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READY FOR EASTER Teresa MALLAM/Free Press An egg carton filled with Ukrainian Easter eggs, or Pysanky, hand painted by Beth Pawluk and ready to go to market – at St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church Easter Bazaar on Saturday, April 12. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and shoppers can buy perogies, cabbage rolls, Easter bread, Ukrainian sausage and more.
WorkSafeBC issues $1M fine Hampton Affiliates on the hook for mill explosion WorkSafeBC has assessed penalties totalling more than $1 million against Babine Forest Products for violations of worker safety law and regulations that led to the 2012 explosion and fire at the Burns Lake sawmill. The decision released April 3 includes an “administrative penalty” of $97,000 for violations and $914,139.62 in a “claims cost levy” based on costs of compensation paid out for injury or death of workers. It was calculated from total payouts by WorkSafe-
BC of more than $5 million for the incident. Two mill workers died and 20 others were injured when an explosion and fire tore through the Babine Forest Products sawmill on Jan. 20, 2012. On April 23, 2012 a similar explosion killed two workers and injured 22 more at Lakeland Mills in Prince George. The explosions have been traced to accumulated dry, fine sawdust generated by cutting dry wood killed by the mountain pine beetle, then ignited by hot equipment. The WorkSafeBC investigation documented
inspections and efforts to clean up dust in sawmills before the explosions, and a more intense inspection system has been put in place for mills across the province. Labour Minister Shirley Bond said the Babine penalty is “probably the largest ever assessed in British Columbia” and rejected suggestions that it was simply to get back some of the money paid out to workers and their families. “It is done very rarely, and to suggest this is cost recovery is simply wrong,” Bond
said. “Employers pay premiums with every pay period to actually cover the costs of accidents.” NDP labour critic Harry Baines said he expects the company will exercise its option to appeal. “These administrative penalties will not do anything to keep workers safe, which is what the victims and their families are now focused on,” Baines said. The Council of Forest Industries has developed its own standard for dust control.
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Agricultural Land Reserve Is it being modernized or is it being destroyed? protect farmland in all of British Columbia, not just in some regions of British Columbia. “The way to support farmers is with program support like extension officers, farm insurance and other farmer friendly policies, not by opening up farmland to industrial activities, residential development and other non-farm uses.” He said the changes will give “unaccountable B.C. Liberal appointees” the power to allow industrial and residential development on 90 per cent of ALR land. NDP leadership candidate Mike Farnworth said less protection for farmland will leave the province in a “precarious” situation. “People across the province are embracing locally grown food, and B.C. is uniquely positioned to meet that need,” he said. “But instead of capitalizing on the asset we have in protected farmland, the BC Liberals are determined to destroy it.”
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Girl Guide cookies Who wants Girl Guide cookies? Girl Guides in Prince George have started selling their chocolate and vanilla cookies at various locations around town. At only $5 a box, Girl Guide cookies are a delicious way to make a difference in the lives of girls in Prince George and across the country. Girls will be selling cookies throughout the month of April and into May, for the most up to date cookie selling locations, please visit www. girlguides.ca and click on cookies, to access our Cookie Finder Map. Each box of cookies sold supports effective and meaningful Girl Guide programs and community based activities offering girls opportunities to discover new interests, form lasting friendships and develop leadership and life skills through experience, challenge and adventure. This important fundraiser helps to provide girls with the tools they need to be confident, courageous and resourceful – capable of achieving greatness in every area of their life. “Girl Guide cookies are a tasty Canadian tradition. When you buy a box of Girl Guide cookies, you’re buying more than just a cookie. Cookie sales help about 345 girls and young women in Prince George try exciting activities, develop leadership skills and participate in dynamic community service projects,” says Tamara Sweet-Letts, Public Relations Adviser, Harmony District, Prince George.
of non-farm activities would be allowed, he said those are yet to be determined. Acceptable uses will be determined through regulation in consultation with the ALC, the agricultural sector and Union of British Columbia Municipalities. The ALC’s existing model of six regions and six regional panels will be formalized, with regional panels making decisions for their specific regions. In addition, local governments will be required to engage the ALC earlier in land-use planning processes, such as Official Community Plans. Norton says the previous legislation governing the ALC was too limiting. “It gives (the ALC) an array of tools that they can use to make common sense decisions,” Norton said. The changes, however, are being soundly criticized by the New Democrats. The Agricultural Land Commission and Agricultural Land Reserve were both created in the early 1970s when the NDP were first in power under Dave Barrett. “Breaking apart the Agricultural Land Reserve is breaking trust with British Columbians, who overwhelmingly support the protection of farmland for today and for the future,” said NDP agriculture critic Nicholas Simons. “The ALR was created to
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Just as the changes to the Agricultural Land Commission will split the province into two zones, there are two zones of debate over the plan. “It’s something that should have been done in the ALC originally,” said William m Norton, a former vice-chair of the Agricultural Land Commission and Prince George rancher. At the other end of the spectrum: “Upon the day it is passed, I believe that Bill 24 will increase uncertainty in the marketplace and undermine the stability of the agricultural land base that has been forged over the past 40 years,” writess UNBC professor David Connell in a letter err to the Prince George Free Press. “The con-sequences of eroding the province’s abilityy to protect its agricultural land base will bee irreversible.” Under the new plan there will be two ALC administered zones. In Zone 1, (the Island, South Coast and Okanagan) where land is in greater demand and there are development and population pressures, ALC decisions will continue to be made on the basis of the original principle of preserving agricultural land. In Zone 2, (the Interior, Kootenays, and the North) where growing seasons are shorter and there are lower value crops, ALC decisions will now, in addition to the original principle, include the consideration of non-farm uses. “It’s about finding improvements, not about finding cost savings,” said Forests Minister Steve Thomson in late March, announcing the changes for Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm. He stressed several times the new structure “won’t changes the independence of the commission. The focus is about sustaining the farm sector.” The ministry backgrounder states the new regulations will “allow new, limited, value-added farming activities, such as food processing, on farmland.” Thomson said it is about allowing “home-based” businesses on farms, however when asked what constitutes a home-based business or what kinds
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Gov’t. restarts forest licence review Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – Former B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger is leading a public discussion this spring about converting volume-based logging licences to area-based tenures, a proposal the B.C. government backed away from before last spring’s election. Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced the consultation recently and released a discussion paper for comment on a new website, engage.gov. bc.ca/foresttenures that will collect comments until May 30. About 60 per cent of the logging on Crown land in B.C. is through volume-based forest licences, which give companies permission to cut a speci-
fied volume in the licence area. Thomson said the proposed change to area-based licences is to encourage companies to make longer-term investment in planting and silviculture to increase future productivity on Crown land. Area-based licences give the holder exclusive access, instead of competing with other logging companies, each licensed to take a set volume of wood from the same forest. Thomson said the proposal is to help deal with the widespread damage left behind by the mountain pine beetle infestation that is causing a decline in timber supply for decades to come. NDP forests critic Norm Macdonald said the experience with existing area-based tenures, called tree farm licences, is that they have not improved forest stewardship. About 15 per cent of B.C. lumber production is from tree farm licences, and the ministry can’t show evidence that they are better
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rankings is a hugely overlooked issue, ignored by the Liberals. He said he does not support the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, however took a softer stance on the proposed Kinder Morgan expansion, saying the pipeline right-of-way already exists and it supports existing jobs. He said he supports the Site C hydro dam project as a way to produce clean energy, but added it’s not needed right now. He does not support the proposed New Prosperity Mine that has been rejected by the federal government, but supports the expansion of Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine near Williams Lake, Mount Milligan and Red Chris.
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Bruce Gabriel is sure of one thing as he sits in the office of the new location for the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 42. “This is the first and last time we’ll be doing this,” says the branch president. The Legion had been located on Seventh Avenue for years (pastpresident John Scott thinks it opened there in 1962), but is now close to opening at 1116 Sixth Ave. “There’s lots happening,” Gabriel says. “We’ve got people working on electrical and plumbing. There’s just so many little details that have to be taken care of.” Scott says with their first event, a Neil Diamond tribute act, scheduled for April 4, the full facility wouldn’t be ready. “The kitchen won’t be open, because we’re still working on getting the venting right. It should only be an extra week or two.” Another feature which won’t be completed in time (but for a good reason) is the access from the parking lot. The original plan was to have a riding elevator for wheelchairs, but, Gabriel says, “the moving elevator wouldn’t work. So we’re getting a full elevator put in, and they gave us a very good deal on the new version.” They’ve been seeing a lot of support for the new facility, whether
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it’s a B.C. Community Gaming Grant or contributions from individuals, Scott says. “We got some donations, one was $60,000, another was $50,000, from individuals who wanted to remain anonymous. We also got $150,000 in a gaming grant. That was what we applied for, but you never figure on getting the full amount.” Gabriel says the donations will make it easier to complete the plans they had drawn up to start with. “We actually downsized from what some people wanted to see. Some people wanted us to completely gut the place and rebuild it. “We want it to be a nice place, so we looked at what we could do. Allan WISHART/Free Press We’ve got pretty much Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43 president Bruce Gabriel, left, and past president John Scott check out the new coffee machine which will be operating soon in the new location on Sixth Avenue. all new equipment with the warranties in place, so that will save The first major Legion event “We’re looking at being open us some money in the next few years us,” Gabriel says. “I met a lot of new friends while we were doat the new facility set to be the from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. that day,” and give us more money for operaing this.” annual Vimy Dinner on April Scott says. tions.” Scott agrees. 9.The grand opening for the new “We’ll probably have the ribAs they sit in the office, Scott “It’s so good it’s happening location is set for April 26, and bon cutting at 9 a.m., but we still and Gabriel can look back and look now. We can see the light at the plans are still a little up in the air have to work on the rest of the ahead. end.” for what all will be involved. agenda.” “It’s been a long haul for a lot of
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Teresa MALLAM/Free Press Groop Gallery owner and artist Melanie Desjardines with an original work titled Florentine Muse, painted by former world skating champion Toller Cranston. She met the famous skater and artist during a holiday to San Miguel de Allende with her husband and was invited to Cranston’s home.
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On April 25, 26 and 27, the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society will be participating in the Canadian Home Builders’ Home Show in Prince George to promote awareness of hereditary hemochromatosis. The organization is looking for volunteers to spend two to four hours at the CHS booth during the home show on a day and time that works for the volunteer. The job of the volunteer is to distribute information about hemochromatosis alongside a representative from CHS. No training is required for this job but basic knowledge of the disorder is helpful. Days and times are as follows: Friday, April 25 from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Canadian Hemochromatosis Society is a registered non-profit charitable organization that depends on individuals supporting it mission. For more information on hemochromatosis visit www.toomuchiron.ca.
FASHION SHOW The third annual Girl Friends Who Care Fashion Show, a fundraiser for the Prince George Rotary Hospice House is on May 3 at the Ramada Hotel. Tickets are $50 and go on sale at Butterfly Threads on April 10. The event features dessert only buffet, entertainment, women’s trade show with lots to try, buy and see. Spring fashion show features fashions from Butterfly Threads.
WALK OF SORROW Join in on the annual Walk of Sorrows, Way to Freedom on Good Friday, April 18 starting from the steps of City Hall at 12:30 p.m. and winding through the downtown streets following in Our Lord’s footsteps, finishing up at the Courthouse. This beautiful and moving procession is always the perfect and meaningful start to the Easter weekend.
GOSPEL SONGS The Gospel Singers present Elvis’ Gospel Favourites at the Elder Citizens Recreation Centre, 1692 Tenth Ave. on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Featuring pipers from the Prince George Pipe Band, also Dan Watt on guitar. Admission: Adults $10, children five to 12 $5, tickets available at the office and the door. Headsets for the hard of hearing available at the door.
Allan WISHART/Free Press Tony LaBarbera, left, chats with Glen ‘Moose’ Scott at the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony on March 29 at the Hart Community Centre. LaBarbera was representing his son, Jason, at his induction for hockey, since Jason was busy playing hockey for the Rockford Icehogs. Scott was inducted for his longtime work with the lacrosse community in Prince George.
Spring Food Drive runs until April 24 Real Canadian Superstore in Prince George will be holding its annual Extra Helping Spring Food Drive from Friday, April 4 to Thursday, April 24. And Prince George residents can help their local Salvation Army by purchasing or bringing in non-perishable food items and dropping them into the Extra Helping donation bins in-store or by making a cash donation at the check out. In an April 3 Loblaw news release from Vancouver announcing the kick off of its Extra Helping Spring Food Drive, it says that in Prince George, 1,195 individuals, 48 per cent of them children, rely on the Prince George Salvation Army food bank each week and donations are critical. “We believe we have a responsibility to help in the fight against hunger across the B.C. community,” said Carlo Fierro, store manager of Real Canadian Superstore. “With the support and generosity of our customers and colleagues, we know we can make a difference for those in need at Food Banks B.C.” In the same release it states that according to Food Banks B.C., an estimated 94,000 residents, 30 per cent of them children, rely on a community food bank during an average month. “Hunger is a year round reality for far too many families,” says Laura Lansik, executive director of Food Banks B.C. “The Spring Extra Helping Food Drive helps us replenish our stock and fight hunger in our communities. Adding just one item to the food donation bin or a few extra dollars to your grocery bill makes a big difference to local families in need.” One hundred per cent of food donations and 85 per cent
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Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com A lot changed while Erik Dierks was gone from the BC Cancer Foundation. “When I left (in the early 2000s),” says the vice president of development for the foundation, “we were raising a little more than $20 million a year. “We raised $58.2 million last year.” Dierks will be in Prince George as a guest speaker at the Wheelin’ Warriors of the North fundraising dinner on April 12. The Wheelin’ Warriors are a local team of cyclists which rides in the annual Ride to Conquer Cancer from Vancouver to Seattle. “They were a real success story last year,” Dierks said of the Warriors. “It was there first year and they put together a really strong team.” Last year, the Warriors raised more than $100,000 for the foundation, and they’re hoping to top that figure this year. Karin Piche was (and still is) the main organizer for the team, and she’s the reason Dierks is coming here to speak. “I was up late last year for a fundraiser and Karin, Erik Dierks foolishly, asked if I would be willing to come up and talk about the foundation and its work.” Dierks says the Ride to Conquer Cancer is one of the areas which fall under his portfolio of development. “Development, for us, is how we describe fundraising. Whether it’s the ride, arranging for corporate or personal donations, setting up bequests. It’s all part of what I do.” He had worked in a number of development roles for the foundation in his first stint, before leaving for other opportunities. “I worked with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and then I spent three years with the Hong Kong International School. “That was where I was working when I got the call from the search firm, asking me about taking on this job. I would have loved to stay in Hong Kong a couple more years, but I knew I wanted to come back.” Since rejoining the foundation last year, Dierks
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Planning a home project? Then you don’t want to miss Home Show 2014 For those who are building, renovating, decorating or rejuvenating their home, find out how at Home Show 2014. Visit hundreds of vendors eager to share the latest trends in home maintenance and design and demonstrate the products and services needed to care for people’s largest and most treasured investment, both inside and out, their home. For many, the mark of spring is the annual Home Show. The main stage at Home Show 2014 will feature workshops by presenters sharing tips and trends and the latest in D.I.Y. including Shell Busey, the original Canadian home improvement expert, sponsored by Windsor Plywood. Kids aged 12 years and under can make and take home their own spring project courtesy of the experts at Home Depot, at the Home Depot Little Builders’ Workshops, during the Home Show. Watch the Prince George Free Press for a colouring contest and enter to win, at Central Builders’, a bike package donated by Koops Bikes, just in time for spring. Enter to win thousands of dollars in prizes including outdoor top of the line patio furniture from Tropical Home and Patio and a seven-day houseboat vacation courtesy of Twin Anchors in addition to dozens of other new and cool items for use around the home front. “We are thrilled to have all three Kin Centres back in addition to outdoor space for the Home Show,” said new Executive Officer Terri McConnachie. “We are pumped to host the 37th Home Show and the focus is on providing more interactive and tangible benefit to folks coming to the show.” Advance tickets are available for $5 at Central Builders’, Rona and Windsor Plywood, between April 7 and 21. Home Show 2014 is April 25- 27 in the Kin Centres at Exhibition Park, in Prince George. For more information or to participate as a vendor, check out www.chbahomeshow.ca or call 250-563-3306.
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The Prince George Relay For Life is grateful to ALLNORTH CONSULTANTS LTD., who are returning for the second consecutive year as EVENT SPONSOR. This year’s Relay For Life is May 10-11 at Masich Place Stadium. At last May’s Relay For Life, the 21st annual in Prince George, an unprecedented total of $548,986 was raised. That amount eclipsed the previous local standard of $514,000 (2008) and was second-highest in Canada. Only the Montreal suburb of Terrebonne, with an amount that exceeded $574,000, generated more money than Prince George. The generous support Prince George – and indeed the rest of the province and country – continues to show to the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life is overwhelming. We truly are Relay City. We have many exciting new things planned for 2014 and we encourage and invite everyone to come and ‘Walk The Strip’ with us. ‘The Strip’ is a reference to Las Vegas Boulevard, and Prince George’s 2014 Relay For Life will have a Vegas theme. Participants will be encouraged to break the glitz and glam out of their closets and proudly wear it during the relay. We are thrilled to have Northland Dodge and RE/ MAX Centre City Realty sponsoring the fundraising incentive prize this year. While we encourage each participant to raise a minimum $100, the average amount raised by single participants in our community exceeds $300, so we challenge everyone to meet or beat that goal. And, for every $500 a registered participant raises, he or she will get one entry into the draw for a 2014 Jeep Cherokee! “This is the largest fundraising incentive ever offered for Relay For Life,� said Helen Owen, Team Lead, Relay For Life. “We are extremely grateful to Brent Marshall, Northland Dodge and RE/ MAX for their generous support. The Dodge Dart
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