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School District No. 57 is warning parents about incidents involving strangers on or near school sites.

On Nov. 13 at about 12:10 p.m., an 11-yearold was walking home for lunch from Ron Brent Elementary when she noticed a grey truck with bars on top that seemed to be following her.

The man inside the truck tried to “pick her up�, but didn’t get out of the truck. The student ran to the nearby Kia dealership.

The RCMP was contacted.

The vehicle is described as a small older

grey single cab pickup truck with a roof rack.

No licence plate was obtained.

The man is described as being in his mid30’s, bald and Caucasian.

The second person of concern was spotted on or near the Blackburn Elementary School site.

The person of interest in the Blackburn Elementary School report attended the Prince George Detachment to speak to officers. As a result of this conversation and other investigative actions, police do not believe this man is a threat to children Police are still continuing to search for a vehicle and suspect in the Ron Brent Elementary report.

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tackle things now that can affect the 2013 budget,� she said.

Earlier in the meeting staff presented the operating budget guidelines which are put together using preliminary numbers to give council an idea of where the city is financially, which in turn helps them as they begin the budgeting process. As things are now, the tax increase would be around seven per cent, though one suggestion that will be forwarded to the upcoming council meeting would lower that by half a percentage point. “Seven per cent is unacceptable and unsustainable,� Coun. Dave Wilbur said, a sentiment other councillors reiterated.

However, the numbers do not take into account savings that may be had through the core services review.

The committee of the whole recommended council pursue several of the core review money-saving suggestions forwarded to them by the select committee, which chose to have them investigated first because they may impact the 2013 budget.

Of the 193 suggestions to council from KPMG, the select committee chose 14 to forward to the committee of the whole, which met Wednesday in council chambers.

Mayor Shari Green pointed out all the suggestions will be considered in time. “Everything is on the table. We choose to bite it off in chunks,� she said.

She added “everything� includes Initiatives Prince George, which is in the ‘don’t do’ section of the KPMG report. “We may or may not agree. We need to turn to PAGE A2

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Council looks at core review suggestions options locally now, and wondered if it is the job of a municipality to be in the golf business in the first place.

If the city keeps it, she added, it will need more than $1 million in capital upgrades.

Coun. Cameron Stolz said he felt

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PINE VALLEY Green mentioned that the market has changed when it comes to golf, that the private sector offers a lot of

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Marine safety plan Last week, in this space, I talked about why we chose Kitimat as the site for Gateway’s marine terminal. This week, I’d like to discuss the various steps we’ve taken to prevent an incident on water, and the measures we’ve put in place to build a comprehensive marine safety plan for Gateway.

Safety starts with a tanker acceptance program that’s as stringent as any in existence — and includes an independent review of all tankers, weeks ahead of their scheduled arrival. Tankers mooring at the terminal will be double-hulled and no more than 20 years old, and will be required — by independent third parties, before they enter Gateway’s shipping channels — to show a sound maintenance and operational history.

As they approach Kitimat, all vessels will be boarded and guided by B.C. Coast Pilots with expert knowledge of our coastal waters.

Simulations conducted in varying weather conditions have shown that the largest tankers can be safely navigated without the help of tugboats.

Still, Gateway is adding a tug-escort system as an additional safety measure. The Douglas Channel is already one of the deepest and widest inland waterways on North America’s west coast, and Gateway’s tug-escort

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system, according to risk assessment data, would reduce the already unlikely chance of a grounding incident by a further 80 to 90 per cent.

As another Gateway marine safety initiative, we’re introducing landbased radar to B.C.’s North Coast for the first time. This radar system will be bolstered by extra navigational aides such as lights and channel markers. These enhancements aren’t just for Gateway — they are for all vessels on B.C.’s North Coast.

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But don’t take my word for it — visit our website and read for yourself about all the work that has gone into making Gateway’s marine operation one of the safest in the world. Then, decide for yourself what’s true.

it right to cut their losses on the Pine Valley Golf Course and turn it into taxable land.

Wilbur said he knows usage is down at the golf course and knows it needs over a million dollars in upgrades and added he would like to see a report back from administration on the subject.

“We offer amenities to attract people,” Coun.

Garth Frizzell said.

He added Pine Valley doesn’t target high incomes, and wondered what kind of future opportunities the city was giving up if it divests itself of the course.

Coun. Lyn Hall asked if it was possible to turn Pine Valley into a nine-hole golf course and add development around that.

“Pine Valley Golf Course is a jewel,” Coun.

Brian Skakun said, adding he would not support its sale.

A committee vote to forward the matter to council with the suggestion they ask administration to investigate the matter further passed, with Skakun opposed.

COUNCIL Wilbur pointed out reducing the number of councillors also reduced the opportunity for more diversity, the additional life skills to help in the decision-making process, and lowered the chance of adding more females to council.

Skakun agreed, adding losing diversity on council would be a much bigger loss to the community.

Coun. Murry Krause agreed diversity is important, but said council should be exposed to cuts as well.

“If we are asking the rest of the city to do more with less, we should be doing the same thing around the council table,” Stolz said, adding when council reviewed and increased its own wages, many wondered aloud if it was leading by example considering all the budget cuts.

The item will be referred to staff for further information.

TICKETING Holding towed vehicles until parking fines and towing charges are paid, or terms are agreed on, is another matter council was already considering.

Stolz, who chairs the finance and audit committee, said a new towing bylaw is in the works and will come before council soon.

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PARKING Parking bans that support snow removal and allow the city to remove vehicles or ticket them seemed the next step for council, which has been working to educate the public on the issue for a number of years.

“It’s a safety issue as well,” Krause said, adding his support for forwarding the idea to council.

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Skakun wondered if there is a policy in place that isn’t being enforced. Staff told him in the ‘90s there was a policy in place that was followed aggressively, however clearer direction now would be helpful.

The committee will forward the suggestion to council.

OUTSOURCE The committee discussed the suggestion that a cost reduction might be found by pursuing outsourcing for bylaw enforcement.

“I don’t support this philosophically, and consequently will be voting no,” Krause said.

Frizzell said he would vote no as well, but for a different reason. He said the business case just isn’t compelling. He added the suggestion doesn’t even take a market-based approach.

Coun. Frank Everitt said he believes there is an agreement in place and it should be honoured, and added he agreed with Frizzell’s assessment of the business case the suggestion makes.

“I just heard unanimously that a seven per cent tax hike is unacceptable,” Stolz said, adding he has also heard a lot of concern expressed about the loss of the permissive tax exemption.

He said, since council is looking at re-introducing on-street parking, it might want to look at opportunities around a private operator who might finance such a venture.

Frizzell, Everitt, Hall and Skakun opposed pursuing the idea further, while the remainder of council supported it.

FOUR SEASONS “I don’t believe we could get better cheaper service,” Krause said.

Skakun said he was concerned bringing in a third-party operator would equate the city losing control of the facility.

“Pools are money losers,” Frizzell pointed out, adding whoever took it over would ask for a subsidy.

He said it wasn’t worth the time to ask staff to pursue it because there was no chance for success.

Wilbur pointed out there is between a quarter to half a million saving opportunity. He pointed out the YMCA might have an interest.

Hall said he supported the concept and would like to see more information.

“Why not explore this thing?” Coun. Albert Koehler said.

“Pools were never designed to be profitable,” Everitt pointed out. “They are part of the service to the community.”

His concern was about the age of the structure and he wondered if there was an opportunity to partner with the regional district for a new pool.

The suggestion will be forwarded to council, with Councillors Krause, Everitt, Skakun and Frizzell opposed.

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The committee then discussed the opportunity to engage a third-party operator with the Civic Centre.

Everitt pointed out the Civic Centre, along with several other municipal buildings, was never intended to pay its own way, and was built for the community. His preference, he said, was to sell raw land.

“Is there an opportunity to subsidize less?”

Green asked, adding she supports looking further into the suggestion.

The committee forwarded the suggestion to council with Krause, Skakun and Frizzell opposed to pursuing it further.

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“This is an absolute win,” Stolz said, adding the suggestions offered a chance to form partnerships, reduce costs and earn additional revenue.

The committee forwarded the first two recommendations to council but not the third, revolving around EMS dispatch.

“Hell will freeze over before we succeed with that,” Wilbur said. “There’s no chance. It’s a waste of time.”

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The difficulty not-for-profits would endure, including curtailing some programs that aid the most vulnerable citizens of the city, and avoiding privatizing city services were the two predominant themes during the ‘community conversation’ public meeting held at CNC Tuesday night to discuss the suggestions KPMG forwarded to council following the core services review.

About 200 people filled the CNC atrium, with more straggling in as citizen after citizen spoke, outlining a number of concerns.

Councillors Garth Frizzell, Frank Everitt and Brian Skakun all attended the meeting as well, while Mayor Shari Green and councillors Murry Krause, Dave Wilbur, Albert Koehler and Cameron Stolz were absent, as they said they would be.

Some chose not to attend after the community charter regulations were discussed at a previous council meeting, with some concern expressed over what constituted a quorum of council when outside chambers.

For others, like Stolz, it was a matter of standing for the process for public input council had already agreed to, an additional service KPMG undertook for them which increased the price of the core review.

He also questioned the motive for the public meeting, which was at least partially organized by the union, as a “reprehensible” effort to make “political hay” out of the process.

PRIVATIZATION One resident spoke out against privatization and defended her

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About 200 people filled the CNC atrium Tuesday night, many intent on having their say regarding the recommendations submitted by KPMG to city council following the core service review. Many of the organizers of this meeting are part of the I ‘heart’ PG campaign, and are easily recognized in their red T-shirts. right to do so as a union member.

“My union wages build your economy,” she said, adding taxpayers’ money should not be spent on private companies.

The money would then leave the community, she said.

The goal of private companies, she added, is to turn a profit and improve that profit each and every year.

She pointed out privatization has been a dismal failure in England.

“I was at every core review meeting,” Chris Stern, a city resident, said. “People don’t want work to be contracted out. They want good service.”

He said it’s the lowest bidder

that wins the tender, and said he is concerned about a subsequent drop in service levels.

PERMISSIVE TAX EXEMPTION Several well-known and respected community members came out to talk about how changing tax exemptions for notfor-profits could hurt not only those organizations, but in the end cause the city to lose money.

Taylor Sapergia, president of the Prince George Rod and Gun Club, pointed out the exemption allowed them to pass on the savings by offering their range to everyone from the Girl Guides to the RCMP, either for free or at a

reduced rate.

Donalda Carson, executive director of the Prince George Hospice Society, said the city built the first free-standing hospice house in the province in 1995, something it should be proud of. Losing the permissive sales tax equates to the loss of about 20 shifts per year, something that will affect families, and in particular a program put in place to help youth deal with dying and grief.

Karen Underhill, executive director of the Phoenix Transition Society, said they already got the letter stating they face a three per cent tax fee this year.

“To us that’s five jugs of milk,” she said, pointing out they

housed 385 women and children last year.

They also have houses they can rent at a lowered cost, thanks in part to the tax exemption.

Gary Campbell, a member of the local horse community, said he had a bit of a different view of the importance of not-for-profit organizations. He pointed out the core review is all about saving money, yet the horse community, with the not-for-profit organizations that support them, scrape by while bringing about $2 million into the city through tourism every year.

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numbers behind the stats, which say there are 185 NFP’s in the city, compared to 42 in Kamloops. However, he pointed out the church’s property is

counted as two places, one being the parking lot.

Three NFP groups operate out of the church, he said, all on a shoestring budget, mentioning in particular the food hamper program.

Wood said the bureaucracy at city hall

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continues to increase.

At first, churches were automatically exempt from taxes. Then they had to fill out a form each year to claim the exemption. He said since there are 185 NFP’s, the bureaucracy adds staff time and cost to the process.

Now one option listed in the KPMG report, he said, adds again to that bureaucracy.

Mostafa Mohamed, president of the city’s Muslim Association, said they finally saved enough money to build a worship centre, and now they are being told it will be taxed. “We struggled hard to establish a place of worship,� he said.

He added the existence of a place of worship in Prince George helped draw at least 200 international students, primarily from Saudi Arabia, to the city, injecting $500,000 every month into the community. “The city can’t run like a business,� one resident said. “It’s not here to make a profit.

Do not tax not-forprofits, tax the people downtown, for crying out loud. They already have enough tax breaks.�

Captain Neil Wilkinson said the Salvation Army has been part of Prince George for 92 years. He said the city should celebrate the fact it has 185 not-forprofit organizations. “Celebrate the 185 not-for-profits that make this one of the best communities in all of B.C.,� he said. “Show us your support by not taxing not-for-profits.�

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Rogers said the suggestions laid out following the core review are short on revelations and new ideas.

The potential impact of some of the proposed changes are questionable.

He pointed out that consolidating 9-1-1 services may sound rational, but it was a possibility the city looked into a decade ago, resulting in a document called the Mitchell report which concluded doing so would risk public safety.

Janet Bigelow, president of CUPE local 1048 and one of the event organizers, asked why Initiatives Prince George wasn’t scrutinized like other organizations.

“What about IPG? They get $1 million while similar organizations in cities like Chilliwack get $500,000 annually. We have notfor-profits who can’t afford milk, who can’t afford to help the people who need it the most, but we can give IPG $1 million?�

Several things could be done to save money that wouldn’t hurt the local not-for-profits, she said.

She suggested the city can save money in simple ways, like not adding fluoride to the water, to discontinuing financially supporting the sports centre at the university.

The I ‘heart’ PG organization said it intends to continue the conversation started last week by organizing another public meeting soon.

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In total, four flights between Central Mountain Air and Air Canada have been added per week.

“We have been in discussion with these carriers to increase their schedule and get more seats in the marketplace.,” said President and CEO of the Prince George Airport Authority (PGAA) John Gibson in a press release.

“We are glad to see they have responded with more flights out of Prince George.”

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Peter Stevenson plays piano for people attending the Theatre North West wine tasting afternoon at The Exploration Place. The event, along with the evening International Wine Festival, is a fundraiser for the professional theatre company.

On Wednesday, November 7, a number of Prince George RCMP officers received medals recognizing their contributions to Canada.

To celebrate her Diamond Jubilee Anniversary as Queen, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ordered that a commemorative medal be struck and presented to Canadians. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was allotted 2,300 medals to award to deserving regular and civilian members. This provided the force an opportunity to recognize some of the tremendous work our employees are doing every day while contributing to a better and safer Canada.

Earlier this year, a nomination period was held and the medal winners were selected. In all, 10 persons from the Prince George Detachment were recipients of this honour, seven regular members, two retired members and a Community Safety Officer. They are: Insp. Chris Bomford (retired) Insp. Keith Redl (retired) S/Sgt. Jeff McArthur

Sgt. Holly Lavin Sgt. Todd Gray Cpl. Claudette Garcia Cpl. Carl Johnston Cpl. Craig Douglass Cst. Debra Medcke S/Cst. Davy Greenlees The medals were awarded by the Commanding Officer of the B.C. RCMP, Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, during a ceremony in front of friends and family in Prince George.

The medals were presented in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Accession to the Throne and in recognition of the recipients’ contributions to Canada.

“I am very proud of these officers and their accomplishments that led them to being selected to receive the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Throughout the rest of their life, this medal will be a reminder of their outstanding contributions to our country” says Supt. Eric Stubbs, Officer in Charge of the Prince George Detachment.

Assaults get jail time, probation and prohibition In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 9: Ricky B. Gordon was found guilty of failing to comFree ply with long-term supervision and sentenced to 24 days in jail.

Stewart J. Pierre was found guilty of assault, sentenced to 30 days in jail, placed on probation for one year and prohibited from possessing firearms for five years. Pierre was also found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking, sentenced to 23 days in jail and placed on probation for one year.

Lionel J. Short was found guilty of uttering threats, received a conditional sentence of 14 days, was placed on probation for one year

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Kenneth M. Wipfli was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation Press order and sentenced to 31 days in jail.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 10: Elizabeth A. Bergstrom was found guilty of three counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 90 days in jail and placed on probation for three years.

Chad Hegge was found guilty of driving without due care and attention, fined $1,000 and assessed a victim surcharge of $150.

Kevin R. Lee was found guilty of resisting a peace officer, sentenced to one day in jail and time served of 45 days and time

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credited of 45 days and assessed a victim surcharge of $50.

Terence F. Slater was found guilty of driving while prohibited, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and prohibited from driving for one year.

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Steven D. McMaster was found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to time served of 21 days in jail.

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Fiscal council set for largest tax hike?

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t’s about as sobering a report as you can get and, if you’re wondering what city council is up against with the core services review, this is it.

A report from acting city manager Kathleen Soltis paints a bleak picture for taxpayers.

“Unless the City of Prince George decreases expenses and/or increases non-tax revenues, the estimated year 2013 total municipal property tax increase will be 7.09 per cent,” she said in her report to council.

That’s if nothing changes.

Bear in mind that the public cry over getting things in order at city hall has been spurred largely by almost a decade of tax increases about four per cent, per year. The last time there was a tax hike of close to seven per cent was with a special levy for road repairs.

So, a year into the reign of the rein-in-city-expenses crew, and we’re looking at the largest tax increase in recent memory.

That’s if nothing changes and, bearing in mind that one of the first acts of this council was reduce staffing levels at city hall by 28 positions, that’s already been done and we’re still looking at a huge tax increase.

The other sobering part of Soltis’ report is the relatively little impact on taxes that implementing the core services review has had, so far.

Those “opportunities” (to use the crass term from KPMG) are cutting $53,000 in salary and benefit increases at the library, cutting $20,000 from the IPG service agreement and other miscellaneous expenses would result in a tax hike of 6.45 per cent in 2013.

Bear in mind, council is only really deciding now what else to implement from the core services review so council, having been elected on fiscal prudence, will have a bitter pill to swallow if it brings in the largest tax increase in recent memory.

It should also be pointed out that the projected tax increases for 2014 and 2015, with the core services review implementations to date, are 5.44 per cent respectively, still larger increases than what originally got the community howling about taxes.

So what is causing the increase? According to Soltis’ report, servicing external debt is the largest single expenditure increase at just over $1.4 million (which decreases to an increase of $295,105 in 2015). The second largest expenditure is city staff salaries and benefits, which will increase by $1.1 million in 2013 and $1.2 million in 2014 and the same again in 2015 … even with 28 fewer staff.

General infrastructure costs and road rehabilitation are both pegged for $800,000 increases next year. The RCMP contract will cost $619,347 more than last year, but it also decreases over the following two years.

Getting the finances in line is not an easy task.

Of the above areas, the only one that council can readily attack is staff salaries and benefits.

And some of them wonder why the union is upset.

■ OPINION

Fifty years on The past five decades have seen a lot of changes to Five decades ago, the only nod to improved safety our lives. New products and services not even dreamt was seat belts. Air bags and other safety improveof 50 years ago have become part of our everyday ments have increased accident survival and reduced existence. injuries for those unfortunate enough to be victims of In the ‘60s a little electronic device called a transisa crash. tor was being found in many products. One of the The use of electronic technology has given several most common products it was used in was radios. It improvements. Better radio reception and integrated replaced the old vacuum tubes, which were used premusic systems add pleasure to our drive time. viously. It reduced the size of radios and other elecAdvanced electronics are a key to better fuel economy. tronic devices. Transistors were not only smaller than Perhaps the most impact on our lives is the availthe tubes previously used, but they did ability of computer technology that is not create the heat and less ventilation affordable for most and is user friendly. was required.

In the late ‘70s, a battery-powered, While the transistors had been around hand-held, four-function electronic calcufor some time, it was the use of them in lator cost a hundred dollars. Today one Onside consumer products, medical equipment can find smaller, more versatile calculaand a host of other products that made tors for less than $10.

VICTORBOWMAN them a low-cost, mass-produced product Fifty years ago there were no light, at a significantly lower cost. Combined with advancecompact computers. It took innovative people at firms ments in mass-produced circuit boards and other such as Texas Instruments, Atari, Commodore, Apple innovations, electronics took a massive leap forward. and others to develop the first desktop computers.

Integrated circuit chips, more commonly just called An interesting historical note is that IBM ceased the a chip, made many of the products we use every day development of their initial desktop as they had available at affordable prices. They are used in a muldecided there was too small a market for them. How titude of products. Your dearly loved cellphone, notewrong can you get? book computer, tablet and a host of other products There are many innovations in other fields and all just wouldn’t have come into existence without them. around us that we are unaware of. There will be more.

The automobiles of today may look similar to those Stop for a bit and look around. How many of the of 50 years ago, but they are radically different. things that are part of your life were not around 50 While the automatic transmission had made its years ago? appearance and was becoming common, there were You will see several but there are multitudes of still large numbers of vehicles on the road with manother improvements from your microwave oven to ual gearshifts. your television.

The materials used to build automobiles have Would you want to give up your cellphone, e-mail, changed radically. From building them from essensafer automobiles and a great host of other product tially metal products, today’s automobiles incorporate that enhance our lives? many synthetic materials. That has made them lighter They may have been “the good old days” 50 years and somewhat more durable. ago, but those days can’t compare to today.

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You can’t cut taxes without raising them BOB SIMPSON Cariboo North MLA

It’s been interesting to listen to Liberal MLAs and candidates position themselves in advance of the upcoming budget and the election that will follow on its heels next May. The main argument they all seem to be making is that we need a Liberal government, because they alone can be trusted to hold the line on taxes and debt.

Unfortunately, the facts don’t support this partisan contention.

Take the carbon tax as an example. The Liberal government introduced this tax in 2008. Yet, despite having voted for successive increases to this tax since 2009, MLA Donna Barnett is now suggesting the carbon tax be “axed” in an effort to curry favour with her rural voters, who generally don’t like this particular tax.

Unfortunately, MLA Barnett fails to point out that axing the carbon tax would create a $1.18 billion dollar hole in the government’s annual tax revenues.

If she truly does want this tax ‘axed,’ then she has an obligation to tell her voters what tax increases she would support to replace that revenue. Or, would she want B.C. to have a structural deficit by not replacing the carbon tax with tax increases elsewhere?

Speaking of deficits and the debt they create, I read that the newly nominated Liberal candidate for Cariboo North is claiming we need to re-elect a Liberal

government because they will hold the line on debt – every dollar of which she views as an unfair burden on our children.

In the spirit of informed debate: under the BC Liberals the provincial debt has ballooned from $33.8 billion in 2001 to a projected $66.4 billion

in 2014. This does not include the massive debt burden of BC Hydro or the financial liabilities the government holds for public-private partnerships.

The Liberal track record on debt and deficits is on par with the NDP government that preceded them, which does not

support the argument that the Liberals ought to be re-elected because of their fiscal prudence.

Like all western governments, both of B.C.’s political parties have struggled to rein in spending while keeping taxes low.

If we are to truly elevate the debate leading up to the next

election and get beyond petty partisan arguments, then every MLA and candidate should be compelled to give the public all of the facts and the background necessary to help them make an informed choice next May. Bob Simpson is the independent MLA for Cariboo North.

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Some of the dogs who came to Raise The Woof Night on Saturday at the CN Centre appeared to be paying more attention to the Cougars and Oil Kings than their owners were.

More to salmon report than just fish farms VICTORIA – Before the 1,200-page, A B.C. Salmon Farming Association $25-million Cohen Commission report spokesman said only nine of 70 B.C. on the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishsalmon farms are in that area. There are ery slips beneath the waves, allow me to no current applications for more. dip my toe into the river of data that has Let’s say you decide to plunge in, and flowed by in the past three download the full report from years. www.cohencommission.ca. If If your information on you go to Volume 2, page 102, B.C. this hugely complex subject you will see a series of graphs Views consisted of skimming a few that show sockeye runs from TOMFLETCHER rivers other than the Fraser, news stories or watching protesters on TV, you will likely from Washington all the way up conclude what urban people have been to Alaska. indoctrinated with for years. The whole It’s not a pretty sight. From Washington issue is salmon farms and whether they up to the Central Coast, the Skeena, Nass are bad or catastrophic. and up to Yukon’s Klukshu and Alaska’s “Freeze new salmon farms on sockeye Alsek, most runs show a decline starting migration route: Cohen” said the headline in the 1980s or early 1990s. on a Black Press report. Those who read This includes runs that migrate down past the headline would learn that Justice the west side of Vancouver Island, away Bruce Cohen recommended a freeze on from salmon farms. Alaska doesn’t allow further salmon farms around the Discovfarms, preferring “ranching” – a stratery Islands group near Campbell River egy that floods the ocean habitat with miluntil 2020. It’s up to the industry to show lions of hatchery fish. These are commerby that time that the risk is “minimal,” or cially fished and marketed as “wild.” farms there should be shut down.

B.C.’s North Coast has never had

salmon farms. The area has been subject to a moratorium since an NDP-controlled legislative committee gave its verdict on the problem in 2008.

The popular villain in those days was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin Austin chaired the committee that called for an end to open-pen salmon farms in five years. Then-agriculture minister Pat Bell approved one NDP recommendation, a moratorium on salmon farms in North Coast waters.

This was after the Pacific Salmon Forum conducted its own four-year study, led by former fisheries minister John Fraser.

Similar to Cohen, Fraser concluded that there is no simple answer to this complex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms don’t explain it. Cohen’s report makes it clear that the problem is far larger than could possibly be explained by salmon farms.

How about logging impact? Cohen concludes after much testimony that stream protection has improved significantly during the time of observed sockeye decline.

Impact from extra runoff due to pine beetle infestation couldn’t be evaluated.

Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen didn’t get around to that. His biggest concern was climate change, warming sensitive river waters and affecting ocean conditions.

During the Cohen commission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeye run came in gangbusters, with 35 million fish. One leading theory is that ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing algae that supported more salmon feed.

Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Japan and elsewhere is simply depleting the food supply? That too is inconclusive.

Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attention from U.S. salmon and oil tankers, spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence. But only as it relates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Artisan Karin Dayton, a felter, knitter and spinner, works on a project Saturday at the new indoor Farmers’ Market located on beside the Keg downtown.

Local courts kept busy In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 8: Michael J. Mahoney was found guilty of driving while prohibited, sentenced to 14 days Free in jail to be served intermittently, placed on probation until the expiration of the jail sentence, fined $1,000, assessed a victim surcharge of $150 and prohibited from driving for two years.

Lucille A. Monk was found guilty of assault with a weapon, received a conditional sentence of four months, was placed on probation for one year and prohibited from possessing firearms for five years.

Michella I. Seymour was found guilty of uttering threats, sentenced to 44 days in jail and placed on pro-

bation for one year. Seymour was also found guilty of three counts of failing to comply with a probation order, sentenced to one day in jail and time credited of 16 Press days and placed on probation for one year.

Courtney M. Willier was found guilty of two counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for one year.

In Provincial Court in Prince George on Aug. 9: Karri R. Basil was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and fined $250. Basil was also found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance and sentenced to one day in jail.

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Starting at 1 p.m. in the college atrium, dogs with their owners/handlers will compete in various categories: Best in Show, Best Doggie Personality, People’s Choice Award etc. Entry fee $10 per dog. All proceeds go to the Prince George SPCA. Limited number of registrations will be taken on show day between 11 a.m. and noon. For more information call Laura at 250-562-2131 Ex. 5386.

CD RELEASE Local Gaelic singer Andrew McFayden will be launching two CDs – Turas and Coinneal, a Christmas album – on Friday, Nov. 16 at Cafe Voltaire in Books and Company. He takes to the stage at 8 p.m. There is no charge for Friday night mike performances.

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Whetter puts whales on walls

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Carol Whetter had a whale of a time creating her Podcast exhibit.

Nine pieces of her work are now on display, along with drawings and carvings by Greg Bradacs, in a new exhibit called Shades of Life.

The exhibit opened with an artists’ talk and reception Thursday and it is on display until Jan. 15 in the new gallery space at Studio 2880.

Whetter ’s drawings are done on art paper, then mounted on repurposed metal printing press sheets. The idea for her subject matter, whales, came from a few places – and one person.

“I grew up on the East Coast where I could see the Atlantic Ocean.

So I guess it is in my DNA,” said Whetter.

“My mother was born in the 1930s and she was a big radio listener. I got that from her. I just love listening to CBC Radio podcasts.”

Whetter moved across the country to Vancouver in 1985 and, in 1993, came to live in Prince George. Her career path also contributed to the theme in her most recent exhibit.

“I spent most of my life in communications,” she said. “I’ve worked in sales, marketing and hospitality and when I was making my art for Podcasts, I realized that it all had to do with communications.”

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Carol Whetter (along with Greg Bradacs) is featured artist in the Shades of Life exhibit at Studio 2880 which runs until Jan. 15. Presented by the Community Arts Council, the exhibit opened Thursday with an artist’s talk and reception. ment, Whetter says: “I have a thing for Jian Ghomeshi, the host of the CBC radio program Q. Before him, I loved Peter Gzowski – and they aren’t my only CBC crushes. They fascinate me because these lucky folks get to engage in conversations that introduce me to all kinds of people. This made my own meeting with Canadian art superstar Norman Yates seem normal, almost.”

Whetter said she got the idea of blending her two pleasures – art and

listening to the CBC, from Yates when he was at Two Rivers Gallery giving an artist’s talk to Fine Arts students at UNBC and College of New Caledonia.

“He said he put on CBC to occupy his logical brain and that freed his creative mind to work unfettered by internal chatter. If it worked for Norman, it might work for me.”

As Whetter listened to a podcast and needed to decide on the subject, whales seemed the right choice, she said.

“I thought about how they communicate with their songs and that led me to thinking about communications generally: soundwaves, symbols, binary code and intuition.

“When you look at the pieces in Podcast, the drawings may remind you of those from Moby Dick. That’s intentional.

It fits with the printing press thing going on.”

The artist said when she showed up for work each day in her studio, she felt as if she “shared space with Ghomeshi,

Fran Lebowitz, Billy Corgan, J.K. Rowling and several musical acts.”

“By listening, I reaffirmed that each of us has a story to tell, a song to sing. In the Great Cosmic Ocean, I believe we are all member of the same pod.”

The Community Arts Council presents Shades of Life with works by Carol Whetter and Greg Bradacs.

The exciting new exhibit will be on display at Studio 2880 on 15th Ave. from November 15 to January 15.

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James brings the band

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There are a couple of numbers you need to know about Colin James’ visit to Vanier Hall tomorrow (Nov. 17).

The Canadian music star has been in the business for 25 years and his newest album is called Fifteen because it’s (surprise, surprise) his 15th album.

There’s another fact about a number associated with one of his songs that may surprise some people.

“I probably wouldn’t record Five Long Years (his first hit) if someone brought it to me today,” he says by phone from a hotel in Alberta. “That song has given me a lot of love over the years, but I don’t think I would do it today.”

Don’t think that means he won’t be playing the song in concerts.

“We play it because I like the song and the audience usually sings along, but when I listen to it, it’s probably too ‘poppy’ for me now.”

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Colin James is back in Prince George on Saturday night, and this time he’s got the full band with him. might still do Voodoo Thing if it came to me tomorrow. You gotta put on your rockin’ shoes for that one.”

The Prince George show will be the last date on the current tour, and marks the fourth show in four nights. Tuesday, when he did the interview, was the last open date.

“When they’re setting up the tour now, they ask, ‘Can you handle six nights in a row?’ That’s a big decision, because there are things that can go wrong that you have no control over.

“There are a million things that can take you out, like laryngitis or even just a sore throat.”

Prince George fans who were at James’ last show will notice something different right away: There are a lot more people on stage.

“The last show we did there was acoustic, just me and one other fellow. This time, it’s crazy different. A lot of people dig the acoustic show, and I like it because you have more room on the stage, but

it’s great being with the full band again.”

After 25 years and 15 albums, James knows he can’t play everything, but that doesn’t make it easier picking a set list.

“The set is usually 20 songs and we do four to six more for the encore. That’s a long show, but I’m always thinking about the songs we’re leaving out.”

To get around that to some extent, they change the set list each night. One constant is an acoustic spot in the middle. Another constant is the band needing to be on its toes.

“I’ll have some spots where I might pick one of four songs to do, so the band has to be ready when they hear me start up.

“I sprang These Arms of Mine of them last night, and that song has no intro. They all got it though.”

James shows a wide range of his musical influences with his cover tunes, and Fifteen is no exception. He covers songs

by Fleetwood Mac (Oh Well), Robert

Palmer (Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley) and John Lennon (Jealous Guy). He says he’s always listening for new, old songs.

“I keep a list of possible cover tunes.

I’ve already got some in mind for the next album.”

Sometimes, the realization that a particular song will be a good cover comes from unusual places.

“I did a sound check years ago at the Western Canada Music Awards with Into The Mystic, and I could tell right away it would be a great song to cover.

The funny thing is I recorded it at a session with Jim Keltner, who’s a great musician, and it went nowhere.

“Then I did it in Vancouver with the band at one of our sessions. It was the last cut of the session, we had, like, five minutes left and I said, ‘Let’s give this one a try’. We nailed it.”

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Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are available at Studio 2880.

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Diabetes a real life-changer TERESA MALLAM

Check among your friends, look around the office and chances are you will find someone who has diabetes.

At the Free Press, two people have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and a few more are what doctors refer to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;borderline diabeticsâ&#x20AC;? meaning that if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change their diet and lifestyle, chances are they could end up with it.

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

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

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

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

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

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Shorts SPRUCE KINGS The Prince George Spruce Kings are back on the road this weekend.

Tonight in Trail, the Spruce Kings will start a B.C. Hockey League swing that’ll see them play three Interior Conference teams in as many days.

After meeting the Trail Smoke Eaters, the Spruce Kings will travel to the Okanagan to battle the West Kelowna Warriors on Saturday. They wrap up the trip on Sunday against the Salmon Arm SilverBacks.

The Spruce Kings sport a record of 11 wins, six losses, one tie and two overtime defeats (11-61-2), good for third in the five-team Mainland Division.

After Sunday’s game, the Spruce Kings will have a seven-game homestand.

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High school boys volleyball district championships for Junior B and Grade 8 were held at College Heights Secondary on the weekend.

In the Junior B final, the College Heights Cougars edged the Duchess Park Condors 2-1 in three sets.

The Grade 8 gold-medal match also went the distance, the D.P. Todd Trojans downing the host Cougars 2-1 in three sets.

Cougars looking for better results ALISTAIR MCINNIS sports@pgfreepress.com

Dean Clark has made it clear they aren’t satisfied with their position.

“We’re not a team that wants to be a team that plays well and loses,” the Prince George Cougars head coach said during their press conference at CN Centre on Wednesday. “We want a team that gets results and we addressed that this week.”

The Cats put forth a couple of encouraging efforts in a weekend doubleheader at home against the Western Hockey League’s defending champions. They fell short against the Edmonton Oil Kings in a couple of 4-2 defeats, both scoring summaries ending with empty netters. They followed that two-game set with a come-frombehind effort on Sunday, earning a point in a 4-3 shootout defeat on the road against the Vancouver Giants.

The losses are tough to ignore.

The Cougars have recorded only two wins in their last 13 games.

Of those 11 defeats, nine ended in regulation.

Despite the slide, which includes a current five-game losing streak, the Cats sport seven wins, 10 losses, one overtime setback and two shootout defeats (7-10-1-2) after 20 games. They sit eighth in the 10-team Western Conference, but are only three points behind the sixth-place Victoria Royals (10-10-0-0).

A harder schedule has contributed to the Cougars’ slide. They were able to take advantage of an easier schedule in getting off to a 5-1-1-0 start in their first seven games.

Confidence is crucial to having success, and Clark noted that they’ve lost some of the swagger they had early in the season.

“I think we got a team that on any given night can be successful.

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Prince George Spruce Kings forward Jake LeBrun battles along the boards against the Victoria Grizzlies during their B.C. Hockey League game on Saturday evening at the Coliseum.

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We just got to get back to the way we were scoring at the beginning of the season.”

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They sit 11th in the 12-team Eastern Conference at 8-10-0-1, but are 6-3-0-1 in their last 10 games.

“They’re still an explosive team,” Clark said. “They’ve still got a lot of good components there so you have to prepare for a team that’s a Memorial Cup type team.”

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Underager– The Cougars might dress 15-year-old Brad Morrison this weekend. Morrison is a forward on the BC Hockey Major Midget League’s Cariboo Cougars, who are on a bye weekend.

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It’s been 13 years since Duchess Park Secondary celebrated its last senior boys volleyball provincial title.

A lot has changed over that period. What’s the same is the team name and double-A division they play in.

Beyond that, you’d be hard pressed finding any similarities between this year’s Condors and the 1999 gold medalwinning squad.

The Condors’ bench boss in the 1999 campaign, long-time volleyball coach Jay Guillet, guides a rival team at College Heights Secondary these days.

Keith Wood, who happens to be a College Heights Secondary alumnus, is in his fourth season guiding the Condors.

Even the gym the Condors now play in is different. After calling an old gym on the same grounds home for decades, Duchess Park Secondary opened a new sports facility in 2010.

Wood hopes 2012 and 1999 will have more in common by season’s end, and he believes this year’s team can bring the school back another championship banner in B.C. senior boys volleyball.

“I love our chances going in right now, and you know what, anything can happen when it comes down to it,” says the coach of the Condors, ranked below only Langley Christian in this week’s provincial double-A rankings.

“But the things that

we needed to improve on from last year, like speeding up our attack and everything, we’ve worked super hard on that. We’re definitely a threat.”

The Condors enter today’s North Central District zone championship best-of-five final (5 p.m. at Duchess Park Secondary) with their spot at provincials already secured.

They qualify for double-A provincials as the top-seeded team in a region that’s granted two berths despite the fact only three squads entered this weekend’s tournament, the others being Guillet’s College Heights Cougars and the D.P. Todd Trojans.

The strength of the Prince George squads is the biggest factor in

the provincial governing body’s decision to award a second berth to the zone. The Cougars were listed sixth on this week’s provincial rankings while the Trojans were an honourable mention for much of the season.

In the only other match of the competition, the Trojans and Cougars played in a semifinal on Thursday evening.

A victory today and the Condors would likely keep their second seed entering provincials. Therefore, Wood doesn’t want to take the zone final too lightly.

“That’s a feather in the cap that we would love to have,” he says.

The Condors’ lineup features a core of players who suited up

for a 2011 squad that lost to Langley Christian in the provincial bronze medal match.

College Heights was the runner-up, losing to Mennonite Educational Institute (MEI) of Abbotsford in the championship match.

MEI is ranked third in this week’s B.C. rankings.

Wood says his team isn’t full of superstars.

“I think when other teams talk about us they’re like, well who do they even have?

Why are they good?

We’re very diverse and if somebody is getting shut down somewhere, we go elsewhere,” Wood says. “I think we’re just an all-around team with no superstars so it works really well for high school.”

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Handing out NFL halfway awards The NFL season has vations: passed the midway Best team: Houspoint with just seven ton. The Texans Sundays are 8-1, remainincluding ing in the 4-0 on Hart regular the road.

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Houston It’s made its HARTLEYMILLER leap to the become apparent top when that teams such as they beat the Bears Atlanta, Chicago, San playing Bears football Francisco and Green in miserable condiBay (NFC); Houston, tions in Chicago.

Baltimore, New EngMost surprising land, Pittsburgh and team: Indianapolis.

Denver (AFC) appear They have already to be playoff teams. If tripled last season’s we include 6-3 Indy win total. The Colts that would leave just will have to overtwo NFC spots left. come a more difficult Naturally this can schedule to grab a change depending wild-card spot. on an unexpected Worst team: Jackwinning streak from sonville. The 1-8 Jaga team like Cincinuars are 0-5 at home. nati or a losing streak They have been been from a team like Pitts- embarrassed and outburgh. scored 153-44 in their As we gear up for five home games, all the home stretch, here losses. are some of my obserMost disappointing team: Philadelphia. The much hyped Eagles have lost five straight and are in turmoil with a 3-6 record.

MVP: Peyton Manning. He leads the NFL in QB rating (108), has thrown 21

touchdown passes to just six interceptions and has elevated Denver from a middle of the road team to an elite one.

Top defensive player: JJ Watt. The Houston defensive end is a one-man wrecking crew. He has sacked the opposing quarterback 10.5 times, which is more than the entire Jacksonville team.

Comeback player: Peyton Manning/ Adrian Peterson. Virtual tie. If the Vikings make the playoffs Peterson, the league’s leading rusher with 1128 yards, will also challenge Peyton for MVP honours.

Rookie of the Year: Andrew Luck. No luck about it that the Colts QB (eighth in the league in passing yards) gets the nod over Washington’s RGIII and Tampa running back Doug Martin.

Coach of the Year: Gary Kubiak. It was only a couple of years ago his job was on the line with the Texans.

Now Houston rates as the odds-on favourite

to get to the Super Bowl from the AFC. Ugliest moment: Packers-Seahawks ending. The only good that came from the final game of week three was that the debacle at the end of this game forced the owners to bring back the regular referees.

Elite quarterbacks: Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger.

Second tier of quarterbacks: Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Tony Romo, Phillip Rivers, Matt Schaub, Matthew Stafford and Andrew Luck.

Most disappointing quarterback: Matt Cassel. The Chiefs are just 1-8 in part due to Cassel’s ineffectiveness. He has just six touchdown passes along with 12 interceptions and a paltry QB rating of 66.6.

Most inspirational moment: Cancerstricken coach Chuck Pagano entering the Colts dressing room and speaking to his team following a

OPERATION RED NOSE HOW TO PLAY:

Operation Red Nose volunteers Ken Pendergast, left, Gord Smith, Cheryl Vogt, and Lisa Mueller. know there are a lot of ways to get home during the holiday season, including a city transit bus, a hearse from Assman’s Funeral Home, the RCMP, PG Taxi and Operation Red Nose. The service starts on Nov. 30.

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Operation Red Nose takes to the streets of Prince George again.

“Partygoers during the holiday season have a number of options available to get them home safely during the holiday season,” Operation Red Nose spokesperson Andrea Johnson said. “We just want them to know they can choose Operation Red Nose.”

The free, confidential, designated-driving service is in its 15th season in PG. It is organized by the Rotary Club of Prince George Nechako in conjunction with ICBC and the RCMP. While the service is free,

donations are accepted, with the funds distributed by the Rotary Club to local organizations.

“We need about 300 volunteers this year to help us deal with the demand for rides,” Johnson said. “So far, our call for volunteers has been great, with 116 already.”

Operation Red Nose, will run Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, Dec. 7 and 8, Dec. 14 and 15, Dec. 21 and 22 and New Year’s Eve. “Volunteers can go online to our website, www.ornpg. ca and fill out an application form.

They print it off, and take it to the Community Policing Office at Fifth Avenue and Brunswick Street.”

Volunteers must be 19 years old, have a valid driver’s licence, and fill out the required Criminal Record Check included in the application.

On an average night, about 15 teams of three will be on the roads, working from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.

“If you like late nights, meeting new people and contributing to the road safety of our community,” Johnson said, “then you should consider volunteering for Operation Red Nose.”

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••• Approximately 4,440 Prince George sports fans combined to watch the Prince George Cougars, P.G. Spruce Kings and UNBC Timberwolves play on Saturday (Nov. 10). It’s the only time this season those teams are scheduled to play in P.G. on the same night.

A crowd of 1,853 (plus 43 dogs) witnessed the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-2 victory over the Cougars at CN Centre in a spirited game that produced the exact same result as the previous night.

(The Cougars also lost the next day in Vancouver 4-3 in a shootout.)

At the Coliseum, 1,431 fans watched the Prince George Spruce Kings worst home effort of the season, a 7-3 loss to Victoria where the Grizzlies scored four times on the powerplay.

Up the hill at the Northern Sport Centre, an estimated crowd of 1,100 was thoroughly entertained as CIS basketball lived up to the hype. The UNBC women beat TWU 62-54 for their second straight victory while the TWU men came from behind to knock off the Timberwolves 103-100 in overtime to gain a weekend split.

The men’s basketball game featured many late lead changes, clutch shots, superb athletic plays and unparalleled drama over the final 10 minutes.

Perhaps 10 years ago there might have been upwards of 4,400 just at the Cougars game but in this era, these attendance figures for three events, each with its own fan base, reconfirmed that while the entertainment dollar remains at a premium, Prince George does indeed remain a sports town.

Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio stations 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for Opinion 250.

Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to hmiller@94xfm.com.

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The season is young.

But for the UNBC men’s basketball team, wins against teams below them in the standings would go a long way towards securing a playoff spot in their inaugural Canada West season.

At 2-2, the Timberwolves are above four 1-3 teams in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Pacific Division. Their opposition this weekend, the visiting UBC Okanagan Heat of Kelowna, is one of those squads.

Two wins and the Heat would leapfrog the Timberwolves, who are tied with the Fraser Valley Casades (2-2) for third. The UBC Thunderbirds and Victoria Vikes, both undefeated at 4-0, lead the eight-team standings.

The top four teams in the Pacific, along with the top four from the eight-team Prairie Division, will advance to the playoffs in February.

The Heat are guided by a first-year head coach in Pete Guarasci. They’re fairly experienced, with five fourth-year players and one fifth-year on their 15-player roster.

“They’re not particularly big,” Timberwolves head coach Todd Jordan says of

the Heat. “They try to play almost in some ways a similar type of game to us, where they try to spread you out and move the ball and create driving angles and those sorts of things. I think they’ve got some good young players and they’re reasonably athletic, so it’s going to be a good challenge for us, that’s for sure.”

The Timberwolves will try and bounce back after losing 103-100 in overtime to the Trinity Western Spartans in an overtime heartbreaker on Saturday at the NSC. They downed the Spartans 109-87 on Friday.

UNBC opened its season on Nov. 2 and 3 at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, splitting with the WolfPack (1-3) in a doubleheader.

The Timberwolves also carry no shortage of experience, with four fifth-years and two fourth-year players. Fifthyear players Sam Raphael, Jose Araujo, Francis Rowe and Joel Rybachuk were active members of a 2009-10 UNBC team that won the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national title.

Jordan knows Canadian Interuniversity Sport is a new level, and that his team can be better.

“We’ve kind of let two ones go, this one particularly,”

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Loralyn Murdoch knows health will play a major role in how her team fares in its inaugural Canada West season.

The UNBC women’s basketball head coach is guiding a squad with only 10 players, making this season’s edition of the Timberwolves one of the smallest in its history.

So far, so good. On Tuesday, Murdoch reported her team’s health at close to 100 per cent. No injury pushing a player out of the lineup, just the usual bumps and bruises.

“We have to stay healthy, we have to really monitor our injuries and make sure that people are getting the rest they need,” Murdoch says. “We’ve got excellent physio and athletic trainers so we just got to keep everybody as as healthy as we can.”

That list includes fifthyear forward Kady Dandeneau, whose efforts in recovering from a left knee injury have been well documented. Although the injury occurred during a regularseason home game in January 2010, it resulted in a few surgeries and left Dande-

neau on the shelf for the end of the 2009-10 season and entire 2010-11 campaign.

Since Dandeneau didn’t sign with the team in the 2010-11 season, she could recover without losing a year of eligibility. A product of Pender Island, she joined the program in 2007. As a fifth year, she will complete her final basketball season in February.

“As a veteran player, she’s going to come in and do what she can and we’ll take whatever she can give us,” Murdoch says.

Dandeneau helped the Timberwolves pick up a pair of wins over the Trinity Western Spartans in their home-opening doubleheader on the weekend.

She recorded 17 points in 20 minutes of playing time on Friday, a 74-67 triumph.

They followed that game with a 62-54 victory on Saturday.

The two wins improved UNBC’s record to 2-2, the team opening its schedule with a pair of losses at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. Trinity Western dropped to 0-4.

In addition to monitoring the health of her short roster, Murdoch has also faced the challenge of connecting newcomers with veterans.

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UNBC Timberwolves fourth-year guard/forward Mercedes Van Koughnett dribbles the ball up the floor against the Trinity Western Spartans during their Canada West women’s basketball game on Friday evening at the Northern Sport Centre.

The lineup includes five players who didn’t play on the 2011-12 team, including three rookies: Allison Seinen, Lauren Lamont and Jasprit Nijjar.

Counted on to help familiarize the new students with UNBC are Dandeneau and the four other returnees: fourth-year players Mercedes Van Koughnett, Jennifer Bruce and Emily Kaehn, as well as third-year Sarah Robin.

“It’s taken a little bit to get everybody up to speed and it’s going to be a constant challenge for probably the entire year,” Murdoch says.

Playing like a veteran leader, Bruce led UNBC offensively in Saturday’s victory with a game-high 26 points.

“She shot the ball extremely well and we really needed that to happen so no complaint,” Murdoch says.

Third-year players Jordyn Rabbit and Kellie Fluit, in their first year at UNBC, round out the 10-team roster.

The teammates will try and improve to 4-2 this weekend. The Timberwolves host the UBC Okanagan Heat tonight and Saturday (6 p.m. at the Northern Sport Centre).

UBC Okanagan carries a 1-3 record into the twogame set and, like UNBC,

will be trying to move up the eight-team Pacific Division standings.

“We’ve watched tape on them. They’re similar to the team that we played against back in the college ranks,” Murdoch says. “It’s the same coach and some of the same players, so they’re very athletic. They like to run.

They’re going to be tough games. I think we match up decently and I think we should really compete.”

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Rankings would indicate the Cedars Christian Eagles are clear favourites to win the title this weekend at CNC. But with some unfamiliar opposition joining them at the nine-team North Central District girls volleyball single-A zones this weekend, they know they can’t take the tournament lightly.

Rankings on the B.C. high school girls volleyball website (www.bcgirlsvolleyball.com) earlier this month had Cedars listed fourth among single-A teams. They’re the only team competing at CNC this weekend that made the top-10 list.

“We’re not so worried about the rankings as we are at making sure that we take care of what we need to take care of to make provincials in the first place,” Eagles head coach Martin Pudlas said. “Once we qualify, then we’re going to worry about what happens at provincials.”

The B.C. high school girls volleyball single-A provincial championships run Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 in Castlegar. Only one berth will be granted at CNC this weekend.

“If we play the way that we can, we should have a very good chance of being successful (at the zone tournament),” Pudlas said.

Cedars will compete in Pool A with Fraser Lake, Mackenzie and Tumbler Ridge. The other squads will battle in Pool B: Chetwynd, Fort St. James, Lakes District (Burns Lake), Hudson Hope and Valemount.

Round robin action was scheduled to begin today at 9 a.m., with the last pair of pool games at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. The playoff round runs throughout the day on Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending with the best-of-five championship match starting at 4:15 p.m.

Although they represent a smaller school, the Eagles have been one of the top teams in the region this season. They finished second place in tournaments in each of the last two weekends. They finished runner-up to the Duchess Park Condors in the final of a competition at CNC two weekends ago, and lost to the College Heights Cougars on Saturday at PGSS, another tournament final.

“College Heights is a very good team, very solid so for our girls, I think it was a very good effort,” Pudlas said. “We probably had a couple of games this year where we played a little bit better, but it was certainly one of our better games. The encouraging part for me is I really see our girls having some upside potential from where they are because they’re continuing to get better every weekend.”

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