunningham, a University of Victoria professor, says stress can contribute to the development of headaches and migraines, coronary heart disease and diabetes.

One can see where the emphasis on personal lifestyles as solely responsible for chronic illness in old age is leading to. Dur-ing the consultation meeting in the Civic Centre, one discussion-table participant spoke out to the whole assembly in saying, “In the U.K., when Mrs. Th atcher fi rst took offi ce, she announced to everyone, ‘Don’t expect anything from your government. You have to start saving from very early in your career to pay for the whole cost of your care in old age.’”

In Alberta there have been ads about workers’ compensation depicting careless, inattentive employees as solely to blame for workplace accidents causing death or per-manently disabling injury. But what about explosions in dust-laden grain elevators or deaths or serious injuries caused by the

collapse of weak, poorly maintained railway bridges? Are the workers to blame for these accidents or personally responsible for the entire cost of their care?

Th e personal responsibility movement – or, as Harvard political scientist Jacob Hacker has termed it, the Personal Respon-sibility Crusade – has been promoted by some large Canadian metropolitan dailies for at least a decade. It has its origins in ultra-conservative American think tanks and the views of billionaire donors to neo-conservative causes.

In the past, social insurance programs, medicare and traditional guaranteed pen-sions provided a safety net and sent the reassuring message that “someone is watch-ing out for you, all of us are watching out for you, when things go bad,” Hacker says in his book, Th e Great Risk Shift (2006). “Today the message is starkly diff erent: ‘You are on your own.’”

Th e attitude implied by the slogans “You have only yourself to blame” and “You’re on your own” might be appropriate among Tea Party Republicans in the U.S., but it is not congruent with Canada’s more community-oriented values of the past seventy years. Th ese values are being steadily eroded. We have to study their history and work to try to recover what has been lost. We also have to restore the necessary economic autonomy and self-determination of this country to ensure the success of such eff orts.

Putting individualism in contextPaul StricklandSpecial to the Free Press

Editor:An open letter to mayor and

council:Recently there was an air qual-

ity alert in the city. We collectively sacrifi ced revenue from public transit by waiving bus fares to discourage driving by individuals. Th is makes sense.

Since I live an hour’s walk from the nearest city bus stop, I had to drive my car today for neces-sary chores. While driving in the Hart I passed a Tim Hortons and a McDonald’s, both of which dis-played long lines of people, sitting in their idling vehicles, waiting for window service. Fumes from their exhaust pipes were visible.

If the city can forgo bus fares to improve air quality, it seems rea-sonable for the city to mandate the closing of drive-through service on all businesses for the duration of an air quality alert.

It might do people good to park their cars and get the exercise re-quired to enter a place of business for their refreshments.

I will take “alerts” more seri-ously when I see such reasonable measures.

James LougheryPrince George

Not justidle talk Editor:

Enbridge is “gracing” us every week with full page coloured ads, in local newspapers, noticeable for their bad poetry, in fact not poetry at all, while showing us the beautiful features of the Northwest they are putting at risk.

Such ads costs more than $1,000/week for just one local paper. I want-

ed to contrast this lavish spending with their 2012, $18,000 donation to 14 food banks, averaging $1,286 per food bank for a whole year.

I suggest Enbridge should redirect their wasted advertising campaign money to food banks, which could greatly benefi t from such largesse.

Josette WierSmithers

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Editor:Th ank you to everyone who helped

make the Students’ Favourites Cook-book and CD Launch Event such a big success. Th ank you to all the families who brought the dish they put in the Cookbook so we could all try the deli-cious food. And thanks to everyone who helped with set up, serving and take down. Th e students who played the piano were also wonderful. Th ank you to everyone who bought the Cook-book and CD, and to the media for supporting this charity project.

Watch for news of Prince George’s fi rst indoor, colourful “street piano” in the Cancer Centre for the North. You’ll want to see and play this piano! And for anyone who missed the Launch, the Cookbook and CD are available at local book stores and galleries.

Lori ElderPrince George

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WorkSafeBC of-fi cers are out looking for dust in sawmills today.

Another round of inspections as part of the ongoing, compre-hensive combustible dust initiative to focus sawmills and other wood proces-sors in keeping work-sites safe got under-way this morning.

“Wood dust management needs to be an integral and ongoing part of every sawmill’s operations,” said Al Johnson, vice-president, Prevention Services, WorkSafe-BC, in a press release. “Our prevention offi cers will be paying particular attention to dust accumulation, preventative mainte-nance of equipment and dust extraction systems, and each operating location’s plan to achieve sustainable compliance with wood dust management into the future.”

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following sawmill explosions and fi res at the Babine Lake Forest Products mill in Burns Lake and Lakeland Mills in Prince George.

All operational sawmills inspected in the fi rst phase complied with the directive order. In July 2012, inspec-tions were expanded to include other wood manufacturing opera-tions that could produce combustible dust. In fall 2012, WorkSafeBC offi cers re-inspected all sawmills to further evaluate industry’s on-going eff orts to manage combustible dust.

During the upcoming inspections WorkSafeBC offi cers will focus on dust accumulation; ventilation and dust col-lection systems; inspec-tions and preventative maintenance of machin-ery and equipment with potential points of igni-tion; as well as ensure that operating locations have a plan to achieve eff ective and sustain-able compliance going forward.

WorkSafeBC has des-ignated a core team of 10 offi cers who will re-inspect approximately 150 sawmill operations between November 1, 2013 and January 31, 2014. WorkSafeBC of-fi cers have conducted more than 1,100 inspec-tions of sawmill and other wood processing operations as part of the combustible dust safety initiative.

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Premier Christy Clark met Alberta Premier Alison Red-ford in Vancouver on Tuessday to announce what they are calling a “framework agreement” for heavy oil pipeline expansion to the West Coast.

Alberta agrees to support B.C.’s demand for a revenue share from the oil produc-tion and export, as long as it doesn’t come from Alberta’s resource royalties. B.C. agrees to support Alberta’s call for a national energy strategy, Clark and Red-ford said Tuesday.

“Alberta has reached a broader understand-ing and acceptance of British Columbia’s fi ve conditions, and our province had agreed to join the Canadian Energy Strategy discus-sions started by Premier Redford,” Clark told reporters at an energy conference in Vancou-ver.

In previous meet-ings, Redford has been

adamant that none of Alberta’s resource royal-ties from oilsands crude will be shared. B.C. has argued that the oil pro-ducers and the federal government have to fi nd a solution to the conditions for approval laid down by Clark.

Redford said her pro-posed national strategy is to address interpro-vincial projects such as pipelines, recognizing that energy is provincial jurisdiction.

“We don’t think this is about quid pro quo or gotcha politics,” Redford said. “Th is is about putting in place economic models that are going to work for Canada, for each of our economies, and allow for product to move.”

Clark said she is pleased that Redford ac-cepted her conditions, and the assurance she gave at their June meet-ing in Kelowna that B.C. isn’t aft er Alberta’s resource royalties. B.C. makes substantial royal-ties from natural gas and hopes to increase that substantially with exports, Clark said.

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Dix contrasted Tuesday’s statements with Clark’s position before the May election, where the government told the federal review panel on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal it was opposed.

NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert said B.C. has also changed its position to say oil ship-ments are “going to happen, whether by train or by pipeline.”

Redford visited B.C. to give a keynote speech to an energy forum hosted by the Vancouver Board of Trade. Th e sold-out event included a panel discussion with Redford and Kinder Morgan Canada president Ian Anderson, whose company is propos-ing to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to its Burnaby marine terminal and refi neries in

Burnaby and Washington.Anderson was asked by Black Press

how his company would respond if B.C. proposes a specifi c tax or toll on each barrel of oil shipped through the twinned Trans Mountain pipeline.

“I think it’s far too early to be talk-ing about those kinds of concepts,” Anderson said. “We’re looking to defi ne and deliver the benefi ts from our project directly to communities in British Columbia. Th e extent to which the B.C. government evalu-ates those, they’ll do so on their own accord and they’ll call me if they need to.”

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Spoiled for car and truck choiceWith more than 250 choices avail-able to Canadians, the selection of cars and trucks can be somewhat overwhelming.Today, the Driveway team hopes to steer you in the direction you may want to go in this 2014 New Model Preview edition. It’s not a comprehensive list but a look at some key market seg-ments, from which our featured writers have each made five picks. Of course, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consider any other vehi-cles. The team members have picked examples that have caught their eye this year to help you start the car conversation at home. Head test driver Zack Spencer scanned the en-

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Trucks that tempt you: to scream ‘yee-hi!’BC is truck country

and there is a multitude of products to pick from whether you are weekend oddjobber or need some-thing to haul your tools to the job site.

Oh, yes, and many folks just like trucks! – As some-body who has spent his life around trucks you won’t get any argument from me on that count.

In the coming months, in my role as truck writer for Driveway, I will be testing most of what is available in your local dealerships and telling you about the pros and cons of

each. I’ll also be telling you about the latest accessories and we’ll maybe do a little off -roading together.

Today, I’ve just picked fi ve trucks to give you some place to start your search for the truck that will suit you best in 2014.

Th e 2014 GMC/Chevy Silverado/Sierra ½ ton pickup has gone through some monumental changes this year. What an improvement over last year with a very comfort-able and refi ned interior on all trim levels, and three engine choices, the Eco Tec 4.3L V6, 5.3l v8, and

the 6.2l V8. With so many changes and enhancements to this vehicle you will really have to wait for my full review on this vehicle in the coming weeks to get the complete picture.

2014 Ford F150 Eco-boost. With more than 100,000 Eco Boost engines produced monthly, you can bet a majority of these engines are fi nding their way into the 2014 F150 pickup. Th is truck holds the record in Canada for highest pickup sales, and at 12.9/9.0 L/100 km (city/highway) it keeps the money in your wallet a

little longer. 2014 RAM 1500 EcoD-

iesel. Th is is a much-an-ticipated truck from RAM and is one I am anxious to see. With a 3.0 L V6 Diesel engine with a torquefl ite eight speed transmission. Not only will it give you 420 pound feet of torque and plenty of towing capa-bilities, it will also reduce co2 emissions and run on B20 Biodiesel. It’s a game changer.

2014 Toyota Tundra. New body style this year, impressive hood and fender design. Toyota has also included a Western

themed truck called 1794 Edition, which happens to be the founding year of a Texas ranch where the Tundra plant is now situ-ated. Th is truck’s interior is covered with Saddle tan brown leather seats and rich maple wood grain panels throughout. Th e Tundra is powered by a 4.6 Litre or a 5.7 Litre engine. Can it compete with the big boys? – Th is is the year to see.

2014 RAM ProMaster. Aft er a long run with the Dodge full-size RAM van there was a void in the marketplace for a spacious

cargo van, a void that was quickly gobbled up by Mercedes Sprinter, and the Nissan NV. Based on the Fiat Ducato, this van has some RAM branding of its own and is available in a wide range of wheelbase options and two roof heights. Engine choices will be the Penastar 3.6 Litre V6 or the turbo-charged 3.0 litre EcoDiesel four cylinder engine. Th ere is plenty of excitement around this vehicle.

If you want to talk trucks or chat about what might make your truck ‘purty’, please drop me a

line. I would also like to see pictures of what you have done to your truck in the way of customization.

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‘‘Can the 2014 Toyota Tundra compete with the big boys – This is the year to see.’’Ian Harwood

18 Friday, November 8, 2013 www.pgfreepress.com

FridayPotluck, Nov. 8, 5

p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.Saturday

Christmas bazaar, Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Salvation Army Church, 777 Ospika Blvd.

Dance to Jana Borden and the Renegades,

Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre. Over 19 event.

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.

SundayNechako Public

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

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

MondayCanasta, Nov. 11,

7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

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

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

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

962-2740.

TuesdayBridge, Tuesdays, 1

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

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

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

Buddhist medita-tion class, Tuesdays, 7:15-8:45 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Informa-tion: 250-962-6876 or www.tilopa.org.

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

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

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

WednesdayPool tournament,

Nov. 13, 10 a.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

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

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

H&H Market, Wednesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 3955 Hart Highway.

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

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

CNC Retirees meet

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

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

ThursdayBingo, Nov. 14, 12:30

p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

Whist, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Hart Pioneer Centre.

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

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

Tai chi, Th ursdays, 7-9 p.m., Knox United Church, 1448 Fift h Ave. Information:

Lister 250-964-3849 or [email protected].

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Dragon Boat Society meets first Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., Chronic Disease Management Room, UHNBC. Information: Anita 250-563-2949 or Betty 250-962-7985.

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

Wednesday evening Tops (take off pounds sensibly), Spruceland Baptist Church, 1901 Ogilvie St. Information: Leona 250-962-8802.

Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1500 Edmonton St.

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

La Leche League breast feeding support group meets the

second Thursday of every month 7 p.m., 176 Aitken Cres. Information: Tammy 250-612-0085.

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

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

Free sports and recreation, Wednesdays, 2 p.m., 1160 7th Ave., ages 15-30. Information: 250-656-5278.

Children’s choir, Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Hartland Baptist Church. Information: 778-415-5000.

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

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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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Project Friendship Society We are looking for volunteers to teach

Art to disabled people at the Artist Co-op and Workshop on the Hart Hwy

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Th e thought of war frightens all of us. Th ose who march off to that terrible experi-ence most oft en return scarred, in both body and mind, if they return at all.

A world free of armed confl ict is a dream we can all espouse. But, as long as there are power seekers, political and religious fanatic, bullies and their like, brutal confl ict will be with us.

When our freedom is threatened we call upon our citizens to step forward and defend us. Most of them are the healthiest and bright-est amongst us. Combat is a young person’s fi eld; they have the agility and reactions which just may allow them to survive.

Th e great wars of 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945 are the most remem-bered. Th ey were large and dramatic. But we also must not forget those who fought in numerous smaller actions, they were just as brutal and soul destroying as the larger wars. Canadians have always risen to the challenge. From the large stage of the major confl icts to

the other actions our young military person-nel have participated in many dangerous military actions from being peace keepers to active combatants, the most recent being Af-ghanistan. Armed confl ict is not the involve-ment with great events and heroic actions as

depicted so oft en in movies and on television. It is a dirty, terrify-ing experience. Even those who survive the experience with their bodies intact come away with memories of pain, death and de-struction. Th ose who have never had that soul crushing experi-ence can only understand a small part of how severely they have been impacted. Our sympathy as well as our praise should go out to each and every combatant who has been forced to witness the hell of war. On November 11

we honour those who have died on the fi eld of battle. Th ey were most oft en just at the threshold of life. A visit to a war memorial cemetery tells the story in sad, graphic terms. As one walks through row aft er row of grave markers, the ages are so oft en in the late teens or early twenties. Young people robbed of the

opportunity to grow and become the adults they were intended to be.

Th ey leave parents, partners, young chil-dren, family member and friends to grieve their loss. One never completely recovers from the loss of a loved one especially when they were so young. Th ey occupy a special place in our hearts as long as we live.

Th ose who survive and return have their lives changed. Th e horror of what they have survived remains with them. Some have been physically wounded and face the challenge that creates for the rest of their lives. All of them are indelibly scarred by the memories of what they have witnessed. Th ey live with those scares but oft en with great diffi culty. We seldom hear about those experiences as the pain of recalling them and speaking about them takes them back to a time and place which no one would ever wish to be. On Remembrance Day, Novem-ber 11, attend a service of remembrance. If you cannot do so, then join the two minute silence. Take time to honour those who sacrifi ced so much of themselves to leave us this wonderful world we live in. Th ey gave so very much. Take a moment to honour and thank them.

Th e Royal Canadian Legion Branch #43 would like you to

join together on November 11

A remembrance Day Service in grateful remembrance of those who gave their lives in

the service of our country

Civic Centre: Seated by 9 a.m.Introductions and

Ceremony: 9:15 a.m.Parade will form up: 10:35 a.m.March to Cenotaph: 10:45 a.m.Ceremony at Cenotaph: 11 a.m.Parade back to Civic Centre via

6th Avenue

Celebrations to followAdults: Connaught Youth Centre

Kids: Civic Centre for hot dogs and hot chocolate

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Aboriginal Entrepreneurship ProgramThis program is for those who need a little more guidance

with the business plan development stage. We help under-employed Aboriginal individuals create employment for themselves. Upon succesful

completion, clients receive an incentive that they can contribute to start-up costs or to leverage additional fi nancing

Financial Literacy WorkshopsThe two day workshops cover topics such as assets, budgeting, consumerism, credit and banking.

Day one covers fi nancial literacy and spending plans, planning, goals, payday loans and high interest loans, banking and banking regulations, reconciling your bank statements, signing loan agreements

and amortization sheets. Day two covers tracking weekly and monthly expenses, planning and saving for expected yearly expens-

es (vehicle, school, holiday, etc.), costing out goals, as a family discussing household, clothing, entertain-ment expenses and income, what is debt, what is credit, how to deal with creditors and how to repair credit.

Saving CircleSaving Circle is a free matched savings program offering low-income people the opportunity to save towards

required equity and gain money management skills.

Aboriginal Business and Entrepreneurial Skills Training (BEST)Aboriginal BEST is for people who self-identify as First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, status or not, who are interested

in becoming self-employed or starting their own business. It is for both those who have a solid idea and want to see it happen and for those who have an interest in business but have no specifi c idea yet. The program covers twelve

sessions and is free to attend. Topics include; 101 Business Ideas, Polishing Your Idea, Building Your Business Plan, Market Strategy, Financing and Tax, Assessing Your Idea, Market Research, Operations Strategy,

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Irvin Jentry WoodRegina Rifl es Regiment Company Sergeant Major WWIIMy late father Irvin Jentry Wood spoke to many children and high school students in Dawson Creek regarding Remembrance Day. He thought it was so important to get the message out on how important it was to Remember the fallen. He received many medals during and af-ter the war but what he really admired the most was the ribbons or band which showed the countries that were liberated. He was very proud of his men. He was asked to contribute to the book “Look to your front...Regina Rifl es”..On page l44 of the book, he talks about the assault at the Leopold Canal. The Rifl es had many casualties on this assault. on Page 68 he writes about the german tanks approaching and their stand on defeating the 12SS. One of the men Basil was awarded the Military Medal......I am enclosing a picture of my father. It was taken when he was on short leave in Brussels. My dad lived here in Prince George from 1998 to 2001. He passed away in 2001.

Alfred (“Alfi e”) Morris, Lived in Pr. George since 1967

1940-1942 volunteered Royal Navy Reserve1942-1950 Chief Petty Offi cer Royal Navy, 1942-1945 served on HMS Illustrious aircraft carrier,1945-1947 served on Reserve fl eet, 1947-1950 served on Pacifi c Fleet Admirals yacht the HMS Alert. Medals received over course of WW2: Atlantic Star, Burma Star,

Africa Star, Italy Star, U.K. End of War Medal, Royal Navy General Service Medal with Malaya Bar.

Of interest: Spring 1943 escorted Winston Churchill on the Queen Mary Liner (Churchill travelling as “Mr Smith”) across Atlantic to US destroyer just off Halifax coast to confer with Roosevelt, re:

the Italian campaign with British planes fl ying escort.Sadly, my father passed away Sept. 20, 2013, an active Legion Member at 91 years of age, donations in his memory should go to

the Legion.

Keith Blenkarn, RC Signals, (1941-45) WWII

Photos courtesy: Samuel and Elijah Good, Great-Grandsons of all 3 men.

These “Great” Grandpas, now only available to hug with our hearts, will always be forever GREAT for keeping “our true north strong and free.”

Seeing his fi rstborn son for the fi rst time after 4 years, (2 years service plus 2 years captivity, Dieppe): Corporal Herbert Good, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, WWII

Private Albert Geisler, Canadian Army, WWII

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Pause to Remember....The employees at Prince George Memorial Park Cemetery join all Canadians in gratitude for the sacri ces made y our nation s veterans, especially those from our community.

The City of Prince George invites you to pause and consider the freedoms we enjoy today ecause of their courage, and to give thanks for the home we all share........CANADA.

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Lake Superior Scottish Regiment in Thunder Bay, Ontario, from 1967 until 1970.Transferred into the Regular Force in 1970. Posted CFB Cornwallis and CFB Gagetown until basic training was completed then was posted to the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Calgary, Alberta.Served a short tour with American Forces in Wainwright, Alaska, then was sent with the United Nations to Egypt from November 1972 until March 1973. Posted to Baden-Baden Germany with 3rd Mechanized Commando and later 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment from 1975 until 1978. Posted from Germany to CFB Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. While at Moose Jaw he served a six month tour of duty in the Arctic Circle then another tour in the Middle East from October 1978until April 1979. Also served at CFB Winnipeg, CFS Holberg, RSS Thunder Bay before finally retiring from the Regular Force in 1990. Returned to Regina, Saskatchewan, and continued with the Canadian Forces Reserves in Regina from 1990 until 1996. Retired completely from military service and then joined the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires in 1998 until the present.

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Joined the HMCS Griffin in Port Arthur, Ontario in 1940. Basic training was done in Port Arthur and Esquaimalt. Served on a merchant navy ship as a gunner on the Lafontaine Park and the Gatneau Park. Sailed the high seas in 1941 and saw action in the Mediteranian & Indian OceanWas in Liverpool, England carrying supplies when the was over. Returned to Canada in 1945 and was discharged from service in 1946. Received the Burma Star for serving in the Mediterranian and Indian Ocean and the Atltantic Star.

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world, Cpl. Gordon Stuart Struan Robertson never spoke about his war experiences to his children.

He kept memories of the First World War hidden in his heart.

“My father never wanted to talk about the war,” said Joan McKay, one of Robertson’s four children. “When we’d ask questions about what had happened – even when his grandson asked – he’d always change the subject. So we stopped asking. We didn’t know what ‘shell shock’ was back then, so we didn’t understand why he couldn’t just talk to us about it.”

Robertson served in France during the First World War. Unlike many of his Canadian comrades in arms who were killed, he was able to return home.

He died on July 25, 1991, just shy of his 94th birthday.

McKay said she was inspired to learn more about her father’s military life last year aft er reading about the Canadian Letters and Images Project at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo. Th e project, begun in 2009, has online archives which tell the story of Canadians who served during the war.

“I heard about the Letters and Images Project and I obtained records from archives in Ottawa about my father’s service overseas,” said McKay. On Tuesday, she came to the Free Press with a binder full of Robertson’s letters written from France, old photographs, postcards and documents that paint a picture of her father’s time stationed in France serving his country.

Th e letters, some of which had black crossings-out of what ap-peared to be dates and places (de-tails censored for security reasons by the military), reveal aspects of Robertson’s everyday service life – but not much more.

“My dad was 18 years old when (on April 22, 1916) he joined the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force in Fort William as a private

assigned to the 94th Bat-talion. He shipped out from Halifax on June 28, 1916 on the Olympic and he arrived in Liverpool, England on July 6, 1916.”

Robertson was transferred to the 32nd Battalion July 17, she said, and went to France in August, reassigned to D Company of the 28th Battalion.

McKay pulled out a few dog-eared letters from the binder bearing postmarks from France.

“He was a scout work-ing with maps and routes. Later on, he had the use of a motorcycle. Th e going rate of pay seems to have been about $20 a month.

“My father was billeted with a family in France. [Th e men] would go to the front lines during the day and return to the billets at night. My father wrote about a 10-year-old girl and how he was trying to speak French with her.”

On Sept. 17, 1916, two months aft er arriving in France, Robertson was hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel – from the same shell that killed a soldier next to him in the trenches.

Th e shell fragment lodged behind his right ear and remained there for the rest of his life,” says McKay. A permanent reminder of his own brush with death and how fragile is a human life, especially in wartime.

His head injury landed him in hospital in Wimereux, France, he also spent some weeks in Bologna, Italy recovering until he was able to rejoin his unit on Dec. 9, 1916.

In an April 6, 1917 letter to his mother, he wrote:

“Last fall, just before the 15th of September we were billeted in a barn. A great many of the fellows had written their names and the time that they thought the war would end... It varied from one month to two years...”

Th en on April 30, 1917, soon aft er the Battle of Vimy Ridge, he

wrote:“We are by now in support of

a detachment of Canadians who went over the top a few days ago. Needless to say it was a success – as it generally is when the Canadians attempt it.”

Whether buoyed up by victory at Vimy or bogged down with mud, Robertson kept his spirits up – or at least he sounded cheery in his letters home (despite a reference to rats having eaten some jam in a parcel from home).

On April 23, 1917, he wrote:“At last, spring weather. Th e last

few days have been bright and warm but up ‘til then we had snow storms and everything else unpleas-ant. We had a bath this morning and it certainly felt good. I was mud from head to foot, outside and in-side. Th e warm sun dried the mud on our clothes so we could scrape it off and the warm water and soap soon took the dirt off our bodies.”

An earlier letter, dated Jan. 10,

1917 is more jovial and uses jargon familiar to Canadian troops:

“Th e Germans must be getting all in or something is the matter because our artillery is continually pounding away at all the enemy lines and artillery ... and he never retaliates to any extent...

“We sprung another on Fritz the other day... he has had the best of it in trench mortars. His sausages and rum jars were heavier than our plum puddings but we have something that puts his mortars in the shade. It looks like a big saw log going through the air... [who says] Pigs don’t fl y? Th ey do now.”

He signs off noting the value of a franc is equal to 19 cents Canadian.

“Goodbye for this time. Remember me to all. With love

from Gordon.”In a letter dated March 25, 1917

from “somewhere in France,” he says they received their fi rst mail in three weeks, with a backlog of letters and parcels.

Th e letters from France are trea-sures, says McKay, and along with service records, form an important legacy left to Robertson’s family.

He left France behind aft er the war, heading out on the S.S. Lapland out of Liverpool on June 2, 1919, bound for Canada.

Records show his discharge date as June 19, 1919.

“My father was a clever entrepre-neur and he was very community-minded,” said McKay. “He worked for the government aft er the war and later on became an actor who worked on a couple of Hollywood movies.”

No, he didn’t move to L.A. and become an A-list movie star, she says. Robertson remained a loyal Canadian who made his movies and chose to live in Vancouver.

“He loved his country,” she said. “Remembrance Day actually has even more meaning for me now that I’ve learned so much about his service during the First World War.”

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On Saturday, Nov. 23 Th e Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre will have its national exhibit opening of Kids Celebrate from the Cana-dian Museum of Civilization and for the dedica-tion of the George Phillips Exhibit Gallery. Phillips was the museum’s executive director from 1992 to 2003. Th is is the fi rst time the museum has been host to a national exhibit opening.

Kids Celebrate is a chance to experience mul-ticultural celebrations from around the world, all from a child’s perspective. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments served. Doors open at 6 p.m. Pro-gram and ribbon cutting at 6:30 p.m.

In 1970, Keith Billington and 10 others set out on an 800-kilometre trip by dog team from Fort MacPherson to Dawson City. Th is was a com-memorative journey of the famous Lost Patrol. In 1910, a crew of Royal Northwest Mounted Police attempted the same trip, but with a much more tragic outcome.

On Th ursday, Nov. 28 at Artspace, above Books and Company, author Billington will recount his amazing journey with photos, talk and readings from his new book, Th e Last Patrol, Following the Trail of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police’s Legendary Lost Patrol. Th ere will be a book launch and slideshow starting at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to come out and meet Billington, hear his talk, and have a copy of his new book signed.

Join members of the Prince George Symphony and Prince George Cantata Singers on Nov. 9 starting at 7:30 p.m. at Vanier Hall for Hallelujah, a benefi t concert for St. Michael and All Angels Church. Th e plan is to raise the roof (for a re-roof-ing of the landmark downtown structure) with up-lift ing music for choir and orchestra, conducted by maestro Kevin Zakresky of the PGSO and Damien Dorschner of the P.G. Cantata Singers.

Th eir playlist includes “greatest hits” by Vivaldi (selections from his Gloria), choruses from Han-del’s Messiah, and Leonard Cohen’s Canadian clas-sic Hallelujah. TIckets are $30 ($15 students/$26 seniors) available in advance from Studio 2880, Books and Company or at the door at Vanier Hall.

To celebrate 20 years of teaching piano in Prince George, author Lori Elder has collected recipes from her current and former students and has compiled them into a cookbook called Students’ Favourites with everything from soups to salads, dinners and desserts. On Saturday, Nov. 23 at Books and Co., Elder will give an informal talk about her book and there will be some free baked goods to try out. Event starts at 1 p.m.

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she’s at a very creative and pro-ductive time of her life.

On Friday, her fi rst solo art show, Into Th e Deep, opens at Groop Gallery.

“I feel so alive. I have so many ideas,” she says. “I’m now doing my art full time but for about 16 years, while I was raising my children (now 17, 15 and eight,) I had set aside my art ambitions. I let them lie dormant. So now it’s had a kind of rebirth.”

Roberts has lived in Prince George all her life. Her artistic talent was noticed as early as age fi ve. She also took classes with Betty Kovacic.

Last year, aft er her hiatus from the art world, she decided she was ready to compile works for a show.

She chose an aquatic theme.“I’ve always loved aquariums

but with this show, I wanted to show deep-sea creatures as they would be in their natural environment – except it would be like looking through glass. When you see fi sh in an aquari-um it’s sad of course because of the captivity aspect. But at the same time, it’s wonderful to be able to see that beauty.”

She took a novel approach with her paintings.

“In each canvas, you see the sea creatures as they would be if you were looking into an aquarium. You’ll see parts of fi sh as if they were swimming out of view – for instance, I have an octopus in one of the paintings and you will see only one of its tentacles.”

Th ere’s also a giant koi fi sh.Roberts prefers working with

acrylic paints.“I have a busy brain and a

short attention span. Acrylics are fast drying – I actually use a blow dryer to speed up the process – and they’re more fl ex-ible than other mediums. I like to watch my paintings evolve and get better but I don’t usu-ally change direction once I’ve started on a new piece.

“With acrylics I can go over things, I can paint over what I’ve done – although I usually have a very clear view when I start out of what I want the fi nished product to be.”

Th ere are 11 acrylic on canvas

pieces in the Into Th e Deep exhibit and Roberts already has plans for another collection.

“Th e subject of this exhibit is a big journey for me,” said Roberts. “It’s another world. I usually don’t paint things twice, so I think this will probably be the last time I’ll do water life paintings.”

Roberts says that fi rst and foremost, she is a landscape art-ist who wants to work on paint-ings of trees as her next project. She’s also busy doing portraits and commissioned works.

As well she teaches art, and is a lifestyle coach.

And when she’s not at work in her home art studio, Roberts is busy with another very impor-tant aspect of her life – as a fi g-ure bodybuilder who competes

at the national level. For her, it’s not about build-

ing huge muscle mass, she says. Rather, it’s about challenging herself to attain an ultimate level of fi tness.

How does she fi t all she does into 24 hours?

Roberts credits her supportive partner, her children and her return to artistic endeavours as reasons why she feels a new level of joy and confi dence.

“It’s like I say in my lifestyle coaching – you make time for the things you love.”

Cara Roberts’ fi rst solo ex-hibition, Into the Deep, opens Friday, Nov. 8 at Groop Gallery on Th ird Avenue. Doors open at 7 p.m., artist’s talk at 7:30 p.m. Th e exhibit will be on display during the month of November.

Cara Roberts is full of energy and ideas.

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glided into Prince George on Monday and took his place at the front steps of City Hall where he was greeted by Mayor Shari Green and other dignitaries.

He was also joined in a short skate by members of the PG Rated Rollergirls derby team. Green and “the girls” took time to add their signatures to the many hundreds on the Skateman support van.

Ebra left the city Wednesday to continue his 6,700 kilometre journey which began in

Toronto on July 10 and is expected to last 120 days between that city and Vancouver. Along the route, Ebra is collecting pledges in support of children with cancer.

He’s expected to be on Vancouver Island today and in Vancouver on the week of Nov. 18. Th is is his sixth time in Canada.

Ebra grabbed international headlines with inline rollerskate trips of 2,750 and 4,000 km. in his native Iran in 2006 in 2007. And he followed that up with a perimeter trip in Turkey.

Besides fundraising for charity, Ebra’s personal goal is to set a Guinness world record for longest distance covered with his marathon skating.

On Monday he told reporters he’s raised $15,000 towards his goal of $200,000 for Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation.

Skateman lives and also teaches roll-erskating in Toronto. His fi rst trip across the country is called Canada! Th e Land of Peace Journey. People can follow him or make donations on www.skateman.ca.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressMayor Shari Green and Rated PG Rollergirls derby team members meet “Skateman” Kevin Ebra on Monday. Ebra has been rollerblading his way across Canada to raise money for Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation. His goal is $200,000 and so far he’s raised $15,000.

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Th e Nove Voce choir is performing an “In Remembrance” concert Nov. 9 at the Prince George Playhouse.

“Th e concert is Nove Voce’s Remembrance Day tribute to our vet-erans featuring selec-tions including Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by the Andrews Sisters, Someone to Watch Over Me by Gershwin, and the classic Amazing Grace,” said choir direc-tor Robin Norman. “We will also be featuring several beautiful works by Canadian composers such as Fare Th ee Well Love by Th e Rankin Family and Away From the Roll of the Sea arranged by Diane Loomer.”

Joining Nove Voce is Keith Bokvist on trumpet and Isaiah Sing on piano. Th e concert begins at 8 p.m. Nov. 9. Tickets are on sale at Studio 2880 for $15 each.

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Remember in concert Nov. 9

Th eatre North West’s Inter-national Wine Festival tickets are sold out but wine tasters can still enjoy an aft ernoon out on Saturday, Nov. 9.

Th e Wine Lover’s Aft ernoon features all of the same world of wines as the evening event and also boasts the Fift h An-nual Golden Cork Restaurant Challenge – Prince George’s own version of Th e Iron Chef, the Golden Cork pits renowned local chefs against each other in

a culinary and wine pairing chal-lenge. Some of the city’s fi nest restaurants will be vying for the Golden Cork award this year.

Th e Wine Lover’s Aft ernoon Tasting will appeal to those that prefer a more relaxed, personal experience, along with the op-portunity to sample and discuss the B.C. and international wines in a quieter environment than the evening event.

Th e Wine Festival is Th eatre North West’s largest fundrais-

ing event of the year. Th e tasting events are both held at Th e Exploration Place. Th e aft ernoon tasting runs from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets for the aft ernoon event are available at Th eatre North West, Books and Com-pany and Th e Exploration Place. Safe Rides Home are provided, so plan ahead and Th eatre North West, its Safe Ride Home partners and ICBC will get you home safely.

Teresa MALLAM/Free PressMarilynn Reyden with some of her beautiful glass fusion pieces at Studio Fair on Friday. The three-day event included the works of over 90 artisans from all over the country and attracted thousands of people to the Civic Centre.

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Operation Red Nose is still looking for volun-teers to help make the holiday season safer for everyone.

In three weeks, on Nov. 29, the free designated-driver service will take to the roads of Prince George again, but more volunteers are needed to fi ll vital roles both on and off the roads.

Th e service, organized by the Rotary Club of Prince George in partnership with ICBC and the RCMP, has more than 100 volunteers, but is look-ing to have 350. Spokesperson Andrea Johnson said in a press release that people should act now.

“We’re asking everyone to apply as soon as pos-sible to allow the processing of their applications and ensure they can work the nights they want.”

Operation Red Nose will be on the streets Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. from Nov. 29 to Dec. 21 and then again on new Year’s Eve.

Some volunteers will be on the phones at head-quarters, taking information on where people are and where they want to go. Anyone who doesn’t feel fi t to drive, whether it be from over-celebrat-ing, fatigue or worries about road conditions, can use the service.

A team of three people is dispatched on each call: a designated river, who drives the client’s vehicle; a navigator, who makes sure everyone gets where they’re supposed to be; and an escort driver, who drives the rest of the team to their calls and then back to headquarters.

On average, about 15 teams will be on the road each night, with more usually needed as the season moves along and the largest number needed on

New Year’s Eve.Volunteers must be 19 years old, have a valid

driver’s license, and fi ll out a Criminal Record Check, available online at www.ornpg.ca.

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Wire Feed WelderCarrier Forest Products Ltd. is

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The ideal candidate will have shop experience, will be highly motivated, possess good communications skills, and must be able to work effectively

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

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Supervisors and CrewWe are adding another shift and looking for Supervisors, production workers and lumber graders.

You must have a positive attitude, very energetic, dedicated, a solid work ethic, ability to work in a team environment.

Preference will be given to those with prior experience.

The company offers competitive bene ts and compensation.

We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

If you possess the quali cations and are interested in this opportunity please submit your resume:

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Local students and budding entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to learn and develop their ideas at the second Start-Up Weekend hosted at CNC.

Th e event, from November 15-17, is a chance for students and professionals to practice three skills essential to successful participation in the 21st century economy: innovation, entrepreneur-ship and collaboration.

“Th e selection of individual projects recognizes entrepreneurial innovation while the winning team must successfully collaborate, using the

It’s a great weekend to get startedunique skills of individual members to eff ectively research and build a business plan in an extremely condensed time frame,” said John Neumann, a CNC instructor from the School of University Studies and Career Access, in a press release.

“It is an exciting event for both contestants and judges, and at the same time provides hands-on, prac-tical experience. Th e opportunity for students to work alongside local professionals to jointly develop a business plan for a brand new proj-ect is a great mentoring activity. It is the kind of experience diffi cult to provide in the traditional classroom setting and helps to round out the business student’s education.”

Th e fi rst Startup Weekend in

Prince George was hosted at CNC last March. Startup Weekends are part of a global entrepreneurial movement, founded and supported by the Kauff man Foundation in the United States. Shauna Harper, Kaleena Ross, Chrystal Green, and CNC’s Zelda Craig have been work-ing hard to ensure this event is a success.

Th ese weekends have been called “an MBA in a weekend.”

Th ey start Friday night with a “Pitchfi re,” where participants pitch their business ideas. Th e ideas are voted on and whittled down, and teams form around each of the surviving concepts. Each team “recruits” a variety of skill sets: from business and marketing knowledge,

programming and coding knowledge, graphic design, and industry expertise. Teams have the weekend to conduct research and develop a busi-ness plan.

Coaches Will Cadell, a successful entrepre-neur and owner of SparkGeo, and Renata King, Director of Business Development at Northern Development Initiatives Trust, will help the teams prepare to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges on Sunday night. Th e panel of judges includes local entrepreneur Pat Bell; Sean Simmons, the founder of Goldstream Publishing; Steve Botham, IT Manager at the Regional District of Fraser Fort George; and Zelda Craig, Industry Liaison at the College of New Caledonia.

According to Shauna Harper, the Prince George community was impressed with the results of the fi rst Start-Up Weekend, and that has meant more support for this second event.

“We’re really pleased that in addition to CNC, a number of sponsors have stepped up to help fund this event, including the BC Innovation Council, Integris Credit Union, the Canadian Youth Busi-ness Foundation & Community Futures Fraser Fort George,” said Harper, who was named busi-ness person of the year at the recent 2013 Prince George Chamber of Commerce Business Excel-lence awards.

“Any proceeds from the event go towards supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in Prince George.”

Registration for the event is now open at www.startupprincegeorge.ca/

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Looking for a full time machinist mainly Monday

to Friday.

Some overtime may be required.

Competitive wages and benefits.

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BRODEXINDUSTRIES LTD

We are looking for a Journeyman Machinist for full-time work

Competitive wages and benefits package

Submit by email, mail, fax or in person

Fax : (250) [email protected]

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Full TimeSales People Apply in person with

resume to:Visions Electronics

#142-6333 Southridge Ave.,

Prince George, B.C

QUAD L Enterprises Ltd. is a Vegetation Maintenance com-pany in Alberta and British Co-lumbia and they are looking for: CUA’s - Certifi ed Utility Ar-borist’s CA’s - Certifi ed Arbor-ist’s UTT’s - Utility Tree Trim-mer’s UTW’s - Utility Tree Worker’s Labourers Work lo-cations throughout Alberta and British Columbia We offer: Competitive compensation Company benefi ts Excellent Health and Safety Program Please submit resumes with drivers absract to: [email protected] Fax: (780) 532-1250

Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

HIGHWAYOWNER OPERATORS$3500 SIGNING BONUS

Van Kam’s Group of Compa-nies requires Highway line-haul Owner Operators based in our Prince George terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain, driving exper-ince/training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent

employee benefi ts package.

To join our team of profes-sional drivers, email a resume, current driver’s abstract & details of your truck to:

[email protected] Call: 604-968-5488Fax: 604-587-9889

Only those of interestwill be contacted.

Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

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Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing re-quired. Call (780)723-5051 Edson, Alta.

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Help WantedBookkeeper needed by our fi rm. Any job experience can apply. We need a person that’s computer literate and has good typing skills. Salary is $3075 monthly. Email at [email protected] if in-terested.

CashierFull Time - PermanentEstimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Job Description· Customer service oriented· Operate cash register· Process mon-ey, cheques and cred-it/debit card payments· Scan items· Tabulate total payment for goods or services required· Receive payment for goods or servicesCalculate daily/shift payments received and reconcile with to-tal sales·Suggestive selling·Stock shelves and clean counter area·Greet customers·Enter prices of items on cash registerRequirements-Education: Some high school-Experience: Experience an asset

Salary$10.71 to$12.00 Hourly,40.00 Hours per week. Please note that this store is 24 hrs and this position requires to work on rotating shifts and on week-ends. Benefi ts: As a Benefi t pack-age the employer will provide in house dental and extended medical insurance after 6 months with the company, uni-forms and discounts.

Apply by e-mail to: [email protected] by mail to: 8087 Hart Way Prince George BC V2K 3B8Apply by fax to: 250-962-0530

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GIBRALTAR MINE: ROCK-SOLID CAREER

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

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

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

We currently have a full time opportunity for a:

MOLY FLOTATION OPERATOR

POSITION SUMMARY:Reporting to the Foreman, Mill Production, the Moly Flotation Operator is responsible for maintaining the operational integrity of the Flotation circuit and ancillary plan/equipment in order to achieve safety, environmental, quality, costs, production and team work targets.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:• Operate the Moly Flotation Circuit and ancillary

equipment• Conduct regular equipment inspections• Communicate with other sections of the process

plant, maintenance department and Shift Foremen• Complete daily reports, record events in log books and

maintain an understanding of monthly production targets and progress

• Actively participate in set policies and procedures and participates in improvement activities to enhance the circuit performance

• Train new operators on safe practices and procedures

QUALIFICATIONS • High School Diploma or Equivalent and valid

Driver’s Licence• Experience as a Moly Operator

COMPENSATIONGibraltar offers an excellent benefi t package which includes competitive wages and a Registered Retirement Savings Plan. Qualifi ed applicants, eligible to work in Canada, are invited to explore this opportunity by submitting a cover letter and detailed resume outlining your qualifi cations and experience.

Please visit us at www.tasekomines.com under the careers section to electronically submit your application or learn more about our New Prosperity, Aley and Harmony projects.

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

ABORIGINAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT COUNSELLOR

Call Cheyenne Murray at 250-564-3568 ext 265 Or Email [email protected]

GIBRALTAR MINE: ROCK-SOLID CAREER

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

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

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

We currently have a full time opportunity for a:

COORDINATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

POSITION SUMMARYReporting to the Senior Environmental Engineer, the Coordinator, EMS is responsible for continued implementation and maintenance of the Gibraltar Mine site’s Environmental Management System (EMS). The incumbent will have worked with EMS at an industrial site, preferably mining, and be experienced with document control systems.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:• Review the site’s document control system ensuring

effi cient sign off procedures and update of the electronic and paper fi ling systems

• Assist the Environmental Action Team (EAT) in maintaining and implementing the environmental aspect list

• Assist the EAT in the development of environmental management programs for the signifi cant environmental aspects

• Develop and/or revise existing standard operating procedures related to the EMS

• Regular review of the EMS manual and other controlled documents to ensure the EMS is up-to-date and refl ects current operational activities

• Effectively communicates the EMS at the Gibraltar mine site and coordinates EMS-related training

• Develop and conduct an audit program for the EMS, including the full development and implementation of the corrective action log (CAL)

• Coordinate annual Management review of the EMS• Integrate Towards Sustainable mining (TSM) with the

EMS

QUALIFICATIONS• Bachelor‘s degree in Business Administration,

Engineering or a Science-related fi eld• A minimum of 2 years’ experience with the

development and implementation of an EMS at an industrial site, preferably mining, or equivalent experience

• Fully cognizant of the ISO 14001 standard for Environmental Management Systems

• Internal audit training would be a benefi t, as well as knowledge of the Mining Association of Canada’s Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) program

• Strong organizational skills are necessary as is the ability to motivate others

• Ability to establish credibility in promoting a culture of environmental awareness and function as a team player

• Accomplished written, verbal and group presentation skills

• Strong computer skills and working knowledge of MS Offi ce

COMPENSATIONGibraltar offers an excellent benefi t package which includes competitive salary, a Registered Retirement Savings Plan and relocation assistance to Williams Lake. Qualifi ed applicants, eligible to work in Canada, are invited to explore this opportunity by submitting a cover letter and detailed resume outlining your qualifi cations and experience.

Please visit us at www.tasekomines.com under the careers section to electronically submit your application or to learn more about our New Prosperity, Aley and Harmony projects.

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

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If you feel you have the right stuff, we want to hear from you.

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Employment

Help WantedRaju Enterprises Ltd dba Panago Pizza in Prince

George is hiring two fulltime cooks with three years

experience in making pizza, chicken wings, bread sticks, salads, prep etc. supervise kitchen helpers and inspect

kitchen area. High school pass with knowledge of English.

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terested applicants email resume to: store028.

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Labourers

LABOURERSHouston, BC

DH Manufacturing in Hous-ton BC is looking for labour-ers. Must be reliable, physi-cally fi t and willing to work shift work. Starting wage up to $16.75/hr. Benefi t pack-age after 3 months employ-ment. Will help with travel/ relocation cost if selected.

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Professional/Management

YUKON Zinc, Wolverine Mine is looking to fi ll the following positions: Advanced Care Paramedic, Mill Trainer and Journeyman Millwrights. Visit our website atwww.yukonzinc.com to apply


Employment

SalesINDUSTRIAL SALES REPRE-SENTATIVE A large national Electrical Distributor is seeking a highly motivated, customer focused sales person to call on Industrial Customers in-cluding Mining, Large OEM and Industrial Contractors in the Northern Interior Region of BC. The position is of interest to candidates possessing 1-2 years experience in a similar role or 2-3 years in a senior in-side sales role. The successful candidate will be a team player possessing technical product knowledge in the elec-trical industry, excellent com-munication skills, and leader-ship qualities and able to produce results with minimum supervision. We offer a com-petitive compensation pack-age with attractive benefi ts, and the opportunity for person-al and professional growth. Please forward your resume to: [email protected]

Trades, TechnicalFORESTRY TECHNICIANS, Layout Engineers and Timber Cruisers from $4000-$7000/month plus bonus. Live Crown Forestry Ltd. is an es-tablished and growing forestry resource management con-sulting fi rm in Prince George providing multiphase timber development services since 1995. Send Cover Letter and Resume to Brian Telford: [email protected]

FRASER SHINGLING & EXTERIORS LTD. Wanted Aluminum and Vinyl siding installers. Full Crews with own equipment only. Contact Giselle at 780 962 1320, or at [email protected]



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Trades, Technical

Civil EngineeringTechnologist II

(Re-Advertisement)District of Kitimat, full time permanent - wage range $37.01 - $44.78 over two years. Civil Technologist di-ploma required. Reporting to the Technical Services Man-ager, duties include a variety of infrastructure investiga-tions, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspec-tion and material testing on projects related to the mu-nicipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be profi cient in using elec-tronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D, and MS Offi ce. Valid BC driver’s li-cense required. Submit re-sumes by November 29, 2013, 4:30 pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Fax (250) 632-4995, or email [email protected]

FRONTLINE is seeking certi-fi ed electricians and mill-wrights with industrial experi-ence for work in BC/Alberta. FEC offers competitive wages and benefi ts package. For-ward resumes to:[email protected].

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMO-TIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrys-ler Ltd. offers competitive wages from $32/hour, nego-tiable depending on experi-ence. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefi ts. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban cen-tres. More info at: hannach-rylser.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Email: [email protected].



Located 150km Northwest of Prince George, BC Mount Milligan is one of British Columbia’s fi rst major metals mine of this century.

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

Mill OperationsSuperintendent

Chief Metallurgist

Manager: Environment, Health & Safety

Mill Electrical / Instrumentation Supervisor

Please apply online at www.mtmilligan.com/

careers

WESTCAN - Interested in be-ing our next ice road trucker?Haul liquid, dry bulk or freightto the diamond mines on the winter road (ice road) frommid-January to mid-April. NotInterested in driving on theice? Drive resupply from southern locations in Albertato Yellowknife, NT. Apply on-line at: www.westcanbulk.ca orPhone: 1.888.WBT.HIRE(1.888.928.4473) for furtherdetails.

Work Wanted2013 Komatsu 450

Tilter BuncherLooking for work.

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Large recreational dealer, carrying Arctic Cat, Honda, Mercury and Kawasaki products

is looking to add to our team immediately

Mechanic/Technician EXPERIENCE PREFERRED, BUT APPRENTICESHIP

OFFERED TO THE RIGHT CANDIDATEWe offer a great working environment with an excellent benefits package & competitive wage for the successful applicant. We are willing to assist in moving expenses.

Please reply to:Greg Delaronde: General Manager

email: [email protected] orfax: 250.635.5050

no phone calls please

NOTICE IS GIVEN BYA1 Self Storage, under the Warehouse Lien Act,

that a claim is made against the persons listed below for goods they have left in storage.

If the storage fees and related costs are not

paid in full, and the goods removed by

Nov 25, 2013, then the goods will be sold by

silent bid auction on Nov 30, 2013 at

A1 Self Storage,3632 Hart Hwy,PG:

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Both men & women

Heavy Duty MechanicAs a Heavy Duty Mechanic, you will be responsible for the maintenance, overhauling, reconditioning and diagnosis of gas/diesel powered wheel loaders, forklifts, skidders, material handlers, dozers, pick-ups, manlifts, etc. The successful candidate must be familiar with systems such as: fuel, brakes, steering, suspension, tracks, undercarriage, hydraulics, transmission, emission control & exhaust, electrical, heating and air conditioning. Ideally you will possess journeyman status (Red Seal preferred) or be an indentured 3rd or 4th year apprentice.

Please forward your resume by November 8, 2013 to:

Anne Currie Human Resources Assistant Babine Forest Products Limited [email protected] Confidential fax 503-291-5591

Babine Forest Products, working jointly with First Nations, provides equal opportunity for employment including First Nation status privileges. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and the potential for career advancement. We wish to thank all those who apply; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Babine Forest Products Limited, Burns Lake BC

Journey Level ElectricianBabine Forest Products is currently searching for a Journey Level Electrician with experience in lumber processing machinery.

Key responsibilities include troubleshooting and maintenance of equipment and systems, machinery operation, understanding of electrical systems, expertise with all tools related to the trade and good communication skills.

The successful candidate must be able to establish a working relationship with maintenance, production and management personnel to achieve the goal of the organization. You must understand the mechanics of working machinery, be able to install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair equipment and facilities. The ability to understand and work with work order systems, machine histories, scheduling, warehousing and related maintenance fields is necessary.

Preferred qualifications would be a minimum of 3 years in an Industrial Electrician position and Red Seal certification as a Journeyman Electrician. Experience with Allen Bradley PLC’s, Allen Bradley and Mitsubishi VFD’s and IT communications is also preferred.

Please forward your resume by November 22, 2013 to:

Anne Currie Human Resources Assistant Babine Forest Products Limited [email protected] Confidential fax 503-291-5591

Babine Forest Products, working jointly with First Nations, provides equal opportunity for employment including First Nation status privileges. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and the potential for career advancement. We wish to thank all those who apply; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Babine Forest Products Limited, Burns Lake BC

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Paint Special 3 Rooms $589incl. prem qlty paint, your col-or choices, 2 coats, fi lled nail holes. Ceiling & trim extra. Free Est. HB Tech Painting250-649-6285

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GROCERY STORE AUCTION - November 16 @11am, Burnaby - Hobart meat equipment & dish-washers, True coolers & freezers. View @www.KwikAuctions.com

$500 & UnderAntique bottle collection dating back to 1930’s $450 (250)617-1934


Heavy Duty Machinery

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Used 20’40’45’53’and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. SPECIAL

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Misc. for SaleFridge for sale $50.00 obo250-614-9123 or 250-613-9123

GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR THE HOME BREWER

Complete set of wine/beer making equip-ment. Including 2 primary

buckets, 4 carboy’s, hoses, syphon’s, thermometers, fl oor corker (some corks)

electric bottle fi ller plus lots more. Must be sold as a

complete set.

$300 or Best Offer

250-562-3747

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


Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS/metalbuildings 60% off! 20x28,30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at:www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

STEEL BUILDING - The great super sale! 20x20 $4,070. 25x26 $4,879. 30x32 $6,695. 32x40 $8,374. 35x38 $9,540. 40x50 $12,900. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. Or visit us online at:www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. WantedLocal Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold &Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030

Terrace logging company looking for a Waratah

to process up to 30,000 cu. meters of spruce.

Call: 250 641-1024 or Email: [email protected]

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Midtowne

To Rent Call:250-561-1447

• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available

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Th e Duchess Park Condors junior boys volleyball team is hoping its winning ways at College Heights Secondary last one more week.

Having won two straight tourna-ments at the school, the Condors are seeded as the top team for this weekend’s Norther Central Junior A and Zone Championships. Th ere are nine teams entered in the event, which saw the fi rst group of round-robin games played Th ursday. Action continues today (Friday) and Satur-day at College Heights, with the fi nal set for 4 p.m.

Th e teams are divided into two pools for initial round-robin action. Pool A is the A squads from Duch-ess Park, D.P. Todd, College Heights and Kelly Road. Pool B is the A teams from Cedars Christian and PGSS as well as the B teams from College Heights, Duchess Park and Quesnel.

Th is past weekend’s Halloween Havoc saw Duchess Park sweep both the junior and Grade 8 tournaments, with the school’s two teams meeting in the Grade 8 fi nal.

Th at match saw the No. 1 team edging out their No. 2 schoolmates 25-23, 25-27, 17-15.

Th e junior fi nal saw Duchess Park looking for some revenge against Kelly Road, aft er the Road Runners downed them in the round-robin portion 25-23, 15-25, 15-13. Th e fi nal was over in two straight, but that doesn’t mean it was easy, as Duchess Park prevailed 25-16, 27-25.

Senior BoysTh is past weekend saw the Col-

lege Heights senior boys team at the Coyote Classic in Winfi eld. Th e Cougars fi nished with three wins and two losses, winding up 10th of the 16 teams.

Th ey started with a win over the host George Eliott squad 25-20, 25-20, but lost to Clarence Fulton 28-26, 18-25, 27-29, 23-25. Th ey fi nished play on Friday by downing Mt Senti-nel 25-15, 25-16.

On Saturday, they opened with a win over Vernon Christian 25-23, 25-16 before losing their fi nal match to Pacifi c Academy 17-25, 28-26, 11-15.

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Undefeated team not my top choiceIt’s time for the best and worst of

the NFL. Twenty-two teams have reached

the midway point of their 16-game schedule; 10 other teams have completed nine games. Here’s my halft ime look at the 2013 season:

Best team: Denver. Excuse me, but doesn’t Kansas City (9-0) and Seattle (8-1) have a better record than the 7-1 Broncos? True. I’ll even agree that the Chiefs and Seahawks are considerably better defensively but neither of those teams are close to the Broncos on off ence. K.C.’s op-ponents this year have a combined 27-49 record. When quality teams match up I will take the team with the better QB every day and that’s where the Broncos have the big edge on the Chiefs (Alex Smith) and Seahawks (Russell Wilson). It’s a myth that defences win championships, at least in this era.

Worst team: Jacksonville in a landslide. Th e 0-8 Jaguars are a whopping -178 in net points, having scored just 86 while allowing 264. No other team has a minus in triple digits. Th e other 0-8 team, Tampa Bay is -66. One can understand why some Jags fans held a rally for the team to sign Tim Tebow; however, the team is better off to use their high draft pick in 2014 on selecting a QB that can throw.

Best division: West is certainly best. I’ll give a very slight edge to the NFC West (Seattle, San Francisco, Arizona and St. Louis) over the AFC West (Kansas City, Denver, San Diego and Oakland). Wasn’t it just a few years ago a team (Seattle) won

the NFC West with a 7-9 record and just two years ago a team (Den-ver) won the AFC West with an 8-8 record? My, how times quickly change. Th at’s why NFL oft en stands for “Not For Long”.

Worst division: NFC East, commonly re-ferred to as NFC Least. Th e only reason the Cowboys have a modest

winning record of 5-4 is because they are 3-0 in their division. Dallas, along with Philadelphia, Washing-ton and the New York Giants, have a combined 3-9 record in non-confer-ence games. Here’s another way to analyze this: the 2-6 NY Giants are just two games in the loss column out of fi rst place. UGH!

Best QB: Peyton Manning of Denver. Last year he lost out to Adrian Peterson of the Vikings for MVP. Th is year the 37-year-old is in a class by himself. He is averaging 365 yards per game and has a whop-ping 29 touchdown passes and just six interceptions.

Worst (starting) QB: Blaine Gabbert of Jacksonville. Injured or not, the 24-year-old Gabbert has completed less than 50 per cent of

his passes. Who does he think he is, Tebow? In addition, Gabbert has thrown just one touchdown pass while having seven intercepted.

Best coach: Andy Reid of Kansas City. Th e Chiefs are the most improved team in the league aft er fi nishing 2-14 last year. Reid de-serves accolades for helping turn the franchise around. For the moment they have gone from worst to fi rst.

Worst coach: Greg Schiano of Tampa Bay. It’s only his second season and certainly will be his last as the man in charge of the Buc-caneers. Including last year, the Bucs have lost 13 of their last 14 games, and reports indicate Sergeant Schiano has lost the locker room. His in-your-face style may have worked in a diff erent era but players now tune his type of personality out. One player on the team last year told NFL.com that the atmosphere was like “being in Cuba.”

Best game: Denver over Dallas 51-48 on October 6. Cowboys’ fans saw the best and worst of Tony Romo as he passed for over 500 yards but with the pressure on in a tied game he threw an interception that led to the Broncos winning fi eld goal on the last play. (Runner-up was another Dallas loss, 31-30 to Detroit on Oct 27).

Worst game: Any that involved Jacksonville. Okay, how about worst game, not including the Jaguars? Carolina 38-0 over the New York Giants in week three. It was only a year earlier on the same fi eld (Sept. 20, 2012) that the Giants crushed

those same Panthers 36-7. Now on to the second half where

Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, New Orleans, Indy, New England, Cincinnati and Green Bay (if Aaron Rodgers returns in time) chase a Super Bowl. Yes, I left off Kansas City from that list. Th e Chiefs deserve praise for winning their fi rst nine but their schedule becomes much more diffi cult. Talent usually wins out in the

end and that eliminates the Chiefs. KC is arguably the worst 9-0 team in NFL history, however, that’s a situation most teams would welcome.

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It was not the start to the season either UNBC basketball coach wanted, but women’s coach Sergey Shchepotkin saw some positives.

“Everybody played at their best, I think,” the fi rst-year coach said aft er losses on the road to the University of Manitoba (73-69) and Winnipeg (75-49). “It was the fi rst game of the season, it was a long trip, some of the girls, I think, had too big an idea for what would happen.”

Th ose fi rst-game nerves, he says, may have played a factor late in the opener.

“We missed a couple of shots

close to the basket. I think maybe they were a little too excited.”

Against Winnipeg the follow-ing night, though, Shchepotkin had no problem seeing the dif-ference between the two teams.

“Th ey are tall and they are experienced. Th ey did really well against us on rebounds.”

Overall, though, “we played well as a team. We had a lot of turnovers, and they got some easy baskets.”

Th e UNBC men split their fi rst two games, downing Manitoba 77-71 before losing to Winnipeg 83-62. Head coach Todd Jordan was hoping for bet-ter results.

“It would have been nice to come back with a pair of wins.

One thing we need to work on is we have to get the players play-ing hard all the time.”

One player who took the court for the Timberwolves on the weekend was Billy Cheng, work-ing his way back from a broken foot.

“He can go a little bit right now,” Jordan said. “We’ll gradu-ally move up how much time he gets, and with any luck by the second part of the season, he’ll be back to full speed.”

Tonight is the home openers for the Timberwolves, as they host Th ompson Rivers Univer-sity (Kamloops) for a pair of games each. Th e women take the fl oor at 6 p.m. tonight (Friday) and Saturday, while the men fol-low at 8 p.m.

Hoops home openers tonight for UNBC squads

Condors take PG BowlTh e Duchess Park Con-

dors downed the College Heights Cougars 33-0 last Friday to claim the PG Bowl, emblematic of high school football supremacy, but the big thing Condor coach Mike Rositano wanted to talk about was the Cougars’ defence.

“We knew going in we were probably the favourite,” he said, “but they played great defence. We usually pile up a lot of yardage, but they kept us from getting a lot of big plays.”

When the Cougars had the ball, Rositano said, it was the same story it had been all season for the Condors, now 8-0 against Northern Divi-sion opponents.

“Th ey were fairly predict-able,” he said. “We’ve been allowing 5.2 points a game on defence. All the guys have been playing at the next level at some time or another, whether it’s a provincial team

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Condors move on to the provincial playoff s, where they face Frank Hurt of Surrey, the third-place team from the Southern Division. Th at game goes today (Friday) at 4 p.m. at Hillside Sta-dium in Kamloops.

One of the Con-dors’ strengths this season has been a varied off ence. Quarterback Rylan Matters ended the regular season with the most passing yards of any AA quarterback in the province, and three of his receivers – Caleb Cruze, TJ Kyriakos and Joel Bundock – fi nished in the top 15 for receiv-ing yards.

Kyriakos also fi nished fourth provincially in rushing yards – and he wasn’t supposed to get the majority of the carries at the beginning of the season.

“TJ was our fullback when the season started, but then Daniel Stratton, the tailback, went down with an injury, so TJ started carrying the

ball more.”Now, with Stratton back, it’s just one more

weapon in the Condors’ arsenal.Th ings won’t get easier for teams up north or

in the rest of the province next year, Rositano hopes.

“I lose three starters total, counting off ence and defence. Th e team this year is very Grade 10 and 11 heavy, so most of them will be back next year.”

Allan WISHART/Free PressDaniel Stratton of Duchess Park tries to get outside a line of College Heights defenders in Friday’s PG Bowl league championships game at Masich Place Stadium. Duchess Park advanced to the provincial playoffs with a 33-0 win.

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Th e discipline the Cariboo Cougars showed on the ice on the weekend didn’t make coach Bryan Maclean happy – but it wasn’t as bad as what the BC Major Midget League stats showed.

When Maclean was told the most recent league standings showed the Cougars with 5,789 penalty min-utes in 12 games, and the Kootenay Ice with 3,525, he was pretty sure he knew what hap-pened.

“We were playing

Kootenay here on the weekend. Someobody down at the league obviously typed in the wrong numbers.”

While their penalty numbers were nowhere near as bad as the stand-ings showed, Maclean said there had been discipline problems on the ice at CN Centre on the weekend.

“We were struggling with taking some bad penalties,” he said of the two games, which saw the Ice win 6-5 on Sat-urday before the teams played to a 4-4 draw on Sunday. “We weren’t adjusting to what the refs were calling.

“We also had prob-lems with discipline in our style, both on

off ence and defence. We’re missing the little details, and it’s costing us games.”

Playing a Kootenay team which came into the weekend with just one win its its fi rst 10 games of the season, Maclean said he was disappointed with the results.

“You look at the standings and there is the expectation of four points. We were still prepared for them as coaches, we had a game plan drawn up.

“Kootenay just worked hard all week-end. I hope it’s a bit of a reality check for some of our players.”

One of the Cougars’ forward lines stood out,

as far as Maclean was concerned.

“Th e line of Jesse Roach, Steve Jandric and Isaiah Berra played really well. Th ey created some opportunities, and they put the puck in the net.”

Maclean said the Cougars would be working on being more consistent in terms of staying with the system at practice this week. Th ere are a couple of big doubleheaders coming up.

“We’re right in a clump of teams in the middle of the pack right now. Th e good thing is we’ve got games in hand on four of them, but we need to get points from those games to make it

mean something.”He hopes that starts

this weekend with a trip to Victoria to meet the South Island Royals for a pair of games. Th e Royals have 14 points in 14 games, while the Cougars have 11 in 12 games.

Th e Prince George Spruce Kings keep losing players and gaining points.

Coach Dave Dupas said the BCHL team is getting younger, it seems, by the game.

“It’s getting really diffi cult with all the injuries,” he said aft er the team picked up three of a pos-sible four points on the road on the weekend, “but the guys are just so loose.

“We lose Justin Rai and Cole Todd in the Surrey game (Friday, a 3-2 win), and it didn’t aff ect them at all.”

Th e Spruce Kings lost in Langley on Saturday, 3-2 in over-time, and Dupas said the Kings are coming through a diffi cult part of their schedule quite well, given all the injuries and the road games.

“We’re in a stretch where we’re playing 14 of 18 on the road. We looked at that stretch earlier in the year and thought if we could come through that with our head above water, we’d be doing well.

“And that was fi guring on hav-ing a full roster.”

Instead of just keeping their heads above water, the Kings are currently second in the Main-land Division, just three points behind Langley.

Because of injuries to play-ers like Jake Lebrun, Bryant Christian and Mitch Barker, the Kings made a trade with the Ver-non Vipers last week, picking up forward Mike Iovanna for future considerations.

“It was a bit of a struggle for Mike to come in,” Dupas said. “He doesn’t know our systems, doesn’t know any of the players, hasn’t even had a practice with us.”

And all he did in his second game Saturday was score an unassisted goal to give the Kings a temporary 2-1 lead.

“It was a nice goal,” Dupas said. “He blocked a shot at the point, the puck went past their defense, and he won a footrace to get to the puck, then made a nice move on their goalie and scored.

“He’s a smaller player, but he’s got pretty good puck skills.”

Dupas says the team’s recent hot streak may have something to do with the confi dence the younger players are showing,

despite the injuries.“If we had gone zero and six

in our last six games instead of four, zero and two, it might be a diff erent story, but they’re show-ing themselves they can compete at this level.”

It also helps that the line of Jeremiah Luedtke, Chad Staley and Brent Lashuk continues to shine.

“Th e other teams were trying everything against them on the weekend,” Dupas said. “Th ey tried playing their best line against them, they tried playing a checking line, nobody could shut them down.”

Th e Kings are (surprise) back on the road this weekend for three games in three nights, starting tonight in Trail, and fol-lowing with games Saturday in Vernon and Sunday in Salmon Arm.

With goaltender Jesse Jenks away with the Canada West team at the World Junior A Challenge, Dupas said Alex Murray could play all three games.

“Hr’s such a battler. He’s the loosest goalie I’ve ever seen in my life before the games, but he wants to win so much, and he doesn’t seem to tire.”

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Mark Holick says there are 42 rea-sons why the Prince George Cougars traded for Todd Fid-dler on Monday.

“He scored 42 goals in this league last year,” the Cou-gars’ head coach said. “You don’t do that by accident.”

Th e Cougars sent a conditional fi ft h round pick in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft to the Moose Jaw Warriors for Fiddler, who had two goals and 10 points in 14 games with the Warriors this year.

“Our power play hasn’t been lights out recently,” Holick said, “and that’s an area we hope he can help us. We’ve not scored a lot of goals at all, really. We’re only averag-ing two or three goals a game.”

Until a 4-1 loss to the Kelowna Rockets of Saturday, the Cougars had played eight straight games decided by one goal, with fi ve of those going to overtime or a shootout.

“We’re playing a lot of close games recently,” Holick said. “We need another goal scorer to put us on the right side of those scores more oft en.”

Fiddler will get a quick chance to bond with his new

teammates, as the Cougars start a three-game roadtrip tonight (Friday) in Kelowna, followed by games Saturday in Vancou-ver and Sunday in Kamloops before returning home for a game Nov. 12 against Medicine Hat at the CN Centre.

“We’re in a tough stretch of the schedule right now,” Holick said. “We don’t really have a lot of games at home between now and Christmas.”

Th at will, however, hopefully pay dividends down the road.

“Th e good news is in Febru-ary and March, we have a lot of home games.”

David Soltes was back in the Cougars lineup for the two weekend games against he Rockets.

“He was getting pretty tired by the end of the second game,” Holick said. “He’s been off for a while, so he might not have been quite ready to go that much, but he wanted to play and I gave him lots of ice-time.”

Aft er the Nov. 12 game against Medicine Hat, the Cougars are back on the road for fi ve more games before a doubleheader against the Vancouver Giants on Nov. 29 and 30.


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Th ird periods were key for the Prince George Peewee Tier 3 Cougars in a pair of weekend home games against the Quesnel Th under.

In Saturday’s opener at Kin 3, the Cougars were down 7-3 to Quesnel aft er two periods, but came back for an 8-8 tie. Th e Cougars thought they had won the game when Branthur Federucci apparently scored with about a minute left , but the referee ruled he had been in the crease at the time.

Federucci had a hat trick in the game plus an assist, while Ashton Kraska had two goals and an assist. Reid Mosdell had one of each, and single goals went to Colby Clarke and Skylar Miller.

Sunday, the Cougars weren’t in quite as deep a hole aft er 40 minutes, trailing by just two goals. Federucci and Kraska scored within a minute in the third period to get Prince George back on even terms, and they won

the game 5-4. Federucci and Kraska had two goals and two assists each in the win, while Clarke had the other goal. Harvey Raju and Caleb Hallett each had one assist.

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Ringette teams from across the north will converge on the Kin Centres this weekend for the annual Joy Hoff man Tournament.

Play runs from 6:45 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, and from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Both Kin 2 and Kin 3 will be used for games. Teams from Prince George, Terrace, Hous-ton and Quesnel will take part.

Th e 7:15 a.m. game on Sunday in Kin 2 will feature the BC Winter Games teams from Zone 8 (Quesnel/Prince George) and Zone 7 (Terrace/Houston) getting a game in. Th e 2014 BC Winter Games are in Mission in February.

Th ree Prince George minor football teams are down south this weekend for playoff ac-tion.

On Saturday, the Prince George Axemen will take on the Victoria Spartans for the provincial Peewee champion-ships, starting at noon at Hill-side Stadium in Kamloops.

Aft er that game, the Prince George Stashers will face the Kamloops Broncos for the provincial Atom title.

On Sunday, the Prince George Junior Bantam Axe-men play the Mission Lions in a provincial playoff game in Kelwona. Th e Axemen advanced to the game with a 44-8 win over the Keowna Dragons on Sunday.

Full-event ticket pack-ages for the 2014 Scoties B.C. Women’s Curling Champin-ship are now on sale.

Th e tournament runs Jan. 6 to 12 at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club, with the winner moving on to the Tournament of Hearts in Montreal.

Full-event packages are $50, which includes a mini-mum of 12 games. Th is will be all round-robin games, any tiebreakers, playoff s and the provincial fi nal.

Th is event will also be a test event for the 2015 Canada Winter Games for local volun-teers and offi cials.

Seating is limited, so call the Prince George Golf and Curl-ing Club at 250-563-0357 local 100 or drop by the club to get yours today.

Single tickets will go on sale in December.

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Otway gets UNBC on track

When Allie Dickson fi nished high school, she knew what she was looking for to further her education.

“I had a goal to compete at the 2011 Canada Winter Games,” says Dickson, from Burns Lake. “Picking a university with a ski facility nearby was paramount to me.”

So she looked at the pro-grams off ered at the University of Northern B.C. and the short distance to the Otway Nordic Ski Facility, and the decision was an easy one.

Dickson was one of the people who spoke about the close ties between UNBC, Otway and the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club at the facility on Saturday. Th e relation-ship is about to get even closer, with the creation of the UNBC

Otway Nordic Legacy Scholar-ship Fund.

Kevin Pettersen, an MBA graduate from UNBC and the president of the ski club, said the fund is designed to be part of the legacy of the 2015 Winter Games in Prince George.

“We want to make sure the fa-cilities for the Games being built here have a legacy for students who are skiers.”

Th e fund has a goal of $150,000 by February of 2015, when the Games come to the city, with the fi rst full scholarships being awarded for the coming school year.

“Th is will be an endowment,” Pettersen said, “so it will continue to fund scholarships forever.”

He said the timing of the fund is also aimed at the Games.

“We hope all the kids who come here to ski at the Games will look at the natural fi t be-tween the facility and the school.”

Katherine Scouten, UNBC’s development manager, said the school and the club have been connected by more than the short drive for quite a long time.

“Th is is the fi rst time we have worked directly with the mem-bership here on a fundraising activity.”

Dr. David Snadden, the execu-tive associate dean of education with the University of B.C. Faculty of Medicine, is one of the prime movers behind the North-ern Medical Program at UNBC, and an avid cross-country skier.

“I arrived in Prince George in March 2003, interviewing for a position here,” he remembered. “It was cold and miserable, and my wife and I weren’t sure about coming here.

“Th en one day it cleared up, and one of the young physicians brought us out (to Otway), and we decided we could stay here.”

He said people have to realize

Prince George, UNBC and Otway have changed.

“Th is is a world-class facil-ity,” he said of Otway, “UNBC is one of the top schools in the country, and when I tell people at the airport I’m going to Prince George, they don’t give me a pity-ing look.”

For Dickson, the ability to at-tend school and keep skiing was a decision she’s obviously happy she made.

“I’m in my fourth year of health sciences at UNBC, and I know fi rsthand what a scholar-ship can mean for an athlete.

“A scholarship is vital so someone doesn’t have to choose between their dream of compet-ing in their sport and their dream of continuing their education.”

To learn more about the fun, visit www.unbc.ca/giving/nordic-legacy-scholarship-fund, e-mail [email protected], or call the devel-opment offi ce at 250-960-5750.


Allan WISHART/Free PressDavid Snadden, left, Kathy Scouten and Allie Dickson watch as Kevin Pettersen starts filling in the track for the new UNBC Otway Nordic Legacy Scholarship Fund.

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UNBC recognizes top student-athletes with national honoursIn the 2012-13 athletics season at the Univer-

sity of Northern B.C., there were just over 60 student-athletes.

By the end of the school year, 11 of them had been recognized as Academic All-Canadians, a ratio higher than many larger schools.

Th ose 11 students were recognized last week at a reception on campus. Two of them, unfortunately, could not attend, since they had graduated and were putting their academic skills to good use.

Men’s soccer player Danny Dell is teaching in his hometown of Burns Lake, while women’s soccer player Rebecca Irving spent the past year working in the northern part of the province as a nurse.

Four of Dell’s teammates on the 2012-13 Timberwolves soccer team were also recognized for their work, and all four were with the squad again this season: Harjas Grewal, Jared Dilla-baugh, Logan Phenuff and Chandan Sangha.

Th ree of Irving’s teammates from the women’s

teams also returned this year: Kat Hartwig-Clay, Tiff any Bennett and Jessica Manning.

Two members of the women’s basketball team, Sarah Robin and Jasprit Nijjar, were also recognized as Academic All-Canadians.

To qualify as an Academic All-Canadian, a player must use a year of eligibility, mean-ing they were an active member of a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) team, and they must maintain an average of 80 per cent or higher in the same school year.

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